"Now go, Luster Dragon! Attack his life points directly!"
"Not so fast. Go Shadow Spell! Not only can your dragon no longer attack, buts it attack is reduced by seven hundred points!"
"Aw man- No, wait! Idea! I sacrifice Luster Dragon to summon Luster Dragon #2! Take that, now I'll attack-!"
"Summoning a monster that way makes it to the second Main Phase, Spike."
"Aw man! Then I play one card face down, ending my turn! It's your move bro."
"Gladly bro. Ha!" My hoof swiped up another card from atop the deck, revealing it to be... Something not entirely useful, for now anyway.
Was the 'Ha' noise quite necessary?
It's called getting invested in the game, Sombra.
"Alright then Spike. I switch my Herald of Creation to defense mode, and end my turn."
The dragon grinned, mischievously, examining the cards in his claws close to his eyes. "Alright, it's my go!" And swiped another card to his hand, his enthusiasm widening as the game progressed. Spike was really getting the hang of this game, I must admit. In true anime fashion, the dragon extended a free claw forward and exclaimed, "Go, Luster Dragon #2! Destroy his Herald of Creation! Next, I summon Lord of D. in attack mode, thus ending my turn."
"You'll regret that Spike." I growled playfully, inciting the dragon's smug look, both of us enjoying the hell out of this. I pulled another card to my hand, thus revealing...
Oho, Spike is going down.
"Alright then Spike. First up, I summon Kaibaman!" Practically slamming the card on the mat. "Then I activate its special ability. So by immediate sacrifice, I can special summon one certain monster from my card. Come forth, my-!"
"So this is where you two have wandered off to!" Gah! Both Spike and I jumped at the unexpected voice and presence. Then again, 'unexpected' was Discord's surname. The Master of Chaos leered down curiously at the two mats between us, before smirking knowingly. "And I can see why. Playing with some pieces of drawn paper are we? We could hear you all the way from the cottage."
Unlikely, we have chosen the hill to play this game to our heart's content.
Spike smiled innocently, gesturing to the cards in his claw. "Actually, we're playing a game from Stardust's home world called Yu-Gi-Oh." Discord blinked. "It's about dueling using monsters, spells, trap card, rituals, fusions and synchros and-"
"Yu... Gi-Oh?" The befuddled prankster echoed, rearing his head back and chuckling absurdly. "Your kind obviously comes up with the most ridiculous names for children games, Stardust."
...Not sure you're in any position to talke about ludicrous names, 'Discord.'
I address the point that it was your people who named him as such along with all inhabitants of Equestria. Additionally, I concur with this clown, this game is for the minds of dull foals. Surely there are better pastimes; even your 'Pokemon' games appear far more appealing.
"You should play with us, Discord. You can have three-way duels too! Didn't you bring an extra deck bro?"
Smirking, I presented the synchro deck held together by an elastic band, to Discord's great amusement. The creature blew out his tongue, waving off the offer dismissively. "Oh yes. Why spend my time having tea with Fluttershy when I can indulge myself playing some cards for the imagination of foals? Think I'll pass, little dragon."
Undeterred, though I was slightly annoyed by the rudeness, Spike persisted, standing up now. "Come on Discord! It'll be fun! Hey, maybe you can use your magic to bring the monsters to life. In the show they dueled using hologra... Hologramic..."
"Holographic, Spike."
"Right, that. And it was awesome!"
I won't lie, it would prove certainly interesting. Back home I only had about usually three opponents to play duel monsters against. My little sister, who we had to repeatedly explain the usage of her cards to. My Dad, who was fairly average at the game. And my brother... Who was a total beast with his ridiculous OP cards and mercilessly taunting and smashing his opponents.
So yeah, a fresh change was welcomed.
Discord took out one of the cards presented before him, examining whatever showed on it with a thoughtful rub of the goatee. "You don't say..." And a sly smirk emerged on his face, and I wasn't certain to be unsettled or intrigued. "Well then, little one, you have given me a rather amusing idea." Spike and I traded glances.
Five minutes later.
"Now, when my White Stone of Legend is destroyed, I can add one certain monster from my deck to my hand!" The giant white gem before me in question disappeared completely, two face down cards presented between my front.
Spike, meanwhile, had a gargantuan dragon made of sparkling colours defending him, his own face down card on the field. I could barely see my little brother between the legs of the large reptile. "In that case, I play another card face down and end my turn. It's your move!"
"And Spike played another card down, his life points greater than that of the defenseless Stardust between three hundred points." Discord, providing commentary to an empty audience, spoke from his conjured up announcer box, a stage microphone held before him. "How will the human in the guise of a pony get out of this one? I wonder!"
"With this!" I declared, adding another card to my hand. "I summon the Maiden With Eyes of Blue!" A blue-silver haired woman in rags appeared on the battlefield, about normal human size. Oh God. This realistic duel Discord thought of was brilliant! I felt as though I was actually a part of the show. I'd make a killing of a duelist had I landed in the Yu-Gi-Oh universe than here!
"But what's this?!" Discord cried in mock-shock. "Stardust has summoned a lovely blue maiden to his side - Won't the Princess be jealous? - with zero attack points!"
"And I end my turn."
"And he ends his turn, just like that! Just what is he planning? What will Spike do in response."
Spike smirked, drawing another card expertly. "I'll tell you what I'll do!" And thrust his hand forward. "I'll have my Luster Dragon #2 attack your maiden! Go!" The beast leaned its head forward, and a colourful beam emerged from its open maw, ready to consume the maiden they thought defenseless.
And my plan worked like a charm. "Now, I activate my maiden's special ability!"
"And Spike has clearly fell right into Stardust's trap! Let's see what happens!"
"Oh no!"
I grinned triumphantly. "Oh yes!" Victory was mine! "When my maiden is attacked once per turn, I can negate that attack and switch her to defense position." The woman did exactly that, a light shield enveloping to absorb the dragon's beaming assault. "And that's not all! I can now summon one specific monster from my hand, deck or graveyard: My most powerful monster of all!" Once the smoke cleared from the Luster Dragon's attack, I took note of Spike's growing nervousness.
He ain't seen [BEEP] yet.
"Come forth! BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON!"
This growing enthusiasm over summoning a mere card is beginning to trouble me, boy...
Shut up! This is magical right here!
From a large circular light emerged next to my maiden, forming and taking shape to the legendary titanic creature, brought to life thanks to a smug Discord. The behemoth reptile released a mighty roar over the landscape, and all we can do is stare at the impressive white dragon in awe.
It's... Beautiful...!
And in true Kaiba fashion, I grinned at the gulping Spike and let out a mighty command. "Now, Blue Eyes, attack his Luster Dragon #2! White Lightning!" And holy [BEEP] was that an attack firing straight at my foe. Even Discord had to duck for cover from the beam of pure white onslaught sent straight at the defenseless smaller beast. Spike will be also at my mercy once his dragon's destroyed-
"Not so fast!" What? I could vaguely hear Spike's call over the roaring beam of lightning. "I activate my trap card: Negate Attack! Your Blue Eyes White Dragon cannot attack and destroy my beast this turn!"
Oh that does it. With a growl, I activated a magic card of my own. "Well I can do this instead: Burst Stream of Destruction! With this, with Blue Eyes on the field, all your monsters are annihilated. GO!"
What followed afterwards was a storm of smoke and sounds of ground being utterly ruined. Discord, thankfully, cleared up all the black fog with the help of a trusty vacuum cleaner, allowing us all to see Spike's monsterless field and...
Ohhhhhhhhhh [BEEEEEEEEEEEEP]...
Now you've done it! Idiot!
Good news, Spike clearly wasn't hurt from the onslaught - I would've sensed if he was - so that wasn't an issue. Bad news... The entire land around us was singed and looked like WWIII had just occurred here and then. Brownness and fire covered parts of the scorched land, and three of use looked around, stunned by the terrifying destruction caused by my Blue Eyes White Dragon.
All except for Discord, who applauded quite merrily. "That was a spectacular display, if I do say so myself. We should play this card game more often; that was genuinely fun than I anticipated."
Spike, however, was having the closer mindset to my own compared to Discord's. "Twilight's gonna kill us..." I could only nod, Spike swallowing in abstract horror. Wait, we can fix this. All we have to do is have Discord clean up before-
"Jack! Spike! Discord!"
Oh [BEEP]! For standing a feet away was a very confused and very, very peeved Twilight. The others approached along with her, but I was more focused on the violet eyes regarding us with deadly intent.
Now would be the time to depart.
Agreed. And Spike took the initiative. "Discord! Get us out of here quick!"
"Wait-!"
A flash of light before I could gather all the discarded decks.
And we found ourselves back in the midst of my bedroom. It didn't take long for me to get my bearings and ask the incarnation of chaos, "All the cards too, Discord!" The trickster simply snapped his fingers, and before us the decks all appeared as they did the previous duel, and I immediately worked to clean up.
"I'm guessing it's a tie then," Spike said knowingly, smiling sheepishly at my side-glance. Uh-huh, whatever you say Spike. "Well, we have tons of other fun activities to do today."
"Yes I too would rather find something far more entertaining to do than clean up a mere field on Twilight's whim," Discord pitched in, placing both animal hands on myself and the young dragon. "How about a third member to the party?"
Spike gaped, before beaming up at the Master of Chaos. "You wanna hang out with us, really?"
"Why not?" He shrugged, smirking down at the joy-filled dragon, before both turned to me expectantly. I shrugged myself in response, smiling lightly. Sure, why not? I had no objection whatsoever to hanging out with Discord and Spike at once. "We did say we should hang out more often anyway." Very true. "So then boys, count me in!"
"Awesome!" Spike fisted the air cheerfully. "And after what happened just before, this is gonna be a very fun day!" I'm inclined to agree.
I'm certainly far from inclined.
Oh lighten up. What harm can he do?
...Do you not recall the event only a few minutes ago? When your chaotic friend used his unrelented magic to bring your monsters to life and caused devastation on the field previously surrounding you, almost causing injury to your "little bro?"
It'll be fine! Discord knew what he was doing.
"So." Speak of the devil. The creature rubbed his hands eagerly. "What else do you do for fun around here?" Good question. Both Spike and I glanced around the room itself, plenty of fun things to do around here. It didn't take long before our gazes found themselves on the pile of DVDs atop the PS4, reserved for later, and we exchanged equal grins of the same idea.
"Discord." I looked up to the waiting chaotic entertainer. "Have you ever heard of Star Wars?"
"Ohh! Can we finally watch the prequels Star?"
"...Wait 'till you're older with a more open mind, Spike."
I do believe prolonged interaction with your friends has made you overly lax.
Hm? What makes you say that? As I mentally ask this, blades of purple and gold clashed, a deadly dance of battle proceeding through the large forest of Sweet Apple Acres, for various reasons.
Oh. Mere observation.
After the Star Wars marathon, which Discord, at first, was bored of but quickly grew to love them the further we watched through the movies, the Master of Chaos made a suggestion I couldn't possibly refuse. With the exception of Spike possibly wielding a realistic lightsaber - which I vehemently refused against - the mixture of animals and I proceeded to duel through the forest with all the skill and grace a Jedi would possess, the young dragon observing from the sidelines with cheers of awe and encouragement.
"Your powers are weak, old one." I taunted playfully, reciting one of many countless famous quotes of the Sith Lord.
Discord grinned, hardly offended, replying with a wise impression, "You cannot win, Star. If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
A gold lightsaber against purple, the former belonging to me and the latter to Discord. And I thought nothing could top the realistic Yu-Gi-Oh duel just earlier, but this was already beginning to take that title.
More and more, the duel was steadily growing intense. And with real lightsabers, it wasn't hard to see why. Hence me putting my hat and cape to the side just in case. I had no real worries about burning either myself or the incarnation of chaos; that would just prove neither of us are worthy to wield the blades. Regardless, this sensation, wielding a lightsaber - a real one - for the first time in my life. It was amazing! It was... Exhilarating.
Your left.
Cheers! Sombra's casual warning had me block the incoming strike in time. It was a little difficult holding the lightsaber hilt in one hoof, fighting against Discord with the fencer style of Form II. His method of combat matched his name and personality; chaotic. And that alone made me cautious, this style made him wild and unpredictable, and with his superior height he could easily chop at my head.
But, again, I felt no fear or nervousness. Not in the least.
Ha! The Master of Chaos promptly flew over my leapt assault, an unfortunate tree trunk becoming the victim of my assault. As I spun, preparing to continue with that attack, Spike called out rather timidly, "Uh, guys?" Hm? We both paused from our sabers clashing again briefly, looking to the young lizard. The dragon looked around in humoured nervousness. "I think you may have gotten a bit overboard..."
Hm?
...Oh. Right. Our battle area. Took me until now to properly notice the devastation our duel made made. Scorched trunks and grass, trees fallen over and apples scattered everywhere, edible or burnt. Guess I wasn't paying enough attention... Whoops.
Referring back to my previous statement. Spending time with your friends has made you far too lenient, and more unaware of your surroundings. Your initial caution has vanished in favour for entertaining yourself. Witness the results of that heavy cost.
"Quite right," Discord said, not to the scolding King but to Spike, deactivating his blade. I followed the gesture, shaking his offered hand. "That was quite the epic battle. We should have lightsaber duels more often, Stardust."
I nodded, matching his humour. "Maybe in a less tree-infested environment next time." Grinning, Discord opened his mouth to respond with something witty-
"What in tarnation happened around here?!"
Uh-oh.
"Uh-oh."
"Oh boy."
I recommend fleeing.
Yep! "Discord!" He was already on it, teleporting us away from the outraged storming Applejack.
This day just kept getting better and better.
First the Yu-Gi-Oh duel, then the lightsaber battle. And now, this.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
"Dodge and use Flamethrower!"
"Not so fast! Hydro Pump!"
Yep, you guessed correctly. Also brought to life through the magic of Discord were now Pokemon; every child's dream come true. Countless people would be jealous of me, Spike and Discord right now. The three different types rampaged through their battle within the Everfree Forest; the chosen battle arena this time for our explosive battle. Spike having chosen Pikachu, Discord choosing Blastoise, and myself, the strongest starter of all.
Charizard.
You mean the most "overrated," as I believe it is called.
With good reason my friend. "Charizard, Fly!"
"No you don't! Pikachu use Quick Attack!"
"Now Blastoise, get them with a Razor Shell while they're distracted." The large blue turtle obliged with a rapid spin towards his opponents. Luckily, my large orange lizard escaped into the air just in time, though the small electrical rat wasn't so lucky. Spike let out a noise of protest at his Pikachu being successful hit.
"The snooze you lose, Spikey boy!" Discord called out smugly, prompting Spike's challenging glare.
"Oh yeah? We'll see about that! Pikachu, Iron Tail!"
"Now Charizard, Fly!"
"No fair!" Who said Pokemon battles were fair? Discord pouted at the team-up against his starter, the groaning large turtle forced back against a tree from the barrage, the large trunk tipping over from the huge pressure suddenly pressed against it. With a sly smirk, Discord chose to retaliate. "Blastoise, Hydro-!"
"What is going on here- ...Stardust?!"
What the-?! I was so intently focused I didn't sense nor hear anyone approach to watch. But it was the visitor in question who made me even more surprise. My pleased grin was a contrast to the flabbergasted expression on the mare's face. "Trixie!" And I made a gesture for the battle to take a quick break, turning fully to greet my old friend.
Pink stunned eyes were more focused on me as opposed to the created Pokemon duking it out for supremacy. "But... How can this be?" Trixie blinked multiple times. "I heard you left Equestria for good!"
With a grin, I motioned dramatically. "Ahh, you won't get rid of me that easily." And walked towards the mare... Before tightly hugging her.
That seemed to shake off the spell. "What the-?! Get off me you sentimental alien!" There's the Trixie we know and love. The unicorn pushed me back indignantly, looking thoroughly embarrassed by the friendly display, attempting to cover her face more behind her magician hat, and pointing at me expectantly. "You have some explaining to do, mister. I... Trixie thought she'd never see you again!"
Even if the relief in her tone was subtle enough, I could detect the immense positive emotions from my return present in her heart.
"And wipe that silly grin off your face. You're reminded me too much of your Princess." That comment far less insulting than she intended it to be.
I still smiled. "Missed you too Trixie."
The mare scoffed dismissively, reverting back to her old self without fault, motioning finally to the magical creatures about to do battle. "And what, may Trixie ask, are those things? And why is this forest turned into a war field? Trixie could hear the battle all the way from her carriage."
"We're battling with Pokemon!" Spike answered happily, petting his satisfied Pikachu for a moment.
Trixie frowned, repulsed by the gesture yet intrigued by the explanation. "'Pokemon?' Trixie has not heard of such creatures."
"You wouldn't have." I chuckled at her sour expression, making a placating gesture. "They're from a game from my world. Discord brought them to life so we could have a battle with them outside of the games." The Master of Chaos, meanwhile, was lounging around atop his Blastoise, paying little heed to the conversation.
The mare clicked her tongue, looking around the damaged area. "So I see..."
"You wanna join us?" Spike then suddenly inquired rather excitedly. "We could have a battle royale!"
The blue unicorn scoffed yet again, looking away haughtily and waving off the offer. "Trixie has far more important tasks to get along with than succumb to some barbaric games."
"That's too bad." And he speaks at last! Discord opened one eye, peeking over to the mare slyly. "Although it's to be expected. You don't strike me as the type to endure the hardships of battle, dear."
That did the trick. Pink eyes glared in his direction. "What did you say?"
"I'm only saying that, it's understandable you wouldn't wanna participate... Trixie, was it? Battles are not for the weak-hearted, after all. It takes a strong trainer to battle with their own Pokemon; even Spike is strong enough to do so." The dragon beamed at the compliment, oblivious to the fact Discord was saying that to taunt the fuming mare. Noticing this, the mocking creature glanced over to Trixie with a smug expression. "Unless, of course, you can prove us wrong."
Trixie's response wasn't entirely surprising to any of us. "Show Trixie how to play."
Ten minutes later, we got that battle royale as Spike wanted after all.
"Frenzy Plant!"
"Hydro Pump!"
"Thunder!"
"Fire Blast!"
"Hey, no fair! That should've hit him!"
"Grass moves aren't too effective on fire types, Trixie. And being part flying also weakens your attacks against it!"
"But not mine. Blastoise, Razor Shell!"
"Iron Tail Pikachu!"
"Dodge, Venusaur, and use Razor Leaf!"
"Flamethrower!"
"Pikachu!"
"Hydro Pump!"
"God dammit! You'll pay for that!"
"Frenzy Plant!"
"Dodge!"
"Hey, which one of ours is effective against his rat?"
"Pikachu is electric type."
"So who's stronger against it?"
"None!"
"Oh come on!"
"Quick Attack!"
"Protect!"
"Now, Skull Bash my Blastoise!"
"Charizard, Fire Blast! ...Oh [BEEP]!"
My error was realized before I could react, the others following my cry of shock with widened eyes at the fire now impacting the side of Zecora's own cottage. "Hydro Pump!" Discord wasted no time in commanding his Pokemon, the behemoth turtle obliging with water pouring into the top trunk that made up the zebra's home. Quickly snapping his fingers, all four of our creatures disappeared with a flash. "I recommend we bail."
Trixie cried in objection, "But Trixie was so close to winning-!"
"Good idea Discord, let's go."
"Okay," I proceeded to say once the shared laughter subsided, chuckling admist my words. "I - heh - think we should lay off from anything destructive for a while."
"For once, I concur." Discord replied, wiping away an invisible tear after our fit of laughter from what happened back in the forest. "I say we should proceed to play by something that won't cause everypony to be after our tails. Even if they could certainly try."
"Agreed." Spike nodded, turning to me with a wide smile. "What's next then? Any other games from your world we could play bro?"
Shrugging, I pondered the question. Meanwhile, Trixie scoffed once again, still slightly sour from the unfinished battle, but smiling and laughing with us regardless. "Your idea of fun lacks subtlety. Trixie knows how to cause more entertainment with less destructive tendencies." Uh-huh. The three of us rolled our eyes, though mine was moreso in fondness.
"Says the mare whose 'entertainment' almost got others harmed."
"Way to bring up old wounds." The mare muttered, looking slightly dejected from the reminder.
"Aha!" Discord suddenly had an idea, made evident by the light bulb appearing beside his head... And a poke from him making it lit up. "What do you guys say to a few harmless pranks on our dear friends?"
Trixie frowned. "Including the Princess?" Something told me that wasn't concern she expressed. At his nod, my suspicions were confirmed. The unicorn began smiling rather deviously. "In that case, the Great and Powerful Trixie will be all too happy to participate in your childish antics, friends."
Oh lovely. This should be good.
"But first, Trixie must ask; are you all real tricksters?"
"Well..." Spike responded first, shrugging sheepishly. "Technically... Nah."
...Wait a minute...
"Have you ever pranked somepony, even your precious Princess?"
If this was going where I THOUGHT it was going...
Spike shook his head, prompting Trixie to question next, "Have you ever even tried pranking somepony?" Spike shook his head again, and Discord and I exchanged realizing knowing looks. Of course he'd know about the famous meme. "Very well then! I, the Great and Powerful Trixie, supposes she has to teach you how to be tricksters!"
Oh my Goooooooood...!
Discord, on cue, summoned the very much-needed instrument. And somehow, I got the suspicion either he or Starswirl were most likely responsible for Trixie beginning this parody song by a legend. The music commenced, the trumpet starting off the song that spawned a thousands memes.
As "We Are Number One" was sung by us four kindred spirits, Trixie grinned smugly. And what followed was essentially a montage, as the mare guided us back into the town to proceed with the pranking of many oblivious ponies.
Twilight wasn't too hard to find, spotting herself enjoying a cup of tea by the Ponyville cafe. Hiding from her field of vision, we slowly approached the smiling mare. Pranking Twilight? Thank God we don't sleep together, otherwise I would be taking the couch tonight.
The prank in question was... Nothing too harmful. Though a surprised Twilight reactively fled from the open book suddenly gaining a mouth, snapping and proceeding to chase her across the streets. In satisfaction, we continued on with harmlessly playing tricks on our other friends.
Pinkie soon found herself smothered in cream pies aimed at her in all directions. And Rarity, bless her, was appalled by her racked dresses suddenly being decorated in awful colour schemes. I dare say Discord and Trixie's combined efforts were making them kindred spirits. I honestly couldn't recall if the two got along by the season six finale.
Applejack wasn't at all pleased by her pulled wagon suddenly being filled with anvils. Next up was none other than Fluttershy.
This was gonna be cruel...
And it was!
"I'll send her flowers as an apology later..." Discord mumbled, quickly getting over scaring off his friend by the sound of multiple balloons popping simultaneously.
Okay, watching Rainbow being taken by surprise like that was pretty hysterical. Teaches you not to walk instead of fly, eh Rainbow?
The pranks only escalated from there. To the Mayor, Bon, Lyra, Derpy, Whooves, Mr and Mrs Cupcake, and so on. Needless, the entire town wasn't too pleased by four pranksters making a mess around the town. Ah we'll deal with the aftermath later, Discord can always clean up all messes with his flawless magic.
Trixie all too happily declared that in the middle of town square, admist unimpressed citizens finding themselves covered in fresh paint giving them new fur colour.
Gonna get in a looot trouble for this... Ah well. Hakuna Matata!
I wasn't normally fond of memes. But in some cases, such as that song before, I was willing to make some minor exceptions. More tolerable certainly than that Bee Movie or Lorax tripe storming through the internet.
No, Robbie Rotten was the real deal.
And no wonder you believe that. The character is a pure representation of all humanity's desires to eat, sleep and relax to their heart's content.
Correct. Probably a million times more identifiable villain than any of the EQG flicks had to offer.
"There's the smash ball!"
"It's Trixie's! Back off!"
Now, we were playing a nice, relaxing game of a classic: Super Smash Bros Brawl. God I haven't played it in years, but the minute I plugged my Gamecube controller into the Wii, everything came back. Discord was already proving himself a pro at the game, Spike was doing better than Trixie at the moment; the mare's frustration at her lack of gameplay knowledge palpable through her growl and expression.
"Time's up!"
"Haha! I win! Yet again! Go me!"
"You sure you're not going easy against us Star?"
"Nah, Discord won that fair and square."
"Right, who to pick now... Meta Knight!"
"Looks like you're with me then, Snake."
"The Great and Powerful Trixie deems this 'Marth' worthy of her playing skills."
"Sonic again bro?"
"Can't go wrong with Sonic. Gotta go fast Spike."
"Pick a map already! Trixie cannot wait to claim victory this time!"
Next match began. And while half of me was focused on the game itself - hence why I wasn't winning as much as I'd prefer - another was intently concentrating on the heart signatures around me. So far, aside from these three, I couldn't sense any further presences within the castle walls. Meaning Twilight hasn't dropped by yet to possibly scold us for going Robbie Rotten on everyone's arses.
Worth it. To be Robbie Rotten was to attain God status.
Hm. That man should come back with his own show.
Haha, yeah! Robbie Rotten should come back with, like, his own spin-off show where he's moved to another town, and he does everything in his power to make it as lazy as possible. I'd watch the [BEEP] out of that.
It'd be far more entertaining than observing those puppets, that pink-haired runt and the obsessive athletic.
You mean Sportaflop?
...Who did you expect?
Ahhhhh! Always knew you had a sense of humour, Sombra!
"I win!"
Trixie scoffed as Spike pumped the air triumphantly, carefully dropping her Wii remote onto the couch and leaning back. "Trixie grows bored of this tedious game." Uh-huh. We other three shared teasing smiles. "What else can we do for fun?"
Ha. At that, I raised a humoured brow the unicorn's way. "Why Trixie, does that mean you're having fun hanging out with us?"
The mare snorted, looking away. "Don't be ridiculous. The Great and Powerful Trixie has little better to do; she is merely indulging in your meager games until a batter pastime presents itself." Your voice says one thing, my dear, but your heart says another. Even Discord and Spike could see right through her bull[BEEP].
The former chuckled snidely. "That's funny. Because I can swear you were having the time of your life just now." A couple of photos were magically produced in the Master of Chaos' hands, revealing to us images of Trixie playing the game with a full-on grin of pure excitement and content. "Looks more than indulging to me."
Trixie glared at the mischievous creature, whereas Spike snickered behind his claw, looking back to me cheerfully. "Yeah, let's play something else now. Maybe we can do something similar to those Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon battles before. Any ideas?"
Hmm...
...Oh.
One glance at the character select screen was all it took. And the plan crafting in my mind has Sombra voice out skeptically. You are seriously considering such a ludicrous idea?
Wouldn't you be use to that by now?
Without awaiting an answer, I turned to the others with a grin. "As I said before... Gotta go fast guys."
...Wait.
Hm?
A Robbie Rotten and Discord show.
...Yeeeeeees!
"Hm! Enough of this! Stardow! Brixie! Sparmy! Time to meet your-!"
"Hold on a minute!" Once again, the upcoming battle was paused by more complaints. Spike gesturing to his new temporary form with open indignation. "Why am I Charmy the Bee again?"
"'Cause it's fitting." Trixie rolled her eyes. I just find it funny, truth be told. The mare gestured to her own new body mixture of pale pink fur. "Rather a bee as opposed to a cat anyway; at least bees can be more harmful."
"That's debatable."
"You've no right to complain." Trixie snapped to me. "You're perfectly okay with your new form."
Damn right I was. A grin emerged on my transformed muzzle. Wish I had a mirror right about now to once again witness my new form in all its glory. "I am all that I am all I am."
Shadow the 'Edgehog baby!
"...What?" Spike and Trixie regarded me in clear confusion.
"Black-hearted evil. Brave-hearted hero. I am all of me." The two still stared as though I just announced I was pregnant and Discord was the mother of the child. Speaking of whom, the creature of chaos tapped his fingers impatiently. Wouldn't blame him. "Now let's stop complaining and get to it, eh Charmy? Blaze?"
"Sure thing 'Shadow,'" Spike responded, using his newfound wings to hover beside us as we prepared for battle. The three of us stood opposed to Discord, dressed as one of the other greatest villains of all times. Dr. Eggman! Or Robotnik depending how little you know about this [BEEP]. 'Eggman' grinned maliciously, proceeding at my nod in his cockpit which was the lower half of a metallic body.
"Now, enough of this! Stardow! Brixie! Sparmy! Time to meet your maker!" The upper half of the machine body connected with the second, shielding 'Eggman' from our field of vision.
Yep, we were reenacting the boss fight from Sonic Heroes. It only took a few Youtube vidoes to show them how it's done. And then we got to work right away; using this long trail from Sweet Apple Acres to Ponyville as the battlefield. The Egg Emperor raised his shield and lance-arm in preparation, the colour scheme of the boss matching Discord's own preferred colours as opposed to its original.
Fine by me.
"I still don't see why I should be Charmy and not someone awesome like Silver..." I couldn't help but laugh at Spike's loud mumble. 'Silver' and 'awesome' in the same sentence was controversial in its own right.
"I'll show you what real evil is!" Discord proceeded to quote the infamous villain's line, before his machine started flying away down the path, signaling the battle's beginning. "Take this! Take this! Take this! Take this!"
Gotta say, as we followed after him and dodging energy waves from the lance, he was certainly getting into character pretty well. Imagine if he and Eggman has legit teamed-up as like a crossover episode between their respective shows. The Eggman from the main games, that is, not that absurdity from the Boom series.
Or '06.
That too.
"CHAAAARGE!"
Whoa!
It didn't take awfully long for the battle to transform into complete and utter chaos.
We didn't have time to witness the destruction of the pathway caused by our immense reenactment of the boss fight. Missiles and energy waves purposely missing us ravaging the trees and grass we passed by, fire vortexes made by Trixie helping increase the damage, Spike probably doing the least amount of handiwork to either the Egg Emperor or the area around us. My Chaos Spears and Homing Dashes weren't helping the environment much either.
But we were swept away by how fun it all was.
"CHAAAARGE!"
The battle was over sooner than later, once last war cry from 'Eggman' followed by our own, as machine and anthropomorphic life forms crashed into one another. Though I made sure Spike didn't take the brunt of the most damage. One Homing Dash from me and fire vortex from 'Blaze' was all it took before the Emperor finally started malfunctioning. But Discord, of course, had the robot disappear before it could potentially explode and kill us all, leaving only him to pound his fist against the ground, keeling over in playful surrender.
"Defeated! Impossible! NOOOOO!"
The three of us exchanged glances... And proceeded to follow Discord's chuckles with our own, beginning to laugh out loud fully at the sheer absurdity of what just happened. Welp, this was a day I wasn't forgetting any time soon!
Trixie echoed those thoughts. "Perhaps Trixie has had more fun than she expected. Hmhm."
Spike grinned childishly, Discord proceeding to kindly transform us back. A slight shame, I was getting use to those hover shoes. "Yeah! Today was a blast! So, what's next?"
"'What's next' is you four explaining all the damage you've done everywhere throughout Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres and the castle today."
...Ohhhhhh [BEEP].
Again, too focused here to sense your friend's arrival.
Thanks for the reminder. Reluctantly, our laughter abruptly ceased as we slowly turned to face the disappointed alicorn, glaring our way along with the others.
"Oh wonderful..." Discord mumbled in both humour and exasperation.
"You turned a peaceful field into a war zone-"
"That was Stardust and Spike. I had nothing to do with that I swear."
"- Played terrible pranks on our friends-"
"'Terrible?' Trixie is appalled by your lack of taste, Princess."
"- Destroyed a handful of Applejack's orchids-"
"At least there'll be another story to tell for the future descendants of the farm."
"- Zecora's cottage-"
"Now THAT was purely an accident."
"- Wrecked the halls of the castle-"
"Gotta go fast."
"- And utterly devastated the trail leading from Ponyville to Sweet Apple Acres." Twilight finished, regarding us four like a stern teacher. "What do you four have to say for yourselves."
...Good question. We exchanged glances, Spike taking the initiative for us. "We had fun?" Haha! The cheek. I proudly rubbed the dragon's head at that, myself and Discord grinning widely, whereas Trixie repressed a small smile.
Twilight, meanwhile, was hardly impressed, shaking her head with a tired sigh. "You are aware you have many amends to make regarding today's... Activities. Many messes must be cleaned up now thanks to your shared antics on the town."
"That's easily remedied." I already had the perfect solution. "Discord?"
The Master of Chaos smirked, snapping his paw fingers only once. "And voila! Everything's been fixed. No punishment for us today I'm afraid, Twilight." Again, the mare wasn't amused, staring at us four with ill-disguised disappointment.
But thankfully, I wasn't entirely affected by the look. She'll get over it by tonight or tomorrow.
"At the very least, I hope you all learnt a valuable lesson today."
"We have?" Your guess is as good as mine, Discord; myself, he and Trixie sharing with each other confused expressions.
Spike, however, spoke on our behalf next to appeal to Twilight, "That we should be more careful while having fun, making sure no one gets hurt by our activities?"
The alicorn nodded, momentarily satisfied by the appeasing answer. "It's fine that you four are hanging out together. I hardly oppose it." Something, however, suggested an edge to her tone, and she frowned at Trixie's scoff, continuing anyway, "Just be certain not to make entertainment from devastating the wildlife and scaring the citizens like that again. Especially with turning somepony's book into a pony-eating monster with razor sharp fangs."
The blue unicorn smiled smugly at the unsubtle jab. "Whatever you say, Princess. Discord?"
The creature obliged, clapping twice before Twilight could get another word in. And bright flash appeared before our eyes, Discord teleporting us four outside the castle doors. "Well, that was fun listening to Twilight lecture us like a self-entitled schoolteacher and all. Now how about one more game before the day is done, hm?"
"Trixie is willing."
"Sure thing." Spike nodded with her, before pointing out rather meekly, "Though I think we should listen to Twilight about restraining ourselves this time. We don't want her to start lecturing us again."
Trixie rolled her eyes. "As if she has any right to scold the Great and Powerful Trixie that way!" And nodded. "But yes, you raise a valid point Spike. We should refrain from anything too destructive this time around, regardless of how much fun it was much earlier."
"So you admit it was fun interacting with us after all?" I inquired with a knowing smile.
"Well..." The unicorn smiled slyly in turn. "Perhaps. But let's not push luck here."
Good enough for me. Today was an entire ride of fun for me too. All we did today was spectacular, the repercussions notwithstanding. I wouldn't mind hanging out with these three again some other time after today. I grinned, nodding before contemplating what last piece of activity we could do today... Hm... We did Pokemon... Star Wars... Yu-Gi-Oh... Sonic... So that just left...
...Ah.
Pretty sure what you're thinking of is too destructive right at the start.
Not if we're careful enough. That said, I turned to the waiting others with a wide grin. Discord smirked knowingly. "Now there's a sneaky expression I can get behind..."
My own expression soon matched his. "It involves something called a Keyblade..."