//------------------------------// // Friends at Last // Story: Sonic and EQG: Discord and Chaos // by SonicAKG //------------------------------// Friends at Last Back at Canterlot High in front of the statue, Shadow, Manic, and Silver were standing with the rest of the Rainbooms to discuss Discord's whereabouts. From the looks on their faces, it was clear they were not successful in finding him in the city. "We searched the entire city and not a sighting of Discord or anything out of the ordinary." Shadow explained. "Which is a total bummer as that means no fun!" Pinkie exclaimed from the back, causing everyone else to give her slightly annoyed looks, which she then noticed. "Ohhh and it also means Discord's not here." She added as she blushed a little. "Then that means he could be anywhere in our world. That's not reassuring."AppleJack said as she crossed her arms. "Let's hope that Sonic and the others actually found him. If not, we could be-" Silver started to say before he was interrupted by the presence of a large white flash that appeared before him and the others, catching their attention. In front of them were Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Sunset, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Discord. They had surprised looks on their faces as Discord rubbed his fist across his chest. "-Anywhere." Silver finished as he looked on at the sight along with the others. "There, I saved us the distance of the trip back." Discord stated. "Yeah, but we were going to take my plane with us. You left it at Eggman's base!" Tails shouted, making Discord turn to him. "Oh, you don't have to worry about that." Discord replied as he snapped his fingers once more, causing the Tornado to appear behind the group as it made a loud crashing sound on the ground. Tails turned around to see it and thankfully, it was in one piece. "Problem solved." Discord said as he placed his arm around him. "Wow, you guys actually found him!" Twilight stated as her group walked up to Sonic's and Discord. "How'd you do it so fast?" "Well, it turns out Discord was captured by Eggman, got his powers stolen and transferred to a giant Chaos and got them back after we had to fight it." Sonic casually explained as he pointed his fist back to the Discord as the rest of his friends listened on. "You got captured by Eggman? How? Can't you like warp reality?" Manic asked as Discord covered his face in a paper bag to avoid eye contact. "It wasn't....my proudest moment..considering this was the second time I let myself be fooled." He responded his tone full of embarrassment before he caused the bag disappear as he faced the others "But I admit, it did end up teaching me a valuable lesson. How you shouldn't take friendship for granted and due to it, I would like to say...I'm sorry for my actions." He continued in a sincere tone, making Shadow raise eyebrow while the rest of team he had placed clearly weren't expecting this as they turned towards each other. "Is that so?" Shadow said with some skepticism as he folded his arms. He wasn't sure how much he bought Discord's apology. "He really is." Fluttershy said as she came to Discord's defense and looked up at him. "He risked his own life to save mine back there." "Discord, the reason we went out to look for you is because we read in my journal how Princess Twilight explained that you can be a good and reliable friend. That made us reconsider how we treated you and I have to say, you proved it was true." Sunset told the Draconeques. "Wow, Princess Twilight writes about me?! I truly am flattered. I knew she thought highly of me." Discord responded as he made a small figure of himself standing proudly while Princess Twilight looked on in awe. He then turned to face the entire group with a serious look. "Are you all really willing to give me another chance?" Discord inquired "I'd say you deserve it! Sonic said as he gave Discord the thumbs up. "I'm cool with that. You even fixed my wing!" Rainbow Dash chimed in. "I guess you're not that bad." Knuckles reluctantly admitted while he crossed his arms and turned away. "Well, we have forgiven our past friends for their mishaps." Rarity thought out loud. "And ya did save Fluttershy's life, so that helps." AppleJack brought up. "After everything, I guess it wouldn't hurt." Silver said. "I know from personal experience about someone trying to make up for their mistakes." "Ehhh, while you did try to banish me to a series of dimensions, but seeing as you got captured by Eggman, I guess that's your karma and you did say sorry." Manic said with a shrug. "If we're friends, then that means more cotton candy clouds!!!!" Pinkie shrieked at the thought as she happily gripped her face. "If my friends trust you, I do too." Twilight commented. "I already risked my neck out for you, so there's my answer." Tails reminded Discord. "Discord, I think you're good to go." Fluttershy told him as Discord look at her friends, who were now giving him looks of acceptance, save for Shadow. "What about you? Discord asked he teleported around Shadow and peered down into his face. Shadow's expression didn't change and he just turned around. Discord backed up as he turned to Fluttershy with a shrug. "That's his way of saying yes." She answered. "I think." "Oh, then it's settled! It looks like this trip was a good idea! I've made so many new friends in such a short time!" He said happily. "Wait until I tell Princess Twilight that I made more friends than she did in a single go!" Discord then formed a tally board that read 'Twilight' on one end and his name on the other. He had 13 tally marks written underneath his name while Twilight only had seven. "That's not really the point of Friendship," Sunset told him as Discord looked down to see her. The tally board disappeared and he rolled his eyes slightly as he crossed his arms. "Fine, fine, I guess you're right." He agreed before he then flew forward in front of his new friends. "So, now that we're all friends, what should we do? Now that I promise not to use my magic to mess with you." Discord said as he surrounded everyone in a long list that was covered with activities. Fluttershy and the others then emerged from the pile that covered them. "First, I was thinking, could you change the statue back?" Fluttershy requested as she pointed to the CHS statue, which still looked like Discord, who then flew over it as he leaned against it. "Are you sure? I think it looks nice." He replied. The group then gave Discord a look and he sighed. He reluctantly snapped his fingers and the statue turned back to being one of a majestic white horse. "Sweet, good as new!" Sonic answered as the others gave him nods of agreement. Discord then formed a giant grin on his face as he then stretched his arms out to grab the entire group in for a giant hug. Everyone, save for Shadow just slightly smiled due to it as Discord held them tightly. After a while, he then teleported in a green flash. In the interdimensional hyperspace generated by Chaos Control, Shadow was moving through it at high speed. Before he could reach his destination, Discord's stretched hand suddenly appeared behind him and grabbed him by his collar, much to his astonishment. Shadow was then dragged back into Discord's group hug, much to his dismay. "Don't ruin the moment." Discord whispered to him as Shadow sighed and just let it happen. Discord then let everyone go as they came down on the floor. As he did, his eyes widened as he had an idea. "I just thought of the perfect thing! Let's all head to Fluttershy's for a tea party!" Discord suggested as Pinkie made a huge smile. "You're speaking my language!" She excitedly said. Meanwhile, Fluttershy had a stumped look as she put her hand on her chin. "Oh well, I said before I've never been a drinker of tea, but I guess I can start with my friends." She said. "I don't even like tea." Manic said out loud before Discord teleported between him and Fluttershy as he put his arms around them. He then turned to Manic as he made a puppy dog face, making him sigh. "But I guess I could learn to like it." He then said, causing Discord to beam. With all that was done, Discord and his new friends then began to walk over to Fluttershy's house to do just as he suggested. He had a feeling that he was going to enjoy the rest of his vacation from now on.