//------------------------------// // Chapter 44: A Less Chaotic Visit // Story: Children of Harmony // by Pinkie Pie Sweets //------------------------------// Early one morning, Princess Celestia is using her magic to raise the sun to begin the day while Luna lowers the moon. In the Hinata's house, everyone is still sleeping, except for little Tsubasa who is starting to get up. When he opens his eyes, she stands on his little feet and look around. Then he make baby noises, and playing around with his toys in his crib, and someone hears his call. A flash a light appears in the room, and disappear right after. When it's gone, Discord appears in the room with a smile on his face. Discord cheerfully says, "Good morning little guy." Tsubasa smiles and giggles at the sight of Discord. He then holds the bars of his crib and jumps. Discord laughs see the baby playing with a smile on his face. "I see you want to come out and play. Then playing we shall," Discord says with a grin on his face. He then lifts Tsubasa out of his crib with his paw and claw and then he puts him down on the floor. Discord then uses his magic to bring out the baby's toys, and pillows from the chest and closet. He then uses his magic to bring some of Tsubasa's toys to life, and they start to play with the baby. Discord smiles to see that the baby is having so much fun with his chaotic magic. Then again, Tsubasa is so young that he doesn't know that it's chaotic magic at all. Just then Discord hears a familiar voice saying, "Discord, is that you?" Discord and little Tsubasa turn to see Tsubasa holding the door knob. She is still wearing her light pink nightgown, bright purple slippers, and white socks. Her hair is in a braid, that looks a bit messy. Discord smiles and says, "Good morning Sakura, and how are you doing on this fine day? "What are you doing here, and playing with Tsubasa this early in the morning?" Sakura asks looking confused. "Well, I was at home on my thinking tree, that's where I do all my really deep thinking. I was there and I said to myself, 'Discord, Sakura says that she is your friend, but she doesn't write much and she never pops in for a visit… '" Discord explains with a grin. Sakura looks a bit confused, and says, "Discord, we only became friends a few month ago, and I have no idea where you live." "You do have a point, I should try to get you to visit sometime," Discord mutters to himself. Sakura crosses her arms with a firm look and says, "That still doesn't explain why you're here." "Well, I thought it will be a good idea to spend the day with you and your family," Discord says, while using his paw to scratch under Sakura's chin. "Is that a fact?" Sakura asks with a suspicious look and narrow her eyes. She then slowly pushes Discord's paw away from her, and decide to pick up her baby brother. When she does that, Tsubasa still has his stuffed bear and start to play with it. Discord flies in front of her and says, "Come on Sakura, what's wrong with wanting to spend a whole day with my new buddies?" "Maybe because the last time you came to Ponyville, you kind of tricked my friends into taking you on a tour of Ponyville. Not to mention about your little event at the Crystal Empire," Sakura calmly explains. "What exactly are you saying?" Discord asks. "Maybe there's way for you to have a good time without using your magic to alter anything into something crazy," Sakura answers with a calm smile, holding the baby. Hearing that, Discord starts to laugh hard and loud. The laugh cause Twilight, Ame, and Yuki to walk into the room wearing their pajamas, to see what is going on. They are surprised to see Discord hear this early in the morning, laughing and has fall to the ground. Twilight turns to Sakura and says, "Sakura, why is Discord is here and laughing on the floor?" Sakura sighs a bit and says, "Discord decided to pop in for a visit and to hang out with us for today, and the reason why he is laughing because I told him that he could try not to do any chaotic powers to have fun and started laughing, but I'm serious about it." Hearing this, Discord looks at Sakura with a confused look and says, "You not joking about it, are you?" "Nope. Sometimes it's good to try doing things without using magic," Sakura answers. "No magic! I'm Discord the master of chaos and disharmony, and using magic to alter stuff is what I do, that's like not being able to have chocolate milk on a summer day!" Discord says looking and sounding upset. Twilight comes into the conversation and says, "Discord, you need to calm down. What my daughter is trying to say is that are some point that you don't need to rely on magic to do things. When i used to live in the other world, I had to go through twenty years without magic. I learned that sometimes, you can do many things that don't require using wings and magic." Discord sighs and says, "I guess you're right, but I love using my magic." "You don't have to stop using it completely, just don't use it to mischief or anything crazy," Sakura says. "Okay, so where do you want me to start… not using magic?" Discord says sounding a by sarcastic. Sakura is starting to think of an idea on how Discord can help out and hang out with them without using a lot of his magic and mischief. Luckily her mother, Twilight has an idea in mind for him. Sometime later, Twilight and Sakura has made some eggs, hashbrowns, bowl of berries, and some apple juice. Discord's job is to make sure little Tsubasa eats his breakfast, which is smashed apples and a bottle of milk, and without using any of his magic. It's a good thing Tsubasa is not a picky eater, and enjoys his favorite food to eat. Discord chuckles a bit and says, "This little guy sure love his food." "He sure does," Yuki replies with a smile. Then Ame asks, "So what's going on today?" "Well, I need to go to the store to get some groceries for dinner, and some more baby food, so you, your brother, and sisters will be spending time with Discord today," Twilight answers. "Okay," The young kids reply. After they finish having their breakfast, Twilight gets the cart and saddlebag so she can go to the market to get some groceries. During the time, Sakura thinks it will be a good idea to go out for a picnic, so she, Ame, and Yuki make some lunch, while Discord play with Tsubasa and his toys. When everything is ready, Twilight goes to the market while Sakura and the others go to the park to have some fun together. Since the weather is starting to feel a bit cold, they dress in some clothes that will keep them warm. When they reach the park, there are some ponies still walking around, and having a good time. They can see that the green leaves have become autum colored, and are ready to fall off soon. After setting the blanket down, Sakura smiles and says, "It maybe fall, but it sure is a nice day to go on a picnic." "It sure is," Ame says. He turn turns to Discord and asks, "Hey Discord, do you want to play some badminton with me." "Sure," Discord replies. "But first we need to put it up," Ame adds. "No problem," Discord replies, and is read to use his magic. But Yuki stops him and says, "Don't worry Discord, you don't need to use your magic. We can do it ourselves." Ame and Yuki take the badminton set out of the box, and start to set it up. Watching them set the court up without magic, Discord can understand the kind of like Sakura and her family has been through. He then start to understand what Sakura means by trying to do things without magic. Sakura and her family have lived in a world without magic until they moved to Equestria, so they had to learn how to use their new abilities, but still able to do things without them. So he decides to help them with the court without using his magic, which gets the job done faster. "Yay, we finish with the court!" Yuki cheers. "We should probably do two people playing at a time, since someone needs to keep an eye on Tsubasa. So Ame, why don't you and Discord play first, while Yuki and I take care of Tsubasa and get lunch ready," Sakura suggests with a smile. Agreeing to the idea, Ame and Discord start to play their game while Yuki and Sakura take care of the baby and get lunch ready. Some time later, Yuki and Ame play. After that, Discord and Sakura play a set. For late in the morning until at noon, Sakura, Ame, Yuki, little Tsubasa, and even Discord are enjoying themselves, and having fun. After they finish playing, the sun is high in the sky, and it's already noon, so it's time for them to eat. They have some peanut butter and zap apple jam sandwiches, fruits, vegetables, cookies, and some blueberry muffins. As they have their lunch, they start to notice a strange cloud in the sky, but the sky is clear and sunny today. They wonder why is there a black cloud in the middle of noon on a sunny day. There's something wrong. Ponies who are at the park is noticing the dark cloud as well, and are starting to get very worried. "There's something strange about that cloud," Sakura looks at it suspicious. They then notice that the dark cloud is getting closer and closer. Suddenly Sakura is getting a bad feeling about the cloud, and knows what it is. Ame notices this too and asks, "Is that…" Then the cloud is the shadow creature that's been after Sakura from before. Sakura shockley screams, "No way!" "It's that shadow creature again, hide!"Yuki screams in fear. "I thought my friends and I got rid of that thing," Sakura says looking serious. Then Sakura grabs Tsubasa and screams, "Everypony run!" Hearing that, everypony panics and run away, Sakura holding Tsubasa, Discord, and the twin run away as well. Luckily they have a hiding spot behind some bushes, but it might not last long, so Sakura has a plan, but it will be dangerous. Yuki nervously asks, "What are we going to do?" "Yeah, there's no way we could out run it," Ame adds. But Sakura says, "You guys can outrun it, but I won't" "What do you mean?" Discord asks. Sakura passes Tsubasa to Discord and says, "Discord, take my brothers and sister back to Ponyville, while I lore the shadow creature from hear. Hearing this Discord scaredly says, but in a quiet tone," What?! Are you crazy, that shadow creature or whatever it is will catch you for sure?" "I know, but I'm the one it's after, and I don't want anypony to be put in danger. I know that you can watch them while I take care of this shadow" Sakura explains. Discord can see that Sakura really means it, but still thinks it's nuts. Just then, Discord has a plan, and know it will work. Discord turns to Sakura and says, "Maybe you can let it chase after you, but I think I know how to get rid of it." "What's that?" Ame asks. "Huddle up and I'll explain," Discord quietly says. Sakura and the twins get close to Discord, and he whispers his plan to them. After hearing the plan, it may sound crazy, and it may require using a little chaos and magic, but it seems to be the best idea. They then set their plan in motion. At the park, the shadow creature is still looking for Sakura and hoping to abduct her. It searches but can't find her, but then… "Hey you black cloud, I'm over here!" Someone calls out. The shadow creature turns to see Sakura, so it charges at her. Sakura cans see the cloud is getting closer to her. When the cloud is at short range, Sakura shouts, "Now!" With that, Discord uses his magic to shine large flashlights at the shadow blinding it, and making it weaker. When the shadow gets weaker, it'= becomes smaller. When it smalls enough, Ame catches it in a jar and seal it up tight. "It worked!" Ame says. Yuki cheers while holding Tsubasa, "We caught it!" "But what are we supposed to do with it?" Discord asks. "We need to send this to Princess Celestia and see if she can figure out who this magic belongs to," Sakura suggests. With that, Sakura and the others pack up their picnic and head back home for the day, and to get the shadow to the princess immediately. At the same cave, the mysterious creature's crystal show it's master what has happened to his new shadow. He can see that Sakura has a new allie at her side, and he's a bigger threat, but his scary yellow eyes are focused on Sakura. Her friendship and magic is more powerful than before, but it's not time to claim her yet. The crystal ball is showing him Sakura and the others walking back home with his shadow creation trapped inside. The creature says, "Well, it seemssss that sssstupid draconequus, had helped her. No matter, I have a much better creature to keep an eye on." Just, then The creature who walks on two legs, changes into one long body, and it's scaly. He continues to watch Sakura who is walking home with Discord and her siblings. He still wants Sakura because she's the key to his ultimate plan. "Ssssoon enough Sakura, you will become mine, and you will help me with my ultimate plan," The mysterious creature evilly says, with a hiss. Sometime later, Sakura, Discord, the baby, and the twins have made it home, so has Twilight. Sakura and the others explain to to them about the shadow has comeback and with help from Discord, they are able to capture it. With quick writing and packaging, Discord uses his magic to teleport the jar with the shadow creature inside to the princesses. Twilight is glad that they aren't hurt, and are able to catch something that can help them with their mystery. In the end it turned out to be a fun day, with a bit of chaos of course.