//------------------------------// // Chapter 11: Back to basics // Story: Fluttercord in Equestria Girls 3 // by vcjb242 //------------------------------// After agreeing to meet up in the town where Discord now lived, the elements of chaos were now ready to record their debut album. (I honestly don't know the name of the town where they live just the names of their schools. If you know the name of the town please mention it in the comments.) They agreed to meet up at a designated recording studio where they began the recording process. Only Discord showed up seeing as how it would be weird to have Fluttershy in the studio with them. She wasn't exactly on good terms with any of the elements of chaos and neither were the other elements of harmony. "Discord, mi chavo!" Exclaimed Ahuozotl as he walked up to Discord to pat him on the shoulder and give him a bro hug. "Long time, no see mi amigo." "It'a good to see you too, mi amigo." Discord returned the greeting. "Hey...Discord." Said Aria Blaze as she went to shake his hand after he was done doing the bro hug with Ahuozotl. They both sat down on the nearby couch as they waited for the rest of the group to greet him. "Greetings Discord." Said Nightmare Moon as she walked over to greet him as well. Discord did a double take. No longer did the former vice principal look so formal. She now wore a dark off the shoulder t-shirt with a crescent moon on it and ripped black jeans. She had a lip ring and a few studs in her ears. Her hair was the same color but it looked more punk rock. "Do you like my new look?" She asked him. "Mane-iac thought it would be a good idea to change my look to fit in with the whole rebel look out group is known for." Discord wolf whistled making her blush. "I almost didn't recognize you. It looks good on you. Is that lip ring real?" She quickly pulled it off revealing it to be a fake. "No. I don't know if I could ever get my lip pierced for real." Nightmare Moon joined Ahuozotl and Aria on the couch. Then Chrysalis walked over to him and she was with her girlfriend. "I don't remember if I properly introduced you but Discord, this is my girlfriend Flufflepuff. She's the best thing that ever happened to me." Discord went to shake her hand but when he did she shook it once and stuck her tongue out at him. "Ok...." Chrysalis and Flufflepuff walked over to where Mane-iac was sitting. He then walked over to Sombra who had his arm around Adagio Dazzle. "Sombra and Adagio? Together?" He quickly shook his head at his own confusion and smiled. "You guys make a cute couple." "How is your wife?" Asked Adagio. "By the way, we're all a bit mad that you never invited us to the wedding." She said pretending to sound mad. "You see, you guys seemed so busy being on tour and...." Said Discord as he tugged on the collar of his shirt in a nervous manner. "Just kidding. We probably would have been bored anyway but at least let us throw your very pregnant wife and you a baby shower." He thought about it. "I feel like I should ask her about it..." He really wasn't sure if she would want a baby shower from people she barely knew and helped put some in jail. But he really didn't want to discuss their problems with his friends because he still didn't completely trust them after they did him dirty that one time. "How do you know about any of that?" He asked them in all seriousness. "I meant a surprise baby shower." Said Adagio who was starting to get annoyed with Discord's reluctance about them being near Fluttershy. "Also, we follow you on social media and saw you post a picture of your wedding and of your baby." "Come on man. It's the least we can do for your unborn child after what happened last time we were in the same room together." Said Sombra as he rubbed circles on his girlfriends back to calm her down from her sudden outburst. Discord knew this was an offer he could not refuse. It would be rude If he refused. "Let's do it after we record this album. As a form of celebration for a job well done." Said Businessman as he walked into the studio. "Ah, Discord. So glad you could join us. Look, I talked it over with my legal team and because you basically founded the band and co-wrote most of the songs you have to sing on every track if you want to see your share of the profits. We're hoping this album goes platinum. Think of all the things you could spoil your future child with. Now, Dazzlings I hope you all have your pendants. We don't want a repeat of what happened last time...Aria." Aria groaned in frustration. "It happens one time and you hear about it for the rest of your career." "Pendants?" Asked Discord in curiosity. Sonata explained as she walked into the room. "Basically, we fixed the shards from the last pendant we shared and fused them to new gems. But because they are so low in power all they do now is help us sound good when we sing. If we want to eat we have to eat food like normal humans." Said Sonata like it was no big deal. "And yes we all know about your wife and unborn baby." "What she said." Said Neon Lights walking in behind her. He took out his hand for Discord to shake which he did. "Hi, my name is Neon Lights and I have been helping out the band while you were away." He said as he placed his other arm around Sonata protectively. Discord returned the handshake and noticed that he looked familiar. "Hey, aren't you the guy who sold us our instruments in the first place?" "Yes,yes I am." He said matter of fact. "I'm so glad to be working with all of you. Let's make this a great album and there will be many more to come hopefully." After exchanging pleasantries the band got situated in a recording booth with just their voices because they had recorded instruments separately. Neon Lights filled in for Discord on the instruments. All they had recorded so far was one song instrumentally. They just needed to record vocals. Almost everyone in the group sang. Sombra and Ahuozotl took turns singing Discord's vocals on tour. But they really did need him for this album. The recording session began and they sang in time to the music. About halfway through the song they had to stop because someone was off key. "Alright who is throwing off the vocal talents of our group?" Said Adagio as she looked around. Discord awkwardly raised his hand and shrunk at her glare. "Sorry. It's been a while since I last performed. I'm a bit rusty." They started again and this time Discord made sure to sing on key. He knew that the more time they spent in the studio the more it would cost the studio. Besides, he really needed that money. After recording a couple of songs they decided that was enough for the day. "Hey Discord?" Asked Sonata timidly as everyone was getting ready to leave. "Yeah?" He asked her. "I know you're probably busy but do you want to maybe hang out with us since we haven't seen each other in forever." Discord sighed. "Sorry Sonata but I have a wife to go back home to and she might get mad if I'm out late. I know it sounds boring but that's married life for you." Sonata didn't show it but she was a bit bummed out by this. "Oh. Have fun with that. See you at the next recording session." Discord left soon after and Adagio and Aria pulled their little sister into the women's bathroom to talk. "What was that about?" Said Adagio in an angry tone. "Why did you ask him to hang out with us when he broke your heart when he chose Fluttershy over you?" Sonata winced at her sister's harsh words but stood her ground. "Because we really haven't seen each other in forever and to be honest I'm over him..a bit.....ok no I'm not. I thought...I thought that if we hung out with him I would stop seeing him in that way..." She groaned. "I'm hopeless, aren't I?" Aria spoke up. "You're not hopeless. You're just..misunderstood. Do you want to go out and get tacos? I could go for a taco." Adagio normally didn't like eating human food but she was feeling hungry. "Should we invite the rest of the group?" Asked Sonata. Aria was about to protest until she remembered what happened the last time they tried to go anywhere by themselves without the group. "Yes." Meanwhile in the pony world.... Tirek had waited 3 days and his new minions still weren't done studying all there was to learn about dark magic. He wondered if it would have been easier to just swap them out with their pony counterparts and just hypnotized them instead. Then maybe he could have truly ruled over all of Equestria by now. In the meantime he was just hanging out in the old castle of the sisters and was bouncing a ball against the wall. Normally he liked to cause havoc but ever since he had taken over Equestria and 'killed' the princesses he was bored. He was also getting impatient. He then wondered what he would do after he did get that pony princess. He wondered if all this chaos was worth it. Of course it was he was the villain of the story. So why did this victory feel so hollow? He must have bounced the ball a little too far because he hit the wall and opened up a secret hallway. Normally he found these kind of things to be pointless but he decided to go exploring since there really wasn't much else to do. The secret hallway led him to a room with a large map on the wall. This map was a map of Equestria. To be continued...