//------------------------------// // Chapter 15 Organized Chaos // Story: Super Stallion // by PioneerofImagination //------------------------------// Super Stallion as usual, was flying around Canterlot looking for anypony that might be up to no good. Namely 6 certain villains that had gotten out of prison thanks to Discord. While he did capture numerous other escaped prisoners, those 6  haven’t committed any crimes since.  "Well I guess that will do for now," Super Stallion said to himself as he continued flying. He was on the verge of flying back to the castle to change back into his alter ego, but suddenly saw the Super Stallion signal.  "I guess not." Super Stallion flew straight to the castle and upon getting there, he found Princess Celestia was the one that signaled him. "My that was fast," she said as she shut off the signal. "Well I was in the general area, plus, I don't like to keep a lady waiting. So what's the emergency, another escaped prisoner causing trouble again?" "No not that it's, perhaps it would be better, for the both of us if I showed you." Super Stallion couldn't help but notice the strange tone in the princess's voice and really wondered what could be the matter. Princess Celestia then led Super Stallion into the castle as he stayed in the air with his forelegs crossed. On their way to the throne room Super Stallion was quickly swarmed by members of the royal guard, who were very grateful to him for defeating Discord and wanted his autograph.  "GET BACK TO YOUR POSTS!" Stone Wall screamed and right away the guards did as they were told. "You're members of the royal guard, not a Super Stallion fan club."  "Well actually captain, some of us started a Super Stallion fan club. Since it's so awesome having an actual superhero around, so technically we’re both." Stone Wall then turned his head to face a green coated male guard and gave him a stare that sent a chill straight down his spine. "T-Though I completely see the point of what you are saying sir. So, I'll just shut up right now."  "Good." Princess Celestia and Super Stallion then continued their way down the hall. "So captain," the guard from before continued. "We've been thinking of inviting you to join the Super Stallion fan club. We have meetings at the castle and at our houses on days off." Stone Wall stared at the guard again. Not as hard as before, but still hard enough to make the guard feel uncomfortable. "So um, do you want to join?" "No thank you," Stone Wall answered as he turned away and walked down the hall.  "So what is the problem exactly? Have a bunch of escaped prisoners gotten together and you've learned they're going to attack the castle?" Super Stallion asked as he was in the throne room with the princess. "No it's not that Super Stallion," Princess Celestia answered. "Though I wish it was.” "Well what the heck is it? It can't be as bad as you're starting to make it out to be.” "Well now, I wouldn't say that," A voice from behind Super Stallion said, which immediately sent a chill straight up and down his spine. He turned around fast and saw a certain creature standing against the door. "Hello Super Stallion. How have you been?"  "DISCORD!" Super Stallion in a panic quickly flew over to Princess Celestia and picked her up into his forelegs. "W-What are you-" "We need to get you out of here!" Super Stallion interrupted as he flew out of the castle and brought the princess to the outskirts of Canterlot.  "Okay we need to make a plan before he figures out where we are," Super Stallion said, trying not to panic. "Too late," Discord replied who was right next to Super Stallion seeing him there Super Stallion flew off again. This time he brought the princess all the way to Dodge Junction and flew into a bar still holding the princess in his forelegs. "Um Super Stallion-"  "Just a second let me look around to make sure he didn't find us again!" Discord, who was holding half a dozen playing cards to his face, placed them down on the table he was sitting at and waved.  “Hi again.”  "Oh come on!"  "Super Stallion wait!" Super Stallion then flew out of the bar and flew all over Equestria in an attempt to throw Discord off his trail so he could make a plan. After flying around and a little exhausted he stopped at a beach but still holding the princess.  "Did you lose him?" Discord asked who was making a sand castle while splashing the water a bit with his tail. "Yeah. It took a while, but I managed to- You've got to be kidding me!" Super Stallion then prepared to fly off again but suddenly. "SUPER STALLION STOP!" Princess Celestia yelled, getting his attention. "Please put me down."  "B-But Discord." "I know I know, put me down and I'll explain everything." Super Stallion then did as the princess requested and placed the princess down but also got between her and Discord and looked him right in the eye. "Don't even think about hurting her or you're answering to me," Super Stallion said trying to intimidate Discord. "Oh I'm so afraid of the big strong 2 and a half foot tall superhero pony," Discord replied sarcastically. "Have you forgotten the massive beating I gave you?" Super Stallion asked as the 2 literally got in each other's faces. "My 1 against your 5, or what it more than that?"  "How are you even here didn't I turn you back into a stone statue that got smashed into a 1000 pieces?" "You can thank dear old Twilight Sparkle for that." "What?" Suddenly Princess Celestia got between Super Stallion and Discord. "Cut it out, both of you. Now Super Stallion, as I was trying to say before, Discord is here because of my student, Twilight." "Huh?" "It's actually a rather interesting story," Discord chimed in. "It all started when I had a sudden craving for some particular delicious apple cider."    ***         Not too long ago Applejack and her family were preparing for cider season. Twilight was rather excited, but her good mood was spoiled as Applejack came running to her with the rest of the mane 6 saying there was a problem at Sweet Apple Acres. "What's the problem Applejack, do you need help bucking the trees again?"  "No Twilight it's worse than that!" Fluttershy said in a panic. "Thirsty?"  "Oh thank you," Fluttershy said as she took the mug filled with fizzy apple cider and drank from it. "This is delicious." Fluttershy drank from the mug a little more and it calmed her down. But suddenly recognized the voice of who offered her the drink and faced Discord hovering in the air. "Hello." Fluttershy then screeched and hid behind Applejack who was standing her ground but was shaking quite a bit. "Discord?" Twilight said as he made a mug of apple cider for himself and started to drink from it. "How are you here after-" Twilight stopped when Discord raised his finger from his claw signaling for Twilight to wait until he finished his drink. Twilight decided to wait as her friends didn't have the Elements of Harmony and she did not wish to enrage the spirit of chaos.  "Wow that is good," Discord said after finishing his drink and eating the mug as well. "Ain't you worried about getting a splinter in yer jaw?" Pinkie asked. "What are you doing here?" Twilight asked. "Are you planning on taking over Equestria again?"  "Eventually, but for now I'm here for you." "He's gonna capture y'all like he did with the princesses. And that 1 prince," Applejack said while getting in-between Twilight and Discord. "Run Twilight, I'll try to hold him o-ff." Applejack was then grabbed by a black vine that lifted her into the air by one of her back legs. "Well that plan of your's failed, Apple smack. So anyway I was plotting on how to take over Equestria, but then I remembered something you said to me. That you don't think I'm a bad guy for some reason."  "Y-Yeah I did say that. And I wasn't just saying that to distract you or anything I meant it. I think that if you gave it a chance we could become friends." That last part was what caught Discord's attention. "You…want to be my friend?" Discord asked rather surprised. "Yeah, I actually kinda do."  "Huh. I….never really had a friend before."  "What a shock," Applejack whispered to Fluttershy who was trying to get Applejack down. "It would be nice if he was our friend instead of you know trying to take over all Equestria and enslaving everypony to eternal chaos," Fluttershy replied.    ***        "And after that Twilight brought me to meet sun butt here."  "And I took it as well as you did. Somewhat worse in fact."  "So, you want to reform Discord?" "I know I know, it sounds downright insane, but if Discord could be reformed his magic could have many uses for the greater good of Equestria." "Well that is true, what with him being able to bend reality to his every whim and all that."  "It is quite handy oh I mean hoovesy or however you ponies say it."  "Though at risk of stating the obvious, what if he tries to do what he did that last time?"  "I'm well aware of that possibility and I've set up the necessary precautions but I'll need your help with that of course. That way if Discord tries anything you can stop him like you did before." "Standing right here," Discord said, wondering why they were talking like he wasn't in the room. Super Stallion after a while met with Princess Celestia in Ponyville along with the mane 6 who were briefly told of Twilight's plan.  "You can't possibly think this could remotely be a good idea, Twilight," Rainbow Dash said. "This guy is a complete psycho." "Again standing right here, what did I suddenly become invisible or something? Hm, that's not a bad idea actually." Discord then made a notepad appear. "Don't even think about what you're thinking Discord," Super Stallion said, facing Discord again. "Don't worry my little ponies, I've brought the Elements of Harmony and I've cast a spell so Discord can't hide them again." Princess Celestia then showed the case, but when she opened it, to every pony's shock, it was empty. Celestia then immediately turned to Discord who revealed that he was holding the Elements of Harmony and was hiding them behind his back.  "You never learn do you?" Discord asked as Celestia grabbed the elements out of Discord's paw and claw then placed each of them on the bearers. "Keep a very close eye on him," Princess Celestia whispered to Super Stallion as she started to leave.  "I will, oh believe me I will." Princess Celestia then got on her carriage. "Good luck Twilight."  "So long sun butt." Pinkie Pie then burst into a short but rather loud laughter.  "Sun butt that's hilarious." "Pinkie Pie are you seriously going to ignore the fact that we have to foalsit one of the worst, scratch that, the worst threat we've ever faced. I mean Twilight what could possess you to think that this guy has a remote chance of-" Rainbow Dash was stopped from her rant when Discord made a cloth appear around her muzzle.  "Discord!" Twilight said rather upset to the spirit of chaos. "Oh what, just because something suddenly appeared out of nowhere you instantly think it's me?" "Discord!"  "Hey she was going on and on without taking a break, she's lucky she didn't pass out without breathing in. The way I see it I did her a favor." "Discord!" "Why don't you see how many times you're gonna have to say my own name to me before I do what you want me to do. I hope you love to wait." Super Stallion suddenly flew straight into Discord's face. "Get that cloth off her right now." Super Stallion pointed to Rainbow Dash who had been trying desperately to get the gag off but it was on good and tight.  "Are you gonna make me?" "You get it off Rainbow Dash or you go back to being stone,” Twilight said. "Oh you wouldn't dare turn me into stone and risk disappointing your precious princess." Super Stallion was about to punch Discord but he dodged and hit Super Stallion right in the chest, forcing him into a nearby hill. "Oh that's it, you're toast!" Super Stallion said angered and flew at him ready for a fight but Twilight got it his way. "Huh? What are you doing?" "If we have to return you to stone, I'm sure we can convince Princess Celestia it was for a good reason." "I suppose that's correct," Discord replied with a roll of his eyes and so with a snap of his fingers the gag disappeared.  "Ah finally," Rainbow Dash said, happy to talk again.  "This is off to a great start," Super Stallion said to Twilight. "Well it can only go up from here on in." "1 can only hope."  *** Discord was taken to the Ponyville library by Twilight who wanted to talk to him while she got out several books she needed. "Rather risky of you to be alone with me don't you think?" Well I wanted to talk to you while I'm looking for a spell. Why don't you tell me about yourself." "You mean like my origins? My parents? My childhood?" "Yeah, all that stuff sounds like it would be incredible to know." "Well why spoil the mystery now? Let me just sum it up for you, no one cares about me except me." Hearing that Twilight stopped looking through the books and placed them down. She turned around to face the creature of chaos.  "What?" "You heard me none of you ponies ever cared about me, so I don't care about any of you ponies." "I see," Twilight replied, taken back by how sad Discord's comment was. "Well even if that is true now, it doesn't mean it will stay like that, we could become friends." "You're really dead set on this aren't you?" Discord said hovering with his claw on his chin. "How exactly am I going to be friends with anypony after the whole nearly taking over your land thing?"  "Maybe you should try being nice for a change, like seeing what you can do for some of the ponies around here." "I suppose I can give it a try." Discord then left the library with a rather large bowl of paper in his claw. "What's that you have?" Super Stallion asked who was watching from the window of the library. "Oh just some light snacks," Discord replied as he ate out of the bowl. "A-Are you eating paper?" "Am I? Huh how odd of me?" Discord then continued to eat the paper from the bowl.   "What in the heck is he up to?" Super Stallion then flew into the library to talk to Twilight. "I still think this is a really bad idea, Twilight." "I can understand he isn't exactly your favorite, creature but, well it's like this Squeaky-" "SHH! Discord might hear you!" Super Stallion interrupted. "Oh geez right right sorry." "Twilight that's a rookie mistake," Spike said as he continued to read from a comic book. “Seriously, what made you think this was a good idea, Twilight?” “You did,” Twilight answered. “Me?!” Super Stallion answered with shock. Spike found Twilight’s answer strange as well. Twilight then suddenly made a bubble appear around her, Super Stallion, and Spike who put the comic down and approached Twilight. “Bubble of silence,” Twilight said. “This way we can have a private conversation.” “Okay,” Super Stallion said a little weirded out. “The reason I want to give Discord a chance is because of what you told me that night you foalsat me.” Seriously, why can’t I remember that, Super Stallion thought. “I bet if Discord had just 1 friend, he wouldn't be so bad. But before we get to that, since you're here, check out what I made." "Oh yeah, I was wondering when you were finally gonna tell him about that," Spike said. "What is it?" Twilight then popped the bubble then got out a small device that Super Stallion couldn't make heads or tails. "What is that?" "Well I've been thinking that being a superhero can be very stressful at times." "Well yeah, it's definitely not for everypony."  "Well Spike and I thought we'd help out a little, this emits a high pitched sound that only certain animals can hear but I think maybe you'll be able to hear it too." Twilight then pressed it and Super Stallion heard a rather strange noise "Did you hear something?" Twilight asked after taking her hoof off the button.  "Yes. It kind of sounded like a mix between a beep and a buzz.” "Well that's good, at least we know it works." "See Twilight figured we could keep an eye on Ponyville for you, and if there's trouble she'd use that to call you for help." "So how about you fly off to Canterlot and see if you'll be able to hear it from there and then maybe the edge of Equestria." "Well on any other day I'd be happy to test it out, but I should really keep an eye on Discord and I've probably taken a break from it long enough as it is." Super Stallion then flew out to look for Discord who was nowhere in sight. "Time to put my super hearing to the test." Super Stallion then flew up to concentrate on his hearing which allowed him to locate Discord in a matter of seconds.  "And that's how you bake a cake with cupcakes on top of it." "Well that is interesting Pinkie, but I think you got food on your Element of Harmony." "Huh? Oh my gosh you're right when did that happen?" "You know I could clean that right up for you so you can get to the other cakes you need to bake." "Oh thanks Discord, that's nice of you." Pinkie then took off her element and was about to offer it to Discord, but before he could grab it Pinkie quickly pulled her element back. "Wa-it a minute!" "Ah you got me!"  "I figured what you were gonna do."         "I was close though." "Oh yes you were." *** The next day since Squeaky had the day off he made it back to Ponyville as Super Stallion rather early in the morning. After getting there he quickly noticed there was a particularly long line at Sweet Apple Acres. The Apple family was selling fresh apple cider and everypony wanted to drink it, especially Rainbow Dash. Pinkie Pie to Rainbow Dash's annoyance was walking off with many mugs that contained delicious apple cider.  "Pinkie you're getting cider on your element." "Huh? Oh my gosh Discord you're right, you don't think it'll get a stain do you?" "Well in case it does I can hold it for you." Discord then offered his paw to Pinkie and she placed the mugs down to take off her element. "Oh thanks Discord that be, wait a minute." Pinkie then quickly placed her element right back around her neck. "Ah you got me again." "You can't pull the wool over my eyes, because if you did it would be easy to spot." "I'm gonna trick you into giving it to me through." "I bet you will, I bet you will." Pinkie then picked up the mugs and then continued to walk while carrying them.  "I wonder if I could convince that pony to cross over to the chaos side." "Don't bet on it Discord," Super Stallion said hovering right behind him. "Were you just hovering behind me waiting to spit out a comeback?" "Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't." "You so were."  "Just because Twilight is willing to give you a chance doesn't mean I'm cutting you any slack for now." "I think we both know you've made that perfectly clear."  "Hey Discord," Twilight called out as she waved while standing in the line with Spike.    "Oh hello Twilight." Discord then flew a bit over to Twilight. Frightening the other ponies around her. "I see you and just about all of Ponyville are in the mood for apple cider." "Yeah, the apple family is making their super special apple cider. It's the best." "I just wish they could make it faster," Rarity added while waiting and several ponies as well as Spike agreed with what she said. "Well while we're waiting Discord, would you like to hear an idea I have that you could try?" "What might that be?" "I'm rather curious myself," Super Stallion added, still keeping a very close eye on Discord. "Maybe you could try doing something really nice for the ponies here. You know to show that you aren't such a bad guy. Some sort of grand gesture for everypony."  "Something like chocolate rain?" "Uh I think only Pinkie Pie would like that, but you might be on the right track." "Okay so making it rain, chocolate and whipped cream."  "No, not quite. Like maybe you could help the Apples make the cider quicker." "Well I guess it couldn't hurt." Discord then flew over to where the cider was being made and Super Stallion was about to follow him.  "Super Stallion wait," Twilight called out to him before he could fly off. "Look, I know you want to make sure Discord behaves himself, but I think you should give him some space." "What? Are you kidding me? Do you want to give Discord a golden opportunity?"  "We're all keeping an eye on him okay, so you don't have to stress yourself over it."  "Well….alright. But since I'm here, I guess I'll get some cider too." As Super Stallion got in the back of the line Discord was hovering above the Apple family.   "Twilight says I should try to help ponies, but the thought of that alone is rather sickening to me. But I suppose it couldn't hurt too much to just give it a try." Discord then lifted several apples from various trees and apple cider then summoned a mug to put it in. "What the hey are y’all doing Discord?" Applejack asked. "Making some more cider obviously," Discord somewhat bluntly replied not understanding why Applejack even had to ask. "You can't just mash a bunch of apples together to make quality cider."  "Oh really well let's let a friend of yours decide." Discord then went to the line and offered the cider to Twilight who, having always been a curious pony, didn't hesitate to drink from it. "Wow this is delicious," Twilight said and then offered some to Spike who found it equally delicious. "You weren't kidding Twilight."    "Discord ya can't just pass out cider on your own." "Why the heck not all these ponies are waiting for this special cider of yours I'm just making it easier for everypony." Discord then made more cider and offered it to Super Stallion. "Bottoms up." "Uh no thank you, I'll wait until I get to the front of the line," Super Stallion replied, not quite ready to trust Discord.  "Well hey if you don't want it," The pony in front of Super Stallion said and then he grabbed the mug and drank all the cider in it before either Super Stallion or Discord could blink. "Wow this is even better than how the Apples make them." Other ponies in the line immediately took interest in what that pony had said. Soon they started asking Discord if he could make cider for them. "Well I suppose that can be done, or maybe I could make it rain apple cider." Saying that made everypony in the line except Twilight and Spike cheer. While normally they wouldn't go for it, they were dying for cider. "What's with that guy and making it rain food?" Spike whispered to Twilight.  "Hold on just a sec here everypony!" Applejack called out getting the attention from Discord to her. "You can't let Discord make the cider. Sure, he may have made some good cider but can it really compete with cider made by ponies that specialize in anything apples?" "You tell me." Discord then made some cider for Applejack and nearly shoved it down her throat. "Okay, that was actually really good. But you should still let us do it. You can help a bit if you want but not too much." "Wait a minute, why not let him make some?" Rainbow Dash asked. "You think we have nothing better to do than wait in line all day?"  "Yeah and besides you always run out before the line ends," A pony by the name of Caramel said and then a couple other ponies agreed.  "We've done our best to improve supply this year." "You say that every year," Caramel replied. "And it’s always true, But Apple family cider is made with love and integrity, and only the highest quality apples in Equestria. Discord may have made good cider but if he just picks them at random he could easily make rotten cider." "Really? Well let's put that to the test then shall we?" With the snap of his fingers Discord made mugs filled with apple cider appear beside everypony in the line. They were about to drink from the mugs when they suddenly lifted themselves up so the ponies couldn’t grab them. Discord then made the box for the bits move to the 1st pony in the line. "Bits first. Twilight, Spike, and the pony in front of Super Stallion double because they already drank." The ponies quickly paid up as the box soon made its way to the back of the line and they all drank. However little more than half of the ponies in the line immediately spat out their cider including Super Stallion and Rainbow Dash.  "What's the big idea?" Super Stallion asked, flying up a bit ready to physically give him a piece of his mind.  "I call it cider roulette." "What?" "I picked the apples at random and made them into cider. Will it taste great or will it make you puke? All the fun of the game." Discord then made even more cider and placed them in the mugs he lifted back into the air. "Care to try again?" "Okay Discord that there's enough, so can you clear on out of here so we can get back to work?" "Wait a minute," Rainbow Dash said. "Maybe it wasn't all good but he made cider way faster than your entire family has ever been able to do." Several ponies agreed, even the others that had terrible cider.  "If he took the time like we do to make sure he only used the best apples he would have taken longer." "Perhaps, but I bet I can still make it a lot faster than you and your multiple fruit family."  "Multiple?" Apple Bloom said after overhearing. "Give it time and you'll know what I mean."  "You bet huh, well what do you say to putting yer bits where your mouth is?" Applejack said. "What do you have in mind?" Suddenly a pair of stallions stopped by and dropped from a strange device.  "Well lookie what we got here brother of- " the 2 brothers were cut off from their song when Discord grabbed them by their throats and lifted them up to his eye level.     "Beat it!" Discord said with a vicious stare and then dropped them.  "Next town?" "Next town." And with that the 2 brothers drove off and Discord turned to Applejack. "You were saying?" "A contest to see that my family and I can make better quality cider than you can." "Well I bet I can make cider faster than you can."  "All right but if we win you have to leave and let us deal with all the cider making." "Okay, but if I win I get Sweet Apple Acres." Discord's comment suddenly shocked everypony there for very understandable reasons. "What?! Are y'all out of yer cotton picking mind? Why would you want our family farm?" "Well you see Apple smack, if I have it you won't, which of course will make you miserable, and that will bring me untold amounts of joy."    "All right, fine!" Applejack said after thinking for a second. "We have nothing to fear, there's no way you'll beat us." "We'll see."  *** Pretty much all of Ponyville got together to see Discord go against the Apple family who were all prepped and ready to go while Discord was on the grass with his claw resting on his head.  "All right, let's get this contest started." Applejack called out. "Um, are you sure this is a good idea, Applejack?" Mayor Mare asked. "You bet we are! Right Apples!" "I am!" Apple Bloom called out. "Bring it on!" Granny Smith said eager to beat Discord. "Eeyup," Big Macintosh replied.  "All right then, go!" Mayor Mare called out as she started the timer and the Apples got to work. The crowd cheered as they started making barrels of cider while Discord continued to lay down. Twilight however thought it was odd that Discord wasn't doing anything.  "I think he's asleep?" "Asleep?" Super Stallion said who was standing close to Twilight. "Why would Discord fall asleep right before a contest that he's in?" "Because it's Discord," Twilight answered. "Well, I can't really argue with that." After a while, Twilight jumped the fence to gently shake Discord as a means to wake him up. Discord then looked around, having a little trouble remembering where he was and what he was doing. Discord then stood up after remembering and saw that the timer was about to go out and right before that, he snapped his fingers and made twice as many barrels of cider appear on his side.  "Well, looks like I won," Discord said. "I wonder if I'll suddenly develop an accent?"  "How could you make that much cider so quickly?" "Oh wow it's almost like I can bend reality to my every whim."  "Oh yeah, well how do we even know that those barrels are full of cider each and every one of them could be empty for all we know." Suddenly Applejack had a barrel raised over her and the cider from inside it was spilled all over her. Discord then lifted the lids of all the barrels he made appear showing they were all filled with cider. "Convinced?"  "Yes, but from the look of things it appears the quality of your cider isn't much to talk about," Applejack said with a smirk on her face as the mayor went to examine the cider. "She's right I don't think any of this cider is drinkable." "What are you talking about?" Discord then picked up one of the barrels and drank the whole thing before placing the barrel down. "Ah, now that really hit the spot." "Well it may be fine for you, but I doubt I can say the same for ponies. So I guess that means Discord forfeits due to the rather poor quality of the cider which means that the winner is-" "Actually," Discord interrupted. "The contest was whoever made the most apple cider wins."  "Oh wait, that was the rules so, Discord wins," Mayor Mare said reluctantly.  "WHAT?!" The entire Apple family yelled out and suddenly Rainbow Dash flew up to Discord, clearly very upset. "This is a load of crud! You make terrible cider and you win!" "What do you care? You didn't care about the quality of the cider, just the speed." Rainbow Dash then backed up realizing what Discord said was true. "And now to claim my prize." "B-But this ain't fair." "A deal is a deal Apple smack, and Sweet Apple Acres belongs to me." Discord then lifted the entire farm land with the exception of the area where Discord and the ponies were. Discord then teleported himself and the ponies off the remaining land of the farm and he lifted it up to join the rest of Sweet Apple Acres. "This can't be happening," Applejack said. "Oh don't look so down here just to show you I'm a good sport here." Discord then gave Applejack a small apple seed that he placed in her hoof. "What the hey am I supposed to do with this?" "Use it for your next farm." Discord then shrunk Sweet Apple Acres so he could hold it in his paw or claw and flew off. Super Stallion quickly flew off in order to get to Discord. "Discord, you give that farm back right now!"  "How about I give you a sucker smack instead." Super Stallion then punched him, but Discord smacked him with his tail and sent him back to the ground.  "Wow this could have gotten way better," Pinkie Pie replied.  "I-I'm sorry everypony. I just wanted to show everypony that we knew what he were doing," Applejack said, almost crying if it weren't for the fact that she cries on the inside. "Now my family and I don't even have a home anymore."  "Where are we gonna live Granny?" Apple Bloom asked. "Well I guess we'll have to move in with some of our fellow Apples."                    "Eeyup."  "Wait, does that mean you'll have to leave Ponyville?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I'm afraid so, Rainbow Dash," Applejack answered. "No you don't have to go, you can all stay at my house." "None of us are pegasus." "Well come on y'all let's go pack. Oh right he took the house too," Granny Smith said. Applejack then looked at the seed that Discord gave to her then dug a small hole in the ground. "Might as well." Applejack then dropped the seed into the ground and buried it. Suddenly the ground started to shake like crazy. "Oh great now what?" Super Stallion asked as the ground continued to shake when suddenly large thick roots came out of where Applejack planted the seed. The roots then placed themselves on the ground and started to change the land that was once Sweet Apple Acres. The roots continued to change the land until they fully became a complete replica of Sweet Apple Acres. Down to the barn with everything in it and the grass and trees that used to be around and under the ponies there.   "What in the hey just happened?" Applejack asked as she and just about everypony else there was shocked at what the seed had done. "Did Discord's seed really do all this?"         "Eeyup," Big Mac said to answer Apple Bloom's question. After a minute the ponies looked around and the Apple family with the help of Rainbow Dash and Super Stallion who both looked around and found that the new Sweet Apple Acres was exactly like the old one.  "So Discord took the farm and then gave AJ a seed that makes a new one which is exactly like the old one?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I guess he did," Super Stallion answered. "So what does this mean Applejack?" Caramel asked. "I know what it means," Applejack said as she faced the crowd while standing next to barrels of good cider. "It means that cider season is back on." Hearing that, the crowd cheered and quickly formed a line to get back to the cider. *** Twilight and Spike made it back to the library after getting some cider and saying goodbye to Super Stallion who agreed to test out that invention of hers later. "Well that was definitely worth the wait wasn't it Spike?" "Well I'd really prefer a nice bowl of gemstones, but that cider was a pretty good substitute." "Too bad they ran out before they could give some to everypony," Twilight added. "True, but you didn't hear any of them complain." "Quite right Spike," Discord said relaxing on Twilight's bed as Spike and Twilight looked up and saw that he was there. "I think it's going to be a safe bet that ponies won't be complaining about the time it takes to make cider anymore." Hearing that Twilight quickly put 2 and 2 together. "I get it now, this was your plan all along. You made it seem like you took the farm and made everypony think there'd be no more cider, but now they've learned to appreciate what they have." "Well you really are the smart one after all Twilight." Discord then flew down and rubbed Twilight's mane in a playful manner.  "So you were actually being the good guy the whole time, in a way," Spike said. "Yes, you know Twilight like just about everypony else, I had my doubts about this whole reform me thing. But I think this might be for the best." "You really think so?" "Of course. Messing with ponies for their own good, this is gonna be the best.” “Well Discord, that’s not-  Too late, that’s the lesson in this chapter. Until next time." Discord then vanished leaving Spike and Twilight alone in the library once again. "Oh well, baby steps I suppose." *** Princess Celestia was reading a report Twilight sent her as Squeaky Clean was mopping the royal chambers. "Is that another friendship letter princess?" He asked. "No, I got a friendship lesson from Applejack a second ago. This is from Twilight, she sent me a letter explaining that Discord actually somewhat helped the Apple family." "Wow, that's pretty hard to believe." Even if I was right there when it happened. "I agree, as hard as it seems, Discord may be a valuable asset to Equestria. Though I'm leaving the elements with Twilight just in case."  “Probably a good idea,” Squeaky said. Suddenly he stopped mopping and faced the princess. “So.” “So?” Princess Celestia asked as she looked back. “About the kiss.” “Yes, I was wondering when you were gonna bring that up.” “I did that because I like you. I really like you and I’ve been trying to think of the right way to say this. But I think I’ll just come and ask…Princess Celestia, will you go out with me?" Squeaky bluntly blurted out. "Okay." "Yeah I figured as much but I figured I should have…wait what?