This was not Starlight's day, first, she loses Screwball in a game of hide-and-seek and now, Trixie is at the door. "Trixie?!" She said shocked.
"Yes, it is I, the great and powerful Trrrixie! Here to see her great and powerful, best friend!" Trixie shouted. Starlight just looked at her in complete silence with her mouth agape. "In case you're wondering, I finished my tour early and thought we could hang out, get a meal, have a sleepover. What do you say?" Trixie asked. Starlight still just stared at her, mouth agape, and in silence. "Okay, what's wrong? You've been looking at me like that for a while. Are you excited to see your best friend?"
Finally, after another minute of silence, Starlight asked, "Trixie, how are you here? You've been with me all day helping me find Screwball."
Trixie just looked at her confused. "What are you talking about? I haven't seen you since I left for my tour over a week ago and who's Screwball?"
"Hey, Starlight, maybe you can yell something that tells Screwball that you give up then maybe she'll come out." Trixie and Starlight but turned and saw the Trixie that was with Starlight all day. Once she saw the real Trixie outside she said, "Aw, chocolate clouds. You weren't supposed to be here for another two weeks. Oh, well. It was getting hard to be you anyway, Trixie. Question, how do you roll your r's like you do so many times? It can get really difficult."
Trixie ran away screaming in fear since she felt a little too freaked out but Starlight was mad. "Okay, who are you? What have you done with Screwball?!"
The Fake Trixie laughed mischievously. "You'll have to catch me first! You have until sundown or I win and you'll never see Screwball again!" The Fake Trixie teleported away and her laughs could be heard throughout the entire castle.
Starlight cast a spell on the castle so whoever this fake Trixie was couldn't escape. "Okay, what could this fake Trixie be? An evil changeling?"
"Nope! Try again!" Fake Trixie shouted.
Starlight looked around for the Fake Trixie but the castle was huge and she couldn't tell where the voice was coming from. "A different kind of creature that can form at will."
"Oooh! You're very warm but I won't tell until you find me!" Starlight growled and used his magic to teleport to every room in the castle in search of the fake Trixie.
She teleported to the throne room last. She looked all around and saw Spike sitting on his throne drinking a chocolate shake with gems inside. "Hey, Starlight, still searching for Screwball?" He asked.
"That and there's a dangerous creature here that's disguised itself as Trixie. It's holding Screwball hostage and her dad will be in less than an hour," Starlight said worriedly.
"It will be all right, Starlight. I got a letter from Twilight saying that she and Fluttershy will be back before Screwy's dad gets back." Starlight breathed a sigh of relief but just then the door opened and Spike came in.
"Hey, is there a reason why I can't leave the castle and nopony can come in?" Spike asked. He looked and saw a shocked Starlight looking at him and another him. "Okay, that's new."
"Oh, come on!" The Fake Spike flew to the real Spike and spun the two of them around. As the Fake Spike was spinning them around he said, "Figure out which one is the real Spike, Starlight, or else you'll never find Screwy!" The Fake Spike stopped spinning them leaving a confused Starlight looking at two Spike's. "I'm the real Spike, he's the fake one!"
"What?! That's preposterous! Only a fake would say that!"
As the two were bickering, Starlight was in a pickle, she couldn't tell the difference between the two Spike's. There had to be a way to find the fake one. She was running out of time, she only had 15 minutes till Screwball's father came to pick her up. Then Starlight remembered something important. The fake Trixie that hung out with her today had a lot of chocolate and the fake Spike had a chocolate shake.
"Well, I can't figure out which Spike is which," Starlight said as she turned away from the two Spike's.
"What?!" They both said shocked.
"Yep. Too bad really. See, the other day, I asked Pinkie Pie to make me the ultimate chocolate cake."
"The Ultimate Chocolate cake?" She heard one of the Spike's say in awe.
"Yep. It has chocolate everything from chocolate icing to chocolate sprinkles, chocolate roses, and even chocolate cherries. In fact, she should be here by now."
"All right!"
She heard one of the Spike's fly away quickly and she teleported herself to the front door just seconds before Spike got to the door. She saw him flying happily to the door and just before he got to the door, Starlight tagged him with her hoof and said, "Ha! I win!"
The Fake Spike landed on the ground and just stared at her in awe. "I lost..." The Fake Spike smiled happily and started to fly all over shouting happily, "I lost!"
Spike walked in just at that moment he heard the shouting. "So, you really couldn't tell the difference between me and that Spike?" He asked.
"Nope, but now I'm more confused. Why is the fake you happy that he lost?"
Just then, Fluttershy and Twilight came back from their friendship mission and they did not look happy. "Well, Discord created another fake friendship mission and glamour spell on our cutie marks," Twilight said clearly annoyed.
The Fake Spike quickly flew to Fluttershy and said, "Miss Twilight, Miss Fluttershy, I lost! Wha-hoo!" He flew back into the air and began to do more tricks happily.
"I have no idea what's happening and why would Discord create another fake friendship mission and glamour spell? That doesn't seem to make sense," Starlight told her.
"You can ask him when he gets here," Twilight told her.
Starlight was about to ask her what she meant by that but Fluttershy stopped her. "Did you have fun with Screwball?" Fluttershy asked.
Starlight gasped. "I haven't found her! We were playing hide-and-seek and I spent more time with a fake Trixie and a fake Spike then looking for Screwball. What am I going to do when her father gets here?" Starlight said worriedly.
In a flash of light, Discord appeared. "So sorry I'm late, but Celestia kept me so busy and I got to your house Fluttershy read your note then came here."
"Discord, why are you here?" Starlight asked confused.
"Hmm. Well, isn't it obvious? I'm here to pick up..."
Before he could finish, the fake Spike fly into Discord's arms and shouted, "Daddy, guess what?"
"What, my little abomination?" He asked sweetly.
"I lost! Miss Starlight beat me! And I perfected my transformation spell!"
Discord smiled and said, "Excellent, my little abomination! I'm so proud of you."
Now, Starlight was even more confused. "Will somepony please explain to me what is going on?!"
Everyone looked at her then Fluttershy looked at the fake Spike and said, "You need to explain everything to Starlight, Screwball."
"SCREWBALL?! But she's been missing since this morning," Starlight said distressed.
The fake Spike flew down in front of her and said, "Okay, remember the note Screwball left you?" She nodded not knowing where this was going to go.
"Well, the first step said that Screwy loved Chocolate and what have you been seeing me eat most of the day?"
"Chocolate, but how will his help me find Screwball?" Then she put two and two together. "Wait, you're telling me that I've been with Screwball all day?!"
The Fake Spike smiled and said while jumping up and down, "She wins! She wins!" He glowed brightly, and in front of Starlight was none other than Screwball. "Hello, Miss Starlight. I'm Screwball, the daughter of Discord!" Starlight just stood in shock but Discord and Screwball were laughing. "Did you see the look on her face, daddy?"
"I know, my little abomination, priceless!"
The two laughed in utter glee until Twilight asked, "Why did you cast another fake friendship mission and glamour spell on me and Fluttershy?"
Discord grinned. "I didn't do anything to your cutie marks or your friendship map."
"Yeah, right, then who did?" Twilight asked.
"Me! How'd I do, daddy?" Screwball asked sweetly.
"Perfect! Now, let's go home and get you packed."
"Hold on!" Starlight shouted. Everypony looked at her and waited to hear what she had to say.
"First off, how does Discord have a daughter and how is she a pony?!"
Fluttershy and Twilight were about to answer but Discord beat them to it. "It's quite simple actually. When I was first ruling Equestria, I wanted somepony to play with, somepony to appreciate my chaos. So, using a bit of cotton candy cloud and my magic, I created Screwball here."
"That's me. While I may look like a pony, I have the blood of a draconequus in my veins. Chaos flows through me. I was the one was cast a fake friendship mission and a glamour spell," Screwball said proudly.
"Why?!" Twilight and Starlight shouted annoyed.
"Because I asked her to, I mean she has to get to know Starlight before she leaves."
"What are you talking about, Discord?" Starlight asked confused.
"Why isn't it obvious? Screwball is going to the school of Friendship."
"WHAT?!" Starlight asked.
"Wait, you mean this planned to Screwball could meet Starlight?" Twilight asked trying not to lose her temper.
"Well, you can't expect me to have Starlight to meet my little abomination the old fashion way, do you?" Discord asked.
Everypony rolled their eyes in amusement and annoyance. "But why is Screwball coming to the School of Friendship?" Starlight asked.
"Well, since Cozy Glow left, there's been an opening and Discord suggested Screwball since she doesn't know much about friendship, I suggested that she come and learn."
Screwball nodded. "Yeah, I mean, sure, I have the CMC and the mane six but I want to learn more about friendship and Daddy can't teach me everything."
Now, Starlight understood. Since Screwball was Discord's daughter and she wanted to come to the School of Friendship, she wanted another pony to trust with her secret of being Discord's daughter.
"So, who knows that you and Discord are related?" Starlight asked curiously.
"Mostly Twilight and her friends. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. The Cutie Mark Crusaders. I felt that if Screwball made more friends then she could be just a good and happy as I am with friends."
"Yeah! Daddy and I should leave. I'm going to be going to school soon so I should pack. Bye, Miss Starlight. Thanks for beating me." Then Screwball and Discord left Twilight's castle.
Starlight sighed heavily. "Man, I really did underestimate watching Screwball, huh?" Starlight asked.
"Don't worry. We all had that same problem with her when we first met her," Fluttershy told her.
"How did you all meet Screwball anyway?" Starlight asked.
"Let's save that story for another time. It's late and we have a school to get ready for in a week," Twilight told her.
Starlight nodded in agreement then Fluttershy went home and Starlight and Twilight went to bed.