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// A for Affort 
// Story: Enlightened Chaos 
// by Shadow Star Prism 
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Twilight was a bit pissed that she got turned into a Draconequus, and that Discord is just standing there dazed. She wobbled over to his still form, unused to walking on two legs, and waved a clawed hand in front of his face. She got no response from him, and she decided to poke him in between his eyes, and still got nothing from him.

Twilight made a deadpan face and gave off a frustrated groan. ‘How am I gonna get ‘Dazedcord’ from his trance if he-’ 

Twilight then had the most brilliant idea, that was sure to work. She put her hand flat against his cheek, moved it backward, and swung it back as hard as she could. A loud smacking sound could be heard as Discord gave a loud yelp and jumped backward. 

“Ow! What was that for!?” asked Discord, rubbing his slightly red cheek. Twilight huffed and turned her head sideways, “You weren't moving, or responding to anything I did so I decided to see if pain would work.”

Discord huffed, “Well it worked, alright. You hit hard, you know.”

They moved from the bathroom doorway and Twilight, still unused to walking upright, fell forward after a few steps. Discord, who was watching her, acted quickly and caught her. Twilight fell into his chest and opened her eyes. She then looked up at Discord and blushed a bit from their positioning. 

Discord was looking down at the purple Draconequus, and blushed a bit as he asked, “Are you ok, Twilight?” She stood shakily and pushed some of her hair back, “I’m fine.”

Then she shook her head and put on a serious face, and asked “Did you have something to do with this transformation? Because last time I checked, I was not a Draconequus when I went to bed.”

Discord shook his head negative, “No, I did not. I would not sense any type of chaos magic from you but my own if I did.” Twilight gave Discord a questioning look, and he continued. “If I had changed somepony’s physical form, I would be able to sense my magic keeping the change. That is also how I can keep track of the chaos I cause, otherwise being the keeper of chaos would be a hard job.”

“So then, what do you mean by magic other than your own? Is there someone else who can use chaos magic other than you?” Twilight asked, curious. “What I mean, my dear” Discord began “Is that your body is now making its own chaos magic, so the only other creature who can use chaos naturally is you.”

Twilight looked floored, “But how? I have never used chaos magic before, and I usually use harmony magic in large quantities. So how would all of that energy convert into-” Twilight suddenly stopped speaking, eyes wide. “What is it, Twilight? Did you figure something out?” Asked Discord. 

“The artifact....” Twilight mumbled. Discord looked a little concerned and asked “Could you speak up, my dear? You’re mumbling.” The former pony then spoke up “The Artifact of Magic Reflection takes the magic of one creature, and stores it. Then once another creature finds it, it would change the creature who picked it up to fit that type of magic.”

Discord then had a look of realization on his face, “Oh, crud. So my present…”

He looked down, upset that his gift had done this to his friend. Twilight gave him a look of sympathy, pat his shoulder, and said, “You get an A for affort.”

Discord immediately looked at her with confusion, "What? Don't you mean Effort?"

"But Effort is spelled with an E, so it would be Affort." She said to him with a smile.

Discord raised a brow, "That makes absoulutely no sense!"

"Then tell me how to spell effort with an A." 

Discord remained silent.

Twilight gave a victorious smile, "That's what I thought!"