“Oh yes! Remember the little cube that you ever so joyously ate, you thought that you would have become an Alicorn, but you became something so much better! An acid spitting dragon!” Discord replied to the bewildered alchemist.
“No… its not possible! I followed the directions clearly for years!” Radneon yelled, “Every ingredient I added was correct! Just… that flower made the potion awkward in the end, but the flower was needed in the end! How could have it gone wrong?”
“Oh, you mean that one random flower, that somehow mysteriously appeared on the route that you took every time to that castle of yours? Obviously someone by your standard would have noticed it was fake. It was a bit odd for the coloring of the thorns to be all red, without a hint of purple, was it not?” Discord replied.
Radneon froze for a moment, then let out a loud gasp. “How could I not have noticed?! That flower wasn’t the one I needed, it was a Dragon’s wish!” Radnoen then facehoofed.
“What is a ‘Dragon’s wish’?” Frostbite asked.
“It’s a flower that female dragons would give to male dragons. The male would eat it, and if the male’s flame would turn purple, the male was truly in love with the female.” Radneon answered, “If anything that's not a dragon eats it, it would make them severely sick, maybe to the point of death.”
“Then why aren’t yah sick?” Ian spoke out.
“It must have been all the different ingredients I had in my cauldron, which must have altered the effect somehow…” Radneon answered, looking up at Discord. “Then why, ‘Discord’ haven’t I turned into one yet?”
“Well, let's wait until sunlight and see what happens.” Discord replied with a wide grin. He then snapped his fingers and a bright light appeared above them. Everyone looked up startled, and then the light grew larger. It grew so large that it enveloped everyone around it.
“Arrivederci! I’ll see you guys later!” Discord yelled behind the light. All the ponies, besides Kione, began to cover their eyes with their hooves to protect their sensitive pupils. Suddenly, all the ponies disappeared from the dimension.
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Ian’s rage was also consumed by the light as he felt weightless for a few moments. He then opened his eyes to find himself in a town market with Kione, Radneon, and Frostbite.
“Hey lads, open your eyes…” Ian exclaimed to the group. One by one, they all opened their eyes with shocked looks on their faces.
“If I remember correctly, then this is Ponyville Market. Funny how I was just here earlier today…” Kione mentioned. “I guess I didn’t make any progress today.” Kione laughed.
Ian then looked down at the ground and noticed the same magic seal that was on his flank, now burnt in the ground where everyone was standing.
“Hey Ian. Your back to normal I see.” Kione announced. Then everyone looked at Ian, he had shrunk down back to his normal size, his coat had lightened, his eyes had turned back to a sky blue color with his mane and tail becoming purple again, and the magic seal on his flank had disappeared showing only his purple coat.
“I feel normal…” Ian looked at himself with a smile.
“Um… guys. You should look around us.” Frostbite announced, making the three ponies flinch. Around them were a lot of staring, confused, and shocked townsponies.
“What is going on here?” A female voice was heard within the crowd. Then a purple unicorn came out from the crowd walking towards the four ponies that were standing in the middle. The mare stopped three feet away from Ian and glared at the markings on the ground where they stood.
“Hello. My name is Radneon and we-” Radnoen started then was cut short by a blue hoof slamming into the side of his head sending him toward the ground.
“Finally, peace and quiet!” Frostbite yelled with his hoof still extended, glaring at the now unconscious Pegasus on the ground. Everyone around them gasped, including the purple unicorn in front of them.
“I was about to do that.” Kione said nonchalantly, staring at Frostbite.
“I’m guessing you four aren’t from Ponyville.” The purple unicorn stated, observing each of them.
“You guessed right miss, we were-” Ian began bust was cut off by a loud voice in his head.
‘It would be best if you didn’t mention our meeting, unless you wanted to be attacked by a bunch of crazed townsponies, hmm?’ The voice said, and Ian assumed it was Discord himself.
“You where saying?” the unicorn pointed out.
“We were trying out a new long distance transportation spell.” Frostbite added in quickly, “And… well, we ended up here!” He said with a wide grin.
“Alright then, welcome to Ponyville!” The unicorn announced, waving her forehooves in the air and the crowd of ponies cheered. She then planted her hooves back down on the ground. “My name is Twilight Sparkle! What may your names be?”
“Ian Ceōl.” The purple earth pony replied in his Scottish accent.
“Kione Evertune.” The masked pony added after Ian.
“I am Frostbite Rune…” The blue unicorn added, then pointed to Radneon, “and this idiot here is Radneon, the alchemist.”
“Well it's nice to meet all of you!” Twilight said.
“Yes indeed. Can you show us to your town’s library?” Frostbite asked the purple unicorn.
“Sure, and I could show you guys around… but what are we going to do about him?” She said, pointing to the unconscious Pegasus.
“I got it.” Kione said looking at Frostbite. “Do you mind levitating him onto my back?”
“Sure” Frostbite answered, using his telekinesis to slowly levitate Radneon onto Kione’s back.
“Well, let's go.” Twilight added, then turned around and started walking toward a large tree with windows and a door in front. The rest of the group followed slowly behind as the crowd of ponies slowly dispersed, and then went back to their everyday lives.
‘We’ll talk more later, in the mean time...’ Discord whispered in Ian’s mind. ‘Have fun!’ Then the voice vanished into the earth pony's mind, leaving a confused and worried look on his face.