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// Dropping in Unannounced 
// Story: New Elements 
// by Barrobroadcaster 
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	Leena's place was right around the corner from where we left the car. After the ride over, I didn't really care if anything happened to the car. Leena lives with her older sister Sara in a small condo that was one of four in a complex with its own parking lot in the back. As Twilight and I walked through the grass, it only just occured to me that I hadn't called to tell her I was coming over, let alone even find out if she was home. Still technically a medical student, Leena worked at the hospital Twilight and I passed at breakneck speed just a couple blocks away. What would she say when she saw me like this? What would she say when she saw Twilight? I could only wonder those things as we approached the door.
Carefully, I stood on my back legs, took a deep breath and knocked on the door with my right hoof. "Yes? Who is it?" calls a Leena's voice from inside. I let out a heavy sigh of relief. At least she's okay. "Leena! It's Nate, I uh, I'm sorry I didn't call, I just figured I'd drop by." I say in as casual a way as I can manage. "Is Sam with you?" "No, but uh,... could you open the door? Please?" The door quickly unlocks and opens. I look into her gorgeous hazel eyes and try to smile as best I can. The smile on her face quickly turns to shock as she steps back from the door, her hand over her mouth as though to contain an approaching scream. Her eyes dart back and fourth quickly between myself and Twilight. "Leena, it's me Nate." I say calmly as I open the door a bit further. "Oh mai gawd. What is... what are you? Who are you? You're... you're... she starts stammering. "We're ponies. And I can explain. You of course know Twilight from MLP:FiM? Can we come in?" she shakes her head as if trying to shake off the shock of seeing two animated ponies at the doorstep of the condo. "Hi I'm Twilight Sparkle. You're Nathan's girlfriend right?" Twilight asks through the door. Leena doesn't answer her, her eyes still going back and fourth between me and Twilight.
I open the door and put my front two hooves on the ground, walking on all fours again. I look up into her eyes. "No, that can't be you. You... you can't be real! What is..." "Leena, it IS me, it's Nathan.." I hold up my right hoof and show her the bracelet. "Look. I got you this for your birthday. It's uh... well it was a necklace. To replace the one you lost, remember?" She looks at the braclet and then at me. "Oh Nathan... it is you isn't it?" "Yes." I say. "I love you." "I... I love you too." she says back. "Oh Nathan... what happened to you? Is it okay to..." she says as she looks reluctant to touch my outstretched hoof. "Yes, I'm fine." I say. With tears in her eyes, she touches my brightly colored hoof. It's nice to feel her touch again. Slowly, I get up on my back hooves again and carefully hug her. "Nathan... you're a pony." she whispers into my ear. "Yeah. I noticed that too." I whisper back. I didn't care what I was. I was happy to have her in my arms again. I brush her hair lightly with my hoof and give her a small kiss. She starts crying a little. I feel tears form in the corners of my eyes. I don't even try to stop them as they fall. I'm just so happy to hold Leena again. Without saying a word, Twilight closes the door behind us.
Holding her by the shoulders, I explain things to her. "Leena, My Little Pony, Equestria, that whole show is real. That whole world is real." "How is this possible?" she asks. "You remember the Elements of Harmony? There's 6 other elements that are here on Earth and they're linked to the elements in Equestria. Twilight needs our help to find them before-" "Before me?" a voice interrupts. Suddenly in the living room of the condo, the animated form of Discord appears before us. "Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!" he laughs as his body materializes. "I'm sorry for dropping in unannounced but it looks like it might rain at any minute! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
"Discord!" Twilight jumps betweens us. "Twilight my old friend, so good to see you! Have you seen this new world? So beautiful and so much chaos! It has so much potential! Just think of the things I can do once I'm able to rule it." Discord says while floating across the ceiling, behind furniture and into and out of paintings and pictures on the walls. "You'll never rule any world again Discord. We've beaten you on Equestria and we'll beat you on Earth too!" "Equestria? Who wants that dull place? You and your little friends can have it. I'm done with Equestria. Once I have the Elements of Heroism, this entire world will be mine to do as I please! And don't think your little Elements of Harmony can stop me. I think you'll find things are quite different from Equestria here." the villain says with a grin.
I hold Leena tighter. "Maybe the Elements of Harmony can't stop you. But I bet I know what can. This!" I flash my Element of Luck at the villain. "Oh ho ho. You think one little element can stop me? Do you even know how to use it?"
I look at the bracelet on my arm. Twilight said it was activated by luck... I thought of something. "How about a game?"
"A game?" Discord scoffs. "Rock paper scissors? I win, you give up and leave. You win, you can have... my Element."
He puts his hands on his hips and just looks at the bracelet. "You do realize how this can't work?" I look at my hoof. Leena looks up at me. Rock paper scissors hoof? I don't know what I was thinking. "I have a better idea. A trade. You give me the element and I'll give you back..." he teleports right beside Leena and I. "Your girlfriend!!" Leena screeches as Discord reaches out to grab hold of her. Holding her, I pull her to the left as the Element on my arm starts to glow brightly.
Discord stops in his tracks and covers his eyes, momentarily blinded by the light. A bright flash errupts from the gem in the center and hits Discord before he can try to dodge. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" The fiend screams as Leena and I tumble to the ground and Twilight rushes over to us. "Noooo! Not again! Not back to stone again so soon!" he yells as his tail slowly turns to stown. But it stops part way before his legs, freezing only his tail and part of his back. "What's this?" he says, examining his tail. He looks back over to us. "Oh, it seems your little Element's power alone wasn't enough. Still effective it seems but without all 6 you don't stand a chance of stopping me. I'll be seeing the three of you real soon!" He laughs again and disappears in a flash, the stone of his tail taking a moment longer to dematerialize.
"Discord." Twilight says. "So he is here on Earth." I help Leena up off the floor. "Twilight thinks that your old necklace you lost might be another one of the Elements of Heroism. We have to find them before Discord." "Uh... I'm sorry Nathan." "Why? What's wrong?" "I... I lied Nathan. I didn't really lose it. My school fees are so expensive... I had to sell it." Now it was my turn to be shocked. "Why did you lie about that? You know if you need money you can just ask me right?" "I'm sorry Nathan, I stopped wearing it a while ago because I knew I was going to have to sell it to pay my fees. I'm still living with Sara after all this time... I just wanted to pay my way through one thing on my own for once. I didn't want anyone to know. I'm sorry." "It's okay. Just next time, if you need help just ask." I said. This actually reminded me of one of the episodes of the show. I guess we both could stand to pay attention to it a little more closely. "But we need to find it before Discord does." "I sold it to a jewelry store in the mall downtown just a couple days ago. You think they might still have it?" "It's worth a try." "Okay, should we take my car? Wait, how did you and Twilight get over here?" I remembered the car ride over. "Twilight drove. We had some... car trouble." "Is car trouble what you call losing control and racing down the street at breakneck speed?" Twilight chimed in. 
"I think it might've had something to do with my Element." I said, looking once again at the bracelet on my front leg. "You know it was actually kind of lucky the car accelerated like it did, otherwise someone might've seen us." Twilight said. And it just blasted Discord in the face. "Maybe it only works if something like can happen." I remark. "Or needs to happen." Twilight says. "You think it will happen again if we try to drive over?" I ask Twilight. "Let me see the Element again." she says, examining the confusing piece of jewelry. "It actually looks kind of drained to me. Maybe zapping Discord took some energy out of it. I don't think it would put us in any danger anyway." "You act like this thing has a mind of its own." "Magic is mysterious in this way Nate. That's why I study it, so that the mysteries can become clear to us. It should be safe." Nothing about this seemed clear to me but Leena was with me. I had to stay strong, get back to being human as soon as possible so things could get back to normal. "Well, if you say so Twilight. Leena, just to be on the safe side, you think you could drive?"