//------------------------------// // What comes next // Story: Disorder in the Court // by FrostTheWolf //------------------------------// By the time that Fluttershy had returned back home, she had finished everything that she needed to do today and was a bit exhausted after today. Ponyville was in the middle of a heatwave, there were long lines at the market and she wasn’t able to get everything that she needed to go shopping for. All the pegasus wanted was to trot into her cottage, sit down on the couch in the living room and just let the crisp air cool her off. Unfortunately, the moment she entered the door, Fluttershy was immediately greeted by a familiar draconequus in a suit. “Oh, hello there Fluttershy. Welcome home.” “D-Discord?” Fluttershy spoke, a bit caught off guard by his sudden appearance, “W-what are you doing here? D-don’t you have your trial today?” “Yeah… I did. And there’s both good news and bad news,” Discord said as he removed his coat, “I was found not guilty-” “-T-That’s great-” “On one charge.” “O-oh,” Fluttershy immediately backtracked her previous remark at that, “W-which one?” “The character defamation charge. Personally, I’m convinced that the verdict was because of how quickly Grogar lost his temper when things weren’t going his way,” the spirit of chaos replied, “The charge of identity theft is the only one I’m being held accountable for… but considering the events that happened in the courtroom, the judge decided to have Twilight determine what happened next going forward.” That still left Fluttershy a bit confused as she looked back at her friend with a concerned look, “S-so, what’s going to happen now?” “Well, aside from the fine I have to pay, there’s… another thing I have to do. When Twilight learned about everything and looked over the case, she decided that for my sentence,” Discord paused for a brief moment as he thought to himself, before a lightbulb went off in his mind, “Do you remember when I was released from stone a second time and you reformed me?” “O-of course. B-but, how does that-?” “Think that, but I’m in your position and our angry little goat friend is in mine. Twilight has said that if I can reform him within the next few months, then she’ll have Grogar drop the charges completely and my record will be clean… On a related note, is the guest room available?” Unfortunately for the draconequus, his pegasus friend had already passed out on the couch at that point.