The long, multi car carriage pulled to a stop in front of a crowded theater. In an instant, the door burst open as Discord emerged, waving to the crowd excitedly. Shortly after, Pinkie Pie, Izzy, Twilight, Autumn Blaze, and Fluttershy also emerged, mostly looking excited. They were instantly swarmed by reporters from all over Equestria.
“Mr. Discord,” one reporter asked, “can you tell us how you feel about the success of your film, ‘Robin Hoof x 3?’”
“I’m absolutely delighted with the success,” Discord responded. “Getting Twilight Sparkle to play the villain was one of the best decisions I have ever made, you would not believe how quickly she memorized all of her lines!”
Twilight just rolled her eyes but smiled.
“Do you have plans for a sequel?” One of the reporters asked.
“I plan to make a trilogy, actually,” Discord answered. “All of my actors signed on for one within their contracts.”
“We did?” Autumn Blaze and Izzy both asked in surprise.
Twilight just looked around in mild shock. “Am I the only one who actually reads these things?”
~~~
Soon the group was piled into the theater, and several of their friends were there as well. As is the custom in Equestria, this did mean the instantaneous generation of mayhem and chaos, much to Discord’s delight.
Twilight, to her credit, behaved. She only critiqued the film twice to mention how unrealistic it was for her character to be fooled by one of Izzy’s disguises, but was quickly shushed by the rest of the theater’s audience.
Autumn Blaze’s mouth had to be zipped shut with a zipper spell, though they returned her to normal after the film was over.
Pinkie Pie and Izzy Moonbow were unusually well mannered, and watched the film without incident.
Applejack later had to fork 20 bits over to Rarity after losing a bet on how well behaved Pinkie and Izzy would be.
After Iron Will took away Vinyl Scratch’s DJ booth, (she was playing too loudly and nobody could hear the film) and Sweetie Belle was banned from singing along with the movie during Autumn Blaze’s musical number, it was a relatively calm experience.
~~~
Blue magic enveloped one of the pawns as Rarity moved her chess piece two spaces forwards. “I wouldn’t have taken you for a chess player, Tirek,” she said.
Tirek quickly placed a bishop elsewhere on the board as he continued to duel against the fashionista. “Chess is a game of wits, strategy, and cunning, of course I enjoy it. I’ll have you know I never lose against Chrysalis and Sombra.”
Tirek’s bishop was swiftly captured by one of Rarity’s rooks, much to his agitation. “How well does Cozy Glow do?” Rarity asked. “She has a rook for a Cutie Mark, I’d imagine she must have some skill in the game.”
“You’d be surprised,” Tirek answered. “She has promise, but she is still a filly. She’s got a better fight in her than Chrysalis and Sombra but still falls for some classic traps. She’ll be dangerous in time though, provided she doesn’t get turned to stone again.”
“Which she probably will,” Discord noted from the side. “Along with the rest of you.”
Tirek growled in Discord’s direction before stopping to move his queen towards Rarity’s knight. “Is Sombra still in prison after that pathetic excuse of a break-in?” he asked.
“Yep, he’s still stuck there. I gave him a bottle of glitter today,” Izzy answered, also from the side.
“Of course he is. That fool,” Tirek responded. “He should have known there would be a trap.”
“It was a pretty well hidden trap though,” Izzy did note.
“Who cares? He still fell for it. There’s a reason I’m the smart one, do you see any of the others being able to play chess against you?”
“Checkmate,” Rarity suddenly cut in. She magically placed her knight in a position that outright prevented Tirek’s king from going anywhere, and also just out of the queen’s range. “I believe that makes three games for me, and none for you.”
Tirek roared in a rage and attempted to throw the table, but Discord instantly turned him back to stone.
“He is a very poor loser,” Discord said in disdain.
“Most villains are,” Izzy responded.