Twilight felt cold. She felt something soft and warm next to her. She quickly warped herself around the object. Her back still felt rather cold and drew closer to the warmth. She heard a soothing rhythm. Twilight felt something warm draped itself around her. She heard a chuckle, making her open her eyes.
She saw she was lying on a peach-colored skin. The muscle underneath was well-defined, and she looked further downwards. She saw more muscle that was quite firm. She looked at her limb in shock. A brown arm had replaced Twilight’s foreleg. It was completely devoid of fur. She moved away from the body she laid on and fell to the ice ground.
Twilight took in her new body and screamed. She stopped as she heard a laugh from where she was. She looked at the source and immediately looked away. Twilight saw a well-built bipedal creature. She looked away due to the male’s rather exposed nature. He laughed longer than he should have and Twilight had enough.
“Are you done laughing at me!” Twilight shouted, shivering from the cold.
“I am quite done, my dear.”
Twilight eyes widened. She looked at the man and looked away once more “Discord?!”
“Yes, my dear.” Discord gave her a tooth grin.
“Why are you so different?! Why am I?!” Twilight asked, panic creeping into her voice.
“Well, being from lower levels tends to change to fit the upper levels.”
“Levels?!”
“Yes, my dear, dimensions are stacked on top of one another, the higher you go the more powerful the begins.”
Twilight's jaw dropped. She shuttered as the icy wind brushed over her nude body. Discord saw her shiver and sighed. He snapped his fingers and warm clothes over her. Twilight looked herself over. She wore a blue shirt with pink accents and a pair of blue pants. Finally, she had a pair of boots that were gray in color.
Twilight looked back at Discord. She looked away with a blush once more. “Um, aren't you cold?”
Discord looked at his mismatched wings and folded them. “No, not really. Though why are you looking over there? Trees aren't that interesting.”
“Um, well, you um aren't exactly um covered?” Twilight blushed.
Discord raised a brow and looked down at himself. He wasn’t wearing anything and sighed. “Not even human and OS still courses through your head. Fascinating!”
“Could you cover yourself, please?” Twilight blushed.
Discord rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers. A Brown and gray suit appeared on him. He had a red tie and green dress shoes. Twilight looked back at him and sighed. She smiled and tried to move towards only she felt very awkward. Discord snorted amused with her bear crawl. She sat back down in the snow and glared at him
“Very funny, How do I walk like this?”
Discord was about to explain but then gained a devious smirk. “It quite dreadful my dear you to walk on, gasp your two legs.”
Twilight looked at him not amused in the slightest, “Discord, I’m being serious. I need to be able to walk if we're going to get moving. Useless you carry me.”
“Oh, I bet you’ll love that.”
Twilight snorted “You wish”
Discord offered her a hand and picked her up. Twilight’s legs were wobbly, and she fell into Discord’s chest. He wrapped his arms around her, keeping her from falling back to the ground. She looked into Discord’s eyes and blushed. She stood up holding Discord's hand, who gave her a polite smile.
“Now come on my Dear time to take your first steps.” Discord walked forward.
Twilight’s eyes widened as Discord moved a few steps. He stopped and looked back at her. Twilight looked down at her legs and then back up. She moved one foot forward, then the other. She took in a breath and closed the distance. Discord began to walk forward, not stopping. Twilight hurriedly tried to match his speed.
Discord smirked at her. “You doing quite well my dear.”
Twilight’s legs were shaky, but with her new anonymity, it felt natural. Discord let go of her hand and walked farther away from her. He stopped and turned around, smiling at her. “Twilight, walk over to me. You can handle it.”
Twilight looked down and took a breath. She took one step, then another. She repeated this until it became a rhythm to her. Twilight finally got to Discord and she gained a smile. She let out an excited squeal and gave Him a bone-crushing hug. Discord smiled and rolled his eyes. He picked her up with little effort and spun around. She laughed but then stopped as she realized what she was doing. She gently pushed him and he let her go.
Twilight blushed.- “Sorry I guess now I know how Spike- Spike!”- Twilight looked around concerned. Discord looked as he saw his traveling companion running around looking for a dragon that most likely didn’t come over with them.
Spike's eyes opened. He stood up and had a jolt of pain go through his arm. Tears welled up as he yelled in pain. He held his right arm and looked around. When he didn’t see Twilight or Discord, his eyes misted over. He choked back a sob and growled. Using his good arm, he cleared his eyes and called out
“ Mom!! Where are you?!”
Spike!!”
Spike heard a shout in the distance. He ran through the snow, his muscles strained from the effort. He shouted out to her once more. Forcing his legs to move out of the snow. After a few more steps, he growled. He inhales a big breath and then lets out a jet of fire melting the snow in his way. He ran forward, holding his arm. Spike yelled out Twilight’s name. When he heard a shout back he quickly moved forward.
Spike stopped as he saw two creatures he never thought he would ever see. Two humans stood there. One was dark-skinned and had long dark blue hair. The other was peach in color and with white hair and a goatee. The Long-haired one moved towards him. the creature pulled him into a hug. He shouted in pain and the human dropped him.
“Spike, are you okay?!” The human spoke in a familiar voice.
Spike looked at her with widened eyes. “Mom?!”
Twilight smiled at him “Yes Spike, it’s me, what happened?”- She asked, pointing at his right arm.
Spike looked down at his broken arm. “When I came out of the portal, I was really high up.”
Twilight tried to light up her horn when she realized she no longer had it. She reached into herself trying to find her magic. She found it and tried to call upon it, only for it not to answer. Twilight tried to call upon it a few more times only to get the same result. She let out a frustrated sigh and looked at Spike with sympathy.
“I’m sorry Spike, I can’t call my magic.”
“Call your magic? To do what? my dear.” Discord asked
“Spike broke his arm we need to heal it.” -Twilight said sadly but then looked at him with hope.-“Do you think you can heal him, Please.”
Discord looked at the dragon on the ground holding his arm. He looked at the pathetic seane and scoffed. He was about to turn around when Twilight grabbed his arm, He looked at her unamused. She gave him a pleading look. He was about to tell her no when he got a good look into her eyes. Her violet eyes perisced into him.
Discord sighed in defeat “Find but only if you stop looking at me like that!”
Twilight smiled “Thank you”
Discord looked away from her, a strange feeling hit him when she smiled at him. He snapped his fingers and spike felt a jolt of pain shoot up his arm. He let out a yelp and jolted his arm closer to himself. Spike's eyes widened as he moved his arm around. Spike was shocked by the speed of the spell. Twilight wrapped him up in a hug and looked him over.
He was still a dragon which made many questions pop into Twilight’s head. She turned to Discord but saw nothing where he once was. He was walking off into the tree line. Twilight picked up Spike and walked as fast as she could towards Discord. Spike scowled at Discord, lowering his voice Spike whispered into Twilight’s ear.
Where is he going?”
“I don’t know Spike but it might have something to do with those 'women’ he was talking about.”
“It does my dear, the Nords is what they call their little band.” Discord said not turning.
Twilight and Spike blushed, embarrassed. Twilight then noticed how far away they were from him. “Wait how did you hear us?”
“My dear I hear a blade of grass scream from nine dimensions away, you two might as well be blowing a massive horn in my ear.”
Twilight eyes sparkled with curiosity when an army of darkness appeared all around them. Thunder clouds appeared in the sky. Discord backed up to Twilight with an unamused expression. Twilight and Spike looked slightly horrified. Three lightning strikes hit around them. Twilight moved closer to Discord, trying to avoid the lightning.
The birds coalesced into two ravens that spun around ten feet in front of them. The speed of the ravens made it impossible to see the spot and once they slowed down a then lanky man with red hair and high quilting made robes appear. A Lightning bolt hit down next to the man and another much larger man appeared next to him. The Man had red braided hair and a massive hammer connected to a belt.
Discord clapped his hands mockingly. “Talk about an entrance.”
Both men glared at Discord the larger one stepped forward but then stopped and looked at Twilight “What do we have here.”
Twilight squeaked as the man approached her. Discord stepped between her “Well what we have here are three people just trying to see the Nords.”
The Man glared and tried to shove Discord away only for him not to move. The man glared “Out of my way.”
“Well considering you smell like cheap beer, so I don’t want you anywhere near her.”
The man bristled with rage and pulled his hammer. The shorter man cleared his throat. “Thor, there is no need for violence yet.”
The shorter man walked forward and looked at Discord in the eyes. “Look, sir, my son and I are here you’re doing here. You’re foreigners and well we’d like to know your intentions.”
Discord gave him a fake smile “Well Odin we want to see the Nords, can we go now.”
Odin’s eyes widened but then he regained his composure “Well you seem to know me and if it’s the Nords you seek then I suppose I should ask what is your business with them?”
“The answer is, none of your Business,” Discord said.
Twilight nervously chuckled and elbowed Discord in the chest. “Uhm sorry about him but uhm we're here to understand some visions we saw.”
“Vision?!” Thor asked dumbfounded
Odin gave her a warm smile “Well what did this vision intel.”
Discord glared at him, “Don’t tell him Twilight, that one’s a schemer.”
Odin held up his hands placatingly “I get it, you're very protective of your lady but I just want a conversation.”
Twilight was about to speak up when Discord beat her to it. “That’s what you say now. Look you know what we’re do you know why we’re doing it would you kindly leave, Thank you.”
Twilight glared at him wondering why he was being so rude to these two. Thor had lightning arcing around his hammer. With the snap of his finger, Thor’s hammer flew to his hand and he raised it above Discord’s head menacingly. Discord just rolled his eyes and yawned. Thor was about to bring down his hammer when three Draugr came charging out of the woods
Thor didn’t miss a beat, He turned to the Draugr and shot Lightning at them. The lightning connected one to the other quickly. The three shook violently before exploding into chunks of rotten flesh and organs. Both Spike and Twilight screamed as blood and guts flew around. Thor turned back to Discord and glared. Odin seeing Thor’s frustration cleared his throat.
“Thor it’s time to go, we’re clearly not wanted here.”
Thor spat on Discord’s shoes and walked back to Odin. The ravens returned and swarmed them. After a few moments, the ravens dispersed leaving nothing but empty air behind. Discord’s shoes lit on fire and put themselves out soon after. He turned to Twilight who was glaring at him. He looked down and saw Spike doing the same.
Discord's face fell “What?”
“Why did you do that!” Twilight asked
“Trust me My dear I did us a favor.”
“How exactly, You made that Stallion’s son mad and you constantly brushed him off or was rude to him!”
Discord rolled his eyes, “First off my dear, he’s a man, not a stallion, and Odin and Thor are Aesir, basically Celestia and Luna if they were-.” Discord thought about what made them different from “Well, they are actually exactly the same, expected at least Celestia hides her manipulation.”
Twilight gained an offended expression. “Have you ever met her?”
Discord's fake smile fell. “Yeah, and she’s quite backstabby, acts like your friend one moment zaps you with a celestial weapon the next.”
“You throw Equestria into chaos” Spike spoke up.
Discord looked down at him unamused, “Shaking things up isn’t always a bad thing my good drake.”
“When a house sprouts legs and runs around, yeah it’s bad!” Spike glared at him.
Discord rolled his eyes. “Well, it needs to lose a few pounds.”
The joke didn’t land with either of his companies, who still glared at him. He sighed and cleared his throat “Let's not waste any more time and get to those gales. Why don’t we.”
He moved closer to Twilight, holding his hands together with a charming smile. Twilight looked at him. She glared for a moment but then let out a sigh. Spike glared at Discord all the while. Discord then moved, pulling her to a side hug. She just rolled her eyes and the three started walking once more.
Twilight’s legs throbbed as they moved through the snow for a few hours. Spike was sitting on her back glaring at Discord, who was looking at their surroundings. He rolled his eyes as he saw something making a beeline to them. Twilight noticed Discord’s expression, and she stopped her legs yelling at her to rest.
“What’s wrong Discord?” Twilight asked
Discord raised up three fingers and put them down every second after the last one went down. Three women landed in front of them, their wings at the ready. Discord gave them an unamused look. “Valkyries! What does Odin want from us?”
Twilight elbowed him in the side, Discord didn’t even bother to react as he gave the woman an annoyed smile. The woman in front pulled out her sword and aimed it at him. Twilight backed up looking over the armor. The armor they wore was similar to hers in the vision. The three had masks on that unsettled her to no end.
“Foreigners are not allowed these realms.”
Discord rolled his eyes “Yeah, yeah Don’t worry, we're passing through We’ll leave back to our own realm after we're done here.”
Twilight cleared her throat loudly, getting everyone's attention. Discord looked at her knowing exactly what she was doing but decided to run with it anyway.-“Sorry my dear.”- He snapped his fingers, and a glass of chocolate milk appeared- “here you go.”- Discord handed her the glass and turned to the Valkyries, who gaped at him under their mask.
“What Magic is this?!” the lead Valkyrie yelled confused.
The other two valkyries aimed their weapons at them. Twilight got behind Discord, using him as a barrier between her, Spike, and the Valkyries. The lead Valkyrie pulled out a sword and aimed it at Discord. He looked at the sword, unimpressed. He placed a finger on the tip of the blade and gently pushed back. The Valkyrie lost balance and fell to the ground.
She quickly recovered and slashed at him. Discord just raised his arm and grabbed the blade with two fingers. “Are you done, can we go now?”
The woman growled and punched Discord in the face. Discord didn’t even react, he just rolled her eyes. “Come on, good old Cely can hit harder than that?”
The belittling remark offended the Valkyrie. She pulled her sword back and drove it into his chest. Discord allowed the warrior woman’s blade to pierce his chest. Twilight and Spike gasped in horror as the blade went through his chest, red blood exploding out of his chest. Discord gave a dramatic wail. The Valkyrie backed up wiping the blood from her mask.
He held his arms up in the air- “You have struck me, and I bleed from my wound” He dramatically said. “A Maden has bested me, paved in gold and worn of the ages.”- He turned to the side and held a hand next to the sword in his chest. Holding out a handout he spoke once more. “May the night last and my death be lead a stray.”- He grabbed the sword in his chest and pulled it out.
He did a few tricks with the sword and smirked a wicked smile. He punched the lead Valkyrie hard enough to send her flying far into the distance. Discord chuckled darkly and a few after her, The other two valkyries lifted their swords and were about to bring them down on Twilight but a green fire cut lit them a blase.
The two valkyries patted themselves off their armor, melted, and ripped off the most ruined ones. Spike glared at them, standing protectively in front of Twilight. The valkyries let out a battle cry. Twilight grabbed him and pulled him away right when a sword cut a gash on his stomach. She held him tightly to her chest as she ran.
The valkyries opened their wings and a few after Twilight with death glares aimed at her. They slashed, and Twilight did her best to dodge the blades coming down. The cold wind stabbed into her skin, the blades narrowly missing her. Spike struggled against Twilight’s grasp. He noticed how Twilight was angling her feet, knowing exactly what was going to happen. Blood dripped from the gash, and tears grew in his eyes.
Spike whipped them and looked around. He saw a rather small section of trees. “Mom, over there!”
Twilight looked at where Spike pointed to. She ran in that direction, accidentally dodging the blade. A big portion of her mane was cut off falling to the snow-covered ground below. She entered the treeline forcing the Valkyries to land on the ground and pursue on foot. Twilight ran while Spike did his best to get her attention.
She was about to turn when she tripped and fell into the snow. She quickly moved Spike to the side so she wouldn’t crush him under her weight. He landed on the ground and quickly stood up. Twilight groaned in pain as her ankle throbbed. The two valkyries landed next to her and brought their sword down. Spike let out a jet of fire only for a Valkyrie to kick him away.
His back hit a tree, and all the air left his lungs, he coughed right when a Valkyrie approached him. Twilight backed away from the Valkyrie, the Valkyrie brought down her blade and Twilight received a cut on her leg. She heard Spike yell in pain and then a bloodcurdling scream. The Valkyrie looked over in horror at her battle sister and cried out a rage. Twilight kicked the blade out of Valkyrie’s hand and crawled over to Spike.
Spike was horrified. He looked down on the Valkyrie who had slashed at his arm. The woman was set in a blaze trying to put out the green flames, he had spat at her. Spike held his injured arm. Blood poured down his arm and ringing crept into his ears. Tears fell from his face but then he heard something.
He looked over at Twilight, who was frantically trying to crawl to him. He saw the Valkyrie pick up her sword and approach Twilight. Spike's eyes dilated and fear and anger took over him. He ran over to Twilight’s side and let smoke come out of his mouth. The Valkyrie stopped and glared at him. Before they could do anything a groan left the other Valkyrie's lips. The other's diameter changed. She held her sword out to them, keeping them back.
Spike saw what she was doing, he got in front of Twilight and held her glaring at the Valkyrie all the while. The Valkyrie grabbed her injured ally and flew off. After a few moments, Spike collapsed on the floor and dried heaved. Twilight attempted to stand up but pain shot through her leg. Instead Twilight placed a hand on his back.
Tears fell from his face as he remembered the screaming of the woman. It all happened so fast that Spike didn't know what to do. He turned to Twilight and sobbed in her chest. Twilight picked him up and held him close. As she conformed him she remembered her own experience in all of this. She had nearly died. Spike nearly died and Discord wasn't there to keep them. Anger built up in her chest for the creature that had brought them here. She didn't know how but he will not get away with this.
Discord ripped the Valkyrie's wing off. She screamed out in pain as she fell to the ground and impacted with great speed. Discord landed next to Valkyrie’s broken body. He looked down at her with false sympathy. He walked over to her and with a kick sent her flying. She flew and landed on what felt like a mountain face. Discord examined her with disinterest.
She was covered in her own blood. Her armor had shattered to the point of uselessness. Discord smiled at her as if this was something normal. “As fun as this was I have a woman waiting. And we'll you know never to keep a lady waiting.”
He carelessly tossed her to the ground and unfolded his wings. He waved at the broken body and flew off back to Twilight. Discord landed back where he thought she would be only for her not to be there. He focused on crying coming from a nearby woods. He flew over there and saw the little dragon crying into Twilight’s chest. Who herself had a sympathetic smile looking at him.
Discord rolled his eyes and walked over to them. “Honey, I'm home!”
Twilight glared at him, Discord stopped dead in his tracks. He didn't like that look she was giving him. He gave her a nervous smile. Not knowing why this didn't anger him as it should have. Twilight gestured at Spike who she held in her hands. Discord looked at her not knowing what she was getting at.
“We could have died Discord!”
Discord didn’t seem moved by this which made Twilight fume in anger. Nothing this he cleared his throat. “My dear, they were sent by Odin. He wouldn't let them kill you.”
Twilight gestured to her injured leg and then at Spike's injured arm and stomach. “Does this look like not hurting us!?”
“My dear I said kill.” Her glare did not relent and Discord began to get frustrated.
“you don't even care do you.”
“I do my dear,” Discord said
“Well you don't act like it.”- Tears filled her eyes.- “I've made a terrible mistake.”
Discord looked away not wanting to see her cry. Yet he heard her. He snapped his fingers and both her and Spike's wounds healed. He looked back at her. She was still crying, Spike hugging her. Discord moved forward and moved Spike aside he patted her on the back. Twilight fell into his chest and sobbed.
Spike glared at Discord. How dare he come in and hold her like that, it's his fault she's crying. He crossed his arms to a side where Discord could see him. He pointed at his eyes and then to Discord with a glare on his face. Discord rolled his eyes and lifted a hand off Twilight’s back. He put down all his fingers except for the one in the middle. Spike didn't know what it meant but returned the gesture in kind. Discord's eyes widened. Discord had to actively fight himself so as to not burst out laughing.
Spike rolled his eyes and glared at them. Twilight stopped crying and let go of Discord. He did the same and the two locked eyes. Twilight saw his eye getting lost in his crimson eyes. She could get lost in those eyes if she allowed herself to. She shook her head and backed away. Discord let out a sigh and walked back in the direction he came from. He gestured for the two to follow him, which they did, the snow picking up in volume.
The three entered an ice lake. Twilight slipped on the ice but before she could hit hard on it Discord grabbed her. He grabbed her with a snap of his fingers. Twilight got ice skates. Twilight looked at him and noticed he had a blue rose in his teeth. He then proceeded to dance with her on the ice. Spike fought the ice as he moved and frowned without meaning to.
Discord made sure Twilight didn't see Spike Spike fumbling around. Twilight looked at him unamused. Discord spun her around a few times before stopping. Twilight slipped slightly but quickly gained her footing. Twilight gave him a questing look. Discord sighed, and they were on the other side of the ice.
“What’s wrong, my dear? You don’t seem to be having fun.”
Twilight sighed “This isn’t a vacation discord We're supposed to find those mar- those women.”
“Well, it doesn’t mean we can’t have fun while we're here.”
Twilight sighed “Discord Spike and I nearly died. I know you said they wouldn’t kill us but, we’re still attacked. I rather not have Spike in danger.”
Discord remembered himself for the first time since he got there. He needs her to like him, leaving her and the dragon with those valkyries. He then thought about what he could do to get her back on his side. “Look I shouldn’t have left you my dear, and I didn’t want to bring your boy here. He just followed.”
Twilight looked down then her eyes widened. “Where Spike!?”- Twilight looked around worried.
Discord snapped his fingers, and Spike appeared next to her. Twilight wrapped Spike up in a hug. Discord smiled as he saw her relieved expression. After a few moments, the three proceeded down the road. They moved further into Midgard. They passed several places before they finally came down the mountain.
Spike looked behind them seeing the large mountain they started from. The sun was going down while the wind picked up. Spike shivered as the wind stabbed into his scales. He walked behind Twilight, who herself was walking next to Discord. Twilight and Discord had warm clothes, and he was just left in the cold.
Twilight looked up to the sky and noticed the sunlight receding. Twilight placed her hand on Discord's shoulder. He turned to her and smiled. Twilight gestured at the sky, Discord shrugged. She sighed and cleared her throat.- “Discord, could we rest we've been walking all day.”-Discord thought against it, but after seeing her expression, he decided a night wouldn't hurt.
“Alright, my dear, we can rest.” Discord snapped his fingers. A tree appeared right next to him. He floated into a large tree branch and laid on it. Twilight looked at him with confusion.
“Discord, what about us?”
Discord snapped his fingers. Twilight had a sleeping bag, and a pink pillow appeared in her arms. She turned to look at Spike, who had nothing in his hand. Twilight cleared her throat. Discord looked down and saw her gesture at Spike. Discord rolled his eyes and laid back down on the branch. Twilight groaned and walked over to Spike just before he grabbed them Discord snapped his finger, and the blankets zapped him.
Twilight turned to Discord with a glare “What Is wrong with you?”
“Nothing, my dear, Just he needs to make his own arrangements.”
Twilight growled and was about to give Discord a piece of her mind when Spike stopped her. He sent a glare Discord way as he spoke. “Don’t worry Mom, I handle this on my own.”
Discord chuckled “Oh, it seems like the little dragon is so useless after all.”
“Excuse Me!!” Twilight said, shooting Discord a death glare. Before an argument could break out, Spike cleared his throat.
“Mom, it's getting late please, just sleep.”
“Spike, he can’t do this to you.” She said loud enough for Discord to hear.
“Mom, I don’t like this at all, but we don’t have a choice.”
Twilight looked between Discord and Spike for a few moments and sighed. “Spike please don’t go too far.”- She sent a glare at Discord before setting up her sleeping bags.
Spike sighed and walked into the treeline. He looked around in the snowy environment. He saw nothing but snow and trees. He sighed and walked to a particularly thick bush. He entered the bush and lay down trying to get comfortable. The cold and the moisture in the environment hit him like a sludge hammer. He shook in discomfort as his head had to be at a strange angle to be comfortable. Twilight lay down in her sleeping bag. It was very warm, and she hoped Spike found a good place to rest. She finally closed her eyes.