//------------------------------// // The Sordid Truth // Story: Breaking Chaos // by KiaraKovu123 //------------------------------// The next two days passed by quickly for Pinkie and Discord. Their bond grew stronger over those two days together. And on the second day Pinkie skipped over to Twilight’s house. Humming her favorite tune, “La, la, la, la, la..!” she tapped on the Unicorn’s door. Twilight answered it and gave Pinkie a smile, “Hi, Pinkie! It’s been a few days. What can I do for you?” “Well, I was gonna make a pie but I don’t have the recipe. Could I borrow a cookbook?” “Of course!” Twilight stepped aside to let Pinkie enter the bubbly earth pony bounced in and looked at the shelves. “Now, what’s the recipe you’re looking for?” “Banana Lemmon Split Pie!” Pinkie announced with a grin, “I’m making it for a friend of mine.” Twilight used her magic to sort through the books. “Oh? Is it that colt you’ve been hanging around with for the past few days?” she asked Pinkie. “Yep. That’s him!” Pinkie was looking through the books, too. “What’s his name? You two seem to be good friends.” Twilight scanned the interior of one book and then set it down. “Discord.” Twilight froze and the glow of her horn ceased. The books dropped to the floor with a thump. “What?” she turned to Pinkie with an alarmed look in her eyes. Pinkie looked up at her. “What? What’d I say?” “Discord…” Twilight glared at Pinkie. Sweat dripped down Pinkie’s face and she started to giggle nervously. “Oh, did I say that? Ha, ha, ha…I’m funny…I meant Discount! Yeah, that’s it, Discount! Why’d I say Discord? That’s crazy and I mean really craz-” Pinkie looked at Twilight who was now standing next to her. Pinkie gulped and grabbed a random book. “Oh, look! I found the book! I’d best be going now!” Pinkie zipped to the door but not before Twilight teleported in front of her. “No, Pinkie, you’ve got to stay here. It’s not safe.” Pinkie was about to protest when Twilight locked the door from the outside. Pinkie winced and stumbled back. “But…T-Twilight I have things…I need to do! And I have to get back to the bakery to…bake!” Pinkie tried to slink past Twilight but the Unicorn blocked her path “Hint, hint! Can I go now?” Twilight gave her a glare. “No, Pinkie. It’s not safe! I’ll contact the Princess. She’ll be able to get rid of Discord!” Twilight turned and ran upstairs to her bedroom. Pinkie tried to chase after her but tripped over the books that littered the floor. “Please, Twilight! You can’t do this!” she cried. “I didn’t mean it! I said Discount! Not Discord!” Pinkie tried to get up, but she twisted her leg. Twilight ignored her and began to write. “My Dearest Teacher, There is an emergency in Ponyville. I don’t know how it happened but somehow Discord escaped and came here. Pinkie knows how, I believe but Discord must have corrupted her so she can’t tell!” Sweat dripped down Twilight’s face as she read the letter aloud. “Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.” Pinkie shook her head and stumbled to her hooves and ran upstairs to Twilight’s room. “Twilight, listen to me! Please!” Pinkie grabbed the letter. Twilight growled and she used her magic to grip the letter. “Spike! Come…here, quick!” she shouted as Pinkie gripped the scroll with all her strength. Twilight tugged harder. Finally, Spike raced up the stairs, a surprised look came over his face. “What in Equestria is going on!?” he ran over to Pinkie, who was still fighting Twilight’s magic. Twilight opened her eye and looked at Spike. Spike looked over at her. “Why are you fighting over a letter?” Pinkie let out a little scream without opening her mouth and her face flushed, “GIMME THAT LETTER!” she said, tugging harder. Twilight let her magic go briefly. Pinkie stumbled back into a bookshelf and all the books fell down on top of her, she realized she had let go of the letter. Fear washed over her, she had to destroy that letter. “SPIKE! FIND THE LETTER, QUICK!” Twilight shouted at him as she levitated Pinkie with her magic. Spike watched in awe for a few seconds and then dove into the book pile. Pinkie screamed. “Twilight, Please! DON’T DO IT!!!” she fought against the magic by moving her legs in a doggie-paddle manner and thrashing her tail around. “TWILIGHT, MAKE SPIKE STOP! IT’S NOT DISCORD! LISTEN TO ME!” Pinkie screamed as her eyes filled up with tears. Twilight ignored Pinkie’s pleas her held back harder. “Spike, hurry! I can’t hold her much longer!” Twilight bit her lip. “Did you find it!?” Spike popped out of the pile with the letter in hand and nodded, a frown coming across his face. Twilight let out a relieved groan and accidentally let her magic slip. Pinkie fell against the ground and started to charge towards Spike when Twilight leapt on top of her. “Send it, NOW!” she shrieked. Spike bit his lip and looked at the letter. “No, Spike! Please don’t do it! PLEASE!!!” Pinkie begged, her eyes pleading with him. He looked away and shook his head. Pinkie closed her eyes and hoped with all her heart that he wouldn’t send it. Her hopes were shattered like glass falling on pavement when Spike breathed on the letter with his dragon breath, it disappeared into thin air. Pinkie started to cry and Twilight got off her friend. “Pinkie, what is wrong with you!?” Twilight stared at her bawling friend. Pinkie sniffed and curled up into a ball. Twilight put her hoof on Pinkie’s shoulder and heard the door open downstairs. “Can you get that, Spike?” she turned to her dragon friend who nodded and ran downstairs. A few seconds later Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were standing in front of Twilight. The Unicorn smiled, “Oh, thank goodness you’re here!” Rainbow looked down at Pinkie, “What happened?” Fluttershy took a small step back, “We were waiting for you to come to the picnic a-and you didn’t show…” Applejack rushed up the stairs. “So we decided to come see you when-.” Rarity raced up next to her, “We heard screaming! Whatever happened, darling?” Twilight frowned and looked down at Pinkie Pie, whose hair was flat. “Pinkie? Are you alright?” Rarity looked startled. Pinkie opened her eyes and glared at Twilight. Twilight felt a shiver run down her spine when she saw that Pinkie’s once sky blue eyes were now an icy grayish-blue. Pinkie clenched her teeth and said nothing. Fluttershy whimpered. Spike, Rarity, and Rainbow, who were thoroughly confused stared silently at Pinkie. Applejack walked up to her and sat down next to her. “What’s wrong, sugar? Tell us all what happened, Ah’m sure we can help…” she said in a soft, soothing voice. Pinkie bristled and looked up at her. Twilight began, “Discord is in Ponyville.” Fluttershy flushed red and her face became angry. Applejack’s eyes widened and Rainbow growled. Rarity gasped. Twilight continued, “I don’t know how it happened but somehow he and Pinkie have become…friends!” everypony gasped and Pinkie snarled at Twilight. The Unicorn frowned. “Yes!” Pinkie stood up with tears in her eyes, “Yes, he’s my friend! We’ve done so much together and you’ve all got to believe he’s changed!” Pinkie stared at the ground. Rainbow wrinkled her nose, “I am NOT gonna believe that! That dude has a serious problem!” Fluttershy grimaced, “HE’S A BIG, DUMB MEANIE IS WHAT HE IS!” Rarity stepped back, “With a horrid taste in entertainment!” Applejack frowned. “And a hankerin’ for trouble with a capital ‘T’!” “How in the world could you befriend a menace like that!?” Rarity shook her head, “I don’t understand it!” Pinkie closed her eyes tight. “I don’t understand it!” she wailed, “Remember when Zecora came into town!? We all thought she was mean and that she put a curse on us! But Apple Bloom befriended her! We learned to accept her and we all became her friends!” Rainbow snarled, “Zecora’s different! She was never evil in the first place!” Pinkie glared at Rainbow. “We all THOUGHT she was! But Apple Bloom proved to us that she wasn’t mean or scary. And the same thing happened with Twilight and Princess Luna, too!” Spike looked at the floor, “She has a point…” Twilight sent him an angry look. He took a step back. Suddenly a light from downstairs filled the whole library and everypony shut their eyes. The door to Twilight’s balcony flung open and Pinkie saw an opportunity, she slipped out the door and silently grabbed the tree trunk and slid down it. She had to warn Discord about her friends!