Today is Discord's birthday.
I'm.....not sure how to act today. Celestia still hasn't sent a reply letter. Maybe something is happening. I wouldn't know.
I never, ever told anypony, but I actually have an alright voice. I can hold all the notes, sing in key and things. Nopony knows. Not even Celestia. Not Crysalis. Not Golden Sparkle. Well, I should hope she doesn't know. I do sing in the Shower of Warm Rain sometimes.
But Bleach knows. He heard me.
Yesterday I was making a gauntlet. I was singing to myself, quietly.
"You'd know how the time flies. Only yesterday was the time of our lives....we were born and raised in a summer haze...."
And the door opened. Instantly the melody died.
"Wow, you are good!" the little dragon exclaimed.
"Bleach? What are you doing here?"
He blushed. "I, uh, sometimes I sleep in here because the metals are welcoming...."
I smile at him. "Tonight you sleep in my bed."
He looked horrified. "Where will you sleep?!"
"I'll craft a bed."
"Oh....can you make one for me?"
I smiled at him. "Sure. What metal?"
He looked around, touched a few chunks of minerals.
"This one." He'd lifted it up off the bench, using both claws, and pulled it close to his heart. "It feels...right."
That metal was from Equestria. It would make sense he wanted a metal from his own planet.
"Okay, then."
So I made him a bed. He said it was perfect.
I believe the metal was called ruby. Celestia gifted it to me in one of her first letters. She said the longer you leave it, the stronger and more beautiful it is. That particular ruby has been on my shelf years.
I didn't know how to use something so perfect.
Here comes Bleach now.
"Queen! Dime! Hello-o?"
I look down at him. "Yes, Bleach?"
"Celestia sent a letter, and something else too!"
He passes me a scroll with a silver ribbon tied around it. And a brown parcel.
I open the letter.
Dime,
I have many suggestions for Emerald's teaching. I am sorry to say I cannot speak of them now, as a threat has been made against Canterlot by a certain Trixie.
I do in fact know what has happened to Chrysalis. She attempted to take over Canterlot little over a month ago. She has advanced much since I last saw her. I chose not to acknowledge her; she was making a threat against my subjects. I tried to defeat her, but she had grown powerful, and Twilight Sparkle and her friends were overpowered by her army before they could use the Elements of Harmony. I am proud to say my niece Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and her husband Shining Armor used the power of Love to defeat her. She now resides in the Badlands past the Solar Empire.
I know that it is Discord's birthday today. I know we made a pact not to speak of him, whether he did or didn't know I was speaking to you, but I thought you would appreciate the enclosed gift.
Yours,
Princess Celestia of Equestria
I open the package. It's stone, but it's harder than anything I've ever seen before. I pick it up. Tap it with my hoof.
It smells of Discord.
(A/N)
Sorry for the long wait. Another one's ahead, I'm going on camp for a week.