'And that's why I will never have a special somepony again.'
Pinkie bit her lip. 'Awh, you shouldn't say such a thing,' she said. 'There'll be somepony for you, I promise.'
Discord only shook his head.
For a while, the two sat on the grass, in complete silence. Pinkie had decided to take Discord out for a picnic, but it didn't really seem to cheer him up.
'Eat something,' she finally said. Discord didn't react.
Pinkie bit in a blueberry muffin, although she wasn't hungry at all. But if she wanted to get Discord eating, she shouldn't refuse the food as well.
'Are you okay, honey?' she asked, hoping that the stupid nickname would make him smile.
Discord shrugged. 'Well, it's a relief that I told you about everything… but since that day she won't get out of my head.'
'I understand,' Pinkie replied. 'I totally understand.'
'I know you do,' Discord muttered. 'But when you are heartbroken, you still feel like nopony understands you…'
Pinkie smiled and laid her arm (?) on his back. She didn't say anything, mostly because she didn't have anything to say. What Discord said was true.
All of sudden, the draconequus took a deep breath. 'Pinkie, after all these years… I just have to get over her.'
Pinkie shrugged. 'Or you could try to.... hmmm!' she said, as Discord laid a paw on her mouth. 'Shh, it's of no use. She doesn't love me, and by the way, she is too busy ruling Equestria.'
'Maybe not,' the pony replied, as she pushed Discord's lion-side away. 'But hey, your choice.'
'Thanks,' Discord whispered.
'Now something completely different,' Pinkie continued. 'About your body. You know, you're stitched together and…'
'Now you want to know which part is whose?'
Pinkie nodded and smiled.
'My beard,' Discord started. 'Appears to come from a goat.'
'Like your brows?'
The draconequus shook his head. 'No, those are mine. But my hair is from a zebra, or something related to that. To be honest, I have no idea.'
Pinkie climbed on his back and looked at his wing, which almost disappeared in bandages and stuff. It was broken, but it seemed to heal well. 'Your wings are from a Pegasus and a bat, right?'
'A vampire bat, you know, the biggest bat species alive' Discord replied. 'Indeed, the other is from a Pegasus. My arms are from a lion and an eagle, you already knew that. And I have the legs of an alligator and a deer, it seems.'
Pinkie climbed down to his tail. 'And this? I think it's from a dragon… that would explain a lot.'
'It might be, I still don't know, but a dragon is the most likely,' the draconequus replied. 'Except for the plum of hair at the end. I have no idea where THAT comes from…'
'You have any ideas about the rest?' the pony asked. 'Your horns are obviously from a deer and an antelope, your head must be from a pony…'
'And that's all I know. I have no idea what my body is, but since it looks pretty much like my arm, I think it's from an eagle as well.' Then, he sighed. Pinkie was surprised, because he seemed to cheer up by telling the story. 'What's up?' she asked.
Discord shook his head. 'Sometimes, I feel like I am nopony. Well, nopony myself. So many creatures have been stitched together to create me… I can't remember a thing from the time I have been normal, you know. A pony.'
'You've been a pony?' Pinkie asked surprised.
The draconequus shrugged. 'No idea. I could have been, but I am not really sure. Maybe I am just created this way…'
'We of course could try to find it out,' the pony suggested. 'But I don't know if you think that's a good idea…'
'How would you do that?'
'I have no idea…' Twilight muttered. 'SPIIIIKE!'
The little dragon came down the stairs, yawning. 'Hm, what's up, Twi? Oh, hey guys!'
'Discord would like to know who his ancestors were,' the pony replied. 'Do we have any books about draconeqii?'
'Dra… what?' Spike said. 'Is that the correct plural of…'
'Whatever,' Twilight said. 'Do you know if we have a book about… Discord's family?'
Spike climbed on a shelf and started digging. 'I surely remember a book about mythical creatures,' he muttered. 'There!'
He held up a book with a purple cover. Twilight opened it and placed it on the floor. 'Hm, let's have a look… draconequus, drac… dragon, dwarf, nothing about a draconequus.'
'Too bad,' Discord said. 'Could you at least try to look up where my tail is from?'
Spike pointed at a picture in the book. 'Well, that isn't hard at all. It's from a dragon, of course!'
Discord turned around and wagged. 'It seems,' he said. 'Pretty obvious, now you mention it.'
'I have an idea,' Twilight said. 'In Canterlot, there's a huge library. We could take a look there, I'm sure they'll have a book about your species!'
Discord widened his eyes. 'C-Canterlot?' he muttered. 'Where the Princess lives?'
Twilight smiled proudly. 'Yup. I have free and unlimited access to the library just down the Palace.'
'Uhm, Twi… I don't think that's a good idea…' Pinkie said. 'Discord… has grown up there, and…' She quickly exchanged a look with him. 'Ehm, he doesn't like being in his old surroundings, I guess.'
Discord shook his head. 'Pinkie's right,' He winked at the pony. 'Thanks,' he whispered.
Pinkie smiled.
'So… what are we gonna do now!?' Pinkie complained.
Discord, his arms full of books about dragons, reindeers, goats, antelopes, bats, pegasii, and so on, tried to shrug but ended up dropping a book. Pinkie grabbed it. 'You're not gonna tell me we have to read all these books, eh?'
'No,' Discord replied. 'Not "we". You should go home and sleep. I'll look for anything fa…'
'Nu-uh,' Pinkie protested. 'Not at all. If you want to find out who you are, then I'm at your service.'
Discord's grumpy face lighted up a bit. 'Thanks again,' he said.
'My pleasure,' Pinkie said grinning. 'You know that I love to cheer up my friends, I mean… duh.'
'Duh indeed,' the draconequus replied. 'You're famous for that.'