//------------------------------// // trust // Story: Running With Draconaqui // by Tiaa OwO //------------------------------// Sweety Belle stared at Jasmine wide eyed. So, the draconaquus wasn't Discord at all. It was a GIRL draconaquus named Jasmine! THAT'S why she was acting so strange when Sweety Belle thought she was Discord. Good thing she found out right outside of Ponyville instead of right there in front of anypony where Sweety Belle found her. "I've never seen another dra- dra- dragon . . . cuss . . . whatever it is . . . besides Discord! Are you guys related?" the unicorn filly bounced eagerly. Jasmine shook with fear and curiosity. "Um . . . no. I- I- I don't know who t- t- that is." Jasmine peeped. She was wondering why the smallish pony didn't catch her or TRY to catch her yet. Little did she know, Sweety Belle noticed her lack of zest when talking. "Are you okay? You seem shy or something." the filly pointed a hoof at Jasmine. The draconaquus drew back in fear. "Are you scared of me? Wait, are you scared of ponies?" Jasmine started to back away slowly. Sweety Belle thought for a second. The only pony that was this shy was Fluttershy. She acted the same way when she came to Ponyville. The only reason she's not cooped up with her animals and being totally anti- social was because when she first came to Ponyville, Pinkie Pie . . . Hold on! That was it! Pinkie Pie used her Element, laughter, to get Fluttershy out of her shell. Of course Pinkie didn't know her element or that she WAS an element at the time, but it worked! Maybe Sweety Belle could do the same for Jasmine. "Hey, Jasmine!" The draconaquus froze. She had almost made it into the bushes. Why won't this smallish pony leave me alone!?, she thought. The unicorn filly quickly thought of a joke. "Why did the chicken cross the road?" "W- w- why? Um . . . I- I- I don't know . . . because it wanted to?" "No, to get to the other side!" the filly expected a chuckle at least but the draconaquus just stared at her. "Okay then . . . knock knock." " . . . " "C'mon! Say 'who's there?' when I say 'knock knock'." "Who's t- there . . ?" "Orange. Knock knock." "W- who's there?" "Orange. Knock knock." "D- do I have t- to ask w- who's there a- again?" "No its orange. Knock knock." "W- who i- is there?" "Orange you glad I didn't say orange?" Jasmine thought for a moment. She nodded. "See? You don't need to be scared of me. Ponies aren't bad. I promise." Sweety Belle trotted towards Jasmine. She was pleased that the draconaquus didn't flinch or move away. She didn't see Jasmine's look either. That's what you think, Jasmine thought. "You can't go to Ponyville. Your shy and they'll ask too many questions. You can't go into the Everfree forest because its dangerous. My sister, Rarity, says so. She's and Element and she and the rest of her friends defeated Nightmare Moon in there." "T- the nightmare?" Jsamine felt fear creep up on her once more. "I- is she still t- there?" Sweety Belle laughed. "No, silly! Nightmare Moon was just Princess Luna in scary mode." Princess Luna? That can't be right . . . Master spoke of another name . . .Jasmine thought. "I just thought of something! You can stay at Sweet Apple Acres! Applebloom will know how to take care of you." "S- sweet . . . ?" "Yea! C'mon!" ~ ~ ~ Discord was running for his life. Literally. He looked behind him with a wild smile on his face and laughed out loud. "I'll get you . . . you fiend!" A unicorn stallion hollered. "I'd like to see you try!" The draconaquus knew he could easily fly away or even teleport away with a snap of his fingers but that would take away the joy of bothering ponies now wouldn't it? Discord suddenly jumped and landed behind the unicorn. "What . . . hey!" a waterfall of ice cold water was dropped on the stallion. Discord spread his wings and flew away, cackling. The unicorn stallion did not share his enthusiasm. He cursed Discord and his breed. "If I get my hooves on a draconaquus . . ." he mumbled and trotted away, soaking wet. ~ ~ ~ Celestia knew she was going to regret leaving Discord at the castle. He HAD to be doing something at that moment when she was gone and noone could complain to her right then. A pegasus guard nodded at her after flying alongside her with several others. They were headed to the Crystal Empire to deal with a mad pony who had insisted that Cadence and Shining Armor, the leaders of the empire, had taken a draconaquus from it. The gender and breed of pony was unknown to the princess at the moment so she was ready for anything. "We have arrived, Princess." the guard to her right said. Celestia nodded. They swooped down and landed on soft, sweet smelling grass and saw crystal flowers of all colors and sized scattered around. In the distance, there was a huge crystal castle and yelling. Celestia and the guards started to run towards the sound. "We don't have a draconaquus. There's only crystal ponies, us, and the pets of the civilians." Cadence told the grey stallion in a hood in front of her. "That's the truth." Shining Armor stood in a tense position, ready to smack sense into the stallion if he tried anything. "Lies! I know its here! It better come out or else!" the mad stallion yelled. "My wife just told you the truth. Move along!" Shining Armor growled. One of the seven timber wolves that were at the command of the grey stallion bared its teeth. "Easy, Talon. I'm not in need of you yet." The stallion said. Cadence stiffened. Yet?, she wondered. "Leave! Now!" Celestia boomed behind him. The stallion turned to see the sun princess and several pegasus guards coming towards him. He gasped and bowed immediately. The timber wolves all bowed too. "I was just trying to get my property and go my liege." The stallion said, his voice thick with respect. "No species is property. There are no other draconaqui besides the one named Discord." The stallion laughed and waved a hoof to the timber wolves, who in turn, walked away to a small house on wheels that was probably pulled by them. The stallion pulled off his hood, revealing he was a unicorn, and he had a dark grey mane with flecks of red. "That's where your wrong. Just 20 years ago, I found a baby draconaquus. It was female. It was like a daughter to me. A new generation to carry on my life work." The stallion looked away and stared off into the distance. "I named her Jasmine."