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// Day 5 The truth 
// Story: A strange stallion 
// by Cloudy Pillow 
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I was woken up by Feather Dust like usually. We did our usual morning routine and everything seemed like it would be a normal sunday.

Feather and I decided to spend the day strolling around town. We were trotting down the main street when Dr. Whooves ran right past us. I couldn't see it clearly, but I think he had a serious, if not angry expression.

I stopped thinking and ran after him and Feather ran after me. We all turned into an alley where Dr. Whooves stopped and stared, still wearing the same expression. I soon caught up to him and saw what he was staring at; a shadow that appeared out of nowhere and disappeared as quickly as it came.

"Dammit," Whooves said. "I was so close this time!"

Before he had the chance to run off again I grabbed him (don't ask me how) and asked what the flip was going on. "Whoa whoa whoa whoa! Hold your horses Doctor," I said as Feather finally arrived, I honestly can't blame her for being slow, she IS very small after all. "What was that shadow and why are you chasing it?"

"I got no time to explain! I need to get to it's next location before it moves again!" He tried to get out of my grip, succeeded and ran again.

Feather had finally caught her breath and said: "What was that all about?"

"I don't know, but my wings are shaaaaAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!" I didn't get to finish my sentence, because my wings appearently wanted to fly.

I spent the next five minutes flying around town and incredible speed without actually knowing where I was going. Suddenly I hit whatever creature was hosting the strange shadow. Most of you have probably already guessed who it is, but I'll tell you anyway: it was Discord.

He rubbed his head as he said: "Was that really necessary? You could've just said: 'could you stop for a moment please?' You didn't have to ram into me!"

That was the last thing I heard before I lost consciousness.

When I woke up, both Dr. Whooves and Feather were leaning over me. "Are you alright, Cloudy?" Feather asked.

"I'm all right… I think." I answered as I rubbed my poor head. Then I suddenly remembered. "Doctor! That was Discord! What was he doing here?!" I tried to sit up, but he pushed me down again.

"Calm down. It's too late, he's gone." There was something about his voice that made me relax and think.

I looked around a bit and noticed that I wasn't in the alley anymore. "Where am I?" I asked.

He looked at me like he understood exactly how I felt. "This is my house. I brought you here when Feather and I found you knocked out in the alley." He explained.

I slowly sat up and said: "Now you owe me some answers. Why is Discord here? He should be at Canterlot."

Whooves hesitated, but finally said: "He's here becau–"

He was cut off by a voice sounding like it came from everywhere at once. "Don't you think it would be best if I told him? It is about me, after all." Discord had appeared from thin air! *Did I seriously just write that like it was a surprise?*

"Discord?!?!?!" We all shouted simultenously.

"Yes! It is I! Discord: The Spirit of Chaos and I am here to tell you excactly why I'm here." He said with a deep bow. "I am here to check on you."

I was astonished. "Me? You wanted to check on me? Why?"

"Because I wanted to see how my chaos turned out and I must say that I'm that I'm a little disappointed." He said.

I was astonished again. "Your chaos? Disappointed? Explain yourself!" I shouted.

Discord rolled his eyes. "Haven't you figured it out yet? I was the one that sent you and your friends here!"

I was still sore and collapsed. "This is a bit lot to take in."

"Then you won't like what's to come." Celestia had entered the room!

"CELESTIA?!?!?!?!?!?!" We all shouted.

"Hello my faithful subjects… and Discord." She said.

Discord was the first to answer her. "Good to see you too, I haven't seen you in… what, nine days? Ahh who's counting?! I'm certainly not!" He said followed by a flash of light that summoned a glass chocolate milk which turned out to be a chocolate milk of glass.

Everything got cut off when I shouted from the top of my lungs: "WHAT IN THE FLIP IS GOING ON?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

Celectia was the one to answer. "I guess I owe you an explanation. Lean back, because this will take some time."

"Ooh! Ooh! Can I tell the story too?" Said Discord as he jumped up and down like a child.

"Very well," Celestia answered. "Do you want to begin?"

"I'd love to!" And so he began.

"It all began when Princess Luna got possessed by Nightmare Moon. Her transformation made such a strong pulse of Chaos that it set me free and I naturally sought out the source and found her."

Celestia took over. "They joined forces and somehow fell in love."

"That was all me," Discord shouted.

Celestia seemed surprised. "What do you mean?"

Now Discord looked kinda sheepish. "I was kinda attracted to her chaotic personality and... kinda... sorta... put a... spell... on... her." He just stood there and looked at Celestia. that just stared back. It was the stare of death. "How about we just get back on topic?"

"Yes, we should," Celestia said. "So, appearently, Discord put a love spell on her and... nature went it's way."

"Let's just skip that part!" I shouted.

Discord continued the story. "Shortly after Celestia found us, transformed me back into stone-"

He was cut off by Celestia. "And immediately after I sent Luna to the moon. Months went by and she got a strange-looking foal. A grey horses head, a green horses body with dark blue wings, White tail and mane and and a single goat's horn. She wanted the foal to grow up with a Family and sent him to another dimension. She didn't mean to send her colt to another dimension, in reality, she just wanted to send it back to Equestria, but something went wrong."

Discord took over. "That may, or may not have been because of me too," He said putting his eagle talon in the air. "It may have been a bi-product of my powers that stayed in her after our... relationship."

Celestia sent him another stare of death which made him shut up. After Discord understood what she wanted him to do, he sat down in a corner. Celestia continued. "Ever since that day 1000 years ago, there have been a prophecy: One day, when the powerful mother and the father without heads or tail have awoken, their child will return. It will be up to a foreigner to find the child. The child of the two beings will undergo many a transformation until it realizes it's true potential."

There was a heavy silence until I finally decided to speak up. "That's nice and all, but what does that have to do with... oh... shut your mule. So, you want me to go out and find the child of Luna and Discord without any kind of lead, clue or anything for that matter?"

"Yeah, that's the short version," Discord said over my shoulder. "Do not worry though, you can take all of your friends and allies with you as long as they say yes."

I got up and trotted out of the room whilst saying: "Fine. I better be off then. You comin', Feather?" Feather just stood there for about seven seconds until her brain finally caught up and ran after me.

LATER

I had assembled a team consisting of Feather, Simon A.K.A. Rainon, Frederik A.K.A. Thunder Rider, Dr. Whooves, Applejack, Twilight, Pinkie and Rainbow, with me as the leader.

"Alright, guys, first things first; we need an idea of where to go. Who do we know that can answer pretty much any question we might ask?" I already knew the answer, but I asked them just to see if they were in the same frequency as me.

"The princesses?" Simon said.

I answered by saying: "They were the ones to send us out to get clues, you flippin' moron... sorry. I don't know what happened."

He shook it off and said: "It's alright, bro. You've always been kinda quirky."

"The answer I was looking for was Zecora. She knows pretty much everything about this forest, so it's only logical to start there." I didn't even finish talking before I started walking.

"Aaahhh..." My old friends said whilst poking their heads with their hooves. They have never been too bright.

We walked through the woods without a word until we arrived at Zecora's hut. "I don't know how, but it would seem that I always get what I want, no matter how dumb I sound, so just let me do the talkin'."

I knocked on the door and Zecora came out. "Ah, I see that you are back. Now what is it, that you lack?"

I just stood there with a straight face and said: "We need information."

She looked confused. "Information about what?" She asked.

"A prophecy. About the child of Princess Luna and Discord. We need to know where to find him." I just continued.

I knew that face. That was the face people make when they know something you don't. "The child of the chaotic night," She said "Won't be found without a fight."

"A fight? What fight?" I suddenly shouted.

She hit me on the head to calm me down. I don't know what's worst, the fact that she did that, or the fact that it worked. "All of your questions will be answered in due time. Now just go that way, for I can no longer rhyme." She pointed in a direction and slammed the door shut.

I turned around and stared past the team. "Are you all right, Cloudy?" Feather asked.

I ignored her and shouted: "If you can make it this easy for us, why don't you just do it yourself, Discord?!"

Discord popped into existence behind the team. "No." He said and disappeared.

"What in tarnation just happened?" Applejack shouted.

"I dunno, but it was wierd, even for Discord." Rainbow answered.

"Alright, let's get this over with. I wanna get home before dinner." I said and just trotted in the direction Discord had made Zecora point.

We walked for like, two minutes, when Frederik fell down a hole. "Are you okay Thunder?" Simon shouted. Our only answer was a huge fart.

"He's okay!" I said and jumped down there. Everypony else followed. In the hole that turned out to be a cave there was a cave painting. I don't know how, but I could decipher the whole thing. It seemed to be an extended and more detailed version of the prophecy. 

"I... I can read it." I said.

"What does it say?" Rainbow shouted before she was pulled down by Twilight.

I started reading. "After the defeat of Nightmare Moon and the re-sealing of Discord, Nightmare Moon, now transformed back into the princess of the night, was banished to the moon for a thousand years. During that time she got a colt. A very peculiar little colt. The colt was sent to the dimension inhabited by humans. One day when the spirit of chaos and the princess of the night have both awoken, the child of the chaotic night will return to Equestria and realize who he is. During that time he will transform between three forms. The first being that of a human. The second will be the form of a blank one. The last is the form of whom nopony would look at twice."

I stood there, paralyzed. "Guys... Do you know what that means?" I din't even give them time to answer. "It means that I'm the child of the chaotic night."

Nopony said a word. A deafening silence loomed over us. None of us could comprehend it. Our brains were about to explode.

"I... I... I can't... alright everypony, let's go back and... report to the princesses tommorrow. I need some food and sleep." And with those words, we all returned to Ponyville and went to sleep after the longest day any of us ever had.