Discord had been coming and going just like he said he would. But Rainbow didn't ask him any more questions about the riddle. She mainly used him for company.
The pegasus still refused the stuff in the blue bowl, and she was paying a heavy price. She was starving, and now there was some green-ish fuzz on the stuff and flies swarming it. The Its never bothered to change the food or the water. She was living off the little water left in her bowl, and her own reserves.
One day Discord came in, right on time, and saw the two or three drops left in the bowl.
"Oh, my dear, why didn't you say you were hungry?" he asked. He snapped the little fluff-ball-thing on the end of his snake tail and a banquet appeared before Rainbow's eyes.
"Y-you can just snap, a-and food appears?" she literally drooled. Her belly rumbled.
"Well, I am a creature of chaos," he said smugly, but Rainbow was too busy pigging out to notice. There was sandwiches, and a smoothie, and...
"What is that?" she demanded, pointing her hoof at this pink-ish stuff on the plate.
"Pork," said Discord.
"Pork?!?!?" she gazed in horror at the meat. "What's WRONG with you?!?!?"
"Hey," Discord protested. "I just took this from the kitchens down under. It's not my fault these things eat meat." With that he poofed away again, but thankfully keeping the food there for her to eat. Except the pork, of course.
I can't believe those things eat MEAT! Rainbow thought as she stuffed salad into her mouth. Will they eat ME?!? the horrible thought came to mind. What if that was why the Its had captured her? She let out a nervous whinny, but then shoved her hoof in her mouth.
"What was that?" demanded a stern voice. An It came into view, then looked in Rainbow's direction. She quickly shoved the food behind her, spilling the pork in the process.
"Do I smell... pork roast?" the It sniffed, than began to move closer towards the cage.
Rainbow was terrified. It was going to EAT her! The pony scrambled as far away from the monster as the cage and her broken leg would allow. She sat on it by mistake.
"OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!!!!" she wailed. Other Its heard the commotion and ambled over to her cage.
"Did that horse just... talk?" one asked its companion.
"No way," the other replied. "Horses can't talk. They're too stupid."
Now Rainbow was mad. The It had just called her stupid. She forgot all about the comment about "Horses can't talk."
"Hey, stupid!" she called. "Who ya callin' STUPID?!?"
The Its gasped. Rainbow finally realized her mistake.
"Did that horse just talk? Weird," said one.
"Better go tell the Boss," said another.
"What's with the tattoo on its butt?" a third asked.
She immediately shied away from the beasts. What had she done? Now she had no chance escape. One of them run off to tell the "Boss" that she could talk, and she could live forever in a zoo, with all of the little It-foals braiding her mane and jumping on her back.
"Oh relax, Rainbow," Discord appeared in her head. "I'll help you get out of this. But just remember the riddle, and you'll be fine."
"How?" she asked. "I just blew any slim chance of escape, and now I'll never get back to Equestria! See? The Its are staring at me right now!" It was true.
"This is only the first part of your journey. Twilight will come to the rescue, just not in the form you think."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Whoops! You already asked your question. I'll be back!" And then he poofed away.
If Rainbow thought she was in deep trouble then, that was nothing compared to now.