//------------------------------// // Chapter Ten // Story: Dream Come True // by APoeticHeart //------------------------------// After teleporting away from Fluttershy’s cottage, Discord ended up in the throne room of Canterlot Castle. However, neither Princess Celestia nor Princess Luna was anywhere to be found and this puzzled the draconequus. He placed his lion paw up to his chin and rubbed at it in a thinking manner. Hm… now I wonder where my two favorite royal siblings could be. Certainly they wouldn’t leave Canterlot unattended for unknown dangers to just come in and take over. Maybe I should just go take a look around to see if I can find them. He sighed heavily as he turned to exit the throne room in search of the royal sisters. As he traveled through the halls he came upon two palace guards performing their daily patrol. They stopped their trotting when they spotted him “Halt! Sir, you are intruding on the castle grounds of Princess Luna and Princess Celestia. Unless the princesses have requested your presences, we are authorized to escort you out. So if you would be cooperative, come with us please.” One of the guards spoke as he gave Discord a stern look. Discord greeted the two with a sly grin “But my good sirs, I’m just here to visit my good friends. Isn’t there an exception for close acquaintances?” His grin changed into a pleading frown. “Discord?!” came a voice as he and the guards turned to see Princess Luna approaching them with Timmy riding on her back. She stopped in front of the guards “Guards, it’s okay, you shall take your leave. He poses no threat anymore.” She gave Discord a soft smile. Both guards bowed their heads and spoke in unison “Yes your highness.” They then trotted away. As soon as they were gone, Discord let out an exaggerated sigh “Whew! I thought they would never leave,” he mumbled as he turned to look at Luna. He bowed his head “As always Luna, it’s a pleasure to see you.” He raised his head and gave her a sly smile and wink. Luna nodded in response “Well, I won’t say it’s a pleasure, but it is good to see you again as well Discord.” She gave him a soft smile “However, if I may ask Discord, how come have you decided to visit Canterlot today?” Discord gasped as his jaw dropped “My dear, dear Luna, now would I, the Master of Chaos need a reason to come visit my two… well one of my two favorite ponies in all of Equestria.” He gave her an innocent smile “However, I wanted to come and see the little human child I’ve heard so much about from my dear friend Fluttershy.” He looks past Luna to the little boy on her back “And I can see that she was right.” Luna turned her head to look back at Timmy with a look of curiosity of his face. She let out a light giggle and very carefully levitated him off her back and stood him up in front of her. She sat down on her haunches and gently placed a hoof on his shoulder “Timmy dear, I would like to introduce you to Discord.” She looked down at him with a warm smile, and then at Discord “Discord, may I introduce you to Timmy.” Discord leaned down to Timmy’s eye level “Well hello there Sir Timmy. Although Lulu already introduced me, allow me to introduce myself more formerly. As she said, my name is Discord, Master of Chaos… well reformed Master of Chaos.” He reached out his lion paw “It is an honor to meet you young lad.” He gave the child a smirk. Timmy giggled a little at the draconequus and reached out a small hand of his own “Hello Mister Discord, it’s nice to meet you… AAH!” He let out a scream as Discord’s lion paw came off after he shook it. Discord couldn’t help but collapse onto the floor laughing. With a flick of his talons, his lion paw magically reappeared. Luna shook her head and rubbed at Timmy’s shoulder as he looked up at her confused and scared. She leaned down and spoke softly “Shh… don’t be scared little one, he is just being his usual self.” She gave him a reassuring smile, and then looked at Discord with a roll of her eyes. Discord slowly stood back up and sighed heavily from laughing so hard “Aw… ha… I’m sorry little guy. I just can’t help myself at times causing a little bit of chaos, even if it’s fun chaos… haha.” He wiped at his eye with his bear paw as a tear rolled down his cheek. He looked down at Timmy “Here my lad, to show you how truly sorry I am, how would you like this?” With a snap of his talon a cone of fluffy pink cotton candy appeared in front of Timmy. Timmy looked at the cotton candy with a big smile, but looked up at Princess Luna to see if it was okay. She smiled warmly down at him “It’s safe Timmy, don’t worry.” She leaned down and gave him a gentle kiss on the top of his head. He blushed and nodded up at her as he turned to look at Discord. He reached out and grabbed the cotton candy cone “Thank you Mister Discord.” He gave Discord a soft smile and bit into the cotton candy. Discord snickered to himself “You’re welcome Timmy. I hope it’s sweet enough.” He continued to snicker a little bit more and Luna looked at him curiously. Timmy sighed softly as he chewed his first bite of cotton candy “Mm… this is good Mr… Kaboom!” Suddenly the cotton candy exploded right in the little boy’s face. Little pieces of pink fluff covered parts of his face and were scattered within in hair. He reached up and pulled the cotton candy off his face, but when he reached up to take the fluff out of his hair, it suddenly melted and became sticky. This caused Timmy’s little fingers to be intertwined in the pink goop and his hair. As he pulled, he pulled his hair along with the goop, and this caused him to cry out in pain. Luna looked down worried and tried to calm him down “Shh… little one, just try to relax, and I’ll take you to get washed up.” She scooped him up into her forelegs and held him close to her. She held his legs underneath her left foreleg and wrapped her right one around his back letting him lay his head on her shoulder. She frowned as he cried, and then she looked at Discord with her brows furrowed in anger “How come did you do that for Discord to his poor child?” She rubbed up and down Timmy’s back to comfort him. Discord chuckled but stopped as he saw the child crying “Well I thought the little lad would think that was funny Lulu. I didn’t know he would be sad about it.” He shrugged his shoulders and gave a little frown. Luna shook her head disapprovingly “Discord, I’m very disappointed in you. I suggest that you come up with a real good apology when we come back from getting this little one a nice warm bath. Do you understand me?” She eyed him sternly as she continued to rub up and down Timmy’s back. Discord sighed heavily and lazily waved his lion paw “Oh… alright Lulu, I’ll apologize to the child when you return, I promise.” He sat down on the palace floor Indian-style. Luna turned her head and whispered shushing sounds into Timmy’s ear “Shh… it’s okay sweetheart. Let’s go get you washed up and we’ll go somewhere special.” She gave him a warm smile and very carefully hovered into the air. She gently flapped her wings and flew toward one of the palace washrooms. As they left, Discord was left alone with his thoughts. Gosh, I just wanted to welcome the little guy to Equestria, Discord style. Hmm… I’ll think of something special to make it up to him instead of just an apology. A slow, sly smirk crept across his muzzle as he thought deeply.