//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: Reformed // Story: Maybe Ponies aren't so bad... // by TheDawsonator1 //------------------------------// Lyle and “Friends” were all outside Ponyville waiting for Princess Celestia who had sent a letter in advance telling them all to be waiting for her. “So why are we here?” Lyle asked first. “Because the Princess told us to” Twilight answered “Ok more specific, why am I here? I have nothing to do with your stupid affairs anyway” Lyle asked again “Because it’s high time you did something useful for a change other than drinking cider until you’re drunk enough to start charging at the rock so it could make a portal” Twilight replied indignantly “Well excuse me for having my home ticket denied and the next bus to it is FUCKING FOREVER!! Lyle shot back with venom in Twilight’s direction “You could at LEAST BE GRATEFUL WE HELPED YOU MAKE IT EASIER!” Twilight raised her own voice as well “BULLSHIT!! YOU ONLY HELPED ME BECAUSE YOUR STUPID PRINCESS ORDERED YOU TO! YOU HAD NO INTENTION WHATSOEVER OF KEEPING ME HERE! YOU WERE GONNA KNOCK ME OUT FOR YOUR RESEARCH OR KILL ME! SO DON'T YOU FUCKING LIE TO ME!” Lyle shouted all he could muster at Twilight “THAT STUPID PRINCESS SO HAPPENS TO BE MY MENTOR YOU…YOU DICK!! SO QUITE FRANKLY, YOU CAN SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT TO OUR PRINCESS OR LEAVE EQUESTRIA!! Twilight yelled back. “I WOULD BUT IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED, I CAN’T BECAUSE SOMETHING PREVENTED ME FROM DOING SO!! AND I AM DOOMED TO SUFFER YOU PONIES AND YOUR STUPID FRIENDSHIP BULLSHIT!!” Lyle went even higher! Unknown to everypony else, Celestia had arrived with a statue of Discord himself and was quite shocked to hear an argument and went to intervene. “ENOUGH!!!” Celestia used to Royal Canterlot voice “Princess Celestia!” Everypony but Lyle said in surprise and bowed “And the leader of the bullshit returns” Lyle muttered “What is this arguing all about?” Celestia asked the pair of them “Nothing” Both Lyle and Twilight said at the same time. “Is this going to interrupt what I’m about to task you all?” Celestia asked. “No” the both of them replied. “Okay, so why is Discord’s statue here?” Rainbow Dash asked. “well, I believe you six are the only ones that can do this task and that is to show Discord the magic of friendship, I believe if he sees the magic of it, he may see the error of his ways” Celestia pointed her hoof to Discord’s statue “Princess…not to sound rude or anything, BUT ARE YOU FREAKING OUTTA YOUR SMALL MIND?!” Lyle bursted out. “Ah Agree with Lyle on this one” Applejack added “And what’s worse is that he could very spell disaster” Twilight chiped in as well. “I know it’s a little crazy, but I have faith in you six ponies, you have proven your abilities” Celestia reasoned. “Well this is gonna end well” Lyle muttered under his breath “You may free Discord when ready” Celestia said as the guards with her struggled to put the statue down “Well let’s do this before lunch time” Lyle said as the sun was starting to hit around 10 o’clock from the looks “You won’t be helping them Lyle” Celestia turned to Lyle suddenly “Say what now?” Lyle looked confused “You and I are going to have a chat as well as Luna” Celestia explained simply. “What about?” Lyle asked suspiciously “You’ll see once we’re at Canterlot Castle” replied Celestia. The others were Silent as Celestia ordered Lyle to hold on to her as she took Lyle in a white flash and the pair of them disappeared. Deciding to start their task, the Mane Six got to work on reforming Discord. … (FLASH!!) Lyle and Celestia landed in a room within Canterlot Castle, the best way to describe it was it had quite stoney like walls, but still gad a new glamour about it. Red carpet was lined neatly throughout the middle of the room as well as red cushiony chairs (pony chairs of course). On the other hand, the manner of entering had gotten Lyle by surprise as he experience as spinning and suffocating experience in an almost instantaneous teleportation. “Urgh…” Lyle started as suddenly he felt the need to throw up and dived for the nearest pot plant, “BLAAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!” “Oh dear, I should probably of warned you about the sensation, forgive me” Celestia commented as Lyle throwed his breakfast up. Lyle was finally done with that little incident, he was shown to a chair by Celestia who sat down. The doors opened and none other than Princess Luna trotted in and made for a chair next to Celestia. “Ah yes, I believe I never did introduce you to my dear sister, Princess Luna did I?” Celestia waved a hoof to the Princess of the Night “No, pleasure is all yours Princess” Lyle replied in a deadpan wau. “An Honor to meet the resident Human at last” Luna said happily Luna was exactly as her name and title suggested, her coat was a Midnight Blue colour and her mane and tail were waving much like Celestia’s but it showed the Night Sky. Luna looked much younger than Celestia did but still taller than the average pony and falling a head short of her sister. “So what’s this chat about? Surely you didn’t bring me here to introduce me to your sister” Lyle said after a brief moment of silence. “No, I did not, it’s about you Lyle” Celestia responded “About me?” Lyle looked to both Princesses “Yes, I think it’s best I get straight to the point, the whole incident of being denied home has worried ponies, most especially Twilight and her friends” Celestia indeed went straight to the point “Oh? They do have a problem with me now?” Lyle went defensive “That is not what I said, we are concerned for your behavior. From what Twilight tells me, you’ve been drinking yourself to death and you’ve shed tears and this must stop or else something rash will happen” Celestia remained calm in saying her point “What? Can’t a guy get depressed in peace?” Lyle asked “It’s bad for you Lyle, and also this whole “Hate” you and Twilight have is completely without reason” Luna added “But-“ Lyle started. “Luna is correct, you’ve been rather angry and that’s understandable but you’ve been like this since you got here and I think we deserve to know why” said Celestia “Fine…we’ll start from the beginning” Lyle sighed as he adjusted himself … Back in Ponyville, Fluttershy was attempting to reform Discord with chaotic results but in the end, she managed to get a dinner party at her cottage and invited the rest of the bearers over. Of course, skepticalness was shared around all the ponies, most especially Twilight and Rainbow Dash. But if they play their cards right, Discord may just become a friend rather than a foe. Of course, Discord wasn’t going to make it that easy… … “And then I threw a bone at him, true story” Lyle finished “But you said you’d explain why you’re being angry” Luna said in a confused tone “Sorry, that’s been happening a lot, now then where was I?” Lyle apologized A Small pause took place and Lyle began to explain… “Well, before I came here to Equestria by that stupid Lightning storm, shit had really hit the fan. I did have friends back there and no doubt they’d be looking for me now or think I’m dead sooner or later." Lyle started explaining Celestia and Luna had been paying attention so far, so Lyle continued... "Now, I kinda had a special someone back there called Bella, a nice girl who I had a nice relationship of ten months until three weeks ago, I caught her cheating!” Lyle explained more “Why would somepony do that? That’s rather unethical isn’t it?” Luna asked “You two clearly have no idea how Earth works, it’s not sunshine and rainbows with some random Alicorn pony making sure everything is fine. Sometimes people like a girl for the…you know…bom chicka wow wow!” Lyle replied “What on Faust are those noises you’re making?” Celestia asked curiously. “Oh fine! Basically the Sex!” Lyle got agitated by their ignorance. “Ohhhhhh” Both Princess finally understood what Lyle meant. “So anyway, I came home and I found my girlfriend having the you know…69 on MY bed! So naturally I was really pissed and shouted them out, I was given a lot of excuses from her over the next few days but I ignored her and broke up with her.” Lyle continued “So what else happened?” Luna asked with interest “So naturally I stopped talking to her before and then one week later it got worse, My dad divorced my mum, I always hated my father but that just angered me. And a few days after that and before I got here, I got fired from my dream job, the dream job I spent years trying to get was over because some financial BULLSHIT!! Well that's the main things in a nutshell” Lyle explained further. “That’s…” Luna couldn’t find the words to say “Worst luck ever right now, and I would describe to full effect but you get the gist, and then of course I got here, and I sorta just went “HELL NO!” and got out of there. And I guess the fact I got denied home went harder on me then I thought” Lyle went on. “It seems bad luck has cursed you over the last month and it’s only natural of what happened, but I must ask this, do you really dislike Twilight because of her irrational behavior at the time or just the result of these events?” Luna asked Lyle with a serious look. Lyle thought hard about his behavior and he realized where he was going wrong with this. “Well I guess it must be everything just hitting the fan, it’s just so stressful and it’s like everybody just expects me to drop all my ties to my friends and family and live happily ever after. It just doesn’t happen instantly, maybe over time I would but…I’ve been such a jerk to Twilight!” Lyle realized the error of his ways. “Not to sound rude but it is true…” Luna said trailing off at the look her sister gave her “I took it all out on Twilight I suppose…I should at least apologize to her, but we are not going to be pals instantly okay?” Lyle decided his next course of action A Emerald green flame appeared in the form of a letter, it said that Discord had been successfully reformed. “Well, it looks like they completed their task” Celestia announced “Well that’s good” Lyle said “I feel I should apologize too Tia, I doubted their ability and therefore doubted you, I apologize” Luna apologized to her sister “You need not apologize Luna, it’s only natural to think what you did” Celestia replied and turned to Lyle, “Well, I believe we must go get Discord and make it official” Celestia said … 20 minutes earlier… “NOT. YOUR. FRIEND!” an angry Fluttershy said to Discord, she walked in the other direction on an Ice rink Discord made on Sweet Apple Acres. “Who cares? I can do whatever I want, whenever I want. I'm Discord, the master of chaos! You think you can boss Discord around? You think I'm just going to turn all this back because you say so? Because if I don't, I'll lose the one friend I ever had?” Discord went on arrogantly until it suddenly hit him, he was just about to lose the only one he ever cared about and the guilt came from his actions as he looked to Fluttershy trotting in the other direction to the empty ice skates he offered her. “Well played Fluttershy, well played” With that, Discord sat on a tree feeling down as he turned everything back to the way it was, it was then Discord learned the importance of friendship. Present… (FLASH!) “BLAAAARRGGHHH! Urgh…Teleportation…never again!” Lyle muttered after a teleportation back to Ponyville. “Discord, are you ready to use your magic for good and not evil?” Celestia asked the Draconequus “Yes Princess, I am ready to use my chaotic magic for good not evil” Discord said robotically and added under his breath nastily, “Most of the time” “Say it” Fluttershy said next to Discord with an encouraging smile “Fine, Friendship is Magic!” Discord groaned “So, that’s that I suppose” Rarity said “Not quite” Celestia said before turning to Lyle and adding, “Lyle has something to say” “Wha-“ Twilight started before Lyle went forward. Lyle slightly crouched down to eye level with Twilight and was ready to make amends. “Listen Twilight, I know this past week has been really bad and the events before I came here were all taken out on you and your friends and that was really uncalled for as I realize this now. Anyway, what I’m saying is that, I’m sorry for all the things I did, I'm not expecting to come pals, but at least maybe forgiveness” Lyle spoke his apology as sincere as he could. Twilight pondered for a moment before saying, “Of course I’ll accept your apology Lyle, this staying mad at each other thing is really tiring. So what do you say? Start over as friends?” Twilight responded “Okay then, the slate is clean and it’s a fresh start” Lyle said Suddenly Pinkie Pie sped into the pair getting them into a tight hug. “I’m sooooooo happy right now! You two made up and everypony is the bestest friends with each other!” Pinkie said over-excitedly. “Pinkie…can’t…breathe!” Both Lyle and Twilight said while stuck in the hug but Pinkie let go Pinkie then came to sudden realization, she had not given Lyle a welcome party in the week he’s been there! IMPOSSIBRU!!! “GAAAASSSSP! We need to give Lyle a party NOW! Twilight’s library, 5 minutes, I’ll get the party cannon!” Pinkie gasped loudly as she sped off the do her thing “Umm…what just happened?” Lyle asked, giving off a shrug. “It’s Pinkie Pie darling, that’s all you need to know” Rarity answered. “Come on you guys, all this reforming has made me starving.” Twilight said, beginning to make her way back to the library. Everypony else went except for Lyle, Discord and Celestia. “Thanks for helping me realize all this Princess” Lyle spoke after 30 seconds of silence “Not a problem, It’s good to see you are all on good terms with each other” said Celestia “So, you coming to the party while you’re here?” asked Lyle “I’m afraid not, I’ve much to do in a short time and I’ve got to do some arrangements for Discord, we’ll see each other soon and in more high spirits I hope.” Celestia declined the party invite and turned to Discord, “Shall we head back to the castle?” “I suppose so” Discord said in a bored tone The pair of them disappeared in a flash back to Canterlot, the sun was getting lower and it was time to experience Pinkie Pie’s famous parties that he hears so much about…