Chaos looked at the other ponies for just a moment, giving them a scathing look, before replying to Princess Luna, 'sure. Why not?' She flitted by Princess Luna, as Princess Luna walked.
'Don't judge them too harshly,' Princess Luna said, softly for her. 'They are also confused and lost. What is it that you think about Discord?'
'Uhm...Honestly?'
'Would you insult us so by lying? We have been fair, have we not?'
'I'm...Well I'm confused really. Like he didn't really attack them did he? They went after him. I think I know why, but...Why not treat him like anypony else? Compromise? Give him some of what he wanted? Some of it just sounds like fun. Is he really so dangerous?'
Princess Luna listened to this, fighting the urge to laugh or to say anything to harsh. It was true they hadn't done some of that, but it was because it wouldn't have done any good. Discord had proven that he wasn't just 'anypony else'. But Chaos' feelings were also important, she had not done anything wrong. And shouldn't be penalized for not understanding.
'He showed all of us he was not just anypony else. He would not have had it that way.' A bit of sadness crept into her voice, as Princess Luna was saddened by Chaos' innocent views and remembering that friendship was not always enough. There was a tiny bit of something else. She wasn't sure what though.
'But maybe he could now, right? Who knows?' Chaos sounded alarmed, and slightly disappointed.
Princess Luna was forced to nod at this statement and say,'mayhaps, but we will never know. So it does not matter. What questions do you have for us?'
'I'm not trying to complain,' Chaos began. 'But that was all you wanted to know?'
'We have no other questions you can answer,' came the slow, thoughtful reply. Chaos flitted in silence a bit before stopping. Princess Luna stopped and turned.
'What am I supposed to do? Who am I? What is it I should try to do?' The questions sent a knife of pain into Princess Luna's heart.
'We wish we could tell you....'
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'Oh darlings now, don't be too hard on yourselves.' Rarity was trying her best to get the other ponies to cheer up. 'I'm quite sure Princess Luna isn't really mad at us.'
'Yeah,' Pinkie Pie chimed in. 'She just wants the new pony to feel better. Anyway, you guys, Chaos isn't that bad.' The others just looked at Pinkie Pie, dumbfounded.
'Well,' Rainbow Dash chimed in, 'she isn't scary, that's for sure. I mean, did you see the way she oohed and ahhed over that cat? Priceless! Are we really even sure she's....'
BOOM
Everypony turned to see chocolate milk rain down on Pinkie Pie, as she happily drank and played in it. Twilight Sparkle gave an 'I-told-you-so-' look.
'You were saying, Rainbow Dash? And Pinkie, really. She's Chaos!'
'Ah don't know though,' Applejack said, cautiously. 'Ah mean, what has she done? It looks like Princess Luna might have been watching her. What could she have done?'
'And the animals really seemed to like her once they gave her a chance,' Fluttershy added, particularly shyly. 'But I guess she still could be...'
'Could be what?' Chaos cut in. 'Lost? Confused? Insane? Yes, my dear pony, I am those things. And mostly the last. So who wants some cake? 'Cause I really want some right about now. I've never had it.' Pinkie Pie gasped.
'Never had cake! Why didn't you tell me? I would have given you some before. Oh wait, you can make your own cake. Hey, maybe that was why you were thinking about cake earlier!'
'We do not think it wise for you to use your chaos powers so much,' Princess Luna said. 'There is no telling what may happen. However, we see no harm in this last act for today. We would also love some cake.'
'Hey can you make glasses so we can all have chocolate milk with it?' Pinkie Pie chimed in.
'Not sure that's such a good idea...'Chaos replied. She looked at Pinkie Pie, who had started to make her saddest sad face yet. 'Oh all right, fine. Just don't blame me if something goes wrong.'
'Cake?' Spike suddenly exclaimed. 'Chocolate milk? I'm sure glad Pinkie just woke me up. I want some too!'
Chaos stared at the ground in front of the other ponies. She concetrated on making glasses, one at a time, in front of them. Especially on the in front of them part. A glass appeared.
crack
Another appeared, and another soft cracking noise nopony noticed happened. Each time, another crack. Then there was the cake.
Depite Chaos' best efforts, the cake landed on each of the pony's heads.
'Well darling,' Rarity said, consoling, 'at leat it wasn't the glasses.'
'And now for the drink,' Pinkie Pie chimed in. She coaxed the cloud over the glasses.
BOOM
CRACK
'What was that?' Twilight Sparkle exlaimed, alarmed.
'Finally! I thought you'd never get to freeing me.' The ponies turned, all of them clearly alarmed except for Chaos. She merely looked confused. 'And oh look at you ponies, all covered in cake!' Laughter.
It was Discord.
'How did I do that?' Chaos asked, amazement in her voice. 'Did I do that?'
'Of course you did!' Discord exclaimed with mock surprise and reproach. 'I certainly didn't do it myself. If I could do that, I wouldn't have been stuck there at all, dear Chaos.' Chaos blushed.
'Oh aren't you just a shy little pony? I never expected that. Though maybe I should have, after all the blushing you've done.' Teasing in his voice. He went around Chaos, looking her in the eyes.
'Oh what wonderful fun we can have!'
'You won't win, Discord,' Twilight Sparkle said. 'We will defeat you again. We aren't going to fall for your tricks again. And besides, can you really get the Elements of Harmony again? Somehow I doubt it.'
'Maybe I can, maybe I can't,' Discord laughed. 'Doubt all you want, little pony. It doesn't matter, I don't have to. It appears somepony else has done that little job for me.'
'Really?' Twilight Sparkle's eyes narrowed. 'Who? And don't tell me Chaos. I mean, she hasn't even said anything. Wouldn't she have to give us a clue where she hid them?' Discord rolled his eyes.
'Not if she wasn't hiding them. Not if they were in plain sight.' He sighed, clearly bored with Twilight Sparkle's words, her way of thinking.
'Chaos, why?' Pinkie Pie asked sadly. 'And...how?' She pointed to Chaos' once blank flank.
The Elements of Harmony were embedded there.