//------------------------------// // In which...he reads a book // Story: In Which Discord does stuff. // by Grey Faerie //------------------------------// Discord walked down the street in a sticky haze. At least it was sticky for everyone else, he felt just fine. A small cloud floated over his head letting snow fall down on his shoulders. He licked at his snowcone. What to do today? It was much to hot to do much. Everypony was so busy being hot they didn't want to do anything! A shadow fell on him and he looked up. Oh, the library. Maybe Twilight has some energy to do something funny. He entered the building leaving the cloud outside. A following shadow quickly stole it. Who cares? He can make another. "Twilight! My favorite boring pony of all the other boring ponies I know. And trust me, most of you are boring." "So good to know. What do you want?" She didn't even look up from her book. He leered at her. She still didn't notice. "I'm looking for something to do." He sighed, "Maybe there's a joke book around here?" He started to look through the rows of book spines. Don't judge a book by its cover. Well he is! And they all look exactly like the inside would reflect. Stuffy and pretentious. Where's the color? He pulled out a book and flipped through it. Blaaa. Discord threw it over his shoulder. He opened another one. Ugh. He threw that one over his shoulder to land next to its fellow book. Floating up to the taller shelves, he threw most of the books out before Twilight finally gave up ignoring him and turned around. "What are you doing!?" she yelled. She dropped her book on the table and ran towards the pile. "These poor books. Oh, if you've bent even one page I'll..." "Do what? Throw a hissy fit? Sure go ahead. At least it might be entertaining." He sat in a spelled up arm chair with a pipe. "Smoking's bad for you, you know." She huffed. "It's bad for you. You who have lungs and arteries and other mushy stuff. I'm made up of better stuff." "Is that so?" She rolled her eyes. Twilight started to put the books back with her magic. "Help me clean up! It is your mess." "It's your library." He shot back. "Gah! I'm not here to clean up your mess! This is also my house." She gritted her teeth. "All the more reason my dear logical Twilight. It's your house and your library. As both, it's your duty to keep them clean. It's not my house or my place of work." He smirked at the steam coming out of her ears. "And what a poor job you're doing. Tsk, look at this mess. No wonder no one ever comes here." "That is not it and you know it!" "I do? Well then, I would have to say it's because maybe this isn't really a public library or that it's because your personality turns ponies away. You're also a book hoarder." "No I'm not! All that's not true." "But you said I know why ponies don't come here. I don't actually know so I'm following my instincts." Twilight's gritted teeth and glare left her face so red Discord thought it would almost be kind to just make her head explode to relieve the pressure. "Get out of my library!" "I'm looking for a book. I even have a library card." He pulled out a card with Golden Oaks Library across the top and his scrawled handwriting below. "That's not real." "You know what can be real?" Discord grinned madly and snapped his fingers. A tidal flood of water filled the library. Twilight was sweep up into a boat made of books. Discord stood with a captain's hat and telescope. They were pushed around by the rushing water. Soon, Twilight realized it was turning into a whirlpool. "Weee! Put your hands up! It's more fun." Discord sat next to her like it was a carnival ride. Twilight was screaming and gripping the mast with all her strength. The boat spun around till Twilight couldn't tell which way was up. Then, it went down the drain. She was dumped soaking wet onto the floor of her perfectly put together library. "That was fun! Thanks for laughs." Discord casually waved and walked out the door. Twilight sat shivering then Spike opened the kitchen door. "Everything alright? I heard a noise." He snickered, "Why are you wet?" "I'm..just going to go take a nap."