//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Discord and Sombra: School // by Pot8osoup //------------------------------// Sombra and Discord: School By Pot8osoup Sombra attempted to stifle his laughter. Discord loomed over Celestia as she cowered under him. "Please..." She whispered. "I'll be late for class!" "Nope. I want your sandwiches." "Hey, nice necklace!" Sombra said, stepping out from behind the shadows. "Oh no, Sombra." She growled. "You can eat my lunch, but you will not eat my crystal necklace!" "Shut up, Sunbutt. You may be royal, but I'm hungry. Do you want me to make Luna my slave again?" Sombra snarled. Celestia sighed. "She wasn't your slave." "She so was!" "No she wasn't!" "Was!" "Wasn't!" "Was!" "Wasn-" Discord interrupted her. "Much as I love seeing you two flirting, Sombra is right. Luna even made him a sandwich." "You threatened to kill her!" "But she still made the sandwich!" "Just leave me alone!" Celestia snapped. Just then Professor Starswirl stepped out of the magic theory classroom. "What seems to be the problem?" He asked, eyes narrowing in suspicion upon seeing the wannabe evil duplet. "They were trying to take my lunch and necklace." Celestia said quickly. Sombra glared furiously at her. "Detention. Tonight." Starswirl snarled. "How many times, boys? LEAVE. THE. ROYAL. SISTERS. ALONE!" he bellowed. "Do you want to end up in the Canterlot Dungeons?" Discord quickly snapped his fingers for him and Sombra to escape. Discord and Sombra were standing in the school gardens waiting for more people to annoy when Tirek came up to them. He didn't even have a chance to speak before Sombra cut in. "No, Tirek. You're not cool enough." Sombra sighed. "You will never achieve such awesome levels of evil as me." *cough* "Or Discord." He added, hearing the arrogant draconequus beside him. "But I want to be evil!" Tirek whined. "I can be really cool- and intimidating!" He drew himself up to his full height- only slightly taller than Sombra and only at Discord's waist. Discord laughed and snapped his fingers. Tirek gave a huge smile as he grew really tall. He was now face to face with Discord. "Hey!" Sombra said angrily. They both laughed at him. So Sombra shot a spell at him. Tirek growled as he returned to his normal height. Discord turned to face Sombra, anger written all over his face. "You idiot!" "Oh, you're calling me an idiot?" Sombra retorted. "Tirek could have stampeded everyone!" "Idiot!" "Deformed mongrel!" "Ugly, cast away, old milk!" "Misshapen monster!" Discord was silent for a moment. Then he lunged. Professor Starswirl was just casually strolling through the school making sure there was no trouble, when he heard yells coming from the garden. He went out to a full scale fight. Other colts were cheering them on and taking sides. He couldn't see the troublemakers clearly, but he could hear the chants of the colts around them. "Sombra!" A few of them said. Everyone knew Discord was at the advantage, so not many were rooting for Sombra. "Discord!" The majority cheered. "Oh, they are in so much trouble." Starswirl grumbled. It was a great fight. Discord had Sombra pinned beneath him and was spitting boiling tea at him. Mustering all his strength, Sombra deflected the tea back at him with his magic. However, their fight was interrupted when they heard an "ahem." The colts watching scrambled as Professor Starswirl came over to inspect the damage. Sombra was badly burnt and had a chipped horn. Discord had a few minor scratches and a rather nasty bruise on his left cheek closing up his eye. Starswirl sighed. "Come along, boys. We have a lot to discuss." The colts staggered after him, still slightly dazed from their fight. They got many sympathetic looks from those around them. Some laughed, some looked away fearfully, and Cekestia gave him a look that said just said 'I'm a goody two-shoes.' They both glared at her. Starswirl noticed this. He then 'accidentally' tripped over, kicking both of the boys. They both fell over. He sighed and decided to levitate them over to his office. When they were all seated, Starswirl turned to the colts with a serious expression on his face. "Boys," He started. "We-" "Can't have you getting into trouble every day like this." They chorused. Starswirl blinked at them. He then realised that he would have to change this speech from the last one he gave them. And he had to make it quick; he was tired. "For punishment, you will spend a night in the cellar. Hanging upside-down from the ceiling by your ankles." The boys seemed genuinely scared. He gave a satisfied smile, then realised how sadistic that must have looked. He shrugged and the troublemakers looked at him with confusion, wondering if their teacher was going senile. Starswirl turned to lead the way, glad that he had finally found a punishment that scared them. Although he did have to admit, it was a bit extreme. He shrugged again and led them down the stairs and into the rat infested cellar. Sombra and Discird were miserable. They had only been in the cellar for an hour yet they were already bored and depressed. They had covered every topic of interest, attempted every escape route, played every game, and they were now left with nothing. The chains were magically enhanced, and they both weren't up to their full power. If it wasn't for the strange noise that had come from the corner they would have both drifted off into a fitful sleep. "What was that?" Sombra said fearfully. Discord wore an equally scared expression. "Hmm?" They heard a voice say. "Who are you?" Discord called. "I'm the Mane-iac." They both recognised the voice as female. Sombra whistled. "What kind of name is that?" The Mane-iac grinned and a green tendril shot out of the darkness. "It describes my mane. And me!" She added. "Besides, what kind of name is Discord anyway?" "Hey! How did you know my name?" Discord said angrily. She shrugged. "Talent of mine, I guess. Now, down here you'll get a crap sleep. But go to sleep earlier, it will be better when you wake up." "Well," Sombra murmured, "I'll remember you, Mane-iac." And they drifted off into a fitful sleep.