Star Trot Chapter 3
Twilight clenched her teeth as a stinging sensation rushed through her leg.
"Thanks Fluttershy!" said Twilight through gritted teeth. "But there has to be a better way to immunize everypony. That really hurts..."
"I'm so sorry, Twilight... But we don't know any other way... I hope you aren't angry..."
Twilight looked around, dismissing Fluttershy's comment. "It sure is cozy in here." she mentioned, "It looks almost exactly like your cottage in here! Without all the animals that is!
"Actually Twilight..." Fluttershy said, "I was wondering if I could bring some pets aboard. That is, if it's ok with you. I don't want to take up too much room, just a few pets to keep me company while I'm in here."
Twilight hadn't thought about pets. Surely Spike and Zecora were growing tired of taking care of all the crews' animals.. She suppressed a small giggle when she saw a mental image of a Spike being chased by bunnies. 'It must be chaos' she thought.
That thought reminded her that a very dangerous individual sat in their brig. "I think it would be ok for a few pets to tag along, Fluttershy! I have to go for now, but I'll see you in the mess hall tonight!"
"I'll see you later Twilight!"
As she walked to the brig, she still had no idea what to say to him. She had two questions on her mind. Questions she intended to get an answer for. Twilight was fairly worried, she could feel beads of sweat running across her brow.
Twilight noticed everypony looking happy. It was so nice that everypony was having a good time. She figured that pets would be much welcomed on the ship. She also liked the thought of Spike being aboard. 'He will want something to do..." she thought, "Maybe I'll put him in charge of morale, or maybe he could... Hmm...'
"Spikey could run the transporter!" said Pinkie Pie, popping out from behind a wall panel.
"GAH! PINKIE!!!!" screamed a very startled Twilight. "And what were you, I mean... My thoughts, you reading them... The wall panel... I don't even..."
"Silly Twilight! I can't read thoughts!" giggled Pinkie
"But... You... My question... Answer... What???" stuttered Twilight.
"I was giving you an idea for something Spike could do! It's not the same not having him aboard, not that I know what it would be the same to! I mean, Spike's never even been on the ship! So if he was on the ship and that was-"
"I get it. I get it. But, I still don't understand, why were you behind the wall panel?" asked a still confused Twilight.
"What?"
"Why were you in the wall?"
"I'm not in the wall!"
"You were..."
"Were what?"
"In the wall!"
"What about the wall?" asked an oblivious Pinkie.
"Oh nevermind..." muttered Twilight. "Pinkie, I need you to follow me to the brig. I'm going to check on Discord."
"Okie dokie loki, Captain! I was going that way anyway!" giggled Pinkie.
'How, through the wall?' wondered Twilight as they walked.
The two got to the brig with no further Pinkie Anomalies. Sweetie Belle greeted them as they arrived.
"Hi Twilight! Hi Pinkie! Discord is still locked away and safe!"
"Good to know. Are you sure he can't get out?" asked Twilight.
"I think he would have tried already..." said Sweetie Belle, "but he hasn't even made an attempt... It's strange...."
"Discord is a strange being. Let me speak to him." said Twilight. "Oh, and ready your phasers... In case he tries anything funny..."
As Sweetie Belle went to the intercom, Pinkie switched the safety off of her phaser.
As soon as Twilight saw the intercom was on, she asked her single question.
"Why? Why did you do it?"
Discord responded with an evil grin on his face. "Oh hello Twilight! It's so nice to see you again!"
"I'll ask again. Why did you do it?" said Twilight with an angry glare.
"It's so handy to know how to break out of a stone prison!"
'That answers one question...' "Ok, but why did you do it?" demanded Twilight
"I could have alot of fun on this ship... Maybe you could-"
"ANSWER THE QUESTION DISCORD!" Twilight stomped her hoof and Pinkie and Sweetie drew their weapons
"Well if you must know, I only wanted to do..."
"Do What..." asked the three ponies.
"THIS!" Discord shouted. As he did, Pinkie's and Sweetie's phasers turned into bananas and the cell door turned into tissue paper. Sweetie immediately called for reinforcements. Discord burst through the paper.
As Discord ran, Pinkie had an idea. She ate her phase banana and threw the peel.
Discord saw the peel land in front of him. He stopped, stepped over the peel, and turned around to confront the pink prank pulling pony.
"I hope you aren't serious. Not even I think that's funny. It's so overused. If you thought I would fall for that, you are sadly mis-"
Discord fell to the ground stunned after a phaser blast hit him. Twilight quickly looked around to see who fired the shot. Scootaloo and the rest of the security team smiled back. Twilight let out a sigh of relief.
But suddenly, a booming voice echoed throughout the ship. "I'm the GOD of chaos! Do you really think its that easy to stop me? *sigh* I'm bored, so I'll leave you alone for now, but I will be back! Until next time everypony!" as the voice left, Discord's body dematerialized and left.
"Oh dear, Celestia will not be happy about this..." grumbled Twilight.
*Captains Log* *Star Date, umm... 1 I guess? Oh well...* Celestia wasn't happy about Discords escape, but she knew it would probably happen. Discords exit left everyone shaking. Nopony will rest easy for the next few nights. Even though we have no legitimate reason to do so, we are returning to Equestria. Mainly so we can pick up Spike and everypony's pets. It should take the crews mind off of Discord for a while.
Authors note: I regret introducing Discord this way, and I apologize for the short choppy action sequence. After all, Discord is a god, so he can pretty much do what he wants and nopony can stop him. However, this isn't the last we see of Discord. Or the Centaurian Dominion. I've got plans for both. As always, any constructive criticism is highly encouraged! And if anyone wants to take a crack at drawing the ship, go right on ahead! Think NX-01 Enterprise with three nacelles in a triangle! Thanks for reading!