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// L36 
// Story: A little loopy. 
// by FaelaArts 
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“So, how am I doing?” Sweetie puffed as she caught her breath, looking toward Twilight as she mused for a moment. Practicing her magic had become routine, and Sweetie felt she was starting to make progress. Certainly there was a lack of explosions, and she was getting faster at it with each passing day. But still, Sweetie could sense a disappointment from Twilight.

“Very good, but you’re not ready for the next level of spells yet. I know this is selfish of me, but I was hoping you’d be talented at magic and take to this a lot quicker than this. Like I was.” Twilight bit her lip and looked toward the ground. Sweetie weathered the insult, knowing that hating Twilight for it wouldn’t help. What’s the point in holding a grudge if the pony responsible didn’t remember why?

“It’s alright, I understand.” Sweetie lied smoothly, knowing only Applejack would see through it. A part of her was disappointed when Twilight didn’t even notice the lie, smiling warmly and thanking her. Sweetie glanced toward the sky, a bored expression falling on her face. It was just too easy these days.

“I fear there may be no means out of this loop, despite Starswirl’s claims and proof to the contrary,” she commented as she closed her eyes, and let her head fall. Sweetie felt a hoof touch her shoulder, and shrugged it off, taking a few steps to distance herself. Right now, Sweetie didn’t want comfort from a non-looper. 

“Well...what if we contacted a god?” Twilight rolled the idea off her tongue before she even registered whom she was referring to. Quickly catching up, she mentally face-hoofed, realising she should have done this loops ago. Sweetie turned, opening her eyes, alert and listening.

“Discord, he’s a God of Chaos right?” Twilight supposed he was more a ‘lord’, but there was no denying he was a powerful force of chaos. If it hadn’t been for Fluttershy taming him, he would likely still be encased in stone. Sweetie blinked, and a bright beaming smile emerged on her face.

“Of course! And even if he can’t he still presents a perfect pranking opportunity!” Sweetie jumped into the air with glee, this was something she could use! Something new, that was the main cincher in this plan. Sweetie savored the feeling of newness coming from the idea, glad Twilight had finally produced a golden nugget of opportunity.

“So how do we find him?” Sweetie waited patiently as Twilight looked around, and put a hoof to her chin. Sweetie wondered what was behind the first action, but supposed it could be because of the subject. Sweetie wondered what prank Discord would come up with, how crazy would it get?

“Well, considering he didn’t just appear when we called his name, I dunno. I guess try searching for him?” Twilight shrugged, unsure how one summoned a chaos god in a world of harmony. Sweetie mused for a moment, and nodded. It might take a few tries, but she was nothing if not patient.

“Alright, I’ll try looking for him.” Sweetie waved goodbye to Twilight, and started looking around. After finding nothing, she remembered that Fluttershy was the closest to Discord, and pivoted, heading toward her cottage. Sweetie hadn’t had much chance to speak to Fluttershy during the loops, and she mentally chided herself for it now.

“Hey Fluttershy.” Sweetie waited patiently for the Pegasus to finish feeding the animals. There were quite a few strange one’s, but nothing Sweetie hadn’t seen before. Sighing, she wondered what she would find if she went exploring in the Everfree. Finally, Fluttershy nodded once, indicating she could continue.

“I was wondering if you knew how to contact Discord.” Sweetie’s response was so unexpected, Fluttershy took three steps back and glanced around rapidly. After a moment of nothing happening, she breathed out in relief, and approached once more.

“W-Well you could t-try a-asking him nicely.” Fluttershy shrunk slightly as she crouched low, and Sweetie sighed, giving a nod. It looked like Fluttershy wasn’t going to be any help whatsoever. Sweetie turned, and began walking away. It wasn’t like she had rudeness to worry about, it was nearing the end of the week.

“Thanks Fluttershy.” Sweetie trotted back toward the town as she mused. Asking Discord nicely, it might work, but doing so would require a little bit of preparation. Sweetie knew convincing Discord this was a time loop would be immensely harder compared to that of Twilight.

“Let’s see, I’ll need chocolate milk, and probably a book or two for him to snack on. At least, from what Twilight said. Alright, Ill get that ready, and contact him next loop.” Sweetie smiled, and began to skip down the path.