//------------------------------// // Day 4 // Story: Equestria vs Discord // by Epicdiscord214 //------------------------------// "Today," Golden Eyes told the court the next day, "I shall make the point of Discord's deception. As you know, Discord has deceived hundreds of ponies in the past, and even after he's reformed he lied. Discord..." She saw him staring at the stone box. "What are you doing?" "Huh?" Discord asked. "Oh, I'm just studying this little container." "Put that thing down and focus!" Golden Eyes snapped. Grunting, Discord put the stone box away. "And now," Golden Eyes continued, "I call Princess Cadence to the stand." Princess Cadence got up from the crowd and walked across the room. She sat in the witness stand. Shining Armor looked at his wife with worry. "Princess Cadence," Golden Eyes said, "Please, explain the circumstances that occurred during your previous visit to your sister-in-law." "All right." Princess Cadence said. "Twilight planned for us to explore the traveling Star-Swirl the Bearded exhibit. Suddenly, Discord appeared acting all sick and ill. He then told us that to make him better, we had to make a tea out of a flower from the edge of Equestria. As it turned out, Discord was faking being sick the whole time." "Yeah," Discord whispered to himself. "I remember that day. I sang a really good song. Too bad no one posted a mash-up of that song on Youtube. Hint, hint." "Is it true or not that while you were getting the flower, you encountered a gigantic monster that nearly ate Princess Twilight?" Golden Eyes asked. "Well, yes," Cadence replied, "But I fail to see was what that has to do with Discord." "Very simple, really," Golden Eyes said. "I've been looking up at the description of the beast. It's a Manegonian Colossus Worm, a carnivorous beast that don't usually inhabit a barren land such as the edge of Equestria. What was it doing outside of its own habitat? Answer: somepony must have moved it there." Discord had an angry face and started to make his face red. Steam blew out of his ears like a tea kettle, but no one noticed except for the Mane 6. "Does the defense wish to cross-examine the witness?" Iron Will asked. "Yes, your honor." Twilight said. "Cadence, do you remember Discord's reaction when the Colossus Worm attacked a second time." "I do." Cadence said. "He heard the worm's roar and jumped to us. His exact words were 'what in the world'. The worm, who was then sick, sneezed on Discord and got him sick for real." "Reaction was the key to my point." Twilight said. "Discord was completely surprised at the sight of the worm. If he really did bring that to us, he'd have prepared for it being sick. Discord couldn't have brought along the worm." The jury chatted among themselves. "Has the jury reached the verdict?" "Not yet, your honor." Maud replied. "Apparently, a certain pony here barely knows what's going on." "Muuuffiiiiiins." Derpy said. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Iron Will shouted. "NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT MUFFINS!" "Judge?" Derpy asked. "NO!" Iron Will shouted. "Shut up!" "Judge?" "Shut up!" "Judge?" "Shut up!" "Judge?" "I order you to shut up!" "Judge?" "WHY WON'T YOU SHUT UP?!" "...Judge?" Iron Will sighed. "It doesn't matter, your honor." Golden Eyes said. "I'll need just one more day to prove why Discord should face justice." "All right." Iron Will declared. "We will have but one more recess before the verdict." As he slammed the gavel down, everyone started to leave. The Mane 6 approached Golden Eyes with angry faces. "Hey, Golden Eyes!" Applejack said. "Or should we call you Golden Lies?" Rainbow Dash said. "What are you talking about?" Golden Eyes asked. "We know you framed Discord for plenty of things." Fluttershy said. "I saw you bribe the Diamond Dogs to call Discord guilty." "Is that so?" Golden Eyes said. "Tell me, do you have any photographic evidence? Any confession from the dogs? Do you have any proof at all?" "Well... no." Fluttershy said. "Then don't bother saying anything." Golden Eyes said. "You're pinning a crime on the prosecutor and three members of the jury. Who do you think they're going to believe?" "It won't matter." Twilight said. "Tomorrow, we'll prove Discord's innocent and prove you guilty." "I don't think so." Golden Eyes said. "I happen to know something, something that gives me assurance that things will go my way: you never needed Discord." "What?" Pinkie Pie said. "That's crazy talk. And I should know; I'm fluent." "True." Rarity agreed. "Discord was very useful in plenty of situations." Twilight explained. "Situations that he caused." Golden Eyes said. "Think about it. The next time after you reformed Discord was when his Plunderseeds took effect. Then, he brought Twilight and Cadence to their near doom. Afterwards, he could've had the chance to capture Tirek. Instead, he helped him. The only way Discord ever helped was because he started them all. Answer me this: do you really need Discord?" "Don't be ridiculous." Twilight said. "Discord is as much of a friend as anyone else. He..." "You didn't answer my question." Golden Eyes said. "Do you need Discord?" "He's been very helpful all the time." Twilight said. "Do. You. Need. Discord?" The Mane 6 didn't answer. They had awkward faces and looked worried. "That's what I thought." Golden Eyes said turning away. Lok looked back and stretched his lower eyelid down and stuck out his tongue. Later, in the throne room, everyone was down in the dumps. Discord entered and held up plenty of scrolls. "Okay, everypony." Discord said. "I summoned all the most clever law strategies. I'm sure we can use one of them for the finale tomorrow. Now, I was thinking..." He noticed the Mane 6 sulking. "Eh... what's the matter?" "We can't beat Golden Eyes, that's what?" Twilight Sparkle said. "What?" Discord asked. "Come on. We're neck-and-neck. Toe-to-toe. Mane-to-mane. Do-si-do. Fee-fi-fo-fum." "You're just making sounds." Rainbow Dash said. "Discord, Golden Eyes raised an interesting point." Twilight Sparkle said. "She has an advantage and we don't. She's not convincing everyone you're evil. She's convincing them that we don't need you." "Don't need me?" Discord said. "Twilight, I gave you Tirek's amulet." "In a problem you caused!" Twilight snapped. "The only way you were any help is when you caused these problems. Maybe... we don't need you." Discord looked at his friends with shock. He sighed and opened his stone box. "All right." Discord said. "After all, everypony else gave up on me. I guess you didn't want to be left out. Luckily for me, this box is a good place to be. Don't worry. I get the gist. You don't think I belong here. "You do not need me You don't want me around I'm just a chain Weighing you down If I didn't exist Then you'd be safe and sound I'm not welcome You do not need me I have no place You want me to disappear Without any trace You're lucky, 'cause tomorrow I'll get out of your face I'm out of your mane You all said that we were truly friends That we belong together But now, you want the "TTFE" That means 'Ta-Ta Fooooooreveeeeeeeeer' You said I should go So I won't disappoint You've already Made your point So tommorow, I'll leave And get out of this joint I'll go where you waaaaaaant There was a time when I didn't have friends Now, that time, I'm starting to miss I didn't think I would be this hurt I'M SORRY I GOT YOU INVOLVED IN THIIIIIIIS YOU DO NOT NEED MEEEEE SO I'LL LEAVE YOU ALOOOOOONE GATHER THE ELEMENTS AND TURN ME TO STONE A PONY'S BEST AND ONLY FRIEND CAN JUST BE THEIR OOOOOOWN I SAY, ARREVEDIRCI I SAY, FAREWELL I SAY, GOOOOOOOOOD BYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEE YOU DO NOT NEED MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" Discord leaped up into the air and landed in the stone box. The lid closed shut after he was completely in. Twilight picked up the box. "Discord, I'm sorry?" Suddenly, the box opened and Discord's fork tongue blew a raspberry at her. "WELL, FINE!" Twilight shouted slamming the box down. "JUST... STAY THERE!" She sighed. "He's right. We keep resenting him. But why?" "It's because he's our exact opposite." Fluttershy said. "Think about it. The six of us represent all the parts of harmony in Equestria. He's all about disharmony. We're completely different, but we can be compatible. "Yeah, maybe." Applejack said. "The problem is, we can't seem to prove it to everypony else. And with the Diamond Dogs bribed, it will take something big to change their minds." "Something big, huh?" Fluttershy said. She then smiled and gasped. "That's it! I know what I have to do! I've got to pick up an old friend, but I need time." "Really?" Applejack asked. "Who?" "I can't say yet." Fluttershy said. "Twilight, I want you to know that what I'm about to do is very, very drastic and very, very risky." "Do what you have to do." Twilight said. "We'll buy you all the time you need." Fluttershy opened the door and flew away.