A Family Resemblance

by Nyx Ali


Chapter 3

Twilight, Discord, alternate Fluttershy, and the other five girls were sitting in a circle in Pinkie's room, enjoying theirselves as they played an intense game of Truth or Dare. Of course, both alternate Fluttershy and the human Fluttershy and Rarity picked truth almost every time, afraid of what the outcome of it would be. It was only natural that Rainbow Dash and Applejack would pick Dare every time. Heck, they had daring competitions just for fun.

Discord hadn't really gotten much into the game like the others did. If he were to pick dare, he would simply do it. But if he were to tell the truth, he would give a flat answer, followed by a dramatic yawn. He would almost laugh when they got the Fluttershys mixed up in the game. They would ask the original Fluttershy what kind of animals they had in the pony world and the alternate Fluttershy about her crushes in school. At that memory, Discord chuckled slightly.

Alternate Fluttershy, who was sitting next to him, looked at him as she cocked her head to the side slightly to emphasize her confusion. "Are you okay, Discord?" She whispered.

"Of course, my dear, why wouldn't I be?" He smiled.

"Well...you don't seem to be much into the game. Your not...sad, are you?"

While her mood has changed to more of a concerned expression, his changed to confusion. "Why would I be sad?"

"Well..about your sister. Your not sad that she might've turned evil?" She hid behind her hair to hide her embarrassment for asking about how he felt.

"If anything, I'm relieved that she's still alive. After all, she's the only person who truly cares for me." He chuckled. "That is, until you came along my dear." He smiled. Fluttershy did the same.

That was, until Rainbow Dash had called Discord's name. "Hey Discord, Truth or Dare?" She asked as she gave him the 'What-chu-gonna-say-now?' kind of look.

He turned his head to look at her. "I guess I'll make things interesting and say Truth." They all stared at him awkwardly.

Twilight spoke for them all when she asked, "How is truth interesting?"

He turned to her and gave her an offended look as he held his hand to his chest. "I, for one, think truth is interesting because it lets your inner-self be shared with others rather than doing what others tell you to for their own amusement." He held his head up like a spoiled child.

While he had spoken, the mouthes of the other girls had gaped, while they stared at him in confusion.

The alternate Fluttershy, however, was nothing more than simply proud of him. This small act had proven to her that he was truly learning about friendship.

"That's a great opinion Discord!" Alternate Fluttershy insisted.

Discord turned to her, and smiled. "Well thank you my dear. Finally, someone who appreciates my expertise. You could learn a lot from dear Fluttershy here." He said as he pulled her in for a half-hug, while she hugged him fully.

"Oh, I'm sorry if we've offended you." Fluttershy said as she held a hand over her mouth.

"Well, in this case, let me change my previous statement. You could learn a lot from any Fluttershy."

Alternate Fluttershy scowled on the inside. She only wanted to be one-of-a-kind, special. She knew it was selfish, but if it had meant that she would get Discord, she'd do anything. In these thoughts, she had slowly tightened her grip on Discord.

"Ummm....so what do you do back in your world?" Rainbow dash asked him awkwardly, still confused as to why he would pick truth, despite his previous lament over his opinion.

"I create chaos in the world and make everything fun, to me anyway." He grinned as he looked at a glaring Twilight. "Yep, just ask Twilight, she knows very well how that works." He chuckled.

"O...kay?" Rainbow replied.

"I do believe it is my turn. Hmm..let's see here.." He said out loud as he looked around the room, curious as to who he could ask.

Then he turned to Alternate Fluttershy, who had slowly tightened her grip throughout the conversation.

"Alternate Fluttershy." He said flatly.

She shot up, but still hadn't let go of him. "Y-yes Discord?"

He smirked. "Truth or Dare?"

The girls sat there, looking back and forth at the two, this convo suddenly getting interesting.

Fluttershy wanted nothing more but to impress him, so she replied with, "D-dare."

Pinkie pie gasped. "Oh-no! She-chose-dare! Nobody-chooses-dare-when-it's-Discord's-turn-or-else-he'll-make-you-clean-a-sewer-or-brush-your-teeth-with-a-broom-or-eat-cereal-or-even-"

"Pinkie! Breathe!" Rarity shouted dramatically. She gasped for air, her face turning back to its natural color.

"Those are some impressive ideas, Pinkie. I'll have to remember those." Discord agreed. "But I couldn't possibly do such a thing to dear 'alternate' Fluttershy here." He said as he patted her back.

"Anyway, I dare you.." She sat up, removed herself from the hug, and stared at him with suspense. "To..." The other girls stared at him with the same amount of suspense.

"Sing." He said flatly.
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Discord ran through the portal, into the unknown world, unaware of the confusion and danger that were to come. He looked around and discovered that he was in an unknown land.

Equestria.

"Where am I...?" He muttered. As he stood up, he discovered that he was much taller than he was before. He scratched his head in wonder, but it almost hurt, considering that his nails were much sharper as well. He looked at his hand. Well, the thing was, was it wasn't exactly a hand. It was a talon. He looked at his other, to see that it was a bear paw. He raised an eyebrow. "I'm confused." He thought.

Then he felt something itch him from behind. He turned around to discover that he had a tail of a dragon. He jumped back, and landed on the floor with an "oof". As he fell, he instinctively looked down go regain his balance, but still collapsed. His eyes widened as he saw a goat hoof and a dragon leg. He almost screamed at his new features, but muffled the noise with his paw, for it was the closest body part that related to the human body.

He stood back up, now wanting to explore the wonders of his transformation, and the world around him. As he looked around, he noticed that his surroundings looked somewhat like a throne room. "Woah...it's so big.." He looked up in awe.

As he looked around, he saw colorful glass windows that seemingly told a story. But there were only a couple. There were many more that needed to be filled with memories. But he was completely unaware that he would someday end up on one of those windows, his power still a hidden feature to him.

The one he saw had a dark blue alicorn with a flowing galaxy-like mane. And on her flank was a moon. But she seemed...evil. And who stood before her was a white alicorn, who was seemingly a relative, considering the fact that she had a sun on her flank.

"Heh...sunbutt.." He chuckled.

He had noticed colorful rocks being levitated by the white alicorn. In another window, he noticed that the rocks shot a beam at the night pony, banishing her to the moon.

"Hmm...why do these..ponies, look so familiar?" He thought.

He heard hoofsteps coming from the hall. Turning his head toward the door, he began to panic. Looking for a good hiding place, he ran behind the throne, hoping to be left anonymous.

As the doors opened, he heard voices. One was mature, as if it were to be a royal, and another that seemed frightened or uneasy.
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"Discord..? Discord wake up, please.." He woke up to the sound of alternate Fluttershy's pleading. He sat up and groaned, wiping away the tiredness from his eyes.

He yawned, stretching while doing so. "What time is it?"

"Time..? W-what do you mean?" She asked.

He chuckled, his sleep still not completely wiped away. "Never mind. Where are the other girls?"

"Oh, they're downstairs waiting for us to join them. They asked me to wake you up, since I've spent the most time with you and know how to wake you up without making you grumpy."

He chuckled. It was funny, because it was true. "Yea..I suppose that's correct. Anyway, shall we join them?"

"Oh, umm. Yes." She whispered shyly. She smiled and snickered as he got out of bed, revealing pink-hearted pajamas. Finally, she broke out laughing. "I-I'm sorry." She tried through her laughter.

He remained unamused. He stood there, waiting for her to regain her 'maturity'. "Man, I had no idea how annoying it could be to be mocked.." He thought. He smirked slightly. "I like it."

Once she had finished, flushed and all, she walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. When she heard no footsteps, she turned around to see a pouting Discord. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I hurt your feelings?"

"No. I insist that I change into different clothes before heading downstairs." He crossed his arms over his chest.

"Oh, they have you clothes."

His eyes widened. His excuse to be dismissed from going to meet the six was a failure. He groaned. "Fiiiinnne." He whined.

As they walked down the stairs, all the girls saw Discord in his pajamas. While most of the girls tried to muffle their laughter, Pinkie and Rainbow cared less wether they hurt his feelings or not, and burst out laughing.

He scowled and gave alternate Fluttershy an "I told you so" kind of look.

"Oh, ha-ha. Very funny. Now why don't you ladies be mature and get me some new clothes."

Rainbow snorted. "Sure thing...king of hearts." That caused the other girls to burst out laughing. Even Discord smirked the slightest, but wasn't completely amused.

When Rainbow Dash walked off to retrieve Discord's clothes, the other girls slowly regained their voices and sat in Pinkie's living room to decide what they were going to do that day, despite Discord's sister's chaos.

"Actually..." He thought as they spoke to one another, he now dressed in his 'day clothes'. "If she can cause chaos here, then maybe I can!" He snickered in his head as a sly grin appeared on his facial expression.

He casually walked out of the room to test his magic abilities. Alternate Fluttershy had noticed this, and followed him, and luckily remained unnoticed.

"Discord.." She whispered. "where are you going?"

He turned to discover her following him into the kitchen. "Oh, you know. Just...testing things.."

"What are you testing?" She asked, she suspense building.

"Magic.."