//------------------------------// // Discord's plan // Story: An Alternate Ending to A Canterlot Wedding // by MeadowRosePony //------------------------------// "Ahh!" Twilight fell to the floor with a Thud!. Twilight rubbed at her increasingly sore head and glared up at the creature responsible for her rude awakening. "Good Morning!" Discord sang in an overly cheerful voice. "Did you have a nice sleep?" He asked, smiling down at the disgruntled unicorn. "I hope you don't mind, but I made you breakfast." Discord poofed up a floating plate of blueberry pancakes and a cup of orange juice in front of her. "Uh... thanks?" Twilight said caustiously as she climbed back onto the bed, only to become more confused when she remembered it had been an armchair the night before. "Oh yes." Discord explained as he noticed her puzzlement, "I know you wanted some alone time but you would have gotten such an awful kink in the neck if I had left you there (believe me I know, being stuck in stone for a thousand years is really not good for your back) so I decided to make you more comfy." With a snap of his claws he transformed the bed back into an armchair."After all, what are friends for?" "Oh. Well... uh, thanks, I guess." Twilight said again as she ate her floating breakfast. After all, she was really hungry and blueberry pancakes were her favorite. Besides, Discord was a really good cook. "No trouble at all." Discord replied as he sat next to her on a floating blue polka dotted stool. Another snap of his claws, and he was munching on a bowl of paper salad. "Want some?" Discord offered, noticing her stare, "it's absolutely full of fiber!" "Uh... No thanks." Twilight smiled nervously and went back to her breakfast. Discord shrugged and went back to his noisy eating. CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH It sounded like he was eating rocks. Twilight's ears twitched with every bite he took. 'How can he make eating paper so loud?' Twilight wondered, wincing as a particularly loud crunch resounded though the room. Soon she was distracted by the pancakes in front of her and tuned out the crunching. She was just finishing up when... SLURP SLURP SLUUURRP Twilight looked up to see Discord slurping down his cup as the juice hovered in mid air. "Oh! I'm sorry Twilight, did you want more?" Discord asked as he noticed her staring again. With a snap of his claws both her plate and glass were refilled as he stood by in a maid's uniform. Twilight shook her head to clear it, "Actually, Discord, I've finished." Discord grinned and cleared the breakfast things with another snap. "So what do you want to do now?" Discord asked, practically vibrating in excitement. "Dolls? Jacks? Ballet? Book club?" With each suggestion the room changed from inside a doll house, dodging giant jacks on a playground, dancing with life size marionettes on a stage, to finally sitting on bean bag chairs inside of a book fort. "Oh! How about-" "Discord!" Twilight yelled, collapsed and panting on her over-sized bean bag chair. "Yes, Twilight?" Discord asked innocently as Twilight glared at him. "Oh fine!" Discord sighed as everything turned back to how it was. "You can be such a party pooper! I was sure you would like the last one..." Discord folded his arms and floated in front of her, frowning. "Well then, what do you suggest we do Miss No-Fun-At-All?" Twilight sighed. "We aren't going to do anything. I'm going find a way out of here and you're going back in stone." "Well then!" Discord humphed and disappeared. "I suppose that means you don't need my help!" His voice echoed through the room. "Well when you fail miserably we'll see just how long it takes you to come calling for your old friend Discord to save the day..." After a few moments of silence Twilight sighed. 'Well I better get busy. There's only one thing to do at a time like this.' Twilight walked over to the bookcase, grabbed a scroll and started to read. Meanwhile back in Canterlot Cadance was watching Shining Armor pretend to eat a sandwich. Princess Celestia had insisted they all break for lunch, over Shining Armor's protests. While Princess Celestia and Cadance ate their tea sandwiches, Shining Armor merely held his in front of him with his magic. Every time the sandwich would return to his plate untouched, Cadance would give a little shake of her head or a tiny sigh. Prompting Shining Armor to pick the sandwich back up. Only to lower it again a few minutes later. Cadance looked at Shining Armor across the dining room table. She took a sip of her tea and sighed. Shining Armor dropped his sandwich on his plate and abruptly stood up from the table. With short, stiff strides he quickly crossed the room to stand at the window. "We can't just sit here!" He said angrily to the window, "We have to do something!" Princess Celestia raised an eyebrow at his sudden outburst but said nothing. "Shining." Cadance said softly, replacing her cup to the saucer. "What would you have us do?" Cadance stood up and walked over to the window to stand next to Shining Armor. "We have been searching all day and we all need a rest." She placed a hoof on her fiancee's shoulder. "Besides, Twilight's friends should be back any moment. Maybe they had better luck than we did." "I'm sorry, Cadance." He said, leaning into her "I'm just so worried and..." "I know." She said softly. She gave him a quick kiss and they both went back to the table. "I know you are upset about your sister's disappearance," Princess Celestia said calmly, "but you have not eaten since yesterday and you've barely touched your food. You need to eat or you will have no energy with which to continue the search. Do I have to make it an order, Captain?" Shining Armor grumbled but took a bite of his sandwich. And then glared at his fiance's poor attempts to cover her giggles. Within moments however, his frown fell and he was laughing with her. "Twilight!" A group of voices shouted as five excited ponies and one ecstatic little dragon burst into the room. Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Spike all looked around the room, only for their happy faces to change into confused frowns. "Where's Twilight?" Spike asked. "Isn't she here?" Rainbow Dash demanded. "I don't see her." Fluttershy whispered. "Yeah!" Pinkie Pie joined in. "We didn't find Twilight in Ponyville even though we looked and looked and looked and I was getting so not all super happy and then Applejack said that maybe Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had found her and I was so super happy again but they didn't find her either even though they looked and looked and looked and I was was so not super happy again and then Fluttershy said that maybe Rarity had found her in the library and Rainbow agreed and flew off and we all followed but Rarity hadn't found her either even though she had looked and looked and looked and I was so not super happy again but then Rarity thought that maybe Spike had found her in the other library because they had split up because there were two libraries and they were both super duper big so we all went to find Spike and I was so super happy again but Spike hadn't found her either even though he looked and looked and looked so I was so not super happy again and then we all decided to come back here since I thought maybe she was here since she always writes a letter to Princess Celestia when she's upset but she didn't have Spike to deliver it so she had to deliver it herself so I was so super happy again and then we all heard you guys laughing and since you guys were all so not super happy when we left yesterday we thought you had found Twilight and we were all so super happy but she's not here so now instead of us all being so super happy we're all confused and so not so super happy!" Pinkie Pie finished and took a deep breathe. Cadance's eyes had started to glaze over during that very long but quickly spoken sentence. Cadance shook her head to clear her vision. "I'm sorry girls," She said. Spike cleared his throat pointedly. "And Spike," Cadance amended, "but we didn't find Twilight either. We were hoping you had better luck than we did, but it appears not." "Then what were y'all laughing about?" Applejack asked, annoyed that their hopes had been dashed. Shining Armor sighed. "It was nothing, just some laughter to cheer us up." "Oohhh!" Pinkie Pie smiled perking up. "That makes perfect sense!" Everypony just looked at her. "Oh girls, don't you see?" When I was a little filly and some bullies would bring me dowwnnnn "Oh no." Rainbow Dash said groaning into her hooves. "Tell me she's not-" Rarity said, shrinking back with her eyes wide. the meanness and the teasing they would always make me frowwnnnn "She is." Applejack said copying Rainbow Dash. I'd hide behind the bushes till they would go away "What's going on?" Shining Armor whispered. but Granny Pie said that you couldn't deal with sadness that way "I have no idea." Cadance whispered back. She said Pinkie you gotta stand up tall learn to face your fears "It's a musical number." Spike explained as Fluttershy hid behind him. You'll see that they can't hurt you just laugh to make them disappear Ha! Ha! Ha! soooo giggle at the grumpy guffaw at the mopey crack up at the cranky whoop it up with the weepy chortle at the grouchy snortle at the crabby and tell that big dumb downy face to take a hike and leave you alone and if he thinks he can make you sad then he's got another thing coming and the very idea of such a thing just makes you wanna... hahahaha...heh... laaaaaaaauuuugh! Princess Celestia looked on with a bemused expression on her face. Then she set down her tea cup as her shoulders starting shaking. First a giggle escaped her. Then a snort. And a few chuckles. Until finally, she was slumped forward with full-on laughter. "See? She gets it!" Pinkie Pie said when she had finished. Cadance hid behind her hooves as she giggled. Shining Armor shook her head and chuckled. It wasn't long before everypony, (and dragon), couldn't help but join in. Unknown to them, an invisible Discord was watching with an evil smile on his face. 'Oh my little ponies, you are making this too easy!' Just as stealthily as he had sneaked in, he sneaked away to check on the key to his little plan. 'Twilight Sparkle, we are just going to have so much fun!'