"Fluttershy could not get a new job anywhere just because she's a mare?" Twilight asked, disgusted.
"Sorry Twi, this book was written in the 1920s!" Shining Armor answered, sheepishly.
Twilight, Spike, and Cadance laughed.
"All right, let's proceed," said Twilight, as she turned the page...
Elsewhere, far away from Canterlot, lived another kingdom, Draconia. The Kingdom of Draconia, was full of ponies, which are earth ponies, unicorns, and a few pegasuses. There were also some mythical creatures such as griffons, minotaurs, and dragons. Draconia was ruled by a good draconeques named Discord. He had a head of a pony with gray fur, black mane, Crimson eyes and a goatee. He also had the body of a dragon with brown fur. He displayed an antelope horn, a goat horn,, a lion's paw, an eagle's claw, a deer's leg, and a lizard's leg. His tail resembled a snake's tail, only with a white tuff at the end. He wore a golden crown with sharp points and jewels, on top of his head.
Discord was sitting in his chair, attending a council meeting. The King, his wise mare, Sunset Shimmer, and his captain, Flash Sentry were listening to some royals about thier political problems.
"My land is struck by a dust bowl and my subjects have lost thier food supply!" said Prince Ayaan of Saddle Arabia, sadly. "We would receive rain but it is hard when you do not have enough weather ponies to make it happen."
"Why not just hire some more weather ponies?" King Discord, grumbled. Seriously, that is what the Arabian Prince was worried about?
"It is not that easy, King Discord!" Prince Ayaan explained.
"Why not, Prince Ayaan?" asked Flash Sentry.
"None of my subjects are either a pegasus or cutie marks for flying and making weather-"
"You mean to tell me that not one of those ponies has a gift of flight or creating weather?" Discord incredously. Sunset Shimmer scribbled down every word on her parchment. Her duty was to record what happens in meetings thus Discord can refer to them when thinking of solutions.
Prince Ayaan sighed, "I know this sounds skeptical, King Disocrd but it is true."
"Well, what solution do you suppose will help your problem?" King Discord inquired. "What do you want me to do?" He turned to Sunset Shimmer. "Prepare to write down his answer."
"Yes, your highness," Sunset Shimmer answered, holding her feather with her horn.
Prince Ayaan was about to answer when the door swiftly opened by a frantic orange earth pony with blonde hair and green eyes.
"Ya majesty!" She yelled.
"Confound it, Applejack!" Discord yelled, irritably. "You know I do not like to be disturbed when I am in a meeting!"
"But ya majesty, the nanny is leaving!" Applejack cried.
"WHAT?"
Discord ran out of the council meeting followed by Sunset Shimmer and Flash.
They found an orange pony trotting angrily, toward the front door. She was about to open the door with her hoof, when the King stopped her.
"Mrs. Harshwinny, why are you leaving?" He panted. Applejack, Sunset, and Flash caught up to him, panting as well. The mare swiftly turned around, facing Disocord.
"Well, your majesty!" Mrs. Harshwinny snarled. She stretched her foreleg and her hind leg. "What do you see?"
The King and his staff shared each other a look before observing Mrs. Harshwinny.
"Um, messy hair and tattered clothes," Discord answered, hesitantly. He did not see where this was going. Neither do Flash, Sunset, and Applejack.
"Yes, and..what else?" Mrs. Harshwinny growled, showing her flank to the King.
"Ooo, scratches and blood on your flank," Disocrd shuddered.
"Exactly!" Mrs. Harshwinny grumbled. "And can you guess how I became hurt?"
"Because you had a bad fall?" Discord joked. Sunset giggled.
"NO, YOU IDIOT!" Mrs. Harshwinny screamed. "YOUR DAUGHTERS SENT A CROCIDILE, A DOG, A CAT, AND A TURTLE UPON MY FLANK!"
"Hey, you cannot talk to the King like that!" Flash barked, annoyed that some pony would act disrespectful toward Discord. Mrs. Harshwinny ignored him.
"THOSE GIRLS OF YOURS ARE ANYTHING BUT ROYALTY! THEY NEVER LISTEN, THEY PLAY PRANKS ALL THE TIME, AND I NEVER GET REST! SO I QUIT!" Mrs. Harshwinny screamed before, reaching for the door.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, Mrs. Harshwinny!" Discord pleaded. "You cannot leave!"
"Oh yes I can!" Mrs. Harshwinny snapped. "Give me one good reason why I should not go!"
"Because I pay you a very handsome salary!" Discord grinned, proudly. Flash, Applejack, and Sunset face hoofed. "Sixteen bits, right?"
"Twelve bits!"
"I knew that!"
Mrs. Harshwinny dashed to the door and opened it. Discord quickly tried to stop her but Mrs. Harshwinny left, slamming the door on Discord's face. Discord was thrown back on the floor. His face was flattened from the door. Sunset and Applejack helped him up.
"Are you hurt, your majesty?" Flash asked.
"I'm fine," Discord mumbled, using his magic to fix his face. When his face was back in its normal shape, Discord turned his head toward upstairs. Which is where the nursey was located. "CHILDREN, YOU HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO!"
"How did this happen, Applejack?" Sunset asked.
"Ah don't know," Applejack sighed. "I was in the kitchen cooking, when I heard Mrs. Harshwinny scream. When I found her, she said she quit!"
"Children come downstairs now!" Discord called. "Do not make me come up there!" Still no answer. Discord pulled out a whistle and blew on it. The sound was so loud that Flash, Sunset, and Applejack had to cover thier ears. The nursery door opened and five fillies descended downstairs, in a marching order. Three of them were earth ponies, one was a pegasus, and the last one was a unicorn. When they reached downstairs, they stared fearfully at thier angry father. Applejack frowned at the fillies. Sunset and Flas just raised eyebrows at them.
"Hello, father," they stammered.
"Screwball, Babs Seed, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle!" Discord growled. "What's the big idea of letting our pets out to bite your nanny's flank?"
"It was funny!" Sweetie Belle giggled. The other fillies joined in her giggling. Flash, Sunset, and Applejack started to giggle only to be silenced by Discord's glare.
"Yes, funny but wrong," He said, sternly. "Now who was the mastermind behind this scheme?" The children began to blame each other. Each did not want to get into trouble with thier father.
"Apple Bloom's idea!" Scootaloo shouted.
"Scootaloo's idea!" Apple Bloom glared at her sister.
"Screwball did it!" Babs Seed claimed.
"No I didn't!" Screwball argued.
"Um....I did?" Sweetie Belle said, confused. She did not have another sister to point hoofs. Discord stared down at them. He could tell that they were lying. The King may not be able to tell who did it but he had a way! Discord snapped his fingers and a lie detector appeared in his talon. He waved the object over each of his child's head. The lie detector beeped only once on each filly but when it reached Screwball, it beeped three times. He lowered his head to Screwball's eye level.
"Wow, Screwball, you have a dark mind!" Discord whispered. He looked at the rest of his children. "This is the tenth time I have lost a nanny! The tenth time! Every nanny I hired has fled from me! Why? All because of you, children!" He ranted, making the princesses shiver. "Why do you do these things? Why do you pull pranks on them?"
"I-" Sweetie Belle began.
"Silence!" Discord barked. "I do not want to hear any of your excuses! You will not get dinner tonight!"
The princesses started to protest or whine.
"But ya majesty, I just finished a nice meal for them!" Applejack pleaded. Discord sighed, frustrated.
"Fine, you can have dinner, since our head maid worked so hard to put it together for you, but no dessert!"
Out from nowhere, a pink earth pony with cotton candy-colored hair, the assistant cook, dashed into room.
"Did some pony say 'No dessert!?'" The pony gasped, dramatically.
"I'm afraid so, Pinkie Pie," Applejack said, nonchalantly.
"Nooooooooooooooooooooo!" Pinkie Pie yelled.
Thus, the rest of the day went as Discord declared. His children ate thier dinner but no dessert. Pinkie Pie was disappointed the most, about not having dessert. The little princesses were taken up to thier nursery room and put to bed by Applejack and Rarity, the Royal seamstress. Rainbow Dash, lieutenant of Flash, began reading a story to them, only to fall asleep after reading the first five pages. Sunset had to take over as a storyteller. When the fillies were finally asleep, the mares went downstairs to clean up and do other evening tasks.
Inside the study room, Discord was reading a book, but was not paying attention. He was thinking about the fiasco that happened today. His children drove away another nanny. The King really did not like Mrs. Harshwinny because she was well, harsh. But he kept her, hoping that she'd teach his daughters how to be like princesses. Alas, his children had to scare her off!
"Now what?" Discord sighed, to himself.
"Hire a new nanny, your majesty!" Pinkie Pie chirped, who popped out from nowhere. "Duh!"
"I know that, Pinkie!" Discord barked, rolling his eyes. "But I cannot just hire any nanny! Where can I find a nanny? Who can I hire that will handle the children?"[i/]