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// Adversity 
// Story: The King of Equestria 
// by nobody_in_particular 
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It was a usual day in Ponyville. There were ponies just taking a walk, shopping, and there were fillies running through the streets.This particular day Discord was walking to Fluttershy’s house for Tuesday Tea. 

“Citizens of Ponyville!” a voice called. Everypony turned their heads to stare at Bill Cipher with the line of bubbles next to him. Now that he could show his face without getting sent to Tartarus, he was changed back into his true form. “Please stay calm; this is only the day you get a new master: Me! I’m Bill Cipher, but you can call me your new lord and master for all of eternity!”He laughed as the sky turned red and Eye-Bats started flying around.  

Screaming. Chaos. Somepony yelling, “Where are the princesses?” 

Bill just rolled his eyes. “You’re princesses are gone. I froze them myself. It’s not like it was a real battle or anything.”

“And I wanted to say…” 

“AHHH!” (That wasn’t Bill, that was a pony.)

“I wanted to…” 

“AHHH!” (That was another pony) 

“I just…”

“AHHH!”

“Oh my goodness!” Bill screamed and his whole body turned red. “Shut up you stupid pony!” and with that he turned them into a statue.
The ponies watched in horror as the statue-fied pony hit the ground. 

“Now everyone be quiet!” he yelled.

Then everything was so quiet you couldn‘t even hear the ponies’ breath. 

“Well, I guess you see that I’ve captured you’re six heroes.”

“Stop it, Bill!” Rainbow Dash yelled, her slightly muffled voice rang out over the silence. 

“I don’t think you're really in a position to try and stop me. I mean, what can you do, shake your fists at me?” he laughed his high, cold laugh.

“Um, technically, we don’t have fists.” Pinkie called. A zipper appeared over her mouth. 

“Just take Twilight here.” Bill, said, not wanting to be interrupted anymore. “She acts like such a hero, but it’s Princess Celestia that always has to clean up her messes.”Twilight turned her head away angrily. 

“Like, did anybody realize that one time Applejack said ‘FlutterDash’? That totally makes it canon now.” Applejack tilted her head in confusion. 

“But it seems like all of Equestria depends on them! Or at least, most things do. The only reason Discord isn’t turned to stone yet is because Flutters here was to hopelessly in love with him to agree with the decision of using the Elements, or just turning him in to Princess Celestia.” Discord clenched his fists so hard his palms started to bleed a little. 

Everypony looked up at Fluttershy with a bit of horror and surprise. Fluttershy looked down at them. She felt her whole face turn beet red. She turned her head away, not wanting to watch the ponies look at her that way. 

Discord was going to fly up and give Bill a piece of his mind, but at the soft sound of Fluttershy crying sent a new instinct through him. 
Everybody turned their heads as he started to speak, “So, what’s news about Fluttershy having a crush on me? I have a crush on…her…too.” he said as bravely as he could. 

Bill narrowed his eye. “Oh, no you don’t. You like Celestia.”

“Yeah. I liked her. As in used to. I don’t anymore.” Discord spat.

Bill growled angrily. The people in Gravity Falls were never as difficult as these ponies.