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// 1 Sugarcube Corner 
// Story: Little Dissy 
// by Lord King Cocoon 
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	“You knew who the father was the whole time?!” Twilight exclaims.
After a few moments of thinking, mother turns toward uncle Zeph, “Zephyr, would you please take the kids out to visit Pinkie and the Cakes?” mother asks, “I need to talk with Twilight alone.”
You hate it when you’re mother feels uncomfortable about talking about something in front of you…unless it’s about a birthday party or something. That’s always fun.
“But…daddy…” Echo whimpers as she looks towards mother…sorta.
“It’s okay, Echo. We’ll see him again,” uncle Zeph says to Echo with a smile.
Dissy then fell to the floor laughing, “I see what you did there!” Dissy laughs, “You said we’re going to see him again…to somepony who can’t even see!” Dissy stops laughing as he say that we all were glaring at him.
“Come on, kids. Let’s go,” uncle Zeph says. As he leads us out, he looks back to Dissy, “That means you too.”
“Hey, why do I have to go?” Dissy whines, “I can take care of myself. I’m not a kid.”
You walk over to Dissy, standing taller than him, “Really? Because from where I’m standing, you are just a kid,” you say.
After seeing everyone staring at him, Dissy grumbles to himself as he comes with us to Sugarcube Corner.



You’re almost to Sugarcube Corner. You’ve always found it fascinating how Echo can use sound to ‘see’. She was born blind. But she was also born with a type of echolocation that normal ponies don’t have. So she literally can ‘see’ with sound. Perhaps that’s why she loves music. It probably creates a sensory experience for her that nopony else can experience…
…or maybe she just loves music.
As you were lost in thought, you hear a slight squeal. You look to see that Echo has tripped over a root. Before you think about it, you hurry to catch her. Navigating with sound has it’s advantages and disadvantages.
“I can’t wait to introduce Dissy to Pinkie Pie,” you say with a mischievous grin.
“What are you talking about? You already know Pinkie Pie knows me,” Dissy says.
“I know she knows who you are. But she doesn’t know that you’re now a child,” you say, you’re grin widening, “And you do know what kind of personality Pinkie Pie has, right?” you watch as a tremor goes down Dissy’s spine, “And then there’s the Cake twins,” Another tremor runs down Dissy’s spine.
You and the others enter the door to Sugarcube Corner where you are greeted by the pink party pony, Pinkie Pie, “Hi! Welcome to Sugarcube Corner, guys!” Pinkie Pie cheers as she bounces around. Then she stops mid-bounce when she sees Dissy. You can’t help but love Dissy’s expression as Pinkie grabs him and pulls him into a bear hug, “Is that you, Discord?! Oh wow, you look so cute and cuddly like that! Did you gotoCelestiaandwakeheruptotalkbutreallyjustmakehercrankyandyouhadanargumentandtherewasamagicalmishapthatturnedyoubothintochildren?!”
It takes a few moments to process what Pinkie said. Echo however was able to catch every detail…even if it was still dizzying.
Dissy was the first to respond, “How did you know-”
“Just a hunch!” Pinkie Pie says, “Oooo! Now I have to make a party for you and Celestia! A ‘Discord and Celestia are young again’ party!”
“Yes, that sounds like a great idea,” you say, grinning at Dissy mischievously. Dissy just groans in defeat.
Pinkie Pie finally put down Dissy and turned to Echo, “So Echo, you want your usual Triple Surprise?” she asks.
“Yes please,” Echo says with a smile. The Triple Surprise was a milkshake made with three flavors. They’re usually fruits, but sometimes Pinkie uses something else. But Pinkie had made it a game for Echo. Her hearing wasn’t the only sense that was enhanced by lack of sight. Because the flavors of the milkshake are random, Pinkie challenges Echo to figure out which three flavors are used.
You order a cinnamon scone, uncle Zeph orders a slice of strawberry cheesecake, and Dissy orders a chocolate milkshake. Pinkie hops off to fill the order and leaves you to find a table to sit at.
Soon after, Pinkie comes out with your order. She gives Echo her milkshake and waits for her response. Echo takes a sip of the milkshake, “Raspberry, mango, and…bubblegum?” Echo guesses.
“You win again!” Pinkie Pie exclaims before bouncing away.
As you eat your scone, you watch as Dissy drinks his milkshake while he watches back, “So, now that you’re a kid, how much weaker are you?” you ask.
“I needed to be transported here from Canterlot because I couldn’t teleport that far,” Dissy answers, “What’s it to you?”
“Is there anything you can do?” you wait for an answer…but you get none, “Fine, have it your way.” You take a bite of your scone before spitting it back out. Your scone is just a clump of dirt. You watch as Dissy cracks up, “Even as a little brat, you’re intent on making my life a living Tartarus!”
“Who? Me” Dissy says as a halo appears over his head.
You notice that the halo seems to be floating unstable. You know his power well enough to know how to take advantage of it. You blow on the halo, causing it to fall from it’s place above him. It falls onto his head, shattering. What was left was two shards from the halo sticking out of his head like horns, “That’s more like it,” you say. Echo laughs at your comment, which makes you happy, “So, do I get my scone back?”
“If you insist!” Dissy says a little too willingly.
You’re scone returns as good as new to it’s original state, “I know you’re up to something. What’s wrong with the scone this time?”
“Why do you assume something’s up just because I was willing to give you back your scone?” Dissy asks. You still question his motives, seeing as he still has his halo-made horns. What would he get out of returning your scone to normal? Then again, if he didn’t, he’d get a talking to from mother. And there were Echo and uncle Zeph as witnesses.
You take a small bite from the scone. And other than the fact that it was now an orange scone, rather than cinnamon, there didn’t seem to be anything wrong with it, “Don’t think this means I’m not keeping my eyes on you,” you say as you eat your orange scone.



After eating your treats, then soon watching the Cake twins torment Dissy…and vice versa, mother finally comes to pick us up. Echo was disappointed to hear that her dad left before she could say goodbye. But mother promised that he’d come back as soon as he could, that he’d arrange a play date with…princess Celestia. Something feel so wrong about how that sounds.
You’re also feeling thankful that you’re going home now because you just want to lie down. For a few minutes now, you haven’t been feeling too good.



That night when you get back home, you run to the bathroom to throw up. You hear mother punishing Dissy for putting tulips in your scone. You’re allergic to tulips.
You don’t care what mother is saying to Dissy. You don’t care how he’s punished. You don’t even care if he’s punished right now. All you care about is for your stomach to ease itself. Uncle Zeph was there with you rubbing your back, which helped a little.
You throw up again, “Make it stop!” you whimper.
Uncle Zeph can do nothing but be there, “You’ll get through this soon,” he says for the third time tonight. You were gonna make Dissy regret this…another time. Right now, you just care about getting over being sick.