Leaning back in Celestia’s throne Discord contemplated the dis-harmonic elements that made up his singularly unique piece of cake and himself. In many ways they were similar. Both he and the cake were messy and inherently chaotic. For example, when Discord took his first bite of cake, he cried though he would deny that he did so. Now, if one didn’t cry upon tasting cake then there was a problem and that problem would have to be fixed. Of course Discord and cake loved new and exciting things, to a point. That is where the different flavors came into effect. With the introduction of different flavors came an interesting combination of texture and experience. To be more precise, there were six flavors.
The first flavor; the first layer was that of a butter yellow creme reminiscent of a similarly colored Pegasus. The second flavor that hit the tongue was reminiscent of a marshmallow in texture and flavor. The rest of the cake though, it wanted to be eaten. So Discord opened his stomach and threw the cake inside. He closed his belly with a belch. He politely covered his mouth because that's what one does when in the presence of company.
“Scuse me.”
Discord would never admit it but his piece of cake was absolutely delicious. Now he knew why old Sunbutt stole off to the castle bakery in the wee hours of the morning. ‘Hmming’ and hawing Discord debated over a most important question. Was it better to have cake and eat or was it better to never have eaten such a delectable morsel? Well he couldn't decide on his first piece so maybe a second helping would decide for him. Arching his back over the right side of Celestias throne, Discord carefully reached past Sunbutts scowling mug and cut out a nice rainbow colored piece of her effervescent mane. Celestia huffed in an annoyed tone and shot Discord an exasperated look. Discord ignored her and started to eat his new piece of cake.
“Pwuh!”
The new piece of cake didn't taste anything like the previous piece of cake!
“Ugh!”
Discord snapped his talons. A sponge and a bucket of suds landed next to him. He dunked the sponge in the suds and vigorously attempted to eviscerate the flavor that permeated his oral cavity. Beside him Celestia smirked.
“Discord-”
A lion's paw adhered itself to her face preventing her from speaking.
“-nuh uh...gurgle.”
Discord gurgled and spat out the violating flavor of not-cake that was Celestia’s mane. Withdrawing his paw from Celestia’s muzzle Discord allowed her to speak. Arching her right eyebrow Celestia tittered,
“So Discord how was the mane? Did you like it?”
Discord stared at her with his puffed up tongue attempting to crawl out of his mouth.
“Thelestia-” Discord sucked his tongue back into his maw. “Celestia... What. Was. That.”
Princess Celestia smirked again and leaned close to Discord.
“A little present from mine sister you snake.”
The facade of ‘Princess Celestia’ shimmered then faded away and Princess Luna, Ruler of the Night haughtily stood in her place.
“Ha! Take that Discord, Master of Pranks!” Luna crowed much to Discord’s inward annoyance and dismay. Outwardly he was calm, suave, and collected.
“Oh Moonbutt I see that you've dethroned your sister already” Discord teased, “And here I thought that you had reformed! I guess I'll just have to get the element bearers.”
Luna's face portrayed her immediate dismay upon hearing Discords disappointed tone. She knew he would spin a tale of woe if only to reach his goal: revenge. She couldn't let that happen! Reaching out with her magic and front hooves Luna pleaded.
“Discord! Wait don-”
-With a ‘snap’ of his talons Discord vanished with a dramatic strike of thunder and lightning.
Luna stood in place frozen by the realization that Discord could very easily put his plan into action. Her worries were cast aside though when the sound of metal striking stone reached her ears. Cantering, Luna turned and shot towards the incoming sound of gold gilded hooves. Rounding the doorway to the servants entrance Luna skidded to a halt as she came muzzle to muzzle with her sister.
“Sister! We- I hath made a grave error.”
Celestia arched one crumb covered eyebrow indicating that Luna should continue.
“We-I fear that I have given Discord cause to enact a most terrible prank upon us.”
Celestia furrowed her brow.
“Luna, what happened?”
Luna hurriedly explained everything and at the end of her sisters brief explanation Celestia gently placed her head against the cool stone wall.
“Luna-”
“-Yes sister?”
Celestia took one slow breath in and one slow breath out.
“I'll take care of it. Just go and get some sleep okay?”
Luna took a step forward and figeted. Celestia hummed. Luna continued forward and hugged her big sister.
“Thank you. For everything.”
Smiling, Celestia affectionately returned the hug. They stayed like that for some time, just two sisters enjoying the bond they shared. But they had jobs to do. So sadly one or the other had to let go. Luna was the first one to let go and return to her duties, Celestia was the second one. Luna made the sojourn to her bed while Celestia attended to that day's court session. Oddly enough there were no petitioners, Celestia would not find out the cause of her unexpected relaxation until the end of her court session. She opened the throne room doors and looked to the guards that stood on either side. Then she stepped out of the throne room and looked at the door, rather, she looked at the sign that was attractively placed on one of her doors. It read:
‘An in-depth Lecture on Friendship and its Benefits.’
By Princess Celestia
P.S. Attendance is optional.
With Celestia otherwise occupied for the day Discord had time on his side. His dramatic teleport resulted in him drifting down right outside the crystal throne room doors of Twilight’s Castle. Snickering, Discord approached the doors and prepared for his big entrance but stopped as he heard a shout from inside. Quirking an eyebrow Discord popped off his right ear and placed it against the door.
“Fluttershy darling,” Rarity insisted. “I think Ember has had enough don’t you think?”
Fluttershy shook her head and clung to Ember even harder than before.
“Mmm... Nope! She’s just sooo sparkly and- and Rarity, she’s a Dragon. A Nice Dragon!” Fluttershy turned back to Ember and nuzzled the choking Dragon Lord. “Oh I can’t wait to show you to my all my cute little fuzzy wuzzy animal friends!”
Ember’s eyes widened as Fluttershy continued talking and hugging her.
“Ohh! First there’s Angel Bunny, he’s a real sweetheart once you get to know him. Then there’s Harry, he’s a bear-” Ember gasped for oxygen “- Oh don’t be scared! He’s a real gentlebear. And I just know you’ll love Regal the Eagle!”
As Fluttershy spoke to an imprisoned Ember their friends desperately tried to separate them. First they tried to persuade Fluttershy to release Ember; Flutters kept saying “Nope” and tightening her hug. All the while Ember started turning a progressively darker shade of blue. Applejack and Pinkie Pie tried to pry Ember and Fluttershy apart; it didn’t work. Even Twilight and Rarity’s magic didn’t work. Ember had started to tremble by the time the Mane six realized their efforts were futile. Her life was in her own claws now.
Stretching her right hind leg out, Ember felt it brush up against a cold metal shaft. It was the shaft of the Bloodstone Sceptre! Ember desperately wiggled and wormed her way closer to her Sceptre all the while ignoring Fluttershy. Wiggling her hind claws around Ember pinched and moved the Sceptre into a position where she could grab it. Trying for one last ditch effort, Ember wrapped her hind claws around the shaft. Using the dexterity that younger dragons are known for, Ember maneuvered the shaft into one of her free hands. Getting a good grasp on it, Ember tapped Fluttershy on the side of her head. The butter yellow pegasus pulled away from Ember with a dazed look in her eyes and an incoherent mumble. Ember was only just able to hear what Fluttershy said.
“So- so sorry. I didn’t mean to-to-”
Hastily regaining her breath Ember waved Fluttershy off with a trembling hand and she obeyed. Turning around Fluttershy attempted to stuff herself under the map table. Fluttershy’s sudden change didn’t go unnoticed.
“Hey Shy,” Rainbow Dash whispered as she crouched under the table’s edge. “Y- you okay?”
Fluttershy didn’t verbally respond, instead she curled up into a small little ball of down and fluff with her pink mane covering her head. Rainbow calmly continued to speak and work her way towards FLuttershy’s still form.
“You can come out Flutters, Ember’s not mad or anything. She’s just surprised is all.”
Despite Rainbow’s gentle pleas, Fluttershy didn’t respond. Extending a hoof Rainbow gently poked Fluttershy in one of her several ticklish spots.
“Hey Fluttershy, quit messin’ around alright?”
There was no response so Rainbow’s face slowly formed a potent scowl. She didn’t want to do that to Fluttershy but if it meant getting her to respond... Rainbow quickly ran her hoof over Fluttershy’s primary feathers. The quick action resulted in a rather violent reaction. Fluttershy bolted upright with an ‘eep!’
Hearing Fluttershy’s shriek temporarily deafened Discord’s right ear much to his annoyance. Ripping his donkey ear off the door Discord waved it about to get the ringing noise out. Once the ringing noise subsided discord taped the ear back on and snapped his talons around it a few times to make sure it worked correctly. All his snaps went in one ear and out the other, exactly as they should. Sighing in relief, Discord prepared to re-make his Big Dramatic Entrance only to be temporarily stopped by an aqua colored shield.
“Discord” Starlight Glimmer sweetly asked, “What are you doing?”