“So, how am I doing?” Sweetie puffed as she caught her breath, looking toward Twilight as she mused for a moment. Practicing her magic had become routine, and Sweetie felt she was starting to make progress. Certainly there was a lack of explosions, and she was getting faster at it with each passing day. But still, Sweetie could sense a disappointment from Twilight.
“Very good, but you’re not ready for the next level of spells yet. I know this is selfish of me, but I was hoping you’d be talented at magic and take to this a lot quicker than this. Like I was.” Twilight bit her lip and looked toward the ground. Sweetie weathered the insult, knowing that hating Twilight for it wouldn’t help. What’s the point in holding a grudge if the pony responsible didn’t remember why?
“It’s alright, I understand.” Sweetie lied smoothly, knowing only Applejack would see through it. A part of her was disappointed when Twilight didn’t even notice the lie, smiling warmly and thanking her. Sweetie glanced toward the sky, a bored expression falling on her face. It was just too easy these days.
“I fear there may be no means out of this loop, despite Starswirl’s claims and proof to the contrary,” she commented as she closed her eyes, and let her head fall. Sweetie felt a hoof touch her shoulder, and shrugged it off, taking a few steps to distance herself. Right now, Sweetie didn’t want comfort from a non-looper.
“Well...what if we contacted a god?” Twilight rolled the idea off her tongue before she even registered whom she was referring to. Quickly catching up, she mentally face-hoofed, realising she should have done this loops ago. Sweetie turned, opening her eyes, alert and listening.
“Discord, he’s a God of Chaos right?” Twilight supposed he was more a ‘lord’, but there was no denying he was a powerful force of chaos. If it hadn’t been for Fluttershy taming him, he would likely still be encased in stone. Sweetie blinked, and a bright beaming smile emerged on her face.
“Of course! And even if he can’t he still presents a perfect pranking opportunity!” Sweetie jumped into the air with glee, this was something she could use! Something new, that was the main cincher in this plan. Sweetie savored the feeling of newness coming from the idea, glad Twilight had finally produced a golden nugget of opportunity.
“So how do we find him?” Sweetie waited patiently as Twilight looked around, and put a hoof to her chin. Sweetie wondered what was behind the first action, but supposed it could be because of the subject. Sweetie wondered what prank Discord would come up with, how crazy would it get?
“Well, considering he didn’t just appear when we called his name, I dunno. I guess try searching for him?” Twilight shrugged, unsure how one summoned a chaos god in a world of harmony. Sweetie mused for a moment, and nodded. It might take a few tries, but she was nothing if not patient.
“Alright, I’ll try looking for him.” Sweetie waved goodbye to Twilight, and started looking around. After finding nothing, she remembered that Fluttershy was the closest to Discord, and pivoted, heading toward her cottage. Sweetie hadn’t had much chance to speak to Fluttershy during the loops, and she mentally chided herself for it now.
“Hey Fluttershy.” Sweetie waited patiently for the Pegasus to finish feeding the animals. There were quite a few strange one’s, but nothing Sweetie hadn’t seen before. Sighing, she wondered what she would find if she went exploring in the Everfree. Finally, Fluttershy nodded once, indicating she could continue.
“I was wondering if you knew how to contact Discord.” Sweetie’s response was so unexpected, Fluttershy took three steps back and glanced around rapidly. After a moment of nothing happening, she breathed out in relief, and approached once more.
“W-Well you could t-try a-asking him nicely.” Fluttershy shrunk slightly as she crouched low, and Sweetie sighed, giving a nod. It looked like Fluttershy wasn’t going to be any help whatsoever. Sweetie turned, and began walking away. It wasn’t like she had rudeness to worry about, it was nearing the end of the week.
“Thanks Fluttershy.” Sweetie trotted back toward the town as she mused. Asking Discord nicely, it might work, but doing so would require a little bit of preparation. Sweetie knew convincing Discord this was a time loop would be immensely harder compared to that of Twilight.
“Let’s see, I’ll need chocolate milk, and probably a book or two for him to snack on. At least, from what Twilight said. Alright, Ill get that ready, and contact him next loop.” Sweetie smiled, and began to skip down the path.
I patiently await the next chapter
Isn't that right Madame flour?
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What is this? A Little Loopy updated at the same time as "MLP Time Loops"? What does it mean?
ooo discord that story just got 20% cooler
Ooh!!! I'm so excited fit the next chapter! No worries about the short chapter! I'm sure you'll make it up soon
Well this presents an interesting conundrum, is Discord in on it and unwilling to share what he knows about the time loops, are the time loops powerful enough that he doesn't know but weak enough that he's in a similar situation to Sweetie Belle only he's literally dying because when you have a time loop like this nothing ever changes thus there is no chaos. Is the time loop strong enough to lock Discord out just like with all the other ponies and the only difference is that being the god of chaos means he does something slightly different no matter that he's locked in a time loop with no memories of the previous iterations. And finally the scariest thought is that the time loop is so powerful that it can and does make Discord, the God of Chaos, repeat his week exactly the same way as every week before it with no idea that he's stuck doing the same thing over and over again without Sweetie's influence.
Alright, Ill get that ready
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Hmm... Wonder what books Sweetie could ste- I mean... Prepare for Discord to eat? After all, it's not like the books she prepares will be gone forever.
This is really dragging.
I've been waiting to see Discord get involved
Well, this is interesting. I wonder what it will develop into~?
what if the fan theory about starswirl being discord is canon in this fic, that would make it so things are about to get very interesting
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5557422 Gods of one particular thing (love, chaos, sun, etc) are considered gods. Omnipotent ones are Gods.
It's kinda a holdover from 'Christianization' where only the Christian God would be capitalized, and since most other religions tend to have multiple gods it works either way. If you don't like it, blame my English teacher. I know I do.
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I've always viewed it as "God" being used when the religion is either monotheistic or has a single god that presides over the others in some manner (a Great Spirit, basically). It's also a quick and easy way to differentiate "lower" deities from "upper" ones in literature, without having to take time and words to point out the difference.