Lost in the City of Lights

by ShobieShy

Chapter 1: Moving In

I close the door to the office and turn to face the rest of the room. Behind a dark wooden desk sits a unicorn mare. Her coat was a light chartreuse, almost lime color, and her mane a dull gray. I can tell she’s older because of the more pronounced wrinkles under her eyes. I can’t see her cutie mark, as it’s blocked by the desk.

The rest of the office looks rather nice; Like something you’d see in a mansion of some kind. The walls are covered in fancy looking stained wood carved in various patterns, a large bookshelf is placed along the wall to the right, it’s books disheveled and with no real organization to them. On the left side of the desk is a trash can filled with various food containers and paper shreds. Overall, the place looks lived in, as if this mare spends very little time outside this room.

The mare glances up from the various papers on her desk and eyes me. Giving a small frown, she makes a motion with her hoof. “Please,” She says in a bored tone. “Sit.”

I do as she asks and sit in the chair to my right. I’ll be honest, I’m a bit nervous. Even though this interview is mostly just to say one happened, as I already received the offer for the job, this mare could simply not like me and refuse to hire me.

“So, Casey is it?” She asks and I nod in affirmation. “My name is Punched Paper, but you will call me Ms. Paper.” I nod again, and she pulls over a notepad and pen with her magic. “Alright, let us begin.” She sighs. “Why do you want to work here?” She looks me dead in the eyes with an unwavering blank expression.

Now, I’m aware most people would bullshit an explanation about how they oh so love this and that about whatever position they were applying for, but I always found that as underhanded. I would rather tell the truth, even if it doesn’t get me the job.

“I’ll be honest, I have applied for many positions in various cities and towns. I may not have specifically gone for this one, but that doesn’t mean I won’t do a good job.” I state.

Her frown seems to lessen slightly as one of her eyebrows raises by a mere centimeter. Then, as quickly as it happened, Paper’s expression returns to its previous state. “Alright, it says here your main occupation was performing ‘odd jobs here and there’ in Ponyville. What did you like least about your previous job?”

“I don’t like dying.” I say matter of factly. Paper raises one of her eyebrows again at this statement. I continue my explanation. “You ever notice how if any monster or villain appears in Equestria, it’s always in either Canterlot or Ponyville?” She nods. I make a ‘well, there you go’ hand gesture.

She nods in understanding, her expression noticeably less stone-faced. The rest of the interview flys by relatively quickly, with short predictable questions and honest answers. In between questions, while Paper was writing down what I assume to be notes for each answer, I began to think about my housing situation. I knew that I was going to get a hotel, as I have enough bits to stay in an alright hotel for at least two weeks if I ate cheaply.

Paper sighs for what seems like the umpteenth time before looking at me again. “Final question. As cliche as this question may be, it’s one of the required questions I need to ask. Where do you see yourself in five years?”

I take a short moment to think before answering. “Making enough bits to live on, pretty much. Be that here or somewhere else.” I say with a shrug.

At this, Paper smiles for the first time. Well, it’s more of a smirk than anything. She looks down at the notepad she’s been writing on. “Well, Casey… I really like your honesty. And all the references I’ve contacted say you do your job without complaint and efficiently. I think you’ll do just fine here if you keep all that up. You may be blunt, but you mean what you say and it’s always the truth. I expect that to carry on into the workplace. Understood?”

“Yes ma’am.” Outwardly I look the same, but inwardly, I feel relief. I stand up and extend my hand halfway over her desk for a hoofshake.

She smirks a bit more and reaches to meet your hand, and shakes it sternly. “Can you come in on Monday at nine to start your training?”

“Sure thing.” I answer with a nod.

“Good, you may leave.” Paper gestures you off as she returns to her paperwork.

“Rad.” I say as I stand from the chair and exit the office.

Alright, now to find a place to stay for the time being. I think as I make my way down the hallway, towards the front of the building. I pass the front desk and head in the direction of the front door. I make it a few steps passed the desk when I hear the cute mare from earlier clear her throat in an obvious attempt to get my attention.

I turn to face her and she gives me a small smile and a raised eyebrow. “So, how’d it go?” She asks.

With an internal sigh, I decide to accept my fate. I walk over to the desk and lean on it. “It went well. She was pretty stoic through the whole thing up until the end, then she smiled at me and said I’ll be coming in on Monday to start my training.”

Grace’s smile slips some. “You got her to smile?”

“Well it was more of a small smirk, but yeah.” I state truthfully with a shrug.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen her smile. The thought just sounds weird...” She says, her muzzle scrunching up a bit.

“Ye.” I say while internally amused at the universal adorable scrunchy face these ponies have. Then I remember my current task. “So, Grace,” She turns towards me. “Know an alright hotel I can crash at while I work and find a place more permanent?”

She puts her hoof up to her chin in thought before answering. “Well, I know the Mareiott isn’t too far from here. When you walk outside, turn right and head down until you see 15th, then make another right until 24th, then a left. Keep going until you see it. You can’t miss it.” She finishes with a smile.

“And that’s the closest one?” I ask incredulously.

“Well, the closest one that won’t cost you your entire life’s savings for a night.”

“Point taken.” I give Grace my thanks and walk out the door.

Oh fuck, where was this hotel? Ah fuck it, I’ll just flag down a carriage. I step to the edge of the sidewalk and attempt to flag one down. Key word being ‘attempt’. They all seem to be ignoring me. I shouldn’t expect any different, I’ve only ever been to Ponyville and Canterlot before. And even Canterlot ponies are still wary of me, despite me visiting every so often. I really like the preserved food they have there; It’s not all apples, unlike Ponyville. But I digress.

I’m just about to give up and attempt to find the place on my own while walking in the general direction I was given, when a dull maroon earth mare with a darker maroon curly mane steps up to the street and flags down a carriage with no issue. God I wish that were me.

She was just stepping in when I grab her attention with a wave. She turns to face me with a blank expression that forms into a questioning one.

“You mind if I ride with you? I’ve been trying to flag down a carriage, but nopony wants to stop for me.” I ask with a small bit of hope seeping into my words.

The mare just shrugs and nods, unfazed by my stature. Not that I’m complaining. I give her a ‘thank you’ and follow her into the carriage.

“Where you… uh… two headed?” The stallion pulling the carriage asks.

“The Mareiott, please.” The mare answers. Her voice was very mellow and soft, like a mixture of content and bored, if that makes sense.

The stallion nods and the carriage lurches forward towards our destination. Oh fuckin’ YES. I think. This mare is going not only in the same direction I need, but to the same location. I relax a bit at my fortune.

The mare notices me relax. “Long day?” She inquires.

“Yeah, just moved from Ponyville here today, then went in for the obligatory interview for my job at that plaza back there” I gesture behind us where said plaza was. “Now I’m going to get a hotel to stay at while I find a place to rent. Luckily, you are heading to the same place I wanted to go. You just visiting?”

She nods. “Yeah, my friend and I decided to take a vacation together. She got here last night and me a few hours ago. I wanted to see a few sights at my own pace for a bit before I met up with her. She can be a bit… excited. You could say she’s a bit of a filly.”

“I know that feel, I have a few friends similar to that back in Ponyville.” Pinkie Pie mainly.

The rest of the ride falls into comfortable silence as we both rested a bit from walking around the city for hours.

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I see the Mareiott on the left and sit up as we approach, excited to get a room, lie down, and just fucking die… figuratively.

We stop in front of it and the mare exits to the sidewalk to her left. She almost immediately gets tackled with a hug from a smaller blue mare with a darker blue mane that had a lighter blue bow in it.

“Bread! You’re here! I’ve been standing here waiting for the past few hours!” The small mare says excitedly.

I take this time to slide out of the carriage and stretch my legs. And after I do so, the smaller mare notices me. She looks up with a surprised expression, then turns to her maroon friend. “Hey, Bread, is this your new coltfriend? He’s a bit tall. And walks on his hind legs. Didn’t take you for a xenophile.”

Breads face darkens with a blush. “Whinny, no, we just shared a cab. I don’t even know his name.”

“Casey,” I say. “My name’s Casey. Anyways, I better find a room and get settled. Perhaps I’ll see you two before your vacation’s over.”

Whinny jumps a few times with a grin. “That’d be great! Bread needs a good lay.” Bread’s face somehow gets even darker as she glares at Whinny.

I let out a light chuckle. “We’ll see what happens. Until then.” I say as I start making my way into the hotel.

The interior is rather nice; Expensive looking chandeliers, marble everything, etc. I feel lucky I over-saved bits for this. I could probably live here for about a month if I ate ramen style.

I walk over to the front desk and place my hands on the counter, looking at the clerk. “Hi, I’d like a room, please. Preferably with a large bed.”

The clerk looks up from what she’s writing down and gives me a rather nasty look. “Sorry, we don’t serve animals here.”

What? “Um… I like to think I’m not an animal” I don’t think I’ve ever been called an animal. Maybe ‘Creature’ a few times when I first got plopped on my fat ass in Ponyville, but never ‘Animal’.

The clerk just looks with annoyance. “Whatever you are, just shoo. This is a high class hotel. We don’t want things like you dirtying it up.”

Wow. “Well, alright then. Fuck you too, ya cunt.” I say then turn and walk away.

Well that could’ve gone better… I think as I walk down the sidewalk in an attempt to find another hotel.

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Five. Five hotels of various names and owners. It seemed the locally owned ones are a lot friendlier as both of the ones I went to were happy to get me a room, only to find out that they had no vacancy. And the bigger ones went almost as bad as the Mareiott. Granted, they didn’t call me ‘animal’ or anything, but they still refused to give me a room. At least the one at the Hoofton seemed regretful and sorry she couldn’t get me a room. But that still doesn’t help my predicament.

I think all this as I walk by a local coffee shop. I decide that I could take a half hour and rest my legs a bit, and walk in. I order a basic coffee in the darkest brew they had. Celestia knows I need it right now.

The barista calls my name and I take my order, thanking her. I step outside, sit at one of the patio tables, and begin to sip at my cooling coffee while gazing around my new home city. “That is, if I can find a place to stay…” I say aloud to myself.

“Well, well, well, who do we have here?”

That voice… “Discord… What do you want?”

Discord appears from the table and slithers through the air and into a sitting position in the chair opposite me. “What? Is that any way to react to a friend coming for a visit?”

“Since when were we friends? Last I saw you, you turned my room into the inside of a pumpkin for Nightmare Night, laughed, then disappeared.” I give the draconequus a bemused look.

“Oh right! Heheheh, that was a fun night filled with all types of chaos.” Discord chuckles at his memories of the night.

“Is there a reason you're here, Discord?” I ask, unamused.

Discord looks caught off guard for a split second before answering. “Oh, Fluttershy just misses you and asked me to check up on you.” He says quickly then flashes an innocent toothy smile.

I raise an eyebrow. “You’re a terrible liar.”

“You know, insulting your friends will only serve to drive them away.” Discord says snootily as he crosses his arms and closes his eyes. Then a small car with miniature versions of my friends from Ponyville drives by us. As they do, they all blow raspberries at me and drive into an alley.

“We aren’t friends.” I say. “Why did you really come here?”

“Um… Oh yeah! I meant Rainbow Dash wanted me to check up on you!” He says as he pokes his first talon claw and lion toe together in a very obvious attempt to seem innocent.

I sigh heavily and lean forward. “Discord, you really are a terrible liar.” I remark in a tone devoid of amusement and give him a cold stare. “Just tell me why you came all this way to see me. Is this another prank?”

“No! No.” Discord starts to sweat a bit before conceding and deflating a small bit. He even made a balloon sound… somehow... “Okay, you caught me… ” He admits. “The truth is… I just want to be friends… You see, I-”

I cut him off. “Says the lizard-deer-goat dude who turned my room into a pumpkin for a Nightmare Night prank. Some of my clothes are still stained.”

“Exactly!” He almost yells. “You’re not livid about it! You don’t seem like you want to punch me!”

“I don’t. I just want you to not do that.” I say honestly.

“Exactly again! You’re one of the most interesting creatures I’ve ever come across! You see, the truth is… I don’t exactly know how to make a friend… My only true friend is Fluttershy, and that’s mainly because she came to me. I’ve never made a friend on my own before… I don’t know how to approach ponies… I’m only doing it now because nopony we know is around. Every time I thought to try to approach you as a friend, you were either with somepony, or you were in your room. And I was told barging into ponies rooms is rude, so I didn’t want to do that.” He pauses and looks at the table with a frown.

“I just...” Discord continues. “I just didn’t want to embarrass myself and ruin a potential friend… So, Casey, I would like to try being friends.” He smiles then realizes something. “Please?”

I decide to as least give this seemingly sincere Discord a chance. “Okay, prove it.”

Discord smiles then clears his throat, composing himself. “Alright, well, how was your day today?” He asks with a clearly fake smile. He was trying too hard.

“Fine.” I respond. “You know, if I’m gonna be friends with you, I want to be friends with you, not that fake ass smile.”

Discord drops the smile and rubs the back of his head with his lion paw, avoiding eye contact. “Oh, well um, I guess that makes sense. Uh, how are you liking the city?”

“It’s fine. You also don’t have to act interested in my feelings. If you want to be friends, be genuine.” I advise.

Discord lowers his head a bit. “Sound advice, Casey, but I am being genuine. I genuinely want to know how your day went.” He defends. “Like, I heard you had a job interview today. How’d that go?”

“It went fine. My resume was enough to land me the job beforehand, so the interview was just obligatory. I talked to one of my future coworkers. She’s, ahem, rather attractive, so that’s nice.” I decide to give him a few more details. He seems really sincere; It’s not something I normally see in Discord.

Discord smirks a bit. “Oh really? While I’d never delve into that kind of intimacy with another being seriously, I do enjoy watching others delve. Especially when it turns into chaos.” He lets out a chuckle.

I give him a cautious look. “Well, I would appreciate you not turning my potential relationships into chaos.”

“Oh no!” He dismisses that statement with a wave of his taloned arm. “The beauty in observing is not doing anything! It just happens!” He grins madly. “It’s pure natural chaos!”

I smirk slightly at his enthusiasm then look down and check to see that my watch says it’s about half past seven in the evening. I look up to Discord. “Alright, looks like my small break is up. I still gotta find a place to stay.”

Discord looks down and notices your bags. “You still haven’t found a hotel? I would assume you would find one immediately after the interview so you wouldn’t have to lug those things everywhere.” He points to your bags.

“I tried,” I answered. “Ponies either were full, or basically chased me out calling me an ‘animal’. I’m hoping to find a place before nine, but we’ll see. I might just be sleeping under a bridge.” I sigh.

Discord puts his talon up to his beard and strokes it, animatedly thinking. Then he raises his talon, pointing, with an open mouth smile. “Idea!”

I lean back slightly, caution in mind as I say my next words. “What is it?”

Discord stands up to his full height. “You can stay with me!” He says as confetti blasts from out of seemingly nowhere. “I’ll even set up a,” He shudders a bit and murmurs the next word with slight contempt. “...normal... room for you!”

“Well… That works, I guess.” I reply. Not sure if I should thank Celestia or whatever god yet, this is Discord we’re talking about.

“Splendid! I’ll help you get settled.” He closes his eyes and snaps his fingers.

Immediately I was no longer sitting, no longer in Manehattan, and a bit nauseous. Standing next to me is Discord, and in front of us is a seemingly normal red wooden house, but I know better than to assume. I look around a bit and notice that we’re on a floating island connected with wooden and rope bridges to various other floating islands. And the sky, if you can even call it that, looks like someone dropped various shades of blue and purple food coloring in water in front of a black background. The swirling blue and purple nebula-like things surrounded us. It actually looked really pretty.

Discord gestures to his front door and bows. “Please, come on in!” He says as the front door opens.

“Alright.” I make to grab my bags.

“Oh, no, allow me.” Discord offers. He snaps his talon and my bags instantly each have a pair of wings. They flap and rise up, then fly inside the house.

I just shrug and follow them inside with Discord behind me. And as I step inside, things start to make a lot more sense. Well, make sense for Discord. The house looked rather boring from the outside, but the inside is exactly how I imagine his thought process is. Utter chaos.

There is a normal rug on the ground, yes, but the frills on the outside look as though they are having a seizure. There is a couch on the ground as well as a regular looking brown coffee table in what looks like it could be a living room, there doesn’t seem to be anything weird about it, but I decide to keep an eye on it. There is another couch sitting opposite from the normal looking one, but this one looked like a piano where you would sit on the keys and lean against sheet music. Doesn’t look comfortable.

In the corner there is a tree, but it doesn’t have leaves, it has books. In the far side of the room, there appears to be a staircase that leads to the ceiling. Wait, really? Wow, it really does effectively lead to nowhere. And finally, the last thing I can see from just inside the doorway is a recliner chair, but it’s made out of clouds, and floating across the room slowly.

“Well?” Discord gestures around. “What do you think?”

I look around again. “Fuckin’ weird,” I say, getting Discord to smirk. “But I expected nothing less.”

Discord pouts a bit before putting on a determined face. Literally, he takes a determined looking version of his face out from behind his back and slips it on like a mask. “Hmmmm… I’m becoming predictable.”

This earns a light chuckle out of me. I’m starting to like this guy. “Not predictable per say, I just expected the home of a being of chaos to have a home equally as chaotic.”

“Hm… Yes, I suppose that makes sense,” He says before he appears to have a thought. “Oh yes, I forgot!” He snaps his paw and a door appears on a blank place on the wall, but not normally, oh no, this door is perpendicular to the wall it’s on. As if someone just put it there and forgot to move it.

“Uh, Discord, what’s that?” I ask pointing at the odd door placement.

“Why, that’s your room!” He exclaims. “It’s like that so you can go through on either side! It’s genius!”

“Uh huh...” I murmur as I approach the door. I step to the right side of it, facing the front of the door, but with the wall next to me.

I open the door and was greeted with something that looks like it should be in a Portal game. There is no regular door frame, instead there’s just a soft purple glow around the edge of the portal I’m staring into. I see a bed in the room with a nightstand, a lamp, a dresser, and a rug in the center of the floor. There’s even somehow a window that looks out at the aesthetic purple and blue nebula things.

Before I could step in, my winged bags fly past me and land on the bed. They appear to be getting comfortable before settling down and their wings poof off, returning them to my regular bags.

Discord steps behind you and looks inside. “I hope you like it, I truly do. I made it as...” Again, he says the next word with a bit of contempt. “...normal… as I could.”

To say I was impressed was an understatement. Discord can really be an ass sometimes, but if he cares about something, he can be quite nice. And he really seems to want to be friends if he’s deliberately making things normal. “I like it. It is rather basic, but that’s alright, it’s temporary.”

“Wonderful! Now, would you like a tour of the house? I can only assume this place can be confusing to beings not of chaos.” He offered.

“Sure.” I answer. “Gotta know where the food and bathroom is after all.”

“Right this way.” Discord turns around and walks to an entrance to another room right off the living room. “This is the kitchen.” Discord points to a small four seater dining room table with a few standard chairs. “I took the liberty of making some basic things like the dining table and chairs, and a couch and coffee table in the living room... ugh, I’m not saying that word again... not chaotic, that way you will feel a bit more comfortable when you’re here.”

Okay, now I’m shocked. I look at him with an impressed expression.“I’m surprised, Discord. I didn’t expect you to be so accommodating.”

Discord gives a sheepish grin. “Well, you know, I uh… I just didn’t want to mess this up. I'm really trying to be a friend.”

I nod. “Well, you’re doing well so far.”

Discord smiles back before turning and walking towards a red and white striped hallway that appears to be twisting. “Now, on to th-” He stops and looks to the left. Something catches his eye in the kitchen. He walks over to the sink, where next to it, I see a couple stacks of clean dishes. Discord stands in front of the dishes and snaps his paw. The clean dishes poofed away in a flash, only to reappear on the other side of the sink, dirty.

Discord then proceeds to walk back towards the hallway. “Come on Casey, I just a few more places to show you.”

I just smirk at his antics and follow him into the twisting hallway. Thisis some Zelda shit right here. I think. There are several doors on either ‘side’ of the hall, all with varying designs. Discord stops around the middle and gestures to a bright red door with some basic abstract design on it.

“This is the bathroom. I made it mostly not chaotic. I can’t be making everything not chaotic just for you.” He says.

“Fair enough.” I agree.

He gestures towards the end of the hall and points at the door on the end. It was a flat, white, featureless except for a silver door knob, door. “That’s my room, I’m usually in there. If you need anything just ring the door.”

I look at him confused. “Ring the door?”

“Of course! It’s like you’ve never rung a door before.” He says as if it’s the most normal thing in the world, which to him, it probably is.

“Ponies don’t ring doors, and neither do humans. We either ring a doorbell or we knock on a door.” I remind him.

“Oh yes, right… Well, all you do is push on the door. That’ll ring it.” He explains. “Well, that concludes the tour! If I took you on a tour of the whole place, it’d take days. And I don’t have that kind of patience.”

“Do you even have patience?” I ask jokingly.

“Sometimes.” He answers with a wave. “Alright, back to the living room.” He snaps his talon hand and I teleport to the normal looking couch, sitting down.

Moments later Discord teleports himself and his own couch across the coffee table. Then, in another flash of light, a tea set and a few boxes of tea bags appeared on the table. A fire then starts below the teapot. “Care for some tea?” He asks. “I’ve got Ginseng tea,” He opens a box and pulls out a singing tea bag. “Green tea,” He opens another box and this time pulls out a glowing neon green tea bag. “And Oolong tea.” He takes the final box and pulls out a very long tea bag and sets it curled up on the table.

I can’t help but chuckle a bit. “I guess I’ll take the Green tea.”

“Good choice.” He says as he snaps again and the tea set makes my tea before my eyes.

The tea bag is put in the hot water and almost instantly the water is turned into a glowing green liquid. I look at Discord with slight concern at the unnatural color. “Uh, is this safe to drink?”

“Of course! It is Green tea after all.” He assures me.

I take a cautious sip. Yep, that’s Green tea. “Tastes good, thank you.” Then I get reminded of something. “How do I leave when I want to leave? I know you just teleport, but I can’t.”

“Through the front door, naturally.” He says, sipping some of his Oolong tea. The tea bag hanging out of the cup.

“Through your front door is nothing but floating islands and tye dye space.” I deadpan.

“Through the front door is wherever you want it to be! That’s the beauty of chaos magic!” He exclaims. “Go on, try it. Just go to Manehattan.”

“Oh?” I get up and step over to the front door. I imagine and think about the other side being Manehattan, right in front of my new workplace. Then I open the door, only to see Sugarcube Corner. “This is Sugarcube Corner, not Manehattan.” I say and close the door.

“Are you thinking about where you want to go?” Discord asks.

“Yeah, and it didn’t work.” I reply.

He groans in frustration. “Well there’s your problem! Don’t think about it too hard, just go!”

I decide to try again. I’m going to Manehattan. I think, then open the door.

The Crystal Empire. “Didn’t work.” I say as I close the door and turn back to the lounging draconequus.

“I said don’t think about it, Casey. Just go.” He says with slight irritation in his voice.

I figured one last try won’t hurt, so I just went for it, my only thought being ‘I’m going to work’. And sure enough, I just swung the door open mentally prepared for work, and I was there at the plaza. “Huh, alright, I think I get it now.”

I turn to go back, only to find nothing but the nearly empty street with a couple carriages moving at a slower pace than usual. I get a little worried that I won’t be able to get back until Discord flashes next to me.

“Wonderful! You did it, and only on your third try. Impressive.” He says. “Alright, back to the house.” He snaps and the two of us are brought back to the living room, sitting on our respective couches.

That experience gave me another similar thought. “Alright, well that begs the question; How do I get back here on my own?”

“Hmmm…” Discord scratches his chin in thought before he gives that ‘idea’ look again. He smiles and snaps his paw and I was bathed in a white light for a second before it went away. “There, now you can come back any time.”

I look at myself and see no changes. “What did you do?”

“Oh, I just gave you the ability to use a small amount of my Chaos magic.” He states.

I just give him a confused stare. “Discord, I’ve never used any kind of magic before. How do you expect me to use Chaos magic?”

Discord rolls his eyes. “Because Chaos magic isn’t like Harmonious magic, like that stuff unicorns use. With Harmonious magic, you have to focus, train, study, workout and stretch your magical reserves, and a whole bunch of other useless nonsense. And even then, there are many limitations with Harmonious magic. What, with it’s laws of equivalent exchange, among other things that bore me too much to get into.

“But Chaos magic,” He giggles. “It’s like an all you can eat buffet! Do whatever you feel like, forgo meaningless laws of magic, and it takes no effort! You just use it like you would your arms or legs!”

“So, it’s basically like your door, only with anything?” I ask.

“Precisely!” Discord exclaims. “Here, let’s try it out!” He snaps his paw and the two of us are standing in the currently dark and empty streets of Canterlot. “Now, get us home.”

“Uhhhh… So, I just, as you say, ‘do it’?” I feel unsure about attempting to use magic at all, let alone Chaos magic.

Discord just nods. “Oh, and also, since you’re just channeling my magic and it’s not coming from within, you’ll need to use something as a switch or catalyst. Since my Chaos magic comes from within me, I can simply make things happen with a thought.” He explains. “Just go with snapping your fingers, it’s very satisfying.”

“Wait, how an I even able to use magic?” I ask. “Twilight said magic didn't work on me.”

Discord shakes his head. “One of those ridiculous rules and restrictions Harmonious magic has.”

“Alright...” I hold my hand up, ready to snap. “Just like the door?” Discord nods. “Okay...” I’m going to Discord’s house. I snap my fingers. And sure enough, we flash away and back into the living room in Discord’s house.

“Huh, well that sure is a thing.” I suddenly feel slightly winded and begin to pant a bit. “Woah… I feel tired as fuck.”

“Obviously. I mean, you did teleport us to another dimension. It may be my magic, but it’s your effort, even if I did help you do it. The direction of the magic was all you, but I just helped you push through. If you tried doing that on your own the first time, you probably would’ve passed out. You’ll feel alright in the morning.” Discord says as he snaps away the tea. “So, you might want to teleport onto your bed the next few tries until you get used to it.”

“Gotcha.” Feeling exhausted, I check my watch only to find the hands moving around randomly.
“Uh, what’s with my watch?” I look at Discord, who just looks back like I’m an idiot. “Oh right, chaos dimension… Say, would you mind giving me a working clock synced to Manehattan so I can know when it’s day or night?”

Discord snaps his talon. “There, that should do it.” He lays back on his couch.

I get up and walk over to my weird perpendicular door. I open it and peer inside to see a large analog clock ticking away. But it doesn’t look like a regular analog clock, It’s face seems to be made of the night sky, and it had only one hand extending both ways, one end the sun, and the other the moon. The dual hand was almost perfectly straight up with the moon making its way to the top, where there was a red indicator that pinpointed the top of the clock. Not precise, but useful nonetheless.

I turn back to Discord. “Night, fam,” I say. “And thanks for letting me stay here.” Discord gives a smile and I walk into my room and shut the door.

Discord then groans. “Oh, this is too much work, being nice. I can’t keep this up forever. Friendship is hard.”

I open my door, having heard that, and say. “I told you, if we’re going to be friends, be yourself. I hate fake personalities.”

“Oh, just go to bed, can’t you see I’m wallowing here?” Discord snarks.

I let out a chuckle. “There you go.” I say then close my door. What a day… I think as I climb in bed and fall asleep.

Comments

[Vaalintine]

At first I thought Discord was going to just be a dick or screw up. I was pleasantly surprised.

[ShobieShy]

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You haven't seen anything yet. He's just trying to be overly nice because it's his first time trying to make a friend.

[PinkiePieFox]

The bio looks interesting...

[Portalcreeeper]

Is good. Will track.