(3-2) Talking and Tea Parties
"Fluttershy," Luna started as the yellow pegasus made her way out of the castle.
She jumped at her voice, surprised by her presence. "Oh! Hello Princess Luna."
"It seems you have finished with him already, no?" she asked curiously.
"I have to get back to my animals soon, and meet up with a friend, but I told him I'd come back tomorrow."
"Well then, we shall see you tomorrow, Fluttershy," she said as she started to walk past her.
Fluttershy stood still for a second, debating something that Sombra, Alex, told her. He didn't seem like he was lying when he said it, telling her so straightforwardly that it seemed like a matter of fact.
"Um, excuse me, Princess Luna?" she called.
"Yes?" Luna questioned, turning around and facing the mare.
"Um, can I ask you a question about you and Celestia? If that's okay with you, I mean."
"Proceed."
"Well, Alex told me that Celestia knows he's not Sombra but doesn't care and hates him anyway, and that she was secretly trying to make my friends and I use the Elements on him." She paused for a second, and Luna stared at her, waiting for her to continue. "Um, that's not true is it?" she asked.
"Yes," the princess said without hesitation. "Both of those things are true."
Fluttershy tensed at that, looking surprised. "Why would she want to do that?"
"My sister's judgment is clouded by her hate for Sombra, and pain for what she has lost. Sombra killed somepony very dear to her, and is letting that influence her decisions."
"Oh my," Fluttershy whispered, taking in what the princess told her. If Sombra did that, there was no way Celestia was ever going to let her help him, even if that creature wasn't Sombra. But still…
"If she knows Alex isn't Sombra, then why does she still hate him?"
"As I said, she is letting her judgment become clouded, and I fear she is starting to seep into paranoia. As well, there is likely another layer we do not know of that is making her react this way."
"Oh, that's just awful! How are we supposed to help them if she hates him?"
Luna noted the way she said "them", referring to both Alex and Celestia. It seemed just like the Element of Kindness to want to try and help them both. But in Luna's opinion, her sister didn't need help. What she needed was a hard hoof to the head. As the ruler of Equestria, she should have been acting better.
"Many ponies seem to forget that, while I am younger than my sister, I am not her lesser. Helping that creature shall not be an issue."
"Oh, that's great news."
"However, with that being said, both what he and I have told you shall not be heard by Celestia. If she inquires about what was said, simply say you were told not to discuss it, and advise her to speak to me."
"Oh, um, okay."
"As well, if you could call Discord for me, it would be much appreciated."
"Okay, but I won't be able to stay here with him. I really have to get back to my animals now-"
"Did I hear somepony say my name?" he asked, looking around for a moment, and catching the two standing there. "Oh, it was just my dear, sweet, Fluttershy," he continued, putting on a smile for her.
She laughed lightly at that. "Good morning to you, too, Discord. Luna wanted me to call you. I have to leave though, but I'll see you soon."
"We're still on for tea, right?"
"I wouldn't miss it."
"Well then, I'll see you soon, my dear."
Luna rolled her eyes as she heard Fluttershy call goodbye to him as she walked away. They had more important matters in front of them.
"Goodbye, Fluttershy!" he called. He then turned towards the blue mare. "My, my, Luna, you look quite tired," the draconequus said, pretending to be concerned. "I do believe staying up all night has been quite unhealthy for you."
"Tell me exactly why you have brought that creature here," Luna ordered, getting straight to the point.
"And exactly what creature is that?" Discord asked curiously. "Oh, wait! You mean the one who appeared in the Crystal Empire out of the blue yesterday evening, don't you? Well, I can safely say that, despite the fun I would have had doing so, I have nothing to do with his being here."
"Discord, as Princess of Equestria, I am hereby-"
"Yes, yes, you're commanding me to be truthful," he interrupted, twirling his hand for emphasis. "However, as much as I would love to claim responsibility for every act of chaos in Equestria, sadly, that creature's being here is not my doing."
"Are you suggesting that Sombra is more powerful than you and I?"
"Absolutely not! Frankly, I'm appalled that you would even consider that! Besides that, Fluttershy would be quite upset if I put some creature in his position. No, it is merely random chance that this circumstance has befallen him."
There was a silence as Luna stared at him for several seconds. "You know," Discord continued, "some might say that gazing into one's mind to see if they're lying is terribly unbecoming. I'm honestly offended."
"You cannot send him back because he's not from this world, can you?"
"Bingo! You won the prize! And before you answer tonight's bonus question: No! I can't change him back to his original form! And even if I could, where would the fun in that be?"
He had a wide, goofy smile on his face, which contrasted against Luna's frown. "Prove it to me," she commanded.
His smile dropped at that. "You know, you should really see a counselor for the trust issues you seem to have. This mind-reading business is truly uncalled for. You should consider yourself lucky that I even let you see what a god like me thinks about once."
"Who would even want to see your mind?" she huffed, not even needing to read his mind to see his truthfulness, realizing just how difficult the days ahead would be. "It is much too chaotic in there."
"I am the spirit of Chaos, after all," he said with a chuckle. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a very important tea party this afternoon I have to prepare for."
"Fluttershy, do remove your downcast expression." Discord told the yellow mare. "You're ruining my mood."
"I'm sorry," she apologized, setting her cup of tea down. "I just can't stop thinking about that poor creature now. I just feel so bad for him."
"Of course you do," he told her. "You're thinking more about it than you are your friend."
"I'm sorry. I really am trying to enjoy the tea. But he just seemed like he was already giving up."
"Who cares? Luna and Celestia will deal with him. Besides, I can't say that I particularly like him as well. Despite what most might think, I can't stand to see chaos exist that I didn't cause."
Fluttershy silently sat, drinking her tea for a little while, then asked, "You don't think she really hates him, do you?"
"Well, of course, she hates him. She has been known to be overly emotional in the past. I mean, she imprisoned me for over a thousand years for much less than Sombra's done."
"What are we going to do, Discord?"
"We?" he asked, putting a had on his chest. "I don't remember myself becoming involved in whatever Celestia and Luna are doing, and I certainly don't have any particular interest in whatever that creature is."
"Discord, please!"
"Besides, it's not of this world. Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to do anything.”
“You can’t do anything?”
“I know it's shocking, but there are limits to even my ability."
"Why can't you do something?"
"His being's origin cuts off abruptly. I can't send some creature back to someplace if I can't locate where they came from. As well, it seems all tied up in that body. Trying to change him would likely be very painful, and still might not do anything. Honestly, I wouldn't have thought of something more chaotic myself."
“What if we try to convince Celestia to help him?” the yellow mare asked. "She, Luna, and Twilight are bound to think of something. And even if they can't, they can help us help him get settled here."
“I’d really rather not waste my time, Fluttershy. I have more important matters to attend to, like seeing how enjoyable it would be to replace all of Equestria's socks with ones that don't match."
Fluttershy gave him a scowl at that. “Well, I guess I’ll have to cancel our tea parties while I help him myself.”
“Fluttershy, there’s really no need for that.”
“Humph,” she let out, turning her head away.
“Fine," he sighed reluctantly. "I'll start by telling you to first convince those other five ponies who aren't nearly as good of companions for you as I to help. Celestia has been known to be quite unreasonable at times.”
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Not like anyone could reasonably expect much action. The fight would be over in seconds.
you forgot something
Celestia set a timer that is running against her. Two Entitys know and shared the truth with Fluttershy. Lets see how long Celestia can keep it up, how far she is willing to go and what its costing her. So far Celestia will ruine her absolut trustworthy status with the Mane 6 and her
manipulationguidance of them and there power will be exposed.Maybe this helps there development better without ending in desaster...
I think this Discord is a bigger prick than in canon
Plan B is to summon a certain dream demon, maybe more powerful chaotic entity can do something about his body XD
Interesting. And don’t worry about the conversation amount. Communication is key to solving a problem.
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I don't think bringing the possibility of Weirdmageddon to equestrian soil is the best course of action, look what happened when Pinetree decided to make a deal with him.
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dunno discord in canon resurrected a tyrant unleashed him on crystal empire and equestria let all the ponies be mind controlled, which if the ponies are aware of what happening is super messed up, and guided and manipulated the mane six into killing that tyrant in a slow and painful manner all to give twilight a confidence boost into become the next ruler of equestria
canon discord is a massive dick too
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Yeah, you just reminded me season 10 had episodes like that, I forgot season 10 events like these for a reason, now I have to forget them again
These episodes convinced me that Discord should be a statue again
Heh, Discord is so salty the chaos caused by Alex wasn't caused by him, but more importantly that it wasn't caused by anything in Equestria. Seems balancing the books is going to need an all-nighter.
Interesting he can't trace him either, that almost seems to indicate a spontaneous instantiation from a cross-universe transplantation. Normally things leave a trace but a wholesale flip might not...
Keep going! ;)
here hoping we get more discord, and he get even more salty that Alex is causing more chaos then the lord of chaos himself, also like to see Alex use human references against discord like calling him Q or saying he a lame chaos god compared to 40k ones etc
There's nothing wrong with talking. I'm personally still very much engaged with this story. I look forward to seeing what's next.
as long as we get clearly established rules as to what Discord's powers can and can't do early on, then he can appear as often as he wants without fear or making things worst or better. Who knows, maybe even him and Alex might even become bros.
I'm guessing at the rate things are going with Celestia she is going to turn into Daybreaker isn't she?
I think Discord's reaction is pretty much on the spot, he is rather self-centered, and wouldn't really care about strangers unless he finds some amusement and would only think of Alex as a curiosity at best and would leave him disinterested pretty quickly just as fast. Still it is good that this issue is out of the way now so that that Discord can't just snap him back to his world like that. I do like that Luna 'tried' to get his cooperation to solve this issue as swiftly as possible and to see if Discord could expedite things faster. keep up the good work.
Well at least Discord din't do this to try and help Alex and Celestia...
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Discord is quite sagely in this chapter
It would prove Alex right, and shake things up by creating a situation where Discord and someone accused of being Sombra are the good guys, and Celestia is the bad guy. It would give Discord a large moral victory over Celestia as well. But because Discord is saying Alex's situation is funnier this way and he wouldn't change things for the better even if he could, it makes Discord himself look like the bad guy. Were he to remain uninvolved it would be much different.
Also of note, Discord confirms Alex is not Sombra.
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Indeed that odd... Normaly that a Equestrian screwing up etc. But this event seem not to originate from there... Or hes surpressing information for a fun way to teach a lesson or two. Typical Discord
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Tempting fate is never smart. Celestia is already after his head...
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It would be a nice change of pace. Plus one Pal or Discord. Maybe he joins there Oger & Ogliet game group
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Waaay to soon. But maybe waaay later. Now its time for evil plans, deceit, lies & more sisterly
betrayingprotecting her from Non Sombras plans...poor Alex i hop things get better for you
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I hope things get better for me, too
Oh wait, you were talking about the story : )
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i hop thinking get better for you to
Loving this! So interesting.
Good.
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How do you quote the author's notes?
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Do [ quote] [ /quote] or use the " button, and paste the text in the middle
Luna is my spirit animal.
That is a rather good point...
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Got you 
So... Magic using flying physical powerhouse Pony xxL
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One good thing Celestia cant Element Laser all things on her own... She could probably otherwise decorate the hole Canterlot Castle with stoned 'problems'...
The entire purpose of this chapter seems to be to weakly attempt to justifty the contrivance of him being unable to resolve the situation.
It would have been much simpler and far more plausible to have him simply laugh and refuse, because he finds it hilarious.
*say
It's not just in Equestria that we need more who share Luna's way of thought.
Discord's explanation of Celestia being very emotional is spot on, I wouldn't have a better explanation than his
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I second that notion. The only real expiation I see plausible is that it is immensely chaotic, and that it would harm him to undo it.
This is true. Sombra enslaved an entire empire and turned them all into slaves while Discord was just having a bit of fun that evaded Celestia and Luna's senses of humor.
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Wasn't it canon that Discord's brand of chaos were far sinister and deadly as it was a thousand years ago? Probably just so happened that none in Celestia's inner circle got directly affected.