Ch 1: Dreams

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“No! Please don't!” the mismatched creature yelled backing away from a group a shadows. The creature had been running away from them for what felt like hours now in this endless void.
“Monster! We are going to lock you away for good this time!” one of the shadows said stepping forth revealing it to be a purple unicorn.

“No Twilight! Please you have to believe me! I didn't do it!” he yelled again his whole body trembling as he saw the element of magic appear around her neck and matching crown the element itself was slightly grey.
“Silence Discord, we all know what you did.” Twilight said her eyes as lifeless as steel as she stared down at him.
“Ha now that’s a load of horse manure! We know you can’t tell the truth.” another shadow said, a light orange earth pony with a stetson hat on stepped out of it.

“No please Applejack you have to believe me! I would never betray what I hold dear to me!” he yelled again as he dashed past them, the element of honesty appearing around her neck as he ran past her, it too was grey. He ran as fast as he could trying to get away from them and the elements. He didn't know where he was going; this void looked all the same to him as he ran.

“You better run you varmint! We will find you!” her voice yelled with a laugh. He ran some more before he heard something closing in on him something fast.
“Ha! That’s funny it’s almost like you know what loyalty is!” a shadow said as it dashed past him knocking him to the ground with a hard thud. He looked over at the flying shadow as a cyan Pegasus floated out of it. The element of Loyalty appearing around her neck, again grey.

“You don't even know what loyalty is! A monster like you doesn't deserve it.” she said a twisted grin on her face.
“No Rainbow Dash please! I've changed! I would never hurt my friends! I’d do anything to make them happy! Anything!” he yelled again as he stood up only to feel something behind him. He turned and looked down at a beautiful snow white mare standing there looking up at him, her eyes emotionless as stone.

“Oh how precious, he's trying to be a gentlecolt and trying to be generous to boot.” she said with a smile before it turned into a wrapped frown.
“But I highly doubt you even know what generosity means you brute, I bet you never thought of anything but yourself.” she said her voice distorting a bit as the Element of Generosity appeared around her neck like the rest it was a shade of grey.

“And friends? Sorry to break it to you big boy but no pony would ever be friends with you.” she said coldly with a chuckle. He stepped back only to hear a cannon go off behind him knocking him to the ground a painful ring in his ears. He looked back and saw a shadow holding a cannon with a wide smile. This smile had no emotion in it at all though, that terrified him. A smile of false joy was a terrifying sight.

“Awww did poor little Dissy fall down?” it said as a bright pink mare stepped out the smile becoming wider than before.
“No pinkie not you! I thought you liked my chocolate rain!” Discord yelled in near tears as the element of laughter appeared around her neck.

“Oh I did, but I got bored of it really, and since I’m bored with the rain I’m bored with you so bye bye Dissy! Don’t worry we will have a 'Discord is gone forever' party when we’re done with you!” Pinkie Pie yelled with glee as she stepped forth. Discord dashed past her making her laugh as she turned to face him. Her laugh sounded so horrible, a cackle really echoing around the void.

“Oh Goody! We get to play hide and get sealed away in stone!” she yelled as she hopped after him. He ran as fast and as far as he could away from his so called friends. Oh who was he kidding? Himself? He knew they were never his friends if they were why would they wear the elements near him? Tears ran down his eyes as he ran, his heart feeling as if it would burst out of his chest at any moment. Why? Why did he have to make friends?! It would have been better if he never was reformed! Suddenly he tripped and fell scrapping his body against the endless void.

He groaned in pain as he tried to stand only to hear whimpering. He turned to see a yellow Pegasus with her back turned. Her sobbing barely audible, he knew who that was and it made his fur stand on end.
“Fluttershy? Are you OK?” he asked stepping close to her.
“No I am not OK Discord, and it’s because of you.” she said turning her eyes filled with such sadness, yet she wore the most wicked grin on her face making him stop dead in her tracks.

“I didn't---"
“Be quite Discord, yes you did you did all this.” she said pointing into the darkness. He followed her hoof only for his eyes a shrink. Bodies of dead ponies young and old surrounded his feet as if he was standing in a pond of death. Colts, fillies, mares and stallions all looking at him their eyes filled with rage, fear, and sadness.

“NO! I DIDN'T DO THIS!” Discord yelled as he stared at the bodies trying to push them away only to have his mismatched hands covered in blood the moment he touched them.
“Look at what you did.” her voice said coldly distorting a little. The eyes, the eyes of the dead staring up at him, why why did he recognize them!?

“No! I didn't! Please Fluttershy you’re my friend! The only friend I ever had!” he yelled tears running down his face as the dead continued to stare at him.
“Yes, and that was my mistake I won't make it again.” she said as she took a step forward.
“Look at what you did to my poor angel.” she hissed at him. He turned and screamed as she held the mutilated body of her pet rabbit.

“No please! Forgive me!” he yelled tears running down his face as he tried to fly only to have a chain warp around his body. He turned to see Twilight standing there the chain coming out of her necklace.
“Enough of this Discord.” she said coldly as she began to glow. Discord struggled as hard as he could trying to get free only to have another chain wrap around his paw pining it to the ground.
“Yes we have had enough of you, you fiend you.” Rarity said standing next to Twilight the same chain sticking out her necklace as well.

“Time to get rid of this varmint, don’t you agree Rainbow?” Applejack said her chain wrapping around his eagle hand pinning it to the ground.
“Yup I couldn't agree more AJ!” Rainbow said her chain wrapping around his legs keeping him from running.
“Please! Give me another chance!” he yelled sobbing as he tried to get free trashing wildly but to no avail.
“Aww Dissy I didn't know you were a big cry baby.” Pinkie pie said as another chain wrapped around his neck squeezing it hard chocking him as it did. He struggled more but to his horror the more he struggled the tighter the chains became. He was suddenly lifted into the air being forced to look forward.

“Look at what you've done.” Fluttershy said coldly her voice distorting as she talked. He looked up at her only to close his eyes tightly.
“Monster.”
“Beast.”
“Devil.”
“Abomination.”

Voices began to fill the void growing louder and louder as the seconds passed. He opened his eyes and looked down. All the corpses staring up at him and to his horror they were chanting the names.
“Monster!”
“Beast!”
“Devil!”
“Abomination!”
Over and over again the bodies yelled at him, their faces suddenly melting. He knew right then and there who they were; they were the ponies he wronged during his reign of chaos.

“Look at what you've done!” Fluttershy yelled as she stepped forward. Discord closed his eyes again trying to drown out the voices. His face was suddenly jerked upward but he kept his eyes closed.
“Look at what you've done!” she yelled again as she placed her hoof on his cheek. The chains suddenly began to pull, stretching his body. He screamed as his body was slowly being pulled apart. He opened his eyes, he screamed at what his saw. Fluttershy stood in front of him her eyes missing as blood dripped from her sockets.
“Look at what you've done!” she yelled as the chains pulled harder and harder.

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“NOOOOOO!” Discord screamed at the top of his lungs as he thrashed in his bed kicking over furniture and other objects much to dismay of some of the animals around him. He continued to scream before he sat straight up suddenly a cold sweat running down his face panting heavily.

“...the same nightmare.” he said continuing to pant heavily as he sat their shaking trying to catch his breath. He wrapped his arms around himself and pulled his knees close to him as tears began to run down his face as he sat in his bed. He quickly scanned the room noting that he was still in front of the fire place on his soft round bed. Fluttershy had tried to get him a proper bed but he enjoyed a nice big doggy bed especially since he could call dibs on the spot in front of the fire place. He choked back a few sobs as he sat in the darkness the sun's sun light slowly peaking over the horizon still hugging his knees to himself.

“Why do I keep having this horrible dream?!” he hissed angrily to himself as he sniffled a little, he hated feeling this weak. Suddenly the sound of a door slamming open and hurried hoofs got his attention.
“Discord! Are you ok!?” a panicked female voice yelled as the hoofs got closer sounding near hysterical. He froze for a moment, fear still fresh on his mind. He quickly cleaned his tears as he looked up at the stairs. There stood a yellow Pegasus, her eyes telling him how worried she was. It broke his heart to see his best friend in near tears like she was; it only made him feel more shame.

“Oh umm, nothing Fluttershy.” he said dully as sighed regaining his composure, thankful that it was just a dream.
“Discord I know when you're lying.” she said sternly, but gave him a kind smile as she stepped closer to him yawning a bit.
“Come on tell me what's wrong.” she said her voice soothing as she sat in front of him. Discord turned to avoid eye contact.
“It was nothing, just go back to sleep.” he said quietly. She sighed as she stood up.

“I’m going to make some tea do you want some?” She said with a smile as she made her way to the kitchen.
“It’s too early to wake up please go to bed.” he said sadly as he stood to follow her on all four keeping his head low and his tail between his legs as he walked..
“No, no it’s the perfect time to wake up, I've been meaning to wake up this early to take care of the animals.” she said kindly as she glanced at the watch, it read 4:30am.

“You sure?” he asked stepping into the kitchen still not making eye contact. She glanced back at him, she knew that look. It was the same look that new born baby rabbit gave her that one time, the look of fear. It pained her to see him like this. This was the third time this week that she had ran down the stairs when she heard him scream bloody murder.

“Yes I’m sure Discord, now how about some tea?” Fluttershy asked with a smile as she got her tea pot ready.
“...well OK if you don’t mind I'd like some tea please with honey and soda.” he said as he sat down on the floor looking at her. She giggled, she had gotten used to his strange tastes. As she set the water to boil she glanced at Discord again, he was looking out the window looking up at the disappearing stars.

''Why won't he tell me about the dreams?'' she thought to herself as the water came to a boil. She served him and her the tea moments later, after pouring Discords strange selections. He sighed happily as she sat down in front of him gently sipping at her tea enjoying the warm fresh taste of orange and pine needle and a bit of lemon salt.
“You know you don't have to do this.” Discord said as he sipped his tea enjoying the flavor of soda, honey, orange, and pine needle and lemon salt.

“Whatever do you mean--
“You know what I mean Fluttershy, you maybe the element of kindness but you are just as terrible at lying as Applejack if not worse.” he said with a chuckle. She giggled at his response even though it was a bit rude to interrupt her.
“OK you caught me I can't go back to sleep, you try going back to sleep after hearing something scream the way you did.” she said taking a sip of her tea again. Discord sighed but gave her a weak smile.

“Your right I'd probably show up with all of the royal guard backing me up if it was you screaming like that.” Discord said laughing as he took a sip. She giggled as she took another sip as she looked up at him and saw he still didn't want to make eye contact. She reached over and placed a hoof on his paw making him look at her finally. Only then did she see the look of sadness and fear in his eyes, that of a small child.
“Not that I could fall asleep knowing that one of my friends was in pain.” Fluttershy said giving him a sad look.
“What’s wrong Discord? Please tell me.” she said quietly rubbing his paw with her hoofs. He sighed as he felt her hoofs on him.

“It's just a nightmare.” he said quietly sipping his tea again.
“What kind of nightmare?” she asks as she gives him a pleading look.
“Oh nothing that bad let’s just drop it, oh so uhh… how’s the weather?” he asked desperately trying to change the subject as he looked away again only to have a hoof touch his cheek and force him to look back at her.
“Discord we've been friends for a good time now, and these nightmares are affecting you.” she said firmly making him keep eye contact.

“What's so bad that you can't tell me? Whatever it is I'm here to listen and see what I can do.” She said warmly.
“But I can deal with it myself.” he said a bit coldly snorting a little.
“Yes you can, but the advantage of having friends is the fact that whatever is troubling you know that you don't have to face them alone.” she said firmly her eyes turning a bit firm making him chuckle a bit.

“You’re...your using The Stare again.” Discord said chuckling; she blushed as she looked away.
“Oh my! I’m so sorry I don’t have control of it.” She said looking away blushing from embarrassment.
“Friend.” he said taking another sip of his tea.
“What?” she asked looking at him a bit confused.
“You said friends when it should only be friend, you’re my only friend Fluttershy.” he said with a sigh as he finished the rest of his tea. Only afterwards did he realize his mistake.

“Is that what the nightmares about?” she asked a bit hurt. Discord just shrugged a bit knowing he just opened Pandora’s Box only less fun.
“Discord you’re my friend that means the others are your friend’s too.” she said in a sweet voice as she continued to cherish his paw.
“Then why do they still wear the elements when I’m around?” Discord asked looking at her with a hurt expression. She stared at him for a moment before her eyes shot open and she lunged at him taking him completely by surprise in a tight hug.

“Oh Discord I would never let them seal you away again, I already promised that I wouldn't use mine, in fact if you recall I gave it to Twilight because I didn't want something in my house that made you feel uncomfortable.” she said nuzzling the mismatched creature. Discord was shocked for a moment but sighed as he wrapped his mismatched arms around his friend, he had not gotten used to being hugged like this or at all really.

“Then why do they still wear them? I mean sure Twilight has a reason but why Pinkie---
“What about her?” Fluttershy asked looking up at him; he quickly backed off blushing a bit. Fluttershy seemed a bit more confused at his reaction.

“Do you like her? Would you like to talk to--
“NO! I don’t like her!” Discord shouted feeling embarrassed giving her a pouty face. Fluttershy just looked at him, he reminded her of Spike when she asked him if he liked Applebloom. That image made her giggle a little.
"Ok ok, no need to get defensive, but I’m sure she and the others would like to help if you told them about your dreams." Fluttershy said with a warm smile.

"No, I don’t feel like telling them." Discord said taking another sip of his tea.
"Want me to tell them---
"NO!" he yelled angrily at her. Fluttershy looked at him shocked at his outbreak but sighed as she continued to rub his paw.
“Why don’t you want me to tell them?” Fluttershy asked Discord looked down in shame.

“Because it’s embarrassing, Fluttershy you have to understand that all I’ve had before we became friends all I had before that was my pride and it's still very important to me and this would hurt it a LOT.” Discord said firmly not looking up at her.
“Yes you have pride I'll grant you that but you also have friends that will not judge you.” Fluttershy said just as firmly as him. He sighed as he looked at her.

“Thanks for that but I honestly think I only have one, and you were not even my first choice. Not that’s bad or anything!” Discord said in a panic making Fluttershy giggle at him. Suddenly her smile faded and turned into a grin.
"Oh boohoo, lil Discord looks cute torturing his lil head" she said coldly her eyes staring at him in a short of glare. Discord stared at her for a moment before bursting into a laugh. Fluttershy pouted a little before she too began to laugh.

“Oh my I didn’t mean to say that!” Fluttershy said laughing out loud as Discord held her close laughing along aside her.
“Oh that was priceless! Your face! My face! That was perfect!” Discord laughed hard and loud, much to the annoyance of some of the creatures.
"I guess your rubbing off on me aren't you?" Fluttershy asked as she continued laughing. Discord laughed harder, by this point every animal in the house had been woken up by the laughter.
"I guess so! But you need more practice if you want to be a cruel evil ruler like me my dear!" he said with an evil laugh of his own as he set his tea away from him.

"Yes and my first action I would take rule would to be declared supreme ruler of the flowers!" Fluttershy yelled as she suddenly pounced on Discord making him and her roll onto the floor, she quickly began running her hooves over his ribs and stomach.
"Oh no! Mercy! Mercy all supreme ruler!" Discord yelled as she run her hooves over every one of his weak spots, she had found them the first night he had stayed over. It was a mistake to challenge her to a tickle smack down. The two laughed and laughed for what seemed like hours until exhaustion took over making them stop. They laid there for a moment before Discord broke the silence.

"Wow, hehe I needed that." Discord said wheezing a little as he laid there, he could almost go back to sleep. Almost. Fluttershy hummed as she laid there with her chaotic friend before she looked up at him.
"What did you mean when you said I was not your first choice? Was it Pinkie?" Fluttershy asked still looking up at him, he sighed as he looked at the ceiling pouting a little.

"Discord you can tell me I promise I won't get mad....unless it's something very inappropriate." Fluttershy said giving him a parenting look for a moment before giggling at him blushing a little.
"You’re really enjoying teasing me like that don't you?" he asked with a chuckle.

"I learned from the best." she giggled but stopped when Discord gave her a big grin.
"My my I wonder what Big Mac would say if he saw you acting this way." Discord said chuckling as he flicked his snake tongue out a bit. Fluttershy blushed as she looked away.

"You know about that!?" she said in a scared whisper.
"My dear I think the only one that doesn't know is Big Mac." he said with a snicker making Fluttershy blush harder. Suddenly her eyes shot open and quickly glared at him.

"Hey! I know what you’re doing! You’re trying to change the subject mister!" Fluttershy said firmly slightly angry at him, but sighed as she looked up at him.
"OK Discord." she said as she stood to get off of him. Discord looked up at her as she walked to the table and picked up the cups.

"OK what?" he asked slightly annoyed but with a bit a worry in it as well. She stayed quite as she placed the dishes in the sink.
"I'm not going to pry; you don't have to tell me if you really don't want too." She said turning on the water for a moment before turning it off.
"But remember this Discord if you ever want to talk about anything I'm here for you." she said with a smile as she turned and began to walk away.

“I thought she would be the first choice because she's the only pony that didn't run away from me." Discord said making Fluttershy stop in her tracks. She turned and saw his back was to her, she trotted to see his face as he looked up.
"Even you were scared of me." he said sadly, his ears pinning to his head as he tried to look way from her but the sudden hug she gave him made him stop.

"Oh Discord, you know if I had known you would be such a sweetheart I wouldn't have been scared of you." she said petting his head a little. He found this incredibly degrading; being petted like this would ruin his reputation. He sighed as he relaxed none the less though, the more he thought about it the more he thought Fluttershy was more of a mother figure to him than a friend and he enjoyed that. Though the thought of calling Fluttershy mommy was a bit too crazy even for him.

"In my defense I was scared of Twilight too when I first meet her." Fluttershy said still petting his head gently making him chuckle lightly. They stayed there Discord felt his eyelids slowly droop; Fluttershy noticed this and hummed a little tune trying to get him to sleep. Discord yawned a bit as his eyes finally closed. Fluttershy sighed happily as she continued her humming, his tail suddenly wrapping around her form slightly. A bit protectively as well, that made her smile even more. This was one of the few times Discord was truly harmless. She prayed that nothing would ruin this moment, but living with Discord she has learned one thing “Murphy says hi”.

A loud frantic knock was heard at the door making him jolt up he’s eyes shooting open. He nearly tossed Fluttershy into the air but thankfully his tail didn't slingshot her past her ceiling. She patted his head noting the worried look he gave her and just smiled again. Another knock was heard.

"Coming." Fluttershy said with a sigh as she let go of Discord and walked over to the door. Discord followed closely behind her curious to who it was at this hour as the knocking continued this time a bit more fanatically.
"Sheeze she's coming alright hold your horses or do I need to get some rope!" Discord yelled angrily but chuckled none the less even though he got a glare from Fluttershy.

"Hush ya over grown lizard!" a southern voice yelled back, Fluttershy opened the door to great her friend.
"Applejack! How are you?" Fluttershy said opening the door letting her friend come in. she just eyed her as she stepped in.
"What are ya’ll doing up already?" Applejack said walking in.
"The sounds of a cat using her fiddle woke us up." Discord said snickering as Applejack glared at him. He yelped as Fluttershy gave him a wack across his arm.

"Behave mister, now Applejack what are you doing here?" Fluttershy asked turning her attention back to her friend, not noticing Discord sticking his tongue out at her.
"Right its Winona she’s sick and Ah don't know what's wrong!" Applejack said a bit frantically.
"Relax, she’s probably sick of all the apples eh Applejack." he said with a grin, Fluttershy was about to smack him again before Applejack stepped in angrily.

"Hush you! Don’t think you can go around poisoning little critters and get away with it!" Applejack said angrily taking Discord off guard.
"What are you----
"She hasn't gotten sick once! Not until after you got here! And as ah see it your to blame!" Applejack yelled again angrily. This time Discord snarled at her, this made Fluttershy look at him worried. He only made that sound once and it was when he thought his friend was in trouble. She still needed to go apologize to Mr. Bear.

"How dare---
"And Ah swear to you that if anything happens to my little dog ah will come after you and buck the living daylights out of you before Ah make sure your sealed in stone again!" Applejack hissed angrily making Discord just stare at her not saying a word. Fluttershy stood still not liking what was happening, she looked over at Discord who was at this point was growling slightly. This was bad Discord was not in any mood to dear with as he puts it crap. Especially not after the whole nightmare thing and Applejack was just making it worse.

"Now hush before Ah go get my element and put you back into the dirt where you belong!" Applejack yelled once more. Fluttershy stomped her hoof and glared at her friend that was the last straw.
"Applejack! That is enough!" Fluttershy yelled at her, Applejacks eyes looked at her in shock as blinked a few times the realization of what she just said hitting her like a frozen water balloon.

"Oh my gosh ah-----
"I'm out of here." Discord said angrily as he shoved his way past her nearly knocking her down and took off into the sky before any of the mares could say another word. Applejack quickly followed him outside just in time to see him disappear into the clouds.
"...sorry" she said rubbing her eyes a bit as she looked down in shame. She looked back and saw that Fluttershy looked at her angrily as she darted into her house, before Applejack could say anything the door slammed hard.

"Oh come on Sugercube I need--
The door opened quickly with an angry Fluttershy standing their holding a saddle bag. She quickly closed the door behind her as she quickly walked past Applejack.
"Let's go." she said coldly as she continued down the road. Applejack shook a bit at how cold her voice sounded at that moment, but shrugged it off as she trotted next to her friend.

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"Well uh the stars sure look nice don't they?" Applejack asked as she walked next to her friend. A heavy silence had grown between them as they walked passed a sign that said "Sweet Apple Acres" and pointed them in the direction. Fluttershy remained quite as she continued to walk, Applejack stomped her hoof on the ground angrily.
"Alright I had enough of this! Ah already said ah was sorry!" Applejack said loudly as she made Fluttershy look at her. A few passing ponies looked at them before quickly trotting off.

"It's not me you have to say sorry to." She said angrily this made Applejack shudder, it was rare for her to be angry.
"Ah know!" Applejack yelled angrily before tossing her hat at the ground angrily as she covered her face in shame.
"Applejack what's wrong?" Fluttershy asked her voice showing that she was a bit worried but still angry. Applejack sighed as she picked up her hat and dusted it off.

"I...I haven’t been sleeping very well, with Winona being sick and Applebloom panicking over some boy issues, and with Big Mac and Granny Smith out of town for a few more days on business, I have been working really hard trying to balance everything." She said sadly a she looked down at the ground. She felt a hoof on her shoulder making her look up. Fluttershy was smiling at her; the anger seemed to have vanished from her eyes.

"Oh Applejack you’re a great friend, but you really need to know when your way over your simple country head." Fluttershy said with a smile. Applejack just stared at her in shock her mouth hanging open. Fluttershy quickly caught on to what she said and covered her mouth.
"Oh my gosh! Sorry! Some of Discord's personality rubbed off on me!" Fluttershy yelled in a panic her eyes giving her the famous Fluttershy puppy dog eyes; even Discord was powerless against this power. Applejack just stared at her for a few more moments before she burst out laughing.

"Wow girl ya know how to buck when ya need too!" Applejack yelled as she laughed hard, Fluttershy stood silent before she began to giggle, and soon the giggle turned into a laugh. They laughed hard for a few moments before Applejack put a hoof on her shoulder.
"Sugercube ah have to admit something, since you have started hanging out with Discord you've...changed." Applejack said with a weak laugh as she looked at Fluttershy. She looked at Applejack confused.

"Oh really? How?" she asked a bit worried about the answer.
"Well for starters ah can hear ya perfectly, you're not whispering that much anymore." Applejack said as she let go of her friend.
"And not to mention you're not as.....shy or as scared anymore." Applejack said with smile.
"Well you can't have a housemate like Discord and not as he puts it 'grow a spin' you really can't." Fluttershy said with a giggle. Applejack laughed at that nodding at her.

"I mean he at one point had me waking up to his head lying on my lap and started to sing his own good morning song." Fluttershy said shivering a bit. Applejack stopped laughing and just stared at her shocked.
"Wow really? What else does he do?" Applejack asked a bit nervous of the answer. Fluttershy sighed as she began to walk ahead as Applejack followed her.

"Well other than that he’s done quite a lot of things that earned him a timeout." Fluttershy said as she continued walking. Applejack walked next to her with her mouth wide open in shock from the list she was getting from Fluttershy. Everything from living shadows to him walking around without his head, having a pet Manticore at one point that he called Buttons, exploding food, to screaming food screaming out in horror the moment you poked it with a fork.
"Wow sugercube how did you put up with him?" Applejack asked as she continued fallowing her friend shaking her head in disbelief.

"Well like I told Celestia he really is a sweetheart when you get to know him." Fluttershy said with a smile as she could see the farm up ahead. Applejack was silent for a bit before sighing.
"Hey sugercube mind telling me what was up with him?" Applejack asked still feeling a ping of guilt in her chest. Fluttershy was silent for a moment before looking back her.

"You noticed it too?" Fluttershy asked as they continued on their way, she could see a little filly standing in the frame of the door.
"Well yeah, ah mean every time ah give him lip he retorts or says something along the line the lines of him taking all of us with him before he laughs and lets lose some of his fancy magic." Applejack said as she waved at the little filly making the filly wave back.

“This time though he just…took it and left, to be honest I was expecting him to tear me a new one or at the very least come home to rabid potatoes eating the farm again.” Applejack shuddered at the memory; to this day she can’t eat a potato without making sure it wasn't alive first. Fluttershy remembered that day, it was the day Discord had to help her on the farm all day and come home to a timeout, a loooong timeout and desert. After a moment of silence she sighed and looked at the farmer pony.

"I guess I will tell you, but after we make sure Winona is ok." she said as her slow walk turned into a trot.
"Hi Fluttershy!" the little filly said with a smile on her face though Fluttershy could tell she was that she was tired, that was confirmed when the little filly yawned.
"Hello Applebloom, you shouldn't be up this early." Fluttershy said warmly as she walked past the young filly.
"Ah know ah was just worried about Winona." Applebloom said yet another yawn escaped her lips.
"Where is the poor thing anyway?" Fluttershy asked looking around for the poor dog.

"She’s in the living room." Applejack said trotting up behind her. Fluttershy nodded as she made her way to the living room as quick as she could. The small brown dog was lying in the middle of the room panting as she whined a bit.
"Oh my goodness!" Fluttershy shouted as she rushed over to the dog. She kneeled next to the little dog and gently prodded her gently making her whine some more. She gave a more intense look at the dog. She hummed as she began to pull out some medicine out of her saddlebag.

"Applejack can you come over here?" she asked putting a medicine next to the little dog. Applejack trotted over quickly but stopped when she saw Fluttershy pulled out a needle along with some bandages.
"What are ya'll going to do?" Applejack asked as she laid next to her dog petting it a little.
"I'm going to give her some medicine, I don’t know what’s going on so I need to do what I know and take it from there." Fluttershy said placing more bottles on the floor.

"Applejack can you please hold her down?" Fluttershy said readying the needle. Applejack looked nervously at her and slowly held down her dog.
"Ahm mighty sorry." she said nervously as she gently squeezed the small dog’s stomach.

............Poooooot................

The strange sound filled the room making both mares stop whatever they were doing. Applejack just stared at the small dog lying down. Suddenly the small dog shot up onto its feet wagging its tail happily barking a little as she did.
"What the---OH SWEET CELESTIA!" Apple Jack screamed as she covered her nose as quickly as she could.
"What's---OH!" Fluttershy yelled as she covered her nose too dropping the needle as the room filled with the foulest smelling scent they have encountered.

"What have you been feeding her?!" Fluttershy yelled coughing as she covered her noise but still breathing in the smell.
"What in the name of the Apple Family name did you eat girl!?" Applejack yelled as she dashed to a window and opened it. She breathed in fresh air and coughed; she was shoved over slightly as Fluttershy ran to the window and took deep breaths with her.

"I have never smelt something so horrible in my life! And this is coming from a mare who lives with The prankster of them all!" she yelled as she coughed her eyes tearing up. Discord had made stink bombs before but nothing he made compared to this. This smell would be enough to seal him in stone for another thousand years. They stayed at the window breathing in and out eager to get foul smell out of their lungs.

Fluttershy glanced back in and saw something that got her full attention, Winona was pawing at a side of the rug in the dining room Applebloom's area to be exact. A second later she saw the small dog pull out a small dark green object gnawing at it.
"What is that?" Fluttershy asked as she walked into the dining room thankful that the awful smell was gone now.
"What's what?" Applejack asked back as she turned and fallowed the yellow Pegasus into the dining room. Applejack saw her dog gnawing on something as Fluttershy picked up the small dog.

"What in the hay are you chewing on? Spit it out!" Applejack commanded loudly and Winona like the dog she was barked happily at her dropping the object. Applejack looked down and saw what it was.
"Is...Is that a Brussels sprout?" Fluttershy asked looking down at the chewed up green mess. Applejack glanced up and looked past her at the area it was and at the small filly that was lazily eating a cereal.

"APPLEBLOOM!" Applejack yelled making the little filly jump up in her seat nearly spilling her bowl.
"Have you been feeding your greens to Winona!?" she yelled again.
"No Ah haven't!" the young filly yelled back defensibly. As if forces greater than Discord himself where present Winona got free of Fluttershy and grabbed the green mess and walked happily to Applebloom placing the green object in front of her barking happily as she wagged her tail.

"Traitor." Was all the little filly said glaring at the small dog.
Fluttershy sat on the couch petting the small dog as Applejack chewed out her little sister about feeding the dog her veggies. She looked over at the pouting filly feeling a bit sorry for her but she should have known better. They went back and forth for a bit until Applejack stomped her hoof and pointed her hoof to the stairs.
"Now get marching back upstairs now young filly! You’re grounded for today! Now get going or it will be longer ya hear?!" she yelled.

"Oh come on!" Applebloom yelled groaning.
"Don't you 'Oh come on' me young filly! Now get up there now before Ah tan your hide!" Applejack said raising her hoof again, Applebloom bolted out of her sisters reach and dashed up stairs with a yelp.
"And if you do it again no crusading for a week!" Applejack yelled just as a door was slammed angrily. Applejack sighed as she looked over at her friend who was still petting the dog, rubbing her belly.
"Ah swear Discord could take some lessons from that little filly when it comes to creating some ruckus." She said flopping down on the couch next to her.

"Oh I'm sure it's not that bad." Fluttershy said as she shooed the little dog off her lap much to Wynona's disappointment. Applejack just stared at her making Fluttershy a bit bashful.
"Ok your right Applebloom and her friends can give Discord a few tips…erm remind me to never leave them in the same room." Fluttershy said laughing nervously. Applejack chuckled a bit but she made a mental checklist to never let Applebloom sleep over at Fluttershy’s when Discords there.

"Speaking of Discord, care to tell me what's eating him?" Applejack asked glancing out the window as if she was expecting to see him crash though the window, like he did at her 1000th apple picked party that pinkie threw for her. Though Pinkie Pie didn't mind it at all, she was glad he crashed the party. Well crashed into it as he pointed out but still.
Fluttershy looked up at the ceiling and sighed getting Applejacks attention.

"Applejack I’m not really sure if I should tell you, he didn’t want anypony finding out." She said sadly looking at her friend.
"Oh come on sugercube, we are friend’s and if that snake in the grass is your friend then he's mine to." Applejack said with a warm smile. Fluttershy looked away before speaking again.
"Then why do you always come over wearing your element? In fact tonight was the only time since he's been living with me you've come over without it." Fluttershy said looking back over at her friend.
"Well Ah....Ah---

"You see where I’m going with this?" Fluttershy asked cutting her off. Applejack just stared at her, she was right tonight was the first time she has visited them without her element present for him to see.
"Friends need to trust each other and he thinks that he going to go back into stone because he thinks you’re all still afraid of him afraid he's still evil." She said firmly making Applejack lower her head not wanting to make eye contact.

“Why are you girls still scared of him? I know for a fact he’s not evil anymore he’s been nothing but a sweetheart since he’s moved in. Sure he pulls a prank here and there but he does it because it’s his nature and I wouldn't force him to stop being who he is.” She continued as she placed a hoof on Applejack's shoulder.

“You should see his look when he sees any of you show up ready to seal him away if he so much as coughs wrong, sure he can hide it but I can see it in his eyes. Every time you’re all over, he ether leaves or goes to a quiet corner, and that makes me sad that he acts like that because you girls won’t give him a chance.” She said waiting for Applejack's response.
"Is that the reason he's having trouble sleeping?" Applejack finally asked looking up at the yellow Pegasus. She just looked at applejack shocked.

"How did---"
"The bags under his eyes, when you hang out with somepony like Rarity you tend to notice things like that." Applejack said looking a bit worried at this point. Fluttershy looked at her a bit before nodding.
“I know he's having nightmares bad ones." She said sadly as she looked at the ground.
"How bad?" Applejack asked patting her back as she did.

"He’s been waking up screaming his head off tonight would be the 3rd time this week he’s done it, and now that you mention it....I don't think he's had a decent night's sleep in a while." Fluttershy asked as she felt tears poke the back of her eyes.
“What scares me is the fact he won’t in fact refuses to tell me, I had to practically pry it out of him just for him to admit he was having bad dreams.” She said sniffling a little.
"Is it really because we show up with our elements?" Applejack asked feeling a ping in her stomach.
"I'm not sure all I know is that the nightmares are terrible to make him scream like that." Fluttershy said as she closed her eyes.

"....how does he sound?" Applejack asked a bit hesitantly.
"...I ...I can't even describe it, it’s so horrible, I ....I can't go back to sleep after I hear it." Fluttershy said as tears began to weld up in her eyes.
"Sugercube what's wro---
"What if he goes back to his old ways?! What if he gets so bad that we have no choice but to seal him up again!? I don't want to do it! I won't! I don't want to lose my friend!" Fluttershy yelled as she clung to Applejack crying into her shoulder.

"He can't leave me, not after all we've been though the two musketeers he called us!" she cried more and more. Applejack just held her stroking her back rocking back and forth.
"Ah promise you sugercube that won't happen, Ah'll make sure of it myself if Ah have too." Applejack said as she continued to stroke her back.

"And Ah’ll make sure to tell the others that---
"No! You can’t!" Fluttershy yelled in a panic as she pried herself away from her.
"Why?" Applejack asked a bit worried at her reaction.
"They will think he's unstable or dangerous I don't want them to think any of that!" she said crying.

"But---
"Promise me you won't tell! Promise me!" Fluttershy practically shrieked at her friend, her eyes begging her. Applejack sat there looking into her eyes, to Fluttershy it felt like hours had passed but in reality only a moment had passed by before she sighed.

"Ok sugar cube Ah promise heck Ah Pinkie Promise." Applejack said with a smile as she petted Fluttershy’s head.
“Honestly you worry too much, he’s not a bad guy anymore, a pain in the flank yes but he’s a good fella.” She said with a smile, that smile slowly turned into a grin.
“Heck you make it sound like there’s more than friendship going on between you two.” Applejack said with a grin. Fluttershy blushed as she wiped away her tears.
“You won’t ever let me live that down will you?” she said with a slight giggle as she sniffled a little her eyes still stained with tears.

“Hey Ah’m not the one who prenched him.” She said with a grin making Fluttershy blush harder.
“It was only a peck! On the cheek! I did it because of the lovely flower he got for me!” Fluttershy blurted out blushing harder. Applejack just laughed hard as she patted her on the back a bit roughly.

“Ah know ah know ah just love messing with you like that!” she said with a chuckle as she smiled at her friend.
“Well he was cute when he blushed that hard.” Fluttershy said with a giggle making applejack laugh again.
“He made my apples look pale compared to how red his face was!” Applejack said with a laugh. The two had another round of laughter.

“I think that might have been the first time anyone has ever kissed him! And he acted like a small colt!” Fluttershy laughed as the image of a blushing Discord twiddling his thumbs popped into her head. They laughed even as the sun came rising up from the horizon. The harsh glare of the sun light made them stop and look out the window. The two stayed silent for a moment before Fluttershy looked over at her friend and smiled.

“Applejack thanks, I really needed to talk to somepony.” Fluttershy said with a smile, as she gave out a yawn. Applejack fallowed suite with a yawn of her own.
“Anytime sugercube.” She said with a grin as she got up and walked to the kitchen.
“Coffee?” Applejack asked as she looked back at her friend.

“Yes please.” Fluttershy said with a smile as she got up and walked to the kitchen. She stopped and looked out of the window the sun shining its light all over the land. She stood there her mind wondering back to her chaotic friend.
“Discord I hope you will trust me enough one day to let me help you.” She said quietly as she walked into the kitchen hoping that her friend the former evil lord of chaos was OK.

Ch 2: surprise visit of doom

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Lightning shot out hitting a nearby tree, shattering it as if it was made of glass, a tail slammed into another one, making it bend over as if some child bending a spoon. A rock was turned into the shape of a platypus, even moved to some smooth jazz playing in the background. Another tree being punched, bursting into bubbles. A lone figure stood in the middle of all the chaos, panting and hissing angrily as he slammed his clutched paw at the ground, making it crack and split open. After a few moments of panting, he finally let out a roar so loud that birds and other animals nearby that were brave enough to stay fled the scene as a few trees shook, some actually ripping themselves from the ground and quickly walking away. He snarled at the nothingness as he flopped down on his rump with a grunt.

“How dare she say such things to me!? I should turn her apple trees into cactus's and turn that big loaf of a brother into something else, maybe a worm this time around!” he yelled angrily as he glared at the ground. After a few moments of taking deep breaths, he looked up and around him. His breath got caught in his throat as he saw the chaos around him. The chaos around him was…it wasn't His Chaos. No candy raining down, no random kooky things, just destruction. He sat there, eyes wide open as he just stared at the area.
“Discord, what did you do?” he asked himself as he just sat there, still in a bit of a shock. He stayed silent before he sighed and stood up; he stretched for a moment before clicking his fingers, in a flash of light all the destruction was undone all the damage he had done.
“I…need to keep better control of myself.” Discord said quietly, lowering his hand a bit as he yawned a bit popping his back. He ran his paw though his mane, sighing loudly.
“Hmmm what to do.” He said as he conjured up a cup of coffee. He opened his mouth like a trash can lid and dumped the whole cup into his mouth, making a loud crunch as his mouth snapped shut. He sighed happily as the coffee took its toll on him, relaxing and perking him up with the taste of cinnamon, toffee and egg. He stood there in silence, tapping his foot to the tune of a banjo for a few moments, until a turnip popped over his head with a ding, he gave a happy laugh as he clapped his mismatched hands together.
“Time for a family visit!” He yelled with glee as he bounced happily on tail for a bit before taking off into the sky laughing as he did.

………………………………
“Sir!” a Royal Guard yelled, saluting a white stallion in purple diamond armor. The stallion only smiled at him.
“At ease, I’m not your captain anymore.” He said smiling as he waved him off, the guard only chuckled a bit as he rubbed his neck a bit.
“Oh right, force of habit….what brings you here, Shining Armor, sir?” The guard said putting his hoof down and relaxing a bit, making Shining Armor shake his head gently but continued to smile at the guard.
“I’m here for my wife; she got here a few hours ago. I would have left with her, but I needed to take care of a few things.” He said walking past the guard and made his way into the courtyard as the guard followed closely.
“Ah...are you here for the treaty?” the guard asked, making Shining’s smile go away as he kept his eyes firmly forward.
“In a manner of speaking, yes, I would have brought some Crystal Guards with me, but Celestia forbid me to do so, she said it would be seen as an act of war.” He said, wrinkling his nose a bit. They continued with some small talk, talking about the weather, sports and other little things until they rounded the corner.
“Umm sir, I should warn you that…we have company.” The guard said as they saw a gathering of guard ponies and another race, a race Shining Armor knew very well.
“When did they get here?” he asked walking closer to them, he could feel his heartbeat get quicker with each step, he didn't know if it was fear or excitement.

“This morning, we should really just head on in.” the guard said, sounding nervous as they got closer.
“No, we might as well deal with this now.” Shining said firmly as he walked forward, the guard took a deep breath before following him….a few steps behind. As they got closer, a few more Royal Guards saluted him; he just waved them off as he walked past them. As he left the guard group and stood in front of them, he was greeted with a series of hisses and angry clicking sounds. Shining was starting to have second thoughts now, as a set of bright blue eyes stared back at him, about 2, maybe 3, dozens of them. They didn't have pupils, but he could see Hatred in them. He gulped a little as a few of them took a few steps forward, baring their fangs at him. He didn't need to look behind him to know the Royal Guards, his guards, were getting ready for the worst. As the hisses got louder, he was really starting to regret being out in the open. As they got closer, he decided to try this another day and make a quick getaway into the castle, but one of them walked out and stood in front of the others, his black body blending in with the rest of them almost perfectly if it wasn't for the armor. This made Shining stop in his tracks as he looked the changeling over. He wore armor along with a helmet. His eyes were purple instead of the usual blue eyes. His horn was slightly chipped at the tip, and had a few wrappings around his body. It didn't take long for Shining to figure out that he was at the wedding. In fact, when he took a closer look at the group, he noticed a few still had wrappings around their bodies, making him feel more nervous. What stood out the most about this one, though, was a nasty looking scar, going from his lip to his right eye and slightly passing it. This changeling looked like he could fight too. He was slightly bigger than the rest, but not by much. His horn flared an eerie green color; the others blinked, their horns flaring back. The one in front hissed angrily at the group, making them back off a little. He turned his attention back to Shining, with a blank expression on his face as if trying to read him.
“You’re….brave. Braver than the rest of them.” he said, pointing behind Shining Armor, who relaxed a bit more.
“You can’t blame them for being a little worried, or me for that matter. Shining Armor by the way and you are?” Shining Armor asked extending his hoof. The creature looked at his hoof before taking it and shaking it.
“Commander Razor Gear of the Changeling race, we met in battle before.” He said firmly before releasing his hoof. Shining looked at him with wide eyes and gave him another look over and that’s when he remembered this changeling.
“Oh yeah…sorry about the...eye.” Shining said, gulping slightly ready for the changeling’s next move but hoping it wouldn't come.
“In changeling culture, having a scar is a sign of strength and….fertility.” Razor said, mumbling the last part quietly as he looked like he was blushing slightly. Shining stared and chuckled a bit as he rubbed his neck, slightly thankful that the situation didn't seem like it was going to get worse.

“Some things are the same in all kingdoms, mares here love a stallion with scars.” He said, chuckling slightly.
“…but you have no battle scars.” The changeling said, looking at him a bit confused. Shining armor scrunched his nose at that.
“My…wife doesn't…let me have scars.” He said pouting a bit. Something dawned on him that moment: he was having a casual conversation with a Changeling a Commander no less, not just any changeling, one he personally fought and nearly killed. He felt a bit of shame wash over him as he thought about that.
“Ah, only natural your wife is the alpha in the relationship.” Razor said casually as he looked over Shining Armor a bit, noting the sudden change of smell on him. Shining Armor didn't say anything, he just stood there thinking, after a few moments of silence he looked up at the changeling.
“Look, I am sorry for everything, if I had known the severity of the situation I would have kept a cooler head after the invasion.” He said trying to keep a brave face but Razor could tell just by smell alone how ashamed he felt.
“And I am sorry for nearly killing you, I mean here I am having a conversation with you, like we are old acquaintances, and yet I nearly killed you.” He continued as he looked down this time.
“I can only imagine how your people see me, I led a whole witch hunt to track you down, and I threw a lot of you in the dungeon to rot, that’s the reason Celestia took me off the Royal Guards, sure she said it was time I stepped down to be with my wife, but I knew that’s not the reason, and I can’t blame her.” He said as he shook her head a bit still not looking up.
“The only thing I can ask for is your forgiveness.” Shining Armor said finally looking up at Razor. The changeling just stared at him not making a sound.

“Pathetic.” A voice said. Shining Armor looked up and saw another changeling baring its fangs at him.
“You call yourself a warrior, but you stand there complaining like a child, HA! You’re nothing.” He said hissing as more changelings joined in. Some would laugh at him, others would just hiss and click at him baring there fangs. Razor held up his hoof making them be silent for a moment before speaking.
“I accept your apology as long as you accept mine.” Razor said firmly, making the other changeling gasp in shock. Shining looked at him, shocked as well, not believing him.
“Both sides made a mistake. My Queen and I are aware of that, and if we can’t get past that, then there is no point in being here.” He said firmly as he looked over at his fellow changelings.
“We need to forgive in order to move on, my—our Queen is here, trying to make something happen, something that no changeling or pony would've of thought have been possible.” He said before looking at Shining.
“I forgive you but not for my sake but for the sake of future changelings, I just hope the others will do the same.” He said firmly, the other changelings hissed and clicked at the two. Most of them shouting for revenge or blood, this made Razor snap his head back giving them a cold look.
“Silence! We are here by the order of the Queen! That means we are here to make sure she is safe and nothing else! Starting a petty fight right now would endanger, if not completely ruin, what we came here for! Is that what you want!? To be thrown out of a kingdom we are trying to become allies of!?” he yelled, making the changelings whimper slightly as he glared at them.
“We have a chance to end the hunger that has plagued our people for centuries! A chance to make sure that future generations of changelings will never experience the same hunger we did! A chance to make a better life for them! Would you really throw all that away just for a chance to get petty revenge!?” he yelled again, hissing as he continued to glare at them.

“If you are so eager to fight, then fight with me! Because I Will NOT allow anyling to endanger the Queen, or the future of the hive! So choose your next words wisely, for they may be your last.” Razor hissed, baring his fangs as he glared at his unit. They all looked at each other nervously before backing off completely, each of them having the face of a scolded child as they went back to mingling with each other. Shining and the Royal Guards just stood in stunned silence. Razor turned to them, staring back at him.
“Sorry about that, many lings are still holding a grudge, like your guards.” Razor Gear said, his eyes glowing slightly as he looked over at the guards. Shining Armor looked at him curiously before chuckling.
“Oh that’s right, you can sense emotions, yeah they can hold a grudge, but they won’t attack as long as you don’t.” he said chuckling a bit, quickly glancing at the others behind him, making them nod. He sighed a bit, thankful that the conversation was taking a slightly less serious tone.
“They won’t attack, they know what’s at stake here, or at least now they know it’s one of two possible options: Total War, or a possible era of Peace.” Razor said, looking back at his small army, they grumbled a little but nodded some of them pouting angrily like children.
“Yeah, I was actually shocked when I heard about what Celestia had in mind.” Shining said as he walked around the court yard. Razor gave the changelings a glare before joining Shining.

“Yes, we were more shocked when we heard it, in fact, Mother’s reaction was…priceless, to say the least. Never knew a changeling could change skin tone like that without a full transformation.” Razor said with a small chuckle. This took Shining by surprise.
“Humor? Didn't think you guy’s knew what that was with how your Queen is…ermm no offense.” Shining said stuttering a little.
“None taken, Mother can be….hard to deal with at times, but we do what we can for her, and she does the same in return.” He said shaking his head slightly.
“Mother? Are you’re a Prince or something?” Shining asked as he stopped, looking at the yard, noting a few scorch marks on the ground.
“Yes, that is what we call her, but no, I am not a Prince. “Mother” in our culture means Protector and Love Giver. Despite how she acts around other species, she treats us changelings with nothing but love and respect. So we call her Mother, while she calls us her Children.” Razor said, noting Shining was raising his hoof.
“And before you ask, no, she did not birth all of us, only some of us, but she tries to take care of each of us equally.” He said, making Shining lower his hoof, chuckling nervously.
“Oh umm...hey, at least you have a scar now, that’s a good thing right?” Shining Armor said, hoping to change the subject from changeling birthing. He was betting on egg laying. Razor stared at him as if trying to read his mind, only to shrug moments later.
“That is true, my first response to seeing you was to give you the same treatment you gave me, to return the favor as it were.” Razor said pointing to his face, making Shining gulp, obviously worried about his face since he liked to keep it looking good.
“But then I remembered that was our second encounter, on our first encounter I almost killed you…I broke your leg.” Razor said nervously as he saw Shining glare at him, his nervousness replaced with anger.

“Wait! You were Star Streak!?” Shining Armor yelled angrily at the changeling obviously judging him.
“Hey, you were the one looking for a prosti—
“A dancer! For my missed bachelor party!” Shining yelled blushing hard as the changeling scoffed a bit.
“That’s not what that Flash Sentry guard said.” Razor said, still studying the captain and his lack of scars.
“I would never cheat on my wife!” he yelled angrily, making the changeling look at him.
“That’s not what the Queen—
“Don’t you dare say anything! Last thing I need is Cadance checking up on me every time I leave the room!” he yelled angrily as his attention is drawn back to the scorch marks.
“Shame really, you've gained quite a bit of respect, most of whom hate you more for it.” Razor said dully, making Shining look up confused.
“Not many can bed a queen, so the fact you've done it earns respect.” Razor said, trying to hold in a snicker at the stallion’s rage.
“It was not like that! She came onto me!” he yelled angrily as the changeling just rolled his eyes as Shining’s attention was again back at the scorch marks.
“Since you were here before me, or at least I’m assuming you were, what happened here?” he asked pointing to the ground, hoping to change the subject. Razor seemed to be happy to change the subject as he sighed, shaking his head slightly.
“Let’s just say the peace treaty had…..a bumpy start.” He said, remembering the events perfectly.

…………………….
“Why hello there, Captain Razor Gear was it?” the sun goddess said as she greeted her visitor. The changeling nodded as he hesitantly bowed before her.
“Yes your highness, but you may refer to me as Razor Gear, or simply Razor.” He said as he stood again. She smiled at him.
“Very well, when will your queen be joining us?” Celestia asked as she stepped past him and into the court yard. He followed right behind her.
“Any moment now, I was sent ahead to make sure everything was safe. I was glad there was only a slight…snag.” He said, quickly glancing at a few guards who were on the ground, groaning in pain. Celestia rolled her eyes, shaking her head gently.
“Yes, sorry about that. They are new recruits and somepony forgot to tell them about today’s events.” she said as the medics finally showed up and quickly carried them off, one of them yelling “My leg!” as they disappeared into the castle.
“My apologies, I thought your soldiers were trained in CQC” Razor said a bit nervously.
“CQC?” Celestia asked raising her eyebrow at him.
“It means Close Quarter Combat sister.” A voice said from behind them. Razor quickly turned to see the moon goddess had joined them…along with somepony he knew would be trouble.

“Luna! I’m happy you decided to join us!” the princess said happily, that’s when she noticed her sister’s companion.
“Oh and ummm Cadance too! How nice of you to come!” Celestia said as she smiled, but was sweating slightly. Razor looked over at the pink princess and noticed her glaring at him. He smelled hate, nervousness, and…..cheese. He glanced at Luna and noticed she was holding a bag of “Chessy Poofs” and he felt his stomach growl slightly for some reason.
“Ummm Cadance, can I ask why are you here?” Celestia asked laughing nervously. The pink Alicorn just rolled her eyes at her.
“I’m just here to make sure nothing goes wrong.” She said as she continued to glare at Razor, he just returned the glare. Celestia felt nervous, she knew Cadance was still touchy on the whole “let’s be friends” with the changelings.
“Cadance, you say that like----
“We can’t trust them; they might try to attack us again.” Cadance said coldly as she continued to glare daggers at Razor. He just scoffed at her glaring back.
“Cadance, that is enough, we are here to sign a peace treaty, not to start a war.” Celestia said firmly, her nervousness gone as she spoke.
“Well, if you ask me, I should have brought some guards with me to make sure nothing happens.” She said angrily.
“Cadance, that would only make things worse, this is a peace signing, bringing guards would only provoke the changelings.” Celestia said firmly as she stared down her niece, she just stared back.
“Auntie, we can’t trust this thing or its monster of a queen---

“Silence wench.” Razor said angrily, making Cadance gasp, Celestia quickly glanced at him and saw him baring his fangs at her.
“What did you call me!?” she practically yelled as her wings flared. He stepped closer to her, not showing any fear.
“I said silence Wench.” He repeated, putting emphasis on that word, leaving her speechless. Luna was “oohing” in the background but he ignored her.
“How dare you! I’m a princess and---
“You are not a princess. Celestia here is, but not you. You are here insulting me and my race, when all I have done so far since I have been here is being peaceful…… to an extent.” Razor said, remembering the guards.
“And furthermore, I shudder at the fact that you are in charge of a kingdom, I feel sorry for them and any race that has to deal with you.” He said firmly, still glaring at her. Her mouth hung open in shock as she flared her wings some more. He found that adorable, she was throwing a tantrum like a child, just like the queen said she would.
“How dare you! I rule the Crystal Empire with kindness and love!” she yelled, her horn flaring. Luna was about to step in but was stopped by Celestia, her white wings stopping her from doing anything. Luna looked at her a bit nervously, but the look in her eyes told her to hold back until they where needed. Razor chuckled a bit, confusing the three princesses.
“I am sorry, but I found that really funny.” He said as he continued to chuckle, but just as quickly as his smile appeared, it disappeared and turned into a scowl.

“If I recall correctly, a family of changelings stopped by the kingdom, seeking shelter from the storm. And what did you do?” he hissed angrily as he took a few steps forward, making Cadance back off a little. She remained silent as she listened to him, but she did put her head down as she tried to keep her distance from him.
“You tried to force them out and send them to their deaths! They were cold and starving when they got there, and you were willing to execute them without even thinking twice! I was happy to hear that your husband was there to object to your decision. If it wasn’t for him, there would be mourning families right now.” He said as he hissed again, he barely realized he was circling her like prey. Cadance remained silent, not looking up at him, feeling a bit worried at him circling her like that.
“They had children with them! Call us monsters if you will but we didn’t hurt any of your foals or colts, and yet you were willing to kill 2 without even thinking! If you would’ve of done that, not only would there be the blood of children on your hooves, you would have single hoofenly made sure the Changeling race and Equestrians were at war right now!” He said, his anger getting harder and harder to control.
“We were hanging by a thread! We knew war was on the horizon, and you would have been the one to cut that string and plunged us all into a war that would have claimed the lives of hundreds of ponies and changelings! The lives of innocent males and females who didn’t want to fight, only wanted food! And what about the children? Would they have to kill in order to just live!?” he yelled at her, making her cringe. Celestia and Luna continued to stand at the sidelines, shocked that a lone changeling was basically chewing out one of Equestria’s rulers, he would make a fine addition to Celestias cabinet if they could just get past this nasty business.

“Your husband is a true ruler, he saw a situation that could have been so much worse, and he stopped you from making it that much worse. So many changelings owe him their lives, for if it was not for him, we would be trying to kill each other right now, rather than seeking peace.” Razor said breathing in deeply for a moment before breathing out.
“So tell me princess, where was that kindness? Where was that love you boast about? Because even my Queen on her worst day would never allow even you to die like that! To die cold and alone! To watch your own children die like that!” He said with a snort as he finally walked away from her. Luna and Celestia just remained silent as they watched the scene in awe. Celestia vowed that he would be part of her cabinet even if she had to kidnap him in order to do so.
“You’re right.” Cadance said as she finally lifted her head. Razor stopped and looked back at her.
“I let my anger get the best of me and I am not proud of that. That night I couldn’t sleep because my husband was right and I am happy he challenged me.” Cadance said firmly but looked sad.
“I would have become a killer of 4 changelings who came to us for shelter and I know for a fact that if I let them die I would never forgive myself, and would have started a war with a race who I, just recently, found out was only looking for food.” She said shuddering a bit as she spoke.

“If I killed them, I would of gladly have stepped down as a princess and never be seen in Canterlot again.” She said finally looking him in the eyes. Her eyes were firm but he could smell her guilt.
“I am still angry at your race, I will not lie, but I know your queen could have done a lot worse to me but she choose not to.” Cadance said as she sighed a little.
“You came here in peace, and you are right, I have no right to insult you and for that I am sorry. A Princess shouldn’t act this way.” She said taking a bow. Razor was taken aback by this but returned the bow.
“I apologize for calling you a wench; I’m not that good at dealing with other royalty other than my Queen.” He said as he stood again. Cadance stood again and sighed.
“Well I should be better at this, I am a princess after al---
“More like a foolish foal playing a princess.” A voice said from behind them. Razor froze as he recognized the voice. Celestia face hoofed as she groaned loudly.

“The one thing I wanted to avoid, the ONE thing.” She said still groaning, cursing Discord’s name. Razor turned and bowed at the figure before him. Her long, slender body, matching Celestia’s and Luna’s. Her black carapace shining in the sunlight as her green hair flowed freely. Numerous holes covered her body, her emerald eyes looking back at them, hissing lightly. To her sides stood two large changelings, “Elitelings” as they liked to be called. Razor mentally groaned as he felt the emotion flaring up behind him.
“Chrysalis! How good it is to see you!” Cadance said happily, her voice sounding strained as she talked, that was not the same emotion Razor felt a moment ago. Celestia and Luna looked at her shocked, even Chrysalis looked shocked to see her so cheery. Razor could smell the anger and contempt; he could practically hear her grind her teeth. He hoped his queen would notice this and, at the very least, be nice to her.
“Oh it’s you, that brat with the stud of a stallion.” Chrysalis said as she rolled her eyes at her, talking to her as if she was dribble. Razor smacked himself as he felt more anger and heard more grinding sounds. The idea of this being a peaceful day was quickly fading.

“Oh yes. ….Shining is busy….But I’m here to oversee this peace treaty.” Cadance said, her smile looking more and more strained. Chrysalis smiled at her warmly, this took everyone in the room by surprise.
“That’s adorable, you’re trying to act important.” the Changeling Queen said walking past her, her tail flicking at Cadance’s side like a whip, making her flinch slightly. And like that the hope of this ending peacefully was shattered.
“Chrysalis, that is enough.” Celestia said walking up to her, glaring at her, Chrysalis just scoffed as she got closer to her.
“Celestia, where is the peace treaty?” the queen asked, ignoring the Princess’s last statement. Celestia sighed as she clapped her hooves. A brown unicorn quickly came out to the court yard, holding a rolled parchment and a table in his magic grip. He left as he quickly as he came.
“This treaty will signify that the pony race and the changeling race are at peace and---
“I know what it says, I did co-write it.” Chrysalis said cutting off the princess, much to the annoyance of the night princess. Celestia sighed as she held out a quill.
“Then you know the rest, sign here and initial here.” Celestia said, a little annoyed but glad that she didn’t need to read the long document. The queen looked over the whole document, re- reading it carefully, her horn flared a bit as she read, it was obvious that she was using The Hive Mind. It seemed she was covering all her basis using hundreds of minds to look over the document. This intrigued Celestia, she thought of asking the queen for further assistant on such matters if this ended well.
“I see you didn’t agree to section 13.” She said, looking a bit disappointed. Razor just shook his head muttering something.
“Of course I didn’t agree to it! In this day and age that would only turn ponies against you, not to mention he’s my nephew in law.” Celestia said blushing slightly.
“What’s section 13?” Cadance asked, her curiosity peaking when she heard the words “nephew in law”. Celestia looked at her a bit worried but Chrysalis stepped in.

“Why don’t you run along and go play with your dolls and let the big girls talk.” Chrysalis said waving her hoof dismissively at her as she continued to read. Cadance glared at the queen her horn flaring as she did.
“Hey, stop treating me like dirt! I know we are not on the best of terms but I am a princess and I demand to be treated like one!” Cadance yelled at her, making the two large changelings snarl at her as they began to walk to her. The queen raised her hoof making them stop.
“You demand? Sorry dear, but in my culture you earn that right, so run along princess.” Chrysalis said hissing angrily at her as she put the paper down.
“Enough!” Celestia yelled making them both turn to face her.
“I know you two are still mad at each other and will probably never see eye to eye, but you, Chrysalis, are a guest here and so you will treat others with respect---
“I would sooner hang myself than treat her as an equal! Not after what she did!” Chrysalis hissed angrily at Celestia.
“How would you feel if you were in my position? Being forced into a peace treaty by a false god and her race just to avoid extinction!? How would you feel if the wench who hurt so many of your children was standing right in front of you and you couldn’t do anything!? You have no idea what it’s like to struggle with life! You have always been sheltered, not knowing what it’s like to struggle! You have no idea what it’s like to see your people suffer and being unable to help them! Tell me how you would feel!?” The queen asked angrily baring her fangs at Celestia. She just stared at her for a moment before speaking.
“You’re right, I have no idea how it feels. I have been sheltered my entire life and I really don’t know what it’s like to struggle. But no one is forcing you to sign that paper, there will be no peace between us, but you have my word my people will leave yours alone if you leave us alone. The problem with that is that you can’t leave us alone or you would starve. That is why I suggested this in the first place, I am the ruler of this kingdom but I refuse to let another race die at my doorstep, not when I have the power to stop that.” Celestia said firmly making the queen be silent for once.

“But you’re wrong I am in your position at the moment.” She said firmly but raised her hoof to stop the queen from speaking.
“I know what’s it like to see my people hurt and being helpless to stop it, and I’m right in front of the one who was responsible for hurting them.” she said, her eyes turning cold, the queen was getting nervous but she kept the 3 changelings away from her and the sun goddess.
“I do have anger for what you did, but I will not let it cloud my judgment. You attacked us out of desperation and I can’t blame you, not after I heard all your problems. I am doing this out of the kindness of my heart, yes Cadance is a bit young to be a ruler, but she is learning, so please show her the same kindness I am showing you.” Celestia said as she finally looked away, noting the treaty was not signed yet and noticed Cadance pouting a little.
“I am a ruler! I saved my kingdom from an evil tyrant!” Cadance yelled stomping her hooves.
“Oh please, even I know that dragon was the real hero, you just happened to fly and catch him.” Chrysalis said rolling her eyes at her.
“Chrysalis stop it, you need to start acting like a proper ruler, not some school bully” Celestia said with a sigh.
“Fine, have it your way Celestia, but she has to earn my respect.” The queen said hissing slightly.
“Ok then let’s—
“Not so fast! I want to know what section 13 is!” Cadance yelled, her mane going slightly messy.
“Cadance it’s nothing important its---
“Reproductive rights, Sex for short.” Chrysalis said dryly as she looked at her hoof ignoring the glare that Celestia was giving her. Cadance just starred at her, blushing slightly as she rubbed the back of her head.
“Well…umm…ok?” she said feeling awkward as she continued to blush. Chrysalis just grinned at her like a shark smelling blood in the water.

“What? Never heard the word Sex? Or never had it?” she asked with a grin as she chuckled lightly, making Cadance turn slightly red but not from embarrassment. Celestia sighed as she turned and began to make her way to Luna.
“I’m done, I’m going to walk away from this, and whatever happens, happens.” Celestia said as she joined her sister.
“50 bits says this will end in a fight.” Luna said with a grin as she sat down. Celestia sighed as she sat down next to her.
“Might as well. This treaty won’t get signed until they work this out.” She said waving for Razor to join them. He shrugged as he walked over to them.
“This has got to be the weirdest day ever…next to that jockstrap incident.” He thought with a shudder as he remembered the darkest day in Changeling history, and the rather large deep hole he had to dig.
“What?! How dare you! I’ll have you know I have had plenty of sex!” Cadance screamed, her royal voice kicking in, the yard went dead silent even the nearby birds themselves stopped chirping. It took a few moments for the realization to hit Cadance like a ton of bricks. Chrysalis snorted a little, then gave a giggle, then she just started laughing out loud.
“Shut up!” Cadance yelled blushing furiously as she stomped her hoof onto the ground.
“Hehee…oh my, no wonder Shiny likes you, must be easy to get “love” from you dear.” She said laughing a bit harder as she did. The two large changelings behind her buzzed a bit. She quickly gave them a glare, making them stand at attention, sweating slightly as they did.

“Enough with your games! What is section 13!?” Cadance yelled, her hair going slightly poofy from the anger.
“My Queen, I strongly and I mean Strongly advise about speaking about that here!” Razor said loudly, a bit panicky as he looked at his queen and the princess who he just settled his differences with just moments ago but the look on his queen’s face told him it was in vain.
“It’s simple, section 13 implies me and a select few of my children get to pick a partner for us to “feed” by force, if you will.” Chrysalis said with an evil grin. Cadance just stood there speechless, she was in shock at she just heard.
“What!? That is horrible! I’m glad my auntie said no to that!” she yelled angrily at the queen, the queen just scoffed.
“Oh please, she said no to being forced, but nothing about us not feeding on a few ponies.” She said still grinning. Cadance looked at her auntie, her mouth hung open in shock.
“Auntie she’s lying right!? She can’t be telling the truth!” she yelled, her throat starting to hurt from all the yelling. Celestia rubbed the back of her head shyly.
“Well…I couldn’t…let...them...starve.” Celestia said quietly, slowly slouching like a child who was caught with her hoof in the cookie jar. Luna was trying her hardest not to laugh, her face red from trying. Chrysalis just giggled innocently as Cadance just looked like she just saw a ghost.
“…I’m done.” She said turning around and walking back into the castle.
“Cadance where are you going?” Celestia asked looking up again as her niece walked away.
“I’m going to my room and I’m going to wait for my husband, and then I’m going to sleep this off and leave to my kingdom.” She said as she continued to walk away.

“Oh do be a dear and send Shining to my room later.” Chrysalis said looking at her hoof bored, this made Cadance stop dead in her tracks. They swore they heard a record player needle just stop. Razor and the other changelings gulped, looking nervous as they backed off a little. Cadance slowly turned her head facing the queen, the look in her eyes told them there would be blood, but the queen seemed oblivious to the danger.
“What?” she said in the coldest voice they have ever heard, it could turn water into ice if it wanted to. The queen just scoffed as she grinned.
“I said send Shining to my room later, I do need to feed to keep my strength up after all, but don’t worry, I will leave him in working condition after I am done. Probably.” she said grinning at the Princess of Love, only then did she notice the fire in her eyes. Cadance took a deep breath and slowly walked over to the Changeling Queen. Chrysalis stood her ground, not backing off and clearly enjoying the situation. They stood almost nose to nose, though Chrysalis was clearly taller than her.
“What did you say?” Cadance asked slowly, her teeth already grinding as she glared up at the changeling queen. The queen just chuckled as she glared back down at her.
“You heard me.” She said coldly as she leaned down, pressing her nose against Cadance’s. The Princess of Love was shaking, her face red as she glared up at her. The group swore they saw lightning crackle between them. She shook and snorted, taking deep breaths before turning around and began to walk away. The queen just scoffed as she turned around to her 2 changelings.
“Ha! I knew it! Too much of a coward, Shining deserves a better wife, one who is strong and powerful. Maybe I should make him mine, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind an upgrade.” she said her back to her as she cackled. And like that, something snapped, something that had been begging to be snapped since the meeting began, and thus it did, finally ending its suffering.
“That’s it!” Cadance yelled as she turned and shot a bolt of magic at the queen, hitting her in the back of her head, sending her to the ground face first with a loud thud. Celestia and Luna stood there, shocked at the sudden attack.
“Oh come on, this was what I was worried about!” Celestia yelled as she rushed over to the queen cursing her decision about not getting involved.

“They’re attacking the queen!” a voice yelled making Celestia stop dead in her tracks. She looked up and saw not one, not two, but dozens of changelings hovering above them. When they arrived was anypony’s guess, but the loud hissing and fangs being bared told her one thing. This might be the start of a new war. The changeling hoard began to land, each one with force as they got into fighting position. Royal Guards began to flood the courtyard, spears ready as the changelings surrounded the queen.
“Treachery!” one of them yelled as they got ready to attack. Celestia stood in front of her people, ready to defend them.
“Please stop this at once! This is not what it seems like!” she yelled hoping she could stop what was about to happen. The changelings didn’t seem to listen as they moved closer hissing at them. Cadance was standing there still glaring at the changelings, her horn still glowing. Before anypony or ling could react, a surge of green magic pulled all the changelings away, making them yelp in shock. The changeling hoard spread like a river as Queen Chrysalis stood there, glaring at Cadance with hate filled eyes.
“No, this little bitch is mine.” She said in such a tone that it made everyling cringe as they gave her a wide birth. The royal guards and Celestia were shocked at the sudden transformation; she went from silly school yard bully to full blown war monarch. She walked slowly past her children making them cower away from her.
“Bring it on She-Bitch!” Cadance yelled as she stood on both legs in a fighting pose. Chrysalis stood there quickly using her magic to remove her crown and quickly tossing it at a random changeling who caught it.
“I’ll see to it that you are buried properly.” Chrysalis said as she bent her neck to the side, making a loud cracking sound. One of the changelings gasped excitedly at his queen as his eyes sparkled a little.
“Oh that sounded so cool, now I need to do my neck.” He said happily as he bent his neck a little, a loud sickening snap was heard.

“Ahhhh! My neck!” he yelled falling to the ground in pain, the nearby changelings facehoofed themselves sighing loudly. The first bolt flew through the air at Chrysalis, she quickly used her magic to deflect the bolt straight into the sky away from her people. She then charged at the Princess of Love screaming. Cadance gave an Amazonian battle cry as she charged at the queen, she jumped half way and delivered a kick to Chrysalis’s mid-section.
“Ah! My squeedly spooch!” she yelled as she held her mid-section, she quickly delivered a backhoof to Cadance’s cheek sending her backwards. Chrysalis made a loud hiss as she jumped and tried to land on Cadance, the princess quickly rolled out of the way but was picked up by magic and thrown into a bush snapping it in half. She quickly stood up glaring at the queen.
“Eat magic, slut bug!” Cadance yelled as she shot bolt after bolt at her. The queen dodged and defected all of them but didn’t react in time to Cadance tackling her to the ground.
“HA! I’m the slut!? I’m not the one who proclaimed she was a big and fat one!” she yelled at her but yelped as Cadance delivered a right hoof to her face. Celestia, Luna, and Razor just stood there watching the scene.
“Sister when should we step in?” Luna asked as she watched the fight with glee.
“Right before death dear sister, this will end but not in somepony’s death.” She said as she watched intensely. The royal guards and changelings stood at the side lines, ready to jump in and help, though they didn’t know who needed more help. Blow after blow magic bolts were thrown, but after a while they stopped flying and it turned into a hoof to hoof fight. They kicked and screamed at each other biting and pulling at each other’s hair. They did everything to each other. Some of the males making bets on each side, some just enjoying a good old ‘catifight’ as some put it. Finally after what seemed like hours the princess and the changeling stood on opposite sides of the field panting heavily, each sported bruises cuts and scrapes, even a few burns.
“I…will…not…stop…until your…6…hooves below…ground.” Cadance said panting heavily as she stared down the queen who was just as tired.

“And I…won’t….stop…till…I …beat you…and claim…Shining for myself.” Chrysalis said hissing as she panted heavily.
“I will not let you have him, you whore!” Cadance screamed as she charged at the queen. The queen quickly looked around and an idea came to her, her brain slightly bruised from all the blows to her head, but it seemed like a good idea. Her magic flared as she grabbed a nearby changeling, making him scream in panic as she flung him at Cadance, crashing into her with such force it would make a dragon cringe. As the two rolled the changeling landed on top of her, he looked at her, his eyes spinning a bit.
“Mommy I don’t...want to go…to school today.” He said slurring his words a bit before passing out on top of her. Cadance quickly shoved him off and stood glaring at her, her eyes twitching slightly.
“Two can play at that!” she yelled her eye twitching as she cackled madly, as she grabbed two random guards and held them up in front of her.
“Princess! We strongly protest this!” one of them yelled. But his plea fell on deaf ears as he was flung forward at break neck speed. The queen quickly picked up two more random changelings and held them up as shields as the guards crashed into them. This quickly turned to the weirdest battle any being had seen as the two rulers began using their own people as weapons, throwing them at each other, much to the protest of said people. The guards and changelings quickly clashed as they were used as projectiles, most of them trying to run away in the process. Luna was on the ground laughing her cutie mark off as Celestia was running around using her own magic stopping any guards or changelings from hitting the ground too hard, screaming at the two rulers as she did this. Razor just sat there, his mouth agape as he watched his proud queen dissolve into a raving lunatic as she used more and more changelings as changeling missiles.
“En-garde, bug-bitch!” Cadance yelled as she grabbed another guard and ran at Chrysalis, she followed suite as she grabbed another changeling, charging as well. The guard and changeling screamed as they were violently slammed into each other as if they were swords.

“I don’t get paid enough for this!” the guard yelled as his body hit the changeling so hard he swore one of his lungs dislodged.
“Ah! I don’t think this is covered by the health plan!” the changeling yelled as his head met metal helmet.
“…you...get…health plans!?” the guard asked as he was once again slammed into the changeling.
“…yeah, and dental!” The changeling said as he went face first into his chest plate, chipping a fang in the process. Blow after blow, the changeling and the guard would exchange random information as more and more sense was knocked out of them. Celestia was furious, she finally had a break after she had been running around catching ponies and changelings as they fell to the ground for the past 10 minutes. How this devolved so quickly would forever be engraved in her mind. She stood huffing and puffing; she looked up and saw the changeling and the guard being used as swords being rammed into each other. She quickly used her magic to grab the two and pull them away, she laid them on the ground next to Luna and Razor, who had started to look after each victim of the rampaging rulers.
“Enough! We shall finish this now!” Chrysalis yelled angrily as she chuckled a bit, her eye twitching slightly.
“I agree!” Cadance cackled as her horn flared up. Chrysalis’s horn flares up as she suddenly charges at Cadance. Cadance followed suite as she charged at the changeling queen, giving her best battle cry.
“For the Hive!” the changeling queen yelled as she gave a battle cry of her own.
“For Love!” Cadance yelled as she charged at the queen. Celestia looked at them and quickly stomped her hoof down.
“ENOUGH!” she yelled so hard that the court yard shook as well as make the guards and changelings that were conscious yell in pain as they held their ears. Chrysalis and Cadance turned to see who made such a noise only to run head first into each other with a loud crack, making the magic explode. Luna quickly reacted by casting a shield spell around the two, preventing the blast from hurting the already hurt bystanders. The courtyard was engulfed in smoke and light, blinding a few passing Pegasus. As the blinding light died down, the smoke began to clear with a little help from Luna and Celestia flapping their wings.
“Wow, that was a really good idea sister.” Luna said, her voice dripping with sarcasm as she coughed a little.
“Don’t make me send you to the moon again” Celestia said coldly as she coughed at the smoke.
“Ow… my hive mind.” Razor said rubbing his head as he felt a bit of blood on his head. Luna quickly trotted over to him to check on him.

“Sister what do we do now?” Luna said as she used one of the passed out guards’ garments as a make shift Band-Aid and wrapped it around his head, making him winch slightly.
“Well, for one, we need to make sure everypony and changeling is safe” she said looking around at the chaos that had just transpired. Changelings and royal guards on the ground, groaning in pain, a small smile crept across her lips as she saw a few of them helping each other out, using each other as a cane to stand on. She quickly glared at the center of chaos as the smoke continued to clear, showing two figures on the ground.
“And two, I’m sending two ponies to the moon.” She said coldly as she walked over to them, but stopped as she stared at them. They were laying in front of each other, Cadance’s horn tangled with Chrysalis’s. They were clearly passed out; they might have been seeing stars for all she knew. She groaned as she facehoofed.
“Oh, you have got to be kidding me.” Celestia said holding her head, groaning.
“I told you to do it over the magic mailing system, or maybe, I don’t know, go to their kingdom? Maybe use a magic portal?” Luna said annoyed as she finished wrapping Razor’s head.
“Luna shut it.” Celestia said glaring down at her as more royal guards showed up, most of them medics. They quickly went to work, picking up the royal guards but ignoring the changelings.
“Hey you there, help out those changelings!” Celestia said loud enough for everypony within ear shot to hear. They looked at her a bit shocked, but the angry glare was all the motivation they needed as they quickly went to the hurt changelings and began to give them medical assistance.

“But noooo, you HAD to try and make a scene, thinking that today would be the day two races came together in peace after a major attack, what was next? Making Blue Blood give to charity? Or maybe giving Sombra the Crystal Heart?” Luna said angrily as she helped a few of her subjects and a few changelings off the ground as gently as she could. Just then the head medic walked and stared at the scene his eyes open in shock but smiling.
“Well looks like my little snookum will be getting that horn extension after all” he said with a grin. Celestia swore she saw money signs in his eyes as he commanded his team of medics to start picking up both changelings and guards.
“Celestia dear, would you please help me with them?” he asked as he pointed to the fallen queen and princess. Celestia stood there for a moment before lifting them both up, grunting a bit.
“You both are going on a diet.” she said as she placed them on a nearby stretcher that 2 hefty-looking ponies were holding. They quickly carried them off as more and more guards and changelings left the court yard and into the castle.
“Diet? Really you should be the one going on one sister” Luna said rolling her eyes, but before Celestia could retort by banishment to the moon another group of changelings landed already hissing at the medics and guards.
“Oh come on! Really?” Celestia yelled facehoofing as she looked at the scene as the new changelings came closer to her.

“Enough!” Razor yelled as he stood up and marched to them. The new group looked at him asking what was going on in their changeling language, with a series of clicking and hissing. He returned the hissing and clicking, making them look at each other. The one in the front stood out and looked at the princesses.
“..Did the…queen really use us as weapons?” she asked her voice telling them she was female.
“Yes, they both did in fact.” Celestia said pointing to the guards who were being carried off along with the changelings. Some tangled with each other.
“And yes, we are treating the hurt changelings, just like we did before.” She said firmly as she stared down at the changeling. She just sighed as she made a few clicking sounds, a few, slightly lighter shade of black, changelings flew above the rest. Another click sent them and the one that was talking to the princesses into the castle.
“What are they going to do?” Luna asked a bit nervously as they caught up to the medics.
“They are going to help, those changelings are nurses.” Razor said, pouting at the fact they missed his head injury.
“Oh really...that’s a bit of a surprise, but what about them?” she asked as she pointed to the other changelings, who were still glaring at them.

“Since the queen is…..unavailable, I am next in command, so they have to listen to me for the time being.” Razor said as he clicked at them, making them grumble a bit as they began to disperse but still staying in the yard. Celestia sighed as she rubbed her head a bit.
“I’m going to go back to my room, I need some tea.” She said slouching a bit as she walked away.
“Tis’ a good idea, dear sister.” Luna said following her big sister, she stopped and looked back at Razor.
“Please do try to keep order while we sort this out, I am personally putting you in charge of keeping order.” She said with a soft smile as she followed her sister.
“Wait what!? But I don’t even---ok.” He said in defeat as he watched the two princesses enter the castle, leaving him alone with the large group of changelings and a few guards that had started to make their way to him.
“Well, better not disappoint them.” he said sighing as he stood tall and began to bark orders at the changelings, making them all groan slightly.

………………………………
Shining Armor stood there, silent. His eyes wide as Razor finished his story, after a few moments of uncomfortable silence Razor coughed a bit.
“So…yeah, that’s what happened.” Razor said chuckling a bit nervously. Quickly, Shining Armor turned and ran for the castle. Razor quickly running after him but not before yelling a few commands, he quickly caught up to Shining.
“What are you doing!? The princess said she needed time alone with them!” Razor yelled as he galloped alongside Shining.
“That’s why! I can’t let my wife be punished for being pushed by that over-grown bug!” Shining yelled back as the doors got closer and closer to them.
“Hey!” Razor yelled angrily as he glared at him. Shining shrugged a bit before coming to a stop at the doors. Yelling could be heard from inside the castle, every nerve in his body told him to turn and run away right now. He remembered the last time he heard yelling coming from a room and months later Twilight was born. He gulped, remembering that day as he opened the door, praying that he would not need months of therapy afterward.
“Shut it slut!” a shrill voice yelled angrily.

“Oh please, I’m not the one who announced to the whole courtyard that she’s had plenty of it!” another voice yelled back. More and more bickering was heard as the feeling of dread filled Shining’s body up. Razor followed close behind, his ears lowered a bit as the two made their way to the throne room, a few guards and changelings in bandages stood on the side of the doors leading to said room. Each one of them looking scared and hurt as Shining and Razor walked past them to what they felt was going to be their execution. Suddenly the sound of breaking glass was heard and the duo swung the door open and were greeted by a changeling and a guard running past them.
“We quit!” they yelled in union as they took off into the distance. Shining looked a bit confused at first but then an angry voice got his attention.
“See what you did!?” one yelled.
“Oh please that was you!” the other yelled back. Shining looked over and saw Cadance and Chrysalis ready to go head to head again, but a golden aura wrapped around them, pulling them apart making them yell out loud angrily.
“ENOUNGH! So help me if you two keep it up I will send you both to the bucking sun, flank first to burn for the next 1000 years if you do not behave! Now shut the buck up and sit!” Celestia screamed as she slammed both rulers onto the ground, rump first making them winch a bit. They looked up at her in shock as Shining just stood there, his jaw on the floor as Razor stood there with his eyes bugging out a bit. Never in their life had Shining, or Cadance for that matter, heard Celestia curse. Celestia glared at the two rulers before turning her attention at the two newcomers.

“Ah Shining! Maybe you can talk some sense into your wife.” Celestia ask signaling him to come closer, he hesitantly took a few steps, avoiding eye contact with both rulers. What was going through his mind was one thought: “This was a mistake”.
“See you scared him!” Cadance yelled angrily at Chrysalis, making her scoff.
“Oh please he’s probably worried about the nagging he’s going to get!” the queen yelled back angrily as she hissed at her. They growled angrily at each other, Shining inevitably in the middle of them. A few moments passed and the two rulers kept going at it. Nearly everything set them off, Razor coughing, Shining scratching the back of his neck, a maid coming in with the tea nearly got her head replaced with the plate. Celestia had been on her hoof tips the entire time, having to slam them repeatedly rump first onto the floor.
“You two have got to stop this! I am sick of it! Next one to get out of line gets sent to the bucking sun! I swear Discord is more mature than you two!” she yelled angrily at the two as they pouted. She didn’t know what to do; these two would kill each other at this rate.

“I am at a loss with you two! Can we please talk to each other like adults?” Celestia asked a bit hopeful.
“She started it!” Cadance pointed a hoof at the changeling. Chrysalis hissed at her, baring her fangs at her.
“At least I am a proper ruler and not a childish unexperienced princess!” Chrysalis hissed as she stood up from the table. Cadance quickly stood up as well, her horn glowing, Shining Armor quickly stood trying to see if he could prevent this.
“What!? You wanna go another round!?” Cadance yelled as her horn glowed angrily. The queen quickly followed suit as her horn lit up. Shining Armor quickly stood in between his wife and who could have been his wife to try to stop the fighting.
“Ladies can’t we all—“
“You stay out of this!” they both yelled in union, making him back away slightly. The two rulers were nose to nose, ready to fight again, but before it could escalate further the room began to dim, making them blink and back off looking around.
“What is this witch craft!?” Chrysalis yelled angrily as she glared into the now dark room. A small flame suddenly burst in front of them making them yelp loudly. An unnerving laughter filled the halls and heads and hearts of everypony with a sense of uneasiness as it echoed throughout the darkness. The laughter died down to a deep chuckle, the chuckle sounding like the building itself was alive. Celestia groaned, rubbing her head as she lowered it.
“No….not…him.” she said whimpering as the shadows surrounded the group, keeping her from getting close. Chrysalis and Cadance quickly held each other as Razor and Shining Armor stood ready to defend them. None of them noticed the pair of blood red eyes above them, staring at them the way a predator stares at its prey before going in for the kill.

Ch 3: Celestia’s quest for the bottle of infinite aspirin

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Darkness, something Shining Armor never thought he’d see in the royal castle. This darkness reminded him of when he faced Sombra alone, his teleportation spell the only thing saving him. But now he was back in the darkness, though he was happy he wasn't alone this time, he turned his gaze to the changeling he just met today and already he somehow knew what he was thinking. He looked back to his wife and his…fling, holding each other terrified at what would happen. Shining knew that no matter what would happen, he and Razor would sooner die than letting the two rulers come to harm. He didn't know where Celestia was, she disappeared into the shadows, but he knew she could handle herself, since he was married Celestia took second place for the mare he would protect above all else. The darkness chuckled making them all gulp a bit as each one huddled closer to each other.
“Mmm…My My, what have we have here? A false Princess of Love, and a Queen who thinks too much of herself.” The voice said, the group looked around shaking slightly.
“Wwwho...who are you? I ddddemand to know who yyyyyou are this iiiinstant!” Chrysalis said, her voice shaking as she did. The voice only chuckled evilly.

“My my, such a big mouth, we need to take care of that.” The voice said as a click was heard. Chrysalis watched in horror as her mouth melted off, she quickly dropped to her knees and tried to pick up the puddle. Cadance laughed a bit at her, but quickly covered her mouth as she heard a hiss/growl.
“Do you enjoy others pain and fear?” the voice asked, she felt like the voice itself was coiling around her, gently squeezing her.
“Hey! Stop this at once!” Razor yelled as he ran to the queen, hissing at the darkness as he stood next to her his horn flaring up angrily. Shining quickly took his place by his wife’s side, his horn glowing, as Celestia stayed silent watching them from the side. The voice once again chuckled darkly.
“Now that is adorable! Two knights in shining armor, for one of you quite literally, but we don’t need you.” The voice said with a growl as the darkness wrapped itself around them and pulled them into the ground slowly.
“Shining!” Cadance shrieked as she grabbed onto his hooves, only for them to slip away. Razor quickly disappeared into the darkness as his queen tried desperately to hold onto him, only for him to be snatched away from her. Now there was only Cadance and Chrysalis, all alone in the void as the voice continued to laugh.
“Two little rulers out in the darkness without the light of the sun to guide them~” the voice sang as it sounded as if it was circling them. They quickly clung to each other shaking.
“One wanted nothing more than for the big bad bugs to leave her beautiful kingdom, not wanting to help out a race on the verge of death~” it said with a chuckle.

“The other wanted nothing more than to give her subjects a home, and was willing to do anything to achieve it, even burning down a whole kingdom to do so~” it said in a still singing voice.
“Now one must ask this. Who is the monster here? ~” the voice asked as the room seemed to flicker a bit.
“The one who says she’s the embodiment of Love, but was willing to Kill an entire race just because she didn't like them?” the voice asked as Cadance screamed as she felt an arm around her, she quickly clung tighter to Chrysalis both in near tears.
“Or the one who wanted to feed her people, at the cost of another kingdom?” the voice said. Chrysalis clung to Cadance as she started hyper ventilating, only then did she realize her mouth was back but she did not dare speak. The voice chuckled again as two red glowing eyes began to appear from out of the darkness, their yellow outline shining as the red orb glared at them.
“One must ask if these rulers should be left to rule, or simply removed from this plane of existence.” The voice said as the eyes glowed brighter, as rows of razor-sharp teeth began to form beneath them, the two rulers watched in horror as the floating face stared at them.
“I think I know the answer to that question, time and time again I have seen kingdoms fall and fail because the rulers of said kingdoms would rather see them burn than flourish, so I think I’ll take care of this problem before it gets out of control.” The face said with an evil grin. To their horror, a skull began to form, then veins and muscle, before brown fur began to grow. They were now staring at a head that was growing two different kinds of horns; a large slender neck began to, from behind the head, grow longer and longer before forming into a large body. A large lion paw began to form, its claws already out and tapping at the floor, as an eagle claw quickly followed suit. The creature was so large its head was big enough to cover the palace doors if it wanted too. The body coiled around them as it chuckled, clearly larger than it was letting on since most of it was still hidden in the darkness. Cadance and Chrysalis held each other in total terror as they stared down the beast. The creature opened its mouth showing off his teeth, each tooth was as large as a hoof as it snapped at them.

“So who’s first?” the creature said, growling a bit as he leaned in showing off his teeth.
“No! Please! We will be proper rulers!” Chrysalis yelled as she clung to Cadance, while also trying to use her as a shield.
“Uh yeah! We promise we will be better rulers!” she yelled as she tried to back away from the mouth, the beast stared at them for a moment before grinning.
“Oh really? How can I tell you’re telling the truth?” the creature asked as what they assumed was his tail started wrapping itself around them slowly.
“We promise! We Promise!” they screamed as they started crying as they held each other. The beast chuckled a bit as he continued to stare them down.
“Alright then, Pinkie Promise me then.” He said with a chuckle. The two rulers looked at him confused.
“What?” they said in union as they just stared at him. He chuckled a bit.
“It’s quite simple: Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!” he said with a dark glee as he stuck a cupcake right into his eye, moments later two cupcakes appeared in front of the two rulers, both scaring and confusing the both of them.

“I don’t like cupcakes, too sweet.” Chrysalis said quietly as she eyed the sweet treat.
“I’m trying to watch my weight.” Cadance said as she looked at the two cupcakes floating. Suddenly the beast let out a loud snarl as his tail suddenly wrapped around them, constricting them.
“PINKIE PROMISE!” he roared as he began to shake said rulers like salt shakers, making them scream in terror.
“OK! OK! Just let me live!” Chrysalis yelled as she quickly grabbed one, Cadance followed suite grabbing the other one.
“DO THE CHANT!” he bellowed as he stopped shaking them. They started to cry as they quickly did the chant, sticking the cupcake into their eyes.
“Ah! It burns!” Cadance yelled as the sweet frosting began to sting at her eye. The creature just growled as he grinned at them.
“Ahh good, but I am rather hungry, so I think your kingdoms will be fine without their rulers.” He said as he squeezed them.
“Somepony help me!” Cadance yelled as she tried to get free from his tail but to no avail.
“You mean help us!” Chrysalis screamed as she tried to struggle using her hooves to push herself free using Cadance as leverage.
“Auntie, help us!” Cadance yelled, freely crying as she tried to kick herself free while also kicking Chrysalis in the process.

“Yes! Help me—us! Please!” Chrysalis said as tears freely ran down her cheek, as she was face to face with the rows of sharp teeth. The two rulers just stared as they continued to cry. Chrysalis shook as she closed her eyes ready for the end, the pink Alicorn looked on a bit before wiping a tear away from her eye.
“Chrysalis...I’m I’m sorry.” Cadance said a bit shaky as she tried to stop herself from crying, this made the beast stop and staring at her, as Chrysalis looked over.
“I’m sorry for not giving you a chance, for not letting you sign that treaty. If I could I’d take it all back. I hope you can forgive me, for what I've done to you and your people, I don’t want to die without saying I am sorry.” Cadance said as she wiped more tears away. Chrysalis looked at her a bit shocked at first, but she couldn't help but smile.
“And I am sorry for everything I have done, I am sorry for kidnapping you and crashing your wedding and I am also sorry for zapping your auntie.” Chrysalis said sniffling a bit as she couldn't help but smile some more, she didn't know why but she did felt slightly happy. The beast just continued to stare them down, grinning as he did so. Celestia sighed a bit as she stood up and made her way to the group, having seen enough from her little corner.
“And I am also sorry for sleeping with your husband.” Chrysalis said bluntly as she had stopped crying.

“WHAT!?” Cadance yelled angrily at her as she glared at the queen. Chrysalis gulped a bit before she gave a nervous chuckle.
“What?! It’s not my fault he can---
“OK that’s enough! I do NOT need to hear about my nephew and niece’s sex life and YOU!” Celestia said angrily pointing a hoof at the beast the glare she gave it would make any stallion burst into flames.
“Let them down now, you got what you wanted so let them go.” Celestia said firmly as she glared straight at the beast, it just chuckled.
“Oh? Why should I?” he asked as he began to shake his tail, making the two rulers scream again.
“I am more powerful than you, I can take your kingdom from you in the blink of an eye, why should I listen to you?” the beast asked growling at her. Celestia just rolled her eyes as her hoof shot out and grabbed one of his ears, making him yelp loudly as she pulled.
“Ah! OK! OK! Geez, rip my ear off why don’t you!?” the beast yelled, his deep voice gone and replaced with a much less demonic deep voice. The moment she grabbed and pulled his ear, the darkness vanished as if a light switch was flipped; even the clicking sound was heard. Chrysalis and Cadance blinked as they stared at the beast, before they could say anything else he vanished in a flash of bright light. They stayed there floating in midair for a moment before falling to the ground with a thud.

“Really Celestia, so barbaric!” the creature said as he reclined on her back, sighing a bit as he rubbed his ear a bit.
“Discord, off NOW.” she said angrily. He chuckled as he flashed away only to appear in front of her.
“Hello, how are you?” he asked with a big grin, she just stared at him with the biggest stink eye he has ever seen.
“What do you want Discord?” Celestia asked annoyed as she stared at him with a deadpan expression.
“Oh you know, I just wanted to come by and say hello!” he said happily as he grabbed her and lifted her up like a rag doll. She quickly flicked his nose with her hoof, making him yelp.
“How dare you! You assaulted me! You both saw that, right!?” Discord yelled holding his nose as he looked back at the pink Alicorn and the Changeling queen slowly standing up gently, a bit groggily.
“What in the bloody buck is going on?” Chrysalis said as she rubbed her head, as she looked up she came face to face with Discord, the mad god of Chaos himself. It was hard not to notice him since he was literally face to face with her, his snout pressing against hers. He stared at her for a bit before he gave her muzzle a small lick, she let out a shriek as she jumped and dived behind Cadance using her as a shield.
“How is that beast free!?” Chrysalis yelled as she pointed at Discord, making him frown as he crossed his arms.

“Auntie, Discord is free! Quickly, get the Elements!” Cadance yelled as she grabbed a nearby chair and held it in front of her as she shook in fear. Celestia just stared at them confused.
“OK, I can understand Chrysalis not knowing, but you Cadance? I sent a letter to each kingdom, I put yours above the others since you and Twilight are sisters-in-law.” Celestia said as she walked up to them trying to piece together what was happening.
“Are you crazy?! That’s Discord! Evil lord of Chaos! He did more damage than this bug did!” Cadance yelled as the chair still held firm in her magic grasp as she held it in front of her.
“Hey!” Chrysalis yelled glaring at Cadance but her attention quickly snapping back to Discord as he started to laugh.
“My my, so you’re that Cadance I have heard about. OH! That means that stallion was her brother! I knew he seemed familiar the first time around!” Discord said with glee as he clapped his mismatched hands together as he did a little twirl.

“Cadance, you should know this. Discord has been living in Equestria for the last few months now. Peacefully, might I add.” Celestia said as she stood between the group.
“Well, peaceful to an extent, dear.” Discord said with a hardy laugh, making Celestia groan a bit.
“Be quiet Discord.” Celestia said as she looked back at her niece, who was staring at her.
“OK I can buy this bug—Chrysalis and the changelings, coming to peaceful terms with us, but Discord?” Cadance said as she pointed a hoof at him.
“Discord, the most evil being in all of Equestria, is living here peacefully?” Cadance asked, still not believing her auntie.
“Yes he is—
“Are you insane!? It’s Discord, the most evil monster to walk Equestria! The one who made millions suffer! How can you be ok with him living here!? He should be put down!” Cadance yelled angrily as she pointed at him as she set the chair down on the floor but still within reach. The queen was taken aback by her harsh tone, but more importantly was the feeling she felt. She looked at Discord and saw him looking at the ground a bit sad; she could smell guilt coming off of him clear as day. But before she could do anything more he looked up at her and smiled a bit.

“Oh! You wound me so!” Discord yelled as he pulled a random piece of paper out of nowhere and began to wipe his fake tears away.
“OH cruel fate! How can I possibly live in this world if the Princess of Love hates me! Oh woe is me!” he cried as he placed a hand on his head before blowing into the paper, making it drippy. The mares cringed as he ringed it out.
“Discord will you behave—is that one of my scrolls?” Celestia asked as she used her magic to grab at the soggy paper cringing as she did. She looked it over before an enraged look crossed her face as she looked at Discord the fires of Tarturas in her eyes.
“DISCORD! THIS IS THE LETTER I SENT CADANCE!” Celestia yelled, her royal voice booming and shaking the castle itself as she yelled. Cadance, Chrysalis and Discord yelled in pain as they covered their ears.
“Ouch! Tone it down a little!” Discord yelled as he covered his ears.
“DON’T YOU---“ Celestia gasped as her lips were sealed, her mane turning from a soft rainbow color to a full hell-fire mane.

“Easy! Calm down! If you do I promise cake! Chocolate cake!” Discord yelled as he put his mismatched hands up. To make his point, a piece of cake appeared in front of him as if using it as a shield. Almost immediately Celestia’s fiery mane went back to normal before looking at Discord and the cake, she closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths, the pink Alicorn and queen looked at the two, Chrysalis looked at Cadance as if expecting on answer, which she just sighed.
“My auntie has a bit of a sweet tooth, let’s just say you could have taken over Canterlot if you just showed up with cake.” Cadance said rubbing her head a bit making the queen nod as she made a mental note about that. Celestia made a few motions with her hoof as Discord snapped his fingers, making her mouth whole again.
“Discord, why do you have that letter?” Celestia said calmly but firmly, her eyes looked at him making him nervous, he knew he was staring down a raging storm but he didn't need to worry, he had cake as an alley.
“Oh is it I didn't—“
“DISCORD!” Celestia yelled again, glaring at him this time.
“OK! OK! Sheesh, you need to watch that temper of yours.” Discord said with a chuckle but coughed nervously when Celestia gave a snort that would put a bull to shame.
“As I was saying dear, yes that is the letter that poor Candensa-licious was supposed to get.” Discord said grinning at the nickname he just gave her. Chrysalis let out a hard laugh as Candensa---Cadance blushed as she glared angrily at him. Celestia groaned loudly as she slapped her forehead.

“What other letters did you take Discord?” Celestia asked in a very business-like tone.
“Oh, you know, I took letters here and there… Oh and let’s not forget all the fan fic—
“Discord!” she yelled again angrily as she glared at him, he gulped a little backing away slightly.
“Easy there Tia! I only took that letter, that one single letter.” Discord said firmly, a bit worried at her glare.
“Are you lying to me? You know if the Zebras or Gryphons see you walking around they will attack first and---
“And put innocent lives at risk, I know Celestia, in case you haven’t noticed I've grown a conscience recently.” He said firmly but with his trade mark grin. Celestia stared at him for a moment before sighing.
“OK, I believe you on that part, but why did you take Cadance’s letter?” Celestia asked looking at him a bit more calmly, but rolled her eyes at the toothy grin he was giving her.
“Oh, you know me, a little chaos and havoc here and there.” Discord grinned evilly, as he glanced at the two rulers, making them look at each other worried.
“Oh and I thought it would be nice to mess with Twilight’s brother, to boot.” He said chuckling a bit as he his grin got wider. Cadance gasped loudly, making everyone turn to look at her.

“What did you do to my husband!?” she screamed as she grabbed the chair again threatening to hit him with it. Discord rolled his eyes a bit as he clicked his fingers, making the chairs legs turn into snakes, they quickly turned to Cadance and Chrysalis, making them scream as Cadance shook the chair wildly like a mad pony. She quickly threw the chair causing it to crash through a window, seconds later screams and loud rampant buzzing and hissing were heard. Discord stood there, shocked for a moment, before looking at her with hearts in his eyes.
“Oh, where have you been all my life!?” Discord yelled happily as he dashed to her and wrapped his arms around her spinning, she screamed as the mad god spun her around.
“You and me! Chaos everywhere!” Discord yelled happily as he held her up like a small doll, a small doll that kicked and flailed around.
“Put me down now!” Cadance shrieked as Chrysalis laughed at her. Discord quickly turned his attention to the laughing changeling, he quickly made his way over and wrapped his arm around her, shutting her up as he grabbed her muzzle.
“Now then, I think we need a musical number, don’t you agree?” he said with a grin as the queen tried her hardest to pull away from him, hissing and growling as she did so.
“No no, not that kind of musical!” Discord said with glee as he let go of her snout, making her snap at him the moment he did. He quickly backed away, holding Cadance in one arm as he stared at the queen.

“Now now, we don’t want the same thing with your mouth to happen again now do we?” Discord asked grinning evilly as he readied his fingers ready to click. Chrysalis quickly closed her mouth and she looked at him in fear. Celestia just rolled her eyes as she rubbed her head.
“Now then, for the musical!” Discord yelled happily as he swung Cadance around, making her scream again. The changeling just looked at him confused.
“You want me to sing?” she asked just staring at the mad god, getting more confused as he laughed harder.
“No no, my dear, you misunderstand me, I don’t need your voice.” He said grinning as he looked at her with glee. Before she could ask him he closed the gap between them pressing his snout against hers again.
“I need your body.” Discord said grinning at the changeling, her cheeks turning a bright red as she backed away from him.
“You’re going to have to get me an impossible amount of hard cider for what you want beast.” She said glaring at him, blushing slightly harder as he just chuckled at her.

“Oh, is that an offer?” Discord asked wiggling his eyebrows at her, making her blush harder.
“No! It is not!” Chrysalis shrieked as she backed away more, still blushing. Discord grinned at the blushing changeling before clicking his fingers, she flinched a bit expecting the worse but nothing came. After a few moments of silence, a small whistling sound is heard, then another and another. The whistling sounds continued to grow in number and noise as the group looked all over for the sound. Discord started laughing nice and hard as he pointed to Chrysalis. She looked a bit confused and looked down at her hooves, her eyes shot open as she saw the holes in her legs whistling. She screamed as she shook her hooves violently as she looked her body over, every hole she had started whistling a little tune. Cadance had started laughing back at the changeling as Celestia couldn't help but snort a little.
“Ah, see? Musical! Hahahah!” Discord laughed hard as he started to dance in the air with Cadance, who was laughing a moment ago, now stopped and quickly tried to free herself from him.
“I demand to know where my husband is!” she screamed right into his ear, making him drop her like she was a hot potato. She hit the floor with a thud, the musical changeling still trying to rid herself of the singing holes.

“What is with everyone in this family and yelling!?” Discord yelled as rubbed his ears, trying to get the ringing to stop. Cadance quickly stood up, glaring at Discord as she puffed out her chest slightly, but found it hard at keeping a straight face due to the whistling behind her, even more so when said changeling tried desperately to cover said holes resulting in different tunes.
“I will say it once again, where is my husband?!” she yelled again glaring at him. Discord just chuckled as he disappeared in a bright light, only to reappear next to her, pulling her into a hug.
“Oh relax! He is!” he said grinning evilly at her as he grabbed the whistling changeling with his lion paw, making her yelp as he pulled her into a hug, holding one ruler in each arm.
“Where?” Cadance asked trying to pull away from him, Chrysalis doing the same thing while her holes continued to whistle.
“Oh, somewhere that relaxation is the main objective, though I’m not sure if males are allowed.” He said scratching his beard as Celestia face hoofed. She knew just knew Discord did something that would give her plenty of legal papers that would need to be sighed.
………………………….

“I warned you to stay away, but nooooo, you just had the play hero.” Razor said angrily as he was tied back to back with Shining Armor, a towel wrapped around them firmly.
“Shut it! So umm… ladies can we, ummm…look the other way?” Shining Armor asked a bit nervously, sweating bullets and not because of the steam. They had landed head first into an all-mare bathhouse, making the mares scatter at first. Now said mares surrounded them, swinging towels with soap bars in them in their hooves as they walked closer to the males.
“Well, what do you think girls?” one of the mares said as she stepped forth, the other mares just booed at them as they readied their weapons.
“If we survive this I will kick your flank so hard your cutie mark will fall off.” Razor said angrily but whimpered quickly at the mares glaring at him and Shining.
“Get ‘em!” a mare yelled as they pounced.
“Not the face!” Shining yelled as the mares pounced on him and the changeling, swinging the towel bars, kicking and punching at them as they got lost in the horde of mares.
…………………………………..

“Discord I know I should of led with this, but what are you doing here?” Celestia asked as she watched Discord move the two rulers around like dolls as they flailed about.
“Oh you know, helping out.” He said with a grin as the flailing rulers tried to get away from him.
“How is this helping?” Celestia asked looking at Discord as he played with her niece and what she hopped would be her new counselor. He stopped playing with them and held them at his sides smiling.
“Why, by bringing the changeling race and pony race together in peace! And bringing two bitter enemies and making them best friends now!” he yelled happily as he squeezed them tightly.
“We are not friends!” Cadance yelled angrily as Chrysalis nodded agreeing with her for the first time.
“I said Best Friends Forever!” Discord yelled angrily as he shook them violently, making them scream.
“Discord enough! You can’t make ponies or changelings like each other when they can’t even stand each other.” Celestia said groaning as she walked over to her throne and sat down with a huff.
“Sure you can! You do it all the time! Like me or no sun comes up!” Discord said with a laugh as he started juggling the 2 rulers.
“For the love of all things changeling, make him stop!” Chrysalis yelled as she tried to catch herself with her wings but they failed to work.

“Yes, please auntie, make him stop!” Candace yelled as she burst into tears.
“Oh look now, see what you did, you made her cry!” Chrysalis yelled angrily.
“And why do you care if she’s sad or not?” Discord asked catching them finally giving them a chance to relax. Chrysalis looked at him and opened her mouth to answer, but stayed silent.
“And Cadance, do you want the whistling to stop?” he asked the sniffling princess, she looked at the changeling who had forgotten about the holes until now and was trying desperately to cover them.
“..Yes, please I've had enough… Sure, it was funny, but now it’s just cruel.” Cadance said sadly as she wiped her tears away only to be pulled closer to Discord and held firmly against his chest as he did the same to Chrysalis.
“See! Best friends! They now care about what happens to each other! Isn't that what friendship is? Making your life more comfortable by making others less miserable?” Discord said with a squee, the two rulers had stopped trying to fight him and just sighed, defeated by the mad god. Celestia stared at him with a deadpan expression.
“Discord. ….That’s not friend--.” Celestia stopped speaking as she saw the look in his eyes, and how they sparkled like a cat, even a purr was heard. The two rulers looked at him shocked, he was purring!

“…fine, its close enough, now please let them go Discord.” She said hopefully but he held them firmly as he grinned.
“But why? We are just getting to know each other, right?” he asked looking at both of them at the same time, they screamed as his eyes went from normal to walled eyes, like a chameleon, he even gave the little flick of the tongue.
“Discord, enough! Keep this up and I will tell Fluttershy what you have been doing!” Celestia yelled angrily at him as she snorted. His smile quickly faded into a frown as he just stood there quietly closing his eyes as he gave a sigh.
“Fluttershy…” he said quietly letting go of the two rulers, he kept his head down as he turned to leave.
“…Sorry for bothering you Celestia, nice meeting you Cadance, you too Chrysalis.” He said as he walked away, not making eye contact.
“Yes yes now—wait what?” Celestia asked blinking a bit her brain taking a second to process what was happening. She looked at him and noticed him just walking away, she was taken back at his sudden change in his mood. Discord was unpredictable to a degree but she knew one thing, he would never just leave quietly. She shuddered at the memory of him singing before she and Luna sealed him up.
“Discord, are you OK?” Celestia asked after a moment of silence trotting up next to him, she’d never seen Discord act like this and it unnerved her, to say the least. She inwardly cursed the gods for that. Discord acting…normal worried her and she knew a greater force was chuckling at her right now because of that.
“Oh nowhere, just getting out of your mane dear.” He said with a weak smile as Celestia continued to walk next to him. Chrysalis looked on with an intense gaze as she studied the strange being ignoring Cadance asking about what she and shining did together for 3 weeks.

“Discord what’s wrong? All the time I've known you, you never just get up and leave….quietly at least.” Celestia said trying to get him to look at her, he just rolled his eyes as he continued to walk. Discord just frowned as he continued to walk.
“Usually you want me out of your mane, and the one time I decide to do just that, you complain typical.” Discord said a bit annoyed, rubbing his head a bit.
“Exactly! Discord, you've never done anything I've said before, so please tell me if anything is bothering you, please.” Celestia said trying to get in front of him.
“Uh nag nag nag, I swear Celestia you get more annoying each time I see you.” Discord said rolling his eyes again as he continued to walk. He stopped in his tracks, he blinked a bit as he tried to move that’s when he noticed the faint gold glow around him. He gave a low growl as he gritted his teeth as his tail flicked angrily.
“Celestia, you’re really and I mean Really pushing it today.” Discord said angrily making his powers flare up, easily breaking the magic field around him. He turned around and faced Celestia, she noticed the look in his eyes, he was not amused a look she rarely saw. She stared him down thinking of what she should do next. Cadance and Chrysalis stood at the sidelines, watching in silence. Cadance noticed the intense look the queen was giving to the two gods.
“Discord I just want some answer—
“And you think taking away my right to not talk is the way to go?” Discord asked looking at his claws annoyed as he flicked them, she just stared at him silently.

“What, nothing to say? Finally going to shut that hole you call a mouth?” Discord said, looking up from his claws at her, she winched inwardly. She knew Discord was rude at times, but he was so to try to be funny, but this was just rude for the sake of being rude.
“Discord what’s the matter? You can tell me.” She said hoping to get some answers from him, he just scoffed at her.
“I can, but I won’t, nothing is going on you noisy brat, so just drop it.” He said giving her a cold glare, she noticed his red eyes were slightly redder than usual, though she didn't know why.
“Discord, stop acting like a child and—
“I don’t have to tell you crap Celestia!” Discord yelled angrily, taking her back at his sudden outburst. She stared at him in shock as he glared at her.
“Why should I tell you anything? You’re nothing to me so what right do you have to pester me?” he asked coldly as he flicked his tail in annoyance.

“Discord…we are frien—
“Friends? Really Celestia?” he asked as he started laughing at her, he continued to laugh at her before finally stopping his laughter turning into a dull chuckle. He wiped his eyes a bit as his cold glare returned.
“If you and I are friends, then I’d suggest that queeny over there to run as fast and as far as she can, because if you treat your friends the way you do I’d hate to see how you treat your enemies.” He said with a dark chuckle as he stared her down, she remained silent. Cadance and Chrysalis looked on in silence as the two gods stared each other down.
“Do you think we should step in?” Cadance asked a bit worried, the changeling only shook her head lightly.
“Normally I’d say yes, but I wouldn't want to get between them, do you?” Chrysalis said quietly as she stared on, noting Celestia’s angry look.
“Discord, stop being such a child!” Celestia yelled at him angrily making him growl at her.
“What have I done to y---“
Celestia stopped in mid-sentence as she thought about what Discord said before looking down slightly, the changeling in the room noted the strong emotional shift in Celestia. She didn't know today would be so interesting.
“That’s what I thought. Finally remembered all the things you did?” Discord asked coldly, hissing a bit as he circled around her as she stayed quiet.

“If you need me, I’ll be around.” He said coldly as he walked past her. As he did he gave a smug look as he got ready to head back to his new home that was until the door burst open.
“Tia!” a voice whined as a dark blue Alicorn trotted in angrily.
“Did you take my piece of cake again—Discord!?” she yelled happily as she saw the mismatched creature; he quickly turned and smiled back at her. The anger and coldness in his eyes evaporating as he laid eyes on the happy Alicorn.
“Luna!” he yelled as he practically tackled her to the ground, wrapping his arms around her.
“Finally a pony that actually knows what fun is!” Discord yelled happily as he held her up like a doll, making her kick lightly as she giggled a bit.
“Discord! It’s so good to see you!” Luna said smiling at him, he just chuckled as he held her.
“Yes, it is good to see me, isn't it?” he said with a laugh as Luna giggled at him shaking her head a bit. he grinned more as he put her down.
“What are you doing here Discord? Last time we checked, you were sharing residence with dear Fluttershy.” Luna asked as she stood next to him as he just chuckled a bit.
“Oh you know, saying hi to everypony and visiting your pain-in-the-flank sister.” He said rolling his eyes a bit but grinned as he pointed at her. She scoffed at him, giving him a glare, but he ignored her as he circled around Luna.
“Ah yes, my sister can be a pain, but she is still my sister.” She said with a grin as Celestia gave her an angry “Hey!”

“So Discord, how are things going on in Ponyville?” Luna asked with a warm smile. Discord yawned a bit, getting Luna’s attention as she looked into his eyes.
“Oh you know, same old chaos-less boring town, though I do tend to spice it up when I can.” Discord said with a laugh, not noticing Luna’s intense stare. After a few moments of silence he looked at her a bit confused.
“Discord, have you been sleeping well?” she asked a bit worried, he just rolled his eyes at her.
“Oh please, I sleep like a log, sometimes in a log” he said crossing his arms a bit, but smiled at her, she just stared at him making him groan.
“Oh come on, why does everypony freak out when I wake up a bit early? Seriously, it’s not that bad, not as bad as queeny over there sleeping with Candalicious’ hubby.” Discord said grinning as he pointed over at Chrysalis, making her eep loudly. A loud face hoof was heard as the two rulers turned and glared at each other.
“Hey that’s right! Why did you sleep with my husband!?” Cadance yelled as she pointed her hoof at the changeling as she started yelling at her, throwing a few swears at the queen making her hiss a bit.
“Hey, it’s not my fault he wanted the better experience that I can give!” Chrysalis yelled back with a hiss. The two began to bicker again as Discord just laughed at them. Celestia groaned loudly as she rubbed her head a bit, knowing full well Discord threw a match onto a gas filled room. Amongst the chaos, Luna kept her eyes on Discord as if trying to read him. He was laughing and smiling but something was off, his fur seemed ruffed up. His eyes were redder than usual and he just looked tired. Being the Princess of the Night, she could spot a pony that was having trouble sleeping, or a Draconequus in this case.

“Discord, are you sure nothing’s wrong?” Luna asked a bit quietly, making him turn to look at her.
“I know we are not exactly friends Discord, but I want to fix that, make amends as it were.” She said kindly as she looked up at him, he looked back at her and rolled his eyes a bit.
“Nothing to fix Luna, what’s done is done….there’s nothing you can do to fix the past.” He said a bit bitterly but grinned at her.
“So what’s up Lunabutt?” he asked ignoring the bickering in the background, she just stared at him, Tia might not be as observant as her but it didn’t take much to tell Discord was hiding something.
“Oh you know Disco, just watching my glorious night at…..well, at night, and playing these new things called “Video games” by day, oh and as Tia puts it, setting a bad example for being a princess.” Luna said happily as she grinned at her sister’s misery.
“You are! What princess gives imported hyper coffee to the nobles!? You have any idea how happy I am that I decided to have cameras banned from the castle!?” Celestia yelled as she held Chrysalis and Cadance in midair, each trying to kick each other as she held them. Discord and Luna gave a hard laugh at her.
“Really?! Hyper coffee?! That’s brilliant!” Discord yelled as he laughed, making Luna laugh alongside him.

“I learned from the best.” She said with a grin.
“Ah, so young grasshopper has learned from her master.” Discord said in an overly stereotypical eastern accent making Luna go into a laughing fit as Celestia thanked the gods that her meeting with the diplomats of The 4 Houses of Shao was moved to next week, she was more grateful as Discord pulled out a staff and his goatee grew all the way to his feet as he stroked it. Discord held his complexion for only a few seconds before he burst into a laughing fit as the staff and long beard poofed away.
“Oh Discord, thou should have seen us on Nightmare Night, which was truly a night to remember!” Luna said after her fit of laughter died down a bit, but she continued to snort and giggle.
“Oh! I heard about that! You turning into Nightmare Moon again and scaring the little kiddies right out of their costumes and claiming the candy for yourself!” Discord yelled happily as he laughed again. He continued to laugh, enjoying himself with Luna as she gave her impression of Nightmare Moon. The laughs, the joy, this is what he needed. He knew he made the right choice coming here after the stressful night he had, he needed a good laugh.

“And then we--I was dubbed favorite princess by a young Pip” Luna said proudly, she didn't seem to notice Discord’s shark-like teeth as he grinned his laughter stopping and turning into a low chuckle.
“Oh, Pip eh?” he said with a grin, only then did Luna see the danger, but it was too late the shark had caught his prey.
“Yes…he’s a friend Discord.” Luna said firmly but Discord only grinned at her.
“Oh I’m sure he’s a friend…a close friend.” He said winking at her making her blush.
“Oh I can just picture you two in a tree.” He said with glee as he chuckled, making Luna blush harder
“What are you---
“Though knowing you and your last “friend”, we can skip the wedding and go right onto the baby carriage.” Discord said chuckling evilly, knowing full well that he just put Luna on castle arrest.
“WHAT!?” Celestia yelled hearing the last part as she shook Cadance and Chrysalis angrily as she glared at Luna.
“Tis a Lie! Night Hoof was just my night guard!” Luna yelled blushing as Discord covered his mouth snickering, he stopped for a moment to look at her.
“Oh really? Poor Pip, he will be heart-broken.” Discord said giving her his best sad eyes, she only glared at him.
“He is but 7 years of age!” Luna yelled blushing hard as she waved her hoof at him. Discord looked horrified at her as he backed off.
“Luna! Shame! I bet he hasn't even had his first wet drea—
“Discord! He is but a friend!” Luna yelled blushing hard at the fact of him suggesting such things. Sure pip was cute but in that dawww kind of way.

“Ah so he’s not your colt friend?” Discord asked a bit confused.
“NO!” Luna yelled stomping her hoof angrily. Discord just stood there playing with his goatee.
“Ah ok, then you should have said so then.” Discord said waving his finger at her. She was about to say something, but him giving a loud laugh silenced her.
“Oh! Who’s the new Colt friend? Is it Big Mac? Ooh, maybe that new librarian Magus Storm?...Twilight?” Discord said grinning as Luna grew more flustered by the moment.
“Oh I know! It’s me isn't it? Of course it is! Who could be more worthy than me after all?” Discord said as he disappeared, only to reappear in a wedding dress next to Luna, quickly pulling her into a tight hug.
“Kiss me, my love.” He said as he made the dreaded kissy face, making Luna flail around in an attempt to pull away from him.
“Tia! Make him stop!” Luna yelled as she held his face, stopping him from getting closer as she couldn't help but laugh at the situation.
“Kind of busy here!” Celestia said holding down the two rulers, this time a muzzle firmly on each of their faces and held down by a short chain. Luna was at the mercy of the beast as he continued the kissy face.
“What about you and Fluttershy!?” Luna yelled, making him stop and look at her tilting his head in slight confusion.
“What about her?” he asked confused as he backed off slightly, the dress gone in a flash, though Luna couldn't help but notice a black lacey band on his thigh.

“I heard she kissed you! That means you got farther than I ever did!” Luna said grinning as his face went beat red.
“It was a kiss on the cheek!” he yelled blushing hard, she just grinned.
“Oooh? That’s a bit kinky, where did you kiss her?” Luna asked a bit innocently as Discord grew redder than an apple.
“The cheek on my face! And it was after I gave her a gift!” Discord yelled back blushing, only then did he realize what happened.
“Revenge is sweet.” Luna said as she booped his nose, grinning a bit. He stood there for a moment before he sighed a bit but chuckled a bit.
“Oh, you got me good.” He said grinning as he looked at her grinning face. He tapped his chin a bit before grinning back at her, her grin gone the moment he looked at her.
“So…I got further than you?” he asked grinning as Luna blushed knowing he just turned the tables on her.
“Shut thy trap!” she yelled, her face a deep shade of red by now, to her shock he gave a big yawn, stretching as he did. He groaned a bit as his back gave an audible pop. After he was done stretching he cursed himself as he looked at Luna, she was staring at him as if trying to read him. His mind was racing a bit, knowing full well he just did something to suggest he was not at 100%. Great now the questions would never--
“Ah, I’m guessing waking up early is still new to you?” Luna asked smiling up at him, he just stared. Did she really not see it was more than that? Why would Luna give him that? He could have used that simple excuse to get Celestia off his tail… for now at least. So why did Luna give it to him?

“Yup! But you know Fluttershy and her infernal rabbit of hers, always up and at’em” he said grinning, hoping she would buy it. She stood silent for a moment before smiling at him.
“Well, if you’re tired, maybe a nap would do you some well?” she asked eyeing him a bit, he just scoffed and looked away.
“I don’t—
“That and I think Tia is giving you the hint to leave, unless you want a war to break out.” Luna said grinning as she pointed behind him. He blinked and looked behind him, only to see Celestia glaring daggers at him as Cadance and Chrysalis floated in midair as they still tried to get at each other’s throat, still bickering about who’s the better wife. He grinned a bit as he chuckled. Oh how he loved making her life miserable and how he enjoyed having to change how she held them to keep them still. Ah sweet sweet Chaos.
“Well, I suppose Fluttershy has gone long enough without seeing my magnificent face.” He said with a laugh, he quickly disappeared only to reappear in the middle of the two rulers gently knocking Celestia out of the way. To their dismay he pulled both of them into a hug.

“Anyway! Nice meeting you ladies, we should really do this again!” he said hugging them both as they tried to get away from him.
“NO!” Chrysalis yelled angrily
“I’d rather go on a date with her!” Cadance yelled pointing her hoof at him. He grinned evilly at them.
“Oooh really? Well that’s going to be a fun night for Shiny. Oh speaking of Shiny.” Discord said evilly as he clicked his fingers, making a ball of light appear in the middle of the room.
“NO! NOT THE MANE!” Shining Armor yelled as he frantically swung a plunger as Razor laid out behind him, out cold. The room went dead silent as the group looked at the duo. Shining took a moment to realize he was no longer in danger and exhaled before giving a big smile.
“Thank Celestia, we’re safe!” He said putting down said plunger. There was a snicker, then another and then soon the room was filled with laughter. The princesses, The Queen and The Discord all pointed and laughed at them. Shining stared at them for a moment before looking down and, to his horror, he saw why they were laughing. His hooves where polished and painted a hot pink with glittery finish, his white coat had been glitter-bombed as a few kiss marks marked his body. His flank had a few bite marks on it specifically on his cutie mark. His tail sported a bright pink bow and pig tail.

“Well, I didn't know he was into that kind of things! He could put the entire red light district out of business!” Discord yelled, making the girls laugh harder. Shining looked for the closest shiny surface. Discord snapped his fingers making a mirror appear in front of him making him scream at what he saw. His mane was done up in pig tails and topped off with yet another pink bow. His eyes had blue eyeliner around them, they too glittered. His cheeks had a pink blush to them. And to top it all off, his lips sported bright red lipstick, bringing out his eyes. A loud groan made Shining turn. Razor stood up, holding his head a bit as he did, his legs feeling like jello. Chrysalis burst out laughing harder than the rest as he stood. His carapace was painted a baby blue, his fins had polka dots in them and each of his holes had a bow tied to them, he was even sporting the same bright red lipstick that Shining Armor had on. Razor looked a bit confused for a moment before he looked down, his eyes bugged out as he looked at the failed art project that he called his body. He quickly glared at Shining.

“You!” Razor yelled as he shoved Shining Armor angrily.
“You just HAD to get involved didn't you!” he yelled as Shining glared back at him.
“Well I had-
“No! No, you did not Have to! You just felt like playing hero, trying to impress your wife!” he yelled at Shining, making him glare at the changeling.
“Hey, you would have done the same for your queen!” Shining Armor yelled shaking his hoof, leaving a trail of glitter as he did.
“My queen can defend herself quite well, unlike your wife!” he yelled angrily, earning a “hey!” from Cadance. As the two males started a shoving contest and bickering spreading the glitter more. Celestia stood holding her head groaning as Cadance and Chrysalis started bickering about who the better wife was. She made a mental note to look for a bottle of aspirin the size of the moon after this is over. Luna stood laughing at what Discord had done. Discord stood there holding the two rulers, smiling warmly at his chaos. Even now he still got it, he didn't need magic to create chaos, he just needed his powers to bend reality to his will and create chaos. He shrugged, knowing that was the same thing but only grinned as an idea popped into his head.

“Hmm…should I ruin this beautiful moment?” he asked to nopony in particular. He gave a yawn feeling his energy draining, no doubt Luna looking at him as he smacked his lips. He looked at Celestia, she was looking straight at him as if studying him with a slight hint of anger. An idea quickly made its way into his head, making him grin evilly before looking at the two rulers.
“Well, it’s time for me to go ladies. I know I know, don’t cry.” He said making the mares roll their eyes.
“Good riddance!” the group, except Luna, yelled angrily making him frown slightly before grinning again.
“But before I do, I will leave you with a gift.” He said making Celestia slightly worried as she took a few steps ready to stop him.
“Kiss” was all he said as he grabbed Cadance’s and Chrysalis’s heads in his hands and pushed them into each other, making their lips touch. The whole room went dead silent as the raging Shining quickly turned into a wide-eyed blushing colt, the makeup did nothing to hide it. Razor stared in horror at the sight of his queen kissing the enemy, possible ally. Both rulers remained still, not moving an inch as he held them there, making sure their lips touched. Celestia looked on in pure terror as she stood with her mouth hung open, her horn quickly flared as she pulled out a small coin purse and handed it to Luna, making her grin with a ‘Hazah!’
“Ah, sweet moments.” Discord said happily as Cadance’s and Chrysalis’s horns flared as they glared at him, death in their eyes.
…………………………………….

“My word! How ugly.” A white stallion said sounding disgusted, turning his head up at the changelings walking about. A few of them hissing at him as the carriage he rode in was pulled into the courtyard.
“Prince Blue Blood we really—
“Silence peasant! I did not give you permission to speak to Me.” he said silencing one of the stallions who was pulling him. The others just snorted angrily as they pulled in, one of them walking up to the side of the door and opening it.
“Bring me my pillow. I refuse to set hoof on this soiled ground.” Blue Blood said staring at the worker like he was dirt. The worker only scrunched his nose as he bowed.
“As you wish.” He said turning away and started to trot away. Blue Blood closed the door again, worried that some changeling would dare enter his carriage.

“You all stay away, you dirty things.” He said, making a few turn and hiss at him, making him eep.
“Now now, I am royalty, if you come close I’ll have the guards squash you!” he said, using a stick he kept in the carriage for when the common folk came too close, and started jabbing at the air with it. A few changelings just tilted their heads in confusion as more of them just ignored him. He smiled proudly as he stayed in his carriage. His smile quickly faded as a loud boom shook the court yard, all of the changelings quickly running into the castle as the sound of a window shattering echoed throughout the courtyard. Blue Blood started screaming at the top of his lungs as he pranced around in his carriage.
“Guards! Workers! Somepony help me!” he yelled frantically as he screamed like a little filly flailing his hoofs around. He quickly noticed a rather large shadow covering his carriage; he looked up and saw something coming at him.
“What in auntie’s name is---
It crashed into the carriage, making it collapse on itself in a pile of broken wood, glass and fur. The worker quickly came back to the carriage, he dropped the pillow at what he saw.
“What happened here!?” he yelled, quickly running to the mess. A paw punched though the mass as a tall slender figure stood up.

“That….was….awesome!” he yelled happily as he gave a loud laugh as changelings and royal guards flooded the courtyard, most of them wearing bandages and limping. They quickly surrounded the mismatched creature as he stood and laughed.
“Wow! Those two are a pair of fire crackers!” he said happily as he grabbed a random guard and pulled him up.
“I wonder if Luna and Celestia like to kiss like those two did. Ooh the scandal!” he said happily as the guard only blushed trying to pull away.
“Discord!”
He turned around looking at the large doors burst open as two very angry rulers came out, dragging a stallion and changeling, who tried to hold them back by pulling on their tails, only to fail. Most of the crowd burst into laughter at the sight of the males, making them blush as they tried in vain to save the mismatched creature.
“I’ll skin him alive!” Chrysalis said hissing loudly as she and Cadance made their way to him.
“Not before I break every bone in his body!” Cadance yelled, as they got closer and closer to him he only grinned.
“Oh, are you going to include me into your fun? I don’t mind and I don’t think he minds either, the more the merrier!” Discord said happily as he held up the guard, making his face go pale.
“I have nothing to do with him!” he yelled trying to pull away.
“Really? I thought you said you wanted to bed the two princesses.” Discord said making the guard flail his hooves.

“What?!” Luna and Celestia yelled glaring at the guard for a moment before glaring at Discord.
“Yeah, he said that! And that changeling over there said he peeks on his queen when she’s showering.” He said pointing to a random changeling in the crowd, who looked like he was just told he would be executed immediately. This only served to anger the two rulers more as Discord grinned sheepishly.
“Well, uhh…look at the time! It’s past my…um------- Smoke bomb!” he yelled throwing something at the ground as the courtyard filled with a thick black smoke. Soon the whole courtyard was filled with coughing ponies and changelings.
“Why must you encourage him!?” Celestia yelled as she breathed in the black smoke going into a coughing fit.
“You’re too serious Tia! Learn to relax!” Luna yelled back, using her wings to push away the smoke, coughing as she did.
“Who touched my flank?!” Shining Armor yelled spinning around, trying to see who grabbed a feel.
“Wasn’t me” Chrysalis said coughing as her horn flared. Soon every changeling started to flap their wings, buzzing loudly as the smoke moved away, the Pegasus in the yard quickly helping them. Soon the smoke dispersed after a few moments of flapping only to float into the city covering the sky in dark smoke, the sounds of panicking ponies quickly filling the yard making Celestia groan once more. Discord was nowhere to be seen, the only thing left of him was a pole with a sign on it. Celestia was the first to reach it worried about what it would say, Cadance, Chrysalis and Luna quickly made their way to it, only to scream at the fact the note was talking to them.

“Is this thing on?...Oh! Well Tia, this has been fun even though you were a pain in the ass but sadly I must be going, its limbo night. So I’ll stop by another time, maybe with some whip cream!
Yours truly, Discord”
The note then went blank as Cadance and Chrysalis only snorted angrily.
“You may have saved your hide.” Chrysalis said angrily, hissing a bit as she did.
“But mark our words, you will pay.” Cadance said glaring at the note, hoping it would somehow hurt the mismatched god. They gave a snort before retreating into the castle, each plotting against the mad god. They vowed to get revenge, even if it was the last thing they ever did. The crowd quickly started to disperse, a lot of them still laughing at the two pretty upped males.
“I don’t swing that way!” Shining yelled angrily at one of the guards. Razor grabbed Shining and pulled him away, sighing about needing a bath. The guard mumbled something as a nearby changeling chuckled.
“What! No no, hold up what did you say!?” Shining yelled, pulling away from Razor as he pulled off his ear rings.
“Hold my earrings” Shining Armor yelled as he tossed the earrings at Razor before chasing the stallion and the changeling as Razor followed behind them.

“Oh come on! Let it go!” he yelled as they disappeared into the castle. Luna stayed standing there, staring at the post, being quiet for a moment before being nudged by Celestia.
“Luna, what was wrong with Discord? His moods have always been…well, chaotic, but this was odd, even for him.” She said, hoping for an answer as Luna turned to look at her.
“Tia I wouldn’t worry about it, yes he did seem off, but it’s Discord. Chances are next time we see him he will be back to normal…at least, his version of normal.” Luna said smiling as she looked at the post poofing out of existence. Celestia scrunched her nose a bit as she turned, only to hear a low groan making her stop in her tracks.
“Luna, did you hear something?” she asked as a changeling walked up, sniffing at the crushed cart.
“I think he’s dead.” He said sniffing the cart again, making Luna tilt her head a bit.
“What? What do you mean—oh gods, it’s Blue Blood’s cart.” Luna said, quickly jumping off, Celestia doing the same, making the changeling yelp as he ran off. The two princesses’ horns flare lifting and tossing away the wreckage to reveal a lifeless Blue Blood under it.
“Blue Blood! Are you ok!?” Celestia yelled grabbing him and shaking him violently making him gurgle a bit as she did.
“Tia! I don’t think shaking him would help at all!” Luna yelled, stopping her from shaking him, she stopped and looked at him worried. He stayed still for a moment before his eyes opened and looked at her, his eyes spinning.
“Oh thank the gods that—

“Twinkle twinkle little pickle how I wonder how butter is grown.” He said slurring, his eyes continuing to spin as he passed out, making Celestia sigh.
“Yup he’s ok.” She said sighing as she placed him on her back and started to head into the castle.
“You do know when he and Chrysalis meets there will be bloodshed right?” Luna asked following her, making Celestia groan.
“After what Discord did, I can handle anything Chrysalis and Blue Blood can do.” She said going into the castle. Luna stopped just before the door, Celestia walking in, she turned and looked at the sky.
“Discord, I hope you’re ok, and I hope you learn to trust us in time.” She said smiling a bit before walking in, following her sister. Suddenly remembering her quest for that magical bottle of hers.
…………………

Discord grinned at he turned, seeing the two rulers fuming before tossing the mirror away, making it burst into bubbles. He chuckled a bit as he stretched.
“Oh I SO needed that.” He said smiling as he continued to stretch grinning happily but winced a bit as a sharp pain shot though his shoulder.
“What the—“ he held his shoulder a bit and blinked, he removed his paw and his eyes widened.
“Blood?” he said blinking at the purple liquid, this was new. He’s gotten hurt before in the past, even enough to need medical attention, but that was after something that would have killed a normal creature. His mind raced with thoughts, he barely took any damage at all and he was bleeding. This unnerved him as he held his shoulder, feeling the liquid run down. He squeezed it wincing at the pain slowly growing, his heart beat quickening.

“…The Tartarus is happening to me?” he thought for a moment before his paw flared with magic, quickly healing and dulling the pain. His mind raced with how he managed to get this kind of cut but nothing came to mind, they didn’t hit him that hard…did they? He sighed as the pain dulled away to nothing as the cut healed itself. He looked at his shoulder relieved that it was as good as new. He continued to think wondering why he had gotten hurt so easily, last time he needed to heal like this was when he did that thing to Celestias private collection of cloths, He shook his head shrugging at the idea of socks and panties. He sighed rubbing his shoulder a bit.
“Must just be an off day. Nothing a quick nap won’t…fix.” He said, biting his lower lip a bit before shaking his head again.
“Come on Discord! Just forget about that stupid dream. You had it already, you can relax now!” he said growling slightly as he sighed. He knew it was just a dream but something in his gut told him to not ignore it.
“Maybe I should…tell Fluttershy more about my dreams?” he thought to himself as he conjured up a pink cloud and plopped down on it. He sat there thinking about what she said before Applejack angered him, she will feel his wrath too. He gave another loud yawn smacking his lips a bit before laying his head down on the soft bed.
“Nah, I don’t need help I can handle this on my own.” Discord said yawning more as he stretched on his cloud his back popping a bit in the process.

“I’m sure Fluttershy is too busy to be bothered with such trivial things anyway.” He said, giving another big yawn as his eyelids lowered little by little until they closed. He sighed in content as his tired eyes finally got some rest as he quickly drifted off to sleep, eager to rest, not noting the figure floating nearby. The figure watched him its eyes full of hate.
“The buck is he doing here?” the figure asked, glaring hatefully at Discord as it moved closer leaving a streak of rainbow behind it.
“Maybe it’s time to teach him a thing or two about napping in my area.” The figure said grinning as it gathered up a cloud, quickly turning it black. It gave a chuckle as it hovered the black cloud over the sleeping Draconequus.

Ch. 4: Coffee morning of crusading

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The sweet warm scent of pancakes filled the room; a dull warmth did as well. so much better than the nippy outside world.
“Fluttershy! You awake!?” Applejack said waving her hoof in front of her trying to get her attention. Fluttershy blinked before looking back at her, she was staring down at the cup of coffee for a while now.
“What?” she asked confused, making Applejack sigh. She clearly zoned out of the beginning of the conversation.
“Ah said if you wanted something on your pancakes?” she asked pointing at the stack of pancakes in front of Fluttershy. She blushed slightly, she completely forgot about the food Applejack had made for her. If it wasn't for the coffee she would probably be in more of a haze than she was right now. She thanked her friend as she sipped at her coffee thankful of the caffeine.
“Boy, Fluttershy. You really are worried about Discord, aren't you?” Applejack asked walking back to the table with a bottle of syrup.

“I’m sorry Applejack, it’s just…I worry about him.” She said taking a sip of her coffee again, enjoying the warmth.
“I mean, sure he seems playful on the outside, but on the inside I know he’s scared. He’s lived with me for 4 months now and he’s still not used to being free.” Fluttershy said sighing sadly. Applejack nodded as she placed a cup of orange juice next to her.
“Well shoot Fluttershy, only thing ah can say is just talk to the others, but you said that was out of the question.” She said slightly annoyed as she sat down next to her friend sipping her own coffee.
“Yes sorry Applejack, but---
“Say no more Fluttershy, ah won’t say a word.” Applejack said with a smile as she sipped at her coffee, making the shy mare smile back. Applejack looked back at Fluttershy and smiled at her.
“So how about you finish your breakfast and we talk about how we can help your friend?” she asked smiling as she sipped some more coffee.

“Oh Applejack I would just love that, you really are a great friend.” Fluttershy said as she started to cut her pancakes with her fork. Soon the two started to chat about what they can do to help their chaotic friend, but soon the conversation started moving from subject to subject much to each of the mares delight they sat there happily chatting away with each other. Neither of them noticed the small audience listening from the top stairs.
“Did ya hear that?” Applebloom asked as she put down the piece of cardboard tube. She sat there staring at the entrance to the kitchen from her spot on top of the stairs, her little hoofs holding onto the railing. She glanced over the edge of the stairwell one more before she looked over to her other two friends. They stared at her confused as they sat there, eating the French toast they got. She sighed as they rubbed her head.
“Scootaloo! Sweetie Belle! You two were supposed to spy with me!” Applebloom said, pouting as she watched her friends eat away at their breakfast.

“Oh come on, you know the rules! No crusading before breakfast! You remember what happened last time!” Sweetie Belle said, remembering the time they went on a crusade to get their cutie marks from dawn to dusk, only to realize that at the end of the day they went through it without eating a single thing. Applebloom scrunched her nose as she stared at them with a straight face.
“…did you at least save me some toast?” she asked a bit hopeful, still scrunching her nose. Scootaloo gave her toast a big munch as she passed a plate over to her. Applebloom squed a bit before grabbing her toast and munching on it happily. The three fillies sat and ate on the stairwell silently. The only sounds being “nom”, and the devouring of toast. Applebloom wondered why they didn't bring anything to drink but she just shrugged it off as she ate another piece of toast.

“So what’s up? Why is your sister mad?” Scootaloo asked, making Applebloom glare at her.
“Because of you!” Applebloom said angrily as she glared at her Pegasus friend. Scootaloo choked on a piece of toast at her friend’s sudden outburst, she quickly dislodged it and glared back at her.
“Me? What did I---
“If you don’t like the food give it to your dog, it won’t back fire!” Applebloom said with a wave of her hoof in a mocking tone, making Scootaloo glare at her as Sweetie giggled as she watched the two.
“How was I supposed to know you’d do it!?” she said defensively as Sweetie munched on another piece of French toast. The two pouted for a moment before they continued to eat their food. Sweetie Belle started to hum a little tune as she ate her food happily. The three fillies sat at the top of the staircase in relative silence until they finished their food. Scootaloo giving a small burp as she dusted off the crumbs off her chest.
“Anyway, as ah was saying, did ya hear about Mr. Discord?” Applebloom asked, cleaning the crumbs from her snout. The other two just stared at her before shrugging a bit, making her face hoof.

“Oh come on! Was ah the only one paying attention!?” she asked angrily, making the other two give another shrug.
“Yes.” They said in unison, making her sigh as she rubbed her head a bit.
“OK fine, from what ah can tell, Discord is acting mighty strange.” Applebloom said in a serious tone, the other two fillies just stared at her as if she just said the sky was blue.
“What, like he always does?” Scootaloo asked, tilting her head slightly in confusion. Applebloom shook her head.
“No, like bad strange.” She said rubbing her chin in thought. Sweetie Belle gasped standing up suddenly.
“Oh no! Does that mean he’s going bad?!” Sweetie Belle said, looking worried as her voice cracked a bit.
“Ah don’t know Sweetie Belle, but ah do know that Fluttershy is scared.” Applebloom said with sadness in her eyes. The others looked sad, each thinking about what to do about their friend and honorary troop mother.
“Girls, we need to help Fluttershy.” Applebloom said standing up looking over at the others, they looked at her nodding in response.

“Yeah! Rainbow Dash always said you couldn't trust that jerk!” Scootaloo said scrunching her nose as she stood up.
“Yeah! Rarity said he was uncouth!” Sweetie Belle said, her voice cracking as she did, stomping her little hoof on the floor as her horn sparked. They stayed silent before Applebloom gasped standing up.
“Girls we need to find out what’s happening, and stop him if we need too!” Applebloom said looking determined as she started to walk to the edge of the stairs.
“But what can we do?” Scootaloo asked walking up next to her, Sweetie Belle joining her two friends.
“Yeah, Discord is big and scary and we are small and…not scary. I don’t know if we can do anything to help.” Sweetie Belle said sounding scared and unsure making the others roll their eyes a little.
“Come on Sweetie Belle! Why would we back down now!?” Scootaloo said stomping her hoof on the ground.
“Yeah! After all we've been through!” Applebloom said nodding her head a bit, making Sweetie Belle back off slightly.
“Yeah, we faced a Cockatrice that one time!” Scootaloo said proudly.

“But Fluttershy was—
“We started a gossip column and out witted Diamond Tiara!” Applebloom said joining with Scootaloo.
“But we made the whole town hate---
The two fillies continued to ignore her as they went down the list -the very long list- of things they had done in the past to get their cutie marks, tried at least.
“OK! I get it!” Sweetie Belle said silencing the two other fillies, having heard enough of their adventures, some of them more painful than the others. She took a deep breath before sighing.
“OK I get that we’re the Cutie Mark Crusaders, but what do we do?” she asked finally silencing her two friends, they stood there thinking a moment.
“We need to regroup at the club house.” Applebloom said tapping her chin slightly.
“Yeah, from there we can think of ways to kick Discord’s butt!” Scootaloo said fearlessly as she imagined what Rainbow Dash would say to her if she managed to beat the Lord of Chaos. The three grinned as they shook hooves taking in a deep breath.

“CUTIE MARK CRUS—
“Applebloom! Stop yelling, ya know its Big Mac’s day off! And he likes sleeping!” Applejack’s voice was heard yelling at her from the kitchen. A red door nearby slowly started to open, revealing Big Mac standing there, the shadows hiding everything but one blood shot eye staring at them with bags under said eye. They stare at each other for a moment before the fillies slowly started moving down the stairs as the big red stallion continued to stare at them for a moment before slowly closing the door. The fillies quickly made their way down the stairs being as quite as they could as Applejack watched on, giving them sort of a glare as they walked out of the door. When the door closed she sighed as she turned back to Fluttershy.
“Ah swear those fillies would drive Discord insane—ermmm…sane, ah guess” she said walking back to the kitchen.
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“No no no! That wouldn't work!” Applebloom said pouting as she crossed her hooves as she stared at Scootaloo’s drawing of her on her scooter dragging a large net behind it with a few mismatched limbs poking out of it. The three fillies had already started to plan, having drawings of said plans and having their capes on the floor close to them.
“How do you know it wouldn't?!” Scootaloo said back, scrunching her nose at her friend who was defying her genius plan. Applebloom just gave her a deadpan stare as she pointed at the drawing
“One: how do we get a net that size?” she asked pointing to the net in the drawing.
“Two: how do you know he eats bananas?” Applebloom said looking over at Sweetie, who had a poorly drawn and colored banana made out of cardboard strapped to her body.
“Why am I the bait?” she asked pouting slightly giving a little stomp of her hoof.
“And three: how can you drag him all the way to Canterlot? You can barely drag us around in the scooter without needing a break every few blocks, and that’s when we’re going around town!” Applebloom said waving her hooves around.

“Yeah, he probably weighs a zillion pounds!” Sweetie Belle said finally taking off the banana cut out. Scootaloo grumbled as she crossed her hooves pouting.
“Well, what about you!? So far I’m the only one that thought up a plan!” Scootaloo said scrunching her nose again.
“I have an idea!” Sweetie Belle said happily as she help up her plan with her magic. Applebloom and Scootaloo looked over to Sweetie, who just blushed a bit at their stares but held onto her drawing.
“…is that our cape?” Scootaloo asked looking at the picture, it showed all three of them riding on Discord like he was a giant wagon as their capes flapped in the wind. They noticed how Discord also had a large cape for himself.
“Yeah…I mean, he doesn't have a cutie mark so….I was…thinking…we…could…invite him…over?” Sweetie Belle said getting quieter as she talked; the looks they gave her made her feel like she made a mistake. The two fillies looked at her before looking at each other.

“Nah.” Was their answer, making Sweetie Belle put down the drawing with a huff. The attention was quickly drawn to Applebloom. She sat there in the middle of the club house floor, rubbing her chin in thought.
“We could go ask Zecora for help.” She said after a few moments of thinking, looking over at her friends who just sighed.
“What? It’s better than what you girls came up with!” she said defensively, making the other two grumble slightly. Applebloom stood up suddenly, making the other two back off slightly.
“Come on girls! We don’t have time to argue, so if my idea doesn't work we can try other ones!” she said grabbing her cape and putting it on. The other two stood silent for a moment before nodding putting on their capes as well. As if they were knights suiting up for battle.

“Hey we might actually get our cutie marks for this!” Sweetie Belle said happily as the other two nodded.
“Yeah we can be the cutie mark crusaders draquinminz busters!” Scootaloo said, her voice full of eagerness.
“Wait, I thought he was a draqumierz?” Sweetie Belle said staring at Scootaloo for a moment before tapping her chin in thought.
“Whatever girls, we got a mission to complete!” Applebloom said eagerly as she quickly made her way to the door.
“Yeah, to help Fluttershy!” Sweetie Belle said happily as she followed behind Applebloom.
“And to kick Discord’s butt all over Ponyville!” Scootaloo said proudly having a big grin on her face as she got into a fighting stance, the three fillies grinned as they exited the club house.
“CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS DRAQUUIMES BUSTERS!” they yelled loudly as some birds quickly flew away in fear.
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Peaceful. That was how this day was going. Zecora, the only resident of Ponyville who dares to make her home in the Everfree Forest. She sat on her rug sipping at her tea, the large cauldron in the middle of the room giving off a nice warmth.
“Truly, this is a day of rest.” She said sighing happily as she took another sip, her ear giving a slight flick as she enjoyed her tea.
“ZECORA!”
The door burst open as three little fillies ran in, screaming her name. She yelled in surprise dropping her cup of tea, but with her lightning-fast reflexes caught her cup and the tea in it. She took a moment to take a deep breath before looking over at the three fillies; she could practically hear her peaceful day slowly dying in the corner. That was made very clear as the little fillies started running around her calling her name. She sighed as she rubbed her head a bit before taking a sip of her drink, letting it sooth her nerves before speaking.
“Yes Applebloom and friends, what may I help you with?” the older Zebra said with a kind smile. The three fillies stopped as Applebloom looked up at her.

“Zecora we need help! It’s really important!” Applebloom said eagerly bouncing in place; this made the older mare sigh again. She turned to the table and placed her cup on the table, taking a few moments before turning to face them.
“Applebloom, I hope this is not another ill attempt at your mark, for it may spell your doom, dear Applebloom.” She said shaking her hoof at her, who only blushed slightly.
“Oh come on Zecora, I learned my lesson after the cutie pox.” Applebloom said pouting cutely at the Zebra, who only giggled as she walked to her table, being mindful of the cauldron in the middle of the room. She hummed a little tune as she looked for herbs; something told her she would need more tea after this chat.
“Yeah, this time we want to stop an evil monster!” Scootaloo said proudly, making Zecora drop the herbs she had found making them scatter all over the floor. It took Zecora a few moments for her brain to process what she had said.
“What?!” she yelled spinning around to face them; this would surely sour her mood.
“Yeah, we need to stop Discord!” Scootaloo said angrily, making the others nod.
“Yeah, he’s doing bad things, my sister said so!” Applebloom said glaring at the thought of him doing something to hurt somepony.

“And he’s uncouth!” Sweetie yelled making her voice crack as her horn gave a little spurt of magic, the others turned to stare at her. Zecora turned and started to rummage through the cupboards above the table.
“Discord…he is that Spirit of Chaos, yes?” Zecora asked before pulling out a strange looking item. The three fillies looked at her and nodded trying to see what the item was.
“Well, what has he done? He must have done something, correct?” she asked, humming something as she wrapped the item in a small pouch.
“Yeah! Applejack said he did something bad!” Applebloom said with determination on her face. Zecora stared at her silently for a moment.
“And what did he do?” she asked as nice as she could, but with a firm voice. The fillies opened their mouths to talk but none of them said anything, this made the zebra sigh.
“If I recall correctly, your sister accused me of wrong doing in the past as well, my dear fillies.” She said looking at each of them with a firm look.

“But Zecora—
“No buts Applebloom, I will help you with this, but be warned.” Zecora said handing over the sack to Applebloom, who looked at it giving it a sniff, she seemed to like the smell.
“Just because somepony or something looks like a monster does not mean it is, do not let your fear cloud your judgment Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. For if you do you may be consumed by it, and end up alone.” She said as she turned to her cup of tea, slowly running her hoof across the top, making a soft steam come off of it. The fillies stayed silent before nodding.
“Ah promise Zecora, ah won’t let ya down, but Ah’m pretty sure of this.” Applebloom said firmly, making the Zebra smile at her.

“Ultimately the decision is yours, I will not stand in the way of it, and I can only advise you.” She said warmly as the fillies nodded.
“Thanks Zecora!” they said in unison as they left her house waving at her, she smiled and waved back. She closed the door and sighed.
“Such naive young fillies, I hope they will learn well from what I say.” She said as she made her way to the cupboard. Her smile quickly faded as she looked though the cupboards.
“Oh no.” she said scrunching her nose in annoyance.
“I have given them the last of the Dragons Blood; that incense is hard to come by in these parts.” Zecora said sighing as she walked up to the cauldron to make more tea; she hoped she could salvage what was left of her peaceful day.
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“This thing smells really nice.” Applebloom said sniffing the small sack; the other fillies just looked at the sack confused.
“Yeah, it smells like how Rarity does after her spa dates with Fluttershy.” Sweetie Belle said rubbing her chin a bit. The three fillies continued to walk and talk about what the strange assortment of plants in the sack could be.
“I say its anti-magic plants!” Scootaloo said taking the sack from Applebloom, making her pout.
“Are we sure Zecora didn't just give us some random plants?” Sweetie Belle asked curiously as the other two just rolled their eyes at her. The three continue to walk, earning stares from passing ponies as they talked about what to do about the God of Chaos. Most ponies these days knew that when the Crusaders were crusading, it’s best to not be in the way of said crusade. They continued to walk through the town, talking about possible plans of attack, persuasion and possible friendship, but they ignored Sweetie Belle’s suggestions, knowing full well that would never happen.
“Oh come on!” Sweetie yelled, stomping her hoof on the ground as she gave them a pout.
“What?! Like Discord would want to go crusading with us!” Scootaloo said returning the pout as Applebloom rolled her eyes a bit as she played with the little sack around her neck.
“Yeah, ah agree! From what Applejack and Big Mac have been saying, Discord has been doing a lot of bad things since he moved in with Fluttershy.” Applebloom said tapping her chin in thought.
“You don’t think they’re a couple?” Sweetie Belle asked making the other Crusaders stare at her with a deadpan stare.
“Just…be quiet Sweetie Belle.” Applebloom said turning around and starting to walk away, as Scootaloo just gave a gag face making Sweetie scrunch her nose angrily at her.

“I can’t believe you Rainbow Dash! Why would you do something so…so…barbaric!” a voice yelled in an upper class tone making the three Crusaders look over, a few feet away stood a white mare waving her hooves at a cyan Pegasus quite angrily.
“Oh come on Rarity, it was only going to be a small zap! And he deserves it!” Rainbow Dash yelled angrily, making the white mare huff at her.
“Rarity!” Sweetie Belle yelled loudly, making several ponies cringe at the high pitch yell and crack. Rarity looked over, winching slightly as Sweetie Belle ran over to her, she sighed as she leaned down and wrapped her hoof around the small filly.
“Sweetie Belle, what have I told you about screaming like that?” Rarity said with a sigh but smiled at her.
“What do you mean!?” Sweetie Belle said rather loudly right into her big sister’s ear, making the fashionista cringe more. Rainbow Dash started laughing slightly at her friend before she felt a hard tug on her wing, making her look down.
“Hi Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo said happily as she hopped up and down eagerly. Rainbow Dash smiled as she ruffled up Scootaloo’s mane.
“Hey, what’s up squirt?” she asked grinning as Scootaloo giggled as her idol continued to ruffle her mane.
“Ah’m sorry Rainbow Dash, but that’s official Crusader business.” Applebloom said with a hint of pride in her voice as the two mares sighed.

“Ok, we won’t keep you darlings, but as for you Rainbow Dash, we still need to talk about your conduct!” Rarity said snapping her attention back to the rainbow mare, making said mare scrunch her nose at her.
“Oh come on! Discord so deserved that!” Rainbow Dash yelled angrily, making the fashionista scrunch her nose at the already scrunching Pegasus. The three fillies gasped as they each looked at each other, giving knowing nods.
“Discord? Do you know where he is?” Applebloom asked, making Rainbow Dash wave her hoof at her.
“Yeah yeah, he’s over there somewhere. Pink cloud and ugly mule sitting on top, can’t miss it.” She said pointing in a general direction.
“Ok thanks!” Applebloom said, signaling at the other two to follow her as they took off in the direction that Rainbow Dash had pointed to.
“…Did you just send my little sister off to do Celestia knows what with that ruffian Discord?” Rarity asked glaring at Rainbow Dash, making the Pegasus just wave her off.

“Oh please, what can Discord do to them? Like you said he’s a wuss.” Rainbow Dash said as she started to walk away.
“Don’t you know it’s rude to walk away while we are in the middle of a conversation?!” Rarity said as she quickly trotted up to Rainbow Dash, quickly using her magic to grab her rainbow colored tail.
“We will speak further about this darling, but right now we are late for our appointment.” Rarity said as she started dragging Rainbow Dash by her tail.
“Hey! How can we be late?! We’re meeting the girls at Sugercube Corner for brunch!” she said as she glared at the fashionista, who only huffed at her again as she continued to be dragged. The Pegasus groaned slightly as her mind wondered back to the three fillies.
“What the buck do they want with someone like Discord?” she thought as she felt another tug on her tail. Rainbow Dash puffed out her cheeks a bit before grinning as she flapped her wings and took off into the sky, dragging a flailing Rarity behind her. The two mares quickly made their way to their destination, one laughing madly as the other flailed her legs about, no doubt going to get even when they touched the ground again.
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“Where is he? Rainbow Dash said he would be here!” Scootaloo said sighing as the group of fillies searched for the miss-matched god.
“Maybe Rainbow Dash sent us in the wrong direction.” Applebloom said, making Scootaloo puff up her chest.
“Nu-uh! Rainbow Dash is never wrong!” She said, making Applebloom sigh as she continued to play with the little sack on her neck, neither of them noticed Sweetie Belle looking up.
“Oh come on Scoots, everypony is wrong sometimes! Rainbow Dash is just wrong most of the time!” Applebloom said with a grin, knowing she hit a nerve as Scootaloo puffed up her cheeks in anger.
“No she’s not!” Scootaloo yelled back, and like that the two fillies stated bickering as the third sat down looking up at something that got her attention.
“Hey guys, I think I found something.” She said making the other two look at her.
“It’s not another one of your strange ideas, is it?” Scootaloo said annoyed as Sweetie just gave her a dead pan look as she pointed up.

“Uhhh…Scoots, I think we should listen to her.” Applebloom said looking upward in confusion. Scootaloo looked up, her eyes bugged out at what she saw. A rather large pink cloud was floating in the sky, with a white fluffy tail hanging over the edge, gently swaying back and forth. They heard the unmistakable sound of snoring; the God of Chaos was sleeping on a fluffy pink cloud.
“Hey it’s him! Hey wake up!” Scootaloo yelled making the tail flick slightly as the other fillies just shushed her.
“What are you doing!? Don’t wake him up!” Sweetie Belle said in a hushed yet angry tone.
“Yeah! Ah mean he could get really mad, like Big Mac when you bother him when he’s napping!” Applebloom said scrunching her nose a bit. She gasped as Scootaloo suddenly yanked the sack off her neck.
“No time! Rainbow Dash wouldn't wait!” Scootaloo yelled as she puffed out her chest bravely as she pulled her hoof back as far as it could go before swinging it forward as hard as she could.
“Ha, take that!” she yelled triumphantly expecting to hear his screams of defeat any second now...any second.
“You’re a ditz.” Sweetie Belle said facehoofing, making Scootaloo glare at her.
“What? I defeated---

“Look down.” Sweetie Belle said pointing to the ground on front of her. She turned just in time to see Applebloom picking up the sack, said sack not being more than 3 feet away from her.
“…shut up.” she said, making Sweetie Belle beam happily as Applebloom playfully nudged the Pegasus, making her pout. A loud snort makes them freeze as the tail jerks around a bit before settling back into its swaying motion.
“Maybe we shouldn't wake him.” Sweetie Belle said quietly as Scootaloo just scoffed at her.
“Oh please, Rainbow Dash said he’s a jerk and a bully, so we have to teach him a thing or two!” she said standing up on her hind legs and giving the air a few kicks with her front hooves.

“But couldn't we at least wait till he wakes up? It’s rude to wake ponies up.” Sweetie Belle said scrunching her nose as Scootaloo just rolled her eyes. As the two started debating over waking the sleeping god or not, Applebloom looked around wondering what to do, that’s when she saw a carriage nearby with a ladder poking out of the back of it.
“Girls! Look!” Applebloom said pointing to the carriage, the others looked and blinked before Scootaloo grinned.
“And that’s why you’re second in command!” Scootaloo said as she dashed to the ladder, making Applebloom mutter ‘Second?’ but she made a mental note to talk to her about that comment later. The three fillies ran up to it as Sweetie complained about taking things without asking first, they quickly ignored her as they pulled it out and started dragging it over to the cloud, knowing that what they would do next would make them heroes…or get them grounded…for a very long time.

Ch 5: The brunch of brunchness Part 1 : Rolling in the hay

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“BORED!” a Pegasus yelled angrily as she shouted for the 4th time that day about how she felt. The birds had long left her area. No doubt going to mention this to Fluttershy later. She groaned as she flopped down on her cloud, making a few pieces fall off as it floated aimlessly though the air leaving behind tiny bits of cloud behind her.
“No work, no new Daring Doo book, not meeting up with the girls till later...” She mumbled to herself blowing her rainbow colored mane out of her face with a huff. All week it had been like this, she was an Element of Harmony and a future Wonder Bolt! How could there not be anything to do!? The most exciting thing was that commotion over by the Princess’s castle, but apparently she missed it. Something about changelings, Celestia talking about peace and politics, blah blah blah.
“Jeez, even that meeting would have been more entertaining than this!” she yelled, waving her hooves around. She sighed as she just stared up at the sky, it was peaceful…too peaceful.
“What I would give—huh?” she sat up looking around; her ear flicked catching a noise nearby. She peeked her head over the side and noticed something that made her stomach turn, a bright pink cloud floating above the grassy hills. But her attention was quickly brought to not the cloud but the occupant on it, this made the turning in her stomach turn into a dull fire.

“Oh great, the bastard is up to his old tricks.” She snorted angrily as she glared hatefully at the sleeping beast, she blinked after staring at him for a few moments.
“Sleeping?” she thought as she started flapping her wings, making her hover slightly. She started floating down to him, trying her best to make as less noise as possible. As she got closer to him, she noticed how he was curled up on the pink cloud, snoring gently. She just glared at him, he was up to something; she knew it. It didn’t matter that he was asleep, he was always plotting: he was the bad guy after all. She’d zap him back into stone herself but Fluttershy’s words played in her head.
‘If you hurt him, I will never speak to you again.’

She scrunched her nose; she only gave him a bloody snout. It was his fault! Making fun of her mane, and the comment about pride. That’s the reason Fluttershy kept talking to her after she nearly broke his nose, he did ask for that. He snorted loudly, rubbing his snout as if he could read her mind; he probably could…all the more reason to seal him up. As he laid there, oblivious to her presence, she looked around as if expecting to see her shy friend giving her The Stare. But she wasn't anywhere to be seen. She looked back at Discord, who seemed to be in a deep sleep, and then something clicked. She grinned evilly as she left him, being careful to not wake him. She quickly started gathering the nearby clouds, swiftly compressing them into a small black cloud, which shook gently, making a low rumble. Discord turned slightly, mumbling something about Celestia’s stick, she shrugged at the comment not knowing what he meant, or caring for that matter. She grinned evilly as she hovered the cloud over him, she wouldn't hurt him too badly so Fluttershy couldn't be mad at a simple prank. She turned and reared her legs up, grinning as she readied to kick it.
“Oh this is going to be good—Ahh!” she screamed as she felt something grab her ear and forcefully pull her down. Discord shot up with a loud snort, he looked around quickly noting the black cloud hovering above him. He stared at it for a moment before flicking his tail at it, making it pop with a ‘poof’. He turned and stood up, slightly clawing at the pink cloud a bit before spinning around on it, finally flopping down on it and started purring like a large cat.
“Ow! Ow! Ow! Stop pulling!” Rainbow Dash screamed as her ear was tugged harder, only to have her mouth put in a magical muzzle.

“Be quiet! You’re going to wake him!” a white mare said turning her head up at Rainbow Dash making her snort, the white mare only tugged harder as she started trotting away from the area leaving the sleeping creature be. The two mares made their way to Ponyville, getting a few looks from other ponies. Finally after a few comments about “couple play”, Rainbow broke free of the magic grip, she quickly turned her anger at Rarity who was just dusting off her coat.
“What. The. Buck!?” she yelled so hard a few birds nearby scattered, as well as a few mothers quickly pulling their children away from them. Rarity just stared at her angrily as Rainbow Dash just started screaming at her.
“What the buck Rarity!? Why did you do that!? You know how embarrassing that is!?” she screamed at the fashionista just continued to stare at her quietly. This made the rainbow mare glare at her as she waited for an apology. A flick of her mane told Rainbow dash she was not getting one.
“Are you quite done dear?” Rarity asked looking at her hoof, noting a speck of dirt on it and quickly cleaning it with her magic, making Rainbow Dash snort angrily at her.

“OK good.” She said taking a deep breath, this made Rainbow Dash groan, she just knew something was coming.
“First of all Rainbow, why must you be so vulgar? And before you retort, you did deserve the treatment I gave you.” Rarity said firmly, making her friend grumble under her breath.
“Second, how dare you do something so…so…uncivilized!?” Rarity said, making Rainbow Dash snort at her.
“I’m serious! That’s something I’d expect from Him, not an Element of Harmony such as yourself!” she said giving a stomp, making Rainbow Dash just scoff at her.
“Oh please! He’s a jerk! Zapping him was a favor to Equestria!” She yelled angrily, making Rarity turn her head at her.
“I will admit that he is not my most favorable of company, but that’s no reason to go and zap him while he’s napping! You and Pinkie have a truce not to prank each other at certain times, and you should follow that same truce with Discord!” Rarity shot back, making Rainbow wave her hoof at her.
“Oh please, like I would ever treat him like anything but the monster he is.” Rainbow said bitterly, making Rarity shake her head.

“I understand how you feel about him, but please understand that if you have hurt him or did anything to anger him—
“Oh please he couldn't hurt a paper bag!” Rainbow Dash yelled rudely interrupting Rarity, she made a quick comment about that but Rainbow Dash ignored it.
“You may say that Rainbow, but everything has its breaking point, and you never know: that brute might one day just strike you back, and not to mention what our dear Fluttershy would say if she was the one who saw you.” Rarity said knowing she hit a nerve, making Rainbow Dash silent.
“…she will forgive me, heck I know she will. She will take me over him any day of the week!” Rainbow Dash said proudly, making Rarity sigh.
“I’m still convinced that thing is tricking her! And when he messes up, I’ll do worse than zap him.” She said angrily as she started walking away, making Rarity follow her, still intent of lecturing her.
“I can’t believe you Rainbow Dash! Why would you do something so…so…barbaric!” Rarity said trotting right behind her, trying to sound civilized.
“Oh come on Rarity, it was only going to be a small zap! And he deserves it!” Rainbow Dash yelled back angrily, trying to say anything to make the mare stop lecturing her, she had been doing so for the past 10 minutes. But the answer she gave Rarity only made her huff at her.

“Rarity!”
Rarity stopped in her tracks, cringing at her name being happily yelled, knowing full well who was yelling, she gave a quick look around noting a number of other ponies cringing as well. She looked down and saw a white filly with a purple and pink swirled mane running up to her. She sighed as she leaned down and wrapped her hoof around the small filly.
“Sweetie Belle, what have I told you about screaming like that?” Rarity asked with a sigh but continued to smile down at her, she was her little sister after all.
“What do you mean!?” Sweetie Belle said back rather loudly right into her ear, making the fashionista cringe more, she swore she felt some of her teeth crack from the grinding she was doing. Rainbow Dash started laughing at her friend saying something about karma under her breath, but the look from Rarity told her she heard her loud and clear. Before she could say something else she felt a hard tug on her wing, she looked down knowing that there was only one filly that was bold enough to pull at her wing like that.

“Hi Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo said happily as she hopped up and down eagerly. Rainbow Dash smiled as she reached down and ruffled up Scootaloo’s mane. She wasn't a big fan of cute things but the look on her face was priceless; she wished she had a camera to take a picture of it to save for herself.
“Hey, what’s up squirt?” she asked grinning as Scootaloo giggled more as Rainbow Dash continued to ruffle her mane. She was about to answer but the apparent leader of the group stepped up.
“Ah’m sorry Rainbow Dash, but that’s official Crusader business.” Applebloom said with a hint of pride in her voice. Rarity and Rainbow Dash looked at each other, giving a knowing look before they gave a sigh.
“OK, we won’t keep you darlings, but as for you Rainbow Dash, we still need to talk about your conduct!” Rarity said snapping her attention back to the rainbow mare, making said mare scrunch her nose at her.
“Oh come on! Discord so deserved that!” Rainbow Dash yelled back angrily, already on her last straw about this. This made the fashionista scrunch her nose at the already scrunching Pegasus. They barely noticed the three fillies gasping in union, or the nods they were giving each other.

“Discord? Do you know where he is?” Applebloom asked looking up at the mare. Rainbow Dash waved her hoof at her dismissively, barely hearing her question. Part of her was happy Applejack wasn’t here, or she would surely say something about her hoof waving.
“Yeah yeah, he’s over there somewhere. Pink cloud and ugly mule sitting on top, can’t miss it.” She said pointing in a vague general direction, another part of her brain wondering why she was asking about Discord. Applebloom quickly thanked them as she signaled the other fillies to follow her. They took off in the direction that Rainbow Dash had pointed to, leaving the two mares to stare at each other, only now realizing what had happened. Rarity gave a groan of annoyance as she rubbed her head.
“…Did you just send my little sister off to do Celestia-knows-what with that ruffian Discord?” Rarity asked glaring at Rainbow Dash; she just waved her off not wanting to get into another lecture.

“Oh please, what can Discord do to them? Like you said, he’s a wuss.” Rainbow Dash said as she started to walk away as fast as she could, hoping that Rarity was done. Sadly, the trotting behind her told her not to get her hopes up.
“Don’t you know it’s rude to walk away while we are in the middle of a conversation!?” Rarity said angrily, quickly trotting up to Rainbow Dash. She groaned wanting to ignore Rarity, but she yelped when she felt her tail being grabbed, she looked back to see it wrapped in a light blue glow.
“We will speak further about this darling, but right now we are late for our appointment.” Rarity said as she started pulling Rainbow Dash by her tail. She grunted as she tried pulling away from Rarity, giving an angry snort as she did. But that only earned her another hard tug as the two started trotting in one direction.

“Hey! How can we be late!? We’re meeting the girls at Sugarcube Corner for brunch! How can you be late for brunch!?” she asked as she glared at the fashionista, who only huffed at her again as she continued to be dragged. She thought Discord was the only one that could drive her this close to snapping, she was wrong as Rarity was a close second. Though unlike Discord, she couldn't just smack Rarity and not expect her to unleash her fury like she did during the Changeling invasion and that was only after one of them pulled her hair. The Pegasus groaned slightly as her mind wondered back to the three fillies.

“What the buck do they want with something like Discord?” she thought bitterly wondering if she should be worried about the fact that the Crusaders and Discord were going to meet. She gave a slight shudder at the thought, but that didn't last long as she gave a small yelp as she felt another tug on her tail. Rainbow Dash puffed out her cheeks, having enough of Rarity, she sat there being dragged on the ground for a bit longer, before a grin made its way onto her face. An idea had wormed its way into her head, an idea that even Discord would have to show her respect for. She spread her wings and started flapping, taking off into the sky, chuckling as she felt Rarity tug at her tail. Rarity held on tighter as her hooves left the ground, making her flail them.
“Rainbow Dash! What are you doing!?” she screamed tugging harder at the tail, this only served to make Rainbow Dash fly slightly higher. She started laughing a laugh that would make a villain shed tears of joy as she continued dragging a flailing Rarity behind her. The two mares quickly made their way to their destination, earning a few looks from the town’s folk. One laughing madly as the other flailed her legs about, using unlady-like language, no doubt going to get even when they touched the ground again.
………………………….

“Pound cake no!” a yellow stallion yelled quickly, grabbing the Pegasus foal that was climbing the large display case of sugary treats, his sister giggling happily on the ground at the sight of their father getting closer to another breakdown.
“Pinkie! Why aren't you watching them!?” he yelled, finally managing to pull the foal off the case, making him whine loudly as he struggled. The stallion turned his attention to his worker, the bouncing pink pony just giggled madly at him.
“I was Mr. Cake! See, I’m watching them!” She said pointing at her eyes: she was in fact watching them. She gave a snort as she went into another fit of giggles, making him sigh. He turned his attention to the other foal, who was chewing on a dirty rag. He cringed as he grabbed it and pulled it away, only to have her scream her little head off.
“Honey buns! Help!” He said in a slight whimper, a large light blue mare poked her head out of the kitchen smiling.
“I know dear, the bottles are almost ready.” She said, signaling him to bring the twins in.

“Mrs. Cake! Is there juice in the fridge!?” Pinkie yelled quickly making her way to the kitchen. She quickly returned bouncing happily into the room, with a few cups and an assortment of drinks on her back, the tray by some sort of witchcraft stayed perfectly balanced on her bouncing booty. She set them down at the table and smiled as she started setting the table, only for a ding to be heard from the kitchen.
“I’ll get it!” she said happily dashing back into it, only to walk out seconds later with a baking tray in her mouth, with a look of pain on her face as she ran as fast as she could to the table.
“Mhmt! mhmt! mhmt!” he said though her muffled mouth. She spat the tray out on the table, her tongue slightly red from the heat, she sighed as she grabbed a cup and poured herself some apple juice, chugging it happily before giving a happy sigh as she smacked her lips.

“Phew! I need to remember to get myself that tray holder.” She said rubbing her lips slightly as she hopped around the table setting the plates and drinks around the table, grinning happily as she looked at the spread. Just then the doorbell rang making her turn, gasping happily.
“Hi girls! You’re just in time!” She yelled happily, giving the ones who just came in her biggest grin. It quickly faded at the fact Rarity walked in angry, making the party mare stare at her confused.
“What happened to you? Your mane is messy!” Pinkie Pie yelled, pointing out that fact to everypony in the bakery. Rarity scrunched her nose for a moment before taking a deep breath.
“Why yes Pinkie, I am quite all right darling, just had a hectic—
“Discord got to you?” Pinkie Pie asked giggling slightly as Rarity started using her magic to fix her mane. She only scoffed, giving a roll of her eyes.

“No, but it might as well been, if it was Discord he’d have quite a mark on his snout!” she said turning her head up at the mention of his name.
“Awww Rarity, that’s not very nice! I wish you would let me invite him to our brunch! It would be so much fun!” She said giggling happily as she motioned for her to take a seat. Rarity gave a forced smile as she took her seat.
“Darling, I hope you really aren’t serious about that, I mean he could make it rain cats and dogs in here, quite literally.” Rarity said, still having that forced smile of hers.
“Yeah, fun!” Pinkie said giggling happily, making Rarity sigh as she reached for a treat. Another ding made the party mare look up and gasp happily at the cyan mare walking in.
“Rainbow Dash!” she yelled happily, quickly dashing over to her and pulling her into a power hug; she did learn her hugging from her sister. She quickly thought about inviting her over sometime, thinking about all the fun they would have.

“Pinkie----can—t---breath...” Rainbow Dash said as her face started turning into a shade of purple. Pinkie Pie stared for a moment before letting go and giggling.
“Opsie! Sorry!” she said, quickly picking up the Pegasus and dusting her off, only then did she see the twigs and hay on her mane, she turned to Rarity just in time to see her picking out scraps of the same things out of her mane.
“Oh! What happened to your mane!? Did you and rarity tumble in some hay or something!?” she said loudly, making the rest of the customers stare, some snickered while the others blushed.
“Pinkie!” they yelled in union, making the party mare blink for a moment before smiling.
“OH! No, I didn't mean it like that sillies! Though if you wanted that kind of tumble in the hay---
“So Rarity! Still mad at me!?” Rainbow Dash said loudly as she trotted to the table as quick as she could. Rarity only turned her nose up at her, giving a huff.
“I take that as a yes?” she said with a sigh as she was only met with another huff. Pinkie Pie stared at them as she trotted over.

“Wait, why is Rarity mad at you?” Pinkie Pie asked slightly worried, making Rainbow Dash roll her eyes.
“Oh Pinkie, don’t worry about it.” Rainbow Dash asked reaching for a treat as Rarity did the same but still gave her that look she would give her when she went a bit too far with her pranks.
“Oh come on Rarity, lighten up!” Rainbow Dash yelled glaring at the fashionista, she acted like she didn't hear her as she turned her attention to Pinkie Pie.
“So Pinkie Pie, anything new going on with you, darling? Maybe found a gentle colt perhaps?” Rarity asked, completely ignoring the rowdy Pegasus, a part of her hoping to distract what would no doubt turn into an embarrassing situation.
“Rarity why are you mad?” Pinkie Pie asked getting more worried making the fashionista flinch slightly, she did hate upsetting her friend.
“Well, my dear, it’s—
Pinkie gave a loud gasp as she grabbed and pulled both her friends into a hug. To this day the strength of the party mare surprised them.
“Oh no Rarity, you’re not mad because I told everypony you two had a roll in the hay, are you!?” Pinkie Pie yelled in a panic, making the two blush; they made a mental note to talk about her wording…again. Another ding was heard, followed by a thud, making the three look over to see a purple unicorn, with a rather shocked expression on her face, standing in the doorway.

“Wait what!?” Twilight yelled with a blush on her face, standing there with her mouth open and a book on the ground in front of her. Obviously she had been reading it when she heard that, the blush had confirmed that all too well.
“Oh hi Twilight!” Pinkie said happily as she trotted over to her, in the process dropping her two friends, making them hit the floor with a thud. She either ignored them or didn't notice what she did as she pulled Twilight into a tight hug.
“I’m so happy you made it Twilight! For a moment I thought you wouldn't have made it! And then I would have been worried!” Pinkie Pie said as she started rambling on and on about how happy she was that Twilight was here. Twilight just stared past her and looked at Rarity expecting an answer. Rarity sighed as she gave a weak smile.
“Oh Twilight, don’t read into that too much.” Rarity said waving her hoof in a dismissive manner, this however did not have the desired effect.

“How can I not!?” Twilight asked waving her hooves frantically, making Rarity sigh as she sipped at her drink.
“Oh come on Twilight, just because you have a crush on Rarity doesn't mean I’ll take her away from you.” Rainbow Dash said with a grin, making Rarity cough loudly, making her spill her drink and some of it spilling on her coat, she quickly started yelling at her because of that. The three of them started bickering with each other, saying something or another. More and more of the other customers started to look in their direction.
“Oh come on! That was one time! And Gilda and I aren’t friends anymore!” Rainbow Dash yelled back at Twilight, who brought up that fact.

“Oh please, that is hardly the reason! I’m surprised you two aren’t engaged! You two brutes are so perfect for each other!” Rarity said grinning evilly at the blush Rainbow Dash had on her face.
“What!? What about you and Shining Armor!? I saw you trying to flirt with him!” Rainbow Dash yelled back grinning at the shocked face Rarity had, she knew it was a lie but the loud coughing from the mare next to her said she didn’t.
“What!? Are you trying to sleep with my brother!?” Twilight yelled, making Rainbow Dash laugh as Rarity glared at her.
“Oh darling, you know your brother is handsome, but he’s married, for Celestia’s sake!” Rarity said trying to defuse Twilight before she could get her crazy on, it seemed to work until Pinkie popped back in with a grin.
“Oh! Unless you marry Cadence too! Oooh that would be one spicy marriage!” Pinkie said giggling loudly as Rainbow Dash went into another fit of laughter, holding her sides as she laughed.
“Pinkie, control yourself!” Rarity said back blushing madly, but this only made the two ponies laugh harder as Twilight only grumbled about her new sister in law.

“Oh really? What about you and what’s-that-large-stallion’s name…Bulk Biceps? You two seem awfully close.” Rarity said with a grin, making Rainbow cough loudly, making a piece of the treat she was chewing on get stuck in her throat effectively stopping her laughing.
“Hey, where’s AJ and Fluttershy? They are late!” Pinkie Pie said suddenly standing up and trotting over to the door. Rainbow Dash tried to claw at her, trying to get her attention to the fact she was choking.
“Not now Dashie! I must see!” she said pulling herself away from Rainbow Dash, her face now slightly purple.
……………………………

“Ah feel like Ah’m forgetting something.” Applejack said as she cleaned the dishes, she looked over to Fluttershy who was serving Big Mac his cup of coffee: black, no sugar. She sighed at her friend; she had half a mind to just push them together enough to kiss. Granted, when she first found out about her crush on her big brother she got slightly over protective, until she remembered who the one with the crush was.
“Oh uhmmm…you’re welcome Big Macintosh.” Fluttershy said quietly as she watched him drink his coffee, the smile he gave her made her squeak slightly. He didn’t seem to notice as he went back to drinking his coffee.
“Fluttershy, would you mind helping me over here?” Applejack asked signaling her to come over, she left Big Mac after making sure he had everything he needed.
“Yes Applejack, what did you---
“When are you two going to rut?” Applejack asked with a serious expression, which slowly turned into a sly grin as Fluttershy’s face turned as red as Big Mac.

“WHAT!?” she yelled loudly, quickly covering her mouth as she glanced back at Big Mac, who was just staring at her with a confused expression. She gave him an awkward smile before turning to Applejack.
“Why did you do that!?” She hissed under her breath glaring at her friend, making the earth pony chuckle as she grinned back.
“Well you’re taking too long! Just go and tell him!” she said, gently nudging Fluttershy playfully, making her blush harder.
“You know Ah’m shocked Discord hasn’t done anything about this, like make a banner the size of an Ursa Major, saying you have a crush on Big Mac.” Applejack said giggling at Fluttershy’s look of absolute horror.
“NO! Don’t ever say that in front of him! He’d hang it on the City Hall like he did with the Rainbow Dash banner!” she said a bit too loudly, she looked behind her to see Big Mac looking at them again with a confused look as he sipped at his coffee. She only blushed harder as his confused look turned into a kind smile at her, making her squeak slightly. Both mares remembered the banner Discord made of Rainbow Dash, she didn't have that much pride after that day, but Discord did have a black eye. One of the few times Fluttershy sided with Rainbow Dash.

“Hey big brother, you know Fluttershy here has a—
“Bunny! Yes I have a very sweet bunny!” she blurted out loudly, making Applejack snicker at the glare she got.
“Ah was going to say has some cookies here for you.” Applejack said, making Fluttershy look at her worried as she looked around, noting Applejack pointed at the cupboard. She made her way to it and opened it, seeing a plate with plastic wrap around it. She noticed a small piece of paper with the words ‘property of Applebloom’ on it. She looked guiltily at it, as it seemed to be a present from Miss Cheerilee. They appeared to be sugar cookies, and she just couldn't take them without permission.

“Oh? That’s mighty kind of you Fluttershy, ah wonder…are they sugar cookies?” Big Mac asked smiling at her; he didn't notice her tossing out a piece of paper into the nearby trashcan.
“Yes they are!” she said as her voice slightly cracked, much to her surprise and joy he offered her the seat next to him.
“Would you like some coffee?” he asked offering her a cup, she quickly nodded before blushing hard at her actions.
“Oh um…yes please.” She said quietly. Despite the fact she already had some coffee today she just couldn’t help but smile as he poured her a cup. Applejack grinned as she continued cleaning the dishes humming a tune to herself, as Big Mac finished pouring Fluttershy her coffee. Applejack smiled as she finished up the last of the dishes, letting them dry on the rack as she turned to watch the two, hoping that she might be made an auntie in a year or two. Fluttershy gave him the plate of cookies, blushing as he took one and dipped it in his coffee before eating it happily. He noticed her staring and smiled.

“Would you like some sugar cubes?” he asked handing over the plate of cubes over to her.
“Oh thank you Big Mac, yes I’d like some sugar cubes.” Fluttershy said smiling as she blushed slightly at the red stallion, putting some sugar cubes in her coffee. Applejack smiled at the scene for a moment, before her ear twitched at the words “sugar cube”. Her smile faded as the word continued to repeat itself in her head over and over again, each time echoing louder and louder until it turned into a dull ringing in her ear. Then suddenly, as if somepony just flipped a switch, her brain made the connection; the next thing she knew was her brain screaming at her like a war had just broken out right outside her door.
“Oh sweet Celestia!” She screamed as she spun around making the other two ponies jump slightly, her big brother give her a disapproving look.

“Applejack what’s wrong!?” Fluttershy asked worried by her friend’s sudden and a bit rude outburst.
“Pinkie! Sugarcube Corner!” She said quickly running over to door.
“Why would that---
“Brunch! We were supposed to meet them for brunch!” Applejack said, waving her hooves around frantically. Big Mac only sighed as he sipped at his coffee again. Fluttershy stared at her for a moment before the gears in her head started spinning, her eyes bugged out as she gasped loudly.
“YOU’RE RIGHT!” Fluttershy yelled as she stood up quickly, her wings hitting the table, this made her cup of coffee spill all over and off the table, covering Big Mac’s lap in the hot beverage. Big Mac lost his grip on his coffee cup. He screamed as the hot coffee from his cup spilled on his chest and mixed with the still hot coffee on his lap. He sat there screaming in pain as the two mares bolted out the door, leaving a quite literally seething stallion behind.
…………………………………………..

“Did you have to squeeze me that hard, Rarity?” Rainbow Dash asked wheezing slightly as Rarity just stayed silent at her question, making her sigh as Pinkie came hopping back happily.
“They’re on their way!” she said happily bouncing back to the table, making the others wonder what she meant but none bothered to ask.
“So what happened before I came in?” Twilight asked having a chance to put her book away, she didn’t notice the other two winch as the party pony gave a loud gasp.
“That’s right! Rarity why are you mad!?” Pinkie Pie asked giving her a serious look, something she did very rarely. The last time she gave that look was when she thought Applejack broke a Pinkie Promise. Rarity simply gave her drink a sip before putting it back down, she took a deep breath and glared at Rainbow Dash pointing a hoof at her.
“Why don’t you ask her?” she said firmly before going back to her drink. The attention was quickly drawn to Rainbow Dash, who was chugging her drink before slamming the cup down, she gave a burp making Rarity scuff as she turned her head.

“Rainbow Dash, what did you do?” Twilight asked, giving her the same look Celestia did when she tried sneaking snacks into the library as a filly. Rainbow Dash only gave a sheepish grin making Twilight groan rubbing her head, that grin told her that her friend probably deserved more than the silent treatment.
“Oh ho, Dashie’s in trouble~.” Pinkie pie said in a sing along voice, making Rainbow Dash roll her eyes at her.
“Oh please, it was just a simple joke!” she said throwing her hooves in the air, obviously trying to make a spectacle of it. Twilight, Rarity and much to her surprise even Pinkie crossed their hooves at her. She only rolled her eyes as she sipped her drink, trying her hardest to ignore them. The three ponies looked at each other, giving a knowing grin as they leaned into each other. Rainbow Dash closed her eyes, sighing as she continued to sip, her ear twitching at the whispering.
“Can----- believe that------”
“No I-----who------ Gilda ----- Royal Guard.”
“Maud-----sister-----Spike.”
Rainbow Dash scrunched her nose as she tried to listen to what they were saying. Sadly she only picked up bits and pieces. The whispering continued, making her bite her lower lip, she knew what they were doing, and she was not going to fall for it this time.
“Daring doo----big blue monkey guy-----foal.”
“Movie----live----Daring Doo.”
“New—daring----final---in series.”

“OK! OK! I’ll talk!” Rainbow Dash yelled, nearly spilling all her cup’s contents all over the table. The three mares giggled as they gave her their full attention. She took a deep breath and started to talk about her day. Rarity scrunched her nose at the fact she was doing everything in her power to keep herself from talking, everything from picking at her mane, waving at a random pony, and even asking Twilight about books. That worked for a moment before Twilight caught on and told her to stop procrastinating.
“OK! Fine! I was relaxing on my cloud like I always do, when I saw Discord---
“Oh Sweet Celestia, what did you do!?” Twilight said rubbing her head, knowing full well this would go to a place she didn’t want to go.

“Hey I didn’t do crap! I was just going to zap him! That jerk was invading my space! He can take a nap somewhere else!” She said with a huff as Rarity waved her hoof pointing at her as if she had just proved something.
“Oh my gosh! That is so funny! Frizzle Dissy!” Pinkie Pie yelled happily as she went into a fit of giggles. Twilight only groaned as she rubbed her head some more.
“And?” Twilight asked, hoping for some sort of answer.
“And what?” Rainbow Dash said looking at her as if she repeated herself.
“And why did you zap him? Please don’t tell me it was just because.” Twilight said hoping against the odds, but the sheepish grin returned once more making her groan louder.
“Are you crazy!?” Twilight yelled at her, making Rainbow look confused.
“What!? He deserved it!” she shot back pouting, this only made Twilight groan loudly.
“How exactly did he deserve that? I know you don’t like---
“How can anyone like him!?” Rainbow Dash asked angrily, making Twilight sigh. She could already feel the headache starting.

“But that’s not a reason to just go around zapping him! I’m not a big fan of him myself but Rainbow Dash, for Celestia’s sake, have some self-control!” Twilight said angrily as she turned her attention to her drink for a moment taking a sip of it, enjoying the cool beverage run down her throat.
“Oh come on Twilight! It was a simple prank!” Pinkie giggled for a moment before looking serious.
“But that is pretty mean Dashie, you need to be nicer to him! I mean that’s one of the rules we made! No pranking when napping! You put that rule down!” she said in a serious tone before she smiled at her.
“Oh come on! AJ would so back me up on this!” she said with a huff slouching in her seat, she looked up when she heard someone clear their throat.
“Well, anything else?” Rarity said firmly, making Rainbow Dash groan as she sat back up.
“And Rarity stopped me and nagged me. And not to mention the whole time she was dragging me around Ponyville by my muzzle!” Rainbow Dash yelled making the two other mares turn to Rarity expecting her answer.
“Oh darlings, I had to! If I didn’t she would have woken that ruffian up!” She said back turning her head at them slightly.
“And why would you care---
“Well my dear Rainbow Dash, it’s quite simple: it’s rude, very rude in fact to wake someone up like that.” she said, cutting Rainbow Dash off before she could rant, this made the rainbow pony sigh. Twilight waved at her to continue, this made Rainbow Dash start to regret coming today.

“And after all that I…sort of…kind…of...” she stopped talking as if she was looking for the right words.
“…Dragged Rarity over Ponyville, making her flail around like the time her wings melted.” she said with a sheepish smile, making Twilight shake her head as Pinkie started laughing. After a few moments of being silent, Twilight looked up at her with a firm look.
“And did you say you were sorry?” Twilight asked, making Rainbow look down making the young student sigh.
“Rainbow Dash, pranks are funny, but when they are too mean, then you have to say sorry.” Twilight said as if she was reading from a book or script.
“Yeah Dashie! If you don’t, you’re a big meanie pants! And you don’t even wear pants!” Pinkie Pie said giving a little snort. Rainbow Dash only groaned in defeat, giving Rarity the same look a scorned child would give.
“Ok! Geez, look Rarity I’m sorry ok! But next time don’t embarrass me in front of ponies like that again. Please?” she said, making Rarity smile at her.

“Of course, darling. I will admit I might have been too hasty with dragging you around town like that, and for that I apologize.” Rarity said with a smile, but it quickly faded.
“But you’re going to model my next dress for me. And I won’t take no for an answer!” She said cutting off whatever Rainbow Dash was about to say.
“But—
“No buts I said, or what would Fluttershy say to such a thing?” Rarity said giving an evil grin that surprised everypony at the table.
“Twilight back me up here!” Rainbow dash said hoping for the student of the group to step in, but the smile she was giving her told her she was bucking the wrong cloud.
“I’m sorry Rainbow, but I’m going to have to agree with Rarity on this one, seems like the appropriate punishment, unless you think Fluttershy could come up with a better one.” Twilight said, making Rainbow Dash groan as she slumped in her seat again.

“I hate you guys.” She said through her mumbles.
“Aww we hate you too Dashie!” Pinkie said giggling as she took her friend’s drink and pushed it closer to Rainbow Dash, making her grumble as she lazily looked up and took the straw it had in it and took it into her mouth and sipped.
“See? Much better than going cray cray over rolling in the hay!” Pinkie giggled loudly as she threw her hooves in the air. The three other mares coughed and spit their drinks all over the table, making Mr. Cake groan as he watched as his clean tables where sullied. The twins looked on in awe as they grabbed their Sippy cups and copied what the older mares did, further sullying the bake shop.

“PINKIE!” the three mares yelled at her making her giggle more as she gave them a grin.
“What!? It’s true! It’s better than that right!? I mean it’s not like they actually did!” Pinkie said giggling more, making the others groan. They quickly started to talk about that particular subject, with Rarity and Rainbow Dash telling her why she was wrong and how it could never happen. Then Pinkie brought up the fact that there was this little thing called “friends with benefits”. This only made Twilight curious as she started listing off the cons and pros to that. This only served to fluster the two friends as she continued on her list, much to everyone’s surprise Pinkie knew quite a bit about this subject. Rarity made a mental note to not let Sweetie Belle hear about this. The four friends continued their conversation, not noticing a light orange earth pony and a yellow Pegasus walk in. they stood there watching the scene unfold before the orange one walked to the table.

“What the—what are you all talking about!? Have some decency for crying out loud!” she yelled slamming her hoof on the table, making it shake violently and spilling all the drinks, silencing the group…almost.
“And then Twilight gets mad because Rarity and Rainbow Dash had a roll in the hay! I mean what’s up with that!?” Pinkie yelled as she waved her hooves around again, making the Cakes shoosh at her from the counter as the twins start chanting that word ‘Hay’ over and over again. The look from the Cakes told Pinkie she was in deep doo-doo.

Ch. 6: The Brunch of brunchness part 2: Chit chating

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Many things had happened this day. Discord having nightmares for who knows how long. The Apple family’s dog getting sick only to realize that a certain filly was the culprit, and making a Pinkie Promise to her shy friend to not talk about what they discussed about, she even kept reminding her not to on the way to Sugarcube corner. But this by far topped it.
“Now Pinkie, you know the rules.” Mr. Cake said, helping the party mare put some treats on the nearby table outside of the bakery.
“Yeah, I know, I’m sorry.” She said little a little sad, but perked up when he gave her head a pat.
“It’s ok dear, we’re not mad, we just want a quiet afternoon. When you're done here, please bring the tray inside, ok?” he said with a kind smile as he walked back into the bakery. Pinkie waved at him as she took her seat smiling.
“Ah’ can’t believe we got kicked out of Sugarcube corner, we weren’t even there!” Applejack yelled, pointing to herself and Fluttershy who eeped slightly before nodding at them. Rarity had her head buried in her hooves as she groaned, Rainbow Dash was off collecting a few clouds to give the table some shade. Twilight was sitting happily at the tables outside.

“I’m really glad they took my advice about putting a few tables outside for the warmer seasons.” Twilight said, smiling as a few more ponies sat down at the other tables, already talking about the snacks they would have.
"OH sweet Celestia, I have never been so embarrassed in my life!" Rarity said whining loudly as she slumped on the table.
“No~? What about that time we snuck Spike into the spa with us!?” Pinkie Pie said giggling making Rarity whine more.
“Don’t remind me, they still check my bag at the door!” Rarity said, giving another loud whine just as Rainbow Dash came back with a cloud.
“Oh please, spas are so overrated.” She said hearing the last bit of conversation as she moved the cloud over the table, providing shade.

“… And… Spike… did... enjoy himself.” Fluttershy said quietly as she took a sip of her drink. Applejack finally sat down, taking off her hat for a moment to adjust it and placed it back on her head.
“Well, at least we were there for that part! Ah’ mean, me and Fluttershy here just walk in and suddenly we’re getting kicked out. Again!” she yelled rubbing her head, she quickly gave a glance to Rainbow Dash who rolled her eyes.
“Oh come on! How was I supposed to know you couldn’t mix soda, rainbows and flowers?!” She yelled with a huff as she remembered her wasted afternoon when she had to help her friends clean up the mess she made. Applejack just waved her hoof dismissively at her as she stared at the rest.
“So… why exactly were you four talking about rolling in the hay?” She asked hesitantly as Pinkie giggled loudly as the party mare passed her a drink.

“Well, duh, it started off with me getting brunch ready! Then Mr. Cake is all like “oh Pinkie, why aren’t you watching the twins?” and I’m like I am! And I was watching---“
“Pinkie! Get to the point!” Applejack said firmly, making Pinkie blink a bit before grinning at her.
“I was! Hold your Apples!” Pinkie Pie said, giggling more as she started to go more into what had happened: from Pound Cake up to his usual antics, to Rarity and Rainbow Dash coming in covered in hay, to her questioning them… rather loudly. Twilight stepped in at this point, telling the farm pony what she heard and what had happened. Pinkie didn’t seem to mind as she just sat there smiling. As they neared the end of the story, Applejack could not help but notice Rainbow Dash getting worried. Applejack cleared her throat, stopping Twilight, and then turned her attention to Pinkie with a deadpan expression.

“Uh-huh… Pinkie, you do know what “rolling in the hay” means, right?” Applejack asked the party mare in a serious tone, this only made her giggle.
“Oh, of course I do, silly! It’s when you grab a pony and pull them into some hay and roll around in it!” she said happily, making Applejack facehoof. She tried her hardest to ignore the snickering of the nearby ponies, some of them younger stallions. A quick glare and snort from her silenced them immediately, each one going back to eating whatever snacks they had.
“No Pinkie, the other thing.” She said with a slightly strained voice. Pinkie stared at her in deep thought. She gasped before giggling loudly again, a snort escaping as she did.

“Oh! That! Yeah, that’s when you grab a stallion and pull him into it and make him happy!” she said giggling, making the other mares sigh. None of them noticed a gray Pegasus with walled eyes, giving a certain brown stallion a look that spelled Danger; he seemed to notice this and ran for the hills. The Pegasus giggled as she followed right behind him.
“OK, so why did you say that, knowing full well what would---“
“Well, duh! Dissy would’ve of done it!” Pinkie Pie said, giggling madly as the rest of the group went silent, she didn’t seem to notice this however.
“I mean, sure, he would’ve made some hay actually appear, cause I can’t do that! But I know he’d have a blast if he was here!” Pinkie said, giggling louder, she didn’t seem to notice the looks from each of her friends. Each one had a different look and they all could see it on each other. Pinkie looked at each of them finally noting the look, they all knew what was coming.

“So---“
“Pinkie, no.” Rainbow Dash said firmly her wings flaring slightly.
“I was thinking---“
“So Applejack, I see you… have a new hat!” Rarity said hopefully as she tried to pull Applejacks hat away. A quick smack to Rarity’s hoof made stop.
“That we might---“
“Fluttershy, how are the animal migrations going?” Twilight asked, hoping to get the shy Pegasus to speak. But she stayed silent the one time she, and most likely the rest of the group, wished she didn’t, though Twilight could have sworn she had seen Fluttershy give a small grin.
“Invite Discord to come hang out with us sometime! And HA! I finally said it all!” Pinkie Pie said happily as she gave the air a little victory punch as if she had just defeated Nightmare Moon all single hoofenly.
“No.” Rainbow Dash said firmly, crossing her hooves across her chest. Fluttershy seemed chest flattened by that comment, but Pinkie only smiled.

“Oh come on Dashie, stop being a sourpuss!” Pinkie Pie said, grinning at her friend, who only scoffed.
“I think somepony here is jealous of Discord.” Pinkie Pie said, knowing full well of what she did, she only grinned more as Rainbow Dash jumped up.
“WHAT!? Why would I be jealous of him!?” she yelled glaring at the party mare, who only gave her a grin.
“Well, duh! He’s hanging out with Fluttershy more than with you!” Pinkie Pie said, giggling, making Rainbow Dash scoff at her.
“Oh please! As if Fluttershy would hang out with him more than with me!” Rainbow Dash said with a huff.
“Besides, I’m sure me and Fluttershy can find something to do. Like this weekend!” Rainbow Dash said confidently. Fluttershy eeped as she tried hiding behind her mane.
“Oh... well… I can’t.” She said quietly, this made Rainbow Dash look at her with wide eyes.
“I promised... Discord that… we would go to the comic book shop in Canterlot over the weekend.” She said, Rainbow Dash just continued to stare at her.

“Wait, the whole weekend!?” she said standing up suddenly, sounding suspicious.
“Well, I… I wanted to go to the flower exhibit, since Changelings are now our friends I was hoping to see the plants they brought from their hive.” She said quietly but this time dident bother hiding behind her mane.
“But why would Discord--“
“He didn’t. He said it was too boring, but he knew I wanted to go, though not by myself, so we made a deal that I would take him to the comic book shops in Canterlot. We might even get some treats while we’re there.” Fluttershy said with a smile, her nervousness from before seemed to have vanished as she took a sip from her drink. Applejack gave her a smile as Rainbow Dash groaned loudly.
“But… I thought WE were going to go!” Rainbow Dash said, trying her hardest to ignore the grinning Pinkie.
“Well, we were, but you said you didn’t want to. So I didn’t want to make you go and besides Discord said he would.” She said, her voice shaking slightly, but she cleared her throat and looked at her friend.
“I would invite you too, but I know you two don’t get along, that and you haven’t said Sorry over the rainbow bucket.” She said firmly, making Rainbow Dash scoff.
“Oh please, it was just a simple prank! And he deserved it!” She said, earning a glare from Fluttershy, something she had yet to get used to.

“Yes, it was a prank Rainbow Dash, but you still hurt him. You know how much rainbows burn, especially when it gets in your eyes.” Fluttershy said firmly, making Rainbow Dash huff as she gave a pout. This made Fluttershy sigh as she looked at friend.
“Now Rainbow Dash, while he did deserve that for making your shower spray you with glitter instead of water, he at least said sorry afterward, albeit after I told him to, but he still said sorry.” Fluttershy said firmly, making her friend cross her hooves angrily, like a child who was told she couldn’t have cookies. The conversation had come to a dead halt; an awkward silence had made its way to the table. That was until a ding was heard. Everyone turned to Pinkie, who was digging in her mane, only to pull out a little timer.
“Pie is done!” she yelled happily as she stood up suddenly.
“Come on Fluttershy! Help me with my pie!” she said, and before Fluttershy could say anything else she was grabbed and pulled over and into Sugarcube corner. Applejack smiled as she watched her friend give her a pleading look. Once they were inside, she quickly turned her attention to Rainbow Dash.

“Ok, spill it, what did you do?” she asked firmly, making Rainbow Dash look at her before giving a shrug.
“I have no idea--“
“She tried to zap Discord while he was sleeping. Quite rude if you ask me.” Rarity said, taking a delicate sip of her drink, making the other mare glare at her.
“Oh for the Princesses’ sake! Can’t you two not try to kill each other every time you see each other!?” Applejack said, taking off her hat only to use it to whack Rainbow Dash on the back of the head with it.
“Hey, don’t treat me like a kid!” Rainbow Dash said, flaring up her wings in defiance.
“Well, if you would stop behaving like one, ah’ wouldn’t need to!” Applejack said, glaring at her, she only scoffed rubbing her head a little.

“I’ll stop being one when he stops being a fre--“
“We’re back!” Pinkie Pie yelled, bouncing over to the table with a few plates on her back, Twilight watched in horror as her fundamentals of physics were destroyed as the party mare happily bounced over to them and quickly placed all the plates on the table. Fluttershy followed right behind her with more plates and napkins. The group looked at the pie, noting its rainbow crust.
“Wow Pinkie, how did you—“
“It’s a secret!” She said firmly before smiling at them, she took a nearby knife and started carving the pie.
“Whoa! Wait a minute, is that Zap Apple Pie?!” Applejack said, smiling as she was given a slice, since the first thing she noticed was the rainbow theme went past the crust.
“Well, now it’s not a secret anymore Applejack! How mean!” Pinkie Pie said, giving her a stern look before she started giggling at Applejack’s apologetic look. Rainbow Dash looked at her slice and poked it slightly.
“Wait, does it have any "special" ingredients, like those special rainbow cupcakes?” Rainbow Dash asked nervously. This made Pinkie Pie snort loudly.

“Oh Rainbow, you know I don’t make rainbow cupcakes anymore, not since you read that really silly story! Seriously, who makes ponies into cupcakes! That’s just silly!” she said, passing Rainbow Dash her slice.
“Besides, you make ponies into pies! Everypony knows that!” She said, passing over a slice to Twilight.
“Wait, what?” Twilight asked, looking at the pink pony, noting the slightly manic look for a split second.
“Hmm?” Pinkie Pie asked, looking at Twilight, confused. The unicorn only shook her head as she started eating the pie. Soon the whole group was eating rather quietly, each enjoying their slice, the occasional sound of approval being heard. After a few minutes of eating, the pie quickly disappeared into the bellies of the ponies at the table.
“Oh wow, that kicked butt!” Rainbow Dash said, grinning as she cleaned her teeth with her tongue. Rarity shivered at the display, but she stayed quiet as she cleaned her lips with her napkin.

“Mmm~! Indeed, such a delightful treat.” She said smiling as she finished cleaning her lips. The rest of the group smiled in agreement. Rarity leaned back, stretching a bit before reaching for her drink. Fluttershy mirrored her movement, grabbing her cup. Rarity looked up, as if about to offer her a toast to something, but she stopped to look at the yellow Pegasus. Fluttershy noticed the look a little too late and cringed when Rarity gave a gasp.
“Fluttershy! What happened to your eyes!?” she said, looking at the bags under Fluttershy’s eyes, this made the shy Pegasus blush as she turned away. Applejack quickly cleared her throat, making Rarity look at her, obviously wanting to say something, but the shocked expression made the farm pony regret her decision.
“Oh no! You too Applejack?” she asked, worried as she made her way to the two ponies, they looked at each other, as if asking the other what they should do.

“Oh, look at you! Bags simply won’t do.” Rarity said, standing in front of Fluttershy examining her face with her magic. Fluttershy only looked to the others, wishing for some sort of help, she saw the looks of her friends and sighed knowing they would not help. She wished Discord was here, at least he would say something.
“Now Rarity, that’s mighty rude.” Applejack said as if reading Fluttershy’s thoughts, she gave her a weak smile, but Rarity only clicked her tongue as she continued to examine the eye bags.
“Oh, I just know this is that ruffian’s doing!” Rarity said, scrunching her nose as she finally let go of Fluttershy’s face.
“Now Rarity—“
“Fluttershy, you must stop being so passive with him!” She said firmly, this made Fluttershy take a deep breath.
“Rarity, I love you as a friend, you know that.” Fluttershy said firmly, making Rarity nod.
“But I will not let you talk about Discord if it’s not anything nice. I let Rainbow Dash give a comment here and there because I know I can’t stop her.” She said firmly, making Rainbow Dash give her a pout.
“But please don’t ruin our brunch by talking badly about Discord.” Fluttershy said hopefully as she looked up at Rarity’s face.

“Oh darling, I didn’t mean anything by it. But I will say he simply must let you get some sleep.” Rarity said, giving a kind smile, Fluttershy smiled back, knowing this was not going to escalate much.
“Please promise me that you will at least tell him to let you sleep? I mean, who knows what horrid things he does.” Rarity said waving her hoof dismissively, this made Applejack smiled.
“Yeah, like taking off his head and---Mphph!” Applejack nearly dropped her drink as Fluttershy’s hoof shot up and quickly jammed itself into her mouth.

“What!? He did that!?” the group yelled in unison, Pinkie Pie being the only one who burst into a fit of laughter. Soon Applejack regretted opening her mouth as the group started arguing over how this should be handled, with Pinkie Pie being ignored since throwing a party for him was not on the top of everypony’s list.
“This simply cannot be ignored!” Rarity said with a huff, making the others agree, all except Pinkie who was trying to talk to Fluttershy, but she could barely hear her over the others talking, Rainbow Dash being the loudest. She sighed, knowing that the best course of action would be to just let them rant on until it died down, even though she hated that course of action but she had little choice once her friends got started. she finished off the last piece of her snack while she waited for them. when she heard Rarity clear her throat she looked up at them, and they looked at her expecting an answer.

“Can I speak now?” she asked politely, Pinkie Pie oooh’ed at the tone she gave. The tone of a mother who just caught her filly doing something that she was not supposed to.
“OK, yes, Discord did… for a lack of a better word, take his head off and put it in my bed.” she said firmly, but quickly raised her hoof. Applejack only sat next to her grinning as Fluttershy continued.
“But he did it with the best of intentions.” She said firmly, making Rainbow Dash’s wings flare up angrily.
“How can that--“
“Let me finish, Rainbow Dash.” Fluttershy said firmly, cutting off Rainbow Dash, and hopefully stopping the others. She gave a sigh as none of them spoke, and took this chance to take a deep breath. She started to tell them about the things Discord did whenever they were alone, or when he was bored, which was quite often. The group listened in growing shock, and Rainbow Dash only seemed to get angrier the longer she went on. She stressed that each prank or trick he did was harmless and playful in his own special way. Of course, no one except Pinkie saw it like that, Applejack stayed silent listening to her friend defend her chaotic friend, she couldn’t help but smile at her bravery. In any other situation, Fluttershy would have fainted from being in this position.

“Applejack, what do you have to say about this!?” Rarity said, snapping Applejack out of her thoughts.
“Uh… Discord, right?” She asked to make sure she knew what they were talking about before answering. A simple nod from Rarity gave her what she needed.
“Ah’ think its ok, ah’ mean, ah’ sure don’t like it, but ah’ didn’t like your pranks either Dash, but that never stopped you.” Applejack said pointing at Rainbow Dash.
“Oh come on AJ! This is so different!” Rainbow Dash yelled glaring at her, Applejack only shook her head.
“Really? How is this different? Last time ah’ checked, the worst thing he did since we let him out was flood my farm.” She said firmly, making Fluttershy nod.
“Yes, he did do that, but he fixed it and even said sorry afterward.” Fluttershy said with a smile, Rarity gave a huff as she turned her head.

“While that may be the case, we simply cannot have that ruffian have his way with her!” Rarity said still quite mad, trying to ignore Pinkie Pie saying “Phrasing!” followed by a giggle.
“Yeah, I’m with Rarity on this one! Let’s zap—“
“Oh, hush Rainbow Dash! He so much as jaywalks and you want to zap him!” Applejack said, giving the Pegasus, another whack with her hat, and just like that the conversation once again went into an area Fluttershy hated to talk about, the Elements of Harmony. She was happy that Pinkie Pie seemed more interested in the crumbs on her plate than the topic, she was more thankful that Applejack sat there defending him this time around.
“Ah’m telling ya’, there is no reason to zap him with fancy magic if he hasn’t done anything yet! And ah’ mean anything dangerous!” Applejack said making Rainbow Dash pout. Fluttershy tried her best to stay out of this, making a comment here and there, knowing that they really wouldn’t listen to her. She sat there, twitching more and more with each comment, slowly grinding her teeth.

“Oh come on! At the very least we can’t let Discord live there anymore! I mean, Fluttershy has no idea how to handle him! We need to at least keep an eye on him.” Rainbow Dash said angrily, making Fluttershy sigh; she had hoped for a peaceful brunch, but that was like asking Discord to not shower in the living room.
“Maybe we could stay in Fluttershy’s home to keep an eye on them?” Rarity suggested as she tapped her hoof.
“Wait, won't that invade her privacy?” Twilight asked, tilting her head, Applejack turned to see Fluttershy just sitting in silence as she listened, obviously not wanting to add fuel to the fire.
“Who cares!? I mean, no offense to you Fluttershy, but you’re a bit of a doormat.” Rainbow Dash said waving her hoof in an uncaring manner. The group stared at her shocked, Pinkie Pie being the only one that gave a loud, overly exaggerated gasp. Rainbow Dash looked at Pinkie Pie wondering what the big deal was, and then it hit her. She cringed visibly as she turned to Fluttershy.
“Oh crap Shy I—“
Fluttershy held out her hoof, silencing Rainbow Dash. She stayed silent for a moment before taking a deep breath.
"Ok, that is quite enough, I’ve sat here listing to you bad-mouth him and I just have had enough.” She said firmly as she stood up.

“I do love you girls, I really do, but I am getting tired of this. I really am. Every time I come over to spend time with you I’m worried that you will ask about Discord.” She said firmly, making some of them start to sink in their chairs.
“I don’t mind you asking about Discord, but you always ask about what he’s done to me and not anything else. Did you even know he helped me fix the leaky roof on my house last week? No you did not because to you he is not capable of helping anyone but himself.” She said firmly, her body shaking slightly, she took a deep shaky breath before continuing.
“And frankly, I’m sick of it. None of you even knew I was going to Canterlot this weekend, and you know why?” she asked, making the mares squirm slightly. Applejack stared at her, knowing that this was something that had been building up for weeks now, and she was glad to finally see Fluttershy get it off her chest. Even if she was partly at fault for it.
“It’s because you only ask about Discord these days, never about me anymore and that really hurts.” She said, giving a slight sniff clearing her throat a bit before continuing.

“Thank you for the snacks Pinkie, thank you Applejack for walking me here, thank you Twilight, Rarity and Rainbow Dash, I do hope you work out your issues soon, but right now I am heading home. Have a nice day." she said, turning away and started to walk away, with some tears in her eyes as she did.
“Wait Fluttershy! I--“
“No Dash, I will not wait anymore, I am tired of this I really am. I’m heading home to tend to my animals, please don’t follow me. I want to be alone.” She said as she continued to walk, she stopped for a moment before turning.
“And girls, if this keeps up I don’t know how many more brunches I will be coming to if this is how it’s going to end every time.” She said firmly before she did something that took everyone by surprise: she spread her wings and took off into the sky. Rainbow Dash stood there, dumbfounded at what just happened.
“Well, it’s about time.” Applejack said quietly with a small smile as she stood up as well, giving a passing look at the others.

“It’s time for’ me to head home now. It was nice seeing you girls.” She said with a smile, the others still recovering after what just happened. She turned to Pinkie who was hiding her face, she knew the others could do without her help, but Pinkie needed special attention.
“Hey Pinkie, think you can come help me with something on the farm? I could really use your help.” Applejack said with a smile, Pinkie Pie sat silently for a moment before looking up with a smile.
“Sure Applejack! I’m the best helper there is!” she said, happily bouncing up to the bakery and yelling something inside. She giggled before turning around to face Applejack.

“Ok, let’s go!” She said happily as she and Applejack made their way to Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack gave a glance at Rainbow Dash before she made her way to her quickly.
“Hey Dash, ah’ know you don’t want to hear this right now, but she’s right. Just give her a few days to cool off, ok? And next time, maybe don’t go shooting off at the mouth before thinking, alright?” Applejack said before giving her friend a quick firm hug.
“Y... yeah, sure.” Rainbow Dash said, returning the hug before they separated. They waved at each other as they left, leaving Twilight, Rarity and Rainbow Dash to clean up the mess they left on the table.

Fluttershy landed gracefully in front of her cottage and shook her head, shaking off a few twigs here and there, she was still not used to flying that often. She then wiped the tear stains from her face, not wanting Angel or Discord to see them. She paused, her mind going back to her chaotic friend, giving a sigh as she thought about what to do. She stopped at her front door before sighing again, knowing that he wasn’t there. She made a mental note to ask him where he had been when he got back home, maybe make some of his favorite cake. That thought was quickly tossed out of the way as another one forced its way into her mind.

“Oh, that’s right. I should really get packing up; we leave the day after tomorrow.” She said, scrunching her nose at the thought, she shrugged as she went into her house, thinking about how she would make it up to him when they got to Canterlot. She smiled as she started to think about what he would like, and hoped that wherever he was, he was at least behaving. She felt a cold shiver slide down her back at the thought.

The hut, that was strange. When did he come back to the hut? The last thing he remembered was meeting Cadence and Chrysalis, and possibly being made a public enemy of a whole race…. Again.
“Hey Discord!” Twilight said, getting his attention, she smiled, waving at him as she trotted by, licking a large lollipop in the shape of Rainbow Dash's head making an angry, scrunchy face.
“Hey Twilight how are things going?” he asked, noting her wings flapping. Wait… wings? When did she get those? She wasn’t an Alicorn… was she? Had he just never noticed? She only smiled as she started to float away her body parts separating and flying in different directions. He gave a shrug as he made his way to the cottage that belonged to his dear Fluttershy. He opened the door to her castle, smiling at the bathroom in the hallway, he made his way past it, noting the toilet was saying something about eating butts.

“Hi Discord! How are you this fine evening darling?” an insectoid voice said making him look up, he smiled as he waved at the large white spider hanging on the ceiling.
“Oh, hello my lovely Rarity! I see your web is as clean as always.” He said smiling as she just giggled at him, her web starting to shake slightly, making her squee.
“Oh my! Looks like dinner is here! Ta-Ta~ darling.” she said, waving one of her many legs at him before crawling away, he noticed that a green and purple dog was snared in her web. He also noticed the hearts in the dog's eyes, even as he was being wrapped around in a web as Rarity gave a ‘Wahahaha~’. Discord just smiled as he made his way deeper into the castle. He blinked, nearly stepping on one of his friends.

“Oh hey Applejack! You don’t seem well today.” He said, looking at the little head with legs walking around like a crab, she gave a screech as her response as she continued to walk. Discord rubbed his chin a bit before snapping his fingers.
“That’s it!” he said happily, making a giggling pink party hat with balloons appear on her head. She gave a screech as she started crawling up the wall.
“You are most welcome, my dear.” He said, waving her off as he finally made his way to the kitchen, he grinned as he saw Fluttershy cooking happily at the stove.
“Hello, my dear Fluttershy.” He said, making her look back at him, she smiled and waved at him to sit down at the table. He did so, but cringed at the thing crawling around on the table.

“Oh my, we seem to have an infestation going on.” He said, scrunching his nose as he stared at a little blue bug with a rainbow shell yelling ‘Dipcord’ over and over again. It screamed as he swatted it with a fly swatter. He gagged as he looked at it twitching slightly before tossing it in a nearby trashcan that barked happily.
“So Discord, how was your day today? I heard you made a few new friends.” Fluttershy said happily as she hummed, her yellow coat shining slightly in the sunlight. Discord smiled at her, nodding his head slightly.
“Oh yes! Chrysalis and Cadence were all over me! They absolutely loved me!” he said with a wide smile, Fluttershy giggle as she opened the window next to her, revealing the two rulers pressing themselves against the window, both wearing ‘Discord’s number one fan’ shirts.

“Really? I couldn’t tell.” Fluttershy said, going back to her humming as she pulled out a rather large cake out of the stove top.
“He’s mine!” he heard Pinkie yell, turning around just in time to see her chase away the two rulers with her cricket bat. He felt a tap on his shoulder, looking at Fluttershy smile warmly at him, the way she always did.
“Discord, you’re not a monster, I don’t know why ponies don’t see that.” She said nuzzling him, making him return it. She pulled away suddenly, confusing him as she gave him a sad look.
“You know I love you, right? I mean, we are the two musketeers after all.” She said still giving him that sad look of hers.
“Of course I do Fluttershy, you’re my best friend!” He said smiling at her, but his smile faded when she still gave him that sad look.
“Then I’m sorry Discord, but this is really going to hurt, and I am very truly sorry.” She said sadly, making him tilt his head.
“Fluttershy, what are-OH SWEET CHAOS!” he screamed in a high-pitched girly tone as the end of a ladder burst out of her mouth with a ‘Blauurg’ sound, making him scream like a filly as it came at him at breakneck speeds.

“Ow! Fuck!” Discord yelled as pain shot through his body, he groaned, holding his ribs as they screamed in pain. He turned around ready for a fight, expecting his arch nemesis to be there, only to see the end of a ladder poking out of his napping area. It jerked back and forth as if doing a mating dance for him, he was flattered but he learned his lesson after the first time. He heard voices coming from under him; he peeked over the edge and saw 3 little dots dancing around the ladder.
“No! You go up there!” one said, shoving the ladder back to another dot.
“No! Ah’ got the ladder, it’s your turn to do something!” the dot with the red bow said, shoving it back at the orange dot, the white dot walking around the two others.
“Did you hear that? I heard a bad word. Did he wake up?” the white dot said, sounding scared.
“Well, this is interesting.” Discord said, looking down at them as they continued to argue about who would go up. He yelped as the ladder poked him in the eye. He rubbed his eye, glaring at the ladder before grabbing it and pushing it away.

“Look out! The ladder’s alive!” the orange dot yelled as they scattered, making the ladder land with a loud metallic thud. He grinned as he turned and laid on his back remembering the dream he just had. What a dream it was! So much fun and relaxing! So chaotic! He snickered at the fact almost all of the ponies he knew were, in some form or another, monstrosities by pony standards. All, except his sweet Fluttershy and Pinkie, who he had yet to figure out if she was a friend or foe. After all, Fluttershy and Pinkie were the only ones who didn’t seem to hate his very existence. His ear twitched as he heard something being lifted, but he ignored it and looked up at the sky, he hated to admit it, but that stick-in-the-mud Celestia sure knew how to---
“OW! Fuck!” he yelled again, biting down on his lower lip, holding his head in pain, feeling tears sting the back of his eyes, he glared as he saw the ladder once again invading his napping area. He poked his head over the cloud again, glaring at the dots that seemed to be making their way up the ladder.

“Persistent little darlings, aren’t you?” he said, mimicking Rarity’s voice as he clicked his finger, disappearing in a flash of light. Just as he did that, Scootaloo’s head popped out of the bottom of the cloud
“We got you now--oh come on!” Scootaloo yelled angrily, looking around the pink cloud and noting its only occupant was gone. She quickly jumped on it, bouncing on it slightly as she looked for Discord. The two other fillies poked their heads through the cloud, noting how sweet it tasted.
“Where is that snake in the grass?” Applebloom asked, standing up and hesitantly stepping on the cloud, she smiled as she hopped on it when her hoof didn’t go through it.
“Did we win?” Sweetie Belle asked staying on the ladder for a moment, only to be pulled onto the cloud by Applebloom, much to her dismay, she was worried it would stain her coat and have Rarity yell at her again.
“Of course not! Ah’ mean, we haven’t even seen him!” Applebloom said, pouting as she gave the cloud a light kick.
“Yeah, we need--why did it get dark all of the sudden?” Scootaloo asked, noting that the area around the cloud was suddenly getting darker.

“Hmm… ah’ don’t think it’s a storm, we are really high up--Sweetie?” Applebloom asked in a concerned voice as she noticed the look on Sweetie Belle’s face, the look of pure terror. She waved her hoof in front of her face trying to snap out of it.
“Uh Applebloom…. We need tttto ggget down… nnnnnow.” Sweetie Belle said with a slight stutter as she just stared on.
“Why do----“
Her voice got caught in her throat as she turned, only to be met with a sight that she would never forget. Towering over them, with an evil grin, was Discord, his lower body coiled around the cloud, gently squeezing it as he chuckled.
“Well well well... Hello, my little ponies, quite literally this time.” He said, giving another chuckle as he pulled the cloud closer to him, causing the ladder to fall to the ground.
“Oh crud.” Scootaloo said her wings snapping to her sides as she backed away slightly. The three fillies hugged each other, shivering as they stared at him, worried what their fate would be in the miss-matched hands of the miss-matched god.

Ch. 7 A.C.F.T Adorable creatures from Tartarus

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Dead silence. That was something the miss-matched god was not used to. Anger; Fear those where things he was used too but not silence. Never silence. Discord continued to stare down at the little fillies his cheeks hurting over holding his grin for over 5 minutes. he waited for them to do something, anything! They only stared back at him and his long slender body that coiled around the cloud they were on, the ladder having fell off over 2 minutes ago. His smile strained, this has never happened before usually kids ran at the sight of him or screamed. These 3 just stared up at him sure one was cowering but the other 2 just stared at him. Sweetie Belle only stared at the large beast; as she held onto Applebloom shivering as he towered over them. Applebloom held onto sweetie belle while standing defiant, Scootaloo just stood defiant against the beast. Yet he could see her shaking slightly. None of them talked, this was starting to get on his nerves. He cleared her throat and he leaned his long neck down, this made the fillies back off some more.

“Soo-
“He’s going to eat our souls!” Sweetie Belle screamed as she backed away pulling Applebloom with her. Applebloom protested but soon she felt her hoofs slipping. Discord cringed at her high-pitched scream; that was something he was used too sadly.
“Sweetie Belle will you let go?!” Applebloom yelled as she felt herself being pulled back and much to her dismay over the edge of the cloud. Applebloom quickly grabbed at the cloud sinking into the cloud. Scootaloo noticed this and dived for them much to the others dismay.
“NO! Wait!” Applebloom yelled waving a hoof at her but sadly it was too late. With a mighty flop the cloud burst sending the three fillies plummeting to the ground. They screamed holding each other only to land with a thud. They groaned laying on the ground, a chuckle from Discord made them look up.
“Are you alive down there? After all falling 3 feet can be lethal, if you’re an ant.” Discord said grinning as he summoned another cloud and plopping down on it. He rested his chin on his lions paw and watched them with a wide grin.

“P…plea…please get off me.” A little voice said straining to even talk. The two other fillies looked down at Sweetie Belle who the two were using as a cushion. They quickly jumped off of her, she took in much needed breath of air as Applebloom patted her back. Discord snickered only to have something waved in front of him, he looked down at the orange filly who was waving around a small stick. Where she got the stick was anyone’s guess.
“Hey! Stop laughing you jerk! Or else I’ll teach you a lesson!” she yelled as she continued her waving, Discord caught it in his eagle hand and snapped it in two with ease. He continued grinning at the shocked face of the filly.
“Hmmm such bravery and rudeness…you wouldn’t be dear Rainbow mashes kid would you?” he asked petting the little filly who seemed to be fuming.
“That’s Rainbow Dash! And no I’m her honorary sister you jerk! And stop touching me!” she yelled angrily swatting his paw away. He looked hurt giving her pouty lips before something clicked, he knew these fillies but from where? he quickly pulled his hand back when the orange filly tried to bite him for continuing to pet her.
“Scootaloo that’s very uncouth!” Sweetie Belle said standing up, her voice cracking a bit as she did so. This took Discord by surprise, He’s never had anyone stand up for him other than Fluttershy, the little voice in his head was starting to annoy him, he really knew these fillies but from where? Not to mention he mentally kicked himself for finding the crack in her voice unbearably cute.

“Oh here we go again! The dictionary saying words I don’t know!” Scootaloo yelled angrily, Discord blinked he felt a warm feeling start to bubble in his stomach. Soon the last filly started arguing about being nice and how this never solved anything. Soon the three started to fight, the feeling in Discords stomach grew and grew, he knew this feeling well. It was chaos beautiful sweet chaos. Then it clicked, the voices, the shouting, and the chaos!
“You!” Discord yelled loudly startling the three fillies, it didn’t help that he lunged at them tackling them to the ground. They screamed as they rolled around in the grass before Discord sprung to his feet floating in the air giving a hearty laugh as he held the three fillies.
“It’s you! You Three! HA!” he yelled happily as he gave another hard laugh as he started ruffling the fillies manes making them struggle against his lions paw.
“He’s eating us!” Sweetie Belle yelled as she struggled the hardest, when he didn’t let go she did the first thing that popped into her head, she bit down on the lions paw.
“Ahhhh! Cannibal!” Discord screamed out in pain as he let them go making Scootaloo and Applebloom land on the ground with a thud as Sweetie Belle clung to his lions paw, her teeth keeping her firmly in place.
“Let go!” Discord yelled as he started to shake his arm trying to shake the small filly lose, this only made her bite down harder. He continued to scream as he went to grab the filly’s leg making her scream as she finally let go.
“Ah! Bad touch!” she screamed making Discord eep as leaned down and covered her mouth.
“Shhh! Last thing I need is ponies thinking I’m a pervert! I am not Mr. Cake!” he yelled glaring at the filly making her stare up at him in fear.

Mr. Cake gave a mighty sneeze into the pile of flour in front of him spreading it everywhere.
“Oh dear. Darling are you ok?” a voice said making him turn and smile at the white mare.
“I am fine Rarity, I guess someone is talking about me.” He said with a chuckle as he cleaned his face of all the flower. The mare shrugged as she helped him clean up a few things, she bent down and started picking up a few things. Mr. Cake could not help but let his eyes wonder over to her rump, tilting his head slightly giving a grin as he stared.

“Now then! I can’t believe it’s you three!” Discord said happily as he squeezed Sweetie Belles cheeks.
“I need an adult.” Sweetie Belle said whining as he only squeezed harder.
“I am an adult.” He said grinning down at her, his frowned when he noticed the other two were not within eye sight.
“Hey where are the other two?” he asked as he turned his head only to have someone jump on his back.
“Take that yer varmint!” Applebloom yelled as she quickly started punching in the back of the head.
“Ow I guess Ow your Ow Applejacks sister Ow.” He said wincing each time the little filly punched him. Honestly it was more annoying than painful but the filly did have quite a hoof at such a young age, must run in the family.
“Get away from mah friend!” Applebloom yelled as she continued to punch him, he stood up tall making her epp as she rolled down his back. He flicked his tail making her land on its poofy end.
“Well that’s just rude. I try to be civil and you assault me not to mention insult! What would Applejack say!?” he said as his tail grabbed her leg and lifted her up.
“Hey put me down!” she yelled as her red mane fell onto her face, she gave it a blow trying to get it away from her face but it only fell back into place. He grinned at her before looking around.
“That’s 2 now where the third---
“I got it! I got it!” Scootaloo yelled making Discord turn around just in time to see her picking up a little brown sack. He tilted his head as she quickly raced up to him swinging the little sack as if it was a weapon of doom.
“Cutie Mark Crusader Drquimonz Hunters!” she yelled tossed said sack with all her might, the sack flew through the air only to lightly tap Discord on his snout before falling harmlessly to the ground. Discord stared at her raising an eyebrow as the filly looked dumbstruck. The other two just stared at her as well Sweetie Belle being the only one still trying to get away from Discords pinching hands.
“Uhhh do over!” Scootaloo yelled as she grabbed the sack again and started spinning it again. Discord looked on curious to what the sacks contents were, but one thing was sure. It smelled nice.

“Uhhh Do over!” Scootaloo yelled huffing as she grabbed the sack again making her audience groan.
“Oh come on! That’s the 20th time you failed!” Sweetie Belle yelled waving her hoofs around. Discord and Applebloom nodded as they looked on. Discord had gotten tired of pinching the cheeks of one filly and holding the other one upside down. He had decided to just sit on his rump and wait for whatever this filly had in store for him. But after ten minutes of waiting his patience was wearing thin. He sighed as the filly once again threw the sack at his face and once again it fell to the ground harmlessly. He rolled his eyes as he held the two fillies in his arms as if they were cats, though he stopped petting them when the white one kept yelling “bad touch”.
“Come on one more time! Besides you two should be helping me seal this guy away!” Scootaloo yelled only to cover her mouth letting something very important slip out. The other two facehoofed at her buck up, Discord raised an eyebrow at the comment, staring at the sack. It had his full attention now, what did they mean by seal him away?
“Uhhh forget I said—Hey! Give that back!” Scootaloo yelled as the sack was quickly snatched out of her hooves by Discords lighting fast talon.
“Ha! So that’s why you were so eager to find me!” Discord said grinning as he suddenly stood up dropping the other two fillies on the ground with a thud. He stared at the sack ignoring the protests of discomfort as he wrapped his tail around them.
“Ewwww! Get your butt away from us!” Scootaloo yelled struggling against his tail, he only flicked it making them yelp as they were shook.
“Quiet you! Now to figure out what this thing is.” Discord said with a grin as he opened the bag taking great care with whatever was inside, all he knew was that it could seal him away. He couldn’t let that--- it was herbs.
“….what?...why …Why do you have Dragons Blood!?” Discord asked in an annoyed tone as he lifted the three fillies up to eye level with him. Sweetie Belle only gasped loudly as she covered her mouth with her hooves.

“D..Dra…Dragons Blood!? Oh no! Did Zecora hurt spike!?” Sweetie Belle said worriedly as tears started to form in the corners of her eyes, Discord and the other crusaders just rolled their eyes at her. Discord looked at the sack again for a moment before pushing it against his snout inhaling the scent. The three fillies managed to wiggle out of his grip only to have him stare at them confused.
“Wait so you were trying to seal me away with incense? And yes it’s called Dragons Blood. It’s made from the bark of a tree.” Discord said taking another sniff he sighed happily for a moment before glaring down at the fillies making them eep. They only stared back at him as he started tapping his foot, Sweetie Belle only grew more nervous as he copied the look and pose that rarity did whenever she found out Sweetie Belle did something uncouth. It didn’t help that he was literally towering over them casting his shadow over them. The only thing he was missing was the designers glasses Rairty got at a flea market that one time.
“Well?” he asked tapping his foot some more as he continued to glare down at them, the three fillies looked at each other looking for a way to not anger the already mad god.
“Well uuhh we—
“We wanted to give you a gift!” Sweetie Belle yelled out loud making Discord cringe again at the high pitched tone. he cursed his good hearing at times.
“What? No we—oohf.” Scootaloo started to say something but was cut off by Applebloom and Sweetie Belle jabbing her on both sides of her ribs effectively silencing her, she gave them a glare as she rubbed her sides. Discord only stared them down much like a parent would when they caught a child in a fib.
“Y...yeah! We…wanted to give you gifts because—
“Uhhhh Princess Luna said to do it! She said it would be nice!” Sweetie Belle said forcing a smile at the mismatched creature. Discord only stared down her his brow rising slightly.

“You see she...told us to be nice to you because—
“Because Fluttershy said ya were behaving! So Luna told us to give ya something!” Applebloom said quickly sweating slightly.
“Then what was that about sealing me up?” Discord asked with a grin making the fillies look at him worried.
“Oh umm it was a prank! Yeah a prank! Scootaloo isn’t that good at playing pranks!” Sweetie Belle said matching Appleblooms’ sweatiness level. Her comment earned an angry “Hey!” from Scootaloo who crossed her hooves. Discord stared at them Scootaloo stopped her pouting and joined the other two in making a puddle of sweat on the ground. He leaned down staring down at Sweetie Belle with only a few inches between them. Discord closed his eyes slightly as he glared at them intensely, they stared back smiling nervously sweating slightly. His head suddenly shot up giving a loud happy “Ha!”
“Oh good ol Lulu!” Discord said loudly as he gave a loud hearty laugh startling the fillies as he swooped in and pulled them into a filly crushing hug.
“I knew she would be the only one ‘besides Fluttershy’ to be nice to me! Giving me gifts and passing on my legacy in my absence is just the frosting on top!” Discord said happily as he gave another loud hearty laugh before letting go of the three fillies smiling at the sack for a moment before putting it around his neck, his tail wagging happily behind him as he gave the sack another sniff.
“…Is your tail wagging?” Applebloom asked staring at him as Scootaloo snickered slightly while Sweetie Belle gave a little “Aww”. Discord quickly noticed this and coughed slightly as he grabbed his tail and held it much like another dragon the fillies knew does.
“No...Noo! I wasn’t---Shut up!” Discord yelled turning his head as he gave his tail a slight squeeze. The three fillies looked at him confused for a moment before Scootaloo coughed standing up quickly.

“Well glade you like the gift! But uhmmm right now we are having an emergency crusader meeting. You’re not a crusader so you can’t be a part of it!” Scootaloo said as she quickly grabbed the two others and started to drag them away. Discord only crossed his arms turning his back to them.
“Like I care! It’s not like I wanted to be in your stupid club anyway.” Discord said grumbling as he sat back down on his rump giving a loud snort. Scootaloo dragged the two crusaders far enough away that she was sure Discord could not hear them. Though a quick glance back she saw that Discord was more interested in his gift than them.
“What was that?!” Scootaloo hissed angrily glaring at the two, Applebloom shrugged as she gave her a blank stare. Sweetie Belle only twiddled her hooves together not making eye contact.
“We were supposed to seal him up! And get our cutie marks for that! We already tried gift giving!” Scootaloo said giving a little stomp as she talked. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom both looked down at the ground.
“AJ still opens packages she doesn’t know mighty carefully.” Applebloom said rubbing the back of her a bit as she thought about the baby honey badger she got for her sister. The badger didn’t really care for Applejack.
“Rarity didn’t like that fake pop out snake I got her.” Sweetie Belle said silently as she gave a little pout at the snake she had to throw away.
“Yeah! So we don’t need to go around and give gifts again!” Scootaloo said angrily as she sat down and crossed her hooves.
“But he liked it.” Sweetie Belle said in a quiet voice, Scootaloo only huffed as she rolled her eyes.
“Yeah Sweetie belles right. That and now that ah think about it Zecora never really said it would seal him up.” Applebloom said shyly as she rubbed the back of her neck making Scootaloo groan.

“Hey yeah! She never said what it would do in the first place!” Sweetie Belle said a bit too loud making her voice crack.
“OH come on! We went through all that just to give him a present!?” Scootaloo yelled angrily as she gave another stomp.
“…but it was nice, he looked really happy.” Sweetie Belle said in a quiet tone she twiddled her hooves again. The three fillies just sighed as they slumped on the ground.
“So now what?” Scootaloo asked annoyed as she kicked a nearby pebble away.
“Ah don’t know this whole day has been a waste. All we did is make a crazy dragon thing happy.” Applebloom said as she blew her hair out of her face.
“Yeah…a powerful dragon thing.” Scootaloo said as she stopped her twiddling , her eyes widening slightly.
“A dragon thing that has enough magic to turn Ponyville into the chaos capital.” Sweetie Belle said standing up looking over at Scootaloo.
“With enough magic to put princess Celestia…to shame.” Applebloom said gasping as she looked at her friends, they looked like they were thinking the same thing.
“Someone that could—
“Help us—
“Get our—
“Cutie marks.” The three fillies said in union. A silence feel over the land before the three fillies vanished from sight in a puff of smoke, before reappearing where they last saw Discord. Alas he was nowhere to be seen.
“Where is he!?” Scootaloo yelled as she noticed that the draquinmunes was gone. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom looked around for him, they scanned the area looking for any sign of the miss-matched being. Applebloom gasped as she saw a large outline heading back toward Ponyville.
“There he is! He’s heading back into town!” She yelled waving her hoof in the town’s direction.
“Cutie mark Crusaders Cutie mark acquirers!” they yelled in union as they ran at speeds that would put even the most seasoned athlete to shame.

“My, what a lovely gift. It’s been too long since I’ve burned some incense. Oh I do hope Shy lets me burn it.” Discord said taking another sniff of the sack, part of him not wanting to burn it but what else could you do with it? Last time he checked it was toxic to eat, for ponies at least, and he wasn’t allowed to make anything appear in the environment that wasn’t already there. At least not permanently. He took a quick glance around noting that what few ponies were around hightailed it out of the area when they saw him coming. He sighed as he continued to walk on all fours, he scrunched his nose at this. They could at least show him a little respect for degrading himself to walk like an animal!
“Stupid ponies. I’ve been living here for months now. You’d think they would get used to me huh?” he asked turning to look down at a small brown colt with a propeller cap on who was drinking a soda. The colt just stared up at him sipping at his drink. Discord took note of his odd cutie mark of a game controller but before he could comment a mare who was probably his mother quickly walked up to them and snatched the colt away and high tailed it to the nearest shop. Discord could hear the colt’s cries of protest ‘But moooom!’ He gave an angry snort turning his head up at them.
“Rude and I do mean Rude!” he said with a huff as he walked away his tail and head held up straight. After a few moments pass he slouched again, he could practically hear Celestia and Rarity yelling “Don’t Slouch!” he shook his head grumbling as he continued to walk.
“I really need to exercise more. I’m getting flabby.” He said looking down at his slim form he gave a shrug as a nearby salespony quickly hitched his cart and ran making a few fruits fall off. Discord rolled his eyes.

“OK this is just getting annoying.” He said under his breath, since he’d been reformed the only ponies willing to talk to him where the annoying team of colorful ponies, baring Fluttershy of course. He felt something tug at his chest making him snort.
“Stupid heart stop feeling bad.” He grumbled as he gave a little sigh, out of the corner of his eye he saw someone staring at him from the bench, Roseluck if he remembered correctly. He shrugged having nothing to lose he waved at her, she took one look at him before bolting away practically tripping over her own hooves in the process.
“OH yeah thanks! That doesn’t hurt my self-esteem or anything!” Discord yelled making sure she heard him, she only ran faster making him sigh as he ran his hand across the back of his neck. He gave a snort, he hated the fact ponies treated him like this, but the thing that bothered him the most was the fact he actually cared what they thought. He gave a defeated sigh as he continued on his way. He thought about Maybe talking to Fluttershy about this but quickly shrugged it off, she dident need to be bothered by this. That’s when he felt it, not the ping or tug at his chest, or the tiny nagging Celestia voice in the back of his head. No, this was different he felt…cold. He tapped his chin in thought, the last time he felt this feeling was when Celestia had a few too many ciders during the hot spring nights. He tapped his chine once more before grabbing the sack again and holding it up to his snout sniffing it again.
“Hmmm what did Pinkie Pie call it?” he said as he continued to tap his chin, it was at the tip of his tongue. He snapped his fingers as it came to him the sack still very close to his mouth.

“Ah! Pinkie sense! Something about being in danger--
“CUTIE MARKS!”
Before Discord could process anything three filly sized projectiles threw themselves at him knocking him down to the ground hard, they started to roll on the ground. He landed on the ground the wind knocked out of him. He gasped grabbing his neck as he started to choke on something.
“Gives us our cutie marks! Please! Please! Please!” the group of fillies yelled in union as they proceeded to jump up and down on him. He tried to scream or teleport but each time they came down on his body it knocked whatever concentration or air he could muster out of him.
“Come on! Give us what we want!” Scootaloo said quickly grabbing his paw and pulling at it, the other two quickly followed her example and started pulling at his eagle hand. Applebloom gave it a firm flick making it click like an old lighter, the claws even gave off a little spark each time. None of the fillies noticed his eyes rolling up as his face started to turn a shade of blue and starting to foam at the mouth.
“Come on work!” Scootaloo yelled angrily as she tugged harder and harder. She flicked his paw wanting something to happen, she pouted as it gave a slight stutter like an engine starting only to die suddenly.

“Oh Come on!” Scootaloo yelled shaking it more, Sweetie Belle grumbled as she looked down at him noting his blue face.
“Uhhh girls I think we broke him.” She said letting go of his eagle hand and stepped over him. The other 2 crusaders looked down at him each looking at each other worried. None of them seemed to notice or care that they were still standing on him.
“Applebloom what did you do!?” Scootaloo yelled pointing at the farm filly, Applebloom gave Scootaloo a glare as she turned to face her.
“Me!? What about you?!” Applebloom asked angrily as she continued to glare making Scootaloo scoff at her. The two fillies stared down each other being chest to chest as if they were about to duke it out as Rarity called it. That was until two small white hooves pushed them apart.
“Girls! We don’t have time for fighting! We need to help him!” Sweetie yelled pointing down at the downed Draconequus, he gave a gurgle in response. Applebloom gasped as Scootaloo reached down and started shaking him making him twitch slightly.
“Quick somefilly give him QPC!” She yelled as she continued to shake Discord, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle facehoofed.
“It’s CPR you dummy!” Sweetie Belle said giving her friend a deadpan look.
“Well whatever! Someone give it to him...not me! I don’t know how too.” Scootaloo said quickly noting the other crusaders looking at her.
“Well ah don’t know ether! Ah always found it gross!” Applebloom retorted as she made a gagging motion. The two crusaders quickly turned their attention to Sweetie Belle, who backed away, blushing slightly.

“I’m not allowed to give CPR anymore, not after Thunderlane told Rarity I tried to on him.” She said swallowing the lump that had formed in her throat. The other crusaders just stared at her with confused looks.
“But you know how to do it right?” Scootaloo asked slowly making Sweetie Belle nod slowly.
“So what’s the problem?” Applebloom asked tilting her head waiting for an answer.
“Rarity said I’m not allowed too! And Thunderlane won’t let me and Rumble have a sleepover at his house anymore.” Sweetie Belle said in a sad tone, Discord gave another gurgle as he convulsed slightly. The two fillies looked back down at him before looking back up at sweetie Belle making her whimper slightly.
“I really can’t---
“Ahh come on think about poor Discord here.” Scootaloo said nudging Discords lifeless body, it gave a slight twitch in response.
“But I---
“Aww come on Sweetie Belle! What about our cutie marks? If we help him, he wouldn’t only owe us for the little gift we gave him but saving his life too. So get to it!” Applebloom said stomping her hoof on the soft ground, Discord gave a painful grunt at this action. Sweetie Belle looked at her then at Scootaloo, both of them waiting for her answer.
“But…But…But----
“Come on think about the cutie marks.” Scootaloo said her lip quivering as she looked at her friend, Applebloom did the same with her lips, even adding her puppy dog eyes to the mix. Sweetie Belle looked on in near tears, looking back and forth from each of the fillies and Discord who was getting a darker shade of blue with each passing second.
“…oh…oh…OH! Alright!” Sweetie Belle practically yelled as she stomped angrily, she hung her head in shame. The other two nearly jumped up and down in joy but stopped when she held her hoof up.

“But! You can’t tell anyone! Especially Rarity!” She yelled angrily, glaring at them with small blush on her face, they nodded making a zipping motion with their hooves on their mouths. She gulped as she looked down at the mad god whose face was now turning a deep shade of purple.
“Why me?” she thought to herself as she took a deep breath and leaned down, the other crusaders moved lower giving her some space. They flopped down on his midsection, they gasped as they heard a quack. Discord shot up hacking up something, it flew in the air before hitting Applebloom in the face with a wet plop. Applebloom gave a “ewwww” as she pulled the object off her face, it was the sack they had given him. He fell back down coughing and taking in deep breaths of much needed sweet, sweet air.
“Celestia’s right hoof!” he yelled angrily, his eyes filled with tears as he gave a series of hard coughs, after he finished his coughing fit he laid back down wheezing and panting slightly. At this time he noticed a shadow above him, he looked up and blinked. Sweetie Belle stood over him, inches from his face looking down at him. He blinked again as he noticed how close her lips were to his, her lips pressing against each other in a kissing motion.
He blinked once more before slowly reaching up and cupping her cheeks, he then slowly ever so slowly started to push her away. He pushed her enough for her to flop down on her rump. He sat up staring at her quietly, he then used both hands to pick her up off his chest and put her on the ground only to push her away further from him before retracting both his hands. The three fillies just stared at him confused. He stood up suddenly, knocking the reaming two fillies off of him. His form towering over the fillies once more, only then did Sweetie Belle stop making the kissy face. A thick silence filled the air for a moment before Discord gave a small cough.
"I...I'm just going to poof away before this gets more awkward" He said as he lifted up his paw ready to poof himself away. At this the fillies practically tackled him again as they threw their hooves up at him.
“No wait!” they yelled in union as they threw themselves at him, clinging to him. He gave a yelp as he was nearly thrown back down to the ground. A blink of an eye later they started screaming “Cutiemark!” at him over and over at him. He flinched as they pulled on anything their hooves could grab. Limbs, hair, his goatee and his fur. He swore he felt a few patches being ripped out.

“Ow! Will you-OW! Stop-OW!—pulling!?” he said angrily, finally prying himself free and quickly climbing a nearby tree, the fillies quickly circled said tree.
“Cutiemarks!” they yelled looking up at him. He gave a snort.
“What do I look like a Cutiemark factory or something?!” Discord asked angrily, glaring down at them as they only looked up at him before turning to each other, he watched as they whispered something to each other. Seconds pass before they look up at him.
“Yes! You are a cutie mark factory! And we want our cutie marks!” they said in union, he scoffed crossing his arms.
“How do I look like a factory of any sort?!” he said looking down at his body. Had he really gained that much weight?
“Well ya use magic right?” Applebloom asked looking up at him, he only rolled his eyes at her.
“Uh Duh.” He said siting down on the tree branch he was standing on.
“And you’re like a zillion times stronger than the princesses’ right?” Scootaloo asked making him roll his eyes again.
“Look at the above comment dear.” He said pointing upward, the fillies looked up to see a bird sitting on a branch, it gave a loud squawk before flying away. the fillies quickly turned their attention back to him making him feel nervous.
“…And you’re a good guy know right?” Sweetie Belle asked looking up at him with wide eyes. He swore one of his hearts gave out when he looked down at her.
“Uhh yes...well to an extent.” He said coughing as he waved his hand in a dismissive manner. The three fillies looked up at him beaming.

“Then we gave you that gift—
“After attacking me in my sleep. And I’m pretty sure the chicken said something about sealing me up.” He said picking his ear earning a “Hey!” from Scootaloo. She was quickly silenced with a quick shoosh from the others.
“And we saved your life---
“If that’s your idea of saving lives then I’m filing a restraining order.” He said flicking what he picked out of his ear in a random direction. He quickly perked up when he heard “that’s what Roseluck said.” He had the feeling there’s quite a number of orders against these fillies.
“Well they did release me the first time around.” He thought, chuckling to himself.
“But the point is you owe us our cutie marks!” Scootaloo said angrily making her tiny wings buzz. Discord chuckled as he looked down at them. They had a certain charm to them, of course he would never admit it out loud.
“Please Mr. Discord?” Sweetie belle asked making him look down at her. He cringed again feeling chest pains. He shook his head a bit before glaring down at the three fillies. He did have to admit that he did like the incense but then he remembered the sexual assault the white one tried to do. He tapped his chin trying to ignore the chanting below him. He pulled out a yoyo and started making it play hopscotch. He could help them but then something nagged at the back of his head, he knew this nagging but decided to confirm it.
“So I’m guessing you want me to just poof you some cutie marks?” he asked making the yoyo fly off into the sky.
“Yes! That!” Scootaloo said happily, the three fillies cheered as they started talking about what their cutie marks were going to be. He looked down at them, he reached behind his back and pulled out a little black note book. He gave it a blow and made a thick dust cloud poof up. He smiled as he put on his reading glasses and started flipping through the thick book.
“Hmmm let’s see. Necromancy. Opening the 9 gates of Eldritch horrors. Cutie—aha! Number 47!” he said looking though the very long list of “Discord don’ts”.
“Sorry fillies no can do.” He said flipping the book through making sure he was thorough, he wondered why it’s been so long since he read though his little black book. The fillies stopped there cheering, looking up at the mismatched being. they saw him flipping through a book.
“Huh? What not?” Applebloom asked looking up at him. He only grinned as he looked down at her making the book poof away.
“Even I have rules dear. And that’s a big no no.” he said grinning much to the dismay of the fillies.
“But why?!” Applebloom said pouting up at him, the rest of the fillies followed suite looking near heart broken by his statement. Discord felt a little bad for popping the fillies hope.

“Yeah! What gives you big jerk!?” Scootaloo asked angrily as her little wings buzzed angrily. He only grinned no longer feeling bad about the popping.
“Ever hear of the cutie pox?” he asked with a grin. This silenced them, sweetie belle and Scootaloo both looked back at Applebloom who only huffed a bit.
“That only happened once!” Applebloom said puffing out her cheeks at her friends, Discord heard this but decided not to ask for details. He only laid there staring at them, part of him wondering why he was still there and not in Appaloosa or something. The term “curiosity killed the cat” came to mind. He was thankful he wasn’t part cat. He tiled his head a bit questioning if lions counted as “cats”.
“Come on! You owe us!” Scootaloo yelled snapping him out of his thoughts. He looked down and grinned.
“Dear I don’t think I owe anyone anything. Besides since when do gifts have a ‘you owe us’ clause to them?” Discord asked grinning down at them making them puff up. Sweetie Belle looked up at him for a moment before looking down.
“Are you really not going to help us Mr. Discord?” Sweetie Belle asked in a shaky tone as she looked back up, tears started to fill her eyes as she looked up at him with a quivering lip. Discord winched a bit as he felt his heart gave the inside of his chest a kick. He had to think fast. He could already feel his finger slipping. He shook his head, the last time he let it slip he had to avoid Celestia for a few decades. He looked down again seeing the little filly’s eyes grow slightly bigger. He cringed some more as he coughed a bit.

“No. sorry I really can’t. If I do I’ll get in really big trouble.” He said making the fillies groan slightly.
“How much trouble we talking about?” Applebloom asked looking up at him intensely. Discord tapped his chin a bit before looking down at her.
“Ummm skipping school in the middle of a really important test trouble.” Discord said hoping they would understand, he doubted they could understand the isolation and darkness he had to endure for over a 1000 years. Though maybe they did know but he didn’t want to be the one to explain the utter desolation he felt after the first few days. And how lonely it was. His mind drifting slowly into madness until it snapped only for it to snap back to relative sanity after a few hundred years. The fillies gasped snapping him out of his dark thoughts, for now. Discord had the feeling that they have played that particular song before. The fillies continued to talk as he grabbed a piece of the bark and munched on it. It tasted awful but he did need his daily fiber intake.
“Oh ok! We won’t ask you again Mr. Discord!” Sweetie Belle said suddenly perking up, her tears gone.
“What?! Why!?” Scootaloo asked glaring at Sweetie Belle.
“Scoots don’t you remember how much trouble we got in for skipping that one test a few months back?” Sweetie Belle asked returning the glare.
“Oh shoot. Sweetie’s right. Big mac was so angry I thought he was going to explode!” Applebloom said nodding in agreement with sweetie Belle. She gave a thought as something clicked in her mind.

“Scoots! If we got in that much trouble being fillies, imagine what would happen to Mr. Discord here! He’d be sent to the moon!” Applebloom said pointing to the sky. Discord grumbled something about not liking being called “Mr.” but he let it slide as he saw the fillies continue to argue among themselves. He sighed face palming as he ran his paw down his face in annoyance. He lifted up his fingers, they were distracted enough that he could escape from them, or at least long enough to find a better hiding spot at least.
“Well if it isn’t the Blank flanks!” An uppity snobbish voice said getting Discords full attention. He felt his jaw clinch as well as his eagle hand, the last time he felt this feeling was when he was introduced to Blue Blood. To this day he still feels unclean when he breaths in the air of Equestria. Discord looked forward on the little hill near the tree, two fillies stood there grinning down at the three little fillies. One had a tiara and with pink fur and a purple and white colored mane and tail. Her flank had what he assumed to be a Tiara, he blinked wondering what kind of talent that represented. But what stood out about her were not her spotless coat or expensive looking tiara, what stood out were her eyes. Like a predator finding injured prey. He turned his attention to the other filly next to her, this one screamed submissive. Her grey coat matching her silver mane and tail, the light blue glasses contrasted with the rest of her, yet complimented the pearls around her neck. He frowned at the cutie mark, a single silver spoon. Yet another cutie mark that for all his knowledge he had he could not find an answer to what it meant.
“Yeah like these blank flanks are like so lame!” the grey one said making them both giggle, Discord wished he had a muzzle for the two. Granted he could just poof their muzzles away for a while but he could once again hear the tiny Celestia voice screaming at him for even thinking that.
“Oh Silver Spoon you know these three are always lame.” The pink one said in a snide tone. He could have sworn that blue blood didn’t have a wife, much less a daughter. Though for all he knew she just crawled out of the same slime pit that Blue Blood did.
“What do you want Diamond Tiara?” Applebloom asked angrily, glaring hatefully at the two fillies as she took a step forward. Diamond tiara only giggled as she raised her nose up at them.

“Oh Silver spoon isn’t that adorable? The dirt pony is trying to act important.” Diamond Tiara said with a sneer. Silver spoon giggled at her friends comment.
“Totally! Reason she hangs out with other worthless blanks!” Silver spoon said laughing at her own comment. Discord raised an eyebrow as he watched them.
“So that’s what it looks like when you laugh at your own joke? ...I need to make changes in my life.” Discord said rubbing his chine, stroking his goatee in thought.
“Yeah! I mean how sad is it that a dirt pony, a clumsy unicorn and a flightless bird have only each other as friends?” Diamond said giving a loud high pitched laugh making Discords ears winced in slight pain.
“So what?! We’d rather be losers than stuck up snobs!” Scootaloo said angrily making the others nod at her.
“Yeah at least Ah’m not a spoiled apple who ah wouldn’t even feed to Mr. Waddles!” Applebloom said giving an angry snort.
“Yeah you---you---jerks!” Sweetie Belle said loudly making her voice squeak and break. The two bullies’ huffed as they stomped their way to them.
“Hey at least I’m not a blank flank! Not to mention Daddy treats me like a princess. What do you three get treated too?” She said grinning making Silver spoon giggle at diamonds comment.
“Yeah! Last week we got to go to Canterlot and ate at La Esmeralda Café. That’s the fanciest of fancy restraints.” Silver spoon said with a giggle giving them a look as if she was talking to trash.

“Yeah! And Hoity Toity was there and we got to talk to him.” Diamond Tiara said snickering a bit at the crusaders. They just stared at them confused.
“Who?” Scootaloo asked tilting her head a bit making the two bullies gasp.
“You don’t know who Hoity Toity is?!” Silver spoon asked shocked as Diamond Tiara only scuffed at them.
“Of course they don’t know who he is. He is one of the most important fashion pony in Canterlot! He is the one who decides what’s in fashion and what’s not in fashion. Not like you uncouth blanks know anything fancy.” Diamond Tiara said with a smirk, it faded quickly at the huff Sweetie Belle gave.
“Big deal he’s not Discord.” Sweetie Belle said quietly making Scootaloo and Applebloom nod.
“Hey yeah! He’s no Discord! Toity may be a fancy pony but I bet he can’t scare princess Celestia!” Scootaloo said happily. Discord grinned at this, he was one of the few living things that know that Celestia was Claustrophobic, bit ironic really when you think about the methods of punishment she gives out. He could still feel the whipping he got from Starswirl when he locked her in that box that one of many times.
“Yeah! At least we can say we talked to the spirit of chaos!” Applebloom said pointing her hoof at Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Discord could not help but grin at the comments. Sure he’s been called more faltering things in the past but they were children so he would let that pass. He grinned as he leaned down a bit watching the two bullies faces slowly go from smug, to shock, to horror.

“Discord? You mean that thing that attacked Ponyville a few months ago?” Silver spoon asked looking disgusted making Discord gave an angry snort at the comment.
“Ha! I should have known! Only freaks would hang out with freaks!” Diamond Tiara said with a grin as she started giggling at them. Discord frowned once again stopping his fingers from clicking and turning their manes into spiders.
“Hey we maybe freaks but better than stuck up snobs!” Scootaloo said angrily making the other crusaders nod. Discord watched with interest enjoying the chaos and the insults being thrown around. Everything from ‘monster lover’ to silver spoon having a brown nose and his personal favorite, daddies little plot kisser DLPK for short. He grinned as he made a note of that one. His attention was quickly fading however, as much as he like the chaos he really did need to get going. He had no other plans for the day but even walking around town being followed by the local guard was a better use of his time.
“Yeah well at least my colt friend didn’t break up with me!” Diamond Tiara said loudly as the glared at blank flanks. Discord felt a cold chill run down his spin as he heard that. The group of fillies went silent, even silver spoon took a step back from Diamond Tiara. Sweetie Belle looked at her in shock before looking down.
“Buttons had to move! He had to move to Canterlot! It’s not his fault his mom got a new job!” Sweetie Belle said with a shaky voice. Discord suddenly felt like he should do something about how these fillies were acting. But what? He couldn’t just zap them into a volcano. Celestia would have a fit of godly proportions, he huffed crossing his arms. sometimes being reformed was not fun at--most of the time.
“She’s just a stick in the mud…maybe if---oh damn it I can’t.” He said grumbling knowing that if did anything to harm the fillies Fluttershy would never speak to him again. That and the whole being sealed into stone for another 1000 years was the icing on the cake of nope. He clicked his tongue wondering what he should do. He couldn’t hurt them, physically or mentally. Couldn’t use magic on them ether.

“Hmmm Loop hole, loop hole---oh…OH!” he said grinning evilly as in idea had formed in his mind. He has played pranks and scared ponies before. He wasn’t hurting them since Rainbow dash and Pinkie pie did the same things. Sure he would add his extra flare to it, but Twilight did say it was only fair, even though she looked like someone was twisting her arms to make her say that at the time. But what should he do exactly? He needed an opening, something to let him not just poof into existence. As if a greater force than himself had heard him he felt the sudden urge to return his attention to the conversation at hoof.
“Hey you better take that back or or—
“Or we’ll sic Discord on you!” Scootaloo said angrily her wings buzzing up a storm. Oh how Discord could kiss her! Though that might have to wait another 10 years, he made a mental note of that.
“Yeah! We’ll sic…Discord on you?” Applebloom said unsure of herself as Scootaloo looked at her for a moment before realizing what she said. She stayed silent for a moment before rubbing her chin a bit.
“Huddle!” she said pulling the two crusaders into a huddle. Discord raised his eyebrows in confusion. Since when could you call for a group huddle in the middle of an argument? ...he would need to try that out next time he was in Canterlot. The two bullies looked on shocked and offended that they were begin ignored. Discord watched on with amusement, he never had to worry about being ignored. The three fillies continued their huddle, talking and whispering to each other. Moments pass before they pull away from each other. Scootaloo had a grin on her face, while Sweetie Belle looked worried. Applebloom looked unsure of herself but stood next to her friend.
“Yeah! You might be jerks but we have the biggesting jerk on our side!” Scootaloo said proudly. Discord frowned a bit scratching his head in confusion, he didn’t know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult. For that matter when did he pick sides? Well he guessed the moment the two bullies came into existence one night fateful night of drunken passion between their parents is when he picked sides.

“That’s not a word!” Sweetie Belle said loudly making her voice crack again.
“Quiet dictionary! It is so a word! Rainbow Dash called him that!” Scootaloo said proudly making the fillies and Discord roll their eyes. And just like that the arguing continued, Discord sighed as he looked at the sun frowning at how much time he had wasted.
“Well there’s no time like the present.” He said with a deep chuckle as he clicked his fingers. Discord grinned evilly as his magic started to flare up, his body slowly sinking into the tree he was on. Melting into it until he was gone from sight, just as Sweetie belle looked up at where he was.
“No! See he’s right---wait.” Sweetie Belle said looking around for the miss-matched god. The rest of the fillies looked up at the tree, Scootaloo gave an angry groan.
“Oh come on! Really!?” she yelled angrily as her wings buzzed with fury. Diamond Tiara and Silver spoon giggled at her.
“Ha-ha even the king of freaks don’t want anything to do with you three!” Silver spoon said giggling loudly as the three fillies tried in vain to find discord.
“Wow that’s really sad that even a thing like him doesn’t want to hang out with you three losers.” Diamond tiara said in a mocking tone joining her friend in giggling. The two bullies continued to snicker behind the crusaders making them more and more angry by the minute. Applebloom snorted angrily as looked around for the miss matched creature trying her best to ignore them. That’s when something out of the corner of her eye got her attention, something behind the tree was glowing. She made her way to it ignoring the bullies and the ranting Scootaloo was doing. Something about tying Discords wings to his feet. Sweetie Belle sighed wishing that Discord didn’t have to leave, she was going to ask him something important. She kicked a small rock knowing it will have to wait for later, that’s when she looked up and saw Applebloom walking behind the tree.
“Applebloom? What’s going on?” Sweetie Belle asked wondering what Applebloom was looking at. She blinked noticing the glow as well and followed her friend. Diamond Tiara noticed this and growled.

“Hey don’t ignore me!” Diamond said angrily as she stomped her hoof, this did nothing to get her attention.
“Hey guys what’s up!? We were talking about sic’ing discord on them! Not whatever that is!” Scootaloo said following the two behind the tree. Diamond Tiara glared as she rushed over to them, Silver Spoon following right behind her.
“Hey! Stop ignoring me!” she said quickly rounding the corner only to pop out on the other side of it. She skid to the stop nearly crashing into Silver spoon.
“Wh—what!? Where did those losers go!?” she asked angrily as she turned and circled around the tree quickly, once more popping out the other end.
“Their…gone?” Silver spoon asked tilting her head a bit wondering how the three blank flanks could pull such an impressive disappearing act. The two bullies looked around wondering what happened.
“Well I couldn’t let them see what was about to transpire, now could I?” a deep voice said followed by a deep chuckle. The two fillies stood still the voice sending a shiver down their spine.

“What—
“Was that?” Diamond Tiara said finishing silver spoons sentence. Another chuckle was heard followed by the rustling of leaves.
“Why me of course, I saw you were bothering my new fan club ‘apparently’ so I decided to send them away. I am rather hungry after all.” The voice said as more sounds were heard, like twigs and branches being bent but not snapping. Slowly the two fillies turned around and gasped, the scream died in their throats before it could even reach their lips. They watched on in silent horror. Two large hands made out of wood emerged out of the tree and hovered in front of them. This time they gave a shriek as two slits opened up in the palms of the tree revealing two eyes looking at them. They seemed a little too happy to see them, like a child that was just given the biggest shiniest toy ever.
“Mmmmm my my. You will do just fine.” The tree said chuckling more as a large slit formed down its middle. It split open and a large snake-like tongue slithered out, the sides of it filled with jagged teeth.

“Time for some dinner.” The tree said as the snake like lounge slithered to them. The fillies watched as the tongue slithered closer. A mare’s distorted voice could be heard coming from inside the trees mouth, as if beckoning them to lay down their sleepy heads. The tree’s tongue shoots out and buries itself into the ground right in front of the two bullies. The bullies’ shirked as they ran off screaming and crying. Diamond Tiara tripping Silver spoon as she ran getting more and more distance from her. Silver spoon was shocked for a moment before dashing off after her, both screaming for their daddies. The tree laughed as it watched the fillies run off into the distance, a trail of tears flowing behind them. The tree laughed some more as a bright flash covered it for a moment before Discord burst from it, rolling on the ground laughing.
“Oh! I got those little brats good!” he said giving another loud laugh, he continued to laugh at the misfortune of the two fillies. A few voices were heard from the tree as Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo walked from around the corner.
“Ah don’t get it! Why would that weird monkey thing be summoning frogs?” Applebloom asked tilting her head a bit.
“I don’t know, but the small froggys were cute! But Rarity would have a fit over that weird outfit.” Sweetie Belle said with a smile. Scootaloo only scoffed as she played with a blue headband on her head.

“Well that crazy snake guy was awesome! But why the hay did he try to bite us?” Scootaloo asked tapping at the headband.
“Yeah he was weird but did he really deserve that?” Sweetie Belle asked turning to look at Applebloom.
“Hey granny smith said that if a stallion tries to bite you in a place you don’t want, you kick him in the apples!” Applebloom said proudly as she have a little kick of her own.
“Yeah but did you have to use both hooves? Even the frog thing he was fighting stopped to help him.” Sweetie Belle said giving a pout, at this Discord stopped laughing and perked up. He grinned as he much to the filly’s confusion rolled over to them before leaping up in front of them.
“Oh! Sounds like you three had quite the adventure!” he said grinning as he leaned down noting the headband on Scootaloos’ head, and the etching of a leaf on it.
“Hey! Where were you!? We needed you to back us up!” Scootaloo said angrily as she tried to punch him only to miss him as he bent out of the way. Discord grinned as he held her head keeping her at bay as she continued to swing at him.
“Hey yeah you big bully! Were where you when we needed ya to bully the bullies!?” Applebloom asked as she gave her hoof a little stomp. Discord only grinned as he gently pushed Scootaloo away making her wings poof as she falls on her rump.
“Oh relax my little ponies! Uncle Discord already took care of the mean writtle fillies.” Discord said with a chuckle as he pointed at the empty spot were the bullies were last seen.

“Wait you didn’t eat them did you?” Sweetie Belle asked worriedly as she held her tail close to her chest. Discord wanted to yell at the filly to stop being…cute, but he was worried it would have the opposite effect. He shook his head making his eyes rattle a bit.
“I was tempted to at least chew on them a little.” Discord said stroking his beard for a moment making the fillies edge away from him slightly.
“But I decided to give them a good ol scare instead.” Discord said grinning as he made a spider on puppet strings appear in front of him, he chuckled as he made it dance with a little hat and cane too. The fillies watched as they clapped enjoying the little spider singing “Hello my babe, hello my darling!’ Discord grinned as he made the spider dance, he forgot how easily children were entertained. No wonder Luna was the favorite of the two princesses, Tia was such a bore. He entertained the thought of him running for princess ship but Celestia passed that stupid law saying he couldn’t. she knew she would lose.
“Aww he’s cute.” Sweetie Belle said snapping Discord out of his thoughts as she started petting the spider making it purr. He snapped his fingers making the spider bow before it scurried off and up the tree. A few moments of silence pass before Discord snapped his fingers making an umbrella with the most eye stabbing colors of bright green and yellow with a swirl in it appear in his hand.

“Well ladies—fillies I must be going now.” he said turning around giving his umbrella a twirl. The fillies gasped as they ran in front of him making him groan.
“Listen fillies, I can’t or won’t pick ether, give you your cutie marks.” He said walking past them only for them to run in front of him again.
“But—
“Nope” he said hopping over Applebloom making her grunt angrily.
“What if—
“I’ll say it in Spanish. No.” he said in a Hispanic accent as he slithered past Scootaloo. Sweetie Belle watched as the two continued to pester Discord, who seemed to get more and more annoyed. She tapped her chin in thought, trying to think of something. She gasped as her horn gave a little spurt of magic and quickly ran up to him.
“For the last freaking time no! Let me say it in more than one language! Nie, Ne, Non, Na, Nein, Nai, and Nao!” he yelled angrily as the top of his head popped off as steam and green flames shot out of it. The two fillies looked at him worried as he glared at them, he was at the end of his rope. Not since Twilight made him rearrange her library for replacing her books with fan fics of daring doo and Ahuizotl had he felt such stress in such short amount of time. He didn’t understand why he got in trouble, Rainbow dash was the one who wrote them.
“Excuse me Mr. Discord can I ask you something?” Sweetie Belle asked tugging on his tail making him freeze up before slowly turning around to look at her. Discord gritted his teeth a bit as he glared at her, his red eyes glowing for a split second.
“What.Is.It?” Discord asked his voice strained from holding back a screaming fit that was building up in his very soul. The filly didn’t seem to notice the danger as the other two waved at her to run.
“I wanted to ask if you wanted to come hang out with us at our club house.” She said with a warm smile as Discord gave a stomp as his umbrella and himself burst into green flames.

“For the 10000th time! I will not—wait what?” Discord asked as his fiery green flames of fury were doused out like he was standing under a waterfall.
“I asked if you wanted to come over to our club house. We were going to have a meeting but we got distracted with…things.” Sweetie Belle said shooting a look at the other two crusaders who huffed at her turning away from the look. Discord stayed silent thinking over what she had said. He tried to think when the last time he was invited into someone who wasn’t Fluttershy, but he knew the answer to that question. He grumbled at the fact he was never asked to partake in any activities with anyone. Not even he was invited to Pinkies brunch today, he wondered if Fluttershy remembered it was today. She could be so forgetful at times. He crossed his chest not liking the empty pit that was forming in it. Once again he had to blame Fluttershy for that feeling, he frowned. He hated not being able to hang out with her, but his tantrum at the farm pony who he wanted to pay a visit to sort of left a bad taste in his mouth. Stupid ponies, always being the bane of his confusion.
“Mr. Discord?” Sweetie Belle asked snapping him out of his thoughts as he stared at him, he only turned away once again in thought. He was the spirit of chaos! Not a baby sitter! Why should he of all creatures bother to go with them to their club house? Why should he go to a secret club house anyway? He had better things to do than go with them after all.

“And this is our cutie mark map! We use it to help us pick were we can get our cutie marks!” Sweetie Belle said smiling as she pointed at the map on the wall of the cramped room. Discord looked at and hummed as he looked around the room, he found it a bit annoying that the only way he could even fit in the club house was to lay on his stomach like a cat. Not that he minded he did it on a daily basis, though doing it in someone else’s garden always gave him a headache and it sure wasn’t due to the broom swatting at his head to leave. He grumbled as he rubbed his horns, they practically snapped off when he walked in. he sipped at the juice box Applebloom had offered him, apple juice of course. It was as if any member of the apple family had anything else other than apple they would cease to exist. Sweetie Belle was droning on and on about cutie marks this and cutie marks that. Applebloom was talking to him about how old he was and if he knew her great—to many greats to care relative. Scootaloo was in the corner closet digging something out. Gods why did he come here again?

“And this is my dirt bike!” Scootaloo said getting Discord to stop tying an invisible nose around his neck. He turned to see her yanking out a bicycle. Discord tilted his head at the “dirt bike” he was pretty sure dirt bikes did not have training wheels, or flowers.
“Well what do you think?” Sweetie Belle asked smiling as she finished her tour of the club house. Discord sipped at his juice box for a bit taking in all the details. Every error. Every nook and cranny he could see. Every single piece of Rainbow dash drawings.
“This kid is obsessed.” Discord muttered under his breath, he was sure if he walked into that closet, there would be a statue of rainbow crash in it covered in her shed feathers and fur. He gave a shudder at the image.
“Well? Pretty cool right? Were the only fillies in all of Ponyville and maybe even Canterlot that has a club house! And ah built it myself!” Applebloom said proudly, Discord blinked as he looked at her bare rump. He shook it off as a cosmic force needing to get off its flank moment. While he could do the job himself he refused to do someone else’s dirty work or work in general.

“Do you not like it?” Sweetie Belle asked giving a cute pout snapping him once again from his thoughts. He finished his juice box and put it down gently before making a pair of glasses appear on his face.
“The curtains are out dated, the floorboards are uneven, and the décor would make Rarity jump out the window.” Discord said clicking his tongue making the fillies slouch slightly. He scanned the room, it was awful. While he could guess it was in much worse shape given that some of the walls have been completely replaced. Granted the floorboards were ‘even’ at least enough to pass an inspection. But every few steps one would be out of place as if different types and sizes of wood were used. He could practically hear Twilights OCD screaming to be put down. The colors clashed with each other in every way possible. Like the fillies could not decide on one color and said ‘buck it’ and used a bucket instead of a brush. Rarity would burst into flames from it, and the sweets they had under the floorboards that Applebloom was digging though showed they had enough sweets to make pinkie pie jealous. The flowers were the only nice thing about the place. He guessed Roseluck gave them flowers that would last a while. And finally the cutie mark map. It showed the entire town with black X’s on a few places and drawings underneath said X’s. Everything from a fire, to what he assumed was the plague in cupcake form. To flooding, these fillies are going to give him a run for his bits in a few years.
“I love it.” Discord said turning to the fillies who in turn gave him a little squee. He grinned as he looked at the map. A new target, a new hobby.
“And this! If you were around at my time I would never have been sealed up.” Discord said pulling the map and making it stretch without ripping.
“Oh you mean because we would have made you good!?” Sweetie Belle asked with a big smile on her face.
“No because you’d make enough chaos energy to set me free before that stick in the mud princess could finish her cake.” Discord said chuckling making Sweeties smile drop slightly.

“Ah that’s why were not allowed in the garden anymore huh?” Applebloom asked tilting her head a bit, Scootaloo scoffed a bit.
“Nah! Well at least not anymore!...right? I mean he’s here so we wouldn’t still be banished from there right?” Scootaloo asked making Discord snort.
“Oh please Celestia has that stick up her flank so far Twilight could taste it.” Discord said waving his paw in an uncaring manner, the fillies gasped making him blink.
“….Don’t repeat that around other adults…ok?” Discord said returning his attention to the map. He hummed as he pulled out a magnifying glass and started to scan the map.
“And you say you… do what exactly? Try to get your cutie marks?” he asked turning to look at his rump.
“I never got the whole cutie mark thing, been called a blank flank my whole life. I lot worse that I can’t repeat in front of…well you.” He said turning his attention back to the map not noticing Sweetie Belles eager whispering that the other crusaders only told her to shoosh it. Discord gave a loud ‘ha!’ as he looked at them grinning.
“I have been stressed for the past few days—
“Rarity drinks tea or goes to the spa.” Sweetie Belle said pointing to the map. Apparently they were banned from what he guessed was shampooing.
“When Big Mac gets stressed he goes into the barn. Ah’m not allowed in the barn when he’s stressed.” Applebloom said tilting her head a bit making Discord gag a bit and made a mental note to NEVER set foot in it.
“Rainbow dash does---
“As I was saying!” Discord said lifting up his hand making a zip it motion even made three zippers appear in front of the fillies making them quickly close their mouths.
“I have been stressed lately and this is just what the doctor ordered!” Discord said happily ignoring Applebloom asking him if he meant the one with the blue box. He grinned as he pulled the map harder making it stretch a bit more before letting go of it making it splat across the wall making the once small map as big as the wall. The fillies gasped as he stood up on all fours and started walking to the map

“With my chaos! And your…crusading we will rule Equestria!---I mean get your cutie marks!” Discord said coughing a bit at his mix up.
“Wait wha—
“Come on fillies!” He said with a grin as he placed a top hat on his head and a cape.
Let’s raise some chao---
Discord stood up quickly smashing his head into the ceiling, he stood there twitching as he clenched his hands in pain as a few needles and nails fell to the ground.
“Ooooh so that’s where I left Rarities sowing kit.” Sweetie Belle said completely forgetting the clubhouse had an attic. Discord gave a twitch followed by a pained groan.
“Ah’ll get the first aid kit.” Applebloom said as she quickly trotted behind the desk. Scootaloo went back into the closet and starting tossing things out.
“I’ll get the nurse hats.” Scootaloo said already belly deep into the closet making a few blue worn out feathers float out.
“I’ll get the number to that lawyer mom said I would need one day.” Sweetie Belle said as she started digging in the corner of plushes. Discord stood there groaning in pain as his tail gave a painful twitch making his cape give a passive flap.
“Ooh why did I come here?” He said giving a whimper as he felt the tiny swords these ponies call working tools dig into his skin. Today was definitely a long day, and he feared it would only get longer. A Lot longer.

Chapter 8: A crusading we will go

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Birds chirped happily as they pecked away at the seeds in their feeders. A large bear was growling at a small bunny who was glaring up at the bear showing no fear. The animals on the sidelines were passing around nuts and seeds and squeaking at each other as if taking bets.
“Angel Bunny!” a voice yelled out being quite angry, the large bear quickly whimpered as he sat down the little bunny grinning for a moment before fainting in front of the bear, a look of pain on his face. Fluttershy trotted up to them giving a glance at the bear who was twiddling his thumbs and then looked down at the fallen bunny.
“What did I tell you about picking fights? That’s very bad bunny!” Fluttershy said not buying Angels act, he jumped back up and crossed his arms angrily. She stood there tapping her hoof waiting for an answer. The bear quickly started growling and grunting pointing at the bunny, the bunny only started waving his arms around wildly as he squeaked.
“I don’t care if you wanted to play in the field, you know its Harry’s nap time and its very rude.” She said waving her hoof at him. He only scoffed as he crossed his arms, Fluttershy sighed as she turned to Harry.

“I’m so sorry Harry, go take your nap now I promise he won’t bother you anymore.” She said giving a quick glare at the bunny who only huffed and hopped away making her sigh. The bear only smiled pulling her into a tight hug making her squeak. She smiled and patted her head, she knew she was lying but Harry is such a nice bear she couldn’t help but try to cheer him up. After the hug the two parted, Fluttershy sighed. Today had been a hectic day, Discord having terrible nightmares, Applejack and her worrying about apple family dog. Her embarrassing herself in front of big mac, she couldn’t help but feel her face go warm. She shook her head after a long day of visiting her friends and sharing her worries, Fluttershy was now back in her home, ready to relax for the rest of the day. She smiled as she trotted over to her follower garden. She lost track of how many times she thanked Discord for installing a hose into the ground nearby, she had no idea where it came from but according to Discord “Atlantis won’t miss a few drops of water.” She did feel a bit guilty and wanted to thank the people who lived there but apparently they didn’t get mail. She shrugged as she grabbed the hose and yanked on it turning it on as she started spraying the hose on her lovely flowers. She smiled as she made it rain over her little garden.
“I wonder what Discord is doing. I hope he’s ok.” Fluttershy said looking up at the sky expecting to see the silhouette of her chaotic friend, she just hopped he was off having fun.
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Angry mobs. Arrows and spears. Legions of soldiers and fighters. Even a so called Chosen one had dared to stand up and defy him. In retrospect being beaten by two colorful pony princesses was much more humiliating than he cared to…well care for at all. At least he got his dignity back when everyone else on the planet decided not to mess with someone who could play volleyball with the sun, other than himself of course. But never in his whole existence has he ever been in the situation he is now, a rather annoying and itchy situation.
“Are you sure you should be scratching at those?” Applebloom asked as she watched the miss matched spirit angrily scratch his head with his lizard leg like an overgrown dog. He glared at her as he stood up.
“Hey my body my rules!” Discord said as he scratched at the bandages and gauze on his head and neck. He tore the gauze off his chest after being nearly cocooned in it by Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. He tapped his foot pulling at the gauze around his neck, the needles didn’t go that far!
“Hey what did I say about picking at those Mr.!?” Sweetie Belle said walking back into the club house with Scootaloo who was pulling in a wagon. Discord grumbled as he crossed his arms.
“Yes Mooom I know.” Discord said angrily, he hated that his chaos magic only made the damn pricks itchier. He raked his claw across his neck scratching a particularly itchy spot.

“So what’s with the wagon?” he asked tugging on the gauze more which earned him a light whack from Sweetie Belle.
“Oh this is the Crusading mobile” Scootaloo said proudly, Discord looked at it and raised an eyebrow. It was bright red with a few scraps and bumps on it with poorly written C.M.C on it. He held his tongue as he returned walking around the club house, he kicked himself for not thinking of it sooner. While he couldn’t make the club house taller without getting an infestation of Rainbow Dash. He could however steal borrow an idea from someone he knew and made it bigger on the inside. At least now he could walk around without filing down his horns or having CMC grade medical attention. Once was enough for him, he cursed his body not being able to heal right. He guessed he needed more rest than he thought. He shrugged, that would be best for later. After all, right now he had chaos to create.
“So what’s next?” Discord asked grinning as he looked at the map still on the wall, he gave a grunt as he went into another scratching fit.
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Discord held his head, dizzy for some odd reason. He shrugged it off as he turned his attention to the fillies and the steep cliff they were on.
“So dare I ask how you got a giant piece of surgical rubber?” Discord asked peaking over the edge of the cliff, his fur stood on end as he looked at the bottomless pit below the winds whirling loudly as he gazed down it. He gave a snort and looked back at the fillies who were taking said piece of rubber and wrapping it around two stakes in the ground.
“Oh Doctor Horseshoes gave us it when we volunteered as nurses!” Applebloom said happily as she finished tying off the piece of rubber that Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were holding by themselves.
“Yeah! We got a few tongue sticks and nurse hats too!” she said happily as she wiped some sweat on her head.
“Yeah but he said we couldn’t be nurses for like another 30 years or something. Something about it being illegal to hire fillies.” Scootaloo said stretching as she sighed a bit looking a bit tired after tying down her end, but quickly perked up as she raced to the edge of the cliff looking down.
“Yeah though ah didn’t think that thing that shocks yer chest could set casts on fire.” Applebloom said making Discord perk up. He had a sneaking suspicion on why they weren’t allowed back for at least another 30 years.
“You mean defibrillator?” Sweetie Belle asked tilting her head a bit, Discord couldn’t help but snicker at the idea of a poor soul being stuck with them as nurses.

“Enough chit chat! Time to earn out cutie marks for Extreme Gliding!” Scootaloo said happily as her wings flared outward as if making a point. This only made Discord want to pet her, he was starting to question who was the cutest of them. He shook his head being angry that, that thought made its way into his mind.
“Discord! Wana help? I need someone to tie the glider to me!” Scootaloo said giving her wings a buzz, Discord tilted his head a bit before looking at the glider. He cringed at it, it looked like it was made out of wet cardboard, which was odd since it was made out of wood. The legs were crooked; the handle was definitely made out of cardboard. The wings looked like they were melting, he cringed when one suddenly snapped off no doubt killing a few ants. He could practically hear the tiny screams of terror before being silenced forever.
“yeeeeeah---let me help you with that.” He said snapping his fingers making the glider burst into flames quickly turning it into a pile of ashes making the crusaders cry out obviously angry over having their art project ruined. But the anger quickly turned into shock and awe. The ashes started to spin around as if inside a vortex, they gasped as the ashes started molding itself into the familiar shape of the glider. But that was the end of the similarities. It was recolored from the dull brown to a bright red. The wheels were large and shiny, the handle bar was made out of a shiny metal that shined in the light. But the most notable feature of the new glider was the wrings, they were not the flappy dull colored wings as before. They were long and thick, the red and orange colors made it look like it they are ablaze. It was as if Discord tore the wings off the biggest phoenix he could find and bolted them onto the glider. Discord stood there admiring his work for a moment before walking over to it, poking and moving it testing it.

“Hmmmm—Yes! I approve this!” Discord said grinning as he pulled out a stamper and quickly stamped a “Approved by Discord” seal on it. He turned to look at the fillies expecting praise and love, they looked at it in shocked silence. His smile faded as he looked down at them, putting away the stamper.
“Umm did I---AH!” Discord yelled shielding his face as the three fillies threw themselves at him, though not with enough force to knock him down like last time.
“Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!” they squealed in union as they left him just as quickly as they came. Discord rubbed his neck as he watched the three fillies playing around the new glider. Discord sighed as he looked at them swarm it like changelings swarming a giant melon, those little love suckers really love their melons. Before he could think about changelings liking large melons he felt a tug on his paw making him look down.
“Mr. Discord? Can you help us please?” Sweetie Belle asked looking up at him, at this rate his heart is going to burst out of his chest and yell at her to stop making it stop.
“with what?” he asked as he let her lead him to the glider, he quickly realized what they needed help with when he saw the other two filly’s trying to push the glider away. Discord grinned as he slithered over to it and grabbed one of the wings.

“Ladies, relax let good ol Discord help you out.” He said grinning as he lifted up the glider with ease and held it up like it weighed nothing. The fillies cheered as they climbed up on his tail making him grunt with slight annoyance.
“And I thought having fleas was bad.” He thought as he made his way to the filly made sling shot, trying his hardest not to shake off the fillies who were now crawling on his back. He quickly reached the spot and placed the glider on the ground.
“Ok everyone off! The Discord express has come to the end of the line!” he said as he blew out some smoke from his mouth as a high pitched whistle accompanied the smoke.
“No seriously get off you little parasites.” He said shaking them off making them giggle as they start attaching the glider to the launching launcher as they called it. Discord found that name to be a bit…redundant but he kept his maw shut for fear of retaliation. He hummed as he started pacing around the glider and fillies, inspecting every detail of it once more. He felt his tail suddenly drop making him look over his shoulder.
“Oh that would have been embarrassing.” He said stepping away from the edge. Once more the tiny Celestia voice was screaming at him from her little cage to not let them do this. He waved it off.
“Kids will be kids” he said grinning remember his youth and how he tried the same thing before…and all the broken bones he got. His smile faded at the thought as he stepped closer to the glider stepping on the rubber band in the process.

“Ummm on second thought can we I don’t know. Move it closer to the ground?” he asked putting his hand on the glider. Scootaloo looked at him confused as she strapped herself in, apparently drawing the winning straw. Discord cringed knowing that straw could very well be the short straw.
“What! No way!” Scootaloo said grinning as she checked the straps on her chest, she grinned giving the horn next to the steering wheel a honk. Discord lifted his finger to say something when his lizard leg caught on something. He looked down seeing the sling caught on his foot, he sighed untangling it not noticing Scootaloo paying special attention to a particular handle.
“Oh what does this do?” Scootaloo asked making several warning bells go off in Discords head, the events that usually follow those words are never good ones next to ‘hold my hard cider and watch this.’ ah the youth of today. Discord looked up and saw her tugging at a handle, the moment she did the glider lurched forward at speeds that Rainbow dash would be gawk at. He tried to get out of the way in time but his foot got caught on the rubber band again and before he knew it, the gliders wing connected with the side of his head. Everything went white as a burning pain quickly grew. He groaned putting his paw on his head winching as pain shot though his body, that and a wet spot.
“Oh you have got to be kidding me.” Discord said knowing what the wet spot combined the burning pain meant. He was starting to regret not bringing the first aid kid like Sweetie Belle wanted to. Speaking of a talking marshmallow.
“Mr. Discord! Are you ok!?” she said right into his ear making the ringing in his skull go louder. He glared up at her as she started shaking him.

“Will you shut up!?” he yelled at her making her back off as he sat up, he winched in pain as he put his paw on his head feeling the wet spot grow a bit. He looked at his paw and saw the red liquid on his paw.
“I’m…sorry—I didn’t mean too.” Sweetie Belle said sniffing a bit as small tears started to form at the sides of her eyes. Discord winched opening his eyes to look up at her, he gave an irritated groan as he stood up. He cursed what or whoever cursed him, he had been getting hurt far too easily these past few days. He looked down and saw Sweetie Belle and Applebloom looking up at him worried, one of them, not surprising, was on the verge of tears. He gave a bah waving her off as he stood there feeling a bit woozy from what might as well had been Applejack giving him a good ol bucking. And not the good kind. He chuckled a bit glade for once Fluttershy wasn’t here, she had a disturbing knack when it came to how pinkie would put it, his pervy mind. He couldn’t help it when his mind wondered, even he had needs!
“Mr. Discord. Your still bleeding.” Applebloom said snapping him out of his thoughts, he winched again when he touched his head again.
“…that’s odd.” He said putting more pressure on his head, slowly but surely the bleeding stopped much to the fillies’ relief. Discords mind started to wonder again about this being the second time today he’s not only been careless but actually gotten hurt, he was quickly taken out of it as the two fillies suddenly grabbed his arms and yanked hard.
“Duck!” they yelled making him look down.

“I maybe many things! But I am not a duck!” Discord said with a grin feeling something scrap across the very tip of his blue horn. He looked up and saw Scootaloo gliding by just a few inches away from where his head would have been.
“Hey you crazy kid! Watch where you’re going!” Discord yelled shaking his fist at the youngling. He thanked whatever force was at work there today, if Tia or anyone really saw that it would be the end of his reputation of him being a totally hip dude.
“Something doesn’t feel right about that.” Discord said questioning his own thought for a moment before Scootaloo swooped past them again giving him just enough time to jump out of the way along with the two fillies.
“Sheese I’m glad I didn’t put the anti-predator modifications to it like I did to Tank that one time. Seriously you’d think Dashy would be ok with that!” Discord said as he watched on, ignoring the strange looks from Sweetie Belle and Applebloom.
“Maybe it had to do with the fact it registered anything bigger than a turtle as a predator?” Sweetie Belle asked curiously making him snort.

“Details, Details.” He said waving his hand in a dismissive matter. The trio sat in relative silence as they watched Scootaloo glide through the air like a majestic swan. Discord wanted to say rhino but sweetie Belle was very adamant about rhinos not being able to fly. Discord had to use all of his tiny—good—decent amount of will power to not snap a rhino with wings into existence, last thing he needed was Twilight yelling at him for messing up physics again. He already got over one headache, he didn’t need another one. The trio watched the glider glide though the sky while the small orange dot in it yelled many ‘weees’ and ‘ha’s’ as she flew. Discord watched with smiled amusement while the other 2 watched in awe arguing who would get ‘dibs’ next. As the moments passed Discord noticed a dull pain in his head, he rubbed it. he was sure the bleeding stopped, which it did, but that still didn’t explain the dull pain. He started feeling up more upward until he felt his blue horn be a bit wobbly. He stopped and wiggled it a bit more, it was wobbling like a lose tooth.
“Oh come on!” Discord said angrily as he yanked his horn out making the two fillies yelp as they saw this. he ignored their rampant questions as he poured glue onto his horn with a generous amount. He put it back on his head but I felt off.
“Wha—oh silly me.” He said spinning the horn so it was facing the right way. He smiled he shook his head no longer feeling the horn wobble, the dull pain slowly going away. He grinned as he flicked it horn making sure it still worked good.

“Heads up!” Scootaloo yelled crashing into a cloud making it explode with a ‘poof’. Discord sighed as he bowed his head, giving a silent moment for the families of the cloud number 3982. Well he would have if a tiny part of his brain was telling him to pay attention to the small filly. After a few seconds of nagging he finally looked up deciding to send some flowers or maybe hot air to the families.
“Is it supposed to be wobbly like that?” Sweetie Belle asked looking up, Discord looked up his eyes bugging out like a telescope. Sure enough the glider was going side to side at an awkward angle. He zoomed in on a wing and saw that it had a rather nasty dent in it, the tear didn’t help ether.
"Is she going to be ok?" Applebloom asked slightly worried, Discord chuckled as he started to pet her head making her frown.
"Oh I’m sure she will be fine! nothing to worry about." Discord said as Applebloom swatted his paw away making him grin.

"Mayday! Mayday! Filly going down! Filly going down!" Scootaloo yelled at the bystanders as she zoomed past them only to crash into a nearby cloud, this one being much thicker than the other ones she had slaughtered. seconds later she tumbled out of it, the glider itself sticking to the cloud. Discord watched with a slight worry, he shook it off though as he quickly remembered the filly being a Pegasus. though he wondered why she was taking her sweet time to fly back up. he pondered this for a few more seconds before he felt frantic tapping on his legs, he looked down to see the other two fillies pointing and screaming for him to go after her. he rolled his eyes at them.
"Oh please she’s a Pegasus she can get back up here by herself. I’m tired of being everyponies taxi." he said putting his hands on his hips. the other two looked at each other horrified.
"Shecantfly!shecantfly!shecantfly!" they yelled at him making her laugh.
"Ha! if she can’t fly---then why is she always on the ground and never seems to be able to get above hip level when she does try...." Discord said his smile quickly fading as many things started to click inside his head about the small Pegasus filly.

"Why are ya still here!" Applebloom screamed pointing at the orange dot getting smaller and smaller.
"Why didn’t you tell me she couldn’t fly!? if I summoned up chocolate milk would you have told me that she had a severe allergic reaction to dairy!?" Discord yelled down at her.
"Why are we arguing about this!? She’s still falling!" Sweetie Belle yelled making her vice crack up a bit making the other two stop bickering and turned to look at the tiny dot that was Scootaloo.
"Oh for chaos sake!" Discord yelled as he flew up into the sky and started to spin, he spun around and around quicker and quicker will he looked like a small brown twister.
"What are ya doing! she’s--" Applebloom didn’t get to finish her statement before Discord suddenly shot downward. the brown tornado now looking more like a speeding drill as it shot itself in Scootaloo direction. Scootaloo screamed as she flapped her wrings as hard as she could the ground getting closer and closer. she started calling out for help, hoping her idol would hear her in time to save her. suddenly something caught her eye making her look up at the speeding brown drill coming at her. before she could react a paw shot out and grabbed her pulling her into the drill like object just as they hit the ground with a thunderous impact sending smoke and dirt everywhere. it was dead silent even as the smoke cleared. in the new crater slightly sunken Discord who was holding on tightly onto an orange filly.
".... Oooooooooowe" he said groaning in pain, cursing himself for not thinking to just zap her up there with them instead, good ideas were rarely made under stress. the small filly groaned as she sat up shaking her head, she stared at the scene around her.

“---That was awesome!” Scootaloo said happily as she gave a whoop before falling back on top of Discord making him grunt in pain.
“Hey wait a sec why is the ground like that?” she asked as she looked around where they had landed, it was a perfect indentation of Discords outline. She may not like school but she knew that the ground wouldn’t look like that after crashing into it, that and the multiply first hoof experiences she had. She stood up wanting to get a better look at it, only then did she notice the groaning under her. she hopped off and looked down at Discord. He laid there perfectly still in the small crater he made, the ground around him looked a bit off and even smelled like taffy. Scootaloo looked down and stepped a bit harder, the ground gave way slightly.
“hey wait a minute!” she said leaning down and deciding to throw cation to the wind she bit into the ground before quickly spitting it out.

“Yuck! Coconut!” she said spitting trying to get the foul flavor out of her mouth.
“Yea—h…Taffy—isn’t as soft wh—en you crash—into it.” he said still groaning in pain, he sat up quickly only to fall back down with a grunt.
"Yeah---that’s enough crusading for today...excuse me while I rearrange my kidneys" Discord said grunting as he poked the side of his body feeling something pop back into place. The two laid there for a few moments before Scootaloo spoke up.
“So are you going to get my friends or do I need to get rainbow dash to help?” Scootaloo asked making Discord groan at the comment and was about to comment on how useless it is to have a Pegasus that can’t fly, but he knew Fluttershy would put him in the dog house outside if he made the filly cry. He looked up and saw one filly waving her hooves franticly, while the other one with the bright red bow was likely threatening him with the way she was waving her hoof at him. he sighed as he stood up feeling his back pop.
“I’m getting too old for this.” he said snorting as he put on a firefighter’s helmet.
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“Oh thank you Fluttershy. I can’t thank you enough for the tea.” A mare said taking another sip of her tea as Fluttershy sat across from her.
“It’s no problem Cheerilee, I don’t mind having company over.” Fluttershy said with a kind smile making the teacher smile back at her.
“So excited about this weekend?” Cheerilee asked as she finished her cup of tea, this made Fluttershy smile widely at her question.
“Oh yes! I can’t wait! Oh sorry.” She said blushing as she got bit excited making Cheerilee giggle as she shook her head.
“Relax dear, it’s no big deal its ok to get excited.” Cheerilee said giggling as she stood up carrying the cup and plate in her mouth.
“Oh you don’t need to do that Cheerilee.” Fluttershy said following her friend into the kitchen who was already filling up the sink.
“Oh my parents always made me clean up after myself. It’s a habit.” She said taking Fluttershy and letting them rinse.
“So what exhibit are you going to go see? Personally I’m interested in the spider-lily” Cheerilee said with a grin making a poor scary face.
“I hear it shoots out webs and pulls in whoever it hits.” She said waving her hooves around making Fluttershy roll her eyes.

“OH you mean the one that looks like it has 8 legs and leaks web like gunk?” Fluttershy said faking a scared look making Cheerilees attempts to scare her friend die down.
“Jeeze, your no fun anymore.” She said playfully before grinning as an idea popped into her head. Fluttershy has hung around Cheerilee enough to know that look. It’s the same look Rarity gets when gossip is about.
“Sooo speaking of the expo. Who did you invite?” she asked grinning making Fluttershy sigh as she rubbed her head.
“You know already don’t you?” Fluttershy asked slightly annoyed.
“Rainbow dash does like to talk a lot especially if it’s about Discord.” Cheerilee said with a giggle as the two started to make their way back into the living room.
“if you ask me, I think she secretly likes him since she can’t go a day without talking about him.” Fluttershy said in a sarcastic tone, something that Cheerilee still had to get used to. Cheerilee only grinned wider.
“Too bad he’s already taken huh?” she said making Fluttershy stare at her as if she just grew another head.
“What are you talking---

“So have you and Discord kissed yet? Or do I need to lock you two up in a closet?” Cheerilee said grinning, Fluttershy stood there with a horrified expression as her face slowly turned red.
“Wha—what!” Fluttershy said blushing hard, she looked to Angel bunny who rolled his eyes at her before hopping away. She envied his ability to just hop away like nothing. Cheerilee burst into laughter after a few moments of silence. Fluttershy looked at her shocked for a moment before she gave her an angry pout.
“Oh you are terrible!” she yelled as she tossed a pillow at Cheerilee who only laughed harder.
“Ok! Ok! I’m sorry!” Cheerilee said giggling loudly as Fluttershy couldn’t help but start whacking her with said pillow. The two continued to giggle before they sat back and relaxed. After a few more minutes of weak giggles Cheerilee turned to Fluttershy.
“So seriously shy, why did you invite him?” Cheerilee asked making Fluttershy go silent as she looked up at her ceiling in thought.
“Because he volunteered to go with me.” Fluttershy said as she smiled wide.
“He’s such a sweetheart. He hates boring exhibits like this but he knew I hated going by myself so he decided to go with me.” Fluttershy said with a smile making Cheerilee grin some more.
“Sheesh Shy you sure you don’t want to date him~?” Cheerilee said in a playful tone making Fluttershy blush and giggle a bit.

“Honestly? He’s the perfect gentle colt…with me. If we knew each other more I’d consider it...ooh please don’t tell anyone I said that.” Fluttershy said looking to her friend who giggled as she made a zipping motion with her mouth.
“Relax. You kept my secret about me and Barry until we were ready to come out. Which yes our anniversary is next month!” Cheerilee gave a squeal.
“I’m very happy for you—
“Oh no you don’t! you’re not changing the subject. Spill it about you and Discord.” She said grinning making Fluttershy sigh as she rubbed her head.
“Nothing to say, I’m being honest here. He’s such a sweet heart that I really could have seen us being together… But—
“But you want something more…red?” Cheerilee asked knowing about her friend’s crush. Fluttershy only blushed as she covered her face.

“ooh Cheerilee what am I going to do?” she asked making Cheerilee chuckle as she pulled her Pegasus friend into a hug.
“Well I am dating the owner to one of ponyvilles hottest and only bar. So I might be able to hook you up with a nice date.” Cheerilee said grinning making Fluttershy giggle as she leaned into the hug, being grateful for the company.
“Listen Shy. You want my honest opinion? Just go with it.” she said making Fluttershy look up at her confused.
“Just go with it. I was terrified when I had feelings for Barry but after we had a date we…clicked. You’re not doing yourself any favors by just being the stalker in the shadows. Just walk up to him and say “big mac. I want your big tool!” Cheerilee said laughing a bit as Fluttershy smacked her with the pillow again.
“Ok! ok! Sorry! But I mean it shy, you need to just let it happen but that doesn’t mean never talking to him.” Cheerilee said as Fluttershy stopped her assault.
“what do you mean?” Fluttershy asked putting down the pillow again.
“I mean you need to go out and talk with him first. Go out chat and have a simple dinner.” Cheerilee said with a smile.
“that and remember the most important thing. Listen to what your heart is saying.” Cheerilee said putting her hoof on Fluttershys chest.

“Don’t be fooled by a cute face. Big mac is an incredible stallion but don’t think he’s the only one for you. You might be pushing away someone who you really love and you only block yourself off from them without knowing it.” She said firmly, she looked up in thought.
“I thought I was in love with big mac. We went on a few dates. Kissed. And it never really clicked. Then I made Barry and she and me clicked like a light switch.” She said making Fluttershy nod.
“So yeah go out talk to him. date and if it works out it works out if it doesn’t then it doesn’t. no need to tear yourself up over something that could be a silly filly crush.” Cheerilee said making Fluttershy smile at her friend.
“OK…thanks Cheerilee.” Fluttershy said as she rubbed her friends hoof, Cheerilee removed it and smiled as she stood up.
“Well it’s been fun Fluttershy but I think I’ll head on home.” She said smiling as Fluttershy smiled back up her.
“Oh ok then, and thanks for the advice Cheerilee.” Fluttershy said standing up making the teacher giggle. The two mares started to make their way to the door before Cheerilee stopped in her tracks.
“OH! I forgot to ask you something.” Cheerilee said her smile suddenly faded.
“what’s wrong Cheerilee?” Fluttershy asked at her friend in a slightly worried tone. Cheerilee gave a slightly worried, and a slightly embarrassed look.
“It’s about Discord…and him going to the expo with us—well you.” She said chuckling nervously making Fluttershy sigh a bit.

“I just need to know if I should keep the kids away from him or not. I don’t want to get him mad since some of the fillies and colts are well…Energetic. Yeah that’s it! " she asked looking over at Fluttershy who looked up at the ceiling in thought. after many moments she looked back at Cheerilee and smile a strained smile.
“Oh Discords great with kids. I’m sure he will be fine around them.” Fluttershy said laughing nervously, in the back of her head she thought about three specific fillies that had a tendency to create havoc.
“Will you little brats leave me alone!?” a voice yelled from outside her cottage making both mares heads snap up.
“Oh come on please! You owe us!” a voice yelled in a country accent.
“Yeah so cough up the cutie marks bub!” another voice said making the male voice groan loudly.
“I said No! how many damn times do I need to say it!?” the male one yelled.
“Aww come on! Make us happy with your fingers!” a high pitched one yelled.
“Will you stop saying that!? Its bad enough you said it in Ponyville---yeah I see you too buddy! Officer sprinkles!” Discord yelled as he entered Fluttershys cottage, three little fillies quickly following behind him as a police pony stood there watching him.

“Thank you! Now kindly go arrest someone who actually cares about the law!” he said slamming the door shut before turning.
“Uhh finally I can get---oh! Fluttershy!” He said grinning as he stepped away from the door, the crusaders following right behind him. they looked like they had quite a day, dirt and what they assumed to be candy stuck to their bodies.
“How has your day been? Let me tell you mine has been a ride and a half!” he said grinning as he petted Cheerilees head gently, he barely noticed Cheerilee pulling what looked like a can of pepper spray out of her bag. It seemed like Murphy was having a busy day today as the police officer forced himself back inside holding a pair of hoofcuffs.
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"This is humiliating" Discord said grumbling as he crossed his arms as he sat in the corner. Cheerilee and Fluttershy talking to the crusaders. Fluttershy turned and glared at Discord making him huff more. He was at least lucky Fluttershy convinced the cop to leave. He gave as small snort, as if putting him in a cage would do anything but cost them thousands of bits repairing what he would put the slammer though.
“Yeah and then we got the glider to work but somepony crashed it.” Applebloom said looking over at Scootaloo angrily making her huff as she crossed her hoofs.
“So that’s it? nothing else happened?” Cheerilee asked firmly making a lump form in Discords throat, last thing he needed was them telling her that he was the one who gave them a glider rather than telling them not to do it like any sane adult.
“Yeah pretty much, I fell and Discord saved me. Right girls?” Scootaloo said making Discord perk up, the other two fillies looked a bit shocked before nodding eagerly. Cheerilee stared at them, she knew when a filly or colt was lying. One quick look at the mis-matched creature told her she was right.

“Alright.” She said with a smile, she decided not to press the issue any further and looked out of the window. The sun was starting to set, she cursed under her breath as she opened the door.
“OK girls I’ll walk you all home. It’s getting late so hop to it!” Cheerilee said tapping her hooves quickly.
“Oh Cheerilee its no—
“No Fluttershy I’m sorry but I really need to get these 3 home. If anything happened to them I just don’t know what I would do.” She said with a kind smile. The fillies pouted but listened to their teacher and started heading out. She quickly stopped, remembering something.
“OH! Before I forget you did remember to do your homework right?” Cheerilee said and almost immediately the three fillies stopped dead in their tracks. Applebloom slowly turned to Scootaloo who looked just as panicked, then they slowly turned to Sweetie Belle who looked horrified.
“Uhhh you mean the show and tell thing that’s due tomorrow?” Scootaloo asked obviously sweating, Cheerilee immediately noticed this and sighed inwardly.

“Yes that very same project. You have been doing it haven’t you?” she asked a firm motherly tone, the crusaders gulped they all had forgotten about the homework, they were supposed to be doing since Tuesday and it was already Thursday.
“Uhhh yeah! We so did the homework! Uhhh just to make sure what did we have to do again? I mean we are like 90-99% done!” Scootaloo said making Cheerilees inner groaning grow.
“Well you ether had to write a 100-word essay about Equestrias history.” She said trying to ignore the three fillies groaning.
“Or you bring in something from Equestrians past and talk about it in front of the whole class.” She said, part of her mind already coming up with lectures about doing your homework early.
“Oh please. That’s the dumbest invention ever. Homework. Why continue the torture of schooling at home?” Discord said with a huff earning a glare from Fluttershy who he ignored by crossing his arms. The three fillies immediately locked onto him an idea forming in their heads.

“Say you’re really old aren’t ya?” Applebloom asked making Discord scoff.
“Ok first of all Rude. Second duh, does 1000 years in stone ring any bells? Seriously what do you teach kids these days if they can’t remember someone as magnificent as me?” Discord said draping himself on a suspiciously familiar red couch. Cheerilee scoffed not noticing the three fillies whispering quickly and quietly.
“OK come on girls we need---
“Wait!” they yelled in union, they quickly ran past her and right up to Discord who instinctively used his tail as a barrier between him and them.
“Uhhh we’ll catch up! We need too uuh—
“Give our new friend the secrete crusaders goodbye!” Sweetie Belle said smiling, the teacher quickly noticed how strained it was.
“Uhh yeah! So we need to be alone with him!” Scootaloo said, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle quickly nodded. Cheerilee stared at them raising her eyebrow a bit.
“Well I don’t think it’s a good idea---“she stopped mid-sentence as the three fillies gave her a pleading look, Discord just looked on confused. Fluttershy bit her lip, she knew they were up to something and that something involved her friend Discord.

“wait…friend.” Fluttershy thought as she looked at him and them.
'You said friends when it should only be friend, you’re my only friend Fluttershy.'
what he said that morning was still fresh in her head and it tugged at her heart. she bit a bit harder before sighing inwardly.
“Oh come on Cheerilee, let them have their little club meeting.” Fluttershy said with a kind smile, hoping she didn’t just seal Equestrias fate.
“But Fluttershy I—
“Will be right back, in fact how about I show you the new song my blue jay wrote? I’m sure he would love the audience.” Fluttershy said as she much to Cheerilees surprise started pushing her out the door, the teacher trying to stop her but to no avail.
“Wait! Don’t leave me alone with them!” Discord yelled quickly standing, but his plea fell on deaf ears as the door closed. The moment the click was heard the three fillies started to once again talk at the same time making it impossible for him to understand anything they said. Discord groaned as he quickly snapped his fingers and lifted the three fillies up from the ground by their tails.
“OK first! No to anything cutie mark related!” he said glaring at the three fillies, Scootaloo grumped as she crossed her hooves.

“Second! No yelling bad touch or anything finger or anything that relates to the body! Specifically, my body!” he said as he gave Sweetie Belles belly a poke making her eep.
“And third! ...I’ll think about that another day!” Discord said snorting angrily making Applebloom gag.
“Yuck brush yer teeth!” Applebloom said covering her snout, he grumbled as he was tempted to just drop them. But with Fluttershy just outside the door he couldn’t risk that.
“OK….so what is it that you need—third! No talking all at once!” Discord said quickly, interrupting them as they all took in a deep breath, they quickly exhaled. They stared at each other before Sweetie Belle raised her hoof. Discord stared at her and her currently upside down hoof but shook it off as he pointed at her.
“Yes you the marshmallow, hurry up.” Discord said in an annoyed tone. She glared at him but took a deep breath making Discord get ready for the worst.
“Can you help us with our homework?” she asked looking up at him. he stared, he slowly started digging inside his ear making the fillies gag as he pulled out some lint.
“Ok what? Homework? You want me the lord of chaos to help you with your homework? One of the things I despise most in this world?” he asked looking at them, they looked at each other for a moment and nodded eagerly.
“hmmm N—
“Come on! Please! It’s really easy!” Scootaloo said looking up at him with pleading eyes.
“If it’s so easy why didn’t you do it sooner?” he asked grinning making the little filly open her mouth only to quickly shut it.

“And before you ask no I can’t write it for you…. Well more like wont.” Discord said looking over at Applebloom who only huffed.
“oh please that’s not what we were going to ask ya!” Applebloom said looking up at him.
“We weren’t—ow!” Scootaloo yelped as she got a quick smack across the arm. Sweetie Belle nodded.
“Yeah! We only wanted you to come to class with us for show and tell!” Sweetie Belle said happily. Discord just stared at her as if she was crazy.
“So…you want to parade me off like some sort of prize?” he said growling making the fillies epp a little.
“Ummm not really, we just thought of it at the last second.” Scootaloo said laughing nervously.
“Well come to think of it, it would be mighty cool to bring in the only known draqunesmez into class.” Applebloom said tapping her chin a bit, the other two nodded in agreement. Neither one of the fillies noticed Discord winch at the words.
“Yeah! I mean Celestia is cool and all but she never went crusading with us. no matter how many times we asked." Sweetie Belle said with a pout.

"Ah mean sure she says she’s really busy but you came and you have to be like a zillion times more busy right?" Applebloom asked looking up at Discord who gave a weak cough rubbing his neck a bit.
"Umm yeah! being the lord of chaos leaves me with very little time!" he said grinning a bit nervously, coming to the realization that his life was currently in a slump.
"Yeah! so since your busy and stuff can you make time to help us?" Scootaloo asked looking up hopeful.
"Please?" Sweetie Belle asks making her eyes go wide and watery.
"Oh come on that’s not fair!" Discord thought as he quickly looked away, he sat there tapping his chin. on one hand he's been beat with a latter, kamakazeed by a filly, had several new surprise piercings. nearly chocked to death, and is probably on a sex offender watch list by now. on the other hand, he had what? a room full of snot nosed kids? who would probability judge and laugh at you.

'maybe they would find you cool?'
nah it was a stupid idea, what would they find cool about him?
'you make it rain candy. you can run circles around Celestia. and chances are got them out of school at least twice.'
Discord sat there and crossed his arms frowning.
'it would make Fluttershy happy.'
Discord looked down and saw the three fillies look up at him with hopeful eyes. he sighed as he slouched slightly.
"Fine. what time?" Discord asked looking down at the fillies, they cheered as they hopped around a bit. he sighed some more as he rubbed his head, and just as quickly as lighting a thought came to mind. he started thinking, these fillies are...well chaotic beings. he figured this out a while ago, his body was still sore from the many examples they gave him, but now he was thinking he had not only three beings he could mold into what he wanted. but three accomplices. he grinned he knew he had something Celestia had only times three! his own students of chaos! he frowned at something, how loyal were they? could they be trusted? what if they are the reason he’s sealed up again, now that would be ironic.
"Did ya hear us?" Applebloom asked stomping her hoof on the tip of his tail snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Oh umm...nope." he said with a grin making her groan as she rolled her eyes.
"we need ya at 9Am! maybe a bit sooner ya snake in the grass!" she said with a huff making Discord snort at her.
"What does that even mean---you know what? fine whatever I’ll be there at 9 AM!" Discord said with a huff as he crossed his arms again. he ignored the cheering fillies, and just like that another thought came to mind. one that made him grin wide.

"Oooh fillies~" he said grinning as he leaned down, his evil grin making them look up worried.
"If I’m going to do this for you. I’m going to need you to do something for me." he said as he got down on all fours and started slithering around them. he laid on his arms like a cat grinning at them.
"And I’ll I ask is your loyalty." he said grinning.
"Sure." Applebloom said making his smile vanish.
"Wait wha---
"Yeah! it would be pretty neat!" Scootaloo said as her wings buzzed happily.
"Yeah! even though it would drive my sis crazy I think it would be super neat!" Sweetie Belle said her horn flaring up slightly and her voice cracking up. he laid there staring at them. he had planned a whole speech and even a few tricks, these fillies will be glorious students.
"Well....I thought it would be harder." he said as he sat up suddenly.
"Well! either way you have to do an umm...a loyalty word phrase! something no sane pony would say!" Discord said trying to salvage the situation. he knew exactly what to do, the phrase that drives Twilight spark insane. oooh but he had a better way to get under her skin. something that children will say for generations!
"Discord rules. Sunbutt Drools." he said grinning evilly as the three fillies gasped.
"Wait we can’t! Celestia will banish us!" Sweetie Belle said worried making Discord chuckle.
"Then I guess you really aren’t loyal. I only help those who are loyal to me." Discord said as he gave an even deeper chuckle as he turned and started to make his way back to the corner, he knew from experience to never underestimate the corner.

"Discord rules! Sunbutt Drools!" Scootaloo said loudly making her wings buzz loudly. the two other crusaders stared at her like she had just said a really bad swear. Discord however stopped dead in his tracks, he slowly turned his head and gave them an evil grin.
"Say it again." he said giving a low chuckle, he looked down at her with a devilish smile. Scootaloo took another deep breath and took a step forward.
"Discord Rules, Sunbutt drools." she said firmly making Discord laugh as he grabbed her and held her like a doll.
"Excellent! now what about the other two cohorts?" he asked looking down at the other two while Scootaloo climbed out of his hands and climbed his shoulder to lay on his head looking down at them with a snug grin. the stared back for a moment before looking at each other a silent agreement is made.
"Discord Rules! Sunbutt Drools!" they said in union making Discord laugh loudly as his tail wrapped around the two and lifted them up on to his head.
"Ha! finally! Minions!" he said laughing as he grinned. the fillies giggling at his antics.
"so show and tell eh? got to admit not the way I would have thought to get minions but I’m not complaining! but why me?" he asked looking up at them as sweetie Belle and Applebloom held onto his horns.
"Is it my good looks? my devilish charms? my---
"Well your old right? we needed old things for show and tell!" Sweetie Belle said making his smile vanish, he flopped on the ground frowning.

"Oh joy, that’s always a plus calling your leader old." Discord said frowning. the fillies giggled as they made their way up to him and hugged him. he gave a defeated groan as he leaned down and let them hug him better. he couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, it really wasn’t so bad even though he continued to frown though it.
"Discord are you 4 done yet--" Fluttershy said opening the door only to see the little fillies hugging a rather grumpy draconequus. she couldn’t help but giggle at the sight, the fact his tail was wagging happily only made her sqee inwardly. she cleared her throat after a few moments making them all snap up to look at her, Discord immediately prying them off of him.
"Well! you heard the mare! bye bye! arrivederci! Get lost!" he said pointing his finger at the door just as Cheerilee walked in. she gave him a quick glare before signaling for them to leave.
"Come along girls we need to get going." she said firmly making the fillies nod. they followed their teacher out the door waving goodbye at the two roommates.
"Oh! and don’t forget we--
"Yes, yes. at 9PM I’ll be there." Discord said waving his hand in an uncaring manner. Fluttershy said goodbye to them before closing the door. Discord gave a loud exaggerated groan and flopped down on his doggy bed enjoying the softness of it.

“Those fillies are insane.” He said with a grumble as he wrapped himself around the bed. he looked to the fire place, dark and empty and cold. He clicked his fingers making it burst to life. He smiled as he felt the warmth of the fire, in a few months he would need to be sharing this fireplace with Fluttershy and the devil rabbit. He watched the flames dance around, it was erratic something he liked about fire. Though he could do without the whole destroying everything it touched aspect of it. It was truly one of the many forms of chaos that was both beautiful and dangerous. He put a barrier around it, he didn’t need a repeat of the fire trying to grab his tail again. His ear perked when he heard clanks of dishes in the kitchen.
“Discord do you want anything?” Fluttershy called from the kitchen. He tapped his chine for a moment before smiling.
“Some tea would be nice!” he said giving his tail a wag as he put his hands up like a puppy begging for a treat. This had the desired effect as Fluttershy poked her head though the door and smiled.
“Aww does Dissy want a belly rub?” She said in a teasing manner making Discord nod his head rapidly as he gave a bark. She giggled as she walked into the room, Discord continued to wag his tail expecting a treat. She smiled at him as she started rubbing his belly making his dragon leg kick slightly.
“Mmmm you know if any of your friends saw us right now I’d have to kill them.” he said giving a purr making Fluttershy giggle.

“And if you do that I’d put you in the hole with them.” she said firmly but giggled as he continued to kick lightly.
“Worth it.” He said giving a small purr as she continued to rub, his old self would hang himself if he saw what he would become. The equivalent of a large cat, yet not as evil as that pest Rarity called a pet. she couldn’t help but giggle at his antics and how his tail was playfully swatting her as she continued her rubbing, before long the whistle of the kettle went off, she looked up and continued to rub Discord.
"Uhhh keep it above the waist dear or at least buy me dinner first." Discord said snapping her attention back to him, her hoof rubbing his lower stomach. she blushed as quickly retracted her hoof.
"Ooooh!ihavetogogettea!" she yelled as ran out of the room. Discord sighed blushing as he sat up.
"Now I’m glade no one did see, that blasted bunny and Dash would never leave me alone with her again." he said getting up and rolling onto his legs and made his way to the kitchen.
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"So what did you 4 talk about?" Fluttershy asked as she picked up Angel bunny who was complaining about Discord being in the house...again. Fluttershy ignored him as Discord stopped humming the tune he was humming.
"Oh…Ummm just filly things." Discord said going back to washing the dishes he and Fluttershy finished using.
"Discord. you know if it’s something bad you can talk to me about it." Fluttershy said as Angel perched himself on her back glaring at the mis-matched creature. Discord stopped washing the dishes biting the inside of his cheeks, Fluttershy quickly gave him a nuzzle.
"I didn’t mean anything by it. it’s just well--." She started, clicking her tongue as she tried to find the right words.
"They are crazy. and your...well insane so you can see why I’d be a tiny bit worried." Fluttershy said as she looked up at him, a sly smile. Discord tried his hardest to keep a straight face but failed when she nudged him playfully.
"Crazy!? that’s an understatement!" Discord said emphasizing it with a loud "Ha!" as he went into what the crusaders and him have been up too that day. Soon the duo found themselves on the couch, recounting the events of their day.
"Wait really!? Pinkie pie did that!?" Discord said as he burst into laughter as Fluttershy started laughing too.
"Yeah! I mean I think she was doing it on purpose. no one is that naive!" Fluttershy said laughing. Angel bunny glaring angrily at both of them as he tried to sleep.

"Oh yes! gods she can be a handful." he said laughing making Fluttershy giggle as she sipped her tea.
"Oh really? Mr. make us happy with his fingers?" she said giggling a bit only to giggle louder at his face paling.
"Oh gods don’t remind me! I’m probably banned form several PTA meetings, not that I would go but still it’s the principle of it!" he said throwing his hands up. the two continued to talk about their day, Fluttershy skipping some of the...less pleasant parts of it. Discord doing the same, he knew if he told her how many times he got hurt today she would be on him with her first aid kit before he could snap his fingers. as the night went on Discord felt his eyes getting heavier as he sipped his tea. Fluttershy noticed this and smiled as she patted her lap. Discord stared at her but huffed, before he could retort he felt something wrap around his and pull him down.
"Fluttershy. why must you treat me like this?" he asked frowning before yawning. she giggled as she started petting his head, starting at the top and moving lower down his neck making him sigh.

"Because you are so stubborn at times." Fluttershy said still petting his head gently making him chuckle lightly before yawning again. They stayed there on the couch Discord felt his eyelids slowly droop; Fluttershy noticed this and started humming a little tune trying to get him to sleep for the second time today. Discord yawned some more as his eyes finally closed. Fluttershy sighed happily as she continued her humming, he shifted his body to make it all fit on the couch, his tail wrapping around himself, that made her smile even more. she knew he would deny it up and down if she told him that spike slept the same way. Moments pass and Discords soft breathing turned into soft snoring, his eyes and ears twitching a bit. she giggled a bit as his ear smacked her hoof a bit, she slowly removed it and even slower started to move his head off her lap and onto the couch. he gave a soft snore as he hugged the pillow and buried his head in it. she smiled as she started turning off the lights around her house. she looked down at Angel who had finally gotten to sleep, she smiled as she gave his head a small pat making him grown slightly before turning away angrily making her roll her eyes. she slowly made her way over to the closet and opened it, she grabbed some blankets and covered discord in them making him snuggle in it. she gave him a small pat before she made her way up the stairs. she stopped and looked back at her sleeping form.
"Good night Discord." she said as she made her way up to her room.
"...go--od...night...flutter--shy." Discord said snoring softly as he pulled the warm blankets closer to him.
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Canterlot. the city of elite ponies, grand food and ponies with their heads so far up their ass they could taste their down horns.
"Ahahaha snooty snoot snoot!" one pony said as he drank his boiling hot tea making it melt his lips off.
"ah! snoot stuck up! snooty toot!" a mare said as her eyebrows slowly took off into the sky and past the horizon. the city was filled with snootier noises and even a few Nyehehehes.
"Snoot!" another pony yelled as he pointed at a white stallion with blond hair making donkey noises, his horn had a hammer growing out of it. said hammer kept hitting him in the face, each time making a farting sound. Discord sat in his throne looking over the landscape.
"Ah just like how I remember it." he said with a chuckle as he grabbed some raisins and tossed them at his feet. the ponies near him started a squawk loudly as they pecked at them. he laughed at the scene, since ponies had no beaks they just kept smacking their faces over and over again into the ground.
"Forward march!" a voice said making him look down. The cutie Mark Crusaders made their way down the street in a large tank.

"Fire!" they yelled as the cannon fired what looked like changelings, said changelings quickly started biting the stuck up nobles. he gave another laugh as he watched his minions wage war on the population. he leaned back and sipped his apple flavored wine. he sighed as he let it go making it fall upward making a passing Pegasus quack as the two left up over the horizon. no doubt looking for the eyebrows to start an epic adventure. he blinked as he sat up, he felt a slight pressure on the side of his head. he shook it slightly wanting to make it go away.
"Discord! oh Discord!" a voice called making him look down to see Celestia waving at him, Fluttershy stood next to her waving as well. he made his way down to them.
"Ah two lovely mares wanting my attention, well one lovely the other one not as lovely." he said grinning making the two mares giggle.
"Discord~ we wanted to show you something interesting! want to see it?" Celestia asked as Fluttershy giggled, he felt the pressure return. this time it being a bit painful. he grunted as he shook his head.
"Yeah sure. show me." Discord said shaking his head again, this time the pain getting worse.
"Watch this~" Celestia said as she pulled Fluttershy closer to her. Discord watched in confusion as Celestia grabbed Fluttershys face both of them smiling at him as she slowly started to twist Fluttershys head. the pain in Discord head getting so bad he dropped to his knees. Celestia watched him with glee in her eyes as she kept twisting the mares head until a loud snap was heard, Fluttershys body going limb. a Very surprised Luna stood in the background as the dream faded.
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“You bitch!” he yelled jolting awake knocking down a lamp and having it shatter. He grumbled rubbing his head giving yawn. Angel started to scream at him as he gave him another hard kick. Discord grunted as he snapped his fingers sending angel to the nearest pound in a flash of light. He paused for a moment waiting for the hurried hooves to make their way down. His ear perked up at the sound of running water. He smiled as he clicked his fingers magically fixing the lamp again, he laid his head back down. he glanced at the clock. He frowned as something in the back of his mind told him to get up.
“8:59…I feel like I’m forgetting something.” He said closing his eyes again sighing as he thought about what he was going to do today; after all it was Friday that meant---
“Oh crap! why don’t you just bend me over Time?!” he yelled jumping up nearly hitting the ceiling in the process. The door to the bathroom opened filling the hallway full of steam.
“Discord! What did I say about saying—
“No time! Late! School! Tell! Minions!” he yelled as he jumped through the window passing though it without shattering it. Fluttershy stood there dripping water all over her floor, she sighed.
“Oh well OK.” She said as she closed the door to resume her shower. Seconds pass before a thud is heard and the door is thrown open again.
“Wait what!?” she screamed already having a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She cringed more just as the clock chimed 9:00 AM. She knew just knew that this would not be the last time she would need to take a relaxing shower this day.

Ch 9: Show and Tell

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A Bell rang throughout the playground, signifying another boring day. To others their doom, while for one little gray unicorn with blond hair it signaled a rather entertaining day learning something her dad with a blue box had already shown her. But what stood out the most of the group of fillies and colts were the three little fillies frantically trotting in place.
"Whereishe?!Whereishe?!Whereishe?!" Scootaloo said as she trotted in place by the front door. her wings buzzing excitedly.
"Ah don't know! Ah told ya we should have woken up early to go get his stupid flank!" Applebloom said though gritted teeth. Sweetie Belle kept her eyes on the horizon hoping to see the mismatched beast flying or trotting over the horizon.
Nothing. They all felt whatever hope they had for a good day, or a good grade shatter when the last bell rang. As if to empathize their despair a shadow loomed over them. They slowly turned knowing who it was, they stared up at their judge, jury and maybe executioner.
"Come on girls! We don't want to be late!" Cheerilee said happily as she gave them a kind smile as she ushered the fillies into the room. She hummed happily as she looked at the lovely early morning, failing to notice the three fillies who were walking into the room as if they were on their way to the gallows. Cheerilee sighed happily as she closed the door knowing that today would be a good day.

"And that's why I Diamond Tiara am the sole heir to the Rich fortune." Diamond Tiara said as she stuck her head up in the air. The only one clapping was the old gray stallion standing behind her, even then it was a slow clap.
"...um thanks for that marvelous report Diamond Tiara...and Ummm---
"Dusty! His name is dusty and I own him." she said proudly, the teacher was about to reprimand her for saying that until the butler's eyes opened for the first time the entire morning. He locked eyes with Cheerilee and slowly shook his head "no". Cheerilee stared for a moment before sighing as she took a deep breath.
"OK! Thank you for that lovely presentation." Cheerilee said with a strained smile.
"But I'm afraid I can't give you credit for it since well...your inheritance has nothing to do with Equestrian history. Now if you would have talked about how your fathers' company started up then yes that would have counted." Cheerilee said making Diamond gawk at her teacher as if she was just told she was not a perfect Diamond.
"You could have even given a small report over the apple family zap apples and how they are one if not The reason Ponyville was founded." she went on ignoring the "but-buts" from Diamond whos' butler started to reach into his pocket and pull out a juice box. Applebloom looked up and smacked herself as her teacher went on into that little history. She knew she should have brought Granny Smith again.
"Now Diamond can you kindly take your seat? We need to go on to the next presentation." Cheerilee said with a soft smile.
"But--but--but--" Diamond continued as she was pushed back to her desk by her butler. Cheerilee smiled as she gave a sigh, she looked around the room. she looked at each of her students, some holding old books. Twist holding a special spoon and bowl as she called it. apparently, it was the same bowl and spoon that made the first ever taffy princess Celestia had ever tasted. To rumble holding his old Wonderbolts goggles. At least he talked about something that affected Equestria even if it was a small part of it. To Dinky who was holding a rather odd looking metal tool, something about it being a screw driver and how it saved Equestria more than once. She sighed, Dinky was lucky she was so far ahead in her studies or this no credit homework would have likely gotten her in trouble with her father. Her eyes then locked onto the last group of the day. She quickly noticed how worried, and in Scootaloos' case sweaty. She bit her lip as she tapped her hoof as she went back to her desk looking to see what mercy she could give them. Sadly, she already knew the answer.
"Ah ain't going to tell you ah told you so but ah told you so." Applebloom whispered making Scootaloo groan as she tried to shush her. Applebloom was about to retort but a gentle tap from her left made her turn, Sweetie Belle was pointing at Diamond Tiara. The demon filly grinned at them as she rubbed her hooves together in a menacing manner. Her butler was fluffing up her pillow that she brought into the class that day.
"Well Well Well. Seems like the blank flanks decided to be blank drop outs~" Diamond said grinning, the butler behind her gave a silent groan as the fillies just stared at her.
"That doesn't even make any sense---
"Ah Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Applebloom. You're up!" Cheerilee said with a warm smile as she looked up from her book. The three fillies gulped as they looked at each other.
"Ummm pass!" Scootaloo said with a nervous chuckle. Cheerilees smile vanished as she looked down at them.
"You're the last ones. And really won't be able to pass if you don't present something." She said looking down at them in disappointment. The three fillies looked at each other worried. They knew that if they didn't get a good grade, no more crusading till their grades went back up.
"Uhh well our...umm project is umm---
"Late! He's late!" Sweetie Belle blurted out nearly falling over in her seat. Cheerilee was about to ask what she meant by that until Diamond's hoof shot up in the air.
"Miss Cheerilee! I don't think it would be fair to the class if they got an extension when the rest of the class didn't." Diamond said innocently putting on that fake face of an angle Cheerilee was used to by now. Diamond quickly turned and shot a sly grin over at the crusaders. Cheerilee sighed as she rubbed her head, she hated when Diamond Tiara was right. Curse her mother for being head of the school board.
"That is true. I'm sorry girls but you will just need to make it up---
The room flooded with a bright light, blinding the front row. Diamond Tiara screaming as she covered her face being the closest.
"Oh hey! You're here!" Sweetie Belle happily as she practically jumped on top of her desk.
"Yeah! About time you show up you jerk!" Scootaloo yelled as she hopped up on her desk pointing and glaring at the mismatched figure.
"Next time we're coming to wake you up Mr.!" Applebloom said crossing her hooves. A deep groan was heard as Cheerilee held her eyes shut for a moment.
"Girls what is the mean---ing---this." Cheerilee said her eyes widening a bit, a small gasp escaping her lips once her eyes adjusted back to normal. Soon everyone's eyes started to adjust back to normal, many if not all of them letting out a gasp of fear.
"Well Excuse me for being fashionably late!" A deep voice said, almost immediately all eyes fixed on the large mismatched creature in a bright yellow and green polka spotted cape and bright blue goggles. He grinned as he looked down at the children his head nearly bumping the roof of the school house. His towering form made the children look up at him with a mixture of horror and awe but mostly horror. Discord stared at them for a moment before grinning.
"Hi, Kids! Guess who's the special guest?" he said waving happily not hiding his row of razor sharp teeth.
"...Oh no." Cheerilee said getting up from the desk as the children one by one started to scream in terror. Discords grin fading as he looked around confused, the three fillies being just as confused.

Discord grumbled as he sat in the corner chewing on some taffy he was given by Sweetie Belle who in turn got it from her friend Twist. He chewed and thought about what it was made of. Seriously who would have thought to put vinegar in taffy? He glanced up at the filly and colts sitting at their desks nervously, a few glanced up at him only to immediately look back down at their desks eating their snacks quietly. He snorted in annoyance as he turned his attention back to the small group meeting happening in front of him.
"What do ya mean it doesn't count?" Applebloom asked looking up sadly at her teacher.
"Hey yeah! You never said we couldn't bring anypony! And he's not even a pony!" Scootaloo said huffing making Cheerilee sigh as she rubbed her neck, getting more stressed out.
"Yeah. I mean why did Diamond Tiara get to bring her butler but we can't bring in a guest?" Sweetie Belle asked looking up teary eyed at her teacher. Discord started to tap his claws against the wooden floor as the teacher tried to come up with excuse after excuse. He chuckled seeing her squirm like a worm on a hook brought a little bit more joy in his life.
'you can't bring a living thing as show and tell.'
the crusaders quickly pointed out the butler and the changeling colt with the large slug-like thing crawling across his head, much to the dismay of the fillies around him.
'You need to clear it with me first!'
once again the butler and the fact they did ask her last night was brought up. She winced knowing that she should have paid better attention to what they asked her when she was day dreaming yesterday.
"Oh! You can't use him as a presentation because...he's not something that affected Equestrian history!" Cheerilee said hoping she had found a loophole, but her hope quickly faded as she heard the Draconequus chuckle. Seems like her mouth blurted out something her brain knew to be false now that she thought about it.
"Really dear? Me not affect Equestrian history?" He said as he stood up towering over the teacher. His tail quickly wrapping around her and lifting her gently off the ground. She froze unsure on what to do about the sudden invasion of her personal space.
"Dear do you know who you're talking too? Celestia herself would tell you I have single handily changed the face of Equestria. Quite literally!" He said with a chuckle. A tiny gasp made him look over at a little white colt with brown spots.
"Does that mean you and Princess Celestia know each other? Do you know Luna?" He asked making Discord grin as he put Cheerilee back in her chair. He walked over to the front of the class his form still towering over the class.
"Know them? We're practically family! And as part of the family, there are certain things the public doesn't know." He said grinning, he chose to sit down on Cheerilee's desk making the teacher glare up at him. She decided to hold her tongue as she watched the three fillies make their way over to him.
"Yeah! Like he said he knows the princesses! so questions!?" Scootaloo asked grinning a little hoof in the back raised up, Discord shrugged as he picked on the random filly.
"Are you going to eat us?" She asked in a low whisper making him blinked, a grin slowly making its way across his face.
"Well, let's see. is it Tuesday?" He said summoning a calendar in his paw. He glanced at the filly who was starting to shake in her seat the rest of the class started whispering to each other. He cleared his throat getting the classes attention.
"Now kids before you start running let me do something I rarely do." Discord said with a grin making sure to show off all his sharp teeth.
"Yes. I have sharp teeth, yes I do eat meat--Sit back down." He said firmly as a few fillies and colts started to stand up.
"As I was saying. I do eat meat but nothing that can talk back. Mostly fish since chickens make me think of tiny more annoying Gryphons." Discord said giving a little gag making a feather flying out of his mouth. It would have scared the children if it didn't pull out a tiny trumpet and started floating away playing the song in its heart.
"And yes that means pony meat if off the table. I don't think I can stomach it with how much you all whine." Discord said gaging again getting the attention back on him. The fillies and colts looked at him confused before a colt raised his hoof.
"...So what does fish taste like." He asked looking a bit nervous, Discord only shrugged.
"It tastes like wet chicken." He said in an uncaring manner waving his hand with as much care.
"But what does chicken--
"Dry fish. Can we move on? My diet isn't that fascinating even though everything else is." Discord said striking a pose as if he was some sort of pop star. Cheerilee screamed as she fell backward again as her apple and pencil holder exploded with pyrotechnics. The children watched in awe at the display. the colts and fillies, Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara being the expectation, no longer feared the large Draconequus. Instead, the colorful display and antics drew them in like moths to a big fabulous flame. Like a dam breaking the hooves shot up in the air. Discord was taken back by the sudden turn of events but took it in stride as he picked hooves.
'how many licks does it take to get to the center of a lollipop?!'
"364! sometimes 6720 if you want to save it for a rainy day!"
'Are aliens real?'
"We cannot discuss this yet. we will speak to you when we are ready."
'How do you get to the Chaos Dimension?'
"Yes."
'Can I ride you to my piano teacher's house?'
"500 bits an hour. 550 if it gets weird. 1000 if it doesn't get weird."
'What came first, the chicken or the egg?'
"Even I don't dare 'or know how to' answer that!"
'How do cat's always land on their feet?'
"Tiny para sprites from space on each pad."
Discord had taken a semi-comfortable seat on Cheerilees desk much to her annoyance. He grinned as he sipped on his cup of milk, leaving the milk and cup but drinking up the straw and chocolate. Question after question was asked. Every topic from recipes for cupcakes to how to become an overlord of chaos. He chuckled as the colt was scolded for what he assumed was the 6th-8th time judging from the look on Cheerilees face.
"Rumble! How many times do I need to tell you no asking anyone for unpredictable power?" She asked as she gave a sigh as stood up turning her attention to the classrooms new guest.
"And Discord, while it's nice to see them this engaged. Can we talk about something serious?" she asked making him snicker.
"I don't know. Can we--"
"Yes, we can. as a matter of fact, you haven't answered anything relevant to the actual assignment." she said crossing her hooves as she looked up at him. he only grinned as he chose to lay on the desk now.
"Well, can you blame me? I haven't been asked anything related to it~" He said chuckling a bit making her sigh. She scoffed at him as he wiggled his eyebrows at her, one of them tipping their tiny hat to her.
"Your right. Class from now on only questions about Equestrian history are going to be asked. Is that clear?" She asked and just like that she pulled the plug on the fun questionnaire making Discord and the rest of the class groan in disappointment. He leaned back and tapped his chin, his other hand playing with Cheerilees pencil holder. Then something tugged at his mind. He frowned at it as he tried to force it away. But the more he thought about it the more it screamed to be told. He stared at the ceiling wondering if he should talk about it, then out of the edge of his vision, he saw a small hoof being held up. Discord stopped playing with the pencil holder and pointed at the small colt.
"Yes, you. Pip was it?" He asked making the colt shake with excitement.
"How did you and Princess Luna meet?" Pip asked eagerly practically standing on his desk. Discord stared before looking up pondering the little colts question, nostalgia began to flood Discord's senses for a few moments, he would come back to the idea he had before but for now remembering that one day he met Luna would be enough to entertain them.

The sun held high in the sky by an unknown means shined its bright light shined across the land, the light warming said land. The wind gently blew through the land making the grass dance back, forth, right, left a few flowers joining its dance. The land was quiet except for the occasional chirp, roar, or other noise made by the local wildlife. Today was the kind of day that nothing would tarnish its peaceful beauty.
Almost nothing.
Lying on one of the strongest branches of one of the many trees that dotted the landscape lay a small yet long creature with mismatched limbs. He had a piece of hay in his mouth soaking in the sun's rays. His ear flicked in annoyance at a faint sound. He scratched at his ear for a moment before turning and laying on his belly, curling himself up as he got more comfortable on the branch. His ear flicked again in annoyance as the soft sound got louder. He turned coiling himself tighter around himself. The sound only got louder, it got so loud he swore he could hear it underneath him.
"Wait a minute." He thought as he uncoiled himself and peeked over the edge of the branch. He rolled his eyes in annoyance, it was a pony.
"Of course who else could be so whiny--Whoa!" He gasped as he saw the pony that was crying had both wings and a horn. He stared down at her and her dark blue coat. He took notice of the starry mane and the black smudge where her cutie mark was supposed to be. He wondered what she was, he had never seen a pony with both wings and a horn. But the more he thought about it the more he disliked her.
"She must be worse than the others if she looks like that." He said snarling a bit ready to go back to his nap, the faint crying continued. He groaned as he peeked over the edge again. She was still there crying under his tree, tears rolling down her little blue face. He started to get impatient, wanting to do nothing more than to finish his nap the young Draconequus got up and wrapped his tail around the branch and hang upside down glaring at her. He took a deep breath and whistled at her. she stopped crying and looked around trying to find the source of the whistle.
"Hey! I'm trying to sleep here!" The young Draconequus yelled at the filly. She looked up and screamed and almost immediately the Draconequus was hit with a wave of sound shaking him and the tree he was on to the core. Before he knew it the branch snapped sending him plummeting to the ground. He landed hard on his back. His vision blurry from pain, a small round face quickly invaded his vision.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean---we didn't mean it!" she said frantically. The Draconequus looked up at her and the tree, it slowly splitting down the middle.
"...You did that?" He asked grunting as he sat up, she helped him get up.
"I'm--we are really sorry! I---we didn't mean to hurt you! you just scared me---us!" She said making him tilt his head a bit. He looked up just in time to see the tree completely split in half. A moment of silence passed between them before the Draconequus jumped to his feet and grabbed the filly scaring her more.
"That! Was! Awesome!" He said shaking her lightly.
"You need to show me that! Oh, my names Discord by the way!" He said eagerly as he continued to shake her.
"Luna! my--our name is Luna! Please stop shaking me--us!" She said loudly as she tried to pry herself free.
"Luna! you have got to teach me that killer voice of yours!" He said quickly wrapping his arm around her, grinning from ear to ear. Luna gulped worried about the mismatched creatures' energetic behavior but she had to admit he was by far the most intriguing creature she had run into.

Discord picked at his nails, finishing up his story. The colts and fillies looked at him in awe. He couldn't help but grin, seeing them all look at him like he was and probably is the best thing to happen to their class simply did wonders for his ego. The fillies and colts started to talk among themselves no doubt whispering over the princess of the night and the lord of chaos's first encounter. Seeing that he had the kids' attention, he saw it fit to start standing up on the teacher's desk before walking in a circle before flopping back down. Cheerilees' eye started to twitch, a pencil she was holding snapped in two. she took a deep breath and stood up.
"While that was a fun story Mr. Discord. What does it have to do with Equestrian history?" Cheerilee asked looking up at him waiting for his answer. He looked down at her, taking notice of the teacher suddenly being a bit close to him.
"Well isn't it obvious?" He asked grinning as he moved closer to her, she rolled her eyes at his eyebrows once again trying to flirt with her.
"No. Why don't you grace us with your almighty knowledge." she said in a mock tone with a bow to match. Discord couldn't help but chuckle at her behavior, she was like Fluttershy Light.
"Oh flattery will get you everywhere beautiful." he said grinning pressing his head closer to her, finally having enough she scoffed and shoved him off her desk making him fall to the ground in a pile of mismatched limbs and fur.
"OK OK enough. Let's cut to the chase then." She said as she started to try and fix her desk. She quickly noticed a few things missing wondering if they fell on the ground.
"Has anyone seen my pencil holder?" she asked, the class just shrugged as Discord got back up groaning. his back popping loudly.
"Is that any way to treat your elderly?" Discord asked turning to face Cheerilee, she sighed knowing a mischievous grin when she saw one.
"OK before you try anything, you should know that so far Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo will be getting an incomplete on this assignment." She said as she sat back down. She placed her hooves in front of her with a calm smile, Discord shivered he swore she resembled a mob boss sitting at her desk like that.
"Wait what!?" Scootaloo yelled suddenly standing up from her desk. The rest of the crusaders following suit.
"Hey yeah, what gives Miss Cheerilee!?" Applebloom asked in shocked, Sweetie Belle only whimpered.
"Is it because we didn't do a good job?" Sweetie Belle asked in near tears, the teacher sighed as she shook her head.
"No. while it is partially your fault, it's mostly his." she said pointing at him making him huff as he crossed his arms clearly offended.
"The assignment is about Equestrian history but I have yet to see anything related to it. I mean that shouldn't be hard for you. I mean your Discord you should have at least something to tell the class." She said clearly annoyed, she tapped her chin a bit an idea coming to her.
"OH! what about the time you ruled Equestria?" Cheerilee asked the kids gasped at her suggestion. The whispers began to flow through the room. Discord felt the room grow hotter, his hearts started to beat faster. his palms were getting sweaty, his ear flicked waiting to see if he could hear the angry mob. His body freezing up. His dream, his very vivid dream came back to the forefront of his mind. Everything came back.
The bodies
The angry cries
The girls chasing him.
He clutched his hands, his jaw tightening his breathing more labored.
"Ummm Discord?" Cheerilee asked tilting her head. A bit confused by his body language. He snapped out of his daze, the bell rang cutting off anything he was about to say.
"OH! Look at the time. well, girls...Ummm can you stay for after recess?" Cheerilee asked looking at Discord, he shook his head before nodding. He quickly noticed a sharp pain in his hand, he looked down and saw his claws digging into his palm.
"Yeah I don't have anything else to do today." He said waving his hand in an uncaring manner. He was thankful that he wasn't bleeding.
"Ah, Excellent! Well, children Recess!" She said waving them out the door.
"But what about our grade---
"Out, Out. We will continue this after recess." Cheerilee said smiling down at Scootaloo, the filly only shrugged as she and the rest of the crusaders ran out to join the rest of the class. Discord watched the rowdy children exit the room each commenting about one thing or another, his ear flicked as he heard his name once or twice. He rubbed his arm a bit not wanting to talk to any of the kids anymore. Soon the only ones left in the room were the Draconequus and the teacher, an awkward silence formed between them.
"...So... I'm guessing I touched a sore subject?" Cheerilee asked breaking the awkward silence. Discord looked up at her and sighed rubbing his neck.
"Look....I've done some...pretty bad things in my life and I'd rather not bring it up." He said looking down at the floor his ears pinned to his head, Cheerilee smiled as she patted him on the back.
"I know. it was my fault for shoving my hoof in my mouth. Berry always says I'm terrible at reading ponies--err people." She said laughing nervously as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Listen personally I'd love to hear another story; to pass those 3 fillies." She said as she looked to the window noting the kids gathering around them. one of them making it blatantly obvious they were talking about Discord as said colt pointed directly at the mismatched guest.
"So you wouldn't happen to have a story you would share that would fall under the parameter?" she asked a bit hopeful. Discord stared at her as he tapped his chin. He started to think back, his early childhood before meeting the two princesses was...depressing. his teen years where...awkward to say the least. He knew Cheerilee would pull the plug the second he mentioned suddenly noticing mares. He shook his head getting rid of the blush that had formed. He bit his lip trying to figure out something.
"If it's too much trouble then...oh how about talking about how you met Celestia?" she asked hopefully.
"I walked into the castle and she started bitching about bringing in strays. so I in all my wisdom slapped her no doubt inventing the backhand slap. The end." he said angrily leaving Cheerilee stunned.
"...OK! Not that then...anything else come to mind?" she asked hopefully. Discord stayed pensive for a moment, tapping his chin and crossing his legs. He had already mentioned a moment with Luna, and while he didn't mind talking about more moments with her, he didn't want to bore the kids, or risk having them ask about Celestia instead. He wasn't ready for that.
"Hm....what else can I remember that would be interesting to the brats and be appropriate." he thought to himself as the gears in his brain started a turn, struggling to remember any particular time in his past that fell into the teacher's request.
At first, he could only remember just having fun times with her, skipping magic lessons just to go for a walk. A flight in the middle of the night were their little tricks would hardly disturb anyone...much to Discord's annoyance.
He shook his head for a moment.
"...hm... something about Equestrian history..." He whispered to himself, still catching Cheerilee's attention, clearly hopeful for him to remember something. Something started to tug at his mind, he thought about pushing it away like last time but thought better about it. He let it in and then it hit him like a rainbow beam from space.
"...Cheerilee, you said it could be any moment as long as it affected Equestria in some way, right?" he asked, a slight grin forming on his face. The teacher shifted a bit as she cleared her throat.
"Umm yes...what are you planning?" She asked worried making the former mad tyrant chuckle as he looked at the kids playing around, taking notice of Scootaloo chasing a purple filly around with a slug creature. Applebloom cheering her on, and Sweetie Belle talking to the changeling nymph. He grinned at the antics making another mental note to invite them over to tea time sometimes.

"Ah told you so! You owe me 3 bits!" Applebloom said grinning making Scootaloo roll her eyes, her wings flaring a bit.
"Oh come on! How was supposed to know changelings could change colors like that!" She said with a huff as a changeling nymph with the slug still crawling across its face walked in sporting a white hoof and leg on his right leg and an orange hoof and leg on his right leg.
"Ha! Pay up!" Applebloom said grinning making Scootaloo groan as she walked to her desk, noting that Discord and Cheerilee were talking about something.
"Yeah, 8. I'll tell you later how I got that first mare." Discord said turning to the class, waiting politely for them to be seated as Cheerilee rolled her eyes.
"Yeah don't need any details." She said before turning to the class and smiling as they took their seats.
"Ah welcome back class. Did you have a fun recess?" she asked smiling ignoring the scared looking Diamond Tiara and the different colored limb changeling nymph.
"Yes, Miss Cheerilee." They said in union, it sent a shiver down Discords spine as he recalled a horror movie involving kids with glowing eyes. He shook his head, he looked at the class grinning. he scanned them looking to see if he saw someone interesting, his grin faded when he saw a shy light tan filly in the back of the class. Her head was down, she was doodling something. what stood out the most about this filly was the contraption on her head something she tried to hide under her frizzy orange mane. She stopped doodling and looked up at him she hid further into her mane when she saw him staring at her. It almost accomplishing its mission.
"You. Filly. what's your name?" He asked curious about the filly. hearing him call her out made her cringe letting her know her camouflage was useless. she looked up at him her eyes scared.
"Freckles? and I thought AJ ruined them for me." He thought as he watched her gather up the courage to talk to him.
"my name is...Summer Spot." She said quietly still trying to hide in her mane. Discord stared at the filly, thankful again for his sharp ears. The filly could give Fluttershy a run for her bits.
"Well! Spotty do you have any requests for me? After all, my time is limited." Discord asked smiling at her, he quickly noticed her flinch at the name. He cursed himself, of course, the one with the horn brace would be a target of bullies. He gave a quick glance at the two fillies that were snickering, a low growl quickly silenced them. On the account that they were in the front row. He didn't need to turn around to know Cheerilee was glaring daggers at him, he could feel them digging into his back. He started clicking his tongue hoping to find something to do other than throw a flashbang spell and run. That's when he gave himself a mental facepalm, it was staring him right in the face.
"Ah, what? don't like the name spotty? Guessing little brats make fun of it huh? Sort of like being called worm horse or Cordy." he said waving his hand in an uncaring manner.
"Wait. Someone made fun of you?" Summer Spot said her head shooting up, he grinned.
"Hello? Have you seen me? Imagine me as a kid. I was picked on HARD." he said giving the two bullies another glare making them gulp.
"But...but your Discord! Can't you just zap them to the moon or something?" Rumble said making Discord chuckle, he knew where this was going to go.
"Oooh I would have if I knew magic back then." he said shrugging a bit while inwardly he was laughing victoriously. the looks they all gave him, hook line and sinker.
"But I don't think anyone wants to hear about that right? I have a much more interesting story about how I learned----"
"No! please go back to not having magic!" Summer Spot said standing on her chair eagerly. Discord grinned, he knew why she wanted to hear so badly about his magical impotence as a child. The horn brace was a dead giveaway.
"Well, my dear Summer Spot. I do happen to have a story you would like. In fact, I think the whole class will like it." Discord said grinning as he sat on the floor still towering over the class. He snapped his fingers making a cushion appear under him, he snapped his fingers again making a pipe appear in his hands. Cheerilee immediately stood up but was quickly pushed back down by a disembodied hand. Said hand held her in place.
"Oh relax, it's not real I haven't done that since my college days." Discord said with a smirk, he put the pipe to his mouth and inhaled. He pulled back and blew pink smoke out of his mouth. Cheerilee stared at it wondering what kind it was. Discord chuckled as tendrils of smoke snaked out of his nostrils like tiny hands.
"It's just magic smoke, it's to provide a visual aid." Discord said taking another breath of smoke and blowing out another puff. The smoke started to spin and mix in with the other smoke. soon it started to move as if it were a living creature. the smoke quickly twisted and turned in midair turning into different shapes and sizes. The smoke spun around creating a scene for the students and teachers present promising to be a very interesting story.

Fears of a Chaos Lord

by Iamsorry

Ch 1: Dreams

Ch 2: surprise visit of doom

Ch 3: Celestia’s quest for the bottle of infinite aspirin

Ch. 4: Coffee morning of crusading

Ch 5: The brunch of brunchness Part 1 : Rolling in the hay

Ch. 6: The Brunch of brunchness part 2: Chit chating

Ch. 7 A.C.F.T Adorable creatures from Tartarus

Chapter 8: A crusading we will go

Ch 9: Show and Tell