WAT - The Many Adventures of Team Crafted in Equestria

        Sky trudged along, dragging his friends with him. Mitch was the only one not driving him insane, because the others were making fun of Jason for acting a bit like a dog and were also making Quentin feel bad because his jokes were bad. "S-S-S-Sky?" Mitch stammered meekly. "Yeah, Mitch?" Sky replied gently. "W-W-Who are th-th-they?" Mitch asked, pointing to two more gray stallions. "Seto! Kule! Hey guys!" Sky said happily. The two looked at him angrily. "What do you want?" they asked in unison. "Nothing...I was just saying 'hi'..." Sky said. Kule rolled his eyes,

        Seto snorted. "He keeps babbling on about how nothing matters on this bucking planet," he said. "I didn't say that; I said I didn't care about anything here," Kule corrected. "Same diff," Seto scoffed. Sky couldn't really tell if anything was wrong with Seto, but Kule not caring about Equestria? Yep, he'd been Discorded. "Alrighty, then. What do we do now?" Sky asked. "Meh," everyone said in unison. "And you don't care," Sky said. "No," everyone said in unison.

        Suddenly, there was a flash of purple light and Enderlox was hovering above them, a smug look on his face. "Oh, hi, Deadlox," Sky said, looking up. "Nice of you to join us; did you bring cake?" Enderlox rolled his eyes and landed in front of Sky, folding his dragon wings neatly on his back. "Nope, sorry, no cake," he said. Everypony had grown completely still and silent except for Sky and Enderlox. Enderlox flicked his dragon-like tail and snorted, acting a lot like a dragon. His ears were longer and pointier, and he was about the height of Celestia, maybe a little shorter. He was intimidating.

So...whatcha doin'? Deadlox asked Enderlox. "Shut up, Ty, and let me do this," Enderlox hissed under his breath. Hey, I've taken my body back once and I can do it again, Deadlox said. "Psh. I'd like to see you try," Enderlox scoffed. Okay, Deadlox said.

        Sky watched in attentive fascination as Enderlox started to shake his head violently, kicking the air a bit. Finally, he stopped, shook his head once more, and blinked. His eyes were red again, and his pupils were round. "Either you've shrunken, or I'm taller," he said. He swayed a bit on his hooves, then steadied himself. He spread his wings and looked at them wide-eyed. "That's new," he remarked. Then he moved his tail. "So's that. What exactly happened?" he asked, looking down at Sky. "I have no idea," Sky said, "but our friends aren't exactly the same as they were before."

        "It's--Discord's fault--" Ty began, cringing a bit. "Ty, are you--are you okay?" Sky asked, worried. "No, he's--coming back..." Ty said. He squeezed his eyes shut, grimacing, and when he opened them again they were purple and slitted once more. "No..." Sky whispered, feeling tears prick the corners of his eyes again. Sky... Deadlox said. Enderlox laughed evilly. Sky backed away, his ears back, eyes wide and filling with tears. I'm here, Sky...

        Enderlox spread his wings and looked down at the six stallions, five of which were Discorded. They weren't doing anything except looking up at him, fear in their eyes. Sky was looking up at him, indeed, but his face read anger. "Oh, settle down, Sky, Discord won't hurt you! He's not like that," Enderlox said. He flashed a sharp-toothed grin. "But I can't say the same for me. I am, after all, half dragon."

*****

        "Oh, good. You ARE capable of doing things right," Discord said as Enderlox literally dragged the last of Team Crafted to him. "Rrgh...yeah..." Enderlox grunted. Sky walked in angrily, casting a furious glance at Discord. "Oh, goody! I've been wanting to meet you all for so long," Discord said happily. The others were starting to snap out of their trances. Jason was the first to realize what was going on. "Heyyyyyy, where are we?" he asked. He was still Discorded, though. "Hello again, Jason!" Discord said. "So good of you all to come."

        Sky snorted. "So, why did you want us here?" he asked. Enderlox hovered a bit then landed next to Discord. "Simple. I wanted you all to be the first to witness my rise to power," Discord said. "Making your friend into Enderlox was the first step," he explained. Enderlox swished his tail and smiled proudly. "Then getting you all to come after him was next. I knew your friendship was too strong to resist finding Ty."

        Enderlox let his intense purple gaze sweep across the stallions, who all cringed except Sky. Sky glared at him with such ferociousness it almost made him cringe.

        "But what do you need us for?" Jason asked sourly. "Well, I really just want you for aesthetic pleasure. And hilarity. And moving this story along," Discord said. "Whatever you're for, I'm going to rule the world in chaos and there is nothing you can do to stop me!" "You're wrong. I'm still here, and I can tell Twilight and her friends what you've done before it's too late--" Sky began. "Ah-ah-ah, nope, nada, no no no no no!" Discord interrupted. "I can make you just like your friends...with a tap of my claw." Before any of them could do anything, Discord touched Sky's forehead with his claw.

        None of them knew it, but Deadlox had regained a little control. He didn't have enough control to move, but he watched in silent agony as the color from his best friend drained away. Tears pricked his eyes, and he couldn't do anything to stop it. It seemed like Discord would win this time.

        And what could they do but watch?