When Discord Ends His Reign

"Bye mom! We'll be back soon!" Time Twister waved back at her mother from the wooden cart her brother was pulling.

"Remember to get everything on that list!" Dinky waved back as she smiled.

"Okay!"

Bismarck pulled the empty wooden cart, with only Time Twister sitting in it.

"Nice of you to come with us, sir. Usually it's just me and Twister." Bismarck smiled at The Doctor, who was deep in thought.

"Maybe we can see those things you said are here! Those metal ponies!" Time Twister smiled and jumped onto her brother's back.

"Yah, maybe we can..." He looked around at the busy streets, flooded with waves of different ponies.

"I'm going to go get a candy apple! I'll be right back!" Time Twister jumped from his back and ran to a nearby cart. Bismarck continued to walk quietly around, checking his list frequently.

"Oh, over here." He walked to a small carrot stand and grabbed a few bags, leaving a bag of bits to pay for it. They continued to stop and fill the cart more.

"Where's your sister?"

"Hm, you're right. She's been gone for a while now."

The Doctor searched for a few seconds before finding the small yellow pegasus. She was backing away from a two unicorns, both seemed to be laughing. "She's over there." He pointed with a hoof before Bismarck looked and sighed.

"Those two again. Of course." He rolled his eyes and walked towards them.

"Who are they?"

"Just two bullies. Well, let's go."

Time Twister trotted to the small apple stand happily. She knew the clerk well, he was in her class briefly.

"Hey Applebuck!" She smiled at him. He was only ten, just two years older than her. The small, hoof-made stand was brown in color, and only slightly taller than her.

He tipped his brown cowboy hat. "Howdy Twister! What can ah get yah today?"

"Just a caramel apple please!" She threw two bits on the counter.

He grabbed a caramel apple from the shelf and handed it to her. "Thank yah Twister! See yah later!"

"Bye!" She smiled and took a bite. Afterwards, she looked around carefully for her brother. She didn't see him. "He must be over by the veggie stand." As she walked towards the sharp turn, a hoof abruptly stopped her.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" A blue unicorn giggled as she smirked at Twister, who was knocked down into the dirt.

"Looks like that little wannabe pegasus." Time Twister backed away after brushing the dirt off her coat.

"I d-don't want any trouble you guys..."

"Oh look, she's stuttering!" The other yellow unicorn walked towards Twister.

"Shining Star says that you got your cutie mark."

"Guess we can't call you blank-flank anymore." Time Twister pulled her ears back and continued to back away.

"C-can you just l-leave me alone, please?"

"Oh, look! She's got a little hourglass!"

"What's that for? You good at telling time or something?" They giggled and smirked and her as her eyes welled with tears.

"I-I-I..."

"Oh! I have a good name for you! Dumb mark! Almost better than blank-flank!"

She flapped her wings in a desperate attempt to escape, only to fall back on her face.

"Your trying to fly? I don't think so!"

"You might as well be an earth pony!" Time Twister broke down in tears as she wiped the dirt from her mane.

"That makes sense! Her dad is an earth pony!"

Time Twister wiped some tears from her eyes. "No he's not..." She immediately realized what had said and covered her mouth. "No, I um, I mean, um, he's a..."

"Oh! Then who is your dad?"

"Probably a griffon or something."

"Or maybe even a zebra!" They broke out laughing as Time Twister's sobs grew into waves of tears.

"I bet that's it! Look at her!" They pointed and laughed as a small group started to crowd around them. Time Twister backed herself into a corner, with crescendos of laughter following her. Her sobs grew louder and louder until a large, booming voice rang out.

"That's enough!" A large brown and white unicorn walked through the crowd of foals until he came to Time Twister. He leaned down to whisper to her. "It's okay, don't listen to them... Let's go."

Time Twister hopped to her hooves and followed her older brother through the crowd and hopped into the cart. As the cart slowly went away she could hear the laughter start to rise again, occasionally hearing small phrases like dumb mark or wannabe.

"You okay kiddo?" He stopped the cart in a small alleyway and leaned towards his little sister.

"Y-yeah..." She wiped the remainder of her tears from her eyes.

"What did they call you this time?"

"Dumb mark, wannabe pegasus, earth pony..."

The Doctor watched this with a very confused expression. "Why is earth pony a insult?"

Bismarck stood and turned toward him. "Unicorns like to use that as an insult to pegasi who can't fly. Mostly because they like to think that they're the most advanced species. I grew up with my dad being an earth pony, so I never used that as an insult."

"I, um, accidentally said that my dad wasn't an earth pony... Now they think I'm half zebra..." Her eyes filled with tears again.

"Don't listen to them. They're just jealous of you because you're so smart. Come on, let's go home." The three headed out of the alleyway and into the streets. The Doctor got closer to Bismarck to ensure that Time Twister didn't hear them, though he doubted she would, she was lying in the back of the cart.

"Does this happen often?"

Bismarck sighed. "Unfortunately, yes..."

The Doctor looked back at the little pegasus sleeping in the back of the cart. "What race is her dad?"

"Pegasus. He had a red mane and a white coat."

"Where is he?"

Bismarck looked around and leaned in closer. "He left before she was born. Just laughed at my mom and left."

"Does she know?"

"She knows that that's her dad, she doesn't know what happened."

He looked back at the filly. Somehow he knew that she had been listening the whole time.