The humans hidden among the ponies

By Tokyo Fox

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It was a very rainy day that caused most ponies to do indoor stuff rather than get out in it and Twilight Sparkle was no different; In fact she enjoyed such days because it allowed her to study without too many interruptions but she did get them and that was how it all started for her.

" Hey Twilight I got you some lunch; I hope you don't mind but you been doing nothing but study since morning and you need to eat." Spike said as he sat a tray full of veggie sandwiches and bowl of hay broth soup.

" Is it lunchtime already? It's been such a quiet day but I am hungery " Twilight said as she picked up a sandwich with her magic and when she took a huge bite when Spike suddenly magically belched out a letter and it fell to the floor they were both so surprised by the letter.

" Oh sorry! I didn't know a letter from Princess Celestia was coming today; Honest. " Spike said as he picked up the letter and held it in his scaly claw to give it to her.

" Relax Spike; I always have time for a letter from Princess Celestia; Now let's see what it says.." But instead of reading it out loud like she normally would her eyes went big as they possibly could.

" NO WAY! Princess Celestia wants us to do what? And she expects Discord to do what?!!!???" Twilight read it again just to be sure she read it right

" Discord? What about Discord?.. Don't tell me he's coming here again!!" Spike said as he made gulp as the thought of Discord being here did not appeal to him one bit.

" It's worse than that! We got to help him on a important task!.. I need to gather the girls quickly at Fluttershy's home before he gets here. Twilight magically lifted Spike as she got ready to leave and she was so upset she hardy noticed that the rain had stopped.

" Tell me you're kidding me! Please! Spike said as Twilight began to fly quickly into the air " Why are you not saying this a joke?.. Oh snap!!" Spike added when Twilight gave him a quick look that told him this was no joke as he took on a face of a doomed baby dragon.

Twilight first told Rarity they had to go to Fluttershy's home because she had something important to all of them  followed by Pinkie Pie and a fast flight to Apple Jack's home and finally she went to Rainbow Dash's cloud home and they flew together to Fluttershy's home.

The others were talking and asking questions so fast that Twilight had no choice but to do what she did next.

"BE QUIET!!! This is important and I need to be heard and you not to ask so many questions right now !" Twilight yelled

They quickly said they were sorry.

" It's ok; I know you are upset over this sudden meeting without any real explanation but trust me I needed you all to hear this first because I really didn't want answer the same questions over and over; Now it's like this." twilight took deep breath knowing what she was about to say was going to make the sudden meeting even harder to be heard over the questions that were sure to follow.

" I got a letter from Princess Celestia and we are to help Discord with a important task to prove that he has reformed as well as prove he can be trusted to other similar tasks." Twilight said and got ready for the barrage of questions that she was sure they would ask but instead it was so quiet that Fluttershy had to hush a rather suddenly noisy cricket that was visiting her because the rain had made it seek shelter in her home and had yet to leave.

" Tell us you are joking" Rainbow Dash said first

" No I can't because it's true; I don't know all the details yet because Princess Celestia said that Discord could explain it far better than she could because he knew more about it than she did and I know we don't trust Discord and I'm not asking you to trust him completely and he did pull that stunt with me and Cadence but since Princess Celestia did mention that she had given him this task because of what he did to us as a test to see if he can do the right thing in spite of himself and besides from what I read this task is nothing like any of the others we have done in the past and will go a long way to helping Discord se that there is something to be said for doing the right thing." Twilight said

" I don't mind helping Discord; he is a friend of mine even though I do understand that the rest of you don't trust him." Fluttershy said as she expected Rainbow Dash to be annoyed with her the most... She wasn't disappointed...

" Of course you'd say that! He's you're friend though why I have no idea; I don't like the idea of him running around loose like he has been and all I can say is I hope to never see the place he's now calling home; To say nothing of what happen the last time he was here. "Rainbow Dash said as she looked as annoyed she felt but she couldn't stay annoyed at Fluttershy for long and besides in his own way he was helping Fluttershy stop being such a doormat but not by much.

" I understand how all you feel Rainbow Dash but I'm sure Princess Celestia wouldn't send him if she felt he wasn't ready to at least try and I will need your help with him. " Twilight said as she looked around them and only Fluttershy seem to be willing; this wasn't going to be easy if they were not willing to help her and that made her very nervous.

"Relax Twilight;  We will help him and you if only to make sure Discord don't screw it up or make it worse somehow." Rainbow Dash said as the other four reluctant friends agreed with her.

" We do not need not like him or trust him but we do need to stick together so that this task is done properly." Rarity said kindly

" What I want to know is what this task is going to be." Apple Jack

" I don't know; Princess Celestia said is it has something to do with the days before Discord ruled Equestria and that her knowledge of how it happened or came to be that way was very limited because it was before even she was born but she had no doubt that Discord was telling her the truth about it because apparently as part of the deal for his freedom was to have reform meetings with her and he brought up a subject that up to now she had no idea that it had even happened but that it did explain a few things about that time period as well as how so much of pony history was lost before she and Luna became princesses of all of Equestria." Twilight said as she rubbed her hoof on her chin to try to understand the letter a little better.

" in other words; We have to depend on Discord to explain this task; Does anypony besides me think that this is going to be the most annoying explanation ever?" Spike said more than asked

" We are about to find out; He should be here any second. " Twilight said and no sooner she said it than a bunch of fireworks shot off and a huge throne chair of questionable appearance appeared and a swirly mess turned into Discord

"OH HELLO EVERYPONY! IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN! WHY RAINBOW DASH HAVE YOU GAINED WEIGHT?" Discord asked as suddenly Rainbow Dash became very chubby looking and she quickly looked at herself in terror as she knew with this much weight would make it harder for her to fly.. Maybe even impossible

" Stop messing around Discord! You promised not to do anything to us to the princess; It says so right in her letter! Twilight said annoyed that he was already misbehaving and hoped the reminder would get him to behave a bit better.. .

Oh fine; Make one little honest comment and everypony thinks you're being mean. Discord said as Rainbow Dash went back to normal but then the cricket suddenly became the size of pony and Angel was on it and it hopped out of the house when the door suddenly disappeared with Angel holding on for his life as it hopped out into the yard and hopped all over the place..

" Oh dear; it's a good thing Angel knows how to ride; Now please stop messing with Angel; I know that he does misbehave when you visit but you should be above it by now. " Fluttershy said kindly but with firm look

" Oh all right but he has to stay outside because he tried to cut off a part of my tail the last time!.. Say you seem different somehow; Why it was if you somehow learned to be more firm since the last time we met and I must say it's an improvement." Discord said as the cricket went back to normal and the door was back in place as a impossibly huge teapot appeared." Only a half a cup please" Discord said as a huge but clearly an actual half of a tea cup appeared and then a sugar bowl appeared and he took out a cube and made huge loud sipping sound and then he added another cube and made the sip again..

" Much better; So now I suppose you are all wondering why I called you all here." Discord said as a top hat appeared on his head.

"You didn't! I did and only because Princess Celestia asked me too! Twilight

" Oh Twilight, Twilight; What's few minor details between friends? And besides if it wasn't for my little comment on that mirror that leads to the human world.. Among other places...I wouldn't be here right now. " Discord said as he stirred his tea with a broom which was odd to Fluttershy as he'd normally used a shark fish...

"you know about the mirror and where it goes?" Twilight asked as she began to wonder what he knew about it.

" Oh I know all about it; In fact I know more about it than Celly. "Discord said giving her a nickname that he might've used a time or two to annoy Celestia.

"What do you know about it and what does it have to do with your task?" Twilight was now very curious about the mirror's past and what Discord may know.

"Now, now; One thing at a time"  He said as he made a huge cookie appear and took a bite and made another loud sip.

"As to what I know about the mirror I suppose I could start by saying that thanks to it I was able to come to your delightful land that really could use a few of my personal touches. " Discord said as he took two sips and then poured another half cup and added three sugar cubes and this time as he now stirred with a tree...

" Don't even think about it! But what's this about the mirror allowing you to come here?" Twilight asked as she was now confused.

" Oh come now; Surely you of all ponies here considered the possibility that I'm not from this world or even this universe; I mean it should've been so obvious seeing how I'm the only one of my kind here." Discord said as all the tea stuff disappeared and a huge book appeared and when he showed that it was a huge dot to dot book that Pinkie Pie quickly took from him with a squeal of joy and he looked a little grumpy as a odd looking pillow appeared behind his neck and his top hat became a fez on his head and he sat back more into his seat.

" Nope; I never even considered where you came from." Twilight said with shake of her head.

Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Apple Jack agreed with her.

" I already knew that; I mean it's sooo obvious you come from somewhere; I mean I didn't know how or where exactly and I thought it had to be someplace in our world but now that I think about it..mmmmffth! Pinkie Pie said until Twilight closed her mouth with her hoof.

" We get the idea Pinkie Pie" Twilight said with a sigh.

" Oh dear; then I guess I should've said something after all; I thought about it and somehow I knew he came from someplace where other discords live" Fluttershy said

Discord caused Fluttershy to appear in his arms as he hugged her; " I knew if any pony would understand first it would be you but my race are called draconequus.. Anyways it was the mirror allowed me to come here. "He said as Fluttershy appeared back where she was.

" Wait a sec... How could the mirror allow you to come here? " Twilight asked as she was now completely confused.

Discord picked her up  and somehow pinched her suddenly chubby cheeks at the same time.. " Oh Twilight; If you knew how it was possible then I wouldn't have anything to teach you and we wouldn't need to talk here; It really quite simple really.. You know that Starswirl unicorn stallion fellow right? Well he caused the mirror to become even weaker than it was when he found it and he limited it's power to boot; In fact as it is I'm surprised it can pick up anything after he was done with it and it is a very old mirror and has lost some of it's alicorn based power since Celly's grandfather's day who was by the way was the Alicorn who made the mirror and that little trinket Trixie had found."

"Celly's...I mean Princess Celestia grandfather made the mirror? " Twilight asked as she rubbed her now normal cheeks when Discord sat her back down.

" Please do not make me repeat myself more than I have too but yes old gramps was what ponies of those bygone days called the sun keeper and yes he made the mirror... You see Celly's one of many alicorns who's cutiemark allows him or her to raise and set the sun as is Luna is one of many alicorns able to raise and set the moon. It's one of those cutiemark gifts that WILL appear when it is time for the last sun keeper to retire or die; Whichever comes first. I know Me and Celly has lived for a long time and will do so for a very long time to come but we are not immortal in the way that means we will live forever though in my case I will outlive Celly." Discord said as the fez became a graduation hat.

" I see...So Celestia's grandfather was this sun keeper as you called him but then who..NO WAY!! Was.. Was.. One of  Princess Celestia's and Luna's parents.... The moon keeper?!?!! " Twilight asked as the thought of it made her feel strangely giggle happy about the idea.

The graduation hat appeared on her head and a rolled up diploma appeared in her hoof.

" YES! SHE CAN BE TAUGHT!!! However in those days the mirror was a lot more powerful and it could do things back then that it couldn't do today and since I happen to know what it could do in those days... I was given this task..Is that a hangnail? " Discord said more than asked as one of his claws became a hangman's noose as he looked at his scaly hand

" And you lost me again; What does the mirror have to do with your task? " Twilight was beginning to really wish he would stop dragging this on..

Discord sighed as the hat and diploma disappeared and a dunce cap replaced the hat " It has everything to do with the mirror.. For you see besides allowing me to come to your world forever changing it for the better... It was used for a rather evil purpose because quite frankly Celly's grandfather.... Sunburn was a evil tyrant that misused his power for his own gain even if one of those gains was to bring humans from their world to be slaves in this world; Human slaves that were used to build his castle and other things and somewhere hidden in one of Equestria's forests their desentants still live and it's my task to convince them to stop hiding and to become part of everyday life in Equestria as they cannot be returned to their world without killing them. "

Twilight's eyes went wide as now she was beginning to understand what Discord was saying.

" Are you saying there are humans living in Equestria? " Twilight asked as the shock began to take hold

"Now you are beginning to learn here! And since you managed to learn this lesson maybe one day I'll tell you the story of how Celly's and Luna's mother Artimari; The moon keeper of that time saved the humans that resulted in her meeting their father and how I came to rule Equestria while her children who were put into a very deep and very magical sleep by their grandfather and they didn't wake up for more than 1000 years and who really built that old castle of theirs before they even woke up and I'll tell you how living here in Equestria has caused the humans to be born with their own kinds of magic and why they can never leave because of that fact." Discord said as he said as the chair turned into a tree and then into a panda and then into a turtle and finally a long legged couch.

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" You already did that just now. " Twilight said with a smirk because he had been annoying her with his story buy making it longer than it needed to be just so he could annoy her.

Discord took on a deer in headlights look as he saw that Twilight was right.. "Oh pooh!" He said with grumpy look.

End of chapter 1.