Rarity magically levitated everypony's sandwiches onto their plates and delicately sat on her cushion, nibbling an apple tart. Twilight had her nose stuck in a book, as usual, Fluttershy was coaxing small critters to eat some food, Pinkie Pie was bouncing off the fourth wall, Applejack was leaning against a tree with her hat covering her eyes and a piece of hay in her mouth, and Rainbow Dash had moved a cloud close to the ground and was rolling around on it. "UUUGG this is so BORING! I thought you said this was going to be fun, Fluttershy!" She complained. Fluttershy stopped what she was doing and addressed Rainbow. "Well, today is special because I asked Discord if he'd like to set up the games this time. He was very happy to be allowed into our best friend weekly meetups." "I'll bet ya anythin - except mah hat - Discord's up to no good, schemin' who-knows-what tryin tah find a way tah ruin our friendship again," Applejack replied. "Like-UUUUWUAAAAAAAAA!!" She let out a yell as the tree she was leaning on vanished, reappearing a few steps away. "Well well. SOMEPONY doesn't appreciate their friends. You of all ponies should know that gossiping is rude, Applejack." Discord said as the tree turned into his body. He walked over to Fluttershy. "Fluttershy dear, the games are all set up and ready to play. If you'll just follow me, we'll get there in no time." He said as he grabbed the yellow pegasus and strolled off. He quickly stopped when he realized nopony was following him. "Well come on, we haven't got all day you know!" He said as he snapped his fingers. Twilight's book, Rarity's cushion, and Rainbow's cloud vanished. "Hey! I borrowed that book from Princess Celestia!" Twilight complained as she leaped to her hooves, wings flared out. "Oh don't be so upset, it's in your house, as is your cushion, Rarity." He said before the white unicorn could interrupt. "Now if you could all just follow me, we'll be able to have fun as friends!" Pinkie zoomed towards Discord at the sound of fun. "Oh I can't wait to se what kind of fun it is, I'm so excited, I've never been so excited! Well except for the time I went 'GAAASSSSSSPPPP!!!' But I mean really, who could top that?" Rainbow Dash flew off the grass and entered the newly formed line of ponies. "Umm, Discord, could you please put me down?" Fluttershy whimpered. "Oh, of course Fluttershy, terribly sorry." Discord said as he released his grip and let her fly to the ground.
They made it to the designated area fairly quickly. When they had all settled down, Discord keeping Pinkie still with his magic and earning a glare from Twilight, the draconnequess explained the rules. "Now, there will be two teams, Team Ponies and Team Discord. Obviously I will be the only one on Team Discord, while all you ponies will be on the other team. I've already done my part by creating the game, so in order to win you will all have to complete your own section of the obstacle course. Players can give moral support but I've blocked each section with a magic-proof barrier. If one of you fails to complete your task, you get disqualified. If you all fail, I win! Each round will be tougher than the last and will test your abilities to the maximum strength, and there are 6 rounds. Now, does anypony have any questions? Good. Let the games begin!" He finished with a flourish, releasing Pinkie Pie into the air where she did some acrobatic tricks before landing on a high platform as if she had planned it. The five onlookers didn't have time to react before they disappeared with a poof. They reappeared inside a long tube full of strange items. All six ponies watched as Discord magicked up a big electric board that showed their faces and a couple of other things. Rainbow's face lit up on the board as Discord, now dressed as a referee and holding a microphone, announced "Rainbow Dash! You're up first! The signs inside your tube will tell you where to go and what to do." As Rainbow started moving, he added, "Oh and you're all on a timer. Just to let you know!"
