Discord Vs Maud

The worn path flew by as Maud galloped as fast as she could towards sweet apple acres. “ We don’t need to get into any more trouble then we are already in” she thought. Shaking her head she increased her speed and followed the wolf’s destructive path hoping discord had not accidently killed anyone on his rodeo.

Maud was not the only pony running at that time as Mac and AppleJack were galloping to the barn as well, following the downed apple tree’s and distressed animals that littered the wolf’s path. The barn slowly came into view over the horizon. Squinting AppleJack could just make out that the barn’s door had been completely blown off it’s hinges and the whole front of the barn’s foundation had crumpled into itself. Sharing a worried look with Macintosh they redoubled their speed to get to the barn before Discord and his mount destroyed their entire farm.

As the apple duo finally made it to the barn they allowed themselves a few seconds to rest. From inside they could hear the faint sounds of Discord’s voice almost completely drowned out by the wolf’s vicious snarls and howls.But as they watched those sounds slowly faded.”Wait a minute, what in tarnation is this?” Applejack said. Mac turned around to see her staring at a pair of reins near the door. Mac took an instant dislike to the object, it didn't feel right. “Ah don’t know but just keep em over there, they ain’t natural”. Mac said nervously as he eyed the object.

“Ah agree with ya there” AJ said as she kicked the reins away.

After a while of listening for any clues as to what Discord was doing AppleJack spoke up.“ What d’ya reckon Mac, should we go in an take a look?”

Mac stood silently complementing the danger of the situation. Many ponies thought him to be a simple apple farmer but hardly any knew that beneath his deflective personality laid a calm calculating mastermind that could beat even Twilight at chess( not that she would admit it!) and AppleJack trusted his judgement completely.

Big Mac straightened up and replied with his trademark “Eeyep”.

The pair of farmers cautiously made their way to the barn door. All the noise the timberwolf had made was gone and so was Discord’s voice. AppleJack steeled her nerves and very slowly and gently nudged the door open with a hoof. She had no idea what to expect next and so didn’t really foresee a seven foot tall timberwolf to come barrelling into her.

Completely taken by surprise AppleJack rolled to the side as the timberwolf sped past her. It appeared to be chasing something not that she paid it any mind as she was stunned by the thought of a massive timberwolf smashing her into the ground if she had not been fast enough to avoid it’s charge.

Big Mac rushed over concern evident in his eyes as he asked “Ya alright AJ?”

“Yeah i’m fine lemme just catch my breath” Applejack slowly stood now eyeing the barn with a bit more caution. All signs of life had now completely vacated from the barn and not a single thing moved in her vision. Slowly but steadily she made her way to the large door that provided entrance to the barn. Big Mac sucked in a deep breath as AppleJack reached out a hoof to open the door. Suddenly she flung it open and with bated breaths the apple farmers looked inside.

What was inside shook both of them to the core and the apples merely looked at what the barn had now become. Slowly they both backed out.

“Macintosh?”

“Yeah?” Big Macintosh replied to traumatized to even speak in his usual way.

“Get my Rope”

“YeeHaw!” Discord yelled as the huge wolf flew down the path leaving nothing but a trail of dust in it’s wake. “ And here was me thinking this day would be boring” Discord chuckled to himself. The timberwolf now only focussed on dislodging the insane draconequus hitching a ride on its back began to buck as it ran. Discord clung on for dear life and then reached down to the timberwolf’s ear. “Y’aint gonna get rid o’ me that easy” He whispered doing his best AppleJack impression. The wolf only howled louder as it began to froth at the mouth. As they crested a hill Discord looked up just in time to see two ponies wearing what seemed like royal guard armour staring at him in shock.

Discord flashed them a very creepy smile that one might say only a mother could love as he sped past. He managed to catch the expressions they were wearing on their faces as he laughed to himself. “You should see the looks on your faces!” He thought to himself. The wolf sensing Discord’s lapse of concentration picked this moment to try and throw him off. It jumped hoping to catch Discord with a hanging branch. But all of it’s efforts were fruitless as Discord merely flowed around the branch and reassembled himself afterwards. “Why would you want me to go?!” Discord cried in mock sadness. “ I thought we had something special!” The wolf howled in misery again failing to throw Discord off.

“Now mush my faithful steed, onwards to sweet apple acres!” As discord said this a pair of reins attached themselves to his claw and paw. He looped them over the timberwolves head and under it’s chin. Discord was having a wonderful time mentally scarring the beast that was known for mentally scarring. “ Why did I never do this before!” Discord wondered in glee.

After another minute of howling, snarling and the occasional “Giddy up!” The rider and his “mount” made it to the gate that signified the start of sweet apple acres. The wolf now sensing it was not as enclosed as it was on the path began to run into every tree carving a path of destruction wherever it went. Discord however was unfazed and continued to dodge all obstacles thrown at him. He bent around a tree then he jumped over one. Then he slid under the ground after jumping from the wolves back to avoid a nasty thicket. Thinking it was free the wolf let out a howl of gratitude only to have Discord reappear on his back and fix him with a smile. “Mush” Discord said whipping the reins.

He almost felt sorry for the wolf after the miserable howl that followed.

The wolf and Discord had now made it to the open area in front of the apple’s house. He ran the wolf in a couple of circles until he got bored. He decided to use his extensive magic to communicate with the wolf, much like Fluttershy. Discord hoped she was no where near or his rump would be roasted over the fire if she found out about his treatment of the gargantuan wolf. “Y’know what I think you’ve earnt your freedom” Discord said casually inspecting a talon. The wolf growled and swung it’s stiff wooden tail irritatingly. “ On one condition” He added grinning evilly. “ You see the barn over there?”

What followed was a huge impact as the wolf crashed through the side of the barn leaving the main door untouched. Discord was thrown from his seat upon the wolf and the reigns flew out the barn. “Uh why does everything want to slam me against the walls today?” He groaned sitting up. The wolf pulled its head out of a bale of hay as Discord sat up. The wolf snarled and barked as Discord stood. It clearly wanted revenge for its humiliation. “ Oh ready for round two are we?” Discord taunted his grin in a mocking pose stretching up to his ears. The wolf’s barking slowly descended in volume as it thought of it’s chances.

“Here let me help you” Discord grinned. He seemingly pulled apart one of the walls of the barn. As he did so a purple haze became visible where the wall used to be. It then materialized to show Discord riding the timberwolf with a plaque that said for all eternity on it. The wolf had seen enough and just ran before the nutty draconequus could do anything else. It left another huge hole in the wall as it exited. “ Well now what to do what to do” He mused bringing a claw to his chin as he struck a thoughtful pose. “ Ah I know, How bout I go get Maud I know she’ll just love to see me again!”As Discord said this he didn't notice the shocked looks of two ponies standing in the doorway to the barn.

Maud huffed and wheezed as she entered sweet apple acres. She had not run for a while and was having trouble catching her breath. Discord and the wolf had moved much faster than her. They were easy enough to follow though considering the unmistakable path of destruction left by the wolf and the pair of terrified royal guards left by the side of the road. Maud glanced over to the farmhouse to see a very tall muscular red stallion emerge holding a length of rope. Maud felt her cheeks flush and inadvertently looked away. “What was that feeling?”Maud wondered. “Almost like I was embarrassed for no reason.” Maud decided to put away her thoughts for now. After taking a minute to compose herself from the running she trotted to where she had seen the red stallion run to.

As maud approached the barn where all the commotion was, she heard some very odd swishing noises like a whip being flicked. So intrigued by these noises she only noticed the barn had two large holes in the foundation of it. “I wonder how…” Maud began but she was soon cut off by another voice with a distinct southern twang.

“Discord! Get back here ya varmint i’m gonna skin ya alive!” Came the voice of AppleJack from the barn.

“Well that answers my question” Maud thought.

With not much choice ahead of her she entered the barn though one of the massive holes in the side. So surprised was she her eyebrows actually raised a fraction. There was the large red stallion standing in the corner with a bemused expression on his face. But that was not caught her eye this time. What did was the orange figure of AppleJack trying to loop her lasso around Discord. The draconequus himself dodged every single one with a sheepish expression on his face.

“Um it was an accident” Said Discord.

“AH’M GOIN TO RIP THAT SMILE OFF YER FACE DISCORD”Bellowed AppleJack.

“Alright have it then” Discord replied. His mouth grew larger and he suddenly detached it from his face and threw it at AppleJack. She recoiled as the smile landed on her taking up most off her vision. “Now for the grand finale” Discord bellowed in a stage voice. He snapped his eagles talons and the rope AppleJack was holding in her hooves turned into a long green snake. Discord’s mouth returned to its rightful owner allowing AppleJack a full view off the snake.

Now everyone has a weird phobia and unfortunately for AppleJack her’s was snakes. She ran off screaming like a little filly as the snake hissed and went the other way out off the barn and into the ever free. Macintosh now realizing he was alone ran straight after her afraid of what might befall him if he stayed around the chaos god long enough.

“Well, well Maud quite the show eh?” Discord said looking over at her.

Maud said nothing but merely regarded Discord with her eyes.

“Oh come on!, That was hilarious why didn’t you laugh?” Discord cried in a mock fashion. Maud simply said

“Shall we continue with the tour”

“Your still no fun y’know?” Discord huffed. “But I’ve never seen a pony that mad before except Princess Celestia when I told the court about her cake eating disorder” Discord said as he walked out.

“Princess Celestia has a eating disorder, never would have guessed.” Maud thought as she followed Discord out off the ruined barn.

Celestia and Luna’s palace

Princesses Luna and Celestia sat patiently on their thrones waiting for the long day of the court sessions to end. In the room a group of business ponies sat or stood one speaking while the rest nodded in agreement.

“So as you can see profits for the cotton industry have risen by 2% in the past year and will continue to rise in the following years” The business pony finished off his presentation.

“Very good loyal subject we will take your proposal into consideration” said Luna shifting in her throne. She still was not comfortable with these courts.

“Indeed and perhaps later on we…” Celestia stopped in mid sentence her eyes widening and her breathing rate increasing.

“Um Tia anything wrong” Luna said waving a blue hoof in front of Celestia.

“ Somepony knows Luna” Celestia whispered. Such was the tone of her voice it caused the business ponies to step back and exchange nervous glances.

“Somepony knows what” Asked Luna cautiously.

“Nothing important” Celestia suddenly straightened up. “ Oh if you see Discord could you send him up to my personal solar office me and him need to talk”

To the left off her Luna could be heard face hoofing.” Not again” she muttered.