Fluttershy was in her cottage, as usual taking care of her animal friends. She held a kettle, filled with warm tea. After a long day with helping Rarity with her dresses, the pegasus could use a nice drink.
She happily exited out of the kitchen, humming an all too familiar theme song. When she started to approach the table, something was off. A small, weird creature crawled on the wooden table. It made noises of sucking, though nothing else. Fluttershy put down the hot kettle. "What in Equestria is that?" She began to walk up to it.
As she got closer, Fluttershy's eyes turned round. It looked like Discord, though he was too small to be him; but still. "Discord, is that you," she asked.
His only response was: "Bah, bah, bah." His voice sounded squeakier than normal. The baby draconequus crawled off the table. Fluttershy gave a quick gasp, before catching him.
"Oh, what happened to you Discord? Why are you a baby?" Her words fell deaf as he started to nuzzle against her, brushing his grey mane on her yellow fur. Fluttershy was confused if anything. She slowly put him down, observing the baby draconequus.
Suddenly, Discord started to cry, startling the pegasus. "Please don't cry," she picked him up, gently swinging him in her arms. Discord became silent, closing his eyes and drifted off into sleep. Fluttershy, while feeling a bit better, was still beyond the word loss. Discord was a baby who couldn't even speak. There had to be an explanation for all of this.
As soon as Fluttershy looked to the ground, her mind gave a yell. There were burn marks on the wooden boards, black little circles, several of them. Discord just cried out acid. What would you expect from a spirit of chaos?
After putting the baby draconequus to sleep, Fluttershy wiped the sweat from her forehead. "I just don't understand," she thought, sipping her long awaited tea on a couch. "I better go see Twilight, she must know some-"
The worried pegasus was cut off as three knocks appeared on her front door. Perking her ears, she made her way to the door. "I hope there's an explanation for all this."
As soon as she turned the hinges, Fluttershy became surprised. Standing there was the alicorn of love herself: Cadence, though something was wrong. Cadence held the same worried expression Fluttershy did not too long ago.
"Sorry to bother you Fluttershy," she apologized, quickly making her way to the living room.
Fluttershy was about to say it's not a problem like she usually did, until she saw what followed the alicorn.
On Cadence's back rode a baby Celestia and a baby Luna, and to her side stood a baby Chrysalis. Fluttershy didn't know why Cadence brought their enemy as a baby to her house, but she shook that off and resumed to her questions.
"Princess Cadence, what's going on? Why are Princess Celestia, Luna and Chrysalis doing here?"
"I found them in the Crystal Empire and had no idea what was going on. I figured you might know something."
Fluttershy looked at the other alicorn foals. What just happened, they didn't know yet. Celestia and Luna were playing on the floor, playing some sort of tag but without the running. Chrysalis on the other hand was sitting a few yards away, crossing her hooves and frowning.
Cadence started. "Is there anypony you found this way?" Her train of thought was thrown off as she saw a baby Discord crawling up to them. "Uh, Fluttershy, I see Discord is also a foal."
The yellow pegasus turned around to see a baby draconequus going up to the baby Chrysalis. He poked her, annoying the changeling queen. She growled in frustration, poking him back just a little harder. Discord frowned, poking back even harder at Chrysalis. They both began to fight, constantly poking each other, and letting out squeaky grunts.
Meanwhile Celestia and Luna were still playing, not fighting. They both exchanged crowns, their small eyes looking at the golden head wear.
Both Fluttershy and Cadence rolled their eyes. "So Cadence," Fluttershy started. "Is there any way to cure them?"
Cadence looked at the foals. She shrugged her shoulders. "I'm afraid not Fluttershy, Whatever this is, we really need the Elements of Harmony to turn them back." She then looked at Chrysalis, who was still fighting with Discord. "Well, almost all of them."
Suddenly, Discord and Chrysalis both crashed into Celestia and Luna. For a second it went silent, only the sound of the foals' grunts. In the next second, they were all crying. Luckily, they were all crying regular water so Fluttershy didn't need to worry about her wooden floor.
Cadence quickly picked up Luna and Chrysalis, while Fluttershy picked up Discord and Celestia. All three alicorns (and one draconequus) calmed down and started giggling. The two ponies carrying the foals had exhausted looks, quickly walking to Ponyville. They needed to gather the Elements back from the tree of Harmony just for a moment so they could change them back.
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As they walked through Ponyville, they each got confused glares. Some of which awkwardly bowed with the presence of an alicorn. Ignoring the civilians, both Fluttershy and Cadence knocked on Twilight's front door. In a few seconds, a purple glow grabbed the door, gently pulling it open. Standing there was Twilight.
"Fluttershy, Cadence? How can I help you with-"
She was cut off as a baby Luna tugged at her mane. Twilight looked down, seeing the midnight blue foal. Just then, Luna jumped on Twilight's back, causing her to twitch.
"Gah, what happened here?" Twilight asked in shock and surprise. Before anypony could utter an explanation, loud bangs come be heard coming from Twilight's kitchen. All three adult ponies turned around to see Discord, Celestia and Chrysalis all playing around, throwing pots and pans all over the place while giving off squeaky laughs.
Cadence gave a light chuckle. "Yeah, we're gonna need your help on that."
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Fluttershy instantly woke up, panting heavily. She scanned her eyes around her bedroom. She was still in her cottage, with a laughing draconequus next to her.
Discord wiped tears from his eyes, still giggling. "Haha, Fluttershy, you should have seen the look in your face."
Fluttershy lifted an eyebrow. "Discord, what just happened? You were a foal, and Celestia and Luna and-"
She was cut off as he put a claw to her mouth. "It was a dream, and boy was it worth it. I did this last to Twilight, made her thing her friends were leaving her. You just had to see it."
Fluttershy gave a concerned expression. "Discord, you really shouldn't do these things. One day, something bad might happen to you."
Discord blew his tongue, waving his arm dramatically. "Oh please Fluttershy, there is no way I'm gonna get bad dreams," he said crossing his arms. The moment he did, he exploded into a big smokey puff.
Fluttershy coughed, wiping the smoke with her hoof. When it cleared, standing there was a baby Discord. He gave a frown. In a squeaky voice, he said: "Oh poo."