Some Love

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“A sunny, beautiful day...”

Discord adjusted the lens, looking into it with one eye. Had someone been looking through it, they would have seen the eye through the distortion of the lens, bulged up in the middle, making the rest of his face look convex and small by comparison.

He stepped back, grinning his snagglefang, oily grin. “Alright, we’re reeeeady...”

“Still don’t see why we have to get a lame picture taken with him,” Rainbow Dash muttered in the background.

“Hush, Rainbow Dash,” Fluttershy said to her. “I’d like us to all have a nice picture together. It’ll help us move along in our friendship!”

“He’s clearly not interested in that,” Rainbow grumbled as she settled next to Applejack, who was brushing dust from her stetson. “Just the other day he turned my bed into cotton candy and ATE it!”

“You’ll be glad I wasn’t hungry for other things,” Discord said deviously, licking his lips and giving Rainbow and dangerous smile. Rainbow Dash shivered and shot him a disgusted look.

“Discord! Behave!” Fluttershy said. “Besides, Rainbow, it should be us that take the first steps. Discord’s not a bad guy at heart...”

“We’ve been doin’ an awful lot of first-step taking...” Rainbow said under her breath.

“I think this is a good idea, as well,” Rarity said, gently poofing her curls with a hoof. “It will help us make sure we’re all absolutely presentable for when we meet with the ambassador. A good picture always leaves you wanting to look your best! And I think we should be looking our best. Other than Spike, I don’t think we’ve met a properly civil dragon...”

Discord slid up behind the six of them, his claw and talon resting on Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, respectively. There was a flash of light...

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They were almost all frozen in time, the color slowly fading from them and their surroundings. Discord, however, stayed in his coloration, as did the unicorn next to Pinkie Pie. Twilight turned and looked up at Discord, her mouth slowly falling open, her face contorting in a silent scream. Discord warped and blackened, like a shadow that had taken to life, and extended his arms towards her. His claw and talon wrapped around her fragile neck, squeezing tightly. He pressed her to the ground, constricting and wringing Twilight’s neck as he strangled her.

No sound escaped from Twilight's open mouth, and their surroundings began to warp. The ponies all around them began to melt, as if they were clay under a bright lamp. Twilight herself withered as the ground cracked and blighted beneath her. The decay that struck the rest of the scene left Discord unaffected as he continued to wring her neck.

“I’m so, SO glad I can spend time with you, Twilight. You make me feel fresh, alive! I’m glad I gave you a chance.” said the creature who had fallen so far that his words no longer matched his actions.

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"Everyone knows that you are fucked up. And everyone knows that I am fucked up. But, does everyone know that you are more fucked up than me?..."