Discord's Day out

One does not expect the lord of Chaos riding a train to suddenly crash through one's wall, but stranger things happened on a daily basis in Ponyville. Therefore, after a short start Mrs. Cup Cake merely turned and, with the years of practice dealing with customers, her two foals and Pinkie Pie, said "Hello, sir. What can I get you" in a bland voice.

Discord did not, however, appreciate being spoken to in such a blank voice, and as the train he was riding melted away to fix the hole in the wall, said "Oh come on! Not even a LITTLE surprise? You old timers are sooooo boring!"

Cup Cake simply smiled, and repeated " Hello sir, what can I get you".

Discord groaned. This mare was really starting to get under his skin. However, hearing crying from upstairs, he turned around and grinned. He knew just how to get a rise out of this mare, and he intended to do it.

"I'd like a piece of Pound Cake," the Draconequus stated, "With cinnamon."

This was more along the lines of what Cup Cake wanted. She looked Discord in the mismatched eyes and, allowing a small smile onto her face, said "Certainly. How much would you like?"

Discord chuckled menacingly, tapping his fingers and claws together, and said, perfectly dead-pan, "Oh, just a wing will do!"

Cup Cake was confused for a second, but a bright flash of light later and her pegasus foal, Pound Cake, was in Discord's eagle talon. She gasped.

"You don't mean..." she spluttered, but at an evil look from Discord she shrieked "Get away from Pound Cake you monster!"

Discord calmly placed the foal, who was giggling over the silly look on his mother's face, onto the counter, and cracked up laughing. Literally, he laughed so hard he split in to and peeled apart like a banana skin. Cup Cake did not find this funny, and neither did Carrot Cake, who, hearing his wife shrieking at the top of her lungs downstairs, had grabbed Pumpkin Cake, who he was fussing over, and ran down to see what the problem was.

Discord melded back into one piece and, still chuckling over his own joke, replied "Oh, come now, why would I want to eat your foal? Can you think of what Fluttershy would say if she found out?"

The Cakes did not seem amused.

Discord remembered something and then said, rather hastily, "Oh yes, and I wouldn't want to hurt such a sweet little thing!" At this he reached over and pinched Pound Cake's cheek, atomizing an elderly grandma costume onto himself as he did so. Pound Cake frowned and waved his hooves at the unwelcome intruder of his personal space. Pumpkin cake just laughed.

"Now that that's over, I think someone deserves an apology!" remarked both Cup and Carrot Cake.

Discord grinned and said "Oh okay, I forgive you."

The Cakes were not amused. Actually the foals were very amused, as their parents were pulling funny faces again, but the older two Cakes were unimpressed to say the very least.

Discord finally wiped the grin off his face and snapped "Okay, fine. I'm sorry." He wanted to tease them, but he wasn't going to be genuinely mean anymore, Fluttershy wouldn't want it that way.

"We forgive you, Discord," said Cup Cake as Carrot grabbed the two foals in his mouth and preceded to return upstairs. "Now, did you come here to buy something, or just to be a pain in the flank?"

"Actually, yes. I'm throwing a party in honor of my one day of freedom, and I'd like to buy some of your Zap-Apple Cupcakes. Fluttershy recommended them to me.

Somewhere in the Crystal Empire, a pink earth pony shivered and said "Did somepony just say party?"