Discord's Day out

Discord felt a bit weird. He was NOT a pony errand boy, yet here he was, going out of his way to grab some spice for a pegasus. He just... he'd found he couldn't say no to that energetic little mare.

So here he was.

"Kuso Leaves at Bon-Bon's stand. Kuso Leaves at Bon-Bon's stand." Discord muttered to himself as he trudged along. He could easily ave just teleported to the marketplace, but Discord was a highly erratic creature who acted accordingly to how he felt, and right then he was feeling a little annoyed.

Seriously, what purpose did his stupid feelings of guilt serve? He'd done nothing wrong to that mare. It was probably a pony conspiracy.

And it was highly likely that Luna would be there. While he probably wouldn't over-react this time as he'd be prepared for her, he still didn't want to spend more time then necessary with that nightmarish alicorn.

Eventually he arrived in the marketplace, and immediately spotted Bon-Bon's stand. It was a large stand with a pink and purple striped awning and a sign at the front reading, "Sugar and Spice by Bon-Bon". In the back of the stand there was a divide in the middle. On one side of the divide there was a large display of spices, and on the other was a wide variety of sweets. Manning the stand was the cream earth-pony Bon-Bon, and the mint-green unicorn Lyra was standing on her rear hooves and leaning over the front of the stand, chatting to Bon-Bon. Discord walked a little closer to try and hear what the were saying.

"I mean, Dragons have claws, Pegasi have their wings," said the Lyra, "Is it really that weird to want hands?"

Bon-bon rolled her eyes with an almost practiced look, and turned to Discord. "May I help you?" she asked.

Discord had heard about those two. Apparently they were an item. The fact that two mares might be dating seemed a bit weird to Discord, but it wasn't really his place to interfere. He decided again to try and be politically correct.

Approaching the pair he called out, "Hey! How's the star couple?" and winked.

Bon-Bon smiled, but Lyra looked aghast. "Couple?" she asked, rather forcefully, "We're not a couple. I'm straight!"

"I'm not!" called Bon-Bon.

Lyra spun around, glaring daggers at Bon-Bon, and spat, "Oh, is THAT what I am to you? Just a potential pillow-warmer?"

"It's not like that..." Bon-Bon started, but Lyra just cried, "Save it!" and span back around, storming off past Discord.

Bon-Bon just stood there, as still as a statue, as Discord took a jar of Kuso leaves from her stand and left her some bits and a party invite.

Lyra wasn't gone for long, though. As Discord set off back for Derpy's she appeared in front of him with a flash of teleportation magic, and, (in between gasps for breath), asked, "Discord, you can do anything, right?"

Discord was quite taken aback. Firstly, this unicorn had never been shown to have nearly enough skill to learn teleportation magic before, ans secondly, she'd just issued him a challenge.

"Are you doubting me?" Discord asked, menacingly.

"No, no. I just... Could you..." Lyra blustered, "Can you... Perhaps... Oh, I dunno... Maybe give a pony... Any old pony, say, me for instance... hands?"

Discord had heard from Fluttershy that it was usual for a mare to have some kind of thing they wanted to be. For Fluttershy it was that she had a fascination with being a tree. For Screw-loose it was a desire to be a dog. And he'd heard that for Lyra she was obsessed with the mythical creatures called "Humans". Apparently it was because in the legends they made great instrument players, and Lyra was always looking for ways to increase her skill with her Lyre.

Discord saw an opportunity for a prank, and he seized it. He asked with all the honey he could muster, "Any pony? Any pony at all? Sure!" and he clicked his talons. A passing pony, Comet Tail, suddenly had two hands on the ends of his hooves. He didn't notice, but Discord knew a freak-out was coming when he did. For his sake, Discord had made sure the spell was temporart, lasting only an hour, but it would still be long enough for Lyra to see.

"Anything else?" Discord asked, putting even more sugar into his voice.

Lyra was extremely disappointed. She'd blown possibly her only chance EVER to obtain hands of her own, and worse still, that jerk Comet Tail managed to walk away with her prize. Her Ex-Coltfriend for crying out loud. She sadly shook her head, and mumbled, "No, nothing," before wandering after Comet Tail. Maybe he'd be kind for once and let her have his new hands.

Discord chuckled. Lyra would get over it, and no harm had been done, but it was always good to have a prank or two. But he had to get back to Derpy's soon. He wanted some more of her muffins before it was time for the party.