Chapters "1" Never say ever - I told you!
In hurry the others left the cottage. The pure sight of the draconequus got some of them in rage and they felt that they would simply mess up with Fluttershy's tactic. Twilight turned around when she was about to leave the home of het shy friend.
"If anything happens just call for help. We'll wait outside. "
Fluttershy smiled nervously looking back to her forced guest. He tried to kick Angel from the couch the very moment. When he realized Fluttershy was glaring at him, he innocently smiled and left the bunny alone.
"I think I will be okay...", said the pegasus and followed Twilight to the door. She looked at Fluttershy seriously with a little fear in her eyes.
"Are you sure this will be okay for you?", she asked again, hesitating to leave.
Fluttershy sighed: "Yes. I'll be alright. Promised! I can't start on a base I clearly show him no trust. That wouldn't work out well."
“You know who we are talking about.”, Twilight sighed looking warning at the creature behind Fluttershy. He looked at her innocently with puppy eyes. Twilight groaned. This whole situation wouldn’t be tien put to be funny. What in Tartarus had Celestia driven, when She he got the idea to reform this luniac. And more importantly why?!
Fluttershy recognized the angry stares of the purple unicorn and patted her shoulder. Twilight met her eyes with worry.
“Well.. ah.. yes. So please trust me with this okay?”, mumbled Fluttershy. Twilight took a deep breath. Her friend looked confident. Maybe she should calm down and trust her as well. The pegasus, so timid and shy she was, had suprised with her taming nature quite often. If anypony could wack some selfless and reason into this egocentric, it was her. Defeated she relaxed and smiled at Fluttershy.
“Well alright. We will be right outside. If everything goes wrong just call.”
“Sure.”, Fluttershy said. She flinched as she heard something clashing at the ground. It was one of her favorite lamps. Discord smiled and snapped his claws. The lamp transform into a shape resembling himself. Although it looked like some colt had glued it poorly in a haste together. At least it worked. Twilight was about tobsay something, but Fluttershy shoved her out of the door cheering how lovely the new design was. Then she turned around with a begging look in her eyes. She wanted at least give him a chance.
“Oh I don't think this is a good idea.”, Twilight whispered to herself.
Fluttershy grinned nervous at her. The purple unicorn sighed and went of to the bridge where the others waiting. They looked concerned at each other. The buttercreme colored pegasus couldn't bear their worry any longer. Everything inside her told her to run away as fast as she could. But they trust her, looking forward to her success. She couldn't let them down. Sometimes a pony had to fight, even or because our was afraid of the outcome. She shut quickly the door and turned around.
Discord had vanished from the couch. Nervously Fluttershy looked around. Only seconds ago he had a fought with Angel. How could he...
"Discord?", she whispered. A shriek escaped her mouth, when he, as a smaller version of himself, teleported on her back. He snickered and patting her mane. "Awww finally these boring mares are gone...", he said satisfied and searches for a relaxing position on Fluttershy. The pony narrowed him as good as she could.
"Discord. Excuse me please! But I would prefer if you don't use my back as a seat!", she said angry.
"So?"
He teleported away only to appear on her head. "Is this more comfortable for you?", he snickered. Fluttershy stomped with her hooves.
"No!", she cried.
"Fine", he laughed scoffing and teleported in his full size in front of her. Fluttershy's mouth dropped when she saw a small golden necklace with a crystal butterfly between his claws. She touched immediately her neck. It was really gone!
"But how? Celestia put a spell on it!", she scolded him.
"Maybe she protected it against my magic... But that doesn't protect it from simply taking it." Rage and fear filled Fluttershy's. The draconequus played teasingly with the element. He grinned at her provoking with a victorious laughther.
"Give it back!" Fluttershy cried and tried to catch him. But Discord was way faster then her. He jumped aside, draging himself up and looked down to her from the ceiling.what was he thinking?! As if he was save up there!
"If you excuse me my dear. I have to do more important things than attend to Celestia's dull reformation game."
Fluttershy tried another tackle, screaming as loud as she could for help. But he vanished seconds before she gets to him. Her head crashed against the ceiling and she tumbled down to the ground. She shook her head trying to get rid of the pain, then ran to the door.
"Girls! Discord! He...", she screamed, choking on her own words, when she suddenly felt warm sand under her hooves. Blue water rushed in front of her. Visibly to the end of the horizon and further.
"Oh dear...", she whispered.
Discord was still cackling, when he appeared at his destination. He would had love to see the face of the yellow mare right now. But he had to concentrate on more important things. He couldn't wait any longer and just put all his hope in his backup plan from a thousand years ago. It wouldn't happen anymore. When he didn't take action now this filthy ponies would take advantage of that and imprison him again. He shivered, as he remembered the cold stone. He was not willing to be all swoshy woushy and fulfill every wish of that god damn princess. That maybe was even worse than just have to listen to her.
He grunt and his smile turned for seconds in a frown. What was she thinking? Seriously! He would never forgive her or obey anyone than himself. Angry he looked at the element between his paws. "Kindness....", he mumbled and his eyes glow from frustration. Under his feet he felt warm air drifting up from a volcano. He looked in disgust down at the necklaces and then open his paw. The golden jewelery felt down and drowned immediately surrounded by flames in the lava. He bared his teeth, when he saw not even one bubble of melted gold appeared on the necklaces. This darn Element wouldn't break by the cause of natural heat. But what ever, he thought, any pony that tried to get it back out of that pod would burn better for sure. All they had was that baby dragon. Although most dragons were fireproof and love to swim in lava, he never had sawn a pipsqueak of a dragon like him, who could bear the pressure of magma in a vulcano. Only aduld dragons were capable of this. This was probably a good hiding place anyway.
He was almost about to leave when he heard a creaking voice behind him. "Hey Gramps! What ya thinking who's territory this is?!" Discords ears erect and follow the teenage voice. He looked behind. The draconequus snorted in disgust. Three young dragons stands at the edge of the volcano. His eyebrows turned down in anger. He flew to the boys and check them out. They were boring, small and had that arrogant look of beatniks. Really dump beatniks and no menace for Discord. He almost smiled. But he was to annoyed. How did this little brat call him again? Gramps?
"What did you just say?", Discord asked slyly. He flew nearer to the boys. His muzzle only inches away from the nostrils of the young red one with the big mouth. He even dared to bravely narrowed Discord's fiery eyes. The chaps of the Lord of chaos wiggled slightly in anger.
"This is our realm you botchy gramps! Leave immediately and don't come back or you'll regret it!", hissed the red one of the boys. Discord let out a silent growl. The boys couldn't hear it very well. But the one with the most intelligent eyes flinched in fear. He just had to look at the eyes of the old thing in front of him. He knew in an instant that it was a bad idea to mess with him.
“Grable... I... I think we should leave...”, said the albino dragon. He stumbled backwards. “And... And maybe you should apologize...”
The red dragon looked puzzled at his with fear trembling friend. “What are you talking about? You won't be a chicken, won't ya? He may is older then us. But look at his fragile body. He never stands a chance against the three of us!”, Garble snorted confident. “This is OUR territory! We can not surrender it to the first pathetic dragon who tries to steal it from us!”
Discord smiled at the withe dragon who flinched again. His narrowing eyes met shortly with the purple ones on the right side of the red one. The purple dragon gulped and took as well a step back. “Grable...”, he whispered. “Maybe...”
"I would regret it?", Discord interrupted him with amusement. “Is that so?”
For the first time the eyes of Garble show some unease, when he heard the lurking tone in Discords voice.
“Do you even have the slightest idea whom you actually offended?”, the draconequus hissed. Discord smirked, when Garble lost a little bit of his confidence. And began to laugh hard, when the little dragon did step forward with a pathetic little growl.
“Owwwww? Oww do it again!”, Discord laughed and snapped with his eagle claw. The second time Garble tried to growl in dominance a little, miserable mewl came out of his throat. Upset he hold his claws against his mouth. “So puffy fluffy!”, said Discord.
“Oh fuck!”, said the withe one, when the ears of Garble turned into fuzzy cat ears and his body shrank with the blink of an eye into a little kitten. Discord garbed it and held the now small and brittle body centimeters over the heart of the fire. A little bit more and her would burn alive. Garble mewed in terror not able to say anything. “Maybe I have a little breakfast?”, Discord offered with snide. The two other dragons flew, when he threw a look at them. “What friends they are, huh?”, Discord snickered. The kitten mewed helpless, crawled with all its power into Discords lion paw. Discord laugh manically and throws Garble down the slope of the volcano. Grable hit hard the ground. He tried to get up, tumble a little bit and finally got the chance to get on his feet again. The kitten run as fast as it could away. The draconequus laughed cheerfully and floating on his back. “Well lets hope none of his so called friends get hungry.” He looked pleasant down at the lava and vanished into thin air.
“Oh dear...”, Fluttershy mumbled. Her head hit again an invisible wall. She sighed and touch the air in front of her. Angel rolled his eyes at her back. “I am sorry Angle. But I couldn't find any way out.”, she sighed exhausted. The island was already a few kilometers behind her. She could see it barely at the horizon. She didn't know, how long she already searched for an escape. But she was exhausted. Maybe she should go back to the island for now. She didn't recognize a fin behind her, emerging in a dangerous speed. Angel pulled at her ear, squeaking thrilled. The fin dove under the water and vanished. That could could only mean one thing. Angel pulled harder at Fluttershy's ears. But it was to late, when she realized the fear in the squeaking of her friend. Out of nowhere a big slickly body tossed out of the water. The mare shrieked in mortal fear, when she saw the sharp teeth of a shark surrounding her body. She closed her eyes. Knowing this was the end she tensed her whole body, prepared for the pain caused by the sharp fangs of the animal.
The pain never came. She screamed again, when she fell out of the air and landed in the ice cold, salty water. Her wings dragged her down also she wasn't a very good swimmer at all. Helpless she paddled, try to find a focus and regain orientation. She barely heard the help seeking squeak of the rabbit and suddenly she could grab a furry trunk. She almost let go, when she realized it shaking with an evil laughter. Fluttershy's eyes opened wide.
In terror she looked in the yellow and red eyes of the draconequus who grinned at her in pleasure.
“Oh you should have seen your face!”, he whooped in joy. “Wait – you can!”
The pegasus shook her head, when she saw an image of her own face fallen apart in agony, appear in her head. Helpless she tried to get hold at the slippery body of the creature. He helped her out and lay her on his belly. She squeaked, when she saw Angel almost drowning and garbed him with her mouth, gently placing him on the body of the draconequus as well.
Discord bared his teeth a little bit. He didn't like the little white thing at all and considered to drown it in an instant. But the mare caught his thoughts, when she railed against him: “You almost scared me to death! That wasn't funny at all!”
He blinked at her and twist a little bit his head to the side. “It was. Seriously. Very funny indeed!”, he insisted grinning at her mischievous. Fluttershy snorted and tried to open her wings. Unhappy she flapped them but it wouldn't work out very well.
“My wings are soaking wet! How I am supposed to fly back to the island?! I am a very bad swimmer and...”, she chocked her words, when she saw the bored face of Discord. He studied carefully his claws and acted surprised, when she focused him again. “Aw come one. Since when are you Watershy?”, he punned. The mare just gave him a glare. He snickered. “You shouldn't have went of the island in the first place! I think it is a very beautiful place for a time out!”
Fluttershy looked away. She gritted her teeth and tried to think of a way out of it.
“Time out?!”, she jelled eventually. “Time out?! You abducted me! You hold me prison! And you stole the Element of Kindness! Are you nuts?!”
Discord shrug his shoulders and looked innocently at her. Just smiling. “Don't you like the water?”, he asked superior.
“What have you even done with the element?!”, Fluttershy screamed.
“Oh that?”, Discord asked and pretend to think about it. “Throw it in a volcano...”
“You did WHAT?!”, Fluttershy was about to faint. She hold her head. How in all of Equestria should she explain that to Twilight?
Discord paddled back in the direction of the island in the meantime.
“You aren't deaf, aren't you?”, Discord laughed. “May I prefer not to be turned into stone?”
Fluttershy tried to hold her balance on the serpent body. She didn't know what to say. She was just afraid. At the moment he didn't seem to hurt her. She could only hope it would stay that way. Discord seemed bored. He checked out how far they were away from the island. He frowned. A second later Fluttershy screamed again. They were about 20 meters in the sky on the top of an icy slide. Discord didn't wait for her to calm down and slid the whole way down to the beach. Fluttershy clanged Angel and closed her eyes when they slide into a looping. She heard a gleeful scream of Discord. After another second she flew through the air and landed with the face first in the sand. She spited in disgust and rolled herself on the side. Angel hurried away to her cottage.
She heard Discord clapping with his paws. Then she thrilled, when she felt his breath at her neck.
“Fine you're still alive. It would be a shame if the fun was so short with you”, he snickered. Fluttershy pressed her eyelids together and tried to play unconscious. Maybe he would go away then. On the other hand. If he stayed here, he couldn't do any harm in Equestria. And after all Celestia had entrusted her to reform the Lord of Chaos. She couldn't let her down! She couldn't let any of her friends down.
She shivered, when he picked her up like a little doll. Her eyes opened and saw a big grin. “Wasn't that fun?” She tried to nod but it somewhere got lost in her trembling. He seemed to enjoy her fear.
“Oh yeah...”, Fluttershy tried to rescue the situation.
The draconequus just smiled devious. “You’re a bad liar.” She took a heavy breath and tried to calm down. He set her back onto the ground.
“Listen.”, he said. “I have to do something more important then teasing you, though it is quite fun. I would suggest you stay here. Have a little vacation. What do you say?”
“Vacation?”, she asked doubtful. But then she remembered she wanted him to be distracted. As he tried to snap and teleported away she garbed his paw. Puzzled he looked down at the shivering mare. “Pardon me?”, he asked.
“Well.”, she gulped. “I... ahm...”
“Hurry up or should I turn you into a snail to met up with your speed of talking?!”, he hissed. He hadn't time for the games of a little pony.
“What... what vacation would be good without an enjoyable companion?”, Fluttershy stumbled. A little laugh escaped Discord's mouth. He bow over Fluttershy causes her to duck away. But he didn't stop until her body lied flat on the ground. He circled her and run his claws along her throat. “You are really a terrible liar. What about your little hare? Is his companionship not enough for you? Or are you afraid of starving to death? There wouldn't be any fun in that if I couldn't watch it! After all it would take to long to keeps me interested.”, he said with a clear tone of menace in his voice.
Fluttershy gulped silently and try to give him a impassioned look. She was never good at getting the attention of somepony on purpose, but she had to try and buy the others some time. And no other idea ran into her mind then play with his pride.
“What... is he compared to you...? Not a very talkative and... well um... intellectual and funny... interlocutor?” She squeaked when he came closer. His muzzle touched her throat and he bit it gently. Like a pack leader that shows a lower member it's place in the hierarchy.
“I don't think so pipsqueak. You are a terrible flirter as well.”, he whispered, staring deep in her eyes and hissed with his serpent tongue, almost touched Fluttershy's muzzle. Fluttershy's eyes filled with fear and she crawled away from him. He snickered, petting her mane. “You are easy to scare. Maybe I will have a little fun with you later. After I get rid of the real threads. You just stay here and be a good girl...”
Fluttershy's heart pounced in terror. She just looked at the withe flash, when the draconequus vanished. She crouched herself shivering, hoping he wont come back at all. But she was not so sure about this. On the second thought. The thing she feared most was that he did anything horrible to her friends.
"2" The first string got pulled
The purple unicorn looked down in the big dirty hole where Fluttershy's cottage normally stands. She thought in horror, what the creature may have done to her. Anyway the princesses where informed and on their way here. There must be a possibility to find Fluttershy. No detection spell had worked so far. Wherever she was Discords just blocked any stranger's magic out.
Twilight screamed surprised when suddenly a brown long body appeared in front of her. Causing the mare to jump backwards. She haven't to hear the evil laughter to know who it was.
"Discord!", Twilight and her friends shouted.
"Hello there. We will have some fun together, wont we?", he howled. Rainbow Dash flew straight to his face and growl at him: "What have you done to Fluttershy?!"
Without hesitation Discord laughed narrowing Rainbow's eyes.
"Let's just say, the element of kindness is of no longer concern."
The ponies around him gasped. He was sure that they imagine things of horror he would have needed more time to come up with. Brains could be very chaotic and useful partners when it comes to place a seed of fear in one's mind. Normally one little sentence was enough. When he watched at the faces of the ponies in front of him this one was really effective.
"I'll tear you apart, when you've hurt her!" , Rainbow shouted and tried to body-slam the draconequus. He separated his head from his neck, causing the blue pegasus crashing into the tree behind him. The laughter of the creature stopped in anger when he heard a well known voice above him. "DISCORD! This time you went to far!"
The draconequus grunted and looked in the sky. A beautiful white alicorn with a floating pastel, rainbow colored mane and her stunning dark blue sister with a mane shimmering like a star filled sky flew in his direction. The spirit of the five smaller ponies brightened up the very moment they heard the voices of their royal leaders.
"Ow Celestia. Have you run out of sayings already? I heard that one several times out of your mouth!", he scoffed. The two mares landed in front of him. Her eyes filled with disgust. "Ow and Princess Luna gives me the honor as well. Long time no see, eeh? How's the air at the moon this season?"
The dark pony growled angry: "Hold thy tougue thou abomination of nature!"
Celestia didn't wait for an answer and take over the conversation: "How could you dare to abuse my kindness to give you a second chance?! And furthermore how could you do any harm to the young mare I intrusted with you?! I will not forgive you if you done any harm on one of my beloved ponies!"
"If this wimp was so important for you why didn't you do you're duties yourself in the first place? Ow, my little magic less underling? Would you be so kind to take care of that evil, big archenemy of mine? I am sure you will be successful with that! He used to be so cooperative when he was a immobile statue and such a good listener! I am sure he wont take the chance to mess up with us and take revenge!", Discord gagged pretty good faking Celestia's voice in the end.
"What have you done to her?!" , Celestia hissed between her teeth.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe you could be creative for once in your lifetime? But I give you a little hint. Her screams sounded delightful! So I would have preferred yours."
"Enough!" Celestia screamed and stamped as hard as she could her hooves on the ground.
"May I should add, that the skin of her throat was so soft and vulnerable. Her flesh smelled as delicious as a cold chocolate milkshake with vanilla wiped cream and a cherry on the top", Discord teased and watched amused the pain, anger and fear in the faces of the ponies. The smaller ones had tears in their eyes. That was almost to easy!
He bite his tongue, when the horns of Celestia, Luna and Twilight began to glow as well as the elements. "You can't turn me to stone without Fluttershy.", he thought. Watching the giant sphere of pure magic, which appeared over the princesses. "But kill will do...", he whispered. Maybe he had have poked his head to deep into this hornet nest...
The sphere shoot in the direction of the draconequus. He screamed in agonie. His silhouette melted with the bright flash of energy which steals the vision of all of them for a few seconds. "That was awesome!", Pinky jubilated. She jumped up and down wearing sunglasses, which looked like pineapples. She hoofed Rainbow, who smiled at her triumphal.
"We showed him!", Rainbow added and looked at the out of exhaustion shivering Twilight Sparkle. Rarity patted her supporting on the bag. The unicorn tumbled to the side of her friends.
"A won't be sure for that!", Applejack gasped. When the dusty clouds vanished int the air. They revealed Discord, his talons crawled tight in the ground and his body formed like an U trembling over a big gab. It was burned by the pure power of the magic, some smoke still floated up from the ashed earth. Discord huffed: "Woha that was a close one! Do you want to kill me?!"
Pinky snorted: "Gahaga he looks like a Croquet Goal!"
Luna spitted in anger: "Darn we missed!"
She narrowed the serpent body of Discord ready for another powerful attack. The draconequus stand up and tried to clean his ash covered fur. "I think its my turn now..." ,he spited and snipped.
The alicorns shrieked, when a cold, gluey substance hit their heads and shimmered golden in the sun. "Ueeew sirup?!", Celestia coughed and tasted the kind of bittersweet and sour substance. "That's nauseously but it will serve any purpose for thou!" Luna snarled. The draconequus shook his head. "I am not finished jet. And for the note. It is bee balm.", he said, snipping again.
A terror scream caught the attention of the ponies. Some of the villagers of Ponyville had hide outside to look what was happening, when they got caught by Discord's spell. Their bodies grew round and fuzzy. Antenna grew out of their heads and bee like wings appeared on their back or the feathers of the pegasoi wings melted into the thin transparent membrane. Without hesitation they flew in the direction of the princesses. "Oh no! We mustn't hurt them!", Celestia cried.
"But they'll harm us!", Luna echoed. Discord chuckled and walked in Twilight's direction with ease. She still tries to recover from the blast of magic witch had leaved her body. She was an easy victim now.
"We won't let that happen!", Applejack screamed. She looked at Rainbow who herded the bees away from the princesses and formed them to a ball of rage and confusion. The Southern pony threw a lasso after the swarm and drag it to the ground. Discord was distracted. He didn't see Rarity was sneaking up to the glued princesses and freed them with a makeover spell. So he didn't see it coming, when the princesses attacked him with another spell.
The flare of magic hit the creature into the spine and it screamed in pain. Luna and Celestia cheered when he crashed into a window of someponies cottage. Glass and wood splattered trough the air and feel to the ground. Meanwhile Twilight tumbled to her friends and tried to break the spell upon the bee ponies.
Luna and Celestia observed stressed the draconequus. The pony which lived in the cottage hold himself at his selling lamp. Maybe he could sneak away without getting hurt? The draconequus had destroyed a table with his weight. Cups, cookies and tee were spread over the floor, leave chaos and destruction at the living room of Thunderlane. Discord moaned in pain and tried to get his orientation back. What the hell was going on? His back felt like it would fall apart. The last time he remembered Luna and Celestia where that brutal was when they tried to fight him before they get hold of the elements. He almost face palmed - oh yeah right that was the case now as well. Now than... he wont hold back either anymore, too.
Twilight let out a joyful tone, when one of the bees turned back to Bonbon due to her magic. But the joy only hold a few seconds - as well as the recovery spell. The bees took the chance to escape when the rope began to loosen. They imminently attack furious the ponies surrounding them.
When she heard the anxious screams, Celestia looked back alarmed about the ponies. "So you wanna play tough...", Discord mumbled, now sitting at the remaining parts of the table and hold his head. Luna didn't let him a second out sight. She could not forget that he had have hurt a pony or even worse killed it. He would feel the pain of a nightmare and that would be just the beginning.
The creature didn't wait for a second attack of the sisters. One more shot and he would be a goner for sure. Faster then a blink oft an eye he tackled the two royal ponies away with a giant flyswatter. The mares flew towards Twilight's library and crashed into several sticky strings, before they hit the trunk. Luna tries do gasp as she recognized that the strings drained her magic. But the tape had slung around her muzzles makes her even incapable of taking a breath. She struggled in fear, watched her sister hanged up side down as helpless as her own.
Spike's ears erected. The little dragon lied in bed and had not finished his after lunch nap at all. Something had hit the tree and woke him up. He stretched himself and yawed. Tired he walked to the window and flinched when he saw Rainbow hunting some gigantic bees through Ponyville. "What the hay?", he mumbled. When he recognized Discord in front of the tree he hide himself behind the wall. Were that Celestia and Luna hanging bound up from a branch outside of his home? He cleaned his throat. He have to do something! Silently he crawled to the table where Twilight's writing stuff laid and wrote a quick note to inform princess Cadance. He quickly send the letter away in his used manner. Then he searched for a window near the branch from which the two princesses were hanging.
Celestia grunted watching Discord humbling towards them. The paper drain her energy and makes her unable to cast a spell. This was a new trick of him. She tried to bite him, when he stroked her chin. "What d' ya think about my new improved fly stripes? Get rid of flies and nasty magic as well." He said with pain in his eyes. Celestia's wasn't sure what she should think about it. He seems almost about waiting for a specific reaction of her. At the same time his expression made clear he didn't think it would come. Luna fixed her gaze at him and tries to breath again. Her vision already got blurry.
"Hey big meanie mean pants!", screamed somepony behind Discord. When he turned around a cream tart crashed right into his face without warnings. The draconequus grunted, wiped of the cream and got hit by another one at his belly. "Excuse me?! I'm trying to have a conversation here!", he snorted and focused Pinky Pie. The pink pony was about to trow another pie. Discord teleported in front of her and the pie just stopped at his belly again. Pinkie gave him a deadly look. "You! How could you do anything to Fluttershy?! She is so sensitive..."
Discord interrupted annoyed her tirade of hate and put his talon on her lips. "Pinky Pie, am I correct? Didn't you like my chocolate rain?", he asked.
"Yeah! But that's not the matter right now!", she screamed back. Discord turned around while snipping. A giant glass bottle suddenly surrounded Pinky and began to fill itself with chocolate milk.
"That should be more chocolate milk than she could drink in her whole life...", Discord mumbled. "Where was I?" He was about to clean his feathers, when he heard a big slurp behind him.
His eyes opened wide, when he saw Pinky happily licking her lips and looking at him with bright eyes. "Uuuw that was tasty! Can I have more?", she giggled. The draconequus looked confused at the tiny pony inside of the bottle. Her coat and mane were brown, soaked with chocolate. She would have probably drown. Any pony would have drown! And jet Pinky was sitting in front of him and sucking the brown fluid out of her coat smiling at him. "Seriously! What are you?!" He jangled "Did an one night stand with one of your ancestors slipped my mind?!"
"Twilight, do something already!", Rarity cried. Her lung hurt from all the running and she was about to collapse. Although Rainbow could distract the bees from getting them hurt, it would be only a matter of time, that anypony of them run out of breath. She really didn't look forward being penetrated by a giant bee sting.
"Let me think!", she purple unicorn huffed. When they passed the place where Celestia and Luna got drowned by the sirup it hit her. "Rainbow! Bee balm at Discord!" She screamed exhausted.
"Got it!", she blue mare answered. She flew in full speed to the rest of the balm and captured it with a lonesome bucked, she spotted on the ground. Furious she tackled one of the bees. The insects followed her immediately.
Luna coughed weak. She was about to faint. Helpless she tried to got lose but is was impossible. Closing her eyes she accepted her faith. Discord recognized her struggle. When he saw that the mare has no possibility to breath he sighed and loosen the stripes around her muzzle. Killing was not his intention. What fun would it be to have eternal chaos but no one who complaints about it? Luna took a deep revealed breath. Confused she looked at the draconequus eyes. Did she just saw pity in them. He turned hastily away. That couldn't be she won't accept that this creature had any sympathy for anypony but himself, especially not her. Not after what happened centuries ago. Not after how he had abused her sisters kindness right now!
"So you aren't so mean at all! Fluttershy is still alive! You didn't kill her either, did you?!", Pinky blurted out when she saw the mercy of Discord. There was now way he could have hurt or killed her, when he couldn't even let somepony die under his eyes. "So you can be a big softy, if you want to!" That was enough, how could she even dare to say that? The draconequus looked angry at her and kicked the bottle away.
"This is none of your business!", he scoffed. Seconds later Rainbow threw the bucked at his head. Discord shook it off by scolding: "Darn it! Stop Throwing things at me!"
"Have fun!", Rainbow just laughed and flew away. He tasted the unknown liquid and sighed when he heard bees surrounding him.
"That's cheep. ..", he mumbled and snipped. All bees around him turned back to their former self. "Boo.", Discord let out. Everypony flew as fast as they could. Except for one pegasus with a gray coat and a yellow mane. Her eyes look in different directions. But it was still recognizable that she was confused about the creature in front of her and rather interested then scared.
"Oh for Celestia's sake that didn't turn out like it should!", Applejack swore. She and Rarity tried to catch the bottle that captured the now dizzy Pinky.
"But his face was priceless!",Rainbow laughed catching up with them.
"At least they turned back to normal!", Rarity answered her friends. She looked after Twilight. The unicorn sneaked up to her house, when she had gotten aware of Spike crawling between the leaves and branches, tried to get to the branch of the princesses, she saw her chance to help them coming.
Rainbow stopped the rolling bottle with her back hooves. "Th...thank yououou...", Pinky stuttered trying to stop her vision of continuing running in circles. Rainbow kicked against the glass but it not even got scratch. Darn she thought. Pinky tried to shove herself though the open bottleneck. Her blue friend grabbed her hooves and began to pull. If she got in she must get out, Rainbow practical thought.
"I said boo.", Discord hissed. Ditzy gave him an unsure smile and rushed out of the scene. The draconequus grunted. Finally. No more interruptions. He smiled at Celestia and stroke her mane. Her beautiful rose eyes look at him filled with hatred. He almost sighted. So she was the former holder of the element of kindness... The only expressions he know of her face when she looked at him were sorrow, fear, anger, disgust and misunderstanding. Although she knew where he came from, where she and her sister came from. Celestia eyes closed and her face frown. Clearly she prepared for her up coming death. Discord sighed deep inside his soul. He had given up centuries ago to see something other in the eyes of any pony, but it still kinda hurts. He washed away his bad thoughts and pierced her with his eyes. An evil laughter escaped his throat and he gently stroked the head of the demigoddess. "What do you think about sharing an experience Celestia? Isn't that a good thing between old friends?", he asked silently. Again anger and hate flow trough her eyes. How could he even dare to use the word friends after what he have done! He sighted silently and snipped.
Twilight has reached by that time Luna and twinkled at her. "Spike and I gonna help you.", she whispered. The baby dragon gave her a thumb up from the branch and began to jaw at the fly stripe.
Suddenly Celestia appeared free at the side of Discord. Everyone stared puzzled at her. But she didn't hesitate a second, turned around and throw up her front legs ready to attack him. "You will regret that!", she yelled.
"Oh that's a better pose.", Discord snickered and patted her on the flank. A strange rose material floating from his paw all over Celestia's body.
The moment Celestia turned around with an angry glaze snorting at Discord her body froze in its movement and took the consistence of a pure rose diamond.
"That's your color definitely!", Discord bursted in triumph.
"PRINCESS CELESTIA!"
Discords laughed and knocked against her head. A bright tone was everything he got as a reaction. Celestia's body seemed dead as stone. "I tell you the bright side of this.", Discord snickered, winding his body around the living statue made of crystal. "The part in which you still be aware of your surroundings by seeing, hearing and feeling them, is the worst! But don't be afraid. You will be nuts soon and everything will be pretty and fine for you. I ensure that! Oh and don't you think your coat looks magnificent? I caught that style up at Crystal Empire! It's a whole lot better then that boring plane old stone prison, isn't it? And you sure recognized boring is not my cup of tee!" He joked and threw a tee can at Thunderlane's cottage which exploded. The gray stallion leaved in shock his hiding place and searched for another.
"You'll pay for that!", Rainbow sped up to attack the draconequus with all her strength. He wont let get him away with that. How could he insult the princess so cruel?! Rainbow laughed sure that she'll get him, when he just stared in surprise at her. But her hooves only touched dust, when she reached his neck. "Oh shit", she swore. That didn't work according to the plan. The pegasus crashed through Discord. Latter shake his head and snipped with the fingers. That the pegasus would never learn that it didn't work when she screams so loud before she attacks.
"Oh no I forgot he could do THAT!", Rainbow cried, when she didn't felt her wings anymore and crashed out of control in an apple cart. She almost fainted.
Discord sighed bored. He looked at Luna and said: "Do you think opal would be suit you?" He snorted when he eventually got aware of Spike who was about to loosen the last string that holds Luna. Spike squeaked when he saw the angry gaze of the draconequus.
"Don't dare too interfere you little gargl..." a rope slung around Discord's neck and he felt the strength of Applejack dragging him backwards. The mare smiled when it actually worked to let her opponent struggle. She dragged him down to his knees. Seconds later Discord saw Rarity above him "Not if I can prevent it you horrible creature", she said in her almost snobby tone. She won't let him hurt anymore ponies.
"And what will you do without your horn little Rarity?", he hissed. The beautiful unicorn answer the vanish of her horn with a dark look.
"I'll show you!", she hissed back.
He must had gotten overran by a train. Rarity hit his skull with a strong kick off her left back hoof. The draconequus tumbled back in pain. Applejack dragged stronger, when Rarity did the next hit, their enemy felt howling to the ground and gasp. The two friends didn't waste time with cheering. They do their best to keep Discord distracted. Rainbow looked desperate in their direction. But Pinky still was trapped in that bottle. The pink pony struggled to get her head out of the bottleneck. She looks really desperate already. Rainbow shook her dizziness of and walked to the bottle. She sighed. How she hated it to walk. Twilight and Spike took their chance and dragged Luna to the statue of Celestia. The young unicorn cast her teleportation spell. The last thing she heard was an angry scream.
The four arrived the central in relive. That was close. Exhausted Twilight collapsed at the ground. She was still scared to her bones. She knew that Discord was powerful but she never would had thought he was able to imprison one in – a mineral? She was even to shocked to cry. What had she done? How could she let that happened? Celestia trusted her. Somebody stroked her mane gently. She looked up, desperate. Through blurry eyes she saw princess Candace. When did she get here? Wasn't she supposed to be in Crystal Empire? Twilight fall against her legs and began to cry. "Thank Celestia you are already here!", Spike hugged the confused princess of the northern Kingdom.
"What happened? Is that Celestia? Why?", she mumbled in distraction. Luna just nodded. Spike went to her and helped her to lose the stripes. She made a frown, every time a stripes got lose and ripped out some of her coat.
"Spike send me a message that Discord is on rampage... I am so glad that Celestia had asked me to stay in Canterlot during Discord's release. She must have been afraid of this situation. I am so relived that I was near by when I got your letter Spike. I wouldn't be able to teleport here, if I where still in the Crystal Empire. The guards are informed as well but still on their way. Explain me what is about this statue?!", she stuttered. Cadance was clearly disturbed. She didn't know what to do or what to say when Discord had gone crazy. She still had nightmares from her intense reaction against Sombra. What if she... Luna looked calming on her.
"It's princess Celestia.", Twilight cried. "This is all my fault. I shouldn't have let Fluttershy alone!"
"We have to object. We all done mistakes. My sister shouldn't gave thy that chance in the first place. But she sees in every creature something good even in this monster! We won't hold back the next time we encounter thy!", Luna growled. Candace looked unsure at her. Did she really meant that? Perhaps, sometimes there where no other way. She sighed and looked at Twilight with worry. She hugged her and tried to calm her down a little bit. "We hate to admit if. But maybe we should retreat. We don't acknowledge how but thy seems stronger then the last time we fought thy. Twilight is about to collapse and our sister is turned into a statue! We are as well drained from that blasted fly stripe!"
"But what about my friends? I can't let them down! I already lost one! You can't let me abandon the others!", Twilight cried. She had done all wrong, what could go wrong. She sniffed shivering out of exhaustion.
Candace looked in sorrow at her sister on law. "And you are my friend!', she said. Twilight looked away. Luna came closer to the pink princess and have her a hug. "Thou have to understand thy." Cadance looked at Twilight fearsome of losing a dear friend. But when she watched in Twilight eyes she knew that the unicorn could never forgive herself when she went now. Slowly she nodded at her. She knee down and gave her a hug. "Please take care for yourself my dear.", she whispered. "I will.", Twilight answered silently.
"Twilight, thou should give us your element. Discord already stolen one we can't afford get thy hold off the others! Princess Candace and we will try to find a way to recover our sister. We are entrust thou to distract that monster from doing harm as long as possible.", Luna said. The dark blue mare looked at her with concern. "There is one being that might be able to help us. Go to the Everfree Forest to the castle of the two sisters. Eventually thou will find a tree hiding between the cliff surrounding the castle. It was the original bearer of the elements. Maybe thou find a solution there." She was not sure if it was a good idea. She was not as trustful as Celestia to the six mares. After all they were so young. But they captured Discord already one time. Why not a second? The ponies where tougher then they look. Furthermore he highest priority was to recover Celestia. She had to believe that the girls would find a way. No she must believe in them, if she would be able to concentrate in bringing Celestia back and hold the balance of day and night in Equestria as long as she could. Without her magic the kingdom may fell apart eventually.
Twilight looked at her with concern. Although she was unsure. Why didn't she ever heard of that tree before? She have to read all of the books in Canterlot already! Twilight nodded. "I'll do my best to assist you and take Discord down!", she whispered. She trampled inside a little bit, though she didn't know how she should achieve that goal jet. But she wouldn't let her friends, nor her family nor all of Equestria down. She had to make up for her faults.
"Please stay alive… I don't know what I could say to Shining Armor, when something happens to you!" with a last worried look the princesses vanished in a bright light. Leave a feared and unconfined Twilight behind.
Rarity placed another kick and she heard a satisfied crack. That was a rip. She almost smiled, who was now a little helpless damsel? A blood thirsty glace of Discord let her hesitate at the next hit. The draconequus had enough. He growled angrily and bare his teeth.
"All right! playtime is over!", he shouted. He dragged jerkily at the rope Applejack was holding. The mare tried to let go when she recognized that the creature lifted her hooves from the ground. But it was to late. A part of it had already slung magically around her body and she got swung at Rarity with the speed of a morning star. Both of them rolled away, smashing several times hard on the ground. Rarity moaned in pain and knocked out. Applejack tried to stand up. But she was strapped with the white pony. Discord was quick by their side and took the elements of their necks. "Hey you! These are ours!", Applejack grunted.
"You mean were." he answered. Rainbow dashed in his direction and tackled him in the side. Hitting again the already hurt rip. Finaly she got him! She glared at the creature victorious. Pinky looked a little helpless out of the bottle. Rainbow had tried to pull her out but let go after she saw what had happen to Applejack and Rarity. Now the pink pony stuck in the bottle neck unable to move in our out. Discord gabbed one of Rainbow's hooves hastily caught her throat and struggle her. The blue pony pressed breathless a "That hurts!" out of her lips. She bit him in the paw. Although he flinshed and a fair amount of blood was quilling out of the fresh wound, the draconequus ignored her snarling and walked towards Pinky. He pushed her back in the bottle. Furious he crammed Rainbow Dash after her. Then he melted the opening of the bottle to a tiny hole. Rainbow coughed and try to break the glass, when she saw that four necklaces laid between Discords talons. "Give EM back!", she spited. She had stillthre taste of his blood on her lips. She won't give up now! How could he smile at her as if she weren't a thread for him?! She jump against the bottle, which only rolled a few feet wide. She snarled. How could that happened? Why did anypony have ever trust this… this… Pinky tried to calm her down. Eagerly she draged Rainbow at her shoulders. "Stop it! Or you'll hurt yourself!", she insisted. The dark face of Discord wasn't fun at all. He may looked beaten up, but his glare at them let even Pinky shiver. At the very moment she saw wrath pouring all through his body. It seems he didn't like to get physically hurt. "I wont give them back to you ever. They are mine now! And don't dare to get in my way again or I guarantee for nothing you runt of evolution!", he just hissed with a hatred voice that overwhelmed his else trolling tone. Then vanished into the air in a light flash. The four screamed after him and try to get lose but they were unable to escape their prisons.
Twilight sighed deeply. Spike was about to come back soon. He wanted to bring her some water. At least she hoped so. Suddenly the flutter of wings break the silence. Ready to fight she looked up. She was barely able to step aside. She focused her eyes at the draconequus that just decided to land on her back, this caused Twilight finally to collapse. A little spark of magic left her horn and fizzled out useless.
"Where is it?", Discord grunted and exterminated Twilight's head. "And where's my decoration?!"
"I don't know what you mean! Get off! You're too heavy!" Twilight panted. She shivered when she recognize how week her voice was.
"Didn't act stupid! I certainly mean your element and the princesses!"
"I don't know either! And the princesses ain't your personal decoration! They are our beloved rulers!" Twilight tried to crawl away when she thought to have a chance. A heavy lion paw stopped her from moving. She felt the claws pricing in her flesh. He was angry. Really angry. What had happened? "Let me go!", Twilight cried. She couldn't keep out all of her fear. Inside her mind she scolded herself for that. He must had gotten aware of it. After all he loves to play with the emotions and minds of ponies.
"Answer my question!" Okay? Was he somehow in a hurry?
"You won't harm them! They teleported away and I don't know the destination! So be cruel! You won't get any useful information!", the unicorn sobbed.
Discord rolled her body bored around. Twilight got dizzy. She felt like a little toy of a cat. Was a cat in his… oh yeah the lion. She hoped he wont do what every cat did when it got bored of its pray. Twilight used any chance she got to crawl away. He simply dragged back at her tail and start over with his play.
"It would be no fun to torture you. You wouldn't last a minute in the condition you are. I still don't get why you used almost all of your power at once and tried to kill me with the others. That's not your style. With all that friendly friendship huggy woggy cutesy stuff. Nevertheless, you are much more fun when you are at your full strength. I mean, I would have believed that Candace would have that extreme standards but..." He hesitated and give himself a face palm. Luna wouldn't be able to teleport in her current state! How could he have forgotten this annoying pink princess? He didn't think she would get here that fast. Maybe Celestia wasn't that trustful in him after all. He have to be aware of other traps.
"You ask me really why we tried to knock you out? You killed Fluttershy for Celestia's sake!", Twilight shouted, she wouldn't admit, that she kinda had the feeling, that blast could probably kill the draconequus. At that moment she just had blended it out. She wasn't a murderer and she didn't want to be one. But back then rage and sorrow were filling her mind and made her unable to think. He bit on his tongue when he thought about Fluttershy. A derogatory commentary almost slipped his mouth. If they thought she was gone for good they would not search for her. "Well you have tried to grill me as I recall. Since when are you so destructive and brutal?"
"Since you killed one of my friends!", Twilight cried. Her tears just came out of her eyes. There where no holding back anymore. To say it, made it more real every time. She couldn't bare the thought anymore.
"And why would you be any different from me when you would have succeed?", Discord laughed.
"Well I. .. You. ..mah darn it! For the sake of a whole kingdom for so many lives!"
"So protecting my own life is not as worth as protecting any ponyelse life? That means my existence is not equal to a ponies? Are you sure it wasn't just for revenge?"
"You where the one who hurt us first!", Twilight screamed. Holding her head, determined not to let his mind game work on her.
"Oh smart cookie Twily knows everything! She was herself present at the time before Luna and Celestia turned Discord into stone and punished him with the locked in syndrome? I am astonished I wasn't aware of you fly!", he snarled his voice got suddenly poisoned with hatred.
"That's ridiculous!" Twilight moaned. "Why should I believe you? You cannot possibly think I would! Are you telling me you are the victim here? Whatever happens between you and the ponies back then! It cannot weight the same what you have done to them! And it can't weight up for me, that you take away one of my dearest friends!" She tries to gather the remaining shreds of her power. Discord laid himself on the ground using Twilight as a pillow. In rage he looked at her neck. One single bite and this annoying pony would stop talking for ever. What does she knows? Nothing! Her stupid brain was even to young to get the full picture of his suffer. So why should he waste time in talking to this insulting little brat?
The draconequus got hit by a glass of water. He stood up immediately to see Spike behind a crate aiming for the next throw. "I already said! Stop throwing things at me!" When he was about to attack Spike Twilight stand up and put her last remaining strength in her next spell. It hit the creature on the back. He flinched that actually was hurtful. But not strong enough to injure him. The pony collapsing muttering: "Leave Spike..." She had given everything to protect her friends, but she horribly failed. At least… she thought, she could met up with them in the after world. Although she could only hope there was anything like that. So she fainted with a smile on her face and fear in her eyes.
Discord spitted. He just took a step aside, when Spike rushed into his direction. But the baby dragon didn't reach him. He fell down over Twilight's body and protected it with his own. "I won't let you kill her! She's my friend and my family! You will lose at least a finger if you dare to hurt her!" Discords stared down at the wet eyes of Spike. As he recalled the dragon was every single second of his existence at the side of the purple pony.
"Family" He vomit the word. "She's like a mama to you eh?" His eyes filled with unusual seriousness. Spike looked in fear at the creature. "You are boring." Discord said smirking again. His eyes cheered up again. "Tell Twily all of you should stay out of my way and no one will be harmed. Got that? I don't like physical fighting at all. But when anyone of you try to kill me again I may jump over my shadow and crush your bones to tasty white bone flour! Don't forget that wimp!" Spike hugged Twilight even harder, when the shadow of Discord snarled at him, trying to bite him. With an impending look the draconequus vanished in his usual manner. Spike sighed relived. He pressed his body as hard as he could against Twilight's. She was still breathing. Everything would be turn out well. Everything would turn out well. He mumbled to himself.
"So you didn't find any exit either?" Fluttershy signed. "It's okay... we'll try to find a solution tomorrow." Sadly she looked at the desperate face of the Dolphin. She could probably found food at the island but for the dolphin school it was going to be tough when they were captured in here for longer. She hugged the animal, which dived afterward in the deep blue ocean. Fluttershy shrugged. She would love to do anything for the school but she felt rather helpless. She had searched the whole day and didn't even find the slightest scratch in the force field. For now she was out of ideas and exhausted.
She flew back to the beach. Angel looked angry at her and impatient as always when he was waiting for his owner. He hadn't eaten anything jet, with a demanding gesture he starred annoyed at Fluttershy. The pony wouldn't let him irritate her. She smiled at him and patted his head. "I am sorry, you poor thing must be awfully hungry, aren't you? Let's ends the day and have some nice dinner.", she said leading to her cottage. She didn't get used to the look of it on a beach by now. It was rather odd and she didn't like to be that near to the sea. She wasn't a good swimmer nor did she like storms very much. So it was still clear, who knows how the weather worked here? Angel was her only pet which was at the cottage, when Discord teleported her home. She felt slightly lonely because of this.
When she entered the kitchen to feed Angel the sound of water caught her attention. The sound came from upstairs. Her face frowned, she hoped that it was not what she was thinking. On the other hand, she have no clue how she could escape from this Island. Maybe she could trick him. She sighed. Whom was she kidding? She was terrible at manipulating anypony. Unfortunately her stare didn't worked out as she hoped. She run out of options... "Bon Appetite Angel. I have to check something.", she said her heart heavy as a brick. The bunny ignored her satisfied. A bunch of carrots in front of him was more important right now. He was way to annoyed, that Fluttershy had ignored him for some odd reason the whole day, now was his turn to ignore her!
Fluttershy walked upstairs the noise came out of her bathroom. Oh dear, like she suspected. That could be only the draconequus. What in the hay he was thinking? This was her home, her bathroom and he just... She sighed never mind. He probably couldn't care less about the comfort-zone of somepony else. She opens the door slightly, hoping not to catch his attention to fast. But all she could see were water filling up her whole bathroom. She looked puzzled at the fluid wall that blocked her out of the room. Thankfully it didn't make any afford to splash out after she had opened the door. Maybe she would scold him later. He couldn't take a bath for ever... She was about to close the door when suddenly some force pulled her aggressively in. Fluttershy hold her breath. The water was salty and tasted like the sea. Her eyes hurt a little bit, but it was to late to close them. She landed in her bathtub and shrieked in surprise. She was prepared for Discord but for not for the cold that suddenly stroke through her body. Discord smiled at her. They where surrounded by an air bubble. The bathtub itself was filled with some sort of vanilla ice cream. Some boats made of paprika, filled with bacon, honey and chocolate chips swam at little waves of wiped cream. Fluttershy stuck out her tongue. It was disgusting, sticky and way to cold. Also she don't feel well to have swimming pig parts near by her side. Fluttershy shivered. The ice was perishing but still fluid. How did he does such a thing?
"D... d... Discord! Why are you in my bathroom,!", she uttered. The draconequus looked a little bit beaten up. His nose was bloody and his left eye was swollen as she could say. He had laid a big bloody stake on it. Bruises and grazes were all over his body. He seems to enjoy the cold that apparently ease the pain. Fluttershy just sneezed and shook her body. "And why are you looking like you got under a train?" Fluttershy froze. She cuddled her hooves around her body to get a little bit warmer. It was useless. She resigned and tried to get used to the ice cream. Although her lips went already blue. Discord snipped and a light blue beanie with smiling ice cones on it appeared on her head. He smirked grabbed one of the boats and ate it before he leaned forward to her. "You should have knocked first. That was really impolite of you. Can't you see I am having a bath right now!", he said innocently looking at the freezing pony.
"I am impolite?! This is MY bathroom! You are impolite to use it without asking!", Fluttershy scolded him. She shrugged, when he was about to touch her. He looked a little bit disappointed. But now way she would allow him to touch her head. She wont let him to blow her mind again and turn her into a cruel jerk. She looked angry at him, despite she was aware of his immunity to the stare. He chuckled with joy. Maybe this was just another game for him, Fluttershy thought.
"You know. I easily get bored when I have no pony to annoy. So I prefer to have some companionship. And you didn't get violent so easy. Furthermore you told me earlier I should feel me like home!" He teased her. "About your seconds question. Rarity really have a strong right fist. I must admit I have underestimated her." He arranged his jaw. A loud crack came out of it. The draconequus flinched for a second. "Ow that hurt!" The stake felt into the ice cream and drown with an nasty noise. Fluttershy grimed. Now was a bigger part of a corpse inside of the bathtub. Her face got slightly greenish. But she had more urgent things she had to worry about. She swallowed her sickness and narrowed the draconequus.
"What?! What have you done to my friends?! I swear if you have done anything cruel to them I will never forgive you!", Fluttershy panted. Tears appeared in her eyes. She was anxious. The pony stepped on his chest to show him how serious she was. Even her whole inner spirit was crying in fear. Her knees trembled uncontrolled and made Discord aware of her anguish. "And now you even let those innocent dolphins starve to death! Have you even a heart?!" He moaned. The broken rip hurt really bad. And now almost the whole weight of the pegasus lasted on it. He pushed the pony away. She startled. Would he? "That hurts! I am hurt! What dolphins? What are you even talking about?!", he hissed. The pony clean her throat and tried to focus again. She couldn't let the animals down only because she was afraid. He haven't hurt her so far and it was a life depending manner, that he freed the school or they were done for.
"I mean the poor creatures you captured in your sick force field!", she shouted, closing her eyes and waiting for an impact. But she only heard an annoyed grunt.
"All right all right! I'll fix that! Satisfied?!", he grumbled and snipped. She opened her eyes. He looked a little bit bored and had folded his arms as he was waiting for her answer. Fluttershy couldn't know if he had held his promise. But she would find out tomorrow. If not he got to know her tougher side. He snorted and leaned back. Not thinking to get any answer anymore.
"It is a beginning...", Fluttershy said, carefully scanning his emotion. He still looked bored and just licked his bloody muzzle. The pony sighed, when she thought about Rarity. Had he hurt her as well? "Actually no! You have hurt my friends, haven't you?", Fluttershy guessed in fear.
The draconequus sighed deeply. Why had have he dragged her in? This pony nagged to much for his taste. He cracked his neck and cleaned his teeth with one of his talons. When he saw her anxious gaze he know what she was thinking. He groaned mad. "Well yes I hurt them, but didn't kill your friends! I just protected myself!" Fluttershy's eyes went from sad to angry and she focused the draconequus almost in a killing mood. At least it feels for him like killing mood. He was not sure if this pony even felt comfortable at the sight of blood.
He wheezed. "Look- All I wanted was to talk maybe negotiate and they just beat me up! I don't know why! But they thought I've killed you or something... Why does any pony think I am a murderer?!", he gulped. Maybe he lied a little bit but the gaze of that shy pony was creepy as hell. She still looked at him like she was about to drain his blood and laughing manically afterward. That was kinda sexy. He laughed to himself. Considering this pipsqueak sexy wasn't really what he would have thought a few hours ago. Now he burst into laughter. That was really a ridiculous thought.
"Oh stop laughing! Maybe because you used to hung ponies above fire pits?". She shouted angry. He stopped really laughing. That one joke would haunt him for all pony generations. Wouldn't it? It wasn't even that funny when he thought about it. But obviously ponies don't like the smell of burned coat and fresh grilled meat. Considerably they are all boring and really sticks in the mud when he thought about it. Annoyed he hissed: "Aw come one! Because of that stupid stained glass thing?! Celestia is sometimes such a drama queen! I've never killed a pony on purpose. If some of them got killed, lets call it collateral damage. Your bodies are just so fragile and..."
"How could you say such an awful thing?! Now wonder everyone fears you! These ponies are living beings. Still you just say their death are ignorable accidents!", Fluttershy screamed in shock. Was he really such a monster? He looked almost confused at her. As if he didn't know what the problem was. How could he just sits there and blinking like an innocent colt that wasn't aware that flies die horribly when somepony ripped out their wings?! She couldn't stand this cruelty anymore. She tried to leave the bathtub. Discord dragged her back on her tail. "Let me go! That hurts!", Fluttershy cried.
"He as you ponies were anything better!", he grunted. "What about your ancestors?! They invaded almost two millennia ago the homeland of my kind!" Fluttershy helpless tried to get lose. But instead she got dragged closer. "They are the cause of the death of..." Discord hesitated and leaned back. His expression suddenly was incredible sad. He whispered the last sentence almost inaudible. "Well almost anyone but me I guess..." He got angry again and smashed Fluttershy against the wall of the bathtub. She cried silently. It had hurt much. "So don't tell me I should care about your kind! You are so fluffy fuzzy, just so candy sweet and perfect. There is no way that any other order then pony lifestyle would work, isn't it?!", he spited angry his voice full of ironie. "Nothing more than bare meatballs to play with! That is your kind!" Fluttershy began to cry out loud. Tears fall into the ice cream and she didn't know what to do. "I... I don't know about your kind!", she sniffed. "Please you hurt me! I never did any harm to anypony!"
"Any pony!" Discord shouted at her.
"Or any other creature!" Fluttershy whimpered. She tried to get lose of the claws but they carved deep in her flesh. "Please! Please I am sorry! I am so sorry!", she cried out. Discord snarled a last time and let her go. He hates nothing more than pathetic tears. The fear of this pony disgusted him. She still cries and sniffed. He grunted. He was still angry. "Stop crying already!", he shouted. Fluttershy didn't react. He sighed and reached forward to her. She didn't even recognize him so he already touched her cheek, when she looked at him. "Please don't...", she mumbled sniffing.
"Just cut it of and we will get along." He answered. She nodded and tried to stop the tears. But it didn't work out well. She still hick upped and the water flowed down her checks.
"I am sorry...", she whispered inaudible. "You... you scared me..." He sighed. Looking at the slight scratches at her shoulders. Her eyes where filled with pain, fear and sorrow. He closed his eyes. By all of the chaos dammit, he thought. Why does he feel pity for this little thing? He had tortured hundred of her kind. Not a single one was under them that had have any affect to him. But she did somehow reminded him of somebody. Was it some other kind of her stare? Was it possible that she was really - no the elements where the important things. They couldn't be just a catalyst. He groaned bitter: "All right. Will you stop when I say I am sorry." Fluttershy blinked. What had he said just now? He apologized?
"Uuhm... so you don't gonna hurt me any further?" "Just chill out will you? I can't stand your face when you're crying. It is really disturbing. Almost ugly..." "Uhm..." Fluttershy was not sure what she could say. She was so confused that she actually stopped crying at all. "So... you. You will trying to be friendly? No more violence?" Discord almost burst into a laughter. He friendly to ponies? He smirked. Well he was kinda friendly right know and he mustn't be friendly to her at all. Why the heck was he doing this? "If it takes that to cut of this annoying sniffing of yours... Although I could just leave or make you silent..."
Fluttershy flinched. She took a deep breath. Maybe she should go on with her first plan all along. "I will trying myself to be friendly as well to you, when you are friendly to me.", Fluttershy whispered. Discord chuckled now. "Amusing, that you ponies are only considering to be friendly to strange creatures, when your life depends on it. I am pretty sure your three races would still have a real go at each other if it weren't for the windigos back then at your precious 'Hearts Warming Eve'." He stuck his tongue out like he was about to vomit. She wasn't sure but there seemed to be more about that story that bothered him. She examined him carefully.
"How would you know?", she asked. "They probably would have..." "Tss, I kinda lived already that time. Are you serious? I mean your races hated each other to the spine. The leaders wouldn't even have met, if they weren't forced to. As well as your super smart and kind founders. I mean. They wouldn't have met at all if it weren't for my...", he swallowed the last sentence. "Never mind." Fluttershy cock her eyebrows. She wouldn't ask him now. Maybe later. But right now she wouldn't risk he snapped again.
"So you think there would be a 2 millennium war" "No I think not. Maybe there would be a war now and then. Decreased all of you. Maybe there would be peace eventually. But not so fast and not at my home." "Okay... what happened back then? It seems to itch you." "And it is none of your business either!" "What happened? What was so different about your culture, that you got instinct by the ponies? I couldn't remember any war so far..."
The draconequus rolled his eyes. There was more than one war. Not between his kind and the ponies. His kind was destructive from time to time. Still they weren't especially interested in mortals at all. Yet it was rather strange, that Fluttershy seems to have no idea about Tirek or the fights between the griffons and Equestria nor the outburst of Sombra long ago or even the delicate condition between Saddle Arabia and the Kingdom right now. He chuckled, when he thought about their looks the next time they visit. All in all Celestia seemed to cover the truth with cotton candy and stained glass. Never mind it wasn't his problem that she let her minions die ignorant. Well it was just a matter of time they all where his minions. He smirked. Maybe he played a little bit more with the mind of Fluttershy. This time he had no pressure. He could turn her loyalty probably now. The face of Twilight would be awesome, if she found out that this couldn't be fixed with a bare spell. Fluttershy got nervous. What was he thinking? He tipped often at his chin smirked now and then and examined her. Then he finally speaks up.
"Only your way of living is right, isn't it? Controlling the weather, the seasons and the grow of plants. Take care for animals and even dare to interfere with the cycle of the moon and the sun! You doesn't even think about if something else were suffering cause of your weird order! You just stated that chaos is all bad!", he said all of a sudden. He seemed serious and wanted to discuss this with her. Okay. She thought. If he want to...
"But it is needed to be done! And you hurt ponies with your chaos!", she answered.
"You see that it works without your stupid order! In Everfree it works! My kind worked without it. Now all of them are gone, but me. That stupid forest is the last place in Equestria that's ticking like it was back in the old times! Have you ever think about it that chaos is the source of every living being?!"
"You can't just ignore the rules of a society. A society needs it order! Without rules, respecting and love each other our world would fall apart!", she insisted.
"Says the animal pony! Do you really think nature is more beautiful when it is pressed in form and order? That's ain't natural! Nature IS chaotic. Otherwise it would be just plane odd and gray. I mean look at the big cites. Full of concrete and barley a plant around! No place for animals!"
"It doesn't allow you to go crazy only because other have made mistakes! Even nature has it rules!" She shivered hard by now and just wanted to leave. She gaps when Discord dragged her to his chest. "I am not finished jet! Our discussion just started to get interesting now!" Many rows of little iron spheres appeared in front of them floating at the ice cream arranged in perfect order. "Maybe I am nuts. But just look! Order, perfection, stability means no movement, no change. No coincidence! Everything stays permanent and cold. But if you add a little chaos..." He created a swirl with his talon and the spheres began to move, creating new forms. "Bam, renewing, motion, future! A little bit of chaos is necessary to keeps things going. You see you could even call the existence of life caused by chaos!"
"But your chaos is to much! You destroy everything!"
"If you burn a forest down you make space for new plants." He dragged her closer and inhaled her sweet sent off fear and something other that had distracted him from the conversation. That couldn't be. He sighed and thought suddenly about a small purple furry body. Much more fragile then that one.
Something clicked inside of him. An instinct triggered by her overwhelmingly sent, her smooth and soft body, her pouncing heart. He was so sick of being alone. Something deep inside him wanted to protect her and never let her go. He shook his head. Looked down at her. No he must concentrate. No distractions were allowed. His plan was more important then any single pony in this world. The being she remembered him about had died long ago. All because of them. Revenge - That was everything that counted.
Fluttershy shivered so hard by now that her teeth clacked together. Her body was cold as ice and she was about faint. Maybe he should do something to warm her up, he thought. He remembered their last conversation at the beach and smiled slyly, it was her fault. Why did she remember him of the creature that was his whole world back then? He couldn't accept to let anyone near to his feelings. In any possible way. He wouldn't fall for one of the ponies. So why shouldn't he push the feeling to an aggressive negative state. He smiled. When she hates him she could protected him from betraying his plan. Carefully he covered her in his fur and feathers. Heating up his body to comfort the mare.
"At the price of destroy a working system and the base of existing for many living things.", Fluttershy sighed. At least the draconequus was a little bit warm. She cuddled her back inside his feathers. Discord had already forgotten what the conversation was about. He dragged her even closer and laid his head on hers, starting to stroke her body leisurely. "Do you know that lust is sometimes chaotic, too?", he whispered in her ear, inhaling exited her smell. She was so delicate and he enjoyed the touch of an other creature without getting hurt. But Fluttershy struggled she didn't want this touch on free will. "Discord let me go! I feel very uncomfortable about this! And the ice cream is disturbing as well." Discord smirked. That's what he wanted yeah right. Sometimes he cursed the fact that he contained a mortal part in his body. It had helped him to survive the order of the new world. But from time to time it interfere with his actual view of the world. His heart felt so much joy when he touched the body of the mare. He couldn't remember the last time he hugged someone. His brain screamed to be mean and show her that she wasn't more then a responding toy. But the pain deep inside his body tells him just to enjoy the touch. Fluttershy bite his paw. The feeling vanished at the same second. He loosen his clutch and liked his paw. "What was that for?!", he grunted.
"I already said let me go! I don't want you to hug me! I am feeling uncomfortable about this!", Fluttershy said with uncertainty in her voice.
"You feel uncomfortable?" He said sad. He hoped that this would have turned in an other direction. But who was he kidding. The pony was afraid of him. Like the last time he want to be tender to one of these ignorant things! Fear! That was the feeling he should be falling for. Not that butterfly filled pink cotton candy one. At least he get some intense feelings that meant to him. "I feel me harassed!", she shouted. "And I am about to become an ice cube!"
"Oh.", he hissed annoyed. He let her go and the icecream changed into a warm bubble bath. Did she just looked at him as he was the most disgusting thing she ever had seen? She swam away from him although she was still visibly freezing. He got in rage. "So I misunderstood your signs from before?" He hissed.
"Which signs?", Fluttershy muttered. He didn't meant the beach and the cuddling out of freeze? She blushed angry. He couldn't be serious. Did he really want to get near to her? Or was this another trick? That was way out of what she had expected he was up to. Did he really just want to... But he looked incredibly hurt by her outburst. "You... are lonely!", Fluttershy whispered surprised. For once the draconequus didn't hear her. He shrugged and seemed to be even more furious. "What's your problem? Haven't you said you want some companionship? Or are you to much afraid of me? What's wrong with a little hugging?", he sighed what was he doing? Why was he so angry?
"Excuse me but I prefer not be touched by the pony who abducted me! I am rather not fall into Stockholm syndrome.", Fluttershy said with an angry voice. "You are to offensive! I don't know you really and I don't like you a little bit! Why should I? You were nothing but mean to me and my friends!"
"That was offensive? A hug to warm you up is offensive?! Maybe this is the cause why I never get a chance with Luna." He bit his tongue. That information was nothing that was meant to be for her ears. What the hell was wrong with him?
"You was interested in Luna?!" Fluttershy beamed at him. He slightly blushed and then turned away. "Why not! As I told you, there are no female of my kind anymore. She is quite a beauty for a pony. As well she is immortal as I am. Ow and her gorgeous night. Or her attitude to be so serious on the one hand and on the other a little prankster. Her laugh is like the sound of the stars aw... I mean..." Fluttershy looked concerned at him was he serious. He must according to his voice. He bit on his lip.
"I... I mean... Think of all the arguing we could have had, because she's so stubborn! That would be programmed chaos or in other words excellent!" Then he signed and lean back into the bath. Happy that the conversation leaves a little bit the awkward zone. The pegasus looked at him with almost an aha glimpse. "But I am over it for generations by now. So never mind. It won't be happen now anyway since I transformed her sister in solid diamond.", he said quick.
Fluttershy starred at him. "You...you did what?! How could you?!"
"You asked that a lot. I just do things I am feeling about."
"But you loved her sister!"
"So, Luna doesn't love me ever. So why bother?"
"Maybe because Celestia gave you a second chance! Are you really that dump to think she and her sister haven't any positive feelings for you, when they does that? How could you betray her?!"
"Betray? Take a note we are not exactly what you call friends. As well I don't know if it was her idea or Celestia's."
"So what! Did you ever come to the conclusion to be kind by yourself to win a pony's heart?"
"Your kinda misunderstanding something. I was very young when I had feelings for her. I lose this affections long before she and her sister imprisoned me. I don't need her! As well I am not really interested in woman that turned me to stone. So relax. You aren't on my list either."
"With that attitude you will never achieve some friends! Or anyone who actually likes you a bit!", Fluttershy answered angry.
"Newsflash. I am the element of chaos the pure existence of dissension! I am the opposite of you and your precious friends! I don't need anybody! I have plenty of fun without anyone!"
Fluttershy had enough. Not a minute ago he wanted to hug her and now he insist that he didn't need anyone. Fluttershy felt kinda abused by him. She tried again to crawl out of the bathtub. Discord laughed, dragging her back. "But that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy some miserable company! I can have a lot of fun with someone who isn't a friend at all!"
Fluttershy looked angry at him. "Seriously Discord is that so?! I thought you don't need anypony to have fun so let me go!", Fluttershy cried. She was scared to her bones but she had to fight now. "Leave my house! I don't want you to stay here any longer! Maybe I am imprisoned at this island but I haven't to endure you!"
"You can't order me around! Even if you are mean to me or shouting. I don't care! I'll leave as soon I am bored of you! Or if I want to hurt some other ponies!"
Furious she shouted: "Oh well then! Have fun! Torture some ponies to fill up that empty space in your heart. But leave me out of it! I don't want to be part of your pathetic struggle to forget that you are lonely! Because you will be sad and desperate searching for something more your whole life! It is useless to waste any kindness to you!"
"I am not pathetic nor lonely!" Discord grunted pressing her against the bathtub again. Oh my, she thoughts. I have to get out of here!
"Tell that your crush Luna!", Fluttershy spited. She hope she could intimidated him somehow. But he kinda seems to enjoy it. Why wouldn't he let her go?! His eyes where filled with and evil joy she feared.
"Hey stop that! You can't tell me what to do! But I can order you by my own will. I didn't made you cruel! You aren't allowed to be cruel when I haven't messed up your mind!", he chuckled.
"I AM KIND! But I won't let abuse it by some jerk!", Fluttershy cried. She tried everything to get lose but he was to strong. He laughed:"I am kinda impressed of this new side of you Fluttershy. I really wanna learn more about this side." He winded himself around her body feeling her heart racing in fear. If she wanted or not he would have some fun now. When she hates him he hadn't anything to be sorry about.
"Wh... When you do your little mind game you will never learn anything about it!", Fluttershy muttered. He laughed dark. "Think about it. Maybe I do everything you want but you will never know what I am really thinking or feeling. I will only be a puppet... a...", she tried to calm him down. He put a talon on her lips to get her quite. "Shhh. You are right. It could get boring after a wile. But for now I'll live with that. You won't remember anyway. So let us have some fun." He chuckled darkly and was about approach her. She starred at his open mouth only a few inches away from her. She felt his warm breath hitting her face. Fluttershy closed her eyes. "No!",she said and hit his muzzle with her forehead. Discord sniffed. He let her go a little bit. "Don't you think it would be more satisfying if you get that by free will?" The draconequus scratched his chin. What was she talking about? Her lips were pressed to a small string. She pushed as good as she could his body away with her trembling legs. Although he hadn't plan to touch her in any intime manner, she eagerly tried to protect her drlicate body parts. As if he was intrested in mortal mating rituals... he wasn't a teen anymore. Still an evil grin appeared on his face. He run his talon along her throat. Satisfied he felt her body stiffen with every touch. To annoy her was really to easy. Leisurely he leaned forward and whispered in her ear: "I could even make you love me. You would shiver by any single touch of me in excitement and pleasure. Why should I do any work for that if a single snip of my talons is enough to have complete power over you? Anyways I really love it, when someone looks at me in angst. Don't you think it would be a nice experience?" He laughed, that had have the right effect. She pulled away but was stopped by the wall of the tub.
Fluttershy gulped. He grinned his lips where about to burst into an evil laugher.Was he about to rape her? "But... but think about it. You have expired that one really often. Don't you think you will only achieve real power over me when I fall for you and a... and enjoy to be your friend with any single cell by myself?" She stuttered. "We could be friends.. real one..." His lips curled up. He let her go a little bit. Fluttershy still didn't relax herself. Discord stroked his beard, looking away from her as if he fixed something far away.
He really seems to think about it. Fluttershy smiled hopefully. "It seems to be unbelievable much work..." He grinned at her and patted her head. She frown. "Friendship ha ha. Friends... I almost thought you offer me something... more exciting. But friendship? Why do you try to give me something I am not interested in? I can make me friends when I am in the mood."
"Uhm...", Fluttershy coughed. "A but, but... well... but you never had have a real friend, haven't you?" In what situation she had gotten herself into? He looked down at her, her body was shivering not of the cold anymore. Her teal eyes were filled with tears. It actually bored him. He had liked her tougher reaction from before more. That was just pathetic. As well there was this annoying tiny voice inside of him, that couldn't hurt this pony for real. He tried to get some reason for his doing. But nothing that could be a good excuse for not cageing her up nor murder her, to ensure at least a few years of peace, popped up in his mind. Manipulate her? Ensure that she wouldn't turn against him. It was a stupid plan. Why should it work this time? He wouldn't go for it. The safest thing he could do without hurting her or alter her character was something else. "A real friend eh? Why not... It is worth a try.", he said satisfied, when he finaly got an idea.
"Wait you..?", Fluttershy was about to ease. He shrugged his shoulders.
"Very well. I'll try your 'be friendly' thing." Fluttershy smiled unsure. His face still looked somehow scary. He snapped his talon. The water in the bathroom vanished and he placed Fluttershy carefully on the ground. "Then sleep well little one.", he chuckled. Suddenly his expressions went mischievous. Fluttershy's face dropped. He leaned forward and stroke her head. All of a sudden everything turned black.