The Little Seapony

One year later.

“Now don’t be nervous, Pinkie,” Discord said as he straightened his blue bowtie in a mirror. They were in his chambers in the Canterlot Castle, getting ready for an important diplomatic meeting with the princesses between Equestria and another country. Normally, Discord wasn’t present for these sorts of things, since he struggled with being, well, diplomatic, but this was a special occasion. The princesses had requested Pinkie’s presence at the meeting, and Pinkie had insisted on bringing Discord.

“Nervous? Who said anything about being nervous? I’m not nervous! No siree bob! No worries here!” Pinkie said shakily. Her eye twitched and sweat was starting to show through the bright blue dress with that she was wearing. When a trumpet sounded outside, Pinkie jumped to the ceiling with a loud scream. Discord dusted off his yellow suit, and nonchalantly floated up to where she clung to a light fixture.

“I think this counts as nerves, my dear,” he said with a smirk.

“Hehehe,” Pinkie laughed weakly.

Inside Celestia’s meeting room, the princess sat at a large, round wooden table with three other ponies. “It is an honor to reestablish trade with your people once more, old friend,” Celestia said.

Next to her, King Igneous bowed his head. “The honor is mine,” he replied. “Thank you once again for using your magic to turn Maud,” he gestured to the mare on his right, “and me into landponies so that we could meet with you. I never should have cut ties with your country in the first place.”

“A tragedy such as yours is not an easy thing to bear,” Princess Luna, a dark blue alicorn sitting on Celestia’s other side responded. “We do not blame you.”

“How is the search for Queen Chrysallis going?” Maud asked.

“We have not yet been able to locate her,” Celestia said gravely, “but Discord and Pinkie have taken it upon themselves to find her. I’m sure she will be brought to justice soon.”

At the mention of his daughter’s name, the king looked around the room a bit anxiously. “Speaking of Pinkamena, will she be joining us?”

Celestia nodded. “She should be making her way here as we speak.” Just then the door to the chamber creaked slowly open. It was about a third of the way open when a loud explosion suddenly blew the door across the room revealing a slightly burnt looking Pinkie and Discord.

“What’d ya do that for, Dizzy?” Pinkie whined. “I was trying to open it!”

Discord shrugged. “What? You were taking too long!”

“Was not!”

“Was too!”

As King Igneous watched the pair argue, something strange happened to him. He felt a warm, burbling sensation in chest that quickly built up in pressure until it burst out of him in the form of a loud, slightly rusty, but heartfelt guffaw. At the sound, Pinkie stopped her argument with Discord to stare at her father in shock. “Oh Pinkie,” the king said with a grin. “How I have missed you!”

Just like that, all the nerves Pinkie had felt at thought of seeing her father again were completely gone. Without a second thought, she leapt over the table and tackled her father into a tight hug.