The Element of Chaos

Making an ally of Pinkie was easier than he thought it would be. He had expected her to still be upset about his comments last night, but apparently that was not the case. The second he walked through the school doors that morning Pinkie danced up to him in a one man band suit. Somehow, whilst playing all of the various instruments and dancing around him, she still had enough breath to sing a little diddy.

Welcome welcome welcome!

There are smiles all around!

Welcome to our dear Canterlot!

We’ll make your frown turn upside down!

We’ll make you smile!

We’ll make you glad that you’re around,

To see our happy dance

Dance us all around town!

Confetti and streamers blew into the air from some unseen source. She then discarded her band suit, which was somehow still playing, and hopped onto a very confused llama. She blew a party horn and rode the llama in circles around Discord. Discord’s eye twitched. She was going to sing another verse. He could feel it. As she opened her mouth to take another breath, he snapped his fingers and a rubber chicken appeared in her mouth. Pinkie halted her llama ride abruptly and promptly fell off. As Pinkie tried unsuccessfully to pull the chicken out of her mouth, Fluttershy appeared as if from nowhere to lead the poor frightened llama away.

Several students had gathered to watch Pinkie’s antics, but Discord gave them a look, and they skittered away. Off to the side, the band suit was still playing. He kicked it over and found a baby alligator underneath it. The alligator looked up at his confused expression, blinked, and then crawled over to Pinkie who was on the floor still trying the get the rubber chicken out of her mouth. Discord followed him.  “Allow me Miss Pie.” He gave the chicken a good tug and it flew out of her mouth with a loud pop!

“Thank you!” She hopped up from the ground and pulled out a plate of pink frosted cupcakes from somewhere behind her. “Cupcake?” She held the plate out to him temptingly. “I made them especially for you to welcome you to Canterlot High!”

“You made them just…for me?” Discord asked suspiciously. Mamadis didn’t raise no fool! What if all this was an elaborate attempt to try and get back at him? Why else would she make him cupcakes? “What’s in them?”

“Oh just normal cupcake stuff,” Pinkie replied innocently. “Sugar, flour, oil…”

As Pinkie listed off ingredients, Discord found his suspicions disappearing. He picked up a cupcake. Of course, Pinkie wouldn’t try and trick him. He was Discord! Lord of Chaos! No one would ever dare to trick the trickster king! He bit into the cupcake. At first it was sweet and quite tasty, but then it was suddenly spicy. Too spicy. Like pour a water hose down your throat spicy.

“Oh and hot sauce! Cause you can never have too much hot sauce!” Pinkie finished with a grin. She grabbed a cupcake and ate it in one gulp. “MMMM! Delicious!”

Without thinking about how Pinkie might react, Discord made a cotton candy cloud appear and pour chocolate rain down his throat. The fire in his mouth quelled for the moment, he snapped the cloud away and heaved a sigh of relief. Suddenly, there was Pinkie, dangerously close to his face, eyes wide. “That. Was. AMAZING!!” she screeched.

“Oh.” Discord took a quick look around, realizing what he just did. No one else was around. Good. He had wanted to keep his true identity a secret until after he found the elements, but he supposed it wouldn’t hurt if just one person knew. He smiled proudly. “It was? Wasn’t it?”

Pinkie bounced excitedly. “Absolutely! How did you even do that? Can I do it?”

“I don’t think so,” Discord answered, not completely sure of the answer. The girl did do a lot of strange things, but he was almost certain her powers didn’t extend this far. Almost. “You see Pinkie,” he continued. “I am Discord, Lord of Chaos!”

“Lord of who the what now?” Pinkie asked.

“You’ve never heard of me?” Discord said, crestfallen. Pinkie shook her head. “What do they teach in these schools nowadays?” he muttered under his breath. Pinkie only tilted her head in confusion. Better to just explain it simply, Discord thought. “I have Chaos magic.”

“That is so cool!” Pinkie squealed.

“Yes, but you mustn’t tell anyone, understand?” Discord said.

Pinkie leaned in conspiratorially. “Why not?” she whispered loudly.

Discord leaned in too. “Because it’s a secret between just you and me. If other people knew they might get jealous.”

Pinkie gasped. “You’re right! That would be terrible!”  She looked at him seriously. “Okie dokie lokie! I won’t tell a soul!” She suddenly perked up. “Ooh! Do you wanna hang out after school? Then you can show me more magic and I can try some of that chocolate rain.” She got a dreamy look on her face.

“That sounds lovely Pinkie,” Discord replied. Just then, the bell for first period rang.

“Oh no! I’m late!” Pinkie cried in horror. “See ya later Dizzy!” she shouted, zooming cartoonishly away, the baby alligator clamped tightly to her pink hair. Dizzy? Did she just call him Dizzy? No, he couldn’t have that, Discord thought. He’d have to talk to her about that later. For now, he split himself in two. He smiled at himself, and then waved as the other him went to class, leaving him free to look for the elements.