It was about a week until the next Gala. Since I did everything I needed to do in preparation for it and Starswirl was out of town at BookCon, I was lounging around in my bedroom.

I was lying on my bed, reading 50 Shades Of Black (a book Chrysi recommended to me). It seems to be about every middle-aged mare's, sexually induced dream. I thought it was horrible and dumb and the fact that there's a play based on it disturbed me. Not that surprising, seeing how I didn't care for the books this one was inspired by. I found myself wondering why Chrysi would want to read something like this in the first place, let alone enjoy it. But any thoughts on that were quickly attacked by other thoughts about Chrysalis and I, no doubt caused by some lines in this book.

In the background, I was playing a Breezies album titled Magical Mystery Train on my magically charged record player. Luckily, my magic was good enough for me to play the album without it needing my full attention. The album was finishing up I Am The Zebra, meaning I'd have to flip it over any second now. They were pretty colt band-ish, but the twist is that their good! Maybe it was the surreal lyrics or maybe it was the grandiose music, but Magical Mystery Train was always my favorite album of theirs.

My bed itself was very comfy and clean, I made sure to have a maid make it for me so that I could say I did it every day! The book was placed in between two small pillows as my body covered most of what's left of the bed. Above me was a picture of Chrysi (for obvious reasons). I made it a mental note to make sure I hid the picture whenever she was over. The only other pony to know that I owned it is Celestia, whom simply told me that it's placement was creepy.

Behind me was the door that separated me from the outside world (or as everyone else calls it, the hallway). My bed is placed far away to give the door enough room to be as wide open as it wants at any given moment (my room is fairly large after all). At least the door would be that open if I didn't keep it closed and locked as often as possible. In front of me was a window that was blacked out to keep any peeping Toms or the paparazzi from looking through, though I never had any problems from either in the past.

To my right is my nearly full bookshelf. Unlike Starswirl's, where his is mostly covered in spell books, mine is a lot less grounded in reality. Covered with books based in fantasy, science fiction, comedy, romance, you name it! My favorite was The Princess of the Rings, a fantasy story about a griffon and her zebra friend who must take an evil ring to a volcano to destroy it while everything and their grandmas are out to stop them! It was a great trilogy of books that inspired an incredible trilogy of plays. I actually have a poster for one of the plays hung up right next to my bookshelf.

I'm not sure which book I owned I'd say is my least favorite, but the one I'm reading is quickly rising to the top of that list.

I was in the middle of the third chapter when I heard Celestia calling for me. She must have just woken up, seeing how she normally doesn't get out of bed until about an hour later. But, I still jumped out of bed and trotted my way into the living room, where Celestia was calling for me. Half of me was happy that I was able to stop reading this stupid book, but the other half wasn't because Everfree Forest Forever was starting to play.

As I made my way into the kitchen, I could see two familiar faces. One was of my sister, Celestia (naturally, seeing how she's the one calling for me), but the other was of a draconequus who goes by the name of Discord. Since I've gotten used to seeing his lion paw around the castle, his presence didn't phase me in the slightest. As if I was trying to completely ignore the space he was taking up, I asked Celestia directly, "What's up, sis?"

Celestia looked at me with determination and relaxation, I could tell that whatever she was planning, she knew it would become a reality with ease. Discord looked about as confused as I was, but I could tell he was going to stick by her side no matter what. Even if he didn't know what for. About a second or two went by before Celestia replied to my question, stating, "I apologize for not doing this sooner, this should've happened months ago. But because the three of us were so busy over the last year, I couldn't get this to happen sooner. Again, I am very sorry."

I took that statement for a moment and tried to analyze it. I had finally realized, after that moment, that I had no idea what she was talking about. So, I said to her, "I accept your apology, I guess, but I'm still not sure what it was for."

"Don't you remember? Less than a week before Discord and I went on our first date, we agreed that you'd meet him within a couple weeks. It's been nearly a year and yet you two still haven't been introduced to each other properly!"

"I've met him, sort of. I've seen him around the castle and we've said our fair amount of 'hello's." I knew that no matter what I said, resistance was futile. I don't even know why I was resisting in the first place. I guess since she's been dating him for about a year, it's a bit awkward to just now officially meeting him.

Discord was just in the corner, twiddling his thumbs. It was obvious that he had his own opinions to throw in on the matter, but he knew that it wasn't his place. That, combined with the shy nature he had at the time, accumulated in him doing nothing while Celestia and I discussed about this meet-up.

Celestia replied back in just a second after my last comment, saying, "Yeah, but you two never actually met each other, like, actually talk. I think it's about time we change that!"

I made sure to respond back quickly, saying, "Okay, fair enough. But you couldn't have given me a bit of a heads up so that we could discuss about this beforehoof?"

Celestia took a loud breath in as soon as I was finished, like she was going to say something really important, but that breath quickly left her lips in defeat. "Your right, it was selfish and impatient of me to do this to both of you without a hint of a warning-"

I thought she was done talking, so I accidentally interrupted, "See, now why don't we-"

"But, seeing how you're both here right now, why don't you two talk while there's some free time in both of your schedules!" Celestia said, completely ignoring what I was about to say, as if she didn't hear a peep come out of my mouth. She quickly continued, "And while you two talk, I'm gonna go back to my bedroom and listen to some of The Whooves!"

She then trotted away most of the way up the stairs, stopping so that she could listen in on Discord's and my conversation. It was so obvious that she was there, that it prompted me to yell at her, "You know, we can still see you," as Discord just stared at his fillyfriend.

She quickly replied, "No you don't!"

"Yeah, we do," this time, pointing it out didn't get a single response to come out of her. I'm sure she didn't care much that we could see her, clear as day.

There was really nothing I could do other than talk to the draconequus. So, I said, "Hey."

That seemed to have gotten his eyes off my sister as he turned to look at my face. I was forcing a slight smile. Discord went for a bit more of a slightly confused face as he then said, "Hey."

We then said nothing further and stayed silent until Celestia called out from atop the stairs, "Come on! I've had better conversations with my stuffed animals!"

My mind then conjured up an image of her talking to her teddy bears like they were living, breathing ponies. I think they were of bears from this play she enjoyed, Friend Bears, I think it was. But my thoughts were interupted by Discord, who seemed like he really wanted to meet me. He said, "So... read any good books lately?"

I said, "No, just this crappy one Chrysi recommended to me."

"Chrysi?"

"That's what I call Princess Chrysalis."

"Oh, I think I've seen her around the castle before. You two good friends?"

"Yeah, totally!"

"Good! You know, Celest has told me about your little crush on her."

I then looked up the stairs, as to threaten my sister with a hoof sandwich if she ever told anypony else. But, I was surprised to see that she was gone, probably left when she saw Discord and I were getting along just fine. From the direction I was gazing at, I could faintly hear her singing, "Ponies try to put us down! Talkin' 'bout my generation," over a scratchy sounding record.

I turned my stare at the creature standing before me, remembering exactly what he said. His statement raised a question out of me this time, as I asked him, "Celest?"

He quickly answered back, as if he was expecting me to ask him that, saying, "That's what I call Princess Celestia."

We went on like that for at least an hour, as we discussed just about anything that came to mind. As it turns out, he's a big Breezies fan as well! His favorite song of their's is Revolution 6, as mine was For Nopony. He told me he loves the chaotic nature of the entire song. How it could be about something amazing, or could simply be completely random.

Chaos, that word seemed to come up a lot in our conversations. Apparently, Discord was a big fan of chaos. He said that he loved the idea of chaos simply because it seemed fun. I'll admit, the way he described it made me wonder why our kingdom even bothered with logic.

Discord said that when his powers became good enough, he's going to get his own place to create absolute chaos in. Being a draconequus, he naturally had his magic in his claws. Like how I have to use my horn to perform magic, he performs by snapping. But, we both had to learn spells and practice a lot if we were to to perform those feats in the first place.

I, personally, thought this was a really fun idea that I'd love to see become true! As long as he didn't take up too much space, I saw no reason to stop him from doing that. At the time, he wouldn't hurt a fly, so I wasn't worried in the slightest about him doing so. And seeing how Celestia talks about Discord all the time, I'm sure she wasn't worried either.

Our conversation on musical tastes started up another conversation altogether. I told him, "I love a song with great piano music, that instrument always intrigued me."

That one sentence gave him an idea that he had no problem with sharing. He said, "How would you like to learn it? I have a friend whose great at writing and playing music. Especially the grand piano! Seeing how you're a princess, I'm sure I could convince him in teaching you, as long as you've got a piano to play on yourself."

"I never considered learning how to play... sure!"

"Great! When do you think you can get a piano by?"

"A week, at most. I am the princess of the night after all."

"Alright, I'll inform him as soon as I can. I think I can get him in about a month... Hey, Do you think you should run this by your sister first?"

"Nah, I'm sure she won't mind." With that, a quick yawn came out of me. It was daytime, Celestia must have lowered the moon and raised the sun without my knowledge. Normally I'd lower the moon to create room in the sky for the sun and vice versa.

I should be headed for bed right about now. I explained this to Discord. How I should be getting to sleep since I have to be awake during the night. He was understanding and we both started our way up the stairs. When we reached the top, he told me goodnight as we both separated into different directions. I said the same.

After that, Discord and I became really good friends. Whenever I wasn't with Chrysi, Starswirl, or Celestia, I was probably with Discord. Though I wish my sister would've warned me about our little chit-chat beforehoof, I'd say I'm still glad that she made it happen. I had become friends with my sister's coltfriend. She's had a few in the past, but they rarely lasted longer than a first date, so I never met one before now. I'm happy for her.

Author's Note

Man, this was hard to make! Going in, I knew what it would be about, but I had no idea what the specifics would be. But I liked how it came out, it seems like these chapters get longer and longer with each new addition. This one is even over 2,000 words long! I predicted that in the last Author's Notes! And also, there were no new critiques to discuss, so just fun facts this time!

First of all, happy holidays. I wanted this chapter to get out before Christmas, but I didn't get to work on it much over the holidays. And my birthday being about the same time didn't help me work on this. Most of the chapter was done before Christmas Eve, since I knew I wouldn't be able to get much done during Christmas or my birthday. But it's still out & I still love it!

Anyways, onto fun fact! The title is not a reference to TheLivingTombstone or Eurobeat Brony! It's a reference to another song in the brony fandom! Which one, you'll have to find out on your own...

Yeah, yeah, I know. References should be harder to find, whatever! I wanted to recreate a scene where I'd be reading a book in my own room when I was about Luna's age. In turn, giving Discord and her something to relate to with each other. With that said, I have never read 50 Shade Of Grey or a Lord Of The Rings book. Nor have I seen any of the movies... but I still bluntly reference them. At least there's another, less obvious reference in how Luna and Celestia spoke in one scene. I'm just proud that I was able to reference Care Bears in another!

As for Luna learning how to play the piano, that was an after thought. I was listening to a Wings album when the scenario came to my head & I thought, "Yeah, that'd be cool." As someone who doesn't actually know how to play the piano, I have no idea how I'll pull this off... well, I'll find out when I get there! Maybe I'll make it like how I got Luna to learn the Dream Weaver spell...

And that's it! I've got nothing left to say on the chapter. So, I wish you all a merry Christmas (or whatever the hell you celebrate during this time of the year) and a happy new year!

And also, I want some figgy pudding, so bring it right here!