The trio of Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Sir Watch waited when a carriage the size of the royal ballroom was pulled into the front of the royal gardens by a lone sparrow. Said sparrow subsequently grew larger, and turned into the dragonequus whom Celestia was silently dreading to begin discussing with.

“Discord…” Celestia gave a sharp glare to the God of Chaos, and nodded to the large and ornate carriage haplessly resting on one of the bushes that led into the gardens.

“Just give me one sec, Princess. Oh, Fluttershy!” Discord called out. The yellow coated, pink-maned pegasus walked out of the carriage, and with a pop the carriage disappeared.

“Oh, um, I hope I’m not going to interrupt anything, but after yesterday’s innocent I’m having Discord grounded on my eyesight,” Fluttershy said.

Finally, in the Royal Canterlot voice, Luna spoke up. “DISCORD! EXPLAIN YOURSELF!”

“Okay, okay, it wasn't anything big this time! I just changed some of the flower paths and disguised them with poison joke! Nothing serious, I even had a remedy bath ready for them, free of charge too!”

“...what?” Luna spoke, a look of confusion on her face.

“She doesn't mean that, Discord. She wants you to explain this,” Celestia stepped to the side and raised a hoof towards Luna. The princesses were then treated to a rare view of a being of chaos with a look of confusion.

"Luna, I know it's been a long while since you were banished. I've been gone longer than you! Buuut...do you think changing colors would help you? Not to be mean, I assure you-"

"Do not say anything, being of chaos, if you value your health," Luna spoke in a dark tone. Discord could only gulp in fear. After yesterday's incident, he REALLY did not want to anger any more ponies than he wanted to today.

"Discord, what do you mean by changing colors? Princess Luna looks the same to me. Unless, of course, you want to change colors Princess, and that's okay with me, if...if you want..." Fluttershy was still a little scared of Princess Luna from that one Nightmare Night, even though she had grown to become friends with Luna.

"And that's precisely the problem miss. You see, it seems some of us here see her majesty as her usual colors, while others, including herself, sees her as a white and gold pattern," the advisor spoke.

"White and gold? You must be blind, slave-"

"Advisor!"

"-advisor, because she is very clearly gold and blue," Discord said.

"Gold and blue? I'm certain she is white and gold," Celestia remarked.

"I see black and blue," said Fluttershy.

"Gah! Now I am black and white!" Luna exasperated.

"Enough!" Sir Watch yelled. All four ponies turned to him. "If we cannot agree of what her majesty's colors are, can we agree that something is wrong, and that Discord may be the source of the problem?"

“Ugh, of course. Always blame the being of chaos. Why can’t we blame natural disasters, or poor planning of magical experiments, or even this squirrel!” Discord brought out a squirrel from a pocket in his right leg. The little creature looked up at Celestia with an innocent smile.

“Why would a squirrel be the cause of Luna’s predicament?” Celestia asked. Just then, the squirrel chomped down on Discord’s finger.

“Yowch!” Discord flung the squirrel off him, sending the creature away. Luckily, Fluttershy caught the squirrel, and while cradling the creature she sent Discord a glare. “Oh, come on! You can’t tell me that creature isn't plotting for the destruction of our dear Equestria, can you?”

“The squirrel is not plotting for the destruction of Equestria.”

“...Well, okay, technically you can tell me, but you can’t prove that the squirrel only wants to see the world burn!”

“Oh, it will be okay, Oliver. I’m sure your wife and 5 kids are missing you very much. I promise you will be brought back home once we are done here,” Fluttershy cooed. Discord and Celestia blinked.

“We have no more time to spend on games, Discord. Are you the cause of Luna’s predicament?” Celestia asked.

“gasp! Such lack of faith, Celestia! I’ll have you know I have done nothing other than witness this predicament myself!”

“It’s true, Princess,” Fluttershy interjected. “I’ve been watching him since yesterday, he hasn’t done anything except help the ponies who were having problems with his poison joke prank.”

“Thank you, Fluttershy! You really are a good friend!” Discord walked over and gave a blushing Fluttershy a big hug.

“Well, if it wasn’t Discord, than what could be the problem?” Sir Watch murmured.

“Is there anything you can do? Any magic?” Fluttershy asked.

“I have tried. Nothing. It seems to be of a magical illusion, yet it is protected by a lock spell that only the original caster can unlock. I also had a funny feeling when I used my magic,” a white and gold Luna replied.

“Wait. Funny as in ‘funny ha-ha’, or funny as in ‘funny uh-oh’?” Discord mysteriously inquired.

“Strangely, ‘funny ha-ha’. Why must you ask?” black and blue Luna remarked. Discord quickly went over to black and gold Luna and picked her up. Holding her up, he delved his snout into the now gold and blue Luna’s chest, causing her to blush brightly.

“Discord! What in Tartarus are you doing?!” Celestia blushed as well, along with Fluttershy. Sir Watch only had a look of shock.

“I am sniffing her,” he casually answered.

“Tiaaaaa! I need an adult!”

“Compared to you, I am an adult. Now then!” Discord dropped Luna unceremoniously on the ground, causing her to yip in response. “Princess, I must warn you, keep your eyes closed, and do not for one second think about what is happening to your body!”

With that, Discord forcefully shut Luna’s eyes, and barfed on her.

Both Celestia and Fluttershy recoiled in horror, and Sir Watch gagged, as they watch the embarrassing spectacle of the princess of the night being showered by a being of chaos. Discord wiped and toweled Luna using himself as a towel. Luna’s colors actively changed from black to blue to white and gold. They changed at such a rapid pace it was nauseating for Sir Watch, who had to sit down. Finally, it settled on the original black and blue, and Luna’s eyes were opened.

Shock. That was all they showed. Her pupils dilated to tiny pinpricks. The air suddenly felt colder, and Fluttershy could have sworn her hair was getting static currents in it.

“What did you do to me…” Luna asked.

“I cleaned you of the poison joke’s influence. By the way, did I ever mention how poison joke was created? I was a young and inexperienced freshman back in my college days…”

“Did you...did you just wash my sister with the contents of your stomach?!” Celestia screamed.

“Yes. I had to. My stomach is the only way to break the lock, other than the regular remedy, and I don’t think we had time for that now. I call it the ‘Chunky Shower’!”

“That is just...ugh!” It took only a second before Sir Watch did his own Chunky Shower on the ground.

"Discord! Couldn't you have least told us it was poison joke before you 'washed' her?!" Fluttershy scolded. Discord's smile grew into a frown.

"Eheh, maybe I shouldn't have been so quick to fix-YOWCH!" Discord turned to see his tail was blasted by magic. He looked up to see Nightmare Moon glaring at him.

"Have you ever known the feeling of all the bones in your body, broken?" she asked.

"Well, not my bones, as my power helps my skeleton to survive hits and-YIPE!" Discord dodged another blast from Nightmare Moon. His eyes widened in horror when she grabbed one of the statues in the gardens with her hooves and swung down at him. He screamed a louder pitch than normal as he ran away while she kept swinging at him.

“Um, Princess? Shouldn’t we get the elements, seeing as *gulp* Nightmare Moon is back?” Fluttershy tentatively asked.

“Don’t worry, my dear Fluttershy. That isn’t Nightmare Moon. That is just Luna when she’s just a little angry,” Celestia laughed with Sir Watch. Fluttershy only watched with worry as her friend was chased by a very angry princess of the night.

“So...If the cause was poison joke, how did she come in contact with the plant, if I may ask?” Sir Watch said. He looked to Celestia, who only shook her head.

“I do not know, my advisor. I suppose we need to have the guard scan for any trace of the flower in the castle.”

“I shall get to it right away then. Goodness knows we need another ‘changing guard’ incident after the scene in the barracks,” Sir Watch mumbled. He quickly trotted off to the castle, with a Fluttershy close behind if only to get away from watching Discord get beaten mercilessly with a thorny shrub.

“Tell me, slave-”

“Guard.”

“-Guard, why is it that I always have a mirror mysteriously disappearing?” Blueblood asked. He was inside his own washing room while his personal bodyguard stood outside in his room.

“I don’t know, sir. I suspect the maids are up to their tricks again,” his guard spoke in a monotone voice.

“Well make sure you ask ‘politely’ who is the perpetrator and her motives. Maybe she just wanted to have something of my own. I wouldn’t put it past them, seeing as how I am their hopes and dreams,” Blueblood sighed. The guard rolled his eyes. “In any matter, I will just have to make do with your breastplate as a mirror to see if this new shampoo is adequate for my liking.”

Blueblood walked out of the washing room and stood up close to his guard. He leaned in on his reflection on the guard’s breastplate. He gasped.

“What have I told you about cleaning your armor, slave-

“Guard.”

“-guard! I can’t just have my personal guard come with me if he doesn’t wash his armor! Hmph!” Blueblood trotted out into the hall. The guard looked at his breastplate, wondering where he had missed cleaning, before following Blueblood outside. They trotted down the hallway past two maids, one with a very shocked expression. Turning a corner, Blueblood entered one of the regular restrooms, hoping no one wouldn’t see him go in. He pulled his guard inside too, so as to not raise any suspicions.

‘Now then, let’s see how I wa HA HA!” Blueblood cried. Instead of his usual colors of a white coat and blonde mane, now he had a blue coat and a black mane.

“NOOOOOOOOOO!” Blueblood sat down to his knees before he lifted up his forelegs in the air in a dramatic gesture. His guard could only give him a raised eyebrow, before he blinked and recoiled at the sight.

Author's Note

Blah. Didn't get the chapter out in time as I hoped. Oh well, I hope you enjoyed this story!