Keep Calm and Love Onby FictionChaptersPrologue - Why Celestia?One - DiscordedTwo - One on One, For OnceThree - New TrickPrologue - Why Celestia?"Now where is Applejack? I believe she may know best how to begin reforming Discord," Celestia muttered. The group of ponies just looked at their ruler with awe, all jaws dropping. There was a moment of silence before anypony said anything. "Applejack?!" Rainbow Dash shouted, "Really?" she shrieked. "I know I may sound crazy, but I believe that she's the one," Celestia said. "But why?" Twilight asked, "why not Fluttershy?" "Becasue," Celestia said, "I believe that Fluttershy wouldn't be able to keep up with Discord," she answered. "Why not Rarity?" Twilight asked. "Oh, pluh-lease! Why would I want a chaos demon in my boutique?! What about my sister Sweetie Belle?!" Rarity shrieked. "Okay then," Twilight muttered, "Why not Pinkie Pie?" "That's like putting a hyperactive pony that's always on a sugar rush and a chaos lord in a peaceful town!" Rainbow Dash commented. "That's what it would be, Rainbow Dash," Rarity spat. "Rarity does have a point," Twilight said, "why not me, or Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked, hoping for the answer she wanted. "Twilight, I don't want a chaos lord living in my place!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "And, you have some very important things coming up, my faithful student," Celestia said. "Well, I do have a few things on my list..." Twilight muttered. "Then the case is settled, I'll get Applejack and Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash shouted. She then flew away, leaving a cloud of dust and a bright rainbow trail behind her. "Where are they, exactly?" Celestia asked. The angry beaver chattered away, obviously furious about having to destroy its dam. "What's he goin' on about now?" Applejack asked, with a sprinkle of whining in her tone. Fluttershy looked at her irritated friend before answering her question. "Good news. Mister Beaverton Beaverteeth has agreed to take his dam apart and move it," Fluttershy said, bringing the good news. Fluttershy was about to bring the rest of the news when Applejack interrupted her pastel pegasus friend. "Well it's about time! My apple trees are so water logged, Ah can practically hear them gurgle!" Applejack complained. Fluttershy waited a few seconds before she said the rest of the news. "But he says first you're going to have to apologize for calling him, a nuisance." Fluttershy was finally able to say. She really didn't want to give the news to Applejack but had to. As she saw her friend scowl even more, she knew that Applejack didn't take it the good way. "Apologize?! He's lucky Ah didn't call him a varmint!" Applejack shouted. The aggravated beaver spouted something in Beaver in front of the orange farmer's face. Fluttershy was taken aghast by what the beaver just spouted to Applejack. "Mister Beaverton Beaverteeth, such rude language!" Fluttershy said, fully ashamed at the language the beaver spouted. Applejack contorted an ugly face and Fluttershy was afraid that she was about to blow. But, surprisingly, she didn't. Instead, she breathed out and calmed herself down. Still irritated, she gave in. "Fine, fine. Ah apologize," Applejack said. Mister Beaverton Beaverteeth looked around a bit, trying to find the stick that was holding the entire dam together. After a quick search, he found the perfect stick, and pulled it out of the cranny, almost causing the entire dam to wash away. Applejack was relieved to see all of the water pouring off her farm. She was sure grateful for Fluttershy, and was glad that she was her friend. "Thanks, Fluttershy. Ah don't know what I wouldn't have done without ya," Applejack thanked. "Glad I could help," Fluttershy replied. Applejack was about to turn around and head back to the farm when Rainbow Dash screeched to a halt. "Hey, slackers! Double time it over to Ponyville, would ya? We're all waiting on you two!" Rainbow Dash said. Applejack and Fluttershy looked at each other before galloping over to Ponyville. "Uh, what now?" Applejack asked, shocked by what Celestia was asking her to do. "I realize that this is a tall order, but I wouldn't have asked you if I weren't confident you could get him to use his magic obediently for his own free will," Celestia said, trying to comfort the Element of Honesty. "Ya think Ah can do that?" Applejack asked, obviously concerned about what Celestia was thinking. Celestia placed her hoof underneath Applejack's chin, raising her head so that Applejack's bright emerald eyes and Celestia's amythest eyes met each other's. "I do," Celestia answered. Celestia then trotted away and got into her golden chariot. "Now, I must return to Canterlot. You may release Discord when you're all ready," Celestia said. It was the last thing she said she was flown away to Canterlot. Now it was just the Mane 6, Discord the Statue and the chest containing the Elements of Harmony. "Okay, ponies. I guess it's time to get it started. Let's just hope this releasing spell works," Twilight announced, opening the chest with her aurora and placing the necklaces of her friends. She then placed the crown on her head as they all trotted closer to the imprisoned Discord. "Or, let's not," Spike suggested, obviously scared. "We best keep our elements on at all times until further notice," Twilight said, giving the order to her friends. They looked down at their elements before responding to Twilight Sparkle. "Check!" they all chimed. They all looked at each other as Twilight grunted, her unicorn horn glowing a bright magenta as she performed the difficult spell. Suddenly, the Mane 6 floated up into the air by a few feet, and their elements began blaring off magic in the form of their gem. The magic blasted at the stone statue and a rainbow trail came out of the elements, all connecting together and wrapping around Twilight. The trail then connected to Twilight's gem. At that instant, a powerful beam shout of of her horn and the stone statue began cracking. The rainbow trail swirled really fast around the statue and before anypony knew it, the magic stopped and Discord gave a loud yowl. It soon turned out to be a yawn. "Well it's about time sompony got me out of that imprisonment! It's been so long!" Discord complained. Discord stretched one way and snapped his paw, causing a cute brown squirrel minding its own thing to transform into a mutant squirrel. "What do you think you're doing?!" Twilight Sparkle screeched, concerned about the squirrel. "Why stretching, of course! Stone isn't the latest fashion for draconequi! Especially if your trapped in one position for a while!" Discord answered, yawning. He stretched in another position, and used his claws this time to turn a chocolate brown bunny into a hulk bunny. "Make that bunny cute again! Now!" Pinkie Pie shouted. "Aw, he's adorable, don't ya think?" Discord asked, petting the mutant bunny. The bunny tried to bite his claw off, and Discord just backed off, sticking his tongue out in return. "Wanna know what else is adorable? You ponies truly think that you can all reform me. And that you're putting your faith on Applejack out of all ponies!" Discord said, laughing his draconequus butt off. "How did you know all about that?" Twilight asked, truly confused. "You know stone isn't sound proof, right? Trust me, let's just say I wish it was..." Discord answered, contorting his face really quickly before looking back at the Element of Magic, who looked very furious. "Well, unless you want us to turn you back into stone, you better zap those animals back to the way they were, pronto!" Twilight Sparkle shouted. Her face was practically red like a ripe tomato, or that one time she accidentally drank hot sauce instead of Pina Colata, or that one time that Twilight was mad at Pinkie Pie because of her superstitions. "You wouldn't risk disappointing your precious princess, now, would you?" Discord asked, trying his best to get Twilight's head to explode. "Try us, Dipcord!" Rainbow Dash challenged. "You think you can get away with mutating animals!" Fluttershy said, getting angrier by the second. "You go, Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash cheered. "You better watch your step, buster, or I'll give you, the stare!" Fluttershy threatened. "The stare?! Oh no, please don't! Anything but your disturbing eyeballs staring me down!" Discord said, faking his scared feelings. But Fluttershy was too blind to see his prank. Fluttershy then gave him the stare. "Oh Fluttershy, please stop!" Discord shouted, making himself sound convincing. Fluttershy kept giving him the stare. Did she know that Discord was faking? Discord made a bunch of gagging sounds as he held his paw and claw around his throat, his eyes swirling. Fluttershy stopped and as soon as she did, Discord began laughing his draconequus butt off once again. Fluttershy gave a sudden look of irritation as Discord continued to laugh away. "Ha! You're hilarious!" Discord managed to shout out. "I'm pretty sure we can convince Celestia that we used these elements for a good reason when we turn you back to stone!" Twilight threatened. Discord realized that Twilight Sparkle was being serious, and gave up. "Ugh, fine!" he said. He snapped his claw, causing the two animals to turn back to normal. He then secretly snapped his tail and turned a group of beavers into vicious creatures, and they ran off. "Oopsies!" Discord whispered to you readers. He cleared his throat as he leaned in towards Twilight. "Looks like I know where I'll be crashing while I'm getting reformed!" he said, placing air quotes when he said the word 'reformed.' "With you, Applejack!" he shouted, snapping his claws which caused Applejack to be teleported into his grasp. He then took her Stetson hat off and placed it on his head, and gave his brand new 'room mate' a nuggie. "Oh dear," Applejack sighed, giving a concerned and worried look to you readers. One - DiscordedAuthor's Note Letter of Apology: School. Family problems. Procrastination. Whatever you want to blame me on, it won't be enough to make up for the mistake I made. I am truly and terribly sorry for not keeping up on my promises. I had a choice of many stories to work on, and I chose this one. But then I didn't. Now I'm deciding to drop all of my writing projects and work solely on this one. I am sorry and from now on, expect this story to be updated often. Yours Truly, Kandy_the_Pony One - Discorded "Applebloom!" Applejack shouted. "Your bed isn't made!" Hoofsteps were heard as Applebloom trotted up beside her older sister. "Important meeting...?" Applebloom said, giving Applejack a grin that read, "it's true but I know that you won't like this answer!" "Ooh! What did you guys talk about?" Discord asked, standing right in between the two sisters. "Gah! Where in the world did ya come from?" Applejack shouted, surprised by Discord's surprise appearance. "First off, if I'm staying here to get 'reformed', you better get used to my, 'surprise appearances'. Second off, I came from the bedroom you oh so let me stay in," Discord explained. "Hey! Watch it," Applejack warned. Discord just gave a sarcastic eye roll, causing his eyes to literally roll out of his eye sockets. "I'm sorry," Discord said, picking up his eyeballs, "but my eyes were wanting to run away from you," he said, "they say that you're an eyesore." "Ha ha, very funny," Applejack said sarcastically. "It's true," Discord explained. Applebloom was clearly disturbed by this and slowly trotted away. Now it was just Applejack and Discord. And Big Mac if you count him spying off in the corner making sure that Discord didn't hurt a single hair on Applejack. The two just stared at each other for a bit before Applejack broke the silence. "What were we talkin' about again?" she asked. "The fact that Applebloom didn't clean her room," Discord answered. "The fact that Applebloom didn't make her bed" Applejack corrected. "Why did you ask?" "Ask about what?" "Ask what you were talking about." "Cause Ah forgot!" "Clearly, you didn't." "Agh!" Applejack spat out, giving up. "Why do Ah bother with ya?" she asked angrily. "Because Celestia made you bother me," Discord replied. Applejack sighed as she closed Applebloom's bedroom door. She trotted away to go to the fields when she felt a certain someone following her. She whipped her head to look behind her, and to her surprise, it was her brother who was behind her. His eyes quickly gazed towards the bottom of the stairs before looking back into his sister's emerald green eyes. Applejack nodded and the two headed down the stairs and began to talk. "Look, it's been a few weeks and ya haven't done anythin' ta 'reform' Discord," Big Mac said, giving air quotes with one hoof. Applejack was stunned. Out of all ponies, Big Mac, her brother, was telling her what to do with this whole "reforming" thing! "Excuse me? Are ya tellin' me what ta do?" she asked, defending herself. "As a matter of fact, Ah am!" Big Mac replied. "Oh pu-lease, Ah'm the one reformin' him!" Applejack shouted. "Sure ya are!" Big Mac spat sarcastically. "Are ya really usin' sarcasm on me?!" "And I thought that I wasn't allowed to use sarcasm," Discord said. The two quarreling siblings jumped in shock. Applejack's hat fell to the ground and Discord picked it up, wearing it for himself. Big Mac gave a sibling death stare to Applejack. "Ooh! Things are just beginning to boil. Keep going," Discord encouraged. He snapped his claws and made an extra large bowl of buttered popcorn appear in his paw and some cheap 3D glasses appear over his eyes. He took a piece of popcorn with his claw and popped it into his mouth, landing perfectly. Applejack and Big Mac just stared at him before one of them snapped. "Oh, and by the way, just in case you were wonderin', I could've probably reformed Discord in one day!" Big Mac retorted. "Oh really now?" Applejack snapped back. "Eeyup!" "Uh, huh. Then why did Celestia give me the job then, huh?" "Ya know, not all Princesses do the right thing!" "Oh really? Prove it!" The two slowly became the color that Discord loved. Despite being the King of Chaos, his favorite color wasn't rainbow. It wasn't a color that the typical pony eye couldn't see. It was gray. Gray was Discord's favorite color. The two siblings continued to quarrel, even though the sound of the entry door opening. Discord lifted his 3D glasses up to see the three fillies that made the little group. He forgot what the name of their little club was. Cutie Mark Curators or something along those lines. "I'm so glad you could-" Applebloom froze in place as she saw her older siblings spitting at each other and Discord with a bag of half eaten popcorn and 3D glasses up on his forehead. The expression on Discord's face was a mixture of "uh oh.", "will she also become discorded?", and "not those other two!" The three fillies slowly trotted backwards and out of the household. At this point, nothing could phase through the two arguing ponies. They became more and more gray. Discord looked down into his popcorn bowl only to find it empty. He snapped his claw-like fingers and made everything that he originally appear for him, disappear. "How about lunch you two?" Discord asked. The two siblings kept on shouting at each other. Discord cleared his throat real loud and the two grayed out ponies became silent. "How about lunch, you two?" he asked again. Big Mac shook his head and stomped out of the house to do his chores in an angry fashion. Applejack looked at her older brother until he left. "Whatever," she mumbled. Discord took that as a yes and made an apple appear with a snap of his claws. Applejack snatched the apple and took an angry bite out of it. While she ate angrily, Discord got a sandwich out of the fridge. Despite not knowing what was in the sandwich, it tasted pretty good to him. The two ate in silence for quite some time. During this time, Discord thought to himself. He had to admit, Princesses usually made the right calls, especially if one of them can dream of the future. He paused, looking at the Discorded mare. Was Applejack really going to make him "good?" Nah! As if! Discord suddenly heard a sound. A continuous sound, to be exact. He looked over at Applejack, who was becoming un-Discorded. How?! "Applejack!" he blurted. "Ah really should apologize," was all she said. It was the quietest Discord had ever heard the boisterous mare speak. He arched an eyebrow in confusion as Applejack looked at him. She looked... hurt? Without another word, she trotted outside to apologize to her big brother. Two - One on One, For OnceAfter the incident earlier that day, things seemed to be running smoothly from the outside, but on the inside, not so much. It was the two sisters turn to make dinner that night. There are rumors claiming that the Apple family eats nothing but apple related foods every single meal, and if you to ask Discord, he would've thought so too. But once he saw sisters making hayburgers and a vegetable galore salad for dinner, he took a step back. Literally. "I thought you were the Apple family!" he exclaimed. "We... are," Applejack answered, confused. "Then why don't you eat apples all the time?" he asked. "Do ya eat chaotic matter all the time?" Applejack asked. Applebloom collapsed on the floor laughing. "Very funny," Discord muttered. "Same to you," Applejack replied. Heavy hoofsteps were heard coming down the stairs, but that didn't make Applebloom snort and cackle any quieter. "What happened now?" Big Mac asked. "I asked Applejack a question and I got bullied in return," Discord said. He snapped his claws and fell onto Rarity's fainting couch, mimicking a faint. "Why do ya make everythin' sound like Ah'm evil? If anythin', you're the one that's evil!" Applejack said. "Well you are being mean to me!" DIscord said, defending himself. "Uh huh, sure Ah am," she said sarcastically. At this point, Applebloom finally managed to calm herself down and get up off the floor. She quickly flipped over the hay before Big Mac asked her a question. "What actually happened?" he asked. "Okay. So Discord was behind us and asked us why we don't eat apples all the time, since our dinner isn't apple related. Then Applejack was all like: 'do ya eat chaotic matter all the time?' It was hilarious! I couldn't stop laughin' fer five minutes straight!" Applebloom explained. "Hm," was all Big Mac had to say. He then trotted off to do whatever he did before dinner time. Applejack was giving Discord a stare that wasn't on a nice spectrum. Discord finally gave up and snapped his claws, causing the fainting couch to disappear and for him to land on his tail. "Ouch, Applejack!" he whined. "Oh hush up!" Applejack said. She knew that he was trying to pull her hind leg. Discord got up and headed to his room. Now it was just Applejack and Applebloom again. This time, hoping that dinner wasn't burnt. Luckily, it wasn't. The family was all gathered at the table, eating contently. It was quieter than Applejack had thought. She guessed that the food had shut Discord up for once. "So," Discord blurted, a few family members jumped in their seats, "how was everyponies day today?" he asked. Speak of the devil and he will come. Or, speak of the chaos demon in your mind and he will jinx it for you. "Frustrain'," Applejack and Big Mac said in unison. "Disorientated," Applebloom said, using the new word she learned in school last week. "Huh? What was the question?" Granny Smith asked. "I said, how was everyponies day today?" Discord repeated. "Ooh! Um, I dunno," Granny Smith answered. "Well mine was fantastic!" Discord cheered. "Yea, I can imagine why," Applejack muttered. Discord raised an eyebrow. It sounded as though Applejack was sad. "Um... er," Discord trailed off. Shoot! How could he make Applejack happy. He suddenly got an idea. A light bulb literally appeared above Discord's head. He unscrewed it from the air and screwed it into his ear, processing the idea. He unscrewed the light bulb and snapped it away in a flash. He then snapped his claws again, causing the hayburger to have googly eyes. Applejack looked at the hayburger and jumped out of her seat. Literally. "Are you better now?" Discord asked. "No," Applejack answered. Discord frowned. "B-but that was a good effort," she added on. Silence carried out through the rest of dinner. Once dinner was over, it was Big Mac's turn to clean the dishes, so while he began to do his chore, Applebloom got herself ready for bed, and so did Granny Smith. Applejack made sure that the two sleepy ponies were tucked in. After doing so, she trotted into her room and locked herself in. She landed on her bed back first and took her hat off. She looked up at the ceiling of her room. She felt weird. She didn't know why she was feeling sad. She just was. There was a sudden knock at the door. Applejack was started a little but not too much. "May I come in?" a voice asked. "Sure," Applejack replied. A bright flash appeared in her room and Discord appeared. "Hey Applejack!" he greeted. She said nothing as she rolled over onto her side. Discord sighed. "Look, I know about what happened today, and I want you to be happy," Discord admitted. "Will ya apologize?" she asked. "Of course not!" Discord spat. "That's part of friendship. If ya do something wrong, whether it be on accident or on purpose, ya apologize," Applejack explained. "Well, what can I do to make you feel better?" Discord asked. "Apologize!" Applejack yelled. Discord flinched back a little, surprised by the tone Applejack had. He felt a pang of guilt. Guilt was an emotion DIscord hadn't felt in quite some time. He wanted to make it up to her, but at the same time, some part of him didn't want him to apologize. There was silence in the room. Who knew how long the silence lasted. Seconds, minutes, hours, days. "I'msorry," Discord spat out quickly. Applejack rolled over to face him. "What did ya say?" Applejack asked. DIscord fidgeted. For some reason, he felt a mix of emotions go wild in his stomach. Seeing Applejack lying on the bed like that, but still sad. "I... I'm sorry," Discord said. "Is that how you apologize?" Discord asked. Applejack suddenly grew a grin. "Yea," she said before chuckling. Discord couldn't help but laugh with the mare. The two had a good laugh together. They laughed for so long that they forgot what they were even laughing about in the first place. After a while, the two finally quieted down. They looked at each other. Discord turned around to make an exit. "Wait!" Applejack said, accidentally louder than she had intended. "What?" Discord asked. "Ah'm glad we could talk one on one... for once," Applejack said, giggling a little. All Discord did was nod and walk out of her room, through the locked door. Three - New Trick"I can't believe you accepted her dare Applejack!" Discord said. "Ah did!" Applejack told Discord. She had just told the draconequus that she had accepted the dare from Rainbow Dash about spending the night at the Sister's Old Castle. It's supposed to be haunted, but haunting doesn't exist in Applejack's mind. "Can I come with?" Discord asked. Applejack was completely taken away by his question. Why did he want to come? To mess things up? "As long as ya behave," Applejack said, compromising. "Yea, yea," Discord said, pushing it off. "Ah mean it!" Applejack threatened. "Fine," he said, giving up. While Applejack was getting ready, Discord just entertained himself. Usually, that meant getting himself in trouble and Applebloom whining. Applejack thought that he was going to ruin the night, but she was stuck with him. Even if she rejected his offer, he probably would've tagged along "secretly." All day Applejack did her normal routine, but at the same time she thought how she was going to win the bet. She was going to win the bet! Not Rainbow Dash! When evening rolled around, Applejack was more than ready for tonight! She prepared to win the bet and make fun of Rainbow Dash. She could tell her to kiss her own- "Rainbow Dash is here!" Discord chimed, appearing in Applejack's room. Applejack jumped, scared. "Ha! Scared ya!" Discord cackled. "Is Rainbow Dash actually here?" Applejack asked, trying her hardest to ignore Discord's laughter. "Yea, she's waiting downstairs," Discord answered, continuing to laugh. Applejack trotted out of her room and down the stairs, with Discord following. "Uh... Discord's staying here, right?" Rainbow Dash asked. "He would've come, whether Ah let him or not," Applejack replied. "Great," Rainbow whined. "Oh hush up!" Applejack said, trotting towards the door. Rainbow Dash and Discord followed, with Rainbow Dash whining and complaining. "Will ya just shut your trap?" Applejack yelled. "Why is Rainbow Dash whining her ass off? Look, I know she may not like Discord, but still! It's really annoying!" Applejack complained to herself. "Never knew you had such a language." Wait, Discord? What was he doing in Applejack's mind? "What the f-" "Telepathic speaking," Discord told her. "Ah'm not even gonna ask," Applejack said in her mind, trying to get used to speaking telepathically. "So... you think that she's being mean to be? Funny since you treat me like how she's complaining," Discord said. "Ah'm tryin' my best to not do that," Applejack defended. "Uh huh," Discord said. "Shut up!" Applejack shouted. Rainbow Dash and Discord both looked at the frustrated mare. She covered her mouth with her hoof. "Oops," she said, apologizing. Rainbow Dash's eyes grew fiery with anger. She was about to chew her friend out when Discord cleared his throat. "My fault," he admitted. Rainbow gave the fiery glare at him, and he put up his paw and claw in the air. "Sheesh, no need to get feisty," he said. Rainbow scoffed and the three continued to trot to the castle. When they arrived, the two mares began an immediate gallop to the old, abandoned, castle. Discord froze, but the two competing mares didn't notice. Heck, they were already inside the castle! Discord just stood there, taking in the castle. He remembered when the castle was beautiful. Before and during the Chaotic Era. For some reason, he wanted to go back in time. He wanted to take a look at the castle in all of its glory before looking at the terrible destruction and deterioration. He was about to snap his claw to go back in time when he heard a certain mare's voice in his head. "Where in the hay are ya?" "Hey, looks like you're getting used to it," Discord complimented. "Wait what?" he heard the mare asked, confused. "You spoke telepathically to me," Discord explained. "Oh, sorry Discord," Applejack said, apologizing. "No worries. I'm on my way," he told her. He walked into the ruins of the castle. He felt amazed at how the castle fell apart while he was gone. What happened? He snapped his claws, thinking of Applejack. Within a flash of light, he teleported to the mare. "There ya are," Applejack whispered. "Why are you whispering?" Discord asked, whispering back. THere was a few seconds of silence before he heard her voice inside his head again. "It would probably be easier to speak to ya... telepathically?" Applejack said, taking a stab at the word. "Yep," Discord replied. "I have an idea," Applejack said. "Really? What is it?" Discord asked. "You scare Rainbow Dash to the point of her gallopin' outta the buildin'," Applejack explained. "Are you sure? I mean, this is a bet after all," Discord said, hesitant. "Oh, so now you're not wanting to be mischievous?" Applejack complained. "Yes, actually," Discord replied. "Oh there you are!" Rainbow Dash hollered. Applejack jumped a little as she saw the cyan mare trot towards her. Rainbow Dash gave a glare at Discord, to which he gave one back. "Let's look at this place, without Discord interrupting us," she suggested. Discord felt heat pumping through his body, but not in a good way. Why did Rainbow Dash want Applejack to stay away from him? He should be with the mare! After all, he is supposed to be watched, in case he does something bad. Rainbow Dash is probably jealous of Applejack not spending anytime with her. Maybe... she has a crush on her. Oh ho ho! Discord began to smile. The perfect plan was brewing within his mind! "No! Don't ya dare!" Applejack shouted. "Huh?" Discord asked, confused about what she was talking about. "Ugh, whatever. Look, Ah'm gonna spend time with Rainbow Dash. This..." she trailed off. "This what?" Discord asked. "This, could be, a test! Yea! Um, er, don't do anythin' that would ruin the building. It's a self-discipline lesson. If ya accomplish this, than Ah would trust ya to stay home alone whenever Ah go off somewhere," Applejack said, recovering smoothly. Discord sighed, "All right." Rainbow Dash grabbed AJ by the hoof and galloped off to the darkness of the crumbling castle. Discord plopped down onto the cold stone floor. The plan... "Oh thank goodness you can come!" Rarity said. "It's my pleasure," Fluttershy replied, "I was bored to be honest." "You were? Well, be thankful that I'm entertaining you!" Rarity said in a teasing manner. The two ponies shared a laugh before making their way to the castle. "Now, why do you want to go to a castle? It seems very much out of your comfort zone," Fluttershy asked. "I don't know. I was in the middle of drawing some ideas for my next line in fashion and tapestries just flashed in my mind! I suddenly wanted to restore the old tapestries in the castle!" Rarity exclaimed. Angel bunny hopped on Fluttershy's back as she closed the door. Fluttershy sighed as she knew that she wouldn't be able to persuade him to stay home. "I don't know, I just feel like the school bell needs testing, and I thought you were the perfect pony to do so!" Cheerilee explained. Pinkie Pie didn't think about how odd her reasoning sounded. All the pink pony cared about was testing the bell. "Okie dokie!" Pinkie chimed, hopping up to the school building. "Ignoring all logic in general," Cheerilee sighed, seeing the pink mare hopping up the side of the school up to the bell. "They should be coming anytime soon..." Discord thought. "Who?" a voice asked. "Applejack!" Discord shouted mentally. "Tell me who. Right now," Applejack said. "You'll see," Discord stated. "Discord!" Applejack shouted. There was a sudden creak of the castle doors. Discord snapped his claws, causing him to become invisible. "W-What was that?" he heard Applejack ask mentally. Author's Note Sorry this chapter was a bit later. School hit me hard and power outage type storms are hitting my area (no, I'm nowhere near hurricanes.) I'll try to upload the next chapter sooner if I can.
Prologue - Why Celestia?"Now where is Applejack? I believe she may know best how to begin reforming Discord," Celestia muttered. The group of ponies just looked at their ruler with awe, all jaws dropping. There was a moment of silence before anypony said anything. "Applejack?!" Rainbow Dash shouted, "Really?" she shrieked. "I know I may sound crazy, but I believe that she's the one," Celestia said. "But why?" Twilight asked, "why not Fluttershy?" "Becasue," Celestia said, "I believe that Fluttershy wouldn't be able to keep up with Discord," she answered. "Why not Rarity?" Twilight asked. "Oh, pluh-lease! Why would I want a chaos demon in my boutique?! What about my sister Sweetie Belle?!" Rarity shrieked. "Okay then," Twilight muttered, "Why not Pinkie Pie?" "That's like putting a hyperactive pony that's always on a sugar rush and a chaos lord in a peaceful town!" Rainbow Dash commented. "That's what it would be, Rainbow Dash," Rarity spat. "Rarity does have a point," Twilight said, "why not me, or Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked, hoping for the answer she wanted. "Twilight, I don't want a chaos lord living in my place!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "And, you have some very important things coming up, my faithful student," Celestia said. "Well, I do have a few things on my list..." Twilight muttered. "Then the case is settled, I'll get Applejack and Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash shouted. She then flew away, leaving a cloud of dust and a bright rainbow trail behind her. "Where are they, exactly?" Celestia asked. The angry beaver chattered away, obviously furious about having to destroy its dam. "What's he goin' on about now?" Applejack asked, with a sprinkle of whining in her tone. Fluttershy looked at her irritated friend before answering her question. "Good news. Mister Beaverton Beaverteeth has agreed to take his dam apart and move it," Fluttershy said, bringing the good news. Fluttershy was about to bring the rest of the news when Applejack interrupted her pastel pegasus friend. "Well it's about time! My apple trees are so water logged, Ah can practically hear them gurgle!" Applejack complained. Fluttershy waited a few seconds before she said the rest of the news. "But he says first you're going to have to apologize for calling him, a nuisance." Fluttershy was finally able to say. She really didn't want to give the news to Applejack but had to. As she saw her friend scowl even more, she knew that Applejack didn't take it the good way. "Apologize?! He's lucky Ah didn't call him a varmint!" Applejack shouted. The aggravated beaver spouted something in Beaver in front of the orange farmer's face. Fluttershy was taken aghast by what the beaver just spouted to Applejack. "Mister Beaverton Beaverteeth, such rude language!" Fluttershy said, fully ashamed at the language the beaver spouted. Applejack contorted an ugly face and Fluttershy was afraid that she was about to blow. But, surprisingly, she didn't. Instead, she breathed out and calmed herself down. Still irritated, she gave in. "Fine, fine. Ah apologize," Applejack said. Mister Beaverton Beaverteeth looked around a bit, trying to find the stick that was holding the entire dam together. After a quick search, he found the perfect stick, and pulled it out of the cranny, almost causing the entire dam to wash away. Applejack was relieved to see all of the water pouring off her farm. She was sure grateful for Fluttershy, and was glad that she was her friend. "Thanks, Fluttershy. Ah don't know what I wouldn't have done without ya," Applejack thanked. "Glad I could help," Fluttershy replied. Applejack was about to turn around and head back to the farm when Rainbow Dash screeched to a halt. "Hey, slackers! Double time it over to Ponyville, would ya? We're all waiting on you two!" Rainbow Dash said. Applejack and Fluttershy looked at each other before galloping over to Ponyville. "Uh, what now?" Applejack asked, shocked by what Celestia was asking her to do. "I realize that this is a tall order, but I wouldn't have asked you if I weren't confident you could get him to use his magic obediently for his own free will," Celestia said, trying to comfort the Element of Honesty. "Ya think Ah can do that?" Applejack asked, obviously concerned about what Celestia was thinking. Celestia placed her hoof underneath Applejack's chin, raising her head so that Applejack's bright emerald eyes and Celestia's amythest eyes met each other's. "I do," Celestia answered. Celestia then trotted away and got into her golden chariot. "Now, I must return to Canterlot. You may release Discord when you're all ready," Celestia said. It was the last thing she said she was flown away to Canterlot. Now it was just the Mane 6, Discord the Statue and the chest containing the Elements of Harmony. "Okay, ponies. I guess it's time to get it started. Let's just hope this releasing spell works," Twilight announced, opening the chest with her aurora and placing the necklaces of her friends. She then placed the crown on her head as they all trotted closer to the imprisoned Discord. "Or, let's not," Spike suggested, obviously scared. "We best keep our elements on at all times until further notice," Twilight said, giving the order to her friends. They looked down at their elements before responding to Twilight Sparkle. "Check!" they all chimed. They all looked at each other as Twilight grunted, her unicorn horn glowing a bright magenta as she performed the difficult spell. Suddenly, the Mane 6 floated up into the air by a few feet, and their elements began blaring off magic in the form of their gem. The magic blasted at the stone statue and a rainbow trail came out of the elements, all connecting together and wrapping around Twilight. The trail then connected to Twilight's gem. At that instant, a powerful beam shout of of her horn and the stone statue began cracking. The rainbow trail swirled really fast around the statue and before anypony knew it, the magic stopped and Discord gave a loud yowl. It soon turned out to be a yawn. "Well it's about time sompony got me out of that imprisonment! It's been so long!" Discord complained. Discord stretched one way and snapped his paw, causing a cute brown squirrel minding its own thing to transform into a mutant squirrel. "What do you think you're doing?!" Twilight Sparkle screeched, concerned about the squirrel. "Why stretching, of course! Stone isn't the latest fashion for draconequi! Especially if your trapped in one position for a while!" Discord answered, yawning. He stretched in another position, and used his claws this time to turn a chocolate brown bunny into a hulk bunny. "Make that bunny cute again! Now!" Pinkie Pie shouted. "Aw, he's adorable, don't ya think?" Discord asked, petting the mutant bunny. The bunny tried to bite his claw off, and Discord just backed off, sticking his tongue out in return. "Wanna know what else is adorable? You ponies truly think that you can all reform me. And that you're putting your faith on Applejack out of all ponies!" Discord said, laughing his draconequus butt off. "How did you know all about that?" Twilight asked, truly confused. "You know stone isn't sound proof, right? Trust me, let's just say I wish it was..." Discord answered, contorting his face really quickly before looking back at the Element of Magic, who looked very furious. "Well, unless you want us to turn you back into stone, you better zap those animals back to the way they were, pronto!" Twilight Sparkle shouted. Her face was practically red like a ripe tomato, or that one time she accidentally drank hot sauce instead of Pina Colata, or that one time that Twilight was mad at Pinkie Pie because of her superstitions. "You wouldn't risk disappointing your precious princess, now, would you?" Discord asked, trying his best to get Twilight's head to explode. "Try us, Dipcord!" Rainbow Dash challenged. "You think you can get away with mutating animals!" Fluttershy said, getting angrier by the second. "You go, Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash cheered. "You better watch your step, buster, or I'll give you, the stare!" Fluttershy threatened. "The stare?! Oh no, please don't! Anything but your disturbing eyeballs staring me down!" Discord said, faking his scared feelings. But Fluttershy was too blind to see his prank. Fluttershy then gave him the stare. "Oh Fluttershy, please stop!" Discord shouted, making himself sound convincing. Fluttershy kept giving him the stare. Did she know that Discord was faking? Discord made a bunch of gagging sounds as he held his paw and claw around his throat, his eyes swirling. Fluttershy stopped and as soon as she did, Discord began laughing his draconequus butt off once again. Fluttershy gave a sudden look of irritation as Discord continued to laugh away. "Ha! You're hilarious!" Discord managed to shout out. "I'm pretty sure we can convince Celestia that we used these elements for a good reason when we turn you back to stone!" Twilight threatened. Discord realized that Twilight Sparkle was being serious, and gave up. "Ugh, fine!" he said. He snapped his claw, causing the two animals to turn back to normal. He then secretly snapped his tail and turned a group of beavers into vicious creatures, and they ran off. "Oopsies!" Discord whispered to you readers. He cleared his throat as he leaned in towards Twilight. "Looks like I know where I'll be crashing while I'm getting reformed!" he said, placing air quotes when he said the word 'reformed.' "With you, Applejack!" he shouted, snapping his claws which caused Applejack to be teleported into his grasp. He then took her Stetson hat off and placed it on his head, and gave his brand new 'room mate' a nuggie. "Oh dear," Applejack sighed, giving a concerned and worried look to you readers.
One - DiscordedAuthor's Note Letter of Apology: School. Family problems. Procrastination. Whatever you want to blame me on, it won't be enough to make up for the mistake I made. I am truly and terribly sorry for not keeping up on my promises. I had a choice of many stories to work on, and I chose this one. But then I didn't. Now I'm deciding to drop all of my writing projects and work solely on this one. I am sorry and from now on, expect this story to be updated often. Yours Truly, Kandy_the_Pony One - Discorded "Applebloom!" Applejack shouted. "Your bed isn't made!" Hoofsteps were heard as Applebloom trotted up beside her older sister. "Important meeting...?" Applebloom said, giving Applejack a grin that read, "it's true but I know that you won't like this answer!" "Ooh! What did you guys talk about?" Discord asked, standing right in between the two sisters. "Gah! Where in the world did ya come from?" Applejack shouted, surprised by Discord's surprise appearance. "First off, if I'm staying here to get 'reformed', you better get used to my, 'surprise appearances'. Second off, I came from the bedroom you oh so let me stay in," Discord explained. "Hey! Watch it," Applejack warned. Discord just gave a sarcastic eye roll, causing his eyes to literally roll out of his eye sockets. "I'm sorry," Discord said, picking up his eyeballs, "but my eyes were wanting to run away from you," he said, "they say that you're an eyesore." "Ha ha, very funny," Applejack said sarcastically. "It's true," Discord explained. Applebloom was clearly disturbed by this and slowly trotted away. Now it was just Applejack and Discord. And Big Mac if you count him spying off in the corner making sure that Discord didn't hurt a single hair on Applejack. The two just stared at each other for a bit before Applejack broke the silence. "What were we talkin' about again?" she asked. "The fact that Applebloom didn't clean her room," Discord answered. "The fact that Applebloom didn't make her bed" Applejack corrected. "Why did you ask?" "Ask about what?" "Ask what you were talking about." "Cause Ah forgot!" "Clearly, you didn't." "Agh!" Applejack spat out, giving up. "Why do Ah bother with ya?" she asked angrily. "Because Celestia made you bother me," Discord replied. Applejack sighed as she closed Applebloom's bedroom door. She trotted away to go to the fields when she felt a certain someone following her. She whipped her head to look behind her, and to her surprise, it was her brother who was behind her. His eyes quickly gazed towards the bottom of the stairs before looking back into his sister's emerald green eyes. Applejack nodded and the two headed down the stairs and began to talk. "Look, it's been a few weeks and ya haven't done anythin' ta 'reform' Discord," Big Mac said, giving air quotes with one hoof. Applejack was stunned. Out of all ponies, Big Mac, her brother, was telling her what to do with this whole "reforming" thing! "Excuse me? Are ya tellin' me what ta do?" she asked, defending herself. "As a matter of fact, Ah am!" Big Mac replied. "Oh pu-lease, Ah'm the one reformin' him!" Applejack shouted. "Sure ya are!" Big Mac spat sarcastically. "Are ya really usin' sarcasm on me?!" "And I thought that I wasn't allowed to use sarcasm," Discord said. The two quarreling siblings jumped in shock. Applejack's hat fell to the ground and Discord picked it up, wearing it for himself. Big Mac gave a sibling death stare to Applejack. "Ooh! Things are just beginning to boil. Keep going," Discord encouraged. He snapped his claws and made an extra large bowl of buttered popcorn appear in his paw and some cheap 3D glasses appear over his eyes. He took a piece of popcorn with his claw and popped it into his mouth, landing perfectly. Applejack and Big Mac just stared at him before one of them snapped. "Oh, and by the way, just in case you were wonderin', I could've probably reformed Discord in one day!" Big Mac retorted. "Oh really now?" Applejack snapped back. "Eeyup!" "Uh, huh. Then why did Celestia give me the job then, huh?" "Ya know, not all Princesses do the right thing!" "Oh really? Prove it!" The two slowly became the color that Discord loved. Despite being the King of Chaos, his favorite color wasn't rainbow. It wasn't a color that the typical pony eye couldn't see. It was gray. Gray was Discord's favorite color. The two siblings continued to quarrel, even though the sound of the entry door opening. Discord lifted his 3D glasses up to see the three fillies that made the little group. He forgot what the name of their little club was. Cutie Mark Curators or something along those lines. "I'm so glad you could-" Applebloom froze in place as she saw her older siblings spitting at each other and Discord with a bag of half eaten popcorn and 3D glasses up on his forehead. The expression on Discord's face was a mixture of "uh oh.", "will she also become discorded?", and "not those other two!" The three fillies slowly trotted backwards and out of the household. At this point, nothing could phase through the two arguing ponies. They became more and more gray. Discord looked down into his popcorn bowl only to find it empty. He snapped his claw-like fingers and made everything that he originally appear for him, disappear. "How about lunch you two?" Discord asked. The two siblings kept on shouting at each other. Discord cleared his throat real loud and the two grayed out ponies became silent. "How about lunch, you two?" he asked again. Big Mac shook his head and stomped out of the house to do his chores in an angry fashion. Applejack looked at her older brother until he left. "Whatever," she mumbled. Discord took that as a yes and made an apple appear with a snap of his claws. Applejack snatched the apple and took an angry bite out of it. While she ate angrily, Discord got a sandwich out of the fridge. Despite not knowing what was in the sandwich, it tasted pretty good to him. The two ate in silence for quite some time. During this time, Discord thought to himself. He had to admit, Princesses usually made the right calls, especially if one of them can dream of the future. He paused, looking at the Discorded mare. Was Applejack really going to make him "good?" Nah! As if! Discord suddenly heard a sound. A continuous sound, to be exact. He looked over at Applejack, who was becoming un-Discorded. How?! "Applejack!" he blurted. "Ah really should apologize," was all she said. It was the quietest Discord had ever heard the boisterous mare speak. He arched an eyebrow in confusion as Applejack looked at him. She looked... hurt? Without another word, she trotted outside to apologize to her big brother.
Two - One on One, For OnceAfter the incident earlier that day, things seemed to be running smoothly from the outside, but on the inside, not so much. It was the two sisters turn to make dinner that night. There are rumors claiming that the Apple family eats nothing but apple related foods every single meal, and if you to ask Discord, he would've thought so too. But once he saw sisters making hayburgers and a vegetable galore salad for dinner, he took a step back. Literally. "I thought you were the Apple family!" he exclaimed. "We... are," Applejack answered, confused. "Then why don't you eat apples all the time?" he asked. "Do ya eat chaotic matter all the time?" Applejack asked. Applebloom collapsed on the floor laughing. "Very funny," Discord muttered. "Same to you," Applejack replied. Heavy hoofsteps were heard coming down the stairs, but that didn't make Applebloom snort and cackle any quieter. "What happened now?" Big Mac asked. "I asked Applejack a question and I got bullied in return," Discord said. He snapped his claws and fell onto Rarity's fainting couch, mimicking a faint. "Why do ya make everythin' sound like Ah'm evil? If anythin', you're the one that's evil!" Applejack said. "Well you are being mean to me!" DIscord said, defending himself. "Uh huh, sure Ah am," she said sarcastically. At this point, Applebloom finally managed to calm herself down and get up off the floor. She quickly flipped over the hay before Big Mac asked her a question. "What actually happened?" he asked. "Okay. So Discord was behind us and asked us why we don't eat apples all the time, since our dinner isn't apple related. Then Applejack was all like: 'do ya eat chaotic matter all the time?' It was hilarious! I couldn't stop laughin' fer five minutes straight!" Applebloom explained. "Hm," was all Big Mac had to say. He then trotted off to do whatever he did before dinner time. Applejack was giving Discord a stare that wasn't on a nice spectrum. Discord finally gave up and snapped his claws, causing the fainting couch to disappear and for him to land on his tail. "Ouch, Applejack!" he whined. "Oh hush up!" Applejack said. She knew that he was trying to pull her hind leg. Discord got up and headed to his room. Now it was just Applejack and Applebloom again. This time, hoping that dinner wasn't burnt. Luckily, it wasn't. The family was all gathered at the table, eating contently. It was quieter than Applejack had thought. She guessed that the food had shut Discord up for once. "So," Discord blurted, a few family members jumped in their seats, "how was everyponies day today?" he asked. Speak of the devil and he will come. Or, speak of the chaos demon in your mind and he will jinx it for you. "Frustrain'," Applejack and Big Mac said in unison. "Disorientated," Applebloom said, using the new word she learned in school last week. "Huh? What was the question?" Granny Smith asked. "I said, how was everyponies day today?" Discord repeated. "Ooh! Um, I dunno," Granny Smith answered. "Well mine was fantastic!" Discord cheered. "Yea, I can imagine why," Applejack muttered. Discord raised an eyebrow. It sounded as though Applejack was sad. "Um... er," Discord trailed off. Shoot! How could he make Applejack happy. He suddenly got an idea. A light bulb literally appeared above Discord's head. He unscrewed it from the air and screwed it into his ear, processing the idea. He unscrewed the light bulb and snapped it away in a flash. He then snapped his claws again, causing the hayburger to have googly eyes. Applejack looked at the hayburger and jumped out of her seat. Literally. "Are you better now?" Discord asked. "No," Applejack answered. Discord frowned. "B-but that was a good effort," she added on. Silence carried out through the rest of dinner. Once dinner was over, it was Big Mac's turn to clean the dishes, so while he began to do his chore, Applebloom got herself ready for bed, and so did Granny Smith. Applejack made sure that the two sleepy ponies were tucked in. After doing so, she trotted into her room and locked herself in. She landed on her bed back first and took her hat off. She looked up at the ceiling of her room. She felt weird. She didn't know why she was feeling sad. She just was. There was a sudden knock at the door. Applejack was started a little but not too much. "May I come in?" a voice asked. "Sure," Applejack replied. A bright flash appeared in her room and Discord appeared. "Hey Applejack!" he greeted. She said nothing as she rolled over onto her side. Discord sighed. "Look, I know about what happened today, and I want you to be happy," Discord admitted. "Will ya apologize?" she asked. "Of course not!" Discord spat. "That's part of friendship. If ya do something wrong, whether it be on accident or on purpose, ya apologize," Applejack explained. "Well, what can I do to make you feel better?" Discord asked. "Apologize!" Applejack yelled. Discord flinched back a little, surprised by the tone Applejack had. He felt a pang of guilt. Guilt was an emotion DIscord hadn't felt in quite some time. He wanted to make it up to her, but at the same time, some part of him didn't want him to apologize. There was silence in the room. Who knew how long the silence lasted. Seconds, minutes, hours, days. "I'msorry," Discord spat out quickly. Applejack rolled over to face him. "What did ya say?" Applejack asked. DIscord fidgeted. For some reason, he felt a mix of emotions go wild in his stomach. Seeing Applejack lying on the bed like that, but still sad. "I... I'm sorry," Discord said. "Is that how you apologize?" Discord asked. Applejack suddenly grew a grin. "Yea," she said before chuckling. Discord couldn't help but laugh with the mare. The two had a good laugh together. They laughed for so long that they forgot what they were even laughing about in the first place. After a while, the two finally quieted down. They looked at each other. Discord turned around to make an exit. "Wait!" Applejack said, accidentally louder than she had intended. "What?" Discord asked. "Ah'm glad we could talk one on one... for once," Applejack said, giggling a little. All Discord did was nod and walk out of her room, through the locked door.
Three - New Trick"I can't believe you accepted her dare Applejack!" Discord said. "Ah did!" Applejack told Discord. She had just told the draconequus that she had accepted the dare from Rainbow Dash about spending the night at the Sister's Old Castle. It's supposed to be haunted, but haunting doesn't exist in Applejack's mind. "Can I come with?" Discord asked. Applejack was completely taken away by his question. Why did he want to come? To mess things up? "As long as ya behave," Applejack said, compromising. "Yea, yea," Discord said, pushing it off. "Ah mean it!" Applejack threatened. "Fine," he said, giving up. While Applejack was getting ready, Discord just entertained himself. Usually, that meant getting himself in trouble and Applebloom whining. Applejack thought that he was going to ruin the night, but she was stuck with him. Even if she rejected his offer, he probably would've tagged along "secretly." All day Applejack did her normal routine, but at the same time she thought how she was going to win the bet. She was going to win the bet! Not Rainbow Dash! When evening rolled around, Applejack was more than ready for tonight! She prepared to win the bet and make fun of Rainbow Dash. She could tell her to kiss her own- "Rainbow Dash is here!" Discord chimed, appearing in Applejack's room. Applejack jumped, scared. "Ha! Scared ya!" Discord cackled. "Is Rainbow Dash actually here?" Applejack asked, trying her hardest to ignore Discord's laughter. "Yea, she's waiting downstairs," Discord answered, continuing to laugh. Applejack trotted out of her room and down the stairs, with Discord following. "Uh... Discord's staying here, right?" Rainbow Dash asked. "He would've come, whether Ah let him or not," Applejack replied. "Great," Rainbow whined. "Oh hush up!" Applejack said, trotting towards the door. Rainbow Dash and Discord followed, with Rainbow Dash whining and complaining. "Will ya just shut your trap?" Applejack yelled. "Why is Rainbow Dash whining her ass off? Look, I know she may not like Discord, but still! It's really annoying!" Applejack complained to herself. "Never knew you had such a language." Wait, Discord? What was he doing in Applejack's mind? "What the f-" "Telepathic speaking," Discord told her. "Ah'm not even gonna ask," Applejack said in her mind, trying to get used to speaking telepathically. "So... you think that she's being mean to be? Funny since you treat me like how she's complaining," Discord said. "Ah'm tryin' my best to not do that," Applejack defended. "Uh huh," Discord said. "Shut up!" Applejack shouted. Rainbow Dash and Discord both looked at the frustrated mare. She covered her mouth with her hoof. "Oops," she said, apologizing. Rainbow Dash's eyes grew fiery with anger. She was about to chew her friend out when Discord cleared his throat. "My fault," he admitted. Rainbow gave the fiery glare at him, and he put up his paw and claw in the air. "Sheesh, no need to get feisty," he said. Rainbow scoffed and the three continued to trot to the castle. When they arrived, the two mares began an immediate gallop to the old, abandoned, castle. Discord froze, but the two competing mares didn't notice. Heck, they were already inside the castle! Discord just stood there, taking in the castle. He remembered when the castle was beautiful. Before and during the Chaotic Era. For some reason, he wanted to go back in time. He wanted to take a look at the castle in all of its glory before looking at the terrible destruction and deterioration. He was about to snap his claw to go back in time when he heard a certain mare's voice in his head. "Where in the hay are ya?" "Hey, looks like you're getting used to it," Discord complimented. "Wait what?" he heard the mare asked, confused. "You spoke telepathically to me," Discord explained. "Oh, sorry Discord," Applejack said, apologizing. "No worries. I'm on my way," he told her. He walked into the ruins of the castle. He felt amazed at how the castle fell apart while he was gone. What happened? He snapped his claws, thinking of Applejack. Within a flash of light, he teleported to the mare. "There ya are," Applejack whispered. "Why are you whispering?" Discord asked, whispering back. THere was a few seconds of silence before he heard her voice inside his head again. "It would probably be easier to speak to ya... telepathically?" Applejack said, taking a stab at the word. "Yep," Discord replied. "I have an idea," Applejack said. "Really? What is it?" Discord asked. "You scare Rainbow Dash to the point of her gallopin' outta the buildin'," Applejack explained. "Are you sure? I mean, this is a bet after all," Discord said, hesitant. "Oh, so now you're not wanting to be mischievous?" Applejack complained. "Yes, actually," Discord replied. "Oh there you are!" Rainbow Dash hollered. Applejack jumped a little as she saw the cyan mare trot towards her. Rainbow Dash gave a glare at Discord, to which he gave one back. "Let's look at this place, without Discord interrupting us," she suggested. Discord felt heat pumping through his body, but not in a good way. Why did Rainbow Dash want Applejack to stay away from him? He should be with the mare! After all, he is supposed to be watched, in case he does something bad. Rainbow Dash is probably jealous of Applejack not spending anytime with her. Maybe... she has a crush on her. Oh ho ho! Discord began to smile. The perfect plan was brewing within his mind! "No! Don't ya dare!" Applejack shouted. "Huh?" Discord asked, confused about what she was talking about. "Ugh, whatever. Look, Ah'm gonna spend time with Rainbow Dash. This..." she trailed off. "This what?" Discord asked. "This, could be, a test! Yea! Um, er, don't do anythin' that would ruin the building. It's a self-discipline lesson. If ya accomplish this, than Ah would trust ya to stay home alone whenever Ah go off somewhere," Applejack said, recovering smoothly. Discord sighed, "All right." Rainbow Dash grabbed AJ by the hoof and galloped off to the darkness of the crumbling castle. Discord plopped down onto the cold stone floor. The plan... "Oh thank goodness you can come!" Rarity said. "It's my pleasure," Fluttershy replied, "I was bored to be honest." "You were? Well, be thankful that I'm entertaining you!" Rarity said in a teasing manner. The two ponies shared a laugh before making their way to the castle. "Now, why do you want to go to a castle? It seems very much out of your comfort zone," Fluttershy asked. "I don't know. I was in the middle of drawing some ideas for my next line in fashion and tapestries just flashed in my mind! I suddenly wanted to restore the old tapestries in the castle!" Rarity exclaimed. Angel bunny hopped on Fluttershy's back as she closed the door. Fluttershy sighed as she knew that she wouldn't be able to persuade him to stay home. "I don't know, I just feel like the school bell needs testing, and I thought you were the perfect pony to do so!" Cheerilee explained. Pinkie Pie didn't think about how odd her reasoning sounded. All the pink pony cared about was testing the bell. "Okie dokie!" Pinkie chimed, hopping up to the school building. "Ignoring all logic in general," Cheerilee sighed, seeing the pink mare hopping up the side of the school up to the bell. "They should be coming anytime soon..." Discord thought. "Who?" a voice asked. "Applejack!" Discord shouted mentally. "Tell me who. Right now," Applejack said. "You'll see," Discord stated. "Discord!" Applejack shouted. There was a sudden creak of the castle doors. Discord snapped his claws, causing him to become invisible. "W-What was that?" he heard Applejack ask mentally. Author's Note Sorry this chapter was a bit later. School hit me hard and power outage type storms are hitting my area (no, I'm nowhere near hurricanes.) I'll try to upload the next chapter sooner if I can.
