Friendship is Heresy!

Twilight and her friends gathered around the Cutie Map and sat down on their thrones. Their cutie marks glowed and so did the map of Equestria.

"Good that you came here as fast as you could," Twilight said to her friends as she sat on her seat. "Seems like this might be something big and important if all of us have been summoned."

Six shimmering symbols appeared on the map, each of them a cutie mark of a pony sitting around the table.

"Let's see where we're going next!" Rainbow Dash said with anticipation. "I hope there's a friendship problem on that mountain with a giant skull on top. That place looks awesome!"

"You mean 'terrifying'?" Fluttershy asked with a quivering voice.

"How can mountains be awesome or terrifying?" asked Pinkie Pie. "They're just huuuge piles of rock, and I know rocks! They're just rocky, that's all!"

"Shush, the symbols are moving!" Rarity said.

Their cutie marks drifted towards Ponyville.

"Oh, looks like we ain't gonna go far away," Applejack said. "Good! I have work to do at the farm! The sooner this problem is solved, the better."

The symbols floated above Twilight's castle and stopped. The ponies frowned and raised their eyebrows.

"Huh," Twilight said and rubbed her jaw. "This is odd. The friendship problem... Is here?"

"Indeed it is!" exclaimed Discord.

All ponies except Fluttershy gasped and looked above at the source of the voice. Fluttershy, on the other hand, smiled and said "Oh, hi Discord. It's good to see you!"

The spirit of chaos floated above them and trifled with ropes adorned with gems hanging from the roots of the Golden Oak library. "I've been wanting to say, these are very nice decorations, Twilight. Or well, these roots are somewhat distasteful, but these glowing gems make up for it!"

Twilight sighed and rolled her eyes. "So, Discord, you have a friendship problem?"

The draconeequs landed on top of the table. "Why yes, I do! And I desperately need the help of the Princess of Friendship and all her trusted subjects in her entire Kingdom! Which means six ponies in a single castle. Oh well, it should suffice," he said with a shrug.

"Cut to the chase, Discord!" said Rainbow Dash as she flew close to Discord and glared at his eyes.

Discord pouted and snapped his fingers. All feathers on Rainbow Dash's wings disappeared. She fell on the table while her feathers reappeared inside a pillow Discord had just conjured. "No need to be rude, friend," he said, placed the pillow on the table and sat on it.

The blue pegasus stood up and growled. "Calm down, sugarcube!" Applejack said and grasped her tail with her mouth moments before she tried to leap at Discord. "Give me my feathers back, freak!" she shouted.

Discord grunted and said "Not until you apologize, Dashie" before turning to look at Twilight. "Ahem, where was I? Ah, right, my problem! I have six friends from a different dimension who simply can't get along. When they meet each other, they start throwing insults and threats at each other. Why, it's so bad that they might even hurt each other one day!"

Twilight rolled her eyes at the melodrama while Pinkie Pie gasped and said "That's just horrible!"

"I know, and I can't bear to see them argue all the time. I just want them to be happy and have fun together. Princess Twilight, you're my only hope," he said and fluttered with his eyelashes that had just doubled in length. "Please? Can you help me?"

Twilight frowned. "I don't know, Discord. I still haven't learned to trust you."

Discord gasped and was suddenly on the verge of crying. "Really? After all this time?"

Fluttershy flew near him and placed a hoof on his shoulder. "It's alright Discord, I trust you."

He sniffed. "You do?"

"Yes." She turned to look at Twilight. "Can you be nice to him once? Or is this going to be the first friendship problem we ignore?"

Twilight sighed. "Fine, we'll help you, Discord. And Rainbow, apologize to him"

"What? But he took away all my feathers!"

"This instant," she said with a glare.

"Fine. Discord, I'm sorry I was so rude and yadda yadda yadda. Gimme back my feathers!"

He snapped his fingers and the pillow disappeared with its content that soon reappeared on the pegasus' wings. He smiled warmly at Twilight and said "Wonderful! I knew you would help a friend in need!"

"Yes, yes. Where are these friends of yours, then?"

"Oh, I'll bring them here soon. Is there a place where we can all sit together? We will need a large room for all of us."

"Well, there's the dining hall-"

"Ah, excellent! That's where you'll meet me and my friends in an hour or so! See you there! Prepare some snacks if you can! Arrivederci!"

And with a snap of his fingers, he disappeared in a flash of light.

Everyone turned to look at Applejack. She raised an eyebrow. "Why are y'all lookin' at me? Wait, don't tell me I gotta bring the food! I'd much rather sell it all! It was hard work makin' all those pastries!"

"Applejack," Twilight said. "It was Pinkie Pie's turn to prepare meals last time we ate together. Now it's your turn."

She rolled her eyes. "Fine, I'll go get some apple pies and whatnot. See y'all soon."