Surprise Days

The story below, called "Discord Gets a Surprise," started out as a joke.  I just thought it would be funny to see how Surprise and Raydence would react to Discord.  For awhile, I liked this story so much that I thought of making it part of the main series.  However, that proved too headache-inducing because it meant that at some time in the future I would be obligated to write a story explaining Discord's place in Surprise Days canon, and I hate writing just to fulfill an obligation.

Even so, I still like this story, so I thought I'd share it.  Just keep in mind it is a joke, nothing more, and enjoy!

~ Let's begin! ~

It was a bright morning, boring an unchaotic, just the way Discord didn't like it.  He was trying his best to ignore how boring the day was, laying on a hammock and reading a novel.  The novel was Frankenstein, and this would be the fifty-fifth time he'd read it in his lifetime.  That was how bored he was.  But there was just nothing better!

So he read, and time passed.  At about the time the Monster was explaining how he had strangled Dr. Frankenstein's nephew, Discord became aware of some noises in the Everfree Forest, coming closer.  The Draconequus lowered his book to take a glance.

Two strange creatures came through the Everfree Forest.  One of them was a dusty white pegasus with mane and tail a certain shade of neon green.  The other was a tall, skinny creature whose appearance vaguely suggested some kind of primate, but more civilized.  He had no fur but did feature a black mane that covered his eyes, and his furlessness was made up for with clothing that seemed to have no particular fashion in mind.

The pony was ahead, pulling the other thing along via a leash--actually a noose around the creature's neck.  If the creature had any objection to this, it did not show.  As for the pony, she had her nose to the ground, sniffing like a bloodhound.  This behavior was ongoing when they passed by a Draconequus reading a book in a hammock.  Discord saw the strange beings and decided his fifty-fifth reading of Frankenstein could wait.

"Well well well!"  Discord floated in front of the two travellers.  "If it isn't a human being!  My, I haven't seen one of those in these parts for ages!"

"Eh," was all the dusty white pegasus could muster--she didn't even look up.

The human gave Discord only a quick once-over--it was clear that either he had seen Draconequus before, or else he was just so used to strange sights that they no longer bothered him.  The human nodded and said "We're looking for a witch."

"Raydence!"  the pegasus turned and faced her human, "What have I told you?  It's rude for a human to speak out of turn!  Do you want this chicken-creature to think we're barbarians?"

"Yep!"

The pegasus put a hoof to her forehead, then addressed Discord.  "I am Surprise and this is my seeing-eye human, Raydence.  We're--"

"Oh dear!"  Discord interrupted with a tone of mock sympathy, "So you're blind!  How dreadful!  (Hee, to think of all the wonderful games I could play...)"

"Nah," Raydence leaned against a tree and filed his fingernails--where he got the file was anypony's guess.  "She just says that because it gives her an excuse to be a crack-brained slave driver."

Surprise made a mischevious look and then pulled on Raydence's leash--but there was no resistance.  The noose was empty.  Raydence had taken it off.  "Ugh!"  Surprise stomped once or twice, not hard enough to smash a flower, "Raydence, haven't I told you never to take off your leash?  If anypony here saw you, they'd think you were a wild animal!"

"Uh huh."

Discord watched the exchange and wondered what kind of mean tricks he could play on these two ponies who had so cruelly interrupted his fifty-fifth reading of Frankenstein.  As Surprise was beginning some kind of rant that somehow compared her pet human to a bowl of spaghetti, he floated down to her side and said "Ms. Surprise, I couldn't help but notice your cutie mark.  I take it you like games and parties and all those sweet things?"

Surprise seemed to totally lose interest in arguing with the human (who mostly acted like he didn't give two kicks) and turned toward Discord with a cynical look.  "Whatever gave you that idea?"

"Well, it's just I know a pony with almost the same cutie mark--"

"She's a third-generation knock off!"  Surprise raised a hoof, "Get one thing straight, chicken!  I am the original!  I was on store shelves long before half the ponies here were even concieved!  I was made of much sterner plastic!"

"I don't think he's a chicken," Raydence considered with a hand on his chin.  "Looks more like an eastern dragon to me."

"Oh the very idea!  An eastern dragon with ram horns.  He's a chicken I tell you!  A giant chicken!"

"Actually I'm a Draconequus--"

"You stay out of this!"  Surprise shook her hoof at Discord, then said to Raydence "and you, keep in mind that humans don't have souls.  After all, they never made a toy of you!"

That actually made Raydence chuckle.  Surprise smiled and egged him with an "eh?  EH?" which turned the chuckle into outright laughter which both pony and human shared.  Then they hugged, and Raydence put the leash back on and said "Right, we better get back to hunting that witch.  See ya later, dragon-chicken-ram horned thing."

And as the pony led her human off into the distance, Discord watched on.  In the whole five minutes that this event took place, he had not once thought of something he could do to these creatures.  He had thought their spat was due to his influence, but now there was a doubt in the Draconequus' mind:  maybe these two were just that way?

That made it interesting.

Frankenstein could wait.  Discord packed his things in a magical Inventory Screen and rushed to follow the strange pony and her seeing-eye human from a safe, undetectable distance.

~ See you again! ~