Concord: Save the Worldby GoldenChaosChaptersWho's This?BondingTwilightWho's This?Discord lie on his back, watched the stars dancing in the sky from a grassy hill just outside of Ponyville. They twinkled brightly in the sky, creating an effect of waves from a shimmering ocean. Discord groaned. The sky was too.... perfect. He snapped his claws and the stars turned into orange, green, and purple. Discord smirked and gave a small laugh. The ponies were probably confused to why the stars were such strange colors, but Discord didn't care. He would change the stars back soon. Ol' Lulu won't be too mad. Discord gave a small chuckle as he thought of how Luna would react to this. An idea popped into Discord's mind, and he changed the moon dark green. "Um, what happened?" asked Luna to herself, and she angrily looked to the sky. "I need help to change this back! Whoever changed my night sky needs to know how hard it is to keep the night sky so magnificent!" Luna ran inside. "SISTER!" "What is it, Luna? Can it wait until morning?" asked Celestia's voice from inside. Luna scowled and stormed inside. "This cannot wait!" snapped Luna. "Somepony ruined our night sky! Thou shall help me fix it, and find the evil pony who ruined it." Celestia rolled her eyes. "Is that all?" asked Celestia. She sat up and yawned. "This better not be a prank. I need to raise the sun soon. If it does happen to be a prank, I will make you rise and set the sun yourself." Luna nodded and grabbed Celestia's hoof, and dragged her to the doors of the balcony. "Come, help me fix my sky!" Luna burst the doors open, and gasped. "Great sky tonight, Luna," groaned Celestia. "So, it was a prank! Have fun rising and setting the sun by yourself tomorrow. I need to have more sleep." "B-B-But I swear the sky was different!" protested Luna, and Celestia held her hoof up. "Goodnight, Luna," Celestia grumbled, and she stormed back to her room, leaving a raging Luna behind. "Too bad I can't see what Luna's reaction was," muttered Discord. He had changed the stars and moon back to normal, bored with the chaotic colors they had had. At the corner of his eye, Discord saw a small purplish blue dot appear in the sky, expanding rapidly. He turned his head, and his eyes widened. A hole in the sky appeared, and a shadowy silhouette fell from it. "LOOK OUT!" screeched a voice, and Discord realized it was much like his own. Before the thing crashed upon him, Discord leapt to the side, and the think crashed into the ground. "Ouch." It groaned loudly. Discord gasped as he realized the creature was a draconequus. Discord had thought he was the last of his kind, but apparently not. The draconequus had an orange head and a navy blue body. It opened its eyes and Discord saw it had ordianry boring whites of its eyes and icy blue pupils. The eyebrows and beard of this draconequus were a neon green. The paw of it was a dark brown, and the claw was gray. Discord slowly realized this draconequus had the same body type as he. Discord's pelt bristled. "Who do you think you are to cause such a ruckus?" snarled Discord. "Good thing you didn't rile the citizens! You could cause an uproar! Who are you, anyway?" The draconequus held its head and sat up. "I'm sorry about that," apologized the draconequus. "My name is Concord, the spirit of Harmony. I'm the ruler of Equestria, but apparently this is not my Equestria." Concord's icy gaze passed around him. "Oh really now?" growled Discord. "If this is not your Equestria, where did you come from?" "I came from an alternate universe," replied Concord. "You happen to be my opposite, obviously. I'm the ruler of Equestria, King Concord, sent here by Solar and Umbra." "Who's Solar and Umbra?" asked Discord, and Concord narrowed his eyes. "Why do you care? Though you are me in an alternate universe, that means you are my evil version," growled Concord. "I don't think I can even trust you yet." Discord rolled his eyes. "So, I'm guessing Solar and Umbra are the opposites of my Celestia and Luna," muttered Discord to himself. "Who are Celestia and Luna?" asked Concord. "I don't know if I can trust you yet," said Discord slyly. "Clever," muttered Concord. "Well, in this world, I have been reformed. I used to make beautiful chaos around Equestria, and called myself the Lord," explained Discord. "Though I do not trust you, you need to be warned not to mess with me." "You don't threaten me," laughed Concord. "Harmony is stronger than Chaos." "Chaos and Harmony actually can't overpower each other," snapped Discord. "If Harmony is so much stronger than Chaos, why did you lose to two chaos users?" "Well played, well played," Concord clapped. "Well, you need a place to stay," stated Discord. "I can provide you a home, for now." "Okay, I guess," replied Concord. "Great news," Discord snapped his talons, and they were in the mini universe Discord made for himself. Concord looked around in wonder, at all the chaos and swirling spirals around him. "What is this place?" asked Concord. "It's my home," replied Discord. "I made this universe after I was reformed because I can't live with Fluttershy. I scare her animals, and also I want a place where I can make chaos freely without anypony being upset and telling me what to do." "Okay, but, can I have a place less chaotic?" asked Concord. Discord nodded. "You are going to stay in my guest room, which has a soft couch for you to sleep on," explained Discord. "I made it not chaotic so my guests will be comfortable. I may be obnoxious, but I care for my guests' comfort." "How thoughtful of you," said Concord, smiling. "Well, let's go in my home," said Discord, and he opened the door to his house. Inside, flying fish passed around. "You'll get used to this soon." "I sure hope so," said Concord. "This chaos is giving me a bit of a headache. Can we make it to the room?" "Okay, okay, hold your horses," replied Discord, and he held out his paw and claw defensively. "Come on." They walked up a turning set of stairs, and after what felt like forever, Concord found a door. "Is this it?" asked Concord. Discord nodded. "Let's go in," said Discord, and he pushed the door open. "Wow, it is so ordinary!" exclaimed Concord, and Discord gagged. "That's why I always keep the door closed," replied Discord. "I hate harmonic things." "So you hate me?" asked Concord, mock hurt in his voice, as his eyes turned glassy and watery. "Nononononono!" replied Discord quickly. Concord laughed. "I kid! I kid," laughed Concord. Discord glared at him, but shrugged it off. "So, this is where you will stay until you get home," said Discord. "If you need anything, give a holler, and I will be here in a sec." Discord started to walk away. "Wait!" called Concord. Discord stopped, and turned his head. "What is it?" asked Discord. "Well, you seem like a nice guy," started Concord. "I'm looking forward to get to know you. Thanks for letting me stay here until I find a way to get home." "Your welcome," nodded Discord, and he smiled. "Goodnight." Discord closed the door. Concord sat down on the couch, which was much softer than he expected. A baby blue blanket appeared under him, with a white, fluffy pillow under his head. Concord nestled into the pillow, and drifted off to sleep easily, but dreamed of his battle with Solar and Umbra. BondingAuthor's Note Sorry about the Fluttercord in the last chapter. I am making my own ship, called Coney. (Concord and Posey from the alternate universe, much like Fluttercord, but its not) I'm trying to leave out the Fluttercord, but, I have no trouble showing the Coney in this story. Bonding Concord opened his eyes and moaned. The night had been rough, as he kept dreaming about his fight with Solar and Umbra. Concord looked up at the ceiling. He stretched and rubbed the sleep out his eyes, then finally sitting up. He yawned. "HEYA, CONCORD!" yelled Discord, and he opened the door suddenly. Concord yelped and leaped out of the couch, falling with a loud bang. Discord burst out laughing. "Good morning to you too, Discord," grumbled Concord, rubbing his back that he hit on the ground. Concord stood up, and glared. "Nice way to start the morning," grinned Discord. "So, what would you like for breakfast? Cotton Candy? Chicken? Dog Food?" Concord raised an eyebrow and winced. "How about some eggs?" asked Concord. "Eggs would be nice," agreed Discord. He snapped his talons, and they were in Discord's dining room, a platter of two eggs on each of their plates. "Let's eat!" Discord grabbed an egg and slurped it up. Concord watched in disgust at what terrible table manners Discord had. Discord only just noticed Concord staring at him after he finished. "What?" snapped Discord. Concord looked down to his eggs and waved his paw. Nothing happened. He tried again. "What are you trying to do?" "I'm trying to summon a fork, but my magic isn't working!" exclaimed Concord, and he started to panic. "What is wrong with my magic? I can't access it!" "Hmm, let me check," said Discord, and he snapped his claws. His eyes widened. "Your magic has been drained. It will take quite some time before you can even simply summon a napkin. Let me summon it for you." Discord snapped his talons, and there was a twisted fork in front of Concord. "Can I have an ordinary one?" asked Concord. Discord groaned and rolled his eyes, summoning a plain, boring fork. "Thank you." "Don't mention it," replied Discord. "Really, don't mention it. It will ruin my reputation if anypony finds out that I have actually summoned something so plain." "Okay," replied Concord, and he started to each his breakfast, but he was so upset that it was hard to chew. He couldn't use his own magic! Concord was used to being able to summon or do anything he needed to do at the wave of his paw, literally, when suddenly he was magicless. Concord set down the fork after he was finished. "So, anything planned today?" asked Concord. "Hmm, I haven't really thought about anything to do," replied Discord. He chuckled after a few moments of silence. "How about some good old fashioned pranking?" Concord raised an eyebrow. "What is pranking?" asked Concord. Discord gasped. "You don't know what pranking is?" gasped Discord. "What cruel world have you come from?" "Well, I've heard that some pranking has gone on in my world, but I never took the time to find whatever it is," replied Concord. "I will show you then!" exclaimed Discord. He snapped his talons, and Concord looked around to see where he was. It was the center of a town Concord didn't recognize. "Where are we?" asked Concord. "Just in Ponyville," replied Discord. "Don't you have a Ponyville in your world?" "Well, we don't name places with pony or anything, due to all the creatures in our world living together," replied Concord. "There are many other species, and it is quite racial to name a place for one species." "So, the name should be changed here?" confirmed Discord. "Yes," replied Concord. "Bring it up to Princess Starbutt," said Discord. "She can help rename the town. How about Chaosville?" "That is the worst name ever, no offense," said Concord. "Well, Ponyville is much worse!" retorted Discord. "It was a suggestion." "Alright, then," Concord watched Discord warily, as Discord gave him a frightening look. Discord turned away and searched the land. He found nothing, and then sighed. Suddenly, he saw that green unicorn that was obsessed with anthropology. "See that mare?" asked Discord, pointing. "Yes?" Concord tilted his head, confused. "Well, she is the first pony we will prank today," said Discord. "Okay," replied Concord. "Watch and learn," commanded Discord, and then he snapped his talons and was gone. Concord with the corner of his eye saw a flash. He turned his head, to see a creamy colored earth pony with blue and pink hair waving at him. Concord realized it was Discord when the eyes flashed cinnamon and golden. Concord raised a paw and set it down, to show Discord he was ready. Discord saw it was clear to start when Concord waved. Discord started to trot to the mare in his new form. "Hey, Lyra!" called Discord, suddenly remembering the mare's name. Lyra turned to her 'friend'. "Hey, Bon Bon!" replied Lyra. "Why are you back so soon from your trip to Canterlot?" "I got bored there," replied Discord, not showing the panic he was feeling. "I got pretty bored there." "What?! I spent a lot of bits for you to go there!" snapped Lyra. "I knew you wanted to go to the Broadway thing tomorrow! That was one hundred bits for the ticket! The restaurant I booked a table for you all week was a lot too!" "Oh, I'm sorry," apologized Discord sarcastically. Lyra paled and her lips pulled back in a snarl. "You take everything I do for you for granted," snarled Lyra. "And all you do is make fun of my studies." Discord had enough. He changed back to normal and growled. "Wow, nice way to ruin a prank, buddy," snapped Discord. "You don't appreciate your marefriend enough! Sheesh, hard to find any fun here." Discord flashed away, and left a dumbstruck Lyra behind. Discord flashed beside Concord. "Well, that was a fail," commented Discord. "I guess I just can't prank her. It has worked before..." "Okay, well, what are we going to do now?" asked Concord. "We are going to prank somepony else," replied Discord. "Here, let's get going." Discord flapped his mismatched wings and flew in place in ths sky twenty feet from Concord. Concord flapped his own wings and took off. Discord looked around. "Anypony we can prank?" asked Concord, who looked around too. "There!" exclaimed Discord, and he pointed his paw to a pegasus mare with a rainbow mane, who slept soundly on a fluffy white cloud. "So, what do I do?" asked Concord. Discord thought. "Well, can you summon any type of raincloud, preferably cotton candy clouds that rain chocolate milk?" asked Discord, he snapped his talons and a pink cloud raining a brown substance appeared. Concord hissed. "Umbra attacked me with something like that," hissed Concord. His tone softened as he said,"Well, I can summon a regular raincloud. I have to help the pegasi with the weather sometimes, after all." "Okay, good enough," said Discord. "So, what you can do is to summon a thunder cloud above this mare and hit it, making lightning hit her and rain over her." "That doesn't sound very safe at all," Concord crossed his arms, not going to harm anypony for his amusment. "Well, she's tough," said Discord. "She won't be very hurt at all. Not to mention she did the same thing to me a few days back." "So this is for revenge?" asked Concord. "Well, count me out on your revenge plots." "This isn't for revenge!" retorted Discord. He groaned. "Well, you're no fun. I guess I will do this myself." Before Concord could protest, Discord snapped his talons, and the cloud, except made from cotton candy, appeared over the mare. Discord kicked it with his goat leg, and then the cloud hit the mare with lightning and started raining chocolate. The mare yelped and shot up in the air. "Discord!" snapped Concord. "You are exactly like Fluttershy," mumbled Discord. "No fun." He mentally thought to himself that Concord wasn't nearly as loveable as Fluttershy was. "What's the big deal?" growled the mare as she flew into Discord's face. "Why are you making chaos again?" "Dashie, my friend, it was merely a prank," smirked Discord. Concord hid behind a cloud, afraid to be blamed for the mare's suffering. "First of all, my name is Rainbow Dash, and you can only call me that," hissed Rainbow. "Kay, Dashie," Discord defiantly replied. Rainbow groaned and facepalmed. "Second of all, I will get you back, BIG TIME!" Rainbow flew away as fast as she could. Discord was silent. It was quiet for what seemed like years. Then, he cracked up. Concord emerged from behind the cloud, and looked at Discord in confusion. "That was priceless!" laughed Discord. "But you just got threatened," reminded Concord. "Oh, I don't care," replied Discord. "Next time she pranks me, I will take her wings and make her an earth pony. She hates being on the ground, so it's perfect." Concord rolled his eyes. "Well, whatever," said Concord. "Can you let me see some of your friends?" Discord stared at him. "Well, that mare was one, kind of," said Discord. "How about you come and meet my good friend, Fluttershy." "Okay," Concord nodded. Discord smiled, and snapped his talons. Concord looked around to see a beautiful, green garden with many types of harmonic flowers. Carnations, roses, lilies, tulips, and more were scattered around. Animals were here and there, getting along perfectly, sharing food. Concord looked forward, to see a cute cottage ahead. "Nice place, isn't it?" asked Discord, and Concord nodded. "Looks like we came at lunch time." Discord started walking towards the door, Concord following. Discord knocked on the door. There was scuffling inside. A crashing noise came from inside as well. "Angel!" snapped a soft voice from inside. "Just a minute!" Discord groaned. "Dumb rabbit giving Fluttershy problems again," hissed Discord. Concord raised an eyebrow. Hoofsteps sounded inside, coming closer to the door. The door then opened slowly. "H-Hello?" greeted a voice from a small yellow pegasus, who Concord found hauntingly alike Posey, the mare he- No, those days were over. Concord frowned. "My dear Fluttershy!" exclaimed Discord, scooping the pegasus in his arms, and she giggled, turning slightly pink. Concord smirked, sensing the emotions coming through the two. Concord leaned over to Discord's ear. "My, my," whispered Concord. "Getting really attracted to her, aren't you?" Discorde flushed a bright pink, which went unnoticed by Fluttershy. "Shut up," hissed Discord back. "She doesn't know." Fluttershy picked up the noise, and her gaze went to Concord. Fluttershy gasped in fright, and jumped from Discord's arms, and raced inside. "Fluttershy, wait!" said Discord, and she stopped before closing the door. "Concord is nobody to be afraid of. Can you let us inside and we can explain?" Fluttershy looked to the ground. "Okay, I guess," she replied. She stepped aside, and the two draconequi stepped inside. "Nice place," commented Concord, and Fluttershy gave him a weak smile, but still watched him warily. "Here, sit," said Fluttershy. "Tea?" "Please," said Concord. "Sure, thanks, my dear," replied Discord, as he sat down at a table. Concord reluctantly sat next to him, unsure if he was invited to the table. Nobody protested to him, so Concord took that to be clear. Fluttershy emerged from the kitchen, holding a kettle carefully. Discord snapped his talons, and there were three cups on the table. "Oh, Discord, can you add another one?" asked Fluttershy. "What for?" asked Discord, tilting his head. "Twilight is going to be here in a few minutes," replied Fluttershy. "Okay," replied Discord, and he snapped his talons, and one more cup was there. Fluttershy poured the dark tea inside each of the cups. "Sugar? Milk?" offered Fluttershy. "No thank you, I like my tea black," said Concord. "Ten teaspoons of sugar?" asked Discord eagerly. Fluttershy raised an eyebrow and giggled, adding in the sugar to his cup. There was then a knock on the door. "Oh, here is Twilight!" exclaimed Fluttershy, and she went to the door. Discord turned to Concord. "Be prepared for Princess Starbutt," groaned Discord. Concord furrowed his eyebrows, angrily. "Don't be so disrespectful to your rulers," growled Concord. "Well, I'm a lord too!" exclaimed Discord. Concord rolled his eyes, and then a purple alicorn entered the room. "Oh, Discord, what are you doing here?" asked Twilight, sounding pretty rude. "Twilight!" scolded Fluttershy, her eyes narrowing. "Please be nicer to Discord!" Twilight's gaze passed to Concord. "Whoa," said Twilight. "I thought Discord was the last draconequus." "Well, Concord is about to explain," said Discord. "Well, come on, we don't have all day." "Okay, so, it is true. Discord is the last draconequus," started Concord. "I am from a parallel universe where many things are different. I was the ruler there, Concord, the Lord of Harmony as I was known. My faithful student Twilight Twinkle one day set out to find the Elements of Harmony. I told her not to, as Umbra and Solar, two chaos users who are very evil, had escaped from the Lake of Harmony, where they were trapped. I was going to use the Elements to put them back in that lake. Well, Twilight disobeyed me, and found her five best friends to find the Elements and stop the two themselves, to find fame. But, Solar had already corrupted the Elements so that they would obey her and Umbra. Now, they are the Elements of Chaos. I was banished to an alternate Equestria, stripped of my magic. I found that I can still fly. But now, I need to find a way to home, and I need help. I-I don't want anypony else to perish because I can't return home." The two ponies stared at him in shock. Discord was even shocked because, now, Concord was sobbing. Concord cupped his face in his paw and claw, crying his eyes out. "Calm down! Calm down," said Discord, and he hugged Concord. "Everything will be alright. We will help you get home." Concord sniffed and looked up at Discord. "Thank you," said Concord, smiling warmly. "I'm glad we're friends." Discord's heart warmed. He had made another friend, without being forced to by Fluttershy. "So, will you two help me help Concord help Equestria?" asked Discord, who made the sentence slightly confusing on purpose. "Sure, I guess?" replied Twilight. Fluttershy nodded. "Well, Concord, can you stop by my castle so you can tell me more?" "Okay," replied Concord. "And tomorrow I will come here again," said Discord. "Fluttershy is a beautiful, clever mare. She can help me find a way to get you home and find a way to defeat Solar and Umbra." Fluttershy's face flushed. "But now, we all need to get home," said Twilight. "It's sunset now." Discord looked out the window, and it was true. It was now sunset. "Okay, let's get home, Concord," said Discord. "Goodbye, everypony." He snapped his talons and he and Concord were home. "Oh, no they don't!" hissed Umbra, as she looked at the vision Solar created. "They can't come back!" growled Solar. "Equestria is ours, now!" "Exactly," replied Umbra. "We will need to keep the Elements of Chaos on high guard," said Solar. "We can't have Concord making Equestria a dumb, harmonic place again." Solar and Umbra ignited their horns, and The Elements of Chaos appeared. "You needed us?" asked Twilight, her eyes burning crimson. "Yes, Concord and some new friends of his are coming to Equestria, to take it back," informed Umbra. "Well, they won't get it!" hissed Firefly, flicking her now gray mane. "We need you to make sure they don't get very far once they arrive," said Solar. "Kill them." "Yeah, sure," started Posey, her gray self shuddering at the thought of killing somepony, especially Concord. She didn't know why, but, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She was the Element of Cruelty now, though. "I love serving my princesses," lied Applejack, recieving glares. "It will be delightfully fun," commented Sparkler. "No fun allowed!" snapped Surprise. Umbra and Solar smiled. They were always going to rule Equestria. TwilightConcord opened his eyes, and he saw Equestria. His Equestria. Relief flooded him, until a wave of chaos spread around him. Concord looked around in bewilderment, before realizing Solar and Umbra had complete control already. He sighed. “Wait, why am I here?” asked Concord to himself. He raised his paw, and realized it wasn’t there. It was an empty space. He blinked, and realized this was a dream. Perfect opportunity to figure out what Solar and Umbra are planning. Concord thinks of his palace, and he appears before it. It was upside down, floating above the rest of the chaotic Canterlot. “Does somepony have something healthy to eat?” called a small filly below. “Nope, just cotton candy,” replied a stallion sadly. Concord winces, as he realized the ponies were rather pudgy now. “We’re all going to have heart attacks at this rate!” cried an old mare. “In my day, ponies would never eat one bite of candy, knowing what it would do.” Concord looked away. So, Solar and Umbra must have been feeding them rather unhealthy food. He would fix that when he came back. Concord flew inside the palace, and was met face to face with Solar. “Gah!” Concord yelled out. Solar didn’t bat an eyelash. She brushed her fiery, orange mane out of her face, and walked along. Her old white fur was now stained from chocolate milk. “Sister! Umbra!” shouted Solar. “Why have you spilt chocolate milk on my fur?” “Aww, Soley,” pouted Umbra, appearing upside down. “I thought you loved a little chaos in your life.” “I do, but not when I was relaxing in a popcorn bath!” replied Solar. “Now my popcorn is soggy.” She crossed her hooves, her bottom lip popping out in a pout. “You are so much of a child,” said Umbra. “As you are!” finished Solar. “Oh, come here, you imbecile!” said Umbra, and she chased after Solar as she dashed away. Concord was tempted to follow them, until he heard a familiar voice. “No! Let me go,” pleaded the soft voice. Concord’s ears pricked up; or his ears would have pricked up. He floated toward the voice, and saw the mare. Posie. Concord’s jaw dropped as he saw she was in full color. “We can’t let you go,” said a harsh voice. Firefly. Discord peeked in, and saw the new gray coat of Firefly. “Not until you succumb to Solar and Umbra,” said Twilight Twinkle. She was an alicorn, like the other Twilight in the other Equestria. In fact, they were just like the six in the other Equestria he was staying in. “I will never, not after what they did to Concord!” replied Posie. Tears welled in her emerald green eyes. “Well, I don’t know what they did, but they did something bad.” “Well, I guess we have to give you the punishment,” said Twilight Twinkle. “Firefly, Applejack, show her the consequences of not following our rulers.” She shut her eyes, and walked away. “Aww, this will be fun!” exclaimed Firefly. “Can Ah get the first hit this time?” asked Applejack. “Ah, uh, was told by Queen Umbra to lash her.” “Cut the lying, we know that’s your element,” said Firefly, flicking Applejack’s muzzle with her tail. She brought out a whip, a black whip with red crystals embedded all over it. Concord reached out, shouting. “Keep your hooves off her, you nasty-” He realized they couldn’t hear him. Concord flinched every time they brought the whip down on Posie’s back. Tears streamed down her face. “CONCORD!” sobbed Posie, though her tone knew it was pointless. “Posie…” Concord collapsed. Suddenly, the lashing stopped, and the only sound was choked sobs from Posie. Concord looked up. “We’re not going to kill you,” said Firefly. “You may be very valuable to us, according to Twilight.” “Eeyup,” agreed Applejack. “P-Please, I was y-y-your friend,” pleaded Posie. “Let me go.” “Never,” hissed another voice. Umbra walked in. “Concord will be drawn to you, like a mouse is with milk.” “Isn’t a cat drawn to milk?” asked Applejack. “Silence!” snapped Umbra. She turned her attention to Posie. “So, you will be very valuable indeed. Concord cares about you, don’t you, Concord?” A wild emotion swept through Umbra’s eyes, as she looked directly at Concord. His breathing quickened, but the others tilted their heads in confusion, not seeing him. Umbra lunged at Concord, and he braced for a terrible pain, which did not come. “CONNIE!” yelled a voice, and Concord yelped, flying out of the bed. “Woah, WOAH!” shouted Concord. “Ha, I scared you,” said Discord, laughing, swirling in the air in circles. “Don’t do that!” said Concord. He narrowed his eyes. “Come on, time for breakfast, grumpy,” said Discord, rolling his eyes. He teleported them downstairs. “What for breakfast?” Concord didn’t hear his question. His mind raced through the memories of the dream, seeing Solar and Umbra, Posie being tortured, and Umbra lunging at him. “CONCORD!” Concord’s attention snapped to Discord. “What. Would. You. Like. For. Breakfast?” “Oh, er, some pancakes?” replied Concord, nervously looking around the room, sweat dripping down his forehead. “Somethin’ wrong, Coney?” asked Discord, as he flashed in two plates of pancakes, a smiley face made with syrup on Concord’s. “N-Nah,” lied Concord. “Not very important.” “I can tell it’s not important by the way you’re sweating and your eyes darting around the room,” replied Discord. He smirked. “Well, I would prefer to not talk about it right now,” replied Concord, He picked at the pancakes, taking occasional bites. “Don’t forget your meeting with Starbutt,” reminded Discord. “You must call her that every time?” asked Concord. “Why, of course!” replied Discord, taking on a posh accent. “I simply must!” “What’s with the accent?” “None of your business, buddy,” scoffed Discord. Concord returned to his pancakes. He took a few more bites. “Well, can you teleport me to the door of Princess Twilight’s castle?” asked Concord. “Righto! Arrivederci!” Discord snapped his talons, and Concord found himself staring at double doors with a fancy design. He looked up, to see a tree castle with a blue crystal shape inside. He knocked on the door, and a purple dragon answered. “Yo, Discord, I don’t think it’s guys’ night yet,” said the dragon. “Um, I’m not Discord, and who might you be?” asked Concord. “‘Not Discord’, you know me, I’m Spike!” replied Spike. “My name is Concord, and I’m here to see Princess Twilight, for a meeting she has requested,” said Concord. Spike laughed. “I fail to see what is so funny.” “It’s hilarious how you think changing your colors will make you ‘Not Discord’ and acting so regal will convince me! Twilight hates you, why would she invite you, of all ponies?” Spike laughed. “That is a very rude thing to say,” said Concord. “I outta teach you a-” “Oh! I’m so sorry about Spike,” said Twilight, rushing to the door, and shoving the small dragon aside, giving him a stern glare. “Come on in, Concord.” Spike’s jaw dropped. “Oh, um, awkward…” said Spike. “I’m sorry, nice to meet you, Concord! Hope we can be friends, but for now, a bowl of gems is calling my name.” He rushed away awkwardly. “Charming young drake you have there,” said Concord. “Yeah, I know he can be rude, but he has a good heart,” said Twilight, smiling warmly in the direction where Spike had left. “That’s nice,” said Concord. He looked around, and gawked at the scenery. “For a Princess of Friendship, you have a nice castle.” “What’s that supposed to mean?” asked Twilight. “I never imagined a ‘Princess of Friendship’,” replied Concord. “My version of you is the ‘Princess of Magic’, from her element.” “Oh,” said Twilight, looking down. “Don’t get me wrong, friendship is a good thing to be a princess for too!” added Concord quickly. “You don’t need to cover it up,” said Twilight, smiling at him weakly. “Friendship is what everypony least expected. But, I take my role with pride. Friendship is as important as the sun and moon. Ponies couldn’t live without it, because there needs to be somepony else than family to look out for them, and help them get through tough times. Without friendship, there would be no harmony, as everypony would probably be enemies.” “Very inspiring,” said Concord. He was truly impressed. This mare, a new princess, had convinced him his job was as equal as to her own. “Well, tell me about your Equestria,” said Twilight, opening a door, which lead to a library. She opened a book, with no title, and it was revealed to be empty. “I could make a book about this discovery. An alternate Equestria. Who would have thought of that?” “Okay, then,” replied Concord, clapping his paw and claw. He sat down at the table in the center of the room, Twilight following. “Where do you want me to start?” “From the very beginning,” replied Twilight, leaning on her hoof as she levitated a quill, dipping it in ink. “Three ponies founded Equestria, and they realized they needed a ruler. I happened to stumble across Equestria, and many ponies have been asking about me,” said Concord. “They were impressed with my magic, and I started helping many ponies. My name means ‘agreement’, which lead ponies to think I could help them with their arguments. Soon, the three founders heard of me, and they gave me a test. Princess Copper, here named Princess Platinum, told me to lower the moon and raise the sun. I did so, and they crowned me ruler. Some ponies that did not know of me were angry, and tried to assassinate me, but I’m immortal, and whatever they threw at me didn’t affect me. I made them serve some community service. Then, Solar and Umbra came to power. We had many names for them. ‘The Sisters of Chaos’ was the one we used the most. I took them down the first time, but my energy was sapped for a good century. Even before they took almost all of my magic, it hasn’t recovered completely since, making me hand off the Elements of Harmony to the next generation. Then, Solar herself corrupted the Elements, as her chaos speciality was to mess with minds. They lost their color, and their eyes turned crimson, Solar’s favorite color, to show she had control over them, but Umbra is the ‘Second in command’ for them. I was ambushed by them, and I was sent here, and found by Discord.” Twilight scribbled down more words, her eyes crossed in effort. She put down a dot, and smiled. “Well, thank you Concord. I look forward to hearing more soon.” “Yeah, well, I better get going,” said Concord. “Alright. It was nice talking to you,” said Twilight. She scanned over the pages of the book. “Goodbye.” “Discord! Send me home?” called Concord, and he flashed away. “So, what ya think about Concord?” asked Spike, walking in. “I-I don’t know,” replied Twilight, turning pink. “He is very smart, and a respectable po-draconequus.” “It looks like somepony has a crush,” said Spike. “Um, n-no I don’t!” cried out Twilight. “Sure,” said Spike, walking away. Twilight groaned, her head flopping down on the table. "Discord, thanks for the teleportation, but did you have to send me through that world with the talking puppets?" asked Concord, as he appeared in the house. But, there was no usual loud greeting from Discord. "Discord?" No sound. Concord looked around. "DISCORD! Is this some kind of prank? I don't find this very funny..." He paused as he found a note. He read it aloud. "'Connie, I'm going out for a bit, for a reason I can't tell you. Don't panic, 'kay? I know you love me, but I will be fine. Signed, Discord." Concord scowled. "Really?!" He crumpled the note and tossed it behind him. Well, he was sure to be bored for awhile.
Who's This?Discord lie on his back, watched the stars dancing in the sky from a grassy hill just outside of Ponyville. They twinkled brightly in the sky, creating an effect of waves from a shimmering ocean. Discord groaned. The sky was too.... perfect. He snapped his claws and the stars turned into orange, green, and purple. Discord smirked and gave a small laugh. The ponies were probably confused to why the stars were such strange colors, but Discord didn't care. He would change the stars back soon. Ol' Lulu won't be too mad. Discord gave a small chuckle as he thought of how Luna would react to this. An idea popped into Discord's mind, and he changed the moon dark green. "Um, what happened?" asked Luna to herself, and she angrily looked to the sky. "I need help to change this back! Whoever changed my night sky needs to know how hard it is to keep the night sky so magnificent!" Luna ran inside. "SISTER!" "What is it, Luna? Can it wait until morning?" asked Celestia's voice from inside. Luna scowled and stormed inside. "This cannot wait!" snapped Luna. "Somepony ruined our night sky! Thou shall help me fix it, and find the evil pony who ruined it." Celestia rolled her eyes. "Is that all?" asked Celestia. She sat up and yawned. "This better not be a prank. I need to raise the sun soon. If it does happen to be a prank, I will make you rise and set the sun yourself." Luna nodded and grabbed Celestia's hoof, and dragged her to the doors of the balcony. "Come, help me fix my sky!" Luna burst the doors open, and gasped. "Great sky tonight, Luna," groaned Celestia. "So, it was a prank! Have fun rising and setting the sun by yourself tomorrow. I need to have more sleep." "B-B-But I swear the sky was different!" protested Luna, and Celestia held her hoof up. "Goodnight, Luna," Celestia grumbled, and she stormed back to her room, leaving a raging Luna behind. "Too bad I can't see what Luna's reaction was," muttered Discord. He had changed the stars and moon back to normal, bored with the chaotic colors they had had. At the corner of his eye, Discord saw a small purplish blue dot appear in the sky, expanding rapidly. He turned his head, and his eyes widened. A hole in the sky appeared, and a shadowy silhouette fell from it. "LOOK OUT!" screeched a voice, and Discord realized it was much like his own. Before the thing crashed upon him, Discord leapt to the side, and the think crashed into the ground. "Ouch." It groaned loudly. Discord gasped as he realized the creature was a draconequus. Discord had thought he was the last of his kind, but apparently not. The draconequus had an orange head and a navy blue body. It opened its eyes and Discord saw it had ordianry boring whites of its eyes and icy blue pupils. The eyebrows and beard of this draconequus were a neon green. The paw of it was a dark brown, and the claw was gray. Discord slowly realized this draconequus had the same body type as he. Discord's pelt bristled. "Who do you think you are to cause such a ruckus?" snarled Discord. "Good thing you didn't rile the citizens! You could cause an uproar! Who are you, anyway?" The draconequus held its head and sat up. "I'm sorry about that," apologized the draconequus. "My name is Concord, the spirit of Harmony. I'm the ruler of Equestria, but apparently this is not my Equestria." Concord's icy gaze passed around him. "Oh really now?" growled Discord. "If this is not your Equestria, where did you come from?" "I came from an alternate universe," replied Concord. "You happen to be my opposite, obviously. I'm the ruler of Equestria, King Concord, sent here by Solar and Umbra." "Who's Solar and Umbra?" asked Discord, and Concord narrowed his eyes. "Why do you care? Though you are me in an alternate universe, that means you are my evil version," growled Concord. "I don't think I can even trust you yet." Discord rolled his eyes. "So, I'm guessing Solar and Umbra are the opposites of my Celestia and Luna," muttered Discord to himself. "Who are Celestia and Luna?" asked Concord. "I don't know if I can trust you yet," said Discord slyly. "Clever," muttered Concord. "Well, in this world, I have been reformed. I used to make beautiful chaos around Equestria, and called myself the Lord," explained Discord. "Though I do not trust you, you need to be warned not to mess with me." "You don't threaten me," laughed Concord. "Harmony is stronger than Chaos." "Chaos and Harmony actually can't overpower each other," snapped Discord. "If Harmony is so much stronger than Chaos, why did you lose to two chaos users?" "Well played, well played," Concord clapped. "Well, you need a place to stay," stated Discord. "I can provide you a home, for now." "Okay, I guess," replied Concord. "Great news," Discord snapped his talons, and they were in the mini universe Discord made for himself. Concord looked around in wonder, at all the chaos and swirling spirals around him. "What is this place?" asked Concord. "It's my home," replied Discord. "I made this universe after I was reformed because I can't live with Fluttershy. I scare her animals, and also I want a place where I can make chaos freely without anypony being upset and telling me what to do." "Okay, but, can I have a place less chaotic?" asked Concord. Discord nodded. "You are going to stay in my guest room, which has a soft couch for you to sleep on," explained Discord. "I made it not chaotic so my guests will be comfortable. I may be obnoxious, but I care for my guests' comfort." "How thoughtful of you," said Concord, smiling. "Well, let's go in my home," said Discord, and he opened the door to his house. Inside, flying fish passed around. "You'll get used to this soon." "I sure hope so," said Concord. "This chaos is giving me a bit of a headache. Can we make it to the room?" "Okay, okay, hold your horses," replied Discord, and he held out his paw and claw defensively. "Come on." They walked up a turning set of stairs, and after what felt like forever, Concord found a door. "Is this it?" asked Concord. Discord nodded. "Let's go in," said Discord, and he pushed the door open. "Wow, it is so ordinary!" exclaimed Concord, and Discord gagged. "That's why I always keep the door closed," replied Discord. "I hate harmonic things." "So you hate me?" asked Concord, mock hurt in his voice, as his eyes turned glassy and watery. "Nononononono!" replied Discord quickly. Concord laughed. "I kid! I kid," laughed Concord. Discord glared at him, but shrugged it off. "So, this is where you will stay until you get home," said Discord. "If you need anything, give a holler, and I will be here in a sec." Discord started to walk away. "Wait!" called Concord. Discord stopped, and turned his head. "What is it?" asked Discord. "Well, you seem like a nice guy," started Concord. "I'm looking forward to get to know you. Thanks for letting me stay here until I find a way to get home." "Your welcome," nodded Discord, and he smiled. "Goodnight." Discord closed the door. Concord sat down on the couch, which was much softer than he expected. A baby blue blanket appeared under him, with a white, fluffy pillow under his head. Concord nestled into the pillow, and drifted off to sleep easily, but dreamed of his battle with Solar and Umbra.
BondingAuthor's Note Sorry about the Fluttercord in the last chapter. I am making my own ship, called Coney. (Concord and Posey from the alternate universe, much like Fluttercord, but its not) I'm trying to leave out the Fluttercord, but, I have no trouble showing the Coney in this story. Bonding Concord opened his eyes and moaned. The night had been rough, as he kept dreaming about his fight with Solar and Umbra. Concord looked up at the ceiling. He stretched and rubbed the sleep out his eyes, then finally sitting up. He yawned. "HEYA, CONCORD!" yelled Discord, and he opened the door suddenly. Concord yelped and leaped out of the couch, falling with a loud bang. Discord burst out laughing. "Good morning to you too, Discord," grumbled Concord, rubbing his back that he hit on the ground. Concord stood up, and glared. "Nice way to start the morning," grinned Discord. "So, what would you like for breakfast? Cotton Candy? Chicken? Dog Food?" Concord raised an eyebrow and winced. "How about some eggs?" asked Concord. "Eggs would be nice," agreed Discord. He snapped his talons, and they were in Discord's dining room, a platter of two eggs on each of their plates. "Let's eat!" Discord grabbed an egg and slurped it up. Concord watched in disgust at what terrible table manners Discord had. Discord only just noticed Concord staring at him after he finished. "What?" snapped Discord. Concord looked down to his eggs and waved his paw. Nothing happened. He tried again. "What are you trying to do?" "I'm trying to summon a fork, but my magic isn't working!" exclaimed Concord, and he started to panic. "What is wrong with my magic? I can't access it!" "Hmm, let me check," said Discord, and he snapped his claws. His eyes widened. "Your magic has been drained. It will take quite some time before you can even simply summon a napkin. Let me summon it for you." Discord snapped his talons, and there was a twisted fork in front of Concord. "Can I have an ordinary one?" asked Concord. Discord groaned and rolled his eyes, summoning a plain, boring fork. "Thank you." "Don't mention it," replied Discord. "Really, don't mention it. It will ruin my reputation if anypony finds out that I have actually summoned something so plain." "Okay," replied Concord, and he started to each his breakfast, but he was so upset that it was hard to chew. He couldn't use his own magic! Concord was used to being able to summon or do anything he needed to do at the wave of his paw, literally, when suddenly he was magicless. Concord set down the fork after he was finished. "So, anything planned today?" asked Concord. "Hmm, I haven't really thought about anything to do," replied Discord. He chuckled after a few moments of silence. "How about some good old fashioned pranking?" Concord raised an eyebrow. "What is pranking?" asked Concord. Discord gasped. "You don't know what pranking is?" gasped Discord. "What cruel world have you come from?" "Well, I've heard that some pranking has gone on in my world, but I never took the time to find whatever it is," replied Concord. "I will show you then!" exclaimed Discord. He snapped his talons, and Concord looked around to see where he was. It was the center of a town Concord didn't recognize. "Where are we?" asked Concord. "Just in Ponyville," replied Discord. "Don't you have a Ponyville in your world?" "Well, we don't name places with pony or anything, due to all the creatures in our world living together," replied Concord. "There are many other species, and it is quite racial to name a place for one species." "So, the name should be changed here?" confirmed Discord. "Yes," replied Concord. "Bring it up to Princess Starbutt," said Discord. "She can help rename the town. How about Chaosville?" "That is the worst name ever, no offense," said Concord. "Well, Ponyville is much worse!" retorted Discord. "It was a suggestion." "Alright, then," Concord watched Discord warily, as Discord gave him a frightening look. Discord turned away and searched the land. He found nothing, and then sighed. Suddenly, he saw that green unicorn that was obsessed with anthropology. "See that mare?" asked Discord, pointing. "Yes?" Concord tilted his head, confused. "Well, she is the first pony we will prank today," said Discord. "Okay," replied Concord. "Watch and learn," commanded Discord, and then he snapped his talons and was gone. Concord with the corner of his eye saw a flash. He turned his head, to see a creamy colored earth pony with blue and pink hair waving at him. Concord realized it was Discord when the eyes flashed cinnamon and golden. Concord raised a paw and set it down, to show Discord he was ready. Discord saw it was clear to start when Concord waved. Discord started to trot to the mare in his new form. "Hey, Lyra!" called Discord, suddenly remembering the mare's name. Lyra turned to her 'friend'. "Hey, Bon Bon!" replied Lyra. "Why are you back so soon from your trip to Canterlot?" "I got bored there," replied Discord, not showing the panic he was feeling. "I got pretty bored there." "What?! I spent a lot of bits for you to go there!" snapped Lyra. "I knew you wanted to go to the Broadway thing tomorrow! That was one hundred bits for the ticket! The restaurant I booked a table for you all week was a lot too!" "Oh, I'm sorry," apologized Discord sarcastically. Lyra paled and her lips pulled back in a snarl. "You take everything I do for you for granted," snarled Lyra. "And all you do is make fun of my studies." Discord had enough. He changed back to normal and growled. "Wow, nice way to ruin a prank, buddy," snapped Discord. "You don't appreciate your marefriend enough! Sheesh, hard to find any fun here." Discord flashed away, and left a dumbstruck Lyra behind. Discord flashed beside Concord. "Well, that was a fail," commented Discord. "I guess I just can't prank her. It has worked before..." "Okay, well, what are we going to do now?" asked Concord. "We are going to prank somepony else," replied Discord. "Here, let's get going." Discord flapped his mismatched wings and flew in place in ths sky twenty feet from Concord. Concord flapped his own wings and took off. Discord looked around. "Anypony we can prank?" asked Concord, who looked around too. "There!" exclaimed Discord, and he pointed his paw to a pegasus mare with a rainbow mane, who slept soundly on a fluffy white cloud. "So, what do I do?" asked Concord. Discord thought. "Well, can you summon any type of raincloud, preferably cotton candy clouds that rain chocolate milk?" asked Discord, he snapped his talons and a pink cloud raining a brown substance appeared. Concord hissed. "Umbra attacked me with something like that," hissed Concord. His tone softened as he said,"Well, I can summon a regular raincloud. I have to help the pegasi with the weather sometimes, after all." "Okay, good enough," said Discord. "So, what you can do is to summon a thunder cloud above this mare and hit it, making lightning hit her and rain over her." "That doesn't sound very safe at all," Concord crossed his arms, not going to harm anypony for his amusment. "Well, she's tough," said Discord. "She won't be very hurt at all. Not to mention she did the same thing to me a few days back." "So this is for revenge?" asked Concord. "Well, count me out on your revenge plots." "This isn't for revenge!" retorted Discord. He groaned. "Well, you're no fun. I guess I will do this myself." Before Concord could protest, Discord snapped his talons, and the cloud, except made from cotton candy, appeared over the mare. Discord kicked it with his goat leg, and then the cloud hit the mare with lightning and started raining chocolate. The mare yelped and shot up in the air. "Discord!" snapped Concord. "You are exactly like Fluttershy," mumbled Discord. "No fun." He mentally thought to himself that Concord wasn't nearly as loveable as Fluttershy was. "What's the big deal?" growled the mare as she flew into Discord's face. "Why are you making chaos again?" "Dashie, my friend, it was merely a prank," smirked Discord. Concord hid behind a cloud, afraid to be blamed for the mare's suffering. "First of all, my name is Rainbow Dash, and you can only call me that," hissed Rainbow. "Kay, Dashie," Discord defiantly replied. Rainbow groaned and facepalmed. "Second of all, I will get you back, BIG TIME!" Rainbow flew away as fast as she could. Discord was silent. It was quiet for what seemed like years. Then, he cracked up. Concord emerged from behind the cloud, and looked at Discord in confusion. "That was priceless!" laughed Discord. "But you just got threatened," reminded Concord. "Oh, I don't care," replied Discord. "Next time she pranks me, I will take her wings and make her an earth pony. She hates being on the ground, so it's perfect." Concord rolled his eyes. "Well, whatever," said Concord. "Can you let me see some of your friends?" Discord stared at him. "Well, that mare was one, kind of," said Discord. "How about you come and meet my good friend, Fluttershy." "Okay," Concord nodded. Discord smiled, and snapped his talons. Concord looked around to see a beautiful, green garden with many types of harmonic flowers. Carnations, roses, lilies, tulips, and more were scattered around. Animals were here and there, getting along perfectly, sharing food. Concord looked forward, to see a cute cottage ahead. "Nice place, isn't it?" asked Discord, and Concord nodded. "Looks like we came at lunch time." Discord started walking towards the door, Concord following. Discord knocked on the door. There was scuffling inside. A crashing noise came from inside as well. "Angel!" snapped a soft voice from inside. "Just a minute!" Discord groaned. "Dumb rabbit giving Fluttershy problems again," hissed Discord. Concord raised an eyebrow. Hoofsteps sounded inside, coming closer to the door. The door then opened slowly. "H-Hello?" greeted a voice from a small yellow pegasus, who Concord found hauntingly alike Posey, the mare he- No, those days were over. Concord frowned. "My dear Fluttershy!" exclaimed Discord, scooping the pegasus in his arms, and she giggled, turning slightly pink. Concord smirked, sensing the emotions coming through the two. Concord leaned over to Discord's ear. "My, my," whispered Concord. "Getting really attracted to her, aren't you?" Discorde flushed a bright pink, which went unnoticed by Fluttershy. "Shut up," hissed Discord back. "She doesn't know." Fluttershy picked up the noise, and her gaze went to Concord. Fluttershy gasped in fright, and jumped from Discord's arms, and raced inside. "Fluttershy, wait!" said Discord, and she stopped before closing the door. "Concord is nobody to be afraid of. Can you let us inside and we can explain?" Fluttershy looked to the ground. "Okay, I guess," she replied. She stepped aside, and the two draconequi stepped inside. "Nice place," commented Concord, and Fluttershy gave him a weak smile, but still watched him warily. "Here, sit," said Fluttershy. "Tea?" "Please," said Concord. "Sure, thanks, my dear," replied Discord, as he sat down at a table. Concord reluctantly sat next to him, unsure if he was invited to the table. Nobody protested to him, so Concord took that to be clear. Fluttershy emerged from the kitchen, holding a kettle carefully. Discord snapped his talons, and there were three cups on the table. "Oh, Discord, can you add another one?" asked Fluttershy. "What for?" asked Discord, tilting his head. "Twilight is going to be here in a few minutes," replied Fluttershy. "Okay," replied Discord, and he snapped his talons, and one more cup was there. Fluttershy poured the dark tea inside each of the cups. "Sugar? Milk?" offered Fluttershy. "No thank you, I like my tea black," said Concord. "Ten teaspoons of sugar?" asked Discord eagerly. Fluttershy raised an eyebrow and giggled, adding in the sugar to his cup. There was then a knock on the door. "Oh, here is Twilight!" exclaimed Fluttershy, and she went to the door. Discord turned to Concord. "Be prepared for Princess Starbutt," groaned Discord. Concord furrowed his eyebrows, angrily. "Don't be so disrespectful to your rulers," growled Concord. "Well, I'm a lord too!" exclaimed Discord. Concord rolled his eyes, and then a purple alicorn entered the room. "Oh, Discord, what are you doing here?" asked Twilight, sounding pretty rude. "Twilight!" scolded Fluttershy, her eyes narrowing. "Please be nicer to Discord!" Twilight's gaze passed to Concord. "Whoa," said Twilight. "I thought Discord was the last draconequus." "Well, Concord is about to explain," said Discord. "Well, come on, we don't have all day." "Okay, so, it is true. Discord is the last draconequus," started Concord. "I am from a parallel universe where many things are different. I was the ruler there, Concord, the Lord of Harmony as I was known. My faithful student Twilight Twinkle one day set out to find the Elements of Harmony. I told her not to, as Umbra and Solar, two chaos users who are very evil, had escaped from the Lake of Harmony, where they were trapped. I was going to use the Elements to put them back in that lake. Well, Twilight disobeyed me, and found her five best friends to find the Elements and stop the two themselves, to find fame. But, Solar had already corrupted the Elements so that they would obey her and Umbra. Now, they are the Elements of Chaos. I was banished to an alternate Equestria, stripped of my magic. I found that I can still fly. But now, I need to find a way to home, and I need help. I-I don't want anypony else to perish because I can't return home." The two ponies stared at him in shock. Discord was even shocked because, now, Concord was sobbing. Concord cupped his face in his paw and claw, crying his eyes out. "Calm down! Calm down," said Discord, and he hugged Concord. "Everything will be alright. We will help you get home." Concord sniffed and looked up at Discord. "Thank you," said Concord, smiling warmly. "I'm glad we're friends." Discord's heart warmed. He had made another friend, without being forced to by Fluttershy. "So, will you two help me help Concord help Equestria?" asked Discord, who made the sentence slightly confusing on purpose. "Sure, I guess?" replied Twilight. Fluttershy nodded. "Well, Concord, can you stop by my castle so you can tell me more?" "Okay," replied Concord. "And tomorrow I will come here again," said Discord. "Fluttershy is a beautiful, clever mare. She can help me find a way to get you home and find a way to defeat Solar and Umbra." Fluttershy's face flushed. "But now, we all need to get home," said Twilight. "It's sunset now." Discord looked out the window, and it was true. It was now sunset. "Okay, let's get home, Concord," said Discord. "Goodbye, everypony." He snapped his talons and he and Concord were home. "Oh, no they don't!" hissed Umbra, as she looked at the vision Solar created. "They can't come back!" growled Solar. "Equestria is ours, now!" "Exactly," replied Umbra. "We will need to keep the Elements of Chaos on high guard," said Solar. "We can't have Concord making Equestria a dumb, harmonic place again." Solar and Umbra ignited their horns, and The Elements of Chaos appeared. "You needed us?" asked Twilight, her eyes burning crimson. "Yes, Concord and some new friends of his are coming to Equestria, to take it back," informed Umbra. "Well, they won't get it!" hissed Firefly, flicking her now gray mane. "We need you to make sure they don't get very far once they arrive," said Solar. "Kill them." "Yeah, sure," started Posey, her gray self shuddering at the thought of killing somepony, especially Concord. She didn't know why, but, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She was the Element of Cruelty now, though. "I love serving my princesses," lied Applejack, recieving glares. "It will be delightfully fun," commented Sparkler. "No fun allowed!" snapped Surprise. Umbra and Solar smiled. They were always going to rule Equestria.
TwilightConcord opened his eyes, and he saw Equestria. His Equestria. Relief flooded him, until a wave of chaos spread around him. Concord looked around in bewilderment, before realizing Solar and Umbra had complete control already. He sighed. “Wait, why am I here?” asked Concord to himself. He raised his paw, and realized it wasn’t there. It was an empty space. He blinked, and realized this was a dream. Perfect opportunity to figure out what Solar and Umbra are planning. Concord thinks of his palace, and he appears before it. It was upside down, floating above the rest of the chaotic Canterlot. “Does somepony have something healthy to eat?” called a small filly below. “Nope, just cotton candy,” replied a stallion sadly. Concord winces, as he realized the ponies were rather pudgy now. “We’re all going to have heart attacks at this rate!” cried an old mare. “In my day, ponies would never eat one bite of candy, knowing what it would do.” Concord looked away. So, Solar and Umbra must have been feeding them rather unhealthy food. He would fix that when he came back. Concord flew inside the palace, and was met face to face with Solar. “Gah!” Concord yelled out. Solar didn’t bat an eyelash. She brushed her fiery, orange mane out of her face, and walked along. Her old white fur was now stained from chocolate milk. “Sister! Umbra!” shouted Solar. “Why have you spilt chocolate milk on my fur?” “Aww, Soley,” pouted Umbra, appearing upside down. “I thought you loved a little chaos in your life.” “I do, but not when I was relaxing in a popcorn bath!” replied Solar. “Now my popcorn is soggy.” She crossed her hooves, her bottom lip popping out in a pout. “You are so much of a child,” said Umbra. “As you are!” finished Solar. “Oh, come here, you imbecile!” said Umbra, and she chased after Solar as she dashed away. Concord was tempted to follow them, until he heard a familiar voice. “No! Let me go,” pleaded the soft voice. Concord’s ears pricked up; or his ears would have pricked up. He floated toward the voice, and saw the mare. Posie. Concord’s jaw dropped as he saw she was in full color. “We can’t let you go,” said a harsh voice. Firefly. Discord peeked in, and saw the new gray coat of Firefly. “Not until you succumb to Solar and Umbra,” said Twilight Twinkle. She was an alicorn, like the other Twilight in the other Equestria. In fact, they were just like the six in the other Equestria he was staying in. “I will never, not after what they did to Concord!” replied Posie. Tears welled in her emerald green eyes. “Well, I don’t know what they did, but they did something bad.” “Well, I guess we have to give you the punishment,” said Twilight Twinkle. “Firefly, Applejack, show her the consequences of not following our rulers.” She shut her eyes, and walked away. “Aww, this will be fun!” exclaimed Firefly. “Can Ah get the first hit this time?” asked Applejack. “Ah, uh, was told by Queen Umbra to lash her.” “Cut the lying, we know that’s your element,” said Firefly, flicking Applejack’s muzzle with her tail. She brought out a whip, a black whip with red crystals embedded all over it. Concord reached out, shouting. “Keep your hooves off her, you nasty-” He realized they couldn’t hear him. Concord flinched every time they brought the whip down on Posie’s back. Tears streamed down her face. “CONCORD!” sobbed Posie, though her tone knew it was pointless. “Posie…” Concord collapsed. Suddenly, the lashing stopped, and the only sound was choked sobs from Posie. Concord looked up. “We’re not going to kill you,” said Firefly. “You may be very valuable to us, according to Twilight.” “Eeyup,” agreed Applejack. “P-Please, I was y-y-your friend,” pleaded Posie. “Let me go.” “Never,” hissed another voice. Umbra walked in. “Concord will be drawn to you, like a mouse is with milk.” “Isn’t a cat drawn to milk?” asked Applejack. “Silence!” snapped Umbra. She turned her attention to Posie. “So, you will be very valuable indeed. Concord cares about you, don’t you, Concord?” A wild emotion swept through Umbra’s eyes, as she looked directly at Concord. His breathing quickened, but the others tilted their heads in confusion, not seeing him. Umbra lunged at Concord, and he braced for a terrible pain, which did not come. “CONNIE!” yelled a voice, and Concord yelped, flying out of the bed. “Woah, WOAH!” shouted Concord. “Ha, I scared you,” said Discord, laughing, swirling in the air in circles. “Don’t do that!” said Concord. He narrowed his eyes. “Come on, time for breakfast, grumpy,” said Discord, rolling his eyes. He teleported them downstairs. “What for breakfast?” Concord didn’t hear his question. His mind raced through the memories of the dream, seeing Solar and Umbra, Posie being tortured, and Umbra lunging at him. “CONCORD!” Concord’s attention snapped to Discord. “What. Would. You. Like. For. Breakfast?” “Oh, er, some pancakes?” replied Concord, nervously looking around the room, sweat dripping down his forehead. “Somethin’ wrong, Coney?” asked Discord, as he flashed in two plates of pancakes, a smiley face made with syrup on Concord’s. “N-Nah,” lied Concord. “Not very important.” “I can tell it’s not important by the way you’re sweating and your eyes darting around the room,” replied Discord. He smirked. “Well, I would prefer to not talk about it right now,” replied Concord, He picked at the pancakes, taking occasional bites. “Don’t forget your meeting with Starbutt,” reminded Discord. “You must call her that every time?” asked Concord. “Why, of course!” replied Discord, taking on a posh accent. “I simply must!” “What’s with the accent?” “None of your business, buddy,” scoffed Discord. Concord returned to his pancakes. He took a few more bites. “Well, can you teleport me to the door of Princess Twilight’s castle?” asked Concord. “Righto! Arrivederci!” Discord snapped his talons, and Concord found himself staring at double doors with a fancy design. He looked up, to see a tree castle with a blue crystal shape inside. He knocked on the door, and a purple dragon answered. “Yo, Discord, I don’t think it’s guys’ night yet,” said the dragon. “Um, I’m not Discord, and who might you be?” asked Concord. “‘Not Discord’, you know me, I’m Spike!” replied Spike. “My name is Concord, and I’m here to see Princess Twilight, for a meeting she has requested,” said Concord. Spike laughed. “I fail to see what is so funny.” “It’s hilarious how you think changing your colors will make you ‘Not Discord’ and acting so regal will convince me! Twilight hates you, why would she invite you, of all ponies?” Spike laughed. “That is a very rude thing to say,” said Concord. “I outta teach you a-” “Oh! I’m so sorry about Spike,” said Twilight, rushing to the door, and shoving the small dragon aside, giving him a stern glare. “Come on in, Concord.” Spike’s jaw dropped. “Oh, um, awkward…” said Spike. “I’m sorry, nice to meet you, Concord! Hope we can be friends, but for now, a bowl of gems is calling my name.” He rushed away awkwardly. “Charming young drake you have there,” said Concord. “Yeah, I know he can be rude, but he has a good heart,” said Twilight, smiling warmly in the direction where Spike had left. “That’s nice,” said Concord. He looked around, and gawked at the scenery. “For a Princess of Friendship, you have a nice castle.” “What’s that supposed to mean?” asked Twilight. “I never imagined a ‘Princess of Friendship’,” replied Concord. “My version of you is the ‘Princess of Magic’, from her element.” “Oh,” said Twilight, looking down. “Don’t get me wrong, friendship is a good thing to be a princess for too!” added Concord quickly. “You don’t need to cover it up,” said Twilight, smiling at him weakly. “Friendship is what everypony least expected. But, I take my role with pride. Friendship is as important as the sun and moon. Ponies couldn’t live without it, because there needs to be somepony else than family to look out for them, and help them get through tough times. Without friendship, there would be no harmony, as everypony would probably be enemies.” “Very inspiring,” said Concord. He was truly impressed. This mare, a new princess, had convinced him his job was as equal as to her own. “Well, tell me about your Equestria,” said Twilight, opening a door, which lead to a library. She opened a book, with no title, and it was revealed to be empty. “I could make a book about this discovery. An alternate Equestria. Who would have thought of that?” “Okay, then,” replied Concord, clapping his paw and claw. He sat down at the table in the center of the room, Twilight following. “Where do you want me to start?” “From the very beginning,” replied Twilight, leaning on her hoof as she levitated a quill, dipping it in ink. “Three ponies founded Equestria, and they realized they needed a ruler. I happened to stumble across Equestria, and many ponies have been asking about me,” said Concord. “They were impressed with my magic, and I started helping many ponies. My name means ‘agreement’, which lead ponies to think I could help them with their arguments. Soon, the three founders heard of me, and they gave me a test. Princess Copper, here named Princess Platinum, told me to lower the moon and raise the sun. I did so, and they crowned me ruler. Some ponies that did not know of me were angry, and tried to assassinate me, but I’m immortal, and whatever they threw at me didn’t affect me. I made them serve some community service. Then, Solar and Umbra came to power. We had many names for them. ‘The Sisters of Chaos’ was the one we used the most. I took them down the first time, but my energy was sapped for a good century. Even before they took almost all of my magic, it hasn’t recovered completely since, making me hand off the Elements of Harmony to the next generation. Then, Solar herself corrupted the Elements, as her chaos speciality was to mess with minds. They lost their color, and their eyes turned crimson, Solar’s favorite color, to show she had control over them, but Umbra is the ‘Second in command’ for them. I was ambushed by them, and I was sent here, and found by Discord.” Twilight scribbled down more words, her eyes crossed in effort. She put down a dot, and smiled. “Well, thank you Concord. I look forward to hearing more soon.” “Yeah, well, I better get going,” said Concord. “Alright. It was nice talking to you,” said Twilight. She scanned over the pages of the book. “Goodbye.” “Discord! Send me home?” called Concord, and he flashed away. “So, what ya think about Concord?” asked Spike, walking in. “I-I don’t know,” replied Twilight, turning pink. “He is very smart, and a respectable po-draconequus.” “It looks like somepony has a crush,” said Spike. “Um, n-no I don’t!” cried out Twilight. “Sure,” said Spike, walking away. Twilight groaned, her head flopping down on the table. "Discord, thanks for the teleportation, but did you have to send me through that world with the talking puppets?" asked Concord, as he appeared in the house. But, there was no usual loud greeting from Discord. "Discord?" No sound. Concord looked around. "DISCORD! Is this some kind of prank? I don't find this very funny..." He paused as he found a note. He read it aloud. "'Connie, I'm going out for a bit, for a reason I can't tell you. Don't panic, 'kay? I know you love me, but I will be fine. Signed, Discord." Concord scowled. "Really?!" He crumpled the note and tossed it behind him. Well, he was sure to be bored for awhile.
