A True Family

Discord's alarm went off, he silenced it and got out of bed with a yawn. As usual, he heard loud noises coming from the kitchen below. He snapped his fingers and entered the kitchen.

"SCREWBALL, where did you hide my Joyboy?" shouted Button Mash across the room.

"I didn't take it!!!" Screwball snapped back.

"Don't worry button, I have it right here," said Sweetie Belle holding out the Joyboy.

"Ah, you're a lifesaver Sweetie, thanks a lot," sighed Button mash in relief. "Wanna watch me play?"

"Sure."

Sweetie Belle then trotted over to join Button Mash.

"Hey, have y'all seen mah batch of apples that ah harvested yesterday?" asked Applebloom.

"I used them to make Apple juice." Answered Screwball.

"WHAT?! IT TOOK ME FOREVER TA HARVEST THOSE!!!"

"Calm down, I can just summon some more."

"IT'S NOT THE SAME!"

"BE QUIET!" roared Discord. All the children settled down immediately.

"Just eat your stupid breakfast, and we can continue on with the day."

"Yes Discord." sighed the children. They did as they were told, and gathered around Discord.

"So who gets playtime today?" asked Screwball excitedly.

"Button Mash and Sweetie Belle," answered the draconequus.

"YES!!!" Sweetie Belle and Button Mash cheered.

"WHAT?!" Jeered Screwball.

"That's the schedule Screwball, you'll get playtime tomorrow."

"But I want it NOW!!!"

"I don't want to hear it!!!" Snapped Discord. "Sweetie Belle, Button Mash, come along."

The two children followed him obediently, leaving Screwball and Applebloom alone. Screwball folded her hooves across her chest and glared.

"He always does this."

Discord wrote down his checklist for the natural disasters he's had to take care of, when suddenly he heard a loud crashing sound. Alarmed, he followed the sound. Much to his anger, Apple Bloom was hanging on a light from the ceiling.

"APPLEBLOOM, how did you get up there!?" Shouted Discord.

"Uhh,...maybe climbin' a tree to get apples, an' then gettin' stuck on the roof, an' then crawlin through a hole, an' crawling through the vents an' fallin' on top of this light wasn't the best idea." Said Apple Bloom, smiling sheepishly. Suddenly the light fell along with the small filly.

Discord leaped onto his stomach, held out his arms, and caught her. He let out a sigh of relief. He set her on her fours and stood up.

"Do that again, and your going to be more than grounded." He growled.

Discord then heard another loud noise. He rushed outside the room, and he found Sweetie Belle, trying to rewire the television.

"SWEETIE BELLE!!!"

He ran over and set her down by the sofa.

"Why were you messing with the television?!"

"There's nothing good on," she complained.

"No T.V for the rest of the day." He groaned.

"Our hero Button Mash makes his way down to the dungeon, his heart that of a great lion, confident that he would be able to save the beautiful Princess Sweetie Belle, who had been captured by the evil chimera king. He marched forward until *GASP* The Chimera King had found him! He ran for his life, but was unfortunately cornered."

"STOP RUNNING AWAY!" Shouted the monster.

"IT'S ALL OVER, THIS IS THE END!" Shouted Button Mash crouching in front of the T.V.

"You're grounded," said Discord, his face sour.

"SCREWBALL, STOP RUNNING!" Exclaimed Discord, holding Sweetie Belle in his left arm.

"Not until you catch me," said Screwball in a singsong voice. Eventually Discord scooped her up in his right arm.

"Dang it," groaned Screwball.

"I don't have TIME for games Screwball!" scolded Discord "And you two are supposed to go in Screwball's room for that "Sleepover" to SLEEP."

"But we don't want to Discord," whined Screwball, giving him wide puppy eyes.

"I could care less if you HATED your room, which you don't, you and the other kids are sleeping in your room, that's what you wanted right?"

"But Discord-" Screwball lamented.

"Not gonna care crybaby," Discord said firmly "You are going, to sleep."

"Actually," yawned Sweetie Belle "I don't mind getting some sleep."

"Got any threes?" Asked Applebloom. Yelling could be heard from the other room.

"Go fish,....it looks like they were caught again," said Button Mash.

Discord entered the room and set the children down.

"Alright," he said. "What will it take, to get you kids off my back, and to sleep?"

"We want to know if you can play with us for a while if you can't make room for tomorrow?" Asked Screwball, with a hopeful smile.

"GO.TO.SLEEP!!!" Exclaimed Discord closing the bedroom door.

"Called it," said Sweetie Belle sadly.

Screwball sat on her haunches, her hooves folded.

"It was worth a shot," she sighed.

"He probably has things ta do by tomorrow Screwy. Ah'm sure he can make time for us then?"

"THAT'S ALL HE EVER DOES!!!" Groaned Screwball. "HE NEVER GIVES UP ANY OF HIS WORK FOR US!!! I MEAN, "IT'LL ONLY BE THIRTY MINUTES OF PLAYTIME" BUT NO, HE ONLY GIVES US LESSONS, NO FUN, JUST LEARNING!!!"

Screwball's eyes started to tear up.

"That's all we ever asked for in a grown up..." said Screwball softly. "I mean, I sometimes even consider him as our "Papa"...even if he treats us like toddlers...I wish we could just... get a mom. Then maybe we won't be too much?"

"Discord is trying, Screwy...maybe he's just new ta us, and doesn't want ta get too attached?" said Apple Bloom.

"Discord gets like this to avoid us,..he doesn't mean it," said Button Mash.

"Sure, asking him about it will get him to think about it, but we can't be too sure." Said Sweetie Belle.

"Thanks, guys, I feel a lot better, knowing that you're here for me,...goodnight."

They soon fell asleep, unaware that Discord was outside the door, listening to every word. His ears drooped as he made his way to bed he let out a sigh, why did this have to be so hard?