The Discordiens.by Guardian BladeChaptersChapter 1. A completely random bet.Chapter 2. One week earlier.Chapter 3. A little bit of chaos.Chapter 4. Needs more chaos.Chapter 5. Of rainbow sprouts and dance party’s.Chapter 1. A completely random bet.Author's Note This FIM Fiction was inspired by the song "The Discordians" by the YouTube group, The Shake Ups. Link to the song https://youtu.be/VvgX42PKh8Q . This is also the first FIM Fiction I've wrote, so I'm open to any suggestions/advice. Also just a quick note, wail I’m planning on writing a romance focused chapter or two later on in the story, it won’t appear for awhile and isn’t the main focus as I like to give characters plenty of time to get to know each other and not rush anything. Anyway, our story begins all the way back at the beginning of season 2. Enjoy! Edit: If you dislike this story, then please do let me know why. Us authors can’t grow if we don’t know what we did wrong. ;-) Edit 2: I finally decided to ask, would anyone be interested in being an editor for this story? I was hesitant to ask because I'm a slow writer, but I decided to ask about it here as well as in a proof reader group. I know I’ve made a lot of mistakes, so I probably need one. Chapter 1. A completely random bet. Discord was haveing a wonderful time! Not only was he finally free of his stone prison, but had also already begun to turn Equestria upside-down, quite literally infact! Several of the elements of harmony, or at least the ponies that used them, were already acting like a bunch of old grannies that had had run out of tea and coffee. It was priceless! Discord was now flying around as tree pink butterflies as Fluttershy chased him around. It was going to be so much fun bringing up everything that should bother her until she snapped. He chuckled to himself as he imagined the look on Twilight Sparkle's face when she next saw her freind! . . . Afew moments later Discord realized just how hard it was to get the yellow pegasus angry. She had a comeback for everything he said! He brought up her weakness, her shyness, how she was like a doormat, and even how ponies would point out all these things. And she wouldn't even show a speck of annoyance! She was glad her friends pointed out her fault's. She was weak and helpless. Who would just admit to being like that! It made him positively sick. Discord turned back into his original form in a flash of light, "oh why do you have to be so boring!" He said. And was about to poke the top of her head and change that dull attatude of hers to something more interesting when she spoke. "I'm, boring?" Fluttershy said, and Discord froze. He ALWAYS got the last laugh, the final word, the end jab in a conversation. Even when he had been turned to stone! If he changed her now the memory would haunt him for the rest of eternity! "Yes boring!" He said, turning the poke in to a point. "Seriously, when was the last time you actually had fun?! And don't say the last one of Pinkie's parties, the closest to actual fun you came at any of those was "having a nice time". I'm talking about real fun! You know, where you laugh so hard your sides hurt and you don't have a care in the world! When was the last time that happened, hmm?" Excellent speech Discord! Though it could use a bit of work. It had been a long time since he had some clever banter, and he was out of practice. Perhaps this Pegasus could help him get his amazing talking skills back in shape, it's not like he was short on time or anything. "I, I'm not sure if I've ever laughed like that" Fluttershy responded. Then she realized something odd about what Discord had said. "Wait, how would you know how much fun I have at Pinkie Pie’s parties?" Discord leaned back and reclined in mid air, waving his hand in a dismissive gesture, "oh that? It's not like I was asleep when I was a statue, only my body was frozen. And though most of my power was sealed with me I was still quite capable of traveling in spirit. Now that I think about it I should probably thank your friend for all those party's, they really got me out of being completely bonkers with boredom. Well those and your little outburst at the gala, that was priceless!" Discord was of course expecting a response to that, and he got one. And though he really should have known the kind of response the element of Kindness would give, he was still a little surprised by what she said. "You were awake all those years?! All alone with nopony to talk to? Oh you poor thi-i-ing!" Fluttershy cried, giving Discord a hug and started to pat him on the back. "Hay, stop that! Get off!" It didn't take long for the draconaquis to resort to teleporting out of the crying pegasus's hooves. "Why are you crying? It's not like anything happened to you." Fluttershy wiped her eye's, "I'm sorry" she said, still sniffling a little, "it's just that I can't even imagine what it must have been like. Being alone for all those years, it must have been awful!" Discord inwardly twitched. She had hit the nail on the head so hard the hammer had gone through the bord. And it made him feel like he was losing control of the conversation. He really must be getting rusty if he had allowed it to get this far out of his control, and so fast to! He decided to shift the conversation in a different direction before it got even more out of hand. "Well yes it was awful, but it probably wasn't as bad as what Celestia puts herself through. I mean, who willingly go's through such boring blah blah blah stuff just to make a few stuck up ponies happy? I honestly think her life could do with a bit more chaos, though I guess I think the entire world could do with more chaos, but that's besides the point." Discord was curious to see where the Pegasus pony would take the conversation from here. Sure that if he spent a bit more time he would manage to get a proper rise out of her, not that annoying sobbing thing she had done. Then Discord got the biggest shock of his life. He paused for a moment and blinked, trying to process what he had just herd. Had she really just said that? It didn't make any sense! "Could you repeat that?" Discord said,"I don't think I herd you quite right." "Oh, I'm sorry." Fluttershy responded, "I said, then why don't you? Give Celestia's life a bit more chaos that is." Discord blinked again. He had indeed heard her right, but- "That doesn't make any sense! Which is perfectly fine with me, but aren't you supposed to be an element of harmony or something? You know, the opposite of chaos. And yet if I'm not mistaken you seem to be actually suggesting that I turn Celestia's world upside down. Not that I wasn't planning to of course." "Um, that's not exactly what I meant." Fluttershy responded, "What I meant was why don't you do what you said and give her life a bit more chaos. Judging by what she said after the gala I think you may be right that she puts herself through to much, and that she could use a bit more fun in her life. As long as you keep it small I don't think she'd mind." Discord held up his paw, now extremely curious, "Wait wait wait wait, what could Celestia possibly have said after the gala that could make you think that she wouldn't mind a bit of chaos?" Fluttershy repeated the word's Celestia had spoken that night, which had honestly suprised her a bit as well. "She said, that was the best Grand galloping gala ever! And then she said that she was trilled we were all attending because she was hoping we could liven things up." "Celestia actually said that?" Discord responded thoughtfully, stroking his beard. Then he waved his claw dismissively, "but why would I ever give up total chaos for a bit of chaos just because someone else might enjoy it? That's stupid." Fluttershy just smiled, "well why do you cause chaos? It's to have fun and laugh right? Because you enjoy it?" Discord rolled his eye's. Wasn't that obvious? "Well duh. Why else would I do something?" Fluttershy simply noded, "I thought so. But you know what they say." She said with as calm a smile as ever, "laughter is more enjoyable when sharing it with others." Discord was about to make a remark about that, but then a random idea suddenly poped into his head. Now usually he would immediately do whatever poped into his head, chaos and all that, but the idea that had just appeared in his mind was so absolutely crazy that even the spirit of chaos had to pause and think about it. "Hmmmmm," Discord said wail stroking his beard and thinking for all of five seconds, a new personal record! "You know, this gives me an idea. It's not like I'm short on time, so how about we make a bet?" Fluttershy was a little confused by this question, "a bet?" She asked, wondering what Discord could possibly have to gain from such a thing. "Yes, a bet" Discord replied. "Nothing to big mind you, just something like this. If you can get me to enjoy doing a "little bit" of chaos and laughing along with somepony more then total chaos even once, and I mean a very noticeable amount, then I'll keep at it for about hmmmm, a week. But if you can't, then YOU have to do something chaotic. So how's it sound? If I lose I have to tone down my chaos for a week, but if you lose you have to go out and actually cause chaos! Kind of ironic really. Oh and I'll turn things back to normal wail the bet's on. If you lost and nopony noticed the chaos you caused because all my brilliant chaos was distracting them it would be kind of pointless wouldn't it? And after my week or your chaos is done, I can re hide the elements, and you can all try and stop me again. Or maybe you'll be able to teach me something about having fun and I'll end up doing something else. Who knows? So what do you think? Sounds fair right?" Fluttershy thought about it. She knew that Discord probably had some sort of plan. However she had noticed his slight pause when she had responded to him calling her "boring". This meant that he probably hadn't been thinking of the plan he was thinking of now for very long. In fact, it was probably then or even later in the conversation that he had come up with any sort of plan other than the one that he had originally worked up. Whatever that was. Fluttershy may have been shy, but she wasn't stupid, and she could usually tell when someone's ego was getting in the way. She had known RainbowDash for quite a long time after all. And though Discord was much more skilled than Rainbow Dash at talking, she could still tell that it was his pride that was keeping him here instead of doing whatever he had originally planned. After all, he didn't want to lose the conversation, as prideful ponies, and apparently prideful draconaquie, never do. With all this in mind Fluttershy made her decision, "I'll do it" she said. After all, if she could stall the draconaquis long enough, her friends might be able to find the elements or another way of defeating him even if she lost the bet. And if she won the bet, she might be able to show Discord that while having fun by yourself was all well and good, joy was truly brought to life when you were with friends. Then a thought suddenly struck Fluttershy. Had Discord ever had a friend? Even if he had one before, he had been turned to stone for over 1000 years, and once again she could only imagine how lonely that would have been. With this in mind Fluttershy made another decision. if a friend Discord needed, then a friend she would give him! And she would only use her element, once they found them that is, if absolutely necessary. There was no way she was going two sentence someone to that lonely of an existence unless everyone else was in danger. And even then she would make sure to talk to Celestia about it afterwards. Fluttershy snapped out of her thoughts as Discord held out his claw, "well" he said, "should we shake on it?" Fluttershy nodded, "oh, yes, sorry," and was about to shake his claw when she paused, "Discord," she said, "please uncross your hoof, and take your paw out from behind your back. We both know your quite capable of crossing that as well." Discord quickly did as she said, "oh, woopsy! Doing that has become such a habit that I didn't even notice. There we are, much better!" Discord said uncrossing his hoof, then held out his claw once again. This time making sure his legs, arms, and even his tail were visible! "Thank you." Fluttershy said, shaking his claw, "and don't worry about it. I've been so deep in thought before that I fed all the animals at my house without even realizing it!" Then she gave a small chuckle, " it's kind of funny actually. I wonder if you could go through an entire day without realizing it if you had enough habits?" To her surprise the draconaquis chuckled a little himself, "that sounds dreadfully dull! I think we could both agree that if anyone like that existed they would need more then just a bit of chaos." Fluttershy chuckled a little as well. She had a feeling that those words of hers were going to be brought up several times during the next few days, or however long she had to show Discord how nice it was to have fun with a friend. "Shall we get going?" Discord asked. "Um, go where?" Fluttershy responded. "Well that's up to you now isn't it? You're the one trying to show me that laughing with someone can be more fun even if I'm causing less chaos. So, where are we going?" Fluttershy got a slightly worried look on her face, "oh, oh I'm sorry but I don't really know where the best place for causing "a bit" of chaos would be. Especially a place where ponies need "a bit" of chaos. Well other then helping Celestia actually relax and have a bit fun herself, but I'm not sure that's the best place to start." Discord Shrugged, "not to worry, we have plenty of stuff to do in the mean time. Like turning my beautiful landscape back to the dull way it used to be for when woops I mean if you lose the bet." Discord snapped his claws and the cotton candy clouds disappeared as we'll as all the other random things around. The animals turned back to normal, and even Fluttershy's wings reappeared. She guessed the same had happened her friends, though she couldn't be sure, especially sense it was Discord. "Well," Discord said turning around and waving his paw, "your friends are probably going to want to have some sort of boring get together to make sure you're all alright or whatever. Just make sure not to mention the bet. If you lose I want it to be a surprise! Hohoho! I'll drop by in a few hours, that should give you enough time to get through that. I haven't been home in over 1000 years you know! I bet the dishes have gone and cleaned themselves again." And with that, he got on the back of a flying pig, making Fluttershy wonder just how long that had been there, and disappeared in a small flash of light. Fluttershy just stood there, thinking about everything that had just happened. Every one seemed to view Discord in a negative light, not that she could blame them. But now that she had actually talked to him a little, he didn't seem all that bad. To Fluttershy, Discord just seemed lonely, even though he himself probably didn't realise he was, and he was trying to fill the void with the one thing he knew he enjoyed, chaos. "She's over here!" Fluttershy snapped out of her thoughts and saw Rainbow Dash flying down towards her. The blue pegasus flew straight down towards her, pulling up at the last second while flapping her wings to slow down and landed as graceful as a feather on the ground. Well, a giant feather that kicked up a bunch of dust that is, but a feather none the less. "Hay Fluttershy you alright?" RainbowDash asked as Twilight pulled apart a pice of the hedge with her magic and the rest of her friends came through. Fluttershy gave a small nod, "yes I'm fine, and I'm glad to see everyone's wings and horns are back." "Great!" RainbowDash replied, then got an annoyed look on her face, "what's Discord up to? First he takes our wings and horns for that stupid game of his, then just gives them back with no explanation and dissappears without a trace! It doesn't make any sense!" "Well he is Discord, so maybe he's just tryin to confuse us." AppelJack offered as she walked over with the rest. "Or mabye princess Celestia and princess Luna found some way to stop him wail he was distracted with us." Twilight tapped her chin in thought, "hmmmm, I hope so. But you're right that this could just be a trick to confuse us. Let's hed back to Canterlot and ask Celestia." At Canterlot, Celestia told them that she did not know what had caused Discord to seemingly vanish. But she agreed with AppelJack that he was probably up to something. After that everyone returned home and Celestia had the royal guard search the maze, the castle grounds, and the entire palace for the elements. Though eventually Twilight did find a note from Discord inside the libraries book on the elements which read, "I'll just be keeping these for a wail until I dicide to start up that little game we were playing before I got an interesting idea. Ta ta for now!" When Twilight told Celestia about the note, she seemed worried. As little as she had actually talked to Discord in their confrontations, she couldn't recall him calling one of his chaotic ideas "interesting," It was always something like, "hilarious" or "stupendous." And the fact that he had admitted something was interesting enough to stop all the chaos going on was worrying. Why hadn't he left it? The questions left unanswered, and Discord nowhere to be found, everypony did their best to look for the elements wail Twilight scoured the library for some sort of spell that might help whenever Discord returned. A week later Fluttershy leaned back in her chair at the back of her house. Smiling as she looked up at the stars. All her pet's were asleep, and she could be alone with her thoughts. She had some planning to get done before tomorrow after all. Fluttershy tapped her hooves together. There was a small flash of yellow magic, and she picked up the cup of hot tea and the saucer from out of midair before taking a sip and relaxing. "Time to cause a bit of chaos." Chapter 2. One week earlier.Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.Chapter 3. A little bit of chaos.Author's Note My apologies for this taking so long. I have a bad habit of overworking myself on projects, getting exhausted, then putting them off for waaaaay to long. Anyway, I tried really hard to keep everyone in character, but if you feel like something is off please tell me! I always want to do the best I can when I write, so having some input I’m sure would help. I know this chapter isn’t vary long. But hopefully doing shorter chapters will help me not tire myself out again. Once more, sorry for the long wait. I hope you all enjoy! And feel free to leave your suggestions/ideas! Sincerely, Guardian Blade. Chapter 3. A little bit of chaos. It began as just a normal day. Twilight and her friends were gathered in the Golden Oak Library, except for Fluttershy who was busy with her animals. Apparently several of them were still a little shook up from Discord's temporary "improvements". "So RainbowDash, you said you had something important to show us?" Rarity asked after the five of them and had gathered. AppelJack raised an eyebrow as she studied Rainbow's expression, "I think I already know what it is." RainbowDash did indeed have her 'Wonderbolt' expression on. It was obvious by the she was grinning and vary noticeably excited like she could barely hold in the news. "I, got tickets, to the Wonderbolts! Eeeee! Isn't that awesome!" She pulled six tickets out of her hair and set them on the table, "thanks for helping hide those Pinkie." Pinkie Pie grinned and gave a salute, "no problemo!" RainbowDash continued, "we've all been so worked up about Discord that even I noticed. We all need some time off, and what better way then going to a Wonderbolts performance!" Twilight counted the tickets and looked at RainbowDash, "I suppose you're right, everypony has seemed a little stressed. But is there any way to get one for Spike? He's been a lot of help, and I'd hate to leave him behind." RainbowDash scratched the back of her head, “yeah, about that.” She went on to explain that Fluttershy had actually suggested that they all go together to the show, but had declined going herself. "I tried to convince her to go,” she continued, “but she just insisted that she had animals to take care of. And said not to worry about her.” “Well,” Twilight said with a thoughtful look, “a lot of animals were a little shook up from all the chaos that Discord caused. And a few days ago I did mention to her that everypony’s been worried, so that’s probably where she got the idea.” She sighed, then looked up at her friends and smiled, “if Fluttershy wants us to go then let’s go, but how about each of us bring her back a souvenir to say thank you, I do think we could all use a brake.” Agreeing on the plan, the five ponies each took a ticket and returned home to prepare for the next day, except for Twilight who took two and went to find Spike to let him know about their trip to Canterlot. The performance was wonderful, and everypony agreed that they felt a bit more relaxed afterwards. Having something to get their minds off Discord seemed to help. Of course, nothing lasts forever. The five ponies and Spike soon found themselves standing at the front of a large group of ponies, that had somehow all ended up in the middle of Canterlot, and were all looking a little confused as to how they had ended up there instead of home. Even Celesta was there! Though she looked more concerned then confused. RainbowDash flapped her wings and hovered above the crowd, “ok, what’s going on here?” She said as she looked around, trying to spot some sort of explanation. And then an explanation occurred, in the form of a giant poof of smoke that smelled like dandelions for some reason. The smoke cleared and suddenly a stage was sitting in front of them with Discord striking a dramatic pose in the middle of it. “Guess what? I’m back! Isn’t it wonderful!” Discord said, striking another pose. “Now who’s ready for some CHAOS.” However, before he or anypony could do anything, a new voice spoke up. It sounded like Discord, yet somehow not, almost like it was a little softer or something. “Now now Discord, were just here for the announcement.” Then to the utter confusion and horror of every pony present, another Discord walked out from behind the first. Though this one didn’t have a beard for some unknown reason. “Well will you look at that,” Discord said. Then the two of them did something nopony could have prepared for. They started singing. [D1] "Isn't this a sight to see, not one but two of me!" [D2] "And what we are here to do you see, is to spread a little bit of chaos! [Both] “So let the laughter in. Oh what's the point of life if it's all just dull and grim." [D1] "You all like clowns don't you know, so why do you hate me so? After all, I'm the biggest clown of them a-ll!" Discord spun around turning to three times his size and was suddenly wearing an extremely outlandish clown outfit. [D2] "Not so fast there Discord one, you'll have them all on the run! And besides, as anyone can see you're not vary big at a-ll!" The second Discord held the first one, who was now only afew inches tall, up in the air on their claw. The audience blinked and shook their heads a little in confusion as their minds tried to process the what and how of what had just happened. But before they could even start the first Discord was back to normal size and they continued to sing, this time in unison. [both] “So come one and all! Have some cotton candy, chocolate milk, or just some pasta for your teeth!” “We’re not here to cause harm, we’re just here to have some fun. And fun and joy we’ll spread around before these days are done!” With that they both snapped their fingers. Carts filled with cotton candy, jugs of milk, and even pasta appeared in a flash. RainbowDash stared at the ridiculous amount of stuff that had just appeared out of nowhere. “What the, what are you-“ she looked up to address Discord but found that him and his copy had simply vanished along with the stage. “Pinkie stop that! He could have done something to it and is trying trick us!” Twilight yelled as the party pony bounced over and started eating the cotton candy. Pinkie giggled as she looked back at Twilight, “that’s silly Twilight, the second Discord said they were here just for an announcement, and he didn’t do anything to the chocolate rain or the cotton candy clouds when he first got free, so why now? He’s probably just building up to something really big or whatever.” “He’s the spirit of chaos! Who knows what plans he could have thought up in just- mmmmf!” Before she could finish her sentence, Pinkie made a few quick bounces over to her and stuffed some cotton candy in her mouth. “Aw come on Twilight, it’s fine! I know my candy, and there is absa-tootly nothing wrong with it!” As Twilight coughed and tried to spit out the fluffy candy, Pinkie took another bite and got a thoughtful expression on her face, “actually, his is better then mine! Remind me to ask him for the recipe next time!” Twilight just stared. “It just doesn’t feel right. It’s like we’d just barely started before we had to leave!” The two Discords were floating high above Canterlot looking down at the large group of confused ponies that were now slowly dispersing and trying to find their way home after the odd performance. The second Discord clapped their paw and claw together, transforming back into Fluttershy. “But that’s the point you see,” She said as she straightened out her frazzled hair (her shapeshifting still wasn’t perfect). “Remember, we’re trying to cause “a bit” of chaos. Just enough to leave everypony confused, yet entertained. And besides,” she gave Discord a wink, “now since they’re expecting us to cause chaos, we can do something really unexpected.” Discord raised a eyebrow, “what would ever require them to be expecting chaos to be really-“ he paused for a moment before giving he a pained look, “please don’t tell me it’s something boring!” “Only in appearance,” Fluttershy stated. Then she smiled, “somepony once said that if you can’t take it, don’t dish it out. And RainbowDash dose like using sneeze powder.” Discord smiled, then grinned, “while don’t want to admit it, something tells me this could actually be a bit fun.” Fluttershy gave him a nod, “that’s exactly what I’m hoping for!” She then realized that she had said something similar once before. “Let’s just hope this doesn’t turn out like the Galla, though judging from the nature of what we’re doing, perhaps it would be better if it did! But just a little.” As they both shared a chuckle at that little reference to, as Discord put it, “a wonderfully chaotic time”, Fluttershy couldn’t help but think about how much bolder she’d gotten since Discord had taught her magic. There was no way she could do anything as herself, but being disguised really made it so much easier! And perhaps, even a bit fun. Chapter 4. Needs more chaos.Fluttershy didn’t usually like pranks, but she knew that Discord would. And she was trying to show him that causing smaller amounts of chaos could be a lot of fun if he just had somepony to do it alongside as well as enjoy it with. Kind of like Pinkie and RainbowDash now that she thought about it. On the subject of RainbowDash, their next little escapade was going to be aimed at the weather pony. The problem was that Discord didn’t want to pull one over on just RainbowDash, but eventually they came up with a plan that would suit them both. And though it wasn’t anything amazing, she hoped it would do. It was two days after the unusual events in Canterlot. Fluttershy had awoken with a smile, humming to herself as she walked to her kitchen to make herself a quick dandelion sandwich. After she was done eating, she checked on her animals then opened her door and stepped outside, ready to head into town. Fluttershy paused when she saw the bouquet of flowers sitting right outside her door. “Right on time,” she thought as she put on a confused expression, making sure to hide her smile. There probably wasn’t anypony around, but better to be safe then sorry. The flowers were honestly quite beautiful and arranged in a lovely way. Fluttershy herself had spent a few hours the day before to make sure they were just so. There was a note attached to the flowers, and Fluttershy couldn’t help but chuckle a little when she opened it and read what it said. “To the kindly coo-coo mare, who really needs to lighten up and have some fun once in a while.” “Sincerely, D&D” Discord had decided to sign them “D&D”, which Fluttershy had originally a thought stood for “Discord and Discord” (referencing their antics in Canterlot), but according to him while that was true it also stood for something else, though apparently she just, “wouldn’t get the reference,” and it, “wasn’t very interesting anyway.” Fluttershy took a deep sniff from the flowers, which had quite the lovely smell! Though that was of course, the plan. “Ah, ahhh chooo!” *pop pop pop* She rubbed her nose as she felt another sneeze coming on. “Here we go,” She thought, as she walked into town sneezing bubbles. RainbowDash was not having a good time. She had been cloud busting, and thinking she was done she had been about to leave when she saw a cloud she’d somehow missed. Annoyed that she’d somehow missed one, RainbowDash had dived bombed it. And now she was sneezing bubbles. The cloud hadn’t felt right when she’d blasted through it, like it was more of a powder instead of the usual fluffiness. And RainbowDash bet she knew who was behind that! Especially since a note had been somehow hidden in the “cloud” which read. “To the crazy adrenaline loving weather pony of Onypay-illevay.” “Sincerely, D&D.” “Onypay? illevay? What dose that e- even- Ahhh AH CHOOO!” *pop pop pop pop pop* RainbowDash inched her muzzle, “this must be another stupid riddle of Discord’s.” “Ah choo!” *pop pop pop* “I’d better show this to Twilight. I guess being an egghead dose have some advantages.” And with that thought she took off flying towards the Golden Oak Library. Twenty minutes later five of the main six were gathered in the library, all of them still sneezing bubbles. Rarity hadn’t shown up yet but they figured it was only a matter of time. “To the stubbornish apple mad mare.” “Sincerely, D&D.” “Ah Choo!” *pop pop* “To the only sane pony of the elements. Keep up the good work.” “Sincerely D&D.” “Eha, wa chooo!” *poppoppoppop* “To miss nerd pony. You should really get out more, you’re likely to get a paper cut one of these dah daaaa Ah choo!” *POP* “days. Sincerely D&D.” Twilight finally finished reading the notes that were spread out on her table, the intensity of her sneezing being sporadic. RainbowDash spoke up immediately once she was done, still being very annoyed by Discord’s antics, “so, any idea what he’s u- ah- Ah choo!” *pop pop* “up to now? And what dose my note even mean?!” Twilight looked over at the note RainbowDash had received, “Onypay-illevay means Ponyville, it’s just an odd way of writing that involves sometimes rearranging the beginnings and endings of words and making every word end in a “ay” or “yay” sound,” she got an annoyed look on her face, “however he spelled Ponyville as two separate words! Couldn’t he at least have done a little research!” Fluttershy watched as her friends tried to figure out what in Equestria Discord was up to. Little did they know that the main cause of all this was sitting quietly only a few feet away from them. Sure she’d told Discord he could write whatever he wanted on the notes, but the idea had been her’s. Discord had thought her plan was a little underwhelming, but had decided to go along with it because she “needed the practice”. “Wait a minute!” Pinkie yelled, getting everyone’s attention, “if we’re all here because we all got thes- th- Ah Choo!” *popopoppopopop* “these notes with bubbly sneezing power on them, then where is Rarity?” There was a moment of silence before RainbowDash spoke up, “we gotta get to the boutique!” And with that she flew though the door in a multi colored blur. “RainbowDash wait!” Twilight called, but realized she was to late and her friend was already long gone. She sighed before starting to trot out the door herself, “she’s right, we- Ah choo!” *pop popop pop* “should probably check on Rarity. But she really shouldn’t go off by herself like that with Discord being involved in all this.” Everypony followed her out, Fluttershy taking up the rear as they stepped over Twilight’s now shattered door. As soon as they were a little ways from the library Fluttershy glanced back and gave a flick of her tail. Hiding a small smile she continued trotting behind her friends. Twilight’s door was now reconstructed, but it now had a giant door knocker on it in the shape of Discord’s head, minus the beard of course as she didn’t have one when she made herself look like Discord. Upon reaching Rarity’s boutique they found an annoyed looking RainbowDash and a worried looking Rarity who was holding a beautiful bouquet of flowers with an equally beautiful note attached to it in her magic. “RainbowDash told me what’s going on,” Rarity informed them once they had trotted up, “I’m terribly sorry to hear about everypony’s condition, but I’ve been smelling these flowers all morning and haven’t had even the tiniest sniffle.” “Not only that,” RainbowDash interjected, “listen to this!” Grabbing the bouquet from Rarity’s magic she sneezed again and began to read the note. “Ah-choo!” *pop pop* “To the wonderous fashionista of Ponyville. We thought you might like some ordinary flowers, as we know you’ve probably become a little weary of them due to a certain sneezing powder incident, so rest assured that nothing was done to these other then a bit of magic to help enhance the smell.” “Sincerely, D&D.” Fluttershy smiled a little as RainbowDash continued. “Seriously, he stole my prank! You’d think the lord of chaos could come up with something better.” Twilight looked around, hoping to spot something out of the ordinary, “well I doubt this is all, it’s probably just a distraction from whatever he’s actually planning. So we’d better keep an eye out for anything that looks odd.” As her friends kept talking and sneezing, Fluttershy’s expression became worried. Everypony assumed it was because of the Discord situation, and they were right, but for completely the wrong reason. RainbowDash was right, Discord could have done better, and even though he’d agreed to her plan there was no way he would be pleased with the current outcome. Things weren’t going as well as Fluttershy had hoped ether, she didn’t know why she thought this had been a good enough idea, but what she did know was that things couldn’t stay the way they were! Hiding her newfound determination, Fluttershy checked to make sure no pony was looking, then she gave the ground a firm tap with her back hoof, letting lose her full power into causing the first most random idea that came to her. A moment passed, then a coconut landed squarely on RainbowDash’s head before making a “sproing!” noise and bouncing off harmlessly. At the same time the coconut landed on her head Dash gave a giant sneeze, producing a large amount of bubbles that spelled “The Sneezels”. Everypony just stared at the coconut as it finished bouncing along the ground, coming to a stop a short distance away. “Well that was weird” RainbowDash commented, “but at least I don’t feel like sneezing anymore.” Twilight looked at her, “wait, are you saying that coconut stopped the-oof!” Another coconut dropped and landed on Twilight’s head causing her to sneeze out “The Sneezels”. Then another coconut dropped, and another, and another, and before long it was full on raining bouncing coconuts. Everypony stared at the chaos around them after they’d all been hit on the head and subsequently stopped sneezing as well, the coconuts turning into bubbles after sitting on the ground for a few seconds. Pinkie was the only one who seemed unaffected, bouncing around laughing as she played in the bubbles that were rising into the air from the dissipating fruits/nuts (pony scientists still couldn’t make up their minds on which they were). Fluttershy’s original plan was to make Rarity’s flowers cure the sneezing, her being the one to sniff them and “discover” this, if nopony else did. In hindsight that being the end of things for the day was rather dull, at least for what she needed to accomplish. On second thought, why had Discord even agreed to her idea in the first place? As they watched, some foals started playing around as well, bouncing the coconuts off their heads and back and fourth between each other until they burst in a shower of multi colored shimmering bubbles, causing the foals to laugh as they played. Several ponies looked worried, but a few actually joined in, figuring that wail it was kinda weird it wasn’t as crazy as Pinkie’s “Crazy Day” party (a holiday she had made up herself). Suddenly Rainbow Dash yelled in surprise as a giant bubble swept her up inside of it and swiftly carried her off through the air, the five ponies left barely had time to react before the same happened to them. Pinkie was the only one who seemed to actually enjoy it as Rarity was brought back inside her boutique and the rest were also quickly carried to their respective homes where a note would be waiting for them which read, “That’s all folks” with a picture of a tiny Fluttercord (what Fluttershy had taken to mentally calling her Discord form with the higher voice and no beard) in the corner winking and giving a claw up. She didn’t know why, but she’d found it a little fun to leave a tiny hint like that, kind of like how Discord had told them where the Elements were without actually telling them where the Elements were. Fluttershy’s bubble zinged through the air, but instead of bringing her home it dropped down and zipped into a back alley where she quickly tapped her hooves together and vanished before anypony could see her. Fluttershy appeared on a cloud made of coconut flakes next to Discord, who was munching on it while looking down at the ponies playing in Fluttershy’s chaos. “Congratulations! You passed!” He said as he stuck a gold sticker to her chest that read ‘Congratulations Chaos Graduate’. “I knew you could do it.” Fluttershy blinked, “um, thank you but, what did I pass?” Discord set a green army helmet on his head, “basic chaos. In other words you went out and completed the mission without me helping in the slightest. You also added in something that had no place, was completely unplanned, and in no way made sense being combined with the notes and the bubble sneezing powder. Wail adding all that stuff won’t always be necessary, being able to improvise like that shows you are worthy of that sticker on your chest. I salute you my dear.” Fluttershy returned the salute, “thank you sir, I will try my best to be worthy of such an honor.” She held the salute for a few seconds before she started to laugh (though her laugh was closer to a chuckle) before flopping onto the cloud looking down at the ponies below, “I’m so glad things worked out this time.” Discord didn’t want to admit it, but he was actually a little bit jealous of fluttershy’s accomplishment. She had managed to get some ponies to enjoy the chaos she’d caused, and while he tried to convince himself he should feel proud because he was the one who’d taught her, or that he shouldn’t even care at all, it was still bugging him, so he just shoved it aside to deal with later. “Discord” Fluttershy spoke up, “if something’s on your mind you shouldn’t just shove it aside like that. If it’s something you’d like to talk about-“ Discord cut her off with a wave of his paw, “I’ll do what I want, and it’s nothing important anyway. Now, what say we plan out how we’re next going to liven up the lives of these little ponies.” Fluttershy gave a small smile, “I may have a few ideas, I don’t know how they’ll turn out, but I guess we’ll just have to roll with whatever happens won’t we.” “Exactly right” Discord responded as Fluttershy looked back down at the ponies playing in the now dwindling coconut storm. She took a bite of their coconut cloud and chewed a few times before swallowing, “mmmmmm, cabbage flavored.” Chapter 5. Of rainbow sprouts and dance party’s.Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.
Chapter 1. A completely random bet.Author's Note This FIM Fiction was inspired by the song "The Discordians" by the YouTube group, The Shake Ups. Link to the song https://youtu.be/VvgX42PKh8Q . This is also the first FIM Fiction I've wrote, so I'm open to any suggestions/advice. Also just a quick note, wail I’m planning on writing a romance focused chapter or two later on in the story, it won’t appear for awhile and isn’t the main focus as I like to give characters plenty of time to get to know each other and not rush anything. Anyway, our story begins all the way back at the beginning of season 2. Enjoy! Edit: If you dislike this story, then please do let me know why. Us authors can’t grow if we don’t know what we did wrong. ;-) Edit 2: I finally decided to ask, would anyone be interested in being an editor for this story? I was hesitant to ask because I'm a slow writer, but I decided to ask about it here as well as in a proof reader group. I know I’ve made a lot of mistakes, so I probably need one. Chapter 1. A completely random bet. Discord was haveing a wonderful time! Not only was he finally free of his stone prison, but had also already begun to turn Equestria upside-down, quite literally infact! Several of the elements of harmony, or at least the ponies that used them, were already acting like a bunch of old grannies that had had run out of tea and coffee. It was priceless! Discord was now flying around as tree pink butterflies as Fluttershy chased him around. It was going to be so much fun bringing up everything that should bother her until she snapped. He chuckled to himself as he imagined the look on Twilight Sparkle's face when she next saw her freind! . . . Afew moments later Discord realized just how hard it was to get the yellow pegasus angry. She had a comeback for everything he said! He brought up her weakness, her shyness, how she was like a doormat, and even how ponies would point out all these things. And she wouldn't even show a speck of annoyance! She was glad her friends pointed out her fault's. She was weak and helpless. Who would just admit to being like that! It made him positively sick. Discord turned back into his original form in a flash of light, "oh why do you have to be so boring!" He said. And was about to poke the top of her head and change that dull attatude of hers to something more interesting when she spoke. "I'm, boring?" Fluttershy said, and Discord froze. He ALWAYS got the last laugh, the final word, the end jab in a conversation. Even when he had been turned to stone! If he changed her now the memory would haunt him for the rest of eternity! "Yes boring!" He said, turning the poke in to a point. "Seriously, when was the last time you actually had fun?! And don't say the last one of Pinkie's parties, the closest to actual fun you came at any of those was "having a nice time". I'm talking about real fun! You know, where you laugh so hard your sides hurt and you don't have a care in the world! When was the last time that happened, hmm?" Excellent speech Discord! Though it could use a bit of work. It had been a long time since he had some clever banter, and he was out of practice. Perhaps this Pegasus could help him get his amazing talking skills back in shape, it's not like he was short on time or anything. "I, I'm not sure if I've ever laughed like that" Fluttershy responded. Then she realized something odd about what Discord had said. "Wait, how would you know how much fun I have at Pinkie Pie’s parties?" Discord leaned back and reclined in mid air, waving his hand in a dismissive gesture, "oh that? It's not like I was asleep when I was a statue, only my body was frozen. And though most of my power was sealed with me I was still quite capable of traveling in spirit. Now that I think about it I should probably thank your friend for all those party's, they really got me out of being completely bonkers with boredom. Well those and your little outburst at the gala, that was priceless!" Discord was of course expecting a response to that, and he got one. And though he really should have known the kind of response the element of Kindness would give, he was still a little surprised by what she said. "You were awake all those years?! All alone with nopony to talk to? Oh you poor thi-i-ing!" Fluttershy cried, giving Discord a hug and started to pat him on the back. "Hay, stop that! Get off!" It didn't take long for the draconaquis to resort to teleporting out of the crying pegasus's hooves. "Why are you crying? It's not like anything happened to you." Fluttershy wiped her eye's, "I'm sorry" she said, still sniffling a little, "it's just that I can't even imagine what it must have been like. Being alone for all those years, it must have been awful!" Discord inwardly twitched. She had hit the nail on the head so hard the hammer had gone through the bord. And it made him feel like he was losing control of the conversation. He really must be getting rusty if he had allowed it to get this far out of his control, and so fast to! He decided to shift the conversation in a different direction before it got even more out of hand. "Well yes it was awful, but it probably wasn't as bad as what Celestia puts herself through. I mean, who willingly go's through such boring blah blah blah stuff just to make a few stuck up ponies happy? I honestly think her life could do with a bit more chaos, though I guess I think the entire world could do with more chaos, but that's besides the point." Discord was curious to see where the Pegasus pony would take the conversation from here. Sure that if he spent a bit more time he would manage to get a proper rise out of her, not that annoying sobbing thing she had done. Then Discord got the biggest shock of his life. He paused for a moment and blinked, trying to process what he had just herd. Had she really just said that? It didn't make any sense! "Could you repeat that?" Discord said,"I don't think I herd you quite right." "Oh, I'm sorry." Fluttershy responded, "I said, then why don't you? Give Celestia's life a bit more chaos that is." Discord blinked again. He had indeed heard her right, but- "That doesn't make any sense! Which is perfectly fine with me, but aren't you supposed to be an element of harmony or something? You know, the opposite of chaos. And yet if I'm not mistaken you seem to be actually suggesting that I turn Celestia's world upside down. Not that I wasn't planning to of course." "Um, that's not exactly what I meant." Fluttershy responded, "What I meant was why don't you do what you said and give her life a bit more chaos. Judging by what she said after the gala I think you may be right that she puts herself through to much, and that she could use a bit more fun in her life. As long as you keep it small I don't think she'd mind." Discord held up his paw, now extremely curious, "Wait wait wait wait, what could Celestia possibly have said after the gala that could make you think that she wouldn't mind a bit of chaos?" Fluttershy repeated the word's Celestia had spoken that night, which had honestly suprised her a bit as well. "She said, that was the best Grand galloping gala ever! And then she said that she was trilled we were all attending because she was hoping we could liven things up." "Celestia actually said that?" Discord responded thoughtfully, stroking his beard. Then he waved his claw dismissively, "but why would I ever give up total chaos for a bit of chaos just because someone else might enjoy it? That's stupid." Fluttershy just smiled, "well why do you cause chaos? It's to have fun and laugh right? Because you enjoy it?" Discord rolled his eye's. Wasn't that obvious? "Well duh. Why else would I do something?" Fluttershy simply noded, "I thought so. But you know what they say." She said with as calm a smile as ever, "laughter is more enjoyable when sharing it with others." Discord was about to make a remark about that, but then a random idea suddenly poped into his head. Now usually he would immediately do whatever poped into his head, chaos and all that, but the idea that had just appeared in his mind was so absolutely crazy that even the spirit of chaos had to pause and think about it. "Hmmmmm," Discord said wail stroking his beard and thinking for all of five seconds, a new personal record! "You know, this gives me an idea. It's not like I'm short on time, so how about we make a bet?" Fluttershy was a little confused by this question, "a bet?" She asked, wondering what Discord could possibly have to gain from such a thing. "Yes, a bet" Discord replied. "Nothing to big mind you, just something like this. If you can get me to enjoy doing a "little bit" of chaos and laughing along with somepony more then total chaos even once, and I mean a very noticeable amount, then I'll keep at it for about hmmmm, a week. But if you can't, then YOU have to do something chaotic. So how's it sound? If I lose I have to tone down my chaos for a week, but if you lose you have to go out and actually cause chaos! Kind of ironic really. Oh and I'll turn things back to normal wail the bet's on. If you lost and nopony noticed the chaos you caused because all my brilliant chaos was distracting them it would be kind of pointless wouldn't it? And after my week or your chaos is done, I can re hide the elements, and you can all try and stop me again. Or maybe you'll be able to teach me something about having fun and I'll end up doing something else. Who knows? So what do you think? Sounds fair right?" Fluttershy thought about it. She knew that Discord probably had some sort of plan. However she had noticed his slight pause when she had responded to him calling her "boring". This meant that he probably hadn't been thinking of the plan he was thinking of now for very long. In fact, it was probably then or even later in the conversation that he had come up with any sort of plan other than the one that he had originally worked up. Whatever that was. Fluttershy may have been shy, but she wasn't stupid, and she could usually tell when someone's ego was getting in the way. She had known RainbowDash for quite a long time after all. And though Discord was much more skilled than Rainbow Dash at talking, she could still tell that it was his pride that was keeping him here instead of doing whatever he had originally planned. After all, he didn't want to lose the conversation, as prideful ponies, and apparently prideful draconaquie, never do. With all this in mind Fluttershy made her decision, "I'll do it" she said. After all, if she could stall the draconaquis long enough, her friends might be able to find the elements or another way of defeating him even if she lost the bet. And if she won the bet, she might be able to show Discord that while having fun by yourself was all well and good, joy was truly brought to life when you were with friends. Then a thought suddenly struck Fluttershy. Had Discord ever had a friend? Even if he had one before, he had been turned to stone for over 1000 years, and once again she could only imagine how lonely that would have been. With this in mind Fluttershy made another decision. if a friend Discord needed, then a friend she would give him! And she would only use her element, once they found them that is, if absolutely necessary. There was no way she was going two sentence someone to that lonely of an existence unless everyone else was in danger. And even then she would make sure to talk to Celestia about it afterwards. Fluttershy snapped out of her thoughts as Discord held out his claw, "well" he said, "should we shake on it?" Fluttershy nodded, "oh, yes, sorry," and was about to shake his claw when she paused, "Discord," she said, "please uncross your hoof, and take your paw out from behind your back. We both know your quite capable of crossing that as well." Discord quickly did as she said, "oh, woopsy! Doing that has become such a habit that I didn't even notice. There we are, much better!" Discord said uncrossing his hoof, then held out his claw once again. This time making sure his legs, arms, and even his tail were visible! "Thank you." Fluttershy said, shaking his claw, "and don't worry about it. I've been so deep in thought before that I fed all the animals at my house without even realizing it!" Then she gave a small chuckle, " it's kind of funny actually. I wonder if you could go through an entire day without realizing it if you had enough habits?" To her surprise the draconaquis chuckled a little himself, "that sounds dreadfully dull! I think we could both agree that if anyone like that existed they would need more then just a bit of chaos." Fluttershy chuckled a little as well. She had a feeling that those words of hers were going to be brought up several times during the next few days, or however long she had to show Discord how nice it was to have fun with a friend. "Shall we get going?" Discord asked. "Um, go where?" Fluttershy responded. "Well that's up to you now isn't it? You're the one trying to show me that laughing with someone can be more fun even if I'm causing less chaos. So, where are we going?" Fluttershy got a slightly worried look on her face, "oh, oh I'm sorry but I don't really know where the best place for causing "a bit" of chaos would be. Especially a place where ponies need "a bit" of chaos. Well other then helping Celestia actually relax and have a bit fun herself, but I'm not sure that's the best place to start." Discord Shrugged, "not to worry, we have plenty of stuff to do in the mean time. Like turning my beautiful landscape back to the dull way it used to be for when woops I mean if you lose the bet." Discord snapped his claws and the cotton candy clouds disappeared as we'll as all the other random things around. The animals turned back to normal, and even Fluttershy's wings reappeared. She guessed the same had happened her friends, though she couldn't be sure, especially sense it was Discord. "Well," Discord said turning around and waving his paw, "your friends are probably going to want to have some sort of boring get together to make sure you're all alright or whatever. Just make sure not to mention the bet. If you lose I want it to be a surprise! Hohoho! I'll drop by in a few hours, that should give you enough time to get through that. I haven't been home in over 1000 years you know! I bet the dishes have gone and cleaned themselves again." And with that, he got on the back of a flying pig, making Fluttershy wonder just how long that had been there, and disappeared in a small flash of light. Fluttershy just stood there, thinking about everything that had just happened. Every one seemed to view Discord in a negative light, not that she could blame them. But now that she had actually talked to him a little, he didn't seem all that bad. To Fluttershy, Discord just seemed lonely, even though he himself probably didn't realise he was, and he was trying to fill the void with the one thing he knew he enjoyed, chaos. "She's over here!" Fluttershy snapped out of her thoughts and saw Rainbow Dash flying down towards her. The blue pegasus flew straight down towards her, pulling up at the last second while flapping her wings to slow down and landed as graceful as a feather on the ground. Well, a giant feather that kicked up a bunch of dust that is, but a feather none the less. "Hay Fluttershy you alright?" RainbowDash asked as Twilight pulled apart a pice of the hedge with her magic and the rest of her friends came through. Fluttershy gave a small nod, "yes I'm fine, and I'm glad to see everyone's wings and horns are back." "Great!" RainbowDash replied, then got an annoyed look on her face, "what's Discord up to? First he takes our wings and horns for that stupid game of his, then just gives them back with no explanation and dissappears without a trace! It doesn't make any sense!" "Well he is Discord, so maybe he's just tryin to confuse us." AppelJack offered as she walked over with the rest. "Or mabye princess Celestia and princess Luna found some way to stop him wail he was distracted with us." Twilight tapped her chin in thought, "hmmmm, I hope so. But you're right that this could just be a trick to confuse us. Let's hed back to Canterlot and ask Celestia." At Canterlot, Celestia told them that she did not know what had caused Discord to seemingly vanish. But she agreed with AppelJack that he was probably up to something. After that everyone returned home and Celestia had the royal guard search the maze, the castle grounds, and the entire palace for the elements. Though eventually Twilight did find a note from Discord inside the libraries book on the elements which read, "I'll just be keeping these for a wail until I dicide to start up that little game we were playing before I got an interesting idea. Ta ta for now!" When Twilight told Celestia about the note, she seemed worried. As little as she had actually talked to Discord in their confrontations, she couldn't recall him calling one of his chaotic ideas "interesting," It was always something like, "hilarious" or "stupendous." And the fact that he had admitted something was interesting enough to stop all the chaos going on was worrying. Why hadn't he left it? The questions left unanswered, and Discord nowhere to be found, everypony did their best to look for the elements wail Twilight scoured the library for some sort of spell that might help whenever Discord returned. A week later Fluttershy leaned back in her chair at the back of her house. Smiling as she looked up at the stars. All her pet's were asleep, and she could be alone with her thoughts. She had some planning to get done before tomorrow after all. Fluttershy tapped her hooves together. There was a small flash of yellow magic, and she picked up the cup of hot tea and the saucer from out of midair before taking a sip and relaxing. "Time to cause a bit of chaos."
Chapter 2. One week earlier.Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.
Chapter 3. A little bit of chaos.Author's Note My apologies for this taking so long. I have a bad habit of overworking myself on projects, getting exhausted, then putting them off for waaaaay to long. Anyway, I tried really hard to keep everyone in character, but if you feel like something is off please tell me! I always want to do the best I can when I write, so having some input I’m sure would help. I know this chapter isn’t vary long. But hopefully doing shorter chapters will help me not tire myself out again. Once more, sorry for the long wait. I hope you all enjoy! And feel free to leave your suggestions/ideas! Sincerely, Guardian Blade. Chapter 3. A little bit of chaos. It began as just a normal day. Twilight and her friends were gathered in the Golden Oak Library, except for Fluttershy who was busy with her animals. Apparently several of them were still a little shook up from Discord's temporary "improvements". "So RainbowDash, you said you had something important to show us?" Rarity asked after the five of them and had gathered. AppelJack raised an eyebrow as she studied Rainbow's expression, "I think I already know what it is." RainbowDash did indeed have her 'Wonderbolt' expression on. It was obvious by the she was grinning and vary noticeably excited like she could barely hold in the news. "I, got tickets, to the Wonderbolts! Eeeee! Isn't that awesome!" She pulled six tickets out of her hair and set them on the table, "thanks for helping hide those Pinkie." Pinkie Pie grinned and gave a salute, "no problemo!" RainbowDash continued, "we've all been so worked up about Discord that even I noticed. We all need some time off, and what better way then going to a Wonderbolts performance!" Twilight counted the tickets and looked at RainbowDash, "I suppose you're right, everypony has seemed a little stressed. But is there any way to get one for Spike? He's been a lot of help, and I'd hate to leave him behind." RainbowDash scratched the back of her head, “yeah, about that.” She went on to explain that Fluttershy had actually suggested that they all go together to the show, but had declined going herself. "I tried to convince her to go,” she continued, “but she just insisted that she had animals to take care of. And said not to worry about her.” “Well,” Twilight said with a thoughtful look, “a lot of animals were a little shook up from all the chaos that Discord caused. And a few days ago I did mention to her that everypony’s been worried, so that’s probably where she got the idea.” She sighed, then looked up at her friends and smiled, “if Fluttershy wants us to go then let’s go, but how about each of us bring her back a souvenir to say thank you, I do think we could all use a brake.” Agreeing on the plan, the five ponies each took a ticket and returned home to prepare for the next day, except for Twilight who took two and went to find Spike to let him know about their trip to Canterlot. The performance was wonderful, and everypony agreed that they felt a bit more relaxed afterwards. Having something to get their minds off Discord seemed to help. Of course, nothing lasts forever. The five ponies and Spike soon found themselves standing at the front of a large group of ponies, that had somehow all ended up in the middle of Canterlot, and were all looking a little confused as to how they had ended up there instead of home. Even Celesta was there! Though she looked more concerned then confused. RainbowDash flapped her wings and hovered above the crowd, “ok, what’s going on here?” She said as she looked around, trying to spot some sort of explanation. And then an explanation occurred, in the form of a giant poof of smoke that smelled like dandelions for some reason. The smoke cleared and suddenly a stage was sitting in front of them with Discord striking a dramatic pose in the middle of it. “Guess what? I’m back! Isn’t it wonderful!” Discord said, striking another pose. “Now who’s ready for some CHAOS.” However, before he or anypony could do anything, a new voice spoke up. It sounded like Discord, yet somehow not, almost like it was a little softer or something. “Now now Discord, were just here for the announcement.” Then to the utter confusion and horror of every pony present, another Discord walked out from behind the first. Though this one didn’t have a beard for some unknown reason. “Well will you look at that,” Discord said. Then the two of them did something nopony could have prepared for. They started singing. [D1] "Isn't this a sight to see, not one but two of me!" [D2] "And what we are here to do you see, is to spread a little bit of chaos! [Both] “So let the laughter in. Oh what's the point of life if it's all just dull and grim." [D1] "You all like clowns don't you know, so why do you hate me so? After all, I'm the biggest clown of them a-ll!" Discord spun around turning to three times his size and was suddenly wearing an extremely outlandish clown outfit. [D2] "Not so fast there Discord one, you'll have them all on the run! And besides, as anyone can see you're not vary big at a-ll!" The second Discord held the first one, who was now only afew inches tall, up in the air on their claw. The audience blinked and shook their heads a little in confusion as their minds tried to process the what and how of what had just happened. But before they could even start the first Discord was back to normal size and they continued to sing, this time in unison. [both] “So come one and all! Have some cotton candy, chocolate milk, or just some pasta for your teeth!” “We’re not here to cause harm, we’re just here to have some fun. And fun and joy we’ll spread around before these days are done!” With that they both snapped their fingers. Carts filled with cotton candy, jugs of milk, and even pasta appeared in a flash. RainbowDash stared at the ridiculous amount of stuff that had just appeared out of nowhere. “What the, what are you-“ she looked up to address Discord but found that him and his copy had simply vanished along with the stage. “Pinkie stop that! He could have done something to it and is trying trick us!” Twilight yelled as the party pony bounced over and started eating the cotton candy. Pinkie giggled as she looked back at Twilight, “that’s silly Twilight, the second Discord said they were here just for an announcement, and he didn’t do anything to the chocolate rain or the cotton candy clouds when he first got free, so why now? He’s probably just building up to something really big or whatever.” “He’s the spirit of chaos! Who knows what plans he could have thought up in just- mmmmf!” Before she could finish her sentence, Pinkie made a few quick bounces over to her and stuffed some cotton candy in her mouth. “Aw come on Twilight, it’s fine! I know my candy, and there is absa-tootly nothing wrong with it!” As Twilight coughed and tried to spit out the fluffy candy, Pinkie took another bite and got a thoughtful expression on her face, “actually, his is better then mine! Remind me to ask him for the recipe next time!” Twilight just stared. “It just doesn’t feel right. It’s like we’d just barely started before we had to leave!” The two Discords were floating high above Canterlot looking down at the large group of confused ponies that were now slowly dispersing and trying to find their way home after the odd performance. The second Discord clapped their paw and claw together, transforming back into Fluttershy. “But that’s the point you see,” She said as she straightened out her frazzled hair (her shapeshifting still wasn’t perfect). “Remember, we’re trying to cause “a bit” of chaos. Just enough to leave everypony confused, yet entertained. And besides,” she gave Discord a wink, “now since they’re expecting us to cause chaos, we can do something really unexpected.” Discord raised a eyebrow, “what would ever require them to be expecting chaos to be really-“ he paused for a moment before giving he a pained look, “please don’t tell me it’s something boring!” “Only in appearance,” Fluttershy stated. Then she smiled, “somepony once said that if you can’t take it, don’t dish it out. And RainbowDash dose like using sneeze powder.” Discord smiled, then grinned, “while don’t want to admit it, something tells me this could actually be a bit fun.” Fluttershy gave him a nod, “that’s exactly what I’m hoping for!” She then realized that she had said something similar once before. “Let’s just hope this doesn’t turn out like the Galla, though judging from the nature of what we’re doing, perhaps it would be better if it did! But just a little.” As they both shared a chuckle at that little reference to, as Discord put it, “a wonderfully chaotic time”, Fluttershy couldn’t help but think about how much bolder she’d gotten since Discord had taught her magic. There was no way she could do anything as herself, but being disguised really made it so much easier! And perhaps, even a bit fun.
Chapter 4. Needs more chaos.Fluttershy didn’t usually like pranks, but she knew that Discord would. And she was trying to show him that causing smaller amounts of chaos could be a lot of fun if he just had somepony to do it alongside as well as enjoy it with. Kind of like Pinkie and RainbowDash now that she thought about it. On the subject of RainbowDash, their next little escapade was going to be aimed at the weather pony. The problem was that Discord didn’t want to pull one over on just RainbowDash, but eventually they came up with a plan that would suit them both. And though it wasn’t anything amazing, she hoped it would do. It was two days after the unusual events in Canterlot. Fluttershy had awoken with a smile, humming to herself as she walked to her kitchen to make herself a quick dandelion sandwich. After she was done eating, she checked on her animals then opened her door and stepped outside, ready to head into town. Fluttershy paused when she saw the bouquet of flowers sitting right outside her door. “Right on time,” she thought as she put on a confused expression, making sure to hide her smile. There probably wasn’t anypony around, but better to be safe then sorry. The flowers were honestly quite beautiful and arranged in a lovely way. Fluttershy herself had spent a few hours the day before to make sure they were just so. There was a note attached to the flowers, and Fluttershy couldn’t help but chuckle a little when she opened it and read what it said. “To the kindly coo-coo mare, who really needs to lighten up and have some fun once in a while.” “Sincerely, D&D” Discord had decided to sign them “D&D”, which Fluttershy had originally a thought stood for “Discord and Discord” (referencing their antics in Canterlot), but according to him while that was true it also stood for something else, though apparently she just, “wouldn’t get the reference,” and it, “wasn’t very interesting anyway.” Fluttershy took a deep sniff from the flowers, which had quite the lovely smell! Though that was of course, the plan. “Ah, ahhh chooo!” *pop pop pop* She rubbed her nose as she felt another sneeze coming on. “Here we go,” She thought, as she walked into town sneezing bubbles. RainbowDash was not having a good time. She had been cloud busting, and thinking she was done she had been about to leave when she saw a cloud she’d somehow missed. Annoyed that she’d somehow missed one, RainbowDash had dived bombed it. And now she was sneezing bubbles. The cloud hadn’t felt right when she’d blasted through it, like it was more of a powder instead of the usual fluffiness. And RainbowDash bet she knew who was behind that! Especially since a note had been somehow hidden in the “cloud” which read. “To the crazy adrenaline loving weather pony of Onypay-illevay.” “Sincerely, D&D.” “Onypay? illevay? What dose that e- even- Ahhh AH CHOOO!” *pop pop pop pop pop* RainbowDash inched her muzzle, “this must be another stupid riddle of Discord’s.” “Ah choo!” *pop pop pop* “I’d better show this to Twilight. I guess being an egghead dose have some advantages.” And with that thought she took off flying towards the Golden Oak Library. Twenty minutes later five of the main six were gathered in the library, all of them still sneezing bubbles. Rarity hadn’t shown up yet but they figured it was only a matter of time. “To the stubbornish apple mad mare.” “Sincerely, D&D.” “Ah Choo!” *pop pop* “To the only sane pony of the elements. Keep up the good work.” “Sincerely D&D.” “Eha, wa chooo!” *poppoppoppop* “To miss nerd pony. You should really get out more, you’re likely to get a paper cut one of these dah daaaa Ah choo!” *POP* “days. Sincerely D&D.” Twilight finally finished reading the notes that were spread out on her table, the intensity of her sneezing being sporadic. RainbowDash spoke up immediately once she was done, still being very annoyed by Discord’s antics, “so, any idea what he’s u- ah- Ah choo!” *pop pop* “up to now? And what dose my note even mean?!” Twilight looked over at the note RainbowDash had received, “Onypay-illevay means Ponyville, it’s just an odd way of writing that involves sometimes rearranging the beginnings and endings of words and making every word end in a “ay” or “yay” sound,” she got an annoyed look on her face, “however he spelled Ponyville as two separate words! Couldn’t he at least have done a little research!” Fluttershy watched as her friends tried to figure out what in Equestria Discord was up to. Little did they know that the main cause of all this was sitting quietly only a few feet away from them. Sure she’d told Discord he could write whatever he wanted on the notes, but the idea had been her’s. Discord had thought her plan was a little underwhelming, but had decided to go along with it because she “needed the practice”. “Wait a minute!” Pinkie yelled, getting everyone’s attention, “if we’re all here because we all got thes- th- Ah Choo!” *popopoppopopop* “these notes with bubbly sneezing power on them, then where is Rarity?” There was a moment of silence before RainbowDash spoke up, “we gotta get to the boutique!” And with that she flew though the door in a multi colored blur. “RainbowDash wait!” Twilight called, but realized she was to late and her friend was already long gone. She sighed before starting to trot out the door herself, “she’s right, we- Ah choo!” *pop popop pop* “should probably check on Rarity. But she really shouldn’t go off by herself like that with Discord being involved in all this.” Everypony followed her out, Fluttershy taking up the rear as they stepped over Twilight’s now shattered door. As soon as they were a little ways from the library Fluttershy glanced back and gave a flick of her tail. Hiding a small smile she continued trotting behind her friends. Twilight’s door was now reconstructed, but it now had a giant door knocker on it in the shape of Discord’s head, minus the beard of course as she didn’t have one when she made herself look like Discord. Upon reaching Rarity’s boutique they found an annoyed looking RainbowDash and a worried looking Rarity who was holding a beautiful bouquet of flowers with an equally beautiful note attached to it in her magic. “RainbowDash told me what’s going on,” Rarity informed them once they had trotted up, “I’m terribly sorry to hear about everypony’s condition, but I’ve been smelling these flowers all morning and haven’t had even the tiniest sniffle.” “Not only that,” RainbowDash interjected, “listen to this!” Grabbing the bouquet from Rarity’s magic she sneezed again and began to read the note. “Ah-choo!” *pop pop* “To the wonderous fashionista of Ponyville. We thought you might like some ordinary flowers, as we know you’ve probably become a little weary of them due to a certain sneezing powder incident, so rest assured that nothing was done to these other then a bit of magic to help enhance the smell.” “Sincerely, D&D.” Fluttershy smiled a little as RainbowDash continued. “Seriously, he stole my prank! You’d think the lord of chaos could come up with something better.” Twilight looked around, hoping to spot something out of the ordinary, “well I doubt this is all, it’s probably just a distraction from whatever he’s actually planning. So we’d better keep an eye out for anything that looks odd.” As her friends kept talking and sneezing, Fluttershy’s expression became worried. Everypony assumed it was because of the Discord situation, and they were right, but for completely the wrong reason. RainbowDash was right, Discord could have done better, and even though he’d agreed to her plan there was no way he would be pleased with the current outcome. Things weren’t going as well as Fluttershy had hoped ether, she didn’t know why she thought this had been a good enough idea, but what she did know was that things couldn’t stay the way they were! Hiding her newfound determination, Fluttershy checked to make sure no pony was looking, then she gave the ground a firm tap with her back hoof, letting lose her full power into causing the first most random idea that came to her. A moment passed, then a coconut landed squarely on RainbowDash’s head before making a “sproing!” noise and bouncing off harmlessly. At the same time the coconut landed on her head Dash gave a giant sneeze, producing a large amount of bubbles that spelled “The Sneezels”. Everypony just stared at the coconut as it finished bouncing along the ground, coming to a stop a short distance away. “Well that was weird” RainbowDash commented, “but at least I don’t feel like sneezing anymore.” Twilight looked at her, “wait, are you saying that coconut stopped the-oof!” Another coconut dropped and landed on Twilight’s head causing her to sneeze out “The Sneezels”. Then another coconut dropped, and another, and another, and before long it was full on raining bouncing coconuts. Everypony stared at the chaos around them after they’d all been hit on the head and subsequently stopped sneezing as well, the coconuts turning into bubbles after sitting on the ground for a few seconds. Pinkie was the only one who seemed unaffected, bouncing around laughing as she played in the bubbles that were rising into the air from the dissipating fruits/nuts (pony scientists still couldn’t make up their minds on which they were). Fluttershy’s original plan was to make Rarity’s flowers cure the sneezing, her being the one to sniff them and “discover” this, if nopony else did. In hindsight that being the end of things for the day was rather dull, at least for what she needed to accomplish. On second thought, why had Discord even agreed to her idea in the first place? As they watched, some foals started playing around as well, bouncing the coconuts off their heads and back and fourth between each other until they burst in a shower of multi colored shimmering bubbles, causing the foals to laugh as they played. Several ponies looked worried, but a few actually joined in, figuring that wail it was kinda weird it wasn’t as crazy as Pinkie’s “Crazy Day” party (a holiday she had made up herself). Suddenly Rainbow Dash yelled in surprise as a giant bubble swept her up inside of it and swiftly carried her off through the air, the five ponies left barely had time to react before the same happened to them. Pinkie was the only one who seemed to actually enjoy it as Rarity was brought back inside her boutique and the rest were also quickly carried to their respective homes where a note would be waiting for them which read, “That’s all folks” with a picture of a tiny Fluttercord (what Fluttershy had taken to mentally calling her Discord form with the higher voice and no beard) in the corner winking and giving a claw up. She didn’t know why, but she’d found it a little fun to leave a tiny hint like that, kind of like how Discord had told them where the Elements were without actually telling them where the Elements were. Fluttershy’s bubble zinged through the air, but instead of bringing her home it dropped down and zipped into a back alley where she quickly tapped her hooves together and vanished before anypony could see her. Fluttershy appeared on a cloud made of coconut flakes next to Discord, who was munching on it while looking down at the ponies playing in Fluttershy’s chaos. “Congratulations! You passed!” He said as he stuck a gold sticker to her chest that read ‘Congratulations Chaos Graduate’. “I knew you could do it.” Fluttershy blinked, “um, thank you but, what did I pass?” Discord set a green army helmet on his head, “basic chaos. In other words you went out and completed the mission without me helping in the slightest. You also added in something that had no place, was completely unplanned, and in no way made sense being combined with the notes and the bubble sneezing powder. Wail adding all that stuff won’t always be necessary, being able to improvise like that shows you are worthy of that sticker on your chest. I salute you my dear.” Fluttershy returned the salute, “thank you sir, I will try my best to be worthy of such an honor.” She held the salute for a few seconds before she started to laugh (though her laugh was closer to a chuckle) before flopping onto the cloud looking down at the ponies below, “I’m so glad things worked out this time.” Discord didn’t want to admit it, but he was actually a little bit jealous of fluttershy’s accomplishment. She had managed to get some ponies to enjoy the chaos she’d caused, and while he tried to convince himself he should feel proud because he was the one who’d taught her, or that he shouldn’t even care at all, it was still bugging him, so he just shoved it aside to deal with later. “Discord” Fluttershy spoke up, “if something’s on your mind you shouldn’t just shove it aside like that. If it’s something you’d like to talk about-“ Discord cut her off with a wave of his paw, “I’ll do what I want, and it’s nothing important anyway. Now, what say we plan out how we’re next going to liven up the lives of these little ponies.” Fluttershy gave a small smile, “I may have a few ideas, I don’t know how they’ll turn out, but I guess we’ll just have to roll with whatever happens won’t we.” “Exactly right” Discord responded as Fluttershy looked back down at the ponies playing in the now dwindling coconut storm. She took a bite of their coconut cloud and chewed a few times before swallowing, “mmmmmm, cabbage flavored.”
Chapter 5. Of rainbow sprouts and dance party’s.Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.
