It was more of a suggestion than a possibility, but Noche had finally discovered a way to get rid of that pesky filly while they tried and deal with his sick son. Send her to a school. It was rare for females to go to school, but he wanted her out of the castle and away from him until he could calm down from all of this stress. It meant Discord had to come along as well, being her guard, which was awkward. The Draconequus opted to go with the village that she'd already made connections with and The Mountain King agreed to it. Or King of the Mountain, he wasn't willing to ask which was right.

The town/village/whatever were very happy to meet them again, the young ones asking immediately for Discord to do some fun things for them. He wanted to bring Novo back as well, but Konran was watching over her himself until Fayard got his feathers over here. The teachers at this little school called Riverbank School,which was how he learnt the village was called Riverbank, didn't know what to do with him. Thanks to all of the animals he was made up of he could be classified as a wild animal, a pet or some other thing. Even when they knew he was a royal guard. They were afraid of him, hiding it behind their expressions, but he was a lot older than them, thus knew how to spot amateurs like these. All of them except the foals were afraid of him, and even some of them were scared.

They eventually allowed him inside, since it was his job to be there. He had to sit outside the classroom though as Celestia's teacher was allergic to lions, one of the creatures he was made of. Convenient. Honestly, it kinda sucked. He was used to standing in one place for hours on end, but that was inside of the castle of Drapan, this place was a little hut inside of some old village. A large downgrade. At least he was still guarding royalty.

"Hello?" Discord looked up, seeing a teacher. She was a neon blue, her mane extremely bubbly and uncontrollable. Not even he could tame that, and he'd killed a lich. Well, him and Ihō "Sorry, i've never seen your kind up close before, i've only read about you in books. I'm Apple Pie, nice to meet you," she said, a ruler and an apple pie against her flank. She held a hoof out, and he shook it out of politeness. He'd shook hands with worse, like dignitaries. Ugh, they sucked worse than this shabby little place "So... Fuuwi is it?" she tried reading his name, impressive. Here he thought ponies couldn't read for crap. Her being female was new as well. He thought females didn't get an education? He inwardly shrugged, not paid enough to be too concerned.

"It's Fuwa, but you can call me Discord. Yes i am a Titan Tail, and yes i am a Royal Guard." he got those questions a lot. The mare almost squealed in delight, grabbing hold of nearly all his limbs and inspecting them. The parts that weren't covered in powerful armour that is. She also grabbed a hold of his sabre bow "Hey careful with that or you'll cut yourself!" she pulled it in two, the curved parts suddenly changing into curved blades and the string disappearing. It was a good design made by the back blacksmiths in all Drapan, nothing but the best for the Draconus Legion! She inspected it, somehow not poking her out with it. She finally put it back together, it again resembling a bow. He re-attached it to his back, eyeing her "Ask next time, alright? I'm not gonna be responsible for any missing limbs, alright?"

"Sorry," Apple Pie said nervously, looking at his eyes "hey, isn't it only royal blood that has gold in their sclera?" he wasn't embarrassed by it, since it was a fact. Go back a couple generations and a royal family douche stupidly slept with some female and he as basically the descendant of a bastard. They weren't that uncommon, it's just the golden eye thing was a trait he picked up, nothing special "Well, that's not very fun, but it's interesting at least." he shrugged "So, could you tell me about Drapan? They'll be busy for another few hours, so you'll need something to do." he sighed, shaking his head.

"Not allowed to leave Tia, so, i'm stuck here." he looked into a hole in the door, seeing that she wasn't even paying attention. This was going to be a very long day for all of them "I swear the teacher is being a bitch cuz i'm in armour." the teacher glanced at him, and fake sneezed. Ha! He knew she was being a faker! He snapped his eagle talons, and suddenly her mane was made out of gummy snakes that actually hissed. He started giggling as she started running around like mad, enjoying her misery. Apple Pie walked inside, deciding to play with the teacher as well to please the Draconequus.

"Hello Madam Abacus," Apple said with a smile, the teacher glaring at her with great malice. Discord continued to smile, winking at the foals who all had smiles on their faces. Oh he liked these little ponies, he liked them indeed "Is something the matter?" the teacher, Abacus Cinch (do i really need to describe the bitch?) scowled at the Draconequus who had a rather fake innocent expression on. She knew though. She knew he had been the one who caused this!

"That creature has turned my mane into... Whatever these are!" she shouted. He snapped his talons again, and the beauty spot on her face twitched, and out popped a little mole, its pink nose sniffing the air before going back in her face. She screamed, and Apple acted like nothing was happening. The kids were all giggling, trying to keep up the charade as well. This was getting funny. Celestia was grinning as well, knowing it was her guard doing the strange things "Did you see that?! He put a mole in my mole!"

"Miss Cinch i think you should sit down, ok? You're imagining things." Cinch growled as she stamped right up to the guard, glaring right into his gold and crimson eyes. He showed no fear, which was different to most beings she'd come across, but she wasn't going to take this lightly. No monster was going to mess with her class because he was bored!

"I don't care who or what you are, you will PAY for this!" she shouted, her pride being hurt by being mocked. One of the gummy snakes hissed, the tongue tickling her ear. He undid the spell, smiling as the mare looked seconds from cracking. He watched her sulk away, a rather large smile on his face.

"How about i take over the class for a few minutes until she's calmed down? I know a couple of 'interesting' things you know," Discord grinned, the foals cheering as something new and interesting came in. That mare was so grumpy and miserable, this guy was able to do loads of cool stuff! "Now, how about i tell you lot about the time a friend and i killed a lich?"

Celestia smiled as she watched her guard do his job. Be good with kids. That old mare had been droning on about stuff she didn't care about, instead talking with Lance Shy and Velvet Chaser, learning more about the ponies around her. She was supposed to rule them some day, so it was only right she get to know them. They were way cooler than the Umbrum, colourful as well! The foals started floating into the air, Apple Pie included, and they were teleported on top a cloud, the clouds manipulated to simulate desks with all their stuff on them. They were amazed they weren't falling off yet, and enjoyed listening to Discord's detail on a battle he was in.

Deep down, Celestia had this strange feeling that this was going to be important. She didn't know how, but she did. Celestia looked at the sun, watching it for a while. It was like, it was calling to her. Its warm glow caressing her white fur and keeping her mane afloat. she knew she was here to be away from Noche, but she had to admit, this was a little fun. she wasn't hated here after all. she was close to making friends, and that chick Novo was nice to talk to. it was almost normal. as normal as you could get with a Draconequus always hanging around. he was trying to teach her to use a stick instead of that weapon on his back, but she wasn't doing too well. she had a temper issue it seemed.

As she watched the sun, her ears perked as she begun hearing something. it was, strange, to say the least. it wasn't speech, but, magic? could she really hear magic? Celestia's eyes wondered to the sky, seeing storm clouds in the distance. Discord saw them as well, but was trying to distract the kids for now. he also noticed how Celestia was looking longingly at the sun. it gave him an idea, one he'd need to talk to the bearded one about later, but for now he was telling more stories about Drapan. and subliminally giving them math questions. just things like nine guards, times three, what do you get? one answered twenty eight which was pretty close. teaching kids math while telling them how you killed an Ursa Major by accident when you were blind drunk was a strange way to teach, but hey, he was strange wasn't he?

Author's Note

And thus, why Pinkie is Pinkie is explained. need i really say more? if some of you don't get it, then you'll see what i mean later.