Daughter of the brother Of Discord

Discord was taking a stroll through Ponyville, hoping to get his mind off things, when he saw Applejack running toward him.

"Whoa there, cowgirl!" Discord said, stopping her with his paw. "What's the rush?"

"Oh shoot," Applejack muttered under her breath.

Of all the folks she could bump into, it had to be him! She put on her best poker face, which was not very convincing.

"Oh, uh, howdy partner! I was just, uh...I have to, uh...I left the bath water runnin'! Yeah, I gotta get home, see? So, uh...bye!"

She thought she was free until the draconequus picked her up by the tail.

"Element of Honesty, huh?" he smirked. "So what's really troubling you, AJ?"

"Uh..." Applejack gulped. "I don't really wanna talk about it!" She started sweating. "Plus, it doesn't concern you!"

Discord shook his head in amusement. "You know I can always just peek into your head and discover what you're hiding?"

"No!" the cowgirl shouted, kicking her legs desperately. "You're not gonna like it!"

"Ooh! That juicy, huh? This is gonna be fun!"

"Discord, trust me on this! You don't wanna..."

"The more you say that, the more I do wanna!"

Applejack had no chance against the Lord of Chaos. He tapped his claw on her head and accessed her most recent memory. The scene shifted and he found himself standing beside Applejack in an alley. She stood there slack-jawed, staring intensely at something in front of her.

Discord looked in the pony's direction and soon his expression matched hers.

A changeling wrapped a red pegasus in a sack. The mare screamed. He was never more scared in his life.

For that mare was his sister- in- law.

''Applejack! Help!'' Tara screamed.

''Ta…ra.. wha?'' Applejack lost her words.

''Help! Please!'' She screamed.

''Don't worry Tara!'' Applejack assured. ''I'll save..''

but Tara was pushed in to the sack and the changeling flew up into the sky. Applejack ran towards them.

''Save me!''

''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Applejack cried.

Discord had seen enough and flashed back to reality. Applejack was still hanging from his paw. The shock in his face struck fear in her heart.

"I...I'm sorry!" she stammered. "I...I wanted to tell ya but...I didn't know how to..."

She yelped as he dropped her. She rubbed her head and sat up. Discord's lips curled into a smile.

''This is perfect.'' He uttered.

''What?'' The cowgirl was confused.

''This is perfect!'' he repeated.

''Discord, what are you…?''

''No longer will you be in my way to get rid of this pathetic animal accident.''

Applejack screamed ash she was suddenly in a dug up sandpit.

''Goodbye, Applejack.'

But the cowgirl was gone.

She ran out as fast as she could to the nearest house.

''oh, Discord, what's come over ya?''

''Let me go!'' Tara cried in the sack.

'' Be quiet!'' the changeling replied. ''we're on our way to the Hive.''

Once they arrived the changeling handed her over to the other changelings. They took her to the secret prisons and trapped her with others. As she closed her eyes in fear, she felt something run through her mane. She opened one eye and saw a certain draconequus stroking her mane.

''Ch-Ch-Chillcord?''

''My lovely queen.'' He replied. ''I thought I lost you.''

Tara looked up at him with tears in her eyes, and hugged him. She was shocked to see her daughter and nephew in Chillcord's hands.

''Zany? Zanabelle?'' She cried. ''I thought you were with…''

Her senses got back to her as fast as lightning.

''Oh no!''

Screwball and Cherry Blossom sat on the park bench, Screwball's brother in the baby buggy beside her. Screwball reached in and tickled his stomach. He giggled, which made her smile a bit.

"Sometimes," they said, "I think you're the only one who understands me, bro."

A rainbow ball rolled up to her feet. Screwball and Cherry Blossom glanced down as a filly rushed up to retrieve it.

"Hey, Winter," they said.

The multi-colored filly looked up and grinned. "Hey, Screwy! Cherry! Whatcha doing?"

"Just...taking Zany for a walk."

"But you're sitting."

"Well, we're resting. What are you doing here?"

"Playing catch with the Tri-Pies and," she grimaced, "Gemstone. Well, not so much with her, cuz she's afraid she'll break a hoof if she touches the ball. Our parents are all busy today, so we decided to hang out."

"Where are the twins?"

"They're having a race somewhere. They didn't invite me along because..."

She brought out her wings. Even though Winter was nine, she could not fly yet. It was embarrassing for her, considering every pony in her family was an accomplished flyer.

"We see," Screwball and Cherry Blossom said.

"Well, I gotta get back now. See ya!"

"See ya."

The pegasus filly was about to leave when a drop of water splashed on her nose.

"Hey," she said. "It's not supposed to rain today."

The two looked up at the sky as it clouded in pink. A few seconds later, it started pouring down chocolate milk.

"Not funny, Screwball!" Winter exclaimed, placing a hoof on her hip.

"I'm not doing it!" Screwball insisted.

They stared at Cherry Blossom.

''Hey, don't look at me!''

they looked at Zany, but he was huddling under the buggy's canopy and sticking out his tongue in disgust. Strange, he loved chocolate milk.

"Hey, Screwy? Cherry?"

They glanced up to see a gray stallion and a blue stallion in front of them.

"Do I know you?" they asked.

"We're," they cleared their throat, "MB and SD?"

Screwball and Cherry Blossom saw their eyes flash green. They were Mothball and Screwdriver.

"Winter, I think you'd better get back to the others and go home." Said Cherry Blossom.

The filly raced back to her group. The Tri-Pies were sticking their tongues out and collecting as much rain as possible, while Gemstone was squealing under a tree.

"What are you doing here?" Screwball asked the disguised changelings.

''Yeah?'' Cherry Blossom agreed. ''What are you doing out here in the open?''

Mothball glanced nervously at the stroller. "We need to talk with you alone."

"We can talk here. It's only my brother." Screwball said.

"No, you don't understand. That baby is..."

He was interrupted when Discord materialized in front of them. Mothball and Screwdriver yelped and ran away from him.

"Wait!" Screwball called, but he was gone in a flash.

"Why hello there, Screwy and Cherry!" Discord said in a crazy tone. "You like what I've done with the weather?"

Cherry Blossom turned up her nose and turned away from him.

Screwball looked at her father curiously. "You okay, Dad?"

"Oh, I'm fine! Hey, honey! I'm sorry about our little fight last week! How about we make up over some father-daughter-niece bonding? You want to help your daddy/uncle make a cola storm in Manehattan?"

''Go away!'' Cherry Blossom cried.

''Cherry,'' Discord sat down and scooted closer to her. ''I'm sorry I hurt your feelings.''

She turned her head to him. ''You are?''

''yeah.'' He put her on his lap. ''I should have known you're growing up. Hey! Let's pour chocoalate on Ponyville!''

Her eyes lit up. "Cool! But...wouldn't our Moms get mad?"

Discord tensed. "Forget about your mothers! They're of no concern to us anymore!"

"I, uh...what?!"

He scooped her in his arms. "But we don't need her! We don't need any pony! All we need is each other! We can be one big happy family without your mother! You hear me? ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY!"

Screwball cringed. "Uh, Dad? You're really starting to creep me out."

He held her in the crook of his arm and gestured to the ponies running from the chocolate rain.

"We will rule this world together, my dear! I will be King and you," he turned her hat into a tiara and put a tiara on Cherry Blossom's head, "will be the princess! And this little scamper," he picked up Zany and made a tiny crown appear on his head, "will be a prince!"

The infant gurgled in delight while Cherry Blossom's stomach churned.

"But uncle, you promised you wouldn't..."

"Our first order of business will be to have revenge on those mares who bullied you in school!"

With that idea in mind, Screwball's mouth broke into a devious smile and her eyes flashed green. "What are we waiting for then?"

Discord laughed in a way he hadn't in a long time. "That's my girls!"

"Though Dad...I just have two things."

"Anything, my dear."

"First, you promise we won't seriously hurt any pony?"

He batted his eyes innocently. "Well of course not, sweetie!"

"Second..." She tapped her tiara and turned it back into her propeller hat. "Don't ever touch my hat again."

''I love my new tiara!'' Cherry Blossom squealed. Screwball made it disappear, making Cherry Blossom pout.

Discord laughed maniacally. "Come, my little abominations! We have chaos to do!"

Mothball had watched the entire scene from behind a tree. He hung his head shamefully. He ducked behind the bush and shook his head to his brother.

"We're too late!"