Riddle me this

by Silver Butcher

Tales of Chaos

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Twilight was in an odd position, on her left sat Discord, wearing a Hawaiian shirt with white shorts and a single flip-flop on his foot, his hoof had a boot on it. Fluttershy was wearing a blue sundress, it was rather plain, but it made her stand out less in a crowd, just like she liked. Twilight herself was wearing a purple suit, having just gotten home from the school she hadn't had time to finish her lunch, much less change, before the Sphinx had appeared with Spike, both of whom sat on her right, the Sphinx and Discord were shooting each other death glares, each had their tail wrapped protectively behind their respective companions chair."

"So...Fluttershy I'm told you've met Sphinx?" Spike asked, trying to get the conversation going.

"Oh yes, I was visiting Discord yesterday when she appeared in his garden." Fluttershy turned her soft gaze on the Sphinx and added, "by the way, I love your new clothes, they look much better than the Wrapping you had on yesterday."

"Yes well, I have you to thank for that." The Sphinx replied, "My magic was restrained in that world If you had not helped me escape..."

"After you tricked her into agreeing to it." Discord cut in, before turning to Fluttershy "Not that I blame you in any way, I want to be clear on that, she is the coniest-con I've ever had to displeasure to met." Discord then turned to Spike "And Spike we're still friends, and it's your night to fix up the snacks on Saturday."

"Yeah, I remember," Spike said with a wave. "you know, you could just snap some snacks up."

"Oh but your nachos are to die for, and I can't snap them up casue you won't share how to make them."

"Hey!" Twilight called out "Getting off topic here," She motioned to Fluttershy. "So how what did the Sphinx do after you met her?"

"She told me she was going to go to Equestria unless I answered two of her riddles correctly," Fluttershy shrugged "I got the first two wrong so she laughed and jumped into a portal, it was weird, but seeing how it was Discord's home I figured she was his neighbor or something."

"She's an old enemy, who I can no longer put back in her dimensional banishment," He added irritably.

"Wait why can't you...?" Twilight started when Discord put his hand behind his back and it appeared behind Spike's, it touched his neck and a glowing chain materialized around his neck and traveled to the Sphinxes neck.

"Because whatever She agreed to do for Spike has linked her to him, so even if I threw her back in she'd just pop up next to Spike at her leasu-yeow!" with a loud Smack the Sphinx slapped Discords hand away from Spike, the Chain dissipated as Discord rubbed his Lion Paw.

"Alright, then the solution is simple." Twilight said as she got up "While I do feel somewhat bad for you, I'm afraid that what's between you and Discord is your own Problem. Spike, have her complete her bargain and let Discord deal with her." Spike let out a nervous laugh.

"Oh your not gonna like this." he tapped his fingers together awkwardly "I may have panicked slightly when I made the deal and I might have...asked her to do something slightly obscene."

"What?" Twilight asked before Spike snapped back.

"She was basically naked and she said I could have anything, so I...might have asked to have her." Spike sat in silence for a moment as his three friends stared at him before Discord started laughing, earning a light slap from Fluttershy.

"What?" he asked, "I just found out my least favorite creature in the world lost a deal and is now a Sex slave, let me enjoy myself." The Sphinx was about to ruin Discords gloating when a sharp yelled caught her attention, Twilight had Spike by the ear.

"You are in so much trouble." She said, her mane smoking.

"I kind of figured." Spike managed to say as he teared up at the hard pinching pain in the soft membrane that made up his ear, Before Twilight could drag him outside the cabin for a verbal lashing she found Spike was no longer in her grasp, Spike blinked as the soft chair he was sitting on, instantly identifying his chair as the Sphinx who was looking at the indent in his ear silently. "Just give it an hour, it'll pop back into place," Spike said nonchalantly when he was engulfed in magic.

"You can stay out of this," Twilight said angrily as she pulled Spike to her, only to once again find him in the Sphinxes lap.

"This is my Dragon now." The Sphinx said simply "and since he's a 27-year-old adult..."

"Wait how do you know that?" Spike asked in confusion, only to be hushed by the Sphinx

"...Since he's of age you, as a sibling, do not have parental control over his life, at this moment in time you are his sister for who is both his boss and landlord, since none of those three things qualify you as a guardian, you are not allowed to pinch his ears again." the Sphinx glared at Twilight, who glared back at the Sphinx for a minute before turning on the spot, not being able to think up an immediate argument she walked over to the door

"Then as his boss, I'm telling him he has 20 minutes to get his ass to work or he's gonna be working through the night with no breaks." with that said Twilight teleported away as soon as she reached the door. The room was filled with silence for a moment before Fluttershy spoke up.

"Whould either of you like some tea?"

"I'd love some," Spike replied as he got off the Sphinx's lap "Sphinx do you want some?"

"I see no reason not to partake in the offering." She replied as she got up, Spike and Fluttershy sat down at the table, Fluttershy poured for cups and just as she and Spike where about to take a drink the atmosphere grew heavy, the two looked up as the Sphinx and Discord glared daggers at each other, both once again laying their tails around their respective friend.

"Try coming back next Tuesday." Fluttershy whispered, "and come alone if you need an afternoon to yourself."

"Noted," Spike replied as he took a sip, they're respective overpowered friend gave the other a death glare.


Author's Note

Surprise, new character tags added!

this story has more likes than I do watchers. guess I'm doing something right.

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