Discord’s Worst Fear

Moonlight, Coco, and former General Mantis we’re flying over the forest. Mantis had transformed into a pegasus before they started heading home to the “Castle of Chaos”. When they were flying over the forest, they saw some ponies in a clearing. Upon closer inspection , Coco saw it was Discord, Mothball, Screwball, and Fluttershy with the rest of the main six. All heading towards the changing hive.

“Oh no!”, Moonlight whispered, “They are going to bust in to find we are not there!”

“Let’s head to your castle, then you can teleport them to our location.”, Mantis suggested.

“The castle is to far, let’s just set down somewhere in this forest”, Coco said.

So they found a clearing and Moonlight had Mantis hide because her mother can tell when it is a changeling. Once they were ready, Coco teleported the party there.

“Whoa!”, Mothball yelled.

“Agh!”, the mane six yelled as they collapsed on each other.

“Ok, who did that?!”, both Screwball and Discord said, they were the only ones who did not fall down.

“I did.”, Coco said.

They all whipped around to see Moonlight and Coco standing there.

“My baby!”, Fluttershy squealed, running up to Coco with Discord not far behind.

“Moonlight!”, Screwball yelled, hugging Moonlight with all her and Mothball’s might.

“But, how?”, Twilight wondered out loud.

“Uhhh...”, Coco groaned, trying to think of something that would not give Mantis away.

“One of them helped us out.”, Moonlight said.

“That is impossible”, Discord said, “Changelings don’t have hearts.”

“Daddy has one!”, Moonlight said.

“Well, Mothball is the only one who has a heart.”, Fluttershy replied.

“General Mantis has a heart.”, Moonlight muttered.

“What did you say?”, Rainbow Dash asked, a bit too harsh.

“I said, GENERAL MANTIS HAS A HEART!!!”, she yelled, “Come out.”

On cue, Mantis came out of the bushes.

“CHANGELING!!!”, Rarity screamed.

“Get behind me, girls!”, Discord yelled.

“Every pony, STOP!”, Mothball yelled.

Everything went still.

“It is good to see you, Mantis.”, Mothball said with a smile.

“You too, your highness.”, Mantis said with a bow.

“Mantis, you know I no longer go by that title.”, Mothball laughed, “An I should be the one bowing to you, this is twice you have saved my favorite ponies.”

“Twice?”, Screwball interrupted.

“Yes, do you remember, after my mother stole all of your magic you teleported away-”, Mothball started.

“-And I woke up in Zecora’s hut.”, Screwball said, confused, “but what does that have to do with Mantis?”

“How do you think we got there in one piece? It was because of Mantis we were not caught!”, Mothball explained.

“Oh...”, Screwball groaned. Then, to every pony’s surprise, she ran and hugged him.

“Screwy!”, Discord said, startled, “what are you doing?!”

“I am thanking my daughter’s rescuer, duh.”, she stubbornly replied.

“Oh, umm...”, Mantis started, but decided against it.Then every pony came in for a hug. Every pony except Discord.

“Ok, ok.”, Discord said, “I’m grateful too, but can we go home now?”

“Yeah.”, Coco answered, letting go of Mantis.

“Wait”, Pinkie Pie stopped every pony, “What will happen when Chrysalis finds out?”

Back At The Changeling Hive...

“Mantis!!!!!”, Chrysalis bellowed, “Mantis you TRAITOR!!! YOU SCUM!”

All of the other changelings were hiding while she cursed the very air Mantis breathed.

“That’s it!”, she cried, finally calming down, “I shall attack and have a TRIPLE revenge!”