Wish Gone Awry. Enter Equestria! Enter New Life!

"Well, I suppose we shouldn't keep this mystery guest waiting. Thinggummywuts can be extremely difficult to deal with; they've been known to terrify the elderly," Julius joked as he finished eating.

"That's mean! Why do they terrify the elderly?" Twilight asked as Julius got up.

"No idea, even less because they seem to target mysterious old powerful men. I know, they're weird like that," Julius told Twilight as he and the mares walked to the royal courtroom.

"OK, how do you know what they're like? Are they from your world?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Wait, you don't know what thinggummywuts are?" Julius jokingly asked, to which the mares all shook their heads. "Good, you're lucky; try to keep it that way," he said with a chuckle.

"That doesn't answer anything," Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack all huffed.

"Don't worry; it's an inside joke, likely a reference to something from his world. We might get in on it later," Pinkie Pie calmly told the three.

"Doubt it. Even with his power, I doubt that this world will get our internet. So unless you have a spare portal to my world lying around that nobody knows about, you'll have to settle on it being something stupid," Julius sighed.

"Hah, maybe we do. Have you tried Pinkie Pie's mane?" Rainbow Dash asked with a chuckle.

"I know you're mocking me, but I'll try it," Julius flatly said before sticking his head into Pinkie Pie's mane. "Nothing," he flatly said as he pulled his head out from her mane, "literally nothing; my head just hit Pinkie Pie's head. Somehow I'm both overwhelmed and underwhelmed. My brain hurts, owch."

"Welcome to logic when Pinkie Pie's involved," Applejack told Julius, who was rubbing his forehead.

"Yup, pretty much," Pinkie Pie said as she pulled a snowcone out of her mane.

"Yeah, yeah, that complete random nonsense makes perfect sense. It's too early in the morning for me to be questioning existence itself," Julius sighed as he rubbed his head.

"Well then, I get the feeling that you picked the wrong day to wake up!" Pinkie Pie sang.

"You know exactly what's going to happen, don't you?" The whole group asked.

"Yes! And No!, Pinkie-sense! It wasn't like anything I had ever gotten before! But somehow, I know what is going to happen! Though, the voice sounded a bit different. Mentioned something about said something about needing to be unshackled from the past," Pinkie Pie sang with a shrug.

"I do not care what he says; I refuse to believe that he's John de Lancie," Julius pouted as he crossed his arms over his chest and as Pinkie Pie gave him a piece of paper.

"From the voice," Pinkie Pie smiled.

"He could even appear as Q or de Lancie himself; I'd still be in denial," Julius huffed as he unfolded the paper. "Be careful with that joke; it's an antique," he said as he crumpled the paper and tossed it on the ground as the others looked at him. "Oh, the paper just said, 'that's a river in Egypt.' I don't care that he knows that; it proves nothing."

"You seem pretty confident in who this mysterious visitor is. Care to say who you think it is?" Luna asked as the group approached the doors to the courtroom.

"Not really. I'm about a hundred percent sure I know who it is, but I don't feel like getting in trouble this early," Julius said as he tapped his fingers together.

"What?" Luna flatly asked.

"I'm already on top of it," Celestia sighed. "If it comes down to it, we'll need to hold out for, maybe ten or so minutes. Then the Elements of Harmony will be here, a problem will be solved, and I'll be telling someone, 'I told you so.' Someone, but I'm not going to say who," she said as she looked at Julius. "I think you might know him very well," she jokingly sang.

"If it comes to that, I'll gladly take it," Julius sighed as he lightly hung his head.

"Good," Celestia calmly said as she opened the doors to the courtroom. As they walked to the throne, joyous, upbeat music started playing from nowhere.

"Oh yeah, this is very familiar," Luna sighed as she shook her head. "Subtlety isn't his strong point. All of you, get behind the throne and stay there until we say it's safe. Should the worst happen, run."

"Luna, I have agents on their way to get the Elements as we speak. All we need to do is hold out for ten minutes. I think we can do that," Celestia told Luna.

"I'm glad you feel that way. I'm not at my full power. And the last time we dealt with him, we had to use the Elements, and even then, we only got him because he was too busy laughing. If he were serious, I don't think we would stand a chance," Luna argued back.

"Oh please, do you really think that fool can take anything seriously?" Celestia huffed.

"First time for everything," Luna shrugged. As the others got into place, the royal sisters stood firmly in front of the throne. As the sisters got prepared, the main doors to the courtroom opened. "Brace yourselves," Luna huffed as she and Celestia started to charge their magic. Running down the courtroom, a frog running full speed, with large exaggerated windmillesk steps charged towards the throne. Standing before the throne, the frog opened its mouth, spitting out a large talking book.

"Hey, look, it's Twilight as she always wanted to be," Rainbow Dash joked as Julius bumped her hoof, and Twilight rolled her eyes.

"Announcing the not hyped enough arrival of the greater spirit of chaos and disharmony, the purveyor of pandemonium, lord of lawlessness, earl of turmoil, bringer of bedlem, slayer of windigos, savior of the land, wellspring of creativity, patron of artists. Presenting," the book stopped speaking as the pillars grew stone trumpets and started playing triumphant fanfare, and as light, clouds, leaves, tooth floss, donuts, and pocket lint came together to form various dancers.

"The sad thing is if we interrupt this, he'll only go harder on us," Luna sighed as Celestia sternly looked forward, ignoring all the fanfare.

"Discord!" The book triumphantly announced as it and the frog poofed away and as Discord started to moonwalk down the courtroom towards the throne while wearing a white suit and a white fedora and looking down while having his back to the throne.

"Discord! I had a feeling," Celestia firmly said as she nodded at Luna.

"You've been hit by," Discord sang as two powerful beams of magic blasted towards him, "you've been struck by," he sang as the beams of magic warped around him before he and the magic beams disappeared. "A smooth draconequus!" He sang as he appeared between the sisters, effortlessly flicking their magic away. "But, honestly, the first meeting in, what, a thousand or so years, and that's how you greet me? By attacking me? Why, if I wasn't such an advanced being, I might take it personally," he huffed as he floated between the sisters.

"Discord, give up now!" Celestia commanded. "The Elements of Harmony will be here in a few minutes, and then you'll be turned back to stone! Give up, beg for mercy, and maybe we'll go easy on you!"

"Oh, oh really? You think that'll work?" Discord laughed. "Well, violence is the most boring form of chaos. So I hope you don't mind, but I'll speed this up," he said as he snapped his fingers. "There, your agents are now at the Tree of Harmony. If they get the elements, they'll be teleported back. But spoiler alert, they won't be getting them," he smugly said.

"Not to play devil's advocate, but that was a pretty jank greeting," Julius absentmindedly said.

"I know, right? Is that how you greet an old friend that you haven't seen in a millennium? We had such fun together; then they took it too far when they turned this body to stone," Discord pouted.

"You took it too far when you turned the world into pure chaos!" Celestia said through gritted teeth. "And when you attacked us!"

"OK, first, I only turned a small area into pure chaos. Second, that was right after I destroyed the physical bodies of the windigos. You only fought against them in their spirit forms. Do you want to imagine what they could do with physical bodies? Actually, don't; Luna couldn't deal with the nightmares. Third, literally every meeting you initiated the fight, even this one!" Discord huffed with crossed arms. "Oh well, the past is the past. And I'm not here for the past," he said with a shrug.

"OK, well, why are you here? What are you planning?" Celestia asked as she kept her horn leveled at Discord.

"I'm glad you asked. You see, being trapped in stone is aggressively boring. So I detached my spirit and went to a different world. And on this world, I came across this rather interesting species. I would tell more about why they're interesting, but," he said as he moved to something only Pinkie Pie could see. "it'd spoil a lot," he said as he returned to the sisters. "Now, as you could probably guess, I came across the humans. Now, sure, I may have toyed with them a bit and became several beings that became historical figures."

"Like who?" Julius asked as he interrupted Discord.

"Ever heard of the Count of Saint Germain? That was me," Discord smiled. "Anyways, these humans showed so much potential, and I got this idea. Why not bring a few of these guys to this world? And I know what you're thinking, and no, I'm not responsible for the alicorn amulet getting to Earth. In a roundabout way, that's on you two," he said as he pointed to the sisters.

"How is that our fault?" Celestia asked with a glare.

"Tell me, when you turned this body into stone, do you really know what you did?" Discord asked as he eyed the sisters.

"We turned you into stone and saved the world?" Luna said with a shrug.

"Not quite. You see, I'm a focal point for all chaos magic. By turning me to stone, this world had no focal point, so chaos magic could just run rampant. I can control it; it's no problem for me, but for lesser creatures, like alicorns and ponies, well, Pinkie Pie, just Pinkie Pie," Discord said as he pointed at Pinkie Pie.

"Oh, that makes so much more sense. But why did you start talking to me now?" Pinkie Pie asked from behind the throne.

"Oh, simple. I wasn't here until a few weeks ago. I returned to Equestria shortly after I felt the presence of a human here. Honestly, I had this whole plan where I would take the elements, trick you all into going into a maze, and turn you all opposite, but helping humanity to come to this world sounds more interesting. Speaking of," Discord said as he poofed Fluttershy in front of him and some chocolates in his hands. "This is a congratulations gift. In that plan, you manage to beat me. Well, I still turn you, but it's through brute force, and I consider that a loss. These are Teuscher chocolates; enjoy."

"Oh, ummm, thank you?" Fluttershy unassuredly said as Discord set her down.

"So, no, I'm not here to cause chaos or anything. I'm here to help bring humans to this world. Honestly, they're chaotic enough that I could basically retire, like Tranquility, Lord Boreas, or one of the other greater spirits," Discord said with a smile. "Though, oh, what are the odds? Never tell me the odds!"

"What are the odds of what?" Julius asked.

"Oh, never you mind. Oh, by the way, the rest of the stuff I promised you. You'll find it all there, and no internet. It might be pure chaos, but it has far too much porn, hentai, and worse on it. Seriously, you lot don't even have heat, and yet you're lustier than the most desperate ponies! How?" Discord said as he snapped his fingers, making the rest things he promised to Julius appear.

"Were you really bribed?" Applejack asked as the ponies turned to him.

"I can explain. He made a very good argument. Besides, he tempted me with the one thing that can tempt me, things that I want," Julius nervously laughed as the ponies stared at him.

"Oh, don't be so hard on him. Trust me; I can be very persuasive. Besides, you seemed to like all that stuff from his world I poofed in earlier. That was a sign, a show of faith. I know, trusting the Lord of Chaos sounds completely insane, but trust me, I'm on team humanity. Who knows, maybe I'll take them on as their patron, like how Tranquility did to the ponies," Discord said as he looked around the area. "Why do I feel a chill?"

"Your majesties, there's another visitor. She just let herself in. We tried to stop her, but when she told us to let her through, we were compelled to listen to her. I think she's using some kind of persuasion magic," the herald told the royal sisters as a large, blonde-furred mare walked into the court. Ignoring all the others, she walked up to Discord.

"Message for, and I quote, 'the ungrateful twerp who I allowed to take refuge in my realm and didn't show me the respect I deserve,' that's you, Discord," the mare said as she sternly eyed him. "Don't, just don't. Message from my boss."

"Your boss? How rich," Discord sighed while rolling his eyes. "Fine, tell the absentee father that he can have his children. I'll just be the fun uncle that's always around."

"Do, do you have a death wish?" The mare asked in near disbelief.

"Not really. I guess humanity might have rubbed off a bit more on me than I thought," Discord replied with a shrug.

"Hah, Discord, with a pony friend? I never thought I'd see the day," Luna chuckled.

"Oh, her, she's not my friend. She's just a messenger," Discord said as he winked at Julius.

"Why are you," Julius started to ask before cutting himself off, "oh. Oh, which one are you? And why do you look like a pony?"

"Don't worry; you'll meet me properly at a later date. As for my form, we appear as we need to as not to alarm those we interact with. Perhaps you'd prefer it if I had four heads, four wings, and a bunch of eyes?" The mare jokingly teased.

"No, no, I'm good. I don't need to see that," Julius immediately back peddled.

"Very well. I'm going back home, well, for now," the mare said with a shrug as she left.

"Messagers getting in the way of fun," Discord sighed. "The more things change, the more they stay the same; something you can relate to, eh?" He joked as he playfully nudged Julius.

"You know, if they're always getting in the way, maybe you're the problem," Celestia quipped.

"Maybe, but I'll continue to ignore that. Where's the fun in never being the problem?" Discord laughed as he cracked his neck. "Now, where were we? Ah, yes, I believe you wanted to fight me? Well, not really fight, more like wave a flashlight at me," he said with a chuckle.

"Oh, get off your pedestal! You might be more powerful than us, but it's not by nearly that much!" Celestia and Luna protested as Discord and Julius laughed. "Why are you laughing?" They asked as they glared at Julius.

"Word choice. You two are both literally standing on a pedestal," Julius responded with a chuckle as the two alicorns felt a familiar magical signature.

"Fair observation, but it doesn't matter; the elements are back," Celestia firmly said as she and Luna felt them approach. "And it feels like they're just as strong as when we first took them to seal you!"

"Sure, the elements are coming to help you. Keep telling yourselves that," Discord said as he filed some of his nails.

"I've brought my elements with me for safekeeping, not for you or the bearers to use," a voice like Twilight's said as the voice approached the courtroom.

"Hi, Tranquility," Julius flatly greeted.

"The shut-in NEET comes out of her cave at last! May I, your twin brother, cordially welcome you to the world!" Discord jokingly greeted with a flourishing motion.

"Very funny," Tranquility sighed as she walked into the courtroom.

"And you are?" Celestia asked.

"Tranquility, the greater spirit of harmony. The counterpart to Discord. Your agents are in Ponyville, resting. I'm just here to see if you'll actually challenge Discord. And, if you do so, how he'll respond," Tranquility said as a grin grew on Discord's face.

"Oh, I have a few ideas," Discord laughed as he coyly bit his lower lip.

"We beat him before; we can do it again!" Luna firmly stated.

"No, you didn't; you never have," Tranquility rebutted. "Discord never fought you properly, only played with you. Granted, it was his form of play, but still. In your last encounter, you only sealed him in stone with the elements, my elements. If you truly believe yourselves able to challenge greater spirits, then perhaps it's better if a more playful one, like Discord, puts you in your place. Better him than Lord Boreas, or Maas, or Amarah Getih jeung Maot, or Sekhmet, or one of them," she flatly told the sisters.

"Wait, Sekhmet, that name sounds familiar. I can't quite place my finger on it, though," Julius said as he scratched his chin.

"She's one of the more vicious of the returned spirits; a group of greater spirits that left this world and went to another. They returned after several thousand years. They claimed the Bane of the Universe was slain, but that's absurd. It never existed, just a myth, invented by the elders to scare us," Tranquility laughed.

"I have so many questions; my brain hurts," Julius said as he held his head. "Owch."

"Yes, yes, I'm sure you do," Discord sighed. "Now, on to our fight," he chuckled. "Do you want to do it? Do you want to try your luck?"

"We have to. How do we know that you won't act up again?" Celestia reasoned.

"First, that was stress relief from fighting windigos. Second, I'm on team human! Acting out wouldn't help them. Third, if you're really that concerned, may I suggest taking one of the human's celebrations and making it a holiday? It's called April Fool's Day, a day all about causing pranks. I'll accept it taking place once a month, every third Tuesday, starting at eight fifty-two AM and ending at ten twenty-four PM. Times subject to change based on how I feel," Discord offered.

"Why that day, why those times? It's so awkward, so random," Luna asked as Discord rolled his eyes. "Oh, right, random. Self-answering question."

"Well, the time is a bit random, but he's being reasonable. Honestly, I'd take the deal. You get a fun holiday and a powerful ally from it," Julius reasoned.

"See, this is why I love humans! Good human, have a cookie," Discord smiled as he gave Julius a massive cookie.

"Nice!" Julius smiled as he took a bite of the cookie. "Chocolate chip, macadamia nut, and gummy worm? Odd choice, but it works."

"Listen to Julius; take the deal. Nothing good will come from picking this fight," Tranquility told the sisters. "If it makes you feel any better, I'll help you if Discord does anything," she offered.

"Fine," Celestia sighed. "If you feel that strongly about it, we'll accept the deal. But we fully expect you to hold up your end of the deal when Discord breaks his."

"Well, thanks for the vote of confidence," Discord huffed.

"Don't worry, I will," Tranquility assured. "Now, I'm going back to my cave. Discord brought over some interesting entertainment from Julius's world," she said as she left the courtroom.

"I, too, must take my leave. I fear the thinggummywuts might have messed up my home while I was stoned. Until next time!" Discord said as he poofed in a bicycle, got on it, and peddled in place before teleporting away.

"Are you sure just letting Discord go free like that was wise?" Twilight asked as she stepped out from behind Celestia's throne.

"Well, we have an equally powerful spirit on our side and the elements. Worse to worse, Equestria takes some temporary damage, Discord gets dealt with, and I get to say, 'I told you so,'" Celestia calmly said as she slightly stuck her tongue out at Julius.

"Don't care, got cookie," Julius replied as he ate the cookie.

"Can relate," Pinkie Pie said as she tried some of the cookie.

"Tiring way to start the day," Celestia sighed. "Alright, clear the courtroom. It's about time for court to start properly," she commanded as all, save Celestia and Luna, were cleared from the courtroom. "Now, what's the first item on the docket?"

"Says here that there's a disagreement between counties regarding cheese," Luna said as she stared at Celestia.

"Not again!" Celestia whiningly sighed before composing herself to hold court.