The next day, the search and rescue team decided to make their leave, but first, they decided to say farewell to the Cakes, who were the only ponies not on the team who still trusted them.

The thirteen ponies, the dragon, and the draconequus had brought many resources to keep them going, like several bottles of water, a first aid kit, and some snacks. Discord was leading the way and they were in the middle of Everfree Forest right now.

"So, how long is this going to take?" asked Fluttershy.

"A day at most," said the draconequus. "They've gone far, but not that far." The team continued walking. (or flying in the case of a few of them)

As Discord was leading the way, his mind wandered off and he began having memories from his past.

Young Discord was sitting inside a rock home he had made a few days ago in a desert. He had no idea how he got here or how he was born, but he didn't have a home. The home he had made wasn't the best and sleeping was uncomfortable there.

He decided to go and explore the world for a new home. Maybe he would be accepted by society? He saw a few ponies come and go each day, but none of them ever came to say hi. Back then, he thought that they didn't know he lived in the rock house and that they thought it was just an ordinary pile of rocks.

He decided to fly his way. After all, he had seen some of these ponies fly, and he had wings.

Soon, the draconequus was flying high in the sky. He surveyed the world for a town of ponies. Hopefully, there would be at least one pony who was accepting of him despite his odd looks.

After a few minutes, he saw the world has become greener. Then his eyes fell to two young alicorns playing on a grass field. One was white with a pink mane and tail, and the other was blue with a lighter blue mane and tail.

"They look friendly," he thought to himself. So he flew over.

"Um, excuse me?"

The two alicorns turned and gasped at the sight of him.

"Yeah, gasping, I know," said the draconequus. "I don't look normal, but even then, can we be frie-."

"No way!"

"You're ugly, freak!"

"Freak..."

"Freak..."

"Freak..."

This made Discord very mad and something inside him snapped.

"FREAK?! DO YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO SUDDENLY BE BORN WITHOUT ANY FAMILY?! THAT I HAD TO LIVE IN THE DESERT INSIDE SOME UNCOMFORTABLE ROCKS AND THAT EVERYPONY IGNORES ME WHEN THEY PASS BY?!" He was so mad that he snapped his claw and all of a sudden, water went all over the two alicorns!

"I wasn't prepared for this!"

"I'm soaked!"

Discord took a few deep breaths and saw that by retaliating, he had made the two alicorns even more upset. All because he overreacted to them calling him a freak. He flew off in remorse.

"Discord?" said a concerned Fluttershy, "are you okay? You haven't said anything for a while."

"I'm okay, Flutters. I was just having memories of my past, but right now, I suddenly have a feeling of deja vu." said the draconequus to his friend.

Right now, the team was at the Bone Dry Desert. They had gotten this far and were still walking, but they were very exhausted.

"There's sand in my... everything..." said Pinkie, who was laughing weakly. "Heh... Rescuing... Twilight... and... Flitter... and... Cloudchaser..." she then saw a skull. "Oh! Look! Maybe this guy knows which way to go! What's that, friend? We're lost?" she continued her weak laughter, but then she coughed and fainted. Helia poured water into the pink mare's mouth and instantly she regained consciousness.

"We could be going in... circles! Endless... sand..." said Spike, "Nothin' for miles... but sand... and this rock... and this cactus... and this roooooooooaaaaaad.... ...this rooooooad...."

"Hmm? A road?" said Scootaloo.

"Where there's a road, there's a..." Apple Bloom gasped at what she saw. "Oooh! A city!"

"You know what they say," grinned Rarity, "where there's a city, there's a spa!"

"Who says that?" asked a confused Rumble.

"'Case you forgot," added Applejack, "We're on a mission to look for Twilight, Flitter, and Cloudchaser."

"I can multitask." came the reply of the white unicorn mare.

Soon, Discord was leading the group through the city. It looked old and abandoned, along with the fact that there was barely anypony in sight. Instead, there were creatures who sold things.

"Everything costs here!"

"Nopony says "free" here and gets away with it!"

"Ripe fruit! Come buy ripe fruit from me!"

"This is Klugetown, a place where nothing is free and everything costs. Flitter and Cloudchaser are definitely there," said the draconequus. "Before the princesses drained my magic a few days ago, I sensed that they were captured and taken there."

"Well, this city isn't the cleanest," complained Rarity. Just then she saw Pushkin's barrels fall. "Hi there! Ooh, I'm sorry. Here. Lemme help you with that." Just as she tried to pick the barrels up...

"Hey! No magic around my merchandise!" shouted Pushkin.

"Hmph!" grumbled Rarity. "No way to talk to a lady."

"Okay. We just gotta stick together," advised Discord to the rest of the group, "Be careful who you talk to. And try to blend in-"

"Can I have your attention please?!" shouted Pinkie Pie out loud. This let out groans from Discord, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Scootaloo, Rumble, and Helia. "Can anypony here take us to Flitter and Cloudchaser?!" continued the pink pony.

"You want something?" said Mori, "You gotta give something!"

"Well, how about a big warm hug from a grateful pony friend?" said Pinkie, as she gave Mori a big hug. She jumped off and continued offering things to the creatures of Klugetown.

"How about this comb that I've never used? A picture of my sisters Maud, Limestone, and Marble? This breath mint? Seriously, buddy. Help me help you." she was interrupted by a pig creature burping into her face.

"Pinkie darling, you can't just take off!" said a frustrated Rarity.

"And," agreed Rainbow Dash through clenched teeth, "you don't need to announce to every-"

"Relax!" assured the pink pony, "I totally got this!" She began bouncing happily and towards the direction of an arrow that had been traced a few days ago. She was completely unaware that she had fallen into a trap. One creature began playing the piano as another blew into a road cone. They started singing terribly:

"There are rumors that they're selling free
To make cheapskates happy.
We aren't the ones who take anything we're given
We only want bits."

Pinkie was bouncing through several bear traps which snapped, but not on her. A creature tried to jump on her, but he jumped too late and barely missed the pink pony.

"Gifts, candy, and chocolate are useless
Rocks are just plain dull!"

As the creatures were singing, one bumped into a stand and many rocks fell on him.

"No comparison, they're shiny outside and very essential!
Bits are all we want!"

The creatures threw all the bits they had so far into the air, and Pinkie was dancing too. This got the search and rescue team worried about the pink pony.

"We'd rather kill ourselves than having no bits
It's not because we hate poverty,
But because we...
only want...
But because we only want bits!"

A creature strummed on the guitar, as another threw a stick of dynamite at Pinkie, which landed, but her bouncing made it fall off and it rolled back to the creatures, causing an explosion that surprisingly didn't kill them, but they were unconscious. The search and rescue team was in shock and walked off, as Pinkie bounced along with them.

The group had just stopped at a building. It was old and rusty, but the doors were open.

"Why would somepony leave their doors open like that?" asked Thunderlane.

"I don't know, but what I do know is that Flitter and Cloudchaser are in there," came the reply from Discord. "Everypony!" He briefly stopped and turned to Spike, "And dragon. Follow the leader!" The group went inside, but not before Applejack closed the door to prevent the Klugetown creatures from going in if they did regain consciousness.

"You won't get away with this!" shouted Cloudchaser.

"The Portal Master" just laughed. "Oh yes, I will! Nobody knows where you two are!"

"Except me!"

"The Portal Master" turned in shock. There was Discord, the master of chaos, in front of him.

"You seriously need to keep your doors closed," said Discord. "What if somepony tries to steal your stuff?"

"Our friends are here!" exclaimed Flitter when she saw the search and rescue team. "We're saved!"

"You've got some nerve kidnapping these ponies!" shouted Discord to "the Portal Master". "They did nothing to you!"

"The Portal Master" tried to think of a lie, "Yes they did! Their parents bullied me!"

"Ah know a liar when ah see one," retorted Applejack.

"Be quiet, you western weirdo!" shouted "the Portal Master". Applejack just gave him a glare. Then "the Portal Master" grabbed several potions and threw them at the search and rescue team. Before anypony could move out of the way, they were hit by the potion and Immediately fell asleep.

"These potions I stole are pretty handy," he said to himself. "Too bad the effects of this one only last for 24 hours." He grabbed Discord's paw and dragged him somewhere.

Author's Note

And that's where the MLP Movie references come in.

QUESTION: Why is Capper not in the story yet?
ANSWER: He will be soon in the next chapter.

The song is a reference to this Chinese PvZ video, but I changed the lyrics to make it suit the Klugetown creatures more.

Also, I like to headcanon that Celestia and Luna were once bullies. This would prove that they aren't flawless princesses.

Anyways, this chapter takes place during Plant Food for Thought.
And the next one will take place during Magnet Alone.