Brave New World, Discord's Revenge

Everyone awoke early the next morning. The first to arise was the Professor who told everyone he was going out in search of something that resembled a newspaper.

After he left, Twilight and Spike came round. "On order of the Professor!" Spike had said. Twilight told them that she and Spike would be there to show them how to cook and prepare basic meals in Equestria, as there diets would have changed.

"Another note Owen has left out?" Ebony asked, sighing slightly.

"But of course ponies are herbivores!" Twilight said. "Don't you have ponies where you come from?"

All five of the friends that were present nodded. They began watching Twilight and Spike as they began to prepare a breakfast of some description, involving eggs, hay and dandelions. Much to every newcomer's amazement, they began to feel compelled to eat the dandelions and hay, as they smelled delicious.

During breakfast, the Professor wandered in. His search had not been in vain and he had found himself a decent newspaper. Without even thinking, the Professor tore out a page in the newspaper and handed it to Jake. This had turned out to be the Sudoku page. In their world, however, it was called "Suhoofdu" Jake laughed at the terrible pun, then continued to complete it.

Owen sat down with his friends, who were all discussing their cutie marks, or as Ebony and Tom put them "Ass stickers".

Ebony's cutie mark was a black clef, or a musical note. Tom's was a Spitfire plane, probably showing off his passion for planes and flying. Sam's was a cross between a black lightning bolt and a crimson, red guitar, which looked rather cool. Aimee's was what appeared to be a laptop. Jake's was a rather bizarre looking question mark, and the Professor's was a black top hat.

While everyone debated who's "ass sticker" was the best, and Twilight attempted to keep the peace, the Professor started to read the newspaper he had picked up. The "Canterlot Times". He skipped past the weather reports and the scandals until he reached a page on job descriptions.

"Jake!" He called.

"One second..." Jake replied, finishing his "Suhoofdu" "Yes? What did you want?"

"Read this..." He pointed to an article stating the need for ponies to move some statues in the Canterlot Gardens.

"Ummm, Owen? We're not earth-ponies, if you haven't guessed by now. We're not cut out for manual labour..."

"Of course we are!" Owen shouted, loudly, causing everyone else to jump up out of their seats. "Sorry..." he whispered, sheepishly.

"What I was thinking was, a trip to the Canterlot Gardens...and what's in the Canterlot Gardens?" Owen elbowed Jake in the ribs to try to get his memory jogging.

After a few minutes of careful thinking, Jake had finally understood what Owen had been trying to tell him. The two decided to do this chore for the rest of the day. Everyone else had thought through what they were doing, also.

Sam and Aimee were to be exploring the nooks and crannies of Ponyville with their Tour guide, Rainbow Dash. Ebony and Tom were going to read up on what has been happening over the past few months here.

The groups said their goodbyes and wandered off their separate ways.

***

Jake and Owen's day

Jake and the Professor had arrived in Canterlot, after a speedy and reliable trip on the express train. They were met by a most mysterious sight at the entrance to the Canterlot Gardens.

"Ah, you must be the two ponies that are here to move the statues, charmed to meet you."

A tall, dark blue pony was stood proudly at the entrance.  Her hair was flowing softly in the morning breeze. It was Princess Luna.

Owen's mouth dropped, and he couldn't seem to form words. After all back on Earth, he had had a secret crush on her.

Jake introduced them, formally. Then Luna guided them to the statues.

"Princess Celestia has requested that the Discord statue and the pony representing victory should be moved to the other end of the Gardens."

Jake and Owen stared at the Discord statue, as it was a rather intimidating, yet interesting sight to behold. The Professor gave the statue one of his looks.

Luna left them to their work. The two friends looked at the two statues.

"I think we should move the Victory statue first." Owen stated.

"No, no. We should move Discord first. We should get the larger statue out of the way firstly." Jake retorted.

"Nonsense, Moving Discord first will tire us out. Then we won't be able to move the Victory statue!"

"Discord!"

"Victory!"

"Discord!"

"Victory!"

As the pair argued, small cracks started to appear in one of the statues. One of the arms broke free of it's stone prison, and a fist clenched. A leg kicked off the shell that had imprisoned it, and it's toes started to wiggle. Eventually the whole creature had broken out of it's shell.

"Discord!!!" Jake yelled.

Owen whimpered and pointed behind him. "Yes, I mean that statue, Owen..." Jake said, impatiently. Eventually he turned around.

There stood a tall, mix and match creature. It had the head of a pony and a body made  up of lots of different creatures. Discord gave out a loud, evil laugh, signalling his freedom.

"Ahhh." Discord sighed. "Free, free once again." He clenched his fist and his wild smile extended.

"I told you we should have moved Discord's statue first." Owen teased.

"Shut it, Lambert." Jake snapped.

"Still..." Owen murmured. He wandered around Discord, analysing him from every perspective. Eventually he stopped his analysis. "Yes. This guy is going to be tough to stop..." Owen stated.

"Why don't we ask the mane six to turn him back to stone with the Elements of Harmony?" Jake asked.

"Because...It's quite clear that after being publicly humiliated and captured by the Elements, Discord will, instead of hiding them, will actually have destroyed them. Or at least put them in a very difficult place to get to." Owen concluded.

Discord looked at him. He had never met anyone as... strange as him before.  "You there?" Discord questioned. "Can I ask your name?"

Owen turned to him. "My name is Professor Owen Lambert, origin of the former planet Earth."

"Former planet?" Discord asked.

"It got destroyed." Jake explained.

"Ah." Discord said, nodding. "Please continue."

"I'm crazy, insane, and I'm a technological genius. That makes me your worst nightmare." He stared at Discord, his eyes wide and a crazy, deranged smile clung to his face. The wind whipped at his coat and scarf, fluttering them violently in the wind.

Discord looked down upon his new adversary. "Very well. I accept your challenge. On one condition... If you win, I'll go back to my stoney prison, BUT if you lose, I can take all of Equestria for my own, Ponyville being the Chaos Capital."

Discord held out his eagle claw hand. Owen gladly shook it. "Deal."

"He doesn't know what he's let himself in for..." Owen thought.

"He doesn't know what he's let himself in for..." Discord thought.

The two looked at each other, both thinking of crazy ways of killing the other. Discord thought of explosive pies, while the Professor thought of cement mixed with bubble gum to trap him with.

"Good luck, my little pony!" Discord gave one final laugh, before disappearing into thin air.

"Well done Owen, you released Discord!" Jake yelled at his friend.

Owen smiled, a wild, crazy smile. All the colour drained from Jake's face.

"You're not actually going to go up against him, are you?" Jake questioned, rapidly going paler.

Owen cocked his hat at a jaunty angle, holding on to it's rim, he allowed his scarf to fly in the wind and he turned to face Jake.

"Now I'm Awoken, and I'm taking back control."

He let out a deranged laugh, one that was so good it could have rivaled Discord's.

"Hurry, we must warn everyone!"

"Shouldn't we move the other statue first?" Jake asked. A sarcastic grin glued to his face.

Owen pondered the thought for a moment, before wandering over to the statue and lifting it up with his magic. He moved it over to the southern end of the garden and set it down in it's new podium. He didn't even break a sweat.

"There. Happy? Let's go."

***

The train had broken down and had to be taken in for repairs. So the duo had to run from Canterlot to Ponyville, and upon their arrival, it was getting late.

They both headed to their new residence by Fluttershy's house at top speed. leaping over obstacles in their way.

They burst through the newly repaired door, almost sending it flying off it's newly formed hinges.

Everyone looked at the wild and dirty newcomers. A puzzled look was attached to their faces. Ebony and Tom stopped kissing, something that they had only just mastered, becoming ponies.

"We have a situation." Owen declared.