New Relations

It was just before Princess Celestia had to raise the sun when Twilight awoke from her peaceful slumber. When she woke, she noticed something warm wrapped around her then remembered about what had happened the night before. She had a smile on her face, but it soon fell when she thought about what would happen if either of the princess’ or the guards found Discord and started to panic. This unfortunately woke up her lover, “What is the matter my dear Sparkle?”

“The matter is that what we are going to do if either the princess’ or the guards find you,” Twilight said, still in a panic attack.

Discord just laughed at the mare while she was having her panic attack. This however just confused the unicorn. “What are you laughing at Dissy?”

“The reason I’m laughing is because you are forgetting one important detail about our situation my dear,” he said while laughing.

“And what, I might ask is this important detail?” she asked a little frustrated.

Discord stop laughing and took on a serious look before saying, “I can turn myself into a pony just like you or I can turn myself invisible my dear Sparkle.”

Twilight blinked a few times before she finally understood what Discord had said. “Then turn invisible, but stay close to me in case something happens, alright.”

“Fine, fine I’ll turn invisible for you. But first, since we’re both awake, how about I give you what I promised to you last night,” Discord said with a smile on his mismatched face.

Twilight was confused for a moment then remembered what he meant. “Alright, so what do we do first?” she asked.

“First of all, you need to calm down or something could go horribly wrong if you’re not focused,” he stated matter-of-factly. “Secondly, I need you to close your eyes and clear your head.”

“Alright,” she said, doing as instructed. “Like this?”

“Perfect. Now concentrate on the sound of my voice,” he said. “When I tell you to do so, concentrate your magic and lower your head till I see that your horn is parallel with the floor.”

She started concentrating her magic and lowered her head. “Now stop lowering your head. All I want you to do is think of eternal life and infinite magic,” he instructed. “When you hear my fingers snap, release the magic over your entire body and the spell will be done.”

“Are thinking about the items I told you to think about?” he asked. After he received a nod of confirmation, he snapped his fingers. When Twilight heard the snap, she opened her eyes and released the spell. She felt a slight tingle course through her body and the spell was complete.

Once the spell was complete, Twilight looked herself over but noticed nothing has changed. Then she looked at Discord and asked, “How come I still look the same?”

“The reason you still look the same is because the spell doesn’t change appearance. Also, I don’t want Celestia knowing of my power being used on one of her subjects. She knows almost every single one of my tricks except the two I mentioned earlier,” he said.

“Well how do I know the spell worked?” she asked.

“You know how I mentioned you will have unlimited magic?” she nodded in confirmation. “Well, with that you also got the ability to do the things I can do.” He said.

“What are some the things I can that you can do?” she asked.

“Try summoning a cotton candy cloud,” he stated plainly.

She focused her magic and did as told, producing a cloud made of cotton candy. “That’s interesting. What else can I do?” she asked with a huge grin on her face.

“Now try making the cloud you just made rain chocolate milk,” he said.

Like last she focused her magic and sure enough the cloud started producing chocolate milk rain. “As my friend Rainbow Dash would say, ‘This is AWSOME!’”

“I’m glad you are happy my dear, but you should probably get ready for breakfast with the princess’. And don’t worry, I’ll be with you the entire time,” he said reassuring the mare with a hug.

“Thank you Dissy. I don’t know what I’d do right now without you,” she said returning the hug. With that said and done, Discord turned himself invisible and they left for the private dining hall that Princess Celestia mentioned.

"Now that I'm invisible, you should know that you are the only one that can see me alright," Discord said.

"Got it Twilight said happily.

*****Princess Celestia’s Chamber at the same time*****

Princess Celestia had just awakened from one of the most stressful nights of sleep she had ever had. The reason it was so stressful was because she couldn’t stop thinking about Discord and the trouble he could’ve caused in so little time. She decided that before she raised the sun, she would indulge herself in a nice hot cup of Jamareican blend coffee. After she had her coffee and raised the sun, she summoned one of her fastest pegasi guards.

“You summoned me your majesty?” the guard asked.

“Yes, I need you and your squad to go to Ponyville to get the rest of the Elements of Harmony & Spike and bring them here immediately,” she said.

“Right away your highness,” the guard said with a bow, then left room with lightning fast speed that would impress the Wonderbolt’s.

“Now that I have that out of the way, I think I’ll head down to the dining hall to enjoy a peaceful breakfast with my sister and faithful student,” she said to herself walking out of her room to the private dining hall.

*****Ponyville 20 minutes after Princess Celestia’s order’s*****

The pegasi guards were just outside of Ponyville when the leader stopped them to give the rest of his squad the orders. “Alright men, we are here on official business by order of the princess of the sun. I want you all to split up and gather all the Elements of Harmony and Master Spike and bring them to the carriage to transport them back to the castle. Am I understood?”

“Yes sir,” the rest of the guards said before flying off to receive who they were sent to get.

It took the guards about fifteen minutes to gather the elements and dragon and bring them to the carriage that will transport them to the castle.

“What is the meaning of all this. I was in the middle of working on my latest dress to show to Fancy Pants,” Rarity said with annoyance etched in her voice.

“Ah agree with Rarity on this one. Why in tarnation are ya takin’ us away from our busy lives?” Applejack said starting to get angry with the guards.

The squad leader decided to do his best to try and calm the mares and answer their questions without revealing the nature of the emergency. “The reason we are taking you to Canterlot we cannot answer, but be rest assured all your questions will be answered when we get back to Canterlot. Now please get into the carriage so we can be on our way.”

“I don’t know what this is about, but if you can answer me this one question, maybe I might just comply and go with to Canterlot with you,” Rainbow said getting in the face of the squad leader.

“I’ll do my best to answer your question Miss Dash,” the guard said with a professional look on his face.

“Does the nature of the emergency involve us using the Elements of Harmony?” Rainbow asked still annoyed at the guards.

“To be perfectly honest, the situation just might involve the elements being used,” he said.

“Ah can tell if someone is lyin’ or not, and ah don’ believe he’s lyin’ RD,” Applejack said getting I the carriage.

“Alright fine, I’ll get in the carriage so I don’t make the same mistake like when Discord was loose,” Rainbow said following Applejack. The fact that Applejack never lies got the rest of the girls and Spike to get in the carriage.

“Alright men, next stop Canterlot Castle. Let’s get there as fast as possible so we don’t keep the princess waiting,” the squad leader said with finality.

*****Private Dining Hall in Canterlot Castle 15 minutes earlier*****

Twilight Sparkle has just arrived at the dining hall Princess Celestia had told her to go. When she arrived at the doors, the two guards standing watch noticed her, gave her their nods of hello, then opened the doors to let her in.

“Hello there, Twilight Sparkle,” Princess Luna said in a cheery voice.

“Good morning Princess Luna. Did you have a nice night?” Twilight asked.

Princess looked down at the table thinking about the stressful night she had last night. “Unfortunately not. But don’t worry, my sister will explain everything when your friends arrive.”

“Oh, and what is it that she will explain princess?” Twilight asked tilting her head in curiosity.

“Like my sister said, I will explain when your friends and Spike arrive,” Princess Celestia said. “Now please sit down and let’s enjoy a peaceful breakfast.”

So they sat around the table enjoying their breakfast and having a peaceful conversation about Twilight’s studies and other things. Near the end of their breakfast, a guard came into the room and went straight to Princess Celestia and whispered something incomprehensible.

“Send them in,” she said to the guard who bowed and went to receive the guests. “It seems your friends have just arrived to hear what I have to say, Twilight.”

Right after she said that, Twilight’s friends and number one assistant came into the room and bowed in respect to the princess’. “Please rise and take a seat,” Princess Celestia said.

The Elements of Harmony and Spike took their seats, and Twilight was the first to speak. “Princess, might I ask what this is all about?”

“Yeah, I agree with Twi’ on this one. I was just in the middle of my latest design for Fancy Pant’s,” Rarity said, still annoyed about earlier.

“Please calm down so I can explain. Last night when I was enjoying the night and some tea with my sister, a guard came to me with some very unsettling news,” Princess Celestia started.

“And what news might that be princess?” Fluttershy asked somewhat quiet but still audible.

“By some unknown source, Discord has escaped from his stone prison and is on the loose,” the lunar princess said.