In The Line of Duty

  Self styled Master of Chaos, Discord sat in the shadows of the ceiling in the room of Princess Luna, grasping a rope in one claw to keep himself stable, and in the other he held on of his lesser used practical jokes. Like many of the others, this one was a powder bomb. However, unlike regular colored powder, it held something a bit more complex. Formed from a rare form of poison joke, this powder sticks to anything it touches, turning it and anything around 30 inches behind it invisible, and with the amount there was in the bomb like device, he could make an invisible princess and more. As he went over his plan again, the door to the room opened, and two ponies walked in.

  While one was his intended target, the other made him smile as his plan factored this new piece into the game. He was going to hit two prime targets in one swift move, rope in paw, bomb in talon, he adjusted himself to the appropriate stance. He set the bomb to three seconds. Not that they would be able to retaliate in time, but he wanted to savor the looks on their faces. After all, it would be the last he saw of them for a bit. He leaned forward and dropped the bomb.

  Luna was in no mood for games. The Night Court went fairly well, besides the fanatical idiots and her annoying nephew. No, it was more than that. Her sleep schedule had recently been in need of change, both to deal with the Equestrian Summit and to allow more time to be with her sister and others within the castle. So, of course, she was wanting nothing more than to finish work and relax. Of course daily reports wouldn't simply allow that. She and Captain Permafrost, being her prime advisor and assistant, made their way into her room she couldn't help but mentally sigh at the stacks of papers on her desk. So many things out of place...

  Regardless, she took a seat and Permafrost took a spot opposite her. They divided the papers and began shuffling through for a good spot to begin when the very thing she had been waiting for came to pass. A sharp ping resounded off the table as the copper sphere hit the table. A 3 second fuse was short, but not as short as an alicorn's reaction time. With little more than a flash the bomb was gone.

  Discord was mentally livid. A day of planning thrown out the window,or rather wherever the Princess of the Night had just sent the bomb. This he soon came to realize as he got a bit of a warm feeling in the pit of his stomach. He looked down and soon recognized the fact that he no longer had a stomach. Nor torso. Nor any legs or his tail. In fact, all that was left visible of him was from what could be considered above the base of his neck. This didn't stop a chain of ice to wrap around his arms and shoulders, however. He was pulled from his perch and flopped down onto the floor, at the hooves of two completely calm ponies.

  "Hm. My aim was off. I was trying for your head." Came the bored voice of the Princess,

  "Well I find this to be quite ironic, Discord. Looks like you got a taste of your own medicine. Quite literally." Came the impressed voice of the Captain.

  "Make jokes while you can, Snowflake. No chains can hold me!" Went the voice of one very disgruntled draconequus.

  "Maybe not, but a block of stone can. And it's Permafrost to you, Discord." Retorted the unicorn.

  "Ouch, too soon, Snowflake. But you know what Celestia said,  I am a totally and completely reformed spirit of chaos.  And that you should refrain from beating me into submission." Half lied the chaotic demon.

  "I could overrule that, were it true, Discord."  Interjected Luna, cracking a smile at the situation. At this point, Discord's just snapped his invisible fingers and appeared, fully restored, on top of Luna's bed.

  "Well you seem to be getting happier, Ms. Moon, so I suppose the bomb wasn't a complete failure." The now physically reformed draconequus said flatly, rolling his eyes. "So. With the fact that I now have a free night, you both have no paperwork," he snapped his fingers, and the papers arranged themselves, quills signing most, with others just being put aside. "so I think that we could possibly do something like a sleepover. I here those are good for making friends." In response to this, Permafrost could just roll his eyes at the idea. Luna, however, did a full on double take with her jaw dropping. "And don't worry about the paperwork, I looked over it all before you got here."

  "Ahem, er, Discord, are you serious?" Inquired Luna, momentarily forgetting about the papers.

  "Of course, my dear. Friendship may be new to me, but I have heard quite a bit on it, and according to and one little purple pony," he said as he flashed to the Princesses side, putting one claw around her shoulders, the other motioning out into space. "Friendship is magic! Wait, I think I did that wrong..."

  As Discord questioned himself, Luna looked over to Permafrost, who just shrugged at the idea. Maybe this could work, but that was a long shot. Luna looked at Discord and, not believing she was about to say, cleared her throat. "Discord, we accept your invitation."

  Discord looked at her with a smile as if she had just given him a puppy. "Oh my goodness, this is wonderful! I'll go get sleeping bags! Oh, so much we can do! This will be fantastic!" He was still talking when he flashed away, off to Celestia knows where. Permafrost looked at his superior, and with a completely calm voice, said 4 words.

  "What. Have. You. Done?"