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Discord yawns as he lays his long body upon his bed, ever since Fluttershy taught him of the power of friendship and Celestia made him immune to the elements of harmony he took up residence with his sister, Eris, who hasn't changed a bit after Discord tried to tell her of his feelings of true friendship, and at times even attempted to change him back to his evil ways. They both live in a big house near the far edge of the Everfree forest, dubbed by Celestia, Discord and eventually Eris, to be their ‘little slice of chaos’. As Discord falls asleep in his room, Eris stays in the living room, because she contains her full chaotic power thus does not need to sleep, and plays with several animals that she’d captured, changing their body’s shape and mutating them. She must wait until her brother is asleep before training her skills, if she was caught she would lose the only thing close to a friend she had, her own brother.

As Luna’s night goes on, Discord’s sleeping mind races thinking about his new, somewhat royal life, the changes he must make  and also the test he must take to fully become a ‘student’ of Celestia, to which any ordinary resident of Equestria would be an easy task . He must create a potion made of mixed substances showing true friendship to help understand it to his full potential… he told Celestia he did not understand, but all she replied was simply “you will in time.” But something told him that he wouldn’t. Even if he did suddenly understand, the pony’s still felt uneasy about being around him; all but Fluttershy who knew he could be reformed from the beginning.

Early the next morning, Eris walks in on Discord sleeping “lazy fool.” She chuckles with a slightly sarcastic tone “Discord.”  No answer. “DISCORD!”  After finally hearing his name being said he quickly slithers forward out of bed to a stand.

A yawning discord answers “ohh, yes dear Eris, what do you want this fine, fine, day?” sensing the sarcasm in his voice, she waves him off.

Looking out of the window Eris begins “I think I will go head off to Fillydelphia and cause a little anonymous mischief, feel like going? Or are you going to go report me to your little pony princess like a good little subject?”

                Needing to come up with a lie quickly “I’m tired of being good, I’m going out to find some innocent pony’s to experiment on, and get that spark of chaos back in my life” the guilt of the sentence piled on higher with every word he spoke, to the point where he made him take a glance over his shoulder to make sure the princess didn't overhear his lies.

               “Ha, no kidding?” Eris questioned, somewhat believing in his lie. “Well, I guess the Discord we all know and hate is back after all.” She turns from the window and faces him “I better get ready to go, I’ll need to get there before the little fillies and colts get out of school… so much easier to scare without their parent’s around.” She walks out of the room with a half-smile.

                They both walk out of the house and go in opposite directions, until Eris gets tired of walking and takes to the sky. Discord waits until she is out of sight and turns toward Ponyville, still unsure if he can just walk in, feeling as if he needs an invitation even after changing his ways. He continues walking in the seemingly never-ending Everfree forest.

                After what seems like hours, but in reality is only half of one, Discord comes up to what looks like a cottage in the forest, and curiously nears it until he sees a zebra leave from it. He watches the zebra as she takes several unknown plants from the dirt and a few leaves from unidentified trees,  puts them into her mouth, chews them into a thick paste , spits it out onto one of her hooves and rubs it into a large cut on her neck until almost magically, the cut disappears. By the looks of her, a well distinguished herbalist. Quickly he decides she is safe to approach.

               After just a couple of steps to the zebra, she looks over and a small smile appears on her face. “Why, is that discord the draconequus I see? What would the master of chaos need with me?” how does she know me? Well… I did almost make Ponyville the chaos capital of the world, and that’s not too easy to overlook.

                “I have these, instructions, for a potion I need to make to become a student of princess Celestia.”  Discord then waves his lion paw up, and in a small ball of fire a piece of paper unfolds, and he quickly reads it over in his head.

Discord,

                Over the past couple of months you have caused Equestria a great deal of trouble, yet, if you fully get reformed and use your powers for good instead of evil, I will grant you a position next to me. In order to do this I give you this one task, make me a potion containing a mix of substances showing true friendship, then I assure you, you will know of its power.

                                                                                                                   Princess Celestia

                  “I am Zecora the herbalist I would like to help you, just show me your list.” Discord then shows Zecora the paper so that she can read it. Zecora, about to utter another rhyme, gets interrupted by the whipping wings of Eris slowly reaching the ground, who had been watching the entire time.

                  “So Discord, is that your innocent victim?” she asks, inspecting Zecora and taking the paper in her claw. “This is pathetic, I’ve expected so much more from you, brother.” Upon reading the note she exploded in rage “This is to far over the line, reformed, position next to Celestia, friendship? One would think being trapped in stone for two thousand years would train you to dislike her even more, but as it seems you need more time to think it over.” She then balls up the paper throwing it to the ground, raises her arms and in a powerful blast knocking Zecora over along with a couple of trees by her cottage, she rises up a prison of solid stone covering Discord.

                   By the time the waves of power die down allowing Zecora to stand, Eris is gone and replaced only by a stone effigy of Discord. She quickly picks up the balled paper and gallops quickly toward Ponyville.