Sorry this chapter took sooo long to do. Writers block. I mean, how was I supposed to make two completely unlike creatures just fall in love? Not in a heartbeat, I'll tell you that. This relationship has to evolve first, if it's to go anywhere.

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"So, Scootaloo, what exactly is this for?"

Scootaloo looked up from her drawing. Discord was hovering in front of her.

"Hey! Get back over there! I'm not finished yet!" Scootaloo yelled, pointing to the center of the room. The spirit rolled his eyes and went to stand there. She turned her attention back to her work. After a few moments of silence, he asked again.

"What is this for?"

"It's for a school project."

"Huh?"

"We have to draw pictures of everypony in our family."

"Wait, hold on a minute. I'm not exactly related to you."

"But I'm not related to Rainbow Dash either. In blood anyway." She continued drawing. She didn't say anything else. Discord snorted, crossing his arms. "Stop moving! Put your arms how they were." He growled and let them fall to his sides again.

"How much longer? I've been standing here for half an hour."

"Almost done. I just need to put on a few finishing touches. . . And there! All done!" Scootaloo exclaimed, turning the picture around to face Discord.

"Wow. . . that's. . ." He couldn't find any words to say as he looked at the picture. It was an exact replica of him, standing next to Rainbow Dash. Hers was just as good. They both looked as if they were photos taken by a camera.

"Do you like it?" she asked excitedly.

"I do. It's great! How did you learn to draw like that?"

"Oh, well, we're always drawing maps for crusading, but I've never really drawn anything else. But I think it's a pretty good first try, don't you?"

"Yeah, it is. Are you going to draw yourself in there now?"

"Yeah. So, I better get to it. Thanks for being so patient." Scootaloo picked up an orange crayon and started drawing. He watched her for a moment before going into the kitchen.

"She just finish drawing you?" Rainbow asked. She was sitting in a chair reading the newspaper and holding a cup of coffee in the other hoof. She glanced over at him.

"Yeah," Discord responded. He took a seat next to her. "It's almost like it could be her special talent."

"I know, right? But she already has her cutie mark. So, I guess not." She took a sip of coffee.

"Yeah, I know. What's on the agenda for today?"

"Psh, I don't know. I don't have any weather to deal with today, and Scootaloo only has school, so I was thinking after she's done we could all, I don't know, hang out together."

"Sure. What time does she get done?"

"At like 3:00." Rainbow folded the newspaper and poured the rest of the coffee in her mouth. She put the mug by the sink. "Want this?" She wiggled the paper in his face.

"Nah, I'm good."

"Scootaloo! Time to go to school! Grab your things, let's go!" Dash called into the other room, throwing the paper in the trash.

"Okay!" Scootaloo shouted back. They heard some muffled footsteps, something falling, and then the orange filly was in the kitchen with her backpack on. "Ready!"

"Okay. See you in about ten minutes Discord." Rainbow and Scootaloo flew out the door. A few minutes passed until they were at the school. They landed and Rainbow pulled her filly into a hug. "See you after school Scoots. Try and hurry home because we're gonna spend some time together today; all of us. Love you."

"Bye mom! Love you too!" Scootaloo shouted as she ran towards the schoolhouse. Waving one last time, Rainbow flew back to her house.

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"Scootaloo? Will you please come up here and show us your family?" Ms Cheerilee asked. Scootaloo hopped out of her chair with her picture in her mouth. She stood in front of the class and held it up.

"This is my family. That's my mom, Rainbow Dash, and-"

"Discord?! Your dad is Discord?! How stupid! He's just a freak! All those animal parts, and he turned Ponyville all crazy! Plus he's like thousands of years old. He's not your dad, so stop lying Scootaloo!" Diamond Tiara interrupted rudely, sticking her nose in the air. Silver Spoon laughed and so did some of the other fillies. As the class roared with laughter, Scootaloo felt herself about to cry. Tears welling up in her eyes, the orange pegasus dropped the drawing and ran out the door. She fled into the sky, not stopping to even think she was ditching school. As tears streamed down her cheeks, she rushed into the cloud home, surprising a cyan pegasus, and scaring a certain God of Chaos. She shot into her room, and closed the door, locking it behind her. Scootaloo flopped onto her bed, crying her heart out. How dare they laugh at her?! If Diamond Tiara had just waited until she was done talking, if she wasn't such a big bully, a snob; she would've heard that he wasn't her dad. He just seemed like one.

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"I'm back! So- what are you doing?" Rainbow entered her house, only to stop dead in her sentence as she saw Discord laying on the floor, on his back, clapping his paws together. He immediately stopped, sitting up, his face turning red.

"Heh, I was bored. . ." he trailed off, scratching the back of his head. Dash continued staring, creeped out, for a few moments before she rolled her eyes and burst out laughing, falling onto the floor and pounding the clouds with her hoof. After she stopped, she wiped her eye. That had been so funny she had cried!

"Oh, man that was funny! Gosh, I will never let that go! That was so hilarious! Priceless, as you might put it!" Rainbow cackled, breaking into hysterics once again. Now Discord rolled his eyes. Might as well let her get over it now so she doesn't tell everyone in Ponyville about this little incident. A few more minutes passed before you could understand what she was saying. "Okay, okay, I'm okay. I'm done. So, anyways, what do you want to do while we're waiting?"

"I have no clue."

"Well, that's helpful. I don't want to just sit here and do nothing the whole time."

"How am I supposed to know what we should do?"

"You don't have any ideas? None whatsoever?"

"Well, I do have one. . ."

"What? What is it?" Rainbow leaned forward, waiting for him to say something. Suddenly, something exploded in her face. Coughing, Dash jerked back, opening her eyes. Discord was holding water balloons. "Oh, it. Is. On!"

"Okay! Just try and beat me! Balloons appear in sinks!" Discord threw two more balloons at her, which she easily dodged. Rainbow shot into the kitchen, seeing a few water bombs in the sink. She swiped them up, and in ten seconds flat, Discord was soaking wet. "Hmm, you're better than I thought! But I'm still better!" He used his magic to hurl three at her. She dodged two, but the other got her. She picked some up from the sink and sped around him, making him start spinning in a mini tornado. While he was spinning, she launched the water balloons at him. Suddenly, five balloons shot out of the tornado and soaked Dash. Stopping his spin, Discord fell dizzily onto the floor. "Tee, tee! I can't breathe, see, or stand, for that matter!" Discord held up his paws with his fingers in the shape of a 't.'

"Does this mean I beat you?" Rainbow asked, smirking.

"Okay, okay, fine. You won. You are a better water balloon fighter than me. But I'm still better at everything else."

"Yoo-hoo- wait, what?" She stopped in mid-cheer.

Before he could respond, the door was flung open. Discord jumped, clinging to the ceiling, while Rainbow just turned and looked. The orange blur shot into her room and slammed the door. They heard the click of a lock.

"What the-? Scootaloo?" Rainbow, who was still soaking wet, looked at Discord, who still hadn't detached himself from the ceiling. Seeing her looking at him, he retracted his claws and fell the floor. He shrugged and Dash went and knocked on the door. "Scoots?"

"Go away! I'm a loser!" Scootaloo shouted, her voice scratchy from crying.

"What happened?"

"Just leave me alone!"

"Scoots, kid, please let me in." A pause. Then, Rainbow heard the door unlock, and then it opened. A red eyed filly looked at her mom. Dash came into the room. Discord was about to follow, but the door slammed in his face, making him lean back.

"Okay! I'll just wait out here!" he shouted, thinking this was probably some sort of mother-daughter moment that was no place for a dude.

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"Scootaloo, what's wrong?" Rainbow asked, pulling her daughter under her blue wing. The orange filly sniffled, trying to hide herself under her mom.

"I- I was showing the c-class my drawing, and then t-they laughed at me! Be-because I had Discord on there, and they said I was lying because he wasn't my dad! But they didn't let me finish, so I didn't get t-to say he wasn't!" Scootaloo cried, burying her face into the side of Dash.

"It's okay Scoots. . ."

"No it's not! Now everypony will think I'm just a loser!"

"But you're not. How about this: I'll go down to the school tomorrow and see what I can do, okay?"

"How? Are you going to talk to Ms Cheerilee or what?"

"I don't know. Maybe I'll bring Discord down there to scare the other kids," Rainbow said. Scootaloo giggled.

"Could you?"

"Maybe. Maybe not. You'll have to see."

"Am I going to get in trouble for leaving school?"

"I'll make sure you won't. Since you're all done being sad, how about you join Discord and me in our water balloon fight?"

"Awesome! I bet I'll win!" Scootaloo jumped out from under Dash's wing and ran out the door. "Where-" Crashing sounds followed her words. Rainbow quickly went into the hall, only to see Scootaloo laying under Discord.

"A little help?" Scootaloo squeaked.

"What just happened?" Rainbow asked.

"Well…"

"This filly just tripped me, that's what happened," Discord said. He rubbed his head, and rolled off Scootaloo.

"Not on purpose!"

"Whatever, because of you I hit my head on the table." The two glared at each other.

"Will you two stop? C'mon, let's continue our water balloon fight. But first, I have to talk to Discord. Will you go into another room real quick Scootaloo?" Rainbow asked. The filly nodded and went into the kitchen. Discord shot a questioning look at her. "The fillies in Scootaloo's class made fun of her today."

"Why?"

"Because she drew you as one of her family. And they said she was a liar." Discord fell silent. Of course, not everypony liked him still. He was used to it, but when somepony else made fun of him through another, it made him angry. He had changed, but ponies couldn't see through his evil self. They still thought of him as a freak. "And we're both going down there tomorrow to observe her class."

"What?! No way! Do you know what they'll think if I go down there?!"

"You're coming. It's already been decided." Discord glared at her.

"Fine. But don't blame me when we get back if I'm covered in marker ink, spitballs, and rotten fruit!"

"Don't be so dramatic. Come on, let's go play with Scootaloo."

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"So, let me get this straight. You two will be watching my class?" Ms Cheerilee asked.

"Yes, if that's okay with you. Scootaloo told me what happened, and I want to make sure they understand," Rainbow said. The teacher nodded slowly.

"Of course it's okay, but what will you do exactly? Just watch? Do you need to speak to the class?"

Rainbow looked at Discord, who was signaling cutting his head off with his talon, trying to tell her 'no!'

"If it's okay with you, I think we need to speak to the class." The spirit almost shot out of his seat.

"Then I'll hurry with my lesson and give you two a chance to speak!"

"Thank you, Ms Cheerilee."

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"Let's go Scoots! Time for school!" Dash shouted. Scootaloo appeared in the room.

"All ready! Man, I can't believe you guys are actually coming to my class! It'll be so exciting!"

"Of course, just another day in paradise," Discord muttered sarcastically. Rainbow kicked him. He stuck his tongue out at her and angrily rubbed his leg.

Rainbow put on a smile. "Let's go gang."

The 'family' traveled down to the school. As they arrived, immediately Discord noticed ponies were staring.

"See? What did I tell you?" As he flew, he tried to lower his head to hide himself behind the two other ponies beside him.

"What are you doing, you idiot?!" Rainbow growled as he turned himself into another pony.

"Trying to camouflage myself!"

"You're making them stare more, you imbecile!" He changed back to his chimera form, reluctantly following them inside for what was sure to be a disaster.

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"And that concludes our lesson on mythology," Ms Cheerilee announced. Discord looked up. "Now, before you leave, we have two guests with us. Rainbow Dash and Discord!" Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle clapped. Discord flew up to the front of the room with Rainbow. Already glares were fixed on him.

"Hey kids. You already know me and Discord, so we'll jump straight to the chase," Rainbow Dash started.

"Yesterday you made fun of Scootaloo for her drawing." A few giggles. Discord felt his face reddening. "I am here to say that was not cool. I mean, let the girl finish! She drew Discord on there because he has been with me, I guess, for a while now."

"Are you dating that freak?" Diamond Tiara asked snobbishly.

"No."

"Don't call me a freak," Discord growled.

"Why not? Freak," Diamond Tiara repeated. Behind them, Ms Cheerilee got angry.

"Anyways, as I was saying. Some of you may not know this, but Discord saved me. Saved me from certain death. From a happy, crazy, pink party pony."

"So you just decided to adopt a kid and elope?" Discord clenched his fists. This filly was getting on his nerves big time. He leaned over to Rainbow.

"Better hurry up, before I end up doing something I regret."

"But, it means a lot, all he's done for me-"

"What? Your laundry?" Diamond Tiara joked cruelly. Rainbow shot her a glare. Ms Cheerilee shifted uncomfortably at the back of the room. Discord growled softly in his throat, earning a glance from the cyan pegasus next to him.

"Anyways, again, he has done a lot for me. And just because I adopted Scootaloo and Discord's living with me, doesn't mean he's actually her 'dad.' So, if you all would think about that-"

"Can Discord think about it? Wait, does he even have a brain?"

That's it. Discord flew up to Diamond Tiara, making her jerk back at his face being shoved into hers in the blink of an eye.

"You think you can just talk to Rainbow like that?! Insult me in front of my own face, and then get away with it?! Well, I have newsflash for you little girl, life isn't all about you!" Discord erupted at the little filly, getting up right in her face. She shrank back, scared of the spirit that was so angry his mane was on fire. Literally. "I may not be Scootaloo's dad, but I can take care of her! And I really don't appreciate you talking that way to Rainbow Dash! She deserves more respect then what you've shown her! Can't you keep your little mouth shut for five minutes!?" Discord was absolutely furious, his mane still ablaze and paws glowing gold. Smoke was filling the air.

"Discord!" Rainbow yelled, getting between the filly and the outraged spirit, putting her hooves on his chest to push him away. But, obviously, Discord was stronger than her, and he barely moved, even though he was flying. Ms Cheerilee looked absolutely mortified, standing at the back of the room. "C'mon, let's go! You've obviously done something you'll regret." She pressed her shoulder against him to try and push him. Still not moving, Rainbow looked at his fiery mane. Getting an idea, she whispered something in Scootaloo's ear. She nodded and raced off, returning with a bucket of water. Dash took it and flew above the spirit, dumping the water on him. He gasped, and his fire mane went out, leaving only a little charred bit left. He collapsed onto the ground, and coughed, trying to get his breath back. The magic in his paws dulled down. He shook his head, water droplets splattering onto the ponies around him. Looking up, and seeing the furious Rainbow Dash, Ms Cheerilee, and the horrified expressions on the children, he lowered his gaze.

"Alright, alright, what's going on in here?" a police officer burst in, followed by another.

Uh oh.

"We saw the smoke and thought something was going wrong. What happened here?"

"This beast assaulted me, and almost lit the school on fire!" Diamond Tiara wailed, putting her head in her hooves.

"Is that true?"

"Well. . ." Rainbow muttered.

"Is that true?" The police turned to Ms Cheerilee, who had her hoof over her mouth. She weakly nodded. The cop looked at his partner. "You know what to do." The cops went forward, and picked the still dazed Discord up under his arms. The one that had been talking put the handcuffs on him and then escorted the spirit out the door. A shocked Rainbow Dash watched them, with her mouth wide open, leaving with Discord. Scootaloo looked like she was about to cry.

"I think you should leave," Ms Cheerilee said quietly. Dash nodded, took Scootaloo, and then left.

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"VIOLENT SPIRIT ATTACKS FILLY AND ALMOST LIGHTS SCHOOL ON FIRE.

"My life is over," Discord said, slamming his head on the table. Rainbow took the newspaper from him and looked at it. One of the fillies at Scootaloo's school had had a camera with him. And he had gotten a great picture of Discord with his mane on fire, paws glowing, teeth bared in a snarl as he yelled at Diamond Tiara.

"It's not all bad. Look at the bright side: you look cool in that picture. I wouldn't want to run into you in an alley," Dash said, trying to put a smile on, only to look as if she were Applejack lying.

"Don't try and sugarcoat this, Dashie. I am now a pariah. If I was unliked before, I'm sure as heck not going to be anypony else's friend soon."

"It's not all bad. .?"

"I just got out of jail, Rainbow! I'm pretty sure half the town saw me handcuffed and shoved in a police car!"

Rainbow looked back on it.

"Discord? Ah, yes, he'll be out in a few minutes," the receptionist told her. Rainbow sat down on a bench. Around her were ponies of all shapes and sizes, either picking somepony up or handcuffed to a chair. She should not be here. Discord had been in here for a month. A quick trial had made him stay here for three weeks. But, of course, a week of that was spent getting the trial ready, and he had had to stay here for that. But, Dash didn't want him coming out of jail alone, so she had to come and get him.

"Rainbow Dash? Here he is," the bailiff brought Discord out. The bright green pony had him turn around so she could take off the handcuffs. Rubbing his wrists, he flew over to Rainbow Dash. His mane had recovered, no longer burnt off. She had thought that they wouldn't have let him use his magic in there, but apparently she was wrong.

"Hey. You okay?" Rainbow asked, eyeing the annoyed spirit.

"Fine. Just dandy! Got out of jail and I'm totally not affected by it at all!" Discord snapped angrily, flying out of the building with Dash beside him.

"Oh come on, don't be a tight flank! I mean, sure, jail sucks, but it couldn't have been all bad could it? Free food. Did you meet anypony in there?"

"No, I didn't meet anypony. They stayed well clear of me, being the God of Chaos and all. Plus, nopony likes somepony who 'terrorizes' little children, so yeah."

"Whatever. At least you've served your month right? Scootaloo's missed you."

"Really? I thought she'd be mortified at the fact I almost blew up one of her classmates."

"To tell you the truth, I almost did myself. If I did it, we could've just left, as I can't burst into spontaneous combustion, or use magic. But really, one time Twilight did turn fiery, but she was real mad. I mean really mad. I was mad, but she was just a little spoiled brat, so I could handle myself. But you. . . you really were on fire, for at least five minutes. And you almost used magic to destroy that filly."

"Come on now, don't make it sound like I'm evil." They arrived at the cloud home and walked inside. Immediately, Discord was tackled by an orange filly at full force "Gah!" Scootaloo clung to his chest, practically squeezing the life out of him.

"I've missed you! Rainbow said I couldn't go with you and get you from jail, so I had to stay here!"

"It was for your own good, Scoots. Being in there was awful. I didn't even like my mere five minutes in there," Rainbow said, tousling the purple-ish pink hair. Scootaloo looked up at her from where she was still clinging to Discord.

"Can you let go now? I can't really breathe," Discord choked. Scootaloo hopped off.

"Are we going to celebrate?" Scootaloo asked.

"What? For me getting out of jail? I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"I'm not going to celebrate a day where I got out of jail for almost burning a school and its kids."

"Fine."

"Well, that may be true, but some of them were laughing," Dash said.

"And that's supposed to make me feel better? That ponies were laughing at me as I got shoved in a police car?" Discord looked at her incredulously.

"Heh, well no, but at least it's done with now. Maybe you should try and act like it never happened."

"Oh, yeah, that'll totally work! Just act like it never happened!" Discord shouted sarcastically.

"Don't be mean about it. Almost everypony goes to jail at least once in their life."

"Hmm, really? Have you?"

"Well, no. ."

"Twilight? Applejack? Rarity? Fluttershy?"

"No. ."

"That's what I thought."

"At least you didn't get a year or something. Then you'd be in a bigger prison. With Pinkie Pie."

"I guess. But I'm still not happy with it."

"Nopony would be. Just you wait, I'm sure this'll be forgotten soon."

"Sure. Whatever you say."

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"C'mon, Scootaloo, if it makes you feel any better Ah didn't laugh at you when you showed your picture. And Ah thought it was pretty cool how Discord told off Diamond Tiara like that," Apple Bloom said, trying to cheer up her friend.

"Yeah! And he looked awesome! His mane made him look like some god!" Sweetie Belle agreed.

"Sweetie Belle, he is a god," Scootaloo deadpanned, glancing over at the unicorn as they walked.

"Oh, well, still made him look cool."

"Yeah, I know, but nopony will talk to me because of it." Scootaloo looked despairingly at the ground. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle glanced at each other.

"We are," Apple Bloom said.

"But nopony else. And nopony will talk to Discord either."

"Well, he did start on fire, and almost the school," Sweetie pointed out.

"I know! But that doesn't mean nopony should talk to him."

"Ponies are very protective of their kids here."

"That's still not a good excuse for it! I mean, he can't even go outside to Ponyville anymore!"

"Why?" Apple Bloom asked. "Just because he's being shunned doesn't mean he can't leave."

"It's not that. Every time ponies see him they throw stuff at him! He comes back with tomatoes all over himself. And one time, somepony threw a vase at him! I don't get why ponies would be so rude."

"Well, sorry 'bout that, but he did almost hurt Diamond Tiara. If she had done somethin' else, he could've done somethin' horrible." Scootaloo lowered her head even more. They were right, she knew. But why would all of the ponies turn on Discord because of one rude little filly? And now none of the fillies at school will talk to her. That spirit was right. That was the going to be the worst day ever. It just gets better and better!

"Whatever guys, I think I'm going to go home. See ya later," the pegasus announced sadly, turning around and flying away before her friends could say anything. She soared up to her house and went in. Inside, Rainbow Dash and Discord were sleeping on the couch. She was laying across his stomach, his paw on her head. Both their mouths were open, snoring. Scootaloo immediately forgot she was mad, seeing them like that. They looked so peaceful. The young filly gently started climbing onto the couch. She soon as she was near her mom's feet, she took a step forward, only to have a slinking red tail stop her, and curl up around her. Wrapped securely in Discord's tail, she fell asleep.

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Rainbow Dash blinked open her eyes. She was laying on top of Discord's chest, and Scootaloo was in his tail. Smiling, she realized they were all growing closer. She silently and gently clambered off of the sleeping spirit. He snorted, his leg twitching. She held in a laugh, then made her way to the kitchen. She grabbed a box of cereal and got it ready. A huge snore made her look back into the other room. She poked her head into it, and saw Discord, drooling, all over his neck and her couch.

"Gross," Rainbow snorted, continuing to eat her cereal. She checked the clock on the wall. It was almost two. Better get them up if they were to do anything today. She finished her food and went back into the living room. Dash poked the sleeping spirit's horn. He twitched.

"Discord. Discord, wake up. C'mon," Rainbow whispered, continuing to poke his horn. Suddenly, his paw lifted up and smacked her in the face. Jerking her face back, she glared at him.

"Just wait. . . gimme a few more minutes," Discord mumbled sleepily, rolling over onto his side, away from her, making Scootaloo jolt awake as his tail moved.

"Urg. . . what the heck? I was sleeping," the filly said, rubbing her eyes. She shook her head and fell onto the floor, pulling herself up.

"Come on, Discord. Even Scoot's awake now," Dash grunted.

"Uh, I don't wanna get up," Discord grumbled, trying to ignore the pegasus.

"You don't have a choice." And with that, Rainbow latched onto his tail and pulled him off the couch.

"Uh, you are persistent, I'll give you that." He stood up and brushed some dust off his shoulders. "What did I even need to get up for anyways? All I am is a social pariah."

"I know, but I think we should do something today, instead of sleeping. Something fun."

"What kind of fun?" Scootaloo asked, flying to sit on top of Discord's head, right between his horns. He glanced up at her and then looked back to Rainbow.

"I don't know, but something fun, and something we can all do."

"Do you have any ideas?" the spirit asked.

"We could. . . hmm. . . I know! We could go into the EverFree Forest and defeat evil creatures!" Scootaloo exclaimed.

"No. I don't think so. But, good idea. Dangerous, but good idea. We could-" Dash stopped talking as a scroll came flying in through the window, right at Discord's feet. "Um, who is that from?"

"I don't know, let's read it," the spirit said. He bent over to pick it up, dislodging a certain little filly from atop his head. He broke the seal and opened it.

Dear Discord,

WHAT AM I HEARING ABOUT YOU BEING ARRESTED?! WE NEED TO TALK! GET YOURSELF TO THE CASTLE IMMEDIATELY! AND COME PREPARED WITH AN EXCUSE!

Sincerely,

Princess Celestia

Discord quickly closed the scroll, gulping.

"Who was it from?" Dash asked, seeing the look on the spirit's face. "Was it bad?"

"It was from Celestia."

"Oh. Was it about. . .the thing?"

". . . Yes."

"Let me read that." She swiped the scroll from his paws. She scanned through it, her expression changing from confused to panicky. "Well, we better get to Canterlot."

"I think I should go by myself."

"W-what?! We are going with you, no buts about it!"

"But-"

"No buts!"

"Fine. Prepare yourselves." Discord snapped his fingers and they were all teleported to the castle.

A very angry Celestia was waiting for them.

"Discord! What am I hearing about you being arrested?! Is this true?!" Princess Celestia demanded, storming up to the spirit.

"Well, uh. . . yes," Discord squeaked, trying to make himself as low as possible to avoid her anger.

"How did you and up get arrested?! You were to use your magic for good, not evil! I can almost not believe my ears!"

"Well, um. . ."

"Your majesty!" Rainbow said loudly, making Celestia turn her attention away from the stammering God of Chaos and instead to the cyan pegasus.

"What?" the Princess asked.

"It wasn't really Discord's fault. It was-"

"Mine," Scootaloo finished.

"WHAT?!" Discord and Rainbow exclaimed at the same time.

"What do you mean?" Celestia asked, narrowing her eyes.

"I was the who made this all happen," Scootaloo said. "If I hadn't gotten upset about the other ponies laughing at me, then Rainbow Dash and Discord wouldn't have came down to the school, then Diamond Tiara wouldn't have gotten Discord so mad, then he wouldn't have yelled at her, and if he hadn't yelled at her, his mane wouldn't have lit on fire, and he wouldn't have almost burned down the school, and the police wouldn't have shown up, and he wouldn't have been arrested."

The Princess was silent for a moment. Discord looked at her nervously. What if she thought that he had told her to say that? Then he would be in even more trouble.

"I believe you."

"You do?! Oh, does that mean I'm going to be in trouble now?"

"No. but it means that Discord should control his temper. So, Discord-"

"Wait! Don't punish him! He was just defending me!" Rainbow interrupted her.

"I see."

A few moments of silence followed.

"Since no real trouble was done, I will not punish any of you. But, I will say this: stay out of trouble, Discord. If something else happens, so help me!"

"Message understood," Discord said, nodding his head.

"I will perform a spell to make the citizens of Equestria forget this ever happened."

"You will? Why would you do that?" Dash asked, confused.

"Well, you told the truth, and that's what I like to see. You would prefer to see yourself in trouble than another that you care about."

Rainbow turned a little red, blushing.

"Yes, I know about all of that, so don't think I never knew what happened in Ponyville all those months ago." Princess Celestia laughed a little bit. "So, you three may leave. When you return to Ponyville, nopony will remember what happened."

"Thank you Princess," Dash said.

"No problem." Discord started to lift up his paw so he could teleport them back. "Oh, and Discord," the Princess added slyly, whispering in his ear.

"Yes?" he asked.

"I'll make sure to remove that from your police record."

He looked at her. Then, just as they were disappearing in a flash of light, the Princess was suddenly soaking wet as a cotton candy cloud poured chocolate rain onto her.

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Scootaloo sat bored, in her room. She had nopony to play with. It was dark and rainy outside, as the pegasi had brewed up quite storm. Thunder growled and lightning flashed, making it seem as if the world was going to end. So, Scootaloo couldn't go out to play. Rainbow was sleeping, and Discord- well, actually, she didn't know what Discord was doing. Leaving her room, she decided to see what the Lord of Chaos was up to. She walked into the living room. And there he was, sleeping on the couch, no surprise.

Getting an urge to prank him, she crept off to the kitchen to find something. Scootaloo opened the fridge.

Hello. . .

Whip cream.

An oldie but a goodie.

The filly snuck up right beside Discord. He was on his back, his talon resting on his chest and his paw dangling limply at his side. Holding back laughter, she squirted a large amount of the whip cream onto it. Then, she plucked one of his pegasus feathers carefully, deciding not to use her own, just to make it all the more funny. When she did, he growled in his sleep and shifted. Holding the blue feather in her mouth, she reached up and tickled his nose with it. His eyebrows twitched. Scootaloo frowned. She tickled his nose again. Nothing but twitches. He wasn't falling for it. Rubbing her chin thoughtfully, she tried to think of an idea that could work. Obviously Discord would be used to being tickled, as Rainbow Dash often did when he did something she didn't like, such as throwing a pie at her or drawing on her face at night. Then an idea popped into the filly's head.

"DISCORD! THERE'S SOMETHING CRAWLING ON YOUR FACE!"

Immediately, the spirit woke with a start and slapped his paw to his face. He shot up, turning red as he realized he had been pranked.

Scootaloo fell over, laughing with such force tears were welling in her eyes. Hearing shouting, an annoyed Dash stumbled into the room.

"Would you keep it- oh my." Rainbow stopped and stared at Discord. She bit her lip, trying not to laugh. Failing, she collapsed to the floor next to Scootaloo, pounding it with her hoof.

"Oh, haha! Very funny, get 'em when he's down. Classic," Discord grumbled, wiping the whip cream of his face. He flicked it off his paw and onto the girls. They shrieked, trying to avoid being hit.

"Oh man! I was coming out here to scold you two! I got a surprise!" Dash rolled onto her back, not even minding as he flung more whip cream at her. She kicked her legs, holding her stomach. "You sure got whipped, didn't you?" She stopped for a few seconds to talk, then burst out laughing at her own joke.

"Yeah, you got creamed!" Scootaloo snorted, falling against her mom, mad with laughter. Discord rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, I fell for it, but come on! I was resting so peacefully, then suddenly somepony starts screaming in my ear about something on my face! I mean, what was I supposed to do? What if there had actually been a bug on my face? I don't want bugs on my face! Gross!" he exclaimed, shuddering.

"Wait, hold on a minute? Are you scared of bugs? The powerful Lord of Chaos, afraid of bugs!" the cyan pegasus chortled. She fell into more hysterics. Having enough of their incessant laughter, he snapped his talon and suddenly, the two were in dresses, wearing makeup, with their hair combed- the whole nine yards. They gasped, seeing themselves being *shudder* sophisticated.

"Point taken," Rainbow said, mussing up her mane again. She kicked off the dress, and quickly ran to the kitchen to wash the makeup off with Scootaloo following close behind.

"It's fun being me." And with that, Discord laid down again, his hands behind his head.

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"I have to go to work, so you two behave while I'm gone!" Rainbow called as she went out the door. As they heard the slam of it closing, they knew what it meant.

It. Was. On.

Ever since the whip cream incident, they had been slightly cross with each other, and Dash was sick of it. But when she left, all hell broke loose.

"So," Scootaloo said, circling the spirit.

"So," Discord said back.

"All things are legal now! Go!" With that, she flung herself at him, knocking him over. She clung to his horns, and he shook his head like a dog, flinging her off.

"That was never part of the deal!"

"All bets are off! Everypony for themselves!"

Scootaloo shot under his feet, tripping him. He managed to get a hold of her tail and lift her into the air.

"I don't think so. I'm an adult, I don't act like that."

"Are you sure? You seem more of a foal to me. You certainly act like one." She stuck her tongue out at him, and he growled.

"It is on!" She bit his paw, and he yelped, dropping her on her face. She kicked him in the leg and shot off. He went after her.

"Haha! I'm winning!"

"Not for long!" He reached out for her tail, but she pulled up, making him crash into the wall. Shattering could be heard throughout the house. Scootaloo gasped, turning back to see what had happened. Discord lay on the ground, with broken clay all around him.

"We are so dead!" Scootaloo cried, seeing the remains of a very special picture frame. It had been made for Rainbow by her little cousin, who Scootaloo herself had never met, as the filly had died from cancer a while ago. The frame had been a gift for her twenty-second birthday. Only a few weeks later, her cousin had passed away, and Rainbow had cherished the frame ever since.

"What? It's just a picture- oh my Celestia is it that picture frame?!" Discord exclaimed, bringing his paw to his mouth. The filly weakly nodded. The blue clay was shattered in many pieces, and was slightly crumbled.

"Can't you fix it?!"

"No! I can't fix things like this! I never even fixed Fluttershy's lamp correctly!"

"Then how'd you heal Rainbow?!"

"Special spell! I can't fix personal hoof-made items!"

"We are soooooooo dead!"

"We?! You're the one who started this all!"

"Shut up dude!"

"You can't tell an adult to-"

"Please! It doesn't matter who did it; Rainbow will still flay us both!"

"Well then what are we supposed to do?! Seeing this broken will break her heart!"

"Okay, okay, we need to calm down, and stop shouting. It's just making us think like idiots. We'll just hide it, and hopefully she'll never notice."

"Or, we can make an exact replica of it. .?"

"Seriously? We can't make an exact replica of it that fast! It takes like twelve hours to bake the things! We just have to hope she doesn't notice."

"If she finds out, I'm blaming you."

Scootaloo gave him a glare. Then, she rushed off to the kitchen to get a broom and a dustpan. She swept it up, and they hurriedly put it in a box, which they stored under Scootaloo's bed.

"Okay, if I'm correct, Rainbow will be home in a few hours, so we just need to act natural," the filly said, wondering why she was acting like the grown up in this situation. Discord nodded and they went back into the living room. Suddenly, the door opened, and Dash came in.

"What!? I mean, what are you doing here so early? Aren't you supposed to be done at two?" Discord asked.

"Well, weather was pretty neutral today after all. We were going to arrange another big storm, but the ponies still haven't recovered yet, so we'll have to make up for it another day. So, all we did was clear clouds," Rainbow said. She went down the hallway. He crossed his fingers and Scootaloo started sweating. "Hey guys?"

Oh no.

"Why is the broom out?"

They both let out sighs of relief.

"Wait! Where is the picture frame from Sunny Daisy?" The pegasus stormed back into the room. "Where is it? It's not on the wall anymore." She narrowed her eyes.

"What are you talking about? Maybe you should look again," Scootaloo suggested, her voice tight.

"Or maybe you should get your eyes checked! Bye!" Discord said, and with that, the two headed towards the door. Rainbow bolted in front of them. She put one hoof on Discord's chest and another on Scootaloo's, then pushed them back to the couch.

"Nopony leaves until I know where it is," she commanded. She looked at them expectantly. Starting to get annoyed at no responses for almost ten minutes, she sighed. "Do I have to count to three?" Dash put her hooves on her hips, waiting. "One."

Scootaloo shifted, growing uncomfortable under her mom's rose stare.

"Two."

The two didn't move.

"If I get to three, there will be consequences!"

Nothing.

"Three." She tackled Discord to the ground, holding one arm behind his back. Scootaloo gasped, and backed away. Pressing his face into the cloud, she demanded "where is it?! Tell me!"

"I didn't do anything!" Discord yowled, rolling over and squashing Rainbow under him. He stood up and teleported somewhere. Snorting, Dash turned to her daughter.

"Scootaloo. Tell me, right now."

"I-I-I don't know!" Scootaloo lied.

"Don't lie to me!" Rainbow snarled, closing in on her.

"But I'm not!"

"Yes you are! I can see it in your eyes!"

"Um. . . It's all Discord's fault!"

"What?! You little traitor! And here I was, all ready to save you!" Discord exclaimed, reappearing above them.

"Discord! What did you do?!" Dash shouted, already dragging him down by his tail.

"I'm not telling you anything!"

Stopping, the blue pegasus twitched her tail. Then, she started smirking. She yanked the spirit fiercely down to the floor, and sat on top of his stomach.

"If you won't tell me, then I guess I'll have to do this!" She pulled out a feather from her wing and started tickling him with it. He twitched, trying not to laugh as it moved over his skin. Scootaloo gasped, knowing that a tickle punishment was one of the worst forms of torture imaginable.

"Come on, I know you know something!"

She held the feather in her mouth and held up his arms, pressing him to the floor. She let the feather lightly move over his body, making him laugh. Knowing she could break him, she moved the feather faster. He snorted occasionally, his whole body jerking as he tried to stop. After about five minutes of tickle torture, he finally gave in.

"Okay okay I'll tell you!" Discord told her and she stopped for a few moments. "Scootaloo and I were fighting and then she flew away so I went after her and then she pulled up and then crash and then shatter and then pa-han-n-ii-ic!" He admitted, the last word going longer then the rest. Still laughing from the tickling, she stepped off of him, and he curled in a ball, trying to rub away the feeling.

"Is this true?" Rainbow asked, looking at them.

Scootaloo looked, shamefaced, away from her mom. "Yes."

"Well, I have to say I'm disappointed. In both of you. I mean, I told you to behave and then you fought anyway! I mean, I sorta understand Scootaloo, as she's a filly, but Discord, I expected better! This all could've been avoided if you had just listened to me." She paused. "Where are the pieces?"

"In a box under my bed."

"Okay then. They can stay there for now."

"So, uh, what are we going to do?"

"Um, first, you two are going to say sorry to me."

"The God of Chaos does not apologize!" Discord said, crossing his arms. Rainbow flicked her tail across his stomach. He choked out a laugh. "Okay, okay! Sorry!"

"Sorry. . ." Scootaloo muttered.

"So, are we off the hook now?"

"Not even. You two are grounded," Rainbow said.

"What?! How can I be grounded?! I don't even live here, technically! Besides, you're not my mother!" Discord growled.

"Um, you can just stop saying that, because you've been here how long now? So, I guess that means two weeks without your magic Discord, and a week without friends Scootaloo."

"Two weeks?! What are you talking about?! I cannot not use my magic for that long! I am eons older than you! And why does she get one week?!"

"Um, because you're an adult, and she's a kid. You were an adult acting like a kid. She was a kid acting like a kid. There's your reason. And I don't care how old you are. Adults don't act like children." And with that, Rainbow flew into the other room. Discord crossed his arms.

"Don't try and argue with her. She'll win. She always wins," Scootaloo said, sad not being able to hang out with her friends for a whole week, but pitied that Discord wouldn't be able to use magic for two weeks. And if he was caught using magic, Scootaloo didn't even want to think about it.

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So I was thinking, was the jail thing overdoing it? But then I thought, bitch please, I'm fabulous, why do I care? XD Just kidding, but I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I did! I loved how he stood up for Scoots and Rainbow Dash. They're getting so much closer. I added in the sleeping part because it was cute. From this point on, it will be a lot of family bonding stuff, so stay tuned! Many cute moments with them ahead. Plus, lol Discord just got GROUNDED! And tickled. As if it could get any worse… he got pwned, to put it in words. *content sigh* Good times, good times.

p.s. soooo sorry this took forever! I know I said it earlier, but just another apology. I procrastinated a TON, so maybe I'll get the next ones out faster.