Spencer

Me and Mom tripped through the Rift and ended up in the cottage, where the Rift was closed by Dad on the other side. Mom sat down on the couch and gestured for me to do the same. I sat down suspiciously, afraid that she was going to blow her top. She was being extremely quiet, which is not good, especially not after what she just saw.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Am I really so bad at being a mother that Marcy would rather have that… she-devil?" asked Mom.

"It's not like that." I explained. "She's just being rebellious. Surely you've said stupid things like that when you were 14."

"No, actually, I haven't! I never went against my parents."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Go for it, kiddo."

"Why do you hate Sarah? I know it's more than the whole kissing thing." I said. "What really happened that day?"

"It wasn't that day. It was three years prior." sighed Mom. "When we were at war, your dad was… well, let's just say he was away for a while. We thought he was dead. After we were positive he was gone, we staged a car crash to make it seem like he died to something a bit more human. At his funeral, Sarah cried more than she should've. More than if they were just friends. It hurt me more than it should have."

"You're mad because she cried at Dad's funeral?" I asked in confusion.

"It wasn't just that." she said in frustration. "Maybe you'll understand when you find that special somepony, the one you want to spend your life with. I felt bad because he had something to go back to. In Equestria I had friends, yeah, but nopony to love. If he wanted to, he could've walked right past me and into her arms. I guess I'm still afraid of her stealing him away from me."

"Are you crazy? You know that'll never happen." I said. "Dad loves you. He wouldn't just leave you for Sarah."

"Yeah, I know, but what if?"

"It'll be fine. Even if Dad wanted to leave you, he'd be too scared." I laughed.

"You are one smart kid, Spence." said Mom with a smile.

"So they tell me. Hey, how did you know we were gone?"

"You guys left the Rift open. We just walked through."

"Ah. I knew we forgot something." I said, rubbing my head. "How long are we grounded for?"

"Let's see… You broke the law, went against a direct order from me, forced me to leave home to retrieve you which ultimately ended up with me getting a gun pointed at my throat and with me punching one of your dad's friends in the face so… you're fine. No punishment."

"For serious?" I asked.

"What can I say? I really wanted to punch Sasha in the face." she chuckled.

"Her name is Sarah."

"I know what I said." she said. "Don't correct me."

"Never correct Shutterfly." said a thin, serpentine figure who had appeared out of nowhere next to Mom. He had an eagle claw, a lion paw, a lizard foot and a hoof, along with a goat head, a dragon wing and a feathered wing. A draconequus.

"What the hell are you doing here, Discord?" asked Mom.

"Just popping in for a visit." he laughed. "I haven't seen you since before you were pregnant. Before you gained that baby weight."

"So you're Discord?" I asked in fascination.

"And you must be Marceline!" he said, shaking my hand with his eagle hand.

"That's my sister." I said.

"Of course! My mistake!" he said, snapping his fingers. A glass of chocolate milk appeared in his hand.

"No chocolate milk in the cottage, Discord!" shouted Mom. "In fact, no Discord in the cottage! Get out!"

"Why so rude, Fluttershy? Is that really the way to treat an old friend?" he asked, snapping his fingers again and making the glass disappeared.

"Yeah Mom, why do you have to kick him out? I've always wanted to meet him." Mom seemed to be fighting with herself. She gave me a worried look, then sighed.

"Fine. Talk to him. But I swear, if you try anything on my son, I will murder you." said Mom, twirling a lock of her hair.

"Why would I ever try to harm this precious little angel?" he asked. Not waiting for an answer, he turned to face me. "Ask any question you like."

"Okay. Where do you live?"

"Nowhere. And everywhere."

"Give him a straight answer, Discord." said Mom.

"Spoil sport. Fine. I live in my own personal realm, where anything goes. Pure chaos, sweet and delicious."

"So, you're sort of like the King of Chaos?" I asked.

"King? Ha! Don't be ridiculous! Why be a king when you can be a god?" he chuckled. "My power over chaos is absolute and unrivaled."

"What's your relationship with Mom?" I asked.

"Me and Fluttershy are the best of friends. She doesn't know what she'd do without me."

"Discord used to be super-evil, but I reformed him. Kinda. I sorta cut off his arm and tail during the war." said Mom with a frown. "And while this has been nice speaking to you, I'm going to have to ask you to get the hell out of my house."

"Time to turn that frown upside down." said Discord, snapping his fingers. Light flashed and we were standing on the ceiling, the floor now above us.

"Fix my house, Discord, or so help me!" said Mom.

"Say, where's that little bunny of your's?" asked Discord, changing the subject.

"Angel's with Rarity in Canterlot, getting groomed. Wanna flip my house back or am I going to have to hurt you?"

"All in due time Fluttershy. Maybe after you play my game."

"Everything's a goddamn game with you."

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Marceline

Spencer and Mom walked through the Rift, leaving me alone with Dad and Sarah. Dad walked over to the Rift and closed it, afraid that Mom would change her mind. He reached down and helped Sarah off the floor.

"Thanks." she said, wiping the blood from her lip. Dad looked at her, then smacked her in the back of the head. "Ow!"

"What is wrong with you?!" he asked exasperatedly.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with Psychoshy?!"

"You pushed her and she pushed back." said Dad. Without warning, he smacked her in the head again.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"You kissed me! What is wrong with you?!" he repeated.

"Chill out, I was just making a point. Just like the whole handcuffs and butterscotch thing. Anything to get her riled up."

"What was that about?" I asked.

"N-nothing! Don't look for it! You know what, just stay off the internet! It's a terrible place." sputtered Sarah.

"Just a question." I said with a smile.

"Don't get too comfy young lady!" said Dad, wiggling his finger at me. "This is all your fault."

"How?!" I asked. "I wasn't the one who called Mom fat!"

"You have to admit, Chris, the look on her face was pretty funny." snickered Sarah. Dad tried to uphold his serious demeanor and succeeded for about twenty seconds before he began to smile.

"I can't lie, that was hilarious!" laughed Dad. "You shouldn't have done it, though. Dear God, she's gonna give me so much hell for this!"

"Not if Sarah apologizes." I said.

"That is a fantastic idea!" said Dad. "You and Sarah can apologize to Fluttershy together!"

"Why do I have to apologize?" asked me and Sarah simultaneously.

"Seriously? Do you really have to ask?"

"I did nothing wrong." I said, crossing my arms.

"You broke the law and you really hurt your mother. She might pretend that she doesn't care, but she's sincerely hurt that you would rather someone else."

"I'll apologize. It's not going to change how I feel, but I'll say sorry to make her feel better."

"Fantastic!" said Dad. "Sarah's going to apologize, Flutters is going to forgive you, I'm going to ground Marceline into oblivion, and then we'll see a movie! I love it when friends work things out."

"What?! Why am I grounded?" I asked in outrage.

"Marce, I could have you arrested. You don't have a passport."

"And I won't get one until I turn 18!"

"Then you don't go through Rifts until you're 18. Princess Twilight and I put up that law for a reason. The only reason you're allowed through Rifts at all is because of school."

"Why did you pass that stupid law anyway?"

"To prevent things like this from happening!"

"Why don't you trust me?" I asked.

"Because you're always doing things like this!"

"But Daddy, if you just gave me a chance, you'd see I could take care of myself."

"That's kinda what I'm afraid of."

"But Daddy-"

"Butts are for sitting!" exclaimed Dad. One of his favorite (and most annoying) phrases. "We're not discussing this right now. We're going home."

"Will I pass out this time?" asked Sarah.

"No. That only happens the first trip." said Dad, pulling open nothing and opening the Rift. "You might want to stay human. She might react better if you speak to her face-to-face."

"Alright." said Sarah stepping through the Rift.

"You next, Marce." said Dad, pushing me through.

"Alright, alright, no need to push." I said, tripping through the other side, my feet touching the ceiling. The entire interior of the house was flipped upside down.

"What the hell?" said Dad, tripping through the Rift. He closed it behind him and ran his hand through his hair.

"Hello, Silver." said a long, slender form standing next to Mom and Spencer. His body was a hodgepodge of parts from different animals and he had a mischievous smile on his face. "It's been ages, hasn't it?"

"What do you want, Discord?" asked Dad, crossing his arms. "And what have you done to my house?"

"Always so quick to the point." he said, draping his arm around me. "Now this one, this has got to be Marceline."

"Do I know you?" I asked.

"Call me your Uncle Discord." he chuckled.

"Don't call him that." said Mom. "This is Discord, an old frenemy. He was just popping in for a visit when he thought it'd be okay to flip the house. Now he's going to fix it, or I'm going to kill him!"

"Alright, alright." said Discord, snapping his fingers. The room flipped back to normal and Mom looked quite surprised.

"Woah, really? I thought I was going to have to get Twilight down here." said Mom.

"How is Princess Twilight?" he asked mischievously. "She is still princess, right? Didn't get usurped or assassinated?"

"She's doing a really good job, thank you for asking." said Dad. "Now, it's been great catching up, but I need to have a private talk with my family. Please leave."

"Oh, I will. I just have to give you your gifts." said Discord, reaching into the floor.

"Gifts?" asked Mom. "What are you talking about?"

"Here you go!" he exclaimed, ripping his hand out of the floor. In his eagle claw was three wooden masks, each of them decorated to look exactly like Sarah, Mom and Dad.

"What are those?" asked Dad.

"Let's find out!" giggled Discord, appearing behind Mom. He put the Sarah mask on her face. Then he warped behind Dad and put the Mom mask on him. Finally, he put the Dad mask onto Sarah. Golden light beamed out of the masks and chained to one another. Quickly, they ripped off the masks and threw them to the floor.

"What did you do to us, Discord?" asked Mom.

"What do you think, Fluttershy?" he said.

"I don't notice anything." said Sarah.

"How about you, Silver?"

"I don't see anything wrong." said Mom. "Cool little light show, I suppose, but not your usual chaos."

"Nopony noticed anything?" asked Discord frustratedly.

"What happened to my boobs?" asked Dad, rubbing his chest.

"And why do I suddenly have boobs?" asked Mom.

"And why are my boobs suddenly so much smaller?" asked Sarah.

"I don't know about you, Marcy, but I think they figured it out." said Discord. He pointed at Mom. "What's your name?"

"Don't be dumb. I'm Chris. You know that." said Mom.

"And you?" asked Discord, pointing at Sarah.

"Fluttershy." she said.

"This one?" he asked, gesturing towards Dad.

"Sarah." he said.

"Have fun!" said Discord, as he scooped the masks up. He snapped his fingers and disappeared into a flash of light.

"What?!" asked me and Spencer together.