A couple days later, while Pinkie and Apple Bloom were eating from the train station's concession stand, the train came in and out came Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

"Oh no… What are those two doing here?" whispers Apple Bloom.

Diamond spoke, "Hm, not as big as my last birthday party, but it'll be fun just the same."

Apple Bloom went to them, "Hey Diamond Tiara, what brings you to the Crystal Empire?"

"We are entering the livestock competition to prove our Lamby is the best sheep around! My Daddy owns a sheep ranch if you must know. Ah, here is Lamby now."

The butler comes by with a tall sheep on a leash looking proud.

"His win should be easy." they lifted their noses to the air and went on.

Fluttershy was feeding Little Lady until Diamond Tiara came by with another sheep.

"Oh hello there… Who's this with you?"

"Lamby and please don't touch, his wool is very delicate and needs to be perfect."

"Of course. Oh, he's very handsome."

"He should be, if he's to win the competition."

"Little Lady's in the competition too, I hope when this is all over they can be good friends."

Diamond Tiara gave a laugh, "I highly doubt that."

"Well, it's time for Lady's brushing…" she brushes the crystallized wool, and then it shines.

This made Diamond gawk, and it concerned her. When Fluttershy was out of earshot, she whispered to Silver Spoon, "That little ewe is a match for Lamby, and what's worst, we'll be going against Fluttershy who is known to tame animals so well that they always obey her every command!"

"What are you going to do about it?"

"Hmm…" then looks at the stall Little Lady was in, "What if some pony left the gate open by accident… then the lamb would make a break for it… then she can't compete!"

"Ooh… good plan!" they both did snickers.

The next day, Cadence was showing Ms. Harshwinny the fair grounds.

"We're so lucky to have you for the fair after the Equestria Games."

"Indeed, with the games only happening so many years, I take pride to make sure other important events take place as such."

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon saw them coming closer to the petting zoo.

"There's Ms. Harshwinny," said Diamond, "she's inspecting the fair… she has the final say in things, perfect…" she goes to the stall making sure Fluttershy wasn't around then kicks the stall door forcing it to open a crack. Little Lady took notice and went off. "Oopsie…" they quickly went to hide to watch the fireworks.

"…And wait until you see my ewe for the livestock competition. Oh, Fluttershy, can you hand me Little Lady?"

"Why certainly, she's right- that's strange… She was here…" quickly flutters around then gives a gasp, "She's gone!"

"What?!" Cadence said in alarm.

"This is highly unprofessional! A royal ewe should not be out of sight!" Ms. Harshwinny moves on in a huff, while the fillies give a snicker.

"I'm sorry… I didn't…"

"It's alright Fluttershy…"

"No it's not! She was my responsibility! I'm so ashamed!" she flies off crying.

"Fluttershy! Wait! Oh no… I better get Twilight!"

Discord was nearby when he saw the trouble; he saw the little troublemakers and made a chocolate rain cloud on them.

"Ahhh! My hair!" screamed Diamond Tiara. She and Silver Spoon ran off crying, getting away from the cloud only for it to follow them.

"There… that'll teach those brats a lesson. Now to help Fluttershy." he pops out.

Fluttershy flew out of the empire crying, she wasn't seeing where she was going with tears in her eyes. She flew past the mountains where her loud sobs alerted three dragons resting in caves. They followed her; she suddenly felt warm breath behind her, turning to see…

"EEKK!" she squealed, flying away as fast as she could but they stuck to her until she hit a pass being a dead end. She whimpers as the coming dragons showed their white pointy teeth to her. She crouched down in fear covering her head. In a flat second, Discord show up as himself.

"You shall not harm one hair on this pony!" he hollered.

Recognizing the voice, she lifted her head, "Discord?"

The dragons gave a growl then Discord transforms himself into a larger dragon while still having his distinctive features. He gives a mighty roar and the dragons whimpered like cowering dogs and flew off in fear. Discord reverted back to normal.

"You alright?" he asks her.

"I am now…" she said with eyes welled with tears and with a smile she hugs him!

Discord felt a tingly feeling all over his body, when he felt he had enough, he plowed her away.

"But… how did you know?"

"All in good time my dear. Right now, shouldn't you be preparing for the competition?"

"Well I was, until Little Lady ran off. Now… I can't go back to face Princess Cadence…"

"By all means then! Go look for that little ewe so you could back!"

"Well… would you help me then?"

"For you, certainly!"

As they walked around the outskirts to the Crystal Empire that used to be covered with snow, Fluttershy asks, "So why were you around to save me?"

"Well…" rubbing his neck, "I hadn't heard from you in days, so I figure it was best to find out what you were doing. Then when it turned out you were in the Crystal Empire on business, I decided to stick around as another pony watching all of you do the work. In fact, it was I that came to you as that young stallion flattering you."

"I should've known! There was something familiar about him and now I know why!"

"What gave it away? My charm? My awesomeness?" striking a pose.

"The eyes…"

"Ah, yes… red and yellow coloring is a dead giveaway."

"Sure but… it was more than that… I… don't know what… but it just was…"

This intrigued him, never had a pony look into his eyes just to see more than his eye color or to stare in his hypnotizing eyes without being entranced. Come to think of it, she was the one who resisted his tricks at first having for him to forcefully spell her.

Suddenly a cloudburst gets them wet. Looking up they see a single dark cloud above them, then Rainbow Dash peeks her head out.

"Oops! Sorry, Fluttershy!"

"Ahem." Discord made a point he was there too.

"And 'Dip'cord…" she said in an exscaperated tone.

"What are you doing Dashie? I thought you were training the jousting team."

"I am, but the water fountain broke during training so the jousters need more water. So I'm trying to get this cloud to pour some rain so they can drink plenty of water before the jousting tournament next week."

"What a clever plan." Discord said while rolling his eyes.

Ignoring him, she asks Fluttershy, "So what are you doing out here? And come to think of it, what is he doing here, too? He better not be here ruining the fair!"

"Moi? Little reformed me?" makes a halo appear on his head. "I wouldn't dream of ruining the most important celebration in the Crystal Empire!"

"And… if he wasn't here, he couldn't save my life…"

"Saved your life?! What happened?!"

Fluttershy recapped the story of her finding Little Lady gone, and having been so ashamed that she ran off, only for dragons to come at her thus Discord saving her life. Now they were trying to find Little Lady.

"Well okay… just don't ever run off like that again!"

"I promise."

"Good luck trying to find Little Lady, and word of advice, Flutters…" flies down to whisper in her ear, "Keep an eye on Discord, he might still be up to something even if he did help you out there."

"Rainbow, take my word for it, I would not be standing here if it wasn't for him… If he hadn't come when he did…"

"Okay, okay. But keep your guard up."

"You won't tell Twilight that Discord's here, will you?"

"Trust me, the last thing Twilight and Cadence needs is Discord on their mind."

"Oh, pretend to be sick one time…"

Rolls her eyes, not listening to him, "But seriously, do keep an eye on him."

"Don't worry, I will."

She flies back up and moves the cloud away. Discord stuck his tongue out.

"I saw that."

He gives a cheesy grin.