Chapter 2. New Skills

Daphne and Discord had been transported to his Castle of Chaos. Daphne sat on the living room floor, frozen in shock. Discord was looking through a floating dresser that he had made appear.

"I would normally let you see the dress options, but I already have a dress picked out." Discord said. Daphne only stared at the floor when a glass slipper was thrown next to her. Suddenly, Discord's head replaced the slipper and he stood from his laying position.

"Come on Daphne cheer up. Look I found the dress." He said as he held up a sparkling blue dress. "It's a perfect fit." She was too distracted to notice him talking. Daphne was looking at her reflection in a mirror. Staring back at her was a pony with an orange coat and short brown hair. Her hazel eyes showed fear and shock. She closed her eyes and sighed.

"Discord, why couldn't you have waited for Fluttershy to arrive?" Daphne asked.

"Oh…you mean…Fluttershy…haha! You mean that wimpy pegasus was supposed to come?" Discord said in a burst of laughter. The fact that Discord could make fun of Fluttershy that way angered her. Daphne stood and kicked his goat leg, causing him to drop the dress.

"Ouch!" he growled. "Now listen here you, I have decided to be nice to you. So don't be aggressive." Daphne stared at him through narrowed eyes.

"I want to go to my room now Dipcord." Discord narrowed his eyes at his humiliating nickname. He snapped his fingers and Daphne was teleported to her room. The walls, ceiling, and carpet were all blue. She saw the dress next to her and picked it up with her teeth.

"I'm fine with just my hat, thank you very much." She mumbled, sliding the dress under the canopy bed. Daphne put her hooves on her head. "Oh right, I left it at home." She curled up into a little ball on the bed and hugged her knees.

"This is going to be a long night." She thought.

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While Daphne bounced on her bed in boredom, Discord appeared. He raised an eyebrow at her childish behavior. "Well, I guess I would do the same thing." He thought.

"Having fun?" He asked. Daphne stopped bouncing and turned to Discord.

"Yes, I am absolutely positively thrilled." She said sarcastically.

"Well that's good." He said, ignoring her tone. Daphne frowned and stared at him. Discord only smiled and stared right back at her. They both stood there for what seemed like an eternity until Discord's stomach grumbled.

"Breakfast time." He said. Discord teleported them to the dining hall. He pulled her chair out for her and gestured for her to sit down. Daphne crawled into her seat slowly. Discord pushed her chair in and flew to his seat. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich appeared on her plate.

"P…Peanut butter and jelly?" she said in surprise. "He's giving me my favorite things, but how?" she thought quizzically.

"What do you think it is, a lump of mud?" Discord rolled his eyes. "It's not poisoned if that's what you're thinking."

"It's not that, it's just that peanut butter and jelly is my favorite." She said, pointing at the sandwich.

"What's wrong with eating your favorite food?"

Daphne didn't reply and instead tried to pick up her sandwich with her new hooves. After watching her sandwich slide back onto the plate for the fourth time, Discord floated over to her and grabbed her hooves.

"Here, like this." Discord said in annoyance while he showed her how to use her hooves. When she could use her hooves properly her sandwich was gone in an instant. He floated back to his chair and ate his favorite snack, paper.

"Hey Discord could you help me with a few things?" Daphne asked.

"What do you need?" He replied.

"Well, first I need some help with walking. I would also like to have my hat."

"That can be arranged." Discord clapped his hands together and her hat appeared. Daphne grabbed the blue hat in her hooves. She placed the hat on her head, slightly smiling.

"Now for the first request we should go outside." He scooped her up and flew out a window to the front yard. Daphne was set down on the grass and was suddenly being moved forward. She moved one hoof after the other to keep from being dragged along the ground. After a minute or so of walking she realized that Discord wasn't helping her at all and was actually leaning against a tree drinking a glass of chocolate milk. Daphne felt more at ease with walking in this body than she was before. She began to trot and gallop in front of Discord, showing off her new skill.

"Is there anything else you might want, anything at all?" He asked when she came to a stop in front of him.

"Hmm, let me think." She said. Daphne thought of what she wanted as she paced in front of Discord. She stopped to brush off a fly that landed on her back when she realized what she wanted. When the fly flew away she looked at its tiny wings and visualized bigger majestic wings on her body. Daphne thought of how wonderful it would be to fly.

"Discord, I know what I want." Daphne said snapping him out of a daydream.

"I didn't do it! Oh, never mind it was only a dream." He stuttered. "What do you want my dear?"

Daphne cringed at his words, but continued talking.

"I want to be a pegasus."