I'm so sorry that this update took forever. With school starting and major writers block showing up, I couldn't focus on this story. I hope you like this chapter.

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"This isn't what I thought you meant when you said 'baby steps'!" Daphne said while Discord flew up into the sky with her in his arms. The second she had asked for wings, a pair of wings materialized on her back. Her first few tries at flying were fruitless, so Discord decided she should take baby steps in her flying.

Discord perched on the highest cloud and set Daphne down on the white fluff. She looked down at the ground wondering if Discord would catch her if she fell. Not wanting to look afraid, Daphne shuffled to the edge of the cloud and slowly flapped her wings. As her wings flapped harder, she lost purchase on the cloud and was hovering an inch from where she stood. Suddenly a jumbo sized pink cotton candy cloud was pushed by the wind into her face.

"Get it over with already." Discord said impatiently.

"But Discord you said baby steps!" Daphne squealed when she was no longer on the clouds surface.

"Well I need my beauty sleep, now go." He said in a squeaky voice. Daphne couldn't beat her wings fast enough and was plummeting towards the checkered ground. In her mind she thought this was it, that she would just hit the ground and die. Discord appeared under her and caught her on his stomach.

"What… the… freaking… flop?" Daphne said breathlessly.

Discord just rolled his eyes and flew to her bedroom window. Daphne glared at him when she was set down on the floor.

"Discord." Daphne said forcefully.

"What?" He replied a little too innocently.

"You know what! I was almost killed." Daphne nearly screamed. "Why are you so impatient when it comes to my flying?" Discord only stared into space, trying to think of an excuse. She had never heard of Discord being so confused.

"Why do you look so flustered?" Daphne mumbled to herself. Then she thought of something. "Why did you even bring me here?" She asked him.

Discord broke free from his trance and stared her down. He grinned maliciously "You see my dear, your story was way too boring for me. So I decided to change it up a bit!" He laughed at her hurt expression.

"My story isn't boring!" She argued with the laughing villain.

"If that was the case, I wouldn't have brought you here!" Discord chuckled. "By changing the story, everything will become chaos!"

"That's right…" Daphne realized. "So, you have no real use for me except for changing the story?"

"Correct."

"Then… can I go to the Wonder Bolts academy?"

"WHAT!?"

"Well if there's no reason for me to be here, then I should be able to do as I please." Daphne smiled slightly.

"But why would you want to go there?!"

"I want professional help if I'm going to fly."

"F-Fine!" He stuttered furiously. "Lunch first, then you go!"

"Alright." She replied impassively as she walked through her bedroom doors towards the dining room.

Discord silently fumed behind her and teleported to his chair.

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They finished their meal and went to the edge of his domain. "You better not lie about going to the academy." Discord warned Daphne. She frowned at his accusation, secretly wishing she did have the intention to run away. Running away wouldn't do her any good even if she could get out of his vision for two seconds. Knowing him and his stubborn ways, he would be watching her every second she was at the academy.

"I'm not lying Dipcord." Daphne sighed with impatience. "Even if I'm lying, you can bring me back here with your magic."

Discord showed a forced smile as his eye twitched in irritation. "Of course I can run along now!" He pushed her towards the Everfree Forest in encouragement. Daphne looked in between her captor and the forest in confusion. Was she supposed to just waltz into the Everfree Forest, alone? Discord noticed her hesitation and rolled his eyes.

"I'm not taking you there if that's what you want." He chuckled.

"B-But the Everfree Forest is dangerous so I thought you would take me to the academy." She responded.

"Of course not, I have an appointment with dust bunny under my bed." Discord smirked when a small bunny made of dust kicked his leg impatiently. Daphne narrowed her eyes suspiciously, but knew that nothing could change his reluctance to take her where she wanted to go. She sighed and walked into the forest alone to her dismay. Once she was out of earshot Discord snapped his fingers, letting the bunny fall onto the ground as a pile of dirt.

Discord chuckled as his plan was set into motion. "A night in the Everfree Forest will certainly teach her not to want to leave here again. Tomorrow morning she'll be crawling back, begging for help." He flew back to his castle to wait for the day of her return.

As Daphne walked through the forest with caution, she slowly became paranoid. Every twig beneath her hooves startled her with each snap. All of the trees stared at her when she walked past them. Everything terrified her enough to cause her to hesitate. She was caught off guard when a small family of rabbits quickly hopped in front of her path. Daphne wanted comfort from the evil aura within the forest, so she walked off of the path to find the small bundles of fur once more.

"Hello?" She whispered. No matter how long she searched for the rabbits her efforts proved fruitless. Daphne walked back onto her path only to find that hundreds of little furry animals and birds rushing towards the way she came. It was as if they were running from something.

"Running from something…" Daphne muttered in awe as she saw the mass of skittering animals. Once the pathway was clear again, she kept walking towards the exit as if nothing had happened. Knowing that something was chasing the poor animals caused her to pick up her pace.

Suddenly, she felt eyes watching her from behind. Daphne looked over her shoulder, only to gasp and run at full speed. Three timber wolves had crossed paths with her scent and were now following it. With their new prey in sight, they set off to begin the hunt. The timber wolves soon caught up to her with jaws ready to bite. Daphne realized that Discord wouldn't be there to save her this time. She closed her eyes and waited for death to take her. She waited for what seemed like forever, but nothing happened. Daphne opened her eyes to a flash of rainbow. With a shake of the head, she stared at the mare standing proudly before her. The timber wolves had been crushed into a pile of branches by the fastest pony she knew.

"Rainbow Dash?"