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A Hellish Kind of Harmony

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Chapter 7: 7. Harmony Part 1

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Discord walked into the froyo gaining the attention of the woman at the counter. The tiles on the floor were pastel pink and blue. The walls were pink and lined images of the tasty snacks they had for sale. Discord looked at the array of frozen yogurt flavors. The menu was glowing over the clerk's head. He licked his lips and heard his stomach growl. He had just been sitting outside begging for change. Discord quickly looked behind him. It was not raining but the sidewalk outside was wet. Over some roofs the structure of Crystal Prep could be seen. What a reputation. Many people were walking on the sidewalk past the tiny shop. He finally got enough to buy one, but it wasn't really for him. He planned on buying a large so the younger people living with him could all share. He had been given a free hotdog and if need be he could go to a soup kitchen.

The woman looked at him and sighed sadly, "Sir if you cannot afford to buy something we're going to have to ask you to leave."

He looked at her, "No!" He said and retreated back to a lower tone. "I have money, a-and half a hotdog." She looked him up and down as he pulled out a coffee cup filled with change the woman looked in the cup and extended her hand outward. Discord handed her the cup and she poured the contents on the counter. "I'd like a large peanut butter." She counted out the exact change and saw it was the perfect amount. She looked at him and put a coupon in front of him.

She made a fake surprised face, "Sir do you want to redeem you buy one large get one free coupon?" Discord looked at the small slip of paper and nodded slowly. He did not enjoy this. Discord knew that almost every store near by knew that he didn't buy this food for him and most of the time he lived off of handouts. Discord looked at the woman who brought him the two larges. "Here you go sir." He smiled and nodded. He turned to walk away focusing on not dropping the yogurts. Discord felt his foot collide with another and jumped back. He looked at a woman shorter than himself with strawberry yogurt all over her pastel blue dress.

"Oh dear." Discord put down his yogurts and ran to get napkins. He grabbed a handful of napkins and gave them to her. She stared at him as he ran to get more and more soft napkins.

"Oh no it's alright." She assured him as he pushed more napkins at her frozen by her voice. "I'm fine, really." Discord bit his lip and shook his head. His face was beet red as he held the napkins in his hands. His knuckles pale from the force he was holding them with. "Do you not speak English?"

She asked carefully and he closed his eyes, "I'm sorry." He whispered.

She looked at him, "It's really fine."

Discord shook his head, "I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. Shit. I'm so sorry." The woman with multicolored hair scanned him looked at his dirty clothes, she smiled and took a few of the napkins he was holding.

"Thank you."

Discord looked up at her, "I am really sorry." She smiled knowingly at him. Discord could feel her calculating him as though he was an equation she could solve.

"Tell you what. You can make it up to me by coming by again tomorrow." Discord blinked and looked at his broken watch.

"Yes, I'm sorry." He grabbed his frozen yogurts, "I have got to go. Tomorrow, yes! I'm sorry." He sped out of the place as she continued to scan him. Discord rushed through the busy side walks and pushed people out of his way. He looked and saw the theater with wood and police tape blocking the the entrances. Discord dipped under the yellow tape and pushed the board away. He walked in and moved the board back into place. Discord ran in and saw the tribal woman with a young girl sleeping in her lap. Discord looked between the two, "What happened?"

Discord sat in a theater seat, "Her peers are calling her a rat child. Discord these insults are becoming less mild." The man looked at the small girl with fuschia hair.

Discord held her small shoulder, "Scootaloo?" The little girl grunted as she opened her eyes. Discord smiled at her and she laughed. She sat up carefully.

"Heya Discord. Make any good money today?"

He smiled at her, "I made enough to get us two frozen yogurts." He held the two peanut butter frozen yogurts out. He gave one to Scootaloo and the other to Zecora. Zecora looked at the frozen treats in awe.

Scootaloo smiled brightly, "Alright thanks Discord!" She ran off happily and sat next to her pillar.

Zecora looked at him, "Discord I am most concerned about how all this money was earned?"

Discord smiled, "Buy one get one free my dear Zecora." Zecora looked at him.

She spoke, "What, my sweet, are you exactly going to eat?" Discord chuckled at her rhymes.

"Really had to stretch for that one," he joked. Zecora raised a stern eyebrow at him. Discord cleared his throat and reached into his pockets. He took a slightly more serious tone, "I know you think it's not enough." He pulled out his one half a hot dog.

"Discord! You fill me with such spite when you refuse to eat right!" She yelled. He cringed at the sound of her raising her voice. She took a deep breath, "Let me work the street-"

"So you can sell your body like a piece of meat?!" He said cutting her off. She glared at him, "Ooh!" He ran his hand messily through his hair. He took a deep breath and put his hands out in front of him, "No!" He said somewhat playfully so not to worry Scootaloo. The tribal woman glared at him.

"Scootaloo! Go to theater four and clean the floor." She licked her sticky fingers and grabbed the broom.

"Yes Zecora." She quickly ran off leaving the two alone.

Zecora looked at her friend, "They are taking her away and keeping us poor folks at bay." Discord ran a hand through his grey locks. "Discord I will not lie, but it is very hard to say goodbye."

He looked at her, "She needs to go with them." He said to both reassure Zecora and himself. She nodded and Discord laughed nervously. He grabbed his own hair roughly and took a deep breath as though he was about to say something. He looked up at his concerned friend and forced out the word, "Perfect." He began to walk away from her, "I'll be going to bed now Zecora."

"Discord do not be brash. I will not work the street for cash." She called for him but he had already left into theater ten. He closed his area's doors. They were push doors but he often times pulled them on accident. Discord walked past the blue seats in the front of the theater and sat in front of the screen. The pulled up a floorboard and saw the small black box. He looked at the Cerberus on the box. This was the main crime lord's mark. Tirek. Discord would love to meet the man one day. He once heard that Tirek was mad at a man and ripped his arms off during the fight. Discord chuckled, what poppycock. He had also heard that police have seen him once but he was wearing his mask. It was a black gas mask with long horns on the top. He sometimes thought that Tirek wasn't real. However, he knew, urban legend or not, Tirek's drugs were real. He opened the box with injections inside. The pulled out a small injection and smiled. He uncapped the needle and aimed it at a vein, this was his escape.


"Discord!" Discord sat up straight and groaned. "Discord!" He heard Zecora sternly call again. Discord repressed a hiss as he stood up. Everything was still so fuzzy. Discord held his head in his hand and left his theater.

"What?" He called whilst brushing his hair with his fingers. He wiped the hangover off of his face as he walked into the lobby. Discord looked at Zecora who was sitting on a snack counter. It was completely empty besides cut outs of candy brands. She patted the counter and he smirked at her. He sat up on the counter with her.

"Discord, though this may cause dejection," Zecora grabbed his greyish beard and pulled it roughly, "you ought tell me where you hid the injections." She seethed through her teeth.

Discord looked at her challengingly, "Make my day."

She shook her head, "I know you don't mean to give me a scare."

"Let go of my hair." He said with an angered smirk.

"I am not taking you back to urgent care." She warned.

He held one of her grey hands, "This is not your sword to bear."

"You've made this a burden we share," Zecora snapped back at him. The two held eye contact for a short moment.

Discord looked away from her, "I've," he looked at the watch on her wrist, "got to go." Discord pushed himself off the the counter.

Zecora sneered, "Would you stop putting on this show; I know you have nowhere to go." He turned, smiled, but continued to backpedal to the door.

He pushed up the wooden board. The wetness from the previous day had all but dried up. Discord grabbed his head and immediately regretted not wearing sunglasses. He had never suffered the mythical lows that Hollywood romanticized. However, he found himself being much more sensitive after using it. Discord could fake sobriety easily if he took his time. Slow steps, a lot of yawning, headphones and sunglasses. Lacking one tool he had to be extra precautious. Discord walked along side of buildings when possible and used his hand for balance. He ran calloused hands over the bricks and rough cement as he walked down the street. Once he turned the corner he knew this was when his first tool would have to take action. Unable to touch storefront glass he proceeded to take slow steps.

Discord was bumped by a few city dwelling shoulders. He continued to take his time until he got to the colorful fro-yo. He looked inside and squinted, curse the bright colors. Discord walked to the door and pulled it open. He walked in and saw the woman with pearl colored skin sitting at the table. She had her pastel hair was in a sloppy bun. She wore purple transition glasses that had not fully adjusted to the lighting inside of the fro-yo. Discord felt his dusty hands become clammy. Despite himself he walked forward and tapped her right shoulder. She turned around and he slid to her left. Discord took a napkin from the table behind him. The woman turned and looked up at Discord.

Discord handed her a crinkled napkin and mumbled, "You said today, correct?" She smiled and took the napkin from him carefully.

She could not help but giggle at the sight, "And I was afraid you'd make this boring." Discord smirked and walked to the other side of the table.

Discord gestured toward the chair, "May I?"

She nodded and he proceeded to pull out the chair. Discord spun the metal chair with pink and grey checkered cushions. He sat in the now backward chair and swung his legs forward. He folded his arms over the top of the chair and rested his head there.

She patted the table, "So what is your name?" Discord made a sour face and the woman began giggling again.

Discord scooted closer to the table with a quiet squeak. "Why don't you tell me your name first?" She smiled and put one of her small hands on her collar bone.

"I'm Celestia." She said. Her voice made the room float and sigh. Celestia. Discord looked at the ground and chuckled. She looked at him and crossed her arms, "Now you." Discord attempted to look up but was flustered by the aura she was sharing with him.

He studied the floor as he said., "You can call me Discord." Celestia tilted her head to get a clearer view of him.

"I think it's wonderful." Discord's face lost all expression as he looked up at her. Celestia smiled, "Would you like a frozen yogurt?" He looked up at the menu board.

"N-no, I shouldn't." Celestia rested her head in her hand.

"Better question, when was the last time you ate." Discord looked at her.

He shook his head, "How do you know-"

"I recognized the shirt." She said quickly. Discord looked down at his shirt and smiled awkwardly. Celestia waved at one of the waitresses.


Discord took the pot of hot milk off of the stove and placed it on two pot holders that were shabbily made. They were obviously made by his young students.

"After our first meetings we got to know each other better. She was so observant." Discord laughed, "To think of all the times I had asked her out on a date, but heard no." Discord turned to Luna who was sitting on the table swinging her legs. Discord pulled out a tablespoon and opened the coco mix. "That was around the time Scootaloo was adopted away from us. And of course when my nickname of Tia began to stick!" Coco mix puffed up in his face. Discord brought his arm up to his mouth as he coughed. He stuck the table spoon in the mix and put a scoop in one of the mugs. "But then out of sheer luck she said yes to one of my dates."

Luna watched as he poured the milk into one of the cups, "Where was it?" Discord laughed loudly and had to put down the milk. He covered his mouth as he laughed.


Discord was holding both of Celestia's hands as he pulled her along. Celestia laughed as she was pulled. Discord didn't wait for the automatic door as he narrowly made it into the super store. Discord had stability on the beige hardwood floors. Discord had long grey hair in a ponytail with black shaved sides. Celestia had a backwards bob and large hoop earrings with a sun in them. Discord gestured to the rest of the store. Celestia's smile became stale for a moment.

"A mattress store?"

Discord smiled and elbowed her jokingly, "How many men can you say took you to a mattress store?"

Celestia smiled and shook her head, "None." Discord slid in front of her and held up his pointer finger. She laughed and grabbed his hand. Celestia pushed his finger down, "One."

Discord jumped on the balls of his feet and began pulling her again, "Come on this is going to be great."

Celestia let out a surprised yelp, "Yes it would be if I was eight."

Discord laughed and spun her a moment, "Live little." Celestia rolled her eyes and followed him to a kingsized bed. Discord took a running start at the bed and jumped onto it. Discord let out a happy whoop as he bounced on the bed. Celestia covered her mouth and laughed. Discord sank into the bed and let out an over exaggerated sigh. He looked up at Celestia and groaned, "My girlfriend hate fun!" Discord said and rolled on the bed. Celestia walked over to the bed and sat down.

She looked at Discord and touched his hair, "So I'm your girlfriend already hmm?" Discord took her pale hand in his own.

He put her hand over his face, "Did I say girlfriend?" Celestia nodded and laid back on the bed with a quiet affirmative noise. Discord rolled closer to her and pssted her. Celestia looked at Discord who had a mischievous look on his face. "How about we sneak into the storage area and jump on all the beds?" Celestia raised an eyebrow at the notion. "And!" Discord intruded on her analysis, "Have I pointed out how much I love your hair cut?"

Celestia smiled and shook her head, "This is crazy."

"Nah," Discord said closing the space between them, "it's chaos."

He said and flipped off of big bed. He looked around at people who were staring at the two. Discord smiled and walked away with his hands behind his back. Celestia followed closely behind him. Discord walked over to an opened door. The room didn't have much light in it besides what was shining in from the store. He nodded his head toward the door. Celestia shook her head and crossed her arms. Discord rolled his eyes and walked over to her. He held both of her arms carefully and ran into the room with her. Discord moved his leg back as they ran into the room and pulled the door closed with his foot. Celestia squinted and looked around.

Discord looked around and patted the wall for a light switch, "This may have been a slight miscalculation." Discord hit a switch and the lights slowly came on. They made a quiet buzzing sound. Discord looked around at all of the mattresses covered in plastic. Discord looked and saw the surprise on Celestia's face. Discord laughed and ran at Celestia, "Tia!" Celestia turned, but before she could react Discord grabbed her and pulled her onto one of the mattresses. She let out a yelp and laughed. Discord stood up on the white mattress. He extended his hand out to her, "Come on Tia." She looked at his hand and she grabbed it. He helped her up and she smiled at him.

"Do you do this often?" She asked trying to retain her balance. Discord laughed avoiding the question. Discord let go of her hands and jumped onto a nearby mattress. He turned to look at her and then jumped to another.

"Catch me if you can Tia!" He yelled and she shook her head. She backed up a bit on the bed and ran and jumped onto the next bed with a loud laugh. Celestia jumped to the bed Discord was on. Discord groaned and flopped onto the bed. "Oh no. I've been captured." He said dramatically and grabbed her legs. Celestia screamed as she fell onto the bed. Celestia laughed and rolled over to look at Discord.

"I think that can be considered cheating." She said and Discord howled with laughter. Celestia snickered and smiled slyly, "Discord." She whispered and Discord looked at her. Celestia kissed Discord's nose, "This was fun. Thank you." Discord silenced at the minor showing of affection.

He looked at her, "So did I earn a second date?" She rolled her eyes and put her hands over his face playfully.

"I hope it's more than two.


End of Chapter. First Celestia chapter! Once again if you haven't already voted try to hold your votes until after the next two chapters! Strawpoll link is on my profile! The story is going up on Ao3 as well so you can check out final drafts of chapters there. Sorry by the way about the long chapter! The next three are bound to be this long though ^^; if it's too long for you all let me know and I can space them out more.

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