“Hi.” Discord said simply. He was sitting in a large brown recliner. Next to him was a black recliner with several small lace pillows. “Come sit, I ordered take out.”

Cupcake gave a quick glance around the room. It had no windows but three curtains ran the length of the room. There were serial photos on the far left wall. Two photos stood out from the group. One was of Fluttershy and Discord in a hug, both smiling at the camera. The other was an age worn photo of a draconequus that looked like Discord save for a few animalistic features.

“What are you doing Discord?” the mare snapped. She was not in the mood to put up with Discord’s games. “Put me back.”

“I can’t, or actually won't.” He stated as he took a sip of what looked to be orange juice. “I can’t have you interfering with your beloved right now.”

“What in the hay are you saying? Put me back!” Cup Cake could feel the skin under her blue coat burn.

“I’m just being fair; right now all of Pinkie Pie’s friends including my dear best friend Fluttershy. Since I can’t interfere and help hasten their endeavor. You can’t go around trying to stop them either. Spouting about how much you love him.” Discord said, lacing every word in tactful verbatim.

“That has nothing to do with our bet!” the mare roared.

“It has everything to do with it.” Discord said coldly. “We must follow the same rules Cupcake. It’s not a fun game unless we both are on an even playing field. Now telling me if I’m not allowed to directly play, you can’t either.”

Cupcake took a moment to calm her nerves, no matter how she worded it he was right. She still had to prove that love could overcome interspecies boundaries. “Discord please, I promise I won’t talk to them.” Not like she really wanted to anyway, the only one she really wished to talk to was Pinkie. “I need to file these documents to collect the insurance. I need to get it done so I can start filling out the paperwork to rebuild and I can’t do that until I find out what the claim is to set a budget.”

Discord took a moment as he leaned back, “You would have gotten five and a half million bits.”

Cupcake shook her head, “What are you talking about, we never insurance Sugercube for that much. The building itself was barely worth seven hundred and fifty thousand, that’s with personal property.”

Discord smiled, “Since you would have found out soon enough, let me enlighten you to what has been going on. For a price…”

“What do you mean, what has been going on around me?”

“Well something that specifically affects you. Although I want to interfere a little since I would be interfering with your life. So do we have a deal?” Discord said with a grin, he whipped around and leaned his head back to match eye level with the mare.

Cupcake thought for a moment before nodding, “Only if it doesn’t affect him, sure.”

“Deal.” The draconequus snapped his claw and the blue mare found herself in the black recliner, already leaned back and drinks just inches from her hoof. A panel appeared in front of both of the recipients as a video started to play. “I hope you like this, took me forever to find a television that played real life in 1080i.”

Cupcake ignored him as she saw her x-husband talking with her beloved. He was on his knees in what used to be the front of Sugercube Corner.

“You should remember that creature telling you about this. He begged for a few more hours to get things packed before him through you out on the street. While it was a nice sentiment, that wasn’t the real reason he was there. He needed that document saying you were in his herd.”

“Yeah, so, that was to finalize our divorce. Look i—“

“Shah, let me finish.” He snapped his claw again and the picture changed. It was Carrot cake talking to a stallion who she did not know. “This is what happened after, he increased the return on the store to the maximum of five and a half million just before the store burned to the ground. While he was working that angle he…” Discord pause for dramatic effect, and then snapped his claw. The image changed to Carrot with a knife in his mouth, sawing away on the central piping for the four propane tanks that once rested below Sugercube.

Cupcake’s pupils widened several fold, “No way…”

“Yes way,” Discord said with childish glee. “He set your house to burn. Although your little lover boy walked in right before the timer was set to burn. He had an alibi and with no connection to the fire. Thanks to your papers being finalized, he had full ownership—“

“He still owns the store…” Cup said in a whisper.

“Bingo, after the week is up though it goes back to you.” He snapped his claw again, this time it was an image of Carrot talking to an old mare, she knew her, and she was the owner of the bank. “You would have found out that Carrot already filed a claim eelier this morning and was already paid in—“

“There is no way he could have, that place only opened twenty minutes ago. It takes months to get a claim back, along with processing. Not to mention it will look suspicions to anypony that raises the claim and then the place just burns the next day.”

Discord just nodded, “he had already thought that far ahead. He already paid off the insurance agent, since Ponyville isn’t the head office the claim would take about a week or so to pick up the error and by then—“

“The property would be back in my name.” Cup finished.

“Bingo! It wouldn’t take much work to find out the propane tanks were sabotaged by you would be going to prison for insurance fraud and since you're a part of his herd—“

“He is legally responsible for me… Carrot was going to have us both rot in prison while he lived in bliss. Wait he signed for it, how I would get blamed, he took the money.” Cup questioned.

Discord shrugged, “Well you would have signed for it if a certain draconequus had not pulled you from reality and told you what was happening.”

“Y-you did this on purpose… you stop me before I could go?” Cup said, in almost complete bewilderment.

“Well I can’t have my rival getting arrested; playing games in those cells it awfully boring—“Again he was cut off as the mare bound off the chair in a quick motion. Discord sat stunned as the felt the hooves of his rival wrap tightly around his neck.

He could feel it dripping on his fur and scales, tears, this was a first. It felt like a clichéd scene from an old movie. A mare crying into the chest of another. That never happens in real life, Yet there he sat, mare balling into his chest.

He had no idea how to proceed.

“Thank you Discord, you truly are a nice draconequus.” Cup said nearly sniveling; a line of mucus now connected the two. “I know that Fluttershy is your best friend but I would be honored to call you mine as well.” Her voice was muffled and almost inaudible.

Discord just blinked, he had not really taken onto the idea of being nice. It was more of a toyed idea for his parole. It was almost an idea that he actually got another friend. Let alone one who asked to be HIS friend and not the other way around.

He gave her a few pats on the back trying to think of the one person who was used to these types of things and what he would do, his brother. “Being friends’ sounds like fun, but this doesn’t stop our game.” He sighed as he flipped to the next scene on the scene. “Since were friends now, I get I’ll throw you a freebie and tell you what he has planned next.”

Cupcake looked up from his coat and slightly, the trail of slime still connecting them. Discord gagged a little as he sent the mare back to her chair in a white flash. “What do you mean he has planned next? He is going to get caught.”

“Well yes and no,” Discord said has he taken a white-hankered chaff and wiped away the residue that branded on him. “Well you see here he is now,” He snapped his claw and the image was no long black and white like before but now was in color. Carrot was sitting in on a bench near the end of the platform, a briefcase sitting next to him. “He just bought a ticket for Trottingham and he is planning on trying to woo your cousin.”

Cup Cake’s mouse nearly hit the floor, “He is trying to sleep with Milky Way? S-she wouldn’t do that? Would she?”

Discord shrugged, “I don’t know, it will take a little over two weeks by train to get to Trottingham. So my guess (which is not a guess since he heard Carrot saying that he was going to do this) is that he will be going there mourning the loss of his wife who cheated on him, ran away with his apprentice, burned down the bakery for the insurance but then was put in jail. She being a mare would take sympathy on him and offer him a place to stay. He would then show her that he is rich and buy her affection, because frankly let’s be honest here, if a rich stallion dropped into your lap this time of year wouldn’t you do the same?”

Cupcake had to honestly think about it, if she was single had no kids and ran a business by herself. Then a stallion dropped in with a sad broken heart and was rich beyond measure… yah she honestly would. She hated herself for admitting that.

“Can we call the police?”

“Trottingham is out of Equestrian jurisdiction, he already had the monies exchanged from bits to pounds. So ends the tale of your ex-husbands master plan, if you want to do something about it. You’re going to have to get have to do it yourself, later.” He finished as he took a long sip of his orange drink.

Cup leaned back in her chair; there was little she could do now at the moment. She had two week to come up with something. She closed her eyes and took a heavy breath as she tried to calm her nerves. “Discord, so what are we going to do now?”

A grin widen on his face, “simple, were just going to watch and see how things play out for a bit. Now let’s see how your love boat is doing.” The image changed for the first time in a long time. He was surprised.

Cup Cake just contorted her face. “Is he…?”

“Are they?”

You were laying on the ground, Twilight was slumped over on your chest whining and kicking the ground. In your mouth was her horn, a clear solidified mana dripping down cheek. Apple Jack was sitting on your arms while Rainbow Dash was sitting on your crotch, her head directly under Twilight’s tail.

“Wow…” Discord said almost at a loss for word, “he moves fast, doesn’t he?”

You could feel your heart pumping fast inside your chest. Sweat glistened down your back and chest, even your hair had a new nice shine to it. The muscles in your legs cried out in pain as you continued forward. Even now Diamond Tiara’s godlike meal threatened to make itself known again.

Not that it would be a bad thing, if only you could taste her food again.

Such pleasant thoughts were lost to you as you flanked left down another street. Two barrels combusted just inches behind you. You darted past two mares that were intimately intertwined that were taking shelter behind said barrels.

You were starting to pick up a huge clue to what kind of day today was. Everyone was fucking. Seriously.

You had not realized how engrossed ponies get this time of the year, or today of all days. Several lesbian couples (or mares who were trying to find some way to release sexual tension) were going at it in the streets nearly. Some even were making a game out of it, trying to catch couples having sex in public places.

You wish there was a scoreboard, you had seen more stallions going balls deep and mares knob slobbering today than you ever had in your entire time in Ponyville. It was almost unreal. You finally realized why Dazzle scheduled her party for today.

You would have loved to enjoy the holiday, if there wasn’t a flaming alicorn princess chasing after you.    The worst part of it wasn’t even the fact she was chasing you. It was close, but her using arcane magic bola to try and subdue you wasn’t it either.  It was the crowd, Today is a day filled with domestic drama. More over mares who were fighting over who got to keep ‘company’ with their stallion first. There were even a few fights breaking out over it. Ponies were cheering for you, hoping you could get away, you weren’t the only on physically running away from angry mares.

Yours though was the only one that could be seen from space.

“How the hell is does she keep finding me?” you question no one. A few times that you were able to break her line of sight she found your makeshift hiding spots almost within seconds. You tumble out of the ally and start to book it towards the residential area.

You cut short around the next bend just past a fence; there were several cottages and a few houses. You duck down and take cover under a half empty cart. You held your breather and took in three deep breaths trying your hardest to catch the lost oxygen.

You froze in place as you watched an ash white set of legs enter the alley way.  You could feel the heat emanating from her; it was almost scorching the wood. You felt like cry when you noticed her pace slow down to a trot when she was near the cart.

Then she stopped right next to the cart.

“Twilight!” came the ever familiar shout from you knew personal savior, Rainbow Dash. Two sets of cyan blue legs landed right next to the cart. To your relief, the ash white coat turned back to purple almost immediately.

“Hey Rainbow Dash, did you see him come down this way. I was sure I saw him come down here.” Twilight asked.

“No I haven’t seen Frost anywhere yet, although he been seen all over town being chased by what looked like a demon mare.” Rainbow snickered a little.

Twilight ignored the brash comment, “Who is Frost?”

“Oh you’re going to love this,” Rainbow Dash regaled the entire event of you and Cup Cake, sparing no detail but adding a few of her own to the story.

“He used… frosting?” Twilight said perplexed.

“Yeah, so now everypony is calling him Frost. Even the colts and fillies are doing it. Although I don’t think they know why. I would have used zap apple jam, then ponies can call me Zap-e-Dash that sounds so much faster than just Rainbow Dash—“

“Rainbow focus, we need to find him.”

“It doesn’t matter anymore Twilight, he cheated on Pinkie, mission accomplished. Now we just need to tell Pinkie Pie. They break up, and the world continues to move. Granted Pinkie is going to be devastated but she will—“

“I’m going to catch him and have him arrest… may be gelded.” Twilight stated, you could hear the venom in her voice.

Rainbow Dash just blinked, “Twilight I know what he did was a bad thing but gelding? Stallions cheat all the time, it’s not something you… you know cut and stuff.”

“This isn’t for Pinkie, this is for my mom, he… he…” Twilight’s voice cut shallow, almost to the point where it was inaudible. “He hurt my mom, she is covered in bruises.”

You knew it, she would misunderstand that situation. This though was sadly the only option given to you. You knew in their minds they were doing the right thing, you could only wish Dazzle would get up to explain things.

You were never going to break a promise.

“Oh Twilight, I’m so sorry. We will get him, for your mom and for Pinkie.” Rainbow said as she nuzzled her friend mane.

 “Hey!” it was the sound of an angel at your ears. It can from behind the cart facing away from you, you had never been so happy to hear the sound of Lyra.

“Hey Lyra,” you could see Rainbow Dash take a step back as the familiar set of hooves joined that group.

“Hey what are you both doing out here, I thought both of you would be in doors… celebrating.” Lyra said with a smirk, you could hear the angst in her voice. “Unless both of you are…”

“NO!” both shouted in unison.

“I’m not a lesbian thank you.” Twilight said in a matter of fact tone. “I’m just trying to find the right stallion. It’s perfectly normal.”

“You haven’t even had your first kiss yet.” Rainbow said as she prodded her friend side. “Good luck going all the way.”

“Anyway,” Twilight huffed trying to change the subject, “have you seen Frost, Pinkie’s soon to be ex special human?” You could almost hear the disdain in her voice.

“Frost… Right I remember now, I see…” Lyra started to mumble, “Well no I haven’t, I saw him earlier. He was helping me make beds for the orphanage. I was kind of surprised by that though since yesterday he saved a batch of kittens that were about to be eaten by bears.”

Twilight raised a brow, “Kittens from bears?”

When the hell did I do this?

“Yeah, he has been a real blessing these past few days.” Lyra shift in place showing her backside to the mares. “he even paid my medical bills in full when a diamond dog attacked me. Then then beat up all those mean old dogs. He is slowly becoming a local hero.”

You did not know where she was coming up with this but it was almost laughable.

“I asked if you have seen him,” Twilight said coldly.

“Oh right, no not today. You might want to check the post office. You know his house burnt down. Terrible business that, he almost died. Saved Pinkie’s sister too.” Lyra said.

Twilight turned back to Dash. “I’m going to look around the area still. Can you give me air support?”

“On it,” With a few quick flaps and enough force to kick dust in your face the cyan set of hooves was gone. You remained still as Twilight and Lyra gave their goodbyes. You finally started breathing again when you were clearly able to see Twilight leave the alley.

“The coast is clear, you can come out now.” Lyra said with a squeak.

“Thanks,” you said as you got off the ground from under the cart. “You’re a life saver.”

“Come inside quickly, unless you want the flaming princess at your heels again.” Lyra said as she guided you to her front door. It was the third time that you had been to her place. Lyra normally stayed over at Bon-Bon’s. Her house was very simple, it was quaint and kind of had that good old fashioned lived in feel it.

You almost tripped as you passed the threshold, and you noticed something missing, the floor. All of the floor boards that once covered the ground were completely missing leaving a vast expiation of flatten dirt. The living accoutrements were still there, table and sofa, just the floor was gone.

“So let me guess,” Lyra said as made her way across the room. “Twilight wanted to join your herd but you told her no out of respect because you promised Cup Cake no alicorn and she went nuts.”

You chose to stand instead of sit, you didn’t want to flatten her furniture. “No, she found me and Dazzle in a rather compromising position. Dazzle got knocked out by a rock and Twilight thinks I beat myself onto her mom.”

Lyra snickered, “Wow that sucks. Let’s hope Dazzle wakes up soon to tell her the truth.”

You could just feel the compassion just roll off her tongue, or lack thereof.

“Please no more, I can’t take it.”

You heard it, as your eyes darted towards that back door. It was Bon-Bon’s voice coming from the back. Subconsciously your ears grow more acute as you try to listen in.

“Bon-Bon has visitors, Octavia and Vinyl Scratch. There ‘helping’ her out today.” Lyra said with a smirk. “It’s my idea, don’t worry about it.” She finished with a coo. “Would you like something to drink?”

You tried to push the fact that Bon-Bon was getting pleasured by two other mares out of your mind. It was failing, badly’ she was your best friend. You didn’t see you’re in a romantic light, but with the sermon you wouldn’t mind seeing what she acted like in that kind of a situation.

Curiosity is a bitch.

“Sure, I actually am very thirsty.” You just realized how dry your throat was. Dodging magic missiles does that.

“I have juice and water, what do you want?”

“No not that hole, please don’t lick there!” Bon-bon bellowed from the back.

“Water please,” you said trying your best to ignore her. Part of you wanted to step out, you knew Bon-Bon might not like the fact you were listening in.

“Ok,” Lyra said with a smiled as she limped over to the mini kitchen area pulling out a can of juice and a strop hone cup from the fringe. “What luck there is already a cup poured.”

You accept the cup graciously, only to slam it the moment she had her back turned. You almost regretted doing so; her water was warm and slimy. It had an unusual taste to it too like it was the mixture of three different flavors.

She really needs to change her water filter.

“So Mr. Frosty pants I have a question for you.” Lyra said in a nearly singing voice. “How would you like to buy my house?”

You blinked twice, “I don’t think I can’t afford it. Not to mention Lyra I’m kind of accustomed to floors. You said as you nodded your head towards the floor.

“I’m having it replaced; I’m planning on selling it. There is something I want to buy…” Her voice started to lower to a whisper. She waved her hoof to you to beckon you closer. “I want you to keep this a secret.”

You felt like doing a Pinkie promise, but decided against it considering.

“I won’t tell a soul.”

“Me and Bon Bon’s anniversary is coming up soon. With everything that happened this week, seeing her… I can’t live without her. I love her.” It felt a little weird having Lyra talk sentimental, it was a rare sight indeed. It was kind of cute.

“Yes! Do it faster!” Bon-Bon squeaked. You did your best to ignore that.

“I’m going to ask her to marry me and I want you to be my best mare.” Lyra leaned in and nuzzled your leg, “Please.”

You only gave back a deadpan stare. The compatibility of these two was unreal. Still though, she asked so nicely. “Sure Lyra I would love too.” You gave her a friendly nuzzle back. “I'll think about the house though, I’m not rolling in the bits.

“Well you are working for Mr. Rich, maybe he can forward you some money since your work for him.” A twist grin grew on her face, “Not to mention you’re dating his daughter.”

“I’m not even going to dignify that with a response.” You said taking a stand.

“Well it’s an idea, Mr. Rich could buy the moon, and a house loan shouldn’t be anything.” Lyra said still trying to get a definite answer.

It almost hit you like a truck as a wave of clarity washed over you. The moon, the harvest moon, the bright jewel in the sky that was promised to you. You had forgotten about it completely. Not to mention the best place to hide a person was a person who was also in hiding.

“Lyra you’re a genius!” You were already out the door, leaving nothing but heavy foot prints behind you.

“Yeah I know it.” Lyra said giving into her narcissism. “Wait where are you going?” You were already gone. “Could at least said goodbye, jerk.” Several moments of silence passed as Lyra rubbed can of juice. Kicking herself for not thinking ahead and letting your open it for her, “Damn pull tab.”

The back room opened up and a mare with a wide smirk on her face, “Hey.”

“Hey Vinyl, how is she doing back there?” Lyra said.

“She is doing great, you sure you don’t want to join in?” She said smoothly, “I can give you my special ‘Wubs’ treatment.”

Lyra shook her head, “No I’m good, my rump still hurts.”

“So does Bon-Bon’s and Tavi’s. They won’t be moving for a while.” Scratch said as she made her way to the fridge, only to find her drink gone. “Hey Lyra, did you drink anything from the fridge.”

“I had a juice, why do you ask?” Lyra said mildly confused.

“Nothing really, my special drink is missing, I had it in a foam cup.” Scratch said as she now covered the fridge.

“Oh… what was in there?” Lyra said mildly nervous.

“It’s kind of embarrassing, I rather not say.” Scratch said sighing and taking a juice from the fridge and soon made her way to the other side of the couch.

“Cmon, it can’t be that bad. We both have done things that we are not totally proud of.” Lyra said trying to coax an answer out of her.

“Yeah I guess,” Scratch sighed as she caved, “Well, it’s a small mixture of a few different drugs I cooked up. Nothing bad just… well I made it for today so I could last… you know?”

“No… I’m not following.” Lyra said honestly.

“It Tavi’s cum mixed with mood enhancers so I can keep up with her. She has been outlasting me lately and it's starting to get to me.”

Lyra’s eye widen three sizes “why did you put cum in it?”

“It’s a natural energy enhancer, I had some of mine in there too, but Tavi’s tastes sweeter. There was also some dexterous in there as for performance.” Scratch said as she fiddled with her pull tab. “Man, I hate this damn pull tabs.”

“I know right? If only we had hands…” Both mares sighed in unison. “So odd question, say if a guy drank it what would happen?”

Scratch thought for a moment, she had never really thought of it. “Well I guess he would have tons of energy and most likely be really, really horny.”

Lyra’s mouth opened for a breath moment, “Really now?”

Scratch shook her head though, “yeah but I wouldn’t give that to an inexperience pony. He would be really sad.”

You didn’t know why but you felt like a god amongst men. The world felt like it had slowed down just for you. You felt lighter even; all the fatigue was just gone. You gave a few punches to the air and you could swear they could break the sound barrier.

You kept to the shadows as you moved amongst the bushes. Jumping and flipping between bush to bush. No one saw you, you felt like you moved with the wind. The world felt bigger. Like you had connected with everything, energized.

You were a ninja, a butler ninja.

A side effect of your newfound reality, your groin was about to burst. Nothing provoked it; well a few good looking mares you passed as you ran might have been the cause but nothing of this magnitude before.

You felt, thicker, bigger. Like someone stuff a straw down your cock and then inflated it. Not to mention it was burning, in a good way. Part of you wanted to just sit in a bush for ten minutes and release some of the stress yourself.

“I swear I just saw him,”

You froze in place.

“Come now Apple Jack, why would he be in a muddy bush. I swear you’re seeing things.” Rarity chimed in.

Apple Jack huffed, “Yah I guess you're right… let’s check the next street.”

“We need to meet up with Twilight and Rainbow Dash in an hour.”

“You just want to eat,” Apple Jack teased, “I wish it was sooner, running all over town is working up a mighty large hunger.”

You waited a moment for them to passed down the street, there must had been an angel watching over you that you were not spotted. Luna Love Lounge was straight across town. No matter how you mapped it out in your mind, there was no safe place to go while you didn’t know Twilight’s location and with Dash roaming the skies.

You should have stayed at Lyra’s…

It took a moment to weigh out all of your options. There were a few places that they wouldn’t check or at least haven’t checked. Your eyes widen as you looked across the street. It was the perfect spot.

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