Twilight, her friends, Discord, and Golden Feather all walked out of the large city of Canterlot, flanked by a group of a dozen or so of the royal guard. Walking seemed inefficient, seeing as the vast majority of the group could fly, with the exception of the few unicorns, and earth ponies alongside them. After a few minutes of walking, the group just outside the castle, Discord started complaining.

"Do we have to walk? The trip is so far... Can't we fly? Or couldn't I teleport us instead?", he suggested, his voice rising to a whine.

Golden Feather sighed. "You know, I always thought of the 'Lord of Chaos' to be a bit more cooperative. Not all of us can fly, if you haven't noticed."

Twilight turned her head, looking up at Discord with a curious expression. "Have you ever teleported so many ponies before? I mean, I know you teleported us to Canterlot, but that seems like a tough job, even for you.."

Discord scoffed. "I am the Lord of Chaos! I can do anything, dear Book Horse."

Twilight looked at Discord, narrowing her eyes a bit. "Book Horse?"

Discord nodded. "It suits you."

Twilight rolled her eyes. "So are you going to teleport us or not?"

Rainbow Dash out herself into the conversation. "Yea, come on!"

Discord grumbled under his breath. "No one asked you, Dashie.", he retorted, sighing and stretching his arms. With a snap of his talon, there was a flash of white light that surrounded the large group. For a moment, it looked as if Discord had pulled it off, until the light faded, and everyone was where they had been before.

The ponies all looked around, irritated expressions on their faces when they saw they were in the same place as they had already been.

"See why were walkin' now, Discord?", Applejack asked, speaking up for the first time.

Discord folded his arms, not replying. Rarity rolled her eyes, and Fluttershy went up to the draconequus, whispering something in his ear. Discord said nothing else, only have a small nod. The group started moving again, with Golden Feather in the lead.

After what felt like hours, the thought that Discord had been pondering in his head was finally spoken. "Um, this might just be me, but, what if Chrysalis isn't with her hive..?", he asked.

Golden Feather turned. "Where else would she go? It's not like she'd go to the Crystal Empire and try to get some sort of revenge on Shining Armor and Princess Cadence."

"I don't know, that bug has always had a morbid way of thinking.", Discord replied, shuddering at the thought.

Golden Feather snorted briefly before continuing on her way, everyone else following behind. The familiar sights of Equestria eventually gave way to desolate wasteland as the group headed further and further towards their destination. Celestial was lowering the sun by the time everyone stopped, Golden Feather declaring they made camp for the night. Discord was obviously defiant towards the lieutenant, but was surprised to see that Twilight seemed to be letting the guard take charge. Discord walked up to the purple alicorn, who was attempting to preen her feathers.

Twilight looked up from her wing, heaving a sigh. "I'll never get used to these. Oh, Discord... What is it?"

Discord folded his arms. "You are a Princess. You're telling me that you're letting a simple lieutenant boss you around?", he spat.

Twilight thought about her words. "Well, she's the one who knows where the changeling are. And, she is a soldier. I respect that. Besides, I'm not really... comfortable... ordering all thos3 guards around. It... Just seems like something the other Princesses would do, not little old me."

Discord rolled his eyes. "Whatever you say, Twily."

The draconequus walked off, laying his back against a small, dead tree that stood behind him. He closed his eyes for a moment, resting for a bit longer, until he heard hoofsteps. Opening an eye just slightly, Discord looked to see Fluttershy standing above him, a worried expression on her face. Discord's eyes opened at once, and he was at full attention.

"Fluttershy, is there something wrong?", he asked.

Fluttershy didn't reply, looking down at her hooves for a long time. After contemplating what she wanted to say, the butter pegasus finally spoke. "I'm worried about Chrysalis. What if she's all alone? What if she is starving half to death? I...I feel like an awful pony.."

Discord put a claw on Fluttershy's shoulder comfortingly. "Fluttershy, you are not a bad pony. It's not your fault you were asked to reform her. She's heartless. No good inside that thick, swiss-cheese carapace."

Fluttershy was about to reply when Pinkie Pie burst up out of nowhere. "Did someone say cheese?! I know, sweets are my 'thing', but man, am I hungry!", she said, kicking her lips obnoxiously, before.her stomach growled loudly.

Fluttershy and Discord shared a look, a smile on each of them. Before they knew it, Pinkie was gone without a trace.

"She is one odd pony. No wonder she's my favorite of your friends.", he said after a moment, a cheeky grin on his muzzle.

Fluttershy rolled her eyes. "Discord..."

"Sorry, sorry!", he said quickly, looking to the darkening sky. "You know, it's getting kind of dark. We should probably get some rest, like everyone else," he suggested, pointing a claw to the scattered sleeping guards and Elements on the ground,"It's been a long day."

Fluttershy sighed, laying down. "I guess you're right, Discord.. Well, um, good night."

Discord smiled, lying on the ground, conjuring up a pillow to sleep on. "Good night, Fluttershy."

Soon after that, the draconequus was asleep, snoring loudly. Oddly enough, his snores sounded almost like sirens. Fluttershy had tried for what felt like forever to try and get some sleep, but sleep was just not coming to her. The butter pegasus sighed.

"I wish I could just sleep...", she whispered to herself.

Resting her head on her forehooves, Fluttershy tried yet again to fall asleep, still unsuccessful.

All of a sudden, a large weight bowled her over, sending her flying, and landing a few feet away. Fluttershy's eyes widened in panic, looking around until she saw a pair a glowing green eyes boring into her. Fluttershy whimpered as she heard a voice, coming from her attacker.

"So you've decided to trail me, eh?", the voice hissed.

Wait, that's.... Fluttershy gasped. She knew exactly who this was.

Author's Notes:

Yay, a new chapter! Man, writing on a phone is a pain in the ass..

Anyways, predictable cliffhangers! Yay!