My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Discordian Troubles

Chapter 2

Abduction

The screen played the last battle with Dark Chrysalis, ending with her destruction at the hands of the Element of Harmony powered Triple-Dragon Slave. The little ’movie’ ended with the birth of Cadence’s and Armor’s son, Glade Yggdrasill, and Eris accidentally releasing Discord.

“my my my. I had no clue that the world had gotten so violent.” Discord joked, covered in candy wrappers. He unwrapped another and tossed a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inside. “When I was in charge, there wasn’t that much violence. Mostly because I was the one doing it.” he snapped his fingers and sent the screen away.

He snapped them again and reappeared inside Orion’s hold. He walked around like he owned the place. “and humans are back on Equestria. I thought Jeria made it so that they would never return, thanks to what Za did.”

He snapped his fingers, causing every disc, cartridge, tape, and reel to hover in front of him. He summoned up his screen again and quickly played each one, memorizing each one and getting a few wicked ideas. Some, he tossed away. A giant 200-foot tall lizard with spines that can breath radioactive blue fire like a heat beam? No thanks.

Once he got them all down, he disappeared, letting them all fall to the floor.

Satoshi heard something fall and clatter inside Orion. He wondered what it was, for a moment, as he swung on a rope over to the back and oiled up the rudder.

A couple hours earlier, he was looking at a map of the world supplied by Armor.

“the badlands lie, just over the mountains of Manehatten.” he explained, showing the pilot the map. “the quickest way to get there, avoiding all the mountains between us and there, is to head to Maredrid, follow the train tracks to the Equestria/Gryphon Kingdom border, then follow the river south. Once you reach the ocean, continue to follow the Equestrian coastline. You should reach Manehatten that way.”

Quite a detour. Can’t he just fly over the mountains. “can’t I just fly over the mountains?”

“you could, but they are pretty high. Some even reach higher then the Tower in Feather Top. And you saw how big that was.”

oh, he remembers. That thing reached a thousand feet tall. Godzilla from the battle for the city was barely 1/3 it’s size. Plus, he didn’t want Orion to go Star-Mode now. He wanted to see the country-side, not pass it by. Also, if they go in half-prepared; without directions and all that, they could overshoot him by miles and doom the world. Slow and steady wins this race.

Pinkie excitedly jumped up and down. “I can’t wait to go to Manehatten! I can’t believe I haven’t been there before! We‘ll get to see Diamond again! And I can finally meet your old friends and family! This is gonna be so much fun!” Marble sat and slightly smiled, not really excited to be heading back. “Pinkie noticed this and stopped. “you okay, Marble?”

Marble sighed. “no.” Pinkie sat down next to him, wondering what was wrong. “when I left for Ponyville, I… didn’t leave on the best of terms with… I guess you could call them ‘friends’. they… they hated me and I hated them.”

Pinkie nodded, taking it all into it and remembering that Marble was a complete Emo when he came to town. “well, you know what I would do?” Marble looked at her. She took her hooves and made his mouth wide. “Smile. Just turn that frown upside-down and they’re bound to forgive you. Plus, you have Diamond there. She’s bound to help.”

Marble still wasn’t sure. It wasn’t only his ‘friends’ that hated him.

“so, what can we expect from Despair?” Hiccup asked as he and Applejack walked to the ship.

“Discord.” A.J. corrected. “and quite a number of things really.”

“how so?”

A.J. thought of a good way to describe him. “um… okay. Picture the worst enemy you ever thought and times him by 1000. That’s how bad he is.”

Hiccup whistled. “and he can manipulate just about anything, right?” A.J. nodded. “well, we’re gonna have our work cut out for us.”

A.J. chuckled. “you have no idea.”

Eris laughed as a red robin hovered down and landed on her finger. Dash watched her, keeping a upbeat look but feeling nothing but dread inside. She doesn’t want to leave her alone, not with Discord loose and with Manni trying to take her and Scoots. She doesn’t want to leave both of them all alone.

“Dash?” Shadow walked up next to her. “are you okay?”

Dash took a deep shaking breath. “no. no, I’m not okay. I… don’t want to leave Eris and Scootaloo, now with all that’s happening to them.”

Shadow looked to Eris for a moment before sitting down next to his torn marefriend. “well… we could always take them with us.”

“What?” Dash gasped.

“well, Discord will be after her, no matter where she is. And Manni won’t come after them if they’re on a moving ship.”

She wasn’t so sure. taking them or leaving them are both equally dangerous but she doesn’t want to lose them either. “I don’t know, Shadow. I--”

A sudden flash of white light hit them and sent them screaming back into a building. A snap of the fingers and the building they hit exploded. That sudden blast caught everyone’s attention.

“what was that?” Pinkie asked.

“Trouble. What else?” Bahamut said. He and Gilda flew on ahead to check things out.

Shadow and Dash woke up to see them covered in foam. “what? You thought I resorted to killing?” Discord asked with a chuckle. “you crazy. I’m not like Celestia.”

Dash tried to run out but the foam was as tough as glue. “Discord! What do you want?!”

“What makes you think I want something?” Discord said. He hung upside-down on a invisible pole. “why couldn’t I just want to say hello? It has been far too long, Element of Disloyalty. We should catch up. Play ‘abandon my friends’ or go out on a adventure to find and dump some new ones.”

“Shut up!” Dash yelled.

The sudden tone in her voice caught him off guard. “well… maybe I do want something.” he looked to the stunned girl looking at him with fearful eyes. “a little Scion.”

Dash gasped in fear when he said that. She tried to get loose again but the foam was tighter then a hot tire. “I won’t let you touch Eris! You hear me!?”

Discord yawned and flashed on over to her. “I hear you. I just don’t want to listen to you.” he snapped his fingers. A invisible rope wrapped around Eris and lifted her up next to him. “I’m gonna need a little heir to the chaos throne and little Eris here fit’s the bill.”

“NO!” Dash yelled out.

Bahamut and Gilda rammed into Discord from behind, forcing him to let Eris go. Discord quickly straightened himself and looked back at the Gryphon and Dragon. “mm… Bahamut and Gilda, correct?”

“Guess we don’t have to introduce ourselves.” Gilda said in a snarky tone. Bahamut flew over to the stuck couple and breathed fire on the foam until it melted away.

Dash quickly flew out and got between Discord and Eris. “I’m not letting you take her!”

Discord laughed at the foolish display. “I’m afraid you got no choice in the matter.” he snapped his fingers.

They waited for something to happen but, after a few moments, nothing did. “I think you’re losing your touch.” Bahamut joked.

Discord chuckled yet again. “wait for it.”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS7XVMNNZI8

One Who Gets In Our Way - Xenoblade Chronicles OST

Suddenly, the ground began to shake, gaining magnitude as something underground moved towards them. A crack tore though the ground towards them. “oh, that can’t be good.” Shadow gulped.

A large crack appeared beneath them. Discord disappeared, leaving everyone to worry.

The ground exploded out from beneath them, sending them off in different directions as a large stone monster rose from the dirt.

Dash landed on her back, landing badly on her wing, breaking it. She and the others looked up to see a 50-foot Stone Golem right over them. “oh, come on!” Bahamut exclaimed in anger. The Golem turned to him and raised it’s fist. “un… hehe. She said it.” he pointed to Gilda, who quickly bonked him on the head.

The Golem raised it’s fist and punched down on the two. The Gryphon and Dragon were able to get up and get away in time before the fist hit. When it rose, the tree it did hit was flattened like a pancake. “that… would’ve been messy.” Bahamut gulped. The Golem raised it’s fist at them. It fired from it’s hand like a rocket, hitting them and sending them right into the castle with the stone fist.

“Gilda!” Dash yelled out. The Golem’s shadow cast over her. She looked up in fear and gasped to see it right over her. It raised it’s right arm, the fist it just launched returning to it, and thrust it down at her. She quickly unfurled her wings, then gasped in pain, remembering that one of them was broken. She quickly ran as fast as she could, dodging the attack.

She ran underneath it’s legs and away from it. The Golem turned around and aimed it’s fist at her. It prepared to fire it when a blast caught it in the side.

“up bup bup.” Lina joked, smoke rising from her hand. “now… attacking our friends. That’s a felony.” Aura and Riku ran by her, blades drawn. “Trying to kill them… you’re gonna have to pay for that.”

Riku jumped into the air and encased his Keyblade in shadow. He landed on the Golem’s left hand and jumped up. He flipped backwards and fell towards it’s head. “Helm Break!” he hit the top of it’s head over and over and over and over and over again. Usually, that would be a insta kill. Against this thing, all it did was crack it. Which was good enough for him. He jumped off and summoned a dark fireball into his free hand. “Dark Firaga!” the fireball shot out and hit the monster in the crack, causing it to split open.

Aura fell from right behind Riku, spun his lance, and thrust it right into the monsters head. Clearly they both forgot that Stone Golems, at least ones of Tales of Vesperia variety, don’t have brains. The attacks didn’t faze it one bit. It grabbed Aura and sent him rolling right into some of the group, hitting them like a bowling ball to pins.

Jax tossed one of her chakrams up into the holes Aura and Riku made. The Golem watched it go in, then down to her. She snickered as she snapped her own fingers. “Tidal Wave.”

Before long, water came bursting out of every part of the Golems body; every opening, every crack, every hole. Every single one, drowning it from the inside.

The Golem’s body collapsed and fell forwards, it’s head towards them.

End Song.

The ring floated out along with the rest of the water, stopping just before Jax. She picked it up and spun it around her finger.

“piece of--”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4kPrmPJD1w

Golem Fight - Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike OST

The Golem’s stone fist rammed into her from behind, sending her right into a tree, knocking her out cold.

Water sloshed out of it’s body as the Golem once again rose. Seems drowning it didn’t exactly work.

“OH, Come on!” Zilver exclaimed. “what does it take to kill one of these things!?” Fox just shrugged. This was his first time facing a Golem. the Golem roared and tried to turn him and Fox into pancakes.

Req flew over the fist, wrapped it in a Bind spell, and pulled it away, making it hit a already destroyed building instead.

The little battle got the attention of everyone in Ponyville, including one Manni.

“Freeze Arrow!” Amelia and Zelgadis exclaimed, sending frozen arrows at it’s feet. The arrows hit and froze it’s feet over, keeping it in place. It struggled to get them loose but the ice, combined with the natural snow that was already there, made it unbreakable. “It worked?” they both said.

It wouldn’t hold long, just long enough for Gourry and Emil to make their move. They looked at each other and nodded. They grabbed their swords and ran towards it.

Ash pulled out his pistols and fired at the Golem’s head, keeping it distracted. They did it’s job, forcing the monster to cover it’s eyes.

Gourry and Emil ran up it’s back. The constant pitter-patter got it’s attention and it tried to brush them off. They cut though the hand with ease, reached the head, and jumped off it into the air.

A couple of magic whips, courtesy of the unicorns in the team, wrapped around it’s legs, keeping it at bay.

Emil and Gourry, alone with Req, raised their swords high and fell to the Golem. with a quick yell, they slashed down at the monster.

End Song.

The Trio skidded down it’s arm, jumped off, and landed in cool poses. Req snapped her fingers… and the Golem fell apart into 3 pieces.

Eris ran over to Dash, who grabbed her and hugged her close.

Those who fought panted as they looked at their handiwork. “well… that was easy…” Gourry panted.

“Yeah…” Req agreed. “but why would he sent something like that after us?”

To everyone’s surprise, Discord’s voice echoed though the air. “simple. To wear you down.”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbcnWWpqFrM

Key of Darkness - Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep OST.

A solid blue barrier emanated from the Golem’s disintegrating body, sending everyone back out of the little battlefield. The only one not affected was Eris and, by extension, Dash.

Discord suddenly appeared from behind and grabbed Dash by the mane. “odd. I’d figure that the barrier would’ve effected you too.”

Scootaloo and the CMC arrived to see Dash in her situation. “Dash!” she tried to run to her but ran into the barrier.

“no matter.” Discord threw her aside like he was throwing a rat. She landed on the ground and was knocked out.

“Mommy!” Eris yelled out.

“Mommy?” Discord said in confusion. She looked from her to Dash and back again. “hmm… hmhmhmhmhmhm. How ironic.” Eris fearfully looked up at Discord and slowly backed away. “now where do you think you’re going?” he snapped his fingers, summoning a cotton candy cloud which she backed into. The cloud lifted her up to eye level with the Spirit of Chaos. She struggled to get loose but you know how Cotton Candy is, especially if it’s Discords cotton candy. “he have a lot of chaos to wreak.” he sinisterly said. He raised a finger and touched Eris’ forehead with it. Eris went limp as her eyes lost all color.

“we have a lot of chaos to wreak…” she repeated in a dead monotone.

“Heave Ho!”

The humans rammed a tree into the barrier again and again and again. It wasn’t even leaving a dent in it. Req tried to cut it open but her sword couldn’t cut it. Discord is really something else if he’s able to produce a barrier she can’t cut though. She noticed of Discord doing something to Eris and tried to cut though it again.

Dash regained consciousness and saw Discord doing something to Eris. “Stop it!” she yelled out.

Her mother’s yell made the color in Eris’ eyes return. She struggled to get loose again, irritating Discord. “Grr. You don’t know when to give up.” he angrily said to Dash. “guess I’m gonna have to do this in a undisclosed location.”

He walked off, tossing Eris to the ground. With a snap of his fingers, she was picked up by a unseen force.

“NO!” Dash struggled to get up but Discord really messed her up good.

Eris struggled to get loose from this but, like before, it was tough. She saw her mom trying to get up. “MOM!” she yelled out.

Req was able to cut a tiny sliver into the barrier. She stuck her sword in and pulled down.

Dash was able to weakly get up. Despite her body saying no, she ran after Discord and Eris. “LET HER GO!” she tearfully cried.

Discord walked off the cliff and onto thin air, Eris still in tow. “MOMMY!” Eris called out.

Discord snapped his fingers. “on, do shut up.” he covered Eris’ mouth with solid maple syrup, making her mute. “ugh. I hate it when they call out.”

Dash’s chest hurt as she reached the edge of the cliff, unable to do anything. “ERIS!!!”

“MOMMY!!!”

Eris and Discord disappeared in flashes of light.

“NNNOOO!!!” Her heart now completely broken, Dash collapsed and let a flood of tears come falling. “no… no… don’t take her away… don’t take… my Eris away…” she tearfully cried. “this… can’t be happening…”

she gagged and held her mouth as blood almost vomited out.

The barrier disappeared of it’s own free will. Req staggered on one leg before falling over.

Dash fell over to the side, blood dripping out and tears still falling. Her insides felt like they were on fire and that’s not from the heartbreak.

“DASH!” her pony friends yelled out as they ran over.

“Er….. Is…..” she was able to mutter before falling unconscious.

If you’re thinking that I’m turning Discord into a ‘no-holds barred’ bad guy, they you’re right. He’s out for revenge and he’s gonna get it anyway he can.

A number of horrible things happened today…

…and they are only going to get worse.

*author’s notes*
As you saw from a earlier scene, Discord made himself well-known with everything in the humans possession. So… let the bad guy suggestions come flooding forth. I’ll consider them all. I won’t use them all; I already have two myself ready to go, but I will consider them all.