My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Discordian Troubles

Chapter 5

Night on the Orion

Discord sat in a beach chair at a coastal city. With some manipulation, he made it so that nobody knew he was there. Until it was too late, that is.

“oh, what fun Chaos can I do here in Cololulu?” he said with glee. He snapped his fingers and summoned a checklist. “hmm… I can put Pineapples under chairs… turn the local Manta Rays into social gentlemen… oh, I know. I can make the palm trees grow as high as the atmosphere with ponies already on them. OH, I can be so geniusy.”

“that’s not even a real word.” Eris said, appearing over Discord and hanging upside down.

“I’m the spirit of chaos and disorder. I can turn that into a word if I want.”

Eris rolled her eyes. She grabbed the invisible pole she was hanging on and swung off, landing in a professional stance. “10 points.”

“so how did everything go?” Discord asked, referring to Eris’ little ‘reunion’ with everyone back in Maredrid.

“Fine. Fine.” Eris grabbed a pineapple and bit off the thorns and ate them. “Rainbow Dash was shocked to her core so I think I did all right. Surprised everyone well when I summoned that knight from that… euh…. Zelda game. Boy, they are going to be surprised when they see what else we have in stock for them.”

“Don’t I.” Discord snapped his fingers, summoning a checklist of what beasties and baddies they are going to use. He crossed off Eris’ Dark Nut. He wasn’t that powerful to begin with but it must’ve done some good if it shocked everyone.

“Get this. They’re going to the Badlands to rescue me and take you out.”

Discord laughed at the notion. “oh, now that is hilarious. And here you are, bad as me.”

Eris pretended to blush. “thank you, Papa Discord.”

“oh, they are going to be in for a rude awakening when they don’t find us there.” Discord laughed. Eris turned to leave to spread more chaos. “wait wait wait, Eris dear. What good changes do you see for Cololulu?”

Eris thought for a moment then snickered evilly.

A eagle screeched as it flew down to the flying Orion. The bulking ship droned on though the night sky, making it’s way to Manehatten, which was just 8 hours away.

In the ship’s kitchen, Req and Sora were hard at work making dinner. Since half of the people on board were vegetarians, they had to keep them in mine. Luckily, all the carnivores are able to put up with a all vegetarian dinner, if it was that.

Satoshi lead the ponies though the ship, giving them a tour of the vessel. He didn’t give a tour to their other world friends because they already got the tour on their respective worlds.

“…and this is Req’s and Aura’s room.” he said, showing the ponies their room. It was super-duper fancy; fit for a goddess, though Req really didn’t want it. She wasn’t into fancy rooms and all that. Hell, she lived in a attic back home in Teria by her own choice.

Sora and Jax, being sisters, shared a room they put together to be FOR girls and girls only. The mere sight of it made Rarity faint out of jealousy.

Ash’s and Satoshi’s room isn’t… as nice as the other rooms. It is typical where it’s like most boys rooms; Meeeeeesy.

Bahamut’s room, which is the smallest out of them, wasn’t as messy but it was… eh… draconic in nature. He also has a small corner dedicated to his girlfriend Sapphyre. Cynder and Spyro shouldn’t be surprised; when they first met, he was so lovestruck, his heart was trying to burst out of his chest.

The Captain’s Cabin, which is located where captain cabins usually are, was nothing fancy. It just looked like what you would expect from cabins on ships like a Man-O-War. It has a desk for the captain, a large table for papers and maps, and a few knickknacks that the gang had collected over the years, most prominent are the group shots from each world they visited. First was the group shot from their home world Earth, with the Archangels Gabriëlle, Uriel, and Krouze, the former captain of the Orion Captain Bauer, the mercenary from Andromeda Merrifield, and Aura’s sister Jessica and her newborn son Adolf.

After that, the pictures descended from what world they’ve visited. From Star Fox to Tales of Symphonia then Kingdom Hearts, then How To Train Your Dragon, Legend of Spyro, and The Slayers. Each one had a group shot of them with their new friends from that world. Only one missing is this world.

Between the desk and the table is a staircase that leads to the other rooms mentioned before down on deck 3. At the end of that surprisingly large hallway is another staircase, leading down to the cargo hold.

“wow.” Pipsqueak gasped. “This ship is surprisingly big!”

“Yep.” Satoshi said with a smile. “it’s one of those things that’s bigger on the inside then it is on the outside. Surely there must be some here on Equestria.”

“there is.” Spike said. “and please don’t call me Surly.”

Aura and Ash groaned at his comment. It made them hurt inside that he ripped on Airplane! It wasn’t even that good to begin with.

“Dinners Ready!” Sora called out.

As if they haven’t ate in forever, Lina and Gourry ran over everyone and up to the kitchen, much to everyone’s surprise. Amelia and Zelgadis sighed in embarrassment. “They have bottomless pits for stomachs.”

Eris and Discord laughed as they looked down on the flooded Cololulu. The entire city was underwater, with it’s residents up on rooftops, waiting to it to recede.

“oh, that is a good one.” Discord laughed. He wiped away a tear and sighed with content.

Eris, however, didn’t get her fill. She snapped her fingers with a wicked sneer. Even Discord is wondering what she’s up too.

A large fin slowly emerged from the water, heading for the city. The residents spotted it and shook in fear. A MASSIVE shark burst out of the sea and chomped down on the city, swallowing it and it’s residents whole.

Eris laughed with glee at the sight and clapped like a little girl. “Oh, now that was funny.”

Discord, however, was completely surprised and horrified by what he saw. Even he’s not that sadistic to find something like this funny. Eris snickered before disappearing. “This… could be a problem…” he muttered before disappearing as well.

Lina’s and Gourry’s eyes gleamed as they looked at the spread of meat and veggies before them. “Let’s dig in!” the fillies exclaimed with Forks and Knifes in han… hoof.

Req gulped out of fear. She knew those two had a BIG appetite “just remember that there’s…” Lina and Gourry dove right in and took most of the food for themselves and gorged themselves. The Fillies dug into their food. “other… people… here…” Req sighed and lowered her head in defeat. Aura patted her on the back.

Before the pigs could get at the rest of the food, everyone took what they could and also began to eat.

“Oh, my god. I forgot how good you two can cook. You‘re basically goddess‘ of the kitchen.” Ash said with a full mouth. Sora and Requiem smiled at the compliment.

“Really?” Spike asked. He looked at his corn on the cob and took a bite. The explosion of tastes hit him, making him pound his palm into the table in the captains cabin. “oh, lordie lordie. This is good stuff.” he said in a ‘Urkel-Esq.’ tone. “there’s good, then there’s great.” it didn’t take long for the ponies to agree. This stuff was better then what they have back home.

Jax took a big gulp when she remembered something. “hey. Weren’t we in the middle of a marathon before we crash-landed?”

“oh, that’s right.” Satoshi put down his cutlery and ran as fast as he could downstairs to the cargo bay.

“where’s he going?” Trixie asked, looking down the stairs with Gilda from the table.

“To get what we were watching before we were forced to crash-land on Equestria.” Bahamut said before taking a drink.

Satoshi quickly returned with a box collection of a old 90’s show. Edge was able to catch a glimpse of the title and found it confusing. “Power Rangers Zordon Era complete collection?”

“what?” Req asked with a shrug. Satoshi walked over to a DVD player, opened it, put the last disc in, and closed it up. “it’s a good show…” she grabbed her cup. “if you can get past the campiness.” Twilight and Halo raised their eyebrows with discontent. “hey, we don’t complain about what you watch.”

Satoshi pulled down a screen and grabbed a remote before sitting back on his chair. “we were on episode…. ‘Line in the Sand’ of In Space, right?”

“I think so.” Aura said before he slurped in a alfredo noodle. Satoshi pressed play on the remote…

Begin Intro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KRgiNSRTqc

…and the intro to Power Rangers: In Space began playing.

“you do this every night?” Pinkie asked.

“yep. We have a crapton of movies and shows down there.” Ash said. “we aren’t even 1/3 though them all.”

Marble and Applebloom whistled. How big of a collection do they have?

A hour passed and the table was cleared of empty plates. Everyone stayed there, however, as Countdown to Destruction Part 1 ended. Plus, they could barely move with such full bellies.

“that wasn’t the last episode, was it?” Scootaloo asked.

“nope. 1 more then this season is over.” Req said. “After this, we should put in a new movie, Satoshi.” Req said as she pressed the play button.

“Yep.” he took a sip though a straw of his milkshake. “think we have a copy of Transfomers G1.”

The episode began to play and everyone shut up. Shadow began to comfy up to Dash, only to find she wasn’t there. He spotted the door closing.

Dash walked out onto the deck and looked around. The whole thing sure looked different at night. Helios was asleep at the bow of the ship, acting as the guard dog. Dash chuckled warmly and walked to the nearest railing.

Most of the ship’s mast propellers were off, except for 3 and the 2 large ones in the back, Giving the least amount of sound to break moments.

Dash reached the railing and looked over the side. The ground was so far below and she was so high up. Higher then any Pegasi had flow.

“Couldn’t stay?” Shadow asked as he walked out to join her.

Dash looked back and nodded. “yeah.”

He walked up to her and got close. “what’s up?”

“Well… I keep wondering why Eris would attack us and say that I lied to her. She didn’t even have a family when I found her. Well, no family that I’m aware of. But… how could she claim I never loved her? I loved her as any mother would.”

Shadow had thought about that since they ran into her and already had the answer. “well… what do Teenagers do? They rebel. They become rambunctious and a teensy bit destructive. Although, I was surprised that Discord was able to speed up her growth. I didn’t know he could do that.”

“I didn’t know he could take a sweet and innocent girl and turn her into a sadistic monster.” Dash took a deep breath and continued to look down at the ground below. She reached into her hair and pulled out a flower she had hidden away.

“what is that? A white rose?” Shadow asked, taking notice.

“yeah. She gave this to me the first day we met. It was my mom’s favorite.”

“oh, that’s right. You found out your mom died that same day.”

Dash nodded. “and I vowed that I would look after Eris the same way my mom showed me.” Dash scoffed. “and look at how well that’s turning out.”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY07_dX3F88

Romantic Flight - How To Train Your Dragon soundtrack

“Hey hey hey.” he gently pulled her over. “this is Discord’s fault. Not yours. And from what I saw when we reunited back in Maredrid, you were already a good mother. I’m sure whatever foal we have together, or Scootaloo when you adopt her, will be raised by the nicest mother in Equestria.”

Dash scoffed at that. “yeah, right. No, that title belongs to Derpy.” Shadow softly chuckled and Dash nuzzled up next to him. “plus, how can we have a foal if I only have 2 weeks to live?”

“then you better hope we get Eris back soon.”

“yeah.” Dash sighed. “I hope.”

From behind Helios, Manni heard the whole thing. She slinked down back behind the dragon and pondered what she was doing. Is she doing the right thing for Scootaloo, her--

The door to the cabin opened and everyone flooded out. “What do you want us to see that’s so important, Satoshi?” a annoyed Zilver asked.

“you’ll see.” he said as he climbed up steps to the controls.

“What’s going on?” Dash asked.

“Satoshi’s got something he wants to show us. Won’t tell us what, though.” Derpy said. She noticed that those two were out by themselves before they all arrived. “what were you two doing out here, anyway?”

“just having a talk, Derpy.” Dash said. “no need to get all romantic.”

Satoshi got the controls, flipped a switch, and turned the wheel to the left while pulling back on the left lever.

The ship slightly turned to the left and flew up into the clouds.

It passed though a thick layer, causing everyone to cover their eyes from all that moisture.

It slowly flew out of the top, allowing clouds to part by it.

“Okay. You can look now.” Satoshi said with slight glee. Everyone lowered their hands or hooves or whatever and looked at what could only be describe as something from a dream.

The ship sailed along the clouds to a endless display of stars and colors. The moon shone down on them, illuminating their way.

“WOW!” everyone exclaimed in awe.

“this is… so romantic.” Rarity said as the stars lighted up her eyes. The display lighted up every females eyes. The males in relationships took advantage of the situation and snuggled up to their special someone.

This display made the single people in the group wish they had boyfriends or girlfriends.

Satoshi sighed. “Times like this make me wish I had a boyfriend.” (oh. Forgot to mention. Satoshi’s gay.)

A Aurora Borealis appeared, adding more oohs and romantic feelings to the already mesmerized crowd.

“Luna would’ve loved this.” Trixie sighed.

“Colette, too.” Lloyd added.

Dash looked up with wide eyes and hope in her heart. Hopefully, she’ll be able to get Eris back. And if all falls to shit, she can always have Jax use Personality Shift on her and Discord and destroy the evil halves before they wake up. But, she hopes that would be a last resort. She yawned and rested her head on Shadow’s shoulder. He didn’t mind. He welcomed it, in fact. He had something he wanted to ask her.

“Dash?”

“hmm?”

“I know that, given the situation, this probably isn’t the best time to ask but, seeing as you might have only 2 weeks to live anyway…” he leaned into her ear and whispered. “…will you marry me?”

A stunned Dash went wide-eyed for a moment. They watered and she wiped them away. She looked to him and softly replied ‘yes’ and softly nuzzled him.

The Orion flew on though the sky, slowly but surely making it’s way to Manehatten.

A lot is going to happen in that mountain border town. A great many things; most for the better.

End Song.