My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Discordian Troubles

Chapter 6

Arrival at the Big Apple

The sun shone down on the Orion, with only 4 out of it’s 12 mast propellers working. The others weren’t on because Satoshi made them to be ‘beds’ for the fliers of the group. Everyone else slept on the deck or in the cargo hold.

“So, how long till Manehatten?” Aura asked as he, Satoshi, and Marble sat on the railing.

Marble looked over the side and spotted a few landmarks from his childhood. “not far. I recognize the land. We can’t be less then 5 minutes out.”

“So any minute now.” Satoshi concluded. He headed up to the controls.

A very tired Applebloom walked out of the cabin and out onto the deck. “it was cramped down there.” she yawned with a groan. “I could barely get any leg room.”

“it wasn’t that better out of the deck, Applebloom.” A.J. groaned. “Manehatten has better hotels then back home, though, and sleeping in the beds will be worth sleeping on hard floors.”

“you been to Manehatten before?” Marble asked, having not known this.

“several times. I have cousins who run their own apple farm out here.” A.J. returned her attention to her sis. “So this is a good time for you to meet your cousin Babs Seed.”

“Babs Seed?” Applebloom asked in confusion.

“yeah. She’s around your age. Stubborn as you and your friends too. And she’s a prime candidate for you to induct into the Cutie Mark Crusaders.” she said with a wink.

“a blank flank?” Applebloom looked back at hers and at her dragon-head Cutie Mark and got a somber feeling. “that’s cool, but…”

“But what?”

well… Scootaloo, Pipsqueak, and Dinky are the only ones without Cutie Marks now. And once they get theirs… we’re gonna have to break up.”

Applejack and Marble looked at each other for a moment and were about to comment when Satoshi interrupted. “hey.” he grabbed and pressed the button on a airhorn, creating a loud and obnoxious horn trying to wake the sleeping fliers up and off the propellers. It didn’t work. “Guys!”

“I got this.” Bahamut said as he tossed a pebble up and down. He threw it as hard as he could and hit the highest one, Cynder, in the head, waking her up. The pebble fell down and hit every other flier in the head, waking them up. They all grumbled in anger and looked down. Satoshi pointed to Bahamut and stepped away. “didn’t see that coming.” the dragon said nervously as he chuckled in the same way. He yelled as he zoomed into the cabin with every Pegasi, Gryphon, Changeling and Dragon pursuing him.

Those on deck looked to the cabin as the fliers beat the crap out of Bahamut. “Ow! OW! Hey! Wow, don’t touch me there! Ouch! *whining* I WANT MY MOMMYheheY!”

Satoshi rolled his eyes with a groan. He always had to ham it on.

The rest of the propellers turned on and spun as they normally do. The ship slightly turned to the right and headed down though the clouds.

The door to a house on a apple farm opened wide and a filly the age of the CMC walked on out.

“where are you going, Babs?” her mother asked.

“Just out for a walk, ma. Don’t worry about it.” Babs replied. she took a few steps when a shadow flew over the land. Both girls looked up and were surprised by what they saw.

Orion flew down out of the clouds and headed for the city of Manehatten. Buildings 5 stories tall littered the sky line with smaller buildings surrounding them. The mere sight of the ship made the inhabitants gasp in astonishment at it’s massive size.

“we’re supposed to find a guide here?” Emil said with slight fear, looking at the sheer size of the city. “this place is massive. It’s bigger then Meltokio and Palmacosta combined.” those not native to Symphonia looked at each other with confused looks.

“well, we can always ask the mayor for help.” Req suggested.

“how about we find a place to land first.” Gilda yawned.

“that…” Halo started as he looked down. “…could be a problem. I don’t see what would count as a landing pad.”

Satoshi snickered yet again. “you forget that this was once a real ship.” he looked over the side and spotted a big enough river down there. He pressed a few buttons and turned the wheel.

The propellers in the back of the ship stopped spinning. The fan blades folded into the shaft and retracted into the ship. The propellers on the masts slowly stopped one row at a time, from the bottom to the top.

The ship descended from the sky. It skimmed along the waters surface for a few feet before breaking the surface and slowly making it’s way it.

Everyone on the ship reacted to the sudden change from airborne to waterborne got to them.

Orion slowed to a halt on the left side of the river. It halted not that far from the shoreline and lowered it’s anchor.

The ship creaked as it swayed back and forth on the water. The ramp extended from the ship and down onto land.

“you thought of everything for this ship, didn’t you Satoshi?” Twilight asked as they all descended from the ship.

“yep.” he said with a smile. “so… where do we go from here?”

“well…” Sora pulled out notes that their pilot had taken. “… we have to find a native to the Badlands who can guide us though it. Not sure why we can’t just fly until we find Discord.”

“you clearly never been.” Marble sighed. “there’s a red fog that covers the sky all the time.” he thought back to what movie the humans had that had a good example. “it’s like Mars.”

“Oh!” the Earth humans exclaimed.

“okay. We need a Badlands native; dragon, right?” Sora asked. Trixie nodded, remembering that Dragons originated from the Badlands. “that’s the main quest. Was there any other side quests we need to do?” she asked like a RPG menu.

“I’m gonna go take Applebloom and introduce her to her cousin Babs.” A.J. said. “they’re gonna need to stay when we head in into the Badlands.”

Pinkie grabbed Marble and spun him around. “I’m gonna go meet Marble’s friends and family. I only met Diamond so I can’t wait to meet everyone else!” she gleamed. Marble wasn’t so enthusiastic and pulled out his sunglasses.

“And I…” Dash pulled a happy Scootaloo onto her back. “… am gonna adopt this squirt.”

“I was hoping to go meet Babs.” Scoots said, hoping that it wouldn’t hurt Dash’s feelings.

“Go ahead.” Dash pulled out the scroll she was given by Celestia. “this is all that’s needed.”

“thanks.” Scoots gave Dash a quick kiss on the cheek then jumped down to join her friends.” Manni softly growled inside her mouth. There’s no way she’s going to let this happen.

Req took her turn. “then how about this? Let’s all split up and go do what we want or need to do then meet back at Orion at nightfall.” everyone murmured among themselves and agreed. “Great. Besides, I think me, Gilda, and Trixie will be enough for to get a guide.”

“okay.” everyone said before splitting up.

Eris slowly walked though the frozen over Crystal Empire. She felt happy covering the place in a blizzard.

“yeeeeeah.” she stretched and put her hands behind her head. “I am good.” she walked by a shocked but frozen Crystal Pony and knocked on it. “nobody was expecting this.” she chuckled evilly.

She walked towards the crystal palace, about to take a seat at it’s throne, when she spotted something… off about it. Someone walked out of the palace with a glowing horn.

She softly snuck up to it and spotted a Black Unicorn leave the place with a shard of a crystal. “this will work.” he sinisterly said before disappearing in a flash of dark smoke.

Eris emerged from hiding and was, as I’m sure every reader is, confused. “who… was that…?” She muttered. “there was something off with him. Like he… has no heart.” she shivered at the mere thought of him. “hope I don’t have to deal with him.” she said before disappearing in a flash of light.

Applejack led the fillies and colts to the Manehatten Apple farm. They were happy to finally meet a Blank Flank like them. Well, like Scoots, Pip, and Dinky. They were so happy, they felt like singing. And A.J. heard a rock balled begin playing from somewhere and tried to find it‘s origin.

All:
♪Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. Yeah.♪

Sweetie Belle:
♪oh, I can’t wait to meet our new friend.
To see what antics that she’ll bring.♪

Scootaloo:
♪I wonder if she’ll be a farmer or a taster of treats.
Oh, I can‘t wait to meet our new friend from the far east.♪

Applebloom:
♪one can only wonder what a girl like Babs will bring.
For we Cutie Mark Crusaders are always anxious to meet new friends.♪

Dinky:
♪all I hope for is that she is nice and ready for a loon.
I hope that she’s a whole lot better then Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.♪

All:
♪Babs Seed, Babs Seed.
I hope she’ll be a good friend.
Babs Seed, Babs Seed.
Hope she’s better then that stupid Spoon or Tiar.♪

The music stopped before Pip and Feather Weight could get a word. The fillies laughed; even A.J. chuckled at that.

“I hope she is better then Tiara or Spoon.” Applebloom hoped. “we don’t need another bully.”

“She’s pretty nice.” A.J. said. “but, due to her being bullied for her Blank Flank, she’s a little bit shy so don’t be surprised if she’s… distant.”

“we know the feeling so we know what to expect.” they all said.

Dash walked into the adoption agency in Manehatten. Shadow stayed outside, mostly to keep Manni from coming in. why was she so obsessed with keep Scootaloo from Rainbow Dash? That’s something everyone is trying to figure out.

She walked up to the counter and stood there. The receptionist took notice of her. “Can I help you?” she asked in a snooty accent.

“yeah. Um, I want to speak to whoever’s in charge. I’m looking to adopt someone.”

“First door on the right.” she said, pointing down a hallway while blowing some bubblegum.

Dash thanked her and headed down it. She reached door and knocked on it. “un… hello?”

“Come in.” a voice replied. Dash opened the door and walked in to see a Gryphon play some indoor golf. “give me a moment.” he gripped his club soft but tight. He lightly hit the gold ball. It rolled but missed the coffee cup. “man. I can never get the 18th hole.” he set the club down and took his seat behind his desk. “can I help you with something?”

“yes. I wish to adopt a child…” she noticed the name plague and read it. “…Fredrick.”

“okay.” he replied. A pregnant pause descended as Fred waited for a reply. “well? Is there any specific child or do you want the whole building?”

“oh. Oh, sorry. Yes. A Ms. Scootaloo.”

Fred nodded and went to his file cabinets to get her name when he just realized… “un… we don’t have a Scootaloo.”

Dash pulled out the scroll given to her by Celestia. “this will explain everything.” Fred took it and unfurled it.

He read it and, in a unexpected twist, got really angry. “What the hell is this?”

“what?” Dash asked, not really sure why he’s angry. Fred turned it around and gave it to Dash. She read it and couldn’t believe what she was reading.

‘don’t be fooled by this wretch. She’s the worse mother in existence and will burn down your building and everyone in it if she doesn’t get her way.’

“WHAT!?!” Dash exclaimed at the top of her lungs. There’s no way Celestia would say something like that.

“Security.” He said into his intercom.

Dash tried to make things clear. “no no no no no. wait wait wait wait wait. This is all a big mistake.” security entered the office and grabbed her by the hooves. “I swear, she didn’t mean to write this!”

“Get her out of my sight.”

Dash yelled as she was thrown out of the building. She landed in a puddle of mud face first right in front of Shadow and Manni. She pulled her face out and spit out mud.

Shadow helped her up and wiped off her chest. “What happened?” Dash sadly and angrily showed him the fake letter. Shadow took it and read it. “What?”

“Someone swapped that with Celestia’s letter.” Dash sniffled. “but… why would he do that?”

“I don’t know.” Manni snidely said. “could’ve been misplaced.” she bit into a apple and walked off with such a smug look. Shadow and Dash angrily looked at each other, already know what happened to the scroll Celestia gave them.

The Pegasi mayor of Manehatten sighed as he leaned forward on his desk. “so bored…” he moaned.

His intercom rang and his secretaries voice came though. “Mr. Day. You have a couple of visitors here to see you.”

“Send them in.” he replied with disinterest. He is in a really sour mode today. The door opened wide and 3 figures walked in. what surprised him was that one was a species he never saw before. That species got his curiosity. “who are you 3?”

“I am Requiem Hikaru, Mr. Mayor. And this is Princess Gilda, heir of the Gryphon Kingdom, and Duchess Trixie Lulamoon, wife to Princess Luna. We come of behalf of Princess Celestia.”

“Celestia?” he asked. It’s not often that Celestia sends someone to Manehatten. “what does she want?”

“This will explain it.” Trixie said as she used her magic to bring some notes to his attention.

He grabbed them and quickly read them over. “Discord escaped?” he asked, not really surprised by it. That war a couple weeks ago would’ve been enough to for him to break loose. “and Celestia wants me to help you find a guide to the Badlands where he’s hiding?”

“yep. If Discord stays on the loose, there’s no telling what will happen to the world.” Gilda said. “Cats could marry dogs, houses could hang upside down. Mice will--”

“I get the picture.” the mayor sighed. “so… you need a guide?”

“yes. Particularly someone native to the Badlands, like a dragon.” Trixie suggested.

Mr. Day thought about it. “hmm… we have a number of traders from there. In fact, one just arrived 2 hours before you did. He should be down in the markets. Un… I think his name is Garble. He‘s a Red Dragon who… to put it lightly, has got a bad attitude”

“Garble. Okay.” Req said as she wrote the name down. “Thanks for the info.”

“it’s no problem. Is there anything else you need?”

“not at the moment.” Gilda said. “and again, thanks for the info, mr…”

“Day. Golden Day.”