My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Discordian Troubles

Chapter 7

Manehatten

With the directions from Golden Day, the goddess, the princess, and the duchess made their way though the crowded Manehatten markets to find their Badlands guide.

“Let’s see…” Req pulled out her notepad. “he said we’re looking for a Red Dragon named Garble. But he didn’t give us any other information. How are we supposed to find him?”

“I’m sure we can think of something.” Trixie said. “besides, how many dragons are named Garble?”

“true.”

Their search was interrupted when Manni ran by, running as fast as she could with fear for her life. “GET BACK HERE!” Dash yelled as she ran after her.

“Dash?” the trio said to themselves. Shadow panted heavily as he got to them. “Shadow, what’s going on?”

“*Pant. Pant. Pant.* Manni, she… she replaced Celestia’s letter to the adoption agency with a fake, saying Dash is going to burn the place down if she doesn’t get her way.”

“WHAT!” they yelled out. They looked in the direction Manni and Dash ran and snarled. “Hope on.” Gilda said. Shadow reluctantly did just that. “we’re going after them.” she told Req and Trix. They nodded, knowing Manni has to pay for this. Gilda took to the air and went after them.

Req said and placed her hands on her hip. “I never knew Manni would go this far. Just what is her obsession with Scootaloo, anyway?” she asked. She saw that Trixie was gone. “Trixie?” she looked around for a second and watched her enter a shop.

The bell to the shop ringed as Trixie walked though the door. The place was very oriental in appearance. The bell caught the attention of the owner. “ah. Greetings. And welcome to my shop. May I help you?”

“just browsing for the moment.” she replied.

Req entered the shop and whistled at the collection. “wow. Quite a number.” she muttered as she looked around. Antique clocks, old magic scrolls and books. What surprised her is there’s a actual sword. “now that’s weird.” she grabbed it and pulled it out. “I thought ponies don’t use swords.”

“Ah. That is a truly rare piece.” the shopkeep said, noticing Req grabbed the blade. “someone sold it to me for quite a high price; said he found it while exploring in the Arctic North. Legends say it belonged to Zax, the Human God who helped create our world with the Alicorn Goddess Jeria long ago.”

“oh.” Req gripped the handle tight and swung it. It was light and nimble and cool to the touch. “easy to swing.” she spun it around. “might make a good back-up weapon. How much is it?”

The shopkeep looked at the blade and thought up a price. “mmm…. 2000000 Bits.”

“$2 Million dollars?” Req whined and put the blade back. She doesn’t have that much money. “that’s a lot of money.”

“it’s the only one in the world. Of course it would be worth a lot.”

During their little talk, Trixie walked around and saw a necklace dashed away somewhere in the back. “how much is this?”

The shopkeep walked over and she pointed to the necklace. “Oh. That. You have good taste.” he grabbed it and pulled it into view. It was black and red with a Alicorn design. “This is a Alicorn Amulet. There’s 5 in existence and said that they’re very powerful.”

“Alicorn Amulet…” Trixie muttered. That would make a perfect souvenir for Luna. “How much?”

“around 5000 credits.”

Trixie bit her lips. Then, she remembered who she was married to. “if possible, can you make the bill out to Princess Luna?”

He wasn’t so sure he should do that. “that… doesn’t sound like a good idea. For starters, she barely knows me and…”

“tell her that her wife, Trixie Lulamoon, bought her a gift but is keeping it under wraps.”

“Wife?” he looked down at her hooves and saw the wedding band with royal markings. “Oh. Oh, my apologies. I-I heard that Princess Luna had taken on a wife, I just didn’t know it was you.”

“You and everyone not from Canterlot or Ponyville.” Req joked, looking though a book.

“tell you what. Because I didn’t know who you were and so you don’t throw me in jail, how about I cut the price in half; 2500.”

This was one aspect of her marriage she didn’t see coming but shouldn’t expected. “okay. 2500.” she used her magic to bring out a notepad to write down the castle’s address as the shopkeep reached up and grabbed the amulet. “here you go.” she said, handing him the note. “again, keep it a secret. Just tell her that Trixie has a surprise for her.” she said with a wink.

The shopkeep put it in a box and handed it to her. Trixie left, tossing a couple bits down for himself. Req continued looking at a book, not aware that Trixie had left… until she used her magic to pull the humans ear, making her hop out on one leg.

Manni ran as fast as she could down a street with Dash in hot pursuit. “GET BACK HERE!” she yelled. Manni stuck her tongue out and kept running. Shadow suddenly jumped down in front of her with his horn glowing. Manni screeched to a halt and ran down another road. “Shadow!” Dash yelled, about to put him down for getting in her way. Shadow stuck his hoof up and pointed down the road.

Manni looked back and saw that they weren’t in pursuit. She snickered and kept running… until Gilda fell from above and pinned her to the ground. “get off me!” Manni exclaimed.

“not a chance.” Gilda said in a scary tone. She took Manni’s bags and looked though it, finding the real letter just as Dash and Shadow caught up. “Got it.” she said, tossing it to the Pegasus.

Dash caught it but didn’t leave just yet. She had a few questions for Manni. “why are you doing this? Why are you so obsessed with getting Scootaloo and Eris away from me?” Manni kept silent. She was keeping her reasons to herself. “fine. Be that way.”

“Maybe we should tell Golden Day about her. Make sure she keeps away from us during out visit.” Dash stiffened and her eyes widened when she heard that name. Gilda and Shadow noticed this. “Dash?”

“What…. What did you say?”

Shadow and Gilda looked at each other with confused expressions. “she said we should take Manni to this Golden Day person.” Shadow repeated. Dash stood there with a clear stunned expression. He’s here. He‘s actually here. “Dash?” without a word, Dash quickly took off, ignoring her injured wing. “Dash!” Gilda reacted with a yell and hit herself in the head. “What?”

“I just remembered.” she said in a worried groan. “Golden Day is Dash’s dad.”

“OOOOH!” Rarity exclaimed. “Spike, take a look at this!”

The engaged and expectant couple were in the Manehatten maternity store, looking at clothes for their coming dragon/pony hybrid foal and for Rarity for the coming 10 months. She thinks to have found something perfect for the kid and got Spike’s attention.

“what is it?” he asked as he walked over.

“What do you think of this for the baby?” she asked, holding up a sailor’s uniform.

Spike didn’t know what to say. “it looks….. Unique.” in Rarity’s vocabulary, that means good. “but, um… wouldn’t it be better to make the stuff? I mean, you are a fashion designer.”

“I had considered it, Spike, but I’m gonna have to work overtime to make enough clothes to sell in order to raise enough money. Who knows how hard or easy it’ll be to raise a hybrid.” Spike shrugged in agreement. She had a point there. “plus, and as much as I hate to admit it, there are some designers who are…” this part hurt her pride the most. “…better then me.”

Spike chuckled. “if you say so, Rare.” he looked though the shop and found something that would be… nice for her. “hey, Rare. Think I found something that would look good on you.”

Curious, she turned around and saw him wearing a VERY thin see-thought negligee. “SPIKE! You honestly expect a dignified lady such as myself to wear something that… tasteless?”

Spike had his counter-argument ready to go as soon as he turned into a teen in case this happened. “and you went after a dragon who just turned 14 both physically and mentally.”

“how much for the negligee?” Rarity asked as soon as Spike finished. Spike chuckled and walked over. At least he had one thing to use against her if and when they got into a fight.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rICRIQPT54o

The Fate of the Galaxy - Mass Effect 3 Soundtrack

A little filly dropped her teddy bear. She went to pick it up when a pair of feet walked past. She didn’t see who the feet belonged to but she felt cold just being around her. She quickly grabbed her bear and ran off.

A lone human female, with a red cloak covering her body and no more then 12, slowly walked though the Ponyville markets, making her way to the store that Req and Trixie were at just a half hour ago. As she walked, she left a air of intimidation, frightening even the toughest of dragons and gryphons.

On a roof-top just over the markets, Orochi and Tsylatac watched as she made her way to the shop.

“she’s not going to have what it takes.” Glacies said. “we shouldn’t have let her go along to retrieve it.”

Tsylatac got off a chimney and landed on the shingles. “calm yourself, Glacies. She’s more then capable of pulling this off. I’m sure of it.”

“you better hope so…” Lucis said as he took over. “…cause if we lose that thing, it’s gonna set our plans back a ways.”

“Trust me, Lucis. She won’t fail.”

The door the shop opened, jingling the bell and getting the attention of the shopkeep. “hello there. Is there…” he saw the person and immediately though it was Requiem. “ah. Lady Requiem. With what do I own the pleasure of your return?”

The unknown girl looked around the shop and found what she was looking for. “you have something of mine. And I want it.” she asked in a cold tone.

Something was wrong. That wasn’t Requiem. Still, he never turned down paying customers. “of course. I’m sure we can think of a good price.”

“Price?” the girl chuckled and, with a flick of her right wrist, summoned a red scythe with a curved handle. “I wasn’t asking for it.”

0:51. End Song.

Marble stopped in his tracks as he stared at a sight he wasn’t sure he’d see ever again.

His old childhood neighborhood. It was exactly how he left it; a dump similar to any slums anywhere. “I never thought I’d see that ol’ dump again.” he said with a chuckle. It seemed like yesterday when that freak storm appeared and crippled his sister Diamond and destroying a number of rooftops. They never did figure out what it was, though.

Pinkie walked up and nuzzled beside him. “you ready to meet your old friends?” she gently asked.

Marble took a deep breath and sighed. “yeah.” he went to take a step but stopped mid-way. He steeled himself and went forth.

Gentle humming came from a small flower garden just beside a basketball court, where a group of young stallions and mares were playing a game.

Diamond Cake, Marble’s younger and crippled sister, watered the flowers from her wheelchair. She set the jug down on her lap and rolled over to another part of the flower garden. She wasn’t aware of the visitors coming to her.

Marble was surprised to see Diamond watering flowers. She used to hate that. Guessed being crippled can have benefits.

He stopped a few feet away and cleared his throat. “um… hey there, sis.”

Diamond stopped what she was doing and looked back. “Marble?” her brother smiled and waved to her. Diamond smiled wide. “Marble!” she used her magic to pull her brother over and hug him. That little screech got the attention of those playing. “Oh, it’s been so long!”

Marble blushed in embarrassment. And it was in front of his marefriend, too. “Diamond. Please. I have my marefriend with me. You’re embarrassing me.”

“oh. Sorry.” she stopped her magic and put him down. She turned her attention to a surprising calm pink mare. “long time, no see Pinkie.”

“hey, Diamond. It’s been a long time.” she walked over and hugged her. “how are you doing since Hearts and Hooves day?”

“still crippled.” Diamond joked.

“Sis…” Marble groaned.

“Okay. Okay. Unc.”

Marble raised a eyebrow in confusion. Pinkie fully figured out what she meant and gasped in excitement. “I don’t get it.” Marble muttered. Pinkie and Diamond scoffed. “What?”

“think about it. Unc.” Pinkie said with a smile while poking Marble’s head. He was still confused but the pieces eventually fell into place.

“wait…” Diamond giggled. He figured it out. “are you saying that… you’re pregnant?”

“yea-huh.” Diamond said with a giggle.

Marble couldn’t believe it. His little sister was gonna be a mom. He staggered and fell back. Pinkie caught him before he hit the ground. “who… when… how…?” he couldn’t form words. Those were the only ones he could get it. It was more then enough for Diamond to explain.

“Green Block, 3 weeks ago, and my legs are crippled, not everything below my waist.”

Marble couldn’t believe it. He’s gonna have a hard time believing it. He-- “wait, Green Block?” he asked, breaking the mood he had. “the dad is G.B.? the most violent pony around.”

“He’s not violent.” Diamond said in his defense. “he’s kind and gentle. He even proposed when we found out.”

“and don’t you think he’s doing that out of guilt; or maybe because he has too?” Marble continued, not wanting to believe that. Green Block was the one who was ridiculing him the hardest when the accident happened.

“Marble… he’s a nice pony. If you took the chance to know him, you would see that he’s a really nice guy.”

Marble was about to argue again when a large and powerful explosion came from downtown.

Spike and Rarity left the maternity store with a number of items for Rarity and the Baby when Spike ran into someone he never expected to meet again. He hit the red dragon and fell back.

“Hey! Watch IT!” the Red Dragon angrily said.

Spike brushed off his butt when he saw who he ran into. “oh, no. not you.” he whined, falling back down. When he said that, Rarity took a look at the dragon and reacted as same, hitting her head against a wall. “oh, no.”

The dragon took notice of the mare. “do I know you two?”

“no. but we know you.” Rarity sighed, not wanting to believe that this is who they think it is.

The red dragon took a good look at Rarity and Spike. After 3 minutes, he finally figured out who they were. “Oh. Oh, wow. This is too good.” he laughed. “the screeched voiced Rarity and little ‘Spikey-Wikey.’ Hahaha. Oh, this is good.”

Spike casually looked to Rarity. “I’d say Garble remembers us, Rare.”

“you really grew since I last saw you.” Garble joked. “you may have wings and look like me, but you’re still a wimp.”

Spike scoffed at that. “a wimp? I helped end a war against the Changeling Horde. I helped destroy Nightmare Moon for good. Me and rarity are helping take out the spirit of disharmony. Tell me, how does that qualify as a wimp?”

Garble had nothing, mostly because he couldn’t think of a good retort. “fine. Guess you’re not a wimp. But you’re still a weakling.”

“I am well aware of that.”

“Thankfully…” Rarity interrupted. She walked over and help her fiancée up. “…some ponies like a sensitive dragon.”

“What?” he eyed inside the bags and tried to contain a chortle. “oh, good grief. Hahahaha.” Spike and Rarity angrily looked at each other, then at Garble. “oh, no. oh, no. you can’t be. You can’t be expecting a child.”

“Not just that.” they both said. “we’re engaged.”

“What?” Garble fell over laughing. This was so funny, it hurt. “you two? Engaged? Ahahahahahahaha! Oh, this is too good.” he rapidly hit his fists on the concrete ground.

Suddenly, a large and powerful explosion echoed though the streets. Smoke from it caught them and covered them fast.

Even leaders of cities need to rest and Golden Day is doing just that, taking a little nap on his desk. His door slamming open woke him up. He snorted and rubbed his eyes to see a very angry Cyan Pegasus where his door was. “may I help you?”

“how…” Dash shakingly said. “How could you?”

Day raised a eyebrow in confusion. “excuse me?”

Dash took a deep breath and… “HOW COULD YOU LEAVE US LIKE THAT!?!” she cried. “You! You just left us! How could you leave us!?!”

“What are you talking about?” a disgruntled Day asked.

Dash angrily wiped away her tears. “Shine Dash. 24 years ago. You two had a loose night that resulted in a young mare…”

Shine Dash? That’s a name he hasn’t heard in a long while. Wait? Does that mean that she’s. “…when the mare was 2, you left and abandoned both her and her mother! Some time after that, you found some hussy and that resulted in Soarin’, formerly deceased member of the Wonderbolts.”

Soarin’ is dead? He hadn’t heard of that. “and now, here you are, the mayor of Manehatten. Hehe. I can’t wait to here that story, but…” she angrily walked over to the nearest bookcase. “what I want to know…” she put a hoof to it. “IS WHY YOU LEFT US!” she pushed it over, causing it to crash to the ground. Dash fell to her hooves and cried. “why… why did you leave us? Why did you let mom die…?”

Golden Day didn’t know what to say. He never expected to see his daughter before him. Or to hear that Shine is dead. “Rainbow… I… I don’t know what you want me to say.”

“Just tell me the truth.” she wiped her eyes and sniffled before looking up at him. “why did you leave us?”

That was a question that was bothering him for a while. “Dash… I--”

A sudden explosion echoed though the city. The glass to the room they were in broke, sending shards all over.

The shopkeep pulled himself from the ground and looked back in fear to see his shop in flames.

“what happened?” Req said as she and Trixie ran back.

“one of your friends destroyed my shop!” he yelled.

“one of our friends?” Req repeated. “that’s preposterous. Unless you serve food, Lina and Gourry should leave you alone.”

“Well, tell that to her!” he yelled, pointing to the fire. Req and Trixie looked at the blazing inferno.

Footsteps from high-heel shoes echoed as their owner walked out unscathed. The sword of Zax hung off her back. She took noticed of Req and silently but evilly snickered.

“This is going to be good…” Aqua evilly chuckled as she popped some popcorn into her mouth. “… I can tell.”

The unknown girl raised her right arm into the air…

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfGN-nrge00

Dark Impetus - Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep OST

…and summoned up her scythe.

She spun it around in a epic but scary fashion before pointing it to the goddess.

“whoa!” Req reacted. She reached for her blades but held. “I never dealt with Scythes before.” she said to Trixie.

“perfect.” the unknown girl replied. She spun her scythe once then charged at Req like a cheetah. Req barely had enough time to push Trixie out of the way when the girl reached her and swung at Req’s neck. She was barely able to block it in time.

The girl was unexpectedly powerful as she sent Req crashing though several buildings. Req crashed though the last one and right into a fountain square.

Req groaned as she struggled to get up. This girl was surprisingly powerful and fast. That’s a dangerous combo. She should know; she’s a member of that combo. Req was able to get up to her knees when the girl appeared out of thin air and kicked her in the gut.

The wind left Req’s lungs as she was kicked into the air. The girl disappeared then reappeared right beside the goddess. She kicked her in the back, disappeared, reappeared, and slashed up at her shoulder. She disappeared again and reappeared, slamming the blunt of the handle into the back of Req’s knee. She disappeared and reappeared again over and over and over and over again, kicking the snot out of Req.

The girl reappeared high in the air, spun her scythe over her head, and yelled as she fell to kill Req. “This is your end!” she flipped backwards and swung down.

A gunshot echoed, the bullet aimed straight for her. The girl blocked the shot but it sent her off course. She slammed her scythe into and jumped to the top of a chimney.

Satoshi and Fox quickly reloaded their rifles, took aim, and fired again. The girl spun her scythe around like a airplane propeller, blocking the shots with ease. Aura and Lloyd ran by and headed towards her. The girl chuckled and pulled out the blade. She pointed it at the gunners as a pink glow swirled around it.

A beam of pink light shot out of it and headed for Satoshi and Fox. They yelled and quickly ran out of the way. She spun around and sent a scythe-beam towards Aura and Lloyd. They blocked it but the force was too powerful and they were sent rolling into the fountain.

The girl scoffed and put the blade away. She jumped down and walked over to take care of them.

More gunshots rang out, heading for her. She quickly took a step back, avoiding the Mana Bolts that almost hit her in the head. She snarled as she looked in their point of origin.

Ash’s guns smoked as he aimed right for her. “(Damn. It’s him.)” she snarled on the inside. Ash fired again at her but the girl moved too fast to hit. She ran up the sides of a couple buildings like a parkour pro, Ash’s shots hitting where she was.

“Dammit.” Ash breathed.

“we got this.” Riku said as he, Zel, and Jax ran past. They took the same route she did when she did her parkour moves and ran after her.

“kick her ass for me.” Req weakly moaned before going limp.

Orochi and Tsylatac watched the little spectacle from atop a belltower and laughed.

“now that was entertaining.” Tenebrae laughed. The knight got up and disappeared. “Where’s he going?”

“to make sure she doesn’t die.” Glacies explained.

“oh.” a portal of dark fire appeared behind them and they walked in. “why?”

End Song.

“Bet you can’t catch me!” Babs playfully yelled to the CMC.

“You’re on!” they all yelled as they ran after her.

Applejack and Babs’ mother watched them play from the sidelines and smiled. “It’s nice to have Babs make some new friends.” her mother said with a smile. “she’s been having trouble with her schoolmates teasing her for being a blank flank.”

“My sis and her friends know the feeling.” Applejack said, referencing to their problem with Diamond Tiara. “anyway, Mrs. Seed. I have a favor to ask of you.”

“?”

“me and my friends are going into a dangerous area soon and… well, we don’t want them to get in the middle of it. Think you can look after them until we get back?”

“sure.” Mrs. Seed said, not even thinking about it. “anything for Golden Harvest’s daughter.” Applejack forced a smile but she didn’t want to hear his name. not near to that day.

“GET BACK HERE!” Riku yelled as he, Zel, and Jax ran after the mystery girl. She lead them to the Manehatten farm in hopes of losing them. Better said then done.

The girl jumped into the air and fired a scythe-beam at them. Riku and Zel were hit by it but Jax was able to block it and continue running. The girl disappeared and reappeared behind Jax. “Disappear!” she punched Jax right in the side, knocking her out cold.

“Jax!” Applejack and the CMC exclaimed. The girl looked up and saw the ponies watching.

A sudden dark noise came from her left. She looked and saw Tsylatac appear beside her. “you’ve been busy.”

“not by choice.” she retorted. She tossed Jax to the ground and handed the sword to the knight. “I’m out of here. I already did my work.” she turned and walked though the portal. The knight would’ve followed her but didn’t. he had another plan to put into motion.

He disappeared in a flash and reappeared behind the CMC. A gust of wind shot out of him, sending everyone but Babs to the ground. “what?” she exclaimed. He grabbed Babs by her mane. She struggled to get loose. The knight lightly placed his finger on her forehead, knocking her out.

“Babs!” her mother yelled.

The knight placed the unconscious Babs under his arm. “Don’t worry. She’s still alive. I just need her for something. I promise she will return unharmed.”

Those were the last words he said before disappearing in a flash of dark fire.