A simple test and Discord will have earned the respect from Celestia he so desired. He never intended the ruse to go as far as it did. Pretending to be a pony is one thing, pretending to be a pony and falling for Twilight was another matter entirely.
This novel is a re-imagining of my story This Cruel and Random World. Some AU elements, but not enough to be significantly different from canon.
Cover art a commission by the talented OpalAcorn on deviantart.