STAND NAME: NEW DIVIDE

STAND USER: SHOOTING STAR (YOU)

Stand for Equestria, Part 1

wizard0209: we should probably get on Discords good side too (and since its Discord the best way of doing so would be to stroke his ego) with any luck we could end up reforming him early

You already feel suspicion tingling through your body. To your knowledge, this is a hodge-podge hybrid of multiple animals that just so happens to love chaos and can do or say pretty much whatever. He can see your spi-...Stand, while no one else can (save for Pinkie, which you really should look into), seems to know a bit about them when none of the books in The Golden Oaks library seemed to allude to them, and he's hovering there with a smirk on his face when you can see in his red eyes nothing but contempt shining through crimson.

You are an ant compared to what may as well be the sun. And he's still talking to you.

Still, all that means is that you need to keep your guard up and don't make him angry. So, after taking a second to think, you smirk and say "Of course, you'd have all the answers. You do seem like a powerful entity." His eyebrow raises but his smug grin changes not a muscle out of place. "Why," you continue, "I think the only reason you don't already have Equestria is because you like playing a little game, first."

Discord crosses his arms and leans forward slightly, his head and neck craning down to stare right at you. "You know, I know you're just buttering me up," he responds, which makes sense. For all your talents, subterfuge isn't one you have a great deal of knowledge about. "But, you're right, so I'll give it a pass. I must say, it's good to know someone respects the lawless." With a snap of his fingers, a scroll with the words "Equestrian Law" clearly written upon it is poofed into his hand, which he begins scribbling in with a black marker like he owns it. Which, knowing the situation, he might.

wizard0209: on top of asking the obvious questions like "what's a Stand" "what is the arrows deal is"

Ze1a7in: Considering that we are now in the presence of someone who not only knows what we found, but potentially has information about it, I think it would be a good idea to ask what the deal with the Arrow is. And if Discord isn't immediately forthcoming with that knowledge, try to strike a deal for it.

Gold Experience: Keep him at arms length. If things get too suspicious, use New Divide to get the hell out of there. If he has answers, then its best to hear him out but not trust him.

With that in mind, it's clear that the end goal is getting out of there should be suspicious. You have the Stand for it, after all. Speaking of such, though, there is still the matter of finding out just what a "Stand" is to begin with. You look back up at the Mad Chaos God in front of you and ask "So, uh...do you think you can tell me what a Stand actually is? You just called New Divide one without elaborating."

Discord, who has now moved on to writing with his mouth like he was a pony like you and not a being with opposable thumbs, spits the marker out and shows you what he drew. "Why, of course!" he exclaims, flipping the scroll over to it. It no longer looks like a scroll at all. There are drawings, moving drawings, of more colors than just the black. They resemble bipeds, apes or the like, with more Stands floating by them in different shapes and sizes. At least, you guess those are Stands.

"A Stand, my good boy," Discord begins explaining, "is a manifestation of your fighting spirit. Your willpower. Your...worth, as it were." As he says this, one of the little doodles draws out a Stand of his own, resembling another biped, though this one is purple with long strands of black hair and clenched fists. "Each Stand has a unique ability, tailor made for the person," and with that, the Stand begins wildly punching, with a word balloon showing it shouting "ORAORAOROAORA!" as it throws out each devastating blow. "Some just punch things, at least at first," he says, dropping that last part as an aside, "but others can control fire, stop time, produce bubbles that steal attributes, blow things up, or even...well, folding space to it's whim," he ends on. As he says that, he points right at New Divide, which is still summoned and still clutching the Arrow through it's mask.

"And the Arrow?" you ask the next obvious question that comes to mind as that gold and silver weapon gleams in the sunlight. Discord smirks and draws near, causing you to step back as New Divide firmly hovers near the ground.

Seeing your attempt at self-preservation, Discord shrugs. "Fine, then," he responds, before snapping his fingers and bringing out what looks like a chunk of earth, glowing gold inside the rock. "The Arrows," he begins, your jaw dropping at the plural. There's more of these? Discord continues, ignoring the question asked in your head, "were forged from this meteorite. They create Stands. How, you may ask?" At this, both of your shrug your shoulders. "Beats me!" he responds, "It might be a bacteria? I dunno. But it's cool! Unless you're someone without the will to control one, that is."

That brings up another question, so you ask "What happens if you don't have the will to control a Stand after getting...pierced, I guess?"

Discord does this kind of head bob before bluntly responding "You die!" as the meteorite piece disappears in a puff of smoke.

wizard0209: "are there other types of Stands"

"So..." you begin to ask, but quickly find yourself mildly stumped. You do manage to pick one out of a myriad amount of insatiable curiosities, and thus ask "Are there other types of Stands?" to which Discord responds with more doodling. This time with his feet, somehow. He's a trickster deity and you're questioning his methods? Weak.

After a few minutes of watching his hind legs move about, he finally snaps the scroll back to his hand and flips it around again. This time, the doodles of Stands are more varied, showing a bunch of things. "Oh yes!~" Discord answers, "So, so many. There are Stands that don't reflect damage, bit of a loner, you can't make 'em move." As he says this, a skeletal Stand wearing an...Appleloosan sombrero, it looks like, hovers away from it's bipedal stick figure master. It's very fat, bipedal stick figure master, to the point where you confuse the drawing for a slug. "Then there are Stands you wear," as he points to a stick figure in brown clothing, who suddenly tunnels into the ground. "And Stands that are armies!" and he points to a biped with ridiculous hair commanding what looks like little toy soldiers. He pulls the scroll away from you. "Plus Evolving Stands and Requiem Stands, and Stands that are just abilities, and Stands anyone can see that are bound to normal objects, and Stand that let you spin your balls faster!"

Wait, what?

"But for the most part," Discord finishes with a flourish of his hands, "there's just all kinds of Stands!" You take a bit of time to properly process this info, letting it sink in as you dig your way through it. Sounds like a handful, to be sure. And he didn't exactly explain it comprehensively. But he did it. So, that was nice of him.

Cloverleaf: Don’t go directly with whatever he tells you. Pinkie can see your Stand. Fact check Discord with her when all this blows over.
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But here’s the thing. Pinkie being Pinkie could very well be Pinkie has a Stand.

Gold Experience: And if the same extends to the Mane Six, i've got this idea that maybe the Elements of Harmony grant the users a stand as well.

Suddenly, a thought hits. Something you need to be sure of. "Wait, did you just say you can't normally see Stands?" you ask, piping up after a show of exposition.

Discord looks a little miffed that you didn't actually seem impressed with his little show, but he answers in a voice implying you're an idiot, that sort of condescending intonation that a school teacher would give a child that just won't shut up, "Of course! Why, was that not clear enough to you?"

"No, it's just that, uh, Pinkie Pie saw mine earlier."

It all falls into place. A kind of scary place. Not just on Pinkie's side, though that explains quite a lot. She's always bent reality to her whim with strange antics and stranger phenomenon. A Stand power could explain her oddities. No, no, the scary side is Discord's face when you say that. Never before has a twitching snaggle-tooth been so disconcerting. "I should have remembered," he says, "The Elements of Harmony certainly have the power...hiding them was a good move." It still sounds like Discord, that energetic tone of voice. But there's a hint of both triumph and an eerie dread filling as he speaks. Like something very interesting just came to his attention and he can't shake it off.

Gold Experience: Also, since Discord knows what a Stand is and it may be possible he has one as well, I vote to have him call it "Dazed and Confused" or DC for short. And if the same extends to the Mane Six, i've got this idea that maybe the Elements of Harmony grant the users a stand as well.

wizard0209: I've never watched JoJo's Bizarre Adventure but from my understanding a stand is an extension of your soul/spirit and Discord is a spirit of chaos and disharmony so wouldn't it be possible that he can see Stands just because he is something close to a Stand already?

You decide to clear the air with one last question. Well, two, but one can wait until after he starts leaving. "Wait, so..." you ask, New Divide hovering back away from the ground. "Do you have a Stand? You can see mine, after all." And there it is again, in those eyes. He's stopped caring about you at this point.

"Perhaps," he states clearly, "or perhaps I was once a Stand myself, granted free will through my power." Now, that's a scary thought, but keeps going. "Or perhaps the powers of chaos are so much my own that I can simply see the myriad possibilities they represent," he answers, "It does not matter now."

And with that, he raises his fingers and holds his middle finger and thumb together as if to snap.

eskimobill1919: I feel that we should ask "wait, did you say that you stole from the princess?" Cause that is a petty big deal.

"Wait!" You stop him, but he only glances in your direction. "Did you just say that you stole from the Princess?!" That's high treason, and frowned upon, and you know she won't be happy about that. But this Mad Titan smirks and pays it little heed.

Waving his hand, he merely states "Indeed, my dear boy. After all, Chaos and Disorder is the highest regard in the whole of existence!" Dramatically declaring as such, he snaps and vanishes in pink light, leaving you with answers, a clear line of sight to Canterlot at the mountain site, and a Mad Titan ready to take over.

What will you do?
<--- To Be Continued

Author's Notes:

Ending Song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPCLFtxpadE

Yes, Return of Harmony, and the story itself, is making good progress! I'm so happy right now, y'all have no idea.

Yes, your pony has a name now: Shooting Star. If you don't like it, you can change it if you wish. But that's our default, assumed name for now. Hope that makes things easy!