AU Note: Contains many switches of point of view, no not 1st 2nd 3rd, just switching between two people between linebreaks

In the sweltering temperatures of this heatwave many people chose to seek shelter in their air-conditioned homes, while others took advantage of the heat to travel to beaches and whatnot. The city of Mareier (I made it up,... horrible name isn't it?) wasn't all to eventful and wasn't a very great tourist attraction because of the fact. However this suited Aden quite fine as he always enjoyed silence and peace over the countless partying in his old college. His roommates were always trying to get him drunk, to a bar, or set him up with some blind date. He didn't hate them for this, he just preferred if they leave him be. He finally graduated with a bachelor degree under his belt and decided enough is enough and left the town. Coming to Mareier, he had hoped to at least try to start his dream of having some type of impact on society.

To call Mareier a small city would be a an overstatement, it's roughly the size of about 7city blocks. It's also pretty far away from any major civilizations; about 30 miles away from any in fact. Despite its relativly small size, the village seems to have everything a person needs, from a hardware shop to fashion boutiques, and of course it will have one of the largest supermarket's Aden has ever seen. The nearby farm also helps the village self manage, and the nearby forest ain't to shabby neither. All this keeps the village alive. Although it did strike Aden quite odd that few actually moved into the neighborhood. It's rather peaceful and there's no worry that someone might mug you in one of the many dark alleyways since everybody knows everybody, so if one did commit a crime, it be hard to cover it up.

As Aden aproached his new apartment, he felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise. He quickly turned around, but no one was around as it was already late in the night.

I swear something is watching me

When Aden entered the lobby he quickly found the receptionist and asked for a room preferably one away from the streets. Entering the room on the second floor he shivered despite none of the windows being open.

Relax Aden, it's not like this place is haunted

He unloaded his necessities first and quickly spotted the restroom. Deciding showering can wait until tomorrow he starts to set up his laptop on an empty desk, or rather just plugging in the charger. After a few minutes unloading his luggage, he placed the large suitcase under the bed when he noticed how dark it was in his new room. He face palmed.

I'm so stupid I didn't even turn on the godforsaken lights!

After tripping over some wires and clothes he left strewn over the floor, and feeling the wall for anything different then the wallpaper, he finally came upon the light switch. Only to reveal that there wasn't any light bulb in the socket in the first place.

REALLY! Why would anyone take a light bulb from an apartment

After swearing mentally to punch whoever it was who took the only source of light in the apartment, he turned to his desk.

If I'm not feeling sleepy, then I might as well try to see if there's any WiFi around here

As if the Gods answered his prayer there was a signal, and no password as well. Although he has internet, Aden decides just to countinue writing his work of art.

Okay "art" might just be taking it a bit far but it's gotton quite good. He already thought up the story line from the begginings, spikes of drama, the inevitable climax, to the finishing end. Now if can only right the damn filler chapters leading up to the event.

Confound these bronies, they distract me too easily with music, art ,etc.

Oh well that's just great, not only was he stuck in this new world, it happened to be right in the middle of summer. As he seeked shelter under on of the great pine trees of what appears to be a small forest.

Oh the things i would do to have my powers back

Truth is he never lost his powers, but it's so weak to what it normally should be it would be that it would cause shame to his former glory. Weakly he summoned a glass of choclate milk, not even bothering to try in his way. As soon as he filled up his glass, he thirstily drank it like never before, only to spit out most of on the grassy mud.

"Blegh. Great now I can't even enjoy my own choclate milk!"

In hopes of a lake or stream to get rid of the aftertaste, he stood up off his scaly behind and leaped into the air, to fall flat on his face.

Right. No magic. I actually have to flap my wings now.

Reluctantly he started flapping and rose a few feet above the trees hoping to spot a body of water. However he came upon something more interesting.

"Ohhh civilization, why I never thought they would actually give me something to occupy my time here." He said to 'no one' in particular.

Hidden in the shadows of the alleyways, he started observing the population of this new found civilization. He found theme to be almost the same to those wretched ponies, but with some obvious differences. First of all they were bipedal and seemed to have very few color differences. He noticed that while they lack the color spectrum, they make up for in hair, skin tone, clothing, and many other small differences. They also seemed to have no magic, but move around in things called 'bicycles' and 'cars'.

Ohhhh if only I had my full power, I could of had some fun with this place

But his idea for thought fueled engines and rubber cars would have to wait. Currently it seems they are far more advanced than Equestria, he had some fun however when he replace the metallic device in one of the being's ear and replaced it with honey. It seems some of the inventions allowed for music to be played directly in your ear without anyone else being able to hear it.

"Very smart, but it's no fun. I can't fathom how I'll be able to have some relaxation in this place. With my powers weakened to only teleportation, disguise, and conjurment of small objects, the only thing I can think of really is drowning this place with banana peels. I won't even be able to relish the sound of minds snapping into insanity. Oh how I miss that sound."

"Oh get it together Discord. You haven't even been banished for a day and you're already sounding like a pansy. Granted the first world I was banished to I kept all my powers, but that doesn't mean you can't corrupt the minds here."

He spotted a newcomer with a suitcase and a backpack walk by, and judging from the stares, he isn't accepted into the herd or whatever these things call it.

These things are quick to judge.Hm this will make it so much more fun. But first if I want to mess with his conscience, I need to research these things if I want to...

Who am I trying to impress? I'm Discord for crying out loud. The Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony. I don't need to do things by the book. What fun is there when making sense?

With that, he took off into the ever darkening sky and flew above his prey waiting for him to go into a secluded area. With the possibility of a long wait he started to pry into his head. Most of what he found was just memories of his school days, and-

Ooo hatred? I've seen annoyance in other ponies' minds but that is usually as far as it goes.

Intrigued, Discord started to pry slightly more into other peoples' memories while still keeping his eye on his target. However he was further surprised as practically everyone he looked into had a hint of hatred inside them.

Well well well, this is going to be much greater than i thought.