Chapter II: Disturbance in the Force
Princess Celestia decided to pay Twilight a visit, and Twilight was more than happy to tell her mentor how the holidays went.
"It sounds like Discord didn't cause too much trouble, I'm glad to hear that everyone had a good time." Celestia stated.
"Oh, yes, although Spike's a bit disappointed. Discord turned Rarity into a beautiful dragon and he already has a crush on her to begin with." Twilight replied.
"Hmm, I suppose that if Rarity would've been alright with it, Discord could've let her stay a dragon for a while longer."
"Still, Discord kept to his word when he said that he would clean up after himself." Twilight stated.
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Celestia stayed for a while to visit, but eventually a messenger from Canterlot arrived and brought word that there was a disturbance over in Trottingham.
"I'm sorry, Twilight, but I have to see to this right away. Hopefully it won't be long before our next visit." Celestia stated.
"I hope so too." Twilight replied. She and Celestia hugged for a moment, and Celestia took flight for Trottingham, not knowing what was awaiting for her in the distant lands.
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Discord woke up that morning with a sense of disturbance; a jitter went through him just like when he sensed the demon, Tirek, stealing the magic of other ponies. He looked out the window he lay next to in Fluttershy's cottage, merely pondering.
"Good morning, Discord." Fluttershy spoke, but the creature of Chaos paid her no mind. So Fluttershy approached and asked him: "Did you sleep well?"
"Oh, Fluttershy, I actually had a disturbing dream. I saw the spread of chaos, but it wasn't like my normal fun chaos, this was the kind that spreads a truly evil type of misery. Yet it felt so familiar."
"Well, I'm sorry to hear that, at least it was just a dream." Fluttershy replied.
"Somehow I feel that it was more than just a dream. Just now I felt a shiver, there's a new magic in Equestria, or perhaps Flurry Heart is having a bad cold, that baby alicorn sends out some strange magical disturbances."
"Should I tell Twilight about this? She is Flurry Heart's aunt after all."
"It might be best to wait and see if it happens again. We don't need to be sending a princess on a wild goose chase after all." Discord replied, he snapped his fingers and a teapot honked like a goose.
"In that case, would you like something to eat?" Fluttershy asked.
"That would be nice, thank you, whatever you've got is fine." Discord replied, his eyes still looking out the window. Fluttershy brought back a tray of sandwiches a few moments later and then asked him: "Feeling anything else?"
"No, nothing, but would you mind if I spent the night here? After that dream and the disturbance, I just don't feel quite right to leave you alone." Discord said.
"Oh, well if that's so, then by all means stay." Fluttershy replied. Discord thanked her but to Fluttershy's concern he kept his usual amusing tricks to a minimum. Perhaps the Day of Discord was enough to sate his need to cause chaos for a while, or was he truly rather concerned about something?
Whatever was putting Discord at unease it wouldn't allow him to leave Fluttershy's side. He joined her for her errands, watched from the sidelines when she met up with her other friends, and even assisted her with feeding all of her animals. So come nightfall, Discord rested upon a branch of a tree, and made a couple of copies of himself to help keep a watchful eye around the cottage.
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When Celestia arrived in Trottingham, she saw ponies looking down in misery, and just as she was about to ask one what had happened, she heard the sound of cruel laughter echoing through the night!
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Short chapter, I know, but I hope I've got the tension rising!
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