Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony, and I do not own The Hunchback of Notre Dame or the movie's songs.
Flashback-Pony Le Pu Cathedral Bell Tower 1 Year Ago
It was daytime in the Pony Le Pu Bell Tower, and Discord was swinging from the ropes of the bell tower ringing the bells. Then Discord landed on the wooden platform where all of the birds were sitting. Discord saw a gargoyle holding a bird's nest in its mouth, and smiled at the nest.
"Good morning," Discord said to the baby bird as it chirped, "Will today be the day? Are you ready to fly?"
The bird continued to chirp, but gave out a sad chirp
"You sure?" Discord asked, "Good day to try. Why, if-if I picked a day to fly, oh, this would be it."
Discord didn't seem to be an evil monster at first, he looked to be a kind Draconequus who cared for the animals. Discord looked down to see that a festival was getting set up.
"The Festival of Fools," Discord said looking down at the town plaza.
The bird gave out a nervous chirp to show that it was scared of getting out to fly. Discord continued to talk about the festival.
"It will be fun with jugglers and-and-and music and dancing," Discord said continuing to talk.
He saw that the bird was hovering, and gave out a little giggle. The baby bird also gave out a happy chirp. Then the bird saw a flock of birds flying by the cathedral, and the baby bird was all excited.
"Go on, nobody wants to be cooped up here forever," Discord told the bird as he let it go and it flew away.
Discord saw the bird flying away with the flock, and then the gargoyle by him turned red with lightning bolt horns.
"Oh man," the red gargoyle said as he was spitting out the nest and feathers, "I thought he'd never leave. I'll be spitting feathers for a week."
"Well, that's what you get for sleeping with your mouth open," said the other gargoyle who turned orange whose horns looked like apple stems.
"Go scare a nun," said the red gargoyle.
Then a blue gargoyle appeared who had balloon like horns.
"Hey Discord, what's going on out there?" the blue gargoyle asked.
"A fight, a flogging?" the red gargoyle questioned.
"A festival," the orange gargoyle answered.
"You mean a feast of fools?" the blue gargoyle excitedly questioned.
"Uh-huh," Discord answered.
"All right, all right! Pour the wine and cut the cheese," the blue gargoyle shouted.
Then another gargoyle appeared that was purple with horns with diamonds on the tip top of the horns.
"It is a treat to watch the colorful pageantry of the simple peasant folk," said the purple gargoyle.
"Yeah, nothing like balcony seats for watching the old F.O.F," said the red gargoyle.
"Yeah, watching," Discord said in disappointment.
"Ah look, a mime," the red gargoyle said starting to prepare a spit.
The orange gargoyle was able to stop him by covering his mouth. Then the four gargoyles turn around to see what was up with Discord.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey. What gives?" the blue gargoyle asked.
"Aren't you going to watch the festival with us?" the purple gargoyle asked as Discord walked away.
"I don't get it," said the blue gargoyle.
"Perhaps he's sick," the orange gargoyle suggested.
"Impossible," said a pink gargoyle with butterfly body shaped ears who was shooing away birds, "If 19 years of listening to you hasn't made him sick by now, nothing will."
"Watching the Festival of Fools has always been the highlight of the year of Discord," said the purple gargoyle.
"What good is watching the party if you never get to go?" the pink gargoyle questioned as she was shooing away more birds, "Here, get away from me! Go on, you bunch of buzzards! He's not of stone, like us."
The five gargoyles hopped inside the tower to follow Discord as he was heading upstairs to where he had a table that showed a model of the city of Pony Le Pu made by Discord, and the model also had many of the town's citizens that he made as well. When Discord looked at it, he was feeling sad. The gargoyles were noticing that Discord was sad.
"Discord, what's wrong?" the pink gargoyle asked, "You want to tell old Gracious all about it?"
The pink gargoyle revealed its name as Gracious. Discord played with one of its hand made people that he created.
"I—I just don't feel like watching the festival, that's all," Discord answered.
"Well, did you ever think of going there instead?" Gracious asked.
"Sure, but I'd never fit in out there," Discord answered still feeling down, "I'm not…normal."
"Oh Discord, Discord, Discord," Gracious said until she noticed the birds on her, "Do you mind? I would like to have a moment with the boy if it's all right with you!"
Gracious scared the birds away with her hollering, and then the red gargoyle jumped onto the table picking up a model of himself.
"Hey, quit beating around the bell tower. What do we have to do, paint you a fresco?" the red gargoyle said.
"As your friends and guardians, we insist you attend the festival," the purple gargoyle replied from behind.
"No, the pope," the blue gargoyle sarcastically said, "Of course you!"
"It would be a veritable potpourri of educational experience," the orange gargoyle told Discord.
"Wine, women and song," the blue gargoyle said juggling a whole bunch of his model dolls.
"You can learn to identify various regional cheeses," said the orange gargoyle.
"Bobbing the snails," the blue gargoyle responded holding a bucket of water.
"Studying indigenous folk music," the purple gargoyle said.
"Playing dunk the monk," said the red gargoyle who took the bucket of water from the blue gargoyle and dunked it on the purple gargoyle.
"Discord, take it from an old spectator. Life's not a spectator sport." Gracious explained to Discord, "If watching is all you're going to do, then you're going to watch your life go by without ya."
"Yeah, you're human, with the flesh, hair, and the navel lint," said the red gargoyle.
"We're just part of the architecture. Right Largesse?" the blue gargoyle asked the purple gargoyle revealing his name.
"Yet if you kick us, will we not flake?" Largesse questioned with a bucket over her head who pulled it off.
"If you moisten us, do we not grow moss?" the orange gargoyle asked Discord.
Largesse put the bucket over the blue gargoyle's head, and he started to shiver.
"Discord, just grab a fresh tunic and a clean pair of hose, and," Gracious told Discord until he interrupted her.
"Gracious, Giggles, Virtue, Largesse, Sincerity, thanks for the support," Discord told all five gargoyles revealing the other three names.
Giggles was the name of the blue gargoyle, Virtue was the name of the orange gargoyle, and Sincerity was the name of the red gargoyle. Discord continued to speak.
"But you're all forgetting one big thing," Discord told everyone.
"What?" all five gargoyles questioned.
"My master, Mareister," Discord replied.
"Oh," all five gargoyles replied.
"Well, when he says you're forbidden from ever leaving the bell tower, does he mean, ever, ever?" Virtue asked.
"Never ever, and he hates the feast of fools," Discord answered, "He'd be furious If I asked to go."
"Who says you got to ask?" Sincerity questioned with a smirk.
"Oh no," Discord replied.
"You sneak out," Sincerity said.
"It's just one afternoon," Gracious said.
"I couldn't," Discord told the two gargoyles.
"And you sneak back in," said Giggles.
"He'll never know you were gone," Gracious replied.
"And if I got caught," Discord asked freaking out a little.
"Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission," Largesse suggested.
"He might see me," Discord said.
"You could wear a disguise," Giggles said holding a black hood and wearing it around his neck, "Just this once."
"What Mareister doesn't know can't hurt you," Sincerity told Discord hopping around.
"Ignorance is bliss," Largesse replied.
"Look who talking," said Sincerity giving Largesse a noggie.
"Nobody wants to stay cooped up here forever," Gracious told Discord.
"You're right. I'll go," Discord said as he triumphly got off from his chair with the gargoyles cheering.
Discord made his way to the stairwell as he was going to attempt to attend the Festival of Fools
"I'll get cleaned up, I'll stroll down those stairs, I'll march through the doors and," Discord said until he was interrupted by Judge Mareister who appeared in front of him.
"Good morning Discord," Mareister said to Discord.
The five gargoyles turned back into stone as Discord was lost in words to see Judge Mareister.
"Oh, good m-morning master," Discord responded in a struck down way.
Judge Mareister entered Discord's room holding a basket that contains what was going to be a meal.
"Dear boy, whomever are you talking to?" Mareister questioned.
"My…friends," Discord answered nervously.
"I see," Mareister replied knocking on Virtue's stone head, "And what are your friends made of Discord?"
"Stone," Discord answered as Mareister held up his head.
"Can stone talk?" Mareister questioned.
"No, it can't" Discord answered.
"That's right. You're a smart lad," said Mareister, "Now, lunch."
Mareister sat on a stool while Discord got plates and goblets, and started to set up the table so the two could eat.
"Shall we review your alphabet today?" Mareister asked while opening a book.
"Oh yes master," Discord replied, "I would like that very much."
"Very well. A," Mareister said pouring some wine.
"Abomination," Discord replied.
"B?" Mareister asked.
"Blasphemy," Discord answered.
"C?" Mareister asked.
"C-contrition," Discord answered.
"D?" Mareister asked.
"Damnation," Discord answered.
"E?" Mareister asked while he was about to take a sip of wine.
"Eternal Damnation," Discord answered.
"Good, F?" Mareister asked.
"Festival," Discord mistakenly said.
Mareister was shocked to hear what Discord has said as he sputtered out the wine, and wiped his mouth.
"Excuse me?" Mareister questioned.
"F-forgiveness," Discord said with a panic.
"You said festival," Mareister stated.
"No!" Discord exclaimed.
Mareister closed his book and got up, and began to walk down the stairs.
"You were thinking of going to the festival," Mareister stated.
"It's just that you go every year," Discord pointed out.
"I am a public official. I must go," Mareister explained, "But I don't enjoy a moment."
The two were heading down the stairs as Mareister continued to explain what he doesn't like about the festival.
"Thieves and cutpurses, the dregs of humankind, all mixed together in a shallow, drunken stupor," Mareister explained as they finished going down the stairs, and arrived out on the balcony.
"I didn't mean to upset you master," Discord replied.
"Discord, can't you understand? When your heartless mother abandoned you as a child, anyone else would have drowned you." Mareister explained, "And this is my thanks for taking you in and raising you as my son?"
"I'm sorry sir," Discord said as he was joined by Mareister looking over the fence.
"Oh my dear Discord, you don't know what it's like out there," Mareister said as they looked over, "I do, I do."
Discord had to stand there and listen to everything Mareister had to say.
"The world is cruel and wicked, and I'm the only one who you can trust in this whole city. Discord, I'm your only friend. I keep you, I teach you, and I feed you, and look upon you without fear. So tell me Discord, how can I protect you unless you always stay in here?" Mareister explained and questioned to Discord.
The two headed back inside the bell tower, and headed back up the stairs while Mareister continued to talk.
"Remember what I taught you Discord," Mareister said.
"I know, I'm deformed, I'm ugly, and those are crimes for which the world shows little pity which is why I don't comprehend," Discord responded as they returned to Discord's table with his model city of Pony Le Pu, "and you are my one defender."
"Yes, out there you will be reviled as a monster, and they will hate, scorn, and jeer," Mareister explained, "So why invite their calumny and consternation unless you stay in here."
Mareister knocked down the model people, and only picked up the model that looked like Discord himself.
"Be faithful and grateful to me," Mareister said as he put the Discord model into the model bell tower, "now do as I say, obey, and stay in here."
"You are good to me master, and I'm sorry," Discord said.
"You are forgiven," Mareister replied, "But remember Discord, this is your sanctuary."
Mareister headed downstairs leaving Discord alone all by himself, but he had the company of the five gargoyles. Discord was looking up at the bells, and he was ready to sing.
Safe behind these windows and parapets of stone
Gazing at the people down below me
Discord looked over the town square to see the festival in the town square.
All my life, I watch them as I hide up here alone
Hungry for the histories they show me
Discord picked up the wooden model of the pony, and another to just look at them.
All my life I memorize their faces
Knowing them as they will never know me
Discord then picked up the wooden model of himself, and placed it in the town square.
All my life, I wonder how it feels to pass a day
Not above them, but part of them
Discord was back looking over the town square.
And out there living in the sun
Give me one day out there
Discord slides down the column where he meets up with his gargoyle friends.
All I ask is one
To hold forever, out there
Where they all live unaware
What I'd give
What I'd dare
Discord looked over the fence yet again continuing to sing, overseeing the whole city of Pony Le Pu.
Just to live one day out there
Out there among the millers and the weavers and the wives
Through the roofs and gables I can see them
The city is showing residents doing their usual everyday business.
Every day they shout and scold and go about their lives
Heedless of the gift it is to be them
Discord then stood on top of the fence.
If I was in their skin
Discord jumped into a water gutter surfing down to the head of a gargoyle pouring water from its mouth.
I'd treasure every instant
Out there strolling by the seine
Discord then grabbed water and splashed it in his face.
Taste the morning out there, like ordinary men
Discord started to climb the steeple all the way to the top.
Who freely walk about there just one day and then
I swear I'll be content
With my share
Discord then came down and ran across the roof, and back to standing on top of the fence overlooking Pony Le Pu.
Won't resent, won't despair
Old and bent I won't care
I'll have spent one day out there!
Discord screamed out the final words to his songs as the birds flew by the cathedral. The song was finally over, and Discord was never so happy.
"One day, I will go out there," Discord said to himself.
Then the draconequus noticed something out in the streets. He saw Judge Mareister chasing after an alicorn couple who were holding two alicorn foals.
"Are those alicorns that my master are chasing?" Discord questioned himself.