Discord
"... I mean I thought MY dad was a terrible parent. And I ALWAYS told myself that I would do better-" Discord stammered as he paced the front yard.
"Discord-" Shadow Bandit started.
"I even MADE sure that I wouldn't loose my temper with her around!-"
"I think your overreacti-"
"I mean, I should have known that she was there! What's wrong with me!?"
"What was the point of calling me to talk-"
"It was just a matter of time before I royally bucked up!"
"Just called me here to talk to yourself I suppose." The mare mumbled to herself.
"Sure, part of this is your fault, but still-"
"I'm going to kill him, I swear to-"
"How could I be so care-" Discord was then cut off when Shadow tied his feet together and mismatched claws together. She then flew up so she was face-to-face with The Lord of Chaos.
"GET. A. HOLD. OF. YOUR. SELF!" Shadow yelled. During each pause, she slapped Discord across his face.
"Ow! Why?!" Discord cried while rubbing the side of his face.
"Because you're about to give yourself a heart attack over nothing!" Shadow said, glaring at her boss.
"Over nothing? OVER NOTHING?! HOW IS WHAT HAPPENED-" Discord started to say, but Shadow put her hoof over his mouth.
"Do you want me to hit you again?" Shadow asked in an angry tone. Discord shook his head in disagreement.
"Thank you!" Shadow exasperated, she then removed her hoof from his mouth. "Was she actually hurt?"
"No, but-"
"Then your just being a drama queen, like usual might I add, with this type of thing." Shadow sighed.
Normally, no pony would ever consider talking The Lord of Chaos himself in that manner. No pony would even be brave enough to come face to face with him. But Shadow was either brave or incredibly stupid, but Discord could believe either. However, even though he admired her personality and ambition, it didn't mean that it didn't get annoying sometimes.
"Well, what if I did hurt her?" He asked, worry in his red and eyes.
"Well... So what? The point is that you didn't hurt her on purpose." Shadow soothed.
"It doesn't worked like that-"
"Well, I've never had a kid, so I don't fully understand your major freak-out."
"Whatever." Discord said while plucking Shadows fake wings from her sides, causing her to fall to the ground. "Where is Screwball anyway?"
"Haven't seen her since yesterday." Shadow said while standing back up. "If I were her I would be a little freaked out that my dad was stalking me through a mirror."
"Would you let that go?" Discord asked
"I'm just stating that it's creepy, and all around bucked up, but hey, why listen to me? I'm just your friend."
"I don't have friends." Discord barked back.
"Whatever." And with that, the unicorn melted into the shadows.
There's got to be SOMETHING I can do to make this right. Discord thought to himself.
Shadow Bandit
The castle where the chaotic family was a sight to behold. It was a magnificently huge and decadent, right in the very back of the Everfree Forest. Violet discolored grass covered the back and courtyard of the manner. The sky was always either so blue it hurt your eyes or so gray it was almost black, but the nights where pretty. The stars looked like Christmas lights, along with the sky being a dark royal blue.
The great thing about the location of the castle was that it was close to towns, so whenever Shadow felt like having a change of scenery (which was a lot) she go to them with ease. One of the places she was accustomed to visit was a rural town called Ponyvill. It was one of those small towns Shadow longed to live in when she was a child. When she was there she was just watching the other ponies go about their daily lives, trying to find joy and order in the world of chaos that Shadow and Discord worked hard to keep.
While she was there, she was reading a book that she "borrowed" from the library. While she was reading she saw a commotion going on in the corner of her eye. When she went to investigate she saw three pegasi that looked about fourteen, ganging up on another little colt that looked a few years older than Screwball, backing him against a wall. He was a tall, slender, light brown unicorn with long, shaggy dark brown hair that reached his shoulders with Crystal blue eyes, and his cutie mark was a crossbow with two arrows forming and 'X' in the back of it.
The young pony didn't look scared, he looked determined, but the other colts surrounding him looked stronger, so Shadow cautiously watch the ordeal, while listening in through the shadows.
"...looky here, if it idn't Mr. Magic." One of the pegasi said, he had a dark blue coat with a red mane, wearing a orange and green striped propeller hat.
"If he was so 'magical' then you would think he wouldn't be so dirt poor then." Another Pegasus said, with a purple main and a yellow coat.
"Why don't you shut your mouth before somepony does something he's gonna regret." The unicorn said in an angry gruff, deep southern accent.
"Ooooh, looks like the punks angry, huh guys?" The third pony said. He had a white coat and a green mane.
"Too bad you don't have you big brother to hid behind, eh Arrow?" The second pony said, shoving the unicorn up against the wall, hard. The unicorn then used his magic to shove the yellow coated Pegasus back. The colt with the dark blue coat punched him, knocking him to the ground.
That was Shadows signal to intervene, she appeared behind them, clearing her throat. All four ponies looked at her, Arrow gave her a glare, but the pegasi looked absolutely terrified.
"Oh CRAP!" The yellow coated one exclaimed.
"It's Discords wife!" The one in the hat yelled in fear.
"I'm not his wife, you little twerp." Shadow retorted.
"Run!" The white coated one yelled, then the older colts flew away, but the unicorn stayed behind.
"... Discords wife... I have standards, you know! Just because we argue like an old married couple doesn't mean..." Shadow huffed to herself. Then se noticed the unicorn was still there, struggling to get to his hooves.
"How come YOU didn't run away?" Shadow said, looking at the little unicorn.
"Why should I?" He asked while rubbing his cheek, which looked swollen.
"Well... The usual stuff, "oh it's the bringer of chaos" or "oh crap it's The Lord of chaos and his assistant" and et cetera."
"Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but I have more to worry about than some random "oncoming storm" I should be afraid of." He countered with an angry tone. They both stayed silent for a couple of awkward moment before Shadow broke the ice.
"So how come those dicks with wings were busting your chops about being a unicorn?" Shadow asked.
"Is that some type of joke or are you just stupid?" The colt asked sourly.
"I could do without your cheeky attitude, kid."
"It's been like that for as long as I can remember." He answered. Shadow forgot about the segregation that went on. Unicorns always acted like they were better than every pony else, and Pegasi acted like they were better than earth ponies, as well as being extremely rude to unicorns. She completely forgot about that pointless discrimination whilst living with The Lord of chaos, and she never once though that she was any better than Screwball just because of the fact she didn't have a horn or wings.
"What's your name kid?" Shadow asked.
"... Arrow Bolt." He answered, starting to let his guard down to Shadows kindness.
"Well, Arrow Bolt, I'm Shadow Bandit. Nice to meet you." She said while smiling.
"Nice to meet you to I suppo-"
"Boy, where the hell have you been?!" Another gruff southern accent parked. When Arrow heard it he immediately flinched, and Shadow moved her head to see a grey unicorn with spikey dirty blonde hair, a short tail, steely blue eyes, and his cutie mark was a broken bottle.
"Street Fighter, I-" Arrow was cut short when the other unicorn, Street Fighter, pushed him against the brick wall.
"I have looked high and low for you, you stupid sonofa-"
"Lay off him, he's just a kid." Shadow butted in, pushing the taller unicorn away from what she assumed was his little brother. Street Fighter looked surprised for a moment, but that look of astonishment was replaced with a deep glare, full of hate.
"You..." He started. But after a minute or so he used his magic to lift his brother up from where he was standing to right next to him.
"Let's go." He said flatly. As they were walking away, Arrow gave Shadow a sad look, as if to say he was silently apologizing for what had happened.
"Well that went well." Shadow said to herself as soon as the two unicorns were out of sight. She then looked at her hooves and saw the hat one of those snobby Pegasi were wearing. Without much else to do, and the sun starting to set, Shadow set back for home, taking the hat along with her.
"You think Screwball would like this?" Shadow asked Discord, showing him the stolen hat as the two of them sat outside the ginormous castle.
"Where in Eqestria did you find that eyesore?" Discord asked in disdain.
"I found it." She lied, not wanting to go in depth on what had transpired that day.
"Give me that!" He said while taking the hat from her.
"What are you even going to do with it?" Shadow complained.
"throw it out." He said as he made a pocket appear on himself out of nowhere, then disappeared.
"...Can't have nice things." The unicorn mumbled to herself as she walked back into the sprawling manner.
Screwball
Since the incident yesterday, Screwball finally had the chaotic mojo to conjure up the storm cloud that practically saved her life at will. It took some concentration, but after an hour or so of practicing, the little filly could create the clouds with no problem whatsoever.
Screwball surveyed the clusters of pink candy on the ground and floating in the air until all of it suddenly disappeared.
"Your doing fantastic, my girl." Discord said as he materialized behind her. Screwball then turned to her father, smiling. Discord gave a sad smile in return.
"What's wrong?" Screwball asked, concern filling her voice.
"Nothing important." He said as a small blue and red wrapped box appeared in his hand.
"What's that?" The mare asked, pointing her hoof at the box.
"It's for you." He said while handing her the package. The box revealed to posses an orange hat with a green propeller. Screwball fell in love with it immediately.
"Wow... Thank you!" She exclaimed. Then hugged her dad. " I love it!"
"Really?" Discord asked, sounding surprised.
"Why wouldn't I?" She asked while putting it on. "Where did you get it?"
"I found it." He said sounding a little suspicious. "Ready to go home, Screwy?"
"Yep!"
"And tomorrow I'll start teaching you how to use your magic properly."
"Really?!" Screwball exclaimed. She had completely forgot the deal she had with her father.
"I stick to my word, child." Discord said as they started walking.
...
When they got back to the castle the sun was slightly above the horizon. Discord and Screwball found Shadow Bandit sitting on the front lawn, reading a book.
"Shadow! Look at the present daddy gave me!" Screwball said excitedly, running up to her foal-sitter. Shadow looked up, then an irritated look appeared on her face.
"What the frick Discor-" she started, but was then cut off when a zipper appeared over her mouth, stopping whatever she was about to say.
"What?" The filly asked.
"Nothing." Shadow said as she unzipped her mouth, continuing glaring at Discord, "I love it kid."
Screwball then happily went up to her room, then passing out in exhaustion.
I feel like I apologize for bringing late update a lot in my stories. Sorry that this is late, I'm terrible at remembering to update, and usually I have bad cases of writer's block that fade in and out. But enough of my excuses.
if you recognized the new OCs I created (sort of), good for you. And if you recognize and of the references in this chapter, another good for you. I have a feeling some of you might have a problem with Street Fighter and his cutie mark. I found a picture of Street Fighter but for some reason I couldn't find anything on the internet on terms of a name, or a CM. So if you can find a better name or CM for him, gladly tell me. But Arrow Bolt and his CM are staying, end of discussion.
but don't think that's the last you'll see of the two brothers. Also in terms of the pony racism, I know that they covered something like that in the show, but I just like my spin on it. every dated story needs some racism, and i couldn't nessicerily go by COLOR, so yeah.
favorites, reviews, follows, and constructive criticism are welcome with open hooves, and I promise that there is more to come.