Robotic Busts: Chapter 7

Discord, still disguised as Flash, jumped onto Lunar, trying to knock him down. What Discord didn't know was that Lunar, in his current state, weighed nearly one ton. Discord found this out the hard way when he tried lifting Lunar, trying to slam him onto the ground.

"Can I help you?" an unamused Lunar asked, lifting Discord with his electro-magic.

Discord was embarrassed. "Why don't you move!?"

"Because he's fully metal, perhaps?" Twilight responded, walking down the stairs to see Flash trying to move Lunar under his own power. Twilight didn't know yet that Flash was really Discord in disguise. She looked at him sternly. "What are you doing?"

Discord panicked. "Uhh, n-nothing, Tw-err, Princess Twilight."

Twilight grew uneasy now. "You're not a guard, are you?"

"W-Why of course I am, Twilight," Discord responded.

"Then why are you being informal right now?" Lunar asked.

Discord gulped. "I, err..."

Twilight walked down from the stairs and moved next to Lunar. She rested a hoof along his back, smiling slightly. "A robot, my husband...did you really think that it would be easy to move him?"

"Maybe?" replied Discord. "I thought it would go unnoticed too."

Twilight looked boldly at Discord. "A six-and-a-half hoof mechanical colt, and no one would notice?"

Discord gulped again. He was growing even more nervous. Twilight looked deeply at him.

"You remind me a lot of Discord right now." She looked at his cutie mark. "Yeah, you're not Flash."

Discord rolled his eyes, then revealed himself. Thanks to the paint though, he was stuck as an orange draconequus. Twilight began laughing at the sight of an orange Discord.

"You're a tough nut to crack, my friend..." Discord admitted. He then looked at Lunar. "And you're a tough bolt to remove."

"Thanks, I guess," Lunar replied.

Discord smirked. "But don't think that you've won just yet. I'll be back!" He then snapped his fingers and disappeared from the castle.

Twilight shook her head slowly, then looked back at Lunar, smiling at him so.

"Thank you for helping, Twily." Lunar smiled.

"Anytime, Luny," replied Twilight, kissing Lunar on his metal lips.

"Still the best kisser alive." chuckled Lunar.

"And you're the best robot kisser alive." Twilight laughed.

Feud behind the both of them, Twilight and Lunar proceeded to finish their royal duties together.

Meanwhile, in the depths of Tartarus, Discord reappeared next to Tirek, making sure as to not alert Cerberus. Discord called for Tirek to remain quiet while he attempted to break him free. Tirek obliged, shockingly, as Discord went to work on the magic shackles. Discord found that breaking the spell on the shackles was a lot harder than imagined.

"What's taking so long?" Tirek impatiently asked.

"Pipe down," snapped Discord, "I'm working on it."

"Hurry up."

Discord, trying to break the spell on the shackles, saw that the magic aura around them was colored a pale yellow. He then remembered that this aura was the exact same as Princess Celestia's and chaotically made his magic almost reminiscent to hers. Although it wasn't a perfect match, somehow, Discord managed to break the shackles off of Tirek and teleport them both out of Tartarus, outside of Appleloosa.

"Ah, magic for mine to take." Tirek boomed.

"There you go," Discord responded, "I've held up my end of the deal, like I said I would."

"And I am truly grateful," Tirek smirked.

Discord frowned. "Funny...I remember what happened last time you said that to me."

"Relax," Tirek scoffed, "I won't harm you...you know what happened last time I did that."

"I know." Discord stated.

"Now," continued Tirek, "magic is calling my name."

"Wait!" Discord shouted. He contemplated about telling Tirek about Lunar.

"What is it?" Tirek asked in a snotty way.

Discord frowned. "Never mind...I forgot what it was."

Tirek grunted. "So be it then." He then left to go devour and steal the magic from the ponies across Equestria yet again.

Discord, on the other hand, started regretting his decision about letting Tirek know about Lunar. He started making his way home, trying his best to not get involved in any type of investigation the Princesses might enforce.

Meanwhile in Canterlot, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were both being swamped by royal duties. Delegates from the Changeling Empire, Griffonstone, Yakyakistan, and Saddle Arabia all came to Canterlot for a deputation upon border differentials and empire influences. Both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were exhausted - they've been unable to sleep for quite some time now - and were not aware of what was happening just outside of Appleloosa. Princess Cadance, a trustee in the meeting, was asked to step outside for a moment by the real Flash Sentry.

"If you would excuse me for just a moment." Cadance politely said with a smile, leaving the room with Flash.

The doors shut behind them and Cadance was alarmed. She knew that Flash was supposed to be in Ponyville at the moment, and was shocked to find him standing in the castle hallway currently.

"What in Equestria are you doing here, Flash?" She asked. "You're supposed to be looking after Twilight and Lunar."

"About that," Flash exclaimed, then he started explaining what happened between him and Discord.

Cadance was most upset. "Where is Discord now?"

"I'm not sure," replied Flash, "but I have some more bad news."

"What is it?"

"Word from Tartarus has come saying that Tirek is on the loose again!" Flash spoke.

Cadance was a bit uneasy, but she knew about the shackles that made him weaker as he grew in size. "With those shackles, he shouldn't be able to get too far from there."

"That's just it," continued Flash, "the shackles were left behind! He's on the loose as Asa powerful and ununguarded being!"

Cadance gulped, then looked at the doors, housing so many important figures behind them. "We have to let them know." She determined.

Moving towards the door, Princess Cadance was stopped by Discord. With a smirk, Discord began dragging Princess Cadance away.

"Not on my watch." He squirmed, knocking Flash out in the process.