Friendship is Magic: The Seventh Element

by Master Mr B

"When the sixth element is revealed, a special element can appear that is a combination of the other six. It serves as the controller that bounds the power if the six elements together. But nobody, not even the royal sisters, have ever uncovered this...Seventh Element..." Follow my OC as he takes part in the adventures of FiM. And possibly win the heart of Twilight Sparkle...

140. Dungeons and Discords

Dungeons and Discords

Pony's Log Number 617: When the girls are away, the boys will have their RPG play. But with a little chaos mixed in...

Message from Mario Star: "Any attempt to replicate Discord behavior would be ill advised!"

One day in Fluttershy's cottage, the yellow Pegasus had several items spread out on her living room floor. She was busy packing up her saddle bag. While Shenran had offered to help, Fluttershy had told him she could pack her things alone and he let her be. At least until his wife asked for his help. Fluttershy had just finished putting her earmuffs into her saddle bag and was about to put her money pouch into her saddle bag when a familiar draconequus appeared holding a very basic tea set.

"Tea?" Discord asked. Fluttershy gasped in surprise and dropped her pouch on the floor. Discord then hovered over the items he saw laying on the floor.

"Trendy coats? Bedrolls? Saddlebags?" Discord said aloud and then wrapped an arm around Fluttershy, "Oh! A surprise vacation just for the two of us? How thoughtful." Fluttershy just looked at him when he reappeared sitting on a beach chair, wearing sunglasses, with an umbrella above him and sand all over the floor.

"I hear Puerto Caballo is lovely this time of year," said Discord, "Sand like powdered sugar." Discord then scooped up some sand and blew it toward her. Fluttershy just watched the sand land just in front of her.

"Discord, did you forget that I'm married?" Fluttershy asked.

"Doesn't mean we still can't have friendship trips together, just the two of us," said Discord.

"You know I never take a vacation trip without Shenran," said Fluttershy, "Plus is isn't a vacation trip. Princess Celestia's taking us on an overnight goodwill tour of Yakyakistan. I just found out." Fluttershy just smiled sheepishly. Discord's eyes bugged out as his shades moved so they were now above his head and gasped.

"So what you're saying is no tea?" Discord replied. He then stood up with his tea set in his claw.

"Ugh. Well," Discord remarked as he cleared his throat and literally folded up the tea set and dumped it...into his fur pocket, clearing his throat as he made his beach scene disappear as well, "That's fine. I wasn't thirsty anyway."

"If you're looking for something to do," Fluttershy suggested, "You could spend the evening with Spike, Big Mac, Mario, and my husband." Discord broke out laughing, doing a backwards loop as he hovered about, but then noticed Fluttershy was serious.

"You aren't kidding," said Discord bluntly as he landed before her.

"Spike and Big Mac are very nice," said Fluttershy, "and you are good friends with my husband and Mario. They have a "top secret" thing they do whenever we leave Ponyville. Although everypony knows about it, so it's not a very good secret." Fluttershy giggled lightly to herself as she finally put another item into her saddle bags. Discord had a blunt look on his face.

"You made Shenran tells you the secret didn't you?" Discord asked.

"Maybe..." Fluttershy said innocently, "I think you'd have fun with them."

"Fun? With sidekicks? With the group's CPD, or certified public dweeb?!" Discord remarked, "Oh, you must think that we're in a dimension where everything is opposite." Discord then snapped his fingers to make the surroundings looks like the negative print of a picture.

"Da-dee-la!" Discord sing sang, "I'm Opposite Discord, and I want to hang out with Spike, Big Mac, Mario, and Shenran! I'm sure I'd have fun!"

"Well, guess what, Sassafras?!" Fluttershy snapped as she hovered into his face, "I'm Opposite Fluttershy, and I'm sick of nice and QUIET ALL THE TIME!" Discord quickly snapped his fingers to return the scene back to normal. Fluttershy was hovering a few feet away with her eyes bugged out and fore-hooves over her mouth. It was then Shenran came into the living room since he had seen the whole scene.

"Seesh, Mario wasn't kidding when he said you're opposite side was scary!" Shenran remarked.

"That's not funny, Shenran," said Fluttershy indignantly as she landed before him.

"I wasn't teasing you, honey," said Shenran, "besides, until I saw the scenario, I thought you needed me to take you back to my underground dojo to blow off some steam again."

"I'm fine, dear," said Fluttershy, "It just seems Discord feels a little hesitant to join your group's get together this evening."

"Why not?!" said Shenran to the draconequus, "My wife said I'll be there. You know I'm loads of fun to hang out with, Big D."

"I know you are, Shenran," said Discord, "But...Let me explain it to the both of you as simply as I can. Me? Amazing! Them. Well, I've already forgotten who we we're talking about. You see?" Shenran rolled his eyes.

"Besides, why would I want to hang out with Mario, the group dweeb as you call him?" Discord asked. Fluttershy giggled.

"I'm just teasing when I call him that," said Fluttershy, "Mario is loads of fun to be around and he's a pony you can be your true self without judgment."

"There's a reason we've been best friends since we were both foals, Discord," said Shenran, "He's a life-long pal."

"I see..." said Discord dismissively.

"All I'm saying is it's an opportunity to expand your circle of friends," said Fluttershy as she put her pouch into her saddle before adding in a rather sassy tone, "Unless, you're afraid they won't like you?"

"Oooooooooooh! Burn!" Shenran taunted as he and Fluttershy shared a hoof-bump.

"Oh, please," said Discord to Fluttershy, "Don't stoop to tedious reverse psychology. You're better than that and I thought you only used your sass with Mario."

"She can get sassy with anypony," Shenran remarked, "Right, honey?" Fluttershy replied by sticking her tongue out at Shenran, who glared and returned the gesture. The two Pegasi then giggled to each other. Discord just rolled his eyes.

"My point is," said Fluttershy as she gave her husband a cheek kiss and then got to work rolling up a blanket to put in her saddle bags, "It never hurts to make new friends." Discord scoffed.

"Consider it considered," said Discord and then poofed away. Shenran just rolled his eyes before turning to his wife.

"Need help packing, dear?" Shenran asked.

"I've got it, honey," said Fluttershy as she went to put another item into her saddle bag. It was then Discord reappeared, now looking pocket sized. Fluttershy gasped when she saw him and Shenran quickly headed over to her.

"Couldn't I just come with you instead?" Discord pleaded. Fluttershy just smirked as Shenran stood beside her.

"Discord, if I couldn't convince her to take me along," said Shenran, "There's no way she'll take you." Discord grumbled indignantly.

I used to get priority before HE ever showed up!

But Discord said that only to himself.

(Main theme)

Once Fluttershy had packed and was now dressed in her winter attire as she waited at the train station with Shenran at her side. Discord was also there as well. Since he couldn't convince Fluttershy to let him tag along, he had another idea in mind.

"I supposed this is a goodbye then," said Discord in an over-dramatic tone, "Have an absolutely fabulous voyage." He then discreetly snapped his fingers so the tracks went around and dumped into the mouth of a giant volcano. Fluttershy and Shenran both noticed the volcano.

"Discord..." said Fluttershy and Shenran in annoyed tones. Discord gasped.

"Well, it's not my fault the new train route leads into an active volcano," said Discord in an not so innocent tone, "Guess you'll have to stay." Fluttershy and Shenran just gave Discord deadpan looks and raised an eyebrow at him.

"Oh, you're no fun," said Discord as he snapped his fingers, "either of you." The Pegasi couple looked back as Discord made the volcano disappear and they stopped glaring at him. Discord just went back to sulking as the rest of the Mane eight appeared along with Spike, Big Mac, and Charlie. The little koala was riding on Mario's back. All the girls had their winter gear on as well.

"I got my bedroll, parka, unattractive but functional hikin' boots..." Applejack said aloud as she turned to the pink pony, "Uh, anything I forgot, Pinkie Pie? Aside from Mario, you're our resident Yakyakistan expert."

"Nope! I brought yeti food!" Pinkie replied. There was a long silence as everypony besides Discord gave her funny looks.

"Did I forget to mention there's a pony-eating yeti on Frost Field Glacier?" Pinkie asked, still smiling. Mario and Charlie both face hoofed, or palmed in the latter's case, themselves.

"Pinkie, I told you for weeks to let everypony know about that in ad-"

"I had a slip of the mind!" Pinkie bellowed, cutting Mario off, before saying excitedly, "We're gonna have so much fun!"

"Heh, if he messes with us, I'll turn that yeti into confetti," said Rainbow confidently. Mario snorted.

"I still don't understand why Mom invited everypony except me for this little goodwill tour," said Mario, "I am the Prince of Friendship."

"Princess Celestia said she only need one of us sweetie," said Twilight, "Besides, you get to have fun with the guys while I get to have fun with the girls."

"And know Mom is using this trip as an excuse to show you all more baby pictures of me behind my back," said Mario bitterly.

"Well, she already told Prince Rutherford about the time you lost your diaper in the hedge maze," said Applejack, "and your first sleepover adventure with Cadance."

"AUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!" Mario screamed as he buried his face into the train platform. He couldn't believe Celestia had told the yak prince his two most embarassing foalhood memories. The others just snickered, even Discord was biting his lip to avoid laughing. He had gotten Celestia to tell him those stories...after he promised not to blackmail Mario with them. Mario then recovered a few seconds later.

"Maybe...it is best I stay here," said Mario wearily as the others snickered. Twilight hugged and kissed Mario's cheek to help him feel better. It was then a train whistle was heard as it pulled into the station. Big Mac wasted no time pushing Applejack toward the train.

"Heh. Somepony's in an awful quick hurry to get out of here," Applejack said with a smirk, "Don't y'all have too much fun!"

"Are you kidding, Sis?" said Mario as Big Mac, Spike, Shenran, and Charlie were making funny faces behind his back, "I'll be busy babysitting these losers all night!" He then did a fast one-eighty to gave them all a glare. They all just smiled innocently as Mario gave them a "I'm watching you" gesture with his fore-hoof. Applejack giggled as the rest of the girls started boarding the train. Fluttershy and Shenran shared a couple of kisses and a hug before parting ways and saying goodbye.

"I bet you boys have big plans. Right, Spike?" Twilight asked as she and Rarity smirked at him.

"I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about," said Spike innocently, "Although if I did, I certainly wouldn't be allowed to discuss it with you girls." Spike smugly nudged Rarity's side as she rolled her eyes and headed for the train. Big Mac just nodded in agreement. Even Discord was rolling their eyes. Mario walked up beside Twilight and rolled his eyes.

"Should I break it to him that Shenran and I already told you and Fluttershy our plans?" Mario asked in a hushed tone.

"Nah, let's Spike has his moment of masculinity," said Twilight with a smirk and they shared a kiss, "Buh-bye, dear and don't destroy the castle while having your fun."

"Sure, honey," said Mario as Shenran, Charlie, Spike, and Big Mac fought hard not to chuckle. The train whistle then blew as the train pulled away.

"Bye, y'all!" said Applejack as the rest of the girls each sat before a window and waved goodbye as the train pulled away from the station. The five boys all waved until the train was out of sight. Mario then rushed over to Big Mac.

"Ready, Big bro?" Mario asked. Big Mac chuckled.

"Eeyup," said Big Mac as they both stood on their hind legs. They always initiated their guy's time by doing a special dance together as brothers. But Big Mac said he would beat Mario or the rest of the boys up if they ever told Applejack about it.

(Cue hip hop remix of "Super Mario Bros" theme)

[Mario and Big Mac - they did a choreographed hip hop dance while wearing sunglasses and sang as well.]

We're the Apple Brothers
And farmin's are game
We're not like the others who get all the fame
When you're orchard's in trouble
You can call us on the double!
We're faster than the others
You'll be hooked on the brothers! Ugh!

Mario and Big Mac continued to hip-hop dance as Shenran, Charlie, and Spike smiled and bopped to the beat.

[Mario and Big Mac]

You'll be hooked on the brothers!

Discord then face-palmed himself as what he called a very ridiculous dance.

"You gotta be kidding me!" Discord groaned.

[Mario and Big Mac - they continued dancing side by side as they sang]

We're in for a treat
So hang into your seat
Get ready for adventure and remarkable feats
You'll meet creatures, an' ponies, a princess, and some others
Hangin' with the Apples
You'll be hooked in the brothers!

"To the brink!" Mario called out as they danced in sync and some more hip-hop Super Mario Bros. montage was played. Then they leaned against each other and lowered their sunshades to look at their audience.

"You'll be hooked in the brothers! Ugh!" Mario and Big Mac called out.

"Sweet!" said Spike as Charlie and Shenran clapped.

"You're dancing's gotten alot better, Big Mac," said Shenran, "Who knew you could do hip-hop dancing so well."

"Heh-heh...eeyup..." Big Mac said modestly. It was then they heard a loud scoff. Discord hadn't enjoyed their little dance number at all, but was trying, and failing miserably, to look like he hadn't been paying the group any attention. He even looked back at the group once and then went back to sulking. Shenran snorted as Mario walked up to him.

"Let me guess," said Mario, "Discord still keeping his issues to himself?"

"Eeyup," said Shenran, "I'm sure he'd have fun joining us, but I don't know why he's so apprehensive about it. We might not be considered to be the coolest of the cool, but we know how to have a good time." Mario nodded in agreement.

"Pst! Little Bro! Shenran! C'mere a sec!" Big Mac called out and gestured for them to cover over. The five boys then huddled up as Big Mac whispered his plan to the group.

"Uh, I dunno what to say," said Spike as he pointed a finger at Discord, "I mean, I hope he comes but I kinda don't want him to think of it..."

"Yup," Big Mac said in a hushed tone.

"There's no harm in asking," said Shenran.

"Yeah," said Mario, "I'd rather try than just ignore him. Otherwise he'll make an excuse to crash the party because he thinks we shut him out."

"Mmm-hmm," said Charlie in agreement. The five boys then smirked at each other as they gazed their eyes at the draconequus. Discord quickly made a magazine appear with himself on the front cover and pretended to read it.

"Fascinating article, yes?" Discord said to himself and laughed nervously. Then said to himself in a hushed tone, "Don't let them come over, please don't let them come over, please don't let them come cover, please, please, please..." It seemed as if his pleas only encouraged the five boys to walk up to the draconequus. Discord immediately took notice of them standing close by.

"Oh, salutations, my friend!" said Discord, "Wish I could stay and chat, but I don't want to." Discord quickly tried to walk away.

"Wait!" Spike called out, "Um, we were wondering...What are you up tonight?" The other boys nodded in agreement as Spike smiled nervously.

"Oh, here we go..." Discord groaned to himself and face-palmed himself again.

"Do you wanna, I don't know, hang out?" Spike asked as they others all nodded in agreement, "Is that, like, something you do?"

"Besides trying to convince Fluttershy to dump Shenran for you?" Mario teased as Shenran glared and gave Mario a hard shove.

"Oh, if it isn't Shenran, Twilight's friend, Twilight's dweeb, Mario's pet, Applejack's monosyllabic brother," Discord said bluntly.

"Big Mac is my brother too ya doofus!" Mario retorted indignantly.

"My point is that I can't make it," said Discord quickly, "if only I weren't super busy this evening."

"Right..." Mario and Shenran said together with an eye roll.

"I guess guy's night will just be the five of us," said Spike to the group.

"Oh, well, maybe some other time," said Mario.

"See ya, Big D," said Shenran. As the five boys made their way off the station platform, it finally clicked to Discord what they had said.

"A guys' night?" Discord asked as he hovered above them, "You mean a rowdy evening of reckless revelry? Zoot suits, fedoras, and swing dancing?"

"That actually sounds pretty sweet," said Mario, "especially the fedoras and swing dancing."

"Well, you did get us some imported barrels of sarsaparilla for tonight," Shenran added.

"Yipee!" Charlie shouted happily. If there was one thing the koala loved more than anything. It was glass mug of super foamy sarsaparilla.

"Eh, something like that," said Spike nervously as Big Mac smiled sheepishly, "You should totally come. The six of us would be way better than two..."

"The does sound fun, actually..." Discord pondered aloud as he stroked his goatee.

"Well, we know how to act like a bunch of party animals," Mario remarked casually.

"Too bad you're busy," said Spike.

"Yeah, I'm sure you won't miss out on too much fun," Shenran added slyly.

"Oh, now don't you go getting sassy like your wife there, Shenran," said Discord as he made an office desk appear. He was also wearing a business suit.

"Well, I suppose I could squeeze you in if I move a few very important ponies around," said Discord.

"In other word's nopony at all," Mario whispered to Shenran, who snickered quietly.

He then spoke in a gravelly accent, "June, honey, be a dear. Reschedule Luna and Cay-Cay..." He then spoke normally, "That's what I call Princess Celestia, what a hoot!" Mario and Shenran had bored looks on their faces.

"Seriously?" Shenran said unamused.

"The only nickname Mom ever liked being called was Tia," Mario added.

"In fact, clear the whole evening," said Discord in his gravelly accent, "Tonight is guys' night. These fellas invited me to spice things up and bring a little class to the whole affair." Big Mac, Charlie, and Spike just watched Discord do his act with wearily looking faces. Mario and Shenran just smirked and rolled their eyes at him. Discord then disappeared.

"YIPE!" Charlie yelped as he felt the ground rumble and ran off. Discord then resurfaced from the ground, even using some of his magic so he could hold them all. Big Mac and Mario were in one arm while Shenran and Spike were in another. Charlie was just standing off to the side, glaring at the Draconequus.

"Tonight will be the best night of your lives," Discord told them, "and not just because you get to bask in my greatness."

"Bleh!" Charlie said discreetly while sticking a finger in his mouth.

"I do like basking in things," said Spike.

"Especially himself in the mirror," Mario remarked as Shenran and Big Mac snickered.

"Ha ha!" Spike said annoyingly before looking at Discord, "See you tonight!" He then added in a hushed tone, "Twilight and Mario's castle. The fun starts promptly at sundown."

"Or when Spike stops posing in the mirror," Shenran teased.

"Oh give it a rest!" Spike remarked. Discord just chuckled as he put the four boys down.

"Technically, the fun starts when I arrive," Discord said smugly, "but I'll make sure it's around sunset. Adieu, fellas." Discord then disappeared. The group all had worried looks on their faces.

"Well, if anything goes wrong," said Shenran, "We can blame it all on him."

"True," said Mario, "It beats you guys dumping all the blame on me when things go wrong." Big Mac, Charlie, Spike, and Shenran all whistled innocently. Mario just snorted as the others laughed and they all walked away from the station. Fun or not, this was going to be an interesting night.

Soon the time had some and Celestia had just finished making the sun disappear behind the horizon. Spike watched the sun disappear from outside the castle balcony.

"And...we have sundown. Repeat, we have sundown," said Spike to Big Mac, "I declare tonight's guys' night ceremonies officially open!"

"Eeyup!" said Big Mac excitedly as he waved his fore-legs in the air. Then two started dancing.

"It's guys' night," Spike chanted.

"Yup," said Big Mac.

"Oh, yeah," said Spike.

"Yup," said Big Mac.

"Havin' fun now," said Spike.

"Yup," said Big Mac.

"Oh, yeah!" they said together as Big Mac posed on his hind legs. Then a record scratch was heard.

(Cue famous song by The Champs)

Shenran, Charlie, and Mario were now dancing, the two ponies on their hind legs to the music.

"Gentlecolts, get ready for the time of your lives!" said Shenran.

"For tonight, we take over the castle!" said Mario.

(cue saxophone fanfare)

"Woo!"

(Cue more saxophone fanfare)

"Woo!"

(Cue even more saxophone fanfare)

"Woo!"

(Cue saxophone apex)

"Sarsaparilla!" said Mario in a deep base voice.

"WOO!" Shenran and Charlie shouted as they kept dancing. Spike and Big Mac looked indignant.

"Seriously?" Spike asked annoyingly.

"Well, you guys can join us," said Shenran. Spike and Big Mac shared looks with each other.

"Yeah, why not?" said Spike plainly as the five boys continued dancing until the song reached its end.

"Sarsaparilla!" the five boys shouted and they all laughed. Of course, Charlie said it in his own dialect. It was then they head the faint sound of some fanfare being played. The five boys looked at each other and then rushed to the front hall of the castle.

"What the hay?" Spike remarked as they saw two Discord's playing some trumpets.

"Oh no..." Shenran groaned.

"He's gonna make an entrance isn't he?" Mario remarked bluntly.

"Pretty much," said Shenran. It was then a mini-Discord appeared skedadding between the trumpet playing Discords and held a scroll.

"Announcing the much anticipated arrival of the spirit of chaos and disharmony," said the mini-Discord, "the purveyor of pandemonium, lord of lawlessness, bringer of bedlam..."

"The superior of stupidity," Shenran whispered to Mario as they both snickered. It was then some more fanfare was heard.

"Discord!" the Mini-Discord finished as a large banner of the draconequus wearing basketball attire was seen. Fog soon filled the floor as electronic music was played and a spotlight danced about. Then Discord himself burst through the banner wearing the very attire as he started dribbling a basketball and then tossed the ball at the boys.

"Hit the deck!" Mario shouted as they all got low the ground as the ball came at them and then exploded into some confetti.

"Vo-voy, Vo-voy, voy!" said a very high-pitched voice. Even Discord was stopped in his tracks as the other five boys stood back up. It was then from under all the excess fog came out a caramel brown colored fox with an excessive amount of cream colored fluff around its neck, large black and brown eyes, and some long thin ears that didn't resemble a fox at all.

"Discord, what is...that thing?" said Spike since none of them had ever seen anything like it.

"It's...it's..." Mario stuttered as Charlie hid behind his fore-legs.

"So cute and fluffy!" Shenran squealed with delight.

"Shenran, please," said Discord indignantly, "Where's your masculinity?"

"He gave it up when he married the Flutters," said Mario.

"You gave up yours before you and Twilight were even dating!" Shenran shot back. Mario blushed deep red and Big Mac snickered.

"Don't get to cocky, Big brother," Mario warned, "Soon you're gonna meet that special mare that's gonna make you act all warm and fuzzy too!"

"No way! No how!" said Big Mac sternly. Mario chuckled.

"We'll see..." said Mario slyly. He was already secretly making plans on how he could get Big Mac to meet a certain pink unicorn.

But that's another story...

Mario's train of thought was interrupted as the little fox creature started running and hopping about Shenran. Shenran just smiled and chuckled.

"Well, to answer your question," said Discord, "This little...bundle of joy...was just wandering about my front yard earlier today."

"Let me guess, searching for food?" Shenran asked as the little creature stopped hopping about.

"That would be the most logical thing," said Discord, "I've seen many creatures in my home dimension, but never anything this...cute and fluffy." Discord couldn't help but strain the last three words out of his mouth.

"Grrrr...!" the fox-creature hissed.

"Long story short, the little guy was looking for a place to stay," said Discord, "But his...cuteness...just cramps my style if you get my drift. Besides, since Shenran and Fluttershy are the animal lovers, I figured you'd have a better home for him."

"Ev-voy, voy, voy!" said the fox creature as he hopped up and down. Discord made a face of disgust. Shenran just smiled at the creature.

"How do we know this thing won't turn into something big and nasty monster or something?" Spike asked.

"Grrr!" the creature hissed.

"Hey, I'm being serious!" Spike retorted, "alot of creatures that get involved with Discord tend to do that!"

"He doesn't," said Discord, "The worst he'll do is act cute until you can't stand it and your nose falls off." Discord's nose then fell off his face, which he grabbed and put it back on.

"Hmm," said Mario as he looked at the little creature, "Well, he certainly does have some fox like qualities to him, but I see other types of animals aspects of him as well. He's certainly a mish-mash of different animals."

"Just like you, Discord," said Shenran.

"Not really, I came out perfectly," said Discord indignantly, "In his case, something went wrong..."

"HISS!" the creature snarled angrily.

"Easy little guy," said Shenran and rubbed the top of the creature's head, "Discord's just jealous cause you're cute and he's not!"

"Excuse me?!" Discord retorted, but was ignored.

"Despite the mix of different animals in him," said Shenran, "understanding his dialect is actually easier than most of the animals my wife and I speak to. I still need to consult my wife on the matter, little guy. But if she says okay, how would you like to stay with me. I could use my own pet if you don't mind that!"

"Voy!" the creature shouted happily and nuzzled Shenran's fore-leg happily.

"Now to find you a name," said Shenran as he looked at the creature and pondered. Then he blinked as a name came to mind, "I got it! I'm gonna call you...Eevee. Do you like that?"

"Ev-voy, voy, voy!" Eevee said happily as he jumped for joy. Shenran then nuzzled his chest fur, making him purr happily. Discord rolled his eyes.

"Eevee?!" Discord exclaimed before muttering, "Guess it beats calling him Stitch or something just as ridiculous..."

"Welcome to the family, Eevee," said Mario, "since he is a boy. You can join us for our guys' night. Right, gang?" Discord's jaw dropped.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Discord exclaimed.

"Don't see why not?" said Spike, "We let Charlie join us after he begged enough times." Charlie grumbled indignantly. It was then Eevee walked up and held out a paw to introduce himself. Charlie was surprised at first, but then smiled and accepted the handshake. Then spoke in his squeaky voice as he wrapped an arm around Eevee's shoulder saying they're gonna be good friends. Eevee gave a little "voy" in agreement.

"Good to see they're getting along," said Mario.

"Eeyup," said Big Mac.

"Well, now that we've got the intros settled," said Discord, intentionally trying to break up the heart-warming moment, "shall we hop to it? I made a list of the rowdiest establishments in Ponyville." He then pulled out a scroll that had only two names written down.

"It's rather short," said Discord bluntly.

"Actually," said Spike, "we're staying here. I hope you like awesome games!" Charlie, Spike, Big Mac, Shenran, and even Eevee all shared a group high-five. Mario did so as well, but rolled his eyes a bit as he joined in, but Discord didn't notice.

"Games?" said Discord, "I love games. I'm great at games." He then transported the group into a 1960s-1970s decor living room. Discord sat on a lounge chair. While Spike, Big Mac, Shenran, Mario, Charlie, and Eevee were all squeezed into a rather long sofa. Discord then pulled out a slip of paper from a bowl.

"Famous pony charades?" Discord announced as he read the slip of paper, "Oh, this is an easy one." He then made changed his face and added a familiar flowing mane to it.

"Who am I? Huh? Huh?" Discord asked.

"Ugh..." Charlie groaned and face-palmed himself.

"Voy..." said Eevee in a very sheepish and annoyed tone. The others just had disturbed looks on their faces. While it was pretty obvious who Discord was trying to impersonate, everypony was too disturbed to answer.

"Oh, come on!" Discord cried out, thinking nopony could guess.

"We know who you're impersonating, buddy," said Shenran, "it's just seeing you with Princess Celestia's face is a bit disturbing."

"My bad," said Discord as his face returned to normal and he removed the Celestia wig.

"Uh...I'm talkin' about a real game," said Spike with a smirk. The others smiled, but Mario rolled his eyes again.

"Oh, you mean like trapping best friend ponies in hedge mazes and turning them against each other," Discord suggested as he stroked his Celestia wig like a pet cat, "Those were the days."

"Oh, please don't bring that up," said Mario sternly. Mario still found it upsetting to be reminded of the time Discord turned him into a cold-hearted pony who did nothing to stop Discord from corrupting his friends and how the corruption made Mario so bitter that he told his future wife that he hated her. Mario soon lost his train of thought when he heard the Celestia wig yowl and run off. Discord then returned everypony into the main hallway of the castle.

"Not exactly," said Spike, "Wait here." Spike then ran off.

"Hey, buddy, don't you need to get the refreshments in the oven?" Shenran asked.

"Oh right," said Mario, "We can't be playing games on an empty stomach after all!"

"Considering you're the one doing the cooking," said Discord, "I think the odds of us ending up the hospital will be very small?"

"Of course, Discord," said Mario with a smirk on his face, "You're the only one I was gonna try to poison." Charlie and Eevee laughed as Mario trotted past the two critters, gave them each high-fives, and headed into the castle kitchen.

"Hardy-har-har," Discord remarked sarcastically. It was then he found that Charlie and Eevee had settled down so he had both Big Mac and Shenran to chat with.

"So...any ideas of what this game is?" Discord asked.

"You'll find out soon enough," said Shenran.

"Eeyup," said Big Mac in agreement.

"Well, whatever it is, it can only get better by adding me into the mix," said Discord.

"I would think so," said Shenran, "The game can be quite chaotic and full of the unexpected."

"Ooh! Sounds like my kind of game," said Discord with interest.

"Okay!" Spike shouted from the distance as Big Mac, Shenran, Charlie, and Eevee ran over to where Spike was. Discord just hovered behind them. The group soon arrived inside the throne room as Spike finished doing some last minute setups to their game. Mario had also arrived and had taken a seat. Charlie and Eevee sat at the edge of the table beside their respective owners. The group waited as Spike put a flashlight over his face.

"In a world where evil reigns supreme," Spike said in dramatic fashion, "a small band of warriors stands tall against the darkness. This is...Ogres & Oubliettes!" The light to the room then turned on as Big Mac and Shenran smiled excitedly, Charlie and Eevee jumped up and down, and Mario just kept a calm smile over his face. Discord just gasped dramatically as he leaned away from the table.

Once Discord had recovered, he hovered over what looked like a hand drawn game board with a few twenty sided dice and some other cut outs.

"Oh, this looks like..." Discord started.

"The best game ever?" said Spike excitedly, "You're right!"

"Yes..." Discord agreed, both reluctantly and sarcastically. He even rolled his eyes.

"I know how ya feel," said Mario, "I kind of don't get all the fuss either."

"It's not our fault you stink at the game," Spike remarked. Discord blinked.

"Wait a minute," said Discord, "Are you saying Mario Star, Mr. I-Can-Do-Anything-I-Set-My-Mind-Too, has finally found something he isn't good at?!"

"Eeyup," said Big Mac and snickered.

"He also has the worst luck out of everypony here!" Spike added.

"I do not!" Mario retorted indignantly.

"Are you kidding?" Shenran remarked, "The last time you played, you couldn't roll the required number for success at all! In fact..." Shenran snickered, "In three turns, all Mario had to do was roll a two. A two on a twenty sided die! And he rolled a one! Every single time!" The other chuckled, even Eevee and Charlie were on their backs with laughter. Mario glared and snorted.

"And with them laughing at me so much I...rage quit the game," said Mario, not hiding his embarrassment.

"You mean you magic blasted the game board and fried it to ashes," Spike said smugly as Mario just groaned and looked away, still embarassed at losing his temper. Even Discord couldn't help but snicker.

"So...can we expect that kind of...excitement...this evening per chance, hmm?" Discord asked in a not so innocent tone. Mario glared.

"My last game was months ago," said Mario, "Now I just watch them play, take part in the conversation, and offer them advice. Not to mention provide the refreshments since I'm the only pony, other than Spike, who can actually cook without setting the kitchen on fire."

"Speaking of fire and refreshments," said Spike and sniffled the air, "Is something burning?" Mario's eyes shrunk.

"My Apple Turnovers!" Mario exclaimed and ran out of the room...on his hind legs and shut the door. Discord blinked.

"Did Mario just take off...bi-pedal style?!" Discord asked.

"Pretty much," said Spike, "He feels this ridiculous notion to learn how to walk on two legs instead of four. The weirdo."

"Heh...Eeyup, weirdo," Big Mac remarked in agreement.

"Well, we can wait for Mario to come back before we start the game," said Shenran, "How about some music everypony?" Shenran then set up a music player and had Eevee set the needle onto the record.

(Cue "Peanuts" style jazz and swing music)

Discord hummed contently.

"Better I suppose," he muttered as he enjoyed the music as the others just listened to the music quietly. Charlie then looked slyly from side to side. He then began to feel the beat and started tapping one foot with the music. Then he tapped danced himself to the middle of the table where the game board was and started dancing about. Soon, one by one, Spike, Big Mac, Shenran, Discord, and Eevee, noticed Charlie and glared at him sternly. Shenran then used his wing to stop the music. Charlie kept dancing and smiling for a few minutes to the silence, noticed all the death glares he was getting, gulped as he face turned deep red, and belly crawled off the table back to his seat, feeling completely embarassed.

"Awkward," Discord remarked as the rest of the group said nothing. Soon, Mario returned carrying a basket with his magic.

"Save them!" Mario called out excitedly.

"Alright!"

"Awesome!"

"Eeyup!"

Spike, Shenran, and Big Mac said excitedly as Mario served them an apple turnover each on a napkin.

"I'd have preferred he hasn't made it on time," said Discord smugly. Mario's only reply was tossing him an apple turnover. Discord caught it and started eating it with a smirk on his face. Mario kept glaring as he used a tap from a nearby extra large barrel to pour some fresh sarsaparilla into some wooden mugs for everypony to drink. Spike took a long drink, wiped off the fizz from his upper lip, and held what appeared to be a guide book.

"Ogres & Oubliettes is a fantasy role-playing adventure game," Spike explained.

"Or FRPG for short," Mario remarked as he finally sat down.

"If the F means failure or flop, I heartily agree," Discord muttered.

"Our goal, defeat the evil Squid Wizard," Spike continued, "or..." Spike held back chuckles, "...as we call him...the Squizard!" Big Mac, Shenran, Charlie, and even Eevee chuckled in agreement. Mario just smirked as Discord simply remained unimpressed at the joke. Spike noticed but quickly recovered as he cleared his throat.

"The Squizard has laid siege to the last free city in Spiketopia," Spike continued, "That's the name of the land." Charlie rolled his eyes and said something to Mario.

"Charlie said he wanted to go with naming the kingdom, Spamalot," said Mario, "but I told him the name was already copyrighted."

"Obviously," Discord said with an eye roll.

"He's kidnapped a beautiful unicorn princess named Shmarity," said Spike and then suddenly looked rather sweaty and nervous, "Uh, which is like a normal name in Spiketopia, so, you know, don't think about it too much." Spike then blushed.

"Fear not," said Discord smugly, "Your romantic delusions are safe with me." He then literally zipped up his mouth to make his point.

"Same with your romantic delusions over my Flutters," Shenran remarked.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Discord said quickly and indignantly, despite the fact his mouth was supposed to be zippered shut.

"Besides," said Mario, "I wanted the princess to be called Twinkles."

"Twinkles? Seriously?" Discord remarked as Mario glared at him.

"I'd rather have a Pegasus princess named Pixieshy," said Shenran.

"Ooh, not bad on that name," said Discord in agreement. Charlie then suggested a name in his own dialect.

"Princess Sugar Sapling?!" Mario and Shenran blurted aloud, since they both understood koala, and laughed. Big Mac couldn't help but laugh as well. Charlie then blushed and chuckled shyly. Eevee chuckled until Charlie angrily squeaked to him what the fox-like creature had in mind for a name. Eevee flinched and blushed.

"Well...might as well tell us, Eevee," said Shenran.

"Voy-voy, v-voy..." said Eeevee in his own dialect, his cheeks going from pink to red and smiled sheepishly. Mario, Big Mac, and Spike smirked.

"What did he say?" Spike asked in a teasing town.

"Princess Fuzzy-Wuzzy," Shenran said calmly. The others, except for Discord burst into hard laughter. Poor Eevee just squatted down and covered his face with its paws.

"Easy there little guy," said Shenran, "It was good try." Eevee uncovered his eyes and smiled, but he still felt rather embarassed.

"Anyway," said Spike, "Big Mac and I started this game long before the rest of you showed up so the titles we have are already intact and can't be changed."

"Whatever!" said Shenran, Mario, Charlie, and Eevee together and rolled their eyes, the two critters spoke in their own dialect.

"Alright, that's enough joking around," said Spike as he grabbed a sheet of paper, "Eevee, you can tell Shenran what you want and he'll translate for us. Okay?" '

"Voy-voy!" said Eevee excitedly as he whispered his idea to Shenran.

"Ooh! Nice!" said Shenran, "Eevee said he'll be Foxbeard, a land pirate who seeks hidden treasures!"

"Hey, we could use of those!" said Spike as he wrote the name down, "Foxbeard...Treasure Hunter class. Got it! Now you Discord?"

"How about...Discord?" the draconequus remarked. The others just smirked as Mario shook his head.

"The whole point of the game is you get to use your imagination to be someone you're not," Spike sighed as he held out a hand-made game piece, "I'm Garbunkle, a famous magician. Everypony treats me with the utmost respect."

"Just like in real life?" Discord remarked sarcastically as he tried clipping his toe nails.

"And don't get jealous," said Spike, ignoring Discord's sarcasm, "but I'm a level 30 enchanter with major skill points assigned to intellect and perception."

"And no skill points for strength and common sense," said Mario. Spike blew him a raspberry. They noticed that Discord was now reading a magazine while sitting under his very own dryer dome."

"Go on, I'm listening," Discord remarked. Mario, Shenran, Charlie, and Eevee knew he was lying, but Spike believed him as he put down a drawing of Big Mac in black armor.

"Big Mac's character is Sir McBiggun," Spike explained, "a level 27 Black Knight Unicorn from Castle Chadwick!"

"I'm listening," said Discord as he made a life-size pyramid out of playing cards.

"When his king aligned himself with the Squizard," said Spike, "Sir McBiggun would not besmirch his honor."

"Nnope!" said Big Mac in agreement.

"I'm listening," said Discord as he lay in a floating beg with a sleeping mask on. Spike then put out Charlie and Shenran's game cards. Charlie's card showed himself wearing green and holding a cross-bow. Shenran was wearing silver amor similar to Big Mac's, but he had pixie style wings instead of a horn.

"Charlie's character is Little Fuzzles, a level 18 archer who is super accurate from long distances," said Spike, "He was once considered an outlaw by Schmarity's father the King for robbing from the royal treasury and giving the wealth to those who needed it. Until the King realized that the Squizard has tricked him into charging too many taxes on the common ponies of the land."

"Yes, I'm listening," said Discord, now sitting inside a floating mud bath with cucumber slices over his eyes, not noticing that everypony other than Spike and Big Mac were glaring at him.

"Shenran's character is Sir Pureheart," Spike continued, "a level 14 knight of the royal court and Garbunkle's rival for the Princess Schmarity's affection." Spike glared at Shenran, who rolled his eyes.

"That rivalry was your idea," said Shenran, "besides, I already told you I have no interest in Schmarity. I found love with the fairy princess, Pixieshy." Spike just rolled his eyes in reply.

"Who is considered non-canon in this universe," Spike said quickly before continuing normally as he held the character cards, "And so it came to pass, the magician, the black knight, the knight of the kings court, the little archer, and our treasure hunter vowed to rid Spiketopia of the evil Squizard." Discord deflated...literally.

"So, your character's name?" Spike asked again.

"Before I do," said Discord, "I know Mario stinks at the game, but what was his character?" Mario glared at the draconequus for the remark. Spike held out a card that showed Mario wearing a dark green cloak and hoodie.

"He was Starcure," said Spike, "A level 2 doctor. Despite studying his whole life in medicine, his medical potions always blew up in his face!" Mario huffed as the rest of the table snickered, including Discord.

"So, your character's name?" Spike asked Discord again.

"I already have the best name in the universe," said Discord, "Why would I change it for something like "Captain Wuzz"?"

"Captain Wuzz it is!" said Spike as he wrote the name down. Discord just groaned since he wasn't being serious.

"It's better than nothing, buddy," said Shenran, "After all, it's beats being called Captain Dodo..."

"From the kingdom of Lolo," Mario finished.

" Ho-hooooooooooooooo!" Mario and Shenran cheered with a fore-leg raised in the air. Charlie and Eevee looked rather bored and unamused.

"This is just sad," said Charlie in his own dialect.

"And totally embarassing," Eevee added in agreement in his own dialect.

"Alright, alright," said Spike, "What class are you, Captain Wuzz? There's Archers, Mages, Rouges, Doofuses in Mario and Shenran's case..." Mario and Shenran each blew Spike a loud raspberry. Discord just snorted.

"Can I suggest we take a break and, I don't know, go out and have some fun?" Discord suggested, "Ponyville's not going to paint itself red." Discord then held a brush and a can of paint.

"I'd actually be down for going out," said Mario, "I kinda wanna go dump toilet paper all over Dashie's cloudominium." Discord gasped dramatically.

"That's devious!" said Discord in shock but then said excitedly, "And I love it!"

"Cool it you two!" said Shenran firmly, "We're all came to play our game and Mario, you said you'd stick around. We might need your help. You pinkie promised!"

"Oh right, I did," Mario groaned as he took a seat and used his magic to refill his mug with more sarsaparilla.

"Same for you Discord," said Spike, "You'll love it once we get started!" Spike then rolled a die, "How 'bout an Archer like Little Fuzzles?"

"Sounds just as miserable as the other options," said Discord as he put the paint and paintbrush down, "so fine." Charlie squeaked at him offensively.

"I'm only saying it's not really my fit," said Discord, "If it's yours, all the power to you, Charlie." Charlie just snorted as Spike finished making Discord his playing piece.

"Sir McBiggun, are you prepared to enter the world of Orges & Oubliettes?" Spike asked Big Mac.

"Eeyup," said Big Mac with determination.

"How 'about you Little Fuzzles?" Spike asked. Charlie smirked and gave Spike a salute.

"Sir Pureheart?" Spike asked next.

"Ready as I'll ever be!" said Shenran excitedly.

"And new recruit, Pirate Foxbeard?" Spike said.

"Ev-voy, voy, voy!" Eevee said excitedly as he waved his paws in the air.

"And you, retired Doctor Starcure?" Spike asked.

"BURP!"

Mario belched from taking a long drink of sarsaparilla. Spike was most annoyed as Big Mac and Shenran snickered.

"Sorry, Garbunkle," said Mario sheepishly, "That was just bad timing. I'm ready." Spike just smiled. Discord just looked rather impatient and irritable.

"Discord, or should I say, Captain Wuzz," said Spike, "are you-"

"Oh, get on with it," said Discord rudely. Spike then grabbed some dice and rolled them.

"We find ourselves trapped in the dungeon of the evil Squizard," said Spike, "The bars are locked tight." Discord just looked bored and raised an eyebrow at Spike.

"The bars exist in our imagination," said Spike.

"Really?" Discord asked, "You describe things, and then we pretend it's real?"

"It is real," said Spike, "In our imagination." He then waved his fingers around the side of his head to emphasize his point.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious," said Mario, Big Mac, and Shenran together. Charlie and Eevee muttering comments of agreement. Spike just glared.

"It's your turn first," Spike told Discord, "What do you wanna do?"

"Curse myself for attending this infernal evening?" said Discord.

"Really?" said Mario, "can Discord really discord himself? Interesting..."

"I was being sarcastic ya doofus!" said Discord.

"So was I, if you couldn't tell, Mister Clueless," said Mario smugly. Discord scoffed but then realized what Spike was really asking.

"Ohh, no, you mean in the game," Discord remarked.

"Well, you can do whatever you want," said Spike, "Then, I roll this twenty-sided die and see if your successful." Discord then made jail bars appear before himself.

"I stick my head through the bars and demand for the immediate release of the Lord of Chaos," Discord replied bluntly. Spike, Charlie, Shenran, and Big Mac winced. Mario just had a bored look on his face as he sipped his sarsaparilla. Eevee just looked a little lost.

"That's a big risk," said Spike, "You have to roll a seventeen or higher to succeed." Spike then rolled the die and grabbed his book, "Ooh, bad idea. The guard gets mad." Discord then grabbed Spike's guide book.

"This spell here," said Discord, "I transform him into a parsnip."

"Voy-voy-voy-voy!" said Eevee impatiently, wanting to take his turn.

"Easy little guy," said Shenran, "You'll get your turn soon enough." Eevee just huffed to himself.

"You need eleven intelligent points to cast a Transform Into Root Vegetable Spell," said Spike.

"I'm not intelligent?" said Discord, taking offense.

"Discord, in the real world, you are intelligent," said Mario, "But in this game, your character is a level 1 Archer. You gotta earn experience and level up so your character can do the more complex spells and such. Nopony's insulting you."

"Oh whatever!" Discord retorted as he tossed the guide book away, "I cast it anyway because this game is stupid." Spike rolled the die again and read the book.

"The spell backfires. So..." Spike then started to hold back laughter, "...your claws grow leaves and turn into parsnips!"

"Parsnips," Big Mac chuckled and started laughing. Mario, Shenran, Charlie, and Eevee laughed as well. The two critters were on their backs as they laughed. Discord growled at them.

"The guard laughs," said Spike as he rolled the die again, "He calls his friends over, and they laugh too." The rest of the group continued laughing.

"Don't you laugh at me, Big Mac, Mario, Shenran, Charlie, Eevee!" said Discord as he leaned into the face of everypony he said the name to, "Does it really say that? Let me see." As Discord checked the guide book, Spike rolled the die again.

"As you get angrier, everypony laughs harder!" said Spike.

"Then one guard says," Mario added before speaking in a falsetto, "Temper, temper, Captain Wuzz. You laugh at the expense of others all the time. You need to learn to let others laugh at you for a change and not act like a big baby about it."

"Oh be quiet!" Discord remarked.

"Now, now, Captain Wuzz, didn't mommy warn you about that low boiling point of yours?" Mario asked,, still speaking in a falsetto.

"Leave my mommy out of this!" Discord snapped, but then bit his lower lip. Everypony minus Discord laughed even harder. Charlie was banging the table from laughing so hard. Eevee was just kicking his four legs wildly in the air from his own laughter. Discord felt his temper boil. He couldn't believe he had actually walked right into such a juvenile joke.

"I seal Sir McBiggun, Starcure, Sir Pureheart, Little Fuzzles, and Pirate Foxbeard in a magic bubble until they stop laughing!" Discord retorted.

"I told you, you can't do magic!" Spike told him as the laughter continued. Discord's eyebrows erupted into flames as he literally encased everypony except Spike into a magic bubble.

"Whoa! Nope! Nope! Nope!" Big Mac yelped.

"Hey, what's the big idea!" Shenran called out.

"Get us out of here!" Mario snapped. Charlie and Eevee shouted in their own dialect for Discord to release them.

""Not intelligent enough", please," said Discord indignantly.

"Cut it out, Discord!" Spike snapped.

"I already told you we weren't insulting your intelligence!" Mario shouted from the bubble, "It's your game characters that's under-experienced!"

"Oh, this game is insufferable!" Discord complained, "Let me show you a real guys' night!" He then snapped his fingers and teleported the group into the middle of a jazzy nightclub. Discord was now wearing an orange zoot suit and had a pencil mustache on his face. The rest of the group was then released from the bubble and landed on their hooves, or feet in Charlie and Eevee's case.

"Oooooooooooooooooh!" said Charlie as he surveyed his surroundings.

"Voy-voy, voy-voy!" said Eevee excitedly.

"I agree," said Mario as he used his magic to make a dressing screen appear before himself and the two critters. Two seconds later they were all wearing nicely dressed zoot suits and fedoras.

"Now this is my kind of hang out joint," said Mario. Discord laughed in agreement.

"This is the life!" said Discord, "Jazz, dancing, the best table magic can buy! This is what guy's night is all about. Am I right, fellas?" As Discord showed them around, he swapped himself into a pair of ponies that were dancing together, then showed them a very spacious U shaped booth, and then reappeared before the rest of the group. It was then a rather attractive mare walked across the fore-ground catching Big Mac's attention.

"Eeyup!" said Big Mac excitedly as Charlie and Eevee hopped up and down excitedly. Charlie then put on some sunshades he always kept with him and smiled smugly. He then leaned against the wall on a rather smooth but macho-like manner.

(Cue "Joe Cool" theme, instrumental only)

He then saw a mare walk past and gave a smug looking smile at her. The mare snorted and walked away. Then another mare passed by as Charlie gave another smug smile and tipped his hat at her to say hello. The mare stuck her nose in the air walked away. Charlie then saw a third mare walking by. He boldly approached her, took one of her fore-legs, kissed it, and then gave her a smug smile and wiggled his eyebrows.

POW!

(end song)

The mare slugged Charlie in the face, sending him flying back to the group and landed on his back, looking dazed. Charlie quickly recovered and threw a mini tantrum as he yelled at the mare, who was not even listening to him and walking away. Eevee laughed at Charlie's expense, earning a glare from the koala. Eevee then smiled smugly and walked off to try and attract some mares of his own.

"GAH!?" Charlie said in shock as his jaw dropped. Within seconds, Eevee was now surrounded by six mares that were cooing and petting him.

"Isn't he the cutest thing?" one mare named Glamour Glitz said as the others agreed.

"Ev-voy," said Eevee confidently and gave a wink. Charlie snarled with furry and pouted jealously. Mario and Shenran, the latter was now standing next to him, just rolled their eyes at both Charlie and Eevee. Then another mare walked by the two stallions, batted her eye lashes at them, and then walked away. Mario and Shenran were stunned for a few seconds and then looked at each other.

"I'm a married stallion! I'm a married stallion! I'm a married stallion!..." Mario and Shenran repeated as they put a fore-leg over their eyes. Discord then rolled his eyes at them when Spike rushed over to the booth.

"I know you probably didn't do this on purpose," said Spike as he started setting up the game again, "but this table's the perfect size and shape!"

"I don't think so," said Discord as he appeared behind the little dragon and removed the game parts and pieces from the table. Spike gave him a glare as he teleported the group to the club's bar for some family friendly drinks.

"Let's have a drink," said Discord, "Chocolate milkshakes?" Charlie and Eevee happily accepted the milkshakes. Mario did as well and they started slurping them happily. Shenran, Big Mac, and Spike just glared as they were offered the milkshakes.

"No, we want to go back to Orges &-" Spike sighed and tried to retort as he set the milkshake down, but was immediately cut off.

"Oh, how 'bout a different game?" said Discord as he teleported the group to the table as they each own hand of cards. Charlie then examined his hand, snickered as he set the hand down to show that he had a five kings. Eevee snickered as he showed that he had five aces. Charlie squeaked in rage as Eevee chortled happily at his expense. Spike just looked rather annoyed as Discord leaned in from behind.

"Those are very bad cards," Discord told the little dragon.

"Stop messing with us!" said Spike firmly, "We wanna-" Discord then cut him off again as he teleported them toward the dance floor.

"A dance content?" said Discord as he started moving about to some upbeat jazz music. Mario was bopping to the music as well.

"Mario..." Shenran said in a low tone as Mario looked and saw that the rest of the group, including Charlie and Eevee, looked rather annoyed.

"Come on, everypony," said Mario, "Discord's just opening the door to some other fun options we can do this evening. No harm no foul. Who didn't want a free chocolate milkshake?" Shenran sighed as he stepped forward.

"We understand that bro," said Shenran, "but you know as well as I do that we've been planning this guy's night for our game. We don't like the fact that Discord's overstepping our feelings just so we do what he wants. You might not like playing Ogres & Oubliettes, but you still respect what we want to do as a group and we make sure you can have fun as well." Mario then hummed.

"I see your point," said Mario as he narrowed his eyes in determination. It was then some balloons fell down from above.

"Surprise!" said Discord excitedly, "We won!" he then shoved a trophy's into Spike's claws.

"DISCORD!" Spike and Mario shouted.

"Yes?" Discord asked sinisterly as the lights around the area went dim. Spike, Mario, Shenran, and Big Mac stood their ground as Charlie and Eevee hid fearfully behind their owners.

"Look, we don't wanna do these things," said Spike, "We wanna play our game."

"I know it might not be what you had in mind for fun, Discord," said Mario, "But don't you remember the first lesson you ever learned when you first became Fluttershy and I's friend."

"Please refresh my memory..." Discord said dismissively.

"Why ? Is your memory rusty?" Mario asked, his tone full of sarcasm.

"Oh fine!" said Discord, taking offense at the rusty memory comment before saying begrudgingly, "I like it my way, but when you have friends, you can't always have things your way."

"Exactly," said Mario, "But that doesn't mean you have to feel excluded from the group either."

"If you don't wanna play with us," Spike added, "you can, I don't know, sit and watch like Mario does."

"You could be a second advisor or help Mario with making refreshments or something," Shenran remarked, "Like you do during your tea parties with my wife."

"Sit and watch? Do the things I enjoy with Fluttershy...with Mario?!" Discord snapped, rising into the air angrily and refusing to see reason, "Fine. We'll play your game." He then made his voice reverberate as he spoke, "Are you ready to enter the world of Orges & Oubliettes?" Mario and Shenran stood their ground, ready to deal with Discord directly while the rest of the group cowered back. Before the two stallions could do anything, Discord zapped them all. Before they knew it, the group had been transported to what looked like a giant game board and they were all dressed in the costumes of their game characters, Mario included.

"Sir, McBiggun?!" Spike exclaimed to Big Mac.

"Eeyup!" said Big Mac.

"Sir Pureheart?!" Spike said to Shenran.

"I...guess so?" said Shenran as he looked at his attire.

"Little Fuzzles?" Spike said to Charlie, who grunted confidently and posed.

"Pirate Foxbead?" Spike said to Eevee, who had a beard with his costume.

"Voy!" said Eevee excitedly as he hopped up and down.

"Starcure?!" said Spike as he looked at Mario, who was wearing his character outfit like the rest of the group.

"I guess so..." said Mario wearily.

"And I'm...Garbunkle?" said Spike, "That means...Sweetness! We're in the game! Check it out! Ka-zam!" Spike held a staff and fired a magic blast at a giant die, blowing it up to smithereens. He then fired another magic blast at a stream to freeze the water. He then back-flipped and fired another magic blast at another die, making it grow wings and fly away. Big Mac, now being a unicorn, used his magic to hold his sword and sliced down some nearby tree cut outs. Shenran decided to test out his own sword as well. Charlie then tried practicing his archery skills, hitting his targets with pinpoint accuracy. Eevee then sniffed around and then did a little digging and pulled out what looked like a red bottle that had "ATTK UP" on the label.

"Nice find Foxbeard!" said Spike. It was then all but Mario began to dance.

"It's guy's night!" said Spike and Shenran.

"Eeyup!" said Big Mac.

"Oh, yeah!" said Spike and Shenran.

"Yup!" said Big Mac.

"In the game now!" said Spike and Shenran.

"Yup!" said Big Mac.

"Oh, yeah!" said Spike and Shenran.

"Oh, yeah!" said Big Mac as they all posed, even Charlie and Eevee. But then they noticed that Mario wasn't dancing. He looked a little nervous.

"What's up little bro?" Big Mac asked.

"I don't think I want to be in the game," said Mario wearily.

"You'll be alright, little bro," said Big Mac as he and Shenran walked up to him.

"Yeah, we've got ya back, buddy," Shenran added. Mario smiled and felt better.

"Discord, where are you?" Spike called out, "This is great! You made the game real!" It waa then a large cloud appeared and Discord chuckled sinisterly.

"Aren't games fun?" Discord asked the group darkly.

"Should we be worried he's using his scary voice?" Spike asked.

"No, it only means we're about to be showered with lots of sunshine and rainbows," Mario added in an over the top happy tone before snapping angrily, "Of course we should be worried!" Charlie then kicked Spike from the side to agreement with his owner as Eevee glared at the little dragon. Big Mac then sighed in annoyance and then heard a sound. He looked back and saw a paper cut out of the Squizard and several of his skeletons approaching.

"Heads up!" Big Mac called out as the group turned around and saw the army approaching.

"Looks like we've got company!" said Mario sternly.

"Behold! I am the Squizard!" said the cut out. The group gasped. A giant cut-out would normally not be a threat, but this cut-out was brought to life by Discord.

"You're welcome," Discord chuckled darkly to the group with a devious smirk on his face. So in other words...

...they were in deep trouble.

The group wasn't sure about what to do as the army started to approach them. Even Mario was nervous since, at least in this game, he was heavily under-skilled and under-level.

"Attack!" said Squizard shouted as the army yelled and charged at them.

"What's the battle plan, Garbunkle?" Mario asked.

"RUN!" Spike shouted as the group did just that and ran for their lives. The group panted as they tried to get away from the army behind them. But then they found themselves running into more skeleton minions. The minions wasted no time firing some arrows at them. The group huddled close together as Big Mac held up a shield above them to block the arrows. But then everything other than the group froze in time.

"You find yourself on the battlefield," Discord told the group from his giant cloud, "A barrage of arrows rains down on you. If you roll a fifteen or higher, the shield protects. Fourteen or lower and, well..." Discord laughed, "You get the idea." Charlie gulped and Eevee quivered fearfully. Discord then stuck out his tongue as a giant twenty sided die appeared and crushed some of the cut-outs below. Discord then appeared as himself as he reclined on top of the giant die.

"Seventeen!" said Discord, "Lucky you!" The arrowed then landed on the shield, protecting the group and then the group rushed toward a cave. Mario then tripped and got left behind.

"Wait!" said Mario but the group hadn't noticed he was left behind.

"You tripped and got left behind by your fellow comrades," Discord told him, "If you roll higher than a two, you will be guaranteed to escape from the oncoming army. If you roll a one..." Discord laughed, "You're doomed!"

"Not funny!" Mario yelped as Discord rolled another giant die. It landed to show a ten.

"Phew!" said Mario, but then the number of the die changed to one.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk," said Discord as he shook his head and looked at the die, "You really do have the worst luck."

"You changed the number on purpose!" Mario yelled angrily.

"Tell that to the army that's about to finish you off!" said Discord casually. Mario then looked behind to see the giant army charge at him full speed. To make matters worse, Mario's hooves were now glued to ground so he couldn't move.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" Mario screamed. The others watched as the army attacked Mario mercilessly.

(Lose a life fanfare)

They all cringed at the sight and Charlie fainted. Eevee then waved his tail to try to give the koala some air. But then they saw the army was now coming for them and they all hid behind a giant die.

"Boo," Discord said simply, but the group was panting heavily from panic to notice.

"Boo!" said Discord again as he appeared before them.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" the five boys screamed.

"Discord!" Spike yelled angrily.

"What is wrong with you?!" Shenran shouted angrily.

"Sir McBiggun, Sir Pureheart, I'd cover the entrance if I were you," said Discord casually, "Mario is pretty much out of the picture anyway." Big Mac glared and drew out his sword with his magic.

"Not if I can help it!" said Big Mac, "Come, Sir Pureheart." Shenran drew his sword and they headed for the entrance of the cave.

"This isn't funny!" Spike scolded as Eevee and a now revived Charlie glared at the draconequus.

"Isn't this what every gamer wants?" Discord asked innocently, "To live the game? Like this?!" Discord then turned into the Squizard and fired a magic blast as Spike. Spike blocked the first blast as Charlie and Eevee ducked behind him. Then they ran for their lives. Spike then fired another magic blast but didn't hit anything. Spike then smacked into the side of a giant die. Charlie and Eevee smacked into Spike. Then all three landed on the ground as the Squizard and his army surrounded them. Using his magic, the Squizard showed that he had captured Big Mac and poor Shenran was knocked out. The squid wizard didn't hesitate toss Big Mac at Spike.

"Ugh!" Spike groaned from the large stallion landing on top of him.

"YIPE!/VOY!" Charlie and Eevee yelped respectively as an unconscious Shenran was dumped on top of them. The Squizard's army shouted as a battered Mario was also dumped next to Big Mac.

"That kinda hurts!" Spike groaned as Big Mac put the unconscious Mario and Shenran onto his back, "Like, real pain!"

"No kidding!" Charlie and Eevee retorted in their own dialects.

"Oh, kind of you to notice," said Discord as he appeared tiny sized on Spike's nose, "It's the little details that really bring alternate dimensions to life, wouldn't you say?"

"Discord this is awful!" said Spike as he glared at the draconequus. Poor Charlie and Eevee were now crying seeing both of their owners unconscious and hurt.

"Of course it is!" said the Squizard, "Spiketopia will be mine! And Rarity shall be my bride!" Their was a brief silence when the squid wizard realized his mistake.

"I mean, Shmarity," the Squizard corrected before firing a magic zap at Spike, Big Mac, Charlie, and Eevee. It was direct hit, dealing heavy damage. Poor Charlie and Eevee were knocked out and charred. Spike and Big Mac were barely conscious.

"Why are you doing this?" Spike asked wearily, "You're the worst."

"If I'm the worst, then why did you invite me?" Discord asked in an unapologetic tone.

"Because we felt bad for you!" Spike snapped. Discord was shocked.

"Because you...what?!" Discord exclaimed. Before Spike could reply, he and Big Mac finally collapsed.

(Lose a life fanfare)

"EEK!" Discord shrieked, finally realizing what he had done and quickly snapped his fingers. This not only returned them back to throne room of Twilight and Mario's castle, but it also fully revived everypony. The group all gasped from the sudden wake up call. They were all feeling rather shaken up.

"We're okay, we're okay!" Spike assured everypony, thought he was still out of breath. But he was the first to recover, "No thanks to you, Discord!"

"Yeah, we go out of our way to make you feel like part of the group and you nearly destroyed us all!" Mario snapped. Charlie squeaked angrily in agreement and Eevee growled in agreement.

"You felt sorry for me?" Discord asked with his arms crossed, still trying to comprehend the truth.

"Who wouldn't?" said Spike, "Fluttershy told us you practically begged her to stay! And then at the train station, you were just standing there, all alone!"

"This can't be," Discord replied, "I'm supposed to feel sorry for you because I'm me and you're you." Spike just sighed.

"We only invited you to be nice!" said Spike, "I mean, you're kind of a...weirdo!"

"Eeyup," said Big Mac in agreement.

"That only applies to you and my older brother, Spike," said Mario, "We invited you because we care about you, despite your bad attitude and how much you love getting under our skin."

"We might have our differences, Discord," said Shenran firmly, "and we get it. We're not the coolest ponies in Equestria. But we've got one thing that the "cool ponies" don't. We're true, true friends, who look out for each other and make sure that everypony is having a good time."

"It took me awhile, but I finally figured out why you shut Twilight and I that one long weekend," said Mario in a firm but understanding tone, "you were looking for somepony to understand. Somepony to understand that you feel excluded from the fun because of the fact that you're so weird. Well tonight we were willing to show that we can overlook your weirdness and make you feel like part of a group of friends. Friends who have your back and can have fun with. Yet you didn't even want to give us a chance."

"Mario's right," said Shenran, "You didn't even get a chance to want to get to know the rest of the group better. The only thing were guilty of is trying to make you feel like you could fit in and be yourself. But friendship is a two way proposition and you didn't even want to meet us halfway and only thought about yourself!"

"You're right, the both of you," said Discord, "I ruined your night, and you don't even think I'm cool? Ugh!" Discord felt so ashamed that he put a paper bag over his face and slumped forward in his chair. The rest of the group just glared.

"How embarassing," said Discord in a muffled voice, "I should go," He then made the paper bag disappear as he got up to leave, "I have alot of other friends I need to see tonight."

"Good!" said Spike angrily.

"Right..." said Mario and Shenran, rolling their eyes. Charlie just shook his head in disapproval while Eevee just sighed to himself.

"Yes, so many other friends," said Discord sadly and then whimpers, "Farewell, Garbunkle the magician, brave Sir McBiggun, courageous Sir Pureheart, the determined Foxbeard, the noble Little Fuzzles, and the trusted Starcure. May providence smile upon thee in thy quest to rid Spiketopia of the dreaded Squizard..." Discord sighed as he walked away.

"When I said it that way, the game doesn't sound half bad," Discord admitted aloud as he teleported to the door, "Oh, well." Discord then opened the door, but still teleported away regardless. The rest of the group just gave a long sigh. Charlie and Eevee just looked rather glum.

"It's...it's better this way, right?" Spike asked the group sadly.

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed in a rather sad tone.

"Because...now he can't bother us," Spike continued, "'cause he's off somewhere by himself...all alone...with no friends."

"Yup," said Big Mac, "Kinda reminds me of when Mario fried the game board."

"Hey!" Mario retorted.

"I was referring to the fact you were by yourself while the rest of us were here trying to have fun without you," said Big Mac sternly before saying in a normal tone, "Didn't feel good leavin' you all alone like that, even if we were upset over what you did. After all, a pony can control their temper, but not their luck with the dice."

"Unless you use magic to manipulate the outcome," said Spike, but only got glares from everypony else, "R-r-right, not the point. Let's just get back to the game. You still wanna join, Foxheart?" Eevee just gave a sad nod.

"You gonna jump in with us, Starcure?" Spike asked the alicorn prince.

"No thanks," said Mario, "I had my fill of getting beat up by the Squizard's army for one night."

"Fair enough," said Spike in an unenthusiastic tone and grabbed his guide book, "We find ourselves in the dungeon of the evil Squizard. The bars are locked, and..." Spike stopped reading, "Ah, who am I kidding? We should give Discord another chance. What do you all think?" There was a brief silence before everypony smiled.

"Eeyup," said Big Mac with a firm nod.

"Uh-huh," said Shenran.

"It is what good friends do," said Mario, reflecting on how the group did the same for him after he lost his temper, "even when they act...eh-heh...unreasonable." Charlie and Eevee nodded as well.

"Captain Wuzz? Can you hear me?" Spike called out, which made Discord immediately appear.

"Oh! You realized how amazing I am and that I made you cooler just by being around me?" Discord said quickly.

"Discord..." Mario and Shenran warned as everypony else glared at him.

"Uh..." Discord stammered, realizing he needed to do damage control, "No, no, actually, that's not what I meant to say...I'm...sssssss..." Discord was struggling to say a very simple word. Mario, Shenran, Charlie, and Eevee gave him deadpanned looks and raised an eyebrow at him.

"What?" Spike asked bluntly.

"I'm ssssssssss-" Discord tried again but couldn't say the word.

"Can't hear you," said Spike unsympathetically.

"Nope," said Big Mac bluntly.

"Come on, Discord, you can say it," said Shenran as Eevee glared at the draconequus, "Nopony has ever lost their dignity saying that word."

"In fact, you're losing dignity by showing your too immature to say it," Mario added as Charlie nodded in agreement.

"I'm trying to say I'm sorry, all right?" Discord blurted out as he got into Spike's face, "I'm sorry for ruining your game, I'm sorry for trying to do things my way and ignoring what you guys wanted, and I'm sorry that I thought I was better than you!" Discord panted since he said all of that one breath and took a seat, "Now let's play before this evening gets any sappier, shall we?" Discord then put his playing piece onto the game board.

"Well technically, we usually group hug to show that everything is cool," Mario smirked, which made Discord wince.

"But, unlike you, buddy," Shenran added in a teasing tone, "We take your feelings seriously. So we'll let you get a free pass from the group hug...this time." Discord blinked and realized that two stallions are messing with him.

"I'd never thought I'd hear myself say these words," said Discord, "Shenran, Mario, you two might be cooler than I first thought." Mario and Shenran smiled. Big Mac then beamed.

"Group huddle!" Big Mac called out as everypony but Shenran gathered around his seat. Big Mac then whispered something to everypony else.

"Huh? Yeah, yeah! Okay!" said the group before they broke away and turned to face Discord, "What if we forgot the board and the pieces for a minute? I mean, the whole game coming to life was completely terrifying, but also kind of the best thing ever! So, uh, Big Mac, Shenran, Mario, Charlie, Eevee, and I were wondering...What if you toned it down just a teensy bit? Mario said he would even play if you make it a live-action RPG." Discord blinked before rubbing his hands in a devious manner.

The next day, the six girls were making their way to Twilight and Mario's castle. They were still wearing their winter gear and chatting excitedly at how much they had enjoyed their overnight stay in Yakyakistan. Twilight had just used her magic to open the front doors when they were all given the shock of their lives. The group was now participating in a live action battle sequence against the Squizard's army of skeleton minions.

"Huh?" the six girls said in complete shock.

"I've got you back Captain Wuzz!" said Spike as he fired a magic blast at a minion cut out and destroyed it.

"Wah-hah!" said Big Mac as he used his sword to slice away another. Discord, now in costume, shot an arrow at another minion. Eevee had just stomped away another minions when a gold glow appeared around him.

"Oh! Looks like Foxbeard is now a level 4 treasure hunter," said Discord.

"Voy!" said Eevee excitedly when he suddenly rushed over to particular area, dug around and pulled out some silver ore.

"Voy!" said Eevee as he handed the ore to Discord.

"Why...thank you..." said Discord in surprise.

"Eevee said you can use the ore to upgrade your bow and arrows," said Shenran, "which will raise your attack power!" Discord smiled and made his bow and arrows turn into silver and they continued fighting. Once the army had been finished, they group all panted from exhaustion. Mario then pulled out a potion, tossed it into the air, making it shower over everypony and glow pink. The group found that they weren't tired anymore.

"I restored all our hit points," said Mario and then icon with a shield and up arrow appeared above everypony, "and gave everypony a temporary defense boost." The others smiled. Then they heard some evil laughter and saw the Squizard himself not too far away.

"Garbunkle, Little Fuzzles," Discord called out with an olden accent, "Follow my lead!" Discord and Charlie both shot arrows at the same time. Garbunkle then used his magic to enchant the arrows as they ricochet off a die and the nailed the Squizard from behind. The Squizard gave a girly squeak before collapsing for the knock out.

"Bull's eye!" said Spike.

"Ha-ha!" Charlie cheered.

"Voy! Voy!" said Eevee excitedly as he hopped up and down. Then they all started to dance.

"It's guys night," said Spike, Mario, Shenran, and Discord.

"Eeyup!" said Big Mac.

"Oh, yeah!" said Spike, Mario, Shenran, and Discord.

"Eeyup!" said Big Mac.

"Having fun now!" said Spike, Mario, Shenran, and Discord.

"Eeyup!" said Big Mac.

"Oh, yeah!" said Spike, Mario, Shenran, and Discord.

"Oh, yeah!" said Big Mac as they shared a group high five. Eevee even jumped up and used his tail instead of one of his paws to do it. Fluttershy just smiled in approval. Happy to see that Discord had taken her advice. Fluttershy then gasped.

"Oh...my...CELESTIA!" Fluttershy squealed with glee, "The little fox creature is SO CUTE!" Eevee heard Fluttershy's squee and jumped off the playing field and rushed up to her.

"V-v-voy!" Eevee said happily.

"Oh, you are so adorable!" said Fluttershy as she cuddled Eevee in her fore-legs. It was then Shenran approached.

"I see you've met Eevee," said Shenran, "Discord says he come from his dimension and is looking for a home..."

"Oh, honey, can we keep him? Please, please, please, please?" Fluttershy pleaded as she hugged Eevee close and gave her husband a huge smile and twinkly eyes. Shenran laughed.

"Actually honey," said Shenran, "I was gonna ask you if we could keep him. I know we share Angel and all, but...I kind of wanted my own pet." Fluttershy giggled.

"You hear that, little guy," said Fluttershy, "You are going to live with us from now on! Welcome to the family, Eevee!"

"Ev-Voy-Voy-Voy!" Eevee cheered happily and then purred as Fluttershy rubbed his head. Then Shenran hugged Eevee as well.

"Come on, Eevee!" said Shenran, "We've still got an adventure to do!"

"Voy!" said Eevee as he and Shenran rushed back into the battlefield. Fluttershy just smiled and watched the boys as the other girls were too stunned to say anything else. Even Twilight was too shocked to even ask if she could do one of her research projects on Eevee since she had never seen anything like it before in Equestria.

"We should just close the door and let them finish...whatever this...is," said Twilight sheepishly.

"No way!" said Rainbow, "Did you see Big Mac and Shenran's swords? And that huge chunk of silver that mutant fox dug up? I totally want in!"

"Yeah!" said Pinkie in agreement, "I don't know what it is, but it looks like super duper fun!" The two mares quickly jumped into the battlefield. They were then surprised to see that they were now wearing medieval attire. Rainbow and Pinkie hugged each other excitedly before joining the rest of the boys as they were now surrounded by another legion of the Squizard's minions.

"Guys' night!" Pinkie and Rainbow cheered as they all jumped into action.

In the end, the rest of the girls just let the others have their fun. But Fluttershy was happy to see that Discord had found some other friends to spend time guys' night had also added a cute addition to her own family.

She couldn't wait to take Eevee to his new home and introduce her to Angel.

How Angel would react to Eevee...

That's another story...

And that is guy's night. I hope you all enjoyed what I added the story with the additional characters. I know alot of fans wanted to see Charlie make a return and he even did some Snoopy parodies. As I said before, I've never played Dungeons and Dragons and know little about how the game works. But I am familiar with RPG video games and MLP fan games that use RPG maker so I was able to add something I was familiar with to the story.

Kudos if you caught the Emperor's New Groove and Lilo & Stitch jokes.

And let's get this issue cleared up right now. Shenran's "Eevee" is a parody to the mutant Pokemon of the same name. But other than its physical appearance. That is all that is really similar since in Equestria it is considered a fox-like creature from Discord's dimension. It doesn't say "Eevee" when it talks, doesn't live or get stored in a poke ball, and has no combat abilities. But it does have personality from Let's Go Eevee that makes him very cute and adorable. It's dialect is very similar to a fox, which is why Shenran and Fluttershy can understand him.

Next Time: Shenran take center stage once again as his wife and Pinkie discover their skills in Buckball. Can he help them refine their skills or will two way-too-over-competitive ponies kill their momentum?

Peace Pony Fans!