Pinkie, Midnight decided upon meeting the excitable and random pink Pony, was far too much like the Twins for him to ignore. It may have had something to do with the fact she pranked him a few minutes into the party she threw for no reason other than to welcome him to Ponyville once she learned of his presence from Twilight.

He would later prank her for inflicting the most random Pony to ever exist on him by putting a whoopie cushion on her chair and hiding it under a disillusionment spell. The look of embarrassed shock made up for the near five hours of Pinkie's attention on him.

He liked cupcakes. He wasn't that enthusiastic about them like Pinkie was.

At least he was able to meet Applejack at the party, who agreed to let him help out at the farm in exchange for a place to sleep at night and almost all the apples he could eat.

He had a knack for catching the apples she bucked. They even had a race later in the week to see who would win. Applejack or Midnight. She had to buck most of the trees and he had to catch them without relying on his wings.

Much to the shock of the country pony, Midnight won.

(This would later result in him being challenged by Rainbow Dash and just barely winning, along with an excuse to strengthen his wing muscles by racing her repeatedly while there.)

Everything seemed fine...right up until the point when he ran into Princess Celestia who was visiting Twilight.

Celestia took one look at the friendly Midnight and her eyes narrowed slightly. She recognized that he wasn't from Equestria by the cloak he rarely took off. (He quit wearing the trainers when the soles became ratty.)

She knew that there were no objects that radiated Death magic in her world, which meant a Dimension Jumper, again.

Fortunately they were both willing to wait an hour before she confronted him.

"Alright, what's a Dimension Jumper doing in Equestria?" she demanded.

"Woah, Luna wasn't kidding when she said you hated people who come here from outside," said Midnight.

Celestia made a note to have a long talk with her sister later when a massive white owl hooted loudly and landed on Midnight's back.

"Look, I'm not here to cause trouble, far from it. I was given a choice of either being thrown unwillingly into another world or picking one, and I picked the one with the highest ambient magic. It wasn't expecting to be turned into a Pegasus or learn that most creatures can talk," said Midnight bluntly.

"What are your plans for Equestria?" she asked. Clearly this colt wasn't nearly as irritating as Discord.

"Vacation. I've been wandering around for months now and I haven't caused any problems for anyone aside from the occasional prank."

Celestia decided to go for the lesser of two evils.

"Would you be willing to stay in Ponyville for a year? You could call it a trial of sorts so I know I can trust you."

"Sure."

"If you do go anywhere I want Twilight or one of her friends with you," said Celestia.

"Not a problem."

"And if I find out you're causing trouble I will kick you out of Equestria," said Celestia. This colt didn't seem like he would be as much trouble to kick out as Discord had been. Sealing really was the only method they had at the time to deal with him!

"For the last time, I don't go looking for trouble, it finds me!" said Midnight irate.

Unlike Luna, Celestia wasn't the least bit amused by that information. She half-considered making him stay twice as long because of it.

Midnight sighed when she finally left. He had the horrid suspicion that it was going to be a long year.

"S'up Spike?" said Midnight. He was there to return a book.

Since he was going to be stuck in Ponyville for a year (Luna had shown up shortly after Celestia had that talk with him and the two talked about stars for hours) he had opted to getting his own place. As much as he liked working at Sweet Apple Acres, he really couldn't stand the fact Big Macintosh snored, rather loudly at that, every night.

No way was he sleeping in the same room as one of the girls. He was a guy, it wouldn't be proper!

Fortunately it seemed Rainbow lived in an apartment style cloud home, so he was able to rent the place below hers. She had no problem with it, so long as he didn't keep her up at night and raced her occasionally. The fact he even cooked her breakfast almost every morning also helped.

(She came in to his home one morning when she smelled cooked eggs and a fresh salad. After that he just left either the window or door open for her to wander in once she finally woke up.)

Luckily for all those involved, Rainbow got along great with Hedwig, if only because they both got to laugh at Midnight's occasional bad luck.

Like the time he got a wing snagged in the gorge while seeing how badly his flying skills had deteriorated...luckily Rainbow had decided to fly there that day and had helped him untangle the wing...he was still banned from flying for three days.

Rainbow actually complained that he had hurt his wing, because it meant he was stuck in his apartment for three days and she had volunteered to get some books from Twilight for him...which meant more time in the library.

Rainbow wasn't much of a reader.

Midnight was a regular around Ponyville, doing the odd job around town. Because he was what many called a 'blank flank' he had trouble settling down.

He honestly had no idea that those markings on the Pony's flanks were so important. Then again his cloak tended to cover his flank, so that's why no one had commented on it sooner.

He seemed to get along with the Mane Six the best. Though it had been touch and go with Twilight when she learned he was a 'Jumper', which apparently carried some unpleasant stigma courtesy of the last one to come here.

Something about the embodiment of Chaos nearly rearranging the place before being sealed into a statue.

He thought it better not to ask.

Fortunately their love of books and magic fixed any distance between them, and Twilight became his magic teacher when she learned he had been channeling his magic through his wings this whole time.

She was especially interested in his invisibility cloak, which he lent her once he got a replacement from Rarity. After all this time having it hang off his wings, it felt odd not having one on.

Midnight got to enjoy the chaos that happened around Twilight and her friends, mostly because while he occasionally helped out he wasn't obligated to do a thing.

That all changed when for some reason, the clouds around Ponyville turned cotton candy pink and started to rain chocolate milk.

He learned that from Rainbow Dash, who had gotten caught up in one and had it rain on her. He was still laughing about that, even after she washed the sticky mess off.

"So anyone else notice the crazy weather lately?" asked Midnight, flying upside down.

Now that he didn't have to hide from Celestia, he had been able to fly much longer. His wings were strong enough to carry him around for hours now. Plus Rainbow had helped him get a hold of some special medicine when he overused them, cutting recovery down in half.

Twilight had just gotten the candy clouds under control and kept the animals from eating Apple Jack's farm up when Spike shot out a scroll from the princess.

"She wants us to come to Canterlot! All of us," said Twilight.

"Wait, by all do you mean...?" said Midnight, hovering upright.

"She wants you there too," Twilight confirmed.

There was only one reason Celestia would want him there as well. The other Jumper must have broken free.

Midnight stayed in the library with one of the guards watching while Twilight tried to find the Elements of Harmony. She apparently believed them to be in the Royal Maze, which sounded ridiculous to Midnight.

He was about to get another book by Starswirl when he noticed he wasn't alone.

"Discord, right?" he said calmly.

After dealing with the twins for years, a little thing like Chaos wasn't going to bother him,

"My my, Celestia sure has you under a tight leash doesn't she," said Discord bored. He was a little disappointed by the fact this pegasus looked at him like he was...shudder...normal.

"Not like I care. Apparently you've given Dimension Jumpers a bad name around here. As long as I keep to her rules, she leaves me alone. Besides, Princess Luna is far more fun than that stuffy Celestia."

Discord laughed heartily at that. Thanks to a minor charm to keep it quiet, none of the guards outside could hear them or knew he was there.

"You're quite the interesting one."

"And you remind me far too much of a pair of identical twins who love pranks," said Midnight flatly.

"Oh-ho! Might I have the names of these purveyors of Chaos?"

"Fred and George Weasley, or Gred and Forge. Red heads, identical to the last strand of hair, and are called the Terror Twins because they prank people a lot. I guarantee you that if they saw your work, they would beg you to teach them how to create more harmless chaos," said Midnight unconcerned.

"There is no such thing as a little harmless chaos," said Discord.

"Your brand of chaos is harmless. You may make things a bit weird, but you aren't actually hurting anyone with it. The other kind is where everyone is in a panic and getting hurt, and if you were that type then I would get involved. As it stands, Twilight can handle this. She needs to loosen up anyway," said Midnight.

Discord made a grimace. He never liked the other kind of chaos, mostly because the 'victims' tended to band together and try to kill him. Chaos for the sake of amusement, not pain, was much less of a headache.

"You know you could always go to my world and cause all the chaos you want. Not like I'll care. Besides, I know three people who might *benefit* from it," said Midnight mischievously.

"Do tell," said Discord eagerly. Something about the tone in the Pony's voice caught his interest.

As Midnight spoke of his aunt and uncle, Discord cackled along with him about the thought of chaos in Privet drive. Discord promised to pay the Dursley family a visit, once he was done playing here.

While his physical body would probably be trapped again, his spirit and mind could leave anytime it wanted. All he would have to do was follow the magical signature of the spell that sent Midnight here and he could all the fun he wanted without worrying about those blasted Elements of Harmony!

"Have fun, Discord, and do share the memories of my relatives when they realize I was the one to send you their way," said Midnight cheerfully, waving the other Jumper off with a hoof.

Discord cackled with amusement, making a note to chat with the boy at a later date, since he could apparently see spirits unlike the rest.

Only Luna had that ability for some reason, though she ignored him since she figured out he couldn't interact with the physical world years ago.

Midnight was stuck in Canterlot as the girls went home, (except Rainbow who appeared to be missing) all looking distinctly grayer except Twilight, who was muttering angrily.

Since he was going to be stuck there until Discord was gone, Midnignt decided to visit Luna instead of dealing with Celestia. Apparently this mollified Celestia who ignored him as soon as he was with Luna.

"Yo," said Midnight.

"Hello Midnight. My sister annoyed you enough yet?" giggled Luna. For some reason Midnight made her feel like a little filly again.

"Honestly, I don't see why she's so suspicious of me! I mean the most trouble I've caused was talking to Discord and convincing him to go bother my home world," complained Midnight.

"You talked to Discord? How did the guards not see that?"

"He was in spirit form. He seemed surprised that I wasn't reacting to his appearance and could see him."

"So why did you inflict Discord on your world?"

"The ones in it annoyed me enough, and I knew he would love the twins," said Midnight with a straight face.

Three hours later, Midnight was allowed to go home as Discord had been resealed. Or so Celestia believed. She didn't know Discord left a copy that would alert him when the spell would break again and had gone to Midnight's home world to cause mischief.

Fred and George were under a great deal of shock when the Draconequus appeared in their room. Initially when he showed up, they had their wands pointed at him ready to hex him.

That all went out the window when Discord said the magical words "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good!"

The amount of mischief in his tone was all that was needed for them to hear him out. Learning Harry had sent him their way to cause chaos and generally give everyone headaches was all they had to hear for them to help.

The amount of evil cackling between the three was only surpassed by the evil laughter of Sirius, when they brought him in on the fun.

It was going to be a long ten months for the Order...

"Happy Halloween, I mean Nightmare Night Luna!" said Midnight. This was probably the first time he got to enjoy this holiday.

Probably because according to his calender, it wasn't technically October 31rst yet.

"What is this...Halloween?" asked Luna.

"It's a holiday back home where the barrier between the living and the dead is so thin that ghosts can come see their loved ones. It's also called Samhain or All Hallow's Eve, but most call it Halloween. It's considered a good day to cast spells, because certain magics are amplified."

"So how is it similar to Nightmare Night?" asked Twilight, who overheard part of the conversation.

"Kids wear costumes and go out for free candy. In fact the only real difference I see between Halloween and Nightmare Night is that instead of ghosts and ghouls forgoing tricks in favor of treats, it's Nightmare Moon they warn the kids about," said Midnight.

Luna looked sour about that reminder. It wasn't her fault that the darker half of her powers went out of control! Midnight patted her on the shoulder.

"Relax Luna. Even if Nightmare Moon did come after me, I wouldn't be that freaked out. After all, she is part of you, and if I'm not scared of you, then I'm not scared of you. Besides, I've faced down scarier things than a Pony who can create nightmares..." grinned Midnight.

Luna relaxed. With how tense everyone was acting around her, she didn't know how to get through to them.

"Besides, we can use Nightmare next year for a good laugh."

"How so?" asked Luna.

"Ever heard of a haunted house?" grinned Midnight evilly.

As he began to describe what it was, Luna had the strangest grin on her face... Finally, a use for her nightmares that wouldn't hurt anypony!