"Hello, Twilight Sparkle." Discord's face changed from terrifying to amusement in a half-second flat.
Turning around, I viewed five ponies and a foot-tall green dragon – all of whom looked nothing like the cartoon versions of themselves. The reality of the realm was real, and the equine's anatomy was bony and graceful, exactly how a pony back on earth would be. The only wild part of the whole scene, was the color. Color was the key element here; and made everything monotone.
First, there was the front-most unicorn; Twilight Sparkle. Being the tallest of the five, the unicorn's body was of a darker lilac hue; making it possibly a natural color; if one was to use squinted eyes and imagination. Her mane was still fixed like her drawn counterpart, but thicker and shorter on the mane. It didn't fall over her withers like a human hairstyle would; but ran down the left side of her crest (pony-neck). Her mane and tail color were plum with two stripes of color: pink-magenta and purple, both bright enough to be unnatural. Her horn, different from mine, was smooth and etched, coming to a sharper tip. That sat between her ears, which at the moment, were faced forward in concentration.
Behind her, was another unicorn who was carrying a rock the size of her pony torso. I was stunned and felt my mouth drop open – something I didn't expect a pony body to do. She and her messed-up mane were both a dark grey-purple, like the color had been stolen. This unicorn had to be Rarity.
"Oh great, MORE ponies who want my Tom." The rock-toting crazy pony flipped her hair at me. "Well, you're not getting him, he's all mine!"
"Oookay, Miss Unicorn Fashion Flop, you are crazy." I told her, backing up from her intimidating glare.
Next to Rarity was a cruel-eyed grey-yellow pony with medium sized rounded wings. Her grey-yellow mane was more flowing and gently curved upward at the end, along her wither.
"What are you looking at, stupid." Fluttershy sneered at me.
Behind Fluttershy was a fourth pony, Applejack. The apple-bucking pony's once strawberry orange fur was matted and grey. Her green eyes darted back and forth from pony to pony. She wore a cowboy hat, tan in color.
"It's not nice to see you, there, ugly pony." Applejack lied through her teeth. "I hate you."
Lastly, the pony running about the glade and laughing sporadically had to be Pinkie-Pie. Her pony body was plan grey and her once-curly mane was straight and grey-pink. She ran up to me and laughed in my face, sticking her tongue out as she clomped her hooves on the ground; making herself bounce up and down.
"Who's laughing now, foal. Applejack hates you; so I will too! No parties for you; loser." Pinkamena stated. I knew who these ponies were, but seeing them as earth-ponies and freakishly distorted in their personalities threw me for a loop.
"Ah, delicious discord!" the monstrosity shuddered in ecstasy as my mind whirled with confusion. I knew he was feeding on my confusion and the randomness in the glade. "She is really something, isn't she, Twilight Sparkle."
Twilight Sparkle finally looked at me and blinked.
"Hello, sorry but we're here to take care of a problem." Her voice was even and feminine. "If you would please step aside so you don't get hurt, we'll take care of Discord and seal him up."
"What if she doesn't want to, Twilight Sparkle?" Discord laughed. Twilight Sparkle shook her head.
"I know she'd want to because you are so mean."
I didn't quite follow Twilight's logic there, but sighed and attempted to move out of way; possibly in an area BEHIND the mighty and powerful Twilight Sparkle.
"HA! You are such a stupid-head, you don't even have a Cutie-mark." Pinkamena had trotted around the glade once and returned to me. "What a freak, hahahahahaha!"
Ok, THAT remark really did hurt. I felt like a submissive dog and flattened my ears against my skull.
"Pinkie Pie, shut up, you need to shut up!" Fluttershy hissed and turned up her nose at me. "You shouldn't talk to blank flanks."
"Uh, ok, everypony get ready to use the Elements of Harmony!" Twilight Sparkle didn't quite know what to do about her out-of-control friends.
"But Twilight, we don't have Rainbow Dash here to use the sixth element." The green and purple dragon with small spikes running down his back finally spoke up. His voice was youthful and gravely – like his words rasped on a pebbly tongue. It was fascinating; I wanted to go over, examine him and compare the differences of his cartoon self. He saw me watching him and flinched, suddenly acting like a shy child.
"Taken care of, Spike. Here, new pony, catch." Twilight turned to me again.
I gasped as a gold-plated necklace flew through the air. I panicked and reared on my hide legs, nearly standing straight up. I didn't have thumbs or fingers anymore but hooves. I ended up using my horn's magic to catch the thing an inch off the ground.
"Did you see that!" Pinkamena crowed. "She's a total clutz! It's like she doesn't know how to be a unicorn!"
"Here's yours, Pinkie-Pie." Twilight shoved a similar gold-plated necklace at the laughing pony. She performed similar actions with the rest of the ponies – Rarity grabbed hers with greedy lust, Applejack wiggled under the pressure, Fluttershy took hers with a flip of her nose and Pinkie Pie just laughter harshly at the lilac unicorn.
By this time – not having any clue outside putting on the necklace Twilight threw at me - I managed to get the red lightning-bolt gemmed thing around my neck. I wondered about what would happen next.
"ELEMENTS OF HARMONY, ACTIVATE!" Twilight Sparkle cried and the gold-plated crown on her forehead lit up; lifting the pony up into the air.
The red-lightning bolt on my chest lit up too, emitting red light and lifting me into the air. I neighed in surprise as my hooves left the firmness of the ground. My horn felt tingly, like there were ants frantically crawling within it. The feeling moved from my horn, down my neck and to my chest, settling behind the area of skin the red bolt covered. The feeling then burst out into the air; a faded-red beam of visible light. It sped forward to join with the purple laser coming from Twilight's star-gem. The other ponies' jeweled crest emitted white light; causing them to levitate also. The six beams of light punched into the air and flew upward.
"Hit me with your best shot, Twilight Sparkle!" Before us, Discord had a bull's-eye target on his chest and slouched in his wooden throne, looking extremely bored. He looked up as the six ribbons of light arrowed down, straight at him. Was it just me, or was the look of terror on his face completely…fake.