The Discord Accord

Chapter 4

Celestia woke in her bed, somewhat in peace. The memories of she and her beloved on such adventures, getting in trouble, upsetting the kingdom and father and mother.

Father was especially angry when the princess suddenly appeared in the throne room, screaming at him. When he processed Celestia's words, he flew to Cloudsdale to find Discord in the infirmary. After yelling at him for seemingly an hour, he gave Discord the honor of aiding in the repairs and working off the damages. It took forever, but eventually Discord was once again free to roam Equestria with Celestia and father, with hesitation that frightened Celestia and mother's kind and forgiving words, forgave Discord and loved him once more. He'd never said he didn't love Discord, he did, but Discord was convinced that father planned on disowning him.

Princess Celestia sat up in bed, stretching. Tears from remembering her childhood filled her eyes, tears mostly of joy.

A long session of pampering in her bathroom as well as shower later, Celestia trotted down the stairs of the palace to Luna's room. The older alicorn had made it her responsibility to make sure her sister was in bed before sunrise. Having risen the sun, Celestia knew it was after Luna's bed time.

This won't be like the last four nights. If she isn't in bed, she thought. I'll send her to the moon.

Upon opening the dark-blue wooden door to the cold room of the princess of the night, Celestia spotted a pony-shaped lump in the covers. The pillow was, appearantly, covering a lumpy head. Celestia smiled. She had been staying out late; going to 'friends' houses and 'talking' with ponies. However, the undeniable smell on her every morning was enough to have Celestia suspicious that her little sister was 'participating'. The thought scared Celestia; if word got out that the night princess was ingesting illegial substances, the media would attack the castle and the police would, no doubt, fine the alicorns. Princess or not, the law was the law. There was no escaping justice. So, Celestia decided she would question her sister... later.

Heading back down the steps of the palace, the princess gave joyfull 'good morning's to each servant. Once in the throne room, Celestia crashed into an oncoming guard with an 'oomf'. Both she and the guard fell to the ground. When he realized who he had bumped into in the middle of his "Watch where you're going", the guard stood stiff and saluted.

"My Princess! My apologies!"

Princess Celestia lifted herself from the shiny floor, dusting off any dirt with a flap of her powerful wings. "That is all right, good sir. What's the hurry?"

The guard hung his head. It was his duty to report any disturbance, but this news was very frightening. Telling the princess what had happened would be difficult... to say the least.

"It's Discord, princess. His statue is in pieces once more. He has escaped."

Celestia's eyes grew wide. She gasped. "No... that's impossible. He can't... he can't escape! The spell should hold..."

"We saw the broken statue, ma'am. He has been released." The guard backed up in fear that the sun goddess might incinerate him in fury.

The blast of fire never came. Celestia wasn't angry, but shocked, fearful, worried, and confused. She trotted to her throne. Sitting down, she set a hoof under her chin in thought.

"What can I do..." She muttered. She honestly didn't know how she would stop him this time...

Then, a rush of green fire and smoke trailed from the window. In front of her, amidst the smoke, flashed a scroll. Celestia tore the scroll open.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Today, or rather, tonight, I learned that you can rely on your friends. When I believed that I couldn't trust anypony, not even my friends, with a secret of mine, It drove me crazy. I worried that my friends wouldn't like me anymore if they found out my secret, so I kept it hidden. I now know that friends are there to help you and will love you no matter what.

Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle

That's it!

The Elements! Twilight and her friends! If they trapped Discord once, they can do it again.

When Celestia came up with this idea, she felt a thought tugging at her mind. What if she wanted Discord free?

No, she thought. Discord is evil and must be stopped.

Celestia tried to convince herself with this, but couldn't rid herself of her feelings. When she heard the guard she had bumped into ask what she wanted to de, she said; "No action is to be taken until we know where Discord is. I will inform my student of this, but no pony must know of this. Understand?"

The guard gulped. "Yes princess."

/XXXXXXX/

"I hope you like strawberry muffins!"

Upon hearing the high-pitched voice call from the kitchen, Discord cringed. He would need to get used to the party pony's cheery voice. Though, there were benefits to living under her bed for the time being; freedom, somewhat.

When Celestia had stopped to speak with the guard last night, Discord stopped talking. He had felt the conversation was over, anyway. When she left to bed, Discord had a feeling of strength within him. His heart beat, his blood flowed, and his power surged through him. When Celestia was asleep, Discord commanded his claw to open, and it obayed. The stone cracked and fell, his talon exposed to the chilly night. It was freezing, but Discord hardly felt it. He was overflowed with joy, and freed himself from the stone, moving around to shake the pieces off. Once his entire body was engulfed in starlight, he set off, shooting through the air. He knew where to go, who would give him refuge.

Discord had arrived at Sugercube Corner, Ponyville. A knock on the second floor bedroom window, a scared senseless pink pony and a tray of cupcakes and hot chocolate later, and Discord was safe with his favorite pony in Ponyville; Pinkie Pie.

Pinkie hopped into the room with a tray of muffins in mouth. She set them in front of the laying draconaquus. "You do like muffins, right?"

"Of course, Pinkie," Discord smiled sweetly at her. "Anything you make is a treat."

Pinkie Pie giggled. "Oh, Dizzy, you're such a flirt. I'm gonna go look after the register, now, mmmkay? Don't go anywhere."

Discord cocked an eyebrow. "Flirt?" He questioned, but the pony had already skipped downstairs.

Sometimes, He thought. That mare worries me.

Alone in a pink-infested room of pure joy, Discord couldn't help but feel nauseous. Of course, temporarily living with Pinkie Pie in hiding was far better than being in stone. The underside of the bed was comfortable enough, despite the ocassional flea landing in his fur.

But what haunted his thoughts were the princess. What would she do once they discover his disappearance? The snooty alicorn would most likely have a warrent for his arrest sent throughout Equestria. It was either that or she would tell the bearers of the Elements of Harmony to encase him in stone once more.

Trying to dismiss such dreary and drawl emotions of fear and worry, Discord slid out from under the bed and lay on the mattress. No one was going to come upstairs anyway, and Mr. and Mrs. Cake were on vacation for a month in the Ibex Empire, so the only ponies that would even go to Sugercube Corner were customers, and they never went upstairs.

Deeming it safe, Discord summoned a glass of orange juice with a silly straw. Lifting a muffin with magic, he bit into the soft bread. Inside were, from the taste and textures, were strawberries.

Guess I shouldn't question Pinkie's random inventions again.

As soon as the orange juice finally reached his tongue, Discord could taste cherry coke. Pinkie may have made some wild pasteries, but Discord was known for his chaotic creations.

When he was preparing for another slurp of cherry-flavored orange juice, Discord heard loud pounding up the stairs. With haster, the cup and straw were 'poof'ed away. He and the muffins disappeared under the bed once more.

The door opened. The hoofsteps ended in front of Discord. When a pink face flew down to greet him, Discord relaxed. It was only her.

"Hiya, Dizzy! I just came up here to... um..." Her face scrunched up in confusion. She smiled. "I forgot!" With a giggle, she was gone once again.

Discord slithered onto the bed again. This time, he didn't have time to return his orange juice when Pinkie shot through the door.

"I remember!"

"Yes, Pinkie?" Discord muttered, barely containing his irritation.

"Hi!" Pinkie smiled ear-to-ear in joy that she had remembered.

Discord couldn't help but automaticaly squash any negetivity and chuckled. "You are so random, Pinkie Pie."

"Thanks!" She exclaimed, turning and hopping back to the register.

Discord sighed. This will be a long day.

Hours passed. Discord had done nothing productive the entire time. Being the god of chaos and, for the most part, sitting still that long was rather unhealthy. His energy flowed, but wasn't used, and boiled in his belly to run, fly, turn the entire landscape of Equestria upside down, something!

At dinner time, Pinke Pie slowly trotted into the room. Discord lay on the ceiling, defying gravity, playing cards with a teddy bear.

"Your move." He said, completely absorbed in his game. The teddy put a paw to its chin. Then, it grabbed an ace of hearts and placed it in front of it.

Discord raged. He swept his lion arm over the cards, causing them to fly all over the room. He pointed an accusing claw at the teddy bear. "You cheating little..." His eyes caught sight of Pinkie Pie. He chuckled nervously and snapped his talon, restoring gravity and the teddy was no longer alive. Floating onto the bed, he grinned.

"I grew bored."

Pinkie Pie giggled. "That's ok. I think that teddy is evil, too. I don't like it." She put a hoof to the side of her muzzle and whispered; "I think it's here for my balloons."

Discord chuckled. "Let's hope it doesn't take them."

Pinkie waved Discord over to the door. "Come on, I wanna take you somewhere."

"And, where would that be?"

"You'll see. Trust me, it'll be fun!" Pinkie trotted out the door and outside.

Discord sighed. "I suppose I've nothing better to do."

Once both were outside, Discord followed the pink pony through the streets of Ponyville, past the Carousel Boutique, Town Hall and eventually, came to a stop at the front door of the Ponyville Library. Pinkie knocked quietly.

"Spike!" She called in a hushed voice. "Spiiiiiiiike!"

Discord panicked. What was this pony doing? Was she trying to get him caught?

After a few moments, the small purple green-finned dragon opened the door. He wasn't frightened of Discord, but rather grew an excited smile.

"Hey, Pinkie. Sup Discord." She turned to Pinkie Pie. "So, we gonna do this? For real?"

Pinkie Pie nodded vigurously. "Yup yup! Is everyone here?"

Everyone?

Spike gave a thumbs up. "Yup, everyone. Even Luna came. She snuck out of the night shift and flew here as fast as she could."

LUNA?

Discord gulped. "P... Pinkie. What are we doing and... why is Luna here?" He whispered. "She'll kill me!"

Spike scoffed. "Her? Nah, she knows you're here, man. She promised not to tell the princess."

Discord couldn't believe this. "What are we doing that is so important that Luna is keeping secrets?"

Spike and Pinkie chuckled simultaniously. It was then that Discord noticed the small white cylander in Spike's left claw. Smoke eminated from the tip and traveled to Discord's nostrils. Spike raised the stick to his mouth and inhaled deeply, took a breath, and blew smoke into Discord's face. The stench was unmistakably familiar.

"That," The dragon, who's eyes were slightly reddened. "Is what we're doing, bro."

The flabberghasted draconaquus followed the giggling pony and smirking dragon inside without another word. What Discord found in the library's main room really caught him off guard.

On the couch, Princess Luna held a long glass tube with smoke rising to the top as she inhaled the burning green in the contraption. She pulled another smaller tube from the bottem and sharply inhaled, followed by a series of breaths of oxygen and several seconds before she let out a colossal plume of smoke.

Sitting on a wooden chair to the right of the couch was the Element of Magic herself; Twilight Sparkle. In her hoof was another cylander protruding smoke. Like Luna, she was too preoccupied with her substance to notice Discord and the others.

The last member was the most shocking of the group; the Element of Kindness. The butter-colored pony was seated on the floor to the right of the couch, taking hold of the glass tube Luna had used. Her face showed that she was eager to participate, as she seemed completely sober.

Spike the dragon walked over to the couch and sat beside the princess. Pinkie Pie motioned for Discord to sit with her on the floor by Fluttershy, who was already sucking away at the smoky tube.

After what felt like forever, Luna looked over to Discord and grinned. "Hey Dizz."

Discord smiled sheepishly. "Hello, Lulu." Might as well be friendly while she isn't trying to kill him.

Luna giggled. "I always hated that name!" She put her head back. "But I kinda like it..."

Twilight looked at her, joint in mouth. "How can you... do that?"

"Do what?"

"Like something... but not like something..." Twilight laughed at the possibilities.

The princess smiled. "Magic." And waved her hooves in a rainbow arc to emphasize that the only way to explain... was the magic.

Twilight nodded, seemingly starting to understand. "Oh... That makes... sense."

"No you don't." Spike said.

"Huh?"

"I dunno." Spike laughed, then took another hit.

Discord only watched in silence at their stupidity. He couldn't understand how the logical Twilight Sparkle and the princess of the night could act so childishly, even under the influence.

When Pinkie had finished with her turn at the substance, she handed it to Discord, along with a lighter. "You know how to, right?" She asked.

"Uh... I suppose not."

Pinkie giggled and took his claw, placing it on the top of the tube to hold. Then, she put the lighter to the bundle of ash and green. "You put your mouth to the top and inhale. Then, when you've gotten enough, you pull this thingy out and suck HARD. Okie dokie?" She said, gesturing to the smaller tube inside the contraption.

Discord gave a weak nod. He hadn't planned on getting... what was the term for being under the influence? Or was that the term? No, he'd heard foals in the gardens talking about 'getting stoned after school'. He should use that word for now; stoned. Though, he didn't understand how using drugs was going to turn you to stone, as he knew what being really stoned was like... for a thousand years.

Placing his mouth to the hole, making sure not to hit his snaggle tooth on the glass, he breathed in the burning substance. He continued until he could go no further, and pulled the small tube out and sucked up the thick smoke. He tried to breath in oxygen, but only coughed and hacked the smoke out. When his fit was over with, he recovered and noticed everypony in the room was watching him. He smiled sheepishly, embarassed at having failed performing such a simple task.

Spike chuckled. "Wow, you were a pro 'till that."

"Yeah," Fluttershy spoke up. "You did great."

"And failed... horrifically." Twilight snickered. The rest laughed, as did Discord. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad...

/XXXXXXXXX/

""That... was... incredible."

Discord and Pinkie Pie walked/sagged back to Sugercube Corner. They'd stayed about two hours at the library, and according to Spike, they were, indeed, 'stoned'. After explaining in slurred words that their dealer (a certain zebra who lived outside of Ponyville, who's name I will not mention to preserve her reputation.) had given them a magnificant deal on their 'bud', Twilight allowed them to smoke as much as their hearts desired from the massive bag of substance.

Pinkie giggled/snorted. "I... know! I'm... hungry."

"Me too. Why don't we make some cupcakes when we get home?"

Pinkie lit up. "Yes! You can help me! I can... teach you how to make them!"

Discord laughed. "Sure, Pinkie Inkie My Pie."

Once they arrived at the gingerbread-decorated building, Pinkie rushed to kitchen to prepare the oven and baking supplies. Discord would've been amazed at how fast she'd had the mix in, but was too out of it to really think. Instead, he tried to find something to lay on. Finding nothing comfortable, he snapped his claw to make a cloud, but came up with a lamp. After several tries, he settled for a couch.

After a few minutes, the party pony hopped into the room. She set a tray of over-frosted cupcakes on Discord's chest. He took one in his paw and took a bite, but set it back down. He was too tired to eat. Sleep was his only option at this point...

A/N- Hope I didn't disturb anypony with the weedscene. I've always thought it would be a great idea and after watching Green and , I couldn't help but pose Spike as a stoner. If you're offended, I'm sorry. Leave a review to tell me if you are! Thanks, ya'll!