Chapter 13

Disk was stunned. What was Twilight Sparkle doing here? Heck when did she even get involved in all of this? Why did she look so angry? Did Celestia know she was here? If Twilight is here, does that mean the others are here? Is Fluttershy with them?

A thousand thoughts went through his mind. Disk thought about running away from her. After all she was the one who put the spell on him right? It isn't too farfetched to assume she has more spells up her sleeve. Well, hoof, but still. She wasn't exactly his friend. Then again nobody was.

Disk stood up slowly, making Twilight back away a bit, and looked towards the direction Celestia went. If Twilight put the spell on him then she can probably take it off too. But, he'd feel more comfortable if Celestia was the one to take it off. Besides, she was waiting for him.

"Um… Bye?" Disk went as he began walking the same direction Celestia went.

"Now Rainbow!" Twilight suddenly yelled. Disk turned back to her.

"What Rainbo-?"

Before he could continue his thoughts, he felt a sharp push to his back. He couldn't keep his balance as he was soon push hard towards the ground.

"Gotcha!" Another familiar voice declared. Right, Rainbow Dash.

"Ow!" Discord cried out and attempted to rub his back. Unfortunately for Disk, Rainbow had him pinned to the ground and (somehow) managed to pin his hand behind his back at the same time. Why was this pegasus so strong?

"Hold 'em down Rainbow!" A southern voice said followed by the sound of what might've been a lasso.

"Applejack?" Disk called out as he looked up. Surely enough there was Applejack holding a rope and swinging it like she was going to tie him up.

"Oh great, trapped again" Disk thought out loud

"No need to tie him up, just hold him steady Rainbow" Twilight said. Disk could see a light glow from her horn.

"oh no oh no! Not the spell!" Disk thought as he began struggling franticly in an attempt to get free from Rainbow's hold. He thought he was ready for the spell, but he wasn't. He didn't want to go back. He was scared.

Rainbow was clearly having trouble holding him down. Although the draconequus wasn't the strongest, his long body made it nearly impossible to keep him down. Eventually Disk's tail managed to whip the pegasus off him.

"Ow!" Rainbow went as Disk quickly got to his feet. He almost instinctively snapped his hands in an effort to escape, but he didn't. When he got back up, Twilight already had her spell charged and was taking aim. He quickly got ready to dodge. No point in running since unicorns usually had good aim.

"No wait. I'll just run towards Celestia. She will help. I hope." Disk thought. He didn't know which direction she went since they knocked him down and he lost where exactly he was facing. But so long as he ran in a circle pattern, he might run into her. It was a bad idea, but it was better than nothing.

Disk turned around and ran about 2 paces before he immediately froze. The yellow pegasus he almost ran into also froze along with him.

"Discord?" Fluttershy went.

"Fluttershy?" Disk replied.

"Discord… I- No wait Twilight!" Fluttershy suddenly exclaimed.

Disk then remembered why he ran. He knew it was too late to react but turned around anyway to see a bright purple light heading straight for him. All Disk could do is cover his face in fear and hope it wouldn't hurt.

"Alright. This was funny before, but now it's just sad." Screwball harshly said as she looked up the tree that Cord was desperately trying to hide in. Luna had the same annoyed expression on her face.

This had been going on for a while. They would corner Cord, he would hide somewhere, they would find him, and he'd high-tail it out of there before they could grab him. Of course Luna could use her magic to force him out, but that would take a lot of energy considering he was very tall and would be struggling.

Besides, the plan wasn't to capture him.

"Cord. Surrender yourself immediately or face our wrath!" Luna declared in her 'royal Canterlot voice' to much of Screwball's dismay. Screwball had to cover her ears to make sure she didn't lose any hearing.

"Do you have to yell it so loudly?" Screwball annoyingly asked.

"Yes. It intimidates our foe." Luna then said.

"Oh yeah. I'm completely intimidated." Cord harshly as he poked his head out of his tree. Immediately he tucked himself back in when Luna shot a powerful blast towards him, but he narrowly dodged it. He knew Luna wouldn't risk burning down the forest.

"Cutting real close Luna. Don't want to kill him right?" Screwball asked. Luna blushed a bit.

"We apologize. We tend to get carried away." Luna admitted with a sheepish smile. Screwball focused her attention on Cord again.

"Seriously though. Can you just surrender? You go nowhere to run anyways." Screwball asked. Cord didn't peek back out again. At this point Screwball just sighed and summoned some cotton candy.

"I guess I'll just need to finish this super-delicious cotton candy by myself" Screwball said loudly as she began waving it around. Luna looked a bit annoyed.

"We do not think that Cord will be fooled so easily" Luna said. Screwball shushed her and waved her down to whisper something.

"I've creat- I mean 'owned' plenty of animals. Some of them are easily persuaded by food." Screwball whispered and she held the cotton candy up and waved it around again.

"C'mon! You know you want it!" Screwball called out to the tree. Luna, although still unsure, eventually decided to play along.

"Yes. This, 'cotton candy', is a delicacy you do not wish to miss." Luna added. Cord finally poked his head out.

"As one annoying pony once told me: 'This was funny before, but now it's just sad'" Cord joked and slithered his way to the next trees, then the next tree, then the next.

"Hey come back!" Screwball called out as she and Luna gave chase. Screwball held up the cotton candy as if it was a torch.

"Just a little longer and I'll be ready" Cord thought as he continued to move from tree to tree.

"All I need to do is just avoid them for a little longer. Then I'll have enough magic to trap them. Better yet stone them. So long as I can keep av-" was all Cord could think before he slithered into… nothing.

Before Cord realized he was at the edge of the forest, he was already plummeting face first back to the ground.

"Hazah! We have you now! Prepare to-" Luna declared from a distance but was quickly drowned out by the sound of laughing. Cord REALLY hated that pony.

Cord got up grumpily. He heard their hoofsteps nearby and immediately reached up to climb a tree. Unfortunately for him he was too stunned from the fall and lost his balanced almost immediately, sending him once again down with a loud thud.

Screwball made it just in time to see him fall again before she began laughing even louder. She began kneeling down from all the laughing.

"Oh chaos! Please stop! I need to breathe!" Screwball laughed. Luna and Cord both rolled their eyes. Although Cord stopped mid eye-roll because he just now caught sight of something.

Is that Ponyville? Were they leading him straight to Ponyville? No. They wouldn't dare. Would they? Why would they risk harming civilians when he could easily- No wait. He can't use his magic.

Was that their plan? Were they leading him there so they can get the citizens to trap him? Did they have guards stationed there? Why? Celestia wouldn't risk her citizens unless she was absolutely sure she could capture him without hurting any of them. What was their plan?

But one thing is for sure. He knew there was a trap in Ponyville. So he had to avoid it at all costs. But the only other way through was being blocked by Luna and Screwball. He was cornered.

"Ugh what do I do now? Do I try to ram through them or risk going into Ponyville?" Cord thought.

"Nowhere to run 'Dad'" Screwball joked as both her and Luna slowly began approaching him.

Now it was apparent. They clearly weren't putting all their efforts into getting him. He was literally trapped and instead of immediately going for him, they're slowly approaching him as if to try and make him run.

"Wait. Maybe I don't need to run. I just need a little more time." Cord thought.

"Surrender peacefully and we shall not harm you" Luna threatened as her horn began glowing. Cord confidently stood up, his height difference over them made him look more intimidating, and he looked mad. Both Luna and Screwball backed up a bit to prepare for a counter attack.

"Screwball! I am your father! I order you to stop this!" Cord suddenly announced.

Both Luna and Screwball wore blank expressions on their faces. Neither of them had expected that.

"What?" they both asked.

"You said it yourself young lady. You called me 'dad' so you must do what I say." Cord nonchalantly said and crossed his arms like he just won an argument.

"…You're pulling the 'dad card' on ME?" Screwball asked in disbelief.

"You bet your chaos I am!" Cord replied. Screwball sighed and facehoofed.

"Alright first off, never call me 'lady' again. Second, I only ever listened to you when I first met you. And third, even if I did listen to you, that would mean you'd die." Screwball listed with an annoyed expression. Just a little longer..

"Don't give me that tone! I am your father and you'll do as I say!" Cord commanded.

"Cord is NOT my father. Neither is Disk. Discord is my father." Screwball retaliated.

"Well I'm half your father so you still have to do what I tell you to do."

"No I don't."

"Yes you do" Almost…

"Nu uh."

"Uh huh."

"Well you can't make me" Screwball replied as she turned around to face away from him. Luna was in stunned silence.

"Oh yes I can." Cord replied.

"Prove it."

"That's it. Go to your room!" Cord commanded. Screwball turned around in disbelief.

"WHAT ROOM?" Screwball frustratingly yelled out. Cord smiled. He was ready.

"This room" Cord said with a devious smile as he snapped his fingers.

Disk didn't dare to try and open his eyes and uncover his face. He knew what happened. He was stone again. He didn't want to remember the feeling of not being able to move again. He didn't want to hear all their insults and laughter again. He didn't want that life anymore.

But it was never his choice was it?

"Fluttershy!" a voice yelled out, stunning Disk into opening his eyes. He… wasn't stoned?

"I'm fine? I'm fine! Oh thank chaos I'm ok!" Disk happily thought. Although his happy thoughts was halted when he noticed a small purple glow below him, prompting him to look down.

"Fluttershy are you ok!?" Twilight called out worryingly as she rushed over to her. Disk backed up a bit as if he didn't want them to remember who they were after.

She was faintly glowing purple and on the ground, barely conscious. Her eyes looked tired like she had her energy drained from her. Although, Fluttershy still smiled and looked up to them.

"I'm fine" Fluttershy weakly said. Applejack and Rainbow rushed to her side, making Disk back up even more.

"Fluttershy why did you jump in the way!?" Rainbow asked in disbelief.

"That was dangerous, ya'll could've got'n hurt." Applejack added. Ruffling from some nearby bushes made Disk wonder if Celestia had finally returned. No. It was Rarity and Pinkie Pie.

"Sorry for taking so long girls. I simply couldn't-" Rarity began but was cut off by Pinkie's gasp.

"Fluttershy is hurt! I knew my Pinkie Senses weren't lying!" Pinkie yelled out as both she and Rarity ran over to her. Rarity looked up at Disk in disgust.

"What did you DO to her Discord?" Rarity demanded. Disk backed up.

"I…" Disk tried but couldn't say anything. What had he done?

"Fluttershy shielded him from my spell. It is meant to restrain magic for a short time..." Twilight said. Rainbow turned to him. Disk gulped for she had a no mercy expression on her face.

"You're not getting away with that!" Rainbow declared as she charged straight at Disk.

Disk instinctively ducked. This resulted in Rainbow barely missing him. But she didn't miss the tree that was behind Disk. Rainbow was so angry she didn't realize Disk was directly in front of a tree until she was already slamming onto it. She fell back unconscious.

"Rainbow!" The other 4 yelled. Disk awkwardly backed away into some trees. Maybe they'll save him again.

"That's it Discord. Ya'll ain't away with hurting ma' friends!" Applejack declared as she got a hold of her lasso once more.

Disk turned and quickly sprinted into the woods. He needed to get away from them. They wanted to hurt them and he was hurting them. Just his presence alone had caused so much… chaos. He really didn't have a say in it at all did he?

Oh the irony. This whole chase thing began because he was running away from them because he hurt Fluttershy. Now he was running away because he yet again hurt her. No matter what he did he just ended up hurting her.

"…No" Disk thought. He had enough. He was tired of being the one to hurt ponies. He for once was going to help. Whether they liked it or not, he was going to help Fluttershy! Disk came to a halt and began sprinting back.

He continued running, but this time he wasn't running because he was a coward. He wasn't running because he just caused a problem. He was running to help somepony.

Disk didn't even notice when he ran past Twilight and Applejack, who apparently gave chase to him.

"What the…? Oh no…" Twilight thought after Disk ran past them.

Disk immediately made it back to where they were. Rarity and Pinkie Pie, each of whom were helping both Rainbow and Fluttershy to their hoof. Disk stood in front of Fluttershy.

"Eek!" Rarity went as Disk gently pushed her to the side and picked up Fluttershy. She was still breathing thankfully.

"Hey!" Pinkie went but Disk ignored her. All that mattered was that Fluttershy was ok. But he knew they wouldn't let him help so he did the only logical thing. He lifted his fingers and prepared to snap.

"Fluttershy!" Both Rarity and Pinkie called out as Disk snapped his talon arm. They were both gone with a flash of light.

And suddenly Disk is a ponynapper! With good intentions I may add.

I think my writtersblock is finally lifting because I'm getting a flood of ideas for this story! Although now I just have to find the time to actually write them down :D

Again wondering what happened to Celestia? Well you'll find out next chapter. xD