Chapter 3: All Discord and No Bite

"Aura Bliss? What are you doing here?" Discord asked me extremely surprised.

"Prove your innocence." I said.

"A pony believing me? That's almost unheard of." Discord pointed out.

"Luna knows that you didn't do it too. Just cooperate with me." I begged.

"Fine, ask me anything. I will answer truthfully." Discord promised.

"Do you know who threatened the castle?" I asked.

"Could have been anyone, but only the dumbest and strongest dare to be a threat to Canterlot." Discord said. I sighed.

"Any clues?" I asked again.

"Well, there was this griffin lurking around. I believe his name is Gallus." Discord said.

"Anything else?" I asked again.

"I believe he said something about killing Luna." Discord said. I looked in his naturally crazed eyes. Although his eyes showed chaos like normal, they showed truth too. We stared into each other's eyes for a moment, until we heard hoof falls in the distance. I conjured up as much magic as I could and casted an invisiblity spell on myself and Ember.

"Stay quiet Ember, and Discord pretend I'm not here." I instructed quietly. Discord jumped back onto his bed and reclined back. I tried my best to muffle my hoof clicks and stepped out of the direct middle of the isle. The guard stumbled around, obviously drunk. He stopped infront of a cell and mumbled something under his breath. He stumbled my way. I did my best to keep calm, but Ember was panicking. I forced more magic to come from my horn and I was able to levitate myself above the reach of the stallion. He stopped infront of Discord's cell and glared at him.

"What do you want?" Discord asked angravated.

"No...what do YOU want?" The guard slurred out. Discord reclined back and ignored the guard. The guard shrugged and left. I waited until he slammed a door before I let go of my magic. I crashed to the ground, missing my chance to land on my hooves.

"Aura! Are you alright?" Ember quickly asked me.

"Yeah." I said while I stood. Discord had also jumped up and watched me in horror.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Aura turned us invisible and levitated us!" Ember nearly shouted. Discord's expression morphed into surprise. Discord gave me a slow clap.

"Impressive." He said. I gave him a reassuring smile.

"Anyway, thank you for the information, Discord." I said. "I'll be sure to be back to get you out." I managed to teleport back to the throne room without killing myself and I quickly opened the doors.

"What are you doing back here?" Twilight yelled at me. I simply gave her a glare, but soon returned my sight to Luna.

"Aura, I trust this is important." Luna said softly.

"Yes! We know who threatened the castle!" I announced.

"We do?" Ember asked. I slightly bucked and that shut him up.

"We do, remember, Ember? It was just a few minutes ago." I said masking any irritation.

"Would you care to tell us or are you too stupid?" Twilight teased.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle! Get yourself together. You are the element of magic! You should be ashamed of yourself!" Celestia scolded. She then looked to me. "Go on." I stood tall. I also could see Cadence giving Twilight an angry glare.

"Ember and I saw a griffin lurking around. He was talking about killing Luna" I informed.

"Do you have a name?" Luna asked. I felt Ember quickly nodding.

"Gallus." Ember said. Luna sighed.

"That old bird." Luna grumbled. "Sister, please send your guards to bring Gallus to the dungeons and Aura and I will go free Discord. We must learn trust him more." Luna said and flew to my side, ignoring any comments from anypony else. We proudly walked together out of the throne room and we each closed a door. We looked over at each other and we both had a huge grin.

"Way to go!" Ember said semi-loudly.

"Thank you for clearing that up, Aura." Luna said.

"It was no big deal, Luna." I replied.

"No big deal!? You turned us invisible and levitated us at the same time, and you weren't even fazed!" Ember said very loudly. I blushed and turned my head away.

"It was nothing." I said.

"I'm proud of you, Aura. You have more ability than most unicorns." Luna said. "Now, let's hurry to get Discord out." Luna said and started to walk to the dungeon and I followed. It wasn't long before we got to Discord's cell.

"Oh I'm rescued! What a relief!" Discord cried. Luna smiled at Discord's antics and unlocked the door and removed a spell that stopped Discord from using magic. Discord quickly used a few chaos spells to get used to the magic again. Luna shook her head at Discord gently, but looked back to me.

"Once again, thank you for the help." Luna said. I nodded.

"It's no problem." I said. Discord picked me up suddenly, which knocked Ember off my back. Discord gave me a quick hug and dropped me back down. I picked myself up and gave Discord a smile.

"Thank you again, Aura Bliss. I can always count on you." Luna said.

"It's no problem, really, I don't mind helping others." I said. I picked Ember up. "However, I need to go, Ember needs to get some sleep." I said and teleported away before anything could be said.

"What was that about?" Ember growled at me.

"I'm sorry, I just hate apologies." I said. Ember calmed down.

"Fine, but you owe me." Ember tried to convince me.

"For what? I did all the work." I teased him.

"I...I was there." Ember said. I sighed.

"Fine, what do you want?" I asked. He thought for a moment.

"A gem stone." He answered. I smiled.

"I'll find one for you." I promised. Ember relaxed on my back. It was getting late, and I needed to hurry to meet up with Discord. "I'll get it tomorrow." I added.

"Fine." Ember gave in. "Can it at least be a ruby?" He asked excitedly.

"If I can find one." I promised. I hurriedly trotted home and got Ember to bed and hurried to the garden. I teleported short distances multipul times and it didn't take long to get there. I stood infront of the Draconequus statue and watched the sun sink down and the moon take its place. The statue garden was just as peaceful as it had been last night. I casted a light spell to inspect the statues better. The light suddenly went out. Sighing, I turned to see Discord holding back a laugh. I ended up laughing which made him laugh as well. Soon, we both stopped.

"I am glad you were able to make it." Discord said.

"I'm surprised you were able to make it." I shot back.

"Oh, Aura Bliss, such a jokester. Much like that Pinkie Pie one." Discord joked back.

"The element of laughter, correct? I can never remember who has what element." I mumbled.

"That is correct. Pinkie Pie is laughter, Applejack is honesty, Rainbow Dash is loyalty, Fluttershy is kindness, Rarity is generosity, and Twilight Sparkle is magic." Discord explained.

"Anyway, you wanted to talk to me?" I asked.

"I just want to get to get to know you better. You are the only pony, besides Fluttershy, who really wanted to be friends with me." Discord said. I smiled.

"Is that so?" I questioned Discord nodded. He transported a bench over to us and sat on it. I joined him.

We sat there for a long time. We shared stories, although Discord had many more interesting stories than I did. He was the spirit of chaos after all. He told me about how he had ruled over Equestria and how it was like being a statue. Discord was the most interesting creature I had ever met, and that is obvious. Discord and I laughed at each other constantly. By the time the moon began to set, neither of us wanted to leave, and we had gotten to know each other much better than we had in the past. I hurried back home to get a few hours of sleep before I had to return to the castle. Even if my training was done, I still study daily in the library.