Ch.7: Daring Do's Request
When he and Rainbow had landed in front of the front door of her cloud-house, Discord took the moment to bring up a mirror and see that his mane looks like he stuck his horns in a socket.
"Could you give me a warning first before pulling a stunt like that next time?" he snapped at the rainbow-maned Pegasus as he fixed up his mane. "My mane gets all frizzled at intense high winds."
"Hey, this is no time to go acting like Rarity!" Rainbow snapped back as she headed for the door. "Daring could be here already and waiting for us. I mean, it's not like Princess Celestia's gonna be there too."
"That's just it," he snapped back. "What if Celestia is gonna be here too? I can't let her see me like this!"
"Come on!" she yelled, ignoring his awkward crush on the Sun Princess and pulling him into the house with her. They then headed into the living room, where Daring Do was looking at Rainbow's bookshelf while waiting for them.
"You really are a huge fan of mine, Rainbow," she chuckled, not even turning to her. "You have every single one of my books. Then again, you probably haven't noticed that I'm the real thing."
"Yeah, well, Twilight has the entire series also in her library," Rainbow said to her, "so she's a huge fan too. Anyway, sorry we're late; Discord was getting fussy about his hair. I guess that's what happens when you're around Rarity."
"Watch, Dashie-Girl," he growled as Daring turned to him.
"So you're Discord," she said to him with a smile. "With an appearance like yours, you remind me of Master Shiyo."
"Uh, who?" he asked with an arched eyebrow.
"He's from Book 15, Daring Do and Ninja Dragon," Rainbow explained, showing him the book. "Daring had to team up with Master Shiyo and learn the ways of the ninja in order to steal back the Katana of Iarumas from Ahuizotl."
Discord then looked down at the cover. On it is Daring Do, wearing some sort of golden gi and doing the Tiger Kung Fu stance. Next to her is some sort of red Chinese dragon with golden mane and accents, doing a Snake Kung Fu stance while holding a pair of nunchucks.
"Huh," he stated with an arched eyebrow. "He does look kinda like me, doesn't he?"
"Told ya," Daring said with a smirk before her expression became more serious. "Anyway, we need to get down to business."
"Right," Discord replied before handing Rainbow back the book. "Rainbow said you needed my help with something. What is it, writer's block?" Daring glared at him, making him hold up his hands in protest. "I'm just saying it's a novelist's worst nightmare." Rainbow facehoofed with a groan.
"I understand," Daring replied with a roll of her eyes, "but I'm afraid it's not about my next book. It's about Ahuizotl. And yes, he survived the destruction of his temple."
"Figures," Rainbow replied, being the obvious fan of the series.
"Anyway," Daring continued, "I've found out from a contact of mine that he's trying to plan his revenge on me here in Ponyville. Have you noticed anything suspicious lately here?"
"None that I can think of," he answered with a bit of thought.
"Except Fluttershy's new coltfriend Leon," Rainbow stated.
"Rainbow, I told you," Discord stated. "Leon's an okay guy."
"Who's 'Leon'?" asked Daring.
"He's this new guy who moved here to Ponyville," he answered her. "Navy blue Earth Pony with a tiger's paw print for a Cutie Mark. Oh, and he also has a cat with him." This got the golden Pegasus' interest, but not in a good way.
"A cute little white kitten named Nieva?"
"How did you know that?" he asked with surprise. "I never told you." Before Daring could answer, Twilight suddenly burst into the room with Angel on her back.
"Discord! Rainbow!" she cried. "Oh, thank goodness Angel told me where to find you; we got trouble! Fluttershy's new friend Leon turned out to be Ahuizotl, and he's kidnapped her!"
"WHAT?!" they all yelled in unison…right before Discord fainted onto the floor.
"I knew he wasn't going to take it well," Daring groaned with a facehoof.