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I simply stared, mouth wide open and body more tense than it had ever been. I heard Zoe moving from the pile of clothes to the closed door, hoping to escape.

What I noticed about him was that he looked a lot more realistic. You could see each piece of fur, feathers, and scales on his body, unlike his cartoon version which had little to no detail and texture. He wasn't hideous and terrifying, at least not to me. Despite the mouth full of sharp teeth, sharp claws, and red and yellow eyes glowing slightly in the low light of my room, he wasn't scary. His facial expression suggested that he had no evil intentions and was rather confused and possibly slightly scared.

"Hello? Do you not speak plain Equestrian?" Discord stood up, eating the map he was holding, "Am I just speaking a bunch of gibberish? Or are you deaf?"

"N-no." I replied shakily. I felt Zoe come over to me, unable to get the door open. Her hackles rose, but she wasn't growling or baring her teeth.

"Oh good, you can talk." Discord then promptly barfed back up the map and examined it, "Hm... It's clear I'm no longer in Equestria, because last time I checked, there was no such thing as a human."

"You're on Earth." I told him.

"No duh, Sherlock. I figured that out because I look much different than my Equestrian counterpart. I actually do like how I look." He flashed over to my mirror and looked at himself, "Ooh yes! I do indeed like how this dimension makes me look!" He then turns back to me, "So, er... Female, middle-aged human?"

"Teenage."

"So I got the age wrong. I can't measure humans' ages. Got a name?"

"Cece."

"And the dog?"

"Zoe."

Zoe turned her snout to me, hearing her name.

"Interesting names..."

"Not as interesting as Discord."

"A mind reader, aren't we?"

I decided to learn why he was here, despite my wanting to just instantly befriend him, "Is there a reason you've wound up on Earth?"

"Well, you seem like a trustworthy human..." Discord began, tracing his finger along the map, "I was experimenting with teleportation spells to see where I would wind up. You won't believe the places I saw! I met this strange Italian plumber in a colorful land, I traveled with a time-traveling alien in a bowtie, and I met this security guard who was running from this mechanical bear thing," At this point, he shuddered, "Ugh! That last one was terrifying! But, it seems as though I've found myself on Earth, with all the humans. Are you the same creatures that Lyra Heartstrings is always obsessing over?"

I nodded.

Discord rambled on, "Anyway, I probably need to be on my way. Heaven knows that over-controlling animal-lover is going to rat me out if I don't get back on her time. Ugh..."

I was pained that he had to leave so soon, but I knew I couldn't force him to stay. I was glad to hear that Discord secretly resented Fluttershy though. That made me very happy. Discord approached my closet, holding up the map. He snapped his fingers and disappeared in a flash of light. I sighed and went back to my bed, Zoe jumping up with me. However, I looked to my open closet, hearing another noise. My eyes widened with surprise.

He was back.

"What in the name of..." Discord looked at his map and snapped his fingers again. He reappeared milliseconds later with the most confused look on his face as he turned to face me, "It appears as though I don't have enough power to teleport directly to Equestria. I may have to wait a little while for my powers to charge back up. Fifi, right?"

"Cece."

"Cece, yes, right. Do you mind if I crash here for a bit? At least until my powers are fully recharged?"

I thought for a moment. If my parents found out, both me and Discord would probably be put in a government facility and probed for alien diseases and whatnot. But he was a cosmic deity with the ability to do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted, it was very unlikely he would be caught.

And since I loved him to death, why not let him stay?

I slowly nodded, "But you can't show yourself to my parents, my sister, or any other human being except for me. Oh, and Zoe."

Zoe started wagging her tail.

"Oh, that's understandable." Discord smiled before he approached my bed. He used his tail and gently put me on the floor before jumping on my bed and laying down, "I hope you don't mind me taking this for the rest of the time I'm here!"

I frowned at him before standing up, "That's my bed."

"And?"

I immediately knew I couldn't win. He'd just find a way to get my bed anyway, "Fine, fine. I'll sleep on the floor. You're the guest, after all."

"Thank you, my dear."

I gathered up blankets and pillows before placing them on the floor at the foot of what was supposed to be my bed. Zoe bared her teeth a little when she tried to jump up on the bed, only to have Discord push her off.

"You seem awfully calm, despite having a very powerful, strange creature taking up residence in your house." He stated.

"Well... That because I know who you are," I replied, "You're not hostile, and I know you aren't going to hurt me."

"How in the world do you figure that? I'm a ferocious-looking beast that could tear you open like a present on Hearth's Warming morning."

"Because, you're not that kind of ferocious-looking beast."

Discord raised an eyebrow, "According to Lyra, humans are apparently ignorant and oblivious to things that are not normal to them. Like a sentient alien, whom means no harm to the human race, but the humans still want to probe and dissect it when the alien did nothing to them in the first place."

"Well, I'm not one of those humans."

Discord clapped happily, "Wonderful! I sure am glad I ended up in your closet instead of a human who might call the human's government on me! That makes me feel much better!"

I was probably smiling and blushing slightly, You don't know the half of it.

However, I nearly jumped out of my pants when I heard my door open behind me. I turned and saw my six-year-old sister Caroline standing in my door. She was the cutest, strawberry-blonde first grader you would ever meet. She had green eyes and a freckle-less, mole-less little girl who was always wearing the color pink. She was unfortunately very tiny for her age, so she was often picked-on by everyone at her school. But she was very loving and loved by almost everyone she met. Sometimes I was jealous because I was often labeled antisocial and cold, hating everyone I came into contact with. That wasn't true. With everyone -even Caroline- you've gotta have at least one person you know that you hate.

I freaked out for a moment and turned towards my bed. Luckily, Discord was gone. In his place was Zoe, lounging comfortably on her back.

"Cece, is Patrick over again?" Caroline asked me, her curious green eyes shining, "Or was Dad in your room?"

I stared at her, "W-why?"

"Because, I heard something that sounded like a man talking." The first-grader said innocently.

"Uh..." I searched for a believable alibi, "I was watching videos on YouTube. Sorry, I'll turn them down if it's waking you up."

"That's okay!" Caroline said cheerfully, "I was just wondering, because that voice sounded really familiar."

"I was just watching a trailer for a movie based on my favorite book. I don't know who's voices you'd recognize on it."

Caroline just smiled. I swear, her constant happiness wasn't human, "Okay then! That's cool!"

Then she closed my door and was gone. I made sure to lock it behind her. I turned around upon hearing Zoe yelp and growl in aggravation. Discord had pushed her off the bed and had now curled up and held a pillow affectionately to him.

I shook my head at him, "That was way too close."

He shrugged, "Well, I didn't get caught."

Zoe barked in objection, as though she could understand our conversation.

"You don't understand," I told him, "If you get caught by anyone, the government will probably come and get us, then probe our bodies."

"Why would they do it to you?"

"They'd probably think you brainwashed me into letting you take up residence in my house."

"The human race has such a wild imagination."

"Tell me about it..."

Discord yawned and stretched before curling up under the blankets, "Well, thanks anyway. Just because you've been rather nice to me, I might just try not to be a burden. Don't count on it though."

I wasn't sure how to take that, so I simply laid on the floor and snuggled up under the blankets and pillows I had laid out for a makeshift bed. Zoe came over and curled up next to me, heaving a heavy sigh before falling into a deep sleep.

Despite all that had happened, I followed my dog's example and quickly fell to sleep.

The next morning, I woke with a start. I found myself back in my own bed with Zoe laying next to me. I slowly sat up, waking my dog up and causing her to walk to the door and scratch on it, signaling she wanted to go out.

Was that all just a dream? I thought to myself, A wild, amazing, crazy dream?

I slowly got up, noticing that the blankets I had laid out last night were still there. Maybe I had been sleepwalking.

Well shoot, now I got to clean this up.

I started gathering up the blankets and pillows and shoving them into my closet. After finishing, I turned around and found myself nose-to-nose with the guy who had so suddenly appeared in my closet last night.

"Good morning," Said Discord, "Oh, by the way, I ate the last of your Frosted Flakes."