Well, I know it's been a VERY, VERY long while, and I will make up for it with many more chapters to come. Well, I'd better stop talking so you can read now!
Ps, sorry if this feels rushed, also SPOILER: remember how Candy's father was unknown? You may want to remember that now... hehehehee...)
Oh, and one more thing.
I HAVE A LIFE, YOU KNOW! I CAN'T UPDATE EVERY WEEKEND I SAY I CAN, THINGS CHANGE!
:D now then, on with the show!
The guards ran to Discords statue and picked the stone mass up. They lugged it through the woods, getting many scrapes and scratches along the way.
"Why couldn't the unicorns do this?" One guard complained, as they reached the Canterlot castle. As they entered the castles back entrance, one of them said, "I wonder if the boss 'll give us a pay raise if we do this quickly and run back to the throne room, beating them back." The rest of them nodded in approval.
"Well that's the fastest we've ever come to a consensus... Come on!" The apparent 'leader' guard said as they all took a hold on Discords statue firmly.
"On three... THREE!" The leader guard shouted, as they all charged with Discords statue down the hallway. Ahead, Candy and BloodSkull were walking through the main entrance, right in their path.
"Stop! Watch out my lord and lady!" The leader guard said as they all tried screeching to a halt, too late to stop. Candy looked over nonchalant while BloodSkull looked and cringed, flinching as they bowled them over, the statue landing atop the pile of ponies. The guards frantically stood up, helping up Candy and BloodSkull, dusting them off.
"You imbeciles!" BloodSkull shouted, blowing his fuse. With the flick of a wrist, he waved them away, walking back to the throne room with Candy.
"That hurt my feelings..." One of the guards said, turning towards Discords statue. He picked it up, noticing a small crack on the lion paw.
"Uhhh... Guys? The boss ain't gonna like this..." He mused, turning towards the others.
"Who cares!" The leader guard exclaimed, picking up his end of the statue.
"He said he never wanted to see it anyway, so lets hurry and put this away and get to the throne room." Little did the guards know, Discord was laughing inside, plotting a way out...
-Inside Discords statue-
Discord sat in his statue, in a little room with unbreakable magic proof walls.
"Curse you Celestia! Thanks for providing the enemy an example on how to defeat me!" He said, his paws behind his back, pacing the small room. He poofed up chaotic furniture and sat on the wall. His ears lowered and he sighed.
"I can't believe I'm back to stone again.. But wait! If he used the elements powers, that means that he had to of taken it out of the tree of harmony! By doing that, the tree of harmony would have wilted, and my plunder seeds will bloom again! They will rise, and capture anypony I command them to, which can be Candy, for bait! With all the chaos going on, I will gain enough power to-" Discord was cut off as suddenly the statue started moving at a fast pace, bouncing up and down.
"Agh! I hate it when ponies move the statue! Don't they know I'm in here!?" He yelled, bouncing off the walls. Furniture was bouncing around too, up and down. Suddenly, they started moving upside down.
"Fasten your seat belts, passengers, we seem to have a little turbulence." Discord announced to no one in particular, wearing a flight attendant crew members uniform, batting his lashes. He tugged off the uniform and floated in the middle of the room, the furniture everywhere. Suddenly, a painting flew out of the blue and hit him, and Discord was knocked into the mess of everything as they suddenly stopped. SPLAT
Discord flew against the wall, making a splat noise, and all the furniture around him fell to the floor. A drawer of knives opened, flinging knives all around discord, one pinning his hair to the wall. Discord slid down the wall slowly, sliding face-down against the floor.
"I shouldn't have had knives in that drawer..." He moaned. Discord got up and brushed himself off, and noticed something different. Instead of the musty smell of the statue, he smelled fresh air coming from somewhere. He poofed away the small box of stone he was originally contained in and looked around the hollow statue, seeing light from his lion paw. Miniature Discord walked over to the big lion paw and peeked out, seeing a group of Celestia's incompetent guards. He chuckled darkly, sending a zap out the paw. His powers being limited it wasn't that powerful, but it was enough to make the guard yelp quietly and rub his side.
-Canterlot Castle Throne Room-
The guards scrambled into the throne room and screeched to a halt, saluting their leaders. Candy and BloodSkull sat on the thrones, BloodSkull on Celestia's, and Candy on Luna's. Candy sat still nonchalant, while BloodSkull looked down at the guards.
"You fools, I was wondering when you would get here!" He said crossly. The one sensitive guard flinched. "Bring me and Candy some food. Better yet, prepare a feast fit for a king and queen in the dining hall." He commanded to the guards. "Yes sir!" they said in unison, trotting out of the throne room.
"Now Candy." BloodSkull said, turning to Candy.
"Yes, my lord." Candy said, turning her lifeless head, . BloodSkull looked at her and thought for a moment, hesitating to go on.
"I... I think you need to go for a walk, you look a little... Hmm, gray... Also I need to clear my head too... Leave me." BloodSkull said, shooing her with his hooves. Candy got up and slowly walked out of the room, looking like a zombie.
It's just lack of food, that's all... She'll look and feel better after we eat. BloodSkull reassured himself, raising the moon with his magic to be above the castle, sending a brilliant shine onto him. Looking at the empty throne next to him, a thought of removing the spell from Candy flashed through his mind.
"No, no... She will retaliate with her little friends... Speaking of her friends, I should check on them in the dungeon, give them a... hmm, wake up call." He said chuckling, turning into maniacal laughter.
"Um, sir? Are you ok?" Said the sensitive guard, walking before his throne, saluting. BloodSkull's maniacal laughter turned into coughing, him covering his mouth with his hoof.
"ahem," he said, clearing his throat, sitting up straight. "yes. Is the feast ready?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
"umm.. well, not really..." The sensitive guard said, wavering in his salute.
"What do you mean, not really?" He boomed, standing up on the throne. The sensitive guard flinched, and started speaking.
"Well, the cooks need to know what you want for your mane course..." The guard said, giggling at his pun, "and what you would like for dessert." He finished.
"ok then... BloodSkull said, sitting back down.
Just as the guard left, Candy entered, looking the same as she had left, except with a flower.
"Here is a flower for you, my lord." She said, setting the flower on BloodSkulls hair and sitting on her throne again.
"Thank you..." BloodSkull said, removing the flower with his magic, "but it will look better on you." he placed the flower gently in her mane, it's beauty not nearly as magnificent as Candy's. They stared at each others eyes softly.
CREEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAK
The door to the throne room slowly opened, breaking the silence, and the sensitive guard popped his head in through the crack.
"What do you want?" BloodSkull said, annoyed.
"Oh, um..." The guard said, walking in.
"The feast is prepared, my lord and lady." He said, bowing before their thrones.
"Ok." BloodSkull replied. "Come, Candy. I had the cook prepare you a special dessert sure to wow you!" he said excitedly.
"Yay." Candy replied mechanically, standing and turning towards BloodSkull.
"After you." BloodSkull said. Candy went first, following the guard with BloodSkull in the rear.
BloodSkull sat on the head of the table, in a grand chair, with Candy at the other side, in a not as grand golden sun lined chair, which of course used to be Celestia's. BloodSkulls was made for him by his servants out of the best jewels in the Canterlot treasury. At the clap of his hooves, all BloodSkulls servants swung through the doors on roller blades, music playing from a mini band off to the side. sliding crazily around the floor. One of them almost fell, but clung onto a pillar. The chaos of them all clattering around, almost dropping all the food, was enough to make BloodSkulls nerve twitch.
"ENOUGH!" BloodSkull boomed. All the servants stopped as the music stopped, skidding and sliding around to halts.
"Let the feast begin!" He announced. All the servants shakily slid around the floor, hastily plopping the platters onto the table and sliding through the swinging doors back to the kitchen as fast as they could. As the music started, BloodSkull levitated food onto his plate, and Candy's plate.
"That roller blade thing with music was my idea, but as you can see it didn't work out very well." BloodSkull said. Candy shrugged.
"So tell me." BloodSkull said, biting into a piece of chicken, while grabbing more food greedily with his magic.
"Why do you ponies not like meat? It never hurt me." he finished. Candy blinked.
"It's because we are natural born herbivores." She said, grabbing salad dressing from the table, pouring it onto her lettuce.
"Well, I guess you cannot really give me a clear answer, after all you are under my spell, so I guess any answer works, I can just ask your friends later." BloodSkull said, giving a toothy grin with his sharp teeth.
"What friends? The only friend I have is you." Candy replied, slowly biting into her salad, then grabbing a large wad of blue cotton candy.
"Oh, well, uhh.. Thanks." BloodSkull said.
"You know, I'm older than Celestia and never really have had a friend before... You're my queen anyway, but never mind that, are you done yet? I can't wait for you to see the big surprise I have for dessert!" He said, a smile matching that of an excited filly. Candy half smiled, her gray eyes flashing bright blue for split second.
"That's the spirit! CHEF!" He yelled, a wide smile etched on his face. The chef burst out the door and ran over to his throne, taking off his hat and bowing.
"yes, my lord?" the chef asked, raising his head.
"Bring in our dessert. NOW." BloodSkull said, conjuring a staff and bonking the chef on the head with it.
"Want a staff? It's fun to hit our servants on the head with it." BloodSkull said, fits of laughter intercepting some of his words. He conjured a staff and waved it in her face.
"Sure." Candy said, grabbing the staff he handed her. She stood up and walked over to the chef, and he flinched as she lowered the staff slowly, and tapped him lightly on the head, and sat back down.
"I guess that works... Now, go on! Get the dessert!" BloodSkull said, shooing the chef. The chef ran and burst through the western doors, leaving them swinging. He frantically jumped over the counter, gliding with his wings to the back room, shouting, "Get the dessert!" All the workers there frantically put the last finishing touches on it and put it onto a cart, wheeling it out to BloodSkull and Candy.
Sorry this is a little short guys, I decided to give it to you early since I have been away so long. :D
I hoped you enjoyed, and there WILL be more chapters soon, this time I pinkie promise!
Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye! (because if you lie to pinkie pie, you can kiss your flank goodbye...)