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Chaotic Order Chapter 7

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Eileen gazed out the window of her room in the castle as the morning sun shone upon Equestria. Another wonderful slumber from her queen-size bed, Eileen was ready to take on another day of searching for her unicorn friend right after breakfast with the others.

She took notice of a familiar blonde color upon blue as well as bright red beside it, and she immediately smiled before waving toward the visitors of the castle.

Margaret smiled up at her best friend from the window and waved while she stood beside Mordecai, Rigby, and Rocky, all who have arrived at the castle for breakfast as well as await news from the princesses. The red robin casted a glanced over at Mordecai, and her smile faded.

The bluejay tried to brush away the stranded locks of his blonde hair away from his face as he checked on the bo staff he tied around his neck. Though he had a good sleep in Sugarcube Corner last night, the anxiety and fear and determination never left him.

"Dang it..." He muttered as he whipped his blonde strands away.

Rigby couldn't hold his chuckle as he watched. "I always knew the blonde hair was going to fight back."

"Shut up," Mordecai warned him as he tried to ignore his bothersome hair. "I just didn't have time to style it today."

"Need some hair gel, Mordecai?" Rocky offered, turning away from her book.

"I bet he would," Rigby joked, "girl gel for girl hair-OW!"

Mordecai pulled his fist away before smiling down at Rocky. "Nah, that's okay, Rocks." He took a quick glance at the book she was reading. What was she reading on the Elements of Harmony for?

"Dear friends," Princess Luna greeted as she and her sister met them in the gardens outside the castle. "How wonderful to see you."

"Greetings, princesses," Mordecai said immediately as he, Rocky, Margaret, but not Rigby, bowed down to them. "We've come to know..." He bit his lip.

Rocky glanced at him worriedly before turning to the royals. "Did you find Twilight or Discord?"

The expressions on the princesses' faces made Mordecai's eyes fall with even more despair as he gazed at the ground, one hand over his heart. Margaret immediately rushed over to  comfort him.

"He's still got her..." Mordecai muttered, wincing at the thought, not realizing Margaret's grip on his shoulder. "We got to...we got to keep searching. We got to bring that monster down."

"Monster?" Rocky repeated in a slight gasp, her brown eyes gazing at Mordecai with shock.

"You got a better name to describe that Discord dude?" Rigby asked her.

"I'm deeply sorry, Mordecai," Celestia sighed sadly, "but all of Equestria is doing their best."

"And so are we," Margaret assured her. She gave Mordecai a small smile before bowing to the sun princess, "I know we'll find Twilight, I just know we will."

Celestia smiled at her. "Margaret, you are a true friend."

Mordecai took those words in. Then he slowly turned to the red robin, who shared his glance. "Yeah..." He breathed softly, smiling. "She sure is."
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After observing the room, Twilight finally mustered up enough courage to go through the large, carpet-covered door and see where she was. After waking up earlier, she noticed the chair beside her bed where Discord once slept was empty. The unicorn was surprised as well as a little anxious as to wonder why the Draconequus didn't stay around long enough for her to wake up so he would greet her in his most chaotic kind of way.

After passing through a long hallway that was made of a garden of flowers and cloud trees, Twilight wondered where he was at all. She was no longer wearing her 'safety armor'; seemed Discord had magically removed them when he rescued her from the rain. And it seemed he was actually considerate seeing as Twilight's bag had been placed next to her bed when she woke up. The unicorn left the bag in the bedroom, just floating beside her the more important things she would need if she was going to try and relax: quills, ink, and her journal.

"Ah, I see you're awake."

Twilight yelped, hearing that deep, smooth tone as she nearly dropped her materials. Her head swung back and forth, wondering where Discord was. Suddenly, her eyes fell on a picture on nearby tree that looked like a filly drew on it with crayon. Peering closer, her eyes widened and she bit her lip to keep from gasping.

As if he hadn't astonished her enough when he was a stained-glass image...

"Good morning, Twilight," the crayon picture of Discord chuckled as it moved upon the tree bark. He gazed at her for a few moments. "I had hoped some sleep on those clouds would do something...you look like you just seen a ghost."

Twilight blinked for a few moments, feeling the corners of her mouth twitch. Finally, she breathed out before slightly narrowing her eyes at Discord.

"You know," she said dryly, "would it kill to just show up normally instead of bouncing around the walls like the wacko you are?"

"Wacko?" The crayon image chuckled. "My, that's a nice compliment, Twilight Sparkle."

The unicorn stood a few feet back when a bright light flashed before her, and there stood the Draconequus himself, smirking down at her.

Twilight's mouth fell. "D-discord..." Her voice trailed off.

She remained perfectly still when he leaned down and placed his lion paw under her chin. He gazed at her before checking each cheek as well as her horn. Smiling, he pulled away, leaving her confused.

"No scratches, that's good," he chuckled. "That was quite a storm last night."

"I could have handled it," Twilight said hotly, trying to sound the strong type.

"Yes, you could have," Discord said as he checked his lion paw, "but then again, one always needs help." He smiled down at her. "Aren't you glad there's chaos to take care of that?"

Twilight stepped back a little, raising an eyebrow at him. Discord just laughed before he disappeared in a flash.

The unicorn gasped as she raced over to the area he once stood on, her eyes widening in desperation as to wonder where he went now.

Suddenly, a tray popped before her, nearly making her cry out in shock. When she calmed down, her eyes widened to see the display of food conjured up just for her: a plate of fruity pastries, a bowl of wheat thins, and a glass of milk. What really caught her eye was the small vase with a single daisy on it. She sometimes liked to nibble on those...

As hungry as she was, Twilight gazed around her, wondering where the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony had gone.

"D-discord?" She spoke out softly.

"By the way, Twilight," she nearly jumped at the sound of his voice that echoed through the halls, "if you're looking for the way out, here you go."

Twilight suddenly flinched when a bright light flashed behind her. She almost thought it was Discord, but it was only an passageway that led to the brightness that was the forest. She blinked in confusion before looking behind her, wondering if he had gone behind her back.

"A little fresh air could do you some good," Discord chuckled, "ta ta, my dear." And his voice was gone.

The unicorn remained on her hooves, her ears lowering a bit before she gazed at the tray of delicious food before her. Discord seemed quite considerate of everything she could've thought of...and fruity pastries! Did he know they were her favorite or did he just conjure them because they were his?

Gazing back at the opening passage to the lush grass, Twilight let out a deep sigh. Her magic carrying both her materials and the tray of food, the unicorn slowly merged outside, just laying on the ground inches away from the entrance.

As she ate, she couldn't help but become desperate for Discord appear again. He had gone so many times of her demand, no he was simply just going on and off at his own free will, leaving her either annoyed, satisfied, or simply...alone.

I kept pushing him away...Twilight thought as she nibbled on the daisy. No, duh, I'm still upset about being played for a fool with that fake statue thing...

She turned back toward the entrance where the chaos still resumed before going back to her meal. Drinking her glass of milk, Twilight almost thought some of it splashed against her cheek as she felt wetness slide down one corner.

No. That was a tear.
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"I must say," Ronaldo said as he walked beside Ogie and Ruff as they passed through the streets, "I really like Canterlot." He smiled as he shared a nod of greeting with a passerby-unicorn.

"Bet your girlfriend would like it, too," Ruff chuckled as he checked his phone for any news from the other searchers.

Ronaldo's eyes dilated, remembering last night. He wheeled toward the celebrity dog. "I actually avoided her phone call..." He suddenly gulped.

"Whoa, whoa, hold on there, kid!" Ruff said, noticing how quick the blonde boy's breathing had become. "I'm sure she knew how busy you were."

"Yeah," Ogie urged, trying to comfort him, "I'm sure by now she's forgotten about you not going to the opera with her."

"But I ditched her!" Ronaldo exclaimed, fear taking over him as he gripped his hair. "I shredded my ticket! Left her standing outside the opera house! And I didn't buy her an expensive gift!"

"Wow, you are totally whipped..." Ruff winced, as he and Ogie stared at Ronaldo. "Why did you guys get together, again?"

"Their hatred for Kick Buttowski..." Ogie muttered, folding her arms. Her eyes softened as she gazed at Ronaldo. "But you don't really hate Kick...do you Ronaldo?"

He blinked at her question. "Well, uh..." He scratched his head nervously. "Sometimes he can get on my nerves with his stunts and...and..."

"Awesomeness?" Ruff suggested. "You got to admit, the kid could take on the spots of all five of my Fetchers." He smiled. "But I know you don't hold the same animosity for him like that girlfriend of yours."

"My girlfriend!" Ronaldo shrieked, grasping his jacket. "Oh, man, she's going to kill me! Worse, she might dump me!"

Even more worse...Ogie thought bitterly, not dump you...

"Kid, kid, come on!" Ruff reached over and placed an arm around him. "Remember why we're all here!"

Ronaldo let out a deep breath. "To find Twilight and stop Discord." He gulped. "Kendall doesn't like this magic stuff and-"

He was immediately silenced by a furry paw over his mouth. He looked over at Ruff, who simply smiled at him.

"Then she doesn't know what friendship is," he chuckled as he removed his paw. "Kid, I know she would be pretty miffed if she realized you were here doing things she wouldn't approve of...but she's got to understand that this is a big deal. I mean, Discord..." His voice trailed off. He immediately gazed up at the sky. "Yeah, you think he'll bring up some cotton candy clouds while he's holding Twilight as his prisoner? Because I could really go for some chocolate rain about now..."

Suddenly, a carton of chocolate milk was shoved in his face. He turned to see Ogie gaze at him, her eyes completely hidden by her shades as her lips curved in a slight frown.

"Drink up, doggy," she said as he took the carton from her. She turned to Ronaldo, lowering her shades. "Ronnie, you have to know you made the right choice coming here."

"Yeah, I know..." The boy rubbed the back of his neck. "I just feel that..."

"Hey," she said gently, reaching over and grasping his shoulder, "if anything happens, I'll be there beside you." And she gave him a gentle smile.

Suddenly, all anxiety was gone as Ronaldo placed a hand over hers on his shoulder. He gave her a grateful smile.

"How is it that a loser like me has a girlfriend?" He joked. "But a cool, positive person like you doesn't have a boyfriend?"

Ogie tried not to blush as she hid her eyes behind her shades. "I...I'm waiting for that guy to come to me." And she gave him a crooked, nervous grin.
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"Yo, Soarin'!"

Margaret turned from her binoculars and saw a few pegasi in jumpsuits greet Mordecai. She immediately realized they were, as Rainbow Dash mentioned, the Wonderbolts.

"Mordecai, my man," Soarin' greeted as he bumped hooves with the bluejay's fist. He looked over and spotted Margaret, who gave a silent wave. "You and your girlfriend doing search together?"

If Margaret wasn't such a red robin, her blush would have immediately been recognized. However, it quickly faded away, followed by a little hurt, when she heard Mordecai's statement.

"Girlfriend? No!" Mordecai denied hotly, his cheeks flushing. "Dude, she's just a friend!"

"Right..." Spitfire rolled her eyes, standing beside Soarin'. "Anyway, good luck on another day of searching." She shifted her hooves nervously. "M-maybe we'll find Twilight today, I'm sure of it." And she gave the bluejay a hopeful smile.

"Thanks, fire head," Mordecai muttered, folding his arms and averted his eyes.

Soarin' winced as he stood close by Spitfire's side. "Well, we Wonderbolts got to go."

"Yeah," Spitfire nodded her head rapidly, "we got to check on the north east and scout through there. Discord's a flying guy, right? We might bump into him."

"And maybe he's got Twilight's in either hand," Soarin' added.

"Oh, crud, he's really holding her against his will!" Mordecai exclaimed.

Margaret raised an eyebrow at the bluejay as she stood beside him.

"We're making it worse, Soarin'..." Spitfire muttered to the winged colt beside her. "Come on, let's jet!"

"Right behind you!" Soarin' nodded rapidly before they began flying into the air. "Mordecai, just keep looking! I known we'll find her."

Mordecai didn't even bother to bid them goodbye as they soared into the sky before skyrocketing through the clouds. The bluejay just hugged himself, his bottom lip quivering.

"If we'll ever find her..." He muttered sadly.

"Mordecai, don't think like that!" Margaret exclaimed. "You need to stay positive! I mean, what about all those times Twilight told us about the many misadventures she and the other ponies went through and got out okay?"

"Yeah, I remember that Mare Do Well incident..." He raised his eyes up and rubbed his arm. "Twilight really dawned that costume the best."

"I'm sure she did..." The red robin muttered under her breath. She quickly shook her head. "But still! Even if this is Discord we're talking about, you have to realize that Twilight's a powerful unicorn."

"Hey, kids."

Both turned to see Mr. Baldwin coming toward them, his water suit around his waist. He patted his bulging belly as he smiled at them.

"Mr. Baldwin," Margaret said in a surprised tone. Then her eyes fell on his belly. His pregnant belly.

"Oh, don't worry, Margie," the teacher chuckled, "I ain't getting my kid yet." Then his eyes slowly fell, his smile fading. "I want Twilight to be there when it comes..."

Margaret caught one. "Oh, wow, you care about Twilight just as much, don't you, Mr. Baldwin?"

"She's like a daughter to me!" Mr. Baldwin exclaimed, tears nearly threatening his eyes. "My beautiful pony daughter! At the hands of that...that...thing!"

"Thing doesn't even begin to describe Discord..." Mordecai muttered.

"I just know that, since we're all together," Margaret insisted, "we'll find her just as fast!"

"Yeah, you're right..." Mr. Baldwin sighed, rubbing his belly. "I just can't imagine what Discord's probably doing to Twilight..."

Mordecai cringed, remembering what he had thought about yesterday.

There was no way Discord would take Twilight's-

The bluejay's eyes lowered to the ground, a new thought came to mind. One that was just as scary.

Discord was the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony. He could summon cotton candy clouds, make the moon and sun switch anytime, and he could manipulate and put ponies under his spell.

What if...what if he used a particular spell on Twilight?

Mordecai swallowed hard, another nightmarish thought taking over him as his eyes slowly dilated.

What if...what if Discord makes her love him?

His beak curved in a scared frown as Mordecai thought of the possibilities that by now...Twilight would be under Discord's spell of love.

Did someone like Discord even consider romance? Mordecai wanted to doubt it. But Twilight...she was smart, kind, and very beautiful. But a complete opposite to Discord.

But Mordecai just knew Discord wouldn't mind a little order with his chaos.

The bluejay tried to push the thoughts away, but he could just see Twilight struggling under Discord's grasp as that monster held her down...he could just imagine the look of slight amusement yet disappointment on the beast's face when Twilight kept saying she would never love him.

Then he imagined Discord pressing his eagle talon against her forehead...and she was now under his spell.

A heated make-out session suddenly invaded Mordecai's mind, and he suddenly grew even more stiff and horrified at such a possibility.

He didn't realize that Mr. Baldwin was grasping his shoulders, trying desperately to shake him out of whatever he was thinking.

"Mordecai?" The seahorse yelled at him nervously. "Mordecai, come on! Don't scare me!" He shook him harder. "You do not want to scare a pregnant man!"

Margaret nervously watched as the teacher tried to snap Mordecai out of his sudden funk. She folded her arms, biting her lip as she averted her gaze.

He's thinking about her...she thought sadly, he must really love her...
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Twilight opened her journal as she used her magic to dip a quill into her ink bottle. Having gone back to her supposed room after a walk through the forest, the unicorn didn't have much to do anymore.

She tried to search for Discord throughout the home of filled chaos but with no luck. She had grown tired yet saddened so she just went back to the room where Discord had left her the night before. If she was going to have a long stay under the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony's roof, she might as well do what she usually did: read and write.

Summoning her bag, she took out the book she had brought along on her trip. She peered at it as she read the title.

"It's the Inside that Counts?" She said in disbelief.

Oh, real nice...another sign that she and Discord needed to patch things. What was there to patch, anyway?

Groaning, she immediately put the book away before turning back to her journal. Her quill fully-inked, she began writing.

Dear Journal,

To think things couldn't get anymore difficult...


Twilight turned to her ink bottle and dipped her quill once again before turning back to her page. Suddenly, she gasped.

The words suddenly disappeared!

A bit frantic, Twilight re-wrote her introduction. Watching it closely, her jaw fell when they disappeared once again.

She grew a bit frightened...however, realization dawned on her, and her eyes suddenly narrowed.

To think she was feeling sorry for him again!

Reaching over for her ink bottle, she gazed at the cover.

Invisible Ink, it said.

The unicorn clenched her teeth, her cheeks heating with anger.

"Discord!" She shouted out of pure rage.

"What?"

Before she knew it, a bright light flashed beside her. She showed no surprise when the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony popped beside her, a look of slight amusement on his face.

"Problem, my dear?" He asked with a slight chuckle.

He flinched a bit when she shoved the ink bottle in front of his face. Gazing from the bottle to her enraged expression, the Draconequus simply blinked.

"Explain this!" She spat, her eyes blazing.

He gazed at the bottle once more. Then his surprised look melted into one of slight annoyance.

"Obviously, your Elements of Laughter and Loyalty need to learn how to cover their tracks."

Twilight blinked in confusion. "Wha...?" She looked at the bottle once again.

Invisible Ink...Got Ya!, Love Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash

Her cheeks suddenly went red, feeling like such a fool for jumping to conclusions...even though she knew Discord would be guilty of such an act if he actually did it.

The Draconequus chuckled at her surprised look. "I can't blame you," he said, "I've done a few invisible ink pranks in my time. But I must admit, my favorite is simply making books explode confetti whenever somepony opens them."

Twilight realized that her facial expression must have looked ridiculous as she stared at him for what seemed like hours. With a scoff, she immediately turned back to her desk, assuming Discord would just disappear again.

However, he didn't as he craned his neck down to her head level, taking great interest in the journal in front of her.

"What's this?" He asked, his tone like a innocent filly's. He gazed at Twilight, who brought out a new ink bottle.

He smirked at her when she caught his gaze. She just frowned, trying to keep up a calm, steady mood.

"Ooooh! I get it!" He said playfully. "Writing about some crush, I bet!"

Twilight's blush suddenly returned, her face as red as his pupils as she clenched her teeth. She wheeled toward him. "As if I would have a crush on anyone!" She spat. "Do I look like the kind of girl who would have a crush on anypony?"

Discord just smirked and rolled his eyes. "Well, you must be at least writing something interesting..." And he reached down with his lion paw to turn the page.

Twilight immediately smacked his paw away. Discord flinched in surprise as the unicorn immediately covered her journal with both hooves.

"That's private, Discord!" She shouted. "Don't you even know what that means?"

"In my own way, yes," he chuckled at her.

Twilight closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Then she quickly shut her journal before turning back to him. "I do not, I repeat, not, want you to look at my journal! Understand?"

"Why, of course, Ms. Magic," he said innocently, rolling his eyes.

And with that said, he disappeared in a flash.

Twilight just scoffed before looking down at her journal. She really wished she could shut it up tight.

She remembered that Spike had broken the lock.
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Rocky gazed down at the book as she leaned against a barrel. She and a few friends had taken a train to Appleoosa, home of Applejack's cousin Braeburn...

"Howdy, Rocky," she looked up just in time to see Braeburn, with Little Strongheart by his side, tip his hat to her as he trotted along.

...whom Rocky had a huge crush on.

"H-hi, Braeburn," she tried to stifle the giggle in her greeting as she waved shyly. She a gave a smile to the buffalo gal beside the dreamy colt as they and a few other ponies and buffalo trailed behind them.

Since word broke out about Discord and Braeburn and Strongheart had first laid eyes on him the first time he showed himself, the two did all they could to assist everyone in Ponyville. And when it was announced that Twilight Sparkle had been taken by Discord, the two had their search all over Equestria, starting with their home in Appleoosa.

"Rocky!"

The little girl turned just in time to see Kick and Gunther board large buffalo. Rocky couldn't hold her laughter at the large cowboy hats they both wore.

"We're going to head up north," Kick told her. "Save us some apple pies when we get back, okay?"

"You got it, Kick," Rocky winked at him as the buffalo took the boys away.

She turned back to her book, reading over every page. She sighed sadly, before digging into her pocket and taking out a familiar piece of paper. Her eyes just couldn't leave the burnt, charred name that Spike found not too long ago.

"Okay, so Discord seems like the kind of fellow to kidnap and cause a pandemonium of desperation and fear..." Rocky muttered as she resumed her reading. "If the Spirit of Chaos were to interact with the elemental crown that is Twilight's Element of Magic...what could happen?" She tapped her chin in thought.

She flinched when she heard the sound of a door slam open. Turning her head, she took sight of Mordecai, Rigby, Benson, and Pops exiting out of a nearby saloon.  

The apple juice is addicting...Rocky thought with a chuckle as she rolled her eyes.

"Way to piss that colt off, Rigby," Mordecai snarled at the raccoon.

"What?" Rigby said innocently. "All i said was that his apple shake needed more shaking...and maybe a pinch of lemonade."

"Rigby!" Benson fumed. "Do you even know what the name of this town is?"

"Orangeville?" The raccoon guessed, scratching his head.

"No, this is Appleoosa," Pops corrected, showing more patience than the others. "PA-LOO-SA. With an 'Apple' in the front."

"Meh, whatever," Rigby scoffed, "apples aren't my kind of fruit anyway."

"You are so lucky Applejack isn't here to hear you say that!" Benson growled.

"Yeah, she would buck you right into the mountains," Mordecai nodded, folding his arms.

"Hey, isn't that where some of those ponies and buffalo are going right now?" Rigby asked. "You know, to see if Discord and Twilight poofed right there?"

"Braeburn and Little Strongheart are going to check it out," Benson said.

"Yeah," Rigby laughed, "see if Discolight haven't 'planted some trees' already."

Mordecai's eyes widened before he wheeled toward him. "What?" His voice came out a squeal/shriek.

Rocky watched from where she sat, her eyes widening at Rigby's statement.

"Well..." Rigby rubbed his arm. "A few hours ago, I kind messed around with their names just for the heck of it." He suddenly beamed. "Then I came up with this rad-sounding name: Discolight!"

"Discolight?" Mordecai demanded.

"Oh, no..." Benson gulped as he and Pops watched.

"Well, yeah," Rigby laughed, not noticing Mordecai's rage, "you know? Discord and Twilight?" Then he pondered a bit. "Hmm...now that I think about it...I think I just made a pairing. No...what are those things kids do on the internet to show what big, crazy fans they are?" Then his eyes widened. "Oh, yeah! Shipping!"

"Shipping?" Mordecai said through clenched teeth. "Discord...and Twilight?"

"You gotta admit, Twilight may be a dorky unicorn and Discord's one heck of an ugly goat guy," Rigby said, "but the name sounds pretty tight. And they sound like they can lower their standards enough to actually go for each other-OW!"

Mordecai pulled his fist away, only to strike the raccoon's shoulder once more, making Rigby cry out again in pain.

"Quit it, man!" Rigby shouted, rubbing his aching shoulder.

"Okay, enough!" Benson cried as he and Pops stood between them.

"Oh, please, do so," Pops said desperately, "no fighting, boys."

"He started it!" Mordecai shouted as he pointed at Rigby.

"Hey, come on!" Rigby held up his hands in defense. "All I said was that maybe Discolight might become official even though it may sound like one of lamest shippings to ever come into existence-"

"Okay!" Benson cut in as both he and Pops grabbed Rigby by each arm. "Yeah, we'll take Rigby off your shoulders, Mordecai."

"Good..." The bluejay muttered. "How about throwing him into a barrel and kick him off a waterfall while you're at it?"

"Not cool, man!" Rigby shouted as he was dragged away, passing by onlooking ponies.

Mordecai watched as they disappeared in sight. Finally, he let out a deep sigh. He silently turned on his heel, hands in his pockets, and trudged off.

He walked for a good few minutes before finally making a turn behind one of the Appaloosa houses. He needed to be away from the community for a while. Warm sand under his feet, his kicked a pebble away as he stood among the shadow of one of the saloons.

Discolight, huh? He thought bitterly. No way in HECK is that going to happen.

But what if it does?

Recalling the thought-out image of Twilight passionately kissing Discord...Mordecai felt he was going to lose the apple pies he ate earlier.

No, no, no! He kept reminding himself, why the heck would she like him? He's a monster! Worse than a monster! He's a...a...

"Mordecai?"

The sound of a soft voice immediately drew him out of his thoughts. Turning around, he looked down and there stood Rocky, whom gazed at him with her innocent, brown eyes.

"Rocky..." Mordecai's voice trailed off, his anger dying down.

Rocky continued staring at him. "When we find Discord..." She began quietly. "W-what are you going to do to him?"

The bluejay's eyes widened at her question.

Oh, crap! His mind shouted, she didn't see that blade I put in my staff, did she?

"Uh, well..." Mordecai rubbed the back of his neck.

"Because I'm not sure what I would do..." Rocky said, averting her eyes. "I just want Twilight safe, that's all."

He gazed at her, eyes saddening. "Aw, kid, come here..."

And he bent down and picked her up, holding her in his arms. Rocky just leaned into the adult bluejay's embrace as she rested her head on his shoulder and he patted her back.

"Hush now..." Mordecai sang softly, trying to soothe her. "Quiet now..."

Thank goodness Fluttershy taught him that lullaby or he truly wouldn't have any idea about kids...
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Twilight just shook her head as she crossed a bridge that stood over a stream of gumdrops, a few frogs swimming around it. She just sighed as she continued trotting off. She intended to get back to her room and write more in her journal.

No sign of Discord...she wasn't sure whether that was a good or bad thing.

"If I could breathe fire..." She muttered to herself, "I could simply send the princesses a message and tell them I'm fine...and Discord's just being...well, Discord! But without any harm done!"

She finally reached toward the carpet-covered doorway. With another sigh, she was about to open the door.

However, she realized it was slightly open.

Confused, Twilight peered at the crack. She gasped.

Discord hovered over her desk. Her journal in his lion paw.

The unicorn's eyes widened as her jaw fell. She held in her cry of shock as she watched the Draconequus simply gaze at her journal. He took great notice that the lock was broken.

Twilight's eyes slowly narrowed into slits as her jaw tightened.

I knew it! Her mind screamed, of course Discord wouldn't respect privacy! He's going to open it, read my passages-

A sudden feeling of fear washed over her.

...and find out what I had been feeling all this time.

Twilight cringed. No way in the hay did she want Discord to read that! She would eventually tell him, but not that way!

Finally, she stood her ground, preparing her horn. As soon as Discord opened her journal, she would burst in and tackle him. Would she be able to tackle him? She would try...

Keeping quiet, Twilight watched as Discord simply gazed at her journal. She raised an eyebrow, wondering why the Spirit of Disharmony wasn't opening. Finally, she saw him move as he held it out in front of him. She dug her hooves into the ground.

Suddenly, an urge of magic flashed from the his eagle talon's. Twilight blinked, taken in from the bright light. When it was all over, she took a good look at what he just did to her precious journal. And her jaw fell.

A new lock gleamed on the cover, keeping it completely sealed.

Discord smiled, nodding with satisfaction as he placed the journal back on the desk. With a snap of his fingers, he was gone in a flash.

A few moments after he left, Twilight slowly merged into the room, the stunned expression still on her face. She slowly came over to her desk, gazing at her journal.

The lock was shut, holding all of her secrets...any of which Discord hadn't even laid eyes on.

The unicorn reached over and stroked the locket, amazed that the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony had done such a thing...for her.

It was with that in mind...Twilight knew it was time to be honest.
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"Discord?" Twilight called out as she passed through a section of floating pies. "Discord, where are you?"

She nearly stepped on a whoopie cushion as she kept looking for the Draconequus. She kept her journal atop her back, thinking it would do a lot more for each of them.

"Discord?" She called again.

Suddenly, the sound of something flashing occurred behind her and Twilight immediately turned. There stood Discord, flapping his mismatched wings as he gazed down at her.

"Oh..." He said quietly, seeing the journal on her back. "I see you noticed the new lock I put in."

Twilight remained silent for a few moments, simply regarding him. "Why did you do that?" She finally asked.

He just stared at her as he slowly descended to the ground. "Well, you can't have privacy if it has a broken lock," he said nonchalantly, looking at his lion paw. "I simple just fixed what you had broken."

"Discord..." Twilight spoke softly. "Please look at me."

The Draconequus was quite taken aback by the soft tone. Finally, he looked into those purple eyes of hers, that shone with question.

Twilight felt her face heat up with embarrassment, seeing as she was simply just staring at him. She wanted to smile, but she assumed that would freak him out.

"You know..." She trailed a hoof on the ground. "I guess I haven't been that nice to you lately..."

"No," Discord rolled his eyes as he strolled closer to her, "you were simply being protective of yourself. After all, isn't that why you're here? To make sure I don't cause harm in Equestria again?"

Twilight blinked, then she lowered her eyes to the ground. "Well, yeah, I guess..." He stroked a hoof to her throat, suddenly feeling it dry.

Discord took notice of this and snapped his fingers. Before Twilight knew it, they were seated at a round table, a couple of glasses of chocolate milk before them.

"Can't talk on a dry voice now, can you, Twilight Sparkle?" He chuckled as he sipped his glass.

Twilight just gazed at him. Then she quietly used her magic to bring her glass to her lips. Drinking the chocolate milk suddenly felt like floating on a cloud...

After licking her lips, Twilight averted her gaze, feeling the atmosphere suddenly growing awkward between them. What was she going to say now? Her throat was fine...now what?

Discord licked his lips, fiddling with his glass as a bored expression came on face.

Silence between them. Not a word out of each other. Twilight bit her lip, wondering what to do now as her journal laid beside her. Maybe she could compliment him first...

"It wasn't always like this."

Taken completely off guard, Twilight looked up at him, eyes blinking. "What?"

Discord rested his face against his lion paw as he continued playing with his glass. "It wasn't always like this," he repeated quietly. "It wasn't always cotton candy clouds and chocolate rain..."

Twilight raised an eyebrow. "You mean...you weren't always causing chaos?"

Discord finally looked at her. "My dear," he let out a small chuckle, " don't be silly! Of course I still caused chaos! I'm not called the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony for nothing!"

"Okay..." Her voice trailed off, taking in to the conversation. "So what are you talking about exactly?" Then she smirked. "What, was it just chocolate clouds and cotton candy-flavored rain?"

"No..." Discord scoffed. "But that sounds like a good combo." He checked his lion paw. "I did worse..."

Twilight's eyes widened. "Worse? What do you mean worse?"

Discord remained quiet for a few moments. Then he sighed.

"Before cotton candy clouds..." He began, "it was gray clouds with terrifying lightning that scared many ponies..." He winced a bit. "And before chocolate rain...it used to be hot tea, very hot tea, that rained upon Equestria."

"Whoa..." Twilight's cringed at the thought. "That couldn't be that bad..." She said, trying to show her doubt.

"It was for Equestria back then," he sighed, "all those ponies screaming in fear when lightning struck the ground every now and then just to scare them...hot tea pouring on them and they crying desperately for the heat to go away."

"And that's it?" Twilight asked hopefully.

He gazed at her. "That was just the start."

Her ears lowered as her pupils dilated.

"When ponies were happy, I tended to ruin it for my own happiness," he went on, "when birthday parties came...I ruined them with my chaos of tiny tornadoes, long-legged rabbits, and flying pies that slapped against the birthday pony's face..." He let out a chuckle. "It was pretty funny though...thought it sounds cruel when a lot of crying fillies were involved"

Then his face fell, his eagle talon scratching his face. Twilight watched him closely, trying to absorb everything he just told her.

"Then I did make the ground shake every now and then..." He confessed. "Ponies' homes became a mess and the land itself was becoming quite ruined by my earthquakes of fun...and, I'm sure you already knew this, I took away horns and wings..."

Twilight gazed up at her horn, noticing he hadn't spoken about it all day, now had any will to simply take it away from her.

"I had caused quite a stir for friends and families when I did that," he said, "one wingless pegasus would accuse an Earth pony with its wings, a hornless unicorn would fight another unicorn for having a horn while the other didn't...it was all pretty much disharmony right there."

Twilight recalled the first time he was released. When he manipulated her friends and they all turned against each other...amazing to believe he had done so much worse back then.

"Friends became enemies," he went on, "families deserted each other, even fillies began to disrespect their elders under my manipulation."

"Celestia and Luna, they watched the unrest and unhappiness before the kingdom. Cruelty, hatred, and to top it all off was my unexpectedm hurtful chaos in it...and you know the rest."

Twilight remained quiet the whole time he talked. She placed a hoof to her mouth, finding no words to speak.

"You know the first time I was released," he began, "I wanted revenge...but then I thought about tweaking my chaos to an innocent level to, you know, make things more fun to everypony's pleasure..." He turned to her, a sad smile on his face. "Guess changing the clouds, the rain, the non-shaken grounds, and little rivalry wasn't the key, huh?

Twilight said nothing.

Discord turned away, sighing sadly. "Now I'm back...and for what?" He fiddled with his lion paw. "No one believes I just want to make up for screwing up twice...no one believes I use my chaos for simple good if not to make things a little more lively." His ears lowered as he closed his eyes. "No one cares, I guess."

Finally, Twilight couldn't take it anymore.

"I do!" She suddenly blurted out.

Discord was taken aback by her sudden outburst, leaning a bit away when she cried out. But Twilight took no notice as she gazed at him, her purple eyes threatening tears as her heart thumped with the desperation to let it all out.

"You have no idea how bad I felt these last few weeks!" She cried. "Really, when the elements combined, I hoped they would just teach you a lesson, not turn you back into stone!" She motioned to him.

Discord just blinked, stunned as he gazed at her.

"But apparently, they did!" She said, nearly choking from talking too much. "And, oh, my gosh, the guilt! The guilt never went away!" She threw her hooves up in the air. "I've been living with it since that day!"

Finally, she gazed at him her eyes looking deeply into his.

"You ask yourself again that nopony cares!" She challenged. "Because this pony does! Because I cared enough to visit you!"

Finally, she panted heavily, her cheeks flushing as she continued staring at him.

It felt like hours as they sat there in silence, Discord merely watching Twilight as she smoothed her mane after finally calming down.

Finally, Discord cleared his throat, his eyes seeming a little hopeful. "You actually felt bad for me?" He asked, a smile creeping to his lips.

"Well, yeah..." Twilight muttered, averting her eyes. "I mean..." She looked at him. "You were just being ridiculous, is all."

"Even after I nearly crushed your friendship?" He couldn't help but ask.

"Okay, that took some time to let go," she said hotly. "And let's not forget the whole fake statue thing! You really busted my nerves there, mister!" And she tapped a hoof against his furry chest.

Discord raised an eyebrow, a smile now visible on his face. "But your nerves were busted even before I said I was never encased in stone."

"Well..." She blushed furiously. "Ever heard of the statement 'all bottled up'? Well, this bottle just blew its top!"

"You sure did..." He rolled his eyes.

Finally, he gazed at her once more, his eyes looking so innocent as his smile became even more hopeful. Twilight regarded him closely, her eyes fading into pure hope as well as a smile nearly came on her lips.

"You know," she began, "everypony may hate you, especially Rainbow Dash..." She rolled her eyes. "But me...no. Not anymore."

"Wow..." Discord's voice trailed off. "Even with my chaos?"

"Trust me," she said, letting out a chuckle, "your chaos can't be that bad compared to what me and my friends do."

"Ah, yes..." He chuckled. "The doll incident."

"Don't ruin the moment," she hissed quietly.

"Okay, okay," he said with a smile, holding his hands up defensively.

"Still," Twilight blushed, "that was quite some chaos I did, huh?"

"Even more than I would think of," Discord said. "Bravo to you, my dear." And he clapped his hands.

"And Discord..." She said quietly, shoving her journal in front of her. "If you really want to know my thoughts and stuff, well...you can read if you want."

He raised an eyebrow as he stared at her journal, the lock he placed on it gleaming. He simply smiled and pushed it back.

"I prefer to hear it from the writer's mouth," he stated.

"You know, I would assume you'd think I'm boring," Twilight said, sounding playful.

"Well, sometimes you are," he joked. He laughed at her stunned expression. "But most of the time you are quite a fun pony to be around."

Twilight smiled, touched. "As of you..."

Discord's face lit up. "See? That's exactly what I want other ponies to think of me!"

"And I'm sure they would," Twilight said simply gazing at him. "They'll figure it out."

Discord gazed down at her. He just smiled. "You know, I'm sorry about that fake statue thing..."

"Oh, that?" She continued staring at him. "It's okay...I forgive you."

"What, you sound like you visited my statue many times," Discord noticed.

"Because I did," she stated simply.

His jaw fell in utter surprise. Twilight let out a laugh, one she hadn't done in quite a while.

"Oh, hay," she rolled her eyes as she flipped her mane. "I guess I really missed you, Discord. Hope that answered your question."

"Trust me," he immediately came back from his surprise, "you answered more than a mouthful." He smoothed the top of his head, trying to sound casual. "But I must admit, that was simple-"

He was cut off when he was grabbed around his long waist. Eyes widening, he gazed down and noticed that Twilight had wrapped her hooves around him, beaming as she laid her head against his chest.

"Twilight?" Discord sounded confused.

"I'm glad you came back," she whispered, hugging him close.

Discord did nothing, completely dumbfounded by her sudden action.

"And thank you..." She breathed softly. "Thank you so much for rescuing me last night." She leaned more into his furry chest. "You truly are full of kindness...and the way I see it, you are just so sweet. Honest and sweet..."

The Draconequus suddenly swallowed hard as he stared down at her for a few moments, trying to take everything in. She called him kind...honest...sweet...everything no pony would even think of calling him.

But the way he saw it, Twilight wasn't like any other pony. She was a unique one, he knew. And she had cared about him all this time...even enough to leave her home and go look for him.

Finally, he closed his eyes, a smile of both relief and joy on his lips as he wrapped his lion paw around the pony. His eagle talon stroked the back of her mane.

"Please use your lion paw," she spoke out, still holding him, "that's my favorite instead of your eagle claw."

Discord blinked, though his smile still remained. Fulfilling her request, her stroked her mane with his lion paw while his eagle arm wrapped around her. Twilight smiled and nuzzled her head against his chest.

This was better than what she had hoped for so long.
Finally, chapter 7 of my MLP FIM cartoon crossover story. ;)

The following characters from various shows featured here are: Ronaldo, Kick, Gunther, and mentions of Kendall from Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, my KND OC Rocky and ex-Delightful child Ogie from Codename: Kids Next Door, Ruff from Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, Mr. Baldwin from Fish Hooks, Mordecai, Rigby, Eileen, Margaret, Benson, and Pops from Regular Show, and Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Braeburn, Applejack, Little Strongheart, Soarin', Spitfire, the Wonderbolts, Twilight Sparkle, and Discord from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.


:bulletyellow: Ronaldo's REALLY starting to regret having ditched Kendall to help the ponies in Equestria...but he has to realize that he made the better choice. And besides, if Kendall dumps him, I'm sure there's SOMEONE out there just waiting for him. ;)

:bulletblue: Well, paranoia has struck our beloved bluejay hard. Not only does he worry about what Discord might do to Twilight...he's also freaking out if Twilight might be placed under a spell to fall in love with the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony! :XD:

:bulletpink: Yeah, like Twilight Sparkle herself, Rocky's smart...and she's got a nagging feeling in both her head and her heart about something. ;)

:bulletblack: And it looks like Rigby has gone into shipping! Looks like someone just became intrigued by the pairing known as Discolight! :icondiscolight: :XD:

:bulletpurple: And it finally happened, guys. :) Twilight and Discord...they finally talked and came clean with each other...honest words, sweet forgiveness, and with the right touch. :giggle:



Stay tuned for chapter 8! ;)
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I will sail with this ship to the end of Equestria~