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Mr Zoat
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1st May 2013
16:08 GMT
Darn it!
I trot towards the park, head down. How could-? All that time and all that effort, trying to find out something everypony already knew!
We got covered in tree sap-! I don't even know how many times! Or how many times I got yelled at…
Okay, that-.
I slow down in front of an empty plinth and sit down with a thud.
No one made us do any of that. Not Rarity, not Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon… We chose to do it. But we chose to do it because we wanted to find out who we are! Our special talents! And if they didn't want to tell us they could have just nudged us or something!
I mean, am I even supposed to tell them? If I don't, does that mean I'm doing what Rarity-. And probably Mom and Dad-. What everypony is doing when they don't tell me? I wanted to talk to Miss Starlight because she's a cutie mark expert, but I didn't think this would happen.
"Well, aren't you smiling!"
I look up-. That's Discord, floating in the air the wrong way up. Discord's right eye, because he's made it grow real big so he can stare at me better. I back up a bit and he makes it go back to normal. Then he puts his paw on his left nostril and snorts a lump of… Goo, at a pigeon.
"Coo-?"
The pigeon gets all gunked up in the goo and then stuck to a tree trunk. Discord glares at it. Is he going to do something weird to it? More weird? No, he's turning back to me, and… Turning his head upside down.
"No, that's the wrong way up for a smile. What's got you so angsty? Are you a teenager already?"
"No…"
He flashes, and then he's back with a long black coat, white face paint and a black wig. "Going through a Goth phase? Agonised by ennui?"
"No. I don't.. really want to talk about it."
"Well, do something interesting." He jerks his head around and snorts another wad of goo at another pigeon. It gets stuck to the tree next to the other one. "Revenge only keeps me interested for so long."
Huh? "What did the pigeons do to you?"
He doesn't look happy I asked. "I was a statue for over a thousand years. You work it out."
Huh?
Oh.
Ooooh.
"If it wasn't for a little surge of chaos, I might still be…" He's glaring at the plinth. "There."
"Oh." I frown. "Miss Cherilee took us here on a class trip just before you got free."
He twists around in the air so that he's laying belly down with his paws supporting his head. "I don't suppose you saw anything particularly chaotic, did you? I suppose that I owe someone a thank you."
"Ah." Oh. "Kinda? I got into a fight with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo right next to you."
He raises his eyebrows. "Are they your closest friends?"
"Y… Yeah."
"Hm."
He makes a clicking noise with his paw, and his clothes vanish and get replaced with a lab coat and… Some sort of machine, like the ones Twilight used to have in her basement. He points something that looks a bit like a microphone at the plinth and the machine starts clattering. Then a reel of paper pops out and he stares at it.
"Do you know what this says?"
"No?"
The paper jumps out of his hands and sprouts legs, running over to me. It grows a paw and points to the writing which says 'IT WAS YOU'. Then Discord makes the clicking noise again and it disappears and he goes back to normal.
"Well. Thank you-" He grins, and it sort of sticks out outside of his face. "-my little pony. Is there-? Ugh. Is there anything I can do to help you? In return?"
"Do you know where Scootaloo and Apple Bloom are?"
"No?" He frowns. "Do I have to do something nice for them as well? This 'reform' business is so confusing. Why can't I just do things and make people enjoy them? It all adds up the same."
"Um. I don't think it does. But I thought you can do anything?"
"DO? Yes. Well. Nearly. But that doesn't mean I know what I'm doing." He widens his eyes. "No surprises ever? That would be dreadfully dull. I shudder to think of it."
I look back to where Rarity's pretending she's not following me. "Which one is closer?"
He puts one paw on his back and makes another click-.
There's a flash and we're right in front of Scootaloo-. In a school? There's an adult pegasus and an earth pony talking to an-. An alicorn mare with red and yellow hair. And they all turn around to stare at Discord.
"Don't mind me, just…" He yawns. "Repaying an obligation."
Scootaloo prances over to me. "Sweetie! They're gunna fix my wings by making me an alicorn!"
"Ah." The alicorn frowns. "We could, except I haven't studied what happens when I do that to somepony who doesn't have their cutie mark yet. I'd rather err on the safe side than risk messing something up."
Scootaloo pulls a face. "But I don't even know what my special talent is yet."
"Rarity does." I sag a bit. "Rainbow Dash and your aunts probably know yours as well."
"Huh?" Scootaloo looks as confused as I feel. "How come?"
"You have to do a…" What was it? "Metanys-." … "Look at stuff you do when you do other stuff. How you do different stuff. I'm pretty sure I know what special talents you and Apple Bloom have."
Her eyes widen. "What is it? Tell me!"
Huh. "Didn't..? Princess Twilight become an alicorn when her friends all had their cutie marks swapped around?"
The alicorn nods. "Yes. I'm not exactly sure how that happened. I think it was a side effect of their emotional bonds and the undirected magic energy from the Elements of Harmony." She looks thoughtfully. "Thinking about it…" She levitates a piece of paper over form her desk, then starts walking off. "That might help Starlight Glimmer with her research on how to share special talents."
Huh. "Scootaloo, is there something that I do a lot when we're crusading? Like, something I do that most ponies wouldn't do?"
"Ah." She rubs her snout with her hoof. "Well, you do usually-."
I shove a hoof in her mouth. "Don't tell me! Just remember it."
Discord leans in. "Oh? Are you planning something, my little ponies?"
"I'm angry about Rarity lying to me. But if we were princesses, we could tell them to never lie to us again."
Discord nods real fast. "That sounds completely reasonable to me, but what do I know?"
"Scootaloo, do you know what you need to become an alicorn?"
"Ah, three different types of pony, something binding them together, and lots of magic? Oh, and the things with lots of magic has to be something they're connected to."
I nod. "Mister Discord, what happens if the three of us get our cutie marks at the same time? Can we use you instead of the Elements of Harmony?"
He looks… I guess that's thoughtful? "I don't know…" Then he perks up. "But I'm-" Suddenly there are two of him, and they've each got a foreleg around the other's shoulder. "-besides myself with excitement to find out."
The pegasus mare looks a little worried. "Ah, Scoots, honey-."
The Discords clicks their paws, and we vanish in a flash.
16:08 GMT
Darn it!
I trot towards the park, head down. How could-? All that time and all that effort, trying to find out something everypony already knew!
We got covered in tree sap-! I don't even know how many times! Or how many times I got yelled at…
Okay, that-.
I slow down in front of an empty plinth and sit down with a thud.
No one made us do any of that. Not Rarity, not Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoon… We chose to do it. But we chose to do it because we wanted to find out who we are! Our special talents! And if they didn't want to tell us they could have just nudged us or something!
I mean, am I even supposed to tell them? If I don't, does that mean I'm doing what Rarity-. And probably Mom and Dad-. What everypony is doing when they don't tell me? I wanted to talk to Miss Starlight because she's a cutie mark expert, but I didn't think this would happen.
"Well, aren't you smiling!"
I look up-. That's Discord, floating in the air the wrong way up. Discord's right eye, because he's made it grow real big so he can stare at me better. I back up a bit and he makes it go back to normal. Then he puts his paw on his left nostril and snorts a lump of… Goo, at a pigeon.
"Coo-?"
The pigeon gets all gunked up in the goo and then stuck to a tree trunk. Discord glares at it. Is he going to do something weird to it? More weird? No, he's turning back to me, and… Turning his head upside down.
"No, that's the wrong way up for a smile. What's got you so angsty? Are you a teenager already?"
"No…"
He flashes, and then he's back with a long black coat, white face paint and a black wig. "Going through a Goth phase? Agonised by ennui?"
"No. I don't.. really want to talk about it."
"Well, do something interesting." He jerks his head around and snorts another wad of goo at another pigeon. It gets stuck to the tree next to the other one. "Revenge only keeps me interested for so long."
Huh? "What did the pigeons do to you?"
He doesn't look happy I asked. "I was a statue for over a thousand years. You work it out."
Huh?
Oh.
Ooooh.
"If it wasn't for a little surge of chaos, I might still be…" He's glaring at the plinth. "There."
"Oh." I frown. "Miss Cherilee took us here on a class trip just before you got free."
He twists around in the air so that he's laying belly down with his paws supporting his head. "I don't suppose you saw anything particularly chaotic, did you? I suppose that I owe someone a thank you."
"Ah." Oh. "Kinda? I got into a fight with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo right next to you."
He raises his eyebrows. "Are they your closest friends?"
"Y… Yeah."
"Hm."
He makes a clicking noise with his paw, and his clothes vanish and get replaced with a lab coat and… Some sort of machine, like the ones Twilight used to have in her basement. He points something that looks a bit like a microphone at the plinth and the machine starts clattering. Then a reel of paper pops out and he stares at it.
"Do you know what this says?"
"No?"
The paper jumps out of his hands and sprouts legs, running over to me. It grows a paw and points to the writing which says 'IT WAS YOU'. Then Discord makes the clicking noise again and it disappears and he goes back to normal.
"Well. Thank you-" He grins, and it sort of sticks out outside of his face. "-my little pony. Is there-? Ugh. Is there anything I can do to help you? In return?"
"Do you know where Scootaloo and Apple Bloom are?"
"No?" He frowns. "Do I have to do something nice for them as well? This 'reform' business is so confusing. Why can't I just do things and make people enjoy them? It all adds up the same."
"Um. I don't think it does. But I thought you can do anything?"
"DO? Yes. Well. Nearly. But that doesn't mean I know what I'm doing." He widens his eyes. "No surprises ever? That would be dreadfully dull. I shudder to think of it."
I look back to where Rarity's pretending she's not following me. "Which one is closer?"
He puts one paw on his back and makes another click-.
There's a flash and we're right in front of Scootaloo-. In a school? There's an adult pegasus and an earth pony talking to an-. An alicorn mare with red and yellow hair. And they all turn around to stare at Discord.
"Don't mind me, just…" He yawns. "Repaying an obligation."
Scootaloo prances over to me. "Sweetie! They're gunna fix my wings by making me an alicorn!"
"Ah." The alicorn frowns. "We could, except I haven't studied what happens when I do that to somepony who doesn't have their cutie mark yet. I'd rather err on the safe side than risk messing something up."
Scootaloo pulls a face. "But I don't even know what my special talent is yet."
"Rarity does." I sag a bit. "Rainbow Dash and your aunts probably know yours as well."
"Huh?" Scootaloo looks as confused as I feel. "How come?"
"You have to do a…" What was it? "Metanys-." … "Look at stuff you do when you do other stuff. How you do different stuff. I'm pretty sure I know what special talents you and Apple Bloom have."
Her eyes widen. "What is it? Tell me!"
Huh. "Didn't..? Princess Twilight become an alicorn when her friends all had their cutie marks swapped around?"
The alicorn nods. "Yes. I'm not exactly sure how that happened. I think it was a side effect of their emotional bonds and the undirected magic energy from the Elements of Harmony." She looks thoughtfully. "Thinking about it…" She levitates a piece of paper over form her desk, then starts walking off. "That might help Starlight Glimmer with her research on how to share special talents."
Huh. "Scootaloo, is there something that I do a lot when we're crusading? Like, something I do that most ponies wouldn't do?"
"Ah." She rubs her snout with her hoof. "Well, you do usually-."
I shove a hoof in her mouth. "Don't tell me! Just remember it."
Discord leans in. "Oh? Are you planning something, my little ponies?"
"I'm angry about Rarity lying to me. But if we were princesses, we could tell them to never lie to us again."
Discord nods real fast. "That sounds completely reasonable to me, but what do I know?"
"Scootaloo, do you know what you need to become an alicorn?"
"Ah, three different types of pony, something binding them together, and lots of magic? Oh, and the things with lots of magic has to be something they're connected to."
I nod. "Mister Discord, what happens if the three of us get our cutie marks at the same time? Can we use you instead of the Elements of Harmony?"
He looks… I guess that's thoughtful? "I don't know…" Then he perks up. "But I'm-" Suddenly there are two of him, and they've each got a foreleg around the other's shoulder. "-besides myself with excitement to find out."
The pegasus mare looks a little worried. "Ah, Scoots, honey-."
The Discords clicks their paws, and we vanish in a flash.
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