Unforeseen Consequences - Discord time

“I-I’m afraid that you got the wrong idea, I like Cherrywood a lot, I would never-“
>”Oh, so that’s her name?” She giggled “Pffft! Puh-lease! Whatever that Cherrytrunk can do, I can do it ten times better, besides…” she moved under you and nuzzled her head on your chest “I know you kinda like meee~”
“W-What?! Where did you get that idea?!”
>You moved her away from you but the only response you got was the little Celestia nuzzling under your chin ”Oh, I can just tell by how you adorably stutter when I get close”
“Miss Celestia-“
>”Sshh…” The little Celestia gently placed her hooves on your lips as she looked with dreamy eyes “Admit it, my prince… you just won the lottery”
>Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okaaaay! This is bad, like super bad. You have to come up with some clever, no; a GENIUS way to get this filly off of you… and you just came up with that.
>So you gasped and pointed behind the filly
“Great Scott! A hydra has gotten inside the castle!”
>The little Celestia immediatly lighted up her horn and adopted a battle stance. “A hydra?! Don’t you worry, my cute prince! Because I, Celestia, will protect you from- wait a minute…” she looked left and right, but there was only darkness to be seen “There’s no hydra here.”
>Oh, yeah baby! Your distraction worked brilliantly! Before she could ask you anything, you teleported away from her and appeared right in front of the royal dinner.
>Good, you skipped a good chunk of the castle, only a couple hallways more and you are golden. You looked around, heh, no filly in sight. Of course, you needed to celebrate this with a victory dance! Let’s groove, yo!
>You started moving your head and neck back and forth as you tried your best to do the “Egyptian walk”
“Eh-Eh-Eh, Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh! Eh-Eh-Eh, Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh! Eh-Eh-Eh, Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh!”

>But your amazing celebration got canceled in the most horrendous way possible when you heard a little voice “Eh-Eh-Eh, Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh! Eh-Eh-Eh, Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh! Eh-Eh-Eh, Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh-Eh!”
>You quickly looked behind you, and there she was… the little Celestia happily imitating your little dance.
“AAAH!”
>She then giggled, flew above you and looked down at you with an arrogant face “Going somewhere, my prince?”
“You! When did you… but, I thought that… How?!”
>The little Celestia gave you a little wink and shrugged “You really run fast, you know that? But guess what, my prince, you’re not the only pony who can teleport, well, I’m not either… and gotta admit that I’m not even the best one, have you seen how Luna teleports? She can go from one side of the dark forest to the other and back with no problem and…”
>She giggled and tapped her horn “Sorry, I got a bit derailed, it happens sometimes. What I wanted to say is that this filly knows her way with magic too… so…” she put her face close to yours “I’m ready for my super special lesson in magic.”
“Now, now Miss Celestia, y-you really don’t need a magic lesson from me. I mean, you and your sister just beat up an alicorn and two very powerful unicorns, it is clear that you are WAY better at magic than me”
>”True…” the little Celestia landed on the floor as she giggled “But there are many, many things about magic I don’t know of… like the magic of love.”
>You took a step back but ended up being backed against a wall, the little filly, in turn, got dangerously closer to you.
>… Okay, screw any distractions or plans, you had to get Discord to fix this and pronto! So you immediately teleported right outside your room and sighed in relief when you noticed that there were no fillies in the proximity, just the weird darkness.

>Of course, this moment of calmness wasn’t meant to last. As soon as you placed your hoof on the door, you heard the little Celestia’s voice coming from behind you.
>The little Celestia booped your muzzle with her hoof ”I got youuu~!” She giggled “And now you…!” She then noticed your room entrance and tilted her head in confusion “Hey, what’s up with the lavender flowers on the door frame?”
>Well, it is not like you could get annoyed that she pointed them out, still… it did make you feel a bit… sad. Those flowers were placed each night by your mom Luna, and well… she’s not truly here anymore.
>”My prince, err… Anon? Are you feeling okay?” The little filly asked with a worried tone
>You quickly shook your head and gave the little Celestia a fake reassuring smile.
“Yeah… uh… please, Miss Celestia, do not worry about me, alright? I was just thinking about some… stuff related to my work as a prince.”
>”Oh, okay… um…” the little Celestia rubbed the back of her neck “So what’s the deal with this place anyways?”
“Well… I suppose that is my fault for not being a good host, you see, this door right here leads to my room, but-“
>”Your room? Can I come in?” The little Celestia started to rapidly and excitedly stomp her hooves “Oh man, I so want to see it! Please, please, please can I see your room?”
>Hmmm… considering the circumstances this could be a very, very stupid move, but desperate times called for desperate solutions.
“Very well, but before that happens, you have to promise me something, Miss Celestia. Nothing major, it’s just for… eh… you could say that this is a way to make your lessons a tad more interesting. In this case, you have to promise that under no circumstance you will cast a teleportation spell, deal?”
>”Deal!” And before you could say anything else, the filly quickly opened the door and flew into your room.

>”Hey, you got yourself a super nice place in here!” The little filly said as she inspected everything with curious eyes “What are these posters that are hung along the walls and oh! What’s up with the creepy masks that are everywhere? And oooooh! You have So. Many. Books! I love it! It’s just like my room!”
>You wanted to protest against that remark towards Cherrywood’s masks. You two spent a lot of time working on those, and you loved that she used them as decorations for your room but…
>While the little Celestia inspected your book collection, you moved in a stealthy way towards the magical trapdoor that led to the lab.
>Of course, you continued to address her so you wouldn’t raise any suspicion.
“Indeed I have a wide diversity of books from many different eras, please, feel free to read them as much as you want while I go… and prepare some stuff…”
>”Huh?” The little Celestia dropped a book that she just had picked up and looked at you with curiosity “Things? What things?”
>Okay, the trapdoor was right behind you, you just needed to very subtly open it with one of your hinder legs while you kept her distracted.
“You know, things… of the royal kind…”
>”Really?” the filly narrowed her eyes at you when she noticed the trapdoor that was half open, and your leg being the culprit of that “And what kind of royal business do you have with a mysterious trap door, eh my prince?”
“Well, you see…”
>Screw this, it is now or never. You quickly opened the trap door and jumped down, landing perfectly on your hooves… thank you, Rainbow Dash’s training.
>”Oh, so you are playing hard to get!” The little filly yelled as she quickly flew down “Well guess what, my prince? I like that game”
>You immediately teleported to a sort of middle point inside the “gem” tunnel. Fairly away from the trap door, but not too close to your lab. You then sat on your butt and waited for the filly to catch up with you.

>Which didn’t take long, the little Celestia was actually a fast flyer ”You know, this teleportation game is starting to get, sooo boooring! C’mon, don’t tell that’s all you have for me, my prince.”
>You shrugged as you gave the filly a smug grin
“I suppose that I have no option but to please your curiosity, eh? Very well, Miss Celestia, this is a special trick just for you”
>You concentrated a lot of magic in your horn as you focused on a particular spell that you wanted to cast.
>While you knew that you couldn’t hold her for too long, you could still buy some time, but for that to happen, you needed this spell to be as powerful and efficient as possible.
>And once you spell was finally cast, the little filly gasped ”Whoa! What the hay is this!”
>… Ironic, considering that it was technically her who helped you to perfect your shield spell. Well, rather than a spell, it was giant and thick magical barrier that stood in between you and the little Celestia.
>The little Celestia tapped the barrier “Hm, I remember that Starswirl was working on a… hm, how did she call it? Shield spell? It had to be something like that, that crazy stallion always picks up the dumbest names for his spells, like c’mon, he created a spell to make tea out of thin air and he named it the “tea-maker spell”, like puh-lease, I know the name works but… Uhm, I think that I’m getting a bit derailed, point is that he was working on something like this”
>The little filly then gave the barrier a might buck “But this one is waaay sturdier than anything Starswirl and his hairy nose has ever done. Pretty cool, now” she gave you a sly smile “Why don’t you cast this spell off so we can practice the magic of cuddles?”
“Well, I could dispel my little wall, but that would spoil the fun, wouldn’t it?”

>The little Celestia rolled her eyes and chuckled “I can still teleport to your side of the barrier, you know?”
“Ah, ah, ah! You did promise that under no circumstance you would use that spell, remember? And this is my first lesson in royalty, a prince or princess never break their promises, oh, and don’t think on blasting the wall, please. You could cause a cave-in and… well, that would be pretty bad”
>The filly sat on the ground, crossed her front hooves and huffed as she poofed her cheeks ”Hm! Not fair!”
>You gently shrugged while you held a smug smirk
“This would be my second lesson, life can be unfair at times, we have to give our best and break through those hardships. Now if you excuse me…”
>You turned away from her
“I do have some royal business to take care of, but I promise that I won’t take too long”
>Heh, with that problem out of the way, you just needed to contact Discord and everything would-
>”Do our best, hm?” The little Celestia said with a mischievous grin “I think… I can do that”
>A chill ran down your spine when you heard those words, you slowly turned back, and saw that the little Celestia was smirking at you and her horn was shining with her golden aura.
“Miss Celestia… what are you doing?”
>”Exactly what you told me to do, my prince” She giggled as she… walked right through the darn shield! WHAT?! “I’m breaking through this hardship so I can get my reward… which is, of course, you!”
>Okay… as scared as you were, you had to give her something, that… that was absolutely awesome.
>That said…
“Aaaaaah!”
>It was time to run, yo! You didn’t care about anything else, you teleported to your lab and immediately, and reached the cabinet where the radios were.

>Dang! You didn’t have much time! You quickly set the radio to Discord’s frequency and yelled into it
“Discord, Discord! We have an emergency, mate! A big one! I need your chaotic butt here and pronto! Oh… and bring Eris too if you can… I seriously need all the help possible and you guys are my only hope!”
>And the response that you got, well… you heard a little cheesy tune coming from the radio followed by an almost robotic Discord’s voice.
>”You have called to Discord’s amazing chaotic line, if you are a yak and are looking for ballet lessons, please press one. If you called to know why your train collection was set on fire and cannot be put down, press two. If you are that pesky tax collector, you really are persistent, aren’t you? Well, I guess that someponies can’t get enough of my beautiful chaos … oh and if you are the little prince…”
>A little blue Discord appeared on top of the radio, it was a… hologram? It even had some cheap scan lines “I’m sorry but whatever problem you might have, will have to wait. Eris and I are in the middle of a wonderful picnic with our dear Fluttershy and…”
>”You know how I said that you were fast on your hooves? Well, I don’t know what ponies eat in the future, but I have never seen a pony to gallop THAT fast seriously, you could- Wooooow!”
> The little Celestia finally reached your lab, and just like with your room, she started to inspect everything “This place is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! So this is how technology looks in the future, huh? I knew that it was going to be great but this… this is just… Psssh! Mind blowing…”
>The Discord hologram immediately turned to the little Celestia “Now, what do we have here?” and with a snap of his talons, the hologram disappeared, making Discord to appear inside the lab.
>The little Celestia started to flew around Discord, inspecting every single detail of him ”By Starswirl’s hairy nose! The future just gets crazier and crazier, like seriously, who is this guy? WHAT is this guy?”

>For just a second, Discord raised an eyebrow and grinned maliciously before giving the little Celestia a polite smile “Well, it seems like you are quite the curious filly, aren’t you? That is certainly a marvelous attitude to have, because you see, my dear.” He then gently booped the filly’s muzzle “Wondering about the oddities of life and the unknown is something that it’s almost lost in the youth of today.”
>The little Celestia covered her muzzle with her hooves and giggled as she continued to fly around Discord “You speak as weird as you look, mister….uuh… what was your name again?”
>”My dear, that is such an understatement” Discord snapped his talon, making a top hat to appear on his head, a rainbow-colored bow tie on his neck, and a golden cane on his paw “I do not only speak weird, I also act, think, eat, sleep and even breathe weird! Because you see, being weird is what I do, no! Being weird is what defines my very existence, for I am Discord, the spirit of chaos! And I shall not be brought down by the mundane chains of normalcy!”
>You let out a chuckle and rolled your eyes, then you put up a little smirk and wiggled your eyebrows at Discord.
“Oh, yeah, suuure, you are Discord, the mighty spirit of chaos and randomness… except when a certain Fluttershy is involved.”
>”That is a more than an unfair accusation, my pint-sized friend, especially when every time my lovable daughter comes to visit, you act quite mischievous and yet, aren’t you still the mighty prince of harmony?”
“Discord, you know darn well that is Eris the one who-“
>”Oh puh-lease! You should be above and beyond of petty excuses, my little prince. Remember that is your duty to guide with the example what would our little guest think if she saw you acting with such a poor and common behavior?”

>“And speaking of our lovable guest, pardon me for my manners, and allow me to introduce myself once more” Discord then took off his top hat and gave her a profound bow “My name is Discord, a draconequus of class and chaos, one could say that is classy chaos. And it’s such a pleasure to meet you, Miss…?”
>The little filly giggled and rolled her eyes “You guys are silly, but it’s super nice to meet you sir Discord, I have never seen a dracone-something, which is really something, considering that I live in the dark forest and that place is filled with all kinds of creatures, then again, I had never seen a Phoenix until this morning, so… ehm… sorry, I got a bit derailed. My name is Celestia, and again, it’s nice to meet you!”
>Discord snapped his talons, making his little outfit to disappear “Oh, what a wonderful name you have there, my dear, and my, oh my, this old draconequus is more than surprised by how eloquent you are proving to be... but going back to your name… hmmm… Celestia… it sounds powerful, elegant, magnificent, almost…” he then gave the filly a grin as he narrowed his eyes “Like royalty”
>The little Celestia let out a little squee of joy after hearing those words “You really think so?”
>”Why, of course!” Discord closed his eyes, raises his head in a regal manner and proudly hit his chest with his paw “It is clear for everypony that you are destined for greatness, my dear!” But tell me, I couldn’t help but to notice that you are also an alicorn. Very impressive indeed, not many ponies can achieve such feat.”
>… What was Discord doing? Hmmm… is he trying to gain the little Celestia’s trust? Well… it sounds reasonable and logical. Maybe it would be better if you stayed silent for a moment and see where things go.
>The little filly flapped her wings and tapped her horn “Yup! my little sister Luna and I are both like this, and she’s also super great! I bet she would love to meet you, sir Discord!”

>Discord chuckled maliciously as he tapped his talons and paw “Oh, so you have a younger sister too, that’s what I would call a wonderful surprise. I’m absolutely sure that your younger sister… Luna, was it? Of course, it was, I’m sure that the little Luna is also an amazing young lady just like her big sister.“
>”She totally is!” The little Celestia grinned and flapped her wings in joy “I bet that Luna would love to meet you too!”
>”And I’m sure of that too, but before we meet your wondrous little sister” With another boop on her muzzle, Discord then asked “Tell me, my dear. Would I be wrong in assuming that you have already met a certain purple alicorn?”
>”Oh…” The little Celestia scoffed “You mean that lame purple pony? Yeah, she tried to like, cast an evil spell on me and my sister, but we managed to free ourselves and my prince over there from her evilness! Then…” she rolled her eyes “Then she went crazy”
>Discord couldn’t hold a chuckle, a very disturbing chuckle “Oh, I’m sure, so sure that she did”
>”So, umm…” the filly rubbed her right leg with the left one “so like… why do you know my prince?”

>Discord stroked his white beard “Why do I know the ruler of the vast and magical kingdom of Equestria? Well, that is a very good question with an equally good answer.”
>Wait, how did he know about your temporary status?
>Discord eyed you for a second before addressing the little Celestia “You see, this draconequus that you have right in front of you is not only the amazing spirit of chaos, no, I also have the great honor and happiness of being Prince Anon’s legal guardian, or in more mundane, yet tender term… you could simply say that I’m his father!”
“WHAT?!”
>You finally got released from whatever Discord had cast on you. Your heart beating at a thousand miles per hour, cold sweat ran down your face.
>”Really?!” The little Celestia asked with excitement
>”Why the long face, my little prince?” Discord picked you up and rubbed his cheek against yours “Give a big hug to your Dadonequus, boyo!”