Poisoned Chaos

      Morning. Exhaused by the last night Fluttershy sleeps peacefuly in bed while Discord, who was already up and dressed, with smirk on his face observed her: the way her chest was moving up and down with every breath she took, the way she frowned in her sleep, etc. "Truely adorable," old magician stated, "Not only from the inside."       Stroking his wife for a few more times he stood up and left the room. He had to check what was the agenda for today and if Smooze was doing good with the baby.       As he opened the door to his partner's room, Discord saw Smoothie in pajamas sitting in the bed. Tender was sitting on lis lap, nuzzling into his belly and laughing as he played "Peek-a-boo" with her. I think you know his game so I don't have to translate an explanation from the original. Discord looked confused. "What the hay are you doing?" "Oh, hi. I'm playing with your daughter, can't you see?" "What kind of game is that?" "Come on, br'er," Smoothie gigled, "That's baby's favorite game, remember?" "Is it? I thought my daughter plays smarter games than that." "Br'er, what's the matter?" "Nothing, obviously."       Smooze looked at Discord. Though his eyes were hidden behind his hair, he gave him obvious look of surprise and suspicion. "Br'er..?" "What?" "...nothing." "Good. What's the agenda for today?" "Tonight there's a play in pur circus, scene from the Phantom of the opera. You're gonna play it right after other goy's perfomance. Acrobats, gymnasts." "There's more thst two people in our circus?" Discord raised his eyebrows. "Fot five years already!" "Ah... My memory is terrible lately. Ahem, anyway. No time for chit-chat. Give me the child! baby and go prepare yourself. Nightmare night is coming!" "Careful," Smooze handed the baby to her father. She immediately started babbling helplessly and extended her tiny hand towards the chubby, but Discord already took her out of the room, leaving Smooze alone.       As soon as he dressed up, Smooze ran to Twilight's. "I must warn her."

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      It was getting late. Fluttershy was already up, making costumes with her husband and daughter. Fluttershy's costume was done long ago, consisting of a simple black evening dress with wide elbow-length sleeves and false vampire fangs, but little Tender's costume had to be done immediately, because she and Discord still hadn't bought her one. So it had to be sewed from everything girl could find.       "Why Fluttershy celebrates Nightmare night all of the sudden?" you ask? It was her friends and husband's initiative. Many years ago they convinced her to participate. It ended up being their tradition and Flutty's fear of this holiday was all gone. Okay, we got a little distracted.       Flutteshy found her daughter's yellow sweater with yellow stripes, made two tiny wings out of a blue fabric she found and attached them to thd back of sweater. After she dressed her daughter in this, she made a little paper crown and put it on baby's head after tying a bib with a picture of a honeycomb around her neck. So today Tender was a princess bee, if not a queen bee. The night comes. Fluttershy took her daughter in her arms. "Here's our baby bee! Are you ready, Discord?"       When she turned to Discord he was still in his every-day outfit. As if he wasn't going anywhere. However, he smiled and waved: "Oh, you go, I'll catch you later." "Oh, okay," Fluttershy smiled and walked to the door with her baby, "I guess you'll be Alastor, like last time." "Hahah... Even better. For I'll be," Fluttershy closed tge door behind her and Discord smiled wickedly and creepily, "AN IMPOSTOR".       Fluttershy has approached the doorstep when she heard footsteos behind her. "Wow, Discord got ready so fast?" she thought as she turned her head back. Her expression freezed with horror, Tender cried and nuzzled to her mom out of fear - kitchen knife blade was pointed at them and Discord with mad, evil smile on his face and in his narrow-pupiled eyes swung the knife at them, ready to end them for good. Just a moment. Fluttershy closed her eyes and hugged her daughter close to her, trying to protect her baby. Suddenly a loud crush was heard right in front of her. As she opened her one eye trembling, she observed with horror and confusion that Discord with a knife was pushed and hit against the wall, and in oppose, at the door... another Discord was standing! Standing in such a pose with such an angry face that only dummy wouldn't get that he just punched the armed one. "D-Discord?" Flutty was shocked. "Are you okay, dear?" "How the buck did you escape?" Said Discord-who-got-puched through his clenched teeth with rage in a voice, as he struggled standing up.

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      A few hours ago. Cave in which Tirek and Chrysalis kept Discord imprisoned. Tirek was walking from side to side mumbling something with annoyance. The captive observes this view. "Are you done yet?" "Mind your own business," growled the jock. "Or else I'll beat you up worse than I did last time in your pathetic circus." "The day before yesterday? Ha! That was worth hitting your girlfriend's cheek with a knife." "She is not my girlfriend!" "Whatever. You're not gonna win anyway. I'll escape eventualy and mane6 will send you to Tartarus again." "Oh really?" Tirek stopped and approached the old magician. He grabbed him by his shirt collar and dragged him closer to his angry face, "You know very well I'm not the only one who belongs there. You see me and Chrysie as pure evil, but you've forgotten that you're not a saint either, unlike your mother."       Magician's brows frowned immediately. "Keep my mum's name out of your mouth!" "Or what? You'll force me to return your magic or to let you send me to that island? Don't make me laugh! If only she knew how many innocent people you killed because of your panic attacts and horns she would be greatful she died at my bullet and never made it to witness maturity of her pathetic son!"       Everything went silent. Discord's eyes were filled with rage and hatred. He liwered his head so his eyes got hidden under the hat's shadow. Suddenly for Tirek, magician grinned widely. "Yeah. I AM a murderer, for sure," then he looked up at his opponent, creepy, "But at least I'm not showing it off. Especial at someone who's loved one was killed." "Wierdo," Tirek tossed Dee ar the wall. The chain clinked with craking sound, " Just you wait for Chrysie to return with good news. We'll contact He Who Released Us right away and inform him we succeeded with our mission." "He Whi Released yoy? Mission?" Discord raised his right eyebrow. "Yes. The Grogar, the infamous villain, posted bail for Chrysalis and me on the condition that we work together to achieve our goal," Tirek stroke his head tiredly and to his surprise he couldn't feel his almost grown horns. "Wanna hear a secret?"       Tirek turned around at the sound of chain clinking. Discord somehow took it off and rushed at Tirek. He(Tirek) easily blocked his attack though is didn't save him from being hit really hard in the back of his head, so he fell down on the floor unconcious. Discord thew a heavy piece of wood away, whiping dust from his tail-coat. "The secret is thst Grogar died three hundred years ago," saying so, magician left his prison.

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      Let us rerurn to what's happening now. Fake Discord finaly got up. The real one approached him, frowning. "I really hate to punch such pure copy of my face." "Oh please, you FlaTtEr me." "Though you deserved it!" Discord grabbed the dopelganger and threw 'em away. This time the fake hit the kitchen door and fell on the table in there, accirdinf to crash sounds. "W-What is going on?" Fluttershy was lost. "That's a long story. Quick, run and call Twilight and the others, I'll-..." "Get over here!" Black tentacle-like thing showed up from the kitchen, wrapped around Discod's neck with sound and speed of a whip and dragged hit to the kitchen to fake one. He didn't even made a sound, so fast it happened. Scared to death Fluttershy didn't know what to do. Discord might be injured of killed before her friends could get there. Gathering her courage, she opened the door and ran into the kitchen. "Discord!"       Both Discords tried to fight eachother but as soon as Flutty came in, they stopped. Real Discord already lost his hat at the enterance in front of poot gal there were two absolutely identical Discord. "Oh my Celestia..." "My love!" Discord on the left pushed away the one on the right, "I told you to leave!" "Shut it, phony! You will not fool her!" Discord on the right rawred at him. "You're the one to talk!" "Wa-Wait!" Fluttershy grabbed her head, "One at the time." "Fluttershy, I know it's hard, but you have to trust me. She's an impostor, I'm real." "Oh, don't make my horns laugh," Discord on the right responded, "Don't tell me you trust in him but not your husband." "I-I can't tell!" Fluttershy took a step back. Baby Tender, who' pretty face was covered in tears, extended her tiny hands to the left, "I cannot trust any of you. Unless..." "Flutty, please, calm down." "Tell me what only my Discord knows. The real Discord. What was his mother's favorite place?" "An old oak deep in the park bordered with woods," both Discord answered the same moment and looked at eachother angrily. "Oh my. I thought only me and he knew about it." "So did I," said Duscird with cut on his right cheek through his clenched teeth. "Alright... Then another one. When did his first panic attack happened and whi was his virst victim?" "Back in college, bully and principal happened to be the victims of this accident," magicians said at the same time once again, making the lefg one look at the opponent in shock. "How the hay did you know?" "Are you kidding me? The entire town knew as soon as... I ran away." "Ah you little-!" "Hush, hush!" Fluttershy tried to calm them down, "We can't solve it if you keep fighting. I still have no idea which one is real. There's only one thing left." "Whay do you suggest?"       Fluttershy was about to ask the question but she blushed and hesitated the last moment. Discords were waiting for her to speak, but the girl was silent, looking away with embarrasment. "I-I can't say it in front of Tender." "You mean?" Right Discord raised an eyebrow. "W-Well... all I can say... How many times we... h-had..," Fluttershy went silent again and covered her red face with her hands. "I don't get it." "Guh, what do you not understand in your speciality, you anthro-spider? She's trying to say how much she and I," left Discord jestured quotes, ""did the thing."" "D-Discord!" "Couldn't she just say we had sle-" "Not possible! Our age rating is to low, there's also no warning about swearing." "How the hay the word "sleep" is swearing?" "No idea, she's gonna censor it anyway. Ahem. So, we did it just once. Our wedding night. As the result, we have baby Tender.:       As soon as he ginished, other Dee bursted with laughter, holding onto his tummy. He tried to catch a breath as he saw confusion on his opponent's face: "You bucking loser! Just once during the whole marriage? Haha, you're the worst!" "What? I'm speaking thae truth, Fluttershy knows it and-..." "He is correct," Fluttershy said with guilt in her voice, looking ashamed. "What?.." "It happened yesterday. You were so rough and... took advantage of me like a predator."       Confusion on magician's face changed to shock and slow realisation. He tried to realise it for less than ten seconds whike his opponen finaly calmed down and quit laighing. "What can I say!" Other Discord said, smirking. First one's brows were slowly frowning, "Better luck next time, you pho-..." "You buching viper!" Magician squeezed his opponent's throat, "How dare you dishonor my wife like that!"       Other magician wasn't expectint that so he tried to remove his hands, hoping to escape, but the first one's fingers squeezed his throat too tight, preventing the oxygen to be breathen in. "D-Discord, stop!" Fluttershy shouted in horror, sovering her daughter's eyes with her hands. That was the only thing she could do right now. ''I'll destroy you!"       The othet Discord's vision was fading away, he nearly sufficated. Luckily for him, the second before he could fade, a policeman silouete broke through the window, grabbed the attacker, wringed his arms and chained then with cuffs. Then the magician was thrown on his knees and grabbed by the back of his head. After the officer two other policemen rushed inside, holding guns in their arms. "Dash?" "Rainbow, thanks Celestia!" Other Discord finaly stabilized his breath while another one was struggling with cuffs, "That impostor almost killed me!" "Trust me, we'll take care of that phony," officer bonked arestee's head as if telling him to stop resisting. "Dashie, wait! It's the real Discord!" "We know, Fluttershy." "Wait, what?"       Pow! - the rest of the mane six rushed broke into kitchen. Startled and a little confused non-arested Discord had just a little time to think before a magic beam struck his arm, covering it with stone crust. For some reason girls desided not to turn him fully into stone. That magician looked at his half-stoned hand in horror and shock. "Ho-How did you know?" "We didn't. You showed us your true self." "Rainbow," Twilight looked at her strictly, "Quit referensing anime." "Come one, that was a good one." "Can you take it more seriously and not to keep me waiting for my doom?!"       Twilight looked at the impostor before pointing at her neck: "Your neck is too short."       There was silence. Which duration was less than five seconds. "Are you bucking kidding me?!" "You wish. No matter how pure your mimicing magic is, you miscalculated just a few milimeters. You have lost, Chrysalis."       Chrysalis realised she was in serious trouble now. Two policemen were approaching her, ready to grab and take her away. Just a moment and she won't be able to escape. However... "You will never take me alive!" The former queen swung her stoned hand at policemen, hit them and then the walk. Stone crust crushed into pieces, changeling turned into raven and flew away through the window. None of people attending could do anything to stop her. "Darn it! We lost her." ''Ahem!" "Oh, right," Dash removed cuffs from real Dee's hands, "Sorry for that, buddy." "It's fine," Discord whiped the dust from his clothes, "I don't get it, was my neck length your only clue?" "Not just that," Twi answered. "There were many other clues and details," Rarity continued, "such as that cut on her cheek and lack of seams on your resently fixed tailcoat, not to mention your daughter strange behaviour. Yet we desided not to tell her that." "The danger has passed. She won't be back for quite a while so let us relax and celebrate." "I'll pass," magician said quietly. "By the way, Discord. Next time please warn us about your plans to release your old pals, okay?" "Whatever you say, princess."       Everyone, including two policemen, left the house. Only Fluttershy and Discord remaind in the room. Fluttershy looked more calm than just second ago but still scared, and baby Tender extended her tiny arms towards hee daddy again. Magician came cliser to her, laying his hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay, hun? Fluttershy?"       But Fluttershy pushed his hand away, looking at him in disbelief and followed the others, leaving her confused and upset husband to watch her go, all alone. "Little pegasus..?"