Discord: Hello there.


Ash: What do you want?
Discord: You don't know me, but-


Ash: You're Discord. You're the time traveler working with Nightshade to keep the timeline on track.


Discord: Oh. Then why haven't you tried to stop me?
Ash: Whatever sibling rivalry going on between you and Saturn is none of my business, so long as you don't interfere with me or my friends.


Discord: That's sort of the problem. I can't find Saturn. I haven't seen her in months, and suddenly Nightshade is acting extremely strange. Do you know where she is?


Ash: Haven't seen her since February.


Ash: But what does this have to do with me?
Discord: Because whatever's been done to Nightshade might affect Valentine.


Ash: ...How do you know about that? Saturn didn't.


Discord: Ah... well she's younger, and she doesn't remember Valentine very much. You never figured it out in the future before she went away. That's why you made me a second time machine to follow Saturn and make sure Nightshade stayed safe. Look, I'm not supposed to tell you about this stuff, all right? I'm not asking for help, I just want to find Saturn to see if she's involved with whatever's going on so I know whether to stop it.


Ash: ...I see.


Ash: All right then. Let's see if we can figure out what's going on. How weird are you talking about? This is Nightshade, after all.

Discord: REALLY weird! She looks the same, and sounds the same, but it's like someone else is pulling the strings! I'm not even sure if she knows who I am. It all started when this person claiming to be Beressa showed up...

 

 

 

Valentine: Gee, I hope Chris's little sister feels better. She seemed nice.




Commentary:
Well, Ash knows who Discord's mother is now. Do you?

Most of this fic is a bit dark. I took it without the flash, because I thought darker pictures would be better for Ash's lab. Well, not THAT dark. My mistake. Won't happen again.