Our play went over swimmingly!
Exactly as planned!
Rarity, what are you talking about?
Every single prop in our Play Day play vanished before our very eyes.
And I got three consecutive standing ovations!
Which is exactly the number my horse-oscope predicted.
Roses.
The winner's flower.
Fine.
I promise I'll share.
No lingering trace of our items.
No signs of scientific eradication.
You're gonna have to explain to us soon what in the hoof you just said.
That all of our items have been cleanly transported…
with a special kind of magic…
Chaos magic!
It does seem to have gotten out of control lately.
This sounds like a case for Detective Rarity!
I knew a mystery was ahoof
when the magic made everything poof!
That's a good line.
This mystery will be messing up our manes no more.
I know you're a one-pony problem solver,
but it's always been my dream to join you on a caper.
Also, I know where the magic first got all funky –
the Potion Ocean!
Then lead the way, Private Eye Pie!
We've got some ponies to prod!
Some Equestrians to question!
Some…
horsies to hug!
So…
Wait for them at Sugarcube Corner 'til they get back?
Sounds good.
You have to feel the evidence for answers, Pinkie.
Really become one with the wonders of the mystery.
Or… we could just ask this pony.
Tell me…
When was the last time you encountered magic on the sand?
About three days ago.
There he is.
His name is Magic.
We met here three days ago,
and we've been best friends ever since.
Say hello, Magic!
Bobbins.
Tell me…
Any magical mistakes happen in here?
Actually, yes.
This book has been glowing with purple dust all morning.
Do you see this, P.I. Pie?
We're one step closer to solving the mystery?
My bookmark's still in here from when I turned this in last week.
Also…
We're one step closer to solving the mystery!
As I conducted my investigation,
one thing became crystal clear.
You're crazy for craftin' yarn?
No!
But also, yes.
I discovered my pursuit of perplexing magical powers gone kaput was pointless!
Because the proof of the problem was present with you ponies!
Actually, I was just about to start by saying…
I'm the reason!
I wished for something really big on the Cotton Candy Comet,
and it clogged up the cosmos!
Now nopony's wishes are being granted!
Actually, I was just about to…
My wish didn't come true either!
Right, of course. But I…
I kind of had this whole presentation made, so…
if I could just…
I was so worried that my wish somehow messed everything up.
Oh, why did I use my wish on a giant calculator that never came?
That's actually what I was getting to.
My wish was in the library.
I wished for a second sparkly bookmark,
and it never came!
Wait.
You said the proof is with us.
If none of our wishes came true, then there's no jam.
Exactly.
So another pony messed it up.
But who?
No, dear Twilight.
Isn't it obvious?
It was…
You!
It all started weeks ago on a typical wednesday.
I was going about my normal business,
a.k.a. wreaking absolute and complete chaos with
a total disregard for normalcy on my weekly stroll.
And after I filled all of Rarity's hats with swamp mud…
I started messing with your wishes.
My mischievous master plan went off without a hitch.
But I soon discovered
I wanted more.
Just wait and see what I do with those wishes!
It's going to be deliciously out of control!
Here are the cold, hard milkshakes!
I mean, facts.
Our wishes have disappeared.
Now that we know it was Discord who did the dirty deed,
I think it's time we got some…
Justice!
I was gonna say "answers", but that works, too.
Please come in.
Entrez-vous, my four-legged friends.
Okay, Mr. Discord.
We've got questions. You've got…
Finger sandwiches?
My hoofness.
It's so civilized.
But I shan't partake.
Well, I'm too polite to turn down a snack.
So there I was, clutching the guardrails of this rickety little bridge,
and the troll said I had to answer his riddle.
So I asked the troll a counter-riddle,
and when the troll failed to answer said riddle…
he turned into stone.
But I couldn't move the stone, so I still couldn't cross the bridge.
So?
What did you do?
I went home and listened to a pony-cast about comedic uses for dark magic.
Very compelling, actually.
So, my fair fillies, as to what do I owe the pleasure?
Oh. Right.
Where might our missing wishes be, Discord dear?
We'd really like to know.
Actually, we demand to know!
I'll never tell! Never ever!
I must ask you to leave posthaste!
Goodbye!
Well, that didn't work.
Maybe he was lying about taking our wishes.
Not tootin' likely.
But I know he's up to somethin'.
If only we could get into that big, twisted noodle of a brain and find out what he's thinking.
Rarity, you're a genius!
We should shrink ourselves down,
get in Discord's head,
and see what's going on with those wishes for ourselves!
Let's do it!
Oh, it's on!
Yeah!
What a lovely morning.
Time to gather some swamp mud,
make it rain chocolate…
Look! The morning paper.
I just adore the funny pages.
Fan out!
Tiny pony potion paratroopers, go, go, go!
My brain itches.
Oh, well.
Wow.
Discord's brain is…
tidier than I thought.
But this maze is still mighty confusin'.
How will we know where to find his memories?
Maybe this adorable mutant bunny can help us.
Hello there.
Sorry.
I had a snake for lunch.
Well, one of us did.
Password?
"Fluttershy",
but the "E" is a three.
Uh, no, we changed it last week.
We had to add an exclamation point.
Not you! Them!
"Fluttershy". Exclamation point. An "E" is a three.
You may pass.
Hey, everypony!
Over there!
Here it is!
A catalog of how Discord spent everypony's wishes!
A million mice,
a million mouse traps,
more wishes,
fewer wishes,
the ability to breathe ice instead of fire…
…an apple orchard the size of a planet,
a TV show starring me as every character…
…an Olympic-size pool and an indoor gym…
Wait!
These ones are our wishes!
He took them all!
What in Equestria?!
How did you?..
What's going on?
We're asking the questions, buddy!
We know you spent every wish!
Including ours!
Yeah!
So what do you plan on doing about it?!
I plan on…
offering you another sandwich.
And by the way, whatever you did in there, my ears have never felt cleaner.
Aren't I a stinker?
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