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Meetings, Meetings, Meetings.... That's the only thing that Ice Storm had been able to since she's been back in Las Pegasus. She supposed that shouldn't have been too much of a surprise though. While it might have been for official Equestrian Business and homeland Security, she was still gone for the better part of a couple months. She wasn't surprised tofind out that many of the ponies that were friends and acquaintances that weren't already a part of STAR. Of course she couldn't go into full details with them, and then there were her financial advisors that had to sit down with her and go over all of the transactions that had happened within the last month that would be considered major expenses. She was pleased to see that the new PPGA golf course was taking shape and was well under way around the casino. With any luck it should be ready by spring. She couldn't wait. While she wasn't much of a golfer herself, she'd always been interested in the sport. 

 

Still though, she was happy to have finally made her way back to her office so that she could relax for a bit. Between everything that she had going on right now, it was a lot to handle. She slumped at her desk for a few moments before opening a cabinet in the back and pulling out a paper cone, a bottle of water, and strawberry syrup and quickly made herself a strawberry snow cone that she started to munch on. Nothing like a snow cone for her to let her worries go, at least for a few moments. It was then that she managed to spot something in the room. Something that she hadn't seen yet. "A spruce tree? I mean I like it, but the desk isn't really the place for that..." she said before noticing a card on it. "I noticed that your desk could use some sprucing up..." she started reading aloud, giggling a bit at the pun on the card. It was a spruce sapling... sprucing up... it made her giggle. Still, the card was left anonymous. She put a page into her hostess. "Hey Snow Star, did you receive anything for me in the past week? Something like a tree?"

 

"Nope! No pony's been in your office except you ma'am," She got in reply.

 

"Huh, that's weird. Thanks!" she said looking over the card. Who would randomly teleport her a tree? She wondered if this was Myth's doing, or maybe Raven as a way of telling her she needs to decorate better... Na, Raven would just come out and say it was ugly if she didn't like it. She took another bite of her snow cone as she wondered where this tree came from. 

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Discord frowned. He'd been waiting for Icy to notice him laying with his feet up in the corner for a few minutes. She seemed to be a little occupied with her snow cone. Somehow, she managed to notice his gift, but not the big long amazingly beautiful Draconequus in the corner of her office. Which peeved him to no small extent. And that wasn't even to mention the main reason he was even here. All told, the Draconequus was none too plussed to say the least. "You know" he said aloud after several seconds, breaking the silence "If I weren't so magnanimous,  I might be a bit offended at being ignored...." his face sported a wide scowl and his arms were folded as he tapped his dragon toes on the wall impatiently. He sat up and took a bite out of the whole-uncooked-fish sandwich he had and set it on Icy's desk. "I might still be a bit new to friendship, and I don't know all the rules," he snapped his fingers and produced Twilight's copy of the rule book for the School of Friendship,  complete with copious bookmarks and notes, and started flipping through it "but I'm pretty sure you're supposed to tell your friends when you build a super top secret underground military organization and become one of the most powerful ponies in Equestria." he shut the book and tossed in absently toward a shelf that had breakables on it, but it vanished before it hit the shelf, returning to Twilight's personal library where it came from but a couple get away from where it had been and upside down.

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~~~Ice Storm~~~

 

 

 

 

After a few moments of contemplation, Ice Storm heard a voice from the corner of her office. A very familiar voice that she hadn't heard from in a bit, which was more her fault than anything. She turned to see the draconiquis approaching her. He told her that while he might be new to this whole friendship thing, but he was pretty sure you were supposed to tell your friends when you started a secret military organization and become one of the most powerful ponies in Equestria. He then tossed a book at a shelf of breakables before the book vanished. She recognized it as the friendship journal and part of the curriculum at the school of friendship. She also became aware of the raw, half-eaten fish sandwich. A sign that she took as Discord's way of saying that something fishy was going on here.

 

Ice Storm sighed. "I am sorry, Discord. I wasn't ignoring anyone. I promise. I mean, I haven't even been in Equestria for a few months now. Before that I was dealing with a pair of corrupted nobles that we found out were dealing with eldritch magic, which I let Twilight take care of at that point. Weird tentacle things, no thanks I know how things like that end. The reason I never told you about STAR was the same reason I never publicly told anyone about Star. At least not until recently. It was supposed to be a black ops program designed to eliminate threats to Equestria before they got here so we didn't have another Tempest come knocking down our door. In order for that to work efficiently, Equestria needed plausible deniability. The only way to achieve that was to keep as many princesses and literal gods out of the loop as possible. I could only tell one, and no offense... But between you and Luna, she's better at keeping a secret. Or so I thought..." Ice started.

 

"I planned everything so carefully. I did extensive research on how to cover trails and sever connections that could be made to something larger going on. I never ordered from the same place twice in a row, made sure all the shipments came in at different ports and from different cities. But ponies still figured it out. I'm still not entirely sure how Twilight found out, but after she did, she supported the idea, and now we're an official branch of the Equestrian Military. Which means I can't operate exactly how I wanted to anymore. But I'm also doing a lot of good with it to. Jobs, inclusion... Which is ironic given the conversation... And draining the corrupt nobility from well, nobility. At least that way what happened to me can't happen again. Not telling you was wrong, but believe me when I say I definitely wasn't avoiding you. Shoot, I could even use your help on this one. She could be a major threat and is probably the only other pony alive as old as you and the sisters." She stated. 

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Discord listened to Icy's excu— explanations with a great deal of patience.... well, as much patience as one could expect from from the Lord of Chaos. he frowned "You don't trust me to keep secrets? I keep tons of secrets! Like— you know, this is sounding really familiar, for some reason...." he sighed "Fine. I guess I can let you off the hook...." he snapped his fingers and a large bone fish hook [pictured on the bottom] appeared in his hand which he began pickling his tooth with then paused to add "this time.... In any case, if you needed my help, then why didn't you tell me?" he set the oversized fish hook on Icy's desk next to the sandwich "You know I'm good at helping. But there's one thing I want to clear up." he jumped up and sat himself ontop off Icy's desk. "Nopony is a old as me." 

 

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~~~Ice Storm~~~

 

 

Ice Storm was thankful that Discord chose to forgive her. She knew how troublesome it could be when somepony got on Discord's bad side. Nothing is worse than making the god of chaos angry with you. That's like walking up to an ice cliff, bucking it as hard as you could and then getting mad when chunks of ice fell off and hit you, or worse. AS it was though, she listened as he questioned her thought about his inability to keep a secret before he almost started talking about a secret. She couldn't help but raise an Eyebrow at that. The one thing that he said that he did want to clear up though, was that there was nopony as old as he was. 

 

"Perfect! I was hoping that you were going to say that. I would have asked for help a lot sooner, but again I wasn't even in the country for the past few months. The pony in question is named Hou Shuren. According to King Sombra, Twilight, and Princess Luna, she's come into some rather powerful artifacts that she stole from the Canterlot Vaults. I was wondering what information you could tell me about her. So far the only thing we have are rumors that she's immortal and that she fuels her immortality by consuming the souls of other ponies. Though after our most recent expedition, I fear there might be some truths about those based on some of the things that we found," Ice Storm mentioned before pulling out a notebook and a quill as she waited for Discord's response. "Also," she said looing at the giant hook. "Where in Equestria did you find that? that's kinda neat looking. I can definitely see you going after bad ponies with it," she smiled.

 

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The instant Icy said the ancient mage, Hou Shuren's name, Discord's demeanor instantly changed. His face went serious and he dropped his usual carefree tone "Ice Storm, whatever dealing you have with Shuren, I want you to get out. Now." he tried very hard to hide it, but in his voice was the barest hint of something discord didn't feel often. Fear. "Let the princesses handle her." he got down off the desk and picked up his sandwich, putting back on his usual carefree voice "Unless you have some Ace up your sleeve." he took a bite off the sandwich and pulled out an Ave of spades in his teeth which he grabbed and handed to Icy "Aside from myself. You know that I would love to help you, Icy, but...." he stuffed the rest of his sandwich in his mouth and swallowed it whole then he flew around the room and landed beside Icy to whisper in her ear "She has something ancient that I've never seen, before. I don't know what will happen if she uses it. I can't risk getting too close to her." he moved back to the other side of Icy's desk "I want you to be careful, Icy. Don't get involved with Shuren. If she comes after you, I'll do what I can, but..... please try not to get her after you."

 

His demeanor then instantly changed back to normal and he said "You have to tell me when your golf course is finished." he snapped his fingers and a golf caddy filled with baguettes appeared "I have some ideas to improve upon the design." he grabbed a baguette and started readying for a swing.... like a baseball bat "If you want to add a little chaos, from time to time, that is." he spat a golf ball out of his mouth and swung at it with the baguette, making the ball explode on contact in a sort of miniature firework.

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~~~Ice Storm~~~

 

 

 

Ice listened, and listened well when Discord spoke of Hou. He told her to get out. Now. The tone of which he had said it was one that she hadn't heard from him before. IT almost sounded like... fear. He told her that he possessed something extremely powerful that he had never seen before himself, and told her that he of all ponies couldn't risk getting to close to it. This unsettled Icy. What could Hou have that was that powerful? Just what exactly was all stolen from the vault. If this is as dangerous as everypony is making this out to be, then why weren't there more ponies doing anything about it. "I'm sorry Discord, but my only dealing with Hou Shuren, is to stop her. I would be more than happy to let the Princesses handle it, but the problem is, that they aren't. And the longer then sit idly and do nothing, the more powerful Hou becomes and the more of a threat she becomes to the ponies of Equestria. The ponies that I swore an oath to protect, just like the princesses... and it appears that of them I'm the only one that's actually taking my oath seriously. And if the reason the princesses aren't doing anything is because they can't, then I happen to know some pretty powerful ponies on the other side of the world now."

 

"Aaand I might just have an ace in the hole. The ponies in Neighpon specialize in life magic. Which means they might be able to counter the magic that Hou uses to sustain herself. If that's the case, one of two things will happen. She'll live out the rest of her days an pass naturally, or thousands of years of aging will instantly catch up with her and she'll turn to dust in an instant. We just need to figure out how Hou consumes the souls of others..." She said before sighing a bit. She knew that she was in way over her head with this one, but it was as she said. She felt like she was the only one doing anything about it.

 

When Discord mentioned the golf course that she mentioned, she smiled and nodded to him. "Of course I'll let you know when it's finished! And actually, that sounds like a good idea. Here! Let me go over the designs I already have with you. There's a lot of water on the course and several shots are over it. There are plenty of ways that we can Discord up a golf tournament. We can call it the Lord of Chaos Invitational. Where the pin randomly moves between shots, There are roaming waterspouts in the water hazards, and that swinging palm trees are singing swing music!" Ice started with a smile.

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