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Lilly walked into the throne room with Zero following behind her. Discord sat up at seeing Lilly and her old guard.

Discord asked. “Lilly, I thought you left yesterday?”

“Yeah, well… I had to come back. I had to… take Zero with me.” She blushed.

Discord looked at Zero. “I see.” He then looked at Lilly. “Why do you think that I would be happy with letting him accompany you in this quest for discovery?”

“Because… I love him and he can protect me.” Lilly shuffled her hoof as she blushed.

Discord’s eyebrow went up and he looked at Zero. “I have a question for you.”

Zero saluted. “Yes sir?”

“Do you love LillyRose?” He stared at Zero.Zero felt like he was going to burst into flame under Discord’s gaze. He looked at Lilly and back at her father. “Yes.”

“Fine, go together. Just please… be careful. I don’t want to go back into the Gryphon Kingdom looking for you. Feathers on my neck gives me hives.” He scratched his neck. “Oh, and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. On second thought; don’t do anything I would do too.”