//------------------------------// // Chapter 15: Aftermath // Story: Tales of a Brony: Friendship // by YourPrivateNightmare //------------------------------// Chapter 15: Aftermath Everything was good again. However we had to explain the explosion, the flaming trail and the hole in the library. We decided that it would be best if we just made up a scenario that would be...more comfortable for Discord. We just said that Chrysalis had appeared again and Discord had saved the day...and that a tiny magical malfunction had caused a little bit of an explosion. I don’t know if they really believed us, but they seemed okay with the idea of Discord being a hero. So it happened tha,t in the evening, I and my best (male) friends, that were Discord, the Doctor and Spike, were sitting together in the bar. After all those fighting and emotions and stuff I was happy to finally get some time to relax. As we were talking about common things, an idea suddenly came to my mind. “Hey Discord. You know...I haven’t really thanked you for saving me...and for saving Twilight.” “She really means a lot to you, doesn’t she?” He responded. I blushed. “Don’t you have...a special somepony?” I asked innocently. He just raised an eyebrow. “Seriously? I’ve been trapped in stone for thousands of years. It’s quite difficult to get a date that way and besides, look at me...would you want to date me?” “I mean...before you had been turned to stone wasn’t there...someone? Someone white...and alicorn-like?” I asked ironically. “What do you- Oh no. Nonono!” He said and raised his arms defensively. I just smirked. “You like the Princess don’t you, Discord?” He blushed heavily. “I am NOT crushing on Celestia.” He insisted, but didn’t sound very confident. “Admit it. You fell for her green eyes.” I grinned. “Ha, her eyes are magenta.” “Ha, thanks for proving my point!” “DAMNIT!” I grinned from ear to ear, while Discord was blushing even more, sinking under the table. “No need to be ashamed.” Spike said. “We all have those feelings. It’s natural.” “Not for me! I’m the spirit of chaos. That’s just embarrassing. Anyway it would never work! I’ve accepted that a long time ago.” He insisted. “Bah...Never say never...” I said. “Did I really just make that reference? Back on earth they would crucify me for this...” “No! It’s not even worth trying. Just look at me...Do I look in any way attractive to you?” “Well...it would be pretty odd if I make a statement now.” The Doctor carefully stated. Discord just shrugged. “See what I mean. It looks like I’m going to be...forever alone...” “Too many references!” “Discord...” I began. “I don’t know why I say that, but...you and Celestia...fit together.” He raised his eyebrow again. “Let’s see...draconequus- alicorn, evil- good, mad-sane...nope, can’t see it.” “Then let me explain. You’re both immortal!” “Oh I see...because that totally makes us the perfect couple...” He responded sarcastically. “No...I mean yes...I mean think! Celestia’s been living for over a thousand years...and she never had any relationship or something...You know why? Because she can’t...because everypony would age in front of her eyes...except for you. You two could live together...forever.” Seriously? I had no idea what I was talking about. I just wanted to say something emotional...to encourage him...and apparently it worked. “You...really think that?” He asked. “Actually no.” It thought. “Of course I do.” I said. Everyone smiled. “And...” I continued. “I’ve also got an idea how to get you two closer together.” Everyone looked at me curiously. “Not sure if happy or scared...” Discord stated briefly. “There’s this song...if you’re a mare it’s impossible not to fall for this song, trust me. However we’ll need certain things...Spike, write a list...” Switch to Celestia "...and so Discord has proven to have good inside him and I think I can accept him as a friend now. Everyone deserves a second chance. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.” Celestia sighed. “...good inside...” It reminded her of the past. She had never wanted it to happen that way, but he forced her to... If he had been more reasonable it would have never got that far. She sighed again. It was probably better to forget it and never think about it again. Mistakes had been made...and some mistakes you just can’t make right anymore. Another sigh. Suddenly somepony knocked the door. “Who’s there?” The princess asked. No answer. “Strange...” Another knock. Now it was getting annoying. “Who’s there!” Celestia said, much louder this time. Still, no one answered. Then...another knock. “Okay, that’s enough now.” Celestia went to the door and opened. “This isn’t fun-“ She began, but didn’t get any further as her jaw dropped. Standing there was...Discord...and he wasn’t alone. There was Spike and Xenos and a brown Earth Pony stallion she didn’t know...and they had music instruments. They started playing. It was quite a beautiful melody...and then...Discord started to sing! (Sorry, but I have to do this now) They finished and Discord looked down. Celestia didn’t know what to say. That song was so...beautiful and romantic...and touching. All the time she hadn’t realised his feelings. She didn’t know what to say, so she did the best she could do to express her feelings. She leaned forward and kissed Discord on the cheek... Switch to Xenos “Daaaaaawwwww!” I had never seen Discord blushing that much anymore. “I guess we’ll leave you two alone now...” I said with a smirk. Both of them blushed. “I can send you back to Ponyville if you want to.” The princess suggested. “That would be very kind, my princess.” The Doctor said formally. “Wait!” I interrupted. “Could you send this letter to Dave?” I said and handed a paper scroll over to the draconequus. “I will do that and...Xenos?” “Yeah?” “Thank you...for everything.” I smiled. Then Celestia used her teleportation spell and a moment later we were back in Ponyville. “Why can’t it be that easy for me too?” Spike groaned. “Huh?” The Doctor asked. “Oh...I mean...uhm...nothing.” I rolled my eyes. “Spike has a crush on Rarity.” I stated dryly. “Shhhh. Nopony knows about it.” Spike whispered looking around nervously. “...And he’s very serious about it.” I sighed. We walked for a while, when the Doctor suddenly spoke up: “There’s something that irritates me. We didn’t even practice that song. We just played it out of nowhere. How did we do that?” “I don’t know. It’s Equestrian logic. If you need to sing a song there’s always music...no matter what.” I explained. “Hm...” ..... I was lying next to Twilight in her bed. We just did some simple cuddling, but it made me so happy, because I had missed it so much. “You look a bit melancholic. Aren’t you happy how everything turned out? Aren’t you happy for Discord?” She asked softly. “I am. I’m totally happy with everything, but still...I can’t really believe that it was me who...ended Chrysalis’ life.” I said quietly. “You weren’t yourself when it happened. You looked a bit like me when I got my cutie mark. I also had no control over my magic... Besides, you did the right thing. She would have killed us all otherwise.” She responded, then nuzzled my chest. I felt her warm breath on my fur and it gave me goosebumps. “But...It just isn’t right...I don’t know why, but I think it just wasn’t right. I should have just knocked her out or something. I never thought that killing someone would feel that horrible.” “You’re not to blame. You didn’t have control over yourself. It wasn’t your decision. Just forget it.” She said calmly. “I...can’t.” “Then I’ll have to make you to.” She said and suddenly pulled me into a deep kiss. I wrapped my forelegs around her waist and pulled her close to me. “Giggity...” ..... ___________________________________________________________________________ Dear Dave, I really want to tell you everything that happened, but I’m afraid I can’t describe it. Let’s just say the last few days were really eventful. Twilight and I have settled our differences. I’m happy...really happy again. You know what...real friends sometimes fight...real friends sometimes lie...but in the end the real friends are those, who are there for you when you need them the most. Friendship isn’t always easy, but it’s undeniably magic. I hope you have friends like I do. P.S.: Discord gets a girl. :D Your former human, now ponified friend with the dumbest name ever, Xenos ___________________________________________________________________________ ..... Switch to... Chrysalis was resting in the recovery cocoon. The healing fluids would recover her health soon. If she hadn’t put up that defensive barrier the magic heatblast would have simply vaporized her. Even so it didn’t end very well. The pure energy had almost melted away whole parts of her body. Her chitin shell had saved her from worse injuries. Luckily she could contact her changeling subjects to pick her up and transport her back to the hive. Despite the uncomfortable situation, Chrysalis had to grin. She hadn’t been prepared for that turn. She had underestimated the green stallion’s abilities. It wouldn’t happend again. She would wait and develop a new plan. A plan that wouldn’t fail. A plan that would finally make her rule over Equestria...and that would get her revenge. “Enjoy every single day, Xenos. One will be your last.” ... THE END Final author's note: So it is done. The second part of the Talse of a Brony stooryline is finished. NOw I want your final feedback. Did I improve my writing since my first story? What did or didn't you like especially? What would you probably like to see int the next sequel? Write it in the comments. Before I'll start the next sequel (which will most likely be called "Tales of a Brony: Change"), I'm doing some additional stuff. If you haven't read my recent blog post, I'll explain it now: I'm doing some Extra Chapter which either don't fit in the main story or are too mature (figure out yourself what that means). It will be released as "Tales of a Brony: Extra Chapters". Some possible titles will be: Doctor Whoove's date, The first time and Xenos gets a pet. 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