//------------------------------// // Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 2 // Story: Chaotic Redemption // by b3n020295 //------------------------------// Chaotic Redemption Chapter 2 Discord awoke the next day in his usual attitude, preparing his mind for another day of incarceration in the statue. He rubbed his eye with his bear hand, he preferred this hand since it had fur, unlike his gryphon claw, so it was more comfortable to use. “Well Discord, welcome to day 101 in this pri-“, He stopped as he realized what he just did, “Wait a second...” He looked at his hand, “... Oh, I must be having one of those dreams again.” With this explanation he put his hand back down and laid his head back in an attempt to fall back to sleep to awake properly. “Discord?” The familiar voice of Twilight Sparkle could be heard. She had just peeked her head through the doorway to see if he was awake. “Mmm go away Ms Sparkle; you know I hate it when you’re in my dreams.” He groaned, he just wanted to wake up so that he could get the next day over with. “Um, this isn’t a dream Discord.” Twilight replied, rather confused. She was now standing next to Discord as he lay on the bed in the royal guest room. “Yes, you would say that wouldn’t you. You’ve haunted my dreams for too long Sparkle; I know all your tricks.” Discord responded with a bemused tone. He turned to lay facing away from her. Twilight nudged Discord with her hoof, already losing her patience with Discord “Discord, this isn’t a dream! Now get up, we’ve got to get you moved into Ponyville! Don’t you want to get settled in? We need to give you a tour of the town and everything! We have a schedule to keep to and you’re just wasting time!” Discord sighed and turned to lie on his back again to look at Twilight “Twilight, of all the things that you have said in my dreams to torment me, that has to be your most pitiful and crazy attempt yet.” Twilight was visibly getting annoyed now. Her mood changed once she heard the voice of Celestia, who had just entered the room “Oh, you’re already here Twilight, I was just about to send somepony to fetch you.” said Celestia, pleased that her student was eager and early as usual. Discord watched Celestia walk in, keeping a straight and un-amused face “Well, this dream just turned into a nightmare.” He turned to face away from them again. “Good morning to you too Discord”, Celestia responded to the snide comment, surprisingly one that she had not heard from him before. “How are you feeling?” “I was feeling just marvellous until you both arrived” He answered, audibly annoyed that he could not wake up from this bore of a dream. He preferred the dreams where he destroys Ponyville or the ones where he hypnotizes Celestia into being his pet dog. There was also that one dream where he played golf with planets in space. That one always makes him smile when he thinks of it. “I would feel a lot better if I could wake up from this nightmare you seem to have trapped me in.” Celestia and Twilight looked at each other and then back at Discord who was still trying to go back to sleep so he could escape the dream. Celestia’s horn lit up as she telekinetically lifted Discord out of bed and slammed him against the wall a good three times. “Gah, oof, argh!” Discord yelled. Celestia then gently put him on the floor next to the bed. “Certainly doesn’t feel like a dream does it?” Celestia pointed, it wasn’t hard to tell that she was enjoying this. “Sheesh!” Discord moaned, “Okay, I see your point!” He rubbed his head with his bear claw. Stopping, he realized what he just did for the second time. Discord looked at his hand again. “Wha... Bu... How... Why... whe...” Discord was struggling to comprehend the situation, babbling even more as he looked around the room, realising where he was. “Oh Discord, have you already forgotten what we agreed on just yesterday!?!” Twilight exclaimed, surprised that didn’t even know what was going on. Discord calmed slightly and tried to think back to the afternoon before. He suddenly remembered the conversation that they had. He smiled, pleased that he remembered, “Ah yes, of course! Now I remember.” His eyes then widened as he looked down at his body to see that he had become much shorter, with the length of his body and limbs reduced to mere stubs. He stood, stumbling a little as he was not used to this equine body structure. When he finally got his balance on all four legs, he looked up to see that he was only just barely the size of Twilight. A bemused look came across his face “Well this is just great.” Discord groaned. “I know!” Twilight piped up suddenly, smiling widely as she naively thought Discord was approving of this new body, “Now you’ll fit in perfectly in Ponyville!” She then noticed the bemused look on Discord’s face and awkwardly broke eye contact “Oh um, well maybe not perfectly but...” She wasn’t quite sure how to finish her sentence. “Twilight was the one who decided to extract you from the statue while you were asleep” Celestia mentioned, deciding to break the awkward silence Twilight had created. “Of course”, Discord replied, un-amused, “That way I’d embarrass myself with the whole fiasco that just took place.” He looked at Twilight, “You’re a cruel mare, Sparkle.” Twilight looked offended and gave Discord a look of disgust “Actually Discord”, Twilight started, gritting her teeth as she did so, “I decided that it be done while you were asleep because the process would have been extremely painful.” She un-gritted her teeth, her mood lightening slightly, “Fortunately you’re a pretty heavy sleeper so you experienced no pain, or at least you shouldn’t have.” “I wanted to do it while you were awake”, Celestia added, “You always did enjoy trying new experiences.” This was only slightly true; Discord enjoyed making other ponies have new experiences, not him himself. Discord knew her real reasoning; it did not surprise him really. “Oh, well”, Discord began, annoyed that he was wrong in his assumption, “Thank you Ms Sparkle, and I apologise for accusing you.” Discord despised the fact that he had just apologised to a pony, but he knew that if he didn’t, he would have practically been able to feel the fire of Celestia’s wrath growing hotter and hotter. It was already at the burning intensity of 50 suns, he didn’t need his situation getting any worse than it already was. “That’s quite alright Discord”, Twilight accepted Discord’s apology, she looked much happier now, “Just out of curiosity, do you feel any pain?” “Aside from the excruciating headache you just gave me?” Discord answered, rubbing his head again. “Hmm? Oh sorry about that.” Celestia responded, pretending to be distracted by something. Discord shot her a glare. “Yes, aside from that” Twilight rolled her eyes at her mentor’s antics, while she didn’t approve of the way Celestia treats Discord, she understands her reasoning. Plus, it’s pretty much the only time Celestia get’s to have a bit of fun, being royalty and all. “No, I feel fine” Discord answered, returning his eyes to Twilight. “Good!” Twilight exclaimed, pleased that Discord felt fine and that her spell worked perfectly. “Now there is just the matter of the tracing spell.” Discord gave Twilight a confused look, “Couldn’t you have just done that while I was asleep too?” “Unfortunately no”, Twilight answered, “We need to access your conscious and unconscious mind to plant the spell. We wouldn't have been able to do this while you were asleep since parts of your mind don’t function while you are asleep.” Discord gave them another confused look; he didn’t completely understand what Twilight just explained to him, although he didn’t really care. “Whatever, let’s just get this over with.” Discord was not at all happy with the situation. Something good had better come out of this ordeal. Both Twilight’s and Celestia’s horns lit up and Discord could feel the invasion in his mind and the closely watching eye of Celestia and Twilight. No thought would go unnoticed and every bit of information that goes through Discord’s mind was now available to them. “Done!” Twilight broke the moment’s silence as her horn and Celestia’s horn both dimmed. “How do you feel?” Discord’s face showed that he was NOT pleased, “Violated, insecure, terrified, etcetera, etcetera.” Twilight’s face seemed somewhat sympathetic, not that this made Discord feel any better, while he can’t speak for Twilight, he knew that this is exactly how Celestia wanted him to feel. “So, what kinds of thoughts am I allowed to have, if any?” Discord asked, pessimism in his voice as he was sure the list of thoughts he could have would not be any fun at all. “No violent or aggressive thoughts”, Celestia started, “No thoughts about chaos or the application of it, no thoughts about scheming or planning the harm of others. I think you’re getting the general idea.” Hypocrite Discord thought to himself, “Yes Celestia, I think I get it” Discord rolled his eyes, he clearly did not approve of the application of all these rules. “Should you act or think aggressively towards anypony else, a sharp pain will be administered using the tracer spell until you stop. We can also speak to you telepathically should we need to do so.” Celestia explained with a very stern look. “Perfect” discord groaned, if having to put up with their mere presence wasn’t bad enough, now he has to put up with their presence in his mind as well. “Right then”, Twilight started, glad that they could finally get going, “Now that all that is done and dusted, we should get a move on, a house has been arranged for you in Ponyville, situated next to my home in the local library so I can keep an eye on you.” “Ugh” Discord moaned, this high alert security business was really starting to get on his nerves. Twilight ignored this and carried on “You will be given a tour of the town, shown where everything and everypony is and whatnot, and then you will be free to do as you wish, you will be notified if any tasks require your attention. Any purchases you wish to make must be consulted with the princess, which you can do telepathically. Once she approves of this purchase, the required amounts of bits will be sent to you using instant teleportation. But ONLY if she approves.” “Oh I’m so happy you’ve given me so much freedom” Discord sarcastically remarked. Twilight noticed this sarcasm but again ignored it, “So, any questions?” “Yes” Discord answered “How long will this be exactly?” Discord didn’t want to be too long, he had a feeling it would get boring very quickly. “Well”, Twilight started, “Either indefinitely or until you decide to return to your stone prison.” “Right”, Discord sighed, “Just don’t expect the former to be happening, this is just so I can stretch my legs and have some fresh air for a few days, okay?” “Of course”, Twilight answered, rolling her eyes as she did so, “I believe that’s all princess, isn’t it?” “Indeed it is my student”, Celestia replied, happy to finally get going, “This way Discord.” Twilight and Celestia both turned to head to the chariot room. Discord let out a heavy sigh, imagining what torment awaits him in that forsaken town, “Let’s just get this over with” he mumbled as he followed the two ponies out of the royal guest room.