//------------------------------// // Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 4 // Story: Chaotic Redemption // by b3n020295 //------------------------------// Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 4 Discord followed the girls to the edge of town and back, listening to them talk about all manner of things that he couldn't care less about. Truly not one of his best days. They had started heading back towards the library to get Discord accommodated when a random apple hit Discord on the head, taking him by surprise and making him fall face first into a pile of mud. He got up to find the six mares laughing hysterically. “Yes, yes. I’m sure that was hilarious”, Discord grumbled, “Are you quite...” Before he could finish another apple hit him on the head. He looked up to see the mail mare laughing too. Another apple hit him on the back of his head; he turned round to see various fillies and colts preparing apples. A volley of apples headed his way, he dodged as best as he could but the apples seemed to just home in on his face. Pretty much the whole town were now watching, laughing at Discord’s misery. Discord looked around, rage building up, he wished he could just smite these ponies, reverse the planets gravity and send them into orbit, open the planet up and have it swallow them whole. Another volley of apples came from afar; Discord focused and could see Celestia telekinetically throwing apples at him with great force. Discord was practically buried in apples. He popped his head out, an apple stuck on his tooth, the laughing didn’t stop, they pointing continued, everyone was watching him, the laughing got louder and louder. Discord put his claws to his ears but the laughing didn’t get any quieter, it was as though it was in his head. Discord was furious, he felt like he was going to explode twice from the rage. “SHUT UP!!” Discord awoke in his bed yelling at the top of his lungs. He looked around at the different environment he was in, breathing heavily. “Oh, it was just a dream.” He lay back in his bed, rubbing his head with his bear claw. “These ponies will be the death of me” he groaned. The day before was possibly one of the worst days of his life. After the nonsense at the library the group headed to sugar cube corner where Pinkie baked a set of cupcakes for them all which wouldn’t have been bad if Pinkie hadn’t shoved one in Discord’s mouth ten second after the cakes came out of the oven. 20 glasses of milk later and they proceeded to Rarity’s boutique where Rarity measured Discord and put him in all manners of different outfits to see which suited him best, some more humiliating than others. After deciding Discord didn’t really look good in anything, to the utter distress of Rarity, the group managed to pull her back together and headed to sweet apple acres where he got to meet Big Macintosh and Granny Smith. Discords frustrating attempts to get Big Mac to say more than two words proved futile and the group found it humorous as no one told Discord that Granny Smith was partially def. After a lot of shouting and complaining, the group eventually told Discord of Granny Smith’s impairment, to Discord’s annoyance, and managed to get him to Fluttershy’s cottage while he complained about wasting his time. They didn’t go in or stay long as it was the animal’s bedtime, although one mischievous bird did evacuate its bowels upon Discord’s head. It got a good telling off from Fluttershy but that did not change the amount of suffering discord wished upon the bird. The group decided it would be best to clean up the mess on Discord’s head when they get back to his house next to the library. They would have shown him Rainbow’s home but that’s in Cloudsdale which Discord is not allowed to go to yet. Besides, time was getting on and the birds mess was starting to set, so they headed towards Discord’s accommodation. Once a small tour was given before to group left Discord to his home and returned to their respective homes too. Discord washed the bird’s mess off of his head and his face and went to bed; he was exhausted after the long walk. He couldn’t remember the last time he walked, let around a whole town, let alone with a new body in the shape of a pony. He wasn’t even sure how his body could possibly have even been shaped like this. All his various animal parts were still there, just re-shaped to fit that of a pony, he was sure there were some anatomical or biological impossibilities here, but he didn’t think about it too much. His legs hurt, his head hurt and he just wanted to sleep. Discord got out of bed and immediately stumbled and fell, he still wasn’t used to his new body and the sleep hadn’t exactly helped. He got up and readjusted himself before heading out to try and find somewhere to eat. As he opened the door he was greeted by Twilight who was standing right outside with a wide smile on her face. “Hi Discord!” She greeted him cheerfully. Discord screamed and slammed the door shut. After the initial panic Discord composed himself and opened the door to a less cheerful Twilight with a rather red nose. “Oh, um, I apologise Miss Sparkle, you, um, startled me.” Discord apologised, trying to avoid punishment. Twilight rubbed her nose and shrugged it off “Oh that’s okay Discord; you’re not the first one to hit me with a door.” She said, trying to regain her cheerfulness. “I just came to check how you are; I detected your brain becoming active and decided to come over. How are you this morning, feeling any pain from the morphation spell yet?” Twilight asked with a concerned look. “Well I was in a fair amount of pain last night but that was probably just from the walking, and I had a bit of a headache from the annoying...” He stopped as he saw Twilight’s face turn to an annoyed look, he quickly tried to recover “...ly bright sun, yes, I’m not used to the light of the sun from that angle.” He smiled, shifting his eyes. Twilight’s face didn’t change. “You don’t have to try and hide the fact that you hate us from me Discord”, Twilight said with a sad tone, “or rather, you can’t. I have access to your entire mind except your long term memory; I know everything you think of us, when you think it. I have to say it’s not pretty in there. Quite frankly I’m glad I can’t see your long term memory, I’d hate to see what atrocities you’ve committed before.” Twilight gave a disappointed look “It’s a shame you can’t just change your mind about us and actually like us. Why? Why can’t you just change your ways and actually be a good guy for once?” Discord's voice took on a dark tone, “Because I am chaos”, he stated with a solemn look, “I am disharmony, I am hate. I am everything you ponies are not, I know no different. You ponies are brought up with certain values and beliefs; I was created with the sole purpose of causing pain, misery and anarchy. I’ve had no other paths in life, no choices, and no other options. I don’t hate you because I choose to, I actually envy you ponies, I wish I could have had what you have, the free will to live my life however I please. No, I hate you because I have no other choice.” Twilight looked confused, “Of course you have choice, you had the power to do literally whatever you wanted, so why not use it for good?” Discord looked frustrated; he got right up close to Twilight and spoke through gritted teeth, “Because chaos isn't just the power. It’s in the mind, the body, the soul. You have only taken one element of chaos away from me; you fruitlessly try to control what you cannot. The only reason chaos is letting me tell you this is not because it wants to give you the answer, but because it knows it will only raise more questions!” Discord calmed down and retreated a little, he saw that Twilight was frightened enough, “I appreciate that your trying to have me on some journey where I should learn about harmony and my chaotic ways would be forever gone but forget it Twilight. You can’t get rid of the chaos, without getting rid of me. Because I am chaos.” Discord looked at the ground as though in deep thought. Twilight stared at him with a sympathetic look. After several moments of awkward silence, Twilight spoke up. “I guess I never thought of it that way before, I guess I just assumed that you were evil through choice. I never considered that it was so much bigger than that. Did you really mean all that? About envying us and not having a choice?” Discord looked at the ground, a small smirk growing across his face, “Maybe miss sparkle, maybe. Or maybe that’s just what chaos wants you to think.”