Chapter 4-With a Touch of Chaos
I stood in the field, shivering. I looked around the field and sighed. This place held memories for me. It's where I first learned how to control my powers. Misty and I had hung out here. That thought alone upset me. Misty was the changeling queen Chrysalis’s daughter. I had fought against her when I was trapped in Sugercube Corner's basement. One thing that troubled me was that Misty had mentioned something about us “being together”. I didn't remember her showing any affection toward me during my training sessions. But Rainbow teased me about being dense around mares, so I wasn't surprised that I hadn't noticed.
I checked my necklace. I had tried to fill it with emotions as I dashed though the town to get here. It wasn't as full as I would have liked it, but it'll have to do. I sat down and immediately stiffened as I heard a voice from behind me. “Well, hello there.”
I slightly turned my head, “Discord?”
The draconequus laughed. “You got me!” Suddenly, he appeared in front of me. “And you must be Shade?” He snapped his fingers and I turned into Rainbow. “Or Miss Rainbow Dash?” He snapped again. “Or are you Twilight Sparkle?” He snapped a third time. “Or even Princess Celestia? My, my.”
“Cut that out!” I yelled at him, baring my fangs. I could never fully hide my fangs if I was agitated in another form. As I shifted back to my unicorn form, I shuddered. How could I stop him if he could control my powers?
“Oh, angry are we?” He said with mock fear. “Careful. You wouldn't want to lose control, would you?” As he said that, the mark on my neck flared up and I winced.
“What do you want?!” I barked at him, dripping anger. The mark was started to enhance my emotions. Problem is, because it was anger I would fight him. And I knew that I wasn't close to ready.
The draconequus smiled. “Please, Shade. Don't act like you don't know who I am. This is your father, Discord standing in front of you.”
I made a effort to calm myself. “Yes. I've been told that your my father. How did you find me here?”
He scoffed. “When I was free from that annoying tomb of stone and sent the Elements of Harmony on a wild-goose chase, I listened to Celestia talk with her sister. They mentioned letting you go out and see the world. I knew that she wouldn't want you far from her.”
“So tell me, How does a draconequus and a alicorn have a changeling foal?” I asked.
Discord's smile wavered. “Well, it's because of what we are. Our magic couldn't decide what species you were going to be, so it decided on its own.”
He wasn't telling me something. I frowned. “Your magic? Wait.” I suddenly knew what he meant. “Oh, you mean...EW.” I gagged.
Discord laughed. “You are a smart one. In fact, you might even give Twilight Sparkle a run for her bits.”
“Enough!” I snapped. “Why are you here? In fact, how did you even get free?”
“I'm not going to answer the second question. You'll have to figure that out for yourself. As for the first question...” He paused for a minute, trying to read my face. “I need your help.”
“With?” I questioned.
“Chaos.” He bluntly put it. “Listen to me. Because I've been encased in stone three times, my power has grown considerably weaker. But because you are my son, you still have some of my blood. And with that, comes the power to control chaos.”
“And you want me to use my inner chaos to help you take over Equestria?” I asked.
“Not necessarily take over Equestria, but take revenge on Celestia.” He said. “I will make her pay for what she did.” His voice took a dark tone, making me back up.
“What did she do?” I asked.
He looked at me and I saw the fire in his eyes. “She took my son from me.”
Now I was annoyed. I knew that Discord had been frozen 1000 years ago, or somewhere around that time. I also knew that he was frozen again and Twilight had stopped him, with our friends of course. But he said THREE times. There was a third time that nopony knew about. That must have been when I was born! But, why would he want me so bad? Was it simply because Celestia had me all this time? I was in the middle of a fight and I had no idea what the buck was going on! I looked at Discord in anger. Now it was time to get some answers. But not from him. From my mother.
“Sorry Discord,” I said, my eyes flashing magenta and yellow. “Celestia knows that I'd love to help, but she owes me answers. Besides,” I smirked. “I tend to cause chaos enough just by being alive. I don't need your help.”
“So, you would choose that one that lied to you all your life instead of the one providing answers?” he asked calmly.
“Seems legit, doesn't it?” I asked.
Discord looked at me for a long moment, then suddenly smiled. That worried me. “Of course! You've been trained by your mother, haven't you? I just need to show you how weak she is!”
“Good luck with tha-” WHAM! My head burst into pain as Discord rushed forward and punched me in the head. I flew thought the air and slammed onto my side, skidding on the ground. Dizzily, I stood up and glared daggers at Discord. “You just made a mistake, you know that?”
“I was hoping for that.” he said.
I started shifting the back half of my body first and used a quick teleportation spell. As I re-appeared behind him, I was fully shifted into Applejack. As he turned, I timed it and bucked him in the face, utilizing all of Applejack's strength. I launched him about 20 feet away from me. Instantly, he was by me again. I tried to buck him again, but he grabbed my back legs and swung me around in a circle. He suddenly let go and I proceeded to fly though the air. I flipped upside down and shifted into Rainbow. Using her speed, I flew toward him. As I sped past him, I smacked him in the face. After I did that about 4 times, he kicked upward just I flew past him. His foot hit me in the stomach and I was sent upwards.
“Ahhhh!” I yelled as I went flying. I hurriedly shifted into a pegasus and accidentally turned into Fluttershy. “Oh crap!” As I realized my mistake, Discord was right by me and he kicked me again. I looked back as I was flying away and I didn't see him. I looked up and he was right above me. He slammed his feet into my chest, sending me crashing into the ground.
Shocked by the pain, my body shifted into my changeling form. My chest was on fire and my back legs felt pulled out of their sockets. I heard Discord yell, “Are we done yet? I kind of need you healthy.”
“I'm not helping you!” I yelled back, wincing.
“Fine by me.” he said. Suddenly, the ground started to rumble under me. Then in a burst of color, I rose into the air. I looked down and saw that it was a geyser...of strawberry milk? What? I rose off the geyser of milk and shifted into Rainbow again. Then I took a bolt of cloud to the face. I shifted my weight in mid-air and landed on my hooves. Looking down, I saw a shadow. I glanced upwards, paled and dashed off as a rock made out of paper slammed down where I was. I walked over and touched it. It ripped like paper, but the rock had left a crater.
My eyes widened. “He's fighting-with chaos.” I heard a whistling noise and looked up to see more paper rocks falling toward me. “Wonderful.” I took off.
Using Rainbow's speed, I low flew around the rocks and avoided them. When they stopped, I flew in the middle of all of the rocks. I felt myself starting to grow weak. “I hope this works.” I thought. Drawing on my necklace, I absorbed just enough energy to heal my chest. Then I shifted into Twilight. I heard Discord doing something, but I was too focused to look at him. I ran thought the paper rock filled field, setting the rocks on fire. When I covered every rock in flames, I started running in circles around them, bunching them all together. I used a fuse spell to completely put the rocks together, then proceeded to preform the hardest part of the spell. I gripped the giant, flaming rock with a telekinesis spell then started swinging it in a circle. I swung it faster and faster, feeling the effects start to take hold of me. My horn felt like it was being pulled from my head, and my legs burned. I was starting to slow down from weariness.
“What's wrong Shade?” I heard Discord yell. “You see, this is why you should join me. All Celestia wants to do is hold you back. You see, the only reason she didn't tell you anything was because she wanted to use you as a weapon.”
“Not...true.” I gasped.
“And you see, Celestia tricked you. She betrayed you to Chrysalis, and told her how to claim you.” I heard Discord laugh. “You're nothing more then a puppet.”
I felt fierce anger rush though me. “I'm. Not. A. PUPPET!” Suddenly, I felt a burst of fire on my neck, and everything faded into red.
. . .
Discord watched as Shade continued to swing the flaming boulder. It seemed like he had finally gotten under the changeling's skin. But as he looked a little closer, he saw that Shade's eyes were glowing red and the mark on his neck was glowing bright green.
“Well, well. What have you done to him, Chrysalis?” he thought. He didn't have any more time to think as Shade let go of the rock and it soared toward him, hitting him directly in the face.
. . .
I watched though a red haze as I saw the flaming rock hit Discord in the face and explode. I smiled, but then paled as I felt the amount of energy that I had used hit me. I fell on my side, panting. I didn't even have the strength to move. Then with a fearful jolt, I sensed that I didn't have enough energy in my necklace to get me up and moving, just enough to keep from dying.
Discord landed in front of me, a bruise on his forehead. “Why wouldn't you just listen to me?”
“Because,” I panted. “I..don't trust..either of you. But..I trust...you less.”
Discord smiled, “Oh well, have it your way. But think about your words when your life is in chaos. Then you will want to learn how to control your true power.” He stepped back from me and disappeared.
I emptied my necklace, drawing in all the energy. I was still too weak to move. As I started to pass out, I thought as hard as I could. If chaos was the power that Discord's blood gave me, what did Celestia's blood give me? And why didn't Discord take me with him? I attempted to move, just a little bit, but it was useless. I sank into darkness, still feeling the burn from the mark on my neck.