//------------------------------// // Chapter 11: Hush Now, Quiet Now // Story: My Little Wasteland // by ThatBronyWithTheClipOns //------------------------------// Sly struggled as hard as he could to break his chains and find a way out of the dungeon, He’d been there almost two weeks now, with only Fluttershy’s animals keeping him any real company when they brought him food. “I’m gonna kill that fuckin dragon,” said Sly. Suddenly, he heard a noise, like hoofs on the stone floor. It became clear that he wasn’t alone. “Who’s there,” said Sly in a threatening tone. “Show yourself or…” “Or what,” interrupted the stranger, “You’ll come at me? I don’t know if you noticed it or not, but you’re a bit tied up at the moment.” The stranger then let out a jovial laugh. “Who the fuck are you,” said Sly. “Such language,” said the stranger. “Doesn’t anypony have class anymore?” “Show yourself now,” yelled Sly. “So impatient,” said the stranger. The mysterious figure walked into the light, revealing a purple unicorn. But something was off about this unicorn. While feminine in appearance, she clearly had a male voice. There was also the misshaped yellow eyes, and a long tooth sticking out. Sly was put off by this appearance. “Who the hell are you,” asked Sly. “Why I’m Twilight Sparkle of course,” he said. “Don’t you recognize me? I’m the cursed one after all.” “I know what the cursed one looks like,” said Sly. “And you definitely aint her.” “Well I am, and I’m not,” he explained. “Do I really not sound familiar? Have I really been forgotten? I’m rather insulted, it hasn’t been that long since I was wiped from this plane of existence.” “Wait a minute,” thought sly. “I think I recall hearing stories about you…are you Discord, the God of Chaos?” “Guilty,” exclaimed Discord. “Oh good, they do still talk about me! Appropriate that they do. After all, if it weren’t for me the world wouldn’t be in it’s current state.” “You didn’t do this,” said Sly. “Twilight Sparkle did this. Everypony knows that.” “Oh please,” said Discord. “If anything, she’s co-responsible for what happened. If I hadn’t started turning things topsy turvy, she wouldn’t have used that forbidden spell that evaporated me and the princesses.” “If you’re evaporated, then how are you here talking to me,” asked Sly. “Well technically I’m not,” said Discord. “But technically I am. You could say I’m an imprint, a memory, left behind.” “Is Twilight aware of you,” asked Sly. “But of course,” said Discord. “We have conversations all the time. Although you’re the first pony I’ve spoken to in quite some time other than her.” “Why are you talking to me and not that dragon,” asked Sly. “Because he would just spoil the fun,” said Discord. “He’d try to find some way to get rid of me. And quite frankly, I’m not ready to leave.” Suddenly, Discord started to rub his face. Then his facial features changed back to Twilight’s normal face. Twilight examined her surroundings, not sure of where she was. “What,” she began. “Where am I? Who are you?” “Holy shit,” said Sly. “It’s true. You’re sharing a body with the god of chaos.” “You can hear him too,” asked Twilight. “You mean you didn’t know he was talking through you,” asked Sly. “I thought he was just talking to me in my head,” said Twilight. Twilight looked over Sly again. “Why are you here in this dungeon,” she asked. “And what happened to your wing?” “You’re assistant did this to me,” said Sly. “Chained me up and hacked off one of my wings.” “Well it’s not as if you didn’t have it coming,” chimed in Discord, his eyes and tooth appearing again. “You did try to kill Twilight after all.” “What, you did,” asked Twilight, switching back to her usual appearance. The two went back and forth between forms. Sly was getting a bit freaked out. “Well you are the one, or ones, her turned the world to shit,” commented Sly. “But it was an accident,” said Twilight. “And what an accident it was,” said a cheerful Discord. “I never would’ve thought to do such a thing!” “Stop it,” said Twilight. “This isn’t a good thing. Even you never did anything like this.” “I know,” said Discord. “And that’s what makes it even funnier! You all chastised me for making chocolate milk rain, and you blew up the world! Gun toting maniacs and bounty hunters! I love it!” “Shut up,” yelled Twilight. “What’s the matter, Twilight,” began Discord. “Does the truth hurt?” “Stop it,” said Twilight. “Say it all you want,” said Discord. “But I never caused mass genocide!” “STOP IT!” she said, causing a burst of magic. Sly looked on in fear as the two argued. “Holy shit. No wonder the cursed one is losing it,” commented Sly. “Oh no, that’s not it,” said Discord. “That’s a totally different problem all together.” “So what is causing it,” asked Sly. “Don’t you say anything, Discord,” said Twilight. “That makes no sense,” said Discord. “Telling him would explain everything and probably have him forgive you.” “No,” said Twilight. “Maybe it would take away some burden,” said Discord. “No,” said Twilight. “Make it so you don’t have to hide out in a dank castle,” said Discord. “NO!” she yelled. Then everything started to rumble; parts of the ceiling began to crack and fall to the ground. Twilight’s eyes started to glow bright white, and a white glow engulfed her. She began to cry out, as if in horrible pain. Sly began to go wide eyed in fear, not knowing what was going on. A beam of light then shot out of Twilight, bursting through the ceiling. Sly could clearly hear thunder and lighting cracks. Fluttershy hurried down to the dungeon to see what was going on. “Twilight, what’s going on,” Fluttershy yelled to her. “This bitch has gone crazy,” exclaimed a terrified Sly. “She’s gonna blow us all up again! Do something!” "But...what can I do," asked Fluttershy. "Yer her friend, aint ya," panicked Sly. "So fuckin do something!" Fluttershy approached Twilight slowly. Then she did the only thing she could think to do; she started singing. Hush now, quiet now It’s time to lay your sleepy head Hush now quiet now It’s time to go to bed “Are you fuckin crazy,” exclaimed Sly. “You’re singin her a fuckin lullaby!?” But Fluttershy ignored Sly and continued singing. Drifting off to sleep The exciting day behind you Drifting off to sleep Let the joy of dream land find you And it appeared to be working, as the glow around Twilight seemed to dim. Also a strange glow appeared around Fluttershy that was then linking to Twilight. Hush now, quite now It’s time to lay your sleepy head Hush now, quiet now It’s time to go to bed With Fluttershy done singing, Twilight finally calmed and the glow vanished. Twilight fell back to the floor, struggling to get back up. Fluttershy went to her side. “Oh dear,” said Fluttershy. “Are you alright, Twilight?” “I think so,” said Twilight. “I suddenly feel better than I have in a long time. What happened?” “You went totally psycho bitch on us,” said Sly. “You almost collapsed the whole damn castle on our fuckin heads!” “Shut it,” shouted Fluttershy, giving the stare. Sly went instantly quiet. “I don’t know what happened,” said Fluttershy. “You suddenly started glowing and a beam of light was shooting through the ceiling. Have you ever done that before?” “I don’t think so,” said Twilight. “What did you do?” “You were crying,” said Fluttershy. “The only thing I could think to do was sing to you.” “Must have been your element of kindness coming through,” chimed in Discord. Fluttershy let out an eep when she saw Discord’s eyes. “Discord,” exclaimed Fluttershy. “He’s still alive?” “No,” said Twilight. “Not exactly. He’s more of an imprint, left behind.” “Does Spike know about this,” asked Fluttershy. “No, I haven’t told him,” said Twilight. “You and, this apparent prisoner here, are the first to ever really see this.” “I think Fluttershy helped by using her element,” said Discord. “I did,” said Fluttershy. “That makes the most sense,” said Twilight. “We’re all bonded by our elements. When we separated, I guess it caused some sort of rift.” “It also doesn’t help that she’s keeping the sun and moon in orbit,” said Discord. “You weren’t supposed to say that,” exclaimed Twilight. “You’re the one who put the moon back up in the sky,” said Fluttershy. “All by yourself?” “Well, yes,” said Twilight. “How can a mere unicorn control the sun and moon,” asked Sly. “They can’t,” said Discord. “That’s why it’s been affecting her mental stability. As I said before, I wasn’t the cause of that. It’s just a coincidence that I got stuck in her mind.” “You were willing to kill yourself, to keep the moon and sun in orbit,” said Sly in wonderment. “I didn’t do any of this on purpose,” said Twilight. “I’m so ashamed of how things turned out. I just wanted to keep everypony safe. But I killed Princess Celestia and Luna, caused a horrible war, was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands, and caused my friends to abandon me. I really am cursed.” “Oh stop feeling sorry for yourself,” said Discord. “You made a goof. We’ve all been there.” “You of all ponies are going to be sympathetic towards me,” said a stunned Twilight. “I’m not the exact Discord,” said Discord. “I’m an imprint! Not to mention I represent chaos! Chaos is random and never makes total sense! It’s no fun taunting you once you’ve started doing it to yourself.” “I had you all wrong,” said Sly. “From the stories I was told, you were just some mad mare who destroyed a once beautiful land. Till now, I was willing to take you in and let the scum of the land do who knows what to you.” “Spike saw to that,” said Fluttershy. “Yeah, and I got what was coming to me,” said Sly. “I realize now, I got nopony to blame by myself for what I’ve done. Plenty of others have made the choice to do good and keep some order…I’m sorry, Twilight Sparkle. Nopony should’ve ever called you the cursed one.” “Well I’ll be,” said Discord. “It really isn’t too late to change the mentality of the savages.” “But how long will she be ok,” asked Fluttershy. “She could start getting unbalanced again.” “I don’t know what I’ll do,” said Twilight. “I figured you would’ve figured it out by now,” said Discord. “I have to say, I’m really disappointed in you. You’re the star pupil of Princess Celestia!” “What are you getting at,” said Twilight. “The Elements of Harmony of course,” exclaimed Discord. “You need to bond with them again!” “But I don’t know where everypony is,” said Twilight. “And we don’t even know if Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are still alive.” “Oh of course they’re still alive,” scoffed Discord. “If they had died, you would‘ve died. It’s the Elements that have been keeping you together. I’ve learned from our encounters in the past that nothing will ever truly keep you and your friends apart. If I couldn’t separate you, then something as trivial as the end of world certainly won’t!” “But I can’t leave here and go find them,” said Twilight. “Not everypony is going to forgive me so quickly.” “Don’t have to worry about that,” said Sly. “Spike will find them. That dragon will do anything to make sure you’re back to your normal state.” “But who knows when he’ll be back,” said Twilight. “What about a message,” said Fluttershy. “Could you send him a message through your magic? Like when he used to send and receive messages from Princess Celesia?” “I never thought of that,” said Twilight. “It’s worth a shot.” Twilight began to compose a message. Once finished, she used her magic and managed to make the letter vanish. “Here’s hoping it works,” said Twilight. “I don’t think Equestria could survive another burst of magic from me.”