//------------------------------// // Chaos Meet Harmony // Story: The God of Chaos // by Pen Quill //------------------------------// Yes, sadly this is the final chapter. I hope you all enjoyed and I want to send a special thanks to somepony who gave me a lot of support and kept me writing (not that you guys and girls didn't help either, so thank you my very loyal and supportive fanbase, this bro-hoof is for you /) ). This person was almost like a sister to me, and heck, she kinda was a sister to me. Thank you Rimmy. I may do a bonus chapter, I might not. Maybe I'll do one of my own taste and how about this. Submit in a comment or message your bonus chapter idea. Whosever I like the most, I'll do a chapter on it. Has to be related to this story though. Good luck, hope you enjoy the final chapter. Chaos Meet Harmony “Sir! Sir!” screamed a scout as he galloped into the ballroom, which had become a safe place for any survivors. “Sir! I have urgent news.” “What is it soldier?” said a royal guard. The tall sturdy stallion was the head of the entire Celestial army, and was known as Celestia’s finest bodyguard, Sol Guardian, and next to the Sun Goddess herself, he was the most commanding force in Equestria. “Sir, I came to report that more and more of our troops are succumbing to this shroud of chaos. Many have lost their minds and turned on their own, and sir. Discord has a new prisoner.” His voice sank, catching the general’s attention. “Who?” “Princess Luna, sir.” Silence took a cold grip on everypony in the room. In the back stood a stone-faced Celestia. Her heart stopped for a few seconds as her eyes went wide. “Lu Lu…” she whispered under her breath. Tears began to fill her eyes as she turned to face the two stallions, meeting their eyes with a cold stare of fear. “Do not worry your highness, we will recover your sister from his grasp.” Said Sol Guardian. “No general, I must save my sister, this is all my fault.” “But princess, we can’t risk you falling under his control too.” “I don’t want to hear it general Sol, Luna is my sister and I am your princess, and you will obey me and not get in my way as I rescue MY sister!” Celestia shouted, using her regal voice. Many of the ponies in the room had sunk and shivered. None of them had ever seen or heard of her using that tone. For the first time, they feared Celestia, and she knew this. “I am sorry citizens of Canterlot. She is the only family I have, and I must save her myself.” Tears began falling from her eyes as she looked out to all of the scared fillies. “Very well your highness, but please, be safe. You have watched over us for centuries, to us, you are a mother to Canterlot.” Said Sol. “I will not fail. I will protect my children no matter what the cost. General Sol, I leave these fine citizens in your care, protect them well.” “As you wish madam.” Celestia spread her wings and took to the sky. Her horn glowed as she looked for any trace of Luna’s magic, but to no avail. She knew Luna was still alive however, she looked again, but still found no trace of her magic. She thought for a bit, and decided to lock on to Discord’s magic and almost instantly she found a trace. Though faint within the shroud of chaos that was filled with his magic, she could still make out where the source was, and within an instant, she flew off to that source in search of her beloved sister. “What do you even do Luna?” Discord asked as he floated on his belly. “You just raise and lower the moon right? What a waste.” “My job is important, I bring beautiful stars into the sky and provide the moon’s natural light to bring young fillies and foals at ease when they sleep.” “Ha, and tell me dear princess. How many ponies do you see even out at night to enjoy your night sky? You answered that question already, no pony does. Everypony is asleep, to never enjoy your night, and yet, they’re always out running and playing in your sister’s sunlight.” Discord said, his eyes began to swivel in an almost hypnotic gaze as he peered into Luna. “M-my night is appreciated in their dreams. They sleep soundly knowing they are safe under my watch.” “And yet here you are in my prism, under my control. So easily tricked by my sobbing, a deceitful trick that you and your sister know all too well. How can anypony rely on you when you can be tricked and outsmarted so easily?” Luna shook her head, trying to shake him out of her mind, she knew what he was trying to do. “Stop brainwashing me Galewind, it won’t work.” A long scowl formed on Discord’s face as he snapped his paw and the prism began to glow with an electric current until a chilling zap rang out with a teeth shattering scream of pure agonizing pain. Luna was shocked by a bolt of electricity within her box prison, tears quickly filled her eyes as her left flank began stinging with unimaginable pain. “I told you to stop calling me by that name.” She seethed in pain before looking up to him with a pained but almost determined look, “You won’t get away with this, my sister will stop you.” “I intend for her to come to your rescue, for her to come to her little sister’s aid, unknowingly walking into my trap.” Discord responding with a wicked smile. Luna feared for her sister, she had no idea what Discord had planned, but by his laughter and attitude, she could feel a cold shiver down her spine. Mixed feelings ran through, she questioned if even her sister could stop this monster, but maybe she could. Luna has never really seen the full extent of her sister’s power, maybe there was a chance. Or this could be the very end of Equestria, she could very well be watching the world be ushered into a world of Dystopia. Her mind was spinning and she didn’t know what to think at all. Eventually, Luna broke down into tears, but she never let out a single sniffle or whine, only a stream of tears fell down her cheeks. “Tia, please, wherever you are, save me. Save us all, save all of Equestria, I believe in you.” She said under her breath, burying her face into her hooves. Discord continued to stare off into the distance, waiting patiently for the suspected arrival of Celestia. Patiently waiting to put an end to the world of light and complete his task of entering the world into chaos. Minutes passed by, minutes that felt like an eternity inside her prison, and with each passing minute, more and more doubt crept into Luna’s mind. “Lu Lu!” screamed a voice in the cold distance, immediately catching Luna’s attention. “Luna!” called the voice again, bringing tears back to Luna’s eyes, “…sister.” Said Luna under her breath Discord rose from his lazy posture and peered out into the clouded distance. “So the celestial princess finally arrives, what a joyous reunion.” Celestia slowly glided towards the two, looking from Discord to her sister, then back to Discord with a foul look on her face. “Do you like my new trophy? It decorates my new kingdom quite well doesn’t it?” he said to Celestia with a sarcastic tone in his voice. This only angered Celestia even more as her horn glowed fiercely with intense magic, blasting a large stream of her magic towards Discord, who quickly dodged to the side, avoiding her powerful magic missile. “Very quick my dear princess, very quick. You almost knocked my head clean off with that one.” He looked back towards her with an evil grin. Celestia did not waver at all, she stood bravely in front of the God with not one show of fear or doubt. However, deep inside her, she was scared for her life. She did not know how she would defeat an enemy as powerful as he was. She had never faced anything like Discord in her life, in all honesty, this was the first enemy she had ever faced that even closely compared to her might. “Just let my sister go Discord, and this will all be over, no pony has to get hurt.” Celestia commanded in her regal tone. “Oh but Celestia, I do want to hurt somepony, and that somepony is you! You will pay for all the pain you put me through that night. So many feelings rushed through my body, I felt as if I was being torn from the inside out, bit by bit, every ounce of my flesh.” His grin disappeared, quickly replaced by a hateful frown. His eyes beamed with hatred, he loathed this celestial being, he wanted to hurt her bad, and he wanted to even kill her. “Do you even know how it feels?! The pain of being led on only to have your heart ripped and torn from your very chest. Of course you don’t because you’re always the one doing it! No more Celestia, you will no longer hurt innocent stallions!” His words hit a spot in her. Her head drooped down feeling great amount of guilt for her actions. “I don’t Galewind, I don’t know how it feels, because I carry to guilt of knowing what I’ve done to them. I must make hard decisions that I truly hate to make my people flourish. Is your family’s style of war any different?! Killing innocent stallions all for the chance of controlling more land?! Wouldn’t you rather do a dirty deed that is a less destructive way than kill hundreds of fathers and sons and brothers?!” “In war, you know what you’re getting into, not being lied and cheated out of your feelings and power!” Discord sent a large bolt of magic from his paw as he shouted at her, “In war you have soldiers that know they might not return, but they do what they need to do so that their loved ones will survive the next day!” As his magic streamed across the sky towards Celestia, she responded with her out magic blast, hurling it towards his attack as it clashed with a thunderous boom that lit up the dark clouds, “Yes, I led you on Galewind, but would you rather have your people die just so that you could control more land, only to have more people die when you start another war?!” Back and forth, they casted their magic, only to clash again and again, lighting up the sky in a fury of blasts that got louder and louder as the magic grew stronger and stronger. “I told you! Stop…calling me…by…that…NAME!!!” His arms swung up and back down, casting a large bolt of lightning from the sky. Celestia had no time to react, her energy almost depleted from the earlier exchanges, and as the bolt of lightning crashed upon her chest, a loud, agonizing screech of pain rang into the clouds, and from the streets below, a few pony citizens could see a white figure fall from the sky on the grass of Celestia’s former garden. Luna watched in pure horror as her sister fell from the sky, and tears filled up her eyes as Discord floated down to finish his work. “This is how it ends Celestia, inside the one place you found peace in. Any last words?” Discord said as his right paw molded his magic into a sword and aimed it across Celestia’s neck in an executioner fashion. “H-harmony…” she barely whispered. “What was that?” he questioned with a puzzled look on his face. “Harmony.” She said a bit louder in an audible tone. “Very well then, good bye Celestia.” Discord raised his sword high in the air, as several ponies from outside watched the scene from a gated fence. Jaws dropped low, and a few covered their eyes, not wanting to see their own princess be decapitated. Discord swung the sword down, but to no avail. The sword was stopped at her neck, “What?” He swung again, only to be stopped at her neck once more, “What kind of magic is this? Tell me!” “I told you Discord. Harmony.” She said in a low tone. “What does harmony have to do with it? This is a world of chaos, harmony does not exist!” Discord grew frustrated as he backed off, but quickly became astonished as he watched the once defeated mare glow with a pink aura and slowly rise. “Even in a world of chaos, harmony can always exist, as long as you have friends and loved ones around you.” Celestia said. “Where are you getting this magic from?!” Discord shouted in disbelief. “She is getting it from within herself, with the help of ponies like me.” Said a voice from behind Discord. He quickly recognized it, the same young voice of Luna. “She gets it from me, as well as the proud ponies of Canterlot that believe and respect her as their protector and ruler.” Luna said as a pink aura began to glow around her as well. “No, no, this can’t be! I’m a God, I can’t be beaten by the likes of you!” “No Discord, you are not a God. You’re just a normal pony trapped inside a chaotic fool’s body.” Celestia said with a solemn look as a bolt of magic streamed out of her horn and hit Discord with a powerful force, knocking him back a few steps. “Perhaps some time to witness the true power of harmony will do you some good Discord.” She said as another bolt of magic came out, colliding with a powerful force, knocking the God a few more steps back. “Get away from me!” Discord retaliated by sending another bolt of magic from his paw, only to see it be absorbed into Celestia’s aura, and shot back towards him. The force of the impact as it hit him knocked Discord to his knees, leaving him gasping for air as it knocked the breath out of him. Celestia slowly paced herself towards Discord, a straight stone-like look on her face. “Please, don’t hurt me. You win Celestia, I won’t hurt anypony else.” He tried to plea, but it had no effect on Celestia. “I can see your deceitful ways Discord, I’m afraid even my own dungeon will not be enough for you. I shall create a stone prison, just for you, so that you can witness the power of true friendship and harmony. Good bye Discord.” She said before closing her eyes as a bright flash beamed from her horn, Discord’s only reaction was the shield himself from the inevitable, “NOOOO!” The flash soon faded, and as the ponies outside looked back at their princess, they saw her facing a single stone statue. A statue of a one proud prince, turned monster, frozen in time to decorate Celestia’s garden forever. They all cheered, and the grey clouds that had surrounded Canterlot and cascaded down across Equestria soon vanished. Everypony was happy, even Luna, all except the princess who had to do the dirty deed. She put on the best smile she could for the citizens, but deep down, she was hurting. Before walking away to the crowd, she faced the statue and bowed her head, letting a single tear drop to the grass below. “I’m sorry, but I will find a way to help you, someday. I love you, Galewind.”