This is the bonus chapter of my own creation. The contest is still going. This doesn’t really have anything to do with the story, maybe a little, but nothing significant. Just a small “side story” if you will. Some time has passed since Discord was imprisoned in the statue and Celestia has a plan for him. Let’s see what it is.
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The Last Dance
A bright light flashed in the garden under a starry night. The goddess of the sun herself being the cause. Only a few decades after banishing her own sister to the moon. She was gazing upon a stone statue of a petrified monster, one that had decorated her royal garden for nearly 500 hundred years.
“Oh please work.” She said under her breath, as another bright flash of light beaconed from her horn, setting the statue glowing with a white light. The grotesque figure soon descended down from its pedestal, however not on their own two feet, but on four tan hooves. As the light began to fade, Celestia had finally had her first view of the creature, seeing their two toned mane flowing down a deep tan, almost milky brown coat. From under the figure chin, a bright white beard. For several moments this pony only made a few grunts and moans as he rubbed his neck, rubbing out the knots that had formed from his years of imprisonment. Finally, he opened his eyes, giving Celestia a perfect view of the bright scarlet irises that stared at her with a short moment of puzzlement, then, rage.
“You have a lot of nerve releasing me from that statue prison, Celestia.” The stallion said.
“Galewind, you hate me, I understand that, but I want to make amends for everything I did.”
“How could you ever make amends for the pain you put me through.” His eyes narrowed, and his temper grew shorter and shorter, almost at the edge of the line before blowing a fuse. Celestia kept calm as she turned away, raising her hoof to a small pond that was directly under the moon’s light.
“Look inside.”
Galewind grew puzzled, but decided he would do this one task for her before killing her, but as soon as he took one step, his eyes grew big. He felt the grass not beneath two feet, but four. His mind wanted to refuse believing, but with each step, his pace grew quicker. A walk grew into a slight job, a slight job became a steady trot, and a steady trot became a gallop, until he had reached the pond to look at his reflection.
“How?” was all he could muster as he stared, almost breathless at the reflection of a stallion. “How did you do this?”
“Once we sealed you away, and your kingdom signed over to me, I had your library of arcane texts moved into my own personal library.” Celestia said as she slowly made her way to his side, “I immediately began look for a cure to your curse. It took me centuries of studying, and I found this one spell. I doubt it will permanently cure you, at most it may only work for an hour or so.”
“Then why resurrect me this way, after all I did?” Galewind turned to face Celestia.
“For two reasons. One, I wanted to have one final dance with a stallion that knew how to, and two, because well…I…I love you.” She blushed under the dim light of moon, turning away to hide the embarrassment from him. He brought her gaze back to his, looking deeply into her eyes as they slowly came together, lips meeting in a deep passionate kiss that left the princess completely speechless, flushed with crimson blush.
“The moonlight creates the perfect scenery.” He said holding out his hoof to Celestia, “Will you give me the honor of having this dance with you?”
She smiled sweetly as she walked up to him, pressing her neck against his, just like the gala dance they shared, “It would be my pleasure sweet prince of Baltimare.”
No music, no crowd, no fancy scenery, no interruptions. It was truly the most perfect moment anypony could ever share, and they had it. They had the night to themselves, to share together, and embrace in a love they thought lost. Thoughts of the gala night continued to circle both their minds, as smiles never faded from them. They continued their waltz under the moonlight, providing a perfect environment for the two lovers. Embracing each other by the neck, Galewind kissing her cheek from time to time, each one sending a hint of blush to her cheeks. The time felt like forever, but only minutes passed when Galewind stepped away.
“Is something wrong?” Celestia questioned.
“No, I just have an idea.”
“What is it my prince?”
“Let us go to the waterfalls, where we shared our most beautiful moment.”
Celestia beamed with happiness as they both spread their wings and took off into the night sky without a single pony the wiser, arriving safely at their destination. The sounds of the falls cascading down, washing away every bad feeling inside the two.
“Galewind, if I may ask, I am quite shocked you have been so calm. When I planned on doing this, I had feared you would only bring chaos back to the world. Why?”
He took a deep sigh as he stared in the water, thinking long and hard of the right words to say, “I think, it’s because old feelings die hard. Perhaps it’s because deep down, no matter how much I hated to admit it, I still had a strong sense of desire and love for you. It’s hard to get over somepony as strong, faithful, and independent as you.”
“Oh be quiet Galewind, you’re too much of a flatterer.”
“But it’s true. Perhaps, there was more than love.” His words trailed off, catching the princess’ attention as he looked away.
“What else?”
“Nothing.”
“Tell me, it’s just us here.”
“Maybe there was a bit of…l***.”
“Come again?”
“Lust.”
Galeiwnd shut his eyes tight in embarrassment, only to hear the laugh of Celestia, quickly bringing his attention back to her. “What’s so funny?”
“You said lust as if it was a bad thing. Please Galewind, you think you’ve been the only one? However, I will admit, out of all the stallions that have attempted, I am glad to say you were the only one to ever enter my thoughts.”
Galewind was now the one blushing at Celestia’s words, covering it up with a splash of water to her face. She frowned, and then laughed as she retaliated with a splash of her own. The two cuddled by the waterfall, enjoying the company of the other for hours.
A light began to glow against the coat of Galewind and soon, his pony form was gone, returning to his disfigured form of Discord.
“I suppose it’s time we sent you back.” Said Celestia with a heavy sigh of sadness.
“I suppose so.”
A deafening silence came over them during the fly back to the castle garden, as Discord returned to the spot where he was imprisoned.
“I will find a spell to permanently free you my love. I won’t stop working on it, I swear.”
Discord gently lifted a paw under her chin and moved her gaze up to meet his, a small grin forming on his face, “Please, do not worry about me. I have done terrible things and I’m afraid there might not be anything in those books that can save me. I also hate to admit that this form feeds on chaotic energy, and if I were to be let go right now, my evil side would only return. What you showed me today was a suppressant of harmony, but I don’t think that would work for too long my sweet. I hate to say that it is best that I stay in this statue for eternity. It is for the best of Equestria.”
Tears began to fall from the cheek of Celestia, breaking into a strong sob as she quickly leaned into his arms for a loving hug.
“I will always love you Celestia, but please. Forget about me, find a special somepony and make them happy, do not go your whole life worrying about me, you will only suffer and live a life of torment. I don’t want that for you.”
He looked up to see the sun was rising and soon the castle would be filled with guards for their day shift.
“Quick, put me back in before somepony sees us.”
Celestia’s horn glowed again with her amulet of harmony around her neck, “I will never forget you Galewind, and I will always love you no matter what.”
“And I will love you too Celestia, always.”
A bright light flashed from her horn, and in front of her stood the same old statue of a petrified Discord, trapped inside his stone prison, never to be free again, until one faithful day.