//------------------------------// // Parents // Story: Celestia, Luna and Discord's Childhood Journey // by AngriestDislestia //------------------------------// It was settled. Discord would join the two Princesses and Philemina on their quest to find their parents...Or destiny. Truly Celestia felt a strange amount of doubt yet was not upset...Luna on the other hand was too young, too trusting and dependable to think about complications such as these on her own, and so followed what Celestia said. That their parents were alive. Discord thought his parents were dead, and they probably were. But he admitted he didn't know they were dead. Even if they were alive, he wouldn't be able to tell, wouldn't care and would never know what parents were. Although, he saw the massive flash that scared off the dragon. That must've come from the moody, pretty one. Or so he thought. So he thought that Allicorn(s) were very tough and really didn't kniw himself if their parents were alive. He told himself for whatever reason it were that their parents were alive, though. Soon after the two fillies and Philemina met Discord, Luna fell tired and insisted they stop walking, after all, she thought Celestia knew Mummy and Daddy were alive waiting, so she didn't feel the need to rush. Celestia decided that perhaps it was bedtime. Even though she couldn't tell. None of the four knew how to camp. The two Princesses were not taught such minor things, Discord was never taught anything, and Philemina was too sure of herself about her job of protecting the fillies to feel the need to set up a camp. Celestia laid down and Luna nuzzled next to her. Philemina nestled herself in with the girls and Discord attempted to... He slowly crept over and curled cautiously up next to Celestia as quietly as possible. She spotted him though. "Hey! You sleep over there!" Celestia hissed in a whisper. Luna was sleeping. Discord smirked slyly. "What was that? You want a hug? Well of course! I'd be honoured!" Discord said smugly. He then wrapped his arms around Celestia's neck and squeezed her into a big hug and a smile was pinned to his face. Celestia frowned. She found she had never been hugged before as Allicorn(s) could not hug, she liked it, but having being hugged by...that ruined the whole idea. "Get off!" She whispered harshly as she shoved him a meter or so away from her. Being a little boy, Discord was rather pleased with her reaction. The obvious thing was to do it again. He liked seeing her annoyed. So once again he jumped back over to her and engulfed her top half, pretty much squeezing the life out of it. Now Celestia was really annoyed. She'd said get off. Why do boys never listen?! "Just. Go. AWAY!" She whispered so annoyed that it became a squeal. Discord once again plummeted back first onto the dirt. He placed his hand over his mouth and giggled. Celestia scowled ferociously at him. "Stop laughing! It's not funny!" She whispered crossly. Discord sat up, frowned slightly realizing how much she truly meant was she was saying. He sighed. He didn't find it funny, he was enjoying himself! She was so boring and serious! But the look on her face genuinely scared him. "I suppose not." He whispered shrugging. Then he sat up, a fair distance from Celestia and began staring at the ground with a small frown. He had suddenly changed attitude. Now he wanted to talk to her. "What are parents like?" He asked. Celestia was shocked slightly by how fast he changed from annoying and immature to sad and serious. She supposed he had the right to know...and also, she wanted to keep him in this nice, caring attitude for as long as possible. "Well, where to start?" She whispered gently as she placed her hoof on her chin. "They are great. They listen, they do stuff with you, they are totally trustworthy, they know you like the back of their hooves!" She whispered excitedly facing him. "They're just...the best things on Earth! They care for you...They are just great. And I miss them." She sighed. Being the age she was, it didn't occur to her to pity him. She looked up dreamily. Discord got even more upset. They sounded amazing, but the better they sounded the more he hated them. Why didn't he have parents. He didn't think he'd care. They were probably fussy...and, and bossy! So being nice didn't matter. He hated parents! And she should too! "Well.. Well they probably bossed you..you around!" He said stuttering, feeling as if he were to cry. Celestia looked at him confused. Then she shrugged. "Well, I guess every now and then..." She said plainly. "Ye..yeah! And that's mean!" Discord started to raise his voice slightly. "Why...Why d'you even want parents anyway!?" Celestia started getting slightly upset. "Disco-" "Whatever! They sound rubbish! Glad I don't have parents! Stupid parents!" Discord said starting to yell, his voice managing not to crack even slightly. "Discord!" Celestia yelled. The two looked at each other. He stood stiff towering over her. His missmatched eyes were glowing bright and wide. His teeth were bared slightly at the corner of his mouth. Discord looked sadly and guiltily at Celestia and Celestia confused, upset and shocked at Discord. Then Discord scowled, marched a good 5 feet away, laid down and rolled over so he wasn't facing her. So he could let a tear roll down his cheek without her seeing him. What had gotten into him? Celestia thought. She shook her head. Why was she suddenly concerned for him? Why was she suddenly speaking nicely to him? She'd made a mistake. Discord didn't deserve to be treated fairly like she'd told herself a Princess treats everyone. Yet she preferred winning an argument more than losing to a teaser. She looked at him calmly. She heard...sniffling? He wasn't crying...He couldn't be. She decided to not bother figure whether he was and not to bother make him feel any better. She kissed Luna and Philemina and joined them in slumber. But Discord didn't fall into slumber for a long time. He wasn't tired. The next...morning? Well they'd woken up, but were unsure of the time, so they but labelled it as morning. Or at least Luna did. "Wake up! Celly!" Luna yelled, prancing around Celestia. Celestia never even blinked. Luna sighed. "Celestia! Time to get up, dear!" Luna sang in her Mother's voice. Celestia's eyes shot open. "Mother!?" She called out happily, standing up, knocking her little sister off of her back and flying to the side. Her wide grin wasn't answered untill she heard laughing from behind her. Celestia arched a brow. "Luna?" Luna was laughing uncontrollably. "It wasn't Mummy! It was me!" She giggled to Celestia. Celestia scowled with wide angry eyes. "Luna! I thought it was Mum!" She started yelling at her little sister. "It's not nice to trick me into thinking it's her" Celestia continued to yell at her sister walking closer, forcing Luna to back away scared. But Celestia should have stopped there... "ESPECIALLY SINCE MOTHER AND FATHER MIGHT BE DEAD!" Celestia's eyes were wide. Luna's were wide. Celestia panted and Luna was shocked. "Wha- wh- Dead? Why...Why did you never tell me?" Luna stuttered scaredly to her sister. Celestia calmed. "They're...They're not dead!" Celestia said, but Luna just frowned, now knowing her parents could be dead. "But you don't know that." Luna said, pain stricken in her voice. "You don't know anything and I hate you!" She yelled angrily and ran away and sat by a tree. Loudly. "Oh, Lu- ARGHH! Fine! Go away! Go get lost!" Celestia called to Luna. She sighed. Philemina walked over and nuzzled Celestia comfortingly and made a gentle purring sound. Celestia smiled. "Good morning Philemina!" Philemina cawed and tilted her head in Discord's direction. Celestia frowned, already tired of the dramatics. "Thanks for reminding me" She said sarcastically. She walked over to sleeping Discord. Stared at him unimpressed fro a while...and "OOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!" Discord cried. He shot up into the air and clutched his side. Celestia had thrown her hoof into the side of his, what she guessed to be, stomach. "We have to carry on." She said plainly. As the three were about to head off, Celestia remembered they were missing Lil' Miss Luna. She walked over to the tree Luna was grumpily staring at. She sighed. "Luuunaaa!" Celestia called. Luna hmphed and turned the other way. "Argh, Luna! I don't have time for this! We're leaving! Now come on!" Luna carried on ignoring her sister. Celestia rolled her eyes and sighed. "Luna? I'm sorry about earlier. About shouting at you." Luna didn't turn away, but she didn't say anything. "Also, I'm sorry about not telling every possibility." Celestia paused. "It's just...I didn't want to hurt you..." At this, Luna paused. She turned to her sister and smiled wide. "It's OK! Let's go find Mummy and Daddy!" Luna said smiling. "Yeah, let's!" Discord cried enthusiastically, floating aside them, arms wide, smiling also. Luna giggled and Celestia blushed brightly and covered her smile. Philemina just tightened her eyes upon the creature. Luna started trotting away and the rest followed suite. Discord flew serpently whilst Celestia carried Philemina on her shoulder. Luna was singing, Celestia was humming, Philemina was waving a feather as if to orchestrate Luna's Solo and Discord was shuffling in the air along to Luna's "AMAZING SINGING VOICE!". Celestia was humming happily along with the others, but something suddenly caught her eye. She spotted a bright parting in the trees! An exit to the forest! Oh it was so dark in this place it made her sad, but everything was looking up all of a sudden! She finally felt hope! They all did...except Discord. He wasn't sure what he thought, but he always looked happy. "Guys! Look!" Celestia called to them, pointing a hoof at the light. Discord gasped, Philemina's wings and jaw went limp, but Luna was puzzled. Celly did say that their parents were in the forest, but she pursed her lips and went along. Well, she had to, Discord grabbed them all in his inconsistently long arms and swept them across the forest floor, through the exit and into the air and dropped them again. "Hello Kingdom!" Discord shouted. Then he immediately covered him mouth. The other three looked at him. Philemina growled. Luna stared. Celestia was puzzled. Why would he say that? "Wh-" "Celestia!" Luna screamed in a horrified voice, it was a scream only a horrified little girl could pull. Celestia's eyes shot open, her heart started pacing. Something was terribly wrong. She ran as fast as possible to where she heard Luna. Discord and Philemina followed concerned. "Lu-" ... Celestia's eyes widened. Luna was wiped out of her mind. On the ground. There were dead bodies. Her uncle. Her aunt. Grandfather. Grandmother. They were all motionless. This couldn't happen! This was a terrible dream! What? Who? Only one thing could run through her mind. Where were Mum and Dad? She scanned the ground. Untill she saw them. Both of them. Still. Motionless. Out cold. No. Just no. No! No! NO! Her face began to swell when- "Celly!" Luna's voice screeched against her skull. She looked up and saw a massive serpent. A huge serpent. A...Draconequus. It was laying on the floor half burnt, half scraped to death, it reached it's long lion arm, one like...Discord's! It was stocky and had devil parts...AND IT HAD LUNA IN IT'S CLUTCHES! It had grabed her and was shaking of exhaustion. Celestia had a sudden erge to kill the monster. Celestia suddenly let out all of her rage, pain and irritation out in one massive cry, it sounded as if it were from hell and it made the creature immediately drop Luna and she ran beside Celestia. Celestia glared at the creature. "An Allicorn Princess Daughter!" The creature gasped. The serpent immediately tried to fly, but before it did, it looked at Discord. What a disappointment! Why was he so skinny? His face scrunched up in annoyance. His brows furrowed and eyes dilated and became soullessly small. He suddenly let out a ferocious roar that shook the entire world. "rrrRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" And disappeared in a flash of light. What? Where? Where did the monster go? She just...NEEDED TO KILL IT! IT RUINED EVERYTHING! Celestia panted and turned to Discord. "The arm of a lion! The antler of a deer! HE'S YOUR FATHER! ISN'T HE?!" Celestia yelled at Discord. That creature killed everything she and Luna ever knew and she knew it was still living! "HELLO KINGDOM?! SO YOU KNEW?! YOUR EVIL! I HATE YOU! YOU HAVE TO GO! LEAVE! LEAVE OR I'LL KILL YOU! YOUR FATHER KILLED EVERYTHING THAT I EVER HAD! We have no-th-ing now! NOTHING!" Celestia squealed at him. She was crying. Discord stared at her startled. So did Luna. He made sure he stayed in the air. He understood. He needed to leave. After all, it was all his fault wasn't it? No! He didn't do any of this! It wasn't his fault! Discord shed a single tear, and didn't hide it. Then he looked thoughtfully at Celestia. Celestia glared ferociously back. "Goodbye, Celly. I'll miss you." He whispered. Then, he too vanished. Forever. Or did he?...