//------------------------------// // Welcome Luna? // Story: Celestia, Luna and Discord's Childhood Journey // by AngriestDislestia //------------------------------// The next morning, Discord was awoken to... "Discord?! So...What's the answer?! Can she come!?" She asked anxious. "Of course she can..." Discord said. "Anything to make you love me..." He mumbled as Celestia trotted off to go get Luna. ... WAIT! She was going to get Luna?! No! That wasn't the plan! Discord impulsively flew after Celestia as fast as his wings could carry him. "No!" He yelled as he reached her in the hallway. She stopped and looked at him confused. "What?" She asked like any teenage filly would. Discord paused and thought desperately...Um...Ahhh! "You...are in your pyjamas!" Discord spluttered desperate for an excuse. She looked at him sarcastically. "Oh...You can't possibly greet your sister in your pyjamas! Can you!?" He laughed desperately. Celestia frowned and looked around uncomfortable. "Ok.." She whispered. "I'll go and get dressed then..." She said as she walked off back to her room. Discord breathed a sigh of releif and wiped the sweat from his brow. Thank Goodness! Mmm...If she had persisted you may have been found out. What do you mean? I mean she would've found out what a liar and a user you are! Then your plan would be ruined! ...Are you on my side? No. I'm never on your side, I'm a conscience. Besides, it only makes a difference because you're so soppy as to truly want trust from everypony. Of course I do! I need it to rule! Well you could just kill everyone. Your Father single pawedly destroyed the Alicorn race. I couldn't! You mean "i wouldn't!" ... Exactly. You've gone soft. Well at least you're still using her and continuing with your horribly evil plan. Exactly! I'm not soft! I'm a monster! ...I know. A monster that cannot be tamed! hmm An EVIL monster! A monster that has an evil plan. Exactly! ...You know, for once, I feel slightly proud of you... Discord smiled proudly as he switched his body and voice to Luna's and quickly ran outside. Project be Luna was in motion. Although Luna did not know Discord's plan for sure, she knew that she knew he wasn't going to let the real her into the castle, she knew he had to let Luna in to the castle in some way though...Otherwise his whole plan would be ruined. Most of all, though, was that she knew she had to wreck his plan. No way would she ever let Equestria be ruled by...eww! That thing! All she needed to do was get into the castle, but of course now it would be easier. Discord would be preoccupied. Probably with freaking out because he hadn't though of anything else. Then, she could see Celestia for real and tell her all about Discord and his plan. Also, another thing that sparked her attention was Celestia. She actually beleived his act and loved him. Luna was confused by this. She knew that her older sister needed somepony to latch on to, but why in the name of Equestria did she choose him!? She simply shrugged, taking her sister for granted. Trusting in her fully not to be a total fool-in-love. Luna had left all her belongings in the castle anyway, so she didn't need to pack anything. She started to trot to the castle when- "Luna! Where are you going?" asked Clover. Luna turned around. "To save my sister...AND EQUESTRIA!" She announced. "...OK...How?" Clover asked. "Oh...Clover...I thought you were clever...I am simply going to foil Discord's plan." Luna told her. "What plan? How?!" Clover asked. "Discord isn't holding Celestia prisoner, he's making her love him! So that she'll give him Equestria!" Luna said. "How?" "He's giving her what she'd wanted since the day our parents died; somepony to latch on to." Clover gasped. "He's using her!" Clover exclaimed. "But how can you save Equestria?" "She said that for her to love him, he needed to let me live in the castle, but since I know everything he can't risk it, so he's probably gonna make a puppet me, but i'm gonna appear when he's preoccupied so that she'll see he lied and so I can tell her the truth!" Luna finished. "Wow..." So Luna cantered off to the castle and soon arrived at the doors. She gasped. Discord gasped. "Luna!? What are you doing here?!" Discord growled. "I'm meeting Celestia outside the gates!" Luna smirked. "OK." She said slyly. Discord looked at her annoyed, which was like looking in a mirror because of course, he was her. "Go then!" He whispered roughly. "No." Luna said. Discord growled. "Go, or I'll chuck you into hell myself!" Discord snickered. "Go ahead." "I'm not joking!" "OK." "I'll give you three seconds!" Luna didn't reply. "One..." Discord said slowly. His eyes tightened on Luna. She didn't move. Only lifted her head dissmissively. "Two..." Again, Luna didn't move. "Thr-" "I'm not going anywhere." Luna said. Discord paused. "What?" He asked slowly. "You promised my sister that I would live with you both in the castle. So I'm not going anywhere." She repeated. Discord breathed in and out. What'll I do? She's not moving! Just do what you warned her you'd do. I can't. You wouldn't. SHUT UP! This time I actually need your help to decide on something! Help me! ...OK. I recommend you keep very close watch on them. Make sure she doesn't get to whisper anything to her. Make sure you do as much as possible with them to keep them far apart. So, you recommend I give in? Yes. So long as you're careful. ...OK. "Fine. You win." Discord said to Luna as he transformed to normal. He smiled evily at her while they were alone. Luna was confused. Why was he so happy? "hmmm." Luna hummed. Discord chuckled. "Hmm, indeed..." He said. Soon, Celestia cantered to the gates. "Luna!" She squealed hugging her sister. No, no! That's too close! Quickly Discord bolted them apart. Celestia looked at him shocked. "Ha...How about we go inside first?!" He chuckled worried. Celestia frowned. "OK." She said slowly. Slowly they walked back into the castle. Discord was in the middle of them. Eyeing every movement that Luna took. Luna glared at him and Discord snarled back. "You're not going to win!" They both whispered threateningly at one another. "What was that?" Celestia asked curiously. "Uhm...Nothing!" They both stuttered nervously. As they entered the castle, Celestia smiled at Discord. "Thank you." She said appreciatively. "Welcome." Discord said simply, avoiding eye contact. The day proceeded for a while to be very slow for the Princesses. They were doing lots of stuff but neither Celestia or Luna were enjoying themselves because Discord was keeping them at least 3ft away from each other at all times. They didn't speak a word together for a while. By the middle of the day, Celestia had had enough. She had to say something. "Discord. I would really appreciate it if you let me have some time alone with my sister." She told him softly. Discord gulped. He looked to Luna desperately. She smirked smugly. Oh no! What'll I do? She'll find out! Yep. You can't do anything now. Oh...THANKS! He stuttered on differing words for a minute or two. "Oh...OK" He said worried. But he couldn't do anything else! He had to do this! Ahh! Luna would spoil it! But little did he know, these were not Luna's definite intentions at the moment... "Thank you" She said sincerely and then hugged Discord tight. The hug lasted for a while. It made Luna think. Look at Discord's face! He looks...not evil. Yeah. He's worried. His plans about to be ruined. I'm not sure... What do you mean you're not sure!? I mean...Look at my sister. She looks...happy... Because Discord's tricking her! That's the whole point we came here! To tell her the truth! Is the truth really the truth? Yes! Your daze is simply a result of his draconequus-ness! You're falling for what Celestia is! Hmmm. Yeah, you're right. So take this time alone to put her straight! I will. Take this time to tell her- How everything she's ever been happy about is a lie. ... And ruin her happiness... Before her grounded conscience argued back, Luna had decided on what she would say to her sister. "Luna, I'm so happy you're here!" Celestia said hugging her little sister. Luna just looked at her startled. Her older sister had never been so happy. Her jaw dropped and hung there for a while. Celestia just smiled uncomfortably. It was quite awkward. For a minute. Or two. Luna suddenly shook her head. "I'm...very happy to be here!" She laughed. Celestia smiled. "Good. I'm just thankful that Discord said you could stay. After all, it would kinda ruin his plan." Celestia said casually. "Yeah..." Luna sighed. They sat there for a minute when- Wait! What did she just say? She said "Good. I'm jus-" No! It was a rhetorical question! And besides, I know what she said. I just can't believe it! She knew about the plan? What? How? "How...What?" Luna asked. "I'm not an idiot!" Celestia giggled, amused by Luna's reaction. Luna blinked. "Trust me, I bet Discord's still the mocking, evil...Grrr! He can't trick me!" Celestia announced annoyed. Luna's eyes were extremely wide with surprise. "...Are you part Draconequus?" Luna asked. "No. Why?" Celestia replied. "You're a great actor!" Luna said kiddingly. Celestia smiled. "Anyway, why have you been playing along?" Luna asked. "Hmm. I want to be trusted by him. You know what that means?" "..." Luna shook her head. "It means that he has to think that I'm deeply in love with him. Then, because of trust, he'll set me free. Free to use the elements." "But you were never told..." Luna stopped as she re-realized that Celestia was not dumb. She smiled slyly at Celestia's own knowing smirk. It was on. They would act...in love. Meanwhile, Discord was flipping out in the bedroom... "Ahhh! WhatamIgonnadowhenshefindsout!? It'sgonnaoverandmyplan'sgonnaberuined!" Discord whined worriedly to himself as he ran around like a headless chicken. I need to figure something out! That's all I need to do...So just breathe...Whoo... How? ...What? How are you gonna figure something out?! Oh...Simple. Hmm? Luna's lying. How juvenile... What? Childish! Oh...Well, I am six year younger than Celestia...and one year younger than Luna. Hmmm. And that makes a difference because? It makes me more of a child. Mmm. More of a clueless child. Exactly. Discord was now feeling somewhat proud, and when Celestia walked in, he did not faulter. Well...he did a bit... "Uhm...Hello Celestia! How did your alone time go?" Discord asked, pretending to be curious. "It went amazing!" Celestia said dreamily. "And Luna said-" "SHE WAS LYING! IT'S NOT TRUE! DON'T BELIEVE HER!" Discord pleaded on his knees. "Said ..how nice it was of you to invite her to stay...Discord?" Celestia finished slowly. Discord looked up at her and paused. He got up. "Oh, so she..? Oh! Well, she's welcome!" Discord said loudly and relieved. Hmm, why didn't she...? Oh well. At least I'm not losing Celestia now! Don't be such a fool! She obviously is planning on telling her! It could be a trap! Maybe she never knew! Hmm. She did. But it might be trap. Yes! So watch out...and interrogate Luna... Sure! Discord was too relieved to really listen to his conscience. Now that Celestia was asleep, Discord could dream away! Ahhh... Calming thoughts...Getting pretty calm now...I'm totally relaxed...And I'm falling...asleep... WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!? Calmly falling asleep... YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INTERROGATING NOW! Why?... Because you found it suspicious that Luna didn't tell Celestia about your plan! You were going to find out why! Why? BECAUSE YOUR CONSCIENCE TOLD YOU TO! Ok, ok...I'm getting up... Good.