//------------------------------// // Chaos // Story: Lunar Creations // by Howitzer412 //------------------------------// Luna awoke with a start. Strange dreams were now blurring as her moon got lower in the sky, and Celestia would soon be waking. She looked to the sky for the strange moving star, but it was absent. She concluded that she was just delirious, and the star had not existed. In a few minutes, Celestia awoke to raise the sun. "This is a good system" she told her sister. "You cover your night, and I will wake for the day." "Yes, we really should implement it" replied Luna, looking at the brightening sky. "Something troubles you?" asked Celestia, concerned. "Just looking for the dragon" said Luna. "See if it wan't as dumb as I predicted." "Relax sister" said Celestia, putting her foreleg around Luna's neck. "I'm sure it is dead." "I hope so, it would be terrible for it to come back after the ponies believed I saved them." "But you did save them, Luna. You're their hero! Soak up the acknowledgement, you'll feel better." With that, the sister's flew to Canterlot, to see how badly the damage was. Most of the buildings were destroyed, either in a pile of rubble or obliterated by the fires. The citizens weren't letting that stop them, however, from building more and more elegant buildings. The future palace was now only wooden foundations, but in years to come will be the shining icon of Equestria. Pegasi were flying in to assist in the re-building, which was odd considering Canterlot then was a unicorn dominated town. Something, however, seemed off about the construction. Many ponies who helped had no idea what they were doing. While unicorns used magic for tools and pegasi used their wings to fly materials around, earth ponies were having trouble with it. Luna was watching one in particular, a brown coated earth pony with a short black mane, who could not figure out a way to saw a board in half. "Let me help you with that" said Celestia, already down on the ground. "Just hold it in your teeth, yike dish, and move your neck back and forth." "Um, wow, thank you Celestia!" said the earth pony, completely in awe that his goddess just came from the sky to help him with a simple task. "What is that structure back there?" asked Celestia, indicating the foundations of the palace. "We've started building a home for you and your sister" said the earth pony, looking back at the wooden frames. "Still a lot of work to go." "I can see, but let it be known that we greatly appreciate the thought." "Of course, princess" he said, bowing. "That was unexpected" said Luna as Celestia flew back up to their cloud. "They are building a home for us" said Celestia, beaming at the workers. "Isn't that nice!" "What kind of home?" asked Luna, a bit concerned. "It looks like a palace or castle." "Interesting" replied Luna, then said nothing more. With that, Celestia flew away to watch over other parts of Equestria. Luna stayed on that cloud, watching as the ponies worked to build her a home. Just as she and her sister had made homes for them, they were returning the favor. Interrupting her thoughts was sizzling from above. Luna looked up to see a ball of fire, plummeting to the ground. By its path, it would land directly in...Canterlot! She acted, conjuring a force field above the village. The ball of flame hit the field, then bounced away, down the mountain. "Luna, what was that?" asked Celestia, returning in a cloud of white smoke. "I am not sure, but it almost hit Canterlot." "Come, we will find it." Luna and her sister flew off of the cloud and down the mountain, following the path of destruction the ball of fire caused to the natural landscape. They found a crater in an open field, where Ponyville will sit hundreds of years later. A trail of scorched grass led right to the crater. In it, was a creature the sisters had trouble describing. It had the tail of a sea creature, one leg of a pony, another leg of a frog, a body of an eagle, yet shaped like a dragon, one arm a birds, the other a large cat. Its wings were also different, one of a pegasus and one of a bat. It's neck and head were pony-like, but slender and curved like the rest of its body. One horn was a unicorn horn, the other an antler. It had different sized eyes, and teeth. To the sisters, it was possibly the most horrid, convoluted, disgusting creature they had ever seen. It rose then, from the crater, climbing out with ease. "Ladies" it said. It's voice was smooth, unlike it's appearance. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Discord." "Discord?" asked Celestia. "Where did you come from?" "Up there I suppose" Discord cackled, pointing up. "Why are you here, Discord?" asked Luna. "I was told you two are making this place quite, orderly" said Discord, turning three hundred and sixty degrees to survey the area. "And I despise order." "Well what are you going to do about it?" "My my, Luna, is that a challenge? Because, I wholesomely except it!" "How do you know her name?" asked Celestia. "Well, Celestia, someone's catching on. Unfortunately for you, I have no time for stories right now. It's time for some chaos." Discord disappeared then. Where he went, the sister's did not know. "We must find it" said Celestia. "Before it causes trouble." "I believe that is it's goal" said Luna. "To cause trouble." Screams from miles away could be telepathically heard, and Celestia teleported away quickly, followed by Luna. They appeared in Fillydelphia, and saw what Discord had planned. Trees were alive, and dancing around fires. Homes were floating in mid-air upside down. Mice sprouted wings and chased birds, snakes grew legs and climbed buildings. Pink clouds formed overhead, and chocolate rain fell onto the panicked citizens below. A pegasus tried to move the cloud away, but got stuck in it. In the center of it all, was Discord. He moved uncontested through the chocolate stained streets. He was in every painting, every window, every song! "Stop him" yelled Celestia, indicating Discord with her hoof. Discord stopped as a crowd of angered ponies blocked his way. More Discord's appeared, perfect clones of the original. "Listen to your rulers" shouted the Discords. "Attack us!" No pony moved. "I'm waiting!" Nothing. "That's what I thought" said Discord. "You say how much you love them, but you won't dare listen to them if you might get hurt. They do so much for you, and you are ungrateful. Time to whip you all into shape!" Discord disappeared yet again, followed by the sisters. They arrived in Canterlot, to see Discords idea of "whipping into shape". Hundreds of ponies were still working, but something was different. They seemed mindless, following a hive mind. No pony was working on restoring the town, only on the palace. Discord lay on the grass, watching them work. "What is the meaning of this?" shouted Celestia. "I need a place to stay, don't I. And this seemed like a fabulous idea, so why not use it." "You'll never get away with this" said Luna, stepping forward. "Oh won't I?" Discord then snapped his bird fingers, and the ponies stopped working. In fact, all of Equestria seemed to be at attention. "Your former rulers dare to defy my reign! What do you have to say about that?" In unison, the ponies yelled "Hail Discord!" "No, you fools! What are you going to do about it!" Again, in unison, "Destroy the traitors!" The ponies charged, tools being used as weapons, at their beloved princesses. In a split second, Discord appeared between Luna and Celestia. "And you my dear" said Discord turning to Celestia. "Are spared." Discord teleported away, with Celestia in tow. Now, it was Luna against the mob of brainwashed ponies. Tears forming, Luna teleported away. Sobs could be heard in the forest. Brainwashed ponies patrolled every town and field. Discord wanted Luna found, but his magic was useless in the Everfree Forest. There, Luna wept. She cried for the ponies, she cried for their towns. But mostly, she cried for her sister, captured by Discord. She looked to the stars for an answer, but they were silent. They have been long silent, Discord having messed with them as well. Her moon, full as the first night she laid eyes upon it, provided no help. Or so she thought. A twinkle here, a flash there. Something was on the moon that was not there before. Although she was weakened by the forest, she was strong enough to fly out into the open sky and teleport to her barren watcher. The moon's undisturbed dust welcomed her hooves. In the distance were fields of craters, created by astray space rocks. Luna walked over to them, looking in each one. After hours, she thought it was hopeless, that she had just imagined the sights. She decided to look in one more crater, and if nothing was there, she would return to Equestria. Peering over the lip, something shiny lay at the bottom of the hole. Her telekinesis brought it up to her. It was a necklace, golden up to the center design. A red lightning bolt lay in the center. Loyalty Luna looked into another crater a short distance away, and found another necklace. It was also gold, with the center being an orange stone with a smaller green stone jutting upwards. Honesty Luna continued looking for more necklaces. She found three more, a purple diamond, a pink butterfly-like stone, and a light blue balloon-like one. "What are these things?" she wondered to herself. She thought that if they were all together, something would happen, but these necklaces seemed devoid of purpose. "Have I not found them all?" she asked herself. She continued looking, but found no more necklaces. The moon continued to be an off-white wasteland. Luna, giving up on the search, decided their true purposes will appear when confronted with Discord. Why else would they be given to her to find? Luna returned to Equestria, and flew to Canterlot. The palace was completed, or near completion, because of the involuntary construction. Inside, Discord sat upon a gold throne, waited on hoof and tail by his mindless minions. Next to him, sat Celestia, also brainwashed. "My dear Celestia, isn't this palace wonderful?" Discord said sweetly to Celestia. "Yes Discord" monotonously replied Celestia, blankly staring at nothing with contracted pupils. Suddenly, the door to the throne room burst open, and Luna strutted through. "Guards?" yelled Discord, looking left and right. "Stop her!" "Fat chance Discord, I have these!" said Luna, holding out the necklaces. "My, those are certainly beautiful, but what do they do?" "Well, I don't know" said Luna, taking a step back. "I was hoping they would do something when I walked in here." "Those are almost as marvelous as this crown" said Discord, producing a golden crown from behind the throne. It was an elaborate design. Golden arches arced up, holding a large pink six-pointed star. "It fits me, don't you agr..." Discord stopped as the crown started vibrating. It wasn't just vibrating, it was shaking furiously. It began to glow, and zoomed over to Luna, right off of Discords head. The necklaces, wrapped around Luna's foreleg, also shook and flew into the air above Luna. The crown and necklaces began spinning, slowly at first, then rapidly. A rainbow of colors emerged from the center, moving up like a charmed snake. Suddenly, the rainbow arced, and came down with immense speed, right at Discord. A bright white light blinded all onlookers. When the smoke cleared, and the light dissipated, Discord was no longer a horrid creature of chaos. By the throne, stood a stone statue of what was once Discord. Immediately, the chaos Discord created was gone. Trees once again were rooted, clouds stopped raining chocolate, and everypony was once again back in their own mindset. "What? What happened?" asked Celestia, rubbing her head. "Celestia!" screamed Luna, running over to her sister and embracing her. "You're back!" "Where have I been? Where's Discord? Where are we?" "Discord brainwashed everypony, and got them to build this palace for him. But these things, these necklaces and crown, turned him to stone." Celestia looked carefully at the objects that stopped Discord. "Loyalty, Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, and what's this?" said Celestia. "Magic" said Luna. "Magic?" "Magic. It's elusive, it may sometimes hide itself away for other reasons, but it is always there. It will always be there to help. I thought that it didn't exist, the crown, but it showed itself at the last possible moment, saving you and everypony else." "What should we call them?" asked Celestia. "I'm not sure, you decide." "Hmmmm, how about Harmony. The Elements of Harmony." Luna looked into her sister's eyes. "That's perfect." The two embraced once again, then left the palace to help Equestria rebuild.