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// Chapter Five: The Return of Chaos 
// Story: Responsibility and Rage 
// by adfghjkl 
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CHAPTER FIVE

Celestia gasped in surprised as she quickly turned around. “Discord?! But… but how?” 

Discord threw back his head and laughed. “What? Not happy to see me? I thought that you’d be more pleased with my return, but oh well…” 

Celestia’s horn glowed with magic, pointed directly at the chaos beast.

“Now now, Celestia, no need to make any rash decisions.” Discord raised his arms in sarcastic and false submission.

The princess glared at Discord, her eyes full of hatred and memories. 

“You…you MONSTER!!!” Celestia’s spell hit Discord square in the chest, sending him crashing to the ground.

Discord coughed and spat, now as angry as Celestia. But instead of counterattacking, Discord merely smiled, his gaze fixed on the alicorn. Celestia lowered to the ground, her horn still shining, ready to fire. 

“How’s Luna? Is she feeling better than the last time I saw her?” 

That completely set Celestia off. She tackled him to the ground and placed her hoof squarely on his chest, her eyes full of tears.

“Just so you know, you have no one to blame but yourself, I had to find some way to get your attention.” Celestia’s memories clouded her thoughts, memories of pain and suffering, Discord cackling, Luna sobbing with bruises all over her face, Celestia with her wing over her poor sister.

 Luna…

“Quit it with the riddles, Discord! Why are you here and what do you want!?” She had to summon every ounce of sanity and control she had in order to not kill him on the spot.

Discord grinned. “What riddles? I am merely telling the truth. But if you must know, I am here for what should have been mine; Before your sister took it from me.”

Celestia was about to explode with anger. Discord’s calmness always bothered her. “What should have been yours? What does my sister have that you want?”

Discord smiled and whispered in Celestia’s ear. “Your love.” 

Celestia whacked Discord across his face with her hoof. “You can forget about that after what you did to Luna, now leave and DON'T YOU DARE come back!” 

“Oh Celestia, you must be so blind to the fact that mere words will not keep me away. The only reason I left was because Galaxia…persuaded me.”

Celestia ‘s lip curled into a snarl. “She banished you, Discord! And I will do the same!”

Discord threw his head back and hooted once more. Tears streamed down his face, he was laughing very hard. “That’s what she told you! Ha! She told you she banished me?! This is even better than I thought!” 

Celestia rolled her eyes. Typical Discord. But something about Discord’s sudden excitement worried her. 

“What do you mean?”

Discord wiped a hysterical tear off of his face and explained. 

“During the short and painful time I spent here, I was lonely and sad. Nopony loved me, or even paid any speck of attention to me, except you.” 

Celestia stepped back, cautiously. It was rarely that Discord said something so personal.

“So, eventually I fell in love with you, but of course YOU knew that. But when that puny little Luna was born, I never saw you again. So I was forced to take extreme measures.” 

Celestia winced, Discord didn’t need to explain what happened next.

“After your sister got, er, fair punishment for stealing your attention, your mother and father decided to meddle with everything.” 

Ignoring Discord’s shrewd and cruel remarks, Celestia remained attentive, waiting for a direct answer to her question. 

“So instead of banishment, I made them a promise. I would leave, forever.”

Celestia snorted. “Well you broke that promise pretty quickly, Discord.”

Discord grinned. “Ahh, but it gets better. In return, your parents promised that they would abandon after you and your sister were ready to ‘lead the kingdom’.” 

The princess stood up, trying to absorb what he was saying.

“Now that the all-powerful alicorns are gone, I thought that would be an absolutely perfect time to break a promise, and take a throne.” 

Celestia gasped in shock, trying to keep her legs steady, hoping that all he was saying was a lie. She finally passed out, the last sound she heard was Discord’s cackling, haunting laugh.