Chaos in the Family

by Aurora Hope Healer

Chapter 9

As his little girl grew, Discord was able to take care of her on his own better. He also noticed that she stopped aging like a normal pony and started aging like an alicorn or immortal after she had turned sixteen, much to Discord’s relief. He didn’t want to lose his daughter like he had lost his wife.
Now the two of them were living in a small house at the edge of the Everfree forest. The outside of it was a nice and simple little cottage, but inside of it was filled with chaos. Furniture was spinning and flying, the walls and floors were all different colored, it was all chaos, just the way Discord and Screwball liked it.
Trouble was brewing though, and Discord could sense it. The Healers that were living in the Crystal Empire under the rule of Sombra had reported in that something was going on with him. He was now demanding to be called “King” Sombra. Discord was going to go in person when he had heard that his sisters were going and that they had just forbidden him from going. He relayed the message to the Healers as well as some of his chaos magic to help them survive whatever happened.
He was shocked when he had received word that his twin brother no longer existed, and that his kingdom, which had been filled with friends and ponies who had worked with his sister for years, was missing. He knew there would be trouble when he went to talk to his sisters about the event. He noticed something in Luna’s eyes and tried to address it, but his sisters wouldn’t hear of it. They were still in shock from having their older brother banish himself and his entire empire.
He sent word to the Healers that they might lose the princess of the moon as well because of this, but not before he himself was lost. He had a feeling just from looking at his younger sisters’ gazes.
When he got back home, he found that his daughter had an incredible amount of magic that she couldn’t control. She looked at her father with worry, apologizing over and over again as her chaos magic made all of Equestria covered in it. Discord sighed and decided right then and there to take the blame for his daughter’s magical outburst without letting his sisters know of her. He gave her a little beanie that had a little propeller on it. “This will help you control it. I’m going to send you away for a while though.”
“I’m sorry, daddy.”
“I know you are, Screwy, but I still have to send you away. Your aunt Celestia and aunt Luna wouldn’t understand all of this. I’ll open the portal again when it’s safe, but I’ll send you to a place where you can be as chaotic as you want.”
“Really?”
“Really.” He hugged his little filly one last time before sending her into another dimension with a large castle and no residents. He had made this dimension for himself when he was younger, and now it would serve its purpose again. “I love you, my little abomination.”
“I love you too, daddy… please, be careful.”
“I’ll do what I can.” He let out a sob as he closed his daughter away in the portal. He noticed that it didn’t change what the land looked like at all. He sat on a throne he had made and pretended that everything was a grand joke. He even went so far as to eat some chaos seeds and throw some to the ground as well, knowing that they’d mess with the tree of harmony and his sisters at a later date. He wasn’t surprised when his sisters came to him two days later, demanding that he put a stop to it, as though he hadn’t already tried. He started laughing at the elements of Harmony, knowing full well what they could do to him; he was sure they’d destroy him. He was surprised that they had turned him to stone though. His sisters then brought his statue to their castle.
After Luna was transformed into Nightmare Moon, due to the Nightmare magic in her eyes from her battle with Sombra, Celestia had Discord’s statue moved to the new castle in Canterlot. Discord watched as time moved around him and his sister. She always came out to visit him when it was one of their birthdays, but she would always leave after a few minutes, crying and asking what she had done.
One day, about two centuries after Discord had turned to stone and everyone was asleep in the kingdom of Equestria, Discord had a visitor. A small portal opened, and the creature that came out of it took one look at him and understood what had happened. She started crying through her swirling eyes and started to blame herself. Discord’s heart broke even more as he saw this through his stone eyes. She also sang one of the most heartbreaking songs that Discord had ever heard;

She put a hoof up to Discord’s clawed hand and cried. “I miss you daddy…” Discord used the last amount of his chaotic magic to respond to his darling daughter, the most important thing in his life now.

Screwball smiled softly and wiped the tears from her eyes. She then floated up onto the back of her father’s statue.

Screwball then climbed down and stood at the base of the statue again. She looked up to her dad and said, “I’ll learn how to control it so that this won’t happen again, I promise.”
“That’s my girl.” Discord would have smiled if he wasn’t stone.

Screwball sighed as she felt her father’s magic go back to sleep. He couldn’t break out of there without getting into bigger trouble with his sister, Celestia, not to mention, risking exposing his daughter. “I love you, Screwball…” With that final phrase, the statue of Discord fell back into silence and the young filly cried at the base of the statue until the sun rose. She then opened a portal back to her new home, hoping that one day her father would wake up and deem the world safe enough to get her.
“I love you too, daddy… I’m so sorry…”