A/N: Yay, edited version! Edited by frieD195!
After a quick snack at Sugarcube Corner, Discord and Rainbow Dash left the rest of the girls and flew to her exquisite cloud home. Discord was impressed by the sheer size of it, he realized that she must be one of the big-shots in the Ponyville Weather Patrol if she could afford such a house. Rainbow had shown him the bedroom, the bathroom and the living room. As the two walked into the kitchen, Discord spotted a big green lump who was trudging towards Rainbow.
’’Do you have a walking coffee table?!’’ Discord beamed. ’’I want one!’’ Rainbow seemed puzzled until she realized that he was speaking about Tank.
’’Uh... No, that’s Tank,’’ She nuzzled the green giant on its head. ’‘he’s my pet.”
’‘Your pet is a turtle?’’ Discord deadpanned.
’‘Tortoise.’’
’‘Whatever, how can it walk on clouds?’’ Discord poked Tank’s shell a few times for good measure.
’‘Twilight put a cloudwalker spell on him. She just has to re-new the spell once a month.’’ Rainbow shrugged.
’’I see...’’ Discord glanced at the tortoise who smiled at him.
’’So Discord...’’ Discord turned his head to Rainbow, who sheepishly kicked the cloud floor.
’‘Yeah?’’
’‘If I would have won, what would I have gotten for winning?’’ Rainbow flicked a rainbow bang from her face.
’‘The honor of saying that you’re faster than the Element of Chaos, avoiding sleeping in the library for a few weeks and I would’ve asked Luna to get you a private audition for the Wonderbolts.’’ Discord rubbed a hoof on the necklace, making it hum.
Rainbow didn’t say anything to him. She just stared at him with her jaw hanging open. She suddenly closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. She hated losing but this was a punch to the muzzle. After a few more deep breaths, she opened her eyes and looked straight at Discord, who had crooked his left eyebrow.
’‘You okay?’’ Discord asked hesitantly.
’‘I’m fine.’’ Rainbow nodded.
’‘Really?’’
’‘Yes, really.’’
’‘Well then, if you will excuse me, I’m going to let you pack some of your stuff while I go somewhere and do nothing at all.’’ Discord spread his wings and trotted to the door.
’‘Alright...’’ Rainbow sighed and grabbed her saddlebag, collecting a few things she didn’t want to leave with the mischievous spirit.
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Discord laid down on a cloud above the town, stretching his back and reminisced about the week that had passed.
In less than a week, he had been turned into a pony by some weird spell, which may or may not be permanent. He’d been in an awkward moment with almost all of the elements, avoided being fried from one of Shiny’s spells, kicked both of the royal sister’s flanks, been drained of all of his powers by an irritating necklace, annoyed the living hell out of Celestia, reunited with Luna and rutted her silly, nearly died, got high from a dangerous substance, scarred three little fillies and the list goes on.
Discord grinned as he thought of everything he had done during the days of being free from his prison. He giggled to himself as he recalled Celestia’s expression when the batter exploded from the ovens and Luna’s expression when she saw her own sister slip around on the soap.
’’Luna...’’ Discord closed his eyes.
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’‘Luna... That was the pony’s name that I met on the field. I have to meet her again somehow but... But I don’t know where to find her... Maybe she will come back to the field to look for me? I’ll just have to wait.”
“I have been waiting for two days now. Where is she? The night is falling again, but this time something flies across the sky. It’s midnight blue... Luna! I spread my wings and fly after her as fast as I can. She’s fast. Most ponies I have seen can’t fly this fast, and why is her horn glowing like that? Well, one way to find out...”
I fly up to her and am now flying next to her. I call out her name, she turns to me and looks surprised, but then horrified as her horn stops glowing. It starts glowing again instantly after she noticed it. She doesn’t look that happy, though... I fly besides her in silence, not daring to say another word so I will disturb her again.
Her horn finally stops it glowing, she looks relieved but then she looks at me. She doesn’t seem happy... She’s angry with me.
’‘What are you doing here!?’’ Why is she accusing me? I just wanted to see her...
’’I... I saw you fly past the field and... and I wanted to say hi...’’ I rub my eagle talon to my lion arm. What did I do wrong? ’’I guess I’ll just go away...’’ I turn away from her and start flying in the other direction. A sudden tug on my shoulder makes me turn around. It’s Luna. She looks sad now. I don’t like seeing her sad.
’‘I’m... I’m sorry Discord...’’ She looks down towards the ground. I extend my eagle talon and lift her head to look at me.
’‘Don’t be sad... I don’t like seeing you sad...’’ She perks up and smiles a little.
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It’s now four years from when the first time I met her. We’ve only seen each other ten times over the years, but we’re close. She helps me control my bad side. My bad side wants to hurt ponies, but I don’t want to hurt them.
Luna once told me about her sister, Celestia. She doesn’t seem like such a nice pony. I don’t think I want to meet her; she’ll probably not like me at all...
’’I won’t be when you’re here...’’ She giggles. By the grace of the gods, how I love her laughter... She flies closer towards me and holds out her arms. I accept the invitation and scoop her up with my arms. She starts laughing.
’’Oh, good!’’ I smile as she laughs.
’’‘Discord...’’ She sighs and pushes away from the embrace.
’‘What is it?’’ Why is she so concerned?
’‘Celestia...’’ She looks like she’s about to cry. ’‘Celestia has been keeping track of my movements over the last few weeks, I think she’s suspecting something.’’
’‘Don’t worry, she won’t break us apart...’’ I hope...
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Discord had fallen asleep on the cloud, the fatigue from the night’s gymnastics and the race had made him miss a lot of much needed sleep. So here he was, sleeping away most of the day. But on the ground below, three ponies was staring at the unruly black tail hanging from the cloud’s edge.
’‘Fluttershy, you’re going to have to go up there and wake him up.’’ Twilight stated as she shifted her eyes to her timid friend.
’’If... if you say so.’’ She nervously spread her wings and looked up at the cloud.
’‘Princess Celestia said that it was important, so we have to speed things up!’’ Twilight stated as her horn started glowing. The cloud that Discord was lying on started glowing in a weak purple aura. She pulled the cloud down to the ground.
Discord was lying on his back, his mouth was slightly open and his right hind leg twitched. He rolled over onto his left side, facing them and started nibbling on a piece of his mane that fell into his mouth as he rolled. He started murmuring about cotton candy and something incoherent.
The girls were forced to suppress their squeals of delight as they saw the spirit sleeping like a newborn foal, but much bigger and more dangerous. Twilight walked up to the cloud and poked Discord. He shifted and groaned.
’’Go away...’’ He raised his hooves to his head.
Twilight sighed and poked him again but with more force.
’’I said, go away...’’ Discord growled. Twilight groaned in frustration and motioned for Fluttershy to wake him up. Fluttershy walked meekly to the cloud and peeked over the edge of it. She turned around and bucked the cloud which had risen in altitude.
’‘WHAT THE FU-’’ Discord wailed and flailed his arms. His eyes shot open and he grunted as he made contact with the ground. He looked around to see three of the Elements of Harmony around him. ’’Oh, it’s you three...’’ He groaned and stood up while stretching his back. ’‘What do you want?’’
’‘Look for yourself,’’ Twilight levitated a scroll to him and held it in front of his head so he could read it ’‘Celestia wants you in Canterlot.’’ Discord raised his left hoof to his head and groaned.
’‘Those fools...’’
’‘What are you talking about, darling?’’ Rarity arched an eyebrow.
’‘The Discordant Anarchy.’’ Discord rolled his eyes. ’‘They are a group of ponies, griffins and diamond dogs who rebel against their respective systems and believe that I support them.’’ He sighed. ’‘They are often violent, unreasonable and dangerous.’’
’‘Wha- what do they want?’’ Twilight bit her lip.
’’If I’d guess, I’d say that they want me.’’ Discord shrugged and flared his wings. The mares gasped and Fluttershy hid her face in her mane.
’‘What are you going to do?’’ Rarity spoke up, visibly shaken by the revelation.
’‘Talk.’’ Discord shot out into the air, heading for Canterlot.
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As Discord touched down in the royal garden, several ponies, griffins and a few diamond dogs turn their heads towards him. All of them bowed to him as he passed them on his way into the castle. From the corner of his eyes, he saw something fly towards him. He turns his head to see Luna. She looks relieved to see him when she lands beside him. As Luna trots towards him, Discord can’t help but to smile.
’‘Nice little crowd you’ve gathered...’’ Discord glanced around the garden. Almost everyone was staring at him in wonder.
’’Oh hush.’’ Luna pushed him playfully in the chest and moves beside him.
’’I presume that their leader wants to talk to me.’’ Luna nodded as an answer and sighed.
’‘They want you to... To leave with them and lead them.’’ Discord scoffed.
’’I don’t even want to acknowledge their existence, and they actually want me to lead them?’’ Discord rolled his eyes. ’‘They’re stupid.’’
Luna giggled and moved closer towards Discord as they walked down the massive castle halls. Discord held his head higher when Luna leaned towards him. The servants inside the castle whispered to each other as Luna and Discord passed them. They ignored them and walked into the room where Celestia and the leader of The Anarchy were waiting.
Inside the room was a simple circular table and luxurious chairs with soft, red padding. On the walls hung banners picturing the sun and the moon. Sitting across Celestia was a dark brown unicorn stallion with a white mane. He was wearing a black plated armor with gilded edges. On the chest was the same mark as Discord’s cutie-mark, but it was golden and had two spears crossed in it. The stallion’s golden eyes widened at the sight of Discord. He abruptly stood up and bowed as much as he could.
’’My lord.’’ The stallion’s deep scratchy voice echoed through the room.
’‘Rise,’’ Discord motioned with his hoof for the stallion to stand ’‘What is your name?’’
’‘Captain Black Rush, my lord.’’
’‘Alright, Captain Douche,’’ Discord cleared his throat. ’‘You can take The Anarchy and leave. I will not lead any of you.’’ The captain seemed taken aback by this, as he didn’t expect this scenario.
’‘We can give you your powers back.’’ The captain rolled his shoulders. Discord stared at him in silence. The Princesses gasped.
’‘And how will you do that, hm?’’ Discord leaned casually towards the table.
’‘Like this!’’ The captain pounced Discord with his horn blazing in an eerie white light. The horn cut through the necklace like it was a thin piece of paper. Celestia got in a defensive stance in front of Luna, who was screaming Discord’s name.
Discord was almost too shocked to breathe. He felt the tip of the horn brush against his throat. Captain Douche was grinning from ear to ear as he felt the last barrier of the necklace crumble from his sudden impact. With a crack, the necklace split in two.
Celestia couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the pieces drop to the castle floor. A crimson mist started flowing around Discord, engulfing him. Discord screamed from the sudden pain and Celestia was forced to hold Luna back who was set on killing the captain who started this.
When the crimson mist disappeared; Discord was clenching his eyes shut and a crimson and yellow aura blazed to life on his horn. Discord stood to his full length and turned towards Celestia and Luna. Celestia and Luna gasped as they saw his eyes.
They were the same colour they were when he was a draconequus. Even his pupils were mismatched again.
’‘Hello, my dear Celestia...’’ Discord hissed. His voice was also the same as when he was a draconequus. ’’I think it’s time I got even!’’ Discord shouted and charged towards Celestia.
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Good for you, how about we look for someone who gives a damn, hm?
641150 hear hear... Second.
But really, nice plot twist.
i can pretend to care if that makes a difference
Putting that aside i will have to say that you have me positively on edge waiting for new chapters.
Thank you dearly for writing this
Well that's not good.
Huh, Discords a scitzo
Who knew?
okay i'm confused, not about how the the discordant anarchy is or why this captain could break that necklace so easy, but why Discord just become hostile? was it all an act, i thought he cared egnouthe for Luna not to try to kill/hurt anyone so why whod him getting his powers back cause him to be bad?
well thats unfortunate .
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I think it's because his chaos magic has jsut come rushing back to him and is now forcing its control on him.
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Remember a few chapters back when Celestia described his periculum as a very bad thing and murderous? And now, the periculum is released and has taken control over his body. And for the necklace, Celestia feared that the necklace would be weaker and well, it was.
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If I had to venture a guess, I'd say that since the necklace was suppresing his chaos magic, that it also weakened whatever effect it had on his mind and personality. With the necklace suddenly broken and his chaotic magic returned, so too were the mental effects on his persona.
I think he is just acting and will kick the anarchy's flanks!
okey thx for the clarification SymphonyOfTheFree, now i guess its up to Luna to calm him down and help him regain control again, as she did to him before Celestia split them up, or they can just blast him whit the EOH´s again :P
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If they use the Elements on him he will probably be imprisoned again.
then its all up to Luna i guess ( they relay shod add a Luna emot here)
Weeeellllllll, shit. I am thinking Celestia is gonna be a Worf(that is the right word right?) again. You'd think Discord would have a little bit more control over himself, just a little bit.
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Well it looks like it is time for the best pony ever to shine! Shine in moonlight of course.
P.S. Symphony, when you edit this you wrote fatique rather than fatigue. Also if you need a pre-reader again and no one shoes up. I can try my best to do it. Just shoot me a message. I'm on here like once an hour it seems.
Why do I have a feeling that the Anarchy did more than just get rid of the necklace?
642158 discord is the best pony now
641150 I don't give any. Didn't you get the admin's message? To repeat he said, in not this accent of course,"Individuals who post first and say so will be banned, if you are a repeat offender, it may be a perma-ban. You have been warned."
You might want to move the part *Discord scoffed
Its a bit confusing and makes me think that he talked, not Luna. I had to read it twice.
Also, if i was drinking, I would've Pffft'ed at Discord twisting.
I wish I started reading this story and nice fucking twist man besides my self I've only seen maybe 3 authors do a twist like that glad I got writers block and decided to pick a story I thought was interesting but was to lazy to read and added to favorites because of the concept can't wait to see if Discord kills Celestia or Luna goes all hero up in this
I can't wait to see discord destroy his own group as well.
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The version you read was not edited by someone else than me. I got it back from my editor and updated it with the edited version.
Sir, if I may have your attention:
I love the creativity and story-line you've created here; it's unique, interesting and just the idea's and plot twist you've come up with are something to be marveled at. However your chapters do always seem to leave something desired (at least for me), and that good sir, is execution. I always find your sentences choppy and quite blunt, which can throw the flow of the story off. However, this chapter this occurred notably less so, and as to whether or not that's attributed to your editor or your own realization, I am so happy this has occurred. The other thing I have to say is related to character motivation. For example, when discord wins over Rarity after his first introduction as actually being Discord, she's angry, he does something slightly bemusing, and then he's suddenly on her good side again. Especially after Rarity hitting on him, you'd think she would be much more aghast at his presence, but she merely shrugs it off, merely saying "oh, well he's not so bad." when he completely turned the mane six's personalities and tried to completely dominate Equestria. Needless to say, most of the characters (except for Luna and Celestia, understandably) took it a little too easy in stride that the creature that tried to kill them is now a pony living in Ponyville. I think some extra exposition on the mane 6 warming up to him could have allowed better understanding of motive for the character's, and could've allowed you more time to plot out character interaction. However, all in all, I loved what you've done with the series, and cannot wait for the end.
~ sincerely a loyal fan,
Double Mallow.
643249My good Sir!
I have to commendate you for indicating some issues that were also bothering me in the story. Unfortunately there is a very easy way to explain the behavior of the mane six and to throw our concerns into the abyss – they are PONIES. Fun and peace loving, pastel colored creatures living in harmony with each other and with a sense of morality, that sometimes equals that of a kindergartener. You're sorry? You’ve learned your lesson? Cool! Let’s be friends! There is simply no way to argue with them... The only beings around that can comprehend our cynical ways are those of the divine – Discord, Luna and With a long life comes great genre savviesnes (is that even a word?). At least that’s the reason I don’t bother about their logic
Best regards
Alamut /)
My personal thoughts about the chapter:
Rainbow hasn’t taken Tank with her... My wicked scenario on a "coffee table" can still come true!
But now seriously: Yay we have a chaos cult around Equestria and as usual these douchebags seem as retarded as every cult I’ve ever seen. Let’s free the spirit of Chaos so it can lead us! I can’t await the moment when the periculum makes them eat their own eyeballs
I hope the power of bucking.. eee... I mean love, personified by Luna will end this fast and Discord’ll return to his former self – the most AWESOME pony, aka the local equivalent of Jack Black, that this rainbow colored world has ever seen!!!
images.wikia.com/mlp/images/6/6a/Discord_S02E02.png
Probably said this a thousand times, but this is epicand amazing.
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No i dont give a damn but i do give a fuck, does that count?
The new story picture is fuckin' funny! Draconnequs Discord is derping.
It seems a lot of stories have crazy cults in them. Past sins had one, and there a few others I can't remember the name to, but it's a tad unoriginal.
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Leave with your unholy presence you demon spawn or I shall seek out and rid the world of your soul
o-o!
i is worried
Well.........shit.
DUN
DUN
DUUUUUUUUUUNNNN
A SHITSTORM BE COMING
1180216 i shall help you brother.