The Next Step
Discord and Midnight Sparkle floated in an endless chaos of her design. Discord looked at Midnight.
“So,” He said.
Midnight blinked. “So.”
“Was it worth it?”
Midnight Sparkle surveyed the chaosscape. “...I think so. I now know everything there is to know about magic.”
Discord hummed. “That may be true, but now you have no one to share it with.”
“That’s okay.” Midnight Sparkle shook her head. “I didn’t really have any friends anyway. Now I have power, which is better.”
“Eeyuch,” Discord said as he visibly shivered. “That’s what I don’t like about you nihilist types. Always destroying everything.”
A patch of condensed nothing creeped by Midnight’s head. “W-what do you mean? I’m not a nihilist!”
“You’d be hard pressed to convince me otherwise, considering you just destroyed everything.” Discord snapped his talon. “Look at that: nothing. No trees, no ponies… no toaster waffles.”
“...I like toaster waffles.”
Discord sighed. “Well, that’s too bad, isn’t it? Because you’ve destroyed all the waffles and the toasters, not to mention all of the electromagnetic forces required to power such a device.”
Midnight bit her lip. “I think I messed up.”
“Oh, really‽” Discord glared at Midnight. “Whatever gave you that idea?”
“Well, it’s just—”
“No, I’m serious! Every time a nihilist destroys reality and we’re at this spot, it’s always the same thing: They feel fine with it until I bring up something trivial. Last time it was internet. The time before that it was toilets.”
“Toilets aren’t trivial.”
Discord pinched the bridge of his muzzle. “Well, we don’t have toilets either. Happy?”
“Well,” Midnight said as she clenched her fist, “I’m not really one to dwell on failure. How do I make these things again?”
“That is the question, isn’t it?” Discord asked. “Because you can’t very well create these things without consuming your power, and by the time you create enough of the trivialities to be comfortable, you’ll probably have to breathe again, and you’ll die.”
Midnight grasped her throat. “I’m not breathing right now?”
Discord facetaloned. “Now she figures it out,” he murmured.
Midnight started hyperventilating. “But if I’m not breathing right now, how am I alive? I mean, you have to breathe to be—”
Discord slapped her across the face. “You’re pretty much pure energy right now, you don't have to breathe. Calm down.”
“...Oh.” Midnight rubbed her cheek. “How do you slap energy hard enough to make it hurt?”
“Hi, I’m Discord,” he said as he extended a paw in greeting.
Midnight pursed her lips. “That doesn’t make sense.”
Discord grinned. “Hi, I’m Discord.” He retracted his paw.
“Well, anyway, thank you,” Midnight said with a smile. “I almost lost my head there.”
“As opposed to when you lost your head eating the universe?”
Midnight Sparkle looked down. “...About that. How do I fix that?”
“In my experience,” Discord said as he tapped his chin, “the only way to fix that is to become the universe.”
“I don’t follow.”
Discord chuckled. “You’re a science type, right? Well, right now, you contain all of the energy in the universe as potential energy. Were you to detonate yourself with enough force, your personal mass combined with the newly created kinetic energy would be enough to seed a new universe.”
“Okay, now I get it.” Midnight squeezed her eyes shut. “But I don’t like it.”
Discord wrapped an arm around Midnight’s shoulders. “Think of it like this: you’ll have done something scant few have accomplished. Surely there’ll be some sense of pride in that.”
“But who will remember me?”
“Who will remem—” Discord sharply inhaled “—okay. Let’s think this through. Who’s around to remember that you consumed everything?”
“You are.”
Discord nodded. “And who will be around to remember that you seeded a new universe with your own matter?”
“...You will.”
“That’s right!” Discord pulled away from Midnight. “Now what are you waiting for?”
Midnight cringed. “Do I really have to destroy myself to fix everything?”
Discord smirked. “Well, you really won’t be fixing anything as much as creating a new everything.”
“I suppose that’s true.“ Midnight nodded, then glowed with an incandescent brilliance. “Thanks, Discord. I suppose this will be a new adventure for me, finding out what it feels like to be destroyed.”
Discord put his arms behind his back and winked. “It’ll certainly be an undiscovered country, that’s for sure.”
Midnight smiled. “Right.” With that, she detonated with an untold force that quickly expanded light-years in a span of nanoseconds.
Discord looked at his wrist. “Now to wait several billion years…”
“..and that’s how Hipporia was made!” Discord told Maelstrom the wizard as they both lounged in the lush grass.
Maelstrom stroked his beard with his hoof, staring ponderously into the air. “I don’t believe you.”
Discord placed a paw on his chest. “Me? You don’t believe me, your very best friend?”
“Well, my best friend keeps turning my cloaks into snakes,” Maelstrom said with a chuckle. He stood up. “But I’m sure it’ll make a riveting story to tell Princesses Penumbra and Crescent.” Maelstrom shook his head as Discord stood up and dusted himself off. “It’s the tallest tale I’ve ever heard.”
Discord chuckled as he pat Maelstrom on the back. “Well, I always believed tall tales are the best form of story.”
Maelstrom looked over his shoulder as he walked away. “You coming, Discord?”
“In a minute,” Discord said as he waved away Maelstrom, “I’ll catch up.”
“Well, I’ll be waiting for you in the Endless Castle,” Maelstrom said. He left Discord alone. Discord looked down, then up into the sky and winked.
“Told you I’d remember,” Discord said with an impish smile as a fresh breeze caressed his face. He sighed and headed towards the Endless Castle, satisfied that he kept his promise. He learned the value of keeping his word a long time ago.
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And thus, begins the first wave of Midnight Sparkle fics....
May Midnight have mercy on us all, in her soon to be various fimfic forms.
Hipporia
I'm picturing Discord as a hippo right now.
Goddamnit Majin.
I am also now re imagining the entire cast as hippos, and it's beautifully terrifying. Well done, Majin Syeekoh. Well done
This was odd.
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Part of me wants to point out that "hippos" is Latin for horse.
Another part of me really enjoys the idea of a hippopotamus Equestria.
What do?
6467306 Well, I know hippo means horse, but that's the base of the word hippopotamus. Also, I'll go with the hippopotamus theory. That'll make for an interesting fic someday.
...Hippos?
Goddamnit, Syeekoh.
Anyone ever read the final Skulduggery book? This kinda reminds me of the final.
6467418 I have not read that series.
It sounds interesting, though. I'll have to check it out next time I have money.
6467423 Want me to spoil it? Just a little?
6467438 No thanks.
I'll wait until I read through all of the books.
6467445 There are 9 books, 12 with the side books so, good luck. It's a worthy read... And the main character is a walking, tuxedo-wearing skeleton who cracks jokes and is a detective.
6467452 Sounds like it'd be right up my alley, then.
Thanks for the tip.
We're gonna get a lot of Midnight Sparkle fics now, aren't we? Imma jump on that bandwagon, too, I bet. Nice story, by the way. Screwed me up a bit.
Did Twilight destroy the multiverse or just one universe?
6467508 Thank you! It was... interesting to write, to say the least.
6467512 She effectively destroyed the multiverse, yeah. I guess Discord hasn't studied up on what multiple universes are called(also I screwed that one up, but it's easier to blame Discord
)
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Dumb Discord!
Well . . . that was handled rather well. No real fight from Twilight to continue to exist. But then again, once you've destroyed everything, then recreating everything is the only thing left to do.
6467508 Your right about that and for good reasons, Im interested to see if Midnight get's her own Character Tag in the FIMfiction site.
What an Awesome story!!! Keep up the Awesome job as usual!!!!
Once upon a time, in the magical land of Hipporia...
This was an interesting read.
I can't wait for all of the Midnight Sparkle fics.
Wow, this is a neat "what if" scenario. wow, what an insightful and well fleshed out commentary I just left here!
No idea why, but I was really intrigued by this story.
Why people called her Midnight Sparkle is beyond me...
"Facetaloned" is the word of the month!
This story really broke my heart...I thought it was so sad...but the ending...
6467995 It's apparently somewhere in the associated materials that's her name in that form
Nothings come up saying otherwise, so...
6468015 Okay. At least it's fitting...
6468042 Yeah, Horse News revealed the toy about six months ago. They just never used the name in television.
Kind of like Chrysalis and Aria Blaze.
6468086 Oh! That makes finally sence! Thanks. I'm not watching american televison nor having intrest in actually buying dolls, so never got that.
I am actually kind of amazed.
You´ve worked with such a depressing concept as the destruction of the entire reality, and still managed to keep it on a funny note. Seriously, Discord´s snarky remarks are hilarious!
I really enjoy these dialogue driven stories.
Speaking of which, Twilight´s dialogue. At first I thought that she was kinda... stupid due to her constant choice of words, but then I realized. This is a teenage girl who has just destroyed all of creation. Of course she would be kinda slow trying to process all that information.
And that ending is more clever than what it looks like. It makes you wonder... how many universes has Discord lived in after some maniac decided to destroy reality? Just, which maniac destroyed reality the last time to create Equestria? A G3 villain? Is that it? Every time a MLP villain of certain generation succeeds in destroying the universe they become the universe to lead a new generation, waiting for it to be eradicated in a never ending spiral or death and birth?
In any case, this was quite an entertaining read. I really enjoyed it; great job!
6467553 You should know; as a Time Lord I presume you´ve had to deal with these kind of situations more often than us.
Interesting ... I think what floors me the most is that Discord is somehow immune to The End Of All Things ... or at least partially immune - I don't expect it's good for his mental state. I suppose in time, he may become Kefka or something like him.
I wonder what this Discord has seen, what he's done, what forms he's worn, what names he's gone by ... Loki, Q, Coyote, Sheogorath, El-ahrairah, and more come to mind.
6468252 I like to think discord could get bored enough to create the universe himself and let whoever consumed the last one tough it out on their own, just for something different.
Great story! When Midnight Sparkle appeared in the movie I was bouncing off the walls from fanboying so hard. I've wanted a evil Twilight to be a thing for so long now. I'm looking forward to the many fics people are going to write about her!
Also:
After reading that line I imagined Discord floating through the void, sitting on a cushioned armchair with a bubble pipe in his mouth while reading a newspaper.
...Now I really want someone to draw that.
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Hippos is greek for horse, while the latin version is Equus.
Which is why Luna's alternate totally should have been Selene.
6468288 ...yes, you're absolutely right. I must have missed that when I looked it up.
Thank you.
6468316 Yeah, I was a little disappointed that Midnight didn't really get to show her stuff, either.
Maybe we'll get a fanfiction that extrapolates a full fight scene.
6467342 hippos is Greek for horse potamos is Greek for lake. hippopotamos is hippopotamus so river-horse.
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I'd honestly like a Human Twilight tag to distinguish from Equestrian Twilight, since she is plainly a distinct character.
Heck, they interact at the end of the movie.
6468330 What we need is an actual Midnight Sparkle tag. We can't simply search Twilight Sparkle fics looking for Midnight Sparkle fics. And since we already have a Luna tag and a Nightmare Moon tag, I don't know why this shouldn't be a thing.
6468329 I knew it was something to do with rivers, because they live near the water, but was too lazy to search and find the actual meaning of Hippopotamus. I'll still stick with the Hippopotamus version of Equestria, though.
Just picture Nightmare Moon like a hippo and you'll understand why.
At least she didn't go and pee on the rug like that last nihilist did.
That rug really tied the room together.
Hm.
6468334 Luna is Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon has her own tag.
The Mane 6 are the Power Ponies. The Power Ponies have their own tag.
This kind of reminded me of that Futurama episode where Fry is constantly traveling through time, seeing the universe end and be reborn several times. Anyways, great story! Also, hippos better be the theme of G5 or I leave the fandom.
HA!!! Clearly I'm superior to Midnight Spackle since I SURVIVED recreating the universe after blowing it up!
...which was totally an accident when I was a little too curious about what would happen if I had everything meet anti-everything...
I had just enough energy left to become a human!
With MRSA on my butt...
6468542 Yeah, we all call bullshit on your comment.
6468507 Are you both seriously having a debate over the god damn tags?
Can I join in?
WHY ISN'T THERE A TAG FOR UNIQUE!?!
6468330 Hello, Tatsuou, my friend! Keeping well, I see!