It was a peaceful evening at Canterlot Castle, as both Discord and Celestia sat together in the palace garden. The two former enemies having a surprisingly pleasant evening tea with the stars shining down and the moon out.
The evening itself was also rather quiet, as outside of a few royal guards and a single gardener going about their duties, the two immortals were otherwise alone. Though despite the somewhat calming atmosphere, if one were to look at the duo, they could pick up the faintest hint of tension between them, mainly from rainbow maned, alicorn ruler, quietly sipping her tea whilst the Lord of Chaos sat across from her.
“I must confess, I was surprised you were so willing to agree to this meeting Discord.” She took another sip of her tea before looking at her guest with a critical eye. “Unless your reformation is simply a ruse and I’ll wake up tomorrow in a clown costume.”
The draconequus simply crossed his arms with a smirk. “Well, seeing you in a clown costume would be something to behold.” A large thought bubble appear just above his head, depicting Celestia in especially colorful attire, only to quickly pop just as soon as it fully formed. “But I would rather not turn back into stone, and I would hate to disappoint Fluttershy after she was willing to give me a chance.”
Princess Celestia continued to sip her tea, still looking at the draconequus with suspicion. “Yes, well. I’m glad you decided to come around, even if it did take a little more convincing than I’d originally predicted.”
Discord eyed her curiously. “You know, that’s something I’ve been wondering for a while now. Why the interest in reforming me?” The chaotic creature quickly pulled a book seemingly out of nowhere and started flipping through it. “I mean in our entire sordid history we’ve never had what you’d call a pleasant relationship.” He flipped the book forward to reveal the moment Celestia and Luna imprisoned him.
The Princess looked down at the cup of tea in her hooves. “Yes, that is true, I won’t deny it. However, despite our antagonistic past, I’ve always felt there was at least some good inside of you.”
Discord however, didn’t look convinced, if anything he looked more offended than anything else. “Oh, don’t start with that old cliche. If you truly believed that you wouldn’t have left me in stone for over a thousand years.” The image in his book began to repeat the moment of his transformation to stone, before it crumbled away in his hands.
Celestia looked up with an angry expression printed on her face. “Hm, well I find it funny that you act as though you’re completely blameless! Do I need to remind you what you did to those poor ponies a thousand years ago! Compared to to the likes of Sombra or Tirek, being turned to stone would be seen as getting off easy.”
Discord burst into a fit of laughter, his body almost literally falling to pieces as he bellowed. “What about you! You used to be so much more fun before you decided to become such an uptight princess! I mean honestly, when was the last time you had fun in the last thousand years...you know, besides banishing friends and family.”
Celestia’s eyes narrowed with anger as as she struggled to maintain her composure. “Careful Discord, you’re treading on dangerous ground right now.”
Discord however, didn’t look intimidated and instead stretched his neck until he was right in the Princess’s face. “I’m supposed to believe you saved me? That little experiment of yours was just another test to see if your faithful student and her gaggle of friends could reform me. And it was one that almost failed. The only reason Equestria hasn’t been returned to it’s frankly more appealing chaotic state is because…”
He stopped mid-sentence as Celestia looked up with a knowing smirk and asked, “Because of what? Because of Fluttershy? I had to admit, I suspected she’d be the one to get you to come around, but I was still surprised you cared so much about her.”
Discord turned away with a growl as he grumbled, “Don’t be ridiculous. She just reminds me of how you were before you became a princess. And quite honestly, I prefer her to the pony you’ve become.”
That got a surprised reaction from Celestia, whose facade continued to crack, replaced with slowly growing anger, her voice containing an almost razor’s edge to it. “And what’s wrong with the pony I am now? I don’t regret the choices I made and I have no regrets!”
Discord crossed his claws with an unconvinced smirk on his face. “Oh, really? Funny, I seem to recall whenever we pulled a prank on old Starswirl you were always the one who would try to weasel out halfway through. Truly, behavior befitting of one of royal stature don’t you think?”
Celestia’s cheeks flushed with red as she sipped her tea and whispered, “That was a long time ago.”
Discord quietly listened as he made the tea flow out of the pot like a small river, before landing it in his cup. “Maybe for you, for me it feels like only twenty years ago.” His face grew a harsh sneer as he started to suck up the steam from the tea, rather than the tea itself. “Of course, considering my extended imprisonment, it pretty much was only twenty years for me.”
Celestia finished her tea and gently placed her cup down on the table. “Well, in any case, I’ve grown, and I can’t just go off and do whatever I want anymore.”
Discord crossed his arms and scoffed, “Well, if that’s the case tell me. If you could, would you give up being a princess and enjoy having a little chaos? Even if it was only for one day?”
Celestia looked up with an angry glare and snapped, “What do you mean? You think I have to give up my position just to have fun?”
Discord smirked and sat back as he sipping the color from his cup of tea. “I honestly doubt it. I bet a thousand years living as a boring princess, going to fancy parties and boring meetings, you’ve never had time for yourself.”
Celestia paused with a flustered look on her face unsure of what to say or think. ”So what...is this some sort of test? A reverse of what I did to you?”
Discord finished his tea and zapped it with magic as he explained. “Normally, I hate being so transparent, but yes, this is a test. And it’s one I bet you're going to fail miserably. You see, I know that despite your stuck up attitude, deep down you want to go back to how things were when we were kids.”
Celestia squeaked as Discord teleported behind her and whispered, “Don’t you remember when we replaced Starswirl’s quills with exploding ink pens, or when we had Luna wake up and think the moon disappeared. Wasn’t that just so much fun?”
The alicorn princess gave a deep, almost tired sigh as she looked up into the sky, for a moment almost looking as old as she actually was. “We did have a lot of fun, no worries, no stress…”
Discord floated back into his chair and asked, “So how about it? Want to go back to those long, lazy days.”
The princess stared down the chaos god, as she contemplated what to do. “Well, I suppose after my test this would only be fair. Though what exactly did you have in mind? Are you going to take away my cutie mark, or perhaps turn me into a clown?”
Discord poured himself another cup of tea, letting the beverage flow from the spout of the teapot as he snickered. “Oh, as entertaining as either of those options are, and they are quite amusing.” He quickly snapped his fingers, causing a book with the title ‘Future Chaos,’ to appear and open, with a floating pen quickly scribbling her suggestions down before vanishing again. “However, in this case, I think it would be more interesting if I transformed you into draconequus.”
Celestia, caught by surprise, quickly started coughing and spitting her tea all across the table at Discord’s suggestion. “Transform me? Into a draconequus? Is that even possible?”
Discord gave a nod as he raised a claw, now with seven fingers. “I assure you it’s quite simple. How about for a week? Sound good to you?”
The princess shook her head, quickly dismissing the idea.“I cannot. Ignoring the issue of who would maintain Equestria in my absence, the notion of you wishing to turn me into a draconequus seems more than a little suspicious.” .”
Discord couldn’t help but smile as he gently sipped his tea. “I don’t see what you’re getting so defensive about. I’m serious when I say there’s no catch. I’ll turn you into a draconequus, and you can do whatever you want. No strings of any kind.”
Celestia crossed her hooves and gave him a stern glare making Discord sweat a little as he threw his claws in the air and proclaimed, “Alright, you got me! There’s a catch!”
The princess smirked triumphantly and responded curtly, “I knew it.”
Discord grumbled lightly into his tea cup. “Try not to fall over with that swelled head of yours.” His tea finished, he snapped his claw and teleported over to Celestia. “It’s just a small matter my dear Celestia. Put simply, I want to make a bet.”
Celestia eyed the draconequus as she asked in a suspicious tone, “What kind of bet?”
Discord slowly strolled came over and explained, “Well, I’ll leave you as a draconequus for a week. During that time, you’re welcome to use Chaos Magic as you wish, with the condition that no matter how tempted you might be, you’re not allowed to lose control of your magic. No matter what happens?”
Celestia continued to eye him curiously, though a look of confidence was quick to emerge on her face. “So, all I have to do is become a draconequus and not abuse Chaos magic like you’ve done in the past?” Hmph, seems simple enough.”
Discord crossed his claws and scoffed, “Oh please, with all that power I doubt it. I’d be impressed if you lasted a single day.”
Celestia, now intrigued thought to herself for a moment, before her smirk returned. “Very well. Then, if I win, you’ll agree to transform yourself into whatever I want for a week.”
Discord played with the small beard that came down his chin as he debated on his answer. “Fine, I’ll accept your terms.”
The princess then held out her hoof and chirped, “Then it’s a deal.”
Discord gave the hoof a shake as he replied, “Wonderful. Let’s get started shall we?”
Celestia and Discord both strolled through the garden to a secluded spot, away from prying eyes. The draconequus couldn’t help admire the alicorn stroll through the garden,her mane glimmering in the starlight. Though he was quick to banish such thoughts from his mind as they moved further inward.
Eventually, they found themselves deep in the luxurious castle garden, with the trees towering over, and noises of various animals THAT could be heard in the distance. A location as secluded as one could get on the palace grounds.
Celestia turned to Discord, a taking a breath to calm herself as she brought back her smirk. “So, shall we do it here?”
The draconequus couldn’t help but snicker. “Well, we’re turning you into a draconequus, so I guess this will do.”
He then went over to her hooves. “Now then. First these need to go.”
He snapped his claw, and Celestia's hooves slowly turned into paws, though unlike Discord’s lion paw, hers had white fur with black stripes, not unlike a tigers.
Celestia was stunned at the change, momentarily flexing her new appendages, only to quickly groan as she felt her body start to elongate, her bones snapping while her muscles popped in each direction.
The mare looked down to see that her fur near the bottom half of her body was falling off in clumps, showing a new, soft, tender, tan colored fur that came down over the bottom half of her body, while the top half fluffed up like a griffin’s bosom. Celestia then noticed that on one of her bottom hooves grew out a bit and had an elegant stream of fur coming from below while the other had a light green, ethereal magic flowing around it.
She quickly let out another groan as she felt her wings shift in her back, with the bones snapping as they grew outward, whilst her mane slowly turned into a long piece of hair flowing from her head.
The sounds of bodily modification continued for several more seconds, before it finally ceased, allowing Celestia could to breath in relief that her ordeal was over. “Was all of that really necessary? Couldn’t you just change me instantly like you do everything else?”
Discord merely offered her a half hearted shrug. “Eh, maybe, but you never specified that I had to. Probably should be more clear next…..”
His words immediately died in his throat as Celestia finally uncurled herself and stood up straight, the moonlight allowing Discord to get a proper look at her. And needless to say, the sight left, the normally fast talking Spirit of Chaos, speechless.
Shaking out some stiffness in her new joints, Celestia finally made eye contact with the draconequus, and found herself puzzled by his lack of a remark. “So, is that all?”
Discord gulped as he crossed his hind legs and stammered, ”Ye...yes that’s all...I think we’re done here.”
Celestia, now taking a good look at herself, giggled as she twirled about in her new body and squealed, “My, this is certainly a new feeling.” Taking a moment to examine her new features, including her hands and wing, she felt a great sense of giddy excitement. “Oh, this does feel quite wonderful, I can see why you like it so much. I practically feel like a new mare.”
Discord, finally shaking away his stupor, held out a claw to calm her down. “Yes, well, I’m glad you can appreciate the wonders of being like me, but you might want to get used to your new body before you do anything drastic.”
Celestia however, seemed to ignore him as she flew towards the fountain in the middle of the garden, and she held out a paw. Discord quickly came over and whispered, “Be careful, Chaos Magic is unstable, and it might not always do what you want.”
Finally coming down from her excitement high, the princess gulped, uncertain as to what to do. Regardless however, she slowly held her paw out and snapped her fingers, causing a flash of magic to hit the fountain, forcing her to close her eyes. When she reopened her eyes she gasped at the sight before her.
Where once there was a large fountain of elegantly carved marble, now stood a giant, pink frosted, three-layered cake. The bulk of the cake itself was painted with white icing around the edges and on the top was a statue of an alicorn wearing a tutu, with a thick, bubbly, liquid pouring out of her mouth and around the edges of the cake.
Celestia strolled over, with Discord handing her a small cup he’d created and filled it with some of the liquid, before quickly draining the cup. She smacked her lips and squealed “Oh my goodness! It’s a strawberry milkshake!”
Discord burst into fits of laughter. “Hm, not bad for your first try. A little spit and polish, and you’ll get the hang of it in no time.”
Celestia turned around and smirked, quickly refilling her cup. “Well, wait to pay up in a week because I think I'm going to have some fun!” She then snapped her paws and teleported away in a puff of pink smoke. Discord looked upon it with a wide-eyed expression and brushed back his hair.
He could only stare at where Celestia was and whisper to himself. “I think I might’ve made a mistake.”
Ooh this is looking fun
This is going to be good
Dang It! I really want to know where you got that cover!
Celestia looks so cute, I WANT TO GIVE HER ALL THE HUGS!!!
Then again several characters and OCs do as well sooooo... MORE HUGS!
To Quote Josh, “OH, DO YA?”
You know what song suits this?
I can just imagine them singing this at some point.
Well, you got my attention. I'll be tracking this.
Oh dear, you might be right about that...
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Here you go:
https://www.deviantart.com/hikariviny/art/Celestiquus-621740643
Hikariviny's style is very recognizable haha :)
Ooooh this shows promise
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I second this.
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Thank you! I had this image on my laptop for years I forgot where I got it from
Interesting approach, characters are pretty accurate. Really liking where this is going, one problem though cause I'm a bit confused...
In the description you have...
But in the story you have...
So is she to change, or Discord?
She had no problems at all manipulating fingers as an equine.
Confirmed that when Celestia discovered the mirror to EQgirls world, that Celestia took her place.
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Its Discord who will be transformed if she wins
There's a romance tag with Celestia and Discord involved?
Hmm... I'll just be watching this story, then.
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Ah, cool, I hoped as much. Glad I was able to help clear that up. Keep up the great work.
I'm really liking this premise
Okay, I finally got around to reading what you have, so far.
My only constructive criticism? You have a few typos (be a missing letter, one too many punctuation or quotation marks). Just a nitpick, honestly.
As a Dislestia fan? Loving what you've done, so far! That being said, I'm curious about something. What's to become of Celestia's duties, since this is going to be a week? Will Luna learn of this bet and cover for the week? Or will Celestia still do so, in some fashion?
Anyway, I look forward to what happens next! About time we had something Dislestia-related being featured!
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Thanks!
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Your going to love it! and thanks for the lovely comment
DisQord, you've tried this once before, and that one tossed your gift back at you after just a few hours. Though, that one was not playing fair, having a lot of people telling him it was wrong the whole time.
Celestia doesn't have anypony who will outright tell her she's wrong, at least not for a few days.
This has a lot of promise! Keep it up!
Celestia going mad with chaos powers? Now this I have to see!
Basically my thoughts on this first chapter. Clean up the few spelling and grammar flubs and this could be a masterpiece.
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Very interesting premise indeed. There's so much things that could be made, I'm eager to see where do you take it!
Well, Luna and the ponies at court are in for an interesting morning.
Over all, pretty interesting so far. Could use some editing, though. Your prose and dialogue are fine, but your punctuation is... odd, particularly your commas. You seem to have a tendency to put commas where they're not needed while not using commas where I'd expect them. It messes with the rhythm of the text a bit.
Then there are these weirdly specific quotation mark errors you keep making at the end of spoken sentences. Like, a lot.
I've never seen anything like that before.
There's some other stuff that could be fixed or improved, but they're pretty minor. One more thing:
I suspect your meant sordid.
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That was a slight hiccup on my part. Usually I edit using Googledocx and use suggestions instead of edits so the people I'm editing for can see what I'm changing and decide if they agree with it or not.
Usually I'm more on the ball of that sort of thing but I've since corrected it.
This is a wonderful premise, and I am glad to see that despite the typos and grammar, the characters don't feel bland. They feel alive and this text kept me thoroughly entertained.
I'll admit, if it hadn't done that, I probably wouldn't have finished the chapter, because I'm sadly very picky when it comes to grammar and spelling in my readings. I highly suggest that you go back through the text in the future and clean things up a bit. I will admit that I might not have decided to read this due to the typos in the summary/description, but I'm glad the comments and ratings led me to do so. You have a LOT of promise and potential. I'll be adding this to my Read Later and Favorites and I hope to see this thing get better and better!
Here, have an apple!
Both your short and long descriptions could use another grammar pass...
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I agree.
Multiple errors in the description alone turns a lot of people away from the story, before they even open the first chapter. Definitely something you should fix.
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I fixed the grammar issues. Thank you,
Oh boy this looks like a house of fun and horror. Can’t wait to see where this goes!
Eeeeeheheheheheheheheheheeee this is gonna be good....
Wait a second, thats not right.
I'm looking forward to see more chapters of this. Maybe also some romancy shenanigans :3
This has promise, i will keep an eye on it. I will admit that there are still quite a few grammar problems left in the version that I have read as of posting this.
If you want i could compile them and send them to you in hopes that it helps you notice them in the future.
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Go ahead Im trying to learn how to use grammar better in my stories.
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Yeah, that's always a good idea. I'd be willing to help you out with that by proofreading chapters before you post them. I'm sure, if you asked, that Angel_Bunny or one of the other commenters that mentioned it would be willing to help out too.
I believe, Discord, the phrase you're looking for is "I've made a wonder, terrible, amazing mistake."
I already know this is gonna be awesome. Keep up the good work, man.
Please, do draconequus Celly at the Great Galloping Gala.
Should I ask "More?", or "Who will be Weasly Crusher and say no thanks?"
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I totally agree to a point, but did you mean wonderful?
OMFG!!!!!!! Celestia is a...........DRAGCONQUUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
will there be any romance?
I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!
long live the princess of chaos!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!! MAKE A DAMN PART TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY YOU DO MEH LIKE DIS??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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What the Hell is you're problem huh?
You cant just attack the Author like that
This is only a Month old, so you gotta calm down mate . . .
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If it makes you feel better The next chapter is finished. Right now my editor is going through it. Hopefully I can publish it this week.