Ch 1. Chaotic Claw
A thousand years ago
Discord grinned having the best day of his life. The ponies ran in horror. and He kept on activating his magic by snapping his left claw causing misery.
The royal guards were taken care of easily.
Nothing could stand in his way.
And then they came. Discord did not really see how they were more special than the other ponies.
Well okay, to be honest. They were about the size of horses .
They had a horn and wings, unlike the other ponies.
And he had to admit, he did like the white one's hair better than the dark ones. Mainly, because it was prettier in his opinion.
"Princess Celestia and Princess Luna! We're saved!" shouted a random pony
He thought he noticed the darker one's eyes flash something other than anger. However, he really did not care if it did or not.
So a fun little battle was fought. Discord could tell both of them were trying. But they were really outmatched and if the battle wasn't amusing he would have just been done with it and turn them to stone or something.
Discord decided to tease the white one by snapping away her tail. Which she responded by a blush.
And then it happened, these multicolored jewels came out both of the Princess's saddlebags.
"What's that?"
"The elements of harmony. You're about to find out what they do Discord." He heard the white one say
The worst thing about being stone is that you are completely aware what's going on.
Discord could feel, utter boredom. And another weird feeling he never felt before.
While he was still petrified, there were some changes that he noticed.
Time also meant nothing, because one day sort of melted into another.
So even if Discord felt events like the elements of harmony go off again. he did not know when it happened.
After sometime he saw a change on the moon, it was a strange dotted figure that looked like a pony.
And after that was an earthquake as well as feeling some kind of force. Which felt about the same as the elements of harmony.
After that Discord saw the white one visiting him. Well ... not really visit him per se. She kind just stood there.
She took a long look at the moon.
She started to look around for something and let a 'whew'.
She lay down right in front of him completely ignoring him.
How rude!
Any small amount of fondness he had for the white one, disappeared the moment she and that other horse encased him in stone.
Now when Discord saw her, he just felt disdain.
He tried to give her an angry look, but couldn't
So he had to tolerant her presence whether he liked it or not.
He then heard sorrowful crying for few minutes.
Was she crying... ha good?
Discord felt good hearing her cry
He felt like he was having his revenge.
He heard a loud shout
"Princess Celestia!"
The white one angrily mumbled "Oh come on Lieutenant Claymore! Can't I be alone for at least some time"
Her horn glowed and she transformed into a dove, she still had a little tuff of her hair on her head.
She flew and hid in the shadow he cast.
Almost immediately a guard pony came and was looking for something. Discord assumed it was the white horse named Celestia.
Discord wished he could at lease put a neon sign pointing at her saying 'Here dum dum'. But again couldn't
All he could do was sigh mentally.
The guard searched almost everywhere but couldn't find her.
The guard then let out a groan of frustration and left to search somewhere else.
The dove let out another 'whew' and flew out.
While she flew in front of him she transformed back into her horse form and landed in front of him.
She turned and looked at him.
She gave him a grin "hm, I have really run out of places to grieve if I came here." she said to herself.
Celestia took a hoof to try to touch Discord but...
'Whoa there Celestia personal space'
As if she heard him she stopped herself
"You know, I...I...was blind and selfish"
Celestia bit her lip
"Maybe if I had been kinder...I"
"I need to change."
Discord just looked at her, wishing he could give her a dull uninterested look.
'I had no idea what you talking about nor do I care'
"Discord...I'm.." She turned away from him
"You know why you are here right?"
'Not really'
"It's because you hurt my people"
"We had no choice, what were we supposed to do?"
She let out a sigh
And then Celestia flew away
After sometime Discord felt the elements go off again but something was different about it this time.
He couldn't put his claw on it.
He noticed the moon did not have that marking on it as it before ... strange
Days after that
In the cover of the night Celestia showed up again this time with a saddlebag.
'Oh no! Please what else could they do to me? I'm already stone'
He saw those cursed jewels float out the bag she was carrying.
'NO PLEASE STOP!!!'
Then bright flash appeared
Discord found himself bracing for the worst. After some time he realized he was no longer a statue.
And he also saw he was somewhere else
A plain glass field with trees full of fruits everywhere, as well as a nearby brook. He could also see a cave in the distance.
Where was he?
He felt incredibly weak and drained laying on the ground practically crawling.
There he saw Celestia standing a few inches away from him, her head blocked the nearly setting sun.
She towered over him, he panicked trying to get as far away from her as possible.
"Discord please, calm down I won't hurt you"
Discord ignored her and tried to crawl into the cave.
"Please, will you at least hear me out?" Celestia begged not moving from where she was.
Discord stopped and let out a sigh he really did not have a choice.
"What is it Princess? Did you free me because you wanted something or was it to finish the job?" Discord spitefully asked
"Neither, I wanted to give you a second chance"
Discord looked straight into her eyes to see if she was telling the truth. He could see she was not lying.
"Why?
She sighed her face taking on a mixed look of grief, despair, and bitterness.
"Let's just say that I'm trying to change myself into being more benevolent"
" I need to change, because ever since her disappearance I been trying to be a kinder ruler. So I'm giving you a chance to change as well. Please don't make me regret it."
"... Perhaps you'll find something other than chaos."
With that, she ignited her horn and disappeared.
He crawled inside the cave. Even though Discord wasn't an animal expert he could tell the cave had been long abandoned.
He then took a rest.
Celestia transported back home a part of her instantly belittled herself about what she did. Mainly because it put Equestria in danger. However, she had felt it was the right thing to do. 'I hope so because I won't able to wield the elements again since the bearers had been found.'
She felt a wave of sleep hit her before she turned in for the night. She looked at the moon. A smile came on her face when she saw the moon was plain and had no spots on it.
Discord also felt himself getting close to sleep. The strange feeling he felt when he was a statue returned tenfold.
Discord took a closer look at the nocturnal animals around him. Which he didn't even notice until now. They stuck together in groups .
Discord never felt he needed anyone, he has his chaos and that was enough. But now that his chaos was low he had nothing . Add to that the fact that his years as a statue no one really visited him. So He didn't mind having company until his chaos fully returned.
So Discord had enough energy for one more spell. He realized no one would keep him company. After all, it's been a thousand years, hardly anyone knew who he was. And also there was the whole attacking Equestria thing. He sighed give a long stare at his claw, the odd feeling bothering him again, in desperation he decided to do something he would never do.
Something against his very nature.
Use a destiny spell to summon the one who was destined to be with him, and only him.
He knew that destiny was a set thing that everyone in the universe had one being destined to be with them.
However since Discord's very nature was chaotic, destiny was something that went against chaos itself. Because destiny is something that will happen. That and he never used this spell on himself.
So Discord knew this spell was dangerous for him. He figured whatever effects this spell would take would be only temporary.
So with his last bit of magic he cast the destiny spell. He saw a huge light and it slowly envelop him. He felt some kind of force overwhelm him. This force felt like it was tearing him apart.
This was a mistake!
He tried to stop it, but he was knocked completely out.