This story is a sequel to Traitor

Chaos is inconsistent by nature... even when it would prefer to be consistent.

Discord is afraid that his nature ensures he'll inevitably betray those he cares about again, someday, and he can't figure out how to stop himself. (Spoilers season 4 finale.)

Cover art is from the comics, edited and with background color changed by me. Progress Bar at my writing journal.

Twilight and Discord are a long way from home, and have to journey through a realm of madness and chaos to get back to Equestria. Fortunately, this is Discord's speciality, so Twilight is in safe hands. Less fortunately, all the local gods want him dead.

Part of the Borderworld.

Discord's newfound desire for friendship has forced him to give up a lot, including his freedom to wreak havoc as he pleases. That's fine, but as the Spirit of Chaos, he has to balance the books. Order must also be made to pay a price, and that price is the Loom of the Fates.

Part of the Borderworld.

As the sun sets, and being unable to sleep, Fluttershy attempts to dissect her relationship with her best friend. Though her feelings are clear, Discord's outlandish personality makes her question if he even reciprocates those desires.

Things only get more complicated as the night progresses.

(Fluttercord fluff)

"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power." -Descartes

Fluttershy and Discord have become very good friends lately.

Now if only she could convince him that she's not in his imagination...

Even chaos had to spawn from somewhere.

Preread by RTStephens.

Set in an alternate timeline. Fluttershy encounters a strange creature in the woods. After realizing the animal is injured she tries nursing it back to health only to discover she has one of the most dangerous and powerful mages ever to inhabit Equestria in her care.

Story idea is from alarajrogers.

Cover art by the amazing C-Puff who kindly gave me permission to use it.

Episode tag/companion to "Discordant Harmony". Written in second person for some inexplicable reason. In the course of trying to make sure Fluttershy is impressed by his tea party, Discord discovers some things. Some of them are good things. Some of them are very much not.

Why did Star Swirl the Bearded create a spell that could cause so much damage? Why is there no record of his life afterwards? What happened to the greatest conjurer in Equestrian history?

These are only a few of the questions that have plagued Twilight Sparkle. They have robbed her of many a night's rest, and she has had no fortune in finding the answers in any book.

Yet when all hope seems lost, she finds them in her former enemy. Unfortunately, he can't answer her questions without giving her a "little" background. So, with Twilight listening attentively, Discord recalls the times that only he and the Sisters remember.

But there are some things even the Princesses don't know; things that have been sealed away with him for a thousand years. From the Creation of the Elements of Harmony to the Secrets of Star Swirl the Bearded, from the Reign of Discord to the Fall of the Crystal Empire, Twilight finds the answers to questions she didn't even realize she had, and discovers shocking secrets of the past, and the many ponies involved.

NOTE: Chapter Five is in the process of being revamped. Future chapters will begin once the revamp is completed.

Twilight Sparkle prides herself on her knowledge, but some things simply defy explanation. Seeking knowledge on her most mysterious of enemies, Discord, she turns to the one being she never thought to ask: Discord himself. When Discord directs her to a book detailing the time he ruled Equestria, will Twilight be able to resist reading it?

It's Twilight. Of course she can't.