The Return of the Ursa Minor

by MyMindrigUniverse

Chapter Six: Discord....Just Discord

Discord joyfully watched the chaos that ensued all throughout Ponyville as he hovered in the air. Everypony pushing and shoving one another, injuries, screaming, riots, a few hopeless attempts by city officials to calm the frightened residents. Truly a spectacle. Even if it was not at his level, he felt the change in status quo was definitely a welcoming site.

In fact, he even considered dropping everything to just sit back and watch the chaos spreading all throughout the town. It would be an interesting thing to watch, also giving him reason to eat some of his newly acquired chocolate and peanut covered popcorn, in which was provided by Pinkie Pie, seconds before she left.

However, at the thought of who gifted the popcorn entered his mind, and how she would react. He could not, in good conscience, follow through in such activities. Not anymore.

"This accursed consciousness I have seem to have acquired in the last year has really put a damper in what I used to consider fun," the Draconequus groaned. "It's like having children."

Slightly disappointed, both at his last joke and himself. Discord picked up his pace as he turned his attention to the six hideous figures, standing no less than 500 meters away from the gates of Ponyville's entrance, ready to attack those they sensed could appose them.

"Well," he said, preparing for battle. "At least I know I will pass Twilight's friendship lesson...hmm, that's a pretty flawed logic," Discord considered. "In that I pass a friendship test with violence. But whatever, let's get this over with."

With a snap of his finger, Discord appeared atop the gates of Ponyville's entrance. From here, he could now see the even more horrific expressions that were shamelessly applied to these six ugly creatures, as he searched each and every one of the figures for his two opponents. Who were a young arrogant brat of a bear, and a lion he has pissed of more than once in the past.

Spotting the two, who were both unaware of Discord as they watched in shock at the actions of the Princess of the Night. The Draconequus was just about to make his presence known with a big bang. Literally. But a thought occurred to him, that stopped him in his tracks.

Wait Discord. Let's imagine for a second, the reaction upon Twilight's face when she finds out that I, of all peop-I mean ponies, has been able to solve such a catastrophic event with simple words. Yes, yes, making her, the supposed 'expert' of friendship, feel obsolete. The thought truly amused Discord, being the mischievous devil he is.

"But wait, what if I happen to not be able to solve this problem with words? It would just be a waste of time." Discord was now truly considering all possibilities. Finding out which method to better annoy Twilight.

Then you prove once and for all, that violence is better than friendship, or that friendship is violence. Which ever really. He responded to himself.

"Yes, Excellent!" Discord announced, throwing a pointed finger in the air. "I truly am brilliant."

And without another seconds thought. Discord snapped a finger and appeared directly behind his opponents, who were still watching the spectacle that was Luna's clash with Aquila. But still, believing himself to be more interesting than that naive little ponies duel, he made his presence known, with something that could not be ignored. Discord snapped his finger again, and an immense mirror showed itself in front of both the Ursa Major and Leo the Lion (thankfully the Constellations had spaced out after Luna shot up into the air to fight one of them).

The mirror's sudden appearance made the two jolt into alerted stances. As if they mirror would attack them. Fortunately for them, Discord just wanted them to see him. Which, after a view seconds of staring at the mirror, they finally allowed themselves to star into the mirror and spot Discord.

Their reaction to him was even worse. They both spun around and charged at Discord. Who was rather surprised, but reacted by annoyingly snapping his fingers again and returning to the gates of Ponyville. The two constellations, who were only taken aback by his disappearance for a few seconds, began searching for him.

"I see that Leo is still just as annoyed with me as he was back then. But that bear, wonder what has him ticked?" Discord quietly mused to himself.

Why don't you find out. Didn't little Tia tell you how important information gathering was or whatever. Maybe we could talk to them about it and....come to an agreement. Maybe. Discord's insides shivered at the sappiness his thought process had devolved into. He kinda liked and hated it at the same time.

"You're lucky I like challenges almost as much as I like chaos." Discord muttered to himself, who seemed pleased with Discord's compliance.

Returning his attention to the two Constellations, they had seemed to have spotted him and had started charging at him. They now were within 30 Discords from Discord.

"Damn!" He cursed. "I really have to stop talking to myself." Discord's mind ached as he thought of what to do now. It was one thing to wish for something, but to actually get these two creatures, who wants his head, to calm down would take something big.

He smiled as it came to him. "I can go big. I'M DISCORD!"

Before him, appeared a 130 ft tall, 20-inch thick, rock wall covered in black magic with immense green text plastered in the middle of the rock stating one simple four letter word: STOP

Seeing the text, Leo the Lion stopped. But like the young hot-head this bear seemed more and more to be, the Ursa Major slammed straight into the hulking formation, without a doubt, thinking he could overcome Discord's magic. However, that was definitely not the case, as the bear barely nudged the wall.

Excited, and a bit hysterical at the bears stupidity, Discord rid himself of the newly appointed Wall of Chaos, something he plans to use in the future. And was now face to face with a reeling Ursa Major, and an old friend. Who seemed to be annoyed with who he sees before him.

"Leoion!" Discord howled, remembering the nickname he gave the Constellation a few millennia ago. "Oh how long it's been, do you miss me as much as I have forgotten you till this day?" Discord said, grinning all the while.

Discord. Came the elder voice of the lion, as it entered his mind. What is the Spirit of Chaos doing here? Protecting those that are not yourself, especially ponies, is unheard of. If the beast was confused, his voice did not give it away. His pride prevented all others seeing him as anything other than all-knowing.

"Seems you have been ignorant of my state of being in the last millennia." Discord replied, one eye one the lion, the other on the recovered bear. "Well I don't plan on boring you to death. Just know that I hate stone and loneliness. So I decided to branch out. Now I have tons of good friends that occupy my life."

Discord heard a low chuckle from the lion, and a growl from the increasingly impatient bear. Which slightly embarrassed the Draconequus, he hadn't considered how odd the words coming out of his mouth were.

Well it seems you have changed, although I doubt you would give up a chance to repeat your' past antics on me. Which I do remember still being rightfully pissed about.

"You exaggerate that prank," Discord said, raising a finger in defense. "I only painted your' mane the color of Celestia's beautiful mane. Honestly if you ask me, it was an improvement."

Hard to take your word for it, being one who enjoys chaos so much, of course it would look bett-

In Discord's mind, his attention was cut away from his conversation with Leo the Lion, and what happened next, happened in a matter of one second. Which is only possible because of how advanced Discord's brain was.

Discord was ready to quip back at Leo's words. But was cut short as he sensed an immense power gathering over at the heart of the Everfree Forest. The Draconequu's allowed a third eye to appear on his horn, were it could go unnoticed by his opponents. It witnessed Luna misfiring an immense gathering of energy, meant for one of the other Constellations that seemed to have joined her fight. The ball of magic now descended upon the forest, ready to destroy it entirely.

Dammit, Luna. Was all he could think while trying to contain a calm face at this new predicament. At this point, half a second passed.

But reacting the best he could. He snapped his fingers quietly behind his back, sending the mighty, Discord Poll of Disharmony, to take care of Luna's mishap. At this point, the second was up.

You. Leo's voice now returned to Discord, as his attention was now away from the forest, ready for his expected outcome.

And it came. In the form of a huge burst of power in the sky, looking similar to a Sonic Rainboom, but with blue and purple, in the process.

Of course, the explosion drew the attention of both Constellations before him. Startled and ready to attack. They both looked back to Discord. This time, the bear talked.

See. They attack us now, Leo. I gave you time to talk with your' odd friend. But now we must commence with our destruction, and prepare for 'that'. His voice seemed less imposing, and more like a whining young-ling.

Your right. A noticeable sigh came from the blue beast (not that it tells you much, they're all blue, save for the Ursa Major), before he replied. Sorry Discord. But, these ponies took something from us. All of us. That must not be ignored.

"What did they take then?" He paused. "No. What did we take?" Discord said, making certain that his distinction was heard. He feared that this wasn't going to end with a hug and shouting "friendship is magic", like Twilight might hope if she was here.

The constellation looked taken aback by Discords proclamation. I must have really changed if I surprised him of all people. Discord noted, waiting for Leo's response.

Everything. Was all he said, recovered from his initial shock.

Before another word could be spoken. The beast's pounced. But Discord expected as much.

The Draconequus bolted in-between a gap the creatures left, escaping the two's attack. Discord's speed surprised the two for a short moment, before turning towards him.

WHAM! As they faced him, the Poll of Disharmony extended and planted itself Diagonally between the two Constellations. It sent the two beast's flying across the Everfree Forest.Using dark magic, the hit was immensely more powerful than it normally would have been.

They were now further from the entrance to Ponyville, which put Discord at ease as he quickly closed in on the two, who were now recovered and running towards him. Discord, deciding that the only way to fight them without destroying the forest completely, summoned a miniature version of the, Wall of Chaos, and placed it onto his left eagle claw arm. But Discord was not done. He called forth his, Poll of Chaos to his right lion paw, ready to clash with Leo the Lion and the Ursa Major.

And they did. Running past each other as they landed a blow on their opponent. The Ursa Major hitting Discord's left and Leo attempting to hit his right. But, to no effect.

The bear had connected with the, Small Wall of Chaos. Which instantly pushed the beast back, with minor damage to it's paw. Leo, on the other hand, was overwhelmed by the surprising amount of magic contained within Discord's poll. Which ended in the lion being thrown to the ground with a severely damaged right paw.

Discord, now where the beast's used to be, turned and readied to attack the bear, who took the least amount of damage from the collision. Sensing the Draconequus. The Ursa Major turned around and stood on it's hind-legs. Now being twice the size, and even more taller and heavier than him. It started to fall towards Discord as he closed in. In fact, he was too close to even dodge. So Discord did the only sensible thing he could think of.

Suddenly the much bigger, Wall of Chaos, appeared between Discord and the Ursa Major. Catching the bear and staying afloat thanks to the Discord's magic.

Clearly not expecting this. The bear roared it's displeasure before being flipped over by the large object, nearly squished by the weight of the weapon.

Not dead, but definitely severely hurt. Discord turned his attention to Leo, who was struggling to get up. About to subdue his old friend. Discord made a move to him, but was stopped as he felt his mind being called by something, something familiar.

Celestia? He thought, surprised by the sudden signal of the, Princess of the Sun.

"I have no time for this. But what does she want?" He said, keeping his eyes on his opponents as he contemplated his latest predicament.

Don't worry. Just send me, I can just tell you what I know. Or I could tell myself what I know...Whatever, just send me. Not questioning any sort of logic. He did. Ridding his mind of himself, but that took closing his eyes for a few moments as he sent out apart of himself to Celestia (also creating a small body for it, if needed).

After the process concluded, he opened his eyes.

No one was there. Leo was gone, and the Ursa Major had somehow gotten away from being under the huge Wall of Chaos.

"They're...gone." Discord said, surprised of their departure. Even more so that Leo the Lion, most prideful of all living beings, would dare retreat from battle. It was under-heard of, especially considering how much Discord knew Leo.

"Am I jumping to conclusions?" Discord said, still shocked. "Could they be trying to to wait for me to let my guard down. No, no. That is still not like that lion. He prefers to fight head on, it's still too weird to think he would not confront me face to face."

Discord began to descend towards the ground.

"Hmm. Something is off." Discord said. "Well whatever, I won't find them standing here. I have more of a chance to see them if I explore a bit. So explore I shall," he concluded.

He began to walk deeper into the forest, leaving the gates of Ponyville behind.

Discord found out that without the other half of his being, he could not think. Literally. All thoughts could only be expressed if they left his mouth. So for 10 agonizing minutes of searching the forest, all the randomness that was Discord's thought process, came spurting out of his mouth. Driving the Draconequus to near insanity.

"I guess it's no surprise that the only contender to my greatness is myself." He said, something he initially didn't want to say out loud. But was beyond his ability to stop.

His annoyance, however, halted as he came by a lake. Of course this would not initially catch his attention. But within the body of water, he swore he saw a flicker of light. It was as bright as an illuminated Unicorn horn, and it was underwater. But of course, being so advanced, his eyes saw it.

"What could-"

that be. He thought...he thought?

"You've returned!" Discord said, as he realized his other half returned. "Oh how I missed me. You could not believe what I had to go thr-"

He was cut off as information overcame him: Celestia's request. His surprise pity and assuring words at Luna's mistake. The fact his other self could have been back 5 minutes ago but decided to simply explore the lands with the small body Discord provided it.

Of course, Discord was pissed off.

"You dare allow such torture of my being as you simply waste time!?" He shouted aloud. Annoyed anger filled him.

What? I never get to explore anything of my own accord. This was probably the only time ever. So I used it. You could understand, it's like being encased in stone. But worse. He responded to himself.

"How is it worse?" Discord said, faltering to his own reasoning against himself. Which lowered his anger.

At least when you're stone. You can't see all these wonderful things. Me on the other hand? I have to witness all these things without ever being able to personally interact with it.

"You are me!" Anger returning to him. "You experience everything the same way I do. There is no difference, you dumbass!"

Discord was too late to realize the stupidity behind his last remark. And he would have called himself out on it, if it wasn't for the flash of light within the lake.

What is that? he asked himself.

"That, is a nuisance." He replied. "One I plan on confronting."

It could be nothing at all. Maybe a flashy fish or something along those lines.

Already on his way towards the glimmer of light, Discord tiredly replied. "I doubt it, it's pure light all by itself. There is nothing behind or surrounding it." He paused. "It's them."

Before his claim could be challenged. It was confirmed by the sudden growth of the light. A few seconds, it grew into noticeable shapes. A lion, and a bear.

"Ah-ha!" He said, pleased by his accuracy. " I don't know what caused you to chicken out Leo. But I have little time and patience to sort it out." He ascended to the air. Moving towards the Constellations. But something caused him to stop.

The two figures held their separate forms for only a few moments, before combining into one, solitary entity, without a distinguishable known appearance.

"What are they-"

Was all he managed before this new being sped towards Discord. At a speed barely traceable by even his eyes. All he could manage before their attack, was the summoning of his, Wall of Chaos.

But, to the surprise to him, himself, and even the new beast itself. The stone wall crumbled before their power. Connecting with Discord and sending him higher into the sky.

Pain was felt throughout his body as he flew throughout the sky. But pain was instantly dulled as shivers were felt all throughout his being as he witnessed the site of two other locations in the forest. The same process was occurring were the two princesses were fighting their own battles. And for the first time in a while. Discord feared for another's well being.

This. Is not good at all. He thought, as he witnessed two figures sent flying into the sky.