As she stood alone on the balcony to her room, Celestia used her magical power to lower the sun beyond the horizon. As the darkness began to descend upon the land, she gazed up at the sky to see that off in the distance was a storm of black thunderclouds. Thunderclouds that were not created by pegasi or scheduled to be there. She knew who was responsible. The god of thunder.
A knocking on her door turned Celestia's attention away from the thundering clouds and to the door, which she opened with her magic. A moment later the princess of friendship was standing in Celestia's chambers, a look on her face that told Celestia she was in for a long talk.
"Princess Twilight. I wasn't expecting you today," Celestia said with a kind smile to Twilight, who bowed in reply but did not smile. Celestia motioned for Twilight to join her on the balcony, which Twilight did so after a moment of hesitation. "But if you are here that means that you have concerns that you wish to voice to me. Go ahead. Speak them."
"I don't approve of your decision to make Thor the god of Equestria," Twilight stated boldly to Celestia. Celestia let out a sigh, figuring that Twilight was going to say something along those lines. Almost as if he was listening, the thunderclouds off in the distance rumbled with thunder, getting the both of them to glance at the storm.
"You do not approve?"
"I completely disagree with your decision," Twilight said in a slightly stronger tone, not put off at all by the thundering. She turned on Celestia with a look the princess of the sun hadn't seen on her former student in a long time. "I can't even understand why you did it. While I didn't know Equestria was without a divine, I would not pick Thor as my first choice. I would have picked Discord over him."
"I assume you have reasoning to back up your words?" Celestia asked in a calm tone, knowing that her student always had a reason.
"We know nothing about Thor. Yeah, he claimed that he came here to help us and maybe he did, but all we have is his word. The word of a deity. And we all know how reliable that can be," Twilight reminded Celestia, who nodded to agree with Twilight's point. "I think...you made a mistake instating him as our god. You did it so quickly too. You didn't even ask any of us, the guardians of Equestria, what we thought. Why?"
"Allow me to ask a question first. Why Discord before Thor? He is irresponsible and has a bad habit of not keeping his words," Celestia reminded Twilight.
"We know Discord. We don't know Thor. We don't know what he's capable of or what his intentions are or..." Twilight trailed off after that, staring at the moon which was beginning to rise over the mountains in the distance. "Why did you do it, Celestia?"
"Because he asked."
Twilight's eyes went wide at Celestia's words and confusion spread across her face as she gazed up at her mentor. "You established Thor as the god of Equestria because he asked? That...that's stupid! Forgive me for saying so, but why would you do that because he asked?!"
Celestia was silent for a moment after Twilight said that, a look on her face that made Twilight fear that she might have gone too far with her words. Then Celestia's face hardened and Twilight stared to realize that her teacher wasn't any happier with her decision that Twilight was.
"Have you ever tried to tell a god no, Twilight? Have you told a god they couldn't do something and they respect your decision and leave? No. Gods get what they want. One way or another. You have felt his power, Twilight. It is a power the likes of which that I've never felt before in my eternal life," Celestia said in a cold whisper to Twilight, chilling the alicorn. "Tirek. Discord. Sombra. All of the evil forces I have dealt with over my life have had a power that comes close to or eclipses my own. But they were ones I could deal with. Their power I could understand."
"And now we have Thor. A being whose power is so far beyond me that I can't think of him being anything less that a god. The power to control the heavens on a whim. The ability to strike down the titans, titans that waged war on our land, in a single day," Celestia told Twilight as her body began to shake, not with rage, but with helplessness. "And it is like you said. We know nothing about Thor. So how would we know, if I declined his request, he would not turn that unstoppable power on us?"
Twilight's eyes softened as Celestia's words hit home, getting Twilight to lower her head as she realized the full weight of her teachers decision.
"If he were to unleash his godly power on us, we would not survive. Not in our weakened state. Heck, not even if we were at full power. He's just so far beyond us," Celestia said to Twilight, who had to nod her head sadly in agreement as she knew Celestia was right. "And then there is the hammer."
The air seemed to become electrified the moment those words left Celestia's mouth, getting Twilight to swallow nervously before she glanced up at her teacher. "So you've felt it as well? The unfathomable amount of power that the hammer has within it? Celestia, what in all of reality could forge a weapon as powerful as that?"
"Is it even a weapon? From the few times that I've been around it Twilight, I've felt...a sentience from it," Celestia told Twilight in a whisper, before she shook her head and regained her more regal appearance. "But to get us back on track, that is why I agreed to make Thor the god of Equestria. Because, for the time being, he is on our side. He is fighting with us and not turning that power of his towards us. And I will use this time that he is on our side to learn the truth about him. To see if he is what he claims."
"But with the rainbow power-"
"Twilight," Celestia said in a tone that cut off any further argument. "I know that you and your friends are strong. I know that you are heroes. But sometimes there will come an opponent that you can't beat through strength. That you can't overpower. And in those instances, you must find another way. Sometimes, you must accept that all of your power and strength cannot solve the situation at hand. Sometimes, you must surrender the battle to win the war."
"I understand, princess. That is why you decided to humor him, because we can't win at the moment" Twilight said with a nod of understanding, only to cast a glance to the distance when she heard the rumble of thunder.
"I wouldn't call it humoring him. I would say that I'm respecting his request," Celestia told Twilight in a careful tone. "We may not know where he is from, we may not know what his real intentions are, but we do know this. Thor is a god and he is a god with power the likes of which we have never even dreamed of. It would be in all of our best interests to make sure we do not invoke his wrath. For I fear for Equestria if we do. Please, tell you friends what I have told you."
"I will, Princess Celestia. Thank you for confiding in me," Twilight said with a bow before she walked out of the room, a troubled look on her face as she left. Celestia watched her student leave until Twilight shut the door behind her, before Celestia sighed and gazed at the moon that was rising over the horizon.
'And then there is my other concern. Whoever unleashed the titans upon Equestria will most likely not be deterred by the appearance of Thor. Their plans may have been struck with an incredible set back, but they are still out there. The question now is, will they make their next move in the broad daylight? Or will they stay in the shadows and work from the darkness to bring us down?'
Celestia then narrowed her eyes as she thought she spied something on the horizon, something moving just out of reach of the moonlight. It looked to be a massive beast of shadows, slipping between the moonlight and staying in the darkness. Celestia spread her wings and began to summon her magic into her horn, but the moment she summoned her magic the beast slipped into the shadows, vanishing from her sight.
'So. Darkness it is. Perhaps with Thor in the lands, the being behind the titans realize that the overt method is no longer viable. So they will be sticking to the shadows. Time to contact my sister.' Then Celestia thought for a moment on whether or not she should contact the god of thunder, before shaking her head. 'We have made it this far without relying on a god to save us. I we will continue to do so.'
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A loud thumping sound coming from upstairs awoke the god of chaos, who made a strange sound as he opened his eyes and returned to the world of the conscious. Discord sat up from Fluttershy's couch and stretched out his neck, which meant that he stretched the length of his neck a good three feet before he was satisfied. The moment he finished stretching his neck he snapped his fingers and a second later was within Fluttershy's room, where he floated in a corner and watched Fluttershy race around her room in a frenzy.
"My dear Fluttershy, what has got you riled up so early this morning?" Discord asked Fluttershy, getting the yellow pony to skid to a stop before she glanced up at Discord.
"O-oh, good morning Discord," she said with a meek smile before she started to look around her room again. Discord did so as well, not surprised to see that three-fourths of it was taken up by bird cages, animal food and an assortment of other pet related items. Discord was the king of messes and even he had trouble finding things in her house at times. "I'm just...looking for something."
"Then you will be looking a long time, my dear, unless you ask for some help," Discord told Fluttershy with a toothy grin, getting Fluttershy to smile back at him.
"I'm looking for three of the baby bunnies that escaped from me last night," Fluttershy said as she crouched down and stuck her face under her bed, coming back out a moment later with a different kind of bunnies on her face. She brushed the dust off and walked over to her cabinets to search in there.
Discord snapped his fingers and pulled out one of the baby bunnies from behind one of the bird cages, floating it over to Fluttershy who let out a happy squeal as she grabbed the bunny out of the air. With another snap of his fingers Discord found himself downstairs in the kitchen. Discord reached into his head and pulled out both of his eyes, tossing them near the ground and having them fly underneath of all of the furniture and places for the rabbits to hide.
His left eye spied one of the bunnies hiding under the sink, nibbling on a piece of lettuce that it most likely stole from the fridge. Discord took off his hand and tossed it into the place where the bunny was hiding, snatching the bunny up faster than it could register. Discords body parts came flying back to his body, reassembling back together in Fluttershy's room.
"Here you are Fluttershy, the one that raided your food pantry," Discord told Fluttershy as his hand floated over to her and dropped the bunny off in her care.
"Oh thank you Discord, now all I've got to do is find the last one," Fluttershy said as she started to walk downstairs. Discord began to follow her, before something triggered his senses. Something that made him scowl.
"Fluttershy, the last one is outside near the river," Discord pointed out to Fluttershy, who looked back at him on the stairs. "Don't bother walking, my friends. I'll teleport you there right now." Before Fluttershy could argue, Discord snapped his fingers and she was gone. He then let out a sigh before he floated down the stairs into the living room, where he found the shade of a zebra sitting on his couch.
"Hello, Discord," the god of the zebra's said to Discord, who folded his arms and turned his smile upside down.
"Rose. What do I owe this unexpected surprise to?" Discord asked.
"I am here because many things have changed in Equestria. Things that I am surprised you have made no response to," Rose said to Discord, who gave a her a look that meant he didn't care. "There is a new god in this world, Discord. One that has put our order on edge."
"What? The god of thunder? Why would you be on edge from him? It's not like he's going completely against the rules that you four gods have set up and is far more powerful than any being in this land. Oh wait," Discord said with a mischievous smile. "That's exactly what he's doing. And none of you are happy with this."
"Of course we are not. His arrival threatens to bring down the peace that we have kept for so long."
"Peace for those who worship you four," Discord corrected for her, his look going from mischievous to dangerous. "There has been no peace in Equestria for a long time. Since, oh lets see, Faust vanished. I wonder why that is."
"Are you accusing us of something?"
"No. Just thinking out loud," Discord replied with a shrug of his shoulders. "I know better than to mess with you guys. You made that clear the last time we tangoed. So you came here to warn me of Thor? Please, from what he's said he's here to help and since I'm not evil anymore, I doubt we'll talk much. Maybe we'll pass each other at the mall. I'll probably wave to him, but only if I'm not busy."
"You act like he is not your problem. He made it clear that he is against the gods of this world. Which includes you."
"No, he is against you four for messing up the world like you did and requiring him to step in to get anything done," Discord smirked in reply, getting Rose to darken dangerously. "And if you ask me, he's right. You four have been sitting high and mighty for some time now, ignoring the problems this world faces. Guess he's here to hammer his point home, hmm?"
"...you do not see him as your problem? Interesting. Because he see's you as one of his."
"What do you mean by-?"
"Discord!"
Faster than Discord could react a hand punched itself through the wall next to where Discord was standing. The god of chaos had just enough time to register a hand wrap around his throat before he was pulled through the wall of Fluttershy's cottage and hurled onto the ground. Discord groaned while looking up at the being that had done such a thing to him, only to find himself looking at the head of a hammer held by a very powerful being.
"I would have words with thee."