"Is everyone here, are we just waiting on Derpy?"
"It seems to be that way, should we try and wake her up?"
"She isn't sleeping just FYI, she's coming to and listening to us. She's probably searching for her sword so that she can surprise us and ask some questions."
Derpy leaped to her feet and reached for her sword as she pulled it in front of her. She realized that she had grabbed a snake instead. She gasped and dropped it, as it hit the ground it returned to the metal sword that she knew.
"You see I can be very useful at times even if it seems a little bit..... chaotic."
Derpy finally got a chance to look around, she was in a massive stone colleseum and was surrounded on all sides by a multitude of species: Dragons, Manticores, Griffons, Hydras, and then she turned to face a massive throne area which was seated by one or two of each species.
"Well then Ditzy Doo, Derpy Hooves, we formally welcome you to Ordo ad Chao. I'm sure you have plenty of questions and I assure you they will be answered but first I will say that what you have been doing is stupid. The only reason that you aren't dead is that of our ruling. We have been watching your every move since you entered the tombs of Acheron. You have shown great power, great strength, and even greater stupidity."
"Now you hold on a minute and tell me where my family is, where my friends are, and where the exit is."
"Your friends, your family are in the crowd, one of them being up here. Kauter king of the griffons. Your family and friends can leave whenever they want but it would not be beneficial for your life."
Derpy heard a yell from the crowd, "Mom!"
Derpy turned and faced where the sound had come from and there was her family sitting along their friends. Derpy smiled and looked forward as she frowned. "So tell me what I need to know."
There came a laugh and a feeling of what seemed like waking up from a dream. "Well you passed my test but for our safety, we couldn't let you see our true forms. You might feel like you're seeing things for the first time and it is just that."
Derpy looked around again, nothing had changed but when she looked back towards the throne she saw something different.
"I am Discord, Spirit of Chaos, I rule over Ordo ad Chao. We are a united group of many species in a fight that has been going on for hundreds of thousands of years, The Sun War."
Derpy frowned, "I still don't know anything about how it works."
"It is still a mystery to most. We are not here to talk about the past, we are here to talk about the future. I'm sure your husband has told you all about the multiverse theory, am I correct?"
"Well, he has certainly tried on multiple occasions."
"Hmm, let me simplify it for you. Let's say that you are drinking some hot cholate and you burn your tung. In a parallel world, a world almost exactly like our own, their Derpy waited a couple more minutes and didn't but her tung at all. Another world Derpy doesn't have and hot cholate and there are infinite amounts of these phenomenon. When Princess Luna became nightmare moon it created a sort of check point in a video game. If you die you restart there. Celestia has harnassed that moment in time creating a check point so that she can restart from that day forward. She has seen thousands of multiverse occur because she found it reasonable to go back."
"If she has the power to do that how come we are here right now, wouldn't she know about this place. Also, how do we know this, if she resets our lives over and over again we wouldn't be able to tell right?"
Discord smiled, "We don't know how it is possible but Kauter here has lived through all the Sun Wars. I can sense that you will ask why Celestia hasn't reset the timeline even after you attacked her and released Acheron. Well we have two very good guesses: one being that this life that she has right now is perfect for her in every way, number two being that she can't cast the spell to reverse time with the elements of harmony being bound to Twilight Sparkle and her friends."
"You said that this timeline is perfect for her, what do you mean?"
"A prophecy was made by Star Swirls the Bearded that Celestia would be defeated by the holders of the elements of Harmony. In this timeline, the elements of harmony are controlled by her pupil and her friends. Thus leaving them not a threat to her anymore. The elements don't listen to her solely anymore, they have new hosts. If Celestia uses them to try and cast that spell again the tree would most likely realize that it is being attacked and shut down its power until it is restored by the souls of the elements of harmony. Magic, Honesty, Laughter, Loyalty, Kindness. and Generosity."
"Are you planning on stopping her?"
Kauter got off of his seat and walked forward, "As of now no, we are waiting for the right moment. When we are strongest and when she is weakest. I have been, no, we have been planning this for thousands of years. While Celestia was taking advantage of the multiverse so were we. We know who we need, how we are going to attack her, we have been planning for everything to go wrong, everything to go right and we can tell when the perfect time is."
"So what are we waiting for?"
Discord frowned, "This is the first ever Sun War in which Celestia has allowed the elements of harmony to be fully harnessed to another. In other timelines, she has controlled at least one of them at all times. We don't know how she would react if we attacked them, also we need to know every possibility before we attack or else she could counter us. She might also be able to get a hold of the elements of harmony and reset the timeline, from there she will see us out and shut down Ordo ad Chao before Kauter finds us and restores our memories."
"So you're saying that Kauter has been getting you all together every time Celestia resets the timeline."
Kauter gave a confused look, "Well yes, why does it matter?"
"It's just that it has been so long, how have you kept the faith that you can actually defeat her through all these years?"
Kauter frowned, "I don't have to know or have faith that we can someday defeat her because all that matters at the end of the day, the end of the year, the end of a decade is that we, Ordo ad Chao, are one step closer to defeating her."
Derpy sat down shaking at the look Kauter gave her. His purple feather outlines seemed to be moving, his red eyes were puncturing her soul as they grew ever brighter. The green in his eyes had been white now but it didn't help that the contrast of his black feathers made them stand out so well. She could have sworn that she saw two razor sharp teeth underneath that bronze beak plating.
Discord put on a straight face, "Well it appears that she is following the same path as the old her."
Derpy looked up, still shaking, "What did you just say."
"As painful as it is to say you did the same pair of acts in the last timeline. There were no elements of harmony back then obviously. Everything happened to this point and further. Let's just say that you gain an ability to see things that are hidden, it must have explained how you passed the test so quickly." Discord looked towards Kauter then back at Derpy, "Go ahead.......grab her."
The Doctor leaped over the stone railing only to be grabbed by a massive paw. He was held up by Ahuizotl. Everypony else was already running towards Derpy. Amethyst switched sights between Acheron who was on her right and Tic Toc who was on her left. Amethyst saw a green flash of light and when she looked back at Acheron she was grabbed by Queen Chrysalis who took off flying with her. Tic Toc watched as Amethyst was carried off. Carrot Top, Amethyst, and Tic Toc were running side by side and were almost to Derpy when in almost slow motion Kauter slid in front of them leaving three small black balls in their path. Kauter grabbed Derpy and threw her back towards the thrones while Discord teleported Kauter to catch Derpy. Derpy looked back at her friends who were now submerged in black smoke.
Kauter reached behind his head and spun his katana out of its sheath placing it in front of Derpy's throat. Kauter stared waiting for the smoke to clear. In a split second, a carrot came shooting out of the smoke, nailing Kauter dead center of his head knocking him out. Derpy grabbed the blade in her teeth and shook her head sideways causing the handle to be placed in her mouth. She pushed Kauter off and flew at Discord. Meanwhile Tic Toc and Amethyst came driving out of the smoke on a steam engine cart. While Carrot Top stood on another cart being towed while shooting carrots towards the Ahuizotl.
With a snap of two talons, all movement stopped. Discord teleported over to the cart pulling all three ponies out of it and teleporting back over to the thrones. He snapped and they were tied up, he snapped again and any shot carrots were set on a small snack cart. He snapped one last time and movement continued. The cart, being un manned, kept driving till it hit a wall.
Discord smiled.