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// Chapter 3 
// Story: Hercules/Discord AU 
// by fluttercordlover232 
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After a long and exciting day, the outside world was settling down for a quiet and restful night. Gliding softly through the sky was none other than the Goddess of the Night herself, who was bringing in the nighttime for all the citizens of Equestria and the lands beyond. As Luna gently trailed among the clouds, in her wake was a darkened sky dotted with thousands of twinkling stars. The full moon shone brightly, bathing Mt. Aris and the villages below in a pale glow.

But little did anypony know, the night was going to be anything but peaceful...





Back on Mt. Aris, all the gods and goddesses were settling in for the night and the nursery was no different. Little Discord was fast asleep in his crib, along with his other infant roommates. Even though Discord was asleep, that didn't mean his powers were. As he slept, little Z's trickled out of his mouth and dissipated into the air around him.





Luna just finished her nightly rounds when she entered the bedroom she and her sister shared. She and Celestia have always been very close, but when their parents were viciously murdered when they were fillies, they became closer than anypony thought possible.

Eyes drooping, she climbed into the bed across from the one Celestia occupied and was currently sleeping soundly in. Luna sighed as she let her eyes fall without protest.

Just as Luna felt herself starting to dream, she was interrupted by crashing sounds and babies crying out in distress. Thinking it was all a part of her dream, she slept on. She tossed and turned uncomfortably in her bed, until she finally woke up.

She was surprised to see Celestia had woken up as well. Although still groggy from sleep, Luna knew immediately that those disruptive sounds weren't in her head, but were in fact real...

Celestia seemed to realize this too, for she looked at Luna in alarm as the crashing and the crying continued.

"The baby!" they exclaimed.





They galloped as fast as their hooves could carry them. When the sisters finally reached their destination, they burst through the silk curtain that led into the nursery and gasped in shock at what they saw...

In front of their eyes was baby Discord's crib, that now lay broken and disheveled...