Memoir of Misery

by Silvak


Interlude I

"My my my, aren't you talented," Veritas stated as she watched Discord stepping through an open door in the void where the mental construct resided as an earth pony.

Smirking, Discord replied, "Of course, I'm the Spirit of Disharmony, the God of Chaos, the Master of Tric—"

"Get to the point of why you're here already," Veritas interjected with an annoyed groan, causing Discord to frown at her before rolling his eyes.

"Everyone's a critic. Anyways, I'm here cause of the recent little chaotic scene that dear old Sapphire just had. Now, this won't last long, but I would so love for you to sate my curiosity. And don't worry, this will be between you and me, cause otherwise, it would ruin all the oodles of fun the princesses would have from figuring this out," Discord explained with a mischevious grin.

"And why should I believe you in the first place?" Veritas asked with a skeptical look.

"Well, since I'm still stuck in a stone statue with no means of communicating with anyone but you, I don't think the fear of me spilling the beans should be present," Discord replied as it started to rain beans from above. As Veritas ignored that, Discord continued, "But, I know you're still suspicious about me, so I'll just say that I promise to keep this to myself, cause really, this entire matter is still quite amusing to me. So as an old saying goes, if it's not broken, don't fix it."

Shaking her head, Veritas said, "Well, as much as you want to know the whole story behind Sapphire, I'm keeping my lips sealed in regards to her past."

"Aww... so you do know about her past," Discord stated with a grin, that wavered a bit as Veritas didn't even move a muscle at his statement. "So, how much do you know about her past?"

"All of it," Veritas answered with a shrug, causing Discord to raise an eyebrow in surprise.

"And you intend on keeping Sapphire's memories from her? Why?" Discord replied, causing Veritas to give him a hard stare.

"Simply put, if Sapphire remembered all those memories at once, she would be a very different pony than the one you met today. It is best that she remembers at a steady pace while living a normal life for once, that way she wouldn't be the same pony she was before she lost her memories," Veritas replied, causing Discord to tilt his head at her before it popped off and landed on the ground, rolling over to Veritas as he looked up at her.

"Are you certain about that? Just how bad it would be for her to remember them all?" Discord asked before grabbing his head as he screwed it back on his neck.

"Simply put, I doubt she would be able to function as a member of any community at best. At worst, well, just imagine if Celestia and Luna didn't show a drop of mercy towards their foes," Veritas answered, causing Discord to blink in surprise.

"Okay... so just what are you really then?" Discord asked as he pulled out a book, pulling some words out of it. He then rearranged them before stuffing them back into the book with a hammer.

Smirking at Discord, Veritas replied, "That is for me to know, and everypony else to find out. As some would say, why spoil the surprise?"