//------------------------------// // Discord, the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony // Story: The Life of the Alicorn Sisters // by Rakoon1 //------------------------------// Sometime has passed since Ingrid’s imprisonment in the solitary of Tartarus and, despite everything, it looked like Celestia and Luna’s life had come back to normal. Of course the feeling of guilt for the terrible fate her sister had suffered still haunted Celestia, but she was doing her best to look strong for the sake of her subjects. One day, when the sun had just set and Luna was rising the moon, Celestia said: “I hope you have a good night, Luna.” “Yes, you too, sister” she replied. “Enjoy your rest. I noticed you have been having troubled sleep.” “Well, having in count that Sombra has been tormenting Equestria, I don’t have reasons to have a good night of sleep” Celestia replied. “Don’t worrie, we will stop him” Luna ensured. “Good always wins in the end, after all. Beyond that, we have Princess Aurora and the Generals of Order to help us.” “Yes, you’re right, Luna” Celestia said. “With their help, we will be able to neutralize the threat he represents.” At that moment, a bang at the horizon caused the two alicorn sisters to go to the balcony and look, while they saw what looked to be six meteors of different colors going in different directions on their kingdom. Four of those meteors, the red, orange, green and blue ones, passed through their castle, with the orange one heading towards northwest, the red one heading towards north, the green one going towards northeast and the blue one landing close to them, but with the two princesses losing track of it. “What was… that?” Luna asked. Observing those meteors, Celestia couldn’t stop thinking that she had already seen them in someplace else. It was then that she remembered where. “Those were… star seeds” she said. “I never saw star seeds like those before” Luna said. “Did you feel their power? It was immense, even more than ours. Who could have a power like that?” Celestia thought for a while and then she had an idea of what could be happening. “Oh no…” After a while, Celestia and Luna arrived to what left of the Light Kingdom, that was now petrified in stone, without any trace of life or the light that characterized it. Such vision left the two sisters speechless. The idea of the most powerful kingdom of the Pony Reality fall was truly unreal, but, however, it had just happened. Arriving to the Great Hall where the six Generals were, Celestia said, while walking around their bodies turned into stone: “Those star seeds we saw must belong to the Generals of Order. They should have expel them to safe places to protect them from Sombra. The same must have happened to the rest of the kingdom.” “What about Princess Aurora?” Luna asked. “It looks like she’s not here.” Although she didn’t like the idea, Celestia knew the most certain was that Princess Aurora had sacrificed herself to save her kingdom. Luna, who had also arrived to the same conclusion, said: “Sister, if the Light Kingdom and its princess and Generals are no more, then that means…” “It means this world had just fell more in the darkness” Celestia completed. “Equestria and the Crystal Empire are the only barrier that prevents the Lord of Chaos from dominating this part of the Pony World. If we fell, it won’t last for the rest of the world to fall with us.” “We must return” Luna said. “We have to fortify our defenses as fast as possible.” Celestia agreed and the two sisters returned to their castle, placing guards on as many places they could at the castle and then sending others to the various parts of Equestria. At the end of the evening of the next day, Celestia was sitting on her throne when Luna came in the throne room saying: “I just received reports from the squads we’ve sent and none spotted anything out of usual.” “I don’t like that” Celestia said. “It would expect the Lord of Chaos would try to take advantage from the fact we have such vast land to make an attack.” At that moment, an earth pony guard came in the throne room in a worry, saying: “Your Highnesses, something strange it’s happening… I don’t know how to describe it…” “Please, take a deep breath and speak slowly” Celestia said. “What happened?” “It’s the clouds, Princess Celestia… they turned into cotton candy.” “But that… is impossible” Luna said. “But that’s not all” the guard continued. “The roads are filled with soap, things are floating in the air, ponies have gone mad… It’s a complete chaos out there.” Listening to that, the two sisters quickly realized the Lord of Chaos was behind all that. “Gather all the guards that you can and get ready” Luna said. “If this is some kind of attack from any villain, we have to get ready to face them and defeat them as quickly as possible. We have already enough problems with Sombra already.” The guard bowed to her and Celestia and got ready to get out when he started to elevate in the air like a balloon. Seeing that, Luna tried to use her magic to bring him down, but nothing happened. “What…?” she said, not wanting to believe. “My magic didn’t work? That doesn’t make sense.” “Make sense?” a voice asked. “Oh, what fun is there in making sense?" “Listening that voice, the two princess looked around, trying to find who had spoken, with Celestia getting up from her throne. “Who’s there?” Celestia asked with her authoritarian voice. “Reveal yourself!” The voice laughed and then said: “I never thought that the beloved Princess of the Sun was so demanding. Tell me, Celestia, do you speak with everypony like that or am I special?” “I don’t even know who you are” she replied. “Oh, how clumsy of me” the voice said. “Allow me to introduce myself.” At that moment, from nowhere, holophote lights started to move around all the room, while drum beats were heard. And a voice said: “And now, coming directly from the Spirit World, allow me to introduce you to your delight the most loyal, handsome and powerful servant of the Lord of Chaos. With you, the one and only …” There was a flash of light and a creature appeared. It had an asymmetrical body, composed by parts of multiple animals: the right leg of a lizard, the left leg of a goat, the left arm of a lion, the left claw of an eagle, the right wing of a bat, the left wing of a pegasus, a serpentine body with an equally serpentine tail with a white tuft on the tip, the head of a pony with eyes with disproportionate pupils, a goat beard and a large, protruding upper teeth, with a deer antler on the right and a blue goat horn on the left. “… Discord, the spirit of chaos and disharmony, the purveyor of pandemonium, lord of lawlessness, earl of turmoil, bringer of bedlam…” he continued. “You know what, I think you should take notes, as I have a lot of titles… even more than you. Jealous?” The two sisters looked to Discord, confused, and then the younger sister asked: “What?” Discord sighed and said: “Really? Can it be that you, ponies, can’t get things at the first try? It looks like I’ll have to make my great introduction again…” “No!” Celestia exclaimed, not wanting to watch it again. “That won’t be necessary.” “Ah, now I feel myself offended” Discord said. “Just like when your moony sister said I was any villain. Really, guys, even a spirit of chaos has feelings.” “Wait…” Celestia said. “I know who you are. You are the malign spirit that almost turned this world upside down years ago.” An arrogant smile appeared on Discord’s face and he said: “Well, finally my reputation caught up with me.” “But Heartbeat defeated you” Luna said. “She imprisoned you in a place where you would never get out.” “Well, that is true” Discord said, while playing with the floating guard that ended up getting out through the window. “That sample of a General defeated me in a way that nopony had ever did. Honestly, I don’t know why everypony finds her that adorable, just because she is small and has those big eyes and that lovely mane. It must be because you have never seen her bad side. Anyway, now she’s gone, the binds that were holding me also disappeared. And you know what they say: when the Generals are away, Discord comes to play.” “No while we’re still here!” Celestia exclaimed, while landing beside her sister. The two of them charged her horns with magic and prepared themselves to attack Discord. It was then that he snapped his fingers and, from nowhere, the throne room got inverted, causing Celestia and Luna to fell on the roof that was now the floor. Then, dark roots appeared and involved them, holding them. When they tried to get free, they realized their magic was being drained. “He’s stealing our magic!” Celestia told. Discord’s head appeared at the tip of the root that was involving her and said: “That’s correct, princess. And once you two lose all of your magic, Equestria will be mine.” The head disappeared, reappearing then with the rest of the body, with Discord then saying: “And when that happens, nopony will prevent the Lord of Chaos from finally conquering the Pony World!” And he dropped an evil laugh, until he choked and said: “I really have to train that part.” The two alicorn sister could feel their magic being drained quickly. It won’t take long until they got without it. At that moment, Celestia got an idea. It was risky, but their only hope. Making a sign to Luna, she transmitted to her the idea. She agreed and they focused the little energy they had and, making it flow in the opposite way their magic was being absorbed, they caused an explosion of magic that not only destroyed the roots, but also created a smokescreen that obscured their escape. The smokescreen got dispersed by Discord, who had made a fan appear, while saying: “Those little princess… They will see. I will squeeze them so much they will look like ping-pong balls.” It was then he noticed they have been able to escape. “Oh crap…” the spirit said. “This is not good…” “Discord!” a voice called. The Spirit of Chaos got petrified when he heard that voice. He turned around and found himself facing the Lord of Chaos. “My lord!” he exclaiming, while pretending an happy and confident look. “But what brings you here?” “I came to see if you managed to finish the job I gave you” the Lord of Chaos said. “I hope you have good news.” “In a matter of fact, I have…” Discord replied, a little nervous. “It’s with great pleasure that I inform you Equestria, as well the magic of the two alicorn sisters, is under my control.” Being able to detect Discord’s nervous look, one thing he had been trying to hid, the Lord of Chaos asked: “Okay, spill it, what mess did you do this time?” “Mess?” Discord repeated, in his innocent tone. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, master.” “Don’t even try to fool me, Discord” the Lord of Chaos said. “You made some mess and I order you to tell me what it is.” Realizing he didn’t have any escape possible, Discord confessed: “It looks like the princess… managed to escape… a little bit.” “WHAT?!” the Lord of Chaos shouted. “You let them escape?!” “Well, yes, but, master, I managed to take their magic over the sun and the moon” Discord said. “They are no longer a threat now.” “Never underestimate my brother’s followers, Discord” the Lord of Chaos said. “They have a tendency to find a way to turn the game in their favour.” “I can guarantee you that won’t happen” the draconequus reinsured. “For your sake, Discord, I really hope so” the Lord of Chaos replied. “Because believe me when I said that I can make what Heartbeat did to you look like foal’s play.” And, having said that, he disappeared, leaving Discord a little uncomfortable. Celestia and Luna flew until they were as far as possible from the castle. When they thought they were at a safe distance, they landed and Luna asked: “What do we do now, sister? Discord conquered our kingdom and stole most of our magic.” The princess of the sun thought for a while and then she said: “We have to get a way to defeat Discord and there is only being that can tell us how we can take Equestria back… the Lord of Order.”