//------------------------------// // Chapter 32: Friendship is Magic // Story: Showy Chaos // by HeartfireFirebrand //------------------------------// I knocked on the door to the Friendship Castle. Spike frowned as he opened the door “Since when do you knock?” I frowned “When I want to be polite.” Spike shouted “Twilight, changeling!” Twilight galloped down and facehooved “He’s not a changeling.” Spike frowned “But he knocked and tried to be polite.” Twilight groaned in front of us “No because if a changeling could catch Discord they wouldn’t need a disguise and that is a terrible disguise if they did.” I smiled “Thank you Twilight.” Twilight frowned “Why are you here?” I sighed “I’m here to mend some fences, we aren’t exactly on the best terms and I believe it would do us all some good if we fix this before it gets worse.” Twilight scowled “Fine.” I followed Twilight into the castle’s library, Twilight frowned “Why are you not being weird?” I sighed “Two reasons, one I must set a good example for Trixie and two I am trying to make up for my mistakes.” Twilight nodded “I see, well could you help me reorganise some of these books.” I grabbed some books and began putting them on their proper shelves. Twilight frowned “Why aren’t you using your magic?” I groaned “My magic hasn’t recovered enough to function in such a high harmony environment such as your castle.” Twilight asked “I’ve been curious about your origins, where did you come from?” I frowned “I’ll tell a little bit but you must promise to tell nopony else, Trixie is the only one who knows all of it and I won’t tell you as much as I did tell her.” Twilight goes through the motions “Cross my heart hope to fly stick a cupcake in my eye.” I asked “Okay, have you heard of Faust?” Twilight blinked “Who hasn’t heard of Faust the goddess of ponies? What happened to her is a mystery however.” I said “She is locked away in a mountain by powerful enchantments that even the Princesses can’t break.” Twilight frowned “How do you know that?” I sighed “I was the one who locked her away.” Twilight gasped “WHAT!” I frowned “It was a sibling disagreement, it runs in the family.” Twilight scowled as she put the pieces together “You locked your sister away in a mountain because of jealousy.” I snarled “I was angry alright, you don’t understand it do you. She didn’t care about me I held onto my jealousy for years and I finally snapped, I spared her daughters and left them in the care of Starswirl.” Twilight’s jaw dropped “You mean Celestia and Luna are your nieces?!” I frowned “Correct you are and I would prefer to keep that way for now.” I didn’t want them to get involved in our feud. I blinked as I heard the sound of running in the hallway, I frowned “Who is running in the hallways.” Twilight scowled “I bet it’s Trixie.” She galloped out of the library. I groaned “I hope not.” I continued to put books away when I heard explosions begin to go off. I bolted out the door as fast I could, I knew I couldn’t use my magic in here but I grinned the intruders don’t know that. I burst in to see Pinkie and Trixie standing there, I was about to click my claws when they both vanished, I groaned “She used it again.” Twilight followed me “What do you mean?” I frowned “The core of true chaos, she is it’s guardian. She wasn’t prepared for my manipulations and I didn’t know who she was. She gave me an earful afterwards, she gave me a deep gash after the Tirek incident.” Twilight frowned “Then why didn’t she stop Tirek?” I frowned “Simple chaos is incredibly dangerous and she is forbidden for using unless a threat to Harmony emerges. She was about to go to hell on Tirek before you went to the Tree of Harmony, he couldn’t disrupt her body’s connection to chaos because she is made of chaos.” Twilight blinked “What!” I frowned “Don’t ask her about it, even I don’t prod her about that.” Twilight whined “But but…” I stated “If your try and interact with it will turn you inside out in the best case scenario, not good for beings who need their insides inside their body to live.” Twilight sighed “Fine.” We returned to the library only to see Pinkie Pie standing there, she said “Sorry about that, it was my idea. Trixie was trying to make up for taking my mouth during the Alicorn Amulet Incident.” I frowned as Pinkie Pie bounced away “I better go, she is going to be worried.” Twilight said with a small smile “Thank you Discord, I haven't treated you fairly in the past but I can see you’ve truly changed.” I smiled back “I’m glad to here that, I definitely think Trixie has helped me change. I do need to speak with her tonight about this, I feel like we may finally become accepted here.” I felt a slight tingle in my chest as I headed home to speak to Trixie. I blinked to see Trixie shaking as she saw me enter, I sighed “I’m not mad, Pinkie told us everything.” Trixie sighed “I shouldn’t have joined in.” I shook my head “Nonsense friends work together and have fun together.” Trixie smiled “Thanks.” I gave her a small peck on the cheek “You’re welcome.” Trixie smiled “Let’s hope we can find peace in these coming months.” I nodded “I agree now let’s get some sleep before tomorrow comes.” Meanwhile A mare laughed in the Everfree Castle “Yes Starswirl’s time spell with this I will change everything but for now I have to find out a place to anchor it to.”