It was a relatively peaceful day for the school. Discord sits with with Chaos students, and talks to them about how to cooperate with the other cliques. After getting to know each other a bit over the weekend, the four teachers had decided that their students would only be more effective working together. First Discord had to teach his students to share chaos with others, and not become a closed off isolated clique.
The Disfavored and Scarlet Chorus glare at each other through the corner of their eyes, but they never act upon their feelings. The Changelings still glare at the Magic Thieves, but talk and mingle among the Crystals. The room is less aggressive and tense than most days, and almost everybody is there. All except for Sunset Shimmer, who is oddly missing.
That is, until the door opens, and she comes in. She slightly pants from some sort of exertion, and takes a seat. Discord calmly looks over to her, “Is there any reason you were missing?”
She looks back with slight annoyance, “I had something to do.”
Discord shrugs, “Today something special or something?”
She leans back, “Oh, not much. It’s only the thirtieth Moon.”
Discord scratches his beard a bit, “Thirtieth Moon? Why do I feel like that’s important… ah, whatever.” He turns back to his Chaos students, “So, share the treasure, yes?”
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It was only an hour later that a sound disturbed the quiet school. The doors, first being ran into, then being shoved open. Someone stumbling around in boots, and gasps of shock.
Discord walks to the door, and looks at his students, “Alright, I’m going to go check that out. Please, be nice as I’m gone. If you have any problems, solve them through rock-paper-scissors.”
Discord walks down the halls as the bell is about to ring. He hears a young male voice and a young female voice speaking in the entry hallway. They seem to be talking about something serious.
He then turns the corner, and sees a student next to a dog. This particular student being purple, having purple eyes, and a purple mane with pink stripes. The dog being purple, with green additions, who was in the middle of talking. He sees the teacher turn the corner, and recovers quickly, “Um... bark?”
The student turns around, and speaks kindly to the teacher, “Hello there, Sir, we are here to retreave a stolen crown from our world. Is there any way you might be able to get out the crown from inside this display case?”
Discord stares in shock at the familiar human, “By me, you are daft aren’t you?”
Twilight does a double take, “Say what now?”
Discord takes a glance at the clock, only to see it ticking down, almost time for school to be over. He gives Twilight his most commanding look, “You will follow me.”
She gasps, “I’m not in trouble am I?”
Discord takes another worried glance at the clock, before glaring at Twilight, “No. Now follow me, Sparkle. There are matters to discuss these students would interfere in.”
Twilight perks at the mention of her name, and follows after Discord as he storms down the hall. Her curiosity leading her along as she follows Discord into a meeting room. She walks in with Spike, and Discord slams the door behind her, locking the door and pulling the blinds.
Twilight puts Spike down, “Is there any reason you want to talk, Sir?”
Discord looks at her, “You still call me Sir? Oh, Twilight, what happened to you? What simpleton decided to replace your brain with their own?” He leans over his own back, “You don’t recognize me? Oh, my dear, you injure me.”
Twilight looks at Discord a little closer, “Is there a reason I should know you?”
Discord actually flinches, “Okay, that actually hurt a little. Do you not remember the maze? The skating at the Acres? The Tatzelwurm? The Blue Flu?” He smiles as realization washes over her face, “That’s right! It’s-“
She shouts, “Discord!” She stands up suddenly, unlocking her human instinct to raise her fists, “I don’t know how you got here, but I will stop you!”
Discord stands back up with indifference, “You still think I’m the same Discord from the history books. Let me tell you something, Sparkle. I’ve learned, I’ve changed.”
She doesn’t back down, “After you betrayed us to Tirek, you think I will trust you?”
Discord picks at one of his nails, “You are naive, Twilight. For one to believe I simply betrayed you, with nothing else going on in my mind, is truly naive.”
Twilight seethes at Discord, “You are no different than the monster you were.”
Discord loses his calm as something inside snaps, “No difference?” He appears in front of Twilight, and starts to walk closer and closer as he glares at her with changing eyes, “I was insane! Every friend I made passed away within a blink of an eye! Love causes naught but pain! So I shared that pain and killed, brutally and chaotically! You are still alive, Sparkle! That is proof there! You have no idea of what I’ve gone through!”
Twilight backs up, “Discord...”
He continues on, “I joined Tirek because he was immortal, and was a friend! I thought he was my one chance at having a friend who I could spend eternity with! He betrayed me, and I realized my mistake! You do not realize what I lost when you sealed me again. Fluttershy was everything to me, and I only realize now that she is gone. Fluttershy was the morpheme to the pain of loss inside of me. And now that she’s gone... it hurts. It really, really hurts.” Discord loses the mad look in his eyes, and collapses back into a chair, “And now she blames herself for what I’ve done. All I’ve done is ruin her life more... all because I couldn’t withstand the pain. She’ll die with that disappointment and self loathing, and I can do nothing about it. For all my power as a god, that is not something I can do. Equestria is gone for one thousand years, and when I get back, she’ll be gone.” He looks up at Twilight, a defeated look in his eyes, “That’s why I’m going to help you, Twilight. You can talk to Fluttershy, let her know not to blame herself. And, well... I want to repay you after what I did. Tell me, my dear, why are you here?”