—(0, Discord’s Rule)—
Ordirus sits at the grand table of marble, enjoying a well prepared salad. His orange hair with red tips flows behind him. His green eyes look to the end of the table.
Discord pops in, wearing colorful clothes gifted to him by the citizens of Everfree. He smiles as he starts to eat his own salad.
Ordirus looks over at his brother, “Well, you are finally back.”
Discord nods, “I liked Everfree. Very nice place, very nice magical artifact in the middle. Bit cold, but that doesn’t matter much.”
Ordirus smiles, “Not often do you stay out for more than a fortnight. A year was a surprise.”
He shrugs, “What can I say? Chaos is my thing and all. Oh, I ran into Celly and Lulu there.”
Ordirus leans back, “How are my daughters doing away from home?”
Discord smiles, “You can ask them yourself. I convinced them to come on back and for us to all have a party.”
Ordirus laughs, “Isn’t every day a party for you?”
Discord laughs back, “Ah, yes, but rarely a party with you involved.”
Ordirus looks down, taking another bite, “Yes, I do not have many parties, do I? Nor do I see my citizens either. Tell me, brother, what do they think of me?”
Discord smiles, “You are their stable king. They know they can rely upon you, even if they’ve never seen you. So, the opposite of me.”
Ordirus nods, “Perhaps I should change that, then. You have parties whenever you want. Perhaps I could have one that happens every year. One for every citizen to come and meet their King.”
Discord nods, “Oh yes, that is a wonderful idea!”
Ordirus smiles, “I can call it the... Grand Galloping Gala. Yes, that is a very good name. It can be a way to welcome the Fall.”
Discord takes another bite, “It will do them good to see you. In all the artwork you are depicted as being larger than life. Perhaps we should get a realistic painting of you.”
Ordirus nods, “Perhaps a self portrait within a mountain range. Maybe a sea instead, with an island to be my eyes and a line of inactive volcanos for my hair. Maybe we should all have our images within the land.”
Discord laughs, “Oh, good luck getting one of me!”
Ordirus smiles, “I’m serious! A ocean for Luna in the west where the sun sets, a ocean for Celestia in the east where the sun rises. A ocean and volcano range for me, and a bunch of taverns for you.”
Discord smiles, and takes a deep swig from a tankard, “Ah yes, the ponies shall get drunk within me! It’s not a bad idea, in all honesty.”
Ordirus looks up from his plate, right to Discord.
As he does, a deep roar fills the castle, and a blue beam appears behind Discord. A figure stands within the beam, and Ordirus sees his muscles twitch, “Brother, dodge!”
Discord moves to the side, but a hoof still hits him. He goes flying out of his chair and against a wall, one of his two snaggleteeth.
Ordirus summons his blade, and the shards assemble in front of him. A handle made of wood and stone, with a blade made of solid magma, and the crossguard made of ice.
He hops out of his seat, and faces the intruder. What he sees is a corrupted version of himself. It’s eyes glowing bright white, and his mane turned into an inky black.
He immediately knows what is going on, and drops his blade, “This is not what we should be.”
Ordirus tilts his head, “We are the sentinel of Order. I have accepted this. I know how to ensure Order. You waste time trying other solutions, yet you know the real solution.”
King Ordirus walks closer to him, “Death is not Order. Order is control, not blood!”
Ordirus looks in his eyes, “Control of the fate of ponies. In order to control, we need to kill all and make something new. W can grant them happiness in true Order, not the mockery that you push for.”
King Ordirus shakes his head, “You are wrong, but you will never listen. Kill me, if you must.”
Discord shouts out as his brother is hit with a punch, “Brother, fight him! We can take him!”
King Ordirus looks over to his brother, and shakes his head, “There is no way this can end other than death. Either the death of one, or the death of many. I choose one.”
Ordirus picks up the King in a telekinetic grip, “All will die, Order commands so.”
King Ordirus’s throat starts to get crushed, but he doesn’t lose eye contact with his brother, “I trust... Edis. He will be stopped. Heroes... far beyond me.” A single tear falls from his eye, “Protect my daughters.”
His breath stops, and his soul leaves him. It gets absorbed into Ordirus, who takes the power gratefully.
He calls the blade over to him, and faces Discord, “I never succeeded in killing you, Chaos. Even home. Allow me to fix that.”
He sends the blade flying towards Discord, intent on pinning his neck to the wall.
It is stopped as another loud roar sounds, and a blue beam lands in front of Discord.
The blade is stopped in it’s tracks by a red, white, and blue shield.
Applejack glares at Ordirus, “You will fail.”
Ordirus smiles as Applejack runs towards him.
His blade splits into it’s fourteen shards, and he sends them all flying at her at different angles.
Applejack jumps in an attempt to escape them, but they aim perfectly despite his movement. She uses her shield to block the largest shard, but the rest are able to go through her.
She collapses to the ground, dead. Ordirus draws something from a bag in response.
The hilt of a blade.
He absorbs Applejack’s soul into the hilt, and nods as another sixth of a blade comes out, making one third of the blade.
He looks towards Discord, and shakes his head. He approaches with his blade, only to be stopped by a bright green glow.
The Time Stone floats above Applejack, with a blinding green glow. It builds up energy, until it explodes into frangmets that enter Applejack’s body, and send Ordirus flying.
She stands from the ground, with her shield flying to her front leg. She smiles, her green glowing eyes mirroring it, and tilts back her hat, “Well, we’re ready to go again! Come on you no good alicorn, and face the strength of an earth pony!”
Ordirus flips over in midair, and lands facing her, “A new trick, I must admit. One I can rectify.”
She snorts, “Well, you ain’t facing just Steve anymore. Naw, you made us madder. Face... well, we didn’t exactly come up with a name. Let’s go with... Capplejack then!”
Ordirus nods, “Well, I wish I could. But, I think I have better things to do.”
The blue beam comes down around him, and he is sent back to the present.
Capplejack uses the power of the Time Stone, and readies to return to the present, “You ain’t getting away that easy!”
Discord is left behind. He crawls over to his brother, and puts his hands on him.
He leans down, and hugs him up, “No... no... you can’t. Don’t leave me, Ordirus... please. Be joking... I need you. I need you!”
The doors open, with Celestia and Luna walking in. Celestia sees Discord over the dead body of her father, and rushes over to him, “Discord?!”
Luna flies after her, “What did you do?!”
He looks over at them, the tears falling from his eyes filling them right back up.
The misery from the two gifts him chaotic power, extracting a heavy toll on his mind.
His eyes slowly start to turn yellow, and he laughs, “This is all just a big joke, isn’t it? Isn’t it! Life is just so funny!”
He raises his talons as Celestia backs up, “What happened?”
He smiles, and snaps, “The world was gifted to me!” He looks back the second before he dissapears, and his sanity returns for a second, “And I will protect them.”