Dark Chops waited outside of his and his wife's bed room. Screams of agony could be heard to the next town over, but if you were in the house you could hear the midwife trying to calm down Rosemary, the mother. Soon, the screaming stopped, the pleads to keep pushing stopped. Everything was quiet, and Dark Chops didn't like the quiet. A few minutes later, the sound of a baby whining broke the tension. Immediately, the new father burst open the door to reveal his tired looking wife, the tired looking midwife, and the new born baby being held by the tired looking midwife. The new baby looked exactly like her mother, the sleek white coat, her bubblegum pink hair, and the little one was also an earth pony.
"It's a little girl, Madame Mayor." whispered the midwife.
Rosemary smiled, she had everything she wanted, power, a family, and a new house. Rosemary glanced around the room. What used to be a shabby wooden house was now a marble mansion. The white mare held her new born baby. "What should we name her?" murmured Rosemary, happy tears flooding her eyes.
"Let's name her Celeste." smiled her husband. After sharing a kiss together they smiled at the baby, never wanting that moment to end.
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A year later, Rosemary sat in her office, slowly sipping her tea. Dark Chops was at the house watching her daughter, Celeste. She was a beautiful young baby, who always smiled and laughed. She even spoke a few words from time to time. Sadness washed over the mother's face as she glanced around the office. “I can give you power, but I need your first daughter..." the words echoed through Rosemary's head like a ticking clock.
Rosemary remembered how she became mayor. Under the guidance of Discord she murdered her way to the top. The pink-haired mare put her head in her hooves. "Why did I do this?" she muttered.
"Because you wanted all that you have today!" laughed an all too familiar voice.
"Discord!" shouted Rosemary. "Why the hell did you decide to show your face to me again!? You turned me into a murderer! All for what? To be mayor! I could have just run for mayor but no! I had to kill a good man so I could be on top! You killed the real me." Rosemary whispered the last part, despair tugging at her tone.
"But you wanted to be mayor right? And have a nice house with your husband and children?" Discord smiled changing heads around in the pictures in the office.
"Not like this!" growled Rosemary, standing up. "I don't even think I'm letting you lay a finger on my baby girl!"
"Too late!" Chuckled Discord as he snapped his fingers. Soon, a cloud of bubblegum pink smoke entered the office. "Say good bye to your daughter!"
Rosemary now saw the smoke was her daughter. Celeste looked scared and she was crying. "It’s okay sweetie."
Rosemary then faced Discord. "Let may baby girl go!"
"Sorry Rose, but we had a deal." And with that, the smoke wrapped around Discord then disappeared inside of him.
All that Rosemary could hear was the screams of her baby and the laughs of the monster that was killing her. Soon the smoke was gone, except for a glowing piece of fur where Discord's heart was. "Help me mommy," it said before fading.
Rosemary dropped to the ground. "What have I done?" she muttered before sobbing. "My baby girl! I killed you!" Discord gave a wicked grin before snapping his fingers and disappearing.
Rosemary stayed at her office all night, sobbing on the floor. When the sun's rays washed over the office the next morning, Rosemary was covered in sweat and tears. Soon, a line from a song she forgot about played back in her head:
Never make deals with the devil, because there's a price to being a pearl.