//------------------------------// // Studying // Story: The Cause of Chaos // by ShowShine //------------------------------// The creature sat on a table, watching Starswirl walking around his house. He was collecting multiple items for a few experiments. Starswirl walked towards the table with multiple items in his magic grasp. He placed all of the items next to him on the floor and looked at the creature. He looked the creature in his eyes. "Where are you from?" Starswirl asked. The creature blinked at him with a blank expression. Could this thing not understand Ponish? "Do you understand me?" He asked slowly. The creature nodded his head. He was surely old enough to speak, he seemed older than Luna. Maybe the creature was just too uncivilized to speak. Starswirl flipped open his journal and dipped a quill in some ink. He levitated the creature into the air and inspected his body closely. "Hmm, head of a pony, wing of a bat, and pegasus." Starswirl said in astonishment. He continued to look at the creature and write down every animal part he could find. The creature tried to squirm out of Starswirl's magic grasp, wanting to move around and be free. "Stay still, this will only take a moment." He instructed. The creature scrunched up his nose in frustration. A bright light flashed and then the creature was gone. Starswirl took a step back in surprise. "Where did he go!?" Starswirl asked himself, looking around his house. His eyes landed on the creature that was sitting on a high bookshelf. It was too high for Starswirl to reach, even if he stood on his hind legs. The creature had a smug look on his face as his lion paw was pressed up against a glass jar. The jar had a very powerful potion that could put someone to sleep for days. Starswirl's eyes widened in realization. "Don't you dare!" Starswirl said in a serious tone. The creature gave a large smile before slowly sliding the jar off the shelf. The jar started to fall off the high shelf, plummeting towards the ground at a rapid speed. Before the jar could hit the ground, he caught it with his magic. Starswirl placed the jar on the ground and let out a sigh of relief. He angrily looked up at the creature. "Get down from here this instant!" Starswirl ordered while stomping his hoof on the ground. The creature let out a giggle and started to walk across the shelf. As he walked across the shelf, he knocked off books and potions. Starswirl followed along the shelf, catching each book and potion bottle before they hit the ground. The creature let out loud laughs as he hopped from shelf to shelf. "Stop it!" Starswirl shouted, running after the creature. Books and potions started to fall too fast for Starswirl to catch. Books fell to the ground with loud thuds. He caught the potion bottles to make sure they didn't shatter. Any loose potion could lead to a major disaster. The creature hopped off of the shelf and opened his wings, gliding down to the ground. The creature safely landed on the ground and clutched onto his sides, laughing to himself loudly. Starswirl approached the creature with an angry look on his face. His face was red from anger. "Get out!" Starswirl exclaimed, pointing towards the door. The creature's ears flattened and his eyes got big. He pouted and let out a whimper. "No, don't make me go!" The creature exclaimed fearfully. Starswirl's eyes widened in surprise. "You can talk?!" Starswirl asked in disbelief. The creature nodded his head, looking down at the ground. He looked very guilty. "Please don't make me leave, I don't make me leave, I promise I won't do anything bad again." He apologized. Starswirl's face softened. He was only a child, Starswirl couldn't stay mad at him. He looked the creature up and down. He let out a sigh. "Do you have anywhere to go?" Starswirl asked. The creature shook his head. Starswirl frowned. He would feel guilty if he kicked out a homeless child. "Do you even have parents?" He asked. The creature sulked lower and shook his head. Starswirl's ears flattened and he let out a low groan. "You can stay with me," Starswirl said reluctantly. Either this kid was going to kill him, or his conscious would. The creature's face lit up happily, making Starswirl lift his hoof. "You can stay with me if you're well-behaved. You also need to clean up this mess you caused." He said sternly. The creature nodded his head and snapped his fingers. The potion bottles and spellbooks shakily floated off of the ground. They all neatly landed in their respective spaces, in the exact same order Starswirl had left them in. This took Starswirl by surprise. It took him years to learn that level of magic and it seemed that this small child could do it perfectly. Once the creature was finished cleaning up the house, he turned around to face Starswirl and gave him a big smile. "Where did you learn that level of magic?" Starswirl asked in disbelief. The creature shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno, I just know it." He stated. How powerful was this child? He needed to find out. Starswirl scribbled down words in his notebook, learning more and more about the creature he had found. He had officially named this new species 'Draconequus'. The creature had told him how he grew up alone without any friends or family. It was rather sad but Starswirl was just happy that he had finally discovered something big. "Can you breathe fire?" Starswirl asked. He assumed that the dragon part of the creature could breathe fire. He nodded his head and slowly inhaled. He blew out a small red flame that could only be used to light a tiny candle. Starswirl wrote down that fact. He could write a whole book on this creature! Everything about him was amazing to Starswirl. The creature let out a yawn and rubbed his eyes. Starswirl gave a disappointed look. Was he tired already? They had only been experimenting for 3 hours straight. They haven't scratched the surface of their experiment! He looked back down at his journal to see a blank spot on the top of it. He had never written the creature's name down. He had never been bothered to learn it. "What's your name?" Starswirl asked. The creature let out another yawn and started to lay down on Starswirl's desk. "I don't have one." He stated. Starswirl couldn't just keep calling him 'The Creature', it would get annoying. He thought to himself for a good name. What name suited this creature? "Your new name is Discord. It's very fitting for you." Starswirl said with a smile. Discord gave a small smile and leaned his head onto a book. "I like that name," Discord said with a smile before drifting off to sleep. Starswirl levitated a blanket and placed it over Discord. Maybe this wasn't going to be that bad.