DIVIDED FOUNDATIONS CHAPTER 15: Stone Dust
LUNA: Sister! Sister!
CELESTIA: LUNA?! LUNA?!
DISCORD: CELESTIA, WAIT!
Celestia rushes to her sister. They collide and embrace, falling to the palace floor. Discord rushes over looking at them. The other ponies also. Celestia releases herself and takes Luna by her face looking at her.
CELESTIA: Oh, Luna! I wish not to lose you again! We did it... We created new elements...
LUNA: What?! But how is this so?! You trusted... "him"?
DISCORD: Yep, that's Lulu.
Discord walks away assured. Luna looks over Discord, then at Celestia. Luna rises to her feet. Celestia stands. The two sisters look at each other. Luna looking at Celestia with lowered brows.
LUNA: There is nothing I can do about it now.
CELESTIA: We have also made a truce... The Balance of Equestria and Other Realms Act. But that is to be discussed later.
LUNA: Yes, she is on-
QUEEN CHANGELING: All ready here!
Everyone in the room turn to her voice. Discord sighs and crosses his arms.
DISCORD: So it was you that set me out of stone... No wonder why.
QUEEN CHANGELING: Why Celestia could not remember, doing it? Yes. But I have as much as I need, now. Not nice being tricked, is it, spirit of chaos? Or are you anymore. You should be back to your flesh self after these days. Losing power, becoming more like a mundane pony. Maybe you can still tie a knot in someones shoe. But ponies do not wear shoes too often! HAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!
Discord rushes toward the Queen. He then poofs a rope and loops it through her holes, tied a knot and hung her from the top of the roof. Discord then flaps his wings, descending, holding his chin, with eyes closed.
Queen Changeling struggling and prying about, upside down.
DISCORD: Well that alt to keep her busy for a few. So little ponies. Do whatever you did to me last time, to her!
Discord crosses his arms and looks down at the new Mane seven.
TWILIGHT: Come on!
Twilight leads the pack toward the elements of balance. The group looks down at the gems. They were blank in color but full of energy.
DERPY: So... Umm... How is this done?
TWILIGHT SPARKLE: Concentrate on your Element. Yours is acceptance. Just think of the positive things that come with that and the power will come to you.
DERPY: Oh... o.k.
Derpy watches as the other ponies receive their new elements. The colors start to form around the individual ponies, turning into jeweled necklaces. Derpy takes in a deep breath and thinks of the element. She feels the power flowing in from within her. She suddenly feels something clasp around her neck and opens her eyes. To her delight, it is the new element of acceptance.
DERPY: I DID IT! I DID IT!
TWILIGHT: Good! The more the merrier. Now Lets' go!
The queen sees the new element ponies come after her. She just manages to cut herself free, with her crooked horn, dodging a blast from them.
RARITY: Darn! She's like a fly!
TWILIGHT: Let's all concentrate our power!
The ponies float into the air. Their eyes glow as they pause in mid air. The changeling queen looks around in desperation. She then finds her target.
QUEEN CHANGELING: Round two, Celestia?
Celestia and The queen start battle. The element ponies stop and look on. They rush over towards the fight, but they were too late. The changeling queen had once again attended t stab Celestia. But This time, it missed it's mark. Her Horn went into the chest of Discord.
Celestia cocked her head back, and looked at discord, standing in front of her. she could see the end of the changeling queen's horn coming out of discord's back. the changeling queen quickly pulls the horn out. Discord staggers, but keeps standing, holding the wound. he feels something familiar and unwanted. Looking down at his wound, turning to stone. Discord sighs, dropping his head back, closing his eyes and then looking at queen changeling,with lowered brows, sickly.
DISCORD: Really?
QUEEN CHANGELING: I WAS hoping that I could lure you into being my husband. With our power there would of been nothing that could stop us. But you went soft. So I set out to defeat the one pony that wrapped her hoof around your chaotic heart.
CELESTIA: Discord... Discord, please-
QUEEN CHANGELING: I broke into the canterlot archives and stole memories from that walking library that you call "storyteller". In fact the last that I saw that thing, it was being crushed within the rubble.
DINKY: You lie!
QUEEN CHANGELING: Aww, do you have feelings for that thing, little one? I'm not hungry right now, I'm still full off of the love and mixed emotions of these two. When Discord denied my offer and thought he sent me away, I knew that he had plans for you. As I thought He kept you as a pet, not harming you.
TWILIGHT: So that is what you met by "A war", Princess?
CELESTIA: Yes.... Discord had told me that she had approached him. Oh.. no... Twilight, LUNA!
DISCORD: There's nothing you can do, Celestia. My body was already weak-
Discord falls into Celestia's hoofs. She hold's him looking down at his body. Luna and Twilight sparkle try to revere the spell, but unfortunately make it worse. They stop and gasp.
CELESTIA: NO! No, oh nooo....
DISCORD: It seems that irony is my only friend. I made the Elements of harmony into dust. Now I myself are turning into dust.
Discords feet broke and started to turn to powder. As the stone quickly rushed to his neck he looked at Celestia, raising a half some paw to her.
DISCORD: You promised that party. Even if I'am dust, I wish to be in a bucket and in attendance. And one last thing...
CELESTIA: Your going to be there in the fur and scales and feather's discord...
DISCORD: Still arguing with... me... Celestia...?
CELESTIA: Discord?
DISCORD: You never told me what your.... favor...rite.... candy...
CELESTIA: BUTTERSCOTCH! Butterscotch...
DISCORD: Huh... I always saw you.... as a chocolate or bubble gum kind of girl....
CELESTIA: DISCORD! SAVE-YOUR-ENERGY!
DISCORD: Why are you... calling me "Discord"... My name is Playtrick... My little pony...
Celestia gasps and looks at... Playtrick... Wide eyed. His face turned to stone. She Closes her eyes and rubs his stone face with her cheek. Tightly closing her eyes, she feels the rain of dust fall from her face and hooves.
Celestia lowers her head. She then lifts it back and screams at the top of her lungs. the room was full of tears. Except for the cruel Changeling Queen. She stepped over and stomped her hoof in the dust.
QUEEN CHANGELING: Yes it is a shame. Such a waste. The both of you were...
Celestia's eyes turn fiery. She shows her teeth and points her head at queen changeling. Queen changeling lowers her head and blows some of the dust away. The rest of the room gasps.
APPLEJACK: Have you no shame?!
QUEEN CHANGELING: I only feel shame that I did not think of this-
The queen is interrupted by a flaming princess celestia, barreling into her. Even twilight sparkle was afraid of this rare transformation of the princess. Total fire. A fire so hot it burned the air making smoke trails were ever celestia ran.
TWILIGHT: I think we best stay back for this one...
TO BE CONTINUED!!!