//------------------------------// // Chapter One // Story: The Chaos of Harmony // by Teal-Tome //------------------------------// The following day, Twilight and her friends were ready to head to Canterlot. They were up very early. “Hurry up girls! We are going to be late! I don’t want to be late to this” said Twilight. “Hold your horses, Twi, if it weren’t for Rarity’s luggage here, we would already be on the train.” Applejack finally dropped Rarity’s luggage, tired from carrying it. “What did you even pack, Tom?” The rest of the ponies giggled, except for Rarity. “Well if you want to know I want to look as nice as possible while we are in Canterlot, and Applejack, I thought I said to never talk about that again.” “Fine Sugarcube, I’ll drop it.” responded Applejack. Finally they hopped into the train and they were off to Canterlot, where they would find out more about the “new” Discord. Twilight had another plan in mind, What if this is just a trick that he is pulling on the Princesses? Back at the palace, Discord rose from his bed, walked over to the glass doors, and opened them. It was still dark out as Discord glanced at the moon, “Wow! Luna’s night is so beautiful!” Out of the corner of his eye he saw Celestia flying towards the east while Luna lowered the moon. Celestia returned to her room and headed down to Discord’s room. Celestia signaled to the Royal Guards to let her into Discord's room. When she entered his room and saw he was out on the balcony, looking over the garden where he once was trapped in stone. “So…how did you sleep Discord?” She asked. Discord turned back, “Oh good morning Celly, I haven’t slept like that in ages! How about yourself, how did you sleep?” “I slept wonderfully now that I have one of my closest friends with me once more. I’ve missed you so much.” “I’ve missed you too! So are we going to have breakfast this morning?” “Why yes, yes we are!” Celestia exclaimed. They headed down to the dining hall where they were joined by Luna. They sat at the table and ate their breakfast. “Wow! I’ve haven’t had such delicious food in ages. I need to send my regards to the chef; he did a fine job preparing this meal” Discord took a sip of his chocolate milk and continued, “I can’t believe what you did to the palace; it looks better since the last time I saw it.” “Aw! Thanks Discord! It took us decades after you disappeared to rebuild it! We love it as well!” “So what are the plans for today, Celly?” She looked at the clock then looked back at her friend, “Well, I’m waiting for some ponies that should arrive here any minutes now; they are going to help you adjust to the modern world.” “Well I can’t wait to meet these ponies!” said Discord as he, Celestia and Luna walked around the garden while they waited for Twilight and her friends to arrive. At the Canterlot train station, Twilight and the rest of the mane six arrived. They were tired from the long trip from Ponyville, and started to trotting off towards the palace. Twilight, who hadn't stopped panicking since they left Ponyville, began galloping faster and faster as the though of disappointing Princess Celestia by being late weighed heavy on her mind. As she raced quickly towards the castle her friends followed closely behind her. “Sugarcube, wait for us! She is not going to send us to the dungeon if we are late a tad bit late. She’ll understand that Tom slowed us down.” Applejack looked at Rarity while Rarity rolled her eyes at her. Twilight began to slow down and giggle. “Fine, let’s all blame it Tom.” “I thought I said we shall never speak of that again!” Rarity yelled at the group as they giggled. They had finally arrived at the palace, the royal guard was blocking the door. “What business do you have here at the palace?” “Hello. My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I have an urgent matter to attend to with the Princesses.” “Ah yes, sorry Miss Sparkle, I didn't recognize you at first. Let me get the door for you!” The guard opened the door for the group and they headed into the palace. They dropped off their things in the main lobby. She asked one of the royal guards, “Um, excuse me, where can I find Princess Celestia?” “She went on a walk with Discord and her sister, they shall be back momentarily.” Discord was taking his time sightseeing and was facinated with what he saw. As the walked Celestia was lost in though; she would eventually have to tell Discord about his past as the Lord of Chaos. She smiled at him, and they began to head back into the palace towards Celestia's room. On her way she told one of the guards to bring Twilight and her friends up to here room. “Miss Sparkle, the princess is ready for you and your friends; she is up in her room.” “Thanks! C’mon girls! Let’s go see the Princess.” Twilight signaled to the rest of the ponies and they headed up. Twilight knocked on the door. “Please come in!” Celestia exclaimed. Twilight and her friends entered the room. As they entered, they noticed Celestia, Luna, and Discord on the balcony. As the Princesses turned around to greet their guests, Discord hid himself behind Celestia, terrified of the six ponies who had just entered. Why are the ponies that tried to attack me here? Why did Celly invite them here? “Hello, my little ponies. I know this is on short notice, but this is an urgent matter. Discord needs some time to readjust to our world and I need you to keep Ponyville calm until I'm ready to show off the new Discord to the public. I don't need any rumors of Discord living here to be out in the wild. Can you do this for me?" The elements shook their heads, except for Twilight. She had her theories; she knew that Discord was just playing a trick on them. She knew that he just wanted to befriend the princesses, then takeover the kingdom once more. “Twilight Sparkle, I know that you don’t want to do this, but Discord has changed. Just give him a second chance.” Celestia plead. “Fine…I’m only doing this for you Princess Celestia, not Discord.” Celestia looked at Discord, “Discord, let me introduce you to the ponies who will be assisting you. This is Applejack, she represents the element of honesty." She pointed to the orange mare with the yellow mane and tail wearing a hat “Howdy, nice to meet ya Discord!” “This is Fluttershy, the element of kindness." She pointed to the yellow mare with the light pink mane and tail. She had been hiding behind Rainbow Dash. “Um…hi…” “This is Pinkie Pie, the element of laughter. She is the pink mare with the cotton candy mane." “Hiya Discord, can you make some more cotton candy clouds and make it rain chocolate milk? PLEASE!!!!” “I guess…” He used his magic to make cotton candy clouds and made it rain chocolate rain as Pinkie Pie rushed under the cloud to drink it up. “This is Rarity, the element of generosity." She pointed towards the white mare with the luxurious amethyst mane and tail. “Why hello, Discord, you are looking so marvelous today!” Discord blushed a bit as Celestia continued, “This is Rainbow Dash, she represents the element of loyalty. She is the sky blue mare with the rainbow colored mane and tail. She is quite the flyer." “Hey there Discord!” “And finally, I present to you my faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, she is the element of magic. She is the purple mare with the navy mane with a pink highlight." “Hello Miss Sparkle!” Discord walked towards everypony and shake their hoofs, except for Twilight. She was being very rude towards Discord. Celestia looked over at Twilight, and Twilight finally went over and shook Discord's hoof. Luna, Discord, and the rest of Twilight’s friends started to head out of Celestia’s room. Rainbow Dash stopped Discord and asked him, "So do you have an awesome name that we can call you rather than "Discord"? Do you remember what you were called back before Equestria was created?" The draconequus pondered, "Hmmm, I think so, but I can't really remember. If I do remember, I'll tell you all!" Twilight trotted toward Celestia. “Princess Celestia, I was wondering if I could have a word with you in private?” “Why yes, what do you need Twilight, ask away.” “Well…I was wondering if you could tell me a bit more of you and Discord back when he was good. I was just curious.” “Oh…” Celestia paused, “Well, let’s just say we use to be the best of friends until…” “Until…what?” Twilight asked. “It’s quite a long story, do you have time now? I can tell it to you but you must keep it a secret.” “I cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my…ow!” Twilight yelled as she poked herself in the eye. “Was that Pinkie Pie’s famous Pinkie Pie Swear? Are you okay?” Celestia giggled. “Yes, yes it is. I promise to keep it a secret.” “Well, it all started back when Equestria was young…..” It was a sunny day in Equestria. Celestia, Luna and Discord were in the lake, cooling down after a very hot day. Celestia had her pink mane all wet from Discord splashing water at her. Luna was under a tree napping in the shade. “Discord, stop!” Celestia yelled while she was blocked him from splashing her more “You’re no fun Celly!” Discord giggled as he continued to splash water at her. Celestia finally decided to teleport herself onto the shore and she dried herself off with a towel. Discord was still in the water; he put on a puppy face and looked at Celestia. “Celly, you don’t like me splashing water at you? “It isn’t that, it’s just I need to take a break, I might catch some rays.” Luna woke up from her nap and looked at Celestia, “You’re never going to have a tan!” Celestia yelled at her sister, “LUNA, Sush!” Luna giggled and went back to sleep. Discord walked onto the shore and lay down on his towel. He grabbed his sunglasses and put them on. Celesia snuck into the lake and used her hoofs to splashed water onto Discord. Discord was all wet, and he was shivering. Celestia look at him and trotted over and covered him in her towel. She hugged him, and he began to blush. “I’m sorry Discord! I didn’t mean to get you cold. Do you forgive me?” “You know I’ll always forgive you Celly!” He didn’t want her to stop hugging him. He wanted this feeling to last forever. He began to feel butterflies in his stomach. Celestia finally let go of him. For the rest of the day he was day-dreaming; he began to grow feelings for her. A couple of weeks passed by. Discord wanted to ask Celestia if she’d be her marefriend, but he was nervous and he didn’t want to lose her a friend. He finally had the guts to tell her. He had bought some flowers and a banana cake for her since she loved eating bananas and cake. He bought himself a nice bowtie; he wanted to look good for her. He walked over to her home.and knocked on the door. Celestia opened the door. “Hey Discord, you look quite handsome this evening? What’s the special occasion?” “Oh…there is a special occasion, but I won’t say what it is." “C’mon Discord, tell me!” “Well…Celly, you have been a great friend to me. I wish our friendship would last forever…” Discord started to sweat. “And?” Celestia questioned. “I love you Celly, I want you to be my marefriend.” He handed her the flowers and the banana cake to her. She used her magic to pick them up. She was in shock and had no idea what to say to him. “Discord, please sit down. I have something to say before I tell you my answer.” Discord sat down, “What’s wrong? What did I say?” “Oh nothing, it’s just that it’s not going to work out between us. I’m a princess, I have duties to attend. I don’t have time for a relationship, especially now that I and Luna are building a kingdom. I’m sorry Discord, I have to say no.” Discord had tears coming out of his eyes, he quickly was filled with rage, he flipped the table, and looked at Celestia. “THANKS A LOT FOR NOTHING, I THOIUGHT YOU HAD THE SAME FEELINGS TOWARDS ME. I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME! I’M LEAVING, I HOPE YOUR KINGDOM FALLS!” Discord opened the door, left, and slammed it shut on his way out. Celestia could hear him crying, and suddenly the crying stopped. Celestia opened the door, and Discord was nowhere to be found. He had left for good. Celestia cried, “I just lost my best friend, what have I done!” “After that, Discord went on a rampage, he created chaos all over Equestria. He didn’t stop even after I apologized to him. That’s when we took matters into our own hands and imprisoned him as a statue. “ ”So do you think that his memory was erased before he asked you out?” “Yes, I think that is what the elements did to him.” “Wow, well that was quite a story. It seems it’s time for me and the girls to relax and enjoy Canterlot for the day. We should be back in Ponyville tomorrow." “Bye my faithful student.” Twilight left the room and Celestia was looking at an old painting where Discord and Celestia were together. She smiled at it. She was glad that she had her friend back.