“Ah, The things I’m going to do! They’ll put my previous changes to shame!” Discord cackled as he gazed upon the unsuspecting town.
Luna just stood completely speechless. She had failed miserably and now they were at Discord’s mercy…
“Bu-but…” Twilight said, her lip quivering as she looked at him. “We found a Draconequus! Why didn’t we win?”
“Oh come now Twilight, let’s face it. You’ve gone crazy, and that’s coming from me!” He chuckled. “I won and you lost. That’s all there is to it!”
“But…then what were we supposed to be looking for?” She asked with a pout.
“Ugh, isn’t it obvious? It was a manticore! They have the body of a lion, a scorpion’s tail and wings! All different animals, just like me! Really, I thought it was too easy, considering how smart you usually are...”
“Hey! I’m smart! Yes…so very, very smart…” She cackled, stroking her mane as she spoke.
Discord just laughed at her. “Well, I’d love to stay and chat, but I have plans to make up! Just wait and see! It’ll be amazing!” He flashed Luna a toothy grin before teleporting off, leaving the two mares alone at the edge of the forest.
“Well…” Luna finally spoke up. “We should probably be heading back to Ponyville. Who knows what Discord will be planning for tomorrow…”
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“OW!” Luna screeched in pain. She gritted her teeth again as the brush moved through her mane, getting snagged in random patches of chocolate and orange soda. The more she pulled the more hairs were yanked from her skull, resulting in a great deal of pain.
“I’ve got it! What if we hired a bunch of hit ponies to take out Discord?! Oh, but we wouldn’t have the bits…” Twilight sobbed in the corner. She had been this way for the past half hour; just sitting there and coming up with insane ideas to end the wedding.
“Twilight, now you’re just talking crazy… None of these ideas will work. Maybe you should get some rest?” Luna suggested, cringing in pain again as she furiously tried to fix her mane.
“THAT’S IT! WE’LL BURN DOWN THE CASTLE!!!” She suddenly yelled, letting out a mad cackle as she clapped her hooves together. “Then they’ll have nowhere to have the wedding and they’ll have to call it off! It’s brilliant, there’s no way it could fail!”
Luna put a hoof to her forehead. Discord had reduced the both of them to a truly pathetic team. Twilight was completely useless in this state, and even she was starting to have doubts that they could break up the two.
“Oh I have some matches around here somewhere, where are they?!” Twilight said aloud to herself as she flung open a drawer, sending its contents flying across the room. “Darn it Spike! Stop moving my things!” She threw open another drawer, doing the same as before.
Had anypony been looking at Luna they would have noticed a visible twitch to her eye; this pony was driving her insane. If she had to spend even another minute with this infernal pony she’d probably grab one of the knives from the kitchen, put it against her chest, and plunge it directly into her-
“Ah, screw it!” Twilight finally announced in frustration, dropping to the ground in the middle of the library. The place was now a mess, with extra quills, bits of parchment, and broken bottles of ink lying all over the room. Too bad her assistant wasn’t there to clean it up.
Luna sighed and threw the brush to the side, finally giving up in her fruitless crusade to rid her hair of the orange soda and chocolate. “It’s been a long day and I’m exhausted, we can plan more tomorrow…”
“Oh don’t worry, I’m fine! You can go to sleep princess, I’ll keep thinking!” Twilight grinned before returning to her lonely corner.
Luna rolled her eyes before heading off to the bedroom.
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Luna felt something poking her slightly, in response she moaned and squirmed under the covers. Again she was poked, and she let out a groan. The relentless thing refused to stop, and continued jabbing her. Finally having enough she popped open her eyes and looked to the side.
Sitting right beside her, with a devilish grin was Twilight Sparkle. Her eyes were bloodshot, and her mane had somehow gotten messier. “Hiiiiii Princess!!!”
“Gah!” Luna shouted, jumping backwards right off the bed. Standing to her feet, she was breathing incredibly fast, eyeing the unicorn with fear and anger. “How long have you been there?”
“Oh,” Her voice sounded like hooves on a chalkboard, “About an hour! I wanted to wake you early so we can come up with more ideas!”
“How early is it?” Luna questioned, peering into the window just above her. It didn’t make sense. It was almost pitch black out. The sun should have been out by now… was her sister getting lazy? “What time is it?”
“Nine O’clock!”
“That can’t be right…” She responded firmly, still gazing out the window. Then suddenly she saw a sight that made her heart fill with dread. The sun was out. And it was dark. “Discord…”
Luna swiftly turned and headed for the staircase. Racing down the steps. Twilight followed right behind her, trying her best to keep up. As the moon princess made it into the main room a look of horror crossed her face. “What in Celestia happened here?!”
The room was an even bigger mess then before. There were books everywhere, and several of the bookcases were tipped over. Smashed bottles of ink and torn pages littered the ground, and random assortments of objects lay about. But that wasn’t what scared her. It was the huge, bright red words that were printed all along the walls.
ALL CHAOS AND NO ORDER MAKES TWILIGHT A DULL GIRL
“T-t-twilight, did you do this?” Luna asked, stuttering as she spoke.
“Oh yes! I thought the place needed a little redecorating!” Twilight said happily as she rushed downstairs. “Look at all the idea’s I came up with!” She held up a stained piece of parchment, having been completely drenched with ink it was illegible.
Luna gave her an odd look, “Um, alright…” She’s gone even crazier, just how that happened I have no idea… It’s probably best just to leave her, who knows what she could do next… She ignored her and made her way to the door, pushing past all sorts of junk to get there. Finally reaching it, she threw open the door to reveal the horrors behind it.
The ground was all multi colored, with massive patches of blue, green, pink and yellow all over. The sky looked like it was day and night at the same time. While it was dark and the stars were out, the sun still sat there, just as bright as before. It hurt her head just thinking about it…
Yet despite all this chaos, there was still many ponies bustling about. Some looked at the sky with confusion, while some paid it no attention. Ponyville had been the victim of a great many disasters, so some of the citizens just accepted whatever kept coming their way.
“Where is that Draconequus?” Luna questioned, looking left and right for the cause of all this. The houses had retained their house like shape; however they were all painted differently colors. Some of them looked simply horrid, while others actually had color’s that matched.
Stamping her hoof in frustration she took to the sky and scanned the town for Discord. The entire town was in this chaotic state, with nothing being spared. After a few minutes of searching, she finally caught sight of the Draconequus. He was barley visible as it was still dark out. Immediately, she flew down and landed right in front of him.
The spirit of Chaos was sitting on a throne, just about to enjoy a glass of his favorite beverage. “Luna! I was wondering when you’d get here!” He said before drinking the glass and throwing away the chocolate milk. Surprisingly, it didn’t explode.
“Discord! Tell me right now what you’ve done with my moon! It should be down right now!”
“It’s fine! You’re moon is down, that’s just a fake!”
“But-what? Never mind…” Luna said, giving up with that. Discord never made sense.
“Don’t like it? Well that’s too bad… Chaos is an art you know.”
“That it is!” Pinkie Pie yelled happily, jumping out of nowhere. “Now make with the chocolate milk!”
Discord laughed, “Oh Pinkie Pie, I’m glad someone appreciations my work.” He snapped his fingers and a cotton candy
cloud appeared, drenching the pink pony with chocolate milk. “What do you say we go pull some pranks soon?”
“That’d be great!” Pinkie Pie laughed between a mouthful of the sugary beverage.
Wait a second, this was a perfect opportunity! Maybe this loss would pay off… “Ha! You think you’re so smart, Discord? Well, I can just go tell Celestia that you’re back to your old tricks! She won’t be able to deny it with the evidence right in front of her!” Luna went to teleport but she was cut off.
“Like that’ll work! She’d believe me over you, and besides, you wouldn’t even be able to talk to her! She’s much too busy with the wedding.”
“You’ll see! She’ll have to listen to me!” She yelled back, teleporting away with a flash. Discord just shook his head and laughed.
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A lone guard stood outside the door to the Princess’s chambers. He stood there waiting nervously for someone to answer the door. Finally, it swung open, and a well dressed mare poked her head out.
“What is it? The Princess is very busy!” She barked at him.
“Um, I uh… There’s been a problem in Ponyville, It’s important that she look at it right away!”
“Well I’m extremely busy right now! Send it off to my sister! We are co-rulers you know, why do I always have to do all the work?” The voice of the princess echoed from within the room.
The mare gave him a stern look, “Well, you heard her! Off with you!” She yelled before slamming the door shut. The guard just looked around, unsure of what to do.