“When you're the only one I've dreamed of, you turned me away.
Turning me into the monster I am today.”
It took both of the princesses a couple of solid weeks to fully accept the facts as they were. To accept the fact their mother and father had become part of them. Luna bared the very soul of Father in her and Celestia had Mother’s.
On one day did Discord woke up earlier than his love and gave her a kiss on her cheek. The princess slowly began to open her eyes as a small yet warm smile was formed on her face. “Morning my love,” she said in a loving tone.
“Morning Tia,” he replied to her. He looked her loving in the eyes. She began to cuddle up against him as her hooves found her way around him. He wrapped his arms around her and their faces comes closer to each other. Their lips met each other once more, resulting in a loving kiss.
While time began to slowly progress by, Celestia broke the kiss and she spoke her words. “I must raise the sun, sweetie. I will meet you in the throne room.” Discord nodded to her words and let her go. The mare smiled to him as she removed herself from the bed as her wonderful pink mane was covering one of her equally wonderful eyes. She gracefully made her way to the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
Discord snapped his fingers and the curtains began to open themselves. He let the room bath in the moonlight. He let go a small sigh and got out of bed as well and walked up to one of the windows where he started to enjoy the view. His eyes dropped themselves on the by then infamous solar altar where his love would raise the sun. And with its raising it would be creating the day.
The door of the bathroom would have opened itself once again before the princess walked back into the room. Discord turned his head towards her as he heard the sounds and a bright smile stood on his face. She made her way to him and gave the Draconequus a kiss on his lips. “Are you going to watch?” she asked after their lips had parted again.
He gave her a confirming nod after she spoke her words. “I wouldn't want to miss this for anything.” Discord spoke as his lion paw made its way through the pink mane as they gently placed their noses against each other. Their eyes simply stared into the to those of the other. After a good minute of just staring began the princess to make her way towards the altar below.
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Celestia trotted past the throne room and her eyes caught a lonely Luna who sat on the throne. She walked further into the room and nodded to her sister. Luna gave her a nod in return and a small smile before she hopped off of the throne. “Morning Tia,” she said. Then she walked up to her sister.
“Morning sister, are you ready to go to bed?” asked Celestia in a caring tone. The both of the mares wrapped their front hooves around each other, what resulted in a tight hug.
“Almost sister, after the sun is raised and I have dinner, then I shall go to bed,” spoke Luna to her sister. Who in return nodded to her words. With the greatest of care did they broke the sisterly hug. It would be Celestia who charged up her horn a little with her magic she opened a small door that was hidden within the wall. A door that revealed her whole royal attire.
Celestia began to levitate her hoof shoes, chest piece and crown, which got placed themselves on their respectable places. Luna witnessed the sight and saw the color flew back into her sister’s mane as she gently walked up to Celestia. “Meet me after the sun rise, sister,” said Luna when she left the room. The white mare looked at her sister leaving and she knew what she meant.
The alicorn of the sun would have quickly made her way over to the balcony. There she spread her wings with grace and with one powerful flap of them she made herself way through the skies. After a very small flight the princess landed on the altar with grace and began to prepare herself for the upcoming event.
Her eyes fell on the slowly lowering moon of her sister as she charged up her own horn which caused it to be coated in the very light gold aura and pointed it towards the east. Celestia lowered her head to the near ground. Her horn touched it lightly as it kept charging itself with power. The horn began to buzz of the energy stored in it and her coat began to slowly change into the same color as the aura.
The draconequus had a front row seat view at the events as his eyes were fixed on his love performing her duty. Everything appeared to be sugar and nice but in his mind was something terribly wrong for it made him cringe in pain. He heavily shook his head before he grabbed it with his hands. The eyes of Discord fell back down upon the altar and he noticed his love crawling for her life while a shadow was laughing darkly above her. His shadow.
Scared for the sight before him, he began to take steps back and turned his attention back to the bed, only to meet the biggest horror yet. A stone statue of his love, nearly shattered into pieces with his shadows laughing darkly above it. “N-No... I, I won’t believe this!” he said and began to walk to the desk. With his lion paw he took out a small piece of paper as in his eagle claw he had a quill. The desperate Draconequus began to write something down on the piece of paper before he just left the castle as a whole. He was in the need to go to somepony, somepony who could help him.
Back on the altar was the horn of the princess buzzing loud from all the energy stored. Her coat was covered in gold colored dust. She slowly began to raise her head up towards the skies and on the horizon. The very top of the sun itself became visible, shining down its first rays of light upon the dark land. The wings spread themselves wide and under a lot of stress had Celestia managed to get back in the air, raising the sun even further up into the skies.
The sun kept slowly rising until it was visible as a whole and it eventually rose further up on its own. It would let the night fade away and turn into the morning. The princess lowered herself back on the altar and turned her attention to the sun as her horn slowly discharged. A small smile appeared on the princess her face as she felt its warm rays on her coat and walked a little around the garden before making her way back to her bedroom.
When she finally did made her way back to the bedroom, her eyes fell on a piece of paper and Celestia charged her horn a little, bringing the paper to her. Her eyes began to read the written words letting go a deep sigh. “Then so it shall be,” she said before she turned herself around and began to trot over to her sister’s bedroom.
The piece of paper fell down on the bed and on it could the words be read. My dear love, unfortunately I must leave for the day. I will be back around the evening. Discord.
After a short trot through the castle, Celestia entered the lunar wing and knocked on the door which was encrusted with the moon and a couple stars. “Who is there? How did you got passed the guards!?” a voice said from the other side.
“Luna, it is me,” answered Celestia in her normal tone, “I just walked passed them.”
“Oh, come in sis,” replied her sister from the other side of the door. The white alicorn opened the door and moved into her sister’s bedroom. But when she entered, it was impossible for her eyes not to fall upon the countless measuring devices, spell books and plans which all covered the room. She gazed over the mess and giggled ever so gently. “Luna, how are you ever able to find something here?” Celestia asked just before her eyes fell upon her sister.
The blue mare laid down on her bed, on top of the star covered blankets with a book before her. Her head turned itself over to Celestia with a smile of her own. “Organized chaos, Tia.”
Celestia walked up to the bed and sat down on it at the edge of it and looked her sister a bit questioning in the eyes. “Organized chaos? How do you mean that?”
“I know where everything is around here, unless somepony changes it.” Luna spoke up and Celestia nodded in an understanding way while letting go a small giggle.
“A dangerous way if you ask me, sister. But that is not why I am here. You wanted to speak with me.”
Luna closed the book set it aside under a nod. “Yes I want...”
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Deep in the land did Discord both ran and flew as fast as he could through towns, county roads and forests. He wanted answers, he needed answers. No matter where he went, ponies yelled at him, spoke nasty words over him, but he didn't care one bit. He had one goal in his eyes he would achieve.
“Where is it..?” he mumbled in himself while he looked around from the air. “Where does he live!?” He landed in the middle of a field and looked around him. In the far distance was the small town of Trottingham to be seen. Sadly enough it was not what he needed. His eyes began to almost scan the entire surrounding hoping to get at least a sign of where he needed to be.
Though all he saw were the green field of grass and a small forest. His ears perked a little at the light rumble in the air and he looked over into the skies. “Heavy storm ahead, maybe the worst of the year yet,” he mumbled in himself. His sight removed itself from the approaching storm and back to the ground but this time it ended up looking deep into the nearby forest. The longer he stared into the forest, the more he noticed something unusual. A what appeared to be stone structure. That could be what he needed and began to walk over towards it.
When he finally did reach the mysterious stone structure, he began to inspect it a bit more. It was to be revealed as a large tower. A large tower that was covered in vegetation. Though instead of going straight up, this tower had twists everywhere. He walked up to the front door and knocked a couple times. From that moment onward, there was no going back. Answers would come to him.
“Who goes there?” a stallion's voice on the other side asked after the knock.
“Discord,” he answered.
“Give me a moment,” the voice replied to him. Not much later were the locks of the door undone by themselves. Then the door slowly began to open.
Discord slowly walked in and looked around at the bottom floor of the tower. His eyes were looking at the countless books and experiments of Celestia knows what. “Discord, it is good to see you again. It has been a while hasn't it?” the voice spoke in a friendly manner.
Discord looked around trying to find the figure that spoke but failed in finding him. “A while indeed, Starswirl.”
The elderly stallion walked from the stairs which led to the upper levels. He gave a rather well-meant smile to the draconequus. “Please, take a seat Discord, we have a lot to catch up to.”
The mish mash of creatures made his way over to the chair and sat down on it a bit nervously. “Y-yes, a lot o-of catching u-up.”
Starswirl noticed the clear as glass nervous look of Discord and he sighed a little in response. The stallion took place in a chair himself and poured two cups of tea with the help of his magic. “What is the problem if I may ask? Why are you so nervous looking?”
He looked a little shocked at him and shook his head in a disagreeable manner. “N-Nothing, nervous, where did you got the idea?”
Starswirl sighed once again and looked to him in his eyes before his words filled the air again. “Discord, I know something is wrong with you, do want to tell it or not?”
“Well, I, I,” he mumbled but much further he didn’t come. The unicorn leaned a little forward, perked his ears for the words of the draconequus. “I, I have hallucinations. Chaotic hallucinations of my love and myself. Countless things go through them, unspeakable things,” he explained, his eyes rested on the stallion. Starswirl sat in his chair and nodded to the spoken words.
“I know them, or at least I have heard of them, would be a better reply.” He stood up from his seat and walked over to one of the bookshelves as his eyes scanned the countless books. After a small amount of time he charged up his horn a little and a small aura placed itself around one of the books. it began to pull itself back and levitated over to the table.
Discord looked over to the thick book and his eyes began to cross already. Starswirl walked back to the table and he let the book rest upon it. After the stallion had moved away the chair, he opened it and began to scan page after page. Mumbles would be released every now and then before another page would be turned. “What are you looking for if I may ask?” asked Discord gently, but Starswirl was too deep in thought to answer him.
“Here we go!” Starswirl said as he pointed to a page. Discord looked at the page but couldn't understand anything from the text written for it was written in ancient Equestrian.
“What does it say?” he asked as he turned his sight back to Starswirl.
“It says, that if a creature doesn't use its powers in a regular base, the power will start to consume the mind, forcing itself to come out. One way or the other,” the stallion explained to him in a clear tone. Discord blinked a couple times to the bearded unicorn in utter confusion. Starswirl sighed a little bit as he saw the look of the draconequus. “What it means is, in order for your hallucinations to stop, you need to release your chaos magic,” he added.
At hearing the suggestion became Discord’s eyes as small as possible. “N-no! I will not do that! I can not do that! There is no way that you can make me do that!”
“Discord calm down!” Starswirl bellowed in a demanding tone. Though the creature couldn't do much else. He began to take deep breaths. “I know it will be hard for you. But you must do it. Not for me, not for her, but for yourself, Discord. Otherwise very bad things will happen to you.”
The draconequus gave a nod of understanding. He let go a deep sigh. “H-How do I bring this to, to her?” he then asked. Celestia would have gotten to know it, one way or the other.
“A gift.”
“A gift?” Discord looked a little confused to Starswirl.
He nodded in return before he spoke his words. “A gift yes. I do know that a draconequus is able to bend reality around a certain part of land. If you do that, you vent your power plus give the princess a sign of your love to her, it’s a strange one. But one that should work.”
“A-And you are s-sure, s-she will like it?” Discord asked carefully.
“I am certain of it. She loves you Discord, and you love her,” answered Starswirl with a smile.
The draconequus shook one of Starswirl’s hooves heavily as a smile formed itself on his face. “I can not thank you enough for helping me, my friend.”
The elderly stallion let go a small chuckle as the events happened. “It was nothing, Discord.”
“Nothing? You might just have saved my life,” he said under a bright smile. Discord let go of the hoof and walked over to the door to exit the tower as Starswirl charged up his horn a little. With his magic he opened the door for him. Discord nodded a last time to him before leaving.
When he stood outside he looked at the dark clouds and just began to haste himself back to the Castle, back to his love. Starswirl closed the door with his magic and let go a sigh, levitating the book back and he walked up the stairs to the higher levels with a questioning look on his face. “Have I done the right thing?”
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Some time later had Discord landed in the garden of the Castle and he looked around a little, “Now, what to do?” He cracked his fingers a little and snapped them. All the sudden began the whole garden to change. The draconequus looked at the slowly changing garden and started to laugh in a dark way. “Chaos, is a wonderful, wonderful thing!” he yelled through the garden before heading to the throne room.
Celestia and Luna were still talking to each other in the bedroom when they both had a mental cringe, making them both grab for their heads and moaning a little in pain. “S-Sister, w-what is t-this?” asked Luna with a pain filled voice.
“I, I don’t, I don’t know...” answered Celestia as she closed her visible eye.
“C-could it be, D-Discord?”
“I don’t k-know Luna... S-Stay here,” said the white alicorn. She stood up and made herself ready to leave. She would figure out just what was happening to them, without her sister to be safe.
“B-But sis!”
“Luna, stay here!” The princess of the night sighed deep and laid back down on her bed while wishing the cringes would stop as Celestia walked out of the room.
Back in the throne room was Discord walking a little uneasy as he was waiting for his love to come. His eyes were peeled on the closed door, waiting for them to open. But when he looked to the chaotic garden he began to smile.
It didn't took much time before the doors slammed open with Celestia who stood in the opening. Her mane flew like a peaceful stream. Her eyes fell on Discord and the cringes became stronger only stronger. After years of not feeling them, they had returned. Discord looked at her and he felt the same cringes also for the first time in years. “Discord, what have you done?” Celestia asked in both a demanding yet questioning tone. The draconequus hovered over to her and took her hoof with the greatest of care.
"Celestia, I, I couldn't find a gift worthy of your beauty, so I made my own gift for you," said Discord while he looked Celestia deep in the eyes.
"You did that, for me, my dear?" she asked in disbelief.
Discord nodded and looked her even deeper in the eyes. "If you want to close your eyes for a moment, I do not want to spoil the surprise here."
The princess blinked a couple times in surprise but finally did close her eyes. "Alright my love, now just carefully walk with me," said Discord as he took small steps guiding her. She let out a light giggle and kept her eyes closed.
Soon enough did the alicorn feel the wind in her face and wondered why he would bring her outside. Discord looked at her with his loving eyes and he guided her to the railing of the balcony where he place both her hooves on it and stood next to her. "Open your eyes please."
Celestia began to smile as her eyelids slowly began to open themselves but the smile soon turned into a look of disbelief, a look of anger. What she saw,was unheard of, unspeakable even. It really was the worst possible thing.
She looked at the chaos garden, the whole garden, turned upside down and inside out. Tree’s floating upside down on the air, clouds made of cotton candy and rained chocolate milk down on many plants. Plants that had become food. Celestia didn't knew where to look as the mental cringe didn't make things better. “And?” asked Discord with a curious twinkle in his eyes.
Celestia turned herself around to Discord, sighing deeply and shaking her head. A small tear ran down her cheek. “What have you done to our garden..?”
Discord noticed the tear as he wiped it away. “It is for you, a new garden. As a gift.”
“You call this a gift? A gift?” Celestia spoke up in anger tone as she walked passed him. “Please, return the garden to its original state, and for the love of everything, sleep in your own room tonight. I, I have a lot to think about. A-All of this.” The princess departed to her own bedroom while Discord moved to the balcony and looked at the garden under a sigh, he snapped his finger again and the garden slowly returned to its original state.
“Sis, w-what was it?” asked Luna as she met Celestia on her way back.
“It was Discord, Luna.”
The blue mare nodded in an understanding way. “I see Tia. I wish you a good night rest though.” Celestia let go a small smile but then ventured further to her bedroom.
She closed the door of her bedroom and undid her attire, plopped down in the bed and tried to get some sleep. But somehow just wasn't allowed as her mind kept messing with her. Countless questions raced through her head. The act of Discord really had placed her mind off guard. She recalled Luna’s words of how she looked against the love from her point of view. According to Luna it was better to break up. Her reasons she didn't want to tell however but she still felt something for him. Her mind kept rambling about it all, what was better to do?
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Luna entered the throne room and she saw Discord who leaned against the railing of the balcony. The younger mare walked up to him while she still had the mental cringes a little, but she pushed on. “Evening Discord,” said Luna after she also came unto the balcony.
He turned himself around and let go a small smile. “Evening Luna.”
The mare smiled lightly back to him, “lovely evening isn't it?”
“It is yes... I suppose,” he replied with a sigh. He gave right away that something was wrong.
“Discord, I know you and my sister had an argument just yet. And I am terribly sorry to hear that. But have you thought about a way, to make it up with her?” the princess of the night began to speak up as she took away her eyes from the land, and unto him.
Discord looked to Luna and blinked a couple times before he shook his head., “No I haven’t... It only happened, just yet...”
Luna let go a small giggle. “Use flowers. Tia loves them,” she said under a gentle wink.
Discord nodded and he smiled to her. “I thank you for telling, I shall make work of it tomorrow. She deserves that, after what I showed her tonight,” he replied to her.
She nodded to him and let go a smile. “You are welcome and I assume you are going to bed now then.”
“I am Luna and again, thank you so much,” said Discord before he gave the land one last look before he would return to his room. After his journey through the castle, the draconequus fell down in his bed after locking the door behind him but he also had trouble sleeping as the argument with Celestia kept him awake. Starswirl’s advice didn't work so all he could do was pray Luna’s advice does. After long stirring and thinking, he finally caught some of his much needed sleep. For the first time without any hallucinations.
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The following morning was Discord woken up by the warm rays of the sun as he opened his eyes. The first thing he did was rubbing his eyes before going into the bathroom to refresh himself. After a while he left the bathroom and walked through the Castle, hoping to find Luna.
“Luna!” he yelled as he found the princess on her way to bed.
The mare looked up in a surprised manner to him before she spoke her words. “Yes Discord, can I help you with something?”
He walked up to her and took a couple seconds to catch up with his breath. “T-Tia goes for a walk, e-everyday right?”
“She does yes. I thought you would know that by now.” Luna began to look a little suspicious to him, trying to figure out his plan. If there was a plan to begin with.
“Well, that is a little bit of a long story. Remind me to tell you one day. But. does she enter a little forest area? I want to place the bouquet there. So she sees it, but I must know her route.” he spoke in response.
Luna gave herself the time to recollect the route her sister would walk before she gave a confirming nod. “Yes, she does enter a forest area, she likes to go into the Everfree forest a little.”
“Thank you!” he said before going off to do his task.
Luna blinked a couple times at his leaving and shook her head from side to side. “No matter how many times I see him, he still stays a little odd.” She turned herself again and continued her way.
Discord rushed out of the castle and into the small settlement of Canterlot. He would be looking for a flower shop there. His eyes fell upon the houses of the settlement. Even though they were made of wood, they all looked very lovely and cozy. A small yet peaceful sigh left his nostrils at the sights. He indulged himself into the pleasure of the sights that crossed his eyes.
Finally he did found the right shop and stood before a small stone archway. Discord lowered himself to enter the shop and disappeared in the hole created by the archway.
After a little while had he left the shop with a wonderful bouquet of all kinds of flowers. He took a sniff and sighed in a joyful manner. Then he began to hover down from Canterlot, towards the Everfree forest. He went down the side of the mountain and enjoyed the morning walk, looking at the landscape before him and spotting the local wildlife, something he loved doing.
Eventually he stood before the well known forest and looked at it, trying to find the best way to look at Celestia as she would pick up the bouquet. He looked at the sun which was standing almost on top of him. “Noon... Now I need to be quick,” spoke Discord before he carefully placed the bouquet on the ground. It laid clearly in view and he hide himself into the tree branches above. As he sat there, he kept himself as quiet as the dead. He waited for his love, he waited to hear her accepting his sorry.
Back in the throne room did Celestia stood up from her throne and nodded to the guards. They all nodded back as the princess walked towards the front gate of the palace. She left the castle and took a side path. Which led to a less occupied area where she could walk in calm and quietness.
“Such a lovely day,” she mumbled happily in herself while she looked over to the weather. A small bird flew past her and Celestia looked at the little creature. Ever so slowly she opened one of her wings as a place of the bird to sit on if it so desired.
The little bird returned and landed on the wing. Celestia gazed upon the bird and smiled warmly. After a little while the bird flew away again and she wrapped her wing back, looking at the bird as it flew away.
Discord heard the sounds of somepony that was coming and kept himself even more silent and looked at who was coming. He noticed Celestia’s silhouette but about one thing he didn't took into account: his chaotic nature. His pupils became small as he noticed it and he went further into the trees, further away from her, further away from the bouquet.
Celestia walked in his view and she looked into the young Everfree forest. A smile formed itself as he saw the vast wilderness of the woods. But something on the ground managed to caught her attention. She walked up to it and charged up her horn a little. A small aura appeared around the bouquet and it levitated. “No,” was all she could bring out while looking at it. “H-How could I have been so foolish...” she spoke as tears began to collect themselves below her eyes. But they also gained a look of rage. A look that would mix itself with pure sadness. “It is over,” she spoke as the tears rolled down her cheeks.
Slowly the bouquet caught fire as Celestia looked at it, tears streaming down her face. She kept looking at it until it was nothing but ash. “I wish I listened to you mother,” the mare said as she turned herself around and jumped into the air before spreading her wings. Within an instant she just turned herself back to the Castle and rocketed off. All while tears streamed down her face.
Discord left the trees and fell down onto the ground, slowly crawling to the smoldering ashes of the once so wonderful looking flowers. He found a half burned rose and carefully picked it up. The draconequus looked at it and in his eyes, a small tear was building up. A tear which eventually left his eye. It rolled down his cheek before it dropped down unto a burned leaf of another rose.
In his mind, he snapped. He recalled her words countless time and with each time, his heart shattered in even more pieces as the flower reduced itself to ashes. He stood up and was breathing heavily as both of his eyes were twitching like mad while he looked to the Castle. Clouds of cotton candy slowly began to appear above him and under a thunder roll they started to rain chocolate milk. In one of his hand a glass was summoned which slowly started to fill itself with the chocolate rain.
He brought the glass to his lips and instead of drinking the chocolate, he began to drink the very glass that it surrounded. All of it was done like it was nothing as his eyes fixed themselves towards the direction of the Castle. He held the hunk of chocolate firmly in his hand before he just threw it away into the distance.
But when it came back in contact with the ground, the chocolate exploded, leaving a crater where it impacted. Discord let go a loud roar into the air and pulses of chaos magic erupted from where he stood. “You will remember this day!” His look turned to stone cold and spoke in a cruel sounding voice, “for it be your last...”