The world swayed beneath Luna, and she landed heavily, unsure where she had found herself. Her hooves skittered on the ground, and she groaned, the vision in her eyes blurring. She stumbled into something warm that wrapped its arms around her, and she wriggled a little as she drank in the warm scent of Discord.
As he stroked her hair, the grayscale tone to her fur melted away and looked as if it was sinking through the soil. She stared up at him with confused eyes, head pounding.
"Discord... what happened?" She sighed, curling against him and looking around the warm looking scenery.
Trees stretched for acres in all direction, shiny red fruit glistening between their crisp leaves. The ground was soft and coated with a layer of bouncy grass. She'd never felt anything beneath her hooves besides marble and concrete from the streets of Canterlot and the confines behind the walls of Canterlot. She snuggled against Discord, unsure if she could trust it, as invited as it seemed.
"Chaos happened, deary." He laughed, flicking his tongue over his protruding tooth.
She stared up at him, then narrowed her eyes. "I barely remember what happened. I woke to a scream, but that's about it. The rest is just white noise."
He shrugged, ticking her face with his tail and gesturing out to the world around them with one lion paw. "A little bit of magic is all I used, and now look what we have ahead of us. This is the apple orchard of PonyVille. The Apple Family wouldn't notice a pair of ponies, or one and a half that is."
She shrugged him off, leaning away and staring at him. "Wait... I flew all the way from Canterlot to Ponyville?"
"Well... I might of had something to do with that."
Her glare burned into him, and he scratched his forehead nervously. She hissed and turned away, staring at the ground. Nopony accepted her for who she was and the choices she made, there always had to be a catch with those she thought had once understood her. Her father was simply trying to make her act like a calm and orderly Princess as not to rally the emotions of his wife or his older daughter. Discord had used her as a tool to rain his chaos down on Equestria.
She sighed, staring up at the blue sky, clear of clouds. Her eyes drifted across the sun for as long as she could before having to squint and look away, blinking the colors that blotched in her eyes away. The warmth tingled across her fur for a moment, but she shied away from the heat, sliding into the shade of a tree, keeping a small distance from Discord as she thought.
"Celestia was right," She finally said, glancing at him. "You're just an impedance to the harmony of the kingdom."
He stared at her, eyes widening, the pupils in his eyes dilating. Heartbreak seemed to flash across his face, and his jaw dropped a little as he stared at her, trembling all over. Tears glinted at the edges of his eyes, and he blinked crossly, looking away and frowning, the sadness turning into a tide of hatred.
"You know what-" He began, hissing through his teeth.
She held out a hoof for silence, gliding towards him, her wings fluttering very gently, batting her eyelashes as she leaned against him. "Just the kind of pony I could love." She breathed, hair drooping over one eye.
He blinked in astonishment, then purred like a cat and pushed her backwards onto the grass, the sun glittering over her. He placed his forepaws on either side of her, leaning down and pressing his muzzle to hers. She giggled and he licked her nose gently, bringing more bouts of laughter up from her throat.
"Please, st-stop!" She laughed hysterically as the feathered tip of his tail flicked her all over, tickling the underneath of her arms and her neck.
She nibbled very lightly to the tuft of white hair sprouting from his chin, moving along until she was planting little kisses on his jaw. He slid down beside her, turning over so he was facing her. She did the same, lying on her side and staring at him with shining eyes, her whole chest heavy as a stone in water from the tingling emotion that welled inside of her.
"I love you, Luna." He breathed, flicking one ear
She stared at him for a long time, love dancing in her bright eyes. "I love you too, Discord."
The night revealed itself on the land like the curtains on a stage being pulled back. The moon sat high in the open sky, a full white disk perched up among the few gray clouds in the inky black sky. The air dropped in temperature, and the crisp scent of night drew Luna from the shadows of the trees and into a patch where the light beamed through, causing a cold shiver to envelop her as the ghostly light washed over her.
Discord rose onto his hindlegs and plucked a few plump, ripe apple from one of the trees, then lowered himself back down beside her, rolling them across the damp grass. "Dinner," He muttered, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other.
She nodded gratefully and pulled one over with her teeth, then took a hearty bite, making a sound of happiness in the back of her throat from the satisfying crunch and the sudden rush of juice filling her mouth. Chewing thoughtfully, she returned her gaze to the full moon, stretching one hoof up as if she thought she might be able to touch it. A shadow fell on her face where her hoof blocked the light out, and she blinked, then moved it away.
Beside her, Discord was curling up, looking as if he was already asleep with a nibbled apple core beside him, but the tip of his tail twitched constantly, stroking Luna's flank. She lingered on the moon for a moment longer, then turned and curled up beside him, listening to his heart beat through his fur, then closing her eyes and letting herself drift into a sea of black.
A whole new world overtook Luna, and she felt as if she had landed very suddenly on a very spongy cloud, and her rapid fall through the depths of sleep seemed to slow until she could hear her heartbeat slowing in her ears. She soon found herself on her hooves, drifting through space without need of her wing's aid. Her eyes were open, but there was nothing but shifting darkness.
A very cold mist seemed to curl around her and drag her forward into a space where more light began to ebb in. Things began to take shape, and soon she was surrounded by rolling hills with long swaying grass. She peered over the tall stalks, seeing a pair of figures at the peak of the hill, overlooking the land. Creeping closer, she stared at the pair, recognising them as Discord and herself.
She knew it must have been his dream, and she tucked in her legs, watching carefully from where she crouched. Discord was constantly stroking the dream-her's stomach with his tail, eyes glittering brightly. She shivered, glancing between her other self and Discord, swallowing gently, hoping not to make too much noise.
"Forever night." Discord suddenly said, glancing at the other her. "Just as you wanted, my love."
She ducked down as her replica turned to him, smiling brightly. "Canterlot is the Equestria capital of the moon!"
Daylight suddenly pierced holes all over the dream and Luna let out a shriek as it was pocketed away like a page set on fire. She blinked wide awake, gasping for air after her traumatic haul from her dream-walking state. Wariness hung at her frame, even though she had slept the night through. Discord was already up, standing tensely beside her. She yawned, then glanced at him, tempted to question him of his dreams.
"What is wrong?" She asked sleepily, staring lovingly up at him.
"I don't know. Something is up though, something very wrong." The severity in his voice scared her, and she cringed, looking around, but seeing nothing but the calm orchard. "Or something is about to go wrong... come on!"
She blinked as he sped away, quickly getting to her hooves and speeding after him, flapping her wings and gliding over the trees. He climbed one swiftly and spread his own mismatched wings, then sped into the air and propelled forward, flying like a dart over the open hills towards the village.
Luna beat her wings powerfully and gained some height, wishing that nopony saw her or Discord drifting over their town. She landed very quietly on a cloud, looking around for Discord. She spotted his slender shape drifting on a fat pink cloud, and she narrowed her eyes, about to question him but she was silenced with a shh! and she turned to stare down at the town centre, prickling all over.
A gray maned mare stood in front of the town hall, her eyes scouring the crowd that had gathered. From up so high, Luna could not hear what she was saying, or what the ponies replied. Her eyes strayed to the edge of the crowd, where a mare with a very round belly was hobbling to join the other ponies, a mare in a nurse uniform on one side of her, and a stallion with a power blue coat on the other.
She soon noticed this was also the centre of Discord's attention, and she glanced at him, then let her eyes drift across his sticky pink cloud. "Candy floss? Like my sister's hair?"
He looked up suddenly, looking transfixed for a moment before he blinked a few times in her direction. "Uh, yes. When I say chaos, I simply mean making things a little topsy turvy. The true chaos I hunger for is that of disaster, but I like to cause mischief more than that."
She stared at him, unsure, then glanced over her shoulder into the sky stretching far into the beyond. I need to make him forget Celestia. Both of need to forget her, and my life in Canterlot. I heard what he said in his dream... and that is what I will strive to bring to power in Equestria. She narrowed her eyes, glancing back to the innocent mare and the ponies around her. Prepare for forever night!