Chapter the second - Heeeeeeeeere's Q!
“Something’s not right…” Princess Luna, a midnight blue Alicorn, stared out from atop Canterlot Castle.
“Oh Luna, you do worry about the silliest things!” Her sister Celestia, a dazzling white Alicorn, tried to reassure her.
The night was a lot darker than normal. The sky was overcast, lightning bolts crashing down every so often being the only source of light in the gloomy outside.
“It’s just a storm, Luna,” Celestia spoke calmly, “they happen every now and then. I know on the moon there wasn’t any weather, so this probably shocks you a bit, but there’s no need to fret, it’ll be over by the morning.”
Luna was insulted slightly. “Do you think I’m stupid, sister? I haven’t forgotten about weather, and it was clear outside just a few moments ago. How has it suddenly gotten so depressingly dark? Where has my moon gone, shrouded in dark clouds? Surely you aren’t suggesting the pegasi are running around changing the weather at this time of the night, are you?”
A thunderbolt crashed through the castle window, shattering it, and causing Celestia to jump. “Perhaps we should go and check it out.
When the sisters stepped outside, things weren’t quite as they seemed. “Celestia, what’s going on?” Luna had a hint of fear in her voice. “The rain… It’s… going… Upwards ?!”
Celestia was puzzled. “And even though from inside the castle, the darkness was impenetrable, I appear to be able to see perfectly well. There’s clearly something wrong here, but I can’t quite put my hoof on the right word…”
“Chaotic?” a jovial voice chuckled.
Celestia jumped back to see a familiar creature she had hoped never to see again. He was a weird mix of all sorts of animals, having an eagle’s claw, a lion’s paw, and a pony’s maw.
“Discord?!” Celestia shouted, half in anger, half in fright. “Where did you come from?”
Discord giggled. “I came from the garden, silly! The spell your little ponies cast on me can be broken when disharmony is displayed, can it not?”
“Well, yes, but there isn’t any disharmony in all of Equstria!”
“ Au Contraire , my dear Celestia. Two little fillies earlier were having a right old row, right in front of me, as it were! So now, I’m free to wreak havoc all over again! Do you have any final wishes before I end you?”
Celestia was stunned. She no longer controlled the elements of harmony, and was thus powerless to the beast.
“No? Well, you know what they say… your faith in Equestria is unshifting… some might even call it… Rock Solid !”
Discord unleashed a horrible aura onto the two princesses, entrapping them in stone quicker than two shakes of a snake’s tail.