Chapter 12-1:
Day 3-1: Sparda ‘Memories of the Past’
*multiple long sipping sound*
“The tea is…nice” said Fluttershy softly as she sipped again.
“Indeed, this is some good Ale tea” said Vergil as he sat right next to Fluttershy and the others.
“Why thank you, I do enjoy a good cup every now and then” said Discord in a very gentlemanly manner as he too sipped from his own cup. “Angel, if you please?” asked Discord and to which Angel bunny complied by getting the Tea pot and refilling Discord’s teacup.
As the others enjoyed the silence and tea, a certain Alicorn princess sat dumbfounded at the sight she was beholding. With the sudden revelation that Discord knew Vergil’s father, how could they just sit there like nothing shocking happened.
“You seem, upset Twilight. Is something the matter? You haven’t even touched your tea yet” asked Discord with a frown.
“Indeed Twilight, Is something amiss?” Asked Vergil with closed eyes and savoring his cup of tea.
“You don’t like your tea Twilight? I have coffee, would you like some coffee?” asked Fluttershy with concern in her eyes. And as Twilight opened her mouth and was about to finally speak her mind, Vergil interjected.
“I already know what you are about to say Twilight, Don’t worry, I myself want to ask Discord about father but, we are currently in a tea party. It is impolite to ruin it. Keep calm and drink your tea.” Said Vergil as he took another sip of his tea, then gestured Angel for a refill, to which the bunny complied with a smile.
“Could you pass me the milk please?” asked Twilight with a sheepish grin.
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*30 Minutes later*
After they have finished their little Tea party, they all headed for Fluttershy’s living room while the owner herself and Angel bunny stayed and cleaned the Teacups and plates. Vergil sat in one of Fluttershy’s sofa and Twilight sat next to him, and as for Discord he lazily floated in mid-air and was the one to break the silence.
“So, now all of that is done, I believe you have some questions for me?” asked Discord as he snapped his fingers and his attire Disappeared and a red comfort chair appeared and he was magically sitting.
“Yes, First question; When and where did you meet father?” asked Vergil with a blank face and his usual tone as he looked at Discord in the eye.
“Hmmm, if I remember correctly, it was about 2000 years ago at the Everfree Fields just behind the Everfree Forest.” answered Discord as he stroked his goat beard. “How is he doing nowadays? Still wrecking some Chaos I believe?”
“He’s Dead” answered Vergil in a flat tone, to which Discord was taken aback “It seems you two where close, to be taken aback”
“Yes, he was a close friend” said Discord as his face dropped “So did he fail? His one man mission I mean, and fled to the human realm?” asked Discord and to which Vergil answered with a shake of his head.
“No, he succeeded; he did release the seal after a thousand years and retired to make a family, to which resulted to his death and my mother’s”
“I see, well, good for him. Better to try and hope to succeed, rather than never have tried and regret it later by not trying at all” answered Discord with a sad smile.
There was silence for a good while, during this time Twilight taught to herself ‘That’s why he was so down when Fluttershy left when she had enough of his antics, it had been so long since he had a friend’. The silence then broke when Vergil asked another question.
“Was he the one who built the Tower of Tartarus?”
“Yes, the tower is like a tunnel, he accidentally made it when he was making the Temen-ni-gru” answered Discord.
“Tunnel? What do you mean?”
“Well, you see, he was always one step ahead of everything he ever plans on doing”
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*Two Thousand Years Ago* “Everfree Field”
“Is this the Human world?” Asked a tall Bipedal creature wearing a purple coat and a monocle in its left eye; he was holding a sword with a black scabbard with two white long sashes attached, in its back was another sword, only wider and heavier.
As the creature walked through the Fields, he spotted a horse like creature quietly resting, it was both a unicorn and a Pegasus with long red hair, right next to her was two smaller ones who were playing; one was pure white with a pink mane and the other was dark blue. And as he walked towards the trio, he sensed something was slithering and was approaching him, but he did not sense any killing intent so he did not drew both his blades and only spoke.
“What’s up buddy?” asked the bipedal creature.
“W-w-what? You sensed me?” asked a small boy’s voice.
“Yup, I did, come on out, I promise I won’t hurt you” the creature said as he looked around and put his hands in the air and dropped the blade he was holding. “See? I come in peace; I just want to ask you something”
“W-w-what are you?” asked the little boy’s voice
“I’m a Demon, but, I’m in my ‘Human’ form” he answered as he continued to search for the source of the young voice. When he pinpointed his location, he approached slowly with arms still raised in the air and asked “Are they your friends?”
“Don’t come any closer! And no! They’re not!” the little boy answered
And as he reached his destination, he knelt with one knee as if facing a little boy and gave a warm smile and spoke in a soft fatherly voice.
“No need to be afraid, I’m a Friend”
With a sound of a snapping finger, a little creature appeared in front of the Demon in Human form; it had a head of a pony and he has a deer antler on the right part of his head, a blue goat horn on the left, one long fang, different-sized pupils, a snake tongue, a goat beard, and white bushy eyebrows. He has the right arm of a lion, the left claw of an eagle, the right leg of a lizard, and the left leg of a goat. In addition, he has a bat's right wing, a Pegasus' left wing, a horse's mane and a dragon-like snake's tail with a white tail tuft. The shape of his body resembles that of a snake.
“Why where you hiding?” asked the Demi-Human not even taken aback by look of the little creature in front of him.
“I’m a draconequus, they might be afraid of me” as it looked at the direction of the trio horses with a sad look, to which the Demi-Human noticed.
“You said ‘might’, that means you have a 50-50 percent chance of them being not afraid of you.” The Demi-Human answered with a warm smile and placed a hand on the little draconequus’ head. “Don’t be afraid”
“But there is still a chance that they will be afraid me!” retorted the little draconequus. The Demi-Human then rubbed his chin and thought of something, and after a good few seconds he stood up and spoke.
“Then let’s go” To which the little draconequus raised an eyebrow and asked:
“Go? Go where?”
“To them, they haven’t seen the likes of me yet, so let’s introduce ourselves, we have both the same 50-50 chance that they won’t run away.”
To which the little draconequus was surprised to what this strange creature is suggesting; true they may not be afraid of them, but there is still a chance that they are afraid of him, he is weirder than a Manticore or Chimera. He broke from his train of thought when he saw a clothed hand in front of him; it belonged to the Demi-human.
“C’mon kid. Better to try and hope to succeed, rather than never have tried and regret it later by not trying at all” said the Demi-human with a warm smile. “You’re never alone at anything”
Discord’s Eyes Widened and mouth agape when the Demi-Human changed to his original form; he grew slightly larger, vaguely insectoid demon with clawed hands, a scaly hide, a pair of downward facing ram horns, chiropteran wings with beetle-like wings underneath, hooves for feet, and reptilian spines protruding from his back. Parts of his body appeared to be made of grey scales with accents of red and purple. He also had gold veins on his hands and arms, chest, shoulders and back, a red diamond eye shaped gem in the center of his forehead, and skull-shaped gold knees and elbow guards with small horns. His most notable feature was his slit-like eyes, which glowed red and did not have pupils.
To which the little draconequus only nodded. Speechless he placed his lion paw on the Demon hand and looked at the Demi-human’s eyes with a warm smile, thinking to himself that ‘he is not alone’ and spoke. “My names Discord, What’s your name mister?” And with a smile and echoing voice, the Demon answered:
Sparda