//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: Father. Unedited. // Story: The shrinking Pegasus // by Mrchibivampire //------------------------------// The moon had climbed to the peak of the night and its soft glow bathed the village of Ponyville in an beautiful yet eerie light. Most of the village residents had since long gone to bed, but there was one house that the night had yet to claim. Inside the Ponyville library sat,Twilight sparkle, her friend Fluttershy and The snake knows as Whitescale. They had spent the entire afternoon and most of the evening trying to figure out a way to cure Fluttershy. But they had come out empty handed. They had come to the conclusion that they had to wait for Discord to come back and that he would hopefully be able to fix this whole mess. Twilight Sparkle was sitting on the floor in the main room. She had earlier that day gone out and bought a dollhouse for Fluttershy to sleep in. “I hope you don’t mind sleeping inside a dollhouse, but it was the only thing I could think off.” Twilight said. Fluttershy had crawled into the tiny bed and had made herself comfortable. “Oh no, not at all. This bed is actually way more comfortable than it looks. So I’ll be fine.” “Okay then, just tell me if you need anything. *Yawn* I’m going to bed. I’ll see you in the morning. Sleep tight, Fluttershy. Twilight, extinguished some of the candles in her house, she let one of the candles stay lit, on the table next to the dollhouse. “Goodnight, Twilight.” Twilight retired upstairs and fell asleep quickly. Whitescale had laid himself in a circle around the dollhouse. He would keep watch over Fluttershy for the rest of the night. He knew that he needed to stay awake incase she had a nightmare or something. The last thing they needed would be for Fluttershy to shrink even further. “Do not fear my, goddess. I’ll keep an eye on you through the night. I won’t let anything get near you. I swear upon my everlasting loyalty to you!” Fluttershy was happy for everything Whitescale had done for her. Still she was very sad over this whole ordeal. Had Discord done this just for laughs? or was it truly just an accident? She wanted to believe that it was an accident, but he was the living embodiment of chaos afterall and it had merely been three months since she had helped reforming him. “Would you mind placing the end of your tail in the bed? I know that sounds weird, but it will make me feel safer if I could hug you. I always do. I mean if it’s okay with you.” She said quietly. Whitescale place the end of his tail into her tiny bed. “Like this I’ll be able to feel your presence better. So it’s a win win situation. Also if you for some reason left the bed I would get to know instantly. Besides I’ll do anything to aid you. I hope you know that.” She hugged his tail tightly. “Do you think he did this to me just for laughs?” Tears started forming in her eyes as she spoke. “I don’t like him at all, but I would be a liar if I said yes. He seems to care about you just as much as I do, but I’m not ruling out the possibility…….. And If I find out that he did it……..I’ll kill him!” Whitescale bared his fangs and hissed loudly. Fluttershy dried her tears. “Okay. Can you promise me that you you’ll always be by my side?” Whitescale proceeded to stick his head into the dollhouse. He stopping only inches away from Fluttershy. “I will never leave your side no matter what. I Swear upon my life!” He nuzzled Fluttershy’s cheek with the tip of his snout. Fluttershy in return hugged his snout. “Thank you.” “The night is long my, goddess. You should try to get some sleep.” He retracted his head and regained his watchful stance.   Fluttershy pulled the covers over her body and laid her head to rest against the soft pillows. She shut her eyes and soared away to the land of dreams. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord awoke late at night. His head was pounding and he was suffering from frequent flashbacks of that horrible dream he suffered through the other day. Her laughter would not fade from his mind. A laugh so pure and innocent, yet so full of malice that it would bring any beast to its knees. He clutched his head in a futile attempt to rid himself from her laugh. He threw the blanket off his body and got out of bed.  He walked out on the balcony and gazed up at the stars, but even in the shining stars he would see her. That disfigured version of Fluttershy that wanted nothing besides killing him.   “A second child of chaos……………. Why? And how?” Discord laid down on the balcony. The cold winds felt nice as they slithered against his wounded body. Why was this happening? All he wanted was to tell Fluttershy that he loved her. Sadly he feared that the dream was more than just a regular nightmare. What If that dream was a vision of the future. Then how could he possibly go through with it? He closed his eyes and wished for peace. The peace that he longed for never came to him. Instead he was greeted by a pair of massive fangs. They belonging to the white snake in his nightmare. The pain of getting penetrated by that monster overcame him. He rolled over on his stomach and tried to push himself onto his four legs. However the moment he did a sharp pain overcame him and he once again vomited blood. He lost his footing and fell into the red puddle that had formed beneath him. “He- Hel- Help!...........” His call for help was drowned out by the very same winds that had offered him comfort mere moments ago. “Any- Anyone…….. help me………FATHER OF CHAOS! WHY DO YOU TORTURE ME!” He screamed at the top of his lungs. Before everything became black and he passed out. The night grew darker, the winds grew colder and rain started falling from the heavens. Is there no one in this world that can help him? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doctor Scalpel was sitting by his desk. He was trying to figure out a way to help the Draconequus. It was unlike anything he had ever treated before. He hated the entire thing, he felt so helpless. His eyes grew heavier, he proceeded to remove his glasses and rubbing his eyes. He grabbed his cup only to realize that it was empty. He grabbed a tiny bell on his desk and ringed it. “Yes, doctor?” A young nurse said as she poked her head inside his office.   “How is the, Draconequus doing?” The nurse entered his office with nervous steps. “There have been no changes in his condition, Doctor.” “Sigh…...I expected nothing else. Keep me informed. Also before you leave bring me more coffee.” “Yes, Doctor!” The young mare grabbed his cup and quickly exited his office. He rubbed his eyes again and a yawn escaped from his mouth. ´This chair is way too comfy.` Those were the last words that went through his mind before sleep grabbed a hold of him.   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord regained his consciousness and pulled himself back onto his legs. He rubbed his eyes and looked around. Fire!…..The green flames of chaos were everywhere, burning anything that came into their path. He saw a familiar cottage in the center of the flames. It belonged to Fluttershy and her screams could be heard from miles away. “No….NO!” Discord screamed as he tried using his magic to put them out. Sadly to no avail, they only grew bigger the more he tried. Ignoring the flames he dove straight through them. The pain caused by the flames were nothing compared to the possibility of losing his dearest Fluttershy. He refused to abandon the only one he had ever loved. She was in trouble and he was not going to stop until she laid safely in his arms. He pushed on getting closer and closer. He tore the door down. “FLUTTERSHY!” He looked all over the burning cottage but she was nowhere to be found. He was starting to lose hope, but a familiar scream coming from outside caught his attention. “Fluttershy!” He crashed through the window and landed in her yard. He quickly got to his feet and ran towards the source of the screaming. On a nearby meadow, standing tall in the center of the flames. The father of chaos with his hand clenched tightly around Fluttershy’s neck. She was gasping for air and the father was grinning like a madman. The flames came to life from beneath the Father’s feet. “FLUTTERSHY!” Discord yelled. The father turned his head and shot him an impatient glare. Once their eyes meet he quickly resumed to whatever he was doing to Fluttershy and completely ignoring the child of chaos.   Discord threw himself at the father. “YOU MONSTER! LET GO OFF HER! He slammed into the father’s back. This causing him to drop  Fluttershy. Discord grabbed the father hands and pushed him to the ground. “I’LL KILL YOU FOR THIS!” “Hahahaha! You can’t kill anything. You worthless waste of life. “ The father’s voice was the pure embodiment of evil. His words so cold, that ice formed on Discord’s face. He brushed Discord off his body just as easy as he would with dust or similar worthless dirt. Discord slammed hard into the base of a tree. The impact knocked the air out of his lungs and he laid on the ground gasping for air.   The father walked up to him and grabbed him by the tail. He proceeded to slam him into the ground several times. Until finally Discord’s tail broke free from his lower body. this sent him flying into the burning remains of the cottage. The father’s eyes wandered back to Fluttershy who was cowering in fear as tears were streaming down her cheeks. Not even in her worst nightmares had she ever seen anything like this. She was praying for someone to save her. But her prayers came to a halt as the Father of Chaos once again grabbed her by the throat. “Now my dear. Let’s finish what we started. “  Fluttershy wanted to scream, but the grip on her throat was too strong. She glanced over at her burning cottage hoping that Discord would come to her rescue. The Father of Chaos used his free hand to reach inside of her. His hand passed straight through her. It was like she was made out of air, but surprisingly this caused her no pain at all. Unfortunately the sight alone was enough to make her sick and she vomited on the father’s hand. He however paid no thought to it. Discord laid inside the burning cottage. He rose to his feet only to fall down again, the injuries caused by his father were too great and he was lucky to be alive. “No……..I won’t let it end like this………..I WON’T LET IT END LIKE THIS!” He flapped his wings with such force that he broke the sound barrier as he catapulted himself through the air towards the father. Discord, put every last bit of his power into his griffin talon and it started to glow with a bright yellow light. The father was going to pay for this. “DIE!!!!!!!!” Discord’s talon pierced the father’s chest all the way to his heart and Discord tore it  out and threw it into the fires. The father’s face turned pale and he fell to the ground, but his fist never loosened up its grip on Fluttershy’s throat. “Don’t worry, Fluttershy I’ll save you!” All the colors in Discord’s face slowly faded and he looked like he was about to fall over and die at any moment. He tore his fathers hand from Fluttershy’s neck and proceeded to hug her tightly. “I love you and I swear…...I’ll keep you safe.” He said, tears running down his face. Fluttershy returned the hug her eyes overflowed with tears, but this was not tears of fear. They were tears of joy. “I Lov-” Fluttershy’s words came to a sudden halt and she was once again gasping for air. “FLUTTERSHY!” Discord looked over where his father’s body was supposed to be laying, but it was gone. Discord could not believe it. Where had it gone? Fluttershy was viciously torn from his arms. She was hovering in the air gasping for air the now severed arm of the father was once again choking her. The Father of Chaos walked up to her and reconnected his arm to his heartless body. He phrased his hand through her body and grabbed a hold of her spine. With a single motion he separated her head from her body. The nightmare inducing sound of Fluttershy snapping in half threw Discord’s mind into panic. His stomach turned itself inside out and blood traveled up his throat at the same rate as it gushed from Fluttershy’s decapitated body. The Father of Chaos threw her head so it landed perfectly in front if Discord’s face. This caused, Discord to throw up yet again. He fell to the ground feeling like everything he ever cared for in his entire life crumbling and crashing down upon him. His hopes and dreams had been shattered. He did the only thing he could do. He cried like the worthless piece of filth that he was.   “Insolent child!” The Father of Chaos roared. He threw Fluttershy’s body into the flames and walked up to the crying Discord. “I watched with pride as you grew into a weapon of Righteousness. Because when my life come to and you were supposed to carry on my legacy. You were my finest creation and this is how you repay me! You Ungrateful worm!” The father kicked him hard. This sent Discord flying far away at a dangerous speed. Discord slammed into the side of a mountain the impact alone shattered every bone in his body and the cold hand of death clutched his immortal soul. The father slapped the hand of death away and grabbed hold of Discord He allowed Discord to rest against his chest for a few seconds just to make sure that he stayed alive and then he tore his eyelids off.“Before I allowed death to claim your pathetic soul. We shall watch this world burn to the ground. As father and son. Hahahahaha!” The father’s evil laugh echoed as the flames consumed the world. Discord did not care anymore. The world could burn for all he cared. A world without Fluttershy was not a world worth living in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The rain had gone from a soft drizzle to a full blown storm. The winds were cold and Discord was still laying outside. His life was coming to an end. Could this truly be his final chapter? We all know that fate is a butthole. Fortunately. Sometimes even fate can be altered. A large hooded entity stood above Discord. With the flick of its wrist he stopped the elements of the world from ravaging the area around him. The ancient laws of the world were ignored by this powerful entity.It reached out with its hand and touched Discord’s forehead. A single tear fell from its yellow eyes. It reached down and took Discord into its big arms. It carried him back to the bed and tucked him in. A chair materialized beneath it as it sat down. It’s hand slowly hovered over Discord’s wounded body healing most of the injuries. With a sigh of relief it stood up again. The chair vanished as it stood up. It bent over and embraced Discord in a soft hug.  “Jag förstår inte varför du avskyr mig med hela ditt hjärta. Men jag kommer aldrig att göra dig illa. jag älskar dig like mycket nu som jag gjorde den dagen du föddes. Vi kommer att ses snart min son.” The entity faded away into the night, like it had never been at all. For the first time in millenniums Discord was able to enjoy a good nights rest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The nurse returned to Doctor Scalpel’s room. She place a cup of warm coffee on his table and gently nudged the Doctor awake before leaving. He rubbed his eyes and yawned widely. “Coffee! Thank the heavens.” Just as he was about to take a sip the door slammed open. “Doctor! Discord’s injuries.” This caused Doctor Scalpel to drop his coffee. He ran towards Discord’s room. “What about his injuries!?” He entered the room and saw Discord sleeping soundly. He was in shock this Draconequus was dying a few minutes ago and now it was sleeping like a baby. “As you can see. They are gone.” “Amazing.” The rest of the night went on smoothly. Doctor Scalpel still kept a close watch over him. After all he was an unpredictable creature and It was impossible to anticipate anything. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy shoot up from her sleep her heart was beating fast and she was hyperventilating. She had no clue as to why she had woken up so suddenly.She could feel in her heart that something was wrong. She got out of her tiny bed and flew over to Twilight’s bathroom. She landed on the sink and tried to figure out how she was going to turn the nozzle on the faucet.She hovered up to the handle and tried turning it, but with her current body she was too weak. Her lower lip quivered and a few tears flowed from her eyes and down onto the porcelain. Then to her surprise a single stream of cold water started flowing from the faucet. She looked up at the nozzle and saw that Whitescale had turned the nozzle. “You left your bed in such a rush that you made me worried.There are things you are unable to do right now. But please remember that I’m here to aid you in everyway I can.” Using the end of his tail he pushed the cork into the hole. This caused the water to rise a little before he turned the nozzle the other way and making it stop. Fluttershy wiped her eyes and hovered down into the sink. She drank deep from the cold water, once she was satisfied she gathered some water in her hooves and splashed it onto her face. The cold water slowly flowed down her face. It felt nice. She took a deep breath and flew out of the sink. She landed on Whitescale’s head. “Thanks for being here for me. I don’t think I would have been able to handle this without you.” Whitescale slithered back to the dollhouse. He made sure that Fluttershy got back to her bed safely.   Once she was back in bed he said. “Don’t worry about it. I live to serve you and I will never leave your side. Please remember this.” After hearing those words. Fluttershy ventured back into the realms of dreams. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was late afternoon and a young nurse was galloping down one of the many hallways of Canterlot castle. She was on her way to deliver some good news to princess Celestia. A day had passed since Discord’s blood coughing beginned. Doctor Scalpel had been by his side the entire time running tests and whatnot. He was hoping that he would be able to find the reason to Discord’s sudden illness and his sudden recovery. Sadly no matter what he tried he came out empty handed. Discord’s body was nothing like a ponies therefore he was unable to properly identify anything. Even Discord’s blood type was unknown which made the whole thing even harder. If Discord started to fade away due to lack blood. There would be no way to help him.   Discord’s sudden attacks of harsh blood coughing had continued throughout most of the night. Doctor Scalpel had never felt so helpless before. He wanted to do something anything at all. But the fear of losing a patient was too much. He was afraid he would cause more harm to the draconequus than the illness had already done. All he could do was give him something to soothe the pain, he still unsure whether it did anything or not. Then late at night all of Discord’s injuries had vanished. He had stopped coughing and was snoring loudly. Doctor Scalpel took this as a good signs and left his nurses to treat the draconequus. While he walked into his office to get some proper shuteye. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Princess Celestia was laying in her bed watched over her little sister who was sucking on a pacifier while she happily played with some colored blocks. Luna did not let go of that spider plus for more than a second. This worried her to no end. What was that thing? It had seemingly appeared out of nowhere and Celestia had no memories of ever seeing it before. She was worried that it might be affecting her little sisters natural magical regeneration. It was incredibly slow and it almost seemed like it had stopped completely, seeing as Luna was regressing mentally. If her little sister mind were to regress to the state of her current body. Celestia would have no choice but to break out diapers and other supplies that Luna was going to need if the regression continued. Perhaps she was being paranoid. Luna might just be enjoying herself. Since it’s not an everyday occurrence that someone gets to relive their young childhood. But She still found it strange. Luna had been devastated when she found out what had happened to her. Why would she suddenly start to enjoy it? And why to such a degree?     She could not help it. That spider plush had to have something to do with this whole ordeal. But she could not sense even the tiniest bit of magic radiating from it. The best course of action would be to seal the plush away. Unfortunately she knew that she would not be able to keep the toy away from her little sister.The guilt of making her sad would eat her alive. So Celestia decided to simply keep a close eye on it for now. If she started to sense anything odd she would blast it to smithereens. Luna was happily playing with her toys giggling from time to time. It brought joy to Celestia’s heart to hear her little sister laugh once again. Ever since they had been reunited Luna had been very gloom. She had rarely laughed and the few times she did it had been forced. However now they were the purest form of laughter and they reminded her of the precious times she spent with her student. when she was just a little filly. Celestia had many precious memories of her and she only continued to make her teacher proud. But despite all the happy memories this ordeal brought to Celestia. She was unable to ignore that something was very wrong with both her sister and Discord. She was worried about the draconequus but Luna’s health would always be her top priority. Still laying on her bed Celestia was trapped in deep thought. `What should i do? I could take the plush away from her, but my heart won’t allow it…….. I wish I knew someone who could aid me. Sometimes being one of the oldest creature in this world sucks. With the exception of Discord there Is no one older than me. I hope that he knows something about that spider. I need all the help I can get. Once he wakes up I’ll ask him about this whole mess. Maybe I could feed Luna’s body with some off my execs magic. If I’m successful. Her own regeneration should stabilize and her body should return to normal in a few days.´ Celestia’s train of thought was interrupted by the soft knocking on her door. She snapped out of her trance and opened the door with her magic without leaving the bed. The door opened and behind it stood a young nurse. She bowed to the princess and once she rose to her hooves. She said. “Forgive my intrusion princess..........”  The nurse glanced over at Luna who was sitting on the floor playing with a stuffed animal of some kind. She cleared her throat. “Forgive my intrusion, princesses. But I came here to tell you that Discord have regained consciousness and is currently awake and that you can visit him. I suggest that you do it now while he is still in a stable condition.” Celestia got off the bed and shook her head a few times in order to restore her mane to its regular everflowing beauty. “Thank you. We will visit him immediately. Thanks for your hard work.” The nurse gave a quick bow and left the room galloping back to the hospital wing.   Celestia walked over to her little sister who was smiling behind the pacifier. “Did you hear? Discord is awake. Let’s go and cheer him up with a quick visit shall we?” Luna grabbed her spider plush and nodded. She held her tiny hooves up to Celestia. “ Can you Cawwy me? please!” Celestia did not want to treat her like a baby, but something those puppy dog eyes tugged at her heartstrings. She picked  up her little sister and carefully placed her on her back. Luna used the royal Canterlot puppy dog eyes. It was super effective! Luna have gained 50 points of cuteness. “Luna how about you leave the pacifier here? It’s a bit hard to understand what you are saying when you have it in your mouth.” Luna looked sad and Celestia could swear that she saw tears forming in her little sister’s eyes. Making Luna cry was the last thing she wanted to do. But she was afraid that her sister's mind might regressing further. Then again there are some things no older sibling can do. Celestia proceeded to tie a thread around the pacifier which she then put around Luna’s neck. “See, now you can take it with you everywhere without losing it. I’m not asking you to get rid of it. I’m only ask that you too not have it in your mouth when you are talking. Is that okay?” Luna looked at the pacifier then at her sister. She spat it out, allowing it to dangle around from her neck. “Okay I understand. But, Mr Spider can come right?” Celestia wanted to say no……but Luna had already been a good girl giving up on her pacifier. Besides Discord had to see the spider. “Of Course and I bet Discord would love to meet him. A big smile spread across Luna’s lips and she hugged Mr spider tightly. Celestia shut the door to her room and started walking to the hospital section of the castle. Just as she left the room a scroll emerged from a poof of magic. It was carrying Twilight’s personal seal. It landed on the floor just waiting for someone to read it. Suddenly a fire came to life in Celestia’s fireplace. The fire was flaring with wicked green flames and a set of pupils formed in the flames Their gaze fell upon the scroll. A hand consisting of nothing but dry bones grabbed a hold of the scroll and pulled it inside the fire, burning it to ashes. The flames died out and a wicked high pitched laughter echoed through the room. As they made their way to the hospital wing there was one thing on Celestia’s mind. ´I hope Discord knows something about that thing. For Luna’s sake.´   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord was sleeping lightly in his hospital bed. He dreamed that he was a piece of cheese and a rat was about to eat him. “No no. Don’t eat me I taste horrible!” He muttered.The rat picked up the cheese and brought it to its mouth. With a scream Discord shoot out of bed. so fast that he slammed his head on a low hanging lamp.  *Bam!* Discord clenched his head and muttered something under his breath. He put his head back onto the pillow and sighed. “Owww. That really made me lightheaded.” The door to his room slowly opened and Celestia walked inside. Celestia sat down by the bed and Luna leaped from her back and onto Discord’s tail. Luna walked across him, carrying her spider plush. She sat down once she reaches his chest. Luna dropped the spider.“Hi Discord!” She said as she reached out with her hooves towards him, indicating that she wanted him to pick her up. Discord picked her up and held her in front of his face. “Hello,Lulu! Adorable like always I see. How are you feeling?” He singsonged in a high pitched tone. “The real question is how are you feeling? Luna said with a giggle. Celestia walked closer to his bed. “Yes ,Discord how are you feeling? She had a concerned look on her face. Discord turned his head and looked at the reader. “Well how about this. I’ll tell you how I feel in the next chapter. Because the author of this story is a lazy butthole and his hands are getting tired. I’ll see you all soon!”