//------------------------------// // Chaos Reborn // Story: A new Discord // by Galaxy Knight //------------------------------// Chapter 1 There are many forces in the world, which can affect how we live our lives. Some are good like justice, love, loyalty, kindness, and friendship. Some are bad like greed, destruction, dishonesty, and cruelty. However, out of all of these traits there’s always one that is associated with bad: chaos. Chaos is always treated as a bad thing but it can be used for good, there’s organized chaos, and chaos can sometimes lead to harmony, this is one of those times. This is the story of one child named Will Arren, age: 16, occupation: high school student, status: single and bored out of his mind in school. Now Will wasn't bored because he wasn't listening, he was and he understood the lesson and that’s what made it boring. He may be smart but his major flaw is that his head is filled with so much imagination and creative ideas that he gets caught up in his own little world, so many things he wishes could exist (Super heroes, technology, my little pony etc. etc.) But all that changes today. As Will was half listening, half not, to the lesson he heard a voice. "Hello? Is anyone there? Testing, testing, one two three.” He heard a voice coming from somewhere but he looked around and no one was talking to him so he ignored it. “Hello? Is this thing on? Wait, do I even need to turn it on? Oh well.” That voice. He knew he had heard that voice somewhere but he couldn't identify it, not only that but the voice sounded like it was in his head. He thought he just needed to clear his head. “Ms. Klien, may I use the restroom?” he asked the teacher. “Fine, but make it quick.” He got up out of his seat and walked down the hall to the bathroom, he went inside and splashed some water on his face. “Okay Will, maybe you’re daydreaming a little too much.” He said to himself “Oh by no means are you dreaming dear Will, I actually am talking to you.” Now will was surprised “Great, now the voices in my head are addressing me. I really must be going crazy.” “I’m not in your head, in fact I’m right behind you.” Will turned around but he didn't see a person he saw a draconequus, in fact it was the legendary draconequus Discord. “D-Discord?” “Oh you recognize me, that’ll make this so much easier.” Discord didn't exactly have a body. He appeared to Will as what looks like a ghost or an image. “Why are you here? You shouldn't be here, you’re not real.” “You’d think that but I’m actually just as real as you.” “No, you’re not real, I must be crazy.” “Yes, I can see that but that’s one of the reasons that I've come here.” Will finally accepted that this was actually happening and listened to what Discord had to say. “What do you want?” he asked “Well, as you may or may not know I've been stuck in my statue form for over one thousand years, however recently I've broken out and I had fun. Unfortunately, not even one day full of chaos went by and I was put back into stone, the princess said that maybe some day if I could reform she might let me out, but as much as I’d like to be free I just can’t change. That’s where you come in.” “Why do you need me?” “Although I’m stuck in stone I still have my magical powers of sight, I found you and you’re exactly the kind of person I need to be the new god of chaos.” Now he was intrigued “You want me to take your place? How will that work?” “I’ve spent quite a bit of time saving up magical energy to summon myself here and create a portal back to my home world. You’re going to go through it, once there I put your consciousness into my body and you become the new god of chaos.” Will thought about it. “It’s an interesting offer but what do you want in return?” “Oh I’ll think of something. Until then here.” He snapped his fingers and suddenly a blue glowing portal opened up in front of Will, thankfully no one was around otherwise people would be freaking out. “Here’s the portal, step through it and you’ll be transported to Equestria. Do it quickly though, I don’t have the energy to sustain it for very long.” “Wait, before I go can I ask you a question?” “I’ll give you three.” “Really?” “Yes.” “Wait, that one didn't count did it?” “Yes it did, that’s two.” “Why are you doing this to me?” He chuckled “Because it’s funny, now off you go.” As I stepped through the portal something occurred to me. “Wait, what if this hurts? What if this really hurts? Oh, I didn't think of that, is this gonna hurt?” “Sorry, no more questions off you go.” He then pushed me through the portal and I started falling down into a mixture of bright lights and dark abyss. It felt like I was falling for hours until I hit the ground, it was grassy, the air was warm, and the skies were clear. “Wow, so this is Equestria? It’s beautiful.” “Yes, yes you can admire its beauty once you’re inside your new body.” I turned around and saw Discord in his statue form. “Wow Discord are you sure you want to break out? I mean you've got rock hard abs, and all this time in the stony lonesome had probably made you stone cold.” “Stop with all the rock puns and just help me out already.” “Geez sorry, I didn't mean to agitate the gravel.” “That…was actually kind of funny, but still we have to get you in my body.” “Right sorry, what do you need?” “Put your right hand on my eagle’s claw and I should be able to put your consciousness into my body.” “And I’ll have all of your powers?” “Oh yes the only limit will be your imagination, anything you can think of you can create.” It was a sweet deal which I had to take, so I put my hand on his claw and felt this electrifying feeling and my mind felt like it was leaving my body and before I knew what was happening I was inside the statue. It took a little bit of effort but I managed to force myself out of that stone prison and break free. I pumped my fist in the air with excitement. “Yes it worked…aww but I still have my old voice, I really wanted that awesome voice Discord has. In any case, let’s see if he was telling the truth about my powers.” I decided to test my strength and conjure up something simple, so I snapped my fingers and made a glass of chocolate milk. I drank it and it was delicious, I also found that I could eat the cup because it was made of sugar and chomped that down to. I celebrated my new victory. “Oh this is awesome! What should I do first? Go exploring out in the Ever-free forest? Build myself a home? Make friends with the ponies in Ponyville?” “Hold it right there Discord!” I heard a voice from behind me, I turned around to find four guards were pointing there spears at me. “Getting ambushed by guards. Well it wouldn't be first on my to-do list but I can work with this.” “Gentleman, please calm down this isn’t what you think.” I said in a calm voice. They didn’t put down their spears “Silence Discord, we don’t care if you’ve changed your voice or your eye color, you’re still the evil chaos making tyrant.” What the white pony said confused me. “Eye color? Hold on a second.” I snapped my fingers and created a small hand held mirror to look at myself with. All my other parts looked like Discord except for my eyes which had changed from yellow with red irises to white with blue irises (My eye color back on earth) “Guys listen I’m not really Discord, he gave me his body and I’m a completely different person.” “Stop trying to fill our heads with lies.” Alright, it was time for a different approach. “Okay, if I really was Discord would I still be standing here talking to you? Wouldn’t I have teleported away to cause chaos or go after princess Celestia or turn you guards into frogs?” Now my point was getting through as a few of the guards lowered their weapons. “I haven’t hurt anyone yet.” I snapped and conjured up five chairs with me sitting in the biggest one. “So why don’t we all sit down and talk our problems out instead?” One by one they all sat down in a chair. “Good, now let’s start by sharing each other’s names and we’ll start with you." 10 minutes later….. Princess Celestia had been informed by her guards that ‘Discord’ had broken free from his prison, the moment she heard this she stormed out of her chambers angrily down the hall. “I can’t believe this! How could Discord have gotten free? The elements of harmony were supposed to seal him away for good this time. He’s probably already outside now, creating chaos in my fair country.” However when she stepped outside she saw a normal day, no chaos whatsoever. The only thing that looked different was Discord was sitting around a bunch of her guards while one of them was crying and he was consoling him. “There there, it’s alright. You need to realize that you’re your own stallion who can make his own decisions.” I said sweetly I noticed the princess standing there and ended my conversation. “Okay everyone that’s the end of today’s meeting. Good job all around, just remember what we learned today and remember to watch out not just for the good of other people but also yourself, and if you want to do something like this again start a union or something, I don’t know. Bye bye.” I waved them all good bye as princess Celestia started walking over to me. “Your highness, it’s an honor to meet you.” I bowed as a sign of respect. “Get up.” She demanded as I got up. “What is going on here?” “Well I was just helping a few of your guards with their personal problems and I learned some very interesting things. White Lightning over there originally wanted to be an artist but his parents pressured him to join the royal guard, and that guard Rock Justice confessed to dying his coat white to make it into the guards because you only accept white stallions, a bit racist on your part and…” Suddenly, she used her magic to grab my entire head and shut my mouth. “Be quiet Discord, I don’t care if you sound different or if your eyes look different you’re still the evil man I imprisoned all those centuries ago.” I popped my head off to get loose from her control, leaving my head suspended in the air by her magic while my body stepped back from her. “Look Celestia, if I really was Discord why aren't I out creating chaos and making every pony’s lives miserable?” “What if you’re just trying to trick me?” “Trick you? Dear Celestia to trick you would require planning and I quite literally cannot think ahead. Now if you wouldn't mind.” I outstretched my eagle claw and Celestia dropped my head in my hand, I put my head where it’s supposed to be and twisted it like a screw driver. “Thank you.” “Well if you really aren't Discord, and I’m not entirely sure that you aren't, then tell me who you actually are.” “Well, I’m actually a person from an alternate dimension, Discord brought me here and put my consciousness in his body so now I have control and he’s in the back of my mind whispering ideas of chaos but I’m ignoring him.” Suddenly and unexpectedly Will’s eyeballs changed colors back to Discords original yellow with red irises. “Don’t tell her our plans just like that, and how do you know about me? From what I can tell I’m not affecting your thoughts at all.” Will’s eyes shifted again back to his color. “Two reasons: One, I knew that you’d try to deceive me and two: You can’t change my thoughts because they’re already random and crazy. Now hush, the adults are talking.” Eye change. “What adults? You’re barely sixteen.” Change. “And a heck of a lot more mature than you, now shush.” I turned my attention back to Celestia. “Now do you see? He’s inside my mind, although I guess as long as he’s in my head I guess you still can’t trust me.” She shook her head. “No, I believe you now but as long as Discord still remains he will try and control you. We must think of a way to stop him.” We both thought and wondered how to deal with Discord so that he wouldn't be a problem until I came up with an idea. “I know exactly what to do princess.” I snapped my fingers and the Discord statue was put back together good as new. “I’m going to put Discord’s consciousness back in the statue and without his magic he shouldn't be able to break out again.” I put my lion’s paw up to the statue’s head and prepared for the transfer. “Sorry Discord old bean, your plans have failed again and you’re going back to stone.” Eye change. “No, you can’t do this to me I made you, I created you.” Eye change. “Classic mistake, you gave me your power so I’m going to use it however I please, and i'll start with getting rid of you. Executing phase shift.” I focused all my willpower into the statue and I felt a dark energy course through my palm and go into the statue. The whole process was draining and I felt tired as I plopped onto the ground. “Is it over? Is Discord in the statue like you planned?” Celestia asked. Suddenly, the statue came to life and started moving around. “You arrogant child! You have no idea what you've done.” I got up on my feet. “He’s in there all right. I gave him the added bonus of being able to move around a bit but no further than five feet in any direction. As a kind of way to entertain the tourists, you know?” Celestia gave a contempt smile. “That’s good, now without the threat of Discord looming you said you weren't from here?” “That’s right. Allow me to show you my true form.” I snapped my fingers and I was turned back into a human. Celestia was clearly surprised. “My word, you’re a human! And you’re um…” I looked down and saw that I was unfortunately naked, I immediately covered myself. “Oh geez, I’m so sorry your majesty I meant no disrespect. I’m still working out the kinks with my new powers, hold on.” I snapped again and conjured up some clothes: Black shoes with white socks, black jeans, and a black hoodie with a red undershirt (I really like black okay? It’s a cool color.) “There much better. So, you knew I was human but you sounded shocked, why?” “Humans are quite a rarity here in Equestria, even I with centuries of life have only seen them once or twice.” “Well you’ll be getting to see much more of me because from now on, I plan on staying here since I have no way of getting home, and even if I did I don’t think I would want to, this country is too beautiful to pass up. Plus, if I’m going to be staying around here in Equestria it’d probably be best not to look like the guy who plunged the land into eternal chaos.” “Agreed, and if you’re going to stay here may I suggest Ponyville? It’s a lovely little town and my student is there as well, she can watch over you as well as teach you things about this new world.” I liked that idea. All the best ponies were in Ponyville and it’d be fun living there. “Tia! What’s happening? A guard informed me that Discord had broken out so I came to help and…who is this?” Luna came bursting out of the castle in a shock over what was happening, not knowing it had been resolved. “Not to worry my dear sister, I along with my new friend here have solved the issue.” “Hey! I did all the work putting Discord back into the statue, the least you could do is make it sound like we did equal jobs.” Luna just stood there with a blank look on her face. “I’m confused, what’s going on here?” “Well sister you see…” “Don’t worry about it princess I've got this.” I snapped my fingers and beamed my memories into Luna’s brain. She giggled. “He he, rock puns. So young Will you’ll be staying in Ponyville under my sister's students supervision?” she said “Will?” I took a small bow. “Sir William von Etenbourough the third at your service.” They looked at me strangely until I started laughing. “I’m just kidding it’s just William or Will for short.” Celestia rolled her eyes. “Well he certainly has the sense of humor of a chaos god. I’ll send a letter to my student telling her of your arrival; afterwards I’ll get my guards to escort you to town in a chariot.” I didn't want to be escorted, too flashy and noticeable, so I came up with another option. “That’s okay princess, I have my own ride.” I snapped my fingers and suddenly two giant black feathered wings sprouted from my back, each one about seven feet across. “Oh yeah, this is cool. If it’s okay with you princess I’ll just fly into town.” “Very well and please call me Celestia; I’d like to get to know you better Will so you need not use my royal title. I hope you will come visit us again soon.” “I plan on it, farewell Celestia. Oh, and Luna before I go I must ask you a question: Do you like video games?” She nodded her head...well that was unexpected, I guess all those gamer Luna myths were true. “Oh,great. Well, I hope we can play some time, friendly or against.” She gave me a confident smile and nodded. “Take care both of you. William away!” I flapped my massive wings and took off towards Ponyville. “I predict an interesting future sister.” Luna said “Hopefully a good one.”