//------------------------------// // One-Sided // Story: My Little Doctor Whooves: Discord // by comicfan616 //------------------------------// The three mares stared in silence. They were actually looking at Discord’s first reign of Equestria. Even though it looked like what happened the last time Discord was free, they still couldn’t believe they were looking at his handiwork again. “Approximately one year ago,” the Doctor said, breaking the others out of their trance, “a strange creature appeared. No one knew what it was or where it came from. Even fewer were able to describe it. Eventually, everyone took to calling it a draconequus, because all they could agree on in terms of its appearance was a pony’s head on a dragon’s body. “Then it began. It was small at first. Crops were enlarging almost overnight. Birds started literally whistling Dixie. The roads became silk. Then the real chaos began. The skies became pink. Ponies found their homes invaded by fish. The local wildlife actually went wild, doing cartwheels in ruby slippers. Oceans looked more like milk. “Finally, the draconequus revealed himself. He proclaimed himself to be the new and forever king of Equestria. King Discord, the Chaotic. The only law of his reign: ‘There are no laws.’” No one had ever heard the story told that way before. It almost made Discord more terrifying than even Celestia could make him sound. “So, everypony’s been livin’ like this for ‘round a year?” Applejack asked. “We were barely able ta handle six hours!” “Makes you respect your ancestors all the more, doesn’t it?” the Doctor replied. “So, hold on a second,” Twilight said. “If Discord’s here, and we were looking for the princesses…” “You catch on quick, Twilight,” the Doctor confirmed. “This is the day Celestia and Luna rose against Discord and took their places as Equestria’s diarchs.” “Awesome!” Rainbow nearly shouted. “This is gonna be sweet! Where are they, Doc?” “Just a bit that way,” he replied, pointing his hoof to the side. “If I’ve timed this right, we should get there just before the battle begins.” “Wait!” Twilight said. “Should we really leave the TARDIS like this? I mean, it’s out in the open.” The Doctor just shrugged. “I would think that a large blue box that nobo… nopony can identify right away fits in with the whole ‘nothing makes sense’ aesthetic Discord has going on here.” “Aesthetic?” Twilight repeated. “That’s what we’re calling it?” “Look, did you want to see the soon-to-be princesses defeat Discord?” the Doctor asked rhetorically. “Then come along and no questioning my word choices.” He walked in the direction he indicated earlier, the other three following behind soon after. As they walked, they gazed at the chaotic landscape. It was as the mares remembered from their last encounter: disturbing with a touch of dark comedy. They would be happy to watch it all fade away once the princesses inevitably won. Even with this common emotion of anxiety, the feelings were varied amongst the ponies. Rainbow was hoping to see an exciting battle between the forces of good against chaos incarnate. Applejack, having only come to keep her friends from getting into too much trouble, was only more than a little curious as to how the battle would play out. Twilight, however, let her emotions flow more openly. Although the discomfort was evident, even more so was the giddiness she was feeling. She was going to see a historical event unfold before her eyes. Granted, many of the things she and her friends had done could be considered historical in their own rights, and probably would be in a few years down the line. But there was a difference between making history and merely witnessing it. Added to her excitement was the fact that she would be among the first ponies to witness an event hundreds of years before her time. The scholar in Twilight was excited, as was the student of Princess Celestia. The Doctor led them to a row of bushes; they were just big enough for them to hide behind. He knelt down and beckoned the others to follow his example. As soon as they were down, he said, “I don’t think I need to tell you this, but the last thing we need to do is involve ourselves directly in this. This is an important moment in your history. Any change whatsoever, big or small, will have massive repercussions.” “Yeah, yeah, we get it,” Rainbow said. “Step on a butterfly here, kill everyone in the future.” “Erm, not quite to that extent, Rainbow,” the Doctor argued, “but you have the right idea.” “How in the hay would you even know that?” Applejack asked. “Daring Do and Sands of Time,” Rainbow answered. “Girls, quiet!” Twilight hissed. They all looked at a, once again, familiar scene. The scene was a rolling field, with a landscape just like the rest of the area. A throne was perched on top of a hill, almost demonic in appearance. Sitting on it was a creature with a mishmash of body parts, from a lion’s paw to a hawk’s talon to a bat’s wing to a lizard’s foot to an elk’s antler to a number of other random features. His actual body was long and serpentine, and his head looked like a horse with an unusually long face with a stray canine sticking out of his mouth. “There he is,” Applejack whispered. “Discord,” Twilight added. “Hm, thought he’d be taller,” the Doctor said. The other three just looked at him for a brief moment before turning back. Discord was looking at the landscape, laughing heartily at the chaos around him. He watched as a leaf blew in the breeze, tap dancing as it did. Suddenly, a voice called out, “Discord!” Discord, and the ponies from behind the bush, turned to find the source of the voice. Standing on the other end of the field were two alicorns: one was pure white and had a flowing, ephemeral, rainbow mane; the other was dark blue with the same kind of mane, except night blue. “This is it!” Rainbow shouted in a whisper as Celestia and Luna walked up. “I’ve never been this excited before,” Twilight added. “Yes, watching your first historical event is quite a moment,” the Doctor said. “Drink it in, girls.” Meanwhile, Discord looked down at the alicorns. “Welcome back, ladies!” he said with open arms. “Back for another round?” “Another round?” Applejack whispered. “How long’s this been goin’ on?” The conversation continued before anyone could reply. “This time, you’re finished, Discord!” Celestia said. Discord suddenly broke down in laughter. “Oh ho ho! You should listen to yourself. The way you say that is just so… bad! It’s so bad, it’s actually hilarious!” “We shall see who has the last laugh when Equstria has finally seen the last of you!” Luna shot back. Discord just continued laughing. “Ah, the Mistress of Cliché strikes again. Really, Night-Brite, you should trade in your encyclopedia of comebacks; your material’s drying up faster than water on hot cement.” At this, he snapped his fingers. A pile of wet cement immediately poured on top of the alicorns and dried up almost instantly. It started cracking, though, and Celestia and Luna both used their magic to break it apart. “We’re wasting time simply talking to him,” Luna said to Celestia, her annoyance evident. “Agreed,” the older sister replied. “You may have the first blow.” Luna immediately fired a beam of blue magic. Discord merely snapped his fingers and disappeared before the beam could even touch him. He reappeared as soon as the beam had passed. “That was a good blow, all things considered,” he said. “But how do you like this one?” He started sucking in air, his normally thin body growing into a sphere. When he was done, he exhaled, releasing a gust that almost swept the sisters off their hooves. Celestia struggled to face the wind and fired her own golden beam at Discord. The beam impacted, causing his expanded body to burst in a flash of light. However, when the light cleared, he still looked unharmed; the only comfort was that the wind had stopped. Luna flapped her wings and took off, trying to bring the fight to close-quarters combat. But before she could land a hoof on Discord, his body was replaced by what looked like a green cloud, and when Luna punched, the whole cloud dissipated. The problems were only added to when a colorful array of similarly shaped clouds surrounded her. Celestia flew up and flapped her wings, blowing away the clouds. Unfortunately, Discord wasn’t in any of them. They didn’t have time to wonder where he was, however, as a sudden snowstorm piled on top of them. With the snow piled on top of their wings, they couldn’t keep themselves airborne and fell to the ground, hard. They stood up slowly, the cold making it difficult, and tried to shake the snow off. As the fight was going on, Twilight spoke up, whispering to the others, “This is… not what I expected.” “Hey, you know what Discord’s capable of,” Rainbow pointed out. “But the Elements of Harmony,” Twilight argued. “They should be using the Elements of Harmony on him.” “I have to admit,” the Doctor added, “this is peculiar. The historical records show that the final battle with Discord was an easy victory. Although this appears to be one-sided, it’s not what I was hoping.” The battle continued on as it had. Discord had stayed defensive for much of the fight, but he still managed to lay his talon or paw on the two alicorns on occasion. Finally, it got to a point where both sisters put Discord between them. “Now!” Celestia yelled. They both charged up a spell and, before Discord had much time to react, their spells took the shape of large nets that flew toward him. But the nets just passed right through him as though he was a ghost. They continued their paths until they tied themselves around the other caster. Both princesses fell to the ground and struggled against their bonds. “A word to the unwise,” Discord mocked. “When you have a secret plan, try not to use verbal signals; it might just alert to your enemy that you have a secret plan.” Both sisters leered at him; Luna even threw out a growl. “Tell you what,” he continued. “Since you’re both a little tied up at the moment, I’ll do the honors of finishing this bout.” He held his talon out, ready to snap. Celestia gasped and lit up her horn. Luna noticed and lit hers as well. Just as Discord snapped, they vanished in a flash of light. However, the lights were colored yellow and blue and were instantaneous, not like the smoother, white light associated with Discord. Twilight realized, and eventually the others, that the princesses teleported of their own volition. As for Discord himself, a bowl of blue ice cream floated in front of him after he had snapped his fingers. “Huh,” he said to himself. “I was just going to offer them a snack for the road. Ah well, I suppose poison joke-flavored ice cream is an acquired taste.” He materialized a spoon and began to eat. “Mmmmm, tastes like chaos with a hint of blueberry.” He returned to his throne and continued eating. The Doctor backed away from the bush. The others looked at him. “I think we’ve seen enough for now.” The mares nodded and followed him back to the TARDIS.