//------------------------------// // Nom Nom Nom! // Story: Aftermath of the Blanks // by HumanSVD //------------------------------// Discord was now depressed in his stone prison and lay on a couch eating junk food. At first, it was a bag of popcorn; now, it was a tub of ice cream. As he was halfway through the tub, Discord moaned in boredom and pity for himself, wishing the Human was alive once more. ”Oh, look at what I’ve become! I’m like a mare having a self-esteem issue! I used to be the Master of Chaos and Deception! Now I’m a worthless loser! NOM NOM NOM!” He was so depressed that trolling the King and Queen wasn’t even something that would make him feel better. To do that, he had to be at his best chaotic peak, and the loss of a potential apprentice was something that hit him very hard. Discord stopped moaning in pity, realizing what he was doing. ”I’m mourning for someone...I’ve never done that before. Why am I doing this? It’s like I want a...” Discord shivered at the word that popped into his mind. ”Friend.” Disgusted with himself, Discord threw the ice cream on the floor beside his imaginary couch. He looked into an imaginary mirror and saw various ice cream stains with loose popcorn fragments littering his body. He was a disgusting slob who was reduced to pity and failure. Snapping with his paw, the mess and the couch were gone. The Lord of Chaos was pacing around, thinking about the situation’s implications. ”A friend? A FRIEND?! The Lord of Chaos does not want or need friends! He wants power! He wants to troll! He wants the society of boring normies to melt away!” With a snap of his fingers, Discord stood on a pedestal marked number 1 while the images of ponies wearing dunce hats wandered around like simple herd animals below. Discord shouted, ”I am Chaos, hear me roar! I don’t need friends, and as Hexagon as my witness, I will never act pathetic ever again!” Confetti rained down as a stallion in a tuxedo hooved Discord, who too was in a Tuxedo of his own, a golden award modeled after him. It was the same laughing pose from when he was first petrified a thousand years ago, a rather good pose, in his opinion. Taking the award with his claw, he bowed and blew kisses to the crowd of idiot ponies hoof stomping below, saying, ”Aww! You really love me! Muwah! Muwah!” He froze the celebration with a paw snap and listened for something. When he realized it was, a grin came to his face. Another snap later, the crowd, pedestal, and the ponies disappeared, leaving the Lord of Chaos still holding the award in his claw. Realizing that he indeed heard correctly, Discord cheered, ”YES! He’s alive! Back to plan A! Oh yeah! Don’t worry, Woona, your Knight is coming to rescue your heart...and soon crush it after I get a hold of him!” Knowing how the Night Princess was run by the archaic and old ways, Discord hatched a plan. He would entertain himself by meddling with her love for the human. Discord knew this because Chaos reverberated through the night, and he was always driven to it. He wasn’t a mind reader by any stretch of the imagination, but he could feel a chaotic disturbance. Snapping his paw, the Chaotic Lord laid down on his couch and burst a new tub of ice cream into existence. ”This is the last time I do this.” And enjoyed the ice cream he did as he waited and listened for the chaotic echoes, hoping to hear the Human once more. ”Mmm! Nom Nom Nom.” Rainbow Dash woke up from sleeping the entire day off and stretched her back. After getting out of bed, she walked to her mirror to look at her black eye. Sure enough, it was still there, angering the mare. ”Bucking Human! I wish you were alive so I could get even with you! Now I can’t let Scootaloo see me like this! She’ll think I’m uncool and can’t hold my own! Now I’ll lose my biggest fan!” “Aaauugghh! Humans...what’s so great about them anyway?” Remembering his weapon from her dream and seeing it real life made her shiver. She remembered seeing them when they found Konrad up close. While she considered it good that he was on their side, she hated that he kicked more plot and was cooler than her. While she remembered her lesson for letting others shine months ago, she didn’t like that Scootaloo paid more attention to Mare-do-Well than her. She considered Scootaloo her little sister despite that not being the case. Her parents never had any more foals due to health concerns for her mother, but Rainbow Dash wished that she had siblings, colt or filly. Rainbow Dash looked at the mirror and remembered the event leading up to it. She remembered laughing at the Ghost Mare named Ruby for not being able to have foals. She remembered the look of sadness on her face and replaced it with the image of her mother. She remembered seeing her mother cry like that when they learned of the news that she was unable to have any more foals. ”Dang...I really was a huge plothole that night.” At the time, Dash didn’t understand what her parents and doctor were talking about, only the doctor giving her a lollipop for being a good filly. When they got home, Dash had asked why mommy was crying, but all her father said was, “No cool brother or sister for you.” Now feeling guilty about what she said, Rainbow Dash said to herself, “I deserved getting hit...but I don’t like him still! And if he does anything...I’ll show him the karate skills I learned from my Japaneighs instructor!” Looking at the mirror, she realized she had no makeup to cover it up. She hardly ever carried it; seeing how it was not her style, Rainbow Dash decided to wear her Shadow Bolt costume from last year. Scootaloo had gotten one made for herself, making Rainbow Dash smile when she heard that from the filly. They would be an excellent team, scaring the plots off of everypony. ”Wish that Human was here; I would have loved to get back at him with a good prank. Well, it’s almost time, gotta get ready.” Rainbow Dash took a quick shower and ate some leftovers from yesterday. Once that was done, she put her costume on. Satisfied that she looked good in her outfit, Rainbow Dash walked out the front door and made her way down to Ponyville. She was unaware that a rematch would soon be in her future.