Entropy

by Dream Seeker


Bonus: Alternate Timeline: Life-Afferming Chaos

THIS IS NOT PART OF THE ACTUAL STORYLINE AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

"Hey Discord, I found a book I think you would like!" said Fluttershy cheerily. Discord had been about to teleport to the top of the roof and begin a new era of chaos, but Fluttershy came in just when he was about to leave.

"Ok, I'll try it." Discord said, picking up the book. He didn't seriously think he would read it, or like it, until he read the title. "Life-Afferming Chaos? What sort of a book is this?"

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Discord grinned, staring at the shocked expressions on the ponies' faces. A moment ago, three unicorns were on a trip in a hot air balloon, when suddenly a miscast spell punctured it and it began to fall, very quickly. They were doomed and about to die, when they impacted the river they were flying over... that was suddenly made of jello. They bounced a few times, but ultimately were safe.

"T-thank you, Discord! You saved us!"

Discord grinned. "Oh, it's a little thing I learned called life-afferming chaos. I get to use my chaos, and you get to survive otherwise deadly events! Everybody wins!" with that, he teleported out to save the next unsuspecting ponies.

In Canterlot, Celestia and Luna suddenly found ponies trying to raise money for... Discord?

"Send for the Elements of Harmony. I honestly have no clue what's going on." said Celestia, blinking.

Twilight and her friends arrived, panicked. "Princess! What's going on?"

"Discord is receiving donations from ponies. I want you to find out why."

"Couldn't you just... ask?"

"I haven't seen him all day!"

"Um... I might know why." said Fluttershy timidly. "I gave him a book about life-afferming chaos. It's a theory where beings who want to create chaos use the chaos for good, instead of for evil. It's a novel, centered around Discord himself, and he might have taken it to heart."

"How does it work?" asked Twilight and Celestia simultaneously.

Fluttershy shrunk back a little in response. "Well, he creates chaotic events to save lives, for instance if a pony were to fall out a window the street would suddenly turn into a giant mattress. If somepony were about to be killed, the weapon turns to party streamers, or a kazoo. Basically, random chaos saves lives."

"How does that explain the donations?" asked Celestia.

"Ponies feel thankful to those who save their lives. In fact-" what Fluttershy was about to say was cut off by the rioting crowds outside.

"WE WANT DISCORD! WE WANT DISCORD! LONG LIVE KING DISCORD! LONG LIVE KING DISCORD! DOWN WITH THE DIARCHY!"

Celestia and Luna's jaw dropped. In just one day of performing kind acts, ponies already wanted him to be ruler?... What did that say about life under the Diarchy's rule? At that moment, Discord teleported in. "I've saved my daily quota of souls... What's going on out there?" he asked when he saw the riot. When he heard their chants, his jaw dropped and he blinked rapidly. "Never in my life did I ever imagine such a thing could be possible without my corruption..." he snapped his claws together. "As they say, "Hell hath frozen over!""

In Tartarus...

Tirek shivered in the cold, blinking in surprise. "Well, look at that, Hell's frozen over!" he laughed. "Never thought I'd see the day."