Discord and Lyra’s Excellent Adventure!
(Part 2)
(Once again, this was thanks to the idea that Legacy55 had on the fic, here's his page.)
Discord, the past Discord, sat at his throne. He sipped his chocolate milk from a golden goblet as he looked out the giant, gaping hole in the wall of his fortress. Surveying the day, his steward walked up from behind and bowed grandly for his chaotic master.
“Hail Discord, Lord of the Lawless, King of Chaos, Duke of...”
“Blah, blah, blah Heartfelt,” the draconequus sighed in boredom, “tell me the news.”
“Y... yes sire...” the grey pony said as he sat down in front of his master and cleared his throat, “It seems your forces have chased out all the interlopers and traitors that had infested the city.”
“The wizard will be the judge of that Heartfelt... Bring him to me.” The Chaos God demanded, slamming his eagle’s claw against the arm of his chair.
“Oh my... Y...Yes sire!” Heartfelt dashed to the open door behind his master, racing through the halls until he came upon the door to the tower where the one Discord had called the wizard lived. This tower had once been the living quarters of Star-Swirl the Bearded but now a more malevolent magician lived here. Heartfelt had always feared the tower, ever since the incident with the giant spider a few weeks before... “But I have to get over that...” Heartfelt whispered to himself, “I... I need to get the wizard, or master Discord will hurt me...” And so, Heartfelt slowly acceded the stone staircase to the top of the tower.
***
Lyra had just had the most amazing dream. It had her and Bon-Bon in it... It was a warm summer day in Ponyville park and everypony she knew was sitting and waiting. They where all dressed up in fancy outfits, she could see Big Macintosh in a top hat, Rarity in a peach colored dress, even Pinkie Pie looked nice (considering she had chocolate cake all over her face and nopony seemed to notice). That’s when she realized that she was standing next to her sister, Octavia, and wearing a bow tie and tuxedo for some reason, and Princess Celestia was standing there too with a big book in front of her. Then, Bon-Bon walked into few... And she looked beautiful in her wedding dress. That’s when Discord woke her up by snapping his fingers, and causing a bucket of water to dump all over her.
“Oh come on!” the mint pony called out, “This was my ONLY sleeping bag Discord!”
The draconequus couldn’t help but laugh his arms off, literally. “I’m sorry Lyra, but it was too perfect! A classic.” Suddenly, Princess Luna emerged from the brush near the two and shot her floating foe with a paralyzation spell.
“We knew of such!” the dark blue filly yelled, “We knew that thou couldn’t be trusted!” The princess turned toward Lyra, “Art thou unharmed, fair Lyra? We wished to stop him, however, our sister ordered us not to harm the foul beast.”
“N...no, I’m ok.” The musician unicorn snickered a bit as her friend’s predicament, “You can unfreeze him Luna, he was just pulling a prank on us... um, me.”
“Hmmm, if thou insists.” the alicorn’s horn shone as she unfroze Discord, “Consider that a warning, creature.” The princess then turned and walked towards the other resistance ponies in the camp, as Discord rubbed the back of his now sore head.
“What’s her problem?” Lyra asked her friend.
“Don’t ask...” Discord sighed, closing his eyes, “Let’s just say I wasn’t always a harmless prankster.”
***
“Oh...dear...sweet... Discord...” Heartfelt gasped as she reached the top step. It had always felt like he was walking to the top of the mountain itself when he got to the top, but he wasn’t finished yet. The grey pony looked at the door in front of him in fear, shaking at the thought of who sat on the other side of that door. Still, if he didn’t get the wizard, the master... Heartfelt shuttered at the though before he knocked.
“Entrude!” a booming voice called from the other side. Slowly, Heartfelt entered the dark room. The wizard didn’t seem to like light, so he hid himself in almost complete shadow as he worked. The room was so foreign the the steward that he bumped his hoof against a very heavy table and screamed. “Silence you fool! Can’t you tell that I’m working?!”
“Oh, ah... I’m sorry sir...” Heartfelt forced out, “I... Lord Discord has asked for you...”
The wizard sighed as the sounds of two sets of hooves walking came towards the door, “Very well,” the wizard replied, “lead on steward.”
Heartfelt turned and looked down the stairs, sighing as he closed his eyes and started to flap his wings. At least, the pegasus though, the wizard doesn’t mind my flying as much as Lord Discord.
***
Discord and Lyra sat next to Celestia as the meeting started, and all eyes where on the draconequus. They all still listened to their leaders, of course, but their thoughts where on the image of their enemy that sat near them.
“I suppose you’re all wondering why Discord is among us?” Celestia asked, which the other freedom fighters answered with nods, “Well, it seems that the Discord from our time has begun upsetting the past enough that it is effecting the future.” This was met by many blank stares, “Perhaps I should explain..”
“Allow me princess,” Lyra stood as she faced the crowd, “Um... Well, I’m Lyra Heartstrings, and I’m from Ponyville...” a few ponies called out ‘Hi Lyra’ from the crowd, “I’ve been traveling with Discord through time. I know that sound weird, but it’s true. Anyway, we where in Canterlot in our time and another Discord, the one from this time period, was there and wrecking everything.
“We drove him out of our time,” the minty green pony continued, “but then he came back here, and ever since the book on Equestrian history that I brought with me has been rewriting itself. So, we think that if we over throw the Discord from this time one June 6th, when the book said the princesses took him down, then everything should go back to normal... So we need to get in that castle, stop the evil Discord and save Equestria! Who’s with me?!”
The crowd was silent, all of them just sitting there and staring at the unicorn trying to stir them up. Lyra turned to sit back down, her head down in shame... Until the sound of somepony stamping their hooves loudly. Soon, a second and third pony joined them, then the entire crowd was stamping for Lyra. Even the princesses and Discord where applauding her loudly, Discord throwing in a few whistles and woots for his friend. The mint green pony stood there, her head held up as she looked to the sky. She had only one wish... That her Bon-Bon was there to see this.
***
The wizard’s cloaked assistant looked out the hole in the castle wall, toward the forest, as if the cloaked pony was being called there. However, when its master stepped into the room, the cloaked pony stayed by his side like a filly clings to her older brother. The wizard walked slowly, until he stood in front of the Chaos God, Discord.
“Good to see you’re doing well sorcerer,” Discord yawned in boredom, “I was just wondering if your advice has indeed worked as well as my steward has told me.”
“Of course it has, you highness.” The magician bowed slowly, then looked up to the draconequus, “My predictions have come true, and you now hold all the power in Canterlot and Equestria. All you need to do now is out last the 6th day of the sixth month this year, and you shall remain in power for the next twenty thousand years.”
Discord tented his fingers maliciously, looking out into the blue sky, “Excellent... I believe it is time to double the guard, and stop taking prisoners.” The wizard trotted to the hole in the wall, his red wings stretched out as his red and black hair blew in the breeze.
“A very good idea, Lord Discord...” Blackspine smiled evilly as he kept his back turned, his plans going right on track.