Chaos Theory
Chapter 8
"Discord, I can't believe you did that on our date!"
"Hey, the waiter was asking for it!"
"Even so, you didn't need to turn him into a goose!"
Oh man, how everything had gone wrong so suddenly. The date had been going well, but then the waiter brought in our food. Now, of course, I decided to play around with it, and what do I find?
"Twilight, he spit in our food for no reason!"
It was true. We had done nothing wrong, but I guess he just didn't like me if anything. Still, it was pretty funny when I called him back over Twilight's protests.
"Look, Discord, I know, and that was incredibly rude of him, but you promised to give up chaos for me!"
She's right. Of course she's right.
"Okay okay, you're right, I'm sorry, but I just got so upset at him for ruining our date like that."
"Why though? You already said you don't hold any romantic feelings for me, so why get so upset over it?"
Why get upset over it? I've asked myself that question a lot lately. But at least I know the answer for this one.
"Twilight, sit down, I think it's time I tell you a little story."
The lavender mare does so, and I sit down on the couch directly to her right. Rubbing her back, I begin the story.
"Twilight, do you remember what I did when I was last free?"
"You turned me and my friends against each other."
"Precisely," I state as I continue rubbing her back, "but who did I hurt the worst out of you girls?"
"I guess me, but I still don't get what this has to do with anything."
"Twilight," I hesitantly stated, not believing I was about to admit this, "when you turned grey, and you shed that tear..."
"What, Discord?"
"It, it tore me up inside, Twilight. I felt horrible, but I was so close to victory that I ignored it."
"Why?"
I didn't expect her to ask that, but I may as well answer it...
"Because Twilight, back in the day, there was another mare like you, and you know what's funny?"
"What?"
I let out a chuckle, because the irony of this is just too good.
"She ended up getting the better of me eventually as well."
Twilight doesn't say anything, so I continue.
"And her name was Celestia."
I notice Twilight's eyes go wide at the mention of her mentor, and I can't help but understand why.
"You just remind me so much of her back in the day Twilight, it's not even funny."
"But, I still don't get it, why feel bad for me? You hated her back then, and if I'm a lot like she was, then why not hate me as well?"
That's true. I had never given it thought, but maybe there was more to it. Wait... crap, okay, just act like there's another reason.
"Because Twilight, you actually thought I had the chance to change, which is more than can be said about your mentor."
Maybe I should tell her...
"Twilight, remember earlier when I told you and Rarity about my first reign of terror?"
"Yeah, why?" she asks before letting out a gasp, "Can I take notes on it now?!"
"No Twilight, but there's something I didn't mention..."
I notice her eyes go wide, and I'm wondering if she finally gets it.
"I think I know what you're getting at, but care to elaborate?"
"Before I ruled," I state with a tinge of pain in my voice, "I dated Celestia."
Twilight smiles, so I guess that's what she had been thinking, but this is anything but a good story.
"But her parents frowned upon our relationship, and as such, convinced her that I was evil."
"Why would they do that?"
"Because us Draconequi had the tendency to be pretty messed up back in the day. At that point I was already the last one, but they didn't care, and convinced everypony in Equestria that I was nothing but a monster."
"That's awful, Discord..."
What's this? Looking up, I notice that she's now rubbing my back to comfort me.
"Yes, well... Celestia told me to get lost. I've long since forgiven her, but her parents were officially on my list at that point."
"Discord?" I don't respond to her query and her voice starts to sound concerned. "Discord, what did you do?"
"I sneaked back into the kingdom one day, bent on revenge, and I..."
"What did you do?!"
"I killed them, Twilight..."
"You... killed them?"
"Yes, and right in front of their daughters too. That was the day I started my tyrannical rule, and until today, I never gave myself the chance to go back to the way things were."
"Discord..."
I look down and see tears coming out of Twilight's eyes, and I can't help but feel ashamed of myself.
"Why are you telling me this, Discord? Why now?"
"I guess I feel like I can trust you Twilight."
Has my trust been misplaced? Is she going to tell everypony that I'm a cold-blooded killer?
"I can't say I agree with what you did Discord, but I agree with why you did it."
"R-really?"
"Yeah, I mean I've never known betrayal like that, so I can't even fathom what you must have felt."
"That... that actually means a lot to me Twilight, but it's getting late, and I really need to get some sleep."
"What," she says while grinning, "a thousand years not enough?"
"Oh haha, now if you'll excuse me, I need to get my beauty sleep."
Grinning, I make my way upstairs and into the guest room, which was designated as mine earlier in the day. A thought was swimming around in my head at the moment though. A thought about a certain lavender mare. A thought that I couldn't get out of my head. A thought that had been bothering me all night. A thought that I'm not sure if I should act on.
Am I seriously falling for Twilight Sparkle?