//------------------------------// // Chaos Creation // Story: For-never Alone // by Troypony //------------------------------// Night flew by quickly in front of Discord, but it still allowed him to notice the fact that Princess Celestia had paid him a visit late that night, lasting for the rest of the night. She really didn't do anything as far as he could see, just shifted a bench over and sat down in front of him, staring straight into his eyes with a look of burning passion and anger, but in that short time he could almost make out a bit of sadness, of grief. He couldn't understand that at all, but before he got another chance, she had gotten up and left, leaving the bench there. Moments later, the sun rose quickly, slowing down as Discord began to "wake up". The first thing Discord tried to do instinctively was stretch his body out. It took him a few moments to realize that he couldn't move, as he was still trapped. He could almost feel every muscle in his body aching for freedom, begging for release from this petrified position. As expected, nothing happened. Discord knew that just asking for something, even begging, wouldn't get you far, be he had to try something! As far as he knew, chaos had no end to the wonders it could perform! All he had to do was think of a new trick, give himself a few moments to figure out how to cause said event, and there! New trick up his sleeve! It was all in the imagination, simply. He heard a creaking noise next to him, and immediately assumed Eris was waking up herself. Discord had never known himself to be an early bird, and surprised himself that he was waking up before someone else! Must have something to do with being frozen in stone that screwed with your mind clock or something, he didn't know. He DID know that his only companion in stone was waking up, so he should probably concentrate more on her than his own problems. He waited and listened, hearing a few more creaking noises, followed by a grieving sigh. To what Discord could tell, she was trying to do the same thing he did this morning! He decided that it would be a great way to kick off a conversation. "Well, seems you had the same idea I had today!" He lightly chuckled. He heard a slight gasp come from her direction, followed by the same creaking of stone as she tried shifting herself around to no avail. Finally, after a little while, she spoke. "Heh, tried to do the same thing then?" He smiled. It was good to hear her voice again. "Yeah, it's getting pretty cramped in these statues, isn't it?" "Oh yes, the same position is getting quite old indeed. How did you ever survive living in stone like this for as long as you did?" He chuckled a little. "Oh, it wasn't hard, seeing as I couldn't die anyway from the enchanted stone! But trying to keep entertained was much more difficult, seeing as I couldn't move at all! But, there was one thing I could do at least!" She spoke with a curious hint to her voice, as expected with all Scholars. "What, what could you do? Was it writing? Or researching?" He chuckled a little to himself at her excitement, which he hadn't seen at all since he met her. "Unfortunately, no. I could still use my power of chaos, thankfully! Though only able to use it in moderation to keep this loophole hidden, it was quite the entertainment to keep myself from losing my mind! I'm afraid Celestia is on my trail, however..." She didn't say anything for a few moments, but eventually spoke up. "So, you can still use chaos at your whim, then? Can't you...make something with that?" He was quite perplexed, and could not seem to put together what she was speaking of. "What do you mean, Eris? 'Make something'? Make what?" She spoke slowly to try and describe it to the best of her ability, not really understanding completely what she was trying to attempt. "Well, can't you...I don't know, create something where...you can do whatever you want! Like, your own world, I guess! Couldn't you do that? I mean...chaos is at the control of the user, right?" Discord understood what she was thinking of now. If he could create his own world exactly to his liking, affecting every last detail and surface with just his mind, just imagine the possibilities! He could do just what he wanted, no matter if he was stuck in a statue the rest of his life! How much fun it could be! And if she were there, she could help devise ideas on what they could do! He immediately began processing the idea, imagining just how his world was to look, to feel like! He had never thought of creating his own world, but he sure didn't have any trouble creating it. He imagined every tree, every spec of dirt and blade of grass, every flower, everything! Though it may seem difficult to imagine everything, this process took him around two minutes, as everything just flashed past him for his own little world. For anyone else, this might have taken them much longer to try and figure out, but luckily for him, he had a template he already knew. It took him even faster to figure out how the new spell was to be used. He couldn't create his new world as a physical one, as it would be much too large for their situation, and they wouldn't be able to use it anyway, being in stone and all. So instead, in had to be a mental world for them both, using their mental connections as a sort of bridge to both of them to access it. The world would act as a sort of chat room, allowing you to exit and enter as you please. Soon, it would be theirs and theirs alone! All he needed to do was activate it. He stopped and listened, hearing nothing from Eris, who had been waiting patiently for the past half hour or so. "Eris, you still there?" He heard a slightly giggle. "Haven't moved and inch, of course! Did you figure it out?" "I believe so! Ready to try it out?" "Mmhmm! I want to see what this does! First-hand chaos sounds fascinating from all of the reports in the Archives!" He chuckled a little. "I thought you were supposed to be WRITING Scrolls, not reading them!" She giggled a little more. "Hey, it's boring in there sometimes! What else could I do? He chuckled back. "Well, you have a point there, Eris! As far as I've heard, the Archives can be pretty boring without anything to do! Either way, ready to give it a try then?" "Well, we won't learn anything without trying, won't we? I say let's give it a shot! Go ahead, Discord! Work your chaos!" She giggled slightly as Discord prepared himself to work chaos to his will. With his mind wrapping around the spell and molding it, and finally sending it into effect mentally, since he could not snap his fingers to make the process of activation easier. Both of them met with a sudden sharp pain in their minds, causing them to both cringe as their minds struggled to adapt to the changes being caused to them both, on the very verge of shutting down on itself and possibly never starting back up. Their minds eventually gave in and shut down, knocking them out cold inside their stone prisons as their minds continued to mold like putty in the hands of a master craftsman. Strengthened by the magic prisons, their minds survived the ordeal, their new world awaiting it's master's orders.