Deep within an unknown dimension, where all things make no sense, Discord and his daughter Screwball merely float around, wondering what other good hearted chaos can they do. But good hearted chaos can cause their minds to become chaotic. In their mess house, things became even messier. Every few seconds, an idea bubble lights up and so is his expression before it flickers. In anger, the Draconequus grabs the bulb and crunches it.
Screwball meanwhile was scribbling her ideas on the floor. With a clop of her hooves, her creations would come to life and play out accordingly before reality strikes her that she has done this at one point in her immortal lifespan. Transforming into a computer mouse, she clicks on her creations and moves them to her 95% full trash bin.
"Oh, bittersweet child of mine, what is it with us these days?"
Screwball turned her spiral eyes to her father before transforming into a Shakespearian figure holding a dragon skull.
"Too chaotic or not chaotic" Screwball lifts the skull higher. "That is the question."
Discord joined in, wrapping a Greek toga around his serpentine body.
"These deeds we have done," Discord snapped his fingers, placing a chalice in his bird claw. "are among our best or our worst. For if, the world is getting thick as we are foretold, then our ideas have gone stale for though chaos beings as we are" Discord strokes the chalice, producing a long, monotonous note. "for we have not been same."
"But," Screwball raised a hoof. "If one idea can arise. If this muddled confusion is one of the many ways chaos can be, then our power is infinite" Screwball pivots the skull towards her. "Yet, limited for our minds must figure this before it is lost forever more..."
Discord's face pinched before screaming, "We could destroy them!"
After holding the pose for a while, the draconequus' upper torso slouched.
"No, that be a coward's answer, we will find the idea as we always had and let it be them or us who would have the last laugh.
Discord and Screwball kneel on one leg, both concluding, "Till then."
The deep silence was interrupted by the sound of hooves clapping. They turned around and found Pinkie Pie happily clapping her hooves with a massive grin.
"Oh, I love comedy skits!" -Pinkie bounced around Discord and Screwball- "One time, I put on a puppet show for Pound and Pumpkin, and I had Peanut and Jose argue with themselves and I made everyone laugh with the dead-"
"Pinky," Discord wrapped his body around the excited Earth Pony. "how in Equestria did you get in here?"
"Oh," Pinkie poked through one of the coils. "I fell through a massive hole in the ground, well actually I dove in but-"
With a flash and a puff of smoke, Discord and Screwball disappeared and reappeared outside their homes. There were indeed a bunch of space-time loops around their dimension. One was Equestria itself, another a world populated by large reptiles, another where a monster attacked a city, and another had a visual of a winged creature of an unknown species. With a quick rotation, Discord got a better look at the creature before giving off a look of surprise.
"Twilight?" Discord flew closer to the rift and studied the creature more thoroughly.
"Hmph!" Screwball pouted. "Guess she's having all the fun while we mope around."
On the other side of the rift, Non-Discord affiliated chaos was amok in Canterlot High. Monstrous plant vines snared the benches, Sharpteeth chased the students, and one particular rift opened to several miles above Canterlot itself. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity along with their Crystal Prep rivals pulled their classmates out of the rift. Sunset Shimmer watched as the Human Twilight Sparkle lavished her new powers before noticing an aura surrounding her friends.
"This isn't the way!" Sunset turned to Twilight. "I know you feel powerful now like you can have everything you want! I've been where you are, I've made the same mistake you're making! I put on a crown and, just like you, I was overwhelmed by the magic it contained! I thought I could get whatever I wanted."
"Oh you're wrong," Twilight shook her head. "unlike you, I CAN have everything I want!"
"No, you can't!" Sunset continued. "Even with all that magic and power, you'll still be alone! True magic comes from honesty,"
A ray of light shines from Applejack,
"Loyalty,"
Another ray of light shines from Rainbow Dash
"Laughter,"
Another from the Human Pinkie Pie
"Generosity,"
Another light from Rarity
"Kindness,"
One final light from Fluttershy joins the other rays touching the EM detector Twilight was using before as Sunset ascended.
"I understand you, Twilight" The magic began accumulating around Sunset's hand. "and I want to show you the most important magic of all:"
Once Sunset smashes the EM detector, the magic kept within circled around her, brightening the otherwise stormy day. When the light dimmed down, both Canterlot High and Crystal Prep, student and alumni looked in astonishment. Sunset was in an elaborate dress that even Rarity couldn't describe along with a set of gloves and boots. Jutting from her back were illuminating wings as well as a glowing "horn" on her forehead.
"The Magic of Friendship!" Sunset finished before she sealed off the rifts. No more evil plants, Sharpteeth or deep pits to worry about.
Just before one rift was closed forever, a lion paw snatches it. The dimension became dark, leaving only the fabric tear illuminate between his fingers. Discord opened his paw, revealing his head.
"And the greatest prank of all" Pinkie Pie slowly jutted her head behind the Draconequus' left, her blues eyes looking at Discord. "is in your grasp."
"But would it make sense to pull it off?" Screwball did the same, coming from Discord's right side. "For the things we change can render us fiction forevermore..."
Discord stared long and hard at the space-time tear as it slithered around his paw. The Draconequus slowly curled a toothy grin.
"My little ponies..." Discord wrapped the fabric of space-time at the tip of his middle finger. "what point is there in making sense?"
Discord places his thumb onto his middle finger and breaks the sound barrier with one big snap. The fabric sizzled into the unknown before it burst into little particles. Most of them gathered into a center while the rest scattered in six trails outside of the center.
And so our story begins.