You know that splattery stuff on the ground that you can sometimes see faces in? That's what this is.

by PiercingSight


Of Gods and Princesses

Discord walked over to where Celestia was looking down onto the recently founded Equestria below. "Hey, Celestia!"

"Hello, Discord. Come to pester my children again, have you?"

"Oh, no! I'm here to pester you!" He responded with a sly smile. "I performed an experiment among your little ponies, and I found that they are gloriously dupable!"

Celestia turned toward Discord with a curious glare. "What have you been doing, Discord?"

"Oh, you know, just being a god, changing alliances, requesting ridiculous sacrifices..."

"No virgins, this time, I hope."

"No nononononoooo~!" Discord conjured a tiny floating altar and began adding various items while simultaneously setting them on fire. "Just their mane and tail hairs, seven and a half oranges, a frog, and a manticore toe nail. Y'know, small stuff." The altar then caught fire and everything disappeared.

"I get the feeling you're trying to make a point."

Discord booped Celestia on the snout with a claw. "Right, you are!"

Celestia managed a look somewhere between annoyance and curiosity. "Are you going to tell me, or are you going to make me guess?"

Discord pouted pathetically. "Well, I know you'll just take the fun out of making you guess, so I'll just tell you. You see, your little ponies all think you're a god, an all powerful being that controls everything from the growing seasons to the cards they draw while gambling. In fact, they believe that any creature that can perform more powerful magic than they is a god they must appease to receive some ridiculous blessing or another. I just started my own little chaos cult over in the east by the mountains. You should have seen the looks on their faces when I turned all their tools into daisies!" Discord chuckled mischievously.

"You might want to get to your point" Celestia stated.

"My point is that the loyalties of your little ponies are quite fickle. They have no sense of morality beyond what you give them as their 'goddess of the sun and moon'."

Celestia smiled. "They're learning for themselves what works and what doesn't. I trust them to figure it out eventually."

Discord wasn't deterred. "They don't have any commitment to any sort of 'right' or 'wrong'. Because of that, if I were to appear as some glowing cloud and command a group of them to rape, pillage, and plunder, I bet you they would. They believe we're flawless, omnipotent, omniscient, benevolent beings with individual plans for each one of them."

Celestia looked down at many pony settlements scattered across the land. "And what's wrong with that?"

"Well it's a lie, isn't it?" Discord's smile bent into a disturbing grin.

Celestia turned to him. "Is it?"

Determined not to be outwitted, Discord folded his arms condescendingly. "Of course, it is. Not even I know everything."

Celestia smirked her own mischievous smirk. "What was that? I didn't quite hear you."

"I said-... " Discord paused, then suddenly glared at her. "You know, one day I'm going to get you."

"Oh, you already did." Celestia leaned closer to Discord with a sultry look.

Blushing, Discord held his glare. At least he did until Celestia gave him a small peck. "B-buh..."

Celestia chuckled before pulling away. "You're cute when you think you're clever."

Discord managed to pull himself together enough to return to his glaring. "My point still stands."

"Well, if you must know, I do know everything, and I am all powerful. I just don't show it off."

"Then, what number am I thinking about?"

"My cute butt."

Discord blushed once again. "Wrong. I was thinking of thirty thousand and two."

"But when I mentioned my butt, you did think about it, didn't you?" This time, Celestia booped him on the nose.

Discord's fur did little to hide the redness of his face.

Celestia giggled and returned to watching her little ponies below. Though, her mind was distracted when she felt Discord's breath on her ear.

"I could have you right now, and you wouldn't be able to stop me," he growled.

Celestia turned to him so that their muzzles were barely touching. "You love me too much to do that," she whispered.

After a moment of temptation, Discord teleported into the distance, walking some direction away from there.

A small smile lingered on Celestia's lips. Turning back to the ponies below, she prayed their future would be bright.