Raison D'être

by mechafone

Spark Meets Discord Preview 2

A dark blur raced over the tree tops, hopping from branch to branch. Usually, seeing Spark Storm travelling to Ponyville was a good thing. Today, however, the animals of the forest were loathe to get close to him. Even the manticores made to get out of his way.

Spark's usually dark coat was dimmer than it usually was, making for a slightly brighter figure. He cut an unusually grim figure as he jumped. His movements were rushed, though they still retained the careful precision that he'd developed over the years travelling inbetween Canterlot and Ponyville.

Today, the pegasus had only one thing on his mind as he got closer and closer to his destination: Revenge. Revenge for the death of his mother. Revenge for the cruelty of so many villagers as they cried for his banishment. Revenge on all of those damned ponies who never gave him a second chance.

Spark's figure was temporarily lost to sight as the sun suddenly decided to hide itself, replacing itself with the moon. Just as quickly, the sun returned, pushing the moon back into it's hiding place. This change was completely lost on Spark Storm, so focused on reaching Ponyville was he. It didn't take long. In just five minutes, he could see it. As he reached a particular tree, he let it bend as he landed on the tip, then let it whip him high into the air. He began to glide until his chaos-infused wings took over. Spark Storm was flying.

His flight took him straight down to Ponyville, leaving behind a thick cloud of ominous, angry storm clouds in his wake. As he landed amidst the ever-changing chaos that was already taking place, Spark Storm raised his wings and let loose thick streams of deadly black lightning that struck several buildings, setting them alight with a fire that issued a thick, black mist.

As Spark looked around for the ponies that had banished him 13 years ago, Discord's magic kept working in the pegasi's controlled mind, making him relive his worst memories over and over again. He made Spark see the orphanage on fire. He made him see those ponies drag his mother's body from the building. But instead of remembering them put the blame on Cheerilee, the entire crowd gathered turned to Spark Storm and immediately blamed him. Even his sister.

Their voices chanted blame on Spark. He groaned and laid down on the ground, trying to block out the voices that only he could hear, their faces leaning close, faces bent and twisted with hate and anger. As several ponies came out of their homes as night and day fluctuated, Discord's voice rang in Spark's ears. "Look! The ones that made you take the blame for everything! Now's your chance, Sparky, make them pay!"

Spark lifted his head, and indeed, two new faces had entered his line of view among the crowd gathered in his forced vision. Spark let out a yell that was completely unintelligible as his wings lit up once more and shot the chaos-contaminated energy at the innocent ponies. His vision was blurred, thus sparing the villagers, though only barely. They let out frightened screams and headed back into their homes, locking their doors and windows tightly.

Spark let out another frenzied scream as he took off down the road aimlessly.

Cheerilee had just gotten her students back to Ponyville from their field trip to Canterlot when the sun and moon started fluctuating. It was an awfully odd thing, a little frightening, but it really started getting weird when the roads turned to soap, several buildings began to float, and ponies were running everywhere screaming.

She gathered her students together in the middle of the classroom, but when she happened to look out the window, she saw something that made her blood run cold. Her younger adopted brother, Spark Storm, was running wild, blasting buildings and attempting to zap random ponies in the street. It wasn't like him! Ever since he'd been thrust out of the village, he'd done nothing but protect it, kept it's citizens safe from harm. She remembered the day that he came back, reconciled with her, and turned the entire town around from it's hateful ways and helped to turn it into one of the best places in Equestria to live. Why was he doing this?

She had to find out. She looked down at her students, a worried expression on her face. "Kids, I need you to stay here while I go outside and...well, just stay here." She glared down at three students in particular, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Applebloom. "I'm warning you, don't come outside! I'll just be a moment. I-I'm sure everything'll be sorted out soon enough, I just..." she trailed off as she backed away from her students towards the door.

Once outside, she was horrified to see Spark Storm headed her way. She didn't know why he was acting like this, but it most definitely wasn't a good thing that he was coming for her, she knew that. "Spark! Spark Storm, this way!" She took off away from the school building, heading towards the one place that might snap Spark out of this violent streak. As predicted, Spark followed her, letting out a violent scream that nearly made Cheerilee trip as the very sound chilled her to the bone.

Cheerilee screamed as several bolts of black electricity struck the dirt around her, sending up sprays of dust and hard minerals into her mane. Her heart was going a mile a minute, and tears of fear streamed down her cheeks. She honestly thought she was going to die. Finally reaching her destination, she jumped into the enclosed cemetery that housed her mother's grave. If anything could snap Spark out of this violent frenzy, this could. Of course, she had no idea that an ancient draconequus had Spark under it's control.

Spark approached, and blew the gate separating him and Cheerilee away. In his mind, Cheerilee was still taunting him. 'You killed my mother! She never should've adopted you, she never loved you! She's dead and it's your fault, it's all your fault!'

Spark stared down at Cheerilee as she stood watching him. Every fiber of her being was screaming at her to run away, to preserve her life, that facing him wouldn't do anything to help him. Cheerilee began to sob openly, but it was no longer from fear. Her dear brother had become violent and she had no idea why. Everything had gone crazy...

She looked up again at Spark Storm, his wings raised. That was it! Whatever was happening with the world around them was obviously happening to Spark Storm, effectively reversing his nature and making him merciless and angry. "Spark! Spark, come to your senses! Please! It's your sister, it's me!"

Spark tilted his head at the sound of his sister's voice. Her voice resonated inside his head like an unpleasant echo, disrupting the hold that Discord had taken on Spark's mind. It was unusually strong, strong enough for Discord himself to appear behind Spark Storm. Cheerilee gaped up at the creature towering over her brother. "Well, this is an unusual turn of events, isn't it? Family is so important. Unfortunately, I don't have room for family in my plans!" He reached down, touching Spark's forehead, strengthening his spell.

Spark groaned as he felt the spell running over his body. The already dimmed color lost another few shades, nearly coloring him completely black and white. Spark looked up at Cheerilee, the confused look completely erased. He was stark-raving mad and bent on revenge, and it didn't matter who he rained it down on. Spark raised his wings and let out a torrent of black lightning at his sister. She let out a scream and dove for the ground, causing the lightning to just miss her. However, it hit their mother's grave. The stone split in two, and then completely burst into a shower of marble and dust.

At this, Discord fell into wriggling laughter, kicking his feet in the air. Oh, what a delicious joke! He twisted and turned as the humor that could only make sense to him drove him to giggles.

Cheerilee stared at the destroyed marker. Tears filled her eyes as she turned to look at Spark Storm. He was glaring at her, his wings ready for another strike, but there were tears in his eyes, tears that flooded down his cheeks and were starting a puddle at his hooves. Cheerilee had had enough. She marched straight up to him and brought her right hoof across his face.

Suddenly aware of the changing events, Discord whipped out a bucket of popcorn to see what would happen next. What happened next, however, wasn't something he planned on. Spark Storm's color was returning to him. With Spark's back to him, Discord heard a sound, a heavy liquid dropping on the ground. Cheerilee was still glaring at Spark Storm with anger, but she also looked like she didn't like what she was seeing. She backed away until she was standing against the opposite side of the gate, her eyes wide with horror.

Spark turned around to face Discord. Liquid light was spilling from his eyes, falling in the form of tears as big as around as his hooves. The light intensified, and suddenly his wings were alight, not with electricity, but with the same light in his eyes. The light fell from his wings and hovered in the air. It had the exact opposite look and aura from Spark's reversed chaos lightning.

Discord's eyes opened wide in panic as the light suddenly shot at him and whipped around his body. Discord let out a scream of pain as the pure energy of the Element embedded in Spark's soul started doing it's job.

Discord didn't have much time to react. With a telekinetic swipe of his lion's paw, Spark's head reared back from the blow, breaking his concentration. The light from his wings temporarily loosened it's hold on Discord, whereupon he fell to the ground, gasping for air. Without a second to lose as Spark began his attack again, Discord threw his arm at Spark, yelling, "BEGONE!"

And with that, Spark was gone, winked away to some far corner of the planet. Discord got to his feet, breathing heavily. He sighed and dusted himself off as the burn wounds from Spark's light began to fade away. "Element of Forgiveness...what a stupid name for something so violent." He glanced over at Cheerilee, who had passed out by her mother's grave.

Discord chuckled and shot up into the air, taking in the sight of all the chaos still reigning throughout Ponyville. "Well, that was fun. Time for more chaos. Oh, girls!" He smiled as he saw Twilight down the road, trying with little success to get her friends into her tree house. So, the little mage figured out his riddle. It was about time. He flew off to wait for the girls. Aside from a brush with one of the Elements, today was turning out to be a great day.

Comments

[Jacensolo43]

I thought there were only 6? I'm going to guess that there was a 7th that was completely unknown, and it was Spark who got it.

[Melody Brush]

1115913 I came up with a 7th in my first stoy, but that was a total disaster.

[Melody Brush]

This is quite a twist meck. What else does Spark have in store for us?