Seeing the Light

by Animalman57

Something that I Want

Discord reappeared in a random part of the forest right by a waterfall. He still had the smirk on his face from his messing with Twilight. He had a couple run-ins with her in the past, and she might've been ever more fun to mess with than Celestia. It took a lot to get Celestia to show her annoyance, but Twilight showed it right away, and it was satisfying.

He noticed a flash of purple light out of the corner of his eye and he knew Twilight had teleported as well.

Convenient that you managed to teleport into my area, Miss Sparkle. Too bad for you I'm not going to be here for much longer.

Discord cast an invisibility spell onto himself and dove past the waterfall just as a fuming Twilight came forward. He continued watching as Twilight walked past. He could even hear her muttering about how annoying he is, which made him smirk.

Once she seemed to be out of sight, he finally took notice of the cave he found himself in. There was a light emanating down the cave's path. He shrugged and headed down.

Not like I have anything better to do. Besides, gives me enough time to evade the grape princess.

Discord soon made it out the cave and found himself in a meadow full of animals. Ugh, all the cutesy animals are enough to make one gag. He then took notice of a massive lone tower.

Sweet Chaos, it looks like it hasn't been used in ages. A perfect place to hide until this mess blows over.

He walked towards the dilapidated tower and took off his invisibility spell, causing the animals to notice and flee from him. He rolled his eyes. It's not like this was the first time that's ever happened to him. Animals often fled from his bizarre appearance. He didn't much care for them either, so he didn't mind what they thought.

He made it to the tower and saw the door was about the only thing on this tower that wasn't old. It looked roughly 20 years old at most compared the tower that looked half a century old at the least.

He rolled his eyes and teleported straight to the top floor. After all, who needs doors and stairs when one can teleport all the way to the top?

Once inside, he couldn't help but notice all the fresh furniture and other items, as if someone was living here.

This better not be that cliche with the princess trapped in a tower. I so don't wanna deal with it. He saw a basket of mostly untouched blueberry muffins and helped himself to one, swallowing it in one gulp, wrapper and all. He then remembered his satchel and took out the crown.

"So you're the tacky crown that everyone is going nuts over." He said quietly to himself.

And then pain reverberated through his skull and the world went black.

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The strange mismatched beast fell to the floor as Posey shakily stood on her hind legs wielding a frying pan in her front hooves. She woke up having heard some noises coming from the main room and thought it was mother coming home early. Once she saw the beast, she silently squeaked in fear before grabbing the nearest thing she could use to incapacitate it, which happened to be said frying pan, and smacked it behind the head.

Now that the creature was out cold, she fell backwards onto her back, dropping the pan and whisper screamed to Angel, "Angel, what is that?! I've never seen anything like it!" Angel only shrugged. Posey looked back over to the strange beast.

It was clearly sentient, as evident by her hearing it mumble to itself before she hit it. But none of her books had ever described this creature before.

Most creatures that looked chimeric were usually only two or three animals mixed together and were pretty symmetrical regardless of their chimeric quality.

This thing was neither. None of that really mattered though, as she had to make sure it wasn't a threat to herself or Angel.

She stood up on four legs, grabbed the frying pan with her hoof and sneaked towards the beast to get a closer look.

A good part of its anatomy was composed of carnivorous creatures and it even had a large fang jutting from its mouth. While that fact made her gulp, she also noted an almost equal number of herbivorous qualities. She pulled back its lips and observed that the teeth inside the mouth were mostly the molars of a pony, though she spotted the carnassials of a lion as well, making it an omnivore.

The thing that started easing her fear was the beast's head.

It was clearly that of a pony and looked somewhat attractive. She kept staring at its face in intrigue, wondering about its eyes in particular. They were closed, so she couldn't tell what color they were or if they were mismatched like the rest of the body.

The beast started groaning, clearly waking up. She squealed and knocked it out with the frying pan again. She wasn't ready for it to wake up yet. She needed more time.

It was then she noticed something shiny on the ground and picked it up. It looked like jewelry of some kind. It looked pretty, but she was never much for jewelry, so she'd likely never wear it. It was mostly gold with a green vine pattern around the rims and a teal jewel in the shape of a butterfly was in the center. She quickly glanced at her cutie mark and noted it and the jewel were the same shape. She looked back at the beast.

What would that creature want with this? she thought. After a minute or two of pondering about the beast's motives, she couldn't come up with anything concrete.

Posey looked at Angel and said, "Angel, can you find some rope, please? We, um, need to tie it up so we can safely talk to it when it wakes up." Angel saluted and went to find some rope.

While he was gone, Posey looked over towards the mirror in the room and saw the jewelry in her hoof. She wasn't sure why, but she has the strange urge to put it on. She lifted it up and placed it on her head, the jewel facing front and center.

It was clearly a crown of some sort and she noted how much it made her look like a princess, a thought that made her smile. A princess could do what she wanted to do, when she wanted to do it without fear of being stopped. She's read a couple fairy tales her mother had given her, and Posey was always slightly envious of the princesses in those stories.

Locked away in a tower like her, but eventually found and freed by a handsome stallion in shining armor, whom the princesses fell in love with and married as soon as they returned home.

It was a nice romantic thought, but she realized a long time ago that they were just stories after all.

For heaven’s sake, the guy who bursted into the tower just now wasn't a pony, let alone a stallion.

Still, it was a nice thought.

She took off the crown and helped Angel, who had returned with the rope, to tie up the asymmetrical beast.

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Discord woke up to a throbbing pain at the back of his head. As he woke up, he noticed he couldn't move, so he looked down and saw himself tied to a chair in rope. Someone actually managed to get the jump on him! He might've been more impressed if he didn't still have his magic. Still, for the time being, it might be fun to let who captured him think they have control. He saw something white in his peripheral vision, and turned to see a bunny standing on the table nearby, glaring at him with the most intense look he'd ever seen a rabbit pull. It actually caused shivers down his spine.

"St-stay where you are!", called out a voice from the darkness. "I'm n-not af-afr-afraid of y-you." Discord looked towards the darkness and, having been recently knocked out, he couldn't see properly, as he had perfect night vision ordinarily. Discord rolled his eyes at the voice's pathetic attempt to sound tough.

"Really? Well, then why are you in the dark? Why don't you come out here if you really aren't scared of me?" Discord said. The voice squeaked in fear before stepping forward. Once she was in the light, Discord couldn't help but gawk. She was the most beautiful mare he had ever seen! Her soft buttery yellow coat, her long legs, her delicate looking wings, her long, lustrous light pink locks, and those absolutely gorgeous teal eyes!

Sure, she was a little plump in the midriff, but he didn't mind. She still seemed to be blessed by the creators to be absolutely gorgeous. Even her cutie mark seemed perfect for such a delicate looking mare. He'd never seen anyone like her.

He soon snapped himself out of it, though. Sure, she was pretty, but he's seen other supposed pretty females of all species. Just cause she seemed to stand out didn't mean anything. He certainly didn't like her romantically. As he learned a very long time ago, love, like all things warm and fuzzy, isn't real, and no mare, no matter how blessed by the creators in appearance she may be, is gonna change his mind on that.

The mare spoke. "Who are you? What are y-you? How d-did you get here? And w-why are you here?" Discord inwardly smirked at the mare's "bravery". Really, does this mare think she actually incapacitated the Lord of all things chaos? And despite that belief, she looked half ready to faint. This mare was definitely not Twilight Sparkle, which he supposed was a good thing.

He replied, "Oh, you wouldn't want to hear all about my escapades. It's rather long and arduous. As far as who I am, I'm surprised you haven't heard of me. That does hurt my ego slightly, but as you appear to be locked in a tower away from the world, I forgive you for not knowing who I am." He lowered his head and neck, trying to imitate a bow while still tied up. "The name's Discord, renown Lord of Chaos and Disharmony. The prevailer of pandemonium. Bringer of bedlam and doom. I also do stand up in the weekends." The mare blinked in response, having no clue what to say to that.

"Okay, Discord..." Discord's heart skipped a beat when he heard her sweet voice say her name. Her voice was like the soft baa of a lamb or perhaps the gentle flowing of the sweetest river of honey.

Great, not only is her appearance jaw dropping, but her voice is making my stomach do backflips. Are the creators mocking me or something?

"Why are you in my home?" Discord shook his head of these strange thoughts before he responded.

"Oh, this is your home?! I must say, from what I saw before you conked me on my poor cranium, it looks nice. Kinda spacious for just one pony and her lagomorph, though, is it? At any rate, I was running and came across your tower. It looked abandoned, so I decided to hide here until I knew it was safe and leave. Let me ask you this, though? Are you, by any chance, a pretty little princess locked in a tower by a horrible monster or warlock, waiting for a dashing knight to save you? Cause I'll tell you now, I hate that cliche. Too sappy."

The mare looked down almost sadly before saying, "No, me, my bunny Angel and my m-mother live here."

Discord sighed in relief. "Thank Chaos. At any rate, what's your name?"

The mare jumped at his request. "Um, excuse me?"

"Well, I told you my name, so it's only fair you tell me yours, my dear." The mare blushed at him calling her 'my dear' before she looked down to the floor, allowing her mane to cover her face.

Kinda cute, I suppose. he thought, before she answered and even with his amazing hearing, he still had to strain to hear her words.

"P-posey. My n-name is Posey." Discord was almost disappointed. The name sounded far too bland for such a gorgeous mare, but he took what he got.

"Well, Posey, if you don't mind, I'm going to find my satchel and get out of your cotton candy colored mane. It'll be like I was never here. What do you say?"

Posey looked over to Angel who made a gesture over towards him and made some squeaking sounds while she whispered to him, trying to keep the conversation inconspicuous. Discord rolled his eyes. Clearly, this mare was insane if she was taking advice from a bunny.

She turned back and said, "Alright. I'll give you back your satchel if you promise to take me to those lights the kingdom across the way does every year on my birthday. It's happening tomorrow, and I really want to see it. So, do have a deal?" Discord stared in disbelief at her. She wanted to make a deal? With him? He had just gotten out of a stupid deal with Caballeron and the moronic Flim Flam brothers, and now this mare wanted something from him in exchange for the satchel? The creators were mocking him, he sweared. And if she wanted to see that stupid lantern thing the Pegasus Kingdom did every year, why hasn't she gone before?

He raised his eyebrow at her before responding, "So, you wanna make a deal with me?" She nodded in response. He rolled his eyes as he said, "Of course, this can't be easy for either of us, can it?" He snapped his talon and the rope turned to glitter.

Posey gasped at this. "H-how did you-" Discord interrupted her as he stood up and brushed off the glitter on his fur. "You should've payed attention when I called myself the Lord of Chaos. I can do anything. Breaking free from rope is child's play compared to some of the things I've done, my dear. I was merely humoring you into thinking you had control of the situation." Posey held her frying pan in front of her to try and defend herself while Angel put up his fists. Discord folded his arms as he saw this.

"Oh, please. That was a lucky shot before. We both know you won't get me again, and it's not just cause I'm amazing. You're just a weak, helpless mare who'd run off at her own shadow."

Posey slowly lowed the frying pan as she said, "I am weak and helpless. But you know w-what? I don't r-really mind that too much. Sure, I want to be braver, but I'm pretty c-comfortable in my skin. The question I have is, are you?"

For what was the third time in the past several minutes, this mare has the mighty Discord flabbergasted. Of course he was comfortable in his own skin! How dare she make such an assumption when she didn't even know him. Before he could answer, though, he found himself staring to those big doll eyes of hers. He couldn't look away. They were like the purest ocean free of any pollution and seemed to just be full of love for all creatures, even the ones scaring her like he was doing currently. Posey, meanwhile, was staring at his eyes. She hadn't really looked at them throughout the entire time he was awake, having always been too nervous to look ponies in the eyes while talking to them. Now that she saw them, she was under his unintentional spell. One pupil was larger and a different shape from the other, giving him a unique appearance unlike anything she's seen before. But it was the colors that really made her heart beat. The sclera was golden in color, and while he lacked any iris, his pupils were a ruby red, her favorite shade of red. And they stared at her in such intensity that she was sure her face would be catching fire with the amount of heat she could feel on her cheeks.

The two continued to stare at one other with bright blushes on their respective cheeks before Angel ran towards Discord and bit his tail. Discord simply blinked before lifting his tail and saw the bunny holding on to his tail while glaring at him.

"I think you've been misnamed." he said, before looking back at Posey who was recovering from the staring contest they found themselves in. Now, though, Discord realized he couldn't say no to those eyes even if he wanted to. He sighed.

"Alright, I'll take you to the stupid lantern thing." He soon found himself being glomped by the mare.

"Really?! You'll do that? What are we waiting for, let's go!" She released him for the aggressive hug before picking Angel off his tail and heading towards the door. Discord stood there for a minute, unable to move. He had never been hugged before, and it was a strange feeling. Not bad, just weird.

He unfroze himself when he heard Posey say, "Um, are you coming or what?" Discord shook himself of this strange feeling before floating past her through the open door.

If only either of them knew what they were getting themselves into.

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Author's Note:

Yes, the title of this fic is based on the song in the end credits of the film. It was the best thing I could think of the chapter where Discord and Fluttershy/Posey make a deal.

It looks like Posey is discovering her true heritage, even if she doesn't realize it at the moment.

As far as the "blessed by the creators" line, it's like saying, "blessed by the gods". I kinda like the idea that for beings as old as Discord, Celestia and Luna in the main universe, instead of saying "Oh my Celestia" and things like that, they refer to the great creators of the world that they believe in. It's an idea I really enjoyed from Celestial-Rainstorm on DeviantArt that I decided to use for my headcanon on the main series, as well as here.

We occasionally see Discord with extra sharp teeth in his mouth, particularly when he's mad or evilly plotting (like here: ) Now, he could be using magic to make his teeth extra sharp in order to seem more intimidating, but I decided that, at least in this story, he has different teeth in his mouth that showed he was an omnivore (a rather extreme omnivore, seeing as he eats inanimate objects all the time, but still an omnivore), so I did that in this fic. I went with the molars of a pony and the carnassials (which are modified molars in Carnivora evolved for slicing meat and cutting tough sinews) of a lion, both animals he has on his body already.

Comments

[Kikio3000]

meaning it was walking up. -> waking up.
as soon as they returned hime. -> returned home.
She was the most beautiful mare he had even seen! -> ever seen.

Wow, Discord hit the nail on the head concerning her backstory, xD. Great chapter.

[Animalman57]

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Shit, I'll fix those. Thank you.

And yes, he did, even if he was only kinda joking.