Noise (edited)

Thank Chaos for the fourth wall!

Greetings Everypony/human/whatever you are, I am Discord, Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony. Now the reason why I've reached past the endless expanse of time, space and the dimension of jelly is to share with you a few thoughts, the ramblings of a draconequus.

It's very boring being trapped in stone, and when you're as bored as I am, your mind tends to wonder and explore...some very (gag me already!) sane concepts.

You know for a bunch of Technicolor equines with magical abilities, you ponies are such a noisy lot. Here I am stuck in Canterlot gardens (Again) and every single day there's one pony or another talking and laughing and having, eeugh gag, fun of all things and little ol' Discord is trapped for all eternity.

You know Equestria is a noisy place in itself now that I think about, ugh listen to me, ME, the God of Chaos and Disharmony actually having a civil conversation. It's sickening.

But still, everypony is noisy for a reason, even me, with my storms of various sticky and fizzy liquids and the general all around havoc I leave in my wake. Everypony fills their lives with family and friends and work and food and sleep...
Now listen to me I'm starting to sound like that time pony, but the point is (oh by chaos I'm turning more sane by the second Somepony Get Me Out Of Here!) that our lives are filled with these things to avoid the biggest form of chaos nature has ever produced, a kind of chaos that even I can't control.

Silence.

The ever constant, maddening, blasted silence! I hate it, Hate it, Hate It!

Uh...you did not just hear that alright? Good Brony.

Where was I? Ah yes The Silence, no not the organization after the time pony, a different kind of silence, true silence.
Have you ever, in the quiet of Luna's night, failed to fall asleep and instead have let your overtired brain present you with all sorts of irrational, chaotic thoughts that scare you to the very core? This is only the beginning of the madness, I should know, I've been like this for well over a thousand years.

It starts with the shadows in the night fooling your eyes, and then the fantasies of accidents and unseen horrors plague your mind, scaring you out of your wits. Oh but it is the effect of darkness when the unknown is more frightening than what is right in front of you.

True silence works in a similar way, when you have no distractions or jobs to keep you busy, when the noise stops and all sound is drowned by the silence, do the unspoken thoughts of life creep up on you.

Even I am not immune, and stuck here in my stone prison I am forever reminded of this, it is rather ironic, me being the embodiment of chaos but having no power over the chaos my own mind generates.

Tragic really.

The silence brings forth a startling realization and fear, come now you must now what it is, the one thing we of the land of the living can never know. This world is filled with noise and life because we fear what lies beyond past the veil, after death. I'm sure you're thinking about it now aren't you? What happens after you die, has it all been for naught?

...Your mind just reeled at the very thought didn't it? It's no surprise really, all living things fear death, it is the one thing that even little miss Sparkle-butt can't research about.

Hah! I can just picture her now, screaming with frustration and using yet another forbidden spell to find out. Oh did I ever tell you the time I got my revenge for being sealed in stone by those pansies, the elements of harmony, by planting the 'Want it, need it' spell into the head of Celestia's prized pupil?

Priceless!

*Ahem* Anyway, that unspoken fear is a part of every animal on the planet, but Silence has another rather interesting effect on the more sentient creatures.

Doubt.

Ah beautiful soul crushing doubt! I'm sure you know the kind, where you compare all your successes and failures with some other creature that has it all, like how mares compare themselves to other mares or something. In the right state of mind and with the lack of any distractions the intelligent mind of a pony or human can bring up the nastiest of doubts, which spiral into more 'woe is me' stuff that Luna moped about for a thousand years.

No wonder she was sent to the moon, she was such a buzz kill.

Even Celestia had her moments when she'd lock herself in her room and have a little clichéd monologue with herself; 'was it right to send my sister to the moon?' 'Did I just not try hard enough to save her?’

And this just makes me want to gag. I mean really Celestia, You sent your only sister to the rutting moon because she had a hissy fit about you being the pony’s favorite!

Drama queens the both of them. And don't get me started on Twilight Sparkle, she has a more messed up psyche than the tantrum throwing alicorn sisters yeesh!

Doubt is a very interesting form of chaos; it can ruin friendships, end lives (I hate it when that happens) and cause the greatest of gods to shove themselves off of their pedestals.

Noise exists so we can escape the fears and doubts brought on by silence; life is one big chaotic mess of work, play, school, love, friends and family. The reason I'm the spirit of chaos and disharmony, the reason I am here, right now is due to one thing.

I couldn't bear it; I gave everything I had to make as much noise as possible. Fat lot of good that did; now I'm stuck in this blasted piece of granite with nothing but silence!

If anypony can hear me then listen to me now and listen to me well; Make some noise; never ever let the silence get to you, for if it got too many...

I don't want to think about it.

Author's Note:

Special thanks to TimeLord_Whooves for helping me edit this.

As of Cotober 2013 this has been edited again for use in an assignment for university- I had to write a monolgue for 'writing for performance' and then I remembered I had this just sitting around, So I'm going totack some author's notes to it explaining the references, who Discord is ect to the ned of it, explain how it relates to the lectures (This presents an idea and predicament from Discord's POV, showing just how different he is in comparison to the Mane Six).

I'll tell you guys what marks I got sometime around december 2013.

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Lucen Aurora

Lucen Aurora #1 · Sep 27th, 2012 · · ·

Ha. Reading late at night to help me fall asleep. I just tell myself its not getting me anywhere and refuse to think about it.

Chaodiurn

Chaodiurn #2 · Oct 9th, 2012 · · ·

I say it's good.
In some points I disagree with Discord's saneness in mind, but overall it's a neat story; not too disbelievable and with a message in it.

MrSpartan

MrSpartan #3 · Dec 25th, 2012 · · ·

I liked it.

KittyGoesInsane

KittyGoesInsane #4 · Oct 11th, 2013 · · ·

:D This was a really nice story and I think you captured Discords character very good and also...he right I HATE silence , thats why I always have music running somewhere so it never gets completely silent.
Also the fact that I never saw him as evil not even in the show, he was just different than the rest and it would fit into canon too since its never explained WHY he is so chaotic and the reason from this story is actually believable :D
I wish you luck with that assignment

Aruzo Night

Aruzo Night #5 · Oct 11th, 2013 · · ·

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There are a few missing words, some punction errors, and like one or two run-on sentence. Readers can easily miss or forgive the simple and forgivable mistakes, but if a teacher spot them. They might deduct points. Espiecally, if its a brutal Class A (-hole) teacher That is if your being grade for this fic at all. I suggest you reread your fic and try to fix them or have an editor help you fix them. I'll would have offer to help, but I'm no editor.
Also, there are some sentence that you could have used some puncation to hypen the feel or tone of the story. A well placed period could easily make a scene more dramatic, mystrious, or darker etc. Remeber; puncation is the key to good story.
I recommand you use Google Docs. I use it when I'm writing my fic's chapters. Google Docs, spots any mistake and will highlight it so you can go back and fix it. Usaully by left clicking on the error, Google Docs, will tell you what the problem is and will give an option to fix it automaticlly.
The story was great. I enjoyed reading it. It did make me pause a couple of time and ponder about life and its meaning. The message of the story was flawless and you kept true on Discord form of being random and dark at the same times. I espiecally loved this part.

Ah beautiful soul crushing doubt! I'm sure you know the kind, where you compare all your successes and failures with some other creature that has it all, like how mares compare themselves to other mares or something. In the right state of mind and with the lack of any distractions the intelligent mind of a pony or human can bring up the nastiest of doubts, which spiral into more 'woe is me' stuff that Luna moped about for a thousand years.
No wonder she was sent to the moon, she was such a buzz kill.
Even Celestia had her moments when she'd lock herself in her room and have a little cliched monologue with herself; 'Was it right to send my sister to the moon?' 'Did I just not try hard enough to save her?'.
And this just makes me want to gag. I mean really Celestia, You sent your only sister to the rutting moon because she had a hissy fit about you being the ponie's favourite!
Drama queens the both of them. And don't get me started on Twilight Sparkle, she has a more messed up psyche than the tantrum throwing alicorn sisters yeesh!

Comedy gold.