Discords renascent

by Vidhwansak

Restrained effects

Restrained effects

(Just a minor detail, but I changed the content rating to 'Teen' for the swearing and reference to clop as well as other future swear words and references, nothing really major otherwise has been changed.)

Celestia woke up, and groaned as she felt the energy return to her tired limbs slowly like water. After the massively power-draining spell casted earlier last night and having her sleep disrupted twice that night, it wasn't that hard to see that she was rather annoyed and tired. Being a princess to the entire nation of ponies, however, meant that she had to keep a smile on and handle such affairs with dignity and grace. She wondered how Luna managed to cope; she usually seemed relaxed, and only got annoyed if something especially annoying happened. Then again, she did go and turned into Nightmare Moon once, so perhaps she didn't deal with stress that much better. After pulling herself away from her bed regretfully and heating up some coffee, she began to walk up the stairwell to the top balcony of the castle. Along the way, she passed by Luna, who smiled at her sister. Her laptop was being carried in a little saddlebag on her right flank.

"Hello, 'Tia."

"Hello, Luna. Was all well last night?"

"Oh, fine! Just fine. In fact, no pony showed up in my court, so I was alone and had time to...Look up stuff on my laptop during the night without interruption."

Celestia rolled her eyes in annoyance. As if she didn't know what she knew for quite awhile what Luna was doing in her court at night. Celestia, afraid that Luna might have resurfaced as Nightmare Moon, decided to 'bug' her sister's rooms and court. Was it a betrayal of sisterly trust? Maybe, but she wasn't taking any chances, and wanted to have enough of a warning if it was going to happen again. She was overly paranoid, yes, but she was paranoid for a very good reason. At first, owing to the lack of technological marvels that this day and age had, she had used various unicorns that were especially talented in invisibility spells to watch her sister and report back to her, but as time went on, she eventually replaced ponies with little electronic bugs scattered throughout the court. At the time, she thought that it was great that she no longer had to overpay unicorns for their services. Unfortunately, this also meant that she had to listen to the sounds and noises that Luna made during the night that usually went unsaid by former unicorn spies. Luna really did like her stories.

"Well, I do hope you enjoyed yourself during the night, sister."

"Always, 'Tia! It always relaxes me."

'And for more reasons that are better off unsaid', thought Celestia as her sister walked away. Her sister was...Quite vocal in those activities at night. Shuddering slightly, she shook off those thoughts, and continued onto the balcony, where ponies everywhere were waiting for her to raise the sun. However, she stopped just at the balcony, sipping her cup of coffee. She took a moment to bask in self-pride. Here she was, one of the princesses of Equestria, about to raise the very sun for all of her ponies to bask in and enjoy. Crops would grow, ponies would wake up to her morning glory, and another day would begin here in Equestria. The thoughts made her smile, and almost made her forget about Luna's night-time activities. Almost. Finally, after indulging in her thoughts, she placed her now-empty coffee mug on a nearby table, and she began to step out onto the balcony. Gently, slowly, her wings spread out, and, hovering about half a foot above the ground, began her task of raising the sun. Her horn glowed with an ethereal glow, and slowly, ever so slowly, the sun rose, signifying a new day. Celestia smiled as the sun's rays washed over her; empowering her once again.

As Celestia's rays of light beamed down upon Equestria, one particular pegasus groaned as the sun's rays came down upon her. A light blue pegasus groaned as she looked around the area, wondering why she couldn't see anything before realizing that her mane was messily covering her eyes. She gently moved her mane so that her eyesight was clear, and looked around in the room she was in. Confusion was worn on her face well. 'Where am I?' She thought. 'Last thing I remember is hitting the floor...' She looked towards her right, and saw an empty row of beds. Turning to her left, however, brought up the view of Gydina, still sleeping even through the insistent rays of sunlight were doing their best to wake her up. She smiled at the sight. The sudden sound of hoofsteps made her look up, and she was graced with Celestia's smiling appearance, complete with a coffee mug. Immediately, the pegasus stumbled up from her bed and got down in front of the princess, bowing.

"C-Celestia, my princess!"

"Hello, my little pony. Did you have a good nights rest from Luna, I hope?"

"Y-Yes, I suppose I d-did. I don't r-remember falling asleep though..."

"Oh? Well, I suppose you should ask Luna about that, she'll know why. What is your name?"

"V-Vidhwansak, your majesty."

"Oh, you must be the author that my sister is so interested in! I welcome you to Canterlot!"

The pegasus fidgeted, uncomfortable with the sun princess' words. She knew that the lunar princess was interested in her story, but why? She turned her head around as Gydina yawned massively, smacking her mouth in distaste. 'Well, this can't go well,' Vidhwansak thought to herself.

"Ugh...Damn sun, I wanted to sleep in..."

"Oh? Is it too bright, Gydina? Shall I ask Celestia here to lower the sun for you?"

"Ha ha, very funny. Shut up, Viddy, and go make me those delicous pancakes..."

Almost as sudden as she woke up, Gydina flopped down on the bed again. Vidhwansak rolled her eyes.

"Sorry...Gydina can be a bit..."

"Rude?"

"Why, yes, yes indeed."

Celestia motioned over with a wing to a door, and started to walk out of the infirmary. The pegasus followed, wondering where they were going. While they were walking, Celestia attempted some small talk about some things she was curious about, but she'd leave the bombshell she was going to drop on her until after breakfast.

"So, Vidhwansak, you're a writer for a living, I assume?"

"Oh, no, princess, I'm part of the weather patrol in Manehattan, I haven't really made any books. I just happen to like writing a lot. I got my cutie mark just after writing a story that I shared with a few friends."

"I see. Well, who's the unicorn that was next to you in the infirmary?"

"We were in the infirmary? I thought that was a large public bedroom that just so happened to be deserted. Did something happen last night?"

"Nothing fatal, I'm sure, Vidhwansak."

"I see." The pegasus wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not. She hesitated slightly before talking about the unicorn. "Well, the unicorn is my roommate, Gydina. She didn't have anywhere to go when I found her, so I let her live with me. It's been a bit...Rough...It's hard to balance the needs of two ponies on one paycheck. I had to make a few changes to how I lived before without her. She's a good friend, though, even if she does annoy me at times."

Celestia nodded slowly, and smiled appreciatively as the smell of something wonderfully enticing wafted by. "Although I want to talk with you some more, I'm sure you're hungry, Vidhwansak. Would you care for some breakfast first?" The pegasus smiled for the first time since waking up and meeting the sun princess.

"That would be wonderful, Celestia, thank you."

"Then why are we standing here next to the kitchen, just smelling what's for us? This way, to the dining room!" Celestia walked at a rapid pace to a nearby room, and the pegasus had to run for what was considered a power-walk for the princess. As they entered the dining room, the pegasus couldn't help but be amazed at how spacious it was. It was nearly four times the size of her entire apartment, and had dozens of ponies seated at tables, most likely aristocrats and high-ranking Royal Guards. Upon entering the dining room, all the ponies looked up, realized that it was Celestia herself, and they got up from their tables and bowed down to Celestia, who smiled.

"Hello, my little ponies. Please, do continue on with breakfast." The ponies quickly went back at their food, and Vidhwansak couldn't help but watch in amazement. These aristocrats that were passing on the laws of Equestria ate like pigs and worse? Unthinkable. She continued to stare until Celestia nudged her slightly with a wing. Embarrassed, the pegasus followed the sun princess through a side door, and in that room was Luna, sitting over at a table that was more regal than the others in the main dining hall. Luna smiled as she saw Celestia, and her smile grew even wider as she saw the pegasus.

"Hello, Celestia!" She looked over at Vidhwansak. "What's your name? I'm afraid I didn't get it because of our brother walking in unannounced last night."

"My name's Vidhwansak...You two have a brother? Oh, and, before I forget, how did I manage to end up in the infirmary?" Celestia sighed. She was hoping to get the pegasus relaxed and with a full stomach before asking her anything relating to her story.

"Luna, it would be best if Vidhwansak eats a bit, first." Luna nodded, her smile attaining a sheepish quality to it.

"Ah, yes, pardon me! It's just that I must be going to sleep soon, and I'm very curious. To be blunt, you fainted in my court upon seeing him, so I sent you to the infirmary. Your unicorn friend followed you much later." Vidhwansak finally sat down at the table, across from Luna. She smiled politely, grateful for what Luna did for her.

"Thank you for sending me to the infirmary. It's also no trouble at all, I can answer any questions you have about my story, Luna, while I'm waiting for breakfast." Celestia rolled her eyes, and sat down next to Luna. She whispered softly in her ear, giving her a warning.

"Don't tell her about Neutrality until she's had a full stomach, Luna." Her sister rolled her eyes, but nodded slowly. It was best not to ask too many questions for now. The pegasus tilted her head slightly in a questioningly manner, and Luna began her veiled interrogation.

"What made you think up the theme of the story? I must admit, it's not something one finds everyday in a story, and it is a rather curious theme to chose."

"Oh, well, I got the general idea from the book "The return of the third Alicorn", a prophecy that states that a third Alicorn would appear. I was interested in the idea, and then my thoughts drifted to Discord. I thought, 'What if Discord was once the Royal Sister's brother, once upon a time?' So, with that idea in mind, I created the story that you've been reading!" Luna nodded slowly, having quite a few of her questions answered from her first question.

"Why is this story set thousands of years after Twlight Sparkle and her friends, or, as some of the writing community has taken to call them, the 'mane six' imprisoning Discord for the second time?"

"It just felt right, setting the story sometime near this time period. I don't think I'd quite get Twilight Sparkle and her friend's personalities well, so I'd rather not attempt at writing them, for now!"

"Practice comes a long way, Vidhwansak, and this is especially true in writing. What made you finally decide to publish the story for other ponies to read it?"

At this question, the pegasus sighed explosively. "I didn't. In fact, I never intended to publish it, but then Gydina read it, and sent it off to fimfiction.com. I suppose I should be grateful to her, but all the same, I wonder what would've happened if she never did send it." Luna nodded slowly. 'What indeed would've happened in this dimension?' She thought.

"So, why Discord? Why not, say, an Alicorn that was imprisoned by me and my sister countless years ago?"

"I toyed around with that idea, but I discarded it, since I didn't want to make a Mary Sue type of story."

"I see. Well, are you hungry?"

"I...Yes, I'm famished!"

"Well, breakfast is here!"

Indeed, breakfast was here, and it was being pushed on a cart by a brown stallion with a dirty yellow mane, who winked at the pegasus. Vidhwansak, however, was distracted and enticed by the smells and sights of the food being pushed around to pay attention to the stallion. There was everything she wanted in a breakfast! Deciding to keep it simple for this morning, she quickly reached over and grabbed a bowl of oatmeal, and sprinkled some raisins and hay over it before digging in quickly. Celestia watched for awhile, amused, before levitating a plate of pancakes and syrup over to herself. Luna herself politely declined the food, having eaten earlier. The stallion bowed, and left them alone. She waited for her sister and the pegasus to finish eating, when she realized that the dining room outside was surprisingly quiet. Normally, it would be full of aristocrats screaming at each other to pass the butter or whatnot, and Royal Guards trying to break them up, but all was silent. The reason why was easily made apparent as another Alicorn and a unicorn walked through into the side room, and the awkward quietness that was in the main dining hall quickly infected the little side-room. The pegasus looked at the new Alicorn, and dropped the spoon that she was holding awkwardly in her hooves. Gydina rolled her eyes, and levitated the spoon back up on the table.

"Seriously, Viddy, how do you eat with your hooves? I can't imagine eating without magic." Her question was gone unanswered as the pegasus gulped. She then pointed a shaky hoof at the white coated, black maned Alicorn, who seemed surprised at being singled out. The pegasus spoke quietly, not believing her eyes.

"Y-You...You're Discord, aren't you?" The Alicorn snorted, annoyed.

"Well, I suppose I was Discord, but once upon a time, I was the Alicorn named 'Neutrality'."

Vidhwansak nodded, her throat suddenly becoming dry. She didn't know how, but she was inside her story. Interacting with the characters. Luna coughed, and Celestia decided that something should be done before it got anymore awkward.

"Neutrality, dear brother, can you leave us? There's something I want to discuss with Vidhwansak and Gydina." Neutrality nodded slowly, respecting Celestia's wishes, and left the room. Celestia then locked the room and placed an anti-listening spell on the door. She then turned around to look at the pegasus.

"By now, Vidhwansak, I suppose you realize that you're inside your own story now."

"I...I...But...How?!" The pegasus, convinced this was a dream, smashed her head onto the table. She immediately regretted the course of action as a large pang of pain shot through her head. Luna coughed, and began the explanation.

"We believe that you two are tale-travelers, those who somehow manage to 'self insert' themselves into a story. This, fortunately, only lasts until you finish writing the story, so when you return back to your own dimension, this one will either go on normally, without your contributions, or continue living on the stories conclusion and past that." Although she was confused by this answer, Vidhwansak simply nodded, knowing that it involved her story. "For now, Vidhwansak, I believe it is best that you continue writing the story normally, and the way you intended it to be written." Celestia was then struck by a sudden realization. If things in the story happened...She looked at Luna.

"Do you have your laptop with you, Luna?"

"But of course, you know I like eating a light snack before I go to sleep for the day. Why?"

"Let Vidhwansak write something down in your laptop, I wish to see something that only Vidhwansak can do, and want to know if it'll work."

Confused, Luna hooved over the laptop over to the pegasus, who booted it up. After waiting a few minutes,Vidhwansak was finally logged into her account. Celestia motioned for her to write a new chapter. "Write down something that you wouldn't normally type. Something safe, however. I want to know how this works." Hesitating, the pegasus tapped down a few words.

Gydina makes a rude and uncouth insult at somepony in the room.

Suddenly, Gydina snorted,reared back on her hind-legs, and yelled out. "Celestia, dammit, you suck for raising the sun so early every damn day, go suck my horn and take it from the back!" She then clamped her hooves over her mouth, looking around in horror. Celestia looked on with surprise, and Luna, likewise, had her hooves over her mouth, although they were meant to stop herself from laughing out loud. Vidhwansak looked at Gydina in confusion and horror, not really knowing what happened or why Gydina had her sudden vulgar outburst. She was convinced that the unicorn was being sent to the moon now.

"Gydina, that was rude! You didn't have to do exactly what I just typed!"

"I can't see the computer screen from here and I don't know what made me say it, honest!"

Celestia, although surprised by the immediate response, wasn't satisfied. "Again, Vidhwansak, and this time, maybe something...A little less vulgar?" The pegasus nodded, her head bowed in shame, and thought of something that surely couldn't be bad. She always wanted to write a story around this, but could never find a solid idea to revolve it around.

Luna gets a sudden craving for moon pies, so she bolts out the door and screams at nearby servants.

Luna bolted up, her stomach growling. "I. Need. MOON PIES." She quickly flung open the door and ran out, screaming at servants to bring her moon pies. The pegasus looked out the door, her mouth open. Celestia craned her neck to look at what the pegasus wrote, and blinked, wondering if this was a good or bad thing. On one hoof, Vidhwansak didn't seem to be the type of pony to wreck her kingdom with a few words. On the other hoof, this could get very bad for all of them.

"Vidhwansak, I trust you won't abuse these near-limitless powers?"

"No, your majesty, I won't. I just want to write my story, and since my duties from the weather patrol have been excused, I now have plenty of time to write." Gydina spoke up, whining and with a begging look in her eyes, as well as greed.

"Can't you give write something to give me something cool? Like 'Gydina wins the lottery' or something? Oh, and, 'Gydina beats up an army of ninjas'?!" The pegasus sighed, and smacked her right hoof over her head. She winced as it hit a tender part of her head.

"No, Gydina, I'm not going to do anything of the sort, I just want to write my story." The unicorn pouted, and walked away, taking a few bagels with her. Vidhwansak rolled her eyes, and look at Celestia, who shrugged.

"As much as I would like to stay and explore this with you, Luna will want her laptop back, and I do need to reintroduce Neutrality to society and how much things have changed since then. Can you make it easy for us and not a nightmare, please?" The pegasus frowned slightly. She wanted to make it somewhat a challenge, and not even the princesses were going to change her decision.

"I'll try, but for the most part, it'll be pretty challenging to reintroduce him back to everything that he missed." The sun princess sighed, exasperated. 'Well, Celestia, it looks like you're in for one hay of a ride. Mother Earth, Father Heaven, help me!' She thought.

"I expected as much, really, it'd be weird having Neutrality agree to everything, though I understand your viewpoint, this is your story, after all. Oh, and, speaking of that, surprise us with the ending, that, I'm especially interested in." Celestia then walked away, leaving behind a thought-absorbed pegasus with Luna's laptop. Vidhwansak looked over at the laptop, and began writing, fresh, new ideas sprouting in her head. 'Hmm,' she thought, 'This story has just gotten a lot more interesting.'

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[A sleepy brony]

The first part-dat Luna-images in my brain