Born of Chaos

by forgottenscholar

Chapter 2

Chapter Two

Celestia let out a small groan of pain as the royal doctor set her bones back into place magically, and then healed them.

“That bastard!” She cried out, shocking some of the guards. Never have they heard such language come out of their Princess before. ”How DARE he think to lay his filthy hands on me. ME! Princess Celestia!”

She got up and huffed over to the window, where she could already see the effects of Discord’s magic taking hold of her land.

“And now this as well.” She turned to the hourglass that hung suspended in midair. The sand was still slowly trickling through the opening between the two halves, marking the hour of Equestria’s demise. She let out an angry huff and stomped out of her room, the doctor making small protests at her moving about so soon after she had been healed.

Celestia’s wanderings brought her to the throne room, and she went and sat on her throne, her brow furrowed as she tried to concentrate.

As soon as she had been teleported back to the palace, she had told her guards to round up as many ponies as they could and bring them to the castle. As she was being moved into her room, she had asked the best spell casters in the land to try and find out if they could do anything to stop the being called Discord.

Her sister had volunteered to help, but Celestia had only shaken her head and reminded her that the younger Princess had other duties to perform.

Luna, being her normal, sullen self, had stalked off to perform said duties; mainly just looking over the night skies.

Her sister did not think that she was ready for any more responsibilities just yet. Princess Luna didn’t appreciate her sister looking down on her all the time, it made her feel like a child and that she wasn’t ready for anything.

Whenever Celestia would act like this towards, Luna would stomp of to her own room, only to raise and lower the moon and to wallow in her hatred and jealousy, just like she was doing now.

Her precious sister, so much more perfect, so much prettier, so much more... loved. Luna ground her teeth as she thought of her.

There were many conflicting emotions going on inside of her right now. On the one hoof, she loved her sister more than anything, and wanted to be just like her. But the other... she was spiteful, jealous, petty, and hateful. How could her sister get so much more attention than her? Her night had so much more beauty; instead of just one giant spot of light that nopony could look at, her sky had millions of them, and in the center was her pride and joy; the moon.

Big, bold, and glorious, it lit up the entire night sky, and you were able to gaze upon it without fear of going blind.

But no. Her sister was the one getting all of the ponies love. Nopony paid attention to her beautiful night. Sometimes, Luna would lay awake during the day, and wonder if maybe it would be better, if she would just take over all of Equestria.

“That is a marvelous idea!”

Luna’s head snapped around the room as the strange voice echoed around the room.
“Who’s there? Show yourself!” She hopped off the bed and stood in the center of her room, ready to face the intruder.

Before her, a mist began to form out of thin air. Her horn glowed with magic and she spread her hooves into a fighting position.

The mist began taking a more solid shape, finally ending up as the being of Discord.

Luna’s head cocked to one side in confusing look. “Who are you?” She asked.

Discord grinned, his teeth bared in an evil fashion. “I am Discord.” He held out his paw to her. “It is an honor to meet you Princess.”

He jaw dropped. “You!” Her horn shot a small bolt of energy at Discord, who only had it turn into a small pool of goo.

He held a claw upright and shook it at her. ”Now, now Princess, there is no reason to be uncivil. I’m merely introducing myself and you’re trying to melt my face? That’s very unfriendly of you.”

He slowly slinked up to her and leaned his head in close to hers. “That’s not the way you were raised, now is it?”

“What are doing?” She backed away from Discord. “Why are you here?”

Discord slowly floated up to the ceiling, a trail of multicolored smoke following in his wake.

“I just couldn’t help but overhear you’re thinking about your sister in that awful tone.” He was grinning ear to ear as he stared at her, his talons and claws tracing strange symbols in ice in the air.

Luna’s face began turning red. “What are you talking about you freak?”

“Oh, just the thoughts about jealousy and your lack of love from your loyal subjects.” The symbols began turning into little ice ponies that began to prance around the Moon Princess’s head. “It’s just so sad the way they all look down on you, isn’t it?”

Princess Luna frowned, his words sounded pretty in her ears, teasing at her doubts and other nuances that she had come to think daily.

“Yes,” She slowly agreed. “You speak truth there demon. But why should I trust you? You hurt my sister!” Yet, in the back of her mind, a small part of her laughed at that, though she would never admit it.

A nod was her answer. “But I did it with good reason. After all,” he floated down next to her and caused the small ice ponies to melt. “She attacked me first. I for one abhor violence. It’s too... violent for my tastes.” He chuckled and began circling the room, looking at all the room had to offer.

“Whatever. Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t call the guards in here right now creature.” She looked at him out of the corner of her eye, keeping a close watch on him. While she didn’t trust him, she couldn’t deny that he did make good points.

He landed before her and tapped the point of her horn. “Easy. You see, your sister and I have a little wager, one that gives many spoils to the victor.”

Luna’s ears perked up. “Spoils? What spoils?”

Another bone-chilling laugh rolled from Discord’s mouth. “Why, the whole of Equestria!” He threw his arms out, causing a wind to blow through the room, making the candles go out all at once with a small burp.

Luna couldn’t help but let out a small giggle at the sound. But her mirth didn’t last long as she once again became serious. “What are you talking about?”

Discord shrugged. “I gave your sister four days to try and stop me from causing the land of Equestria to fall into chaos.” He looked at his wrist, at a small, vibrating watch whispering the time in a multitude of languages. “Well, three and a half days anyway.” He looked out the window, where the sun was just beginning to rise over the land, which was now pockmarked with fountains of soda and small unidentifiable creatures roaming about.

“See? Your sister went ahead and raised the sun all by herself without even asking you.” Discord tsked as he shook his head. “Such a shame that she doesn’t even trust you with the small things.”

He walked up to her, laying on arm across her shoulders as she began to shake in rage.

He’s right! Luna thought to herself, She didn’t even consult with me! She just went ahead and brought out her... SUN!

Discord had an evil grin plastered onto his face. Things were going perfectly. These ponies were no different than those other creatures. They were so easy to manipulate. “That’s why I came to you in the first place my dear Luna.”

Her head shot around and she glared at him. “What for?”

“I have a proposition for you.” He snapped his talons and a scroll of paper and a quill and ink appeared out of nowhere. The quill was giggling and twitching around in the ink pot.

“As you can see, I’m already practically guaranteed to win the bet, but I find myself a little short-handed in the help department. After all, your sister has all of the guards and the ponies in the kingdom and so forth. But me?” He gave a dramatic sigh and draped his arm over his eyes. “I have no one. Not a single friend or companion.”

He peeked at her. “And you, dear, dear Luna, you look like you could use a friend as well. I need some help, and I would be more than willing to compensate you however you would want.”

He gestured at the scroll. “I just need your signature, saying that you’ll help me, and you’ll be more powerful than your sister could even imagine, you’ll rule everything with me. And your absolutely gorgeous nighttime?” He leaned in and whispered softly in her ear. “I’ll make it last. Forever.”

A loud gasp ripped itself out of Luna’s throat. Her night, her beautiful night. Lasting forever? There was no way. It wasn’t possible. ...Or was it? She looked at him, at the kind, understanding smile, at the adoration in his eyes. Yes, he could do it, she knew he could. He had the power.

Little did the Princess know, that the whole time that Discord had been touching and speaking to her, he had slowly been weaving a web of dark magic about her, magic that, once completed, would cause her to fall into a false sense of love and adoration for him...

All she had to do now was sign the paper.

Giving him a nod, she walked up the scroll and lifted the quill with her magic, making it laugh even harder, in turn causing her to laugh as she signed her name on the length of parchment.

And right then, the magic Discord cast sealed itself around her, and Princess Luna fell head over hoofs in love with Discord.

Discord picked her up and spun her around, making her laugh even harder. “Oh princess, you’ve made me so happy! Thank you!”

Luna couldn’t stop laughing; this was just too much fun. In her mind, this seemed the most natural thing in the world.

With a satisfied sigh, Discord placed her back on her feet.

“To prove my appreciation for you helping me, I’m going to give you an extra special present.”

The light-blue pony’s eyes widened in joy. “Truly? What is it?”

“Uh-uh-uh, you have to close your eyes first Princess.”

She eagerly closed her eyes, waiting for her present. After a moment, she felt warmth spread over her face, and she shivered from the feeling of it. It was... pleasurable. Very pleasurable.

“Ok, open them.”

She did, to find Discord’s face inches from hers. She eagerly looked around for her present. “Where is it?”

Discord smiled and gestured towards the mirror. “Go and see.”

She ran over to the mirror to see what he did. And what she saw shocked her.

Her eyes... They were still blue... but a lighter, more turquoise color. And her pupils had become slits. They looked like dragon’s eyes. She also noticed, as she looked around the room, that everything was sharper, clearer than what it had been before. A fly was buzzing around the room, and she could actually see the individual hairs in its legs.

“Oh Discord,” She let out a breath. “I love them!” She ran up and gave him a hug, wrapping her forelegs around his neck.

Discord looked at himself in the mirror, at the satisfied, malevolent grin he was wearing.

“I knew you would.” He whispered. “I knew you would."