> Harry Potter: The Chaotic Wizard > by WhalenJP > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A Small And Chaotic Prologue > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prologue Harry James Potter wasn’t someone you wouldn’t consider normal. Harry is not some normal boy who does normal boy things. Ya see, at a young age, he has noticed that he can bend reality, either metaphorically, or physically at a whim. He can create the most bizarre creations with a snap of his fingers. He can change his own body to look like anyone he wanted, from famous Pop Stars to Adolf Hitler. Let’s not forget the last two thousand years of memories he has stored in his head. I can see that you are all confused… Lemme elaborate… Once Upon A Time, there was a boy, a boy named Harry Potter. He was an abused Ten year old child that lived in the cupboard under the stairs, that small space made him look smaller than the rest of the kids his age. Let’s not forget the fact that his ‘Relatives’ forget to feed him… Harry wanted to be normal, he wanted to have a loving family that cares for him and supports him even at his lowest, but that day might not ever happen… So one night, Little Harry made a wish, a sort of prayer to anyone listening to take him away, to take him to a world where he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, without fear of being punished. Harry always had a dream of living in a world where he can do what he wants without consequence. Specifically, a world where there was Harmony and his own special brand of Chaos … … … The next morning, Petunia Dursley woke up in her bed and immediately got ready for the day, then went downstairs to get the Freak up and get started on his chores… When she knocked, yelling, “ Potter! Get up and make Vernon and Dudley breakfast, then get started on the weeds and lawn!” After waiting for a few moments, listening for an answer, she scowled since there was no noise indicating that the Freak was up… What is that good for nothing brat doing, ignoring his elders? She thought to herself. She unlocked the cupboard door and wrenched it open, a sneer on her face and a stern lecture on her tongue… Then she froze, dread dropping her stomach like a stone as her eyes landed onto the empty mattress, the ratty baby blanket where the Freak showed up in was unused… ----------------------------------------------- Albus Wulfric Brian Percival Dumbledore was having a good day… His school was full of bright eyed students being taught the wonders of the magical world, his staff being the same as last year, with the exception of Severus Snape being more considerate toward others, oddly enough. He was sitting in his office, sitting behind his large oak desk piled with paperwork, and strange doohickeys that seem to make strange sounds and move. But these doohickeys are more important than they seem… My readers, these doohickeys and kabobs are spelled with a target in mind, keyed to one Harry James Potter, or more accurate to Dumbledore, His Weapon… There was one that was connected to Harry to keep an eye on his health, nice and weak to Albus’s preference thanks to the wards on Number Four Privet Drive. There was one connected to the Blood Wards on the house, courtesy of his mother’s ‘ Sacrifice’. Then all of a sudden, one of them stopped and then seemed to spin faster and faster, almost as if whatever was going on with Harry was extreme. Then Albus flinched in sudden surprise when the doohickey blew up into tiny pieces, small embers flying through the room and disintegrating into nothing. Albus Dumbledore stared at the smoking device in sudden horror, trying to find which spell was placed for that specific doohickey on his Weapon to keep an eye on. That was Harry’s Magical Core Monitor. He thought, his mind awhirl with thoughts and scenarios on how Harry’s weak magical core got past his most powerful blocks. What he didn’t notice was that Fawkes, his phoenix familiar, was tilting her head in contemplation, then suddenly flamed out of the room. Albus didn’t even comprehend the fact that the bond between him and Fawkes was now practically nonexistent. > Chapter 01: Tea & Revelations... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 01: Tea & Revelations... Discord, The Spirit Of Chaos, was sitting down at a table, and sipping noiselessly from a pink teacup and taking a bite of a warm scone that his first friend made. They always had tea on Thursdays, ever since his reformation. His friend was sitting across from him, her pink mane covering one eye, making him have the urge to sweep it back, to uncover the beauty of Fluttershy’s face. Don’t get him wrong, but Discord always thought that Fluttershy was always beautiful as Celestia and Luna… “ Would you like some more tea, Discord?” The butterscotch yellow pegasus asked, a sweet smile on her face. Discord grinned back, replying, “ Well, don’t mind if I do.” He then snapped his fingers. The large blue teapot in the middle of the table floated upwards and poured the calming liquid into the teacup. Albeit, upside down… After the teacup was full, Discord noticed that Fluttershy was watching him with a look that made Discord feel wary, not even the Elements of Harmony could do that… Then she spoke, “ Discord…” The Draconequus blinked and grabbed the full teapot, setting it down where it was before, and asked, albeit hesitantly, “ Yes Fluttershy?” The butterscotch yellow pegasus seemed to contemplate her words very carefully, making Discord raise an eyebrow, despite his growing dread hitting his stomach. She took a breath and asked, her normally adorable shyness replaced by confidence and seriousness, “ What made you like you were? Before your imprisonment a thousand years ago?” Discord’s entire snakelike body stiffened, his red irises shrunk to pinpricks at the question. Even the random things that were floating around froze in mid air. Fluttershy saw that and smiled at him, “ You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to… I’m just curious about why you were all bad before we met.” Discord seemed to think something over, his face blank, which made Fluttershy even more nervous. Then he sighed, an expression of resignation came upon his face not like the one when he became imprisoned in stone for a thousand years after his reign of Chaos all those years ago, “ Do you wanna know, Dear Flutters?...” Then an idea hit him, then he smiled tiredly, asking, “ Fluttershy, do you want me to get our friends before I tell the story? They deserve to hear it after all they’ve done for me?” Fluttershy tilted her head a bit to the side, and was concerned that whatever Discord was hiding must truly be important. Then she nodded, and the answer to that was a snap of a talon and a bright light filled the room, then, “ What in tarnation?!” “ AAHH!!” “WHEEE!!!” “ GAAHH!!!” “ DISCORD!!! Explain Yourself!” The voices became material to make out five other ponies, two Earth Ponies, another Pegasus, a Unicorn, and one Alicorn Princess. Said Alicorn Princess was glaring at him with accusation in her eyes, her face stern and demanding an explanation. Discord merely raised an eyebrow and a bored expression was thrown back at her. Almost literally, but they didn’t need to be traumatised at the moment… Twilight Sparkle, Alicorn Princess of Friendship, newest and youngest of the four Alicorns in existence, and Element of Magic, was glaring at him once more, saying, “ Discord....” The Draconequus in question merely sighed, “ I guess I can’t hold it in any longer…” he muttered to himself, but he knew they could clearly hear him. “ Hold ‘what’ in?” Said an orange earth pony with a blonde mane and stetson, her honest eyes staring into his chaotic ones, searching for a reason that Discord might’ve kept something dangerous a secret from them. It wouldn’t be the first time after all… Discord stared back, then at the other ponies gathered in the living room staring back at him with a mixture of curiosity and suspicion. He snapped his fingers and conjured a small chair, one that was different than any other. It was a normal chair. There was no decoration on it, it wasn’t even floating! I think I’ll name this chair Ron for now. He thought to himself as he began his story, “ Once Upon A Time, There Was A Boy Named Harry Potter…” A few hours later because Discord took the time to give details of the beatings he used to get from Uncle Vernon when he was Harry, there were tears of sadness and some were expression outrage at his previous life’s Relatives, but Discord didn’t feel much about those monsters that he grew up with. That part of Harry Potter was dead and long gone… “That is the end of my story…” Discord looked down, a part of him that was suppressed ever since he came here came back to the surface, a mixture between hope of acceptance and resignation of rejection to be part of pony society. His musings were shattered as he felt somepony wrap their hooves around his torso, and he saw lavender. Twilight squeezed Discord in reassurance, tears falling down her cheeks, her voice wibbly wobbly, “ How can… How can anypony do that to someone so young?” She sobbed out. Discord’s body was frozen ever since Twilight hugged him, his arms up in the air a bit, not knowing what to do. At any other time, somepony would’ve laughed at his put out expression… This was not that time… Discord slowly relaxed, and wrapped his arms around Twilight’s barrel gently, being careful of her twitching wings as he returned the hug. They were joined by the others, who had tears threatening to fall, including Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, who were looking ready to murder somepony. After a few minutes, no one said anything, just enjoying the moment of comfort the six mares are providing from the Draconequus, who had tears, normal tears, threatening to fall at the feeling of finally having what might be… ...A Family… > Chapter 02: The Triwizard Tournament... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Chapter 02: The Triwizard Tournament… After everyone got out of the group hug, Discord made a couple of chairs so they can all sit down comfortably. He was deep in thought on what else to say to get the mood light again, when he suddenly felt something tugging at him… His red and yellow eyes widened, focusing on that small tug… “No…” He whispered, which drew the attention of the six mares who were now staring at him in concern and confusion. “ Discord…” Fluttershy asked, “ What’s wrong?” Discord looked at them, his eyes filling with realization as he knew what the magic that was tugging on his Chaotic Magic consistently was made of. “ I’m going home…” He said, a whisper of horror and excitement in his voice, which made a pretty interesting combo. " NO!" Suddenly Fluttershy launched herself at him as he began fading from the world. The other 5 mares watched in stunned shock as both disappeared, wondering where they went... Twilight turned to look at the others and said, her tone showing a little bit of panic, " We need to contact Princess Celestia and Luna!" The mares scrambled back to Twilight's crystal castle to get Spike and write a letter... ------------------------------------- *Meanwhile at Hogwarts of Witchcraft and Wizardry* “ The Champion For Beauxbatons will be… Fleur Delacour!” The old Headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore held up a slightly burnt piece of parchment in his hand, behind him was a giant Goblet spewing blue flames. Then the goblet’s flames turned red, then spewed out another burnt parchment. Albus caught it and announced, “ The Champion For Durmstrang Is… Viktor Krum!” “ The Champion For Hogwarts Is… Cedric Diggory!” Then Albus stopped as the flames glowed red again and spewed out not just a parchment, but a whole scroll. Albus caught it reflexively as it was sent flying towards him. He unwrapped the small string keeping the parchment rolled up and opened it. His frown began showing as he read, “ Dear Dumbledore, Tonight, you will receive someone who is unexpected.” He looked as the Great Hall’s air filled with an unknown, CHAOTIC magic, all concentrated in the center of the room, right between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor’s tables. Then suddenly there was a loud bang, and standing in the middle of the room, arms wrapped around a young woman with long pink hair and a butterscotch yellow dress, was Harry James Potter. Except, he looked a little different… For the immediate notice was that he looked to be in his late 20s with a grey goatee that came down his neck, the grey streaks through his licked back raven locks of hair made him look older than he really is, and his attire looked to be fit for someone that was royalty. Harry was wearing a tight brown pinstripe suit with a white undershirt and pink bowtie, which made both boys and girls who caught that little tidbit confused and appalled at his choice of color, then there was the dark long coat that came down to his knees, and finishing it off with black dress shoes that were two different colors, Orange and Yellow, the socks were the same as the shoes. Harry’s eyes opened and they glowed yellow with red in the middle, immediately reminding Dumbledore of Tom Riddle, or Voldemort as he is more known as. The only unfortunate thing is that he was looking at Albus with unbridled fury. > Chapter 03: Chaotic Introductions... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 03: Chaotic Introductions... Discord opened his eyes, fury building up inside his body as he took in the Great Hall of Hogwarts, the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He knew where he was of course, he wouldn’t be the Spirit of Chaos without knowledge after all. After the event of his sudden wish coming true all those years ago, he had memories of other versions of himself going to this exact school and get into all sorts of trouble, from a Cerberus to a still alive Dark Lord, the same one that killed his parents. Discord knew who the old man that was staring at him with hidden smugness, and confusion at the young woman in his arms- Wait, young woman? Discord thought as he looked down, and the young girl’s eyes opened to cerulean eyes that he was so familiar with. He felt a slight bit of panic at the way everyone was looking at her, some with confusion, others with slight lust, including some girls wearing silky blue robes. Feeling protective of his one and true friend that he made after two thousand years of living with nothing but beautiful Chaos, he glared around the room, daring anyone to even think of doing something to Fluttershy. Fluttershy looked down at her new body, knowledge from Discord that he fed during the last few seconds gave her enough to know what she had become, how to work her new body without embarrassing herself, and terms of human words replacing the pony equivalent temporarily. She looked up at the man that was holding her and blushed slightly at how close their faces were. Oh...My… Fluttershy thought to herself as she whispered, “ Discord?” At the sound of his name, Discord looked back down and slightly froze at how close their faces seem to be, only a few inches. He gulped, Is it me, or is she even more beautiful than before? He thought as he put on a smirk, answering, “ Yes, Dear Fluttershy?” The young woman looked around the cavernous room with four large tables filled to the brim with humans as they‘re called, made small adorable ‘meep’ noise at how everyone was staring at them, some of them even blushing and giggling/snickering. She hid behind the taller man, trying to make herself look small as possible, with Discord shaking his head, chuckling in amusement. Then his eyes caught twinkling blue ones, and he bristled in rage once again, his body tensed up and Fluttershy was confused for a moment on what was causing her friend to become angry at. That is until her eyes landed on the 100 something year old man with a beard that came down to his waist, wearing grey blue robes. She could see the hidden greed in those grandfatherly eyes, and she became afraid, making Discord tense even more as he caught her fear in his peripheral vision. Albus spoke, either not noticing or ignoring the swirling energies of magic that practically filled the room even more than his can possibly imagine. Even Severus Snape was eying Harry warily, the usually dour man not wanting to get on the man’s bad side. “ My dear Harry! Welcome to Hogwarts! School of Witchcraft and Wizardry-” He was interrupted by Harry teleporting suddenly in front of him, and noticed that Harry was taller by a full head. The most alarming thing was that Harry’s magic was swirling malevolently around them, making him seem more menacing and furious. “ I think the situation calls for my opinion that I do not want to be here, Headmaster…” Albus flinched at the tone of Harry’s voice that seemed to be spoken to him inside his head as well as out. “ Well… It’s good to see that you’re doing well, Harry my boy-” He didn’t see Snape’s bizarre hand gesture of cutting across his throat to the left of him, a signal indicating that he should REALLY stop talking. Severus had an expression of uncharacteristic fear in his black eyes. He knew who this is, Harry’s magic was the obvious clue. Harry sneered at Dumbledore, and spit out, “ First of all, I am not ‘Harry Potter’ anymore. That little boy you left with abusive people died a long, long time ago.” Just saying the word of his old name made them spill out of his mouth and onto the ground, literally. A few looked at the spilled out words in amazement and confusion, when they suddenly disintegrated with sounds of small firecrackers. A couple of students jumped in their seats at the loud noise, even Draco Malfoy. Discord continued on, “ Allow me to introduce myself.” The lights came off and suddenly there was a stage. Discord picked up a microphone and began to sing, (There once was a little boy named Harry, Who lived in a cupboard, and his relatives made him wary, He worked all day and all night with no meals, He wished his whole life was a nightmare and not so real. One night, a wish he made came true, His life has changed for the better, Now lemme introduce you to... ( DISCORD! I am the spirit of chaos, My magic can make the most bizarre of creations! Even the most logical things in life, With a snap of my fingers and a slight bit of chaotic corruption, Can turn your life upside down without explanation!) (My old life is gone The show has just begun Don’t be so glum. Now come on, my dear friends, Let’s all have some Chaotic fun!) Harry---Discord grabbed Fluttershy and began to dance with her, she was all smiles and giggling at the normal way her friend can take a situation. The Great Hall faded into darkness, the spotlight only on the two dancing. Discord continued singing, this time softly with a smile. (I was all alone, so many years All of it full of fear, I was imprisoned in my statue for years. Why do I become this way, Well, what do ya say? I had no friends until I was free, Maybe found something worth living to be. (My Dear Fluttershy, So sweet, so kind, so stunning. She took me in, despite of my flaws, One of these days I was alone, I honestly never knew what she sees in me…) Discord stopped singing for a moment, smiling down at the blushing woman who had tears in her eyes. Don’t cry. My Dear Fluttershy, You made me who I am today~~~… There was the sound of chimes, and the music faded in the background, the lights returned to normal. The students of Hogwarts stared at the two in shock, awe, tearful eyes at the scene before them, even Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape had one going down their cheeks at the beautiful scene. He reminds me so much of Lily, despite the James Potter resemblance and arrogant attitude. He thought as he wiped away the tear out of sight from anyone that might see. Discord let go of Fluttershy and looked at the other teachers, “ If I hear one word of this outside of this school, you’ll wish that Fluttershy would ground you, despite you being adults.” He threatened. Then he looked to his Companion and whispered softly, “ Fluttershy Dear, would you go to the table with red and gold and sit next to that busby haired witch? She’s an awful like Twilight. I think you two would get along.” Fluttershy didn’t say anything, except leaning up and planted her admittedly soft lips against his cheek, then blushed and practically ran to the Gryffindor table. Discord froze as his brain tried to comprehend what just happened, ignoring the snickers of students and a couple of staff members, like Minerva McGonagall. He also ignored the small glare from Albus Dumb-Ass-A-Doore, who didn’t like that someone was getting close to his Weapon. That’s too bad, he can go Buck a goat for all I care. He thought as he straightened out his bowtie and said, “ Let’s go meet the other champions, Headmaster.” > Chapter 04: Bookworms & Chaos Lessons.. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 04: Bookworms & Chaos Lessons… While Discord was being escorted to where the other Champions of the Triwizard Tournament are, Fluttershy sat down across from a bushy haired witch. The young woman’s eyes stared at the shy ones for a moment, before smiling and saying, “Hullo. You must be Fluttershy.” The pink haired woman stiffened at the sound of her name, squeaking a bit, which the students near her thought it was adorable, “ H-Hello, how did y-ou know my name?” The bushy haired student deadpanned for a second before replying, a sly smirk on her face, “ That man I assume to be your boyfriend practically sang it out for the world to hear.” Fluttershy started shaking a bit, “ He’s n-not my-” The other girl raised a hand, stopping Fluttershy from completing her sentence, defensive as it was. “ I’m just kidding. My names Hermione by the way, Hermione Granger,” Even though the shy girl acknowledged that Hermione knew her name, she introduced herself anyway, because it was kind. “ Was that Harry Potter? He looks older than we last saw him.” Hermione asked, curious. Fluttershy, relaxing that Hermione wasn’t picking on her, smiled at her, making Hermione and the majority of the males and some of the females feel faint. “ From what he told me and my friends back home, yes. I think his old name reminds him of his childhood. It wasn’t nice due to details.” Her smile was gone by the end of what she spoke of and Hermione felt the need to comfort, or at least cheer up Fluttershy. “ He has you now, so he doesn’t have to be stuck in the past. If he trusted you to keep his life secret, I won’t bother pushing you. Because that is what friends do.” Fluttershy smiled at Hermione, cheered up for a bit, “You remind me of Twilight. She is passionate about friendships and loves books as well” She said, her head tilted a bit. Hermione was about to say something, but was interrupted by a voice speaking up behind her, “ I see that you’re making more friends, my dear.” Hermione jumped, as well as all of the other Houses, and some turned in their seats to see who spoke. Hermione whirled around and saw Harry--Discord, staring down at the both of them with a rogue smirk, a small canine jutting out from his upper lip. His red irises surrounded by yellow sclera met hers and chuckled at her surprise, “Ohohoho, it is also someone that reminds me of dear Twilight Sparkle as well, how marvelous!” In a flash of light, Discord held a glass of a brown liquid and drank it. No wait, he drank the glass! Hermione stared at the strange phenomena of glass being drunk, then squeaked out, “ How can you drink glass and eat the chocolate milk? That doesn’t make sense!” Fluttershy shook her head from behind the bushy haired Gryffindor, knowing what was coming. Discord’s red irises seemed to swirl with magic as he grinned more evilly, “Sense?” Due to the tone, Hermione froze like a deer in headlights. Discord leaned down, getting closer to Hermione until his nose was a few scant inches away. They stared at each other, the others in the Great Hall watching from afar and wondering at how this might end-- Then Discord booped Hermione on the nose, making her cross her eyes at the sharp right index finger nail close to penetrating her skin. His evil persona disappeared into the grinning loon that Fluttershy knew and loved. “ Wherever is the fun in making sense, Miss Granger?” In another flash of light, Discord was sitting across from her and right next to Fluttershy, who blushed as he wrapped his left arm around her shoulders. “ Ya see, there is no need for logic when you’ve got Chaos around you every second.” Hermione raised an eyebrow, clearly skeptical at Discord’s answer. He clearly knew what was going through her head, and smirked, his red irises lighting up in amusement, “ Let’s put it this way: You learned of the conjuration spell, yes?” At Hermione’s nod, he continued, making even the most laziest student ever to exist, Ronald Bilius Weasley, pay attention to him. “ You think of what you want to appear, either by something simple say, a cane.” He demonstrated this with a flick of his wrist showing that he clearly doesn’t have a wand. In a flash of light, a cane with the head of a Unicorn coated in gold appeared in his flicked hand. Discord took in the flabbergasted expression on the bushy haired bookworm’s expression and made it disappear. Fluttershy shook her head in slight amusement, Of course Discord would create the one thing thing that makes Twilight slightly aggravated at him at the mere mention of the cane. She thought as she and the rest of the Gryffindors watched Discord teach Hermione Granger, the resident ‘Know-It-All’, something new. “ Now, hold out your hand with the palm facing upwards.” He watched as Hermione did so. “ Try creating the one thing that you want right now.” Hermione opened her eyes and was about to protest, but Discord glared at her, his red irises boring into hers, making her flinch. Mental note, never interrupt Discord when he’s teaching you something. Hermione filed into a corner of her mind. “ Picture it in your hand, feel the weight and the texture, the smell as well if it has one.” Discord continued, leaning forward. Hermione hesitated on what she wanted for a moment, before deciding that screw it, she can do whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted. She concentrated on the feel, the texture, the weight, and felt a slight tingle in her chest. “There you go. Open your eyes now.” Hermione did so, and her eyes widened as she saw the item of her choice manifesting in her hand. A symbol with a line inside a circle and triangle emblazoned on the cover. “ Congratulations, Miss Granger. You discovered the way how to make Pure Imagination become Reality.” Hermione opened the cover of the large book and saw a rune sketched beneath the cover, and it was glowing a sinister red. “ A protective rune.” A baritone voice said from behind her, and Hermione whirled around and saw Professor Snape looming over her, his black eyes peering at the book with curiosity. Discord watched the greasy haired man with a look of consideration, memories of the man that was his mother’s childhood friend, maybe later on something more. But after that one incident in fifth year by him accidentally calling her a ‘Mudblood’, the friendship broke off and she came running straight into James Potter’s arms, eventually falling in love with each other, while Snape held a grudge from an incident that James saved his life from, if ya know what I’m talking about. The man stared at Discord, a small ping of guilt hitting his heart as he saw the small flecks of emerald green throughout the blood red iris that swirled with unfathomable power. Discord nodded his head, speaking, “ Yes, Professor Snape is correct in his observation. Now what do you think of the lesson, Miss Granger?” His attention turned back to the bushy haired girl practically conjuring whatever she wanted with her imagination. From a metal salt and pepper shaker yelling EXTERMINATE!, which made all of the HalfBloods and Muggleborn duck under the tables in post haste while the Purebloods looked on with confusion, to a full on statue of an Alicorn Princess that reminded Discord of Celestia, She was grinning practically ear to ear as she possibly flew across the table at him and proceeded to hug him. Good thing Fluttershy knew what was coming as she lightly scooched out of the way with a smile on her lips. “Thankyouthankyou THANK YOU!!!” She squealed out as she hugged the metaphorical stuffing out of Discord’s body. The Spirit Of Chaos froze once again, being in the same position as last time when Twilight hugged him. He started slowly relaxing before a throat cleared from the back of the Great Hall, garnering everyone’s attention. Albus Dumbledore was smiling and all twinkly eyed, but on the inside he was seething at how this freak of nature practically turned against him when he disappeared off the face of the Earth! “ Perhaps it is time for everyone to head to bed for the night. I think we all had a rough day crammed into an hour.” Without so much as a by your leave, Discord hooked his and a blushing Fluttershy’s arm, then hooked his under Hermione’s, which hooked onto Snape’s, who looked down at the grinning Gryffindor with shock and confusion. “ I believe we’ll be off, Headmaster. Things to do, places to see, people to meet. People to mur-” He was interrupted by Fluttershy and Hermione stomping on his feet, making him wince, and made everyone amused except the Headmaster. “ I mean talk to. That’s what I was gonna say.” Dumbledore put on a slightly smug grin, making Discord feel slightly irritated. “ It is unfortunate that you have to leave. Everyone would miss you and wonder where you’ve been after these past few years.” Discord thought about it for a moment, looking up at the ceiling that had stars shining down on them in a mockery of Princess Luna’s night sky. Then a thought bubble showed up next to his head, and started writing mathematics that made even Hermione’s head hurt. Then the calculations were done, and Discord lowered his head and stared levelly at the Headmaster. “ I’m sorry. But I think that I made sure I never went to Hogwarts all those years ago. So how can everyone miss me, when they just in fact started noticing that we’re already gone?” Then the group of four faded away into nothing, leaving the entire school body staring at where they were in shock and amazement. All that was heard, was a sinister chuckle left behind from Discord, making Dumbledore’s spine shiver in dread, and the Weasley Twins shiver in excitement, getting motivation to… ‘Try’ new products on the Headmaster. Albus Dumbledore was in a fury. First that blasted brat disappeared for two years, came back older and more powerful somehow, found someone that he was close to during those two years, made another friend in just an hour, and kidnapped his ‘Pet Death Eater’! ALL IN ONE HOUR!!! When Albus Dumbledore reluctantly retired to his king sized bed, all he could see in his mind and dreams were those sinister red eyes surrounded by yellow sclera and a laugh that still sent shivers down his spine. > Chapter 05: Potions... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 05: Potions… Severus Snape, a dour man, was staring at the Lord of Chaos in shock as he was shown the new Potions Lab located at one of the Potter Mansions in Scotland. “ My Lord, this is too much.” Discord grinned mischievously, making James Potter’s grin pale in comparison. “ I know, Severus. Just think of it as a gift of redemption. Redemption of your past mistakes that you still regret doing, and now you have the supplies to make the world a little better, what with your keen intelligence.” The Head of Slytherin House almost glared at the older man, but held back as he saw that Discord was being genuine. After all, he made Severus free... *Flashback* Discord appeared in front of the mansion with his companions, a grin on his face that would’ve made even Voldemort shiver in dread. “ So! First things first!” Discord whirled around and grabbed Severus’ arm, pulling up the sleeve, showing the Dark Mark, which was a snake coming out of a skull’s mouth. Severus stiffened, surprised at the sudden motion from the boy he was supposed to hate, until he found out that he had compulsion charms laced in his food and drink one night. Ever since then, he made sure to sneakily cast revealing charms from under the Head Table, out of Dumbledore’s sight. Severus had a feeling that it was the old coot that poisoned his food. Discord pressed a sharp nailed right index finger onto the living ink, and Severus’ knees buckled at the agony that was coursing through him. He bit his tongue and held his scream that was trying to rip out through his throat at the burning pain. After a few moments, the pain disappeared, leaving him panting in exertion. “ Well, I think that settles that particular problem then.” Severus’ head whipped up and was about to make a cutting remark, but froze and looked back down; this time at his left arm. His BARE left arm. Snape traced his fingers against the skin where the Dark Mark used to be for all those years ever since his time as a teen. Then he felt tears, and slowly, a watery smile worked onto his face with relief, relief that he was free from Voldemort’s grasp. And in this case, Albus-With-Too-Many-Names-Dumbledore. He was Free… *Flashback end* Severus got out of his musings and saw that Discord disappeared and he was standing in the middle of the lab, countertops filled to the brim with Potions equipment and shelves lining against walls opposite of the counters filled with every kind of book on ingredients; even the most rare ones were shown on a couple of shelves in glass jars. Severus looked around with a sense of awe and wide eyed wonder. Even though he was one to never show his emotions to anyone, I think that he deserves this exception. > Chapter 06: French Veela & Talking Dragons > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 06: French Veela & Talking Dragons… Discord sat next to Fluttershy as she was sitting at the Gryffindor table talking with Hermione about the Triwizard Tournament and it’s gruesome history. They both arrived last night so that they could get a layout of the castle that seemed to be alive, what with the stairs moving at random moments and getting them to their destinations, suits of armor that lines the corridors at random giving them a nod of respect; one which Discord returns Whatever was controlling the suits and stairs must be extremely powerful. God Of Chaos Powerful... Discord was about to ask Hermione about the clue of The First Task, when a voice spoke from behind him, “ Excuse moi, are you finished with ze Bouillabaisse?” The God Of Chaos turned his head a little and eyed the French witch that was standing behind him, a shy smile on her lips. She was fidgeting under his gaze for a second, before Discord smiled, snapping his fingers and a bowl of the French delicacy appeared on his hand, steaming hot and fresh. He enjoyed the look of shock on the witch’s face, and spotted the amusement from Hermione and Fluttershy from the other side of him. “ Bonjour, Miss Delacour. One bowl of piping hot fresh Bouillabaisse!” The Veela, since Discord noticed absently that the males in this entire Great Hall were staring at her and some of the women as well, shook off her shock and grabbed the bowl with a conjured cloth. “Merci.” He watched in amusement as she headed back to the Ravenclaw table and turned back to Hermione and Fluttershy. He asked, “ Now with that small sidetrack in the story is over with, I wanted to ask something.” Hermione shook off her slight self conscious gaze from Fleur, and turned to him. “ How can I defeat a dragon without killing it or being fried to a crisp?” Apparently that was the wrong timing, cause Fluttershy took a drink of that delicious goblet of pumpkin juice at that exact moment. The spit take was legendary… Once Fluttershy got under control of her coughing, she glared at him, making him blink in confusion, “ What did I do?” The shy pegasus turned woman spoke, “ What do you mean, Dragons?” Discord froze for a second, knowing that tone. It was sweet, with an underlying threat hidden beneath it. He only heard stories about that tone, he didn’t think that FLUTTERSHY of all Ponies had it. “ My Dear Fluttershy, I know what the First Task is…” He paused dramatically, making Fluttershy roll her eyes at his theatrics, but had a small smile on her lips regardless, amused. “ Dragons, that’s the First Task the Champions have to get through.” Discord continued, knowing that he was in the clear. Fluttershy can be terrifying when she wants to be. The shed is proof, after all… “Well, since you know the Task, we can get to researching on how to find a dragon that can talk to us.” Fluttershy said. Discord had a lightbulb idea that lit up his head. Then outside until he grabbed it and took a bite out of it. “ I can bring Spike over, though it might take a bit to gather the energy necessary for a safe trip.” Fluttershy’s gaze became slightly stern as she scolded, “ I don’t want you to hurt yourself. Spirit Of Chaos or not.” Discord pouted and actually wilted a bit under the 20 year old’s gaze, making a couple of redheaded Gryffindors snicker, until he shot a glare and snapped his fingers. Their hair colors changed to silver, while their robes turned to Slytherin green, making them gasp in shock and shoot each other grins. Discord had a feeling he started a Prank War. And he was gonna get along with those two just fine… ----------------------------- After the school turned in for the night, Discord and Fluttershy flashed into a clearing inside the Forbidden Forest. It was safe, even though the creatures that roam in these woods become affectionate to Fluttershy whenever she was around. They didn’t like him though, which made him a bit grumpy about that particular subject. “ Ok, let’s get started.” Discord said, rubbing his hands together and cracking his neck in preparation of the task ahead. Get it? Task? HEHE. Anyways, Fluttershy was sitting on a large female Acromantula named Mosag. One night after a couple of days since arriving, Discord went into the forest, and spotted a large pile of rocks and pebbles set into a monument. He used his Chaos Magic to find out what was inside, but doing that made the corpse come to life. One thing led to another, and Mosag was reunited with Aragog, who was elated that his mate was back. Even though he has the respect of Aragog and his brethren, the Centaurs hate him, except for one named Firenze, who knew what and who he was. “ Are you ready Fluttershy?” The pink haired shy woman nodded, a small smile as she held out a thumbs up. Mosag just nodded her massive head, no words needed. Discord flexed his fingers and floated into the air above the clearing. He pressed his palms together and sickly yellow static electricity formed between the appendages. He pulled his hands apart slowly, gritting his teeth in exertion at the energy that was fighting against him. Then a small ball of the magic formed between his hands, and Discord waited… Before he threw the ball in the middle of the clearing, causing an explosion of high energy and a beam shot up into the stars, tearing through a crack in the universe and grabbing it’s target. After a few moments, someone was yelling as they fell. “WHAAAAA!” The beam of energy disappeared, it’s energy spent and dissipated into nothing, while Discord’s target fell to the ground the last few feet, making him ‘oomph!’. Discord flew down, slightly out of breath but proud that he got the right person he needed. Said person was a baby dragon of 15 years old, purple with a light underbelly and green fins and dorsal spines on his head and back respectively. “ Wha- Discord?! How did I get here?!” Spike looked around the dark forest and spotted Fluttershy, since the hair and butterscotch yellow dress was a dead giveaway, sitting on the largest spider he ever laid eyes on. Discord landed and spoke, “ Well, my compatriot little wizard, you are gonna help me get through this farce of a Tournament i’ve been forced into.” Spike stared at him, thinking he was insane… Discord grinned back, his eyes shining with a childish glee... > Chapter 07: A Method To Madness > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 07: A Method To Madness… Discord, after taking Spike and Fluttershy back to Potter Mansion where Severus Snape is currently residing, walked through Hogwarts’ halls, which seemed to hum in time to his tune. With either magic or voice, he really couldn’t tell… He stopped as he heard a commotion going on as he saw a group of Hufflepuffs at the end of the corridor. His heart stopped as he detected a small amount of Chaos magic coming from whoever they were surrounding. Discord growled, which gathered the Hufflepuff girls’ attention to him, and they saw a demon with red eyes glowing in the shadows, glaring at them with malice. “ YoU ShOuLd NoT MeSs WiTh SoMeOnE WhO iS UnDeR My PrOTeCTiOn.” Discord came out of the shadows, an evil grin on his face that made him look TERRIFYING. “ I SuGgEsT YoU RuN.” They seemed to take his advice to heart and ran like the little cowards they are. Discord’s evil aura faded to normal and his glowing eyes dimmed as he spotted whoever they were bullying. He made over to the little blonde girl in Ravenclaw robes, was bent over a pile of books, picking them up one by one. Until Discord flicked his wrist and sent all of the books into a neat pile, which made the little Ravenclaw shoot up. Once she saw whoever was helping her, she spoke, “ Hello, Harry Potter.” Discord raised an eyebrow at the tone of light dreaminess, but nodded his head in greeting, replying, “ I may be Harry Potter, but that boy died a long time ago.” The girl didn’t seem fazed by the fact that Harry Potter, the Wizarding World’s Savior was dead metaphorically, and continued, “ Yes, I know. Two thousand years can seem too much for a boy at the time to forget who they were.” The God Of Chaos blinked, surprised that this girl knew who she was and how old he truly was. “How…?” The blonde girl smiled, a knowing look in her silvery blue-grey eyes. “ The Nargles told me.” He blinked at that once again, trying to wrap his mind around the concept of Nargles living in this world. He knew what they were, he saw them in Equestria after all... “ I’m Luna. Luna Lovegood.” Discord internally shook off his musings and shook Luna’s hand gently, bowing and giving a light kiss to her knuckle. Luna watched with an amused smile. “ I’m Discord...” “ The Spirit Of Chaos And Disharmony.” They finished together at the same time, which made Luna and Discord giggle and laugh. “ I think there is a method to Madness after all.” He said as they walked to the Ravenclaw tower, to spend the night talking about things that in this world doesn’t exist, but exist in his. > Chapter 08: The Yule Ball > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 08: The Yule Ball… It was the day of the Yule Ball, and Discord was actually nervous. Not because of the dancing. Not because he might lose his beautiful Chaos magic if he got literal cold feet at the First Task. Not because Spike was chewing on his talon nails in anxiety. But because Fluttershy was wearing the most tight fitting dress that Severus and Hermione helped pick out in his mother’s old wardrobe. Discord felt like he was melting, because he was seeing the most beautiful Mare in all of existence. “ Discord, you’re melting!” Spoke Hermione, a twinkle of amusement in her eyes as she knew something he didn’t. He noticed he was actually melting into a puddle with his color choice of clothes, and righted himself, shooting up into a solid form with a sheepish grin. Fluttershy giggled, and just hearing that sound made his heart stop beating for a moment, before he held out his hand, a charming grin on his lips. When Fluttershy took it, he kissed her knuckle gently, unlike when he did the same to Luna, which was dramatic and sloppy. She giggled and smiled, pink on her cheeks as she looped her arm under his, and led her down the stairs where the Yule Ball will be held in the Great Hall. When this dance was announced a month ago, Professor McGonagall approached him; she was respective of him, and he in return of her mature attitude as she told him about the dance. Add to the fact that she was the one that protested against Dumby in his decision of Discord being sent to the Dursleys all those years ago is a nice bonus… He spotted Hermione wearing a beautiful blue dress with Viktor Krum, a famous Quidditch Seeker, according to Ronald Weasley, from Durmstrang, one of the competing schools in the Tournament. He saw Fleur Delacour with a student from Hogwarts he doesn’t recognise, since he wasn’t important in this story. Professor McGonagall was standing at the Great Hall doors, announcing that the Yule Ball will begin in a few minutes, with the Champions beginning the dance. Discord looked down at Fluttershy and smiled at her giddiness, despite it being hidden somewhat by her natural shyness and blush. “ Are you ready, Fluttershy?” The mare turned woman looked up, and smiled back, her eyes lighting up as she answered, “ Yes.” The Spirit Of Chaos winked and grinned back, “ Then let’s wow them.” The doors to the Great Hall opened and the Champions of Hogwarts, Durmstrang, Beauxbatons, Discord and Fluttershy walked in and started the dance. Discord took Fluttershy by surprise by the fact that he could dance so well… He held her right hand in his left, and his right hand on her hip, being uncharacteristically gentle as they danced in a graceful circle around the ballroom and around the Champions, which he noticed were staring at the two with surprise. They wowed the crowd after all… After the dance had ended, Fluttershy felt winded and went to get a drink from the refreshment table. Discord watched the entire room, feeling mighty protective since anyone can make a move on His Dear Fluttershy. His? Where in the name of Equestria did that come from? Discord thought as he watched the symbol of Kindness and Beauty make her way back towards him, smiling all the way. After a few hours of dancing to The Weird Sisters, some of their dancing styles made a few of the students laugh. Even the Weasley Twins were trying to copy their moves with grins as they made a fool of themselves as well… After that, the two took a walk through the gardens, which shone in the moonlight. Fluttershy shivered, it was cold, she should’ve at least brought a sweater. Then the frigid air went away. Fluttershy felt something on her shoulders and saw that it was Discord’s coat. She looked at Discord, who smiled at her gently. “ It’s not that cold for me, besides, a gentleman always gives the girl his coat.” The meek girl smiled back and snuggled into the jacket, taking a whiff of it. It smells like Discord. She thought as they continued walking through the snow covered gardens, being careful not to step off the cobblestone path, otherwise they’ll be buried to their ankles in snow. No one would want THAT, now would we? After another hour of strolling through and couple of dances in the moonlight, they heard the announcement that the Yule Ball was ending and went inside. *Meanwhile* He was furious, how dare that miscreant not following his plans, to look up to him as the grandfather he never knew! He even spiked the punch to force him, otherwise he would die. Too bad that Fluttershy gal had to die because of the fool’s mistakes. Albus Dumbledore raged internally as he sat behind the desk in his office, working on his plans... > Chapter 09: Mother Horntail... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 09: Mother Horntail… It was the day of the First Task, and Discord, along with Spike in tow, appeared in the Champions tent, making the other three jump in surprise and raise their wands at him. He was unimpressed… “ Well that’s not how you say ‘Hello’ to a friend, now is there?” Discord deadpanned at the 3 other wands being pointed at him. Cedric, Fleur, and Krum lowered their wands with a slight apologetic and sheepish expression. The four talked to each other when they couldn’t sleep or to help with the clues of the Tasks ahead of them. They became quite the group of friends… ----------------------------- After Ludo Bagman, Albus Long-Ass-Beard Dumbledore, and Bartemius Crouch came in and made them pick their dragon, and left, Discord got the number four, which was the Hungarian Horntail in case you are all wondering, the four Champions were left conversing to each other about their life, what their families’ were like, and what they might like to do outside of school. But that is not important in the story... When the cannon outside fired, signalling the start of the First Task and the first Champion to get the egg from the Mother Dragon, Discord stopped Cedric. “ Wait.” He said. When he saw that Cedric did stop just at the entrance of the tent, looking back at him in curiosity, Discord snapped his fingers, causing a small flash of light. “It’s a protection against severe 3rd degree burns from fire. Wouldn’t wanna ruin that pretty face when you get into acting in the future now would ya?” Cedric stared at Discord, surprised for a moment before remembering he told the Lord Of Chaos that he had a fascination in acting. He nodded in thanks, and went out through the tent flaps to get his egg… ------------------------------ After the three Champions went through the First Task to get past their chosen dragons, Discord floated, pondering on what’s been going on the past week. First and foremost, Fluttershy has gotten sick, REALLY sick. It worried him on how no matter what he did to make his friend better, using Chaos Magic or the mundane way, she never seemed to get better. In fact, she seemed to get even worse. Spike was worried about her as well, since he was a great friend and helps no matter the cost to himself, it reminds Discord of his younger self, before the Wish he made came true all those years ago. The two spent time talking to each other about how they were gonna get through this Task, when the cannon fired once again, indicating that it was His turn. “Ready, my scaly friend?” Discord asked as he cracked his neck, ready to enact his Plan. Spike nodded, preparing himself for what may be the most scariest thing he had to do yet… TALKING… They both walked out of the Champions’ Tent and into the arena, which seemed slightly gladiatorial for some reason Discord can’t fathom. Discord and Spike stuck close to each other as they spotted the nest with the golden egg… But no dragon… Spike whispered as he kept his eyes and ears open, “ This seems too quiet.” Discord replied, his tone the same as Spike’s, “ I agree, My Little Dragon. If the Horntail is protecting the nest, the only place she could do that without harm to her eggs would be…” They froze as they heard a snort come from their vicinity, and Discord stiffened, finishing his answer, “ From behind us…” Spike and Discord looked up, and froze at the suspicious glare the female Horntail was giving them, pondering if the two in her territory were a threat or not. Spike whispered, “ What should I say to tell her not to worry?” He was a little intimidated at the noble and protective aura the larger dragon was giving out invisible to Wizards and Witches. Not to him though… Discord replied, a little bit relaxed now that what he saw in the Horntail’s eyes were not malice, but suspicion. “ Tell her in you native tongue, Spike. That’ll get her attention.” Spike gulped, nodded, and took a breath. He spoke a different tongue not unlike Parseltongue, but the language adapted to the dragons, only Spike knew it because he is a dragon in Equestria. But very, very, VERY few Wizards and Witches of this Earth knew it even existed. $ Greetings, Mother Horntail. $ The large dragon, who had been glaring at Discord, blinked at Spike in surprise, intelligence kean in those fiery golden orbs as she scrutinised the familiar tongue. She spoke, not with her mouth, but with her mind. $ Greetings, Youthful Hatchling. I Ask That You Stay Where You Are, While I Take Care Of This Filthy Human. $ She replied, opening her maw with flames licking the back of her throat, ready to toast Discord into a fried egg. Spike began panicking, quickly saying in his tongue, $ No Mother Horntail, Wait! $ Taken by surprise, the female dragon swallowed her flames and stared at the young drake with a stern gaze. $ Why Should I? What Does This Human Have That Gains Your Respect? He Is One Of The Egg Thieves, A Dragon Killer! $ Spike replied, filing the Dragon Killer and Egg Thieves thing in the corner of his mind. $ Because He Ain’t One Of THOSE Humans. He Abandoned His Kind To Live With Another Sapient Race, A Race Of Ponies. He Is The Being Of Chaos & Disharmony, While The Ponies Are Harmonic & Peaceful. $ The Horntail seemed to consider something before turning to Discord with a slight glare, which softened as Spike spoke. It made the Wizard-Turned-Draconequus a little nervous. Even though he has his precious Chaos Magic, he never got to know the scrutiny of a loving mother. His ‘Relatives’ made sure of that a long time ago... $ So He Disrupts Others’ Lives? He Hurts-- $ She was interrupted by Spike waving his claws and replying quickly, quite nervous. $ No No No, Mother Horntail, You Misheard Me. Discord Is A Being That Balances With Harmony. Without Any Chaos… $ The Horntail continued, a realisation shining in her eyes. $ There Won’t Be Any Harmony. $ The dragon turned to face Spike and lower her majestic head until she was inches from his snout, a soft look in her eyes, but still ready to protect her young. $ My Sincere Apologies, Young And Noble Drake. Do What You Must Get From My Nest. $ The crowd of Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons watched in shock as the most fierce and most untameable dragon bow her head and nuzzle Spike gently, before curling up next to the entrance of the Arena. Where the Dragon Handlers were waiting with slack jaws. Spike watched the noble female with a sense of awe and childlike wonder. The nuzzle was unexpected though, and it left a warmth in him to know that he did something right. Discord watched with a smile on his face, his red and yellow eyes gleaming with pride and amusement of what Spike just accomplished… Talking To Mother Horntail… Discord then spoke, making Spike jump slightly from his thoughts. “ I suppose we must hurry and get the egg before she changes her mind?” His question was answered with the Horntail snorting out smoke as she watched from the wall she was curled up against. Spike nodded, making his way to the dragon’s nest, and being careful with the other eggs while extracting the golden one in the middle of the clutch. Discord picked Spike up and put him on his shoulders, “ You make Twilight Sparkle proud, My Dear Scaly Friend!” He said while they made their way to the other entrance opposite of the Horntail. Spike then said, “ Wait, stop! I must do something real quick!” Discord relented, albeit confused at what the Drake was doing until he ran over to the larger dragon as fast as his little legs could go. Spike skidded to a stop a few inches where the Horntail’s snout is, watching him with slight surprise and confusion in her eyes. He wrapped his arms around the narrow muzzle and rubbed the warmer scales with his cheek, returning the favor for the nuzzle she gave him earlier. $ Thank you, Mother Horntail, for being understanding. $ Some girls in the crowd that watched went ‘ D’awww’ at the scene. Some even held their chests in pain from it... Spike let go of the female dragon’s snout and ran back to Discord, who had a gentle smile. The Horntail looked on at the Drake with a soft look that reminded the Dragon Handlers that were now surrounding her warily of a proud mother looking after her child. I guess that’s what just happened… Discord and Spike went past the Medical Tent, where Madame Pomfrey was looking over the other three Champions. While they came out okay, they didn’t leave the arena without a scratch or bruise. “DISCORD!!!” Called out a voice that he was familiar with as well as Spike. They saw the form of Hermione, holding her arm around the shoulders of Fluttershy, who looked very, VERY pale and tired. It made Discord’s heart freeze as Fluttershy then started wobbling over to him, Hermione watching with severe worry for her shy friend that she got to know for the last month and a half. That’s when he saw that his precious friend start to fall, too walk to stand up anymore... > Chapter 10: Chaotic Anger > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 10: Chaotic Anger… “FLUTTERSHY!” Discord yelled as he caught her limp body, falling to his knees as her weight and gravity went against him. Fluttershy looked up at him with weary red eyes, indicating that she had been crying. Possibly from pain… ...But from what?... “ Di-Discord?” The pale mare spoke, her voice weak and shivering as if she was freezing. Discord felt the warmth on her head, immediately worried as Pomfrey came over and started scanning the Mare-Turned-Human, paling as she went. “ This is not good.” The Mediwitch said, looking at her with a large amount of worry. Even though they haven’t met, but the other versions of him fondly recall their interactions in the Hospital Wing at Hogwarts, and had a tremendous amount of respect for her taking care of him in other worlds. “What’s ‘Not Good’?” Discord lightly snapped, holding Fluttershy closer to him as he tried to get some warmth into her, but he knew it was futile since she felt as if she was burning up. Madame Pomfrey answered trying to cool Fluttershy down and warm her up at the same time, “ My readings of her bloodstream indicate she has been infused with a volatile Potion. One that must’ve been gestating since all the way back--” Discord finished, answering for her with a sense of horror, “ From the Yule Ball…” Discord then picked up his friend in a bridal style, lifting her gently in his arms as he started walking to the medical tent. His aura looked slow, not like the tremendous force of power that he clearly had at his disposal. But the aura of a man that is losing someone dear to them... Madame Pomfrey, Hermione, Spike, Cedric, Fleur, and Viktor watched as Discord brought Fluttershy down onto the empty bed where the Champions can heal up, that was for him. “ Isn’t there anything you can do?” Fleur asked, her French accent slipping into her voice as tears came down her cheeks. Over the past month ever since the Yule Ball, the two girls talk with each other and shared some common interests; namely not drawing attention to themselves. Madame Pomfrey looked down, lost in her thoughts, mouth open and ready to answer… But she was interrupted by a voice that made Discord tense, “ I believe there’s nothing she can do, Miss Delacour.” Albus Dumbledore watched the weakening girl with faux sadness, but internally shouting with glee at the poison working in his favor. Now that ungrateful whelp can finally-... “You…” said a voice. The occupants of the Medical Tent froze at the fury lacing His tone. Discord wasn’t a fool, the Spirit of Chaos recognised the aura and magical residue in Fluttershy’s bloodstream as he just looked through a mental image from the x-ray scan he secretly did, not wanting to take any chances for no cure... He was… Understandably Upset… The man stood up, back facing them, looking down at Fluttershy. Then he turned around, facing them. Some understandably flinched in fear, some in unease… His red irises turned glowing crimson, and his yellow sclera brightening the growing darkness that is congregating into the tent, nonetheless with sunlight pouring through the tent flaps. Discord stared at Dumbledore, his aura growing slightly visible in red, green, black, yellow, and pink. His eyes held malice, ready to kill… “ It was you, Dumbledore.” Discord said as he began prowling towards the old Wizard, the others stepped out of the way, watching his shadow grow into a serpent-like being with different animal parts forming behind him on the floor and wall. Dumbledore was many things; but he didn’t want to admit he was afraid of the freak of nature. The man stopped in front of him, sneering as he glared levelly at him and the rest of the Triwizard Tournament Judges that came in after he shouted to Fluttershy earlier. They were frozen in fear, watching with a sense of horror as they saw medical tools begin to float in the air, whirling around the small fabric room, narrowly missing everyone in his fury. Dumbledore smiled benevolently, and began speaking to try and calm him down, “ It was all for the Greater Good, my boy--” Discord snarled, grabbing the Old Fool’s neck and spat out, “ I. AM. NOT. YOUR. BOY!” Discord’s voice became demonic, spittle flying out of his mouth and narrowly missing Dumbledore’s face by an inch and fell to the dirt ground, hissing as it began melting the soil. Discord’s whole body glowed a dark red energy for a moment before snapping his fingers, then they both disappeared. The others were left there, standing in shock and horror at what Discord might do to the manipulative Old Bastard. Then Fluttershy began wheezing in breath, convulsing and coughing blood. Madame Pomfrey quickly hurried to the girl’s side and began trying every spell she knew on how to flush out Potions. ...It wasn’t working… “ Floo Call Severus! I believe he’s at Potter Manor!” Madame Pomfrey yelled, trying to keep Fluttershy comfortable and cooled down with a wet washrag. The other Triwizard Champions sat in their cots, feeling helpless since they could do nothing… Then a bright light orb appeared in the room, causing the Champions to take out their wands and aim at the orb, ready to defend themselves and Fluttershy. Then the orb dimmed, and in their place was two people with auras of unfathomable power; like Discord… “Where is Discord?” Said a motherly voice. ------------------------------- Albus Dumbledore toppled to the ground as he tried to orient himself with whatever crazy magic His Weapon possessed take them. Discord floated a few feet above him, his body tense and fists clenched, not giving a damn that the Old Codger was trying to calm him down, trying to take control of his life that he left behind two thousand years ago, not knowing that Harry James Potter died a long time ago. All he cared about was His Dear Fluttershy dying because of the old man... It Made Him PISSED… Discord launched down at Dumbledore, tackling the man that just got to his feet back to the ground, straddling him as he went about trying to land a swing on the Wizard. The Headmaster apparated out from under him and appeared behind Discord, firing a red spell from the Elder Wand, one of the Deathly Hallows. Discord wanted to take it away from him, since the Cloak of Death was back to its rightful owner. One night, Death Herself visited his dreams of flying with Fluttershy, telling him about the Cloak Of Invisibility, and why she wanted it back. She also told him about the destiny he was supposed to have as Harry Potter. Killing Voldemort was the main priority, become The Master Of Death by reuniting the Deathly Hallows, and take over the world with his newfound power with the Greater Good in mind, thanks to the brainwashing of Albus Dumbasadoor. But his wish changed the whole plan to an even better one, where he can still become Master Of Death if he so chose to relinquish the title God Of Chaos. He could do whatever he wanted, he can bring back his parents, kill people that made him angry enough, to protect his loved ones. The power was tempting… But Death knew what his decision was that night, and said to him, “ I know it’s not what you want… But it’s who you need…” She said, a sly smile on her cold blue lips, her black hair flying with an unforeseen wind that reminded Discord of Celestia and little Luna. Shaking himself out of the musings, he turned back to the Old Manipulator, who was trying to fire stunning spell after stunning spell, he sidestepped them with ease and ducked a couple of them as well. Discord snarled and teleported, grabbing Dumbledore by the neck and threw him across the colorful dimension a few yards. “ Is this what you want, oh Master Of Chaos?!” The Old Codger shouted out as he quickly got to his feet again, his robes billowing out as he gathered power for his counter attack, “ To fight against the most powerful Wizard ever since Gellert Grindelwald?!” He may be over a hundred years old, but that doesn’t mean his reflexes got slower. Discord yelled back, “ I WANTED TO BE LEFT ALONE!” He threw a fireball that made the old man dodge to the left side, grasping his arm as a lick of flames burned his arm to a 2nd degree burn. Discord kept yelling as he pressed onwards with his attacks, the fireballs getting larger and more powerful after each throw. “ I WANTED TO DO WHAT I WANTED!” Another fireball, narrowly missing the man again and hitting the ground next to him, scorching the side of his robes at the near impact. “ I WANTED LOVE!” Another. “ I WANTED A FAMILY!” Another. “ I WANTED A LIFE WITHOUT YOUR MANIPULATIONS!” The last fireball struck true and hit Dumbledore in the stomach, making him bend forward and try and breath out a healing spell. “ I WANTED IT ALL!!!” He fired a two fireballs merged into one, striking Dumbledore in the chest, knocking him onto his back, a large scorch mark burned through his robes and burnt his chest to a crisp.. The burns were trying to be healed, but Discord won’t let them, not in his grief and rage. He stopped throwing fireballs and flashed next to him, squatting down. He glared at the wheezing old man with fiery red orbs as he sneered. “ But you just won’t let your Weapon go, now could you?” He hissed out, a forked tongue poking out between his lips as he spoke. “ You just wanted to be in control…” Discord grabbed Dumbledore by the neck and lifted him up into the air, glaring up at him with glowing eyes. “ YOU CAN NEVER CONTROL ME!!!” Discord was about to do the finishing blow, when a voice sounded behind him. “ Let him go, Discord!” The Spirit of Chaos glared behind him at the woman standing there. “...Luna.” He growled out, not angry at her, but for the interruption. The royal blue haired 30-something-year-old woman stood in shock at what she witnessed. Discord ready to kill a man… Luna spoke, her voice soft, “ Let him go, Discord, he’s not worth it.” “ Why should I, Luna? He is the one responsible for taking away the one I-” He shouted at her but was interrupted. “ YOU WILL CEASE THY MURDEROUS INTENT!!!” Luna shouted out, using her infamous Royal canterlot voice. “ I was not finished.” She continued. Discord stared at the Princess of the Night, before throwing Dumbledore to the ground, making the old bearded man cough out a bit of blood from his injuries. “ Young Fluttershy is recovering, and waiting for your return. A Professor Snape helped flush out the fatal poison in her blood with a Bezoar stone, fresh too.” Luna said, voice soft and eyes boring into his. Discord’s tense body relaxed slightly at hearing the news that his friend was going to be alright, but tensed up again as he sensed Dumbledore stand up behind him, Elder Wand in hand. “ Avada Kedavra!” The Headmaster shouted, a green light shooting out from his wand. It was not aimed for him, but at Luna, intent on killing her for ruining his plans to get Harry under his control. Then the spell dissipated inside a bright beam of pure sunlight. A woman a year older than Luna appeared next to her, wearing a alabaster white dress and golden necklace, her multicolored hair floating around her. Her cerulean eyes however, held a cold fury that made even Discord shiver at. “ You should’ve not tried to kill my little sister, you bastard.” She said, eyes glowing with power. The old man got tied up in bands of pure light, making his arms bend behind him, and onto his knees, knocking him out in the process. Discord was impressed… glad he had not drew her ire at himself all those years ago… Celestia turned to Discord, while Luna disappeared with Dumbledore in tow. “ She’s waiting for you, Discord, otherwise you’re burning Daylight.” She said with a wink. Then she disappeared as well. Oh Celly, you and your puns. He thought to himself, chuckling. Discord was about to snap his way out of the unknown dimension the two travelled to, but stopped as he caught sight of the Elder Wand floating a few inches in front of him, bobbing up and down gently in the air. After a few moments, he grabbed it and put it into his coat pocket, that coat somehow managed to survive the entire battle without a tear or singe from his own attacks on the Old Codger. Discord nodded to himself as he felt the power of the Elder wand flow into his magical core, rejuvenating him and making him more sane than any other… Except for His Dear Fluttershy… He snapped his fingers, disappearing from the now named “Plains Of The Void”. > Chapter 11: Going Home > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 11: Going Home… Discord appeared where he was in the Champions’ Medical Tent, but was startled at the rib crushing hug he got from a certain shy pegasus turned human. “ DISCORD, YOU’RE ALRIGHT!” Fluttershy shouted, holding her arms around his slim torso tightly. Discord, even after wrapping his mind around the fact she yelled, he chuckled, answering. “ Of course I’m alright, Fluttershy. I AM the Spirit Of Chaos & Disharmony, after all.” Even though Fluttershy rolled her eyes at his dramatic theatrics, she was smiling. He got a good look at her, noticing that her once very pale skin was coloring back to a normal pale, and her quaking muscles were becoming strong again. All thanks to the Potions Master, Severus Snape. She then slapped him, causing him to blink, while she wrapped her arms around him. “ DON’T DO THAT TO ME!” She shouted, tears coming down her cheeks as she buried her head into his neck, crying. Any other time, he would told the person to dry their tears and move on, or do something funny to cheer them up… This was not that time… He grabbed Fluttershy’s chin gently, lowering his head and pecked her on the lips softly. “ Eep!” She said. Before pushing into the kiss, wrapping her arms around the back of Discord’s neck. The other occupants in the tent watched the two kiss. Fleur blushing but smiling behind her hand. Cedric grinning and yelling out, “ Good on you, mate!” Krum smirking and murmuring in Russian, “ Roll Credits, my good author.” Madame Pomfrey shook her head, but smiling at the two acknowledging their love for one another. Severus Snape watched, a small upturn on his otherwise dour lips, and a gentle look in his normally stern and disapproving eyes. Then a throat cleared from outside the tent, and Fluttershy jumped, Discord grinning like a loon at the dazed look in her eyes from the passionated kiss. They all turned to look at whoever was there, and saw two beautiful women standing at the entrance to the tent. Two that Discord recognised... Princess Celestia and Luna looked at the scene with smiles, a blush on Luna’s cheeks and a mischievous look in Celestia’s that matched the ones on a certain mutt’s. “ I believe it is time to depart, but I think we can stay for a bit, wouldn’t you think?” Celestia spoke, the twinkle in her cerulean eyes brightened. Discord, even though he was slightly embarrassed, grinned back at the Solar Deity and introduced the two monarchs to the Champions, Madame Pomfrey, and Severus, who Luna has taken an interest in. Well, that’ll be an interesting wedding... -------------------------------------------------- After a few hours, the four had to go home, Fluttershy and Discord walked out of Hogwarts with their hands intertwined with each other. Discord looked back and saw that all of the students came out to watch them leave, including the Slytherins. He waved at Hermione, Fred and George Weasley, Minerva McGonagall, and the rest of the staff minus Albus Dumbledore, who disappeared after Luna took him with her. I wonder where that old Goat Bucker is. He thought to himself, wondering where he is. ------- “ Albus Dumbledore. Do you fear death?” Said a voice in the shadows as Dumbledore was manacled to a old chair that seemed to be from the 16th century. He woke up a few hours ago manacled and wondering where the hell he was, and how to get back at the Freak Of Nature for his wrongdoings to him. “ Don’t think that escape is easy, young Albus. For no one can escape…” the voice said, as the figure stepped out from the shadows and, a crab leg and a regular boot covered in barnacles carrying the man with the face of an octopus. “ The Flying Dutchman.” Davy Jones grinned at the Wizard that his old friend Nightmare Moon turned Princess Luna left him with to do as he pleased. He was gonna make this mongrel break in unrelenting agony eternally for all the sins he had done… > The Shortest Epilogue > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Epilogue… Discord was sitting on the bench, looking out over the horizon with a content smile on his face. He hasn’t felt like this ever since his wish came true, and discovered the beauty of Chaos Magic. He hasn’t ever felt like this ever since he met Celestia and Luna as kids, wanting to play together, but that was washed away from his chaotic reign a thousand years ago. He hasn’t felt like this ever since he knew that he could return to his old dimension after the events of the Triwizard Tournament, which Cedric Diggory won with honor and a thousand Galleons of prize money. He hasn’t felt like this ever since he discovered Voldemort’s demise from his own ambient magic, too weak to sustain the homunculus he possessed and Wormtail’s, his original parents traitor, captured and setting free Sirius Orion Black, his godfather, from Azkaban. At the first opportunity, he found the man with Remus Lupin and took them both back to his dimension. The two Marauders were living in a little one story cottage, Sirius flirting with all the young mares that seemed to be drawn to him ever since he turned into a black unicorn with shaggy fur and messy mane. But he seemed to be more interested in Princess Celestia who had the same things he liked, practical jokes that are made from scratch, unlike Discord’s conjured ones. Don’t get your knickers in a twist, Sirius does hang out with his now old godson, and they do have fun, will that satisfy ya? Anyways… Remus on the other hand, turned into a full fledged, intelligent wolf that can speak and change form at will, like one of the Changelings that sought out peace with Ponykind. One of the Changelings living in Ponyville taught Remus to change and grew attached to each other. We can all see what’s going to happen in the next few years… Princess Luna brought along Severus, and grew to love one another, Snape being more mellow than before, and immortal thanks to the Potion that he and Luna brewed to make him a Alicorn with a grey coat and greasy black mane and tail. Let’s say Luna liked it... The Horntail Discord and Spike faced was brought with them to look after the young Drake and Twilight Sparkle, along with Tempest Shadow; Who was Twilight’s marefriend a few months after the events of the Storm King’s invasion was stopped. Discord hasn’t felt this content with the now peaceful world around him ever... Well… He thought to himself, looking next to him at the young pegasus mare curled next him, rubbing her swollen belly with a smile on her face. Until Now That Is… THE END