Chapter 1
Fall was Discord's favorite season. The beauty of the trees slowly killing their leaves to survive made them change into brilliant colors that even he could admire. The leaves would slowly fall to the ground, making a beautiful and horrid mess that would be hidden by the upcoming winter. It was the season he felt had the purest and most beautiful entropy, something he could relate to. Chaos was his best friend and ever faithful companion. It would never leave his side. While other creatures faded, he would always have it to cling to.
His hand took up a clump of damp and dying leaves, bringing them to eye level. They were already beginning to rot, bringing a pleasant smirk to his face. Life had already left them, and their corpses were stunningin their own way. He laughed to himself, enjoying the walk through his domain. He had taken over from the royal family quite a while ago. With them gone, nothing had really entertained him. The leaves still fell and the seasons still changed, even with the madness surrounding them. This was one of the few days that was relatively normal, the sun still high in the sky.
The winds gusted under the hot sun, sounding somewhat demented, just the way he liked it. Discord bit his lip, looking around lazily. He was utterly bored. Messing with the weak little ponies had lost its charm. He needed someone fun to play with. Like the princesses. Or Celestia. Preferably Celestia.
He wasn't too full of himself to admit that he had developed feelings for the alicorn. She had caught his eye with her display of power and leadership. Discord lay back on the leafy ground, staring up at the cotton candy dotted sky. He quickly flashed though the memories of finding the regal mare, his crush upon her that grew as they became friends, the heated romance that had started between them.
He could admit to missing her body, her pure white coat dampened with the sweat that they had both accumulated though hours of passion and playful teases. She had been the epitome of guilty pleasures for him, and he wasn't ashamed to admit it.
Discord rolled on his side, the cold leaves poking at the occasional patch in his fur. He missed her. She had fled when he had taken over the kingdom in his own selfish mindset. He had asked her to be his queen. She refused. It had broken his heart and turned him into the raging monster that had taken over Equestria. He caused misery to share his own. The one thing in life he had loved with all his claws and paws had left him.
He growled, shooting magic at a near by squirrel and giving it upside down wings. A smirk graced his face before it fell into a frown. He was lonely and miserable. Not even the squirrel's desperate attempts to not smash into trees could cheer him up. He lowered his eyes, the world before him a blur as the wind began to pick up. Discord froze a moment at what appeared to be a white shape dash in the trees with a beautiful streak of colors behind it. He sat up in shock and looked around.
"Celly?" He said in a low voice. He craned his neck in every direction to get a better look. Had it really been her? Or some gust of wind that the heavens had decided to taunt him with? Discord got to his feet, looking around to no avail. He looked to the skies, his annoyance making the sun set and rise again. She was here. She had to be.
This wasn't one of his imitations that his magic created. It was her, the living, breathing Celestia. The wind gusted by him again and so did another ghost of white. He stomped a foot on the ground.
"Celestia!" He growled, throwing a bolt of magic at a tree he had seen the white shape fly by. She was playing with him and he hated it. He was the only one allowed to toy with the mind of anything. It was his job and duty, not hers. He cringed as the wind picked up again, this time the leaves swirling about him. Chaos within chaos. The wind made a vicious leaf tornado, with him stuck in the center. He stood there without word, glaring up at the leaves. He stuck out his lip in defiance.
"Celestia. You don't need to play games with me."
The wind blew harder and harder, forcing him to close his eyes. He had to question why his mare was acting like this. Did she no longer love him, or maybe it was like the trees, it had lived its course though out the spring and summer and was slowly killing itself in fall. His heart hurt at the thought that they had become akin to the rotting leaves surrounding him. He would do anything to prevent that, anything at all.
"Celestia!" He clenched his hands into a fist, yelling up to the sky at a love he was not sure was even there. He bit his lip, the frustration building. He didn't enjoy this feeling of uncertainty, this horrible feeling of loneliness, anger and regret. And it stopped. The winds that seemed to want to rip him to shreds just stopped.
And was replaced by a familiar pair of lips on his. He shivered, his entire body leaning into the lips that he so desperately missed.
"I love you too... But you've betrayed me."
He made a reach for Celestia at the sound of her voice, the want to hold her tightly unbearable. He was Discord, spirit of chaos. He always got what he wanted. All he clutched was leaves. Dying and rotting leaves. Discord opened his eyes, holding them as close as he would Celestia. They were all he had left to love. All he had left was his chaos and the empty winds.