The elements of Disharmony

The Elements of Disharmony

by Statsbat

Chapters

1. Prologue

The elements of Disharmony.

Everyone knows the story of the elements of harmony, how Twilight sparkle moved to Ponyville and met the rest of the elements, Laughter, Kindness, Honesty, Generosity and loyalty, and saved Equestria numerous times, but I bet no-one told you about my friends and I, The elements of Disharmony?

Course not, why would they, most don't even know what the elements of disharmony are, well let's see, do you know who Lord Discord is? You do!? Brilliant, makes telling my story a whole lot easier.

Well, When Lord Discord was freed the first time; he used his magic to create pure chaos across Ponyville and its surrounding areas, one of the things he began to create before the elements of harmony entrapped him in a casing of stone once again were elements of his own. Pure droplets of untamed chaos. He was only able to capture the droplets before being imprisoned, but he created six little gemlike stones, and hid them around Ponyville and the Everfree forest. Since then, he has been released, and began to search for us, the six chosen ponies to take hold of this power. That's when he found me.

2. Meet Midnight

My name is Midnight Rain, but most just call me Midnight. I've got a deep blue coat, and my mane is also blue.

I've lived deep in the Everfree since I can remember; I lost my parents at an early age. They just abandoned me on the outskirts of the forest, or at least I think they did, I don't really remember them. I learnt from an early age how to take care of myself, foraging for food, making shelters in the trees so that the ground creatures couldn't get me, and high up enough in the trees that the tree creatures wouldn't venture.

Ever since Princess Luna was freed from being nightmare moon, she visited me, it's nice sometimes, to have some company from a pony. But then one day, she just stopped. I worried about her for a day or two, but then I assumed that it was just she'd been bogged down with royal duties.

That's when he found me.

He'd been freed to help Equestria and now, he had completed his elements of disharmony, the six ponies that would wield them would be more powerful than the elements of harmony, but with a downside, they would be outcasts because of it.

I'd been on my way deep into the Everfree to the old royal castle, where Princess Luna and I usually met. But this time, it was different.

It was quiet. Too quiet.

I'll admit, the Everfree is usually too quiet for most ponies, because they can't hear the trees whispering in their solemn melodious voices, the droplets of water that fall from the tree canopy. I can. It's both a blessing and a curse. It sends me mad at the best of times, but it means I can hear predators within the forest.

I stopped at the foot of the castle's stairs, gazing into the night sky. Trying to imagine all the bright colours that used to light up the castle's wall, the elegantly dressed pony elite trotting around with their beautiful dresses on. But that was just a distant past. Al that lay around now was rubble and shadows.

'Rustle. RUSTLE, RUSTLE.' I turned around as quickly as I could only to come face to face (although when you compare both discords size and mine, it was more a hoof) with Lord Discord.

"Well, not quite as tall as I'd hoped you'd be, but I hope your lack in size is made up in magical abilities…" Discord began stopping for some reason.

"Who are you? And where is Princess Luna? If you've done something to her, I'll… I'll…" I pushed him back with my hoof, though it was more of an attempt to due to size differences.

"Well now my dear Midnight, Luna is on her way. I am however, Lord Discord!" he replied bowing to me with a large flourish. "And what may I ask would you do to me? Turn me into something as useless as a chocolate teapot? Or have you got something more chaotic hidden in your mind?"

"I don't know what I would have done, but why did you want to see me, and what has this got to do with my magic?"

"Ah well now, my dear…" Discord clicked his fingers conjuring a sofa and chocolate teapot of which he assumed pouring a cup of tea from. "You see, when I was released from my stone imprisonment, I created a little bit of pure chaos, elements completely opposite to, yet rather similar to the elements of harmony. I then hid these droplets of this disharmonic magic inside 5 ponies. You being the most powerful of the six I gifted this honour to."

"And what does this have to do with me?" I asked my voice rising around 2-3 levels higher than usual.

"You Midnight rain are the element of disharmonic magic, you are chaos itself. And when the call comes, from one you least expect, you must find the other five to battle a friend and a foe, but only with 12 can your battle commence, for without balance of harmony, and chaos together, can old foes be defeated and set free altogether." And with a quick puff of pink smoke, Lord Discord disappeared into the night. On the floor in front was a gem, its centre ever-changing like chaos itself.

3. Meet Stargazer

I'm a Unicorn Without magic that can walk on clouds, why does everypony find that so hard to believe? Ok so I have mechanical wings that I can use like a Pegasus controlled by a spell my father Novus Invento created. They need repairing, but I just don't feel right without them on. I haven't seen my father in a few good years, and I never knew who my mother was, sometimes, I've wondered if I was an invention of my fathers, but that's stupid right! Ok, so now Introductions are out of the way, wait, I never told you my name! Well, I'm Stargazer Eclipse, an astronomer by name and astronomer by nature. I'm normally very shy, so when I first met him, I was shocked how easily I was able to talk to him.

I felt a sharp pain on my flank and looked behind me at a pile of cherry stones on the floor still freshly covered in spit, I knew I hadn't eaten any cherries, so when another comes flying out of a bush and hits me square in the forehead, it's only natural that you shout at a bush isn't it? "Come out and face me you cherry stone spitting brute! Don't you know it's really not nice to spit cherrystones." I shouted towards the bushes in the park looking out towards the library where I had just come from, watching as Twilight Sparkle levitated the elements back from the table she'd had them laid out on when I'd entered the library to the storage case next to the stairs.

"Me a brute? Well I never!" a mischievous voice wafted through the rustling bushes,

"Easy for you to say, you're not getting hit by cherry stones!" I returned, turning around again to head for home.

"And what might a little filly such as you be doing so far from Ponyville and so close to the Everfree?" I gasped as a figure rose out of the bushes and towered over me.

"Um… well… I… um… well… I was…" tongue tied I tried to stutter out my words but to no avail, The figure then bent over and regally introduced himself as the Draconequus Lord Discord.

"and a Who Might You Be?"

"I'm no-one." I meekly replied preparing to run towards my cottage on the outskirts of the Everfree.

"Miss Stargazer Eclipse, you are definitely not a "No-one" you are far more than that, and you are special to someone." Discord lifted my chin up to face him, "you are special to me."

"I don't even know you!" I shouted running towards my home. Bumping into someone, I stopped and fell back onto the floor.

"Well, let us go and talk over some chocolate milk then!" discord replied.

"I don't particularly like chocolate milk you know." I told him as I stood up and led the way to my cottage along the road.

"Well, I guess you've never had chaotic chocolate milk then!" He replied putting an arm around me, as we trotted down the road.

"We're here I guess." I replied as I opened the gate, heading into my well cared for garden; it was my Mothers pride and joy, before, well, before she left, my father took upmost care to keep it in tip top condition before he was called to Canterlot, or at least that's what I tell myself, he can't be dead, he just Can't!

"Nice place you've got going here Stargazer, could use a little chaos to spruce things up, but quaint, I like quaint." Discord replied making me aware that I had just invited a stranger into my home.

"Touch anything, and forget ever coming back." I retorted, come to think of it, had I said that to anyone other than the lord of chaos and disharmony, they'd have run away screaming, that's most likely why I have no friends… holy Celestia I'm such a loner!

"no sweat, I'll just conjure myself a seat, chocolate Milk?" he asked as a floating throne appeared along with a hovering table and chocolate teapot .

"um yes please." I meekly replied as I seated myself onto one of the floating chairs around the table.

"so tell me, why do your wings no longer work?" so I told him, sipping the chocolate milk, which was amazing by the way, everything, from how I have a horn but can't use magic, to the fact I can walk on clouds but am not a Pegasus, how my mother is no longer with us and my father is in Canterlot, or at least that's where he was headed, why I live so close to the forest, and finally, why I still wear my wings even though they no longer work.

"So how does this feel?" Discord asked me as I downed the last of my 10th glass of chocolate milk.

"How does what feel?"

"Your wings? I cleaned up the gears and gave them a little magic boost; I've also rebooted the mental connection to them, as that was wearing a little thin, can't have a Pegasus/Unicorn Hybrid without working wings can we?" I just sat there flabbergasted.

"Wow, Um, how do I say this?"

"a simple thank-you will suffice my little friend, although…"

"What!? Please tell me!"

Well, I have a little task, your friend Twilight sparkle and her friends are the elements of harmony, you my friend are an element of disharmony I have created a little bit of pure chaos, elements completely opposite to, yet rather similar to the elements of harmony. Which I have hidden inside 6 ponies, you being one, blah, blah, blah. You are what I would call the dis-harmonic element of Kindness. Anyway, as much as I'd like to stay and chat, I have people to see and places to go, however, I will leave you with this "when the call comes, from one you least expect, you must find the other five to battle a friend and a foe, but only with 12 can your battle commence, for without balance of harmony, and chaos together, can old foes be defeated and set free altogether." Call it a form of prophecy we should do this again sometime, Bye!" and he just disappeared, the table and chairs were gone, but on my own table in the corner, was a jug of chocolate milk, and a note.

"Dear Stargazer, as you liked my chocolate milk so much, have a jug which refills its self, Love Discord!", thinking on what had happened, I nearly swallowed the gem at the bottom of my glass, I didn't really pay much attention to it at the time, I kind of wish I'd studied it more.

Yay! I finally finished a new chapter, I hope you like!