The Caverns of Discord
Chapter 5: The skinning of Discord
Previous ChapterI feel as if this maze is endless, and if it isn't there has to be an somewhere. If only I could be so sure of myself right now.
I hear sounds in this maze. Sounds that make you think ponies are still trapped in here, and being tortured, but I know Discord is toying with me.
"Roy are you having fun in my little maze of fun?" Discord says popping his head out of the wall while pushing me aside as he pops out of the wall. Just as I try to use magic on him he disappears though.
"Discord come out, and end this already I have had enough of your tricks, and games." I tell him as I hear him slithering through the walls.
"What fun is that Roy. I wanna see you suffer for all those years you, and those mares trapped me in stone again." Discord says with hatred, and anger.
"I will be glad to do it again, but I feel like that is a bit too nice this time, because you have nearly killed me in this damn maze. So I think I should return the favor." I tell Discord trying to pin point his location as I hear him slithering around in the wall.
"Oh Roy you are always so serious aren't you? Well since you are it makes this even funner, because you act like you can actually get out of here. Well since you do think so I might actually end you myself right now. So. Just give me a moment." Discord says running up my back as a miniature version of himself, and then disappearing into thin air.
I hear a rumbling sound down the corridor I am walking through. The walls start roll inwards, and If I hadn't started to move at that moment I probably wouldn't have been able to teleport to the meeting point.
"Ok Discord what was that about? Just come out so I can end my suffering, and get back to my forge." I tell Discord as the rooms walls start to break apart to reveal a never ending yellow, and as the floor starts to disappear I grow a bit worried, but it didn't disappear enough for me to fall off. "I have had enough of this. Now come out before I drag you out." I tell Discord pin pointing his location as I see movement in the corner of my eye.
I catch Discord off guard with a magical grip around one of his paws, and I slam him to the ground with enough velocity to pin him down. "Oh BOOO this is not fun Roy. Are you trying to ruin the fun or something?" As Discord says that my magic flickers off, and releases him to fly back up to where he was at. "Roy I figured out how to turn off your magic, but I can't get rid of your horn or your wings so I will just have to deal with your wings, but you wings are useless since they are hurt so much, and now that you are just like a regular stallion with no magic or flight you will be easily disposed of." Discord says lowering himself down to the ground.
"Fine Discord if you want to play it this way I will show you even with most of my strength gone you will not live to see the light of day again." I tell him raising onto my back hooves. I rush at him as the flip blade comes out of it's hiding place. I stab, and miss about twenty times before Discord uses magic against me sending me backwards, and nearly fall off the edge. I get back up with growing anger.
The fight was just a big fest of Discord throwing me backwards with magic like I was a little pest. I felt the rage bubble inside me ready to kill Discord, and as I was thrown back once more my rage instantly had my bloodlust go active making my vision go red with anger, and the desire to kill the one who put me in this state. I get back onto my back hooves ready for another round, but Discord thought I was just trying to pull a hero move on him, but his own cockiness is what was his downfall as I swerved to the right of him, and threw him back with magic of my own as I overpowered his spell once more. I take to the sky as Discord starts to fly up. "Now Discord who is backed up into a corner?" I ask him as he starts to grow frustrated.
We stay in midair trying to overpower each others magic, and just as I felt him starting to overpower me I fly at him with my blade ready, but instead of stabbing him with it I use my magic to keep him at bay a second longer for me to be able to break the blade out of the leather strap, and toss it up in the air to kick it at him without cutting myself since I kicked it with my horseshoe, and not my actual hoove. The blade sinks into his stomach, and as Discord falls to the ground I follow. I take my blade out of his gut, and pin him down with magic. "Now Discord I have thought of the best way to kill you. I hope you like." I tell Discord starting to skin him.
"Wait Wait please Roy we can talk this out you don't have to kill m-me. We can always get alon-" I clamp Discords mouth shut with even more magic.
When I had nearly finished skinning Discord my magic on his mouth broke, and he did something I never thought he was capable of.
"Fine then Roy if you want to end my life then I will take something of yours to make your life miserable forever." I finished skinning Discord just as he got up, and used his last bit of magic to turn my upper legs, and hooves black. I fall on my face as the feeling in them goes away.
"Discord what have you done?" I ask him bewildered as he lays down to die.
"I am taking part of you into the afterlife with me since you have decided to kill the element of chaos, and Roy. You don't know what you have just started by doing this." Discord says as his eyes roll over into.
The maze pieces start to fly into me giving me my strength back, and healing all my wounds except my upper legs that Discord took. I lay on the ground as the world starts to come back. "The nightmare is finally over." I tell myself as I see a carriage deploy from canterlot castle that actually isn't too far away so I lay, and wait for it to reach me.
"Well done Roy seems as if you finally have done something right for a change." Luna says stepping out of the carriage. My bloodlust instantly drains at the sight of my sisters.
"Roy did you skin Discord? Because I see his skin over there." Celestia says disgusted.
"Yes I skinned him for the torment he put us all through, but there was a slight draw back to me killing him. I kinda lost my upper legs, because I killed him." I tell them as I start to flap my wings to get up. I pick up Discord's skin with my magic, and start to fly back to my forge. "Well I don't need you two trying to get me to come back to the castle so I will be taking my leave now goodbye." I bid them farewell since I wouldn't be seeing them for awhile. They wave me goodbye as they set off back to the castle.
I am finally back at my forge. I hang Discord's skin on a wall, because I want to make it into a costume for me to wear later, and if I hadn't lost enough today already my forge was a wreck, and I would have to go, and take more of the diamond dog's ores. At least I can finally get a good rest in my own bed, and not on the cold ground. I find my bed, and lay on it even though i'm not tired after gaining all my energy, and strength back from Discord, but what did Discord mean by I don't know what I have just started by skinning him, and killing him. The fool thinks he can scare me with that kind of talk, but I can finally get back to work in my forge.
I get up, and head over to the forge area of my home where I start to make more things that will be useful to other ponies since my upper legs work no more I had to do all this with magic.