A Shadow in Chaos
Chapter 5: The Sun Falls
Previous Chapter Next ChapterQueen Celestia spent the next half hour, still searching for an answer to figure out what kind of magic was affecting her kingdom. After she still found nothing, and she prepared to go up to her room. She felt tired and she could hear voices in her head. They were whispering awful things to her.
"Give up! Save your breath before things start to get dangerous..."
"Why push yourself so hard only to find failure?"
"You will never be strong enough to defeat us, why destroy what you can create?"
"It would be a shame it something were to happen to you daughter......"
Celestia stopped at the last one. She turned to look out the window, she saw the rest of her kingdom and the forest that surrounded it. Wait! She could see something, what looked like blue light flickering in the distance. Somepony could still be out there, and they might need help! She gasped. The Queen considered telling her sister but there was no time the light was getting dimmer! She opened her white wings and flew out the window.
She soared through the open sky, the light was getting brighter, as she approached it the light became even more clear! She dropped to the grounds, and looked around. She could the light coming from some of the bushes, she pushed them away only to find nothing.
"What! This doesn't make any sense......"
Behind her, the Queen could hear a female voice that sounded cold and hurt.
"Foolish Queen, don't you know things aren't always what they seem?"
Twilight was having the same dream again only this time the creature was holding her. She could feel it's talons running down her neck sending shivers down her body. The creature laughed, and it echoed throughout the distance.
"Who are you?" Twilight demanded.
She got a cold response. "Silly little Princess, you are so naive. But don't worry, we'll fix that soon enough."
Twilight stared into the creatures eyes, and as the lightning flashed she could see his entire face. It scared the Princess out of her mind but she tried to stay strong. Once again she could hear laughter.
"Even you, the great Princess of the Sun Kingdom, look upon me with fear? I excepted more from you dear, considering how kind you can be to others."
Twilight took a deep breath and tried to act brave. "Who are you and what do want with me?" She asked in a slightly nervous tone.
The creature smiled and in the darkness Twilight could see his sharp, pointy teeth. "I am Discord, and you my dear, are by far the loveliest young mare I have ever seen. I want you to be my Queen."
Twilight's eyes widened as she realized what he meant. He wanted her to marry him, Twilight could not imagine spending the rest of her life with someone like him. And now she could see him taking his lion paw and gently running it through her mane. It was making Twilight feel very uncomfortable, and just being in his grasp was already making her trying to resist him as much as possible. She had never such as creature so monstrous and terrifying. Twilight found it quite displeasing to look at.
Discord noticed she was resisting him, and he figured she would but he was determined to change the way she saw him. He was extremely persuasive; he gently touched her head causing her to look him in the eyes. Discord continued to play with her mane and caress her face. His gentle touch slowly began to shut down the Princesse's senses, she turned her complete attention.
"Good girl, learn to listen to the one you love." Discord whispered in her ear.
"Listen....... to the one........ I love.....?" Twilight repeated.
Discord nodded. "Yes, Twilight darling."
Slowly he began to disappear. "Until tomorrow night my love."
"Who are you?" Celestia asked.
The pony slowly stepped in the faint bit of light near the surrounding trees. Celestia gasped as she saw a blue mare step into view. She was an Alicorn and taller then Celestia. Her cutie mark showed a moon covering half a sun. On the moon side their were pink clouds resembling cotton candy, on the side of the sun their were shimmering stars. She had pale blue eyeshadow over both eyes and she looked a bit tired.
" I am here to bring your reign of peace to an end!" The blue Alicorn said as she sent a light blue beam of light towards Celestia.
The Queen was able to avoid it, but just barely. She began to fly away trying to do anything to get away from her. But because the pony also had so wings she followed her, still trying to hit her. Celestia stopped and turned to face the Alicorn. She could see that this pony must have been through something awful in order to have such insane and fierce actions.
"Please stop this!" The Queen cried. "Come back to the Kingdom with me, we can help you with whatever is troubling you."
But the Alicorn shook her head. "No you can't. You and your precious ponies will never be able to help me, especially not after what you have done...." Once again she sent more beams towards Celestia.
At one time Celestia was not fast enough and not careful and one of the blasts hit her wing. Causing her white feathers to turn a black color, and her wing had been bent a little. She looked at the Alicorn with terrified eyes.
Twilight awoke to the sound of screams. She looked outside to see her mother outside facing somepony she had never seen before. Then she saw her mother being struck in the wing with a beam of light. Twilight rushed out of her bed and ran to save her mother.
Queen Celestia gazed at the Alicorn in terror.
"You will never now what true pain feels like, to have have everything you love being hated. To have hundreds of ponies never accept you for who you are, and to have them take who you love the most...."
Celestia took one glance at her red eyes and then it hit her. She knew who this pony was referring to, and she never expected him to still be out there.
"You all tried to destroy him!" The Alicorn yelled.
Queen Celestia felt the beam hit her and knocked her through the glass dome of the castle ceiling. She screamed as she fell to the ground and hit the floor hard. She heard a maniacal laugh echo throughout the whole castle it was loud, and scary. Then her eyes began to close. But she could hear hoof steps getting closer. Celestia saw her daughter who looked at her with worry.
"Mother! Are you alright?" Twilight asked.
Celestia couldn't answer for she was too weak. Twilight grew upset, and she began to scream.
"Who did this to you?!"
Celestia only gave her one answer. And it was very quiet.
"Chaos......"
Then Celestia shut her eyes. Twilight put her head against her mothers chest but then she heard something that brought tears to her eyes. It was silence, Twilight could not hear her mothers heart. Twilight looked at the Queen and tears poured out onto the ground. Queen Celestia was dead.
"Mother...... please......." Twilight stuttered.
Luna looked down at her sister in shock. Who could have done this? Who would be so full of anger and rage to take her sister away? A tear began to form in the Queens eye.
While Twilight was weeping she heard dark laughter.
"This is only the beginning, you will belong to me, my Queen...."
When Discord saw Twilight crying over the death of Celestia, he giggled. It was such a glorious sight, pain was the beginning of chaos. Just then the doors to the throne room opened opened and Moonlight Chaos walked in.
"I have done what you asked, Discord my Lord."
The Draconequus nodded. "Yes, and you have pleased me, my dear. I am proud of you."
Moonlight Chaos gave him a wicked grin. To which Discord responded with maniacal laughter and rang throughout the old castle. Queen Celestia was dead, and now he was a lot closer to claiming his Queen, soon Princess Twilight would be his. Next Chapter: When the Moon Rises Estimated time remaining: 49 Minutes