My Little Pony: The After Years
Chapter 13: Blitz's Story
Previous Chapter Next ChapterIt was already late at night in my floating cloud house, and my mom and dad were asleep in their room. However, Whirlwind and I stayed up to read a few more books. Whirlwind is smarter than she looks, believe me. She's able to read and understand books that she really shouldn't be reading yet. Stuff like this makes me wonder why she hasn't learned to speak yet.
The reason we were up so late is that we were awaiting the arrival of Rage Quit, the Pegasus stallion I've heard so much about. Before Spring arrived at our meeting spot, Little Mac told us about Spring's father, Oberon, and his betrayal to Fluttershy. He also told us to keep it a secret from her for now. Everypony agreed.
My younger sister wasn't originally invited to meet with Rage Quit. Though, she convinced me otherwise. I honestly couldn't resist her big blue eyes and her messy blue mane. She's cute. Enough said.
"Whirlwind, how are you enjoying you're book?" I asked my baby sister, who was thoroughly enjoying the little novel in her hooves.
"Acka ba" she said looking straight at me before putting her head back down to continue reading.
"Ah, I see..." I said with a smile "Well, our guest will be here soon, so stay here until I get everything ready, kay?"
Whirlwind nodded. As soon as she did, we heard a knock at the door.
"Speak of the devil..." I said as I got up from my comfy cloud chair and went over to open the door. There stood a Pegasus with a light blue coat, a brown mane with a red streak through it and a pitch black robe over his body. From Bubble's constant describing of him, I'd say this was the Rage Quit I was waiting for.
"Hello" greeted the stallion at my doorway "My name is Rage Quit. I was sent here to meet with somepony named Blitz Wing. Is he home at the present time?"
"Well I think he is, since you're looking right at him!" I said with a grin.
"Oh! My apologies... I did not realize you were the one I had to meet with" Rage Quit apologized.
"Hey, it's okay" I patted him on the back "Come on inside. Please, I insist!"
"Thank you" Rage Quit nodded before he entered my home.
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"Okay Whirlwind, you can come out now" I called out as I entered the reading room where my little sister lay in hiding. As if on cue, the little grayish-purple Pegasus filly came out of hiding. As soon as she saw Rage Quit, a huge smile appeared on her face.
"Big bwover!" giggled Whirlwind "Big bwover bwing fwend?"
"Whirlwind... did you just... talk?" I asked my little sibling in surprise.
"How adorable..." commented Rage Quit with a small smile "It would appear that her first words are of you. You must be a very kind older sibling to her."
"I... I guess so..." I said "Thanks..."
"Big bwover fwend pway?" asked Whirlwind.
"Yeah, it's fine by me I suppose" I shrugged.
A little bit after I finished my sentence, Whirlwind came up to Rage Quit and started hugging his front hooves like she would to me sometimes.
"Huh... I guess she really like you!" I chuckled a bit.
"Yes, well... how do you get it off?" our guest asked as he shook the leg Whirlwind clung onto, much to her enjoyment "Is there like a trick or a switch or something?"
"Don't tell me you've never been hugged by a foal" I said, quite surprised that something like this hadn't happened to a stallion like him "A filly foal at that. How could you not if you're right now being hugged by my sister?"
"I... don't get out much..." he answered simply.
"Um, why?" I asked "I mean, there really shouldn't be a reason, right? You seem like a nice enough guy, and if you managed to be here right now..."
"I snuck out" Rage Quit said "The high mistress would never allow me to go unless she told me specifically."
"Oh yeah, that Order mare" I remembered "I don't think I like her very much..."
"I'm sure she doesn't like you either" Rage Quit chuckled a small bit.
"Ah, so there IS a funny side of the most boring sounding pony around... besides Pinkie's sister..." I chuckled along with him.
As we laughed, Rage Quit suddenly stopped. I stopped as well as soon as he did to ask him "Hmm? What's wrong?"
"How did you know of the high mistress's real name?" he asked in a serious voice. As soon as he did, Whirlwind stopped hugging him as if she knew something was up.
"Um... Midnight and I met her when we went to visit somepony in the asylum..." I answered honestly.
"Have you not yet pieced it together?" he asked "Not to be rude, but wouldn't it seem obvious?"
"What? What are you talking about?" I answered his question with a question "Pieced what together? I don't understand."
"Don't you have a mischievous friend who lives with Midnight's marefriend?" Rage Quit asked with an eyebrow raised.
"I still don't..." I said before my eyes widened in realization "Wait... you don't mean?"
"That is precisely what I mean."
"You mean... him and her?"
"Exactly."
It took me a second or to to think about the situation at hand. After some internal debate on whether or not to go, I decided it would be for the better. It was time to meet up with our little chaotic friend.
"Whirlwind, hop on my back" I told my sister "We're going to meet with somepony... VERY special..."
"Why must you take her?" Rage Quit asked me.
"Well we can't just leave her here without my mom or dad paying any attention to her or giving her a goodnight kiss, right?" I reasoned as Whirlwind lept on my back "I'm the only supervisor of hers. Besides, it's just Discord. I don't think anything too bad is gonna happen while we're there."
"Just be careful, okay?" Rage asked with concern for my sister.
I nodded with a smile, telling him it was all okay. I then spread my wings and took off for Fluttershy's cottage with Rage Quit following not too far behind me.
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I knocked at the front door of the lone cottage covered in flora. As if by a stroke of pure luck, the lord of chaos himself opened up.
"Blitzy?" Discord asked with a smile "Isn't too late to be asking my niece to date you?"
Ever since Springy was born, Discord was content on saying that he was her uncle. Although she still calls him just Discord, she appreciates what he did for her deep down in her heart.
"Date her?" I questioned with a bit of confusion before giving a smile at his joke "No, no, no... That's Midnight's job" I chuckled for a bit, but then became slightly more serious "I'm here to ask you about Order."
"Order?" he questioned "Well what should I know about that? I'm the lord of chaos for Celestia's sake!"
"Not that kind of order, Discord" I said, trying to get to the point "I'm talking about the pony named Order. Know anything about her?
A few moments passed before Discord sighed and said "So you've finally met her, eh? Well, I'm not surprised. Alright... The girls are sleeping inside, so we best talk out here..."
"Agreed, Discord" said Rage Quit as he came out from behind a tree "We wouldn't want to get them involved just yet, would we?"
"I thought you too would be here" Discord said with a sigh before poofing up a chair and a drink and getting comfortable for the conversation "Oh well, the more the merrier! Speaking of which, I wonder how Eggman's doing..."
"Discord, this is serious!" I shouted silently "Try to at least stay focused during this, okay?"
"Fine, fine, I try..." he said as he rolled his eyes "But I'm not saying anything about that horrid creature of a female! She scares me..."
"Scares you?" my eyebrow rose "If she scares even you, the great and powerful lord of chaos, then we might have a real problem on our hooves..."
"Discord" spoke Rage Quit "As much as the high mistress may scare you, I think it would be best if you told us exactly who she really is."
"Do you really want to know?" He asked as a warning. Everypony, including Whirlwind nodded in confirmation.
"Well, if you must know, she happens to be my-"
"Your what, my dearest Discord?" said a voice all too familiar too us (excluding Whirlwind, but even she thought the voice was scary). As if on cue, the orange maned mare materialized out from thin air and gave us a rather diabolical smile.
"Order" the lord of chaos spoke to his acquaintance "It's been a while, hasn't it been?"
"Far too long..." Order said slyly.
"Order, what the hay are you doing here?!" I shouted.
"Just came to see how things were!" her smile grew larger "Now Discord, why don't you tell this nice young man just who I am to you, hmm?"
"*sigh*..." Discord steeled his courage to tell us the news "Fillies and gentlecolts, I want to formally, and regretfully, introduce you to Order... my older and slightly crazy sister..."
"WHAT?!" shouted everypony, including Rage Quit.
"But... how? Wait, what?" I started asking questions like crazy "But you... but... they... HUH?!"
"I thought you two simply had an affair!" admitted Rage Quit "I never would have expected you two to be siblings!"
"How are you two related anyways?" I asked "I mean, one of you is a mare and the other is a Draconequus! How does that even work?"
"I suppose this body is worthless now..." sighed Order. She then raised her left hoof up and flicked it a bit. This caused a bright light to shine in our eyes, causing us to cover them up. Once the light faded away, we all opened our eyes and turned back to find that she had turned into a Draconequus herself. Her body was much like Discord's, the two differences her being a girl, meaning her head was mare-shaped, and she was symmetrical, meaning both her hands were eagle claws, both her legs were equine, and so on.
"You mean, you're a Draconequus too?!" I said in surprise "I... I honestly didn't see that one coming..."
"Why are you here, Order?" asked a now annoyed Discord "Didn't you say you wouldn't come back until you made everything perfect and orderly? Now you're back and you want to "
"Well, my dear sweet baby brother..." said Order as she made a mocking kissy face "I can't really accomplish that unless I return, right?"
"Blitzy here tells me you wish to dispose of the Prince?" questioned the lord of chaos "While yes, he can be a bit of a pain in my side, I see no reason why you should get rid of him. He's actually not a bad kid once you get to know him."
"Because he is disrupting the order of things!" shouted the lady of order, now a little cross with her brother.
"What in Celestia's name would make you think my best friend is disrupting the order of things?" I asked the psychotic Draconequus "Well, besides the obvious fact that he goes too fast and sometimes breaks something important to somepony else..." I said the last part remembering a few weeks ago.
"Have you heard the story of the Red Streak, Blitz Wing?" Rage Quit asked me, which I shook my head in reply "Once every 2000 years, a pony is born with a red streak of hair through their mane. This streak is said to grant access to many powerful abilities that most others couldn't hope to conjure up."
"You mean the red streak of hair through my best friend's mane is a giant storehouse of energy?!" I said in confusion "But wait a minute, what about you? Is your mane like that too?"
"Long answer short, yes!" Order wanted to get it over-with "I picked him up 2000 years ago when I was a mere 174 years old... ah, to be young again..."
"Well, how is he still alive then?" I asked out of complete curiosity.
"I used an Eternity spell on him to halt his aging" explained Order "He can never die naturally, and I use that to my advantage!"
"What?"
"You really are a stupid kid, aren't you?" asked the ruler of order in a disappointed tone "Think of all the people he's seen die in his life. He has no reason to live, so I use that to manipulate him. How? Because if he sticks with me, I'll let him see his very special somepony again..."
"You... decieved me?" Rage Quit asked "You..."
"Order, don't you think that's going a bit too far?" Discord asked Order, who had a sly smile on her face.
"This coming from the lord of chaos?" Order's smile got bigger "Discord, Discord, Discord... You should know better! I know you've been reformed, but you should still know a thing or two about the Draconequus code: Draconequus do evil things! Even me, the spirit of order and peace has to do something bad in her life, right?"
"Back on the subject of my friend," I intruded "I need to know something. If you want Midnight gone, why keep Rage Quit alive?"
"Because, you foolish youth, the abomination you call 'Midnight' is not the 2000 year Red Streak" explained Order "At least, not the real one. I wish to dispose of him to bring order back into the world, and I will do absolutely anything to complete my goal. I also want to get rid of a few other things, like that stupid, out-of-place castle of his, but that's beside the point..."
"High Mistress, I-" spoke Rage Quit before being interrupted but Order.
"Dearest Rage Quit, you mustn't call me that anymore" she smiled a rather kind smile, but I could tell it was faker than old man Cranky's hair "In fact, you've played your part quite nicely! I know that I may have deceived you, but that's okay, since I'll hold up my end of the bargain as well and let you meet with your very special somepony."
"Y-you will?" he asked.
"Yes. Now..." she began charging a spell that looked interestingly familiar "...for my end of the bargain..."
Finally remembering what kind of spell Order was using thanks to Princess Twilight's library, I knew exactly what she was doing. Before I could react and stop her, Whirlwind flew off of my back and pushed Order's side, causing the Draconequus to fire her magic into the sky and miss Rage Quit and everypony else completely. The magic soon dissipated in a few seconds.
"You wretched little brat!" Order shouted at my sister.
"Big meenie!" said Whirlwind "Big meenies get pwushed!"
"Big meanie you say?" questioned Order before going full rage mode "I'LL SHOW YOU BIG MEANIE!!" she shouted as she charged up another magical blast of energy aimed straight at my sister. She was too far away for me to get her, but I tried to reach out and grab her anyway. I caught her in my hands immediately, happy for her safety, but wondering why the blast hadn't gone off yet. Looking at where Order was, a magically constructed sword was piercing her heart. I looked around her body to see Rage Quit sticking a sword into her. Rage Quit just saved my baby sister's life.
"High... no... Order!" he said "You promised me I could see her again, yet you betrayed the deal. You vow to attempt anything to kill Midnight Sparkle. You aim your magic at an innocent foal. These things nopony can ever forgive you for. Now... may Celestia help you..."
He slowly pulled the sword out of Order's body, which fell limp onto the ground before teleporting away to who knows where.
"You... you saved her... my little sis..." I said as I hugged Whirlwind in my arms as she giggled like crazy.
"She saved my life, so it's only natural I would save hers" said Rage Quit "Besides, I would have saved her anyways."
"Still... thank you..." I smiled before turning back down to Whirlwind "And you, little missy, shouldn't do that again, okay? You could have been seriously hurt! Though, you're one brave little filly to have stood up to her.
"Worlwin save Big bwover!!" Whirlwind clapped her tiny front hooves together in joy "Not tell mummy an daddy?"
"No, I won't tell mommy or daddy" I chuckled before turning back to Discord and changing my tone to a more serious one "Discord, what more can you tell us about Order?"
"Order is my sister, meaning she has many of my... unusual abilities..." explained Discord "She isn't kidding when she says she'll do anything. What would I do, you may ask? I'd tell Midnight immediately..."
"I shall tell him" volunteered Rage Quit "Midnight and I both being Red Streaks, I'll be able to negotiate with him better. Besides, you all have lives to get back to. All I have is a dead wife and the future, so what is there to lose?"
"I agree" I nodded my head "Rage Quit might be able to talk it out with Midnight better. Plus I need to put Whirlwind to bed, and Discord needs to... um... do whatever Discord does."
"I do things that normal ponies wouldn't dream of even comprehending" Discord laughed "Well, I'm off to bed. See you two later! Oh, and Rage Quit? Kick my sister's donkey for me?"
"Her donkey?" Rage Quit tried to understand "Why would she have one? And why would I kick it?"
"I meant to please kick her a-"
"WHOA!" I interrupted him just before he was about to say a bad word "Let's dial it back a bit, okay?"
"Fine..." Discord rolled his eyes "Well, nighty night!" he snapped his fingers together and teleported back inside his best friend's house.
"I better get going as well" Rage said to me as he slowly lifted himself into the air "I wish you and your sister a good night's sleep."
"You too" I smiled "Now go! Midnight needs to know!"
"Understood" the light blue Pegasus nodded before he flew off to Midnight's castle.
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Discord's P.O.V.
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I hadn't gotten three feet within Fluttershy's house before the lights flicked on and revealed two very cross mares glaring at me. Both were cream yellow, only one had a long, white and straight mane while the other had a long, slighly curled pink mane. The latter was also very pregnant.
"So..." began my niece Springy "Care to explain what the racket was outside?"
"Yes, I would like to know too Discord..." said my best pregnant friend Fluttershy.
"Um... things?" was all I could say as I gave out a nervous chuckle.
Next Chapter: Midnight's Story Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 25 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
And done! There, I think that should do it for the weekend! If not, I'll make a new chapter on Monday or something. So, comment down below saying how surprised you were to find out that Order is actually Discord's sister!
Please comment and thumbs up the story, as that helps me out a lot, and until next time, I'll see ya later Scraggsters!