Disarray was racing with a few Timberwolves, she knew all of the creatures of the Everfree Forest and most all of them were nice to her and her family. The young Draconequus came to a stop as the tired pack of young Timberwolves began panting.

"Sorry, boys." Disarray said. "Maybe by next year you'll be twice as big and twice as fast. I suppose you probably want to take a break now..."

The exhausted Timberwolves nodded in agreement and they all laid down on the grass trying to catch their breath. Out of all the creatures in the Everfree Forest, the Timberwolves were Disarray's favorite. Discord liked the Hydra's while Moonlight enjoyed the Cockatrice's. Disarray once remembered when her mother told her that they used to have every kind of creature that you could ever imagine. The Draconequus laid down next to the Timberwolves and began to give them belly rubs. She noticed that they all enjoyed it when she was around. Then, suddenly she heard a branch snap nearby. The young Timberwolves howled and then they quickly ran off.

"What was that?" Disarray asked herself. She wasn't afraid, and she wanted to find out what the sound was. So slowly she crawled through the bushes.

Star Shadow went outside after she finished her lunch to read. She still had a little time before she went to visit  Sweet Cream, so she decided she would finish the last chapter of one of her favorite books. It was the Legend of the Chaos King. Her mother had told her a small bit of what happened but it was never enough. The Chaos King's story had become so popular among all of Equestria. The young Princess rested on the grass and began to read.

"The Chaos King had taken over the land, it seemed like Equestria was doomed. Queen Luna and Prince Sombra fought hard but they were greatly outmatched. Just when things seemed to get-"

But before she could finish she heard a growling sound coming from the Everfree Forest. The Princess put the book down and approached the forest. Just as she was almost near the trees she stepped on a twig causing it to snap. Star Shadow bit her lip. Had the creature heard her?  Nothing happened, so slowly she stepped towards the trees and peered into the bushes.

Disarray saw the place where the Everfree Forest ended and then she gasped. Standing right in front of her, staring at her, was a pony. It looked like her mother but it was different. It had a horn like her but her body wasn't mixed up like her daddy. The pony stared at her with wide eyes and looked scared. Quickly as soon as they saw each other they screamed and ran away. Disarray dashed into the forest.

"Mommy, Daddy!" She called.

Star Shadow ran into the castle and found her mother she wrapped her hooves around the Alicorn and panted.

"Star Shadow! What's the matter?" Twilight asked. She had never seen her daughter so shaken up. Sombra walked towards her and put a hoof on his daughter.

"I was going outside to read," Star Shadow explained. "And then I heard a sound coming from the Everfree Forest. I went to go see what it was and then I saw the strangest and most terrifying creature ever!"

"Star Shadow, you know you shouldn't go near the forest it's dangerous! Now, what did it look like?" Sombra asked.

"It looked like a girl, it had a long body and had a Unicorn horn. The creature had a long purple snake tail, a bat wing, and a Pegasus wing! It had hooves but I also saw Dragon legs too! And the weirdest part was it had glowing red eyes..."

Twilight Sparkle gasped. "Discord....has a daughter?" She whispered to herself. The description fit Discord almost exactly except for the hooves, Unicorn horn, and Dragon legs.

"Twilight dear, is something wrong?" Sombra asked.

"Star Shadow, I think it's time I told you the truth."

"What?"

"The truth about the Chaos King and his demon...."

"Mommy! Daddy!" Disarray screamed.

As soon as she saw Discord she quickly wrapped her hooves around him.

"What's wrong? Were the Timberwolves not playing fair again?" Discord asked.

"No Daddy, something worse..."

Discord put lion paw and eagle claw around her and held her gently.

"Come here you little troublemaker, you can tell me everything." He said warmly.

"Well," Disarray started. "I was playing with the Timberwolves when I heard a noise coming from the bushes. I decided to go figure out what is was and-"

"Oh!" Discord interrupted. "This is a guessing game isn't it? Let me guess you saw a six legged Manticore with green fur, and a dolphin tail that was guarding a really ugly tree that had the ability to sing while drinking chocolate milk!"

"No Daddy, that's not it. But can we look for one of those tomorrow?"

"Of course we can! Was it a dragon with three horns and had scales made out of honey and he could transform himself into any type of food you could possibly imagine?"

"Um Daddy, why are you mentioning food so much?" Disarray asked curiously.

"Sorry sweetheart, Daddy's a little hungry. Now what were you saying?" Discord replied.

"I saw a pony in the bushes!" Disarray blurted out.

When Discord heard that his ears perked up. "Did you now? What did it look like?"

"The pony looked kind of like Mom only more 'normal'..."

Discord and Disarray shivered at that. After the young Draconequus continued.

"It was a girl I think, and she had a really dark purple coat, her mane was black with purple stripes and she had a Unicorn horn, when she saw me I screamed and ran."

Discord was now surprised. "So, the little Princess and the Prince Shadow have a daughter now?" He whispered under his breath.

"Moonlight!" He called as he put Disarray down.

Suddenly the Alicorn appeared a few feet away from him. Her tail and mane had paper clips attached and she had deflated balloons on her back, to which Discord raised an eyebrow at.

"Oops! Sorry Discord, just give me one moment..."

The Alicorn began to shake herself and the paper clips flew off into the forest and the balloons disappeared. Then she walked towards him.

"Do you need anything?" She asked.

"Yes two things," He started. "First I need a large stick of cotton candy. I'm starving."

Moonlight Chaos used her magic to create a large paper stick with a big wad of cotton candy on top.

"Finally!" Discord said in relief. He took the candy and the stick and shoved both down his mouth in one big bite and swallowed quickly.

"Anything else?" Moonlight asked.

"Yes, today your daughter found another pony. A normal one too..."

"Ugh," Moonlight shivered. "Normal....."

"I know..." Discord replied. "Apparently little Princess Twilight and Prince Shadow have a daughter now."

For a moment Moonlight was quiet. Then she burst out laughing and tumbled onto the grass.

"Oh! That's too rich! I'll bet they've probably told her 'The Story' by now! 'The Demon, the chaos!' OH THE HORROR! Ahahahaha!"

"Sometimes I wonder why I married you in the first place you silly little thing." Discord mumbled

"Hey! I heard that!"

"Daddy, what story? What demon?" Disarray asked.

"Well, you see sweetheart..." Moonlight started. "Daddy and I weren't always so..... 'separate' from the 'normal' part of Equestria."

"What do you mean Mommy?"

"Well, the story started out like this....."

"When Daddy was younger, the entire land of Equestria was ruled over by him. I was by his side of course, but everypony and all the power was in his claw. After almost two hundred years of reigning chaos and disorder two powerful Alicorns like me named Celestia and Luna joined with the ponies of Equestria and forced us to go into hiding where we stayed in the old castle in the middle of the Everfree Forest....."

"We had no idea the Sun Kingdom was under attack. The Chaos King had been watching me, his name was Discord. His name described the exact creature he was, causing strife between ponies, with a heart cold as stone, and incredibly monstrous. He didn't live with a demon like the story says. Instead he lived with another Alicorn, who was as powerful as a demon and incredibly wicked. Her name was Moonlight Chaos, like I mentioned, she had once been Discord's second in command when he ruled and even after she carried out every order given. Discord had become a bit lonely during his time in the Everfree Forest so he wanted somepony to 'rule' with him......"

"He chose a young Princess named Twilight Sparkle who was already engaged to a handsome young stallion named Prince Sombra. But he was determined to get to her. So using my magic I cast a dark gloomy spell over the Sun Kingdom rendering the two Queens and the Princess's magic useless. His next step was to get rid of Queen Celestia...."

"Discord used Moonlight into tricking my mother and she killed her. She was gone.... Then at night, when we were least expecting it - after they gathered information about all our plans - they somehow brought me to his lair.... He tried using magic and sheer force into binding myself with him, but he never had the opportunity to do so..."

"As time went on, I began to posses, well.... 'romantic' feelings for your father. But he didn't seem to notice until Queen Luna and Prince Sombra found out about where we where hiding so they fought against Daddy and me, eventually Luna took me by surprise, and threatened to drain all of my magic. Daddy refused to give in and I transferred all my power into him making him once again the most powerful being in the world....."

"Discord began taking over Equestria, he asked if I liked my new home but despite being under his spell, I didn't feel like this was my real home. So he told me he had something in store for me and once again he began to plan with Moonlight Chaos.... And as strangely as he started his takeover he stopped and brought me back home..."

"After I brought the Princess home Daddy told me he finally accepted my feelings for him. We left Equestria after that and a while later.."

"Daddy and I both..."

"Had you......"

"They made up an old story about it. Calling your Daddy the Chaos King, and me an evil Demon. And now we live here waiting for another chance to take back Equestria, AND GET REVENGE AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Moonlight, you know we don't have the power to do that yet....." Discord interrupted. "As long as Princess Prissy and Prince Black Diamond rule, along with Queen Lulu they'll do exactly what they did last time..."

"Oh, yeah..... right...." Moonlight said sadly as her ears began to lower. "But I still remember the old rhyme they made up..."

"The legend of the Chaos Kings reign,

is said to bring chaos, evil, and pain.

With an evil demon by his side,

they soon changed the orderly tide.

Equestria was soon plunged into the dark,

and without our beloved Princess the monsters left their demonic mark.

But with our hope, love, and life,

we might be able to push back his tormenting strife..."

"Ahh," Discord sighed. "Your so adorable when you rhyme......."

"You say that about everything I do....." Moonlight said with a smug grin on her face.

"That's because it's always true!"

"Wow..." Star Shadow said. "So you and Daddy actually met the Chaos King?"

"Yes, we did....." Twilight said with a sigh.

Memories of the evil Draconequus flooded her head. At times he hadn't been so bad, after all he only wanted somepony to be near him.....

Just then the clock began to chime again. It was now one o' clock in the afternoon.

"Oh! I gotta go meet up with Sweet Cream! Bye Mom, bye Daddy! I'll be back before Luna raises the moon!" Star Shadow said with a cheerful wave.

"Bye Star Shadow, be safe!" Twilight called out. She nuzzled up against Sombra's coat afterwards. "Oh Sombra, what if Discord really is still out there, even though he brought me back to you, what if he tries to make another attack?"

"I'm sure he won't, but even if he does, we'll be together......" Sombra replied.

Twilight smiled. And King Sombra trotted out of the room. He raced down a hallway and into a secret part of the castle. It was where he hid all of his Dark Magic spell books. Twilight knew about it of course, if any of these books fell into the wrong hooves it would mean disaster. The King flipped through all of the books until he came upon a particular spell that interested him. It looked ancient, but powerful.... His horn began to glow a pale blue as he cast the spell. Dark magic surrounded him and it flew into his body.

"Arrgh!" The King yelled.

His eyes began to turn red, with faint purple wisps of magic flowing off. His coat was now almost black and his mane was dark as night. He grinned and said to himself,

"Don't worry Twilight, I'll protect you. I'll keep you and Star Shadow safe. Forever......."

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