Luna sat on the scorched land as she watched the valley burn. It was all so beautiful to her. Everything was burning and the very life of plants and grass was being choked out of them. It seemed fitting in a way. Fire was an amazing element in itself, as it had the power to destroy whatever it touched. Luna knew that her day would come soon. She would be so powerful, that anything she even looked at would burn before her, and it would testament to her great strength.

"Bravo! Bravo! That was certainly a performance Nightmare Moon. I had to give a standing ovation for such brilliance. Your finale was simply fantastic!"

Luna stood up and turned to face the all too familar voice, but she knew this discussion was not for her but it. A black msit engulfed her and in moments disappeared to reveal Nightmare Moon once again.

"Still hiding in the shadows are we?" Nightmare Moon teased in her smooth and dark voice.

The figure bowed as it continued smiling.

"By your command of course. I wouldn't want to ruin such a well written script, now would I?"

Nightmare Moon smirked as if it was trying to fool her with the facade of following orders.

"You following orders? That's a bit contradictory for you isn't it? How about you just admit that you're still too weak? For powers such as yours, it takes a while to recover them."

"Tsk, tsk, Nightmare, I may not like order, but I'm not one to simply digress from such a lovely mare's orders such as yourself. I wouldn't even fathom such a concept my dear."

The figured quickly glided towards Nightmare Moon as she simply stood and watched it.

"So tell me, how goes your quest for Rebris?"

"You know fully well how it goes. Don't test me, Discord."

Discord summoned a summer chair as he now lay on it and sunglasses appeared on his face covering his yellow eyes.

"Temper, temper. I thought you didn't care for Rebris, as you so told the late Princess." Discord chuckled at the thought of Celestia now dead.

Nightmare Moon snarled at hime, tired of his jestering. She knew he was trying to get a reaction out of her, and it was working.

"I don't, but it's what I need to gain more power."

Discord relaxed and watched out to the burning valley.

"Ah power. Power was something I had milleniums ago. Such a wonderful and blissful thing to have."

Nightmare Moon was getting tired of this. She had to get ready to enact her next phase of her plan.

"And you will have it again once I have ascended. That pink tramp might have gotten Rebris away from Luna-"

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Luna your puppet? So wouldn't you have let my favorite pony take Rebris?

Discord gave a teasing grin to her, loving how he was frusterating the black alicorn.

"And so are you! If it wasn't for me, you would still be encased in your stone prison, weak and helpless."

Discord flew off his chair as he carefully wrapped himself around Nightmare Moon's body and he was now face to face to her, but she didn't flinch. She knew he dare not try anything.

"I am truly in your debt my dear," he ran his claw against her cheek as he looked in her eyes, "but the way that Pinkie. Oh. Excuse me, I mean Pinkamena, thrashed you around like a doll was hilarious. Imagine the chaos she could reek. Now that would be a show to see."

Nightmare Moon stared into his eyes as he ridiculed her for being almost beaten by Pinkamena. Discord flew away once again as he went back and looked out to the burning valley and spread out his arms as he admired the destruction.

"This is just the beginning of chaos! I wait in anticipation to see what more you will cause Nightmare Moon."

She began to walk away from him, as she was getting more than annoyed with the draconequus. Discord noticed and quickly flew over to her and walked with her.

"Oh come now, can i just have a tad of fun? I been having to work for years now my dear-"

"And you will continue your task! Work is not done until my ambition has come to fruition Discord. You are a great asset to me, and once we are done, I promise you, you will have your fun with your lovely chaos."

Discord sighed.

"Your no fun. No wonder I like Pinkie Pie more than you. She's a pony that knows how to have fun."

"She's also a pony who will die. Now tell me, have you or have you not finished your task that I gave you this morning?"

"Of course. How could you doubt me? We been together for so long now, and you still question me?"

Discord snapped his fingers as a stick of cotton candy appeared in his paw and he began to eat the sweet.

"Equestria's leaders will willingly follow you. No questions asked. You will have full control of Equestria."

She stopped and looked at the still smiling god of chaos.

"Good. You did your job well."

"As always," he said as he took a bow.

Nightmare Moon couldn't help but smile. She loved how she had such control over this god.

"You know my dear, it has been a while since we caused some chaos with each other," Discord said as he dragged his claw against her dark cheek. Nightmare Moon turned away. She had more important things to do.

"I have matters to attend to Discord. Besides," she turned to him and gave him a wicked smile, and he smiled back, "I am the ruler of Equestria now. If I feel in the mood for some celebrating, I will call you to my chambers."

Discord bowed once again giving a small dark chuckle.

"Of course princess. I am you're loyal subject after all," he lifted his eyes to meet her slits,"right?"

Nightmare Moon looked to the dark sky. It was time to begin, and lead Equestria into a new age.

"Of course you are and you always will be."

Nightmare Moon turned into a black smoke and flew off into the sky. Discord lifted himself from his bowing position as he watched her disappear into the sky until she was no longer visible. He looked over to see Celestia's dead bloodied body and floated towards it. Her head had been impaled, and there was a giant gash in her chest. A pool of dark blood covered her once white body.

He kneeled down and looked into her rolled back eyes. His long time foe was dead at last. With her now out of the picture, his rise to the thrown once again was underway. He stroked her dead cheek as he smiled.

"It's so unfortuanate that you had to die such a brutal way Celestia. I would have at least let you live so you could see the amazing chaos that will befall your land, but alas, it seems fate would not have it."

Discord leaned to the dead alicorn's ear.

"I have a secret Celestia. One I'm sure you will be delighted to hear." He paused as his eyes glowed yellow. "Your sister will join you soon."

He lifted himself up and began to walk away. He snapped his fingers, and Celestia dead body was consumed in flames. Everything was working out swimmingly for him.

He looked back at the dead body and shook his head in dissapointment.

"Luna knows nothing of good funerals. Burning is much more befitting."

Discord flew off and his laugh echoed through the sky as the valley burned along with Celestia's body.

The valley burned along with Equestria's beloved late ruler, but there would be nothing to remember her by, as everything burned to ash.