Paws and Prejudice

Midnight, Canterlot Cliffs

"So Discord, tell me about you..." I asked the draconnequus about his persona.

"What's there to say, stuck in stone for a thousand years, one day off to roam free, then back to stone. Nothing more nor less." He seemed kinda down, "Come to think of it, I'm only able to see everything you do because of their nature, or when you purposely want to talk. Other than that I'm still bound to the statue, not able to do anything unless you allow it. Face it, I'm a ghost, here one minute then *whoosh* gone like the wind." He lied down right next to me. I sighed into the cold night air.

"So how old are you exactly, minus the whole trapped in stone part." It looked like I hit a soft spot.

"Honestly, no more than about 400, I'm still kind of young." YOUNG MY ASS! he's got half a fu-manchu going on, "But because of the whole imprisonment thing going on, I'm actually older than Celestia!"at least he's honest.

"So before you first got turned to stone, what did you usually do?"

"I was actually friends with Celest and Loony Luna," I snickered, "for a while, actually had a 'thing' for Celest..."

"FUCKE DA WHA?" I sat up immediately.

"Why so shocked? After all, we did have a great time together. Ah there was this one restaurant in Cloudsdale called L'Chateau de Grinoir, unique atmosphere, great food, and a great view of the Borealis." They had that here? Hmm. I slowly slid back down into the grass, knocking up some pollen that fluttered into the sky.

"What happened between you and Princess Celestia?" he seemed a bit sad now.

"She left me to take care of Equestria, venting out her free time with Luna instead. I'm not going to lie, I started to become jealous, so I pulled some pranks out of petty jealousy. After a few years, I started to used magic for my pranks, which sooner evolved into fits complete mayhem, just so She could notice me again, but it was for all the wrong reasons. She and Luna teamed up against me and well, you know the rest. Locked away with nothing else on my mind but the Chaos I had caused, that's how I became known as the embodiment of Discord. When I broke free the second time, I thought I'd finally get another chance, but no, frittered it all away by jumping the gun with New Ponyville. Then the mane 6 as you know them lock me away again. Am I mad? No, I'm not known for petty grudges, just disappointed. So I decided to send what little power I had left to your world, and I loved it, for a while. Then got bored of it, but at least it was better than stuck in one place. I decided to roam a bit in thought. Funny thing was, I felt a tug, like a sort of calling, whatever you call it, that lead me straight, to, you." He paused, pointing at me, " that's was when you pulled the cherry bomb in the bathroom, It was the first time in your messed up world were I found enjoyment from pure living chaos. So I followed you your entire life, learning about what made you tick, but that was the thing, I could never single out any one thing, no sense of revenge or reason, just action, no thinking about consequences or reprecussions, just being alive. Yet I found one sliver of a lead, just a sliver. You were all alone, no one cared about you, yet you never did it for any slight sense of attention or recognition. You were my puzzle box, something I just had to solve even if it took a millenia. Then that last one, I wanted to scream out and ask you outwright 'Why were you doing all this: wreaking chaos that people LOVED and ENJOYED! something that ONLY YOU could do, no one in your world could ever accomplish once, yet you did on a Daily basis, It made no sense, it frustrated me and yet I relished in your very being. Then after the last act of pure genuine chaos, I just had to go and Intervene, to talk. So winds to today. I finally found what makes you tick, what makes you do what you do, and I have to say, I am downright sincere, You do a pretty damn good job of causing chaos and wreaking havoc, even now. I," He stands up and placed a straightened claw across his forehead, "Salute you."

"Nice to know who was watching me the entire time," I brought back the boomerang topic, "I have to thank you though. I found something about myself that I tried to hide from everyone, Including me. I'm glad I finally tore down that wall, but Not happy that it's something I have to live with now. Meh, what are you gonna do?" I then reached out to Discord a paw in hope of a handshake, "Friends?" He looked at it and just smiled, "Friends..." He grabbed it and we shook hand right there under the night sky.

"Well who knows?" He sat down again, "Maybe in a couple hundred years I'll get out of my stony prison and actually get a new start, hurricane anyone?" He chuckled, then reminded me of something. I stood up and started running, signalling Discord to come with. We headed to the Canterlot Sculpture Gardens, hope my hunch was right.

"Why'd you bring me here?" Discord asked fervently.

"It's a surprise." I found the statue of Discord with a look of horror on his face, I looked at it with an artist's squint, "Oh no no, this SIMPLY will not do." 'Cartoon Implications Activate, BOOP' I pulled a giant curtain all around the statue, put on an artist's beret, and jumped behind the curtain, "No Peeking!" after 30 seconds of hammering, chiseling, and the like, I jumped back over the curtain and pulled back the curtain. The result of my work was a new shiny polished statue of Discord with crossed arms, a swagadelic stance, and sunglasses. I looked back to find him bursting into tears of joy. I tried so hard not to laugh out loud. After he finished he said over choked tears, "It's beautiful... so beautiful." He pulled out a tissue and blew in it, sniffling afterwards. If I could get cutie marks, mine would probably be a Bust of Michalangelo, I swear though, this universe is nepotistic towards equines. Still drunk off my ass though...

"Uhp, there's the fatigue..." I passout in the middle of the gardens. I knew the Al-kee-hawl would catch up sooner or later.