Discord pulled up to Antonio's' mansion. It was surrounded by a high, thick wall and a heavy, iron gate. It was guarded 24/7, but none of that mattered to Discord. He had been their so many times and provided so much "special cargo", that the guards treated him almost like Antonio himself.

As the one guard walked up to him, he could tell something was different. The look on his face, the way he walked, it all said that things were off. The sun shone still fairly bright in the early evening sky, yet it seemed darker here than it should.

"Hello Frank," Discord said with that fake joviality and friendliness he was known for. "How is everything? The wife treating you well?"

"Hello Mr. Discord." Franks' face was flat and his voice, emotionless. The guard had always been serious but still had an air of fun about him. Now a heaviness just enveloped him. "Mr. Banali isn't here but you may go up to the house."

Discord felt a tinge of unease. It felt like he was almost walking into a trap. That gave way to a feeling of excitement. He had been in this game for most of his life, faced all sorts of challengers, and came out victorious. He had actually become somewhat bored. Sure there was an attempt here or there, but those were mostly sloppy and carried out by amateur who wanted to make a quick name for themselves. This felt like the threats of old; real, immediate, professional.

Discord nodded and drove up to the house.

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Discord let himself into the house. Antonio had given him a key a couple years ago. He had never used it. Any drop offs he had to make he made sure he did when Antonio was there. It was a better, safer way to do business (especially with the "live" cargo). But he kept it just in case and this was a just in case time.

As he walked in he saw the woman from the video sitting on a chair, reading a magazine. She looked up at him and smiled. It was clear she had been expecting him. He looked at her, trying to size her up. He had the ability to read anybody. It was one of the things that allowed him to rise to the level he did. She was different.

He could feel a power, a smugness, an almost aristocratic air about her. He knew right away she was a predator. Not just a predator; but an alpha predator. He knew she was no one to take lightly. But outside of that, he got nothing. No body tells, nothing. He now knew that she was a threat he had to take upmost care in addressing and probably the greatest he had ever faced.

"Discord I presume?" she asked with a sly smile and a twinkle in her eye.

"You presume correctly my dear." he replied in his most gentlemanly voice. "I received your message and decided it would be rude to keep you waiting since you obviously were in a great hurry to meet me. But I must admit, you do have me at a disadvantage here. You clearly know who I am; but I have no clue as to who you are."

"Chrysalis." she said in an upbeat tone. She was clearly pleased to be who she was. But more than that, it almost sounded like that the mention of her name should mean something to him. And oddly enough, it kind of did.

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Discord awoke in the chaos realm. Something was amiss. It felt, as the humans would say, like someone walking across his grave. He closed his eyes again and let his conscious wander through the realms until he locked in on his human form. It was there he saw the problem. It was Chrysalis. He opened his eyes and left immediately.

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Chrysalis watched as this worlds' Discord throw his head back and start to shake. Was he having a seizure? She hoped not. How fun would that be? To go against a foe who was debilitated before the fight even began. Then he stopped and looked at her with an expression of pure hate and she knew the game was on.

"What are you doing here?" he asked with cold, burning fury.

"In this house?" she asked coyly.

"In this realm Chrysalis! Do not play dumb with me."

"Ah, Discord, it is you! Oh goodie. It's so nice to see a familiar -ish face."

Discord scowled at her joviality. "You are not supposed to be here and you know it."

"And you are?" she asked unmoved. She had known Discord for millennia and had never seen him so unsettled. She was absolutely loving it.

"I have the power to cross the dimensional divide and you know that! Because of that, I am more connected to my avatars than others. When you made contact with this one, I knew immediately and came here."

Chrysalis sighed, waved her hand, and said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Boring, boring, boring. Exposition, exposition, exposition. Can we get to the fun stuff?"

"I am taking you back to Equestria. You shouldn't be here and I'll make sure you aren't."

"Because of Morgorith and the Black Gods?"

Discords' face turned white. His eyes grew wide in terror. She knew then that he knew. "How do you know about them?" he asked quietly; almost inaudibly.

Chrysalis' smile grew larger and more deadly. "What do you know about them 'Chaos Bringer'?"

"Chrysalis, you do not know what you are doing, what you are talking about. We, we are what we are: The Chaos Bringer, The Love Stealer, and The Destroyer, but even we pale in comparison to that which you have named. I, I have known for eons about them, who they are, about what they want and are capable of. We are nothing compared to them. Please walk away from this now."

"Eternal pain and suffering, the destruction of all reality; I know what they want and I want the same thing." Her voice was full of pride and joy as she spoke.

"Why? You would be consumed along with everything else." Discord was now in shock. Seeking the destruction of one world, even one universe was one thing, but this was the destruction of everything.

"I know; and I don't care. You create chaos because you enjoy it. Tirek destroys things because he enjoys it. I feed off love to survive and to feed my children. It is a necessity to me. I learned not to care. Not to care about those who's love I stole as anyone else cares not for the lives they take when they eat."

"Fine, fine but . . ."

"Let me finish. I care not for my victims. But I care not for my children either. To feed off love is not to have love; not for anyone or thing, not even myself. I survive for it is the nature of all life to survive. But, when I came here and found out about them, the Black Gods of Death; I was reborn. I knew then I had but one mission, one goal, and that is to set them free; to bring about the end complete."

"I can not allow that to happen." Discord spoke with a quiet, but fierce determination.

"As you wish. I had hoped you would help, but a good old fight to the death is well enough."

With that, Chrysalis assumed her rotted flesh, demon form. Discords' eyes grew red with fire as he assumed his chimera form. The two locked claws and shrieked at each other. Discord threw Chrysalis to the ground and breathed fire upon her. She screamed in pain and threw up a shield. Discord stopped and she blasted him with an energy beam from her left hand. Discord flew out of its way. Chrysalis got up a flew to attack him but once again he was able to dodge her and grabbed her from behind. He pulled her head back to expose her throat which he intended to rip open but she elbowed him in the stomach before he could and he lost his grip.

For about a hour the two went on like this. Fighting with fang and claw and magic. Blasting, slashing, biting, throwing the other against the walls and floor and ceiling. It was as vicious a fight that had ever happened as each tried to kill the other. But Discord had the upper hand. As a trans dimensional being, he had full access to all his powers. Chrysalis did not. Soon her power began to fade. She became weaker and weaker until she finally collapsed onto the floor where she reverted back to her original old lady body.

She looked up at Discord who stood ready to deliver the death blow. "Fine," she said out of breath. "You win. You know, you'll go down as legend. You were the one who killed a fellow member of the Trinity. Congratulations. I can't be mad, I can't even be disappointed. But, why? Why fight so hard? Do you really enjoy living that much?"

Something flickered on Discords' face. Chrysalis summoned the last of her powers to scan Discords mind while he lost concentration. It was there he saw an image of a pale, yellow Pegasus with light pink hair and the name Fluttershy. Discords eyes budged in fear as Chrysalis smiled in victory because they both knew what was happening. She had found out he loved Fluttershy and she feed off love.

Discord screamed in pain as Chrysalis began to feed off Discords' energy. He first reverted to human form, then that form grew older and older. Not only that, she could see further in his mind. She saw the other timeline, the one where he made the deal with Adagio to destroy Equestria except for Fluttershy so he could have her all to himself. She saw Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle. She saw them transform into goddesses and defeat Trixie (Even though Trixie had killed Discord before that in this timeline, Discord could still see it in his head and so could she). And she saw Them along with Celestia, reset the timeline to what it is now.

Chrysalis stopped and stood over the ancient husk of what had been Discord. Her body teamed with energy. It was also young, about twenty years old, and strong. She was unstoppable now. She knelt down beside Discord and patted his shoulder.

"Now I am legend." She said softly. She closed her eyes, bent her head back, and breathed deep. This was her . . . PAIN!

With the last of his power, Discord had formed his hand into a claw and when Chrysalis lifted her head, he rammed to long talons through her throat. "Looks like Tirek will be very lonely," he cracked and then died.

Chrysalis was in a panic. It couldn't end like this. It couldn't! Just then the door opened up and Antonio walked in. Before he could speak, Chrysalis used her powers to transport her consciousness into him. He put up a struggle of course but his will was nothing compared to hers. She pushed him to the side and took over.

Antonio's' body collapsed to the floor. Chrysalis knew this body wouldn't hold out for long. Using some of the remaining power she had, she scanned Earth and Equestria for possible allies. Soon she found two: Adagio and Starlight Glimmer.

Author's Notes:

In case any of you are confused, part of the power Chrysalis took from Discord was to cross dimensions, time, and space. But because she is trapped in Antonio's body, only her consciousness can. The voice Starlight hears earlier in the story is Chrysalis and the meeting between Adagio and Chrysalis is covered in my short story "Will You Marry Me?" .