My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Discordian Troubles

Chapter 1

Return of Chaos

Scootaloo struggled to get free from a large Pegasus ponies’ iron grip as another tried to pull Eris off the ground.

“think about what your doing.” Manni said as she watched. “I’m trying to take you away from a bad influence and put you in a better home.”

Scootaloo was able to get her mouth free. “how stupid are you? Dash isn’t a bad influence!”

“nonsense. A problem drinker like her, a good mother? As if.”

“HEY!!!” Dash came from out of nowhere and slammed into Manni, sending her into the hedge maze. “GET AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTERS!!!”

Manni got up and wiped blood from her mouth. “and look. She’s violent too. You’re practically begging me to put them in better homes.”

Great. She was Frank Burns stubborn. “THEY ALREADY HAVE A HOME! WITH ME! WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO SEE THAT!?!”

The Pegasus trying to take Eris, meanwhile, was still having trouble trying to pull her away. “Let go! We’re gonna take you to a better home.”

“NO! I wanna live with Rainbow Dash.” Eris pleaded.

“she’s a bad influence. You’re better off.”

“No!”

“Come on.”

Her eyes glowed white. “I SAID NO!” a shockwave shot out from beneath her, sending the Pegasi and Manni to the ground and leaving Dash and Scoots alone. Both friendly Pegasi looked at her with stunned looks as Eris looked at her own hands. “did I… do that…?”

She heard a cracking behind her, which made her wince.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbcnWWpqFrM

The Key of Darkness - Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep OST

The cracks at the base of the statue worked up it, breaking longer and deeper into it. “uh-oh.” all 3 of them said.

Manni groaned as she got up and noticed the statue cracking. “what in the world…?”

Celestia and Luna watched in horror as their worst fears were being realized. “how could it have broke that fast?” Luna gasped.

Celestia looked at the baby. “it must’ve been Eris. She may have released him.”

The stature cracked further. This time, darkness shot out of it and into the air, causing a large dark cloud to appear over it. It got the attention of everyone in town.

“What’s that?” Lloyd asked in worry, pulling up some logs.

Fox looked and came to the same conclusion everyone else got. “trouble.”

The statue exploded outward, sending shards flying everywhere in the garden. Dash quickly covered Scoots as Eris covered herself, being too far away for Dash to get to herself.

“2 and 1000 years can give you such a crick in the neck.” a all-too familiar voice said, sending shivers down Dash’s spine.

“it can’t be…” she slowly looked up and saw the familiar Draconequus standing where the statue stood. “Discord…”

Discord heard his name, looked over at Dash, and smirked. “My my. Rainbow Dash. The fabled Element of Harmony and recent step-mom. How quant.”

“DISCORD!” a blast of sun magic blasted him in the side. Celestia landed with a scary amount of force and blasted him again.

Discord was able to bring up a shield shaped like a umbrella and stopped it. “my my. Much more violent this time, aren’t you Celestia?” the princess snarled at him. “is that any way to greet to a old friend?”

“Friend? Bah. Friends don’t betray you and leave you to rot. As far as I’m concerned, you should go back to your prison.”

“oh, tsk tsk tsk.” he lifted himself off the ground and sat back on a invisible chair.
“How Sad, Celestia. You used to be so noble. Now you‘re a violent queen.”

The princess scoffed. “you haven’t even begun to see me violent. Now, I’ll only ask this once. Bring back my beloved! Bring back Cosmos and Erys!”

Discord pretended to forget those two. “Cosmos and Erys… Cosmos and Erys… I don’t think I ever heard those names before!”

That sent anger down Celestia’s spine. Her horn glowed a bright yellow. “You Bastard! I’ll…”

The Spirit waved his hand at her, ‘sweeping‘ her away. “Calm calm, Celestia. You’ll get your husband and your daughter back…” Discord rose up into the air only as a badass villain would. “…as soon as I have had my fun causing chaos!”

Discord laughed into the air as he normally would, causing lightning to fall around him. One such bolt fell and hit Celestia right on the horn, knocking her out cold.

Discord continued to laugh, eager to bring some fresh chaos to the world.

End Song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo

Discord continued to laugh into the air, glad to be free from his stone prison yet again. “Oh, this is SOOOOO much better then being cramped into rock. I can actually scratch this itch on my nose.” Discord did just that.

Dash slowly backed up, pushing Scoots’ back with her. She wasn’t going to let the filly be a part of whatever Discord had planned, or have her be distorted.

Discord snapped his fingers, summoning up a list and a faux pair of grandpa glasses. “let’s see… what Chaos shall I reek today?” Eris looked at the unconscious Celestia, who wasn’t more then a few feet away, and tried to silently crawl over to her. “oh, turn Fillydelphia into a playground for electric eels. That’s something I always wanted to try. Oh, and turn Canterlot into a dung pile. Oh, that will send Celestia, or at least her nose, packing.” he chortled at a oldie but goodie. “maybe I can make Berry sneeze and blow the whole town over again. That was a classic.”

Eris was able to reach Celestia and tried to wake her up. “Celestia… Celestia… wake up…”

Discord sensed the baby trying to wake her up and snapped his fingers, making her reappear before her, wrapped in magical rope. He was admittedly stunned by how she looked. “huh. And I though all our kind were extinct.” he muttered. Eris struggled to get free, but Discord was much much stronger then her. “hmm… pretty young. And likely not in touch with her powers.”

“Hey!” Dash exclaimed, getting the spirit’s attention. She got up and snarled at Discord. “Keep your filthy paws off my daughter!”

“Daughter!?!” Discord replied in surprised. She looked from Dash, to Eris, then back to Dash. “You look nothing alike and she’s my kind, not a ridiculous mamy-pamy pony.”

“Ridiculous?” a magic blast hit Discord in the side, forcing him to let go of Eris. She fell to the ground and quickly ran to Dash, who quickly hugged her and got in front to protect her. All of them looked to see a very familiar lavender unicorn standing a few feet away with a glowing horn. “the only thing ridiculous is you.” Twilight said without fear.

Discord just chuckled and hovered back as if he was laying on a couch. “well, well. Twilight Sparkle. It sure has been awhile. Oh, and your with child. That’s gonna be twice the fun.” Luna and Trixie ran up beside her and also got ready to do battle with him. “Oh. Luna. Princess La Luz De La Luna. It sure has been awhile. Did you happen to enjoy that little gift I left behind… Nightmare Moon?” Luna angrily snorted at Discord as her horn glowed bright. Trixie stepped in front of her and blasted the spirit. The blast just bounced off him, not even making a tickle. Discord looked at her, wondering if she was serious.

Trixie looked up at her horn and groaned. “I really need to work on my magic.” she muttered.

“and un… *cough* who are you?” Discord asked with a ‘who is she’ look.

Trixie was hoping he would ask that. “you don’t know who I am? I… am the Great and Powerful Trixie! Duchess Trixie Lulamoon! Wife to Princess La Luz De La Luna! And you’re gonna get it.” Discord wasn’t afraid. It fact, he didn’t have any clue how to react. She was completely BORING. “I may not have met you but I heard a lot about you.”

Discord yawned at all this. “at least I’m well known.”

“and soon, a distant memory.” Req said as she and the rest of the gang ran up. The humans pulled out what weapons they had and pointed it at the spirit.

Discord was surprised to see her kind here. “A Human? On Equestria? I thought Jeria banished your kind 100,000 years ago.” banished? that world was bounced around them all, wondering what he meant by that. Discord shrugged. “well, no skin off my back.” he snapped his fingers, wrapping everyone in a individual cobra. The snakes laid on the squeeze. “it’s so nice to see you all again, but Chaos doesn‘t happen all by itself.” he walked on thin air, strutting his stuff.

“DISCORD!” Twilight yelled. “don’t do this! You know what happened last time.”

Discord chuckled. “indeed I do.” Discord reappeared in front of Twilight and ran a finger down her face. “And unlike last time, I’m not going to play fair.”

“Play fair?” Pinkie exclaimed. “you turned us all into our opposites.”

Discord playfully sighed at that good memory. “ah… good times.” with a snap, he disappeared in a flash of white. The snakes disappeared as well. Everyone fell to the ground and landed without a hitch.

“Who was that?” Cynder asked.

“D-discord…” Celestia groaned as she struggled to get up.

“Princess!” Twilight exclaimed as she ran over. Luna did the same thing and both helped her up.

“Who?” Fox asked for confirmation.

“Discord.” Eris said. “The Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony.”

Everyone looked at her with weird expressions. “how does she know that?” Ash asked. How did she know that? She wasn’t told about him yet she knows his full name. how is that possible?”

Discord reappeared on top of a mountain in the badlands. He yawned and summoned up a lounge chair. “It is so good to be out of that statue again. One of these days, I’m gonna have to show Celestia how that feels. But first…” he snapped his fingers, making a theater-sized screen appear in front of him. He summoned a bucket of popcorn and got comfy. “I missed out 1002 years. I gotta catch up.” the screen began to play images and videos of the past 1000 years into small segments that would whittle this down to 3-4 hours.

his thoughts turned to that kid from before; Eris, he believes her name was. “Eris… and here I thought I was the last one.” he came up with a good plan for her. “I think I need a new Scion of Chaos.”

“Discord is a Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony that ruled Equestria long before me and my sister came into power.” Celestia explained. She and everyone else gathered in the throne room so she and Luna could explain their history with Discord. She was still weak from the bolt and it showed. “he was eventually defeated after a long war that lasted 20 years and encased in stone… with some heavy casualties inflicted.”

Satoshi took notes, knowing that some people would have questions after this and, since he was a Brainiac, they would normally come to him.

“Casualties?” Lina asked.

“many ponies were turned into stone or sent to a void Discord called home.” Luna said, taking over for her weakened sister. “we still haven’t found a way to bring them all back. He…” this part affected Luna more then most. “…created Nightmare Moon and infected me with her. It took her 2 years for my jealousy to get the better of me, but… well…” Trixie comforted her wife by nuzzling up next to her.

“there’s more.” Celestia weakly said. “among those taken were… my husband; the Alicorn of the Stars, Cosmos. And… my daughter… Erys.”

“Eris?” everyone exclaimed. They all looked to the Draconequus baby. Some even pointed to her for confirmation from the princess.

Celestia shook her head ‘no’. “she may have the same eyes but that is far from my Erys. My Erys is a Alicorn like me and her name is spelled with a Y, not a I.”

Dash looked between the princess and her Eris. “that’s why you tried to kill her.” she whispered to herself.

“When you defeated him last time…” She said to the Mane 6. “…I was hoping it would release everyone he had sent away.”

“it didn’t.” Rarity concluded. They beat him but they didn’t see any new ponies. Well, except for that weirdo Screwball.

Celestia nodded. “but now, we have a chance to rescue them again.”

“no need to convince us.” Fox said, twirling his staff. “where do we go to find this… Dis fella?” all the other off-worlders nodded and murmured in agreement.

“DISCORD!” Luna corrected. “and, as we are sensitive to chaos, we sense that he appeared in the Badlands, far to the south.”

“the Badlands…” Marble muttered. “I visited there once.”

“you did?” Edge asked.

“once; with my friends from Manehatten. It lies right across the mountains surrounding the city. There was nothing but endless red sand and large mesas. Guess that’s why Dragon’s call it home.”

“Dragons?” Bahamut and Spike asked.

“it’s where they come from. I bet if we ask them, they’ll tell us where Discord is.”

Celestia considered that plan and went with it. “very well then. You all shall go to the Badlands and stop Discord before he can send the world into eternal chaos. And hopefully bring all he sent away back.”

The ponies bowed to her. “Yes, Princess.” they all said in unison.

The off-worlders looked at each other and nodded. “we’ll d our best.” they all said. They all walked out to go deal with the new threat. Trixie gave Luna a quick kiss on the cheek before going to join them.

“But be careful; Discord is more powerful Nightmare Moon and Dark Chrysalis combined.” Celestia called out.

“we figured that.” Aura called out. The moment Trixie ran though the door, they closed shut.

Luna watched in worry as her wife left but returned her focus to her sister, who collapsed. “sister.” she ran over and comforted her. “don’t worry. They’ll defeat Discord and we’ll get everyone back.”

She knows that, but she feels that something is… wrong. Very wrong. Like something bad is quickly coming. She looked out the window at the very distant mountains. “Cosmos… Erys… are you still alive?”