Celestial Chaos

Within the grand scheme of the cosmos lies the realm of Equestria, a magical land of adventure and heroism where friendship and harmony rule. It has remained this way for ages as the immoral rulers of the land, the royal princesses have safeguarded the denizens of the world from dark forces. However one of the rulers, a being of light and guidance will face a new foe that will test her resolve…

        Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria was finally asleep after a long day of attending royal affairs, filling out paperwork, and managing to keep her land in peace. She had finally ended her day by lowering the sun belong the horizon. Celestia then laid upon her white linen bed sheets and drifted off to sleep.

        Celestia’s dream scape was not as complicated as someponies believed it would be. It was of her old home in the Everfree Forest, where she had lived happily with her sister ages ago. In her dreams she would relive her life as a filly, playing with her sister Luna while their parents watched from afar.

        It was a lovely idea, part dream, part memory, and Celestia enjoyed it.

        Until a noise awoke her from her paradise….

        Celestia moved from her bed, starched her neck out and looked around…to see nothing. She was about to go back to bed when she heard it again, however the noise was a bit louder and coming out from the hallway. Celestia left her room and begun to follow the noise.

        With every step the noise grew and grew until Celestia could make it out…somepony was singing, a stallion’s voice was behind the unfamiliar song. She followed it for a few minutes until she arrived at the throne room door. Celestia carefully opened the door to find it dark and empty, but as she stepped inside the candles ignited and illumined the room… And revealed the source of the song.

        It was, to Celestia’s surprise, an alicorn setting on the throne. This alicorn was hard for her to describe, but she could feel an aura of malice coming from this pony. His coat, main, and tail were onyx and black, his wings were almost like fabric covered in black ash, his horn was crimson with a black vein wrapping around it, and his eyes were red like demon fire. He wore armor unlike any Celestia has ever seen; it was light purple and almost dragon scale like, and it had misshapen horns sticking out like they grew from the armor.

However what unnerved her the most was in the center of his armor was an eye, not an ornament but a living entity that had grown on this armor and has looking in every direction erratically.

This alicorn continued to sing, not noticing Celestia in the room. As the princess walked closer to this stranger, she could now understand what he was singing…

“The whispers, the whispers in our minds. They guide the lost and the forsaken, they love the poor and sick, they treat us all equally.”

“The tendrils, the tendrils hold our souls, they decimate the wicked, they bring together the good and bad, they bind our hearts together.”

“The eyes, the eyes see into our heart, they watch over all the young and old, they see the beyond and the hidden, they see our desires.”

        “Come all ye fateful, come little children, our mother calls to us. She lies beyond the great gate,  She wishes to keep us and never let go, once she is free the world will change, and we will never be alone.”

He sang this song until Celestia was close to the throne.

“Greetings ruler of Equestria…” the alicorn bowed his head.

"Who are you, and what do you want from me?" The princess said, surprised.

"Oh, pardon me, where are my manners? My name is Drakath, and I am the ruler of chaos."

 "But... That's impossible! Discord is the embodiment of chaos, and I’ve never heard of you!" Celestia stammered.

"That's because I’ve been hidden among the shadows of the night.  Honestly, did you really think that guy was the embodiment of chaos? Please." Drakath scoffed

"What does it matter? Why are you in my castle this late at night?!?"

"Simple. I want to offer you ultimate freedom and power. All you need to do is to join the ranks of my army of chaos."

"Why should I do that? I am one of the strongest beings in Equestria! What do I need freedom from? Why would I need strength when I’m already the strongest?"

Drakath chuckled. "You don't seem to get it, do you? I know what happened between you and Queen Chrysalis, how you lost to her.  Face it, you aren't as strong as you used to be.  Now then, accept my power."

"I would rather be dead then have my kingdom ruled with dark magic!  Now, if you don't leave soon, I’ll show you just how strong I am!

"I’d like to see you try to kill the being of chaos."

"Very well, you've brought this upon yourself, fool!"

Enraged,Celestia gathered her magic into her her horn and shot a ray of light at Drakath. Unfortunately for her, Drakath’s powers were not to be taken lightly, as in a flash he disappeared…Celestia frantically looked for the fiend, but didn’t see his attack coming.

                In a flash, Drakath appeared a few mere feet in front of Celestia, and blasted her with his magic from his horn, launching the princess out of the throne room and into the hallway. Celestia regained her ground and quickly cast a limitation spell, revealing that Drakath was using an advanced illusion to make himself disappear. Drakath now could be seen, and Celestia blasted him with great force, sending him flying into the air.

                Drakath rebounded in the air with his dark wings, then focused his magic to his horn and shot a magical pulse wave, sending Celestia barreling though a stone wall into the outside garden. The princess was badly hurt, but she found the strength to get off the broken ground… Until Drakath appeared in a flash in front of her again, striking her down on the ground with his hoof.

                “You are but a  pathetic worm, but if you become chaotic you will have all the power you could ever want!”

Drakath circled the fallen princess.

“You will be the chaos lord of Equestria, the type of being that can rule this world properly. But, all things have a price. You will turn on your friends, make your loved ones suffer, and destroy all you have work hard to build.”

He stopped in front of the princess as she finally arose from the ground.

         “You can try to fight the corruption, but in the end...the corruption always wins.”

Drakath rammed his alicorn horn into Celestia’s neck, filling her with corruption. The princess screamed in pain as she glowed bright purple, growing tendrils, and crude horns from her body. She fell to the ground and her vision faded…

                Celestia awoke in a fright, covered in sweat and breathing heavily…It was all a dream. She tried to process in her mind what happened but her head felt like she was hit by a wagon.

Suddenly a guard knocked on her door…

“Princess Celestia, are you okay? I thought I heard a noise.”

“Yes, all is well. Please return to you duties.” She gathered her composure and prepared for the day ahead.

                Celestia put her crown and jewelry on and noticed by her neck was…a scar. She looked in the mirror and it was the same spot in her dream were Drakath stabbed her with his twisted horn. It unnerved her but she covered the scar with her neck adornment.

                “It was just a dream…It was just...A dream,” Celestia said to herself in the mirror.

Like the darkest shadow, Drakath lurked as a ghost in the castle, to not arouse suspicion to the denizens of this realm. He personally hated Equestria, as it was too pure and wholesome for his tastes. However, Celestia’s corruption would be a well needed change to make this realm more…chaotic.