The Element's of Chaos

Moonlight woke up slowly. She was still on the cotton candy cloud when she looked at the sky the sun quickly took the moons place. She looked behind her and saw Discord still sleeping. She smiled, she figured he would still be tired after all that happened last night. She laid down and looked over the cloud and saw Cotton Feathers walking towards her. Moonlight flew down towards her and Cotton Feathers said to her in a slightly loud voice, "Hey Moonlight! What are you....." Moonlight put a hoof over Cottons mouth. "Shhhh! Discord is still sleeping. I do not want to wake him up. He did a lot for me yesterday." Cotton nodded and then gave a sly grin and replied, " So what did you two do?" Moonlights eyes widened,"Oh nothing much! But it took a lot of his power so...." She stopped, there was nothing much she could say without making her feel nervous. Cotton Feathers saw the look on her face and took her right wing and dragged Moonlight closer and said in a sweet voice,"I understand, but only because you are my friend. After he wakes up do you want to come with me to Coco's place? She told me last night she made a new kind of sweet that she wanted us to try." Moonlight decided that was fair so she gave a small nod, then she flew back up to the cloud, Cotton followed her, she figured Moonlight could use company. When she landed on the cloud she realized it was made of cotton candy. Cotton looked ahead and saw Moonlight looking at Discord. "Is this cloud made out of cotton candy Moony? Would it be alright if I tried some?" Moonlight nodded but did not turn away from Discord. Cotton Feathers was amazed, Moonlight was close to him and seemed thrilled just stand next to him, Cotton Feathers  slowly asked her a question that she thought would never ask anypony. "Do you like him?" Moonlights eyes shrank and she looked nervous still not taking her eyes off of Discord said, "Of course, we're friends." Cotton Feathers gave Moonlight a look to show her she was not amused. "No Moonlight I mean, do you REALLY like him." Moonlight slowly lifted her head and stared into Cottons eyes in a way that almost frightened her and slowly relaxed and said, "Maybe a little...." Cotton Feathers did not look shocked. She just motioned for Moonlight to sit next to her, once she did Cotton talked with her all morning.

When Discord woke up he saw Moonlight talking to Cotton Feathers on the other side of the cloud. Discord shut one eye and a sly grin appeared on his face. He slowly moved his tail to the other side of the cloud and wrapped it around Moonlight after five seconds he pulled her over to him making her shriek, and Cotton's eyes widened. As soon as Moonlight saw what happened she laughed quietly. "And just what were you two doing?" Discord said, Moonlight said in a nervous voice, "Um... we were just having a small conversation. I am really sorry if we woke you." Discord pulled Moonlight closer and gave her a very stern look but then laughed. Moonlight looked confused but then giggled. Discord put Moonlight down. Moonlight was nervous to ask but said in a weak voice, "Cotton Feathers told me that Chocolate Pie made a new kind of candy and wondered if we could visit her and try some of it, is that alright with you?" Cotton Feathers flew over to her and looked up at Discord and said, "Chocolate told me about this last night, if you don't want her to go, I could just tell her." Discord pulled Moonlight over to him again and said, "You don't have to feel nervous. If you wish to go, that is fine with me." Moonlight looked up at Discord, she did not know why but she felt really happy. She hugged Discord and said, "Thank you." She flew off the cloud, while Discord and Cotton Feathers just remained on the cloud frozen. After a while Moonlight called to Cotton, "Lets go Cotton! Those treats are not going to eat themselves!" Cotton Feathers looked at Discord and then followed her to visit Chocolate Pie. Discord still stayed on the cloud, speechless. Nopony had ever hugged him before. This pony never stopped amazing him. He glanced over the clouds and saw Moonlight talking to Cotton Feathers, she looked so happy.

Chocolate Pie greeted Moonlight and Cotton Feathers when they knocked on her door when they came inside they found Star Dim sitting near a tray with eight strips of candy lying down in equal rows. After Moonlight and Cotton sat down Chocolate Pie passed down the tray and said, "This candy is called Twisted Taffy. For now it just has flavor, but the next time I make some if you give somepony a piece, it will give them bad luck and will be full of crazy fun!" All the other girls laughed when they heard this. It sounded so funny! When they bit into the candy, it was very chewy, and full of flavor, each color on the candy had it's own crazy flavor. Moonlight said, "This is delicious! How did you figure out how to make this?" Chocolate walked over to her and said, "Well, actually Discord helped me." When Moonlight heard this she looked surprised and said,"When did he help? I don't remember him telling me he was going to see you." Chocolate said, "Well, when he came it was late, he said you were sleeping and did not want to wake you, so I offered him to help me with my candy, in the end we came up with a recipe for this candy. I wanted to see what you girls would think of the flavor, if you liked it then it would not seem suspicious to other ponies. After Discord left Cotton came by and I told her if she could ask Star Dim and you if it was possible for you to come. I wanted you to try it as soon as possible!" Moonlight nodded, it was very tasty. After eating all the candy Chocolate Pie brought out another batch, just as Cotton Feathers was about to take one Chocolate stopped her, "Don't touch! These have magic in them. One bite and your world will be so crazy you will go insane!" Cotton backed away slowly and said, "Ok, maybe later." Chocolate Pie laughed and rolled on the floor. When she got up she said, "Should we try this out on somepony?" The girls looked at each other and nodded. When they went out they found an orange and brown pegasus talking to a young filly. "He is perfect." Chocolate Pie said, she handed Moonlight a piece of the Twisted Taffy and gave her a small push, before Moonlight could say anything she was four feet away from the stallion. Slowly she took a deep breath, she knew this stallion and was nervous, but she walked over and said, "Excuse me sir? My friend has made a new kind of candy. Would you like to try some?" The stallion looked at her but took the candy, just as he lifted it towards his mouth he remembered who she was and said, "Wait a minute, I remember you! You're the pony with the dark magic and makes the world impossible to live in! Go away, leave me alone!" Moonlight was just about to leave when Cotton Feathers flew in front of the stallion and turned to her charming side and said, "Sir, so sorry to bother you, my friend can be very silly." Cotton looked at Moonlight and motioned for her to go with the others and watch. Then she turned to the stallion, he was frozen, Never before had he seen such a beautiful young mare before, and she was so calm and gentle. He said, "That is quite alright, um what can I do for a beautiful young mare such as yourself?" Cotton looked flattered and said, "Like my friend said, we have another who just made this delicious candy you hold. And she asked us to have everypony taste it and see if they enjoy it so she knows if it is safe to make more." The stallion nodded and put the candy in his mouth, after a while he said, "This IS quite delicious what is it?" Just then the stallions eyes had many swirly colors, Cotton grinned and said, "It is Twisted Taffy. The candy that drives you INSANE!" She laughed as the stallion began seeing many colors and things floating everywhere. He kept bumping into things, and was screaming, "Make it stop! It's too crazy!" He eventually ran around until he fell into a pond and water soaked him everywhere. He was splashing and yelling like he had seen the scariest thing known to ponydom. As Cotton headed back she realized she had power, she had an ability that allowed her to do anything she wanted them to do, and she wanted to help her friends with this ability. She stopped and began changing her mane grew longer and she received a necklace that looked just like her cutie mark, a star. When it stopped she headed back to her friends, Moonlight looked at her and said, "Looks like you do have the power I always said you had. Because you represent the Element of Power." Cotton smiled. All day they each took a turn trying the candy on somepony and they laughed all day. Eventually they all went home and Moonlight went to see Discord, she had not seem him since this morning.

When Moonlight saw light on she knew something was not right as she got closer to a window she saw all her friends talking to Discord! She did not want to be seen so she listened to their conversation, she heard Cotton speak first, "I know Moonlight likes to enjoy everything as she walks so she won't be here for a while." Then she heard Discord he sounded nervous, "Good, I do not not want her to know about this. Her magic is getting stronger, though I knew this happen something else wants this power. It has been trying to take her power and magic away. I do not want this to happen. She has been constantly having terrible nightmares. Some of them have been so serious I have had to go into her mind to help." Moonlight saw the other ponies look worried, she hated putting so much pressure on them, and she hated seeing Discord nervous even more. She saw Star Dim say, "Maybe you could put a spell on her so she would not have nightmares so often." Moonlight heard Discord say, "I do not want to do that, something could go wrong, and I do not want to use magic on her." Moonlight then heard Discord say words she feared he would say, "Maybe she should not see us for a while, and give her a while to have her magic adjust." She saw her friends nod. Moonlight could not believe this. Her friends were willing not to be able to see her for a long time so she could learn to control her magic, and she was shocked Discord was even willing to do this! Moonlight for the first time ever since she met Discord, began to cry. She flew away quickly but not quickly enough for her friends to notice. They all raced outside to see Moonlight fly away. Discord looked at them and said, "Find her, hurry!" They all nodded, Cotton Feathers took to the sky while Chocolate Pie began to follow her running out into the distance. Discord felt scared, the one pony that understood him was gone, he began to regret everything he said. He did not care how powerful her magic was. He wanted to see her again. Cotton Featers stoped and called to Star Dim, but she did not listen. She walked towards Discord and said, "Before I leave there is something you need to know about Moonlight." Cotton Feathers and Chocolate looked at each other, they knew excactly what she was talking about. "Is she really going to tell him?" Chocolate asked. "He needs to know." Star said. She took a deep breath and let everything slip out.

When Star Dim finished Discord said, "How long has she felt this way?" Cotton Feathers said, " A while, but we'll find her." Cotton Feathers flew off while Star Dim and Chocolate followed behind. They were going to fix everything. Moonlight's secret had been revealed.