I noticed Discord was nowhere to be found at the party. I wondered where he went. I went up to Twilight, "Excuse me, Twilight. Have you seen Discord anywhere?"
She turned to me, "No Princess, I haven't, not since he gave you those flowers."
"Alright, thank you." I gave her a slight bow and started to walk away. I found Fluttershy and asked her, "Fluttershy."
"Yes Princess?" She gave me a bow.
"Have you seen Discord anywhere? I haven't seen him lately."
"Oh yes. He went up to the balcony. He said he needs to think about some things, and that he wants to be left alone for awhile. I sure hope he's alright."
"I'm sure he's fine," I gave her a comforting smile and started to walk towards the stairs. I went up to the balcony and I saw him sitting there. His ears were drooped down and his head was hung low. "Discord?"
His head shot up and he turned towards me. "Celestia!" He seemed surprised, "What brings you up here?"
"I wanted to check up on you. Couldn't find you downstairs." I took a few steps towards him as he turned his head back and looked off the balcony. I sat down beside him. "So... What are you doing?"
"I'm just thinking about... things..."
"What things? It's a party Discord, go have fun."
"I... I... I'm fine where I am. You go down and enjoy yourself."
"Discord, you're the god of chaos, you sitting here and moping clearly means something is wrong. You can tell me." I tried to put my hoof on his shoulder for comfort but he moved away.
"Just... Go away... Leave a monster to mope." There was some aggression in his voice.
"Monster? Discord... You're not a monster." I knew exactly why he thought himself that way.
"Yes I am! I'm nothing more than a monster. You were right to call me that all those years ago..."
"Discord... I... I... I'm sorry..." I drooped my head.
"You're sorry? You have nothing to apologize for."
"It's my fault... It was my fault you went crazy..." I couldn't look at him. The memories of those days flooded into my mind.
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"Princess!" The guard ran up to me, "the draconequus troops are getting close. Your brother is readying up the forces around the castle. It looks like we're expecting a full invasion."
I let out a sigh. I stepped off my throne. I could feel Luna's gaze, wondering what I will do and say. "Has anypony gotten a sight of Discord?"
"No Princess, there has been no sight of him since the draconequus declared war. I'm sorry."
"Sister, We think it be best if we evacuate the castle ." Luna said, walking up beside me.
"Yes, it seems that would be best..." I sighed. I ordered the guard, "Evacuate the castle. Get everypony to safety." I turned to my sister, "We must make haste. Let us go."
Just then the door swung open and Captain Pavise ran in, "Your highnesses... You... You two might want to see this."
"What is it Captain?" Luna asked him.
"Just... We need to get to the draconequus temples."
"That's all the way in enemy territory. How would we even get that far?"
"I assure you we can get to them without any threat of the draconequus"
"What do you mean?" I asked the captain,
"You'll see when we get the the city."
Another a quick teleport and some flying, we reached the draconequus capital city. There was nothing. The buildings were all abandoned. There wasn't a draconequus in sight. "What happened here?" Luna asked.
"Discord. He... He did something."
"Discord?" I was both happy to hear he was alright, but yet worried about what he has done.
We landed in the square where we found Discord sitting on the fountain. His back was turned to us.
"Discord!" I started to run towards him. "Where have you be-" Captain Pavise put his foreleg in front of me.
"They're all gone." Discord spoke. His voice seemed off. "I got rid of them all."
"What?" Then it clicked for me. "Discord... You... You didn't?"
"They were gonna destroy you. I protected you." He got up and turned around. I met eyes with him. His eyes, they were... were lost.
"Discord! What did you do to them!?"
"They were against you. They would have killed you. I had to get rid of them to protect you Tia."
"Discord... How did you even get the power to do this?" My sister asked him. Pavise made sure to keep himself between Discord and me.
"I'm wasn't born like the rest of my kind. I am a force of nature given a physical body. My people only know their physical strength. They had no magic. What could they have even done to stop me?" he let out an insane chuckle.
"You killed every draconequus?!" Luna was worried. I quickly shoved my Pavise out of my way.
"Discord! There were children! Draconequus that weren't against us! You slaughtered them! It was King Bedlam wanted the war! The people were innocent" I had tears streaming down my face as I yelled at him.
"But... But Celestia, can't you see? I did this for you. I did this so you'd be safe."
"You slaughtered innocent people!" I stopped yelling to breathe. I knew what I had to do. "You are not the draconequus I befriended. You are nothing but a MONSTER! You're damn obsession with me has lead you to kill thousands of innocent people!" He took a step back. He had a look of hurt on his face. "I... I banish you. You are banished from Equestria!" He looked at me with hurt in his eyes. He lowered his head. "Go away!" He winched at my words.
"But... Tia... I love you..."
"I don't care! You're a monster! A freak! A demon!"
He closed his eyes and his head drooped. He held up his talon and snapped and with a flash he was gone.
I fell on my knees and cried. I felt my sister attempt to comfort me with a hug,.
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"I was crazy before you ever called me a monster." He stood up and walked to the other side of the balcony. "I obsessed over you, wanted you to see me as more than just some... friend." He then punched the wall. "And then I slaughtered my own people! My own family!" He looked down at his paw and talon. "My oldest brother's dying words were 'why'"
"Discord..." I wanted to say something, but I knew there would be nothing I could say to help him.
"5,000 years... I threw this world into chaos for 5,000 years. I tortured you and Luna. I played god. Killing you. Bringing you back." he looked back at me. "After you used the elements on me... I don't know how you managed to recover this world after what I did. After I woke up..." He stopped and held his paw up to the sun and he tried to use magic on it, only to have 6 symbols surrounded him and shot him with a bright light. He fell to his knees. He looked at his paw and talon. "The block so much of my magic. My potential."
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I felt his claws dig into my neck. "Why..." I gasped "Why are you doing this"
He chuckled, "Why not?" He stared into my eyes. His were filled with such... joy. "It's just so much fun. This chaos. This destruction. It's just so beautiful!"
"You... You monster..."
"Monster?!" His voice filled with anger, "I'm more than a monster!" He levitated Luna's unconscious body. 'I am a GOD!" and with one snap Luna's body contorted and twisted. Her bones snapped and crunched. Her body dropped to ground.
"NO!" He dropped me. I crawled to Luna's lifeless. I could barely see through my tears.
"We are going to have a lot of fun." He laughed. "Forever!" He snapped and Luna's body reformed and her eyes opened. She gasped for air.
Discord raised his talon to the sun in the sky. I could feel the energy leaving the sun. A spiraling trail of light lead into his talon. After all the energy from the sun was in his talon he pointed it at me. "Til death do us part."
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"Life and death. I could control both. The sun and the moon. I had absolute power." He sat back down. "For the best that I lost most of my power. Twilight and her friend would have never stopped me... And The destruction I brought with Tirek would have been much worse.
"Discord... Had you still been all powerful, What would've happened?" I asked him. He turned to look at me.
"I probably would've just killed the girls then go right back to torturing you and Luna." He chuckled, "He and if I still for some reason joined you guys, Tirek would've gotten a lot more power from me." He turned his head and stared off into the distance. "Why did you let me out?"
His question caught me off guard... "Well.. I thought your power would be useful to use if we needed you."
"And?" He raised an eyebrow.
"And... I... I missed my old friend..."
"Your old friend who tortured you for 5,000 and we given a second chance still betrayed you?"
"No." I walked closer to him. "My old friend who could make me smile on a bad day. The guy who made my baby sister laugh. They guy who had an adorable little crush on me"
"Adorable? That crush lead to genocide. Still adorable?"
"Well... no... Not that part so much. But besides what happened you were my best friend." I walked up next to him and layed my hoof on his shoulder. "You used your magic to brighten people's lives. You didn't use it for chaos or destruction. I missed that. I knew your magic was for more than chaos. I wanted you to remember that. I wanted to remember your true potential." I leaned over and kissed his cheek. "Please, think about what you could do, not what you've done." I got up and left the balcony and went back to the party.
A few minutes later Discord came down. He smiled at me. I smiled back.
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"King Bedlam!" My father greeted the draconequus king.
"King Night, It is an honor to have been invited to your beautiful kingdom. I hope you don't mind that I brought along one of my sons." The large chimera-like creature.
"Oh that's no trouble at all. Now let's talk business. Your son can stay out here and meet my daughters." My father opened a door leading to his office.
"Of course." He turned to the scrawny draconequus behind him. "Play nice now, Discord. Remember to show respect to the princesses."
"Yes father." He walked up to me.
"Hello." I smiled at him, "I'm Celestia." I held up my baby sister, "And this is my little sister Luna!"
He smiled back at me. "Hi. I'm Discord."
"You're funny looking. I think we are gonna be great friends. I beamed at him. He beamed back.
