Love in Chaos

Discord hummed the next morning as he worked in the garden, tending to the flowers that he had been for the past couple months with a sigh. From tulips, to Oscuro's favorite blue and black roses, they were all growing beautifully.

However a sudden growl caught his attention and he turned around to see a wolf foaming at the mouth standing behind him, its haunches raised. A rabid wolf... how lovely... though he supposed that he should get it out of here before it infects Shadow. Chaos forbid she will never forgive him I he let anything  happen to her puppy.

So he raised his talons and snapped, a puff of smoke appearing where the wolf was. When the smoke began to clear, he had expected the wolf to be gone, but to his surprise and horror the wolf was still standing there.

Oh great, it was impervious to magic. And the spell only seemed to aggravate the wolf more.

Suddenly, before Discord could've even hope to react, the wolf lunged forward and sank its fangs into Discord's cloven hoof. He shrieked out in pain and surprise at the bite. Oh sweet chaos it was the worst pain that he had ever felt in his entire immortal life.

It felt as if the wolf's saliva and digestive enzymes were acid that was melting Discord's skin off of his hoof. And the pain quickly spread to throughout his body so it soon felt as if his entire body was melting in pain.

In fact the pain was so much that Discord slowly began to lose consciousness. However, just before he passed out, he heard the distant sound of yelling and suddenly the pressure on his ankle dissipated and he got a good look at who had rescued him, but he couldn't believe who he had saw standing there.

"S... S... S... Som... Sombra...?" Was all he got out before everything went black.

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Sombra stood over the body of the Lord of Chaos, looking down at the piteous creature that lay before him. By the looks of things, he was still breathing. That was good at least.

But he had to make sure that everything was right. So he slid off one of his armored hoof plates and place his now bare hoof on Discord's neck.

'Hmm...' He thought to himself. 'Discord's pulse is erratic... of course that may be natural for him being the chaos being he is. Either way, I suppose I should take him inside to Oscuro.'

So the unicorn did just that, lifting the body of the unconscious draconequus with his magic and carrying him towards the castle. There Oscuro had been standing outside and when she saw the two, she had nearly had a panic attack when her eyes landed upon Discord.

After Sombra carried the draconequus inside and lied him down in a bed, and after Oscuro had finished taking care of the wound of Discord's ankle, the unicorn explained everything to his sister. The rabid wolf, the bite, the killing curse that Sombra had used on the wolf. Everything.

Of course, Sombra had given his sister a chance to take in all the information before he had decided to take his leave.

"Sombra wait..." The stallion turned back to his sister. "Two things... thank you and... are... you going to dispose of the wolf?"

"You... and Discord... are very welcome." Sombra nodded. "And yes, that is exactly what I plan to do."

And with that, Sombra walked out of the room. He made his way through the twisting halls of the castle and back outside, where he let loose a long sigh.

'And now to take dispose of- wait...' Sombra froze at what he saw, or of what he lacked to see. 'Where is the wolf?'

Sure enough, the body of the wolf was gone, and instead, in its place, was a stallion's body. Sombra's blood ran cold as he realized what had happened and what this meant for Discord.

'Oh, Oscuro...' Sombra lamented. 'If only you knew what was going to happen to Discord.'