The Chaos Game

Moonlight Chaos slowly walked across the room. Back and forth, back and forth. The same thing each time, lifting up one hoof seemed to take a million years. Her head faced the floor, her mane was a mess, and her eyes wanted to close. She had not been working hard at all yet she yearned for something to do. At last she finally gave up and dropped to the floor making a loud thud as she hit the ground. Then she heard a knock on her door, she knew who it was. "Come in." She said in a quiet voice. The door quickly opened and a familiar sight met with her eyes. It was Discord, he slowly walked into the room and when he got close enough to Moonlight he fell onto the floor next to her. "I take it that your bored too?" He asked in a flat voice. Moonlight nodded and closed her eyes. "There's nothing to do, and if I don't find something I'll probably just lay here until my wings and horn fall off." Discord sighed. "Too late." His wings quickly separated from his body and fell next to him. Followed by both his horns which popped off and flew into the air. Moonlight Chaos groaned. "I'm dying Discord, just dying." Discord blinked slowly. "I am too." They both sighed at the same time. "I wish they were still here." Moonlight said in a sad tone. Discord knew who she was talking about. Stellaluna, Screwball and Disharmony their son and two daughters. About a month ago Disharmony was the only one that was still with them, but he had gotten married and started his own family like his sisters. With all three of them around there was always something going on. But now it seemed that nothing was happening any more. All three of them visited often, but it wasn't the same anymore. "I do too." Discord said, then he let out a long groan. "Why don't you go look in one of your books for something?" Moonlight rolled her eyes. "I'm too bored. Besides I don't want to get up." Discord smiled slightly. "I know how you feel." Discord glanced around the room trying to find something that could end this boredom. Inside his head he was labeling everything he saw. Boring, boring, boring, SUPER BORING, no, not doing, not in a million years, boring, boring, NO, really boring, boring, I don't even want to know what THAT is..... Discord was about to give up when he found something in the corner of the room. On one of the shelves something sticking out of one of Moonlight's books. It looked like a picture, on one of the corners of the part he could see there was writing. The Revenge Game Discord became very interested. "Oh, what's this?" Moonlight turned towards him. "What?" Discord got up and flew towards the book. Moonlight then noticed that Discord's wings and horns were back. Discord pulled the book out and turned to the page with the picture in it. Discord pulled the picture out and showed it to her. "I think I found our ticket to no more boredom."

The picture looked very complicated, but it actually was very basic. There was a large arena with markings on the ground. On each side their were groups of ponies. "I've seen this book before, it has a lot of old games that ponies used to play." Moonlight said. Discord turned to her. "And you didn't tell me while we were on the ground complaining about being bored?" Moonlight smiled nervously. "Sorry, but we were bored! I still am, I can't think when I'm bored." Discord sighed. "Good point." Moonlight glared at the picture. "The Revenge Game, I've seen this page before. Most of the time it was used to play when ponies wanted to settle an argument or when.......well when ponies needed to get revenge." Discord nodded. "So, how do you play exactly?" Moonlight sighed. "Well, you could give me the book first, or you could read what's on the page!" Discord smiled. "Right.....can you read it for me? I'm too bored." Moonlight grabbed the book from him. "More like too lazy......" She said to herself. Discord's ears perked up. "What was that?" Moonlight's eyes widened. "Nothing! It says that there has to be two teams, each player on each team battles against each other using their powers, or abilities. Which ever team get's weakened enough first and surrenders, loses. The winning team gets to keep what they argued for." Discord began to yawn. "You are getting so complicated." Moonlight sighed. "It's what the book says, not me! Basically if two ponies were arguing over.........let's say a piece of land. They would play The Revenge Game and whoever won would get to keep the land. The loser would get nothing." Discord looked shocked. "Ouch......" Moonlight put a hoof to her head. "My head hurts." Discord laughed. "Making sense hurts, I know." Moonlight looked at the picture. "It looks fun, but I don't know of anyone that I want to get revenge on." Discord gave her a devious smile. "We don't have to follow the rules exactly...." Moonlight slowly turned towards him. "I'm listening...." Discord wrapped his paw around her. "For starters I can think of two someponies who we can play against. And I know that you and I are not the only one's who have issues with them." Moonlight returned the smile. "Let's do it. Celestia and Luna are going to have a lot of trouble. This is going to be SO much fun." Discord handed her the book. "I'll get Luna and Celestia, and you'll get the others?" Moonlight nodded. "Deal."

It wasn't very hard for Discord to get Luna and Celestia. They were both still statues, standing in the middle of the Everfree Forest. "Hello, Celestia." Discord said to the statue with a sly grin. Discord snapped his fingers and the statues began to crack. Before Discord and Moonlight had given them a dark side but it had not worked out as they had planned, so now Discord had two evils waiting. Nightmare Moon and Solar Flare, the statues broke apart and the two glared at each other. "Well, well, what do we have here?" Nightmare Moon and Solar Flare turned towards Discord. When they saw him they jumped up and aimed their horns at him. Discord put his claw up. "Ah, ah, ah! I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Then Discord took his paw and seperated Nightmare Moon from Princess Luna. Solar Flare looked scared, then Discord seperated her from Celestia. Discord took the dark power and sealed it away. It was not needed now, Celestia and Luna got up and looked at each other. Then they glared at Discord. "Discord! Why are you here? What do you want?" Celestia demanded. Discord shook his head. "Celestia! Where are your manners?" Luna stepped in front of her sister. "Enough of your games, what do you want from us?" Discord smiled. "We are going to play a little game! Have some fun!" Luna and Celestia looked scared. "What are you talking about?" Celestia asked. Discord walked between the two. "You two are going to play The Chaos Game!" Celestia looked confused. "Don't you mean...........The Revenge Game?" Discord turned to Celestia. "No, I mean The Chaos Game! It's like The Revenge Game though! You are going against me, my wife, and a few friends of ours!" Luna looked very worried. "Wait... your.......what? YOUR WIFE? You are.......married?" Discord nodded. "Yes! Yes! I'm married, SURPRISE! I'll bet you didn't see that coming!" Celestia stared at him in awe. "To who? Discord! How could you force an an innocent mare to marry someone like you?" Discord shook his head in reply. "Actually no, she loved me for who I am. She married me willingly, she actually cares about me Celestia. She WANTED to marry me." Celestia gasped she tried to speak but all she could do was whisper. "Who?........." Discord smirked. "Remember that pony you met before? Moonlight Chaos?" Luna and Celestia nodded. "The one with the blue coat, the Alicorn?" Luna asked. Discord nodded. "Yes! That one! Well, I am happy to tell you that we have been married for quite some time now, have had kids, and now their grown up and married as well!" Luna and Celestia gasped. "No, that's not true Discord! Your lying! Nobody could ever love someone like you! You had to have forced her! I don't believe you!" Celestia shouted. Discord sighed. "Fine, you'll see for yourself that I am in fact telling the truth, and then we can play our delightful little game! Doesn't that sound fun?" Luna stomped her hoof. "No! We aren't going anywhere!" Discord flew in front of their faces. He spoke in a calm but scary tone. "Listen to me, you can't do anything to me without your precious Elements of Harmony. I on the other hand can do the exact same thing to you two in an instant. If you don't cooperate I can easily fix that. Besides if you win The Chaos Game, Equestria is yours." Luna and Celestia perked up. "Is that so?" Celestia said. Discord smiled. "Oh I knew you two would want to play! This is going to be fun!" Just as Celestia and Luna were about to follow him, their horns vanished. "Just so you don't get any ideas." Discord said. He laughed and then flew into the sky. Celestia and Luna sighed, but opened their wings and followed him anyway.

Moonlight had two ponies to get. When Discord took over Equestria two others also came along. They made sure to stay out of Discord's way, but they both had small kingdoms of their own. One of them was Queen Chrysalis, the queen of the changelings. A creature that fed off of a pony's love. Changelings were usually not very friendly, and were very hostile creatures. The second was King Sombra, a powerful Unicorn King who ruled the Crystal Empire. He had enslaved all the Crystal Ponies and made the land into his dark crystal kingdom. Moonlight had seen King Sombra before, but she had not spoken with him yet. Since the Crystal Empire was closer Moonlight Chaos decided to go there to talk to King Sombra. She knew she have to be careful around both the Changeling Queen and the Unicorn King. Moonlight flapped her wings and flew towards the dark city of crystals. She past over many parts of Equestria, all of it was covered in chaos. It was such a beautiful sight it made Moonlight feel like crying. Finally she reached the gates of the empire. They were tall black crystals. It looked just like the rest of the empire. Dark, scary, and full of fear. Near the king's castle she saw many Crystal Ponies chained to each other. She found an entrance to the castle but it was blocked by two grey ponies. Moonlight took a deep breath and walked towards them. The spears they held blocked the entrance. "Who are you?" The guard on the left said. "I am Moonlight Chaos, I have come to speak with King Sombra." The guard on the right glared at her. "Why do you need to speak with our leader?" Moonlight turned to him. "Because I have news that King Sombra must hear." The guards did not look convinced. "Did he invite you here?" The guard on the left asked. Moonlight shook her head. "No, but......." The guard interrupted her. "Who do you think you are? You dare to come to us demanding to see King Sombra without an invatation, and claim that you have important news." Moonlight grew angry. " Who do you think YOU are! You are only guards of a great king. I have brought a message from Discord that the king needs to hear! And you are going to let me in." The guards looked shocked. "And do you have proof that you know Discord?" Moonlight gave them an angry glare. "Do you really want to do this the hard way?"  The guards looked scared. Then one of them noticed the ring Moonlight was wearing. She had been telling the truth."Please, wait here a moment." Both guards walked in through the doors and left. They were gone for a while but returned shortly. "Moonlight Chaos, King Sombra will see you." Moonlight walked in through the doors to find a tall staircase. "Ah King Sombra and stairs. Never get's old." Moonlight said to herself as she walked up the long flight of stairs. When she got to the top she found a deep grey pony waiting. He had silver armor on his body with a red cape. His horn was red and curved slightly. Moonlight walked towards the pony and bowed. "King Sombra, it is an honor to meet you." Moonlight said in a sweet voice. The Unicorn King smiled. Even though he knew she was Discord's wife she still showed him respect. This made the Unicorn King very pleased. "Moonlight Chaos, it's been a while. You may get up my dear, I hear you have news for me, what is it?" Moonlight stood up. "Well sire, I'm sure you are aware of Celestia and Luna?" King Sombra nodded. "Indeed, those two have been a thorn in my side for quite some time." Moonlight continued. "Discord want's to put an end to their meddling once and for all." King Sombra seemed interested. "Go on......" Moonlight had only been with King Sombra for a few moments and she was already beginning to like him. "He is beginning a game, called The Chaos Game. It is quite similar to The Revenge Game, I'm sure you have heard of it?" The Unicorn King smiled. "One of my favorite games, I used to watch matches being held when I was younger." Moonlight could see she was getting his attention. "There is going to be a match held, Celestia and Luna will have to face some of the greatest threats to Equestria. And of course we couldn't possibly leave you out. After all I know you would like to give Celestia and Luna a piece of your mind. The winner keeps all, the loser get's nothing. So......are you in?" King Sombra called one of his guards. "Guard! Have someone keep my throne in good shape, I'll be gone for a while." Then he turned to Moonlight Chaos. "I'm in."

"Now we just need Queen Chrysalis." Moonlight said to King Sombra. "The Changeling queen? I've met her before, she is not persuaded very easily." King Sombra said. Moonlight turned to him. "Neither are you, but I convinced you anyway didn't I?" The king nodded. "I suppose, how did you two come up with this anyway?" Moonlight smiled. "Oh, we got bored." King Sombra looked surprised. "You were bored?" Moonlight nodded. "Yes, there was just nothing to do, so we decided to take it out on Luna and Celestia by hosting this little event." King Sombra smiled wickedly. "I hardly wait." Moonlight led the way until they came to the Changeling Forest. They found two changelings standing next to a large tree. "Let me handle this." King Sombra ordered. The two changelings glared at him. "King Sombra? What are you doing here? And who is this pony that you brought with you?" One changeling asked. King Sombra glared at them. "I am here to see Chrysalis. And you will not harm this pony I have brought with me, understand?" The changeling nodded. "Of course, you may see the Queen." King Sombra and Moonlight walked through. "They are weak minded, changelings. But I will admit they are good at disguise." King Sombra said. As they walked deeper into the forest, it grew darker and less and less changelings were around. Then they reached Queen Chrysalis.  She was sitting on a throne,when she saw Sombra she smiled. "Ah, King Sombra! How delightful to see you." She stared at Moonlight. "I see you brought a little....... snack......." King Sombra shook his head. "No, she is not for you to drain the love out of her. Besides, she does not have much compared to the average pony." Queen Chrysalis frowned. "Fine, what are you doing here?" King Sombra smiled. "Discord is starting a version of The Revenge Game. We are playing against Luna and Celestia." Queen Chrysalis gave him a wicked smile. "Say no more, I'm in." She gently flew off her throne. "Let's go, this place is already boring to me." Moonlight sighed. "Finally! No more boredom."