The Chaos Game
The Crown of Chaos
Previous ChapterThe Element's began to glow, though he didn't necessarily harness all of each Elements power, he had still created them. And he was the Spirit of Chaos, he already represented all of these things. The Elements were floating in the air, just before Discord used them, he wanted to try one more thing. He snapped his fingers and appeared behind Moonlight. He wrapped his arms around her, and whispered into her ear. I'll always love you, no matter what. My queen.... He gently kissed her. Moonlight only pushed him away once again. Luna had just woken up and saw Discord. She didn't know why he was here but she was going to deal with him. She sent a blue beam towards him. It hit Discord and he was pushed off the edge of the mountain. Moonlight watched. At first she laughed, but then she felt scared. Memories flooded through her. Luna had hurt Discord. "No!" Moonlight screamed. She flew down towards him. She used her magic to catch him. Moonlight brought him back to the top of the mountain. "Discord?" Then it began to rain, large puddles started to form. Moonlight looked into one of them, and gasped. She looked terrifying. And she had a scar across her entire face. Many scratches and cuts as well. Her coat was black and her wings were enormous. Her teeth looked awful, completely sharp and coated in blood. She looked at Discord again. She gasped, she had turned into a monster, she tried to hurt him. Now she was hurt and scarred. Moonlight could feel her emotions again, and now it was all coming out in tears. "Discord........I hurt you.......no.......I'm so sorry......" Then she watched as Discord started to get up, Moonlight didn't want him to see her. So she ran and hid from him. Discord stood up. He could hear crying, he followed the sound to find Moonlight on the ground. "No, no, I hurt him....." Discord saw that she looked upset. "Moonlight?" He called. She gasped. Moonlight covered her face. She tried to hide again. "Discord stay away from me! Please......." Discord put his paw on her. "I'm not leaving you again." Moonlight was so scared that it was all coming out in anger. "Yes you are, leave me alone! I'm not going to hurt you......." Discord tried to look at her. "Can I at least look at you?" Moonlight shook her head. "Discord please don't. I look awful, I deserved it. I can't let you....." Discord backed up. "You do not look awful, and you did not deserve any of this. It's my fault. Please, look at me." Moonlight turned around facing him. Showing him her face, she looked worse then last time. The scar was still there, her nose was still bleeding,she had many cuts and her teeth were even worse then before. One of her eyes looked like it had been hit because it was turning pink. Discord was shocked but he didn't look afraid. He pulled her close to him and wrapped his arms around her. "Oh my sweet Moonlight, what happened to you?" Moonlight was still crying. He gently touched her scar. "I'm sorry I did that. I never wanted to hurt you at all. But it didn't just hurt you. At least you don't look as bad as I do." Moonlight closed her eyes. "That's not true, you are not bad to look at. In fact your don't look bad at all! You have more amazing then the chaos you create." Discord sighed. "Your more beautiful then Celestia and Luna combined." Discord snapped his fingers. Moonlight looked down to see in his claw was the ring. It was fixed. "I brought this for you in case you decided to come back with me." Discord said. Moonlight closed her eyes and clenched her teeth. "I can't Discord, I've become a monster. I know you can't look at me without feeling fear." Discord looked up at the sky. "But you were the one that said, nobody was a monster. No matter how evil, or ugly." Moonlight shook her head. "I was wrong." Discord noticed that Moonlight's ears were becoming more bat like. "Discord, please leave me alone. I lost, you can still defeat Luna and Celestia. I don't deserve to be with you anymore." Discord frowned. "You have done nothing but admire me, you don't even trust yourself anymore. Sometimes when I look at you I feel upset. Why did everything have to happen to you? You have lived through so much pain, and so many have tried to use that. Dark Chaos, Ink Illustration.......and sometimes I ask myself, why? Why did all of this have to happen to you? Why were you always the target? Why were you always the one feeling pain? Why do you doubt yourself? I'm sorry you had to go through all that. I almost lost you once, I'm not losing you again." Moonlight couldn't take it. She didn't want him to hold her anymore, she didn't want to hurt him anymore. Discord could feel her tears dripping onto his arms. He hated seeing her cry. "Trust me, I'm not going to hurt you." Moonlight shook her head. "I'm sorry, I can't." Discord's eyes widened. She didn't trust him anymore, she wasn't just scarred on the outside, but on the inside. Discord did the only thing he could do. He started stroking Moonlights hair. He felt a tear fall down his face. It dropped onto Moonlight's nose. She knew that wasn't rain. Then a final change occurred. Her cutie mark changed from a chaotic eclipse to a tear surrounded by black magic. She had given up completely. Then her wings and horn vanished, her hair stopped flowing, and her eyes went from red and yellow to blue. And all her power began to fade. Moonlight felt weak, even for an Earth Pony. Celestia had seen the whole thing, now she could finally restore Harmony to the land. But didn't get close to Discord. Luna walked straight towards him. Discord saw her a stood up. He let go of Moonlight and pushed Luna down. His eyes began to glow. "Stay away from her...." He said in a scary tone. Luna tried to hit him with her magic but he was too powerful. He trapped Celestia and Luna, for some reason he felt stronger. Then he realized the magic Moonlight had vanished and went into him. That's why she was so weak. He flew over to her. Moonlight sighed. Once again she could feel all her emotions being drained, but her bravery was started to fade. Soon she was too afraid for Discord to see her. "Discord....go now I'm not going to hurt you again." Moonlight didn't want Discord to leave, but she didn't want to hurt him. Discord realized that Moonlight might start acting mean again, she was going to resist him, and toy with him. He realized he was going to have to do more then just use magic on her. "My dear, naive Moonlight......." Moonlight was about to talk when Discord put his claw up to her mouth. "Shhhh. Why don't you understand?"
Moonlight looked confused. Discord smiled slightly. "I don't care what you look like, I don't care how many times you mess something up, I don't even care if you have chaotic magic. I just want you to show me that you really care about me, I just want to know that you'll be yourself." He put his arm around her slowly. Slowly he started to mesmerize her. "I only want you. I would do anything for you." Discord saw that Moonlight's wings were starting to reappear, as well as her horn. "I just want you to trust me, please........trust me." Moonlight's eyes widened. Trust me my dear. You are mine. I will never hurt you. Moonlight remembered that every time she had trusted him, he had never hurt her. She loved him more then anything. He was the only reason she wasn't alone and insane. She remembered how he had always amazed her and enchanted her. How he had always been with her. His touch was so gentle and his words were so calming. She wanted to be his. "I trust you." Moonlight said in a quiet voice. Discord saw her wings and horn had completely reappeared. He faced her and he began to use magic on her. Moonlight's eyes were full of colorful circles. Once again he held out the ring in front of her. "What do you say my dear?" Discord asked. Moonlight nodded. "Yes." Discord put the ring on her horn and smiled. "Now I'm going to do what you do to me." Discord jumped on top of Moonlight and knocked her down, then he kissed her. Moonlight's eyes then turned to red and yellow again. At first they were wide but then she slowly closed them. When Discord broke away from her, he saw that she had a small smile on her face. Discord waved his paw over her, and everything began to change. Her black coat changed back to it's midnight blue color, all her cuts began to heal and disappeared. Her teeth were no longer sharp and went back to her small fangs. The large scar on her face began to fade. Her ears went back to their normal appearance and cutie mark switched back to the eclipse. Her wings didn't seem to get smaller though. The tips stayed black while the res stayed blue. Other then that she looked normal again. "Please come back with me. I can't stand seeing you unhappy, I want to take the pain away." Discord said in a quiet voice. Moonlight looked up at him, she wanted him more then anything. She slowly began to put more and more trust into him. Wrapping her hooves around him she could feel relief flood through her body. "Discord, I'm sorry......I didn't mean to hurt you at all. I could have stopped all of this from happening, don't leave me alone. I'll do whatever you say, I won't ever doubt you, I'll give you anything you want." Moonlight said with tears in her eyes. Discord's ears perked up. "Anything.........." He snapped his fingers, causing a small crown to appear. "Then I want you to wear this. If you really are my queen, show me." He gently put the crown on her head. "I want you to give me all your love. I want you to give me your life. Let me care for you, show me that you can do that." Moonlight got close to him and kissed him. "I trust you." Discord felt butterflies in his stomach. "I am never leaving you again." Moonlight felt herself being pulled closer towards Discord. She looked up at the crown on her head. Discord really wanted her to wear it, he truly wanted her to be his queen. Moonlight wanted to prove that she cared about him, not just by telling him, not just by wearing the crown. Discord noticed she was being very quiet. "Moonlight?......" He looked at her face and saw that her eyes were glowing white. Discord backed up, then he saw the small crystal on the crown was also glowing. He watched as she flew towards Luna and Celestia, he hid but watched everything. Celestia and Luna looked at her in terror. Moonlight flew straight towards Celestia's face. "Don't ever hurt him again......" She said in a loud voice. Celestia tried to hit Moonlight with her magic, but did nothing. Moonlight hit Celestia and Luna, and once again they were being tuned to stone. "I am the Queen of Chaos." Moonlight said narrowing her eyes. Then felt something touch her, it was Discord. Moonlight's eyes went back to normal slowly losing their white glow. Celestia watched in horror as the stone began to spearing over her body. She looked up to see Discord next to Moonlight, he gently touched a crown on her head. Then she watched as the two kissed. Just as the stone reached her face Celestia turned to see Luna's mouth was open in shock. "Well Discord, you finally found love." Celestia said with a slight smile. Then she was frozen, petrified in stone as well as Luna. A great flash of light covered everything. When it began to dim Discord opened his eyes again. Moonlight was on the ground in front of him, the crown was a few inches away. Discord picked up the crown and put it back on Moonlight. He took her in his arms, she had used so much power. Discord snapped his fingers and they were gone.
Discord appeared in the middle of the arena. It was very dark, but the was some light where he was standing. Then he heard many hooves. Nightmare Moon, Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, and Moonlight's friends ran towards him. Nightmare Moon, King Sombra, and Queen Chrysalis stared at Celestia and Luna as statues. "She finished it." Nightmare Moon said. "What happened?" King Sombra asked. But Discord said nothing, Cotton Feathers noticed Moonlight in his arms. "Oh my goodness, is she alright?!" Discord gently put her down on the grass. "I believe so, but she went through more then I can say. She almost gave up everything......." Moonlight's eyes slowly opened. "Discord......" She called quietly. Discord's eyes widened, he kneeled down towards her. He wrapped his arms around her. "Don't scare me like that!" He said in a nervous voice. "Discord.......I feel so......tired....." Discord smiled. "You don't have to worry about that." He put his claw on her casting a spell causing her to fall asleep. Then he vanished. Everyone watched as the arena began to disappear. Nothing was left. One by one everything began to disappear.
Discord carried Moonlight up to their bedroom. He put her on the bed and gently kissed her on the forehead. She had already proven how much she loved him many times. Now he was going to show her the same. He took the crown off Moonlight's head and placed it on a table floating next to the bed. He wasn't letting her leave him again. Finally, everything was back to normal, well sort of.....everything was back to it's chaotic state. Discord remembered when he was trapped in stone. "No matter what it takes, you will be free. No matter what the cost, I will free you. My hatred for Celestia and Luna grows as does my chaotic power. The skills you showed and gave to me I will use to destroy their harmony. The kindness you showed to me I will never forget. For the ponies that mocked me and believed me to be a monster, you showed me that it has other meaning. The monster ponies thought you to be is what I have become, I will never leave you. For my chaotic love never dies. Your return shall arise. When you take me in your arms. And wipe my every tear. You sooth me when I am angry. And calm me when I am in fear. I am your Queen of Chaos. And my love for you shall never, ever die......." Those words whispered in his head. Nopony had ever said anything like that to him before. All the things she had done, she had set him free when he had been turned to stone, she had defeated Dark Chaos, she had now gotten rid of Celestia and Luna three times, she had been willing to give up her happiness by marring Ink Illustration to let him and her friends go, she always did what he told her to do, she was willing to give up anything for him and one time it had almost cost her life. How far was one pony willing to go for him? They could never have gone as far as Moonlight had. If anypony had the skill to truly rule over a kingdom, it was her. Discord could not help but stare at her for a moment. The one question that had always stayed in his head, why had she chosen him out of every stallion in Equestria, he now truly knew why. She was different, and it made her outshine every other mare. She wasn't afraid to be herself. Discord had almost gotten so lost in thought that he didn't hear the hoof steps from outside. Discord opened the door to their bedroom and flew down the hall. At the end he found Stellaluna, smiling at him. "Hi Daddy." She said in a sweet voice. Discord put his arms around his daughter. "Sweetie, what are you doing here?" Stellaluna laughed. "I watched the game that you, Mom, and some of your friends were playing with Diamond Ring and Midnight Star. I thought you all did an amazing job. But I thought you and Mom were the best. Is she alright?" Discord nodded. "She's sleeping." Stellaluna nodded. "Diamond Ring loved the way you played, he said I was lucky to have you for a dad. I am too." Discord smiled. "Thank you, were you sister and brother watching too?" Stellaluna nodded. "Yes, Screwball, Disharmony, Topsy Turvy, and Flutterbreeze was there. They enjoyed every game." Stellaluna gave Discord another hug. "Goodnight Daddy. I need to go." Discord nodded. "That's fine. Goodnight Stellaluna." Then Stellaluna smiled and used her magic to leave. Discord sighed, she was still just as sweet as she was when she was a young filly. "That's my girl." Discord flew back into his room, he quickly glanced at the crown again. Besides the fact that there was a small stream of moonlight piercing through the window it seemed to sparkle. Even through all the time Discord had known Moonlight there was still something about her he felt was hidden, who was this pony that had fallen in love with him? He laid down next to Moonlight. "Sleep tight my queen." A quiet reply broke the silence. "I love you Discord. My King of Chaos."
