Turn Back Time

*Much later that day*

"Well, this is sweet home." the dragon-headed draconequus grinned as he gestured to his guest the cave that was at the foot of the mountain. Princess Celestia was surprised at how it looked from the outside.

As if he had read her mind, the giant draconequus cleared his throat to catch the disguised alicorn's attention.
"It's much bigger from the inside, especially since we Power and Fair Draconequis had build little homes for us to live in underground. It's very spacious. The Sage Draconequis used a special spell to shield us from any outsiders. It's a good thing too...I don't trust those not from our groups, especially those shape-shifting pony-like creatures."

"Oh, that's interesting." the beautiful princess as she followed Sweetheart to her home, Sage The Wise and Power Might behind them. The female had offered her to stay at her place to thank her for saving her and her new child.
"Sage The Wise, would you please cast some milk for the little one?" Sweetheart asked as she lay the infant on the floor.
"Of course, little dear." the dragon-headed draconequus smiled as he snapped the fingers of both hands to produce a bottle of warm milk.

"If I may ask, do you not have any magical powers?" Princess Celestia piped up. She was met with confused stares. No one noticed that Discord drank the bottle and threw the milk away.
"You're kidding, right? You do know that Fair Draconequis have no magic and can only fly, Power Draconequis are the most powerful but can't fly, yet have decent magic and that Sage Draconequis have tremendous magic, their heads are always non-pony because of their magic and that they too can't fly? Isn't it be so?" Sage The Wise demanded in a threatening tone.

The disguised princess felt her heart almost jump out of her ribcage as she realized her huge mistake.
"...I lost all my memory after some creature had attacked me and made me bump my head hard on something. That's why I cannot reveal my name as I don't even know what it is." Princess Celestia cringed as she realized how stupid and corny it sounded...

"...That's just horrible! I'm so sorry that we doubted you, dear. You see, non-draconequis always made us nervous. They just so strange and chaotic. Have you seen their limbs? They're all the same!" Might patted the heroine on the shoulder with a bit too much force. If she had looked at the dragon-headed one, she would've noticed that Sage The Wise frowned as he tried to make sense of her story.

"So, what should I call you?" Sweetheart's voice piped up as she curled her tail around the sleeping colt-cub. Power Might brought his antler and horn close to the baby's body.
"Hmm, he's magic is quite powerful and felt quite chaotic to me."
"His head looks like a mix of a goat and a pony...plus he possesses wings. I know it's a colt-cub because the stubs on his head is a bit larger than a filly-cub." The Wise tilted his head in confusion as he brought his horn and antler closer to the body.
"Turn him on his back, Fair Sweetheart, if you please."

As the female draconequus had done so, there were collected gasps. Since Princess Celestia's view was block by Power Might's body, she couldn't see what shocked them so much.
"The baby isn't a colt-cub!" all three gasped in confusion.

The Equestrian princess' jaw nearly dropped to the floor. Discord is female? But, his voice was deep and masculine! He even had a body shape of a male and had a beard! It doesn't even make sense...wait, didn't Discord used to mention that there's no fun in making sense?

"...yeah, and it isn't a filly-cub either! The pony-cub doesn't have a gender!" Fair Sweetheart stated as she used the tip of her tail for the new-born to use as a pillow.
"This is spectacular, my dear draconequis!" Sage The Wise giggled in delight.
"Oh, and why is that?" the other three asked in confusion.
"This little one is a Spirit Draconequus, the most powerful and rare out of all the groups! The have all the features of all three tribes and has extremely powerful magic. This one in particular must be really powerful; notice that his head has the right combination of a pony and goat? That shows that it has control of its powers. I can also sense that it's the Spirit of Chaos. We must teach it to be only loyal to us."

"No Sage The Wise, we must teach it love and affection. We mustn't use it as a tool." Fair Sweetheart stated firmly as she stared at the dragon-headed male in the eyes.
"It won't work on the Spirit, Fair Sweetheart. You see, Spirit Draconequis can't feel love at all. It's not part of their nature."
"That's not true, you'll see."
"You're wrong! It's like demanding a Sage or Power Draconequus to fly or a Fair Draconequus to use magic. It's impossible. You'll be wasting your time and you'll find out that no matter how much it respects, admires you and appreciated that you raised it, it would never love you as its mother. It would despise and have discomfort when it comes to friendship and love."

The dragon-headed draconequus snorted when he realized that his words didn't affect the female at all.
"I have to go back to my home. I'll see you tomorrow." Sage The Wise whispered in a low voice. Before he left, he leaned closer to Princess Celestia and whispered into her ear.
"You're not fooling me, non-Draconequus. I don't know how you managed to even understand and speak our language, but I am be watching you!"

The princess' eyes widened in surprise. She whipped her head around as she hoped that nopony else had heard the sage. Fair Sweetheart and Power Might were too busy playing with the baby to notice her uneasiness.

*The next morning*

As soon as Princess Celestia sensed that the sun had risen, she got up and sat outside of the cave. The time-traveling trip definitely didn't go as planned. All she wanted to do was to convince a younger Discord that he can use his chaotic powers in moderation and that it would still be fun. Yet, she went back in time when her foe couldn't even crawl properly yet...

She lost her track of thought when she heard Sweetheart sat down next to her. The princess turned her head to look at the female and noticed that she looked quite sad.
"Power Might and I had struggled to get the little one to sleep. It couldn't stop crying. But, when we had a disagreement about what we should call it, it was happy and dozed off. Maybe Sage The Wise should rise it, even though I have doubts about it."
"What do you mean?" the disguised alicorn asked in a suspicious tone.
"Sage The Wise had raised these Spirit Draconequis in the past. He may not look it, but he's three millennia in age. He teleported scrolls to me that told about his history with the Spirits. Even he couldn't stop them from giving in to their savage and mindless natures. This is the first time I am raising a pony-cub...how can I raise it?"

Princess Celestia got up from where she sat and looked at the smaller female in the eye.
"It's simple, actually. Raise him with love and affection. Teach it from right and wrong. Teach him about friendships and what friendship aren't about. Teach him to never hurt or kill anypony. Discord would grow up to value the morals you have taught him, even though he might never understand love or friendship."
"Thank you. But, how did you know that my mate and I had decided this morning to call it Discord?"
"...The little one looked like he could be a Discord."
"...Oh..."

"I must go back home. Thank you for your hospitality. Good luck to your family. Please remember that no matter how pointless and hopeless it may be, remember to raise that little one with all the love and care you can manage. Believe me, you won't regret it. And whatever you do, don't give in to Sage The Wise's demands. Goodbye, Fair Sweetheart."

Princess Celestia flew off into the distance. When she was satisfied that the distance is far enough, she used the Turn Back Time spell to go back to the present, just before she had went back in time.

When she had opened her eyes, she stood in front of Discord's statue. She used her magic to transform back into her true form. When she was done, she stood on her hind hooves and stared straight into the eyes of her foe.
"I feel sorry for you...I truly do. To not feel love or be able to form friendships with anypony. To only feel joy when anypony are having arguments, disagreements or hatred with one another...it must be quite lonely. The only thing you can truly depend on would be your chaos. No wonder the Elements of Harmony had turned you into stone. There's no hope. But, I should be grateful that you didn't actually try to kill anypony. You could've easily have done so, right? For that, I thank you for having some morals...for actually listening to what you adopted mother and father had taught you."

After she was satisfied that she had gotten that load off her chest, the alicorn princess decided to go and try and spend some time with Luna. It had been way too long since she had long done so.

After she was high in the skies, Discord's statue shone a pale blue for a moment and then stopped. Soft, deep laughter filled the air as a figure with a long body slithered towards the statue and wrapped its tail around it. Its eyes glowed for a moment before the figure teleported itself away.

The End?

Author's Notes: That is the final chapter of Turn Back Time. I would like to thank all my readers as you mean a lot to me ^_^