Love of Chaos

Discord sat below a large cherry tree on a grassy mound, the only tree in Greenhill aside from a large old tree stump a few hills away. He looked into the distance, past all the rolling green hills in the direction of Canterlot, the place where his jewel lived, the young mare he had hoped would had been his love, but their relationship had lasted for only less than a day. "Damn that red maned mom of hers!" he muttered to himself, remembering Master Lauren's extremely rude and aggressive attitude toward him.

As he looked into the distance, he wondered if he would never see his love again. He wondered if later in his life he would completely forget about Celestia and their short-lived relationship, or if he would cry over her every night for the rest of his life. Was this the end of it all? Or would she come back? Discord had hoped she would. In fact, it was the reason why he came back to Greenhill, to see if Celestia would come looking for him again.

"Dang it, she'll never come back" said Discord in misery as he still looked beyond the hills, just to see more and more hills for miles without a view of the land beyond. A relationship that had lasted only a couple of hours was now over.

Or was it?

While walking back west towards home, he saw something moving through the tall grass toward him. Could it be? Discord, overjoyed, ran towards the creature moving toward him, in hopes that he would see his love again. A few seconds later, and he was staring into the eyes of a squirrel.

"Go away you nasty squirrel!" said Discord in disappointment and anger. He charged toward it, chasing it back off into the grass. Picking up a rock, Discord threw it at the Squirrel that was running away from him. However, he was unaware that somepony was walking up behind him.

"Don't hurt animals!" said a familiar voice.

Discord turned around in shock. "Celestia! It's you!" he said, overjoyed. He gave her a big hug and kissed her on the cheeks multiple times. "I missed you! I knew you would come back!"

"I knew I'd see you again too!" giggled Celestia as she received more kisses on the cheek from the young Draconequus.

"So, how'd you get back here?" Discord asked Celestia. "Didn't Lauren tell you that she had her eye on you?"

"I took my sister's advice and sneaked away when Master Lauren wasn't looking." answered Celestia.

Discord all of a sudden became a bit worried for Celestia. "Aren't you breaking the rules?" he asked.

"No" said Celestia, "I'm fine. You see, Master Lauren thinks I'm in my room in Canterlot right now. Truth is I escaped through my bedroom window and now I'm here with you."

"OK" said Discord, "but you're still being very risky there."

"Don't worry, it'll be alright! I'm just keeping it a secret."

"I hope they don't find out."

"I'll be very careful." Celestia looked up and saw the beautiful pink flowers of the cherry tree. She had never seen a tree like this before, as there were none in Canterlot, or any in the Dominion of Master Lauren, for that matter. "What is this tree called?"

"Why, it's a Cherry Blossom!" said Discord. He climbed up the tree and sat on a branch. "Come join me up here. Can you climb?"

"I can't climb" Celestia told Discord unfortunately, "but I can fly!" Celestia flew up to the branch and sat down on it next to Discord.

Discord gave Celestia a pat on the back. "It's so nice and quiet here right now. I feel so peaceful."

"I know, Discord, I like it this way" she said, smiling. "Too bad it's not always like this where I'm from."

"Really?" asked Discord. "Then what's it like over there?"

"My little sister Luna is sometimes a pain to deal with. Canterlot is also a very busy place. What's it like where you are?" said Celestia.

"Oh, it's quiet where I live, but with a more empty feeling."

"Do I fill in that emptiness of yours?"

"Yes, yes. you do." Discord spread out his arms for a hug.

"OK" said Celestia, and she wrapped her arms around his.

"I'm so glad you filled up that emptiness in my heart. I know this is only the second time we've met, but already I feel that you're my true love."

"Aww, that's sweet. You know, I really gotta go now, it's almost dinnertime." Celestia flew down from the branch and started walking back towards home.

"Hey, when are you gonna see me next?" Discord called over to her.

"Next week, I hope!" called Celestia back, and then she flew off.

Discord watched as she faded off into the distance. Then he climbed back down the tree and started walking back home. As he walked, he thought about Celestia's return in a week. He's have to sleep another six nights before he could see his love again. Although it would be hard to deal with being away from his love for so long, he knew he'd get used to it. He knew that he couldn't always be with his love at first, but he'd see her more and more as their love became stronger and stronger.

***

A week had gone by. Discord was sitting on the branch of the tree again, waiting for his girl to arrive. He definitely knew she was on her way this time. And there she was now, flying right towards him. "Hey Discord, look!" exclaimed Celestia as she sat down on the branch next to him, waving her butt in his face.

"Wow Celestia, what is it?" asked Discord as he examined the sun that had appeared on her flank.

"I got my cutie mark yesterday!" said Celestia, jumping up and down with delight, which caused the branch to wobble.

"A cutie mark? What's that?" he asked.

Celestia then explained, "When you discover your true purpose, a mark that describes your main purpose in life appears on your flank! Mine is the sun because Master Lauren told me that when I get older, I will be able to raise and lower the sun each day! Won't that be fun?" she smiled, showing off her white horse teeth.

"Guess so" said Discord. "I'm a Draconequus, and Draconequui don't get cutie marks, sadly."

"Please don't be jealous" said Celestia, putting her hoof around his back. "Jealousy can lead to conflict, and I don't want to start one."

"I'm not really jealous. I know that I'll never get a Cutie Mark because I'm not a pony, so I don't feel any jealousy."

"OK, OK. That's all right with me. Hey, even though you won't get a cutie mark, do you know who you want to be when you're older?"

"I hope I can become good when I'm older" said Discord. "I'm gonna be kind and help people out when they're in need! I'll give everyone a helping hand, and make sure that nothing will make the world fall apart into chaos! I will be a peacekeeper!"

"Good luck on that" said Celestia, smiling. However, she felt a feeling of suspicion, she looked into Discord's red eyes and saw a feeling of promising, but also felt a feeling of suspicion. What if he couldn't keep that promise? Sometimes promises might not be kept. She wanted to trust him, but what if something went wrong? What if she had to make the decision of what was right or what she thought was right again? Oh, well. Celestia knew that she was thinking about it too soon and hoped that Discord would keep his promise to be a leader of world peace. "How will you keep world peace?" she asked suspiciously.

"I will make sure all the creatures in Equestria feel very happy" said Discord. "And I will make sure nothing bad ever happens to you, Celestia."

Celestia asked a question that would help her determine if Discord would be able to keep his promise. "That's nice, Discord. Who will you pay more attention to while keeping peace, all the creatures in Equestria, or me?"

"I will pay more attention to you because I love you most of all!" Discord gave Celestia a kiss on the cheek. Celestia responded by giving Discord a sudden kiss on the lips, which surprised him, but he accepted the kiss, and they pressed their soft, warm lips together for a few seconds before letting go. "Thank you, I really appreciated that" said Discord, wiping her saliva off his lips.

"You're welcome, I love you." said Celestia. However, the fact that Discord would save her rather than the rest of Equestria made her feel that Discord, although keeping his promise now, wouldn't keep it in the future. She figured he would do anything to save her. And that anything could be something violent, which was not part of Discord's peaceful promise. For all Celestia knew, Discord could destroy Equestria just to save his love for her. Finally, she asked, "Are you sure that you can keep that promise, Discord?"

"Yes, I'm absolutely super-duper sure!" said Discord enthusiastically.

"That's nice. Sometimes, you just can't keep a promise. I'm not saying you won't, I just want you to be careful. I know how much you love me, but you should show respect for all the other creatures in Equestria, too. We weren't created for each other. We should be nice to others aside from ourselves." explained Celestia.

"But I love you more!" said Discord, thinking that she didn't want to be his love anymore.

"Don't worry" said Celestia, "I will still be your love! I'm just saying, care about others too. It'll help you gain your reputation as a peacekeeper."

"OK, I'll remember!" said Discord, and then he climbed down from the tree and ran back west toward home.

***

Lightning flashed and thunder cracked loudly as the heavy rain beat on Celestia and Luna's bedroom window. Luna was sound asleep, as she had gone to bed early before the thunderstorm, but Celestia, who was too busy thinking about Discord, was kept up, hiding under the covers whenever lightning flashed, followed a few seconds later by thunder. Luna was always calling Celestia a big chicken for being scared of the thunder, and this really annoyed Celestia, as it made her seem less mature than her younger sister. This thought also kept her up, too.

While she was looking at the ceiling, trying to get to bed, Celestia was startled by a loud knocking on her window. She looked out the window and saw Discord, his hands on the glass. Celestia used her magic to open the window and let him in. "What is it, Disco?" asked Celestia.

"Celestia, I can't sleep. Can I crawl into bed with you?" asked Discord desperately.

"Why, sure" said Celestia, "Come on in. I'd be more than happy to let you sleep here. Why can't you sleep? Is it because of the lightning?"

Discord didn't leave an answer, but he jumped through the window and got into bed with her. Closing the window and pulling the covers over them, Celestia lay down and snuggled next to Discord. Discord put his lion's arm around her body. Celestia, feeling the warmth of Discord's fur, was able to quickly fall asleep. A few minutes later and Discord fell asleep while spooning Celestia, and they slept together in bed, just like lovers do.