Twisted Chaos

Discorded Swirls felt a strong urge to flap her wings, but she knew if she did the game would be over for her. She hoped this would end shortly. Whining and complaining was getting her anywhere. Discorded Swirls continued running down the path. When she stopped she came across a small puddle, the water was pink. In the water she saw Cotton Feathers, Discorded Swirls gasped. Her coat was purple and she had a large smile on her face. She didn't look quite as intimidating as she usually did. It was scary to see her friend that Discorded knew as mean and selfish, to be so kind and generous. Then the reflection changed to Chocolate Pie, instead of laughing at other ponies she was being laughed at. She was sad and wasn't her sneaky playful self. Discorded Swirls was shocked, then the water rippled and Crazed Candy was shown. She looked extremely friendly and didn't look like she was always hiding something. She looked a bit too trustworthy and looked like she was always working. Star Dim took her place, she looked very stressed and she didn't look as nice as she normally did. But she looked extremely happy, and brighter. Literally! Her dark purple coat was now a bright lavender; her once deep purple and blue mane was now bright pink with streaks of a rose color. Moonlight was last, she looked like she was happy, she was different. She was extremely kind, and loyal, dependable and honest. She looked very friendly; inside was something worse. Whenever she was alone, she would be in her room and become extremely angry. Almost her entire room was destroyed except for one photo that she could never bring herself to let go, no matter how hurt she was. It was the last picture she had with Discord next to her. What Discorded Swirls saw next made her gasp. Moonlight turned around so Discorded could see the right side of her face. It was scarred, there were claw marks over her eye; which was blue unlike her other eye and a red print on the entire half of her face. Discorded looked at carefully and noticed the mark was in the exact same shape as..........Discord's lion paw......That meant Discord had hurt her, he used his eagle claw to make the marks over her eye, and he had smacked her so hard with his lion paw it left a permanent mark. Discorded Swirls also noticed her right wing looked damaged. The feathers were out of place, and her entire wing was bent in a strange way. The puddle slowly began to fade. Her wings felt light again, she could fly. That was her second challenge, and she couldn't believe what she had seen. Discorded Swirls promised she wouldn't let that happen. She flew a few feet above the ground and raced towards the castle.

Cotton Feathers was about to go crazy, so many kind thoughts were filling her head. Part of her wanted to scream but the good part was telling her this wasn't bad thing. Don't worry, it's just a game. You don't have to win. You'll get to see Butterscotch and all your friends anyway, then you can meet Princess Celestial and everything will be sweet and happy. Then you can play all day, have fun and enjoy every day. Cotton grit her teeth. "Be quiet!" She scolded herself. Why? You know I'm trying to help. I trying to get you to smile and feel better. Cotton sighed. She knew she wouldn't be able to help it; that was the truth her mind was trying help her feel better. And it wasn't really working, at all...... Just when she thought things couldn't get worse she saw Eternal Rays and Discord again. "Oh great." Cotton whispered to herself, she didn't think she would be able to handle anymore. "Don't even bother, I'm done." She said in a tired voice. Eternal Rays gave her a concerned look. "Are you sure?" Cotton nodded, she was beginning to get a headache and her stomach was filled with butterflies and it was making her sick. "Yes.......please." Eternal Rays nodded. "Very well then." And in a flash they were gone.

Butterscotch was just about to panic when he saw that Eternal Rays and Discord returned with Cotton Feathers. Butterscotch ran over to her, "Cotton Feathers, are you alright? Are you hurt?" The pink Pegasus pushed him away. "Hey! Hey! Hey! Give me a little space, would you! I just got here and you're asking me a million questions!" Cotton smiled. She was back to normal. Discord sighed in relief, "Finally! I thought I would die of boredom! At least you have your old attitude back. It fits you so much better." Cotton Feathers smirked. "Yes it does." Butterscotch smiled. "That's my mare." He put his hooves around her and listen to her go on and on, letting her do her thing. He wanted her to relax and didn't want to make her mad. He was glad to have his special somepony back. Now all that was left was Discorded Swirls, Moonlight Chaos, and Crazed Candy.

Ink Illustration turned his head away from Moonlight for a moment to relieve his boredom with a large yawn. He was getting tired of her talking about Discord already. Moonlight stopped for a minute, Ink turned to her. "What's wrong dear?" Moonlight shook her head. "Don't call me that, why am I even still talking to you?" Besides the fact that she already didn't like him, and that she knew he wasn't interested in what she was saying Moonlight didn't understand why she was doing this. She was beginning to feel uncomfortable again, she hoped this first test would end. Moonlight looked up; she could see almost half of the castle ahead. Had she really walked halfway through the labyrinth with Ink Illustration? Now she knew what was going on, Eternal Rays wanted her to become more interested in Ink Illustration causing her to forget what she was doing; that would allow Eternal Rays to release Luna and Celestia. Which would lead to her leaving the game. There wasn't anyway Moonlight would fall for something like this. She turned to Ink Illustration with a devious smile on her face. "Moonlight what are you doing?" Ink asked in a worried voice. Moonlight didn't answer, instead she hit Ink Illustration with her magic. He transformed into a large photo of Discord. Moonlight kissed the picture. "That is MUCH better!" But after a minute she paused, she still had a long way to go. And she was getting a strange feeling something bad was going to happen.