Order Within Chaos

Discord’s expression quickly turned from nervous smile to a frightened frown. “Well hang on now! We came here to celebrate, right? So why don’t we uh… Just forget about the hostilities and celebrate the one year anniversary of my reforming!”

Order frowned. If only this idiot had done what he had told and not have deviated from his instructions… I still do not understand why father tasked him rather than me to take over this sorry wreck for a country. Order’s smile returned as he looked around the scenery before him. He took in the sight of the light blue sky dotted with wispy looking clouds. Perhaps they have sorted out their problems after all.

Discord seemed to settle down when he noticed that order himself had calmed down. With a loud ‘POP’ and bright flash, Twilight Sparkle and her former mentor, Princess Celestia walked beside him and Order. Order seemed to bristle once more when he noticed the two mares walking beside him and his brother, but Discord brushed it off as an awkward moment for him. Order had not seen Equestria for quite some time, and he would have to get used to a lot of things.

“Order, before we proceed with the celebration I must ask you a question.” Celestia broke the awkward silence between the four. Order cocked an eyebrow in curiosity.

“Go on.” Where are the other five mares? His smile twitched. They must be preparing for the party; it is the most logical suggestion. My old friend logic prevails once more. He corrected his posture, which was slowly giving way. There is a much more predominant force of gravity here, interesting.

“Do you wish to disrupt the lives of Equestria?” Order let his eyebrow fall. Of course she would assume that I would harm her denizens. Brother always was the troublemaker, I always knew he’d do something that would bite him back in the ass.

“That would depend on whether or not they wish to disrupt my routine. If they harm me, I shall return the favor accordingly.” He turned to Celestia. Celestia’s facial expression appeared to have changed from calm and motherly to one of accepting and regret. Most likely because of his answer, but he was right. He always was.

“Treat others as you wish to be treated seems to be your way of thinking then, Order.” Celestia sighed. “I suppose I can accept that, so as long as you do not tread along the path that Discord had taken. We never wish to directly harm somepony, or somebody in your case.” She was a benevolent ruler then. Only wishing to dish out punishment as a last resort is her way of doing things. Discord must have screwed up to get on her bad side.

“Yes. I suppose you could correlate that with me. Although I have my own reasons for doing what I do. I would rather follow a plan and do everything according to said plan, as a good plan never fails. Isn’t that right, Discord?” Order flashed a glare towards Discord’s direction, not inherently looking at him. He still needs to be reprimanded for failing. If only father were still alive to do so.

“Yes well. I have made mistakes in the past, and I wish to forget about them if you would do the same. The past does not matter now that the present has come, isn’t that right Celestia?” Discord smiled in Celestia’s direction, who smiled back with that motherly gaze of hers. Disgusting. Discord is brainwashed, not reformed.

“That is right, Discord.” Celestia turned to a frowning Order. “There is no use worrying about the past anymore, besides, we are here!” Order had not been paying attention to the structure in front of him. He was forming a plan in his mind, and once he had completed the plan, he would act out upon it. Order tuned back into the real world and appreciated the structure before him, the floating marble castle. A true work of architecture and beauty in his book.

His smile twitched. Of course, a floating castle is not right. It is physically impossible unless magic is involved. I don’t quite like it when magic is involved in a work of engineering. It tends to befoul the beautiful work and muddle it for what it truly could be without magic. No real talent went into building this castle. With that, he stopped appreciating the castle, and regarded it with contempt. An emotion he withheld most often.

Celestia and Discord, as well as the purple alicorn mare, had not noticed the flash of contempt that had washed over his face. The three of them seemed to step in unison as they trotted up the steps to the throne room doors. Order reluctantly followed them, much to his chagrin. I am only doing this for my brother, and nobody else. I love my brother no matter how brainwashed or deviated he is from his usual personality, so as long as he doesn’t see oh so very off. I may have to regard him as such, soon…

Order was the younger sibling, but Discord was the more naïve of the two. Order was chivalrous when he needed to be, and he was straight to the point. Punctual, professional, and quite simply. Orderly, as his name states. Discord always was a trouble maker, he was the one who made the saying “Step on a crack and break your mother’s back.” Come true for a short period of time. He revised his mistake because of what happened to mother. Poor Discord couldn’t understand what he did.

“Are you coming bro?” Discord decided to peek his rather odd head through the door. The door was not open, but his head was simply sticking out of the heavy gold door. Order chuckled. At least he retains his quirks.

“Yes.” Order jogged up the steps and stepped through the door, where a plenty of festivities seemed to be occurring. He frowned at the disorganized feel of the party. The punch bowl was somehow upside down whilst still retaining the fluid inside of the bowl. A quick snap of Order’s fingers fixed that oddity right quick.

Another oddity was that confetti and streamers did not fall to the ground, rather they seemed to just fly all over the place like tiny paper airplanes. Another snap of the fingers made them fall to the ground. He had to correct a few disorderly incursions over the course of the night. Discord and the pink poofy mare were not pleased. Celestia just looked exasperated and ready to collapse. Today must have been rather taxing for her. Being the ruler of a country does have its downsides after all.

Order had spent enough time with Discord to know when something was off. He immediately knew that something was wrong when he sided with the ponies. The ponies were most definitely Order’s main enemy as far as this situation goes. Discord was on their side, as he had said that he helped defeat the greatest villain to ever befall Equestria. Order knew that the real Discord would side with the villain and perhaps backstab him in the future.

According to Discords testaments, some objects called the “Elements of Harmony” were used against him. This was the final detail he needed to know. The things that had caused Discord to change oh so much, and the risk it posed to Order himself. I need to get these elements and rid this world of them. If they are valuable, then they must be in this very building. This building must be the most secure in Equestria.

Order hummed as his smile twitched erratically. I must fix my brother before retrieving these elements. Although I would have to resort to non-orderly methods of doing so, it is what must be done. I would rather not use magic, but this is my brother. You can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family.

Order’s face settled into a grin once more.

After all, isn’t chaos really just organized bouts of anarchy?