The Red Rose and White Lotus Soap

by Lord Sylus of Night

(Bonus Chapter!!!) Of Lilies and Chaos

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"Ah...another day another dollar, chaos is sweet and makes me holler!" Discord proclaimed to the heavens as he stood in the center of town, well not the exact center of town, more of on top of the center of town. The things he could do to the place but wouldn't because he valued the friendship of Fluttershy, and it just did not feel right. Sure he could give a rock wings, make the clouds cotton candy, and maybe even pull a practical joke on a unsuspecting pony. But he would not dare take over Equestria anymore, the last two times did a number on his pride and now preferred to just jovial tricks and things. He as well wanted to stay in Princess Celestia's good graces.

Then there was the whole debacle at the dance and what have you. It still amazed him that no matter what happens, he will always be considered a friend to the very ones who imprisoned him for a second time. They should be his mortal enemies, but they accepted him. He shook his head trying to not to think too much about it. That was one thing that he always had a problem with, letting his mind think too much. He should just do and not think. Chaos. Discord slapped his face

"OINK!"

"Hmm?...Oh, sorry Waddles I almost completely forgot sorry." Discord chided as he looked over at the small group of pigs he had gathered up. They were normal pigs aside from the little bee wings that rested on their back. His new and chaotic creation, Bee pigs! Or...flying pigs...er...okay he needed to think on the name but that was beside the point. He heard another ear splitting squeal and looked in the back and growled, "Danny! Stop, I told you that you can have sex when we are done!"

He scolded the long black haired pig who seemed to have a low look on his face as he stepped away from the backside of a pig. A defeated look on his face. Discord rubbed the bridge of his nose, as he did so he heard a shout erupt from another and Discord groaned, "Oh my sweet jesus, Arin, you do not need to use such profound language-"

"Oink! Oink!"

"Look, I know that you want to be free but do this one thing for me and you will all go free. Okay?"

His gaze moved from Danny to Arin to Barry to Suzy and Discord breathed relief, "Okay now that's over we can focus on training-God damn it Ross! Pay attention!"

Ross seemed to be day dreaming off into the distance, now turning with full attention. His eyes slowly blinking, one after the other. Mild interest plastered on his face. He knelt down and rested a claw on Ross's pic shoulder and said, "So help me god, if you do not show mild interest in this I will turn you into pork ribs."

Distraught and worry exploded on his face as he proclaimed, "Oink!"

"Yeah well, I shouldn't have to threaten you if you just-Barry! Stop it!" Discord pointed a finger at him as Barry continued to try and chase his curly tail. Spinning and spinning and spinning, seemingly with no end and it annoyed Discord. Barry stopped and tilted his head slightly and said, "Oink..."

Discord held a neutral gaze and said, "Because I said so, you-"

"Oink Oink!" Barry shouted, the others joining like a choir behind him.

"No! There will be absolutely no Wolfjob! Oh my-*sigh*." Discord ran a claw through his mane and analyzed his situation he had. He had five EXTREMELY ADHD humans turned into flying pigs. They have a very short attention span and some refuse to listen to him or Waddles. They were hilarious and he thought that this would be a good idea to turn them into this and have them fly across the sky. Yet when one seemed attentive the other was either fucking something, shouting, not paying attention, chasing their own tails or hugging each other. It was infuriating. Discord groaned, "You know what, this was never funny in the first place."

He snapped his fingers and in a flash of white magic, they all returned to their normal forms. Barry scooting his butt across the ground. Danny laying down in a sexy position. Suzy and Arin hugging each other. And Ross was....yeah Ross. Once they noticed they were humans again they stood up and looked at each other. Ross knit an eyebrow at Danny and said in his all too familiar condescending Aussie accent, "You were about to fuck a pig?"

Danny shrugged his shoulders, "Yeah...I was making the best of an even greater situation...pigs have thirty minute orgasms you know."

Discord sighed and said, "All I asked was for a simple practical joke...and you guys ruined it..."

Arin said, "Well if you would stop be such a controlling dick then we might have played along..."

Danny chuckled, "That's easy for you to say, you weren't trying to fuck a pig...it's harder than it looks..."

"How hard?" Arin looked over with an ear to ear grin at the horrible pun he did. Danny raised his hand and with a resounding slap, Arin high fived him. Followed by Arin saying, "Damn."

"That was a good one." Danny said resting his hands on his hips.

Discord raised his hands and said, "You know what, I've had enough. I'm sending you back to Earth...Danny, tell Ninjabrian that we're still on for thursday."

Danny gave a thumbs up and said, "You got it bro."

Barry, Suzy, and Arin all raised an eyebrow at Danny and he said, "What? Why do you think Ninjabrian kills people without getting caught AND how do you think I have such a big dick?"

"Ohhh..."

"Yeah okay."

"That make's sense."

"Does it hurt?" Ross asked.

Discord shook his head and said, "Ross...shut the fuck up..."

Discord snapped his fingers and before they disappeared out of sight Arin shouted, "Damn Ross even other worldly beings-"

Silence fell upon the now empty rooftop where they once stood. Discord let out a long sigh as he sat down hard and faced east to watch the setting of the sun. Bleeding red and orange across the sky, violets splashed amongst the fiery colors. Discord leaned against the roof and leaned his head back, staring up into the sky. He felt a small hoof rest on his shoulder and ask, "Oink?"

Discord thought for a while and let his thoughts stir, trying to think of something else for him to do. What could he do that is both jovial and harmless? As he thought he said, "Yes...I'm fine Waddles...you can go now, I might ask you for a favor in the future though."

"Oink."

"Yeah fuck you too." Discord opened his eyes and glanced over at the pig as he flew away. Flying ominously towards the horizon. The feeling made Discord swallow back in pride. He raised Waddles from a little piglet.

He heard a voice rip across the evening air, "I knew that humans existed!"

Discord snapped his claws and said, "Nope you were just hallucinating."

He heard a stomp in aggravation and she said, "Damn it! I thought I saw them!"

Discord chuckled and continued to stare out at the sunset. A sight that Discord would originally never find himself looking out at. System and complex are not within Discord's vocabulary. In fact, he does not even know the meaning of the words. Most people would at least know that much, but not him. They were poisonous words on his tongue, and every time that he spoke them he choked and the word never came out quite right. There was just something so pure as to simplicity and little things that he could improve upon. He released a welcoming breath as his mind cleared from that cluster fuck as he tried to coral those guys into actually doing something productive. He had to give them props though, for people who have absolutely no idea what they are doing, they can still smile and say that they have a good life.

Discord closed his eyes and reclined back, resting his head on his paw and talons. For once in his life he felt the one thing he never felt possible he could feel. He felt, at peace. Completely one with his mind, and his dark blackened soul. A gentle breeze dancing across his scales and fur. His long tail swished from side to side as he felt inner zen with himself. For too long he has never felt like this, and for too long he has remained cold hearted. He felt warmth spread throughout his veins and soaking into his muscles. What was this strange feeling he felt?

Was it...happiness? Content? He was frightened at the feeling at first but he melted into it and allowed the war feelings to absorb him in the feeling.

He snapped his head up as he heard a noise break the silence. It was a strange sound, and one that made Discord's heart sink. He heard the sound of a mare crying, sputtering and letting tears fall from her eyes. Discord looked over the streets and found nopony crying. the streets bare, aside from the occasional bystander. The crying became wails and Discord could not take it, he hated the sound of a mare crying. Fluttershy did it once and Discord almost wanted to cry himself. He looked to one side and looked in the alley and saw nothing. He flew his way to the other side and looked down, the sight alone was shocking.

He saw a lime green mare huddled against a wall, crying into her knees. Her mane was a bright yellow and seemed to shine in the setting sun. Around her were at least five or six black cats, curious as to what this mare was doing. Sharing the same curiosity as him. Two broken mirrors leaning against a wall. This sight was horrid and made Discord's heart sink even more. What happened to this mare? Why was she so sad? Should he help this mare? What should he say if he does?

He paced around the rooftop thinking of what he should do, unsure of what he should say. Should he say something funny? Should he cheer her up? What should he do? Wh was he thinking so much about this mare? There was this one thing that kept on nagging at him though, he felt something deep in his chest about this mare. It radiated off of her, a familiar feeling but something he could not quite put his claw on. That made him more curious than anything, what was behind this mare? His instincts getting the better of him as he glided on the wind down to try and attempt to cheer this mare up.


"You're good for nothing!"

"You're fired! Go try and ruin someone else's life!"

"You better pray to Celestia herself that you do come up with the money!"

'Leave my shop, just leave before I consider pressing charges..."

Lily felt it wash over her. Like a flood they all drowned her in her own bitter sadness, clouding her mind and judgment. Those comments finally got the better of her and finally made her sad. She could hold them back, but she could never hold them back for long. Just like her luck in the material world, she was just as unlucky in her mind. She trembled and shook as she felt her eyes start to leak with the salty water that filled her eyes. Her eyes burned as she began to cry. Her lip quivering as she feebly hugged her legs, pulling them in tight to try and forget about the outside world.

She felt as though she wanted to lie down and just leave herself there, where she could never hurt anypony ever again. Wherever she went it was always braking something or causing some sort of injury somewhere. She would be fine, but the same could not be said about anypony else who seems to be in her company. Every single one vivid in her mind as those same emotions that day resurfaced and left her body through her eyes. Each one more painful to relive than the last.

Sputtering and hugging her legs tighter, bracing herself and wishing that she was never there. Wishing that she just moved away and never came back. It would not affect anypony else's lives. She hardly made a significant impact on anypony to be memorable. Let alone enough that they would miss her. Either they had no idea she existed or they willingly ignored her because of what she did to them. The number of ponies that hated her were innumerable. Even the kindest pony on the planet could look at her and gawk and scold as she passed by. She felt to alone and so cold that she would not care if something so bad happened to her.

But the worst. The worst one was when she had lost her parents. That day was probably the darkest day of her life. All paled in comparison to that day. They knew about her unluckiness, her knack for finding the worst things happening. But she did not. Her parents were sleeping and it was just a few hours before they woke up. Lily woke up early and decided that she wanted to give them breakfast in bed. She cooked them daisycakes with syrup, toast, and orange juice. She was attentive and figured nothing bad would happen. Her attention was diverted when she heard her little brother rouse from his sleep. Not wanting her parents to wake up, she decided to go and consul her filly brother. She stopped sputtering as the memory continued and a single tear ran down from her eye and down her cheek. She had forgotten that she left the stove on high. She lost herself in laying her brother down to sleep that she did not smell the smoke initially. She turned and saw the door was gone and smoke rose to the ceiling.

She grabbed her brother and rushed out, keeping her head low from the poisonous fumes. She stopped in front of her parent's bedroom and was about to open the door when the ceiling collapsed above her and the debris blocked the door. She screamed and tried to open it and the last words she heard from her mother was, "Lily...Lily, honey listen to me...there's nothing left that you can do to help us...take your brother go outside, run...RUN!"

Lily listened and rushed and tried to find her way outside with her brother in her arms, screaming and wailing. Once she reached the front door she felt a hard impact against her neck. She knocked herself off balance and her vision went black as she hit the floor, hearing the final screams of her filly brother...The only thing that Lily remembers after that is waking up on the lawn of her house and standing up to find her house in ashes.

The tears continued as she finished the memory, becoming an uncontrollable mess. Riding it out and waiting for it to end. She vaguely heard a feminine voice ask, "Hey, are you alright?"

Her tears stopped for a moment as she looked up. She saw a woman, with long snow white mane and light grey brown fur, a thin evening dress and yellow and red eyes. She looked around the same age as her and had a well rounded figure. But her sadness did not cease as she closed her eyes once more and cried into her knees. She wanted to be left alone, no one could help her.

She heard the woman sit down next to her and she said, "Why are you so upset?"

Lily sputtered, "I...bad luck just seems to follow me everywhere."

She continued her fit of crying and the woman waited for her to finish. Why does this mare want to help her? She doesn't deserve it anyways. Lily rubbed her eyes and choked, "If I were you I would run away before you burst into flames or brake an arm or something...just leave me alone..."

She heard the woman say, "Well, you-"

"Look!" Lily shouted, "I don't want to harm anypony else! Everypony around me just seems to get hurt or worse...everything I touch breaks into a million pieces! I WANT. TO BE. ALONE!!!"

She buried her face into her arms as they rested on her knees and cried a little bit more and prayed that the woman went away by now. She did not want to hurt anypony else. She seemed like a nice woman, all the more reason that she wanted to push her away. Her cries echoed off the walls of the alley. Why should anypony help her? All she has caused for anypony is pain.

"No you don't." The woman said matter of factly. Lily turned her head to face the woman as she boldly tried to tell Lily what she wanted.

Lily clenched her fist and said, "Listen...you seem like a very nice lady but, you don't understand. With me there is only hurt...just...go away..."

After a few seconds the woman said, "I know a thing or two about loneliness...all too much actually...all those years of being alone, I forgot what it felt like to have somepony next to you...you don't want to be alone, you just need somepony to help you."

Lily snorted, "Yeah...well then you have never met me...just a few hours with me and you would wish you were never my friend."

Lily saw in the corner of her eye the woman stand up and she said, "Well, there's only one way to find out. I can stand to have a little bit of chaos right now."

She held out a hand for her to take and Lily looked from the hand to her. Either this mare did not know what danger meant or she was just ignorant to truth. Either way, she wanted to take a chance and that wild and determined look in her eye was more than enough to know that this mare was mentally insane for wanting to spend a few hours with her. Lily accepted the hand and felt a shock ripple through her fingers as she lifted her up.


Discord felt it when he lifted her up, the shock. This mare was drenched in chaos magic, it was practically bleeding off of her. So wild and so powerful, powerful enough that there was little for Discord to do to help it. But, there was little things that he could do to help get rid of this magic. What did this mare do to get a curse like this? She was such a gentle mare, even she could see this when she was covered with sadness. This mare was in desperate need of somepony to help her.

Discord said with a smile on his face, "My name is Eris by the way."

She swiped a strand of her mane out of her eye and said, "My name is Lily."

Eris has never been known to be the hero, but for this mare, she'll make an exception.


Author's Note

Ask and you shall receive, you asked for a happier ending so here it is. Now no more! No more chapters for this story:fluttershyouch:!

I am even considering giving them their own fanfic! We'll see what happens.