Author's Note

GORE WARNING AHEAD!

I'm not trying to make this fic to dark or to Gorey, it just kinda...happened. Sorry! Please leave a like and comment if you enjoyed. Thanks!

Discord reigns

Celestia awoke and grinned. She felt warm and safe. She cracked an eye open and saw a small flicker of light in front of her. She stood shakily to follow it. It lead her all around Canterlot castle, finally coming to a stop in her throne room. Everything was hazy, and her mind seemed pleasantly blank. There was at least a dozen dead guards lying around, all of the white marble stained.

Princess Cadance was lying on the floor, screaming with her back arched. A large alicorn with a fiery mane and tail stood above her, very slowly twisting her hind leg around in a full circle. It eventually separated entirely. Just like Luna, her horn had been snapped off and was lying a few feet away. The remaining crystal guards, who were being held back by queen Ignis, flinched and turned away. Finally, blissfully, and with one last scream, Cadances heart slowed to a stop.

Celestia turned slowly, still following a small flicker. She knew that she should be sad, or angry, or... anything! She simply didn’t. She followed it out of the castle and to a large cliff. She looked down at the thrashing waters, and without a second thought, jumped. She fell down, down, down. She crashed into the waves, the cold water shocking her body. Her wings were heavy and started to drag her down. Her lungs didn’t burn like they should have. They felt clean. A last bubble escaped her mouth and her eyes slowly closed.

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"Oh god oh god!" Came a panicked voice. It reached Celestias ears as though it were being muffled by a wall or water. The panicked sounds continued, but were steadily becoming clearer as though she were being raised slowly, coming closer to it. Finally she opened her eyes and coughed, water spurting out of her lungs. Spike was standing above her, breathing a sigh of relief.

"What happened!? I woke up and you had stopped breathing! Thank god he showed up" said Spike hastily. He backed off for a minute and let another pony step forward. He looked... strange. He was a light brown, but his Horn was silver blue. He also had small, red pupils sitting in large yellow eyes.

"D-Discord?" Sputtered Celestia. The stallion chuckled and, with a pop, there stood the one, the only, god of chaos.

"Well Celestia, I must say, you stirred up chaos like a champ not too long ago. I was hibernating, but ooh hoo did I feel good when I woke up!" He said, flying around her in lazy circles, stretching for extra enthusiasm. He stopped suddenly. "But, of course, that was before I emerged from my dimension to find all of my friends dead. Murdered. Even my love Fluttershy, with both wings torn off" he spat, a single tear sliding down and emotions changing rapidly. Celestia had never heard him so serious, so joyless. "We were going to get married, you know. About a month after the day she was killed. Her beautiful white gown stained red. She... we were to be blessed with a child. She was three months in" he continued, more tears flowing. In all of time, this is the first time anybody has actually seen him cry. "And now it's time to repay you" he growled deeply, eyes flashing dangerously.

He flew at Celestia, but was intercepted by Spike, who had jumped just a second after Discord. Spike bit hard on his leathery wing and Discord growled and wrapped his long body around him, squeezing tight. Spike gasped and sputtered, sweat dripping down his face. He took a deep breath and blew out emerald flames. Discord bellowed in rage and uncoiled, flying erratically to put himself out.

Spike was dropped thirty feet, and barely had time to open his wings before hitting the ground. Hard. Hard enough to leave an indent. He felt a small crack in his ankle, but was up and running to Celestia in a matter of seconds.

"Go! Go!" He bellowed. Celestia spread her wings and soared past the many trees. Spike followed close behind, picking up their leather bag and spreading his scaly wings. Discord, after extinguishing himself, followed the two, gaining quickly. Celestia was trying to form a teleportation spell, but couldn’t focus. He kept shouting at her.

"Did you pay each of the bearers a special visit? And what about Princess Twilight, whom you loved like a daughter!? Did you crack her neck? Or twist her leg off? Ooh, or did you lop off both her wings like Fluttershy!?" He called, going as quickly as he could. Celestia stopped abruptly.

"What are you doing!?" Hissed Spike.

"Shut up" whispered Celestia. "Shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up!" She repeated until she was screaming. She turned to face Discord, mane flowing straight up, looking ominously like fire. She flew at him and the two collided. She flew him into the ground, sending up a plume of dirt. They tunneled ten feet into the ground. A large ring of fire was burning around the rim, scorching trees. Discord jumped on her, cutting a deep gash in her front leg. Celestia tilted her head and stabbed her sharp horn clear through his green scaled leg. He screamed and yanked himself free. Blood dripped down onto her face from her horn. She grinned wickedly and licked it from her muzzle. Her eyes were glowing orange and her hair was starting to look more and more like fire.

"Celestia!" Called Spike, jumping into the pit. She whipped her head around and laughed.

"Not so fast, little boy" she growled, picking him up in her magic and throwing him against the wall. He gasped and his eyes widened in pain. His leg was certainly broken from the impact. Discord stood shakily and snapped. It seemed as though magic was being pulled from the earth itself and was condensing into one object. A small, black box appeared and sucked in the queen, who howled in fury. He limped over to Spike and asked him in a hoarse voice if he was okay. Spike nodded before stuttering out a question.

"WH-what did you do?" He asked, staring in wonder at the small box.

"Don't worry. I've encased her in here, and as we speak, the box is working to isolate her from her chaotic magic" explained Discord. "Now come on, before you bleed out. We need to get back"

Spike gave a short, hard laugh. "Back where?" He asked, gesturing around to the wilderness. Discord turned back and gave a knowing smile before raising his head to the north-east.

"To them."