Spirits don't want to be Demons.
Chapter 1
Load Full StoryNext ChapterI am Aaron, I find myself sitting inside a room of white. There was no real definition to this, it all looked the same wherever I looked, the only thing that really stands out to me is the desk in front of me. It is mahogany. On this desk is a peice of paper and three items; a broken glass panel representing Discord from MLP FiM, a golden helmet with horns, and the Wabbajack. I felt like I should know these items from something, another story perhaps? I swear that I wrote about these three things at one point. I pick up the paper and read it:
Hello Mr A {REDACTED}
I am pleased to inform you that you are the latest winner of our ongoing competition!
Sadly, there are only three items left to give away. BUT, luckily for you, we at the Void Merchant Guild are letting you choose your fate. We don't usually do this, but you are the best fit for all three roles and seeing as you are too LAZY to go to a con, we just kidnapped you instead! Brilliant, is it not? Now, whatever you do, DO NOT~This is covered by a coffee stain~ Okay, now that I have got the warning out of the way. Choose your fate! You will be stuck in White for eternity if you do not. On a side note: please hurry up, Faust has booked the White and that appointment is in thirty minutes.
Yours sincerely, Merchant Bob (I quit Hydra some time ago.)
I put down the letter. I find it amusing that Hydra Bob has a better job, probably pays more too, selling at comi-con in multiple dimensions must require alot of work. Wait... If I have truly been kidnapped by the Merchants Guild, I will be recognised as a Displaced!
Crap, I will be recognised as Displaced... With this thought in mind, I look towards my three choices. On closer inspection, I see that the glass panel represents Discord, and going by the obvious theme, I can deduce that I will have to choose between Discord, Loki and Sheogorath.
I believe that being displaced as Discord has the most potential, as a Frost Giant with daddy issues and a Daedra who loves cheese both have limited potential magically.... I reach towards my choice, Discord.
With the glass panel in my hands, I start to feel a tugging sensation behind my navel. The chair I'm sitting on is pulled out from under me and I fall backwards into the abyss.
Then the pain started.
I woke up with the feeling of grass under me, with stone rubble all around me. My eyes open, I see a strange figure standing over me, it looks rather ugly, uglier than I was as a human. Its eyes narrow at me:
"I can hear you, stop your monolog and stand up already!"
I stood up, coming face to face with the being that can only be Discord himself. He looks older than he does in the show, much older, graying fur and wrinkles and dull scales. With the rubble around our feet, I can see that he only just broke out of his statue. I ask him why he is old. His posture slouches down and he frowns as he tells me.
"I'm old, human, older than this planet infact. As far as I know, I'm the only version of me that is this old." He straightens up, smirks and his eyes gain a spark that was not there. "Now, I see that the Merchants have given me an heir -you in fact- and that involves me giving you all my powers and abilities, best part is that you are young, you have more creativity than an old man. Also, my old age restricts my powers by quite a bit, so you will be alot more powerful as well. My powers were once on par with the Eldrich, my little human heir, and you will get to have it all!" He is happy, dancing and swimming and skipping around me. "Also, you get to look like anything you want, you could even become me in appearance, though I don't recommend that one if you plan to make friends." He looks sad at the mention of making friends, I realise that this version of Discord won't get the chance to become friends with Fluttershy, he knows he will be dead before that happens.
I accept being his heir, but I thought I would become a displaced Discord and there would be two of us running around, guess not then. He tells me that transferring his power will cause a wave of magic that alicorns could feel, they would not know what it was but they will bring every guard with them after the wave stops, and by then, he will have disintergrated completely, leaving only me in the garden. I know how to deal with it, so I say we do it here so they can feel his last burst of chaos. He grins a sadistic grin and agrees, we start the power transfer immediately.
I come back to my senses to see myself standing alone, first thing I do is use my abilities to collect all the rubble from Discord's prison, I melt it all down and formed a tombstone out of it. Using my new abilities, I compress it down and heat it further, intent on forming both black and white marble. When Im done, the tombstone is in a white and black checkerboard pattern. it says his name and under it a statement...
"A DEAD WORLD IS A MONUMENT TO ORDER, IN ORDER TO KEEP IT ALIVE YOU NEED CHAOS"
It seemed fitting that I put that. Next, I conjured roses in all the colors of the rainbow, made it so they never wilt, and placed them in front of the tombstone. I know I have an audience now and I don't care, they have chosen not to approach me right now.
I sit down, crosslegged, in front of the tombstone. I don't know how long I sat there, staring at it, but the sun has moved a good distance now. I felt two presences next to me, Luna and Celestia, sitting down with me. They are devoid of any armor, and both have tears in their eyes.
"I don't have his memories, only his experience." I say to them. They look at me, just staring silently. "It is strange," I say, "Knowing how to do things I could not ever percieve less then a day ago" They seem confused at this, I realise that I have not introduced myself to them, "My name is Aaron, Discord chose me to inherit his powers."
"There is usually rubble after a statue breaks," Celestia says, "What happened to it?" she asks. I say nothing at that, I just nod my head towards the tombstone. She realises what I have done with it and nods her head as if confirming it in her mind.
Just then, I felt what seems to be a spear jab me harshly in the back, it is then that I remember there being several dozen guards in this area. "What should we do with the freak, your highness?" I heard. I frowned at that, so did the princesses. Celestia was about to speak up, but I beat her to it. I turn around and face the guard, standard white fur and polished brass.
I rise my left eyebrow and speak, "Freak am I?" I ask in a Voldemort-esque voice, he nods his head rapidly, "I cannot be the freak," I say to him. He gets angry at this opens his mouth to ask why. At this point I am standing up, a full head over him. I cut him off from speaking, "I cannot be called a freak, especially by someone who is threatening another with a pair of dildos." I point at his spear. He looks down at his spear only to find a dildo, stallion-shaped dildos, in each hand. The other guards are snickering at him now, the princesses holding back giggles. "From the size of those dildos, I guess you could be compensating for something, possibly your name?" I ask him, looking into his eyes deeply with a searching look. The guard looks at me with fear in his eyes, he knows he is about to be humiliated. I then look around and see that the guards all look the same, except for the one with the purple star on his chest. I shrug my shoulders and just look at him with a dismissive look. "Ah well, I guess you would be compensating for something at least. What do you think Small Shaft?" I look him directly in the eyes as I say it. The guards, after hearing his name, burst out in laughter. Small Shaft faints in humiliation and shock. The princesses are trying so hard not to laugh, Luna fails to hold it in, and laughs just as hard as the guards.
While they are all distracted in their laughter, I just calmly snap my fingers and appear in what looks like the throne room. Sadly, Princess Celestia was not as distracted as I thought. She teleported in a few seconds after myself. I predicted this and set up a table and two chairs for us. She eyed me warily, sitting down in the chair opposite to mine. The table was made of mahogany.
"What are you?" She asked,
"Human, or I was." I replied,
"Was?"
"Me gaining Discords powers must of changed something genetically, it's either that or the pain I experienced entering this world changed my body to allow me the ability called the manipulation and reconfiguration of energy." She looked at me like I was insane, I probably was, to be honest.
"Or," She said, "Your kind have always had magic and the pain was from your body not being used to it" I thought about it deeply, even stroking my chin.
"Nah..." I said, while shaking my head. She looks a bit calmer now, probably because I seem normal in this situation.
I sense six figures running towards the throne room -I know who they are- and gave Celestia a cheshire's grin. She looked unnerved at that so I tuned it down to a more human-like grin, she still looked unnerved.
"Oh Princess~" I sang, "How would you like to play a prank on the Elements of Harmony?" She tentatively agreed, and asked me what I will do to them. "Simple, I will play the villain, you just need to play along." She put her head into her hands and asked how that would work. With a flash of light, I took on the appearance of a younger Discord. She looked shocked, that is, until she started to grin happily.
There was a flash of light, and the stage was set, the actors are all in their positions ready to play their part...
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