THE CHAOS HAS BEEN DOUBLED!
ENTER SIREN!
~1~
Light.
A blinding white light fiercely struck her eyes as she opened them, breaking out of her thousand year slumber. As expected, a yawn was elicited as she sat up and excavated herself out of the dirt. Her slit eyes look tired, despite the lengthy sleep she had and her face a complete mess. It composed of mud and leaves, and various insects nested on her. The creature did not seem fazed by this, and simply shook her face; magic rippled through her which erased the dirtiness on her, and replaced it with cleanliness. It then spread both of it's wings which oddly did not seem to match, and shot into the sky, wanting to take a look at it's surroundings.
The creature could be seen looking at said surrounding's quite oddly, an expression of confusion written on it's face. It's face calmed considerably when it seemingly reached a conclusion and started to slowly descend to the ground.
"What in Tartar-" The voice it uttered, though feminine, was rather harsh and coarse. Quickly muttering under her breath, she snapped her talons and a glass of water appeared floating in midair, and the creature caught it and casually drank it.
She sighed, 'That's better...' The creature thought before resuming her speech, "Now, what in Tartarus has happened to the old draconequi colony?" She asked particularly no-one, tilting her head. She figured that they had all moved, which was quite odd seeing as that Equestria was their most frequent playground.
The creature was a draconequus, a being composed of many different animal parts such as lion, eagle, dragon and the like. Their bodies were long and slender, often containing any variation of brown fur, and everything else including their limbs, ears and wings were, as said before, made of different parts. Their hair were usually snow white, and their other hair: their manes, were usually black and ran down their necks.
Compared to other draconequi, she was a tad bit shorter than most. Also, Her hair was asymmetrical, her tail was lighter than the usual cardinal red, and the hair at the end of it was a light pink rather than white.
She shrugged, "Strange..." Though, to be honest, the very essence of being a draconequus was to be strange, and they normally weren't bound to rules, even ones they set themselves. She sat down to lay on the muddy grass which purified just before her back touched it, and sighed. She closed her eyes, 'Now, what do I remember?' she thought to herself, 'My name is Siren... I'm a draconequus... I have magic...' Siren could only blink as she struggled to think beyond that, and could only scratch the side of her head with a blush. 'And that's it.'
She blinked, surprised at how devoid of memory she was.
Siren sat up, "Well, it's not like it matters. I'll just locate the new colony and it'll all come back to me." Though suddenly, the light of Celestia's sun was blocked by what seemed to be a hooded figure, and from her eyes, it looked like a pony. She hissed, "Pony..." Siren could see the figure smile as it discarded it's cloak,
"Not quite right," It said in an oddly melodic voice, "Though I assure you, I do not bite." Siren's facial features calmed when she saw it was only a zebra, though she was quite curious as to why she was here.
"Oh yeah? Who are you?" She asked demandingly. Though despite the zebra being just as confused as she was, she chuckled,
"I am Zecora, an inhabitant of the Everfree." Zecora introduced herself simply, before her friendly face was replaced by that of concern, "I'm quite curious as to why you're here, care to privy?"
The draconequus sighed, seemingly ignoring her question, "What year is it?" And Zecora frowned, but decided to answer her question regardless.
The zebra blinked, "The year two-thousand-and-sixteen; everyone knows this, where have you been?" Siren had to chuckle at that. She had taken a thousand-year nap inside dirt, and she was also quite surprised that no-one had dug her out yet, not even other draconequi.
"Well, sleeping actually. For a thousand years right under this spot," Siren says as she taps a patch of muddy grass right next to her. Her face turned serious though when she stood up to ask her another question, one of considerable importance. Zecora had to step back a little bit as she witnessed the full height of Siren, and even more so at the expression on her face, "So, I suppose the war between draconequi and alicorn is over, hm?"
Zecora nodded her head. It was obvious that Siren was not up to date on this era, "Fortunately, yes. I heard that war was quite a mess." She addressed as she recalled some of the history books she had cooped up in her hut, "Thousands of years ago, did that war end, though only recently did relations amend."
Siren could only look at the zebra quizzically, "You mean... We're actually friendly with the ponies?" Zecora nodded with a smile. Siren was confused; ponies could not live with the chaotic draconequi due to their conflicting agenda, and it was also impossible due to the king, who was the spirit of chaos and disharmony and favored chaos over order. It would also be quite complicated integrating draconequi into normal lifestyles when that was the very thing they opposed.
"Precisely," She stated, "Though rather than 'they', I would say, 'he'." Zecora corrected, though Siren did not get what she meant by that. She tilted her head and motioned her paw to ask her to elaborate, and the zebra's face looked a bit more uncomfortable, like there was some sort of grave truth to all this.
"Discord is the only draconequus around, and all the others, I'm afraid, are nowhere to be found."
"Nowhere... to be found?" She parroted. Zecora expected her to to get upset, or even worse, start to sob, but surprisingly her demeanor was calm. She suddenly sighed, "Figures. The king was always so stupid..." She said, but Zecora pressed on.
"But what of your family? Or to them, you also give your apathy?" Zecora frowned, and much to her surprise, Siren waved her hand dismissively, seemingly uncaring.
"There's no concept of family in our culture. When we learn the basics of our chaos magic at a tender age, we have to fend for ourselves." Siren explained. Zecora frowned even more; in a world of harmony and friendship, not having a family seemed foreign to them. Even the harshest creatures, the dragons, had family.
"That seems horrible." Zecora reckoned, but Siren shook her head.
"It was manageable. T'wasn't that bad as others may think it to be, especially since all bodily needs are taken care of with my magic." The draconequus affirmed as a white sparkle twirled around her clawed fingertips before it disappeared in a snap.
Zecora could only stare at Siren, baffled. Nevertheless, she started to walk forwards, "C-Come, we shall go to my homestead. You must be hungry, so let's make sure you are fed." Siren tilted her head in confusion; if she knew of draconequi, surely she would know of their reality-warping abilities, essentially making her able to make her own food out of thin air. Though, she wondered how food of a newer era was like. So, she shrugged and nodded,
"Sure, why not? I suppose I can't spread chaos on an e-" She coughed, hoping she didn't hear, "I mean, you know... Let's just go." Zecora turned her head around and blinked, then turned it back around.
Princess Celestia sat in her study room, deep in thought. This was where she spent her time when she wasn't listening to snobby nobles at the Solar Court, or simply sitting on her throne. It was quite obvious that she was rather distressed, and often times where Luna, who was woken up by her sister's unease, asked what's wrong, she would normally dismiss it as stress from a long day as ruler of Equestria.
But that wasn't it.
She knew something bad was up; a quiet hum turned full blast. She sighed, closing her eyes. When you have been ruling Equestria for a thousand years or two, you could sometimes tell when something ominous was up, even if the intuition was unsubstantiated. Though even if whatever it was was a threat, it certainly did not show. Nothing sinister was happening around them, or threatening aura being displayed which villains would normally show. Neither was there any dark or malevolent magic associated with the being. No, instead, the magic was rather chaotic, incomprehensible... Like someone she knew.
"How odd." Celestia put a hoof to her lips. She quickly shook her head, "No matter. I will have to send the girls to investigate; hopefully they can provide much needed answers." She said to herself as she summoned a scroll and quill, quickly writing a letter to her faithful student.
Suddenly, a loud flash noise caused Celestia to jump a little, prompting her to look behind her with a frown. Once she realized who it was, she sighed. Celestia closed her eyes briefly before opening them once more, "Discord, that was very uncouth of you. You could've knocked."
"You're right, I could've." The master of chaos himself grinned, "But last time I checked, I'm not a member of your orderly little pony kingdom now am I?" He chuckled as he continued even more, "Oh, you should feel lucky, and you know it—this method of entry is a lot tamer than how I used to go about breaking into this spotless room: that alone should earn me a little praise."
A small smile emerged on Celestia's lips, "I suppose, But at least give me warning before you come in... however you do." Discord brushed his chin with a finger,
"I'll keep that in mind, Celestia~. Though, before we get started, I might as well promise not to do something brash or any of the sort, like making your tea taste like a hot, fiery jalapeno," He stated, eliciting a brow raise from the princess. Discord crossed his arms and rolled his eyes with a smile, "I know, quite rare for me to be on my best behavior, but it's true." Celestia blushed, the memory of her yelp at her morning breakfast, and the mess of tea she made still engraved in her mind.
Discord continued, "I'm afraid there's a matter that has come up that I believe the both of us simply cannot pass up."
Celestia walked to her window that overlooked the city, "I see that you've sensed it too. And it's true that we cannot dismiss this either." She was met with unexpected silence, however, and turned only to go wide-eyed at the sight of Discord staring inside her fridge and she also noticed the little chaotic touches he applied around the room, like the flowers dancing for instance,
"Whaaat?" Discord turned his head right around without moving his body, and unsurprisingly, his neck did not snap. "I don't think I've been in here before, but this room is so dull and orderly, I just had to apply some touches. Y'know, spice some things up for you!" His eyes widened moreso than Celestia's when he looked into the contents of her fridge, "My word! Celestia, you have absolutely nothing in here! Simple foods, salads, etcetera... I mean, the only good thing here is cake, but I say that doesn't count!"
Celestia merely shook her head with a short giggle, "I have a reputation to uphold, Discord. That includes maintaining the state of my body."
The lord of chaos rolled his eyes, crossing his arms. "You'd think with the recent endeavors of a certain six, those snobby subjects of yours would cut you a little more slack. Perfect Celestia with her perfect smile, room, diet, psh! Is there anything imperfect about you?"
She smiled, obviously taking notice of his indirect flattery, "Thank you for the compliment, Discord."
He shrugged as he took out some cake, "Say, you don't mind if I eat a slice of this cake, do you?" Discord smiled , and Celestia nodded back at him.
"Go ahead."
"Terrific! I should visit your poor, lonely soul more often. We could even come to a mutual benefit: My comedic values for a piece of your delectable cake." He took a fork out and stuck it onto the cake, simply opening his stomach and plopping the whole cake in, closing it afterwards. He smiled at himself for a second or two before a lightbulb appeared atop his head, "Oh! I apologize, we've gone off-topic."
"No need to apologize, it was my fault too." Celestia replied. She concentrated her horn to feel the magic from the Everfree once more, all the while keeping an eye on the draconequus in front of her. It was then when Celestia realized a connection. One between the one she was feeling, and Discord himself. "Chaos... magic?" The princess uttered in realization. It did make sense now that she thought more about it. It explained the unusual aura surrounding the being despite the little malevolence it bore or lack thereof.
A herd of blank mannequin ponies suddenly popped into existence behind Discord and became animate, stomping their hooves on the floor and cheering which caused a slight rumble within the castle. Normally, guards would've rushed in by this point, but for this period of time there was strictly no admittance to ponies other than Celestia and Luna themselves. The master of chaos clapped his hands together, "Oh, I thought you would never figure it out, Tia~" Discord smiled as he snapped his talons, making the mannequins disappear.
Celestia only gave him a stern look and sat down back on her chair, not amused, "Remember your own rules, Discord. No fooling around; we may have a crisis on our hooves." Discord only nodded, his mouth becoming a zip which he zipped up. "This... whatever it is, wields chaos magic. Like you do, Discord. If left unchecked, it could spell trouble for everypony."
Discord blinked for a while and then started to snicker, "Rules? Oh, Celestia! I'm honestly surprised you can look at me in the eye and ask me to follow rules." He said as his eye started to extend several meters until it reached Celestia's, causing her to back up a little. "I don't follow rules, Celestia. Not Discord's," He pointed to a confused looking clone of himself next to him which poofed away the next second, "Not me," He pointed to himself, "And certainly not you, Celestia~ ...Well, I mean, you don't have the Elements in your backpocket, I can assume?" He joked as the aformentioned snicker turned into full-blown laughter. Though once he realized his companion was not laughing along, he coughed as a single sweat bead drizzled down his forehead (which was actually chocolate).
He shrugged, "What? Do you really want me to be a mushy suck-up about this? I complimented you; at least let me feel a little edgy once in a while!" He pouted, "Oh fine! I suppose you and the girls keep me on a leash sometimes, but-"
"Ahem!" Celestia harshly coughed.
Discord made himself comfortable in his cotton candy cloud chair once more, "Yes, well, I do have an interesting theory to propose, if you don't mind." The princess nodded, and Discord cleared his throat. "Many beings can wield chaos magic, but it is very, very rare. The once-in-a-millennia type rare. Surprisingly, I'm not the only one who can use chaos magic currently. Besides that other thing we're sensing right now, there are two more: Pinkie Pie—should come as no surprise, and some other pony I don't really know."
Celestia raised a brow, "Are you suggesting that Pinkie Pie or this other pony could qualify as the cause of this influx?" She suggested, but Discord shook his head.
Discord snapped up some tea for him to sip, "No, in fact, I was only ruling them out. They're chaos prowess are too weak to be compared to what's in the forest. The same goes for any other species that can potentially wield chaos magic. It's only a small amount." He motioned his hand to emphasize this.
Celestia tilted her head, "What are you getting at, Discord? I don't under-"
Once he took a sip of his tea, he found that it was too bitter and snapped up some sugarcubes and dropped them into his tea. Once he took a sip again, he smiled. "Well, I believe that it's another draconequus. Crazy, I know right?" He grinned slyly, anticipating her shocked reaction.
As expected, Celestia stood up from her chair full height in shock. As far as she knew, with the exception of Discord, the draconequi were extinct. There was also the problem of how Celestia herself was not able to detect the being in hiding, and also surprised at it's ability to
hide at all considering how powerful it was. Less powerful than she, but still something worth going over.
"Discord, you and I both know that isn't possible. The possibility of there being a survivor after what..." She paused, her facial features going glum as she looked at the chaos master sympathetically, "..happened is unlikely. We shouldn't assume without further ground."
The draconequus squirmed a little, his efforts to hide his discomfort quite obvious, "No need to lecture me, Celestia. It was only a theory. Besides, it'd be a worse case scenario if another creature somehow managed to amass this much chaos magic. Well, far more troublesome at least."
A flash of worry appeared on her eyes, but it went as quickly as it came. "I've sent the girls to investigate. I'd also strongly advise you to go with them."
He grinned, "Oh, gladly!" Discord was going to inquire about whether he should go, but he was happy that it was cleared up. He sauntered towards the door and opened it with a snap for him to leave. Though, instead of walking out, he made a portal through the door and left through that instead.
Celestia chuckled at his antics and closed the door with her magic, returning to her meditation.
Twilight happened to be walking around a chalkboard with a chalk in hoof, and her students in the makeshift classroom was a bored, nonchalant Spike and an interested Starlight Glimmer.
"-And that, is why a true friend should help a friend in need, even if it means some sort of compromise. I learnt that myself not too long ago." Twilight explained with considerable enthusiasm. She had been teaching Starlight more of the wonders of friendship, and since she mostly talked from experience, their lessons were that much more effective. It also helped that her faithful student had the willingness and enthusiasm to learn. She smiled giddily to herself, this is what she loved: sharing her knowledge and experiences with others. What better topic to share than friendship? Spike, on the other hand, was not helping.
"Twilight, why am I even here? You always do this..." Spike moans as he rests his chin on the crystalline desk, inspecting his claw. "I mean, I've been with you and the girls on adventures, I'm practically a friendship veteran myself!"
Twilight smiled at him nonetheless, "I know Spike, but it doesn't hurt to be reminded about it! These lessons help me remember my experiences just as much as it helps Starlight learn." She then walked to him and pulled his chin up, "Now, no more ruining the mood, okay Spike?" She asked gently, and Spike tiredly mumbled yes nonchalantly.
Starlight decided to pipe in, "Thank you again, Twilight. These lessons are helpful as always! I'll make you proud." She beamed, and that made Twilight warm and fuzzy all inside. This kind of reminded her of her days with Celestia as a filly. She sighed to herself; Twilight never imagined herself to be a princess, let alone having a faithful student. The lavender mare imagined she'd be a teacher at Celestia's school or hopefully the librarian of the Canterlot archives. But just because she couldn't be either of those things anymore, it certainly did not mean she had any regrets, not one.
"I'm sure you will, Starlight. Though, as you already know, you have to go experience friendship also. Knowledge of it won't cut it; I've learnt that too." Twilight also explained before placing a hoof on her chin, "Speaking of friends, how is everything going with Trixie?"
Starlight beamed brightly, "Oh! It's been great! It's nice to have someone to relate to, even if her wrongdoings were on a smaller scale than mines." The unicorn nervously chuckled, blushing too. Spike shrugged, managing to smile,
"Eh, I'd say you shouldn't worry about that aspect of what you've got in common with Trixie. Doesn't really do you any good, Starlight." Spike advised, and she nodded. Spike suddenly realized something and turned to Twilight, "Hey Twilight? I'm gonna be having a hangout with the guys this weekend. Mind if I go?" The drake queried, and Twilight tilted her head at him.
"Guys? Who?" She replied, wanting to know who Spike was hanging out with. He is a baby dragon after all; his safety mattered to her.
Spike shrugged, "Y'know, Big Mac and uh, Discord... People you know, so... It's alright, right?" He inquired once more, and Twilight thought this over for a bit before eventually allowing him.
"Alright Spi-"
Before she could finish her sentence, a vertical line appeared out of nowhere. Everyone scrunched her face up in confusion until a eagle talons and lion paws emerged out of said line to pry it open, revealing a yellow portal. The one who stuck his head out was the obvious Discord.
"Did someone say my name?" He sung, his whole body now out of the portal and looking at the trio upside-down. He slithered down an invisible wall to the ground to meet them at ground level. "I'm touched to hear that you all make sure to keep memory of me, despite my rare appearance." The spirit of chaos dramatically placed a palm to his chest smugly. Though Twilight merely blinked at him, and Discord rolled his eyes. "Okay, you're not the first Alicorn princess to act rather surprised at my abrupt entry. I mean, come on, that wasn't even alarming by my standards! Who's next? Luna? Cadence? Psh!" He shook his head and slowly moved his talons towards Twilight's mouth, the latter doing nothing to stop him, and morphed her idle expression to a smile, "See? Now you're happy to see me, and likewise!"
Twilight shook his hand off and went on to ask him why he was here, "Discord? What brings you here?" The alicorn turned to her number-one assistant who shrugged in response, "Is it Spike? I heard your... 'hangout' wasn't until this weekend?"
"Oh, that." His expression turning pouty, "T'was supposed to be an S-Class secret, Spike. Now we just have to hope they don't revenge crash our party too," whined Discord, and Spike gave him a nervous smile. Discord waved it off however, "No, I assure you it's not that, Twilight. I'd imagine you're going to have to bring along your lovable companions for this one. I don't have much info, but me and dear Celestia have sensed a large abundance of chaos magic in the Everfree, so we better get a move on before ponies suspect that I'm the source of all the chaotic happenings and chocolate rainclouds... I seriously need to get an alibi for that type of thing..." He prompted, muttering the last part quietly.
Twilight walked a bit around the crystalline room, a hoof to her lips, "Chaotic magic? A large abundance?" She thought aloud, "The only entity with a huge amount of chaos magic is Discord... Could it be?"
Discord immediately knew what she was thinking and shook his head no, "I'm the last draconequus around, I'd doubt there'd be another. Well, kind of." He then groaned, "Well then, hurry along. I'm anxious enough that I could just snap myself there and leave you here."
Twilight nodded and followed Discord out, stopping at the door-frame, "Starlight, can you take care of the castle while I'm gone?"
The heliotrope-colored pony nodded, "Will do, Twilight!"
Twilight smiled at her as Spike hopped onto her back, and she galloped off.
Author's Note
Hey guys, DJPON-4 here! I'm proud to present to you my first story on FimFiction, and I'm rather proud with the first chapter. I hope you can all enjoy this piece of literature, and any other I may produce in the future. That's all I wanted to say!
Thank you for reading. 
-DJPON-4
THE CHAOS HAS BEEN DOUBLED!
A NEW WORLD, A NEW WAY!
~2~
"So, Twilight?" A cyan-coloured pegasus piped up, trotting up to her friend, "What's this important thing you needed to tell all of us about? I'm kinda in the middle of reading the new Daring Do book!" After that sentence, Pinkie Pie dashed up to her friend's face, her nose pressing up against hers,
"Ooh! You mean the one with you, Daring Do and your new coltfriend Quibble Pants?" She grinned disturbingly, and Rainbow pushed her out the way with her hoof.
"For the last time, Pinkie, he's NOT my coltfriend!"
Pinkie tilted her head idly and put a hoof to her chin as she continued to walk backwards to keep up with the rest of her friends, "Oh, you're right! You already have one: Soarin, right?" She sang, bouncing a few feet away from Dash and inadvertently saving her from her wrath.
Rainbow still blushed however, "He's... uh, not my coltfriend either!" The rainbow-maned pegasus huffed and faced away from everyone in embarrassment.
Rarity noticed her friend's distress and glared at the party pony, "Pinkie, it's not nice to tease." The fashionista advised, "You should apologize."
But Pinkie merely looked at her quizzically, "Whaat? But I actually meant-" She glanced towards the scowling pegasus, "Omigosh! I'm so, so sorry Dashie! Don't worry, my mouth is zipped!" She exclaims as a zip magically implants itself over Pinkie's mouth, adding confusion to both Rarity and Rainbow but they dismissed it as Pinkie just being Pinkie.
Twilight suddenly snapped out of contemplation right then and there and turned to her friends, a sheepish smile on her face, "S-Sorry everypony. I was too busy assessing the situation that I actually forgot to tell you what it's about."
Applejack shook it off with a beam, "Aw shucks, sugarcube. No need ta' feel sorry 'bout that. How about ya' tell us now? I'm sure all of us are itching to know."
Twilight nodded and cleared her throat, "Well, to put it simply, there's a creature as dangerous as Discord in the Everfree Forest, and Princess Celestia has sent us to investigate. It's also the reason why Discord is here with us."
Instantly, everypony tensed up a bit. Nearly everypony's faces seemed to be a mixture of concern and worry. But unlike any other, Pinkie jumped into the air and pumped her hoof up. Everyone looked at her strangely, "What? You mean I'm the only one excited for double the chocolate rain, candy and strange-but-funny shenanigans? Aw pooey!" She sat upright on her rump with her forelegs crossed.
Fluttershy noticed something however, "But I thought only draconequus' could use chaos magic? Is it another one maybe?" Everyone except Discord and Twilight contemplated on this for a second before Discord decided to break the short silence,
"Well, I have two corrections for you, dear Fluttershy. Not only I can use chaos magic; there's one among us that obviously uses it, and as far as I know, I am the last of my kind. Well, maybe." Discord sighed as he floated in the air lazily with his back towards the ground, "One can dream, however! If it were so, then Twilight dear, you could kiss your orderly schedules goodbye!" He chuckled as he kissed the tip of his lion paws which floated away.
"Wow, dude." Spike turned on Twilight's back to face him, "Last of your kind? Must be depressing and all, knowing you're the only one like yourself in a world as big as Equestria!" said Spike, extending his arms away from each other in emphasis.
Discord nodded idly and sighed once more, "Oh, don't worry about that! Friends are a fine substitute for family. Rather be with the cool kids than familial oddballs like myself. I suppose I take back what I said earlier; if somepony's going to generate laughter in the most peculiar ways, it's going to be me!"
Pinkie piped up in protest, "Hey, that's my job!" She whined, and Discord grinned at her, snapping his fingers so that her zip could reappear on her mouth. She pouted in response.
Everyone shared laughter for a moment, even Pinkie despite her zipped mouth which poofed away as she did so. The group stood at the entrance to the Everfree Forest. Fluttershy tensed for a moment, but Rarity put a hoof to her shoulder in reassurance.
Twilight looked back with a smile, "Alright girls, let's go in! I know with complete certainty that we can take on anything in there, but don't look in the eyes of the Cockatrice if you see one!"
Discord huffed, "Oh I've got a bone to pick with creatures that turn others to stone. Do they not know how annoying that is? I couldn't even scratch my left cheeck, or tell others to stop climbing on me and taking pictures! I am positively indignant about that!" He said as he snapped and turned himself to stone in his second position but leaving his mouth out instead, "I mean, this pose you girls left me in made me the laughing stock of garden ornaments!" The draconequus' whined as the stone crumbled off of him.
Fluttershy put a hoof to his dragon leg in empathy, "Don't be annoyed, Discord. You've learnt from your past mistakes, so I know it won't happen again." She assured gently, but Discord still had a slight scowl.
"Elements of Thousand-Year Naptimes more like..." He muttered to himself, leading the way into the nefarious forest. "Just follow my lead and I promise you all will be exempt from any danger this forest throws at us."
The Mane Six smiled at him and followed him as ordered.
Siren sighed dreamily as she drunk on her chocolate beverage, "This tastes great! Never even heard of chocolate back then." Zecora smiled as she cleaned up some snack remains on her table. The draconequus gave her a toothy grin, "Thanks for the hospitality, I guess."
Zecora shook her head dismissively, "It wouldn't be humane of me to just leave you there, it's only natural that I spare some of my care." She assures as she resumes cooking up her brew. Siren felt the need to inquire on this,
"What's with the pot of goop? Are you an enchantress?" She queried, and Zecora gave a warm laugh. It certainly wasn't the first time someone made that assumption,
"I practice no type of voodoo, I assure you." said Zecora who then returned to her brew.
Siren chuckled in response, standing full height now, "Ah, well. I best get going now. There's a whole world out there, and I'm itching to spread some chaos." She stated lazily, starting to walk out. Zecora stopped her however as she had a concerning query.
"Chaos? Please refrain and do explain." She rhymed, and Siren rolled her eyes. Shouldn't it be common knowledge that she would want to do chaotic things?
'Unless this other draconequus is a stupid suck-up to ponies, I don't think this zebra should be surprised.' She thought with a grunt, "Did I stutter? I said I'm going to spread some chaos. I mean, what did you expect?"
"You can spread chaos, but the harmless kind. This is an era of tranquility, I should remind. Hurting others is not what you should do, and as for your chaos, mind giving me a preview?"
Siren groaned, "Gladly." She simply uttered as she snapped her paws, tying Zecora from her hoof to her neck and hanging her upside down right above her brew. Zecora was about to protest, but the draconequus snapped some ductape onto her mouth, silencing her for good. "You know, I hate being questioned. I also hate the way you rhyme with your words. Now, I'll see myself out. Try and find a way off and in one piece yourself." She insulted as Zecora continued to muffle through the tape.
With a single snap, Siren was outside. "Jeez, I hope that taugh-" She was cut off by ferocious growls emanating from behind the trees, the darkness masking the sources and all that was seen were eerie green eyes that glared at Siren. She sighed, their stupidity for their attempt to assault her laughable.
"Timberwolves, hm? I haven't seen you in thousands of years, so let's see if you got some new tricks up your sleeves." Siren taunted as the timberwolves' bodies suddenly came to light, snarling at the draconequus. A sadistic smile was present on her face as the timberwolves lunged at her, though to a being like her their efforts were unfairly futile. With each attempt at attack, the wooden wolves met their own demise, and their wooden coats dismembering one by one.
Soon, there was a huge cluster of planks stacked together, and Siren sighed once more. "Seems I've still got it." She muttered as she dusted off her hands, "No more distractions, finally..."
Now that she was left with her own thoughts, she decided to start contemplation on what may be new in this world, and what to probably expect. For instance, she wondered who ruled the lands of Equestria nowadays? Was it still Queen Galaxia and her husband, King Cosmos? The possibility was there, but it was quite unlikely considering that since their two heiresses would probably be of adulthood as of right now, and reign would've been passed on to them. The draconequus was also quite surprised that none of the alicorn have come to hunt her, considering their excellent sensory abilities.
Abruptly, a deep, disembodied voice resonated through the area she was in, and since this probably meant more troublesome affairs, Siren grunted once more, "I apologize, dearie, but it seems we may have to trouble you with just one more distraction..."
"Really?" She simply uttered, a scowl which fully describes her irritation plastered onto her face, "Well, why don't you show yourself before I lose interest and teleport away? Or maybe I should just come to you..." Though before she could do so, the voice immediately returned.
"You're not a fun one, are you? Well then-"
Promptly, a hyperactive voice piped up, cutting the mysterious voice off, "I AM!" It exclaimed, making the earlier voice gasp, and 5 new ones shout simultaneously:
"PINKIE!"
The party pony nervously chuckled, "S-Sorry!" The bushes rustled for a moment.
The first voice groaned, a slap sound heard indicating a facepalm, "Well, thanks to one audacious little equine, I believe there's no point hiding it now. Step out of hiding everyone." Reluctantly, everyone one-by-one started to walk out from their rather obvious hiding spots with idle expressions, (though Pinkie retained her guilty expresson.) inspecting the new draconequus in awe. She was like Discord, but in many ways none. The ponies were expecting Discord with a feminine face and lighter coat, and while she held resemblance with him, she wasn't quite like him.
Though despite her dislike for the ponies, Siren was fixated on the tall, jumble of animals before her. She backtracked to what Zecora said about a draconequus named Discord, and not only that, she could sense by his magic that he was also the Spirit of Chaos, the newest one. At first, she wanted to affront him for being too soft and friendly to their sworn enemy, but decided to keep her mouth shut for the moment. Siren could also see that Discord was also just as surprised to see her as she was to him, which was quite odd, but she remembered that he was the only draconequus around for thousands of years. Realizing this, she instantly started to sympathize with him, kind of able to relate herself though not much considering she was asleepp for the time he spent alone.
Siren had so many questions ranging from what he did with his time spent alone, or how was he able to get all friendly with the ponies. She would ask them, yes, but for now, her natural reaction was to give him a warm hug. She didn't know why she actually did this since she hated being touched and hugging, and she wasn't exactly a caring person either, though strangely enough she did not have regrets doing so.
"You must've been so lonely, big guy."
Well, this was certainly not what he was expecting. With Discord being a being of great power, he was always so used to looking down on others and being manipulative, pulling strings and such as if the world was his puppet. No one could say no to him, and nothing except for the Elements themselves could directly oppose him. He was free to change his playground as he saw fit, and everypony would just have to deal with it. Though now that someone with the same power as he has entered the mix, he simply didn't know how to react.
Pinkie Pie whispered to her friends in response to the rather intimate moment between the two draconequi, "I think they're having a moment...!" The mare uttered rather obviously.
Discord didn't return the hug however, simply standing there and scratching his cheek, "Well, uh..." He blushed, slithering out of her grasp. Rainbow Dash took it as her chance to start laughing at the two, very much amused at the nervous Discord.
"Discord shy? Never thought I would see the day!" She giggled until Applejack gave her a slight nudge beckoning for her to stop. The pegasus coughed, "Uhh, sorry."
Discord circled around Siren with genuine surprise, admiring her every feature. With the being in front of him, it became glaringly apparent that Discord longed for someone like him, even if he did not know that himself. Though long ago, there were instances where Discord had attempted to emulate other draconequi like creating clones of himself with differing personalities, but it wasn't the same. Or, in better use of words, couldn't be the same. He gulped as a feeling gripped his heart: Joy. His breathing intensified; he was so happy that he bounced around the area of forestry they were in, the foliage, critters and such chaotically adjusted to match his emotions. This resulted in a mess of pure chaos, and everyone else could only stare at him dumbfounded.
"Oh, yes yes yes! You don't even know how long I've been waiting for this! ...Heck, even I didn't know how long I've been waiting for this! You're a straight up miracle, you know that? The embodiment of a good surprise I say!" He giggled giddily, "I've never been so joyful since my glorious heyday! Suck it, manipulative puppeteering and whopee cushions, you don't even come close to this!"
"I'm flattered... I think." Siren scratched her ear, a bit weirded out now. A reaction like this was probably to be expected, but it surely did not mean she was prepared.
"Ah, yes well..." He started to get all sheepish now that his joy burst was coming to an end, "As soon as we're done with the interrogation, we're sure to have much fun. So, what will it be for starters? Generic pranks? Cryptic life-lessons about friendship and the like? Dogs to eat little filly's homeworks? I mean, you are a newbie, aren't you? I suggest we start with the lame, unstimulating basics before we arrive at the more dazzling, harder stuffs." He advised.
"No I don't," She protested, "Wouldn't it be more fun and chaotic to start at the more advanced-level stuff anyway?" Discord thought about this for a second, but decided to press more on his own recommendation anyway,
"I suppose so, but I say it would be fun anyway! For you at least. Besides, all this stuff I'm going to teach you is new to you, since you evidently haven't been awake to witness a new era of jokes and gags. Oh, and-" He paused for a minute, realizing something grand, "Oh my... Pinkie, come on over!"
She happily obliged and hopped on over, and Discord slung an arm around her shoulder, whispering something into her ear. Her eyes, in response, glistened and she started to chuckle.
"Alright, uhh, what's your name?" He grinned quite disturbingly, and she responded simply,
"Siren."
"Okay, okay, Siren..." He started, trying to keep his giggles contained, "Why did the skeleton leave the party?" Discord asked, and though curious, she remained silent. Discord took this as his cue, "Because he had no body to dance with!"
The edge of Siren's lip started to creep up in response, and visibly failed trying to hide it. Pinkie turned back to her confused friends and whispered, "It's new to her...!"
It was Pinkie's turn, "Why was six afraid of seven?" She snickered.
"I-I... uhh..."
"Because seven-eight-nine!" She roared in laughter, and though not on the same scale as Pinkie, Siren started to giggle herself. Rarity looked quizzical, tilting her head at Siren who was giggling herself,
"I struggle to see how that is even remotely funny! Literally, what a crude joke!" Rarity had to raise her voice a bit amidst the laughter. Discord shushed her however, prompting a growl from her.
"What do you call an alligator in a vest?" Pinkie started once more, her hiccups affecting her words a little. But before Siren could say anything, she revealed the punchline: "An investigator!" She screamed as she resumed her laughter. Siren was genuinely laughing now, and Discord wanted to test if the most generic joke ever would work on her,
"Alright, alright. I got a real killer!" He beamed, "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
"W-Why?" The female draconequus asked, her voice faltering a little.
"To get to the other side!" As soon as he uttered that, Siren fell to the ground in laughter, struggling to contain her fit of giggles. The other five just stared at them in disbelief, still not being able to comprehend the situation in front of them.
The spirit of chaos wiped a tear off his eye, "Oh, those jokes... So gorgeously cliche, but luckily, I've found the perfect victim to gobble up all my leftover gags and whatnot, knowing she'll laugh at all of them. Literally better than what I expected!" He chuckled.
Pinkie Pie sprang up in agreement, nodding her head frantically, "Me too!"
Siren, who now regained her composure with a blush, just glared at Pinkie and grasped Discord's wrist, "C'mon. We have a lot to talk about." The female draconequus tried to pull him away from the girls, but his wrist simply detached from the rest of his arm, prompting her to fall over a little. She growled, "What's your problem?"
He rolled his eyes, "Simmer down, will you? I'm well aware that I'm one of the more dashing draconequi, but I fail to see why you should go all obsessive." He stated as a matter-of-factly, earning a pout from Siren. He started to move in the air in a slithering fashion around the female, "And besides, I have just as much queries as you do, and I'm hoping you can be a dear and let me ask them first."
She crossed her arms and flicked some of her hair, "Fine, fine. Make it quick though!" Siren advised, tapping her foot impatiently. Discord coughed, ready to start the little Q&A, but it seemed Twilight went and beat him to the punch knowing that his 'queries' would be fairly unimportant and a general waste of time.
"Um, miss? My name is Twilight Sparkle, and-"
Siren groaned, "I don't care. And I'm not talking to you either." She turned away from the lavender pony, and onto her fellow draconequus, her eagle hand motioning for him to continue. Discord just blinked however, realizing that on second thought, it'd probably be for the best that they speak first.
But once again, he was prevented from talking at all when Rainbow Dash suddenly flew right in front of Siren's face. His eyes boggled at that, knowing there would be very bad consequences, "Hey! I don't like how you're talking to my friend that way! She did nothing to deserve your rudeness, and she's a princess! Give her some respect!" Dash exclaimed, causing Siren to snap her fingers and a dummy appeared on her mouth. Pinkie put a hoof around her mouth to cover her giggles.
"I don't need to listen to your princess. I'm an entirely different species you moron!" She barked at her in reply. Applejack and Rarity started to walk forwards to defend both of their friends, but Rainbow stopped them with one hoof.
"Even so, I'm not going to sit by while you ignore her like that. She has a lot of important questions to ask and I suggest you let her speak!"
Siren snarled at her, but before she could do something dangerous, Discord appeared right in front of her in a flash, "Dear, I quite frankly agree with the pegasus. I suppose with my humble heart I shall allow her to go through with any inquiry she may have." Siren looked unconvinced, and Discord rolled his eyes. "Wouldn't you want to play with your food before eating it? I certainly would. Honestly, you're inadvertently proving that our race are full of boringly cliche numbskulls that are capable of surviving an hour on Celestia's court." He crossed his arms, eyeing her accusingly.
At wits end, all she could say was: "No I'm not..." She replied in a less hostile-tone. A grin crept up the sides of his mouth,
"Oh, yes you are!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you-"
Twilight cut them both off, "Okay, before an unnecessary string of words ensue, I believe we should get out of this forest first." The unicorn prompted, and Discord silently nodded with a smile while Siren pouted. The only way she would follow them was if Discord was doing likewise, and since he was, she had an obligation to. Siren remembered something however,
"Oh fine... Do you have a zebra friend inside that hut though?" She asked and they all nodded.
Applejack tilted her head, "Yeah, why?" Siren quickly shook her head,
"It's... nothing, whatever." The draconequus responded idly, and when their looks turned rather suspicious, she immediately tried to assure them that nothing was wrong, "She just helped me to some tea, that's all. Now can you stop giving me that look? It's making me even more unwilling!" She snapped, and they decided to shrug it off (except Rainbow, who was still giving her the eye.).
With a sigh, Twilight turned to Discord. "Could you do the honors, Discord?" He nodded,
"Certainly!" He obliged, though right before teleportation, a faint splash could be heard, indicating that Zecora broke free of her binds courtesy of Siren herself. Before she could warn them however, they were already gone.
Zecora huffed, "How rude. Compared to Discord, she is rather crude..." The zebra mused as she walked back into her hut, dripping with her pot's 'goop', as Siren described it.
