This space... it felt like eternity. I couldn't feel anything, no sadness, no pain, no happiness, nothing. Is this what it was like to die? I didn't believe in any sort of afterlife and this was basically what I had envisioned, but I couldn't help but be disappointed. No longer would I be able to do, well anything really. The fact that I was able to think astonished me. But that also made me ponder, what if I'm not quite dead? If that were true then this could be considered a type of limbo.

“You are close yet so far away.” His voice seemed to come from every direction of the space at once.

“Yes mortal this plane of existence is me so it would only make sense. As for why you are here, or at least your conscious, is I channeled a small potion of my power into you. Through that little eye of yours. The chaotic nature of my magic is changing you as we speak. So before you are gone I must ask, at your core what are you?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“What I mean is, if you took away everything you think you should be and everything the world thinks you should be what are you?”

I didn't know how to answer. Every single person is first molded by the society that they were raised in. Then came the events of ones life shaping them into a different person day by day. Lastly after a person started to form their own opinions and beliefs they could see what they wanted to be and work towards that. Take everything away would mean we are no more than what we truly are, but that person has been buried for so long there isn't any hope of finding them.

“You sound troubled so let me shed some light on this. You want to spread chaos with child like glee. To smile at destruction and be genuinely happy. To look upon pain and suffering like a game to be played. That is the real person known as 'Grim.' When you return there will be no memories of a past life, maybe some lingering emotions but they will fade with time. This curse makes a being that can be no more than the sum of its parts and all you are... is flesh and blood.”

Why is everything so dark? What is this place and who are these two staring at me? That seems rather rude. Maybe I'll just ask.

“You there, yes the dark one, why do you two insist on staring at me? Is there something caught in my teeth? Perhaps I forgot to comb my hair? Or could it be the both of you just find me attractive?”

Their jaws looked like they were about to unhinge and I couldn't help but laugh at the shocked expressions the two wore. “Grim is that really you?”

“Grim? Really that's my name? It sounds like something a broody teenager would come up with. I think I'll change that, how about... Discord? Oh yes, I like that ring that one has to it.” I appeared behind the two of them and pulled each one close. “Since you know my name why don't you tell me yours.”

The white one spoke up, her voice was tinged with a little hurt as she spoke. “You don't remember us? My name is Celestia and that is my sister Luna.”

I put a paw to my chin in contemplation but came up dry. “Sorry doesn't ring any bells up here. Although I do feel like we have met before. So Tia, Lulu, why is it so dark here? Don't tell me we live in some sort of big empty because that would get dreadfully boring very quickly.”

“It is a spell I cast to shield our true appearances from the public.” Luna answered. She sounded as if she was struggling to hold back tears. “I can drop it now and we can go back to the castle.”

“Oh a castle? I'll lead the way then. Tally ho!” I simply passed through the bubble and approached a stone castle. Something about it felt vaguely familiar but that didn't matter since this place was in desperate need of some life. The stone grey walls with the stone grey floor just made me want to cringe. Without that bubble around I could feel and perceive the entire world around me and all of it was in a sorry state just like this castle. Lulu was still in the courtyard and very surprised that I could just waltz out of her little bubble. If she thought that was impressive just wait until I finish redecorating!

Tia on the other... claw, or was it paw? Anyway she was in a slightly less extravagant form and chasing me down telling me to 'wait.' There was no time for something like that with so much to be done. These smaller ponies had the right idea, they got out of my way whenever I got close. A few tried to stop me but a simple snap of my fingers was all it took to turn those spears into oversized bananas. Tia saw those and couldn't help but stop and stare. She started to look extremely hungry before snapping out of it and finally catching up.

“Gr-, I mean Discord. We need to get back to my quarters and find a way to fix this. There must be a spell of some sort to get you back to normal!”

“Tia dear, there is nothing to fix I am what I am and there is nothing you or anyone else can do to change that. Whatever this 'normal' me is it sounds boring. I want no part in whatever it is. Now if you'll excuse me I need to start.”

“Start what?”

“Why redecorating of course!” With a snap of my fingers the whole room changed. It was now a lovely shade of neon pink with toxic green polka dots. The chairs were all stuck to the ceiling and lollipops were growing like trees from the floor. “Ah! So much better! After the castle is done I can move on to all of the rest.”

“The rest?”

“Yes dear, this whole world is in desperate need of some chaos to spice it up. I just can't wait to finish here and get to work.”

“Discord, what about all of the ponies and other creatures? What will they do in a world without order?”

“Them? What does it matter? They'll be fine, I mean there isn't any way they'll need food or water. I have all of that covered. They'll even get to move around all the time. I want to make the world shift near constantly so nobody will ever get bored. There will always be fun to be had and... oh hello there Lulu. You look a little pale could I interest you in some chocolate milk?” A little magic and voila a glass of milk for little Luna. She eyed it suspiciously before taking a sip. She must have liked it since she downed the rest of the glass in one go.

“Thank you, Discord, now I must ask. How did you get through the barrier!?” She yelled in a voice that threatened to burst my eardrums.

“Lulu volume please, you lose your natural charm when you yell.” Her cheeks went a slightly darker shade of blue as she pouted. “As for your question I just rejected your reality and substituted my own. Easy peasy parasprite squeezy. Wait... Idea!” Another snap of the claws and the most adorable little bug popped into existence and flew off. The little devil would cause so much mayhem. Ah they grow up so fast.

While I had been creating new life Celestia had taken Luna off to the other side of the room to talk. I don't know what purpose she thought that served since I could see and hear better than they could.

“Luna we need to handle this swiftly and carefully. If he is even half as powerful as we think him to be this could end badly.”

“Sister do you think there is a way to get him back to the way he was?”

“I don't know Luna but first we need to incapacitate him and seal him away for the time being. Tartarus is the most secure location. As I said before we must hurry before he catches on”

“You know ladies I can hear everything and I don't much appreciate a conspiracy to throw me into jail. Now I may just be able to forgive you with enough time and cake. For now though I can't Have you meddle.” Their alternate forms could be troublesome if allowed to have the run of things so a simple lock ought to do the trick. One snap later and the deed was done. Just in time too since they tried ascending with no results. They both looked shocked at their newfound weakness and then at me with malice in their eyes.

Luna screamed in that dreadful voice again. “What did you do to us?!”

“I just put a lock on those pesky powers of yours. Don't you worry though they aren't lost. You'll find the key soon enough, trust me.”

“Discord we will not allow you to run rampant on this world. Luna with me!”

They charged forward and split off to each side in an attempt to flank, attempt being the key word. Just before impact I disappeared and the two collided with one another. I didn't want to deal with these two right now so I just snapped my fingers and each was trapped in a bubble.

“Now ladies, I have things to do but it was so nice of you to come over and visit. Please do so again in the future. Just not too soon there is some cleaning that needs done first.”

One last 'snap' and the two were teleported to opposite sides of the globe with most of their magic stolen. They wouldn't be able to do anything for quite some time. It would be so nice to see their reactions to the new castle and the new world for that matter. Now to... what is this? Bringing a paw up to my face a single tear is left hanging on the tip of my finger. Why would that be? This was a time of joy! For me and everyone else. Yes, soon everyone would be happy in this fun new world I would create. All it takes is a snap and my dreams come true.

Author's Note

What is up people how's it goin. I hope its going good. Anyway This is the end of the story there will be an epilogue but then that will be the last thing written for this. It was a lot of fun to write and I learned some stuff while doing so. Most importantly being don't write multiple stories from different perspectives at the same time. You will get confused.