Chaos in the World of Order

It turned out the access to the chaos dimension was behind his blind spot, in that point you never manage to catch when you turn around.

Remind me again why I tied the access to my blind spot?

"So it was never out of reach, of course; your blind spot moves with you," Silver answered.

And you didn't tell me that before because... Discord gestured for him to continue, annoyed.

"I forgot what spot you tied it to."

There was more than one snort and chuckle in his head as he rubbed the bridge of his snout.

Mini D grabbed the access, slid two claws in and pulled in two different directions, creating a swirling portal to a multicolored sky.

"Ready to go back home?"

"You can bet I am," Discord said in an exhausted tone as he slithered through the portal.

The chaos dimension was nothing like the world they just left behind: the rules of physics are lax and shifting, gravity is kind of selective, many a creature that wouldn't be able to survive in the known universe thrived here, there was no sun or star on sight, solids turned to liquids and viceversa at the drop of a hat...

Probably the most staggering detail was that Discord and Mini D were the only ones with magic in there. And when I say that, I mean the only magic you could find in the entire dimension was in them.

And it was roaring in delight; this was a place free of the restriction and resistance of the World of Order, where Discord didn't have to hold back to not scare or upset someone. This was a place where chaos could be free!

Discord looked in every direction and took a deep breath, feeling the tickling air enter and leave his lungs. He needed to renovate the atmosphere; the oxygen here was running out.

Silver hummed. "It's a good thing no living being from our world was left here; there's barely a tenth of the required oxygen to sustain most sapient life forms. I'll start working on the spells necessary to increase it."

Sparks flew from his body and circled around the draconequus, more than ready to go back to action.

"I have forgotten how lively chaos magic got in here."

Mini D floated to his side, the portal closing behind them.

"But that's not the only thing you've forgotten, is it?"

Discord looked at him with a raised eyebrow, but said nothing. Mini D knew him too well; trying to lie to him would be useless.

And why would he want to in the first place?

"It's... hard to put in words."

"Understatement of the century," Zero muttered, coiling over themselves.

"... Well, this is something we'll have to discuss over a nice meal!" Mini D clasped their paws, looking around in anticipation." Nothing like a full stomach to delve into the intrincacities of a mind. Now, where's that house?"

They waited for a while, but nothing showed up.

"That's strange..." Mini D murmured, summoning a pair of binoculars to scan the horizon. "It should be here by now."

"Figured my house wouldn't be of the stationary type," the draconequus chuckled.

Mini D materialized a watch and looked at it move, frowning.

"No, something is wrong. We have to search for it."

Discord just shrugged while he summoned his trusty cup of juice.

"If you say so. How big was this place?"

"Ehhhh..." Mini D scratched their head. "How much was the distance between your galaxy and the nearest one?"

Discord froze mid-sip, causing a river of juice to escape the cup and flow through the space below them.

The two Spirits were on a hunt, skying over the slippery microdimensions that composed space in this dimension. Mini D led the search, being the only one with a idea of what they were looking for. Discord followed, glaring at the things that felt like making them their dinner before blasting them over the horizon. He was not in the mood to deal with Nidhogg wannabes. It did happened less frequently that most would expect from such a place; just three times in the five weeks they've spent searching.

Discord was about to see if he could create a stable time loop in here to send himself a message detailing the place where his house was when Mini D finally caught a trace.

"This way!"

Through mazes of bioluminiscent slugs of many shapes, they found what they were looking for: The biggest slug, with the outline of a building in its shiny stomach. The creature was floating in place, with all the other slugs orbiting lazily around them.

"They must be a new species; I'm pretty sure they didn't exist last time we were here." Mini D crossed their arms as they analyzed the creatures, wary of the dozens of looks they could feel on them.

"We can leave the taxonomy for later; now we have something more important to do. Amnesia or not, no one eats my house without asking me first!" Discord then put two claws in his mouth and whistled.

Every being around them froze and looked at them; the draconequus glared and projected a very clear thought to his audience: they either returned his house, or he would take it by force.

After a few seconds, the slugs lost interest and went back to their business, ignoring the Spirits.

"Wha-? The gall of these creatures!" Chryssie fumed. "Show them you don't kid, Discord!"

Heeding his predecessor, Discord summoned a baseball bat.

A Megazord-sized baseball bat.

But just as he prepared to swing the bat, the slugs behind the draconequus launched themselves at it, irradiating a blue shimmer. As Discord tried to shook them off, he noticed his weapon growing lighter before dissolving in tiny glitter. He looked at his empty paws before glaring at the nearing slugs.

Nidhogg roared. "Hey! That was my favorite bat!"

"If they can desintegrate matter, we're going to need something strong and resistant to fight them," Silver advised. "I don't know if you remember, but we can't use our arcane forms to fight here; the dimensions are hard to move through when you're energy."

"I'll take care of them! Let me fight!"

Discord faded into purple magic, dense and swirling with streams of red and lightblue on it. The two colors vanished as orange grew in the center, the magic growing in size as silver and white scales covered it. Leathery wings extended in a burst of fire and wind, gale winds surging with every beat. Spikes grew in a shimmer of light, crackling with thunder.

Nidhogg opened his blue eyes, the slits thinning as he roared to the heavens.

The slugs grew agitated, circling around the chaos dragon. Mini D barely had time to hold on to one of his spikes before Nidhogg beat his wings and shot through them, right at the giant slug. It screeched as the Spirit tackled it through streams of liquid dust, the swarm of bioluminiscent creatures floating after them.

The smaller ones grabbed hold of his scales and began to shimmer intensely again; but dragon scales were sturdy. They couldn't break through fast enough to cause any damage before Nidhogg regenerated his natural armor.

The giant one squirmed, trying to hit the dragon a seventh of its size that nonetheless was pushing it around like the slug was a tiny ragdoll. But it had been long sice its last fight, and it was rusty; it had grown too dependant of the swarm.

Some of the smaller ones jumped to Nidhogg's eyes, but they were pushed back when they bursted into arcane flames, chaos magic replacing the orbs. The dragon bit his prey and ripped a piece, chewing the slippery surface before spitting it in disgust.

This thing tastes like inked hair!

"I know it's hard for you Nidhogg, but listen to me: less eating, more fighting!" Eris instructed.

Nidhogg took the heat from the slugs' light, freezing them; shaking his smaller foes off his body, he added the heat to his inner fire and released a stream of flames over the giant one. It screeched as they crashed on a big rock. The impact surprised the dragon and his hold lightened; taking advantage of this, the slug shook him off in return and tackled him. They slid over the rock before coming to a halt.

With a grunt, Nidhogg grabbed his foe and lifted it, trying to stand up without loosing his grap on the slug. Perplexed at both his strength in spite of pushing down with all its might and for not thinking about it before, it began to shimmer, showering the dragon in disintegrating light.

Mini D covered behind the spike as Nidhogg winced, his scales starting to boil. Undeterred, he opened his mouth and released a storm of fire. The slug was soon roasting, straining to release itself from Nidhogg. The dragon stopped his attack and took to the air again.

"This is for my bat!" Spinning his foe, he launched it back at the rock. The swarm surrounded him, but he payed them no mind.

"Now! Trap it!" Discord said, passing the dragon a spell.

Extending a paw, he formed a fist.

The rock trembled and shifted, arcs of stone extending from it and trapping the giant slug.

I'll say it one more time. What is inside your stomach is ours! Return it, or I'll tear you apart to recover it.

Defeated, the creature yielded, and in a flash the house was free, floating towards Nidhogg as the swarm rushed to release it from the stone shackles.

Nidhogg grabbed the house and looked one last time at his foes.

"You're not edible, so I'll let you live. But never steal from me again; a dragon may be compassive of a thief once, but never twice."

If you steal from a dragon once, you're a brave fool; if you steal from a dragon twice, you're an idiot. Luckily, the slug was no idiot, so it vowed to never cross paths with Nidhogg again as the chaos dragon flew into the horizon.

Having found a good place to settle the damaged house, Nidhogg faded away, Discord coming back as he stretched his reformed vertebrae.

"Oof! I've forgotten how it felt to give control to the others."

"Passing from driver to passenger can be off putting." Mini D floated to his side, adjusting the front door and cleaning the glitter from it. Discord looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm surprised you didn't help Nidhogg fight those slugs."

Mini D snorted, trying to open the door.

"Like he needed my help. He's the best in physical combat."

The door fell open as the entire structure groaned and sunk in itself a little. The Spirits looked a teach other before Discord summoned a toolbox.

"I'm going to need it, though."

Once inside, a perplexing sight awaited them.

From several rooms, dust bunnies came out, unsure of what was going on.

Yes, bunnies made of dust; you read that right.

Confused at first, they froze when catching sight of the Spirits.

From generations, thay had heard stories of the creator of this place, the safe zone in which they could live and thrive. He'd disappeared generations ago, and this place had been theirs. But then those deadly lights arrived and almost devoured them all, house included.

And the Spirit had saved them. He was their hero!

The bunnies erupted in cheers, hailing and thanking them from saving their lives.

Discord smiled in slight amusement; he didn't even remember they were here in the first place, but if they were offering to become his servants and take care of the house in gratitude, who was he to correct them if he and Nidhogg were heroes by accident?

The dragon shrugged. "If they know how to make a decent meal, you won't hear me complain."