Discord rested on a cloud, far above Equestria. In front of him, holding all of his attention, a wooden box floated in chaos magic.

It had been a week since he got the box, and he spent all his time either freaking out or distracting himself with whatever thing that caught his attention. It hadn't been all bad...

But right now, though he seemed calm, a storm of emotions raged on his mind and heart.

It's mine and I have it but i don't know what it is but I have it but I don't remeber but I missed it and I couldn't believe I lost it and I don't remember losng it don't be stupid of course you don't remember amnesia remember? Oh I hate them for making me go through that and I hate her for taking this and I'm grateful that she returned it and I hate that now I owe her one it was a deal but it doesn't matter I have it so important SO IMPORTANT I owe her I hate Celestia I owe the alicorn have to punch the alicorn someday have to made her an old wrinkly elephant and do something to Luna need to open the box NO I can't it hurts but I have to have to open no yes noyesnoyenoyeyeninynynynynynynynyny this is getting ridiculous but it hurts it doesn't wound but something happened and it broke me what what what was it? Curse you amnesia need to remember open the box nonono you can't make me...

"..."

"So... who wants to enter that typhoon of emotions and get him to calm down?"

"IIIIIIIIII think it's best if we let him calm down on his own," Chryssie said, warily observing the thoughts and feelings crashing with each other.

Mini D, floating besides Discord, simply watched, waiting for the draconequus to talk or act. Anything that gave a hint or a signal that he wanted to interact.

Discord took a bite out of the cloud and slowly chewed on the vapor. Good enough for me.

"Are you ready to open the box?"

Waves of magic shone over his form as the draconequus kept his power contained. To release it when his emotions were like this was a bad, bad idea. The disaster he'd have to clean up would be a hassle, not to mention the complains he'd receive from the equestrians. He wasn't in the mood to deal with that.

"No."

Aaaaaaand I'm worried. Mini D landed on the cloud, taking the box and sitting in front of Discord. The Spirit looked at the stuffed toy, his old master and eternal assistant; having buttons for eyes didn't stop them in the least to show their concern.

A minute of silence floated between them, magic embers slowly floating off Discord and forming a spinning circle around the two.

"We need to talk," Mini D finally said.

"I know," Discord groaned, fur and feathers rising in agitation, "but I don't want to. It's easier that way."

"Pretending your problems are not there won't make them go away. We know how much problems like following you around," Mini D joked.

"What can I say... with me around, things are never boring."

They shared a short chuckle. Discord took a deep breath.

"They beat me." He admitted reluctantly.

Mini D just waited. The Assistant was older than his universe; they could wait for him to continue at his leisure.

"Celestia, Luna, the Spirit of Harmony those Elements are a part of; they won. Their victory was absolute, and... and all I could do was suffer."

"For all of eternity," Mini D lamented in a quiet voice. "They have no idea how long eternity is, do they?"

"What mortal does? What immortal that hasn't truly lived does?" Discord was fuming now, the ring of fire burning brighter while spinning faster. "We came here to change things, and we did! I hate to admit it, but those two truly guided the ponies in a better direction after I got rid of most of their hatred. We could have gone on vacation until the next disaster struck instead of me being reduced to a lawn ornament."

"You were a cruel teacher, but they went beyond that to achieve victory," Silver added.

"No, to take revenge on you, Discord," Chryssie seethed.

Mini D sighed. "I should have been with you."

"And then they would have had two statues for the birds to use as a toilet instead of one. Trust me, you don't want to go through that," the draconequus pointed out with a shiver.

Their private conversation was cut short as the ring of fire trembled and broke apart; as the Spirits watched, the pieces joined together in a miniature sun, one that burned in anger and despair as it orbited the cloud.

No...

Discord looked at Mini D. "You heard that, right?"

They nodded.

The sun the left them behind and shot southwards and downwards. Discord put the box in a safe place and the pair followed the magic.

Time and space change and drift in way many will never truly grasp, possibilities rising from and falling back into inexistence within every moment and in every place. Discord's magic had just stumbled upon a dying possibility that fought back, a blazing flame that refused to be rejected even as another took that wanted place in reality, becoming more and more certain with every second.

With a scream of anguish and rage, the flame was pushed back again, and the miniature sun the Spirits were following vanished over Ponyville.

A little place where weak traces of a most familiar, unwelcomed power extended over the houses and beyond.

"Who used the Elements of Harmony and didn't bother cleaning up the expelled energy? I thought Sparky was obsessed with cleaning." Discord complained as he moved a tendril of energy aside.

"I wonder what they used them for," Mini D said out loud as his gaze wandered over the tendrils going through Ponyville, noticing most of them intertwined with a cetrain house/library/tree.

"Only one way to find out," Silver pointed out as Discord charged his claw with magic, "Though it could be a trap."

The draconequus turned to Mini D. "If this is a trap, avenge me."

He then grabbed a few tendrils, their magic mixing with his for a moment.

They were fading, mere parts of something greater, now absent and dissolved into the dying echoes of the past; but the Spirit got a clear word out of them:

Ascension.

The tendrils broke; Discord shook his hand to get rid of the annoying buzzing the experience left him with as Mini D floated closer.

"Ascension..."

"If someone was 'elevated to a higher form' or whatever definition this magic used... Who was it? And where are they?"

Discord conjured a bow and took aim. "Well, we both know where to start looking for answers..."

Chaos magic surged from his paw and coalesced into an arrow; he released the cord and the projectile shot towards the library. It phased through the walls and slightly exploded in the middle of the main room, a portal manifesting long enough for the Spirits to cross through before collapsing.

They paused. Inside Discord's mind, Nidhogg tensed.

"What am I feeling?" Growled the dragon.

"The ascension, I suppose," Kevin answered. "Though I have to admit it's been a while since I've come across something like this."

Echoes of a peculiar spell filled the space around them, and Discord reached out with magic in every direction.

Purple magic filled the room like a silent cyclone, a rainbow of harmony power manifesting on the floor as a circle small enough for a pony to sit in the middle appeared. As most of his magic returned, Discord and Mini D stared at the image of Twilight Sparkle appeared inside, her eyes a blinding white.

The unicorn reared up as she was engulfed in red and shrunk to the size of an orange. Now a crimson sphere of energy, it burned with arcane potential.

It began to ascend slowly as a ghostly wind picked up in the room, books and other objects thrown to the walls or the floor as it coalesced into a deep blue orb. Wind, storm, rain and blizzard crashed within.

Discord jumped and floated as the ground started to vibrate, planks cracking and bookshelves falling over as a silver orb rose from the ground, the whole tree shaking at its presence. Vitality and life beat inside.

The two orbs joined the sphere, the three lights dancing around each other; closer, faster.

As they embraced eath other, the ring of harmony burst into an explosion of light that forced them to cover their eyes and caught the attention of those close enough to the library to see the beams of white brilliance surging from the windows for a few seconds.

The light died down, revealing an sphere that burned with the three colors, growing and fading to reveal a winged Twilight Sparkle.

Unicorn, pegasus and earth pony. The three combined...

"The Spirit of Harmony turned her into an Alicorn?!" Chryssie exclaimed, not believing her eyes.

Mini D floated closer as the image dissipated, floating in the middle of the disaster the library was now. "An alicorn has the power of the pegasi, earth ponies and unicorns, plus a few things unique to such a mix. Would that count as an ascension?"

"That echo was enough of an answer for me." Discord stared at the spot the image had been standing on. "I thought Keeper was the only one who knew how to create Alico-"

Flames burst behind them for a moment, a cry of rage and defiance shaking the library like an earthquake for a second. By the time they turned around, the fire was gone. A dying echo sunk into impossibility.

But not before a wave of power slammed into the Spirits, throwing them against the wall.

Eris and Chryssie, the ones more sensitive to emotions, trembled in fear.

Kevin noticed their reaction, and his suspicions were confirmed. "Whatever happened here, it made something furious."

A something that is way more powerful than me, Discord pointed out as he dug himself out of the wall, shaking himself free of splinters as Mini D slid to the floor, landing head first on a thick book.

"Ow."

An hour later, the pair was sitting in a roof on Canterlot; the ponies below and above came and went in a rush, the city caught by surprise.

There was a new alicorn. A new princess.

"You know, I wonder why becoming an alicorn gets you turned into royalty in Equestria," Mini D said as he watched the ponies below galloping in every direction frenetically, gossiping or preparing for a last minute ceremony. "I mean, how does that make you a good leader?"

Discord didn't answer, his gaze on the box floating in front of him.

Mini D sighed. "Do you want to go look for Twilight?"

"I know where she is," the draconequus answered. "They are all in the castle, celebrating and crying in joy and preparing for a ceremony and whatever."

A pie manifested at his side, and he finished it in record time. "I'm not in the mood to try and have fun only to get their annoyance and wrath. It's entertaining sometimes, but... right now, that would be just a distraction. And getting distracted, as much as I want it to, won't solve this problem."

Mini D floated closer, circling around him. "Fluttershy could help you. Or that mare you met the other day."

"Probably; but I lost track of Octavia, and Fluttershy is in the castle. If I go to her, I'll have to deal with the others. And dealing with them is so... annoying! I don't like being the one annoyed."

"So why don't you leave?"

It was a simple suggestion, one Discord would usually take when bored. But now there was a problem with that idea.

"Where would I go?"

Thanks to his amnesia, he didn't know what or who expected him out there, in spite of his heart telling him he should. Dealing with the embarrassment of not recognizing someone wasn't fun to Discord when he was the forgetful one. I think I'll leave the awkward for the mortals for now, thank you.

"Visit Hubert, for example. You know he loves to chat with you. Or the Smooze. That being needs more friends to be honest." Mini D suggested, before noticing Discord was looking at him strangely. "What?"

"... I have no idea who you are talking about."

Author's Note

This chapter continues here: here.

I'm slow with that story, so next chapter of Chaos in the World of Order will be up soon, in spite of chronologically being after the end of the first arc of The Worlds of Magic.

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