The Thunder Twist Chronicle

Chapter 10

It’s been a week since Princess Luna was kidnapped. The Moon Guard has heard nothing of her whereabouts as of yet. Sil and I have stayed in the house most of the time. Whenever we go outside, people always stop and stare. I can’t help but think that they are talking about us. Talking about how, when we were just newly appointed to our Princess, we let her get taken from us. Some guards we were. Gambit would sometimes come over, and we would just sit there staring at the wall. Staring at anything, really. Well, anything but each other, that is. Sometime Sil and I would go to his house. His parents were very hospitable. We didn’t want any of it. We went up to his room and stared at the wall. Stared at anything, really. Well, anything but each other, that is. Silence shrouded our lives. It was quite depressing.

It is during one of the visits to Gambit’s house that we hear a knock on his front door. We ignore it. We just sit still and look at his wall. All the staring in the world, however, could not keep me from hearing anxious, raised voices coming from downstairs. I next hear hooves coming up the stairs. There is a knock on the door. We ignore it.

“Hey, guys,” we hear Vinyl’s voice coming through the door. “I know you don’t want to be disturbed, but Princess Celestia has summoned you to the castle.”

We all look at each other in surprise. Sil shouts out, “Thank you so much, Vinyl.” And with that, Sil activates her magic and teleports us into the throne room.

“Ah, I see you have perfected the teleportation spell. Well done, Shining Silver.”

We look up to see Princess Celestia looking down at us with a tired smile. Her eyes have bags under them. If I had to guess, I’d say she hadn’t slept in a week. We all bow to her.

“Princess Celestia,” I say, “we came as fast as we could.”

“Good. Because Twilight Sparkle has been able to locate Discord. He is in the Everfree Forest. I believe he is biding his time until he can attack Equestria fully.”

“But, my Princess,” Sil speaks up, “Did he not attack Equestria when he kidnapped Princess Luna.”

“Not truly, no. I believe he is going to try to steal Luna’s magic somehow. If he could do that, I believe all of Equestria would fall in mere days. I do not believe he has accomplished that yet because, obviously we are still alive. You three must get my sister back. If it comes to direct confrontation with Discord, do not engage. He will kill you in a heartbeat. Teleport back here and get reinforcements. Understood?”

We all bow again. “Yes, my Princess,” we say in unison.

“Good, now I do not know where in the forest Discord is holed up, so you will have to start at the entrance and work your way in. Please be careful, my little ponies.” She turns away from us and we take our cue. I look at Sil and nod. She nods back and teleports us to the entrance to the forest.

“Well,” I say, “let’s get going.”

We walk into the forest and are instantly shrouded by darkness. Sil light’s up her horn and we continue walking.
After an hour of walking, I’m starting to get nervous. From the tales I’ve heard of the Everfree Forest, we should have run into some terrifying creature by now. There was nothing. Absolutely nothing.

After about three hours of walking, we came upon a clearing. At the opposite edge of the clearing, in a net hanging from a tree, was Princess Luna. She’s not moving.

We run up to her. “Princess Luna,” I call out. “Princess Luna, we came for you.”

She stirs slowly. She looks up at us. “Oh, thank goodness, you’re here.”

“Princess,” I say, “we came as soon as we could. Now let’s get you down from there.” I reach out to cut the net.”

“Don’t,” she calls out. “The net is shrouded with a spell that will suck inside anypony who touches it.” I pull my hoof back.

Sil speaks up. “I’ll try to find a way through it. Gambit, Thunder Twist, stand guard.” As soon as she begins to work her magic, a magical barrier surrounds the clearing.

“Ah, finally you have arrived. I was beginning to get worried that you wouldn’t show up.” Discord appears in the clearing right before us. “Now that you are here, we can begin.”

“First,” he continues, “introductions.” He looks at Gambit. “You are the adopted son of Vinyl Scratch and Octavia, Gambit. You are quite lucky. However, luck will not help you in this situation.” He turns to Sil. “Ah, the beautiful Shining Silver. You are the embodiment of intelligence and beauty. It’s no wonder Thunder Twist has a thing for you. He just wants your body. He has no interest whatsoever in you as a pony.”

“That’s not true!” She cries out. “Twisty is the nicest pony I’ve ever met.”

Discord continues as if there was no interruption. “And, last but not least, Thunder Twist. Orphaned at such a young age, you had no idea what to do. Though I must say, that bird was one of my more ingenious ideas. I told that bird what to do, and, after your mother was killed, I was free.”

I look at him, feeling nothing but pure loathing. “I’M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!”

I fly at him, creating a Flare Bomb almost as soon as I take off. I crash into Discord, pinning him to the ground. I place my hoof on his chest and slowly start flooding fire into my hoof. “I’m going to cook you, then I am going to leave you for the manticores.” My voice sounds oddly distant and monotonous.

“Oh please,” he says, though he is beginning to show signs of discomfort. “I know how much you ponies value life. You won’t kill me.”

I turn up the heat, bringing forth a scream from him that is like music to my ears. I see his skin slowly start to char around my hoof. He is starting to crack and blister. Blood starts flowing out of him. The whole time I am staring into his eyes. I take my mask off so he can see me smiling at his torture.

“Thunder Twist, stop.” I hear Princess Luna shouting frantically. I ignore her and continue.

After ten minutes of his beautiful screaming, he finally goes quiet, and his eyes glass over. I pull my hoof back. “Even if I killed you a thousand times over, it would not be enough to repay you for what you have caused me.” I finally put my mask back on and take a huge breath. I turn around to look at my friends and princess. They are all looking at me with fear in their eyes. I walk over to Princess Luna and cut the net. The spell must have worn off when I killed Discord.

I look over to Sil, and, seeing her eyes, I come back to myself. “I’m sorry everypony, I don’t know what came over me. Can we go home now?”

Princess Luna speaks up, “Yes, I think that would be best.” She uses her magic to take us back to Canterlot.

“I’m going home,” I say to everypony. “I will speak to Princess Celestia tomorrow. I can’t face anypony right now.” I take off and head towards Rarity’s house.

When I enter, Rarity is making dinner. I avoid the kitchen and just head up to my room. I look over to Ma’s urn. “I avenged you today, Ma. I should feel happy, but, instead I feel disgusted. I killed today, Ma. What’s worse is that I enjoyed it. I enjoyed killing Discord. I’m so sorry, Ma.” I break down and lie on my bed, rivers flowing from my eyes.

After an hour of nonstop crying, I hear my door open. Sil gets into my bed and cuddles up against me.

“I am so sorry, Twisty. I know that must have been hard for you.” She then kisses my neck in a very sensual way. I embrace her and take off my goggles. In the low light I am able to see as if it were high noon. She looks into my eyes, and I squeeze her even tighter.

“I love you, Sil”

“I love you, too, Twisty.” She smiles at me.