The Story Of Sky Blue

As she touched down at the library, Sky knew something was wrong. Maybe it was the door, creaking on it’s hinges, or the smashed window, or Applejack lying outside it, unconsciou-- Damn! I have to stop leaving those things ‘till last! She ran over to AJ, to see if she was badly wounded. She looked pretty banged up, with a few cuts and scrape, and... Were those... Burn blisters? How did she get burned? Well, I’m not going to find out just sitting here. Sky walked to the door, and knocked on it quietly. She leapt back as the door burst into flames. What the hay was that? She decided the door was too dangerous, and so flew up to an upstairs window. She saw Twilight in the middle of the room, inside a purple bubble, with Spike, her assistant, trying to break through it with his flames. They weren’t working, even Sky could see that. His green fire was just too weak to break it. He looked tired, and that was when a purple bolt flew out of the bubble and hit him square in the chest. He flew across the room and hit a bookcase, books tumbling down on top of his spiny head. Twilight would never hurt Spike like that! What’s gotten into her? One word popped into her head. Chrysalis. That. Is. It. She has too hurt too many of us! I have to send her a message, one she won’t forget. With this, Sky smashed through the window and flew towards Twilight’s bubble. She realised later that this may not have been the plan that made it on to the top ten list of good, smart plans. It was definitely not smart. Sky realised this when a bolt hit her, and she was stopped in her tracks. Well, almost. She kept going, even as she felt the bolt draining her energy. It seemed to never end, but somehow Sky managed to push through, into Twilight’s bubble. Panting with exhaustion, Sky put her forehead against Twilight’s, as she had done for Rainbow, not two hours before. She pushed through Twilight’s defenses and ended up in her ‘Inner Sanctum’. She noticed it looked like a library. She could hear Twilight yelling somewhere in the distance. Then she heard a smooth male voice in her head.

“Oh look! Someone new to toy with! This is going to be fun. And I just love fun.” Sky looked around wildly, but saw nothing. Then, in a flash of light, a large figure materialised in the air in front of her. By the way it was put together, it definitely looked like it was late when the body parts were being handed out, having to take the leftovers.

It had a maroon body,

A ponies head,

Two horns, one that looked like a spear of ice, one that looked like a tuft of hair,

It had an eagle’s talon, and a lions arm.

It had a green dragon leg, and one horse’s,

It had a snake’s tail.

It had a pegasi wing, and a bat one.

And it’s eyes. One was big, with a large pupil, the other was slightly smaller, with a dilated pupil.

Discord.

Sky didn’t know why, but she couldn’t tear herself away from those eyes. So, interesting, and lopsided, and hypnotic. Wait, hypnotic? CRAP! She tried to look away, but couldn’t. She found herself slipping into a trance. Great. What is he going to do to me? Make me hate my friends? Make me hate... Rainbow? This is Discord, after all. But... I don’t want to hate her. I love her. An image of Rainbow’s face, with her mischievous grin popped into her head. I’ll never hate Rainbow. Ever. But Sky could feel this voice getting weaker. Her mind went fuzzy, and Chrysalis’ voice popped into her head. COME ON! YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS!

But Sky felt that this wasn’t an insulting message from the Changeling Queen. It was... A memory? Sky listened to it, with her last ounce of free will. She heard the Queen speaking,  like a teacher to a star student. She heard this, and knew it wasn’t a trick. This was going to be the first real thing she remembered about her past, and she hoped it would help. Time seemed to slow, and the last tiny bit of her self felt Twilight’s sanctum-library fade away, and saw herself in a courtyard, with Chrysalis standing across from a definitely younger Sky. It looked like a dark, drab place, and Her younger self’s coat and mane seemed out of place. She jumped when she heard Chrysalis’ voice ringing through the courtyard.

“Now! What have I told you? Let us go over it again.” Sky’s mind practically melted with the memories she got from hearing the definitely younger Chrysalis’ voice. She didn’t get anything concrete, but she saw vague images, such as sitting at a large, dark table, eating happily while Chrysalis sat at the other end, observing her. She saw Chrysalis looking incredulously at her, as she spread her wings for --what she guessed-- was the first time. She saw one more thing. Her sitting at a small table in a huge, gloomy library, jumping happily around at the arrival of her cutie mark, while a stunned Chrysalis watched incredulously as the filly hopped in circles around her. She snapped back to the slightly more present past when she heard her own, small voice say happily;

“I could be captured by Celestia if I’m not careful, and she could try to hypnotise me to get me to talk!”

“Good. Now, what should you do in case of this happening?”

“Umm... I should... Remember that I can’t be hypnotised if I don’t want to?”

Sky was happy to hear this, as it meant she had a way to fight back against Discord, but her hopes where dashed when she heard Chrysalis speak again.

“That would work against a lesser hypnotist, but against Celestia, you wouldn’t stand a chance. What else?”

“Okay... I should... Clear my mind?”

“No! That would make it easier for them to break your will! Try again!”

“I should...” Chrysalis had an expectant look on her face. “Fight it with all my strength!” Chrysalis actually jumped with...Joy? Could it be? No... It must have been pleasure at teaching me something new.

“Alright, I’ll try and hypnotise you now, don’t worry if you can’t beat me, I am nearly as strong as Celestia with my abilities.” Chrysalis lowered her head, and even though it was a memory, Sky could practically feel the force of Chrysalis’ mental jab. She saw herself recoil, but recover quickly, and start to fight back. After a few minutes of this, Chrysalis stumbled back in shock.

“What... How did you... That was... Very good Sky. You actually managed to hold me back. But don’t get your hopes up, I am very tired at the moment.” Nevertheless, Chrysalis looked very pleased with her students’ results.

Sky felt herself pulled backwards, out of the memory, and was suddenly back in her own head. She felt Discord mentally flinch, and it was enough for Sky to get a hold back in her mind. She used as much force as possible against Discord’s considerable strength. Sky felt some joy from Discord, and heard him say;

“Very good. Not even little Twilight sparkle, the element of magic itself lasted this long. Chrysalis taught you well, young pony.” Sky ignored this and felt a little bit of disappointment coming from Discords chaotic mind.

“Oh come on! Do you know nothing about epic first-meeting battles? The bad guy makes fun of the good guy, the good guy loses their cool, slips up and is pounded in to the dirt. It’s practically a rule!” Sky couldn’t help herself as she said;

“Rules are made to be broken!” And resumed her onslaught, pushing at Discord’s mind like a butterfly pushing a train.

“Ah! A rule breaker! My kind of gal!”

Sky felt her energy running out as she pushed against Discord’s mind.

“Ah, looks like it’s the lesser known ‘Good guy just isn’t good enough’ ending. At least this way there won’t be any troublesome second meetings.” Sky almost succumbed then, but she suddenly felt something else, something incredibly powerful joining the mental battle. Or more like six somethings. She felt the combined power of her friends’ minds joining together and pushing Discord back.

“Oh well. Something for the record books! The Elements of Harmony have beaten bad old Discord without the elements themselves! Hahaha. This isn’t over girls, I will be back, and you won’t be able to defeat me with the six elements you have.” And with that, Discord’s mind left, and Sky pulled out of Twilight’s mind from sheer exhaustion.