Author's Note

Hazel Heart already wrote these chapters a long time ago. I just need to publish them. Mine, on the other hoof, will take a long time. Don't worry though, I will keep everypony updated on the progress.

Royal Chaos

Princess Celestia slowly turned. “I’ve always wished you a millennium in Tarturus since I’ve seen you last.” she silently sneered.

“Your words of cheap hatred towards me are but a mere soft flick of a kitten’s paw compared to what I’m about to do with you.” Discordula growled, his lion paw armed at the ready with the blackest and sharpest of claws.

“I know what you want.... and who you want. She’ll never accept you, for being a monster to all other innocent mares who fall prey to you.”

He smirked, retracting his claws. “And the topic in our conversation just started to get interesting.” He chuckled low in his throat. “(sighs) It’s remarkable, isn’t it? The resemblance she possesses from her ancestor...so adorable...so gentle...so soft to the touch...”

Princess Celestia reared up her magic in her horn. “If you so much as touch a single feather off of her again...”

He cackled a laugh. “Oh, what will you do? Now that I’ve already fed on a rather exquisite unicorn that I’ve ever laid eyes upon, I don’t think you’ll stand a chance this time.”

“You-” Celestia’s expression froze for a mere moment, before glaring menacingly at Discordula again. “You vile beast-”

“Yes, Celestia,” Discordula showed his fangs. “And soon, you will meet the same fate as she.”

“You’ve always thirsted for alicorn blood,” Celestia stated. “But I shall never fall prey to you and let you take my blood...and Fluttershy!”

“Why, Celestia,” he taunted. “You make it sound like a challenge. And you know as well as I that I find challenges to be deliciously thrilling...” he slowly smirked. “...especially since the prize is that lovely, little pegasus...”

Princess Celestia started to charge towards Discordula, horn glowing fiercely with her golden aura.

Discordula merely yawned. “Oh, Celie. Over a thousand eons, and you still haven’t learned what I am capable of.” He glared at her with evil menace. “Well now you’re going to learn that anypony who dares to stand in my way shall pay...with her own blood.”

And with that, he and Celestia lunged towards one another.

While all the Royal Guards escorted everypony to their homes and advised them to remain inside, Princess Luna led the mane six and Spike to the throne room. “Discordula is the mischievous spirit of chaos and disharmony,” Luna explained. “A monstrous draconequus who possesses a vampiric nature, which makes him a dangerous threat to all ponies.” She stopped and pointed towards a glass-stained window that beheld an image of a serpentine-like creature with the head of a horse, and arms and legs of frightening creatures, along with wings and a snake tail.

Everyone (except Princess Luna, Rarity, and Fluttershy) gasped in horror at the sight of the creature’s appearance. Spike thought he heard Rarity quietly sigh and looked at her curiously. She looked eerily calm and had that same dreamy look on her face she had when she was talking to North Pole. Why isn’t she scared? Spike thought. And why the heck is she looking at the glass window like that? Probably likes the way the Princesses have stained glass windows... but that weird looking dude looks so freaky, I don’t see why she likes that window so much.

Fluttershy silently inhaled as she looked up at the glass image of Discordula. She slowly put a hoof over her heart, wondering how such a beast.... or in this case since he is part horse, a stallion... could ever exist.

“On the day that both me and my sister’s cutie marks were bestowed on our flanks and our destinies became known, Discordula thought we were still too young and feeble to rule all of Equestria. At night, he entered into our dreams and tried to put us under his thrall so Celestia and I would be his vulnerable, small-minded prey; whispering lies and false praise when he really wanted to be rid of us so he could be free to unleash his chaos into the world....” Luna lowered her head in quiet sadness. “..... and drink the blood of innocent virgin mares.”

Fluttershy shuddered a gasp as she fainted at the sound of the last sentence. “Sugar cube!” Applejack exclaimed, catching her before she could hit the floor. Applejack brushed away Fluttershy’s long pink mane away from her face and put a hoof on her forehead. “Poor darlin’ is shakin’ like a baby chick without the warmth of a mother hen.”

Princes Luna turned to the royal unicorn aide, Raven. “Please take Miss Fluttershy to her bedchamber and send for a few hoofmaidens to assist her.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Raven turned to Fluttershy and used her magic to carry Fluttershy to her bedchambers.

“Wait for me!” Pinkie Pie squealed. “I’m coming, too! Fluttershy needs at least one of her friends with her. Besides, this story is waaaaaaaay too creepy and gross for my taste.” Pinkie Pie faced Raven with eager blue eyes. “Speaking of my taste, can we have those cupcakes and cake pops from the party? And the macarons, too? Please, please, please, Pretty Pinkie Pie please?”

“I’ll see what I can do, miss.” Raven answered. “After we can tend to your friend.”

“Wheeeeeeeeee!!!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed, hopping behind Raven as they exited the throne room.

“My immense apologies for scaring her so,” Luna sympathized. “Unlike my sister, I tend to jump to the shocking details without thinking about my subject’s emotional reactions.”

“It’s alright, Princess,” Twilight assured her. “I just hope Fluttershy will feel better real soon.”

“Raven and the hoofmaidens are sure to do their best to tend to her needs.” Princess Luna turned her head gravely back toward the stained glass window of Discordula. “I would not blame her for her fear... Discordula has always been a nightmare to all ponies, both literally and figuratively. He also had the power to invade a pony’s dream to put them under his spell and force them to do his deeds.” Princess Luna faced the ponies and Spike with royal dignity, moonlight casted down upon her regal appearance. “Which is the very reason that I, the Princess of the Night, am also the protector of dreams.”

Twilight Sparkle marveled at Princess Luna’s regality, feeling so proud to be responsible for Luna’s freedom from evil darkness. And being a new princess, Twilight knew that her royal purpose to spread the magic of friendship across Equestria had meaning for her and her friends. She wanted to protect them and her fellow subjects from harmful threat and wanted to learn more about this Discordula.

“Celestia and I told Star Swirl the Bearded about Discordula threatening us in our dreams to either be rid of our royal duties or allow Equestria to suffer his chaotic consequences.” Princess Luna explained. Twilight Sparkle lit up at the name of her favorite unicorn idol. “Star Swirl said that their was a possible spell that can allow alicorns to enter into a pony’s dream and decided that I should be the more esteemed choice for the task, thus allowing me to protect my subjects from nightmares. Whenever Discordula appeared in a pony’s dream, I would be there to stop him before he would do anything heinous to my subjects.

"While I continued to carry out my duty as the protector of dreams, I began to learn more about this vampiric creature that haunted us only at night. His powers were useless during the daylight, which gave my sister supreme power and authority over him. Yet he willingly longed to be free of his evil dominion over all ponies, specifically mares.”

“But why just mares?” Twilight asked.

“Discordula had always taken a fancy to the fairer gender of our kind, because he believed us all to be vulnerable, lovely little toys that he wanted to play with and take blood from thereafter.”

“So what you’re telling us is that he thinks all mares...girls... are just clueless damsels in distress that he thinks he can just mess with?!” Rainbow Dash fumed.

“From what I remember of him over a thousand moons ago, I’m afraid so.” Princess Luna looked solemnly at Rainbow Dash. “I can agree with your anger, Miss Dash. For Discordula was the reason I was banished to the moon in the first place.”

“WHAAAAT?!!!!!” Everypony and Spike (except Rarity) exclaimed.

Princess Luna bowed her head in remorse, tears starting to well up in her eyes. “Yes, my little ponies. I thought I was strong enough to face Discordula on my own during the night, but he was cunning enough to find my weak spot: jealousy for my sister, the Princess of the Day, receiving all the praise and glory while I hid in her shadow. I was foolish enough to believe his lies that I completely forgot about the love and support me and Celie both held onto for each other; not just as the Royal Princesses of Equestria, but as sisters. Yet, I threw all of that away and believed Discordula with my black, tarnished soul.” Luna silently weeped as she reminisced that treacherous day that brought her to her fate of banishment, her fate of never returning to Equestria..... to her sister.

“.....Princess Luna....” Twilight slowly started. “.....I.....I-I didn’t know...”

“Princess...” Rainbow Dash said. “I swear to you, I will show that twisted jerk-wad nopony.... or whatever he is, should ever mess with one of our princesses, especially for an eternity in the moon, away from all of your family and friends!”

Princess Luna slowly faced Rainbow Dash through her tears, with a small smile. “Thank you, Rainbow Dash. I appreciate your concern and support, but after what you, all of you,” Luna gestured toward the rest of the ponies, “have done for me, I feel more confident that Princess Twilight Sparkle’s magic of friendship will help us through this dark time.”

Twilight blushed a little. “Maybe so, but even though I now know what my true destiny is as a princess, and the fact that the Tree of Harmony gave us the Rainbow Power, I still don’t want any of my friends to get hurt in the process.”

“That’s a bunch of hooey, Twilight,” Applejack exclaimed. “As long as all of us are together, our magic of friendship is strong enough to protect all of us and will save us all!”

“Straight up!” Rainbow Dash hoof-bumped with AJ. “Right, Rarity?”

Rarity was still gazing longingly at the stained glass Discordula figure, when she snapped her head back to her friends. “Mm, oh yes, of course! Hear, hear! (nervous chuckle)...” Spike was still concernedly eyeing Rarity, curious about her odd behavior...

“Your Highness!” A royal guard suddenly emerged from the doorway, galloping in the hallway towards Princess Luna. “It’s your sister! She....she’s badly wounded and needs medical assistance right away!”

All of the ponies started towards the door...except Rarity, who’s eyes were still glued on the stained glass window. Spike turned to Rarity and asked her why she wasn’t coming.

“Spikey-boo,” Rarity cooed. “Could you please take me to Fluttershy’s bedchamber? I want to make sure she’s taken care of... properly.”

Luna,Twilight, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash ran out in the courtyard, where a group of royal guards were gathered around in a circle.
At the sight of Princess Luna, two of the guards cleared an entryway in the circle, revealing an unconscious Celestia lying on the ground, bruised from horn to hoof.

“SISTER!” Luna exclaimed. She galloped to Celestia and parted her multicolored mane from her face, her deep blue magic aura shining on her horn.

Twilight trotted up beside Luna, sharing a worried look as she glanced at Celestia’s injuries. One huge bruise on her neck caught Twilight’s eye. Wait a minute... Twilight squinted at the wound and saw that it had two small punctured wounds with another huge punctured wound on top of the right one. “Princess Luna, Celestia’s bitten on the neck!”

Terror filled Luna’s eyes as she gazed at the bite mark. She firmly shut them and said through gritted teeth, “He did this to her... he has taken her as a bridesmaid.”

Twilight gaped at this statement. “Wait... a bridesmaid? Not as a bride?”

“If Discordula did take Celestia as his bride, she would’ve drank his blood,” Princess Luna explained. “But I have checked her lips and mouth with my magic senses, and not a trace of Discordula’s blood is anywhere to be found.” Luna gazed at Twilight and her friends with a knowledge that angered her. “Anymare who is a victim of Discordula’s bite on the neck becomes a bridesmaid for Discordula’s future bride. But, if the mare has been both bitten on the neck and has fed on Discordula’s blood... will be bequeathed as his bride-to-be, his princess.”

“Who would ever want to marry a monster like him?!!!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

“As I said before, Discordula has always taken a fancy to the fairer gender of ponies,” Princess Luna stated. “But in the end, the mare he intends to have as his princess is the mare he adores the most.”

“Do you think he has fed on anypony else?” Twilight asked.

“Maybe....if I only knew the poor souls who had to suffer under his thrall,” Princess Luna admitted. She sadly gazed back down at her older sister, feeling regret for her to go through with this torture. But her eyes shot back to the moon, her former extended home. “The sun has to come up, but my sweet sister is unable to stretch her wings.” She faced one of the royal guards. “Please send word to the Crystal Empire that Princess Cadance and Shining Armor’s assistance is needed in Canterlot.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“The rest of you,” she advised the remaining royal guards. “Please help me to direct Princess Celestia to the Royal Infirmary at once!”

All of the guards helped carry Princess Celestia, with Princess Luna and Twilight ahead of the group, Applejack and Rainbow Dash by both sides of the wounded princess. “As soon as we get her all settled in,” Luna whispered to Twilight, “I shall have no choice but to imprison her in a protective barrier, so she will not escape.”

“WHAT?” Twilight silently exclaimed. “But, Luna-”

“I do not wish for this either, Twilight Sparkle.” Luna firmly stated. “But after what she had to do to me for the sake of our subjects a thousand years ago, I understand now what I have to do for all of Equestria.”