"It seems that you originally came here to spread chaos." Discord says, smiling towards me. Usually when people do that, they're up to something.

"You could say that, but someone's magic got in the way of that." I say evenly. It has been a long time since I've used the term 'someone'. I've always been around ponies, but now that I'm not, it feels weird to revert to my old way of speaking. "Do you have any idea what was happening?" I ask. He puts a hand to his heart and gives me the most dramatic gasp I've ever heard.

"Why I'd never! All I've been doing all this time is snapping my fingers to an imaginary beat." He says defensively. My memories may be jumbled, but I remember some time in the past that all he needed was a snap of his fingers to change reality.

"...Uh huh... Anyways, can I ask why you are here?" Discord sits up from the throne and stares out of a window, giving me the first serious vibes I've felt from him ever.

"You know how I'm all about chaos, right?" I nod, "That actually expands to the point where I live for chaos. It is my only joy in this world." Something doesn't add up here.

"If you love chaos as much as you say you do, then why would you interrupt our national takeover?" He looks down for a moment and turns to me, sighing.

"I knew what you were about to do. At first I was happy about it, because you know, chaos." He uses air quotes to signify the obvious, "But then I thought abo-"

"Get to the point already." I interrupt him. He chuckles before speaking.

"Sheesh, someone's impatient. Well, my point is that I would enjoy it for a short time, and then what? I don't know if you know this, but if those changelings were to take over this castle and have all the love they need, they could kill me before I could even get to start spreading chaos among their kind."

...Just how strong does a changeling get when fueled by love? Just another question added within the many I have.

"I've battled them before, but they didn't seem that strong. All I really did was play around with them." Discord widened his eyes, and then looked at me in disbelief.

"You... beat them in their love mode?" Now I am super curious.

"What the hell is that?" I said in bewilderment. Discord blinks before clearing his throat.

"It's when changelings are fully powered with love. Their body will start transforming during the process. You know you are in deep trouble when they grow to a size that wouldn't even let you consider them to be anything less than a monster." That.... explains a lot. There was a lot of differentiation in the hive when I first got there, but after I made my influence, it was like all of them were an different species.

"That is actually some useful info. So, when is Celestia and her ponies getting back from limbo?" Discord flinched and stared at me.

"How did you know that they were there?"

"Dude, I can feel magical presences quite easily ever since I grew my power," I looked behind me, "and my eyes now stare at what looks to be a scrying spell." It was so faint that even Discord had to squint his eyes to see the translucent mirror.

"Wow, I couldn't even detect it." Discord said, impressed that I saw it so quickly.

"Okay, you had your moment of surprise. Now bring them back here so I can fight Celestia." Discord responded by waving his finger around.

"You are going to have to fight me fi-" He split his body just in time to dodge my carefully-crafted blast ball. I know I just made it on the spot, but the name could've been a little better. "That was just rude." I took a ready stance and waited for his attack. He snapped his fingers and I had to duck to avoid the incredibly sharp bones. Wait, what the hell? If this is going to just be a series of game references, that leaves me more questioning than alert. I'll think about it after I finish this.

I shoot the blast ball again and this time he blocks it with only his claw. He again snaps his fingers, forcing me to use a sword to cut through what looked like a cursor about to recycle me. Wait, how the hell does he even know about the internet. I then think of something that I should have done first. I spray the air in a dark mist which overtakes its surroundings quickly. Discord looked around with a bored expression before chuckling.

"Hah, did you really think you could po-" He snaps his fingers, although something strange happens. Or more like nothing happens. Gotta love [Silencing Mist] and how much it looks like poison. Only those with incredible magic capacity can use their magic here. I did my research into Discord's magic and saw that he did have a magic capacity, but it's no different from the amount of magic an earth pony has. Turns out that chaos magic doesn't match the rate of pony magic, the rate being 0.01 to 1. That means not only would he need about Celestia's power level to overtake the mist, he would also have to be 100 times stronger than her. While chaos magic is powerful, it also requires almost no magic to use, which is probably why Discord never gets tired from spreading chaos throughout an entire country. It's not the fact that Discord has more magic than Celestia, but rather his magic can dish out more powerful attacks while using less of his reserves.

"I know I'm a cocky bastard, but you didn't think I would use spells on an opponent without any knowledge of their abilities, did you?" Discord now glared at me, incredibly serious now.

"I don't know what trick you are using, but I will find a way around it!" He says matter-of-factly. I roll my eyes at his response, and punched him with as much force as I could muster. The impact landed on his torso and I saw the wind around my hand dissipate from the force. Discord himself, however, remained unfazed. I guess he isn't just all magic. He smiled at me and coiled around my hand, completely stopping any blood flow to it.

"What kind of trick is this?" Suddenly, I felt an incredible amount of pressure around my arm. It was so intense that I stumbled and, with less grace than someone getting lynched, fell out of a window. Discord, quickly acting, let go partially and hung off the edge of the window by his tail. Of course, I instinctively grabbed on to his neck and we both sat there hanging, the ground so high up, we couldn't make anything out in the darkness of the night. There I discovered my new phobia of heights, something I didn't realize until now, when we were up a lethal distance in the air with nothing to grab on but the ledge Discord was perched on. Discord caught on to this moment of weakness and shook his neck slowly. My legs started to panic for a moment and I glared up at Discord.

"Oopsie! It seems my neck started wobbling on its own." Discord said with a chuckle. My glare intensified.

"That doesn't make sense at all!" I yelled up

"That is my entire character, isn't it? You know, not making sense?" He countered. I sighed and then suddenly realized something. How much of a short term thinker was I? All of this power at my disposal, and I'm still thinking like a weakling. I let go of Discord's neck, now free-falling through the air, the ground coming very rapidly. I summoned an sword and immediately stabbed it into the wall. After a few sparks and watching brick being slashed by metal , my decent stopped and I was in a more comfortable height. I was now hanging only 10 feet from the ground, and let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. A second later and I probably would've been injured from impacting the ground. Out of all methods of death, that would've been least preferable. I looked up to get a read on Discord's position, and imagine my surprise when he's slithering down the castle walls like a snake. Damn it, I thought that mist would've stunned his abilities for longer. He made his way to the ground next to me, where he then snapped his fingers. Being prepared for anything, I put up a barrier. It seemed to work, as an explosion hit the barrier a few seconds later.

"I didn't think you would actually be a challenge." I commented. He gave me a deadpanned stare before almost choking on his laughter.

"It's very amusing that you treat this like you have extra lives." That statement couldn't be any more true, but to be fair I haven't lost many fights since I've been here.

"I mean, my ego is-" I roll to the left to dodge an incoming hair comb. "Aye! I didn't hear my sentence end in a period!"

"Why end it in a period when you can end it with a dash instead." I really don't feel like arguing English or whatever Equestrian equivalent there was. I charged at him with my signature floating swords which I love to use so much. I watched Discord stand there as they approached and eventually stabbed into him. Suddenly, I had felt nauseated and dizzy. I clutch my stomach and get on my knees, balling over from the pain. I was sure they hit their target, so why was Discord still moving. I rose my head, having a bit of difficulty doing so, and watch the floating objects phase through him like he was a ghost. Oh come on... now you're just cheating. He snaps his fingers once again, and I duck to the side. Confetti blew from my original spot a second later, harmlessly exploding in the air. His fingers..... I wonder what happens if I slice them off.

"Hey Discord," He looked up to me in disinterest. Are you saying this fight's a little too boring for you? "The two bananas fell very far from the tree." He looked at me in bewilderment before laughing hard. He actually laughed so hard that he wheezed on the ground, but immediately stopped as something came down the air and sliced off two of his fingers. Discord attempted to regrow his lost appendages, but paled when he realized he couldn't. He gave me his best death glare, causing me to smile.

"What did you do!" He asked in anger. He looked down at the ground to see my good friend, Grimfrost the sword. Remember when I said 'Curse Forge' is amazing against pretty much anything? This is why.

"Just a minor spell enchanted on my personal sword that ages things to the billionth power. Seeing as you were struck twice, it only multiplies the process by two." Discord gave a start to that, but then chuckled as he remembered.

"So this is what you meant by your earlier statement. You were aiming for my two banana-like fingers, weren't you?" A wave of bitterness rushed through me as he made my statement earlier sound very corny.

"That's the gist of it." I added. Suddenly, Discord put his hands in the air, claiming his surrender.

"I'm not fighting that. If my life could be spared from doing this, then I'm doing it. Just please, don't use that on anypony.." Who knew I made an ability that even made Discord stand down. Of course I wasn't going to let him live, but at least he tried. What? The goal, at least in my case, was to kill him in the first place. You can't prove your strength by forgiving foes, can you? I summoned the sword back and through it at him, aiming for his throat. I expected a scream, or at least a stabbing sound, but I watched in surprise as Grimfrost was flung into the air by a third party.

"You guys don't know when to give up, do you?" I looked to my right to see the party in question.

"Discord is one of my subjects, even if he does have a horrible past." Celestia said, her horn charged with magic.

"I guess I have to show you who's boss, eh?"

Author's Note

Believe me or not, this part was edited, revised, proofreaded, and reread 214 times, because every day, I kept on having another idea for the story. I will eat my boot if there are still spelling errors in this thing.