Chaotic Redemption

by b3n020295

Rating: everyone
Tags: Comedy, Discord, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 11462

Chaos can take many forms, as it often likes to do, but what happens when it is stuck with one form?

This is a story about how Discord had his physical essence extracted from the statue, leaving his chaotic powers behind, and having his body morphed into the basic structure of a pony so that he can live in Ponyville and be free without harming others, under the supervision of Twilight and Celestia of course. While Discord isn't crazy about this plan anything is better than the statue, watching the same thing day in and day out. Of course while the ponies mean well, Discord isn't exactly used to the harmonic and peaceful lifestyle and may just regret his decision.

Published 2012-08-29 01:44:01 UTC
Last updated 2013-07-13 23:39:34 UTC

Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 1

Chaotic Redemption Chapter 1

Chaos takes many forms, some big, some small, some of absolutely ridiculous proportions barely compatible with physics, but it never takes just one form. It changes when it gets bored, when the situation calls for it or just if it wants a nice change of scenery. But what if chaos could not change form, could not create the havoc it so desires and witnesses life as something it fears in its worst nightmares. Your average, run of the mill person, or pony in this case.

It was the usual day in the royal garden, looking out over the west side of Equestria, watching the birds fly by, the bustling of the towns below and all the day to day goings on in the world. It was sickening. Discord, the god and lord of chaos, turmoil and disharmony, checked off his 100th day of his new captivity since the last incident. Not a day goes by when he doesn’t think about it, when he doesn’t think of what went wrong, how he could have done better, how it all could have been avoided. It ate away at him inside and he despised himself for it. However, a smile grows across his face when he remembers that we learn from our mistakes and next time he will not be so reckless.

It was about mid afternoon and discord was just about to have his nap when he felt that sickening harmonic power that made him cringe inside, Celestia was approaching. Using what little magic that was allowed to be available to him, Discord can use a very short ranged telepathy ability to talk to those nearby. “Ah, it must be that time of the month again” he sighed as he knew he was about to be preached to by miss goody horse shoes. “Okay Celestia let’s get this over with, I do not know why you keep trying but at least it will be entertaining for me”

“Nice to see you too Discord” Celestia spoke in her usual calm and peaceful voice, “Having a nice day?”

“Oh yes it has been simply divine, the trees have been swaying in the wind making the most delightful rustling of leaves and that mail mare with odd eyes went passed and I must say I did get a kick out of her smashing into a pony’s home, it really is a riot when you get to be trapped in stone, forced to watch the same scene repeat in front of you over and over until you can practically memorize it. So yes, today has been just fantastic, just like the past 100 days of this pointless existence”

“Good to hear” Celestia said with a smile on her face, she usually hates the mistreatment of others but for Discord, she likes to make an exception. “I have some friends of yours who have come to visit”

This caught Discord off guard, but since his statue from made it impossible for Celestia to tell, he had no problem re-composing himself,”Have you forgot who I am already dear princess, I have no friends, I don’t make friends I break them. So pray tell who or what you have brought to me to no doubt make my day more enjoyable for you”.

Suddenly the blood curdling feeling came over Discord, friendship, harmony; everything he loathed compacted into six small equines. The elements of harmony in pony form appeared from behind Celestia and now stood in front of the statue which Discord was encased in.

“Well if it isn’t the six mares who put me here, how are you all, been having fun with your average, peaceful, boring lives?”

“Hey Discord!” Yelled the pink blob of happiness as she suddenly appeared behind the statue and stood on its head, looking into its eyes upside down. “How ya doin? Jeez it’s been a really long time we really need to catch up sometime. You don’t look good you should get out more, ooh wait that’s why we’re here! We want to ask you if yo-”

“Pinkie! We agreed I’d explain!” Twilight interrupted “Now get down from there, I’m sure mister Discord does not appreciate you standing on his head!”

“Oh wait! There’s just one thing I need to do!” The Pink pony shouted as she proceeded to walk on the spot sliding her feet back and then putting them forward while out stretching her arms and bending them back again.

Discord gave an un-amused sigh “Yes yes, I see what you did there Pinkie, are you quite done?”

“Yep yep yep” Pinkie said happily as she bounced of his head and back onto the garden grass and gave a hoof bump to Rainbow Dash.

“Haha that was awesome Pinkie” Rainbow dash laughed at her friend’s humorous antics “I didn’t actually think you’d do it!”

Twilight rolled her eyes and stepped forwards “Forgive my friend’s rude behaviour” Twilight said apologetically “I don’t argue with their reasons but it’s still not acceptable, even if you did try to take over the world and destroy harmony throughout Equestria.” Twilight smiled at Discord as if trying to cheer him up somehow.

It sickened him “Oh that’s alright my dear, after taking away your friendship and making you fight each other I’d say you’ve earned a little payback. Is that the only reason you are here or do I have to endure more of this sickening display?” Discord sounded anything but optimistic.

Twilight’s smile disappeared and shot Discord a disappointed look “Even after all this time you still just want to throw our world into chaos and destroy all harmony in the world don’t you?!”

“Hmmm yes, maybe have some warm chocolate milk to top it all off or maybe watch a performance from some disco buffalo, or maybe mix it up a bit with some rock and roll. I wonder if buffalo can even play guitar? Haha they managed to do ballerina dancing last time, I can’t see why not. Maybe someday we’ll get to see hmm?”

Twilight rolled her eyes again “Anyway, we’re not here for revenge or payback, that’s not how we do things. We have come to give you a proposition.”

Discord laughed evilly “Oh what possible thing could you offer me in this stone prison? A change of scenery perhaps, maybe you wish to sing and dance to attempt to entertain me? And what would you want in return? Kind words? Appreciation? Come on out with it, I’ve only got an eternity.”

Twilight was beginning to lose her patience however she remained calm and collected “The princess and I have been talking and we think it may be possible to free you so you don’t have to be trapped in that statue all the time, it must be so cramped and lonely in there.”

“My dear” Discord started sincerely “You have no idea” A dark and angry tone came across his voice. “So you want me to be free so I don’t feel sad and lonely hmm? How sweet of you to think of my feewings” Discord put on a mocking tone as he said this before going to a more serious voice “No doubt there is a catch that will make the whole experience a complete bore.”

“Yes” Twilight replied “There are some conditions”

“Of course” Discord sighed “I’ll humour you for now young Twilight, what may these conditions be”

“First”, Twilight started, “Your physical essence shall be extracted from the statue, leaving your chaotic powers within the statue.” Discord said nothing and let Twilight continue, “Second you shall be transformed into a pony, you shall be allowed to keep your various different body parts, and they will just be altered to fit the basic structure of a pony. Third you shall let us put a tracer spell on you so that me and the princess know where you are, what you are doing, what you are saying and what you are thinking. This is for the safety of others and yourself, even if you don’t have your powers. Finally you shall be given free roam of Ponyville as long as you live peacefully amongst the townsfolk. If you are on good behaviour we may expand the reach of where you are allowed to roam.”

There was a long silence as Discord sorted through the guff he had just heard, trying to find how this will benefit him in any way. Pinkie broke the silence, “I’ve gone deaf!”, She screamed at the top of her voice.

The group turned to her with confused faces, “No Pinkie, no one was talking”, Twilight stated as she rolled her eyes again.

“Oh, oopsie! My bad.” Pinkie giggled. She turned to look at Fluttershy who was no longer there, just a dust cloud in the shape of her body. Two sets of eyes could be seen from a nearby bush.

“Fluttershy dear come out of there”, Rarity spoke up and walked to aid Fluttershy out of the bush “You’ll get twigs and leaves in your mane.” Rarity helped Fluttershy out of the bush and the two joined the group again.

“Sorry everypony”, Fluttershy apologised, “It was just that Pinkie startled me.”

“Oh sorry Fluttershy”, Pinkie giggled, “I just panicked was all.”

“That’s okay Pinkie”, Fluttershy smiled at her friend.

“Ugh gag.” Discord said with disgust, “If being free means I have to put up with all this friendship nonsense then no deal. Although I would like to see the yellow one get scared again, that was priceless”.

Pinkie stepped in front on Fluttershy, “Fluttershy is off limits on that front Discord”

“Ah, pity” Discord gave a disappointed sigh.

Twilight was trying to keep a calm face, but was starting to get annoyed with Discord “So, what will it be Discord?”

“Well quite frankly my dear I fail to see how this benefits me in any way.” Discord said matter of factly “I think I’d rather stay here than be in the dreadfully boring place”

“But surely whatever is out there must be more interesting than looking out to the same landscape every day” Twilight said reassuringly.

“And fun!” Pinkie added.

“Not to mention that statue looks awful”, Rarity said with disgust, “How could you want to stay in that thing?”

“It must be so scary and lonely in there.” Fluttershy spoke softly

“And I bet you haven’t stretched yer legs in a good long time.” Applejack exclaimed.

Discord was silent for a moment, hmm; I suppose I could find a way to disable the tracer spell and cause at least a little bit of chaos. But... “Will I be able to back out whenever I want?” He asked.

“Of course” Celestia said, pleased that he appeared to be considering this, “The statue is always there should you wish to return”

“And I’ll have my own residence in Ponyville” He asked, while he wasn’t too bothered where he lived, he didn’t want to have to go through the boring process of gaining ownership of a house.

“I’ll arrange a place for you to stay” Celestia replied her smile growing wider, this sickened Discord.

“So what would you have me do? Just walk around and give the ponies something different to look at as they go on with their boring days?” Discord asked, trying not to raise their hopes too much.

“I’m sure these six will find you things to do” Celestia said looking at the mane 6 with a kind smile. They returned her smile eagerly.

“Not to mention you might learn something” Twilight added, maybe a bit louder than she would have wanted.

“Please, I am thousands of years old, have heard all kinds of things about the world and magic etcetera etcetera.” Discord replied, “What could you ponies possibly teach me?”

“Oh I don’t know, maybe the error of your ways, maybe about the benefits of harmony and peace, maybe something about friendship?” Twilight said, annoyed that Discord heard her last comment yet determined to get her point across.

“Ha, that will be amusing to say the least”, Discord said with a dark chuckle. Well, anything is better than this stone, and from the sounds of it, this could be rather entertaining. “Okay ponies, I accept this proposition. Just don’t disappoint me with boring tasks and whatnot; I expect at least a little bit of fun to come of this.” Discord Found it hard to believe his own optimism.

“Excellent!” Celestia exclaimed, pleased that Discord was cooperating. “We’ll begin the arrangements as soon as possible.”

“When will I be released from this prison may I ask?” “Discord asked noticing that this had been left out of the conversation.

“Oh, you’ll know when it happens” Celestia said, trying to hide her smile as she turned to walk away, the mane six following her.

The vagueness of this answer worried Discord; he was reminded of how cruel Celestia’s wrath can be sometimes.

Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 2

Chaotic Redemption Chapter 2

Discord awoke the next day in his usual attitude, preparing his mind for another day of incarceration in the statue. He rubbed his eye with his bear hand, he preferred this hand since it had fur, unlike his gryphon claw, so it was more comfortable to use. “Well Discord, welcome to day 101 in this pri-“, He stopped as he realized what he just did, “Wait a second...” He looked at his hand, “... Oh, I must be having one of those dreams again.” With this explanation he put his hand back down and laid his head back in an attempt to fall back to sleep to awake properly.

“Discord?” The familiar voice of Twilight Sparkle could be heard. She had just peeked her head through the doorway to see if he was awake.

“Mmm go away Ms Sparkle; you know I hate it when you’re in my dreams.” He groaned, he just wanted to wake up so that he could get the next day over with.

“Um, this isn’t a dream Discord.” Twilight replied, rather confused. She was now standing next to Discord as he lay on the bed in the royal guest room.

“Yes, you would say that wouldn’t you. You’ve haunted my dreams for too long Sparkle; I know all your tricks.” Discord responded with a bemused tone. He turned to lay facing away from her.

Twilight nudged Discord with her hoof, already losing her patience with Discord “Discord, this isn’t a dream! Now get up, we’ve got to get you moved into Ponyville! Don’t you want to get settled in? We need to give you a tour of the town and everything! We have a schedule to keep to and you’re just wasting time!”

Discord sighed and turned to lie on his back again to look at Twilight “Twilight, of all the things that you have said in my dreams to torment me, that has to be your most pitiful and crazy attempt yet.”

Twilight was visibly getting annoyed now. Her mood changed once she heard the voice of Celestia, who had just entered the room “Oh, you’re already here Twilight, I was just about to send somepony to fetch you.” said Celestia, pleased that her student was eager and early as usual.

Discord watched Celestia walk in, keeping a straight and un-amused face “Well, this dream just turned into a nightmare.” He turned to face away from them again.

“Good morning to you too Discord”, Celestia responded to the snide comment, surprisingly one that she had not heard from him before. “How are you feeling?”

“I was feeling just marvellous until you both arrived” He answered, audibly annoyed that he could not wake up from this bore of a dream. He preferred the dreams where he destroys Ponyville or the ones where he hypnotizes Celestia into being his pet dog. There was also that one dream where he played golf with planets in space. That one always makes him smile when he thinks of it. “I would feel a lot better if I could wake up from this nightmare you seem to have trapped me in.”

Celestia and Twilight looked at each other and then back at Discord who was still trying to go back to sleep so he could escape the dream. Celestia’s horn lit up as she telekinetically lifted Discord out of bed and slammed him against the wall a good three times.

“Gah, oof, argh!” Discord yelled.

Celestia then gently put him on the floor next to the bed. “Certainly doesn’t feel like a dream does it?” Celestia pointed, it wasn’t hard to tell that she was enjoying this.

“Sheesh!” Discord moaned, “Okay, I see your point!” He rubbed his head with his bear claw. Stopping, he realized what he just did for the second time. Discord looked at his hand again. “Wha... Bu... How... Why... whe...” Discord was struggling to comprehend the situation, babbling even more as he looked around the room, realising where he was.

“Oh Discord, have you already forgotten what we agreed on just yesterday!?!” Twilight exclaimed, surprised that didn’t even know what was going on.

Discord calmed slightly and tried to think back to the afternoon before. He suddenly remembered the conversation that they had. He smiled, pleased that he remembered, “Ah yes, of course! Now I remember.” His eyes then widened as he looked down at his body to see that he had become much shorter, with the length of his body and limbs reduced to mere stubs. He stood, stumbling a little as he was not used to this equine body structure. When he finally got his balance on all four legs, he looked up to see that he was only just barely the size of Twilight. A bemused look came across his face “Well this is just great.” Discord groaned.

“I know!” Twilight piped up suddenly, smiling widely as she naively thought Discord was approving of this new body, “Now you’ll fit in perfectly in Ponyville!” She then noticed the bemused look on Discord’s face and awkwardly broke eye contact “Oh um, well maybe not perfectly but...” She wasn’t quite sure how to finish her sentence.

“Twilight was the one who decided to extract you from the statue while you were asleep” Celestia mentioned, deciding to break the awkward silence Twilight had created.

“Of course”, Discord replied, un-amused, “That way I’d embarrass myself with the whole fiasco that just took place.” He looked at Twilight, “You’re a cruel mare, Sparkle.”

Twilight looked offended and gave Discord a look of disgust “Actually Discord”, Twilight started, gritting her teeth as she did so, “I decided that it be done while you were asleep because the process would have been extremely painful.” She un-gritted her teeth, her mood lightening slightly, “Fortunately you’re a pretty heavy sleeper so you experienced no pain, or at least you shouldn’t have.”

“I wanted to do it while you were awake”, Celestia added, “You always did enjoy trying new experiences.” This was only slightly true; Discord enjoyed making other ponies have new experiences, not him himself. Discord knew her real reasoning; it did not surprise him really.

“Oh, well”, Discord began, annoyed that he was wrong in his assumption, “Thank you Ms Sparkle, and I apologise for accusing you.” Discord despised the fact that he had just apologised to a pony, but he knew that if he didn’t, he would have practically been able to feel the fire of Celestia’s wrath growing hotter and hotter. It was already at the burning intensity of 50 suns, he didn’t need his situation getting any worse than it already was.

“That’s quite alright Discord”, Twilight accepted Discord’s apology, she looked much happier now, “Just out of curiosity, do you feel any pain?”

“Aside from the excruciating headache you just gave me?” Discord answered, rubbing his head again.

“Hmm? Oh sorry about that.” Celestia responded, pretending to be distracted by something. Discord shot her a glare.

“Yes, aside from that” Twilight rolled her eyes at her mentor’s antics, while she didn’t approve of the way Celestia treats Discord, she understands her reasoning. Plus, it’s pretty much the only time Celestia get’s to have a bit of fun, being royalty and all.

“No, I feel fine” Discord answered, returning his eyes to Twilight.

“Good!” Twilight exclaimed, pleased that Discord felt fine and that her spell worked perfectly. “Now there is just the matter of the tracing spell.”

Discord gave Twilight a confused look, “Couldn’t you have just done that while I was asleep too?”

“Unfortunately no”, Twilight answered, “We need to access your conscious and unconscious mind to plant the spell. We wouldn't have been able to do this while you were asleep since parts of your mind don’t function while you are asleep.”

Discord gave them another confused look; he didn’t completely understand what Twilight just explained to him, although he didn’t really care. “Whatever, let’s just get this over with.” Discord was not at all happy with the situation. Something good had better come out of this ordeal.

Both Twilight’s and Celestia’s horns lit up and Discord could feel the invasion in his mind and the closely watching eye of Celestia and Twilight. No thought would go unnoticed and every bit of information that goes through Discord’s mind was now available to them.

“Done!” Twilight broke the moment’s silence as her horn and Celestia’s horn both dimmed. “How do you feel?”

Discord’s face showed that he was NOT pleased, “Violated, insecure, terrified, etcetera, etcetera.” Twilight’s face seemed somewhat sympathetic, not that this made Discord feel any better, while he can’t speak for Twilight, he knew that this is exactly how Celestia wanted him to feel. “So, what kinds of thoughts am I allowed to have, if any?” Discord asked, pessimism in his voice as he was sure the list of thoughts he could have would not be any fun at all.

“No violent or aggressive thoughts”, Celestia started, “No thoughts about chaos or the application of it, no thoughts about scheming or planning the harm of others. I think you’re getting the general idea.”

Hypocrite Discord thought to himself, “Yes Celestia, I think I get it” Discord rolled his eyes, he clearly did not approve of the application of all these rules.

“Should you act or think aggressively towards anypony else, a sharp pain will be administered using the tracer spell until you stop. We can also speak to you telepathically should we need to do so.” Celestia explained with a very stern look.

“Perfect” discord groaned, if having to put up with their mere presence wasn’t bad enough, now he has to put up with their presence in his mind as well.

“Right then”, Twilight started, glad that they could finally get going, “Now that all that is done and dusted, we should get a move on, a house has been arranged for you in Ponyville, situated next to my home in the local library so I can keep an eye on you.”

“Ugh” Discord moaned, this high alert security business was really starting to get on his nerves.

Twilight ignored this and carried on “You will be given a tour of the town, shown where everything and everypony is and whatnot, and then you will be free to do as you wish, you will be notified if any tasks require your attention. Any purchases you wish to make must be consulted with the princess, which you can do telepathically. Once she approves of this purchase, the required amounts of bits will be sent to you using instant teleportation. But ONLY if she approves.”

“Oh I’m so happy you’ve given me so much freedom” Discord sarcastically remarked.

Twilight noticed this sarcasm but again ignored it, “So, any questions?”

“Yes” Discord answered “How long will this be exactly?” Discord didn’t want to be too long, he had a feeling it would get boring very quickly.

“Well”, Twilight started, “Either indefinitely or until you decide to return to your stone prison.”

“Right”, Discord sighed, “Just don’t expect the former to be happening, this is just so I can stretch my legs and have some fresh air for a few days, okay?”

“Of course”, Twilight answered, rolling her eyes as she did so, “I believe that’s all princess, isn’t it?”

“Indeed it is my student”, Celestia replied, happy to finally get going, “This way Discord.”

Twilight and Celestia both turned to head to the chariot room. Discord let out a heavy sigh, imagining what torment awaits him in that forsaken town, “Let’s just get this over with” he mumbled as he followed the two ponies out of the royal guest room.

Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 3

Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 3

The chariot was headed for the town square where are large crowd had formed. The town hall was still in disrepair from the Derpy incident.

“Hmm” Discord admired the damage “What made you decide to improve the look of the town hall?”

Twilight gave him a glare, “we didn’t, the mail mare did it, I’m sure you’re familiar with her, she goes past the royal garden on her rounds from Canterlot to Trottingham.”

“Ah yes, my little clumsy friend.” Discord chuckled as he thought back to the many mishaps she caused as she flew past the royal garden, “She has created quite the bit of entertainment during my time there.”

Twilight’s glare went unfazed until they landed in the town square in front of the now silent crowd.

“What’s with gathering? Celestia, what did you do?” Discord looked at Celestia accusingly, knowing she must have planned some trick for him.

“I simply notified them of your arrival, wouldn’t want you wondering around without them knowing about this whole arrangement.”

Would have been fun though, Discord thought to himself as he, Twilight and Celestia all exited the chariot. Discord looked out at the crowd to be greeted by smiling faces and laughing. Discord felt paranoid, he knew at any moment Celestia could have something horrible done to him, or somepony would try to offer him cake or some kind of ‘friendly’ gesture. He felt sick, he just wanted to get to his place of residence and lock the door.

“Citizens of Ponyville!” Celestia spoke, she used an amplifying spell so the whole town could hear her, “We bring before you today, a new resident!” She then went silent.

A long silence came after, all the towns folks eyes laid upon Discord; he looked around, confused and disgusted by them. Twilight gave him a nudge in the side, “Ahem.” Discord could tell she was trying to tell him something but he had no idea what.

“What? Why are they all staring at me? Apart from the obvious of course.” Discord whispered to Twilight.

“Say hello.” Twilight assisted through gritted teeth, trying to keep her smile, she wasn’t a huge fan of the awkward silence that had been created.

“Ugh... Do I have to? They all know who I am and why I’m here.” Discord complained.

“Stop being a wuss!” Twilight whispered through gritted teeth, “It’s just being polite!”

Discord sighed, “Hello, everypony”, Discord mumbled as quietly as he could, trying not to make eye contact with anypony, keeping his gaze at the ground.

“I don’t think they heard you, try again” Twilight whispered through the smile.

Celestia sensed in Discord’s thoughts that this was not going to go any quicker, so she cast the amplification spell on discord, making his grumbles be heard throughout Ponyville.

“Hello everypony”, Discord mumbled again, he realized that it had been amplified for the whole town to hear, his eyes shot open and glared hatefully at Celestia, You evil, sadistic... Discord’s thoughts were cut off by Celestia voice in his head.

We won’t be having any of those thoughts now; I hope you haven’t forgotten the rules already. Her voice rang through Discord’s mind. Let this be your first warning, let’s hope I don’t have to take it any further than that.

Discord removed his glare from Celestia and returned it to the crowd as She spoke once more, “As you all are aware, Discord has been allowed to live here in ponyville without the use of his powers, he will be staying in the house next to the Library, I want you to treat him as you would treat anypony else. His past actions are irrelevant and I do not wish for any of you treat him poorly because of them.”

The towns folk nodded in agreement to these terms, Discord was not happy about these terms, but he didn’t have a say in the matter. Great, now they’re going to treat me like I’m their ‘friend’ not to mention she just told them where I’m staying, I’d be surprised if they didn’t wake me up in the night to see if I wanted some flowers. Ugh.

Celestia glanced at Discord and smiled as she heard his thoughts, then returned her gaze to the crowd as she addressed them once more, “That is all, carry on.”

The crowd dispersed to wherever they were before they had gathered at the square. Celestia walked over to Twilight and Discord. “I’m afraid I must leave you in the capable hands of my student”, she smiled at Twilight, and then gave a stern look at Discord, “But remember, I’m always watching you, you let your thoughts slip back there. Don’t let it happen again.” Discord had learned to fear that tone of voice; it was the voice that if disobeyed, would have awful consequences.

Twilights friends came to join them in the square, Celestia smiled at them sweetly “Ah girls, there you are.” She said, happy they had not forgotten to meet them in square after the town gathering.

Discord gave the friends a bemused look; Of course, this day wouldn’t be complete without a visit from the friendship brigade, Twilight shot him a look, he heard her voice in his head.

You’re on very thin ice Discord, don’t push it. Her voice was stern; she was clearly losing her patience with him. Discord wasn’t sure whether to be amused or worried about the possible consequences.

“Ya’ll wanted see us Prin...” Applejack started before being interrupted by Pinkie Pie.

“Hi Princess! Hi Twilight! HI DISCORD!” Pinkie turned her head rapidly between Celestia then Twilight and then charged right up to Discord, startling him and almost knocking him over.

“Hi Pinkie.” Twilight and Celestia said happily, Discord said with despair, even though Pinkie was his favourite, she was much too happy for his liking. Pinkie returned to the group.

“Uh Yeah... So as I was saying”, Applejack started again, giving Pinkie an odd look, “Ya’ll wanted to see us Princess?”

“Yes my loyal subjects” Celestia addressed them all, Discord rolled his eyes at the pitifully formal term, he hated it when Celestia addressed ponies like that, like she has the right to wear that royal tiara and be on the throne of all of Equestria. He despised the position she had. That should be him, sitting on a throne made of cake and with subjects made out of gumballs in a castle made out of biscuits. Celestia allowed Discord this moment to be lost in his maniacal thoughts while she continued to address her subjects “I asked you here to show Discord around Ponyville”, Discord snapped out of his thoughts at this, he hadn’t expected all of the elements to be showing him around. “I cannot Join you as I have matters to attend to, so if you’d be so kind?”

“Sure Princess!” The friends say in unison. Discord was not happy with the idea of being shown around by the elements of goody woosiness. Especially since he has no idea how long it would take.

“Okay then.” Celestia said to them before turning to face Discord, “Remember, I’ve got my eye on you.” Her voice was stern, as was her face.

“I’ll try to keep that in mind” Discord said through gritted teeth, he knew she was just trying to annoy him, but he couldn’t help but despise her.

Celestia’s face suddenly brightened “Okay then. Have fun!” She said as she got back on the chariot.

“Bye Princess!” The mane six said as she flew off in the chariot. Discord just grumbled profanities under his breath before he felt like he had just been slapped around the head.

What did I just say? Celestia’s voice penetrated his mind. Discord winced at the pain.

Yeah Yeah, You got your eye on me. Discord grumbled back in his thoughts while rubbing his head. The restricted feeling this security was giving him was starting to get on his nerves.

The mane six began to walk towards Twilight’s Library, Twilight turned back to face him “Come on Discord, we don’t have all day!” She yelled to him with a smile, she was in a better mood now than before now that she was with her friends.

Discord sighed and followed them; they all slowed down so he could catch up. Once he had gotten closer they surrounded him, making him feel somewhat uncomfortable. “This tour really isn’t necessary girls; I had a nice wander around last time I was here.” Discord said warily, he just wanted to go to his place of residence and go to sleep.

“Well Ponyville’s changed since you were here last, dear.” Rarity mentioned.

“Yeah, we put in a new market place, a clock tower, we have a new lake. We have a tonne of new stuff!” Rainbow added enthusiastically, proud of the help that she put in to their creation.

“Well that’s just fantastic” Discord moaned sarcastically.

“Oh it is!” Fluttershy piped up, she then shied down a bit “Oh but, some of the market merchants aren’t very nice. You should watch yourself around them, they might try to scam you.” She said, looking at the ground as she remembered that awful day.

“But other than that most of the ponies here darn good folk” Applejack added, trying not to make Ponyville sound too bad.

“Oh yes I’m sure.” Discord responded, not really paying much attention, he didn’t really care.

They arrived at the Library “Ah here we are!” Twilight pointed out, she then pointed to the house next to the Library, “And there’s your house, next to the Library so I can keep an eye on you.” She said that with a smile which Discord found odd, it didn’t really suit the sentence as he thought she’d have a more stern tone. These ponies are too darn happy.”Come on, I’ll show you where all the different books are!”

Discord’s eyes widened as he tried to escape the situation, fruitlessly as he got pushed into the Library by the six mares. This was not going to be fun.

Discord exited the Library, bored out of his mind. That was possibly the worst couple of hours of his life. Twilight had introduced him to pretty much every book in the library, each pony pointing out their favourite books. He had to endure Rainbow’s rantings on why Daring Doo is awesome and a lecture from Rarity about the history of fashion. The only redeeming moment was when Pinkie was doing somersaults and knocked most of the books off of one of the shelves and watching Twilight and Spike try to put them back to where they were.

“Wow, that took longer than I thought!” Twilight exclaimed as she saw the position of the sun, it was roughly 2 o’clock. “We still have so many more places to go.”

“Hmm yes, maybe you should work on making your Library tour shorter, or more entertaining.” Discord mumbled as he was slowly losing the will to live.

“My Library tour is very entertaining!” Twilight responded, somewhat offended, “Right girls?” She turned to face her friends, who all had their best poker faces on.

“S-sure Twilight”, Rarity lied, “They are simply, riveting.”

Twilight turned back to Discord with a wide smile “See, I told you tha...” Twilight began before her eyes widened and she turned back to her friends “Hey, are you ju...” She began again before being interrupted by her friends pushing her along out of the Library.

“Heh well that’s all good Twi but we best get going, places to go people to see an’ all that!” Applejack said hastily as she used her head to push Twilight’s posterior.

“Oh uh, but, wait, uh okay, um, bye spike!” Twilight shouted to her scaly assistant who waved back before returning to his lunch that was now cold, to his annoyance.

As the group hurried along, Discord looked back at his new home before looking back forward in despair. This was going to be a long day.

Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 4

Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 4

Discord followed the girls to the edge of town and back, listening to them talk about all manner of things that he couldn't care less about. Truly not one of his best days. They had started heading back towards the library to get Discord accommodated when a random apple hit Discord on the head, taking him by surprise and making him fall face first into a pile of mud. He got up to find the six mares laughing hysterically.

“Yes, yes. I’m sure that was hilarious”, Discord grumbled, “Are you quite...” Before he could finish another apple hit him on the head. He looked up to see the mail mare laughing too. Another apple hit him on the back of his head; he turned round to see various fillies and colts preparing apples. A volley of apples headed his way, he dodged as best as he could but the apples seemed to just home in on his face. Pretty much the whole town were now watching, laughing at Discord’s misery. Discord looked around, rage building up, he wished he could just smite these ponies, reverse the planets gravity and send them into orbit, open the planet up and have it swallow them whole. Another volley of apples came from afar; Discord focused and could see Celestia telekinetically throwing apples at him with great force. Discord was practically buried in apples. He popped his head out, an apple stuck on his tooth, the laughing didn’t stop, they pointing continued, everyone was watching him, the laughing got louder and louder. Discord put his claws to his ears but the laughing didn’t get any quieter, it was as though it was in his head. Discord was furious, he felt like he was going to explode twice from the rage.

“SHUT UP!!” Discord awoke in his bed yelling at the top of his lungs. He looked around at the different environment he was in, breathing heavily. “Oh, it was just a dream.” He lay back in his bed, rubbing his head with his bear claw. “These ponies will be the death of me” he groaned.

The day before was possibly one of the worst days of his life. After the nonsense at the library the group headed to sugar cube corner where Pinkie baked a set of cupcakes for them all which wouldn’t have been bad if Pinkie hadn’t shoved one in Discord’s mouth ten second after the cakes came out of the oven. 20 glasses of milk later and they proceeded to Rarity’s boutique where Rarity measured Discord and put him in all manners of different outfits to see which suited him best, some more humiliating than others. After deciding Discord didn’t really look good in anything, to the utter distress of Rarity, the group managed to pull her back together and headed to sweet apple acres where he got to meet Big Macintosh and Granny Smith. Discords frustrating attempts to get Big Mac to say more than two words proved futile and the group found it humorous as no one told Discord that Granny Smith was partially def. After a lot of shouting and complaining, the group eventually told Discord of Granny Smith’s impairment, to Discord’s annoyance, and managed to get him to Fluttershy’s cottage while he complained about wasting his time. They didn’t go in or stay long as it was the animal’s bedtime, although one mischievous bird did evacuate its bowels upon Discord’s head. It got a good telling off from Fluttershy but that did not change the amount of suffering discord wished upon the bird. The group decided it would be best to clean up the mess on Discord’s head when they get back to his house next to the library. They would have shown him Rainbow’s home but that’s in Cloudsdale which Discord is not allowed to go to yet. Besides, time was getting on and the birds mess was starting to set, so they headed towards Discord’s accommodation. Once a small tour was given before to group left Discord to his home and returned to their respective homes too. Discord washed the bird’s mess off of his head and his face and went to bed; he was exhausted after the long walk. He couldn’t remember the last time he walked, let around a whole town, let alone with a new body in the shape of a pony. He wasn’t even sure how his body could possibly have even been shaped like this. All his various animal parts were still there, just re-shaped to fit that of a pony, he was sure there were some anatomical or biological impossibilities here, but he didn’t think about it too much. His legs hurt, his head hurt and he just wanted to sleep.

Discord got out of bed and immediately stumbled and fell, he still wasn’t used to his new body and the sleep hadn’t exactly helped. He got up and readjusted himself before heading out to try and find somewhere to eat. As he opened the door he was greeted by Twilight who was standing right outside with a wide smile on her face.

“Hi Discord!” She greeted him cheerfully.

Discord screamed and slammed the door shut. After the initial panic Discord composed himself and opened the door to a less cheerful Twilight with a rather red nose.

“Oh, um, I apologise Miss Sparkle, you, um, startled me.” Discord apologised, trying to avoid punishment.

Twilight rubbed her nose and shrugged it off “Oh that’s okay Discord; you’re not the first one to hit me with a door.” She said, trying to regain her cheerfulness. “I just came to check how you are; I detected your brain becoming active and decided to come over. How are you this morning, feeling any pain from the morphation spell yet?” Twilight asked with a concerned look.

“Well I was in a fair amount of pain last night but that was probably just from the walking, and I had a bit of a headache from the annoying...” He stopped as he saw Twilight’s face turn to an annoyed look, he quickly tried to recover “...ly bright sun, yes, I’m not used to the light of the sun from that angle.” He smiled, shifting his eyes. Twilight’s face didn’t change.

“You don’t have to try and hide the fact that you hate us from me Discord”, Twilight said with a sad tone, “or rather, you can’t. I have access to your entire mind except your long term memory; I know everything you think of us, when you think it. I have to say it’s not pretty in there. Quite frankly I’m glad I can’t see your long term memory, I’d hate to see what atrocities you’ve committed before.” Twilight gave a disappointed look “It’s a shame you can’t just change your mind about us and actually like us. Why? Why can’t you just change your ways and actually be a good guy for once?”

Discord's voice took on a dark tone, “Because I am chaos”, he stated with a solemn look, “I am disharmony, I am hate. I am everything you ponies are not, I know no different. You ponies are brought up with certain values and beliefs; I was created with the sole purpose of causing pain, misery and anarchy. I’ve had no other paths in life, no choices, and no other options. I don’t hate you because I choose to, I actually envy you ponies, I wish I could have had what you have, the free will to live my life however I please. No, I hate you because I have no other choice.”

Twilight looked confused, “Of course you have choice, you had the power to do literally whatever you wanted, so why not use it for good?”

Discord looked frustrated; he got right up close to Twilight and spoke through gritted teeth, “Because chaos isn't just the power. It’s in the mind, the body, the soul. You have only taken one element of chaos away from me; you fruitlessly try to control what you cannot. The only reason chaos is letting me tell you this is not because it wants to give you the answer, but because it knows it will only raise more questions!” Discord calmed down and retreated a little, he saw that Twilight was frightened enough, “I appreciate that your trying to have me on some journey where I should learn about harmony and my chaotic ways would be forever gone but forget it Twilight. You can’t get rid of the chaos, without getting rid of me. Because I am chaos.”

Discord looked at the ground as though in deep thought. Twilight stared at him with a sympathetic look. After several moments of awkward silence, Twilight spoke up.

“I guess I never thought of it that way before, I guess I just assumed that you were evil through choice. I never considered that it was so much bigger than that. Did you really mean all that? About envying us and not having a choice?”

Discord looked at the ground, a small smirk growing across his face, “Maybe miss sparkle, maybe. Or maybe that’s just what chaos wants you to think.”

Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 5

Chaotic Redemption Chapter 5

After much more debate and arguing over the nature, cause and reasoning of chaos, Twilight came to the conclusion, reluctantly, that chaos was not understandable. Although Discord soon pointed out that her understanding that chaos is not understandable would make chaos momentarily understandable therefore making her understanding of chaos not being understandable, not understandable. At this point Twilight gave up and suggested they go and have breakfast as it was now 10:30 after they had been arguing for over an hour.

They spent another half an hour trying to decide if Discord would prefer the dandelion delight or the Roseluck’s surprise. Discord didn’t really want either; he hated plants and forgot that the ponies were herbivores. Great he thought to himself as Twilight tried to convince him to eat something off from the menu like she was his mother and he was a grumpy baby. After another half an hour of being lectured by Twilight on the importance of nutrition, Discord suggested they go to sugar cube corner. Twilight again gave up and agreed. It was already 11:30 and she was starving.

As they walked Discord looked around at all the happy ponies as they went about their daily lives talking and prancing etc. Sickening. Instead of prancing they should be running away from giant mutant bunnies, that are on fire and shoot custard from their eyes! And instead of talking and laughing they should be screaming and fighting for his amusement. Instead the reality before him was happy and boring. The only interesting thing he saw was a pony sitting on a bench weirdly, she didn’t lie across it like the other ponies, she sat with her legs dangling over the seat. He was sure he had seen that sitting position before in some over dimension be her didn’t care enough to remember which. Oh and he also got to see the mail mare fly into a tree, that never gets old.

Twilight scolded Discord for laughing at the mail mare’s misfortune and after giving him yet another lecture on her condition and the further damage she could do to herself if she’s not careful, they arrived a sugar cube corner.

They stood outside looking at the menu that had been placed on the wall next to the door to entice customers. “Hmm, I think I’ll get the strawberry shortcake”, Twilight decided, “What about you Discord?”

Discord was now bored out of his mind and his voice became very monotone, “I guess I’ll get the triple chocolate muffin, I think I could do with one right about now.”

They both entered the store, Mrs Cake was at the counter, “Oh, hello there Twilight, I’m sorry I don’t think Pinkie is in today.” She greeted, usually the only reason Twilight comes in is to either buy cakes for her friends or to talk to Pinkie Pie.

“Oh that’s all right Mrs Cake”, Twilight replied, “I’m just here for something to eat, Mr fussy flank over here apparently doesn’t like plants so we came here. One strawberry shortcake for one hungry unicorn and one triple chocolate muffin for one grumpy draconequus.”

“Coming right up dearie!” Mrs Cake exclaimed as she disappeared into the bakery.

“Technically I’m a chimera”, Discord stated, he was annoyed that everyone had this misconception about him being a draconequus, “Draconequus stands for dragon-horse which one would assume that this creature has the body parts of a dragon and a horse. However my body includes various parts of various animals, therefore it would be correct to call me a chimera. Not that it mattered all that much when I was free, I could change my body as much as I wanted I really wasn't a specific species, I was just chaos. But now, stuck in this solitary form, it would be more appropriate to call me a chimera, not a draconequus.”

“Oh”, Twilight looked surprised, “but all of my history books refer to you as a draconequus.”

“Well they’re wrong.” Discord stated matter of factly.

“Why did you choose that form anyway? It seems really impractical.” Twilight asked, confused.

Discord shrugged “It just seemed appropriately random. I wouldn't say it was impractical, it was flexible, strong and I could use the tail as a third arm. The only bad thing was the gryphon claw; I mean scratching with that thing was a nightmare. Most uncomfortable.”

Mrs Cake returned with the two cakes on a tray (The baked cakes not their children, although Discord had no complaints about that idea) “Any toppings?”

“I’ll have some sugar, spice and everything nice please.” Twilight answered. Discord looked disgusted with the selection.

“And how about you Mr Discord?” Mrs Cake asked nicely.

He would have preferred lord Discord but it was a start, wouldn't mind some slugs, snails and puppy dog tails, he thought to himself before pain hit him like a boulder had been dropped on his head, he winced as he lurched forward and grit his teeth at the pain.

Discord! That’s disgusting! Twilight’s voice resonated through his mind.

“Are you all right there dear?” Mrs Cake asked with a very concerned look.

“Uh, yes madam I'm fine”, Discord replied, rubbing his head, “Just a headache, I guess I’ll have the chocolate sprinkles.”

“Okie Doke!” Mrs Cake responded as she applied the toppings to the baked goods.

Twilight levitated the two cakes to the door, “Come on Discord we’ll eat outside, get you some fresh air for that headache of yours.” Twilight insisted with a smile. Discord rolled his eyes and left the building while Twilight said goodbye to Mrs Cake.

Once outside, Twilight’s face changed to an annoyed look, “You really need to control your thoughts!” Twilight scolded “You’re not going to have a good time if you keep this up!”

Discord rolled his eyes again, “Right, can I have my cake now?” He asked with an un-amused look. Twilight passed him the muffin, rather forcefully, which he proceeded to eat in almost one bite.

“Eat slower! Otherwise you’re going to feel sick later.” Twilight stated “You’re not immortal anymore; you can’t just stop yourself from being sick.”

Ha! What do you know?” Discord chuckled as he finished off his delicious meal.

Discord exited his bathroom, the water in the toilet a mix of browns and greens and full of chunks from the sickly treat. Twilight stood with a smug look on her face.

“Well I hate to say I told you so but...” She started before Discord cut her off.

“Shut up.” Discord grumbled quickly and with an un-amused look.

Twilight opened her mouth to speak but got interrupted yet again by a knocking at the door. “I’ll get that. You stay up here in case you start feeling sick again.”

“As you wish Ms Sparkle.” Discord sighed as he went back into the bathroom.

Twilight went downstairs and opened the door to see Applejack. “Oh, hi Applejack! What are you doing here?” She asked, happy to see her friend.

“Oh hey there Twi, I just came along to uh”, Applejack started before quieting to a whisper “Get Discord to go to the you know what.” She whispered with a wink.

“Oh right, I completely forgot”, Twilight whispered back, “We took so long to get breakfast I forgot to bring him along, and then he was sick and...” Twilight trailed off.

Discord had his ear pressed up against the door, trying to hear what they were saying; he knew there were only two reasons why they would have suddenly gone quiet. Either ninja monkeys had gagged them and taken them away or they were whispering and if they’re whispering then they are saying something they don’t want him to hear. Discord didn’t like this one bit.

“... Okay, I’ll take him there as soon as I can.” Twilight whispered, “See you there!”

With that, Applejack turned round and left. Twilight closed the door behind her and started heading back upstairs. Discord heard the door close and came out of the bathroom. He stood at the top of the stairs.

“Who was that?” He asked, trying to sound like he had heard nothing of the conversation.

“It was Applejack, she just wanted to see how you were, but since you were sick I told her to come back another time.” Twilight lied. Discord could see the lie, her lack of eye contact and slight hesitation in her voice laid the lie out on a plate. Discord was the master of lies and deceit and he knew a lie when he saw one.

“That’s a long conversation to just tell her to come back another time.” Discord pointed out.

“Oh well, you know us girls ha-ha, always waffling on.” She couldn't be worse at lying if she tried right now.

“It all seemed rather quiet for mare chit chat.”

“Well we use our indoor voices around here y’know?”

Discord didn't like being plotted against, he was once in a position where he knew everything that ponies talked about, especially their plots against him, he could always be once step ahead and always knew what was going on. So this position of being plotted against and not knowing about it was further breaking his already drained mind. Twilight had just reached the top of the stairs when Discord grabbed her by the neck with his bear claw and pushed her against the wall, threatening her with his gryphon claw.

“WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING YOU CREATEN!” He shouted as he held her by the neck. Twilight choked for air as she tried to break free, but the shock and her gasping for air meant she couldn't concentrate enough to use her magic. Discord was too blinded by rage to see that she couldn't speak like this. “You ponies think you can play with me like some toy!?! Well I’ll...” Discord was cut off as the most intense pain he had ever felt erupted in his head.

LET GO OF HER! Celestia’s voice boomed. Discord closed his eyes and let go of Twilight, who dropped to the ground, gasping for air and crying. Discord held his head, stumbling around as the pain burned his mind. He stumbled backwards and didn't realise that he was backing into the stairs. His foot went back expecting flat ground, but it only met empty space. The pain was too much to allow him to indulge in his confusion and he fell backwards down the stairs, bouncing down them before hitting the wooden floor with his antler and horn and blacking out. The only thing that is heard is Twilight’s whimpering as she lay on the ground, too shocked to move.

Author's Note

Sorry this took a while, life issues and all that. Feedback is appreciated and encouraged.

Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 6

Chaotic Redemption: Chapter 6

Discord sat at his throne, supervising the pony workers as they built his monument. He felt proud that he enslaved the most powerful species in the land and reduced the values of this once great empire to dust and replaced them with his own. The workers were starting to get tired and weak, things that were unacceptable in this new world and worthy of punishment. Discord focused, wanting to create a manticore in a tuxedo to whip the ponies with its tail. Yet nothing happened, then the weak and sad expressions on the ponies’ faces changed into serious faces, seeking justice. They mustered up the strength to throw the stone that would be used to further develop the monument and destroyed it. Confused by the lack of discipline, Discord focused harder, he wanted to turn the floor into toy building blocks, only the most painful thing to step on for these rowdy ponies. Again nothing happened, Discord focused as hard as he could, but the ponies began advancing on him, as he tried everything he could to bring these ponies to their knees. They picked him and his throne up and threw him into a seemingly endless abyss, feeling powerless; all Discord could do was scream as he fell into the never ending darkness.

Discord awoke in an environment he was unfamiliar with, he opened his eyes but found it difficult to focus on anything. Everything was white, there was a beeping noise and he could hear whispering around him. Already he didn't like the current situation. Focus slowly came back to him, a figure appeared in his vision, it mostly blended in with the background apart from a yellow glow and some kind of multi-coloured mist. He already had a good idea of what it was, and he didn't much like it.
His vision eventually fully focused and his fears were correct, Celestia stood before him, a spell charged in her horn aimed straight at him with a less than amused look on her face. “I’m not sure which nightmare is worse, the one I was just having or the one I’m in now.” He moaned, annoyed that he couldn't have just woken up in his statue again.

Celestia dropped her charged spell and picked Discord up with telekinesis and brought him right to her face, “Give me one good reason why I shouldn't reduce you to dust right now, you disgusting creature!” She snarled through clenched teeth.
Before Discord could say anything that would probably end in his demise, Twilight walked into the hospital ward, “Princess stop!” she yelled, breaking Celestia’s spell and putting Discord back down in the hospital bed and tucking him in.

“Twilight, this creature harmed you for no reason and I shall see to it that he is punished for it!” Celestia spoke with an angered tone that Twilight had never heard before.

“Princess please, as the victim I should be able to decide Discord’s fate and I insist that we let him rest and allow him to return with us to Ponyville, I do not wish for any punishment to be brought upon him.” Twilight replied calmly.

“But how much longer until he harms somepony else, maybe even one of your friends?” Celestia retorted, clearly distressed by Twilight’s forgiveness.

“I’ll deal with it, please princess; I’ll make sure he doesn't do anything like that again. If he does, I promise he will be back in the statue before you can say ‘Imprisonment for unruly behavior’” Twilight begged Celestia.

Celestia snorted before walking towards the door to the hospital’s main area “That statue’s too good for him” She muttered. As she reached the door, she stopped and turned her head towards Twilight “And Twilight”, Twilight turned her head to Celestia, “I told you, call me Celestia, not princess.” Celestia then proceeded to exit the room.

Twilight stared at the ground for a couple of moments, considering if she had taken the best course of actions, however she snapped out of it and turned to face Discord who was now laying in the bed, looking somewhat confused, “You surprise me more and more Ms Sparkle.” Discord stated, “You’re willing to give me another chance after I attacked you out complete malice?”

“Yes, Discord, I am.” Twilight replied with an unsure tone in her voice. “I understand that the last few days have been pretty stressful for you and that adapting to a strange new lifestyle is hard. I guess we shouldn't have been keeping the surprise party from you, you were pretty on edge after all.”

Discord looked even more confused, “party?”

“Yes” Twilight answered, “That’s what me and Applejack were discussing at the door, we had set up a party to welcome you and let you meet some of the locals. We didn't mean to upset you, we were keeping it a secret because it was meant to be a surprise.”

“Oh.”, Discord came to this realization and felt particularly foolish. “I do apologize Twilight, maybe Celestia’s right, I should just go back in the statue, I really don’t deserve this hospitality.” He lied, he just wanted to go back to his statue, to be rid of this predicament. Of course, he didn't just want to say out right, that would be too simple, and there's nothing simple about chaos.

“Nonsense!” Twilight testified, “It was just a spur of the moment reaction from stress. If you can just promise me never to do anything like that again, then we can move on from this and get back to normal.”

“Of course Twilight, I promise.” Discord promised, with his fingers crossed under the bed sheets.

“Good.” Twilight stated happily. “Well then rest up, the nurse says you can be let out tomorrow”, as she said this Discord laid his head back, but was abruptly stopped by something pushing his head away from the pillow, “the doctors just need some time to remove the floor boards from your horn and antler, we had to tear them out of the ground to move you.” Discord groaned as Twilight turned to the door, leaving him laying awake, immediately regretting his lies.

After about an hour of carving wood, sweeping away cuttings and removing splinters, Discord was released from Ponyville hospital and was greeted by Twilight and her friends. Oh yay, my favourite ponies in the whole wide world, He thought. Twilight heard this, but ignored it.

“How are you feeling Discord?” Twilight asked.

“Peachy” Discord groaned, head hanging as he slowly moved his way past the group.

“You feel like a peach? You must have really hit your head!” Pinkie stated, walking by him and poking the top of his head. “Are you sure you don’t feel like an apple? Or an orange? Or a tomato? Or a book? Or even a”, She stopped and gave a gasp “A CUPCAKE?!?!” She smiled excitedly.

Discord continued walking, trying to remain calm, “No Pinkie, I feel fine. Nothing else, just, fine.”

Twilight put her hoof on Pinkie’s shoulder as Discord made his way back to his house. “I think Discord just wants to be by himself for a while, to get over the incident.”

“Are you sure you know what you’re doing dear?” Rarity asked, “He doesn't seem very enthusiastic about the situation.”

“Well if he didn't want to be here, he would just ask to go back to his statue right?” Twilight replied.

“Maybe he just wants to spare yer feelins?” Applejack suggested.

“Or maybe he’s just looking for more trouble!” Rainbow Dash yelled aggressively.

“We’ll see how it goes, we’ll organise activities and see where that gets us.” Twilight smiled confidently.

“Um... I could invite him to my house for some tea tomorrow and let him meet some of the animals tomorrow. I mean, if that sounds like a good idea...” Fluttershy timidly suggested.

“Are you sure Fluttershy?” Twilight asked, concerned.

“It will calm him down if he’s still angry and maybe he’ll make some animal friends.” Fluttershy added.

“Well if you’re up to it then go ahead, I’ll ask him about it and then get back to you.” Twilight agreed, “Everyone else think of activities for Discord to get involved with throughout the week. Also, the party supplies really shouldn't go to waste. We’ll throw the party whether Discord comes or not, I’ll ask him later.”

They all nodded in agreement and went their separate ways.

Discord lay in his bed, bored, lonely, powerless. He’d give anything to cause a bit of chaos, to hear a scream, the crackling of a fire, the distortions from a crack in reality. Anything that would bring back the thrill and the antics that he once enjoyed in his rule over this pathetic world. Part of him wanted to be back in the cold stone casing, counting away the days, but away from the harmony that these accursed ponies persist to emit, that ridiculous notion that the way forward in life is friendship and peace. The only true way through life is to take it by the neck and slap it with a wet fish. Yet part of him wanted to remain in Ponyville, to at least have the chance to move around this world and although his chances of actually causing chaos are non-existent due to the constant eyes in the skies of Celestia and Twilight, he feels like somehow, some way, there may just be hope yet.

As he pondered his situation, Twilight walked in and stood in the door way. “Haven’t you ever heard of knocking?” He moaned, not moving to even look at her.

“I’m not asking you to change Discord, and I don’t expect you to, all I want is for you to be able to have some form of freedom without anypony fearing you could harm them at any moment. Deep down you’re like everyone else and I want you to live like everyone else.”

“That’s a lovely sentiment Twilight, however I’m afraid it falls on deaf ears” Discord stated, still not moving.

Twilight sighed, “Well in any case, Fluttershy has invited you round to hers for tea and so you can interact with some of her animals, what do you think?”

“Oh that lovely yellow Pegasus down the street? Oh she’s such a darling. I’m sure we’ll have a blast feeding her vermin.”

“Come on Discord, it’s got to be more interesting that staying in bed all day right?”

Discord pondered for a moment before giving in, “Okay Twilight, tell the walking panic attack I’ll come.”

Twilight smiled, “Excellent. Also we’re still throwing that party if you want to come to that?”

“Let’s not push it now.” Discord answered.

“Okay then, we’ll still be throwing the party anyway so if you change your mind it’s at town square.”

“I won’t.”

“Well, Fluttershy is ready for you anytime tomorrow. I’ll come along just before noon to make sure you’re up.”

“Great, thank you, bye bye, have a nice day, see you around.” Discord waved his bear hand before slumping it back down on the bed.

Twilight rolled her eyes and closed the door as she made her way to town square. Discord continued to lay in bed, he could hear the laughter, the talking, the music, and all the fun things going on in town square that everypony would love. Discord wished to sleep, to move on from this day and forget the day’s events. He laid awake, the music and laughter chiming in whenever he tried to sleep. These were not ponies, they were manipulative demons. In all fairness Discord was also a manipulative demon, but Discord is only happy when he is the top manipulative demon. He didn’t feel empathy for any of them, even considering the reversed roles, all he felt was anger and disdain. Damn ponies, they’ll get what’s coming to them. As sure as the blizzards from a windigo, they’ll get what’s coming to them.