The True Master of Chaos

Aligon stood before the large stone prison of the malevolent spirit Discord. He looked up and saw the pose the spirit was looked in. Unlike the first time where he gave a pose of seemingly laughing, this time he was locked with a face of shock.

After Discord was released from his prison 5 years ago, he began to cause havoc and pranks throughout the land. The destruction was nothing compared to the last time he had released his energy before being sealed by the princess’s. Even after getting a second chance, he was once again defeated by the elements of harmony.

Aligon tilted his head forward, allowing his horn to point at the base of the spirit. The tip of the white bone shot out a small beam, striking the statue. The energy caused a small crack to begin spreading from the base, up the long snakelike body of the stone, the over the horse shaped head. After another moment, it began to spread to every angle of Discord’s body. Then suddenly…

BAM!!

The statue exploded, sending a large dust cloud out across the garden. The cloud floated for a few moments until settling down. Where the statue once stood was now a pile of crust, the stone shell of imprisonment. Floating just a foot above was a body compliled of many different creatures.

Discord had been awakened.

Stretching his arms, the spirit gave a chuckle of excitement, “Oh, this is brilliant! It seems the elements are getting weaker! Only five years since I was sealed and im free again!”

“You didn’t free yourself… I did.” A voice said from the side.

Discord did not notice the being to the right. Before even looking, he laughed out loud, “Oh, so you say you helped me? Well I have a few questions for you, then. First, why would a simple pony want to help me, the god of chaos?” He snapped his talon tipped fingers on his left arm together, summoning a glass of chocolate milk. After taking a few sips, he continued as he began to turn to the voice, “and secondly, what makes you think I would believe you were strong enough to free-”

He stops mid-sentence when his eyes meet the dark blue alicorn standing to the side. His heart felt as if it had stopped beating for several seconds. The drink drops from his hand, the glass shattering on the ground below. For the first time in over 1500 years, Discord had the chill of fear run up his spine.

After about twenty seconds of staring, Discord dropped to the ground directly below Aligon, kneeling down to him. Discord kept his head low as he spoke, “H-hello, master.”

Aligon looked down to the creature below him, his silver eyes half closed out of exhaustion, and out of disappointment, “Discord, it’s been a long time, hasn’t it? I’m surprised that you had failed me… twice.”

Discord trembled under the gaze of the alicorn above him, “Master, I can explain! It wasn’t my fault-”

“Actually, it is!” Aligon bellowed out, his anger growing, “I gave you power to cause destruction to this world, yet it seems as if all that you care about is pranks and mischief! I watched as you first tried to take over a thousand years ago, you failed against the princess’s while they were still young!”

Discord tried to defend himself, looking up at Aligon, “it wasn’t just them! They had help from-”

“And five years ago when I released you from stone, you never caused the death of a single pony! The worst thing you did was cause friends to hate each other!”

“Master, I- wait, you freed me?” Discord looked up in confusion.

“Yes I did. Even though the elements have grown weaker from the wielders, you were not strong enough to break free.” Aligon then grimaced, remembering the elements still stopped him as Nightmare Moon, but that was due to a certain wizard from the past.

Aligon looked back down to the spirit below him, who was cowering under his gaze. While Discord failed to follow the ways he wanted and in taking over the land, he knew he couldn’t kill him… yet. He still needed him for his plans to succeed.

Discord looked up at Aligon, another question bothering him, “I thought you died after the war. How are you here?”

"I was dead, Discord… partially to be exact.”

“Wh-what? What do you mean?”

Aligon turned around and began to walk, “I thank you, Discord. If it weren’t for you, I would not be standing here.”

Discord did not understand what Aligon was talking about. He tried to ponder the last words said, but stopped when he noticed the alicorn leaving. Getting up, he knew he had to follow him. ‘If Aligon was alive this whole time, there had to be an important reason that he returned for me now’ he thought to himself.

Aligon took to flight, his large wings causing a gust of wind out. He flew into the skies, followed closely by his personal creation.

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“Well, I must say, this is quite strange. The mood of the Celestia was a very large change.” Zecora stated as she walked with the others back to Ponyville. Even though she lived in the forest, she was afraid to not follow the orders to go to the town.

Most of the walk was quiet for all of the different group members. Even Pinkie Pie was simply walking instead of having her normal hop to her step. None of them could figure out what Princess Luna was trying to get across to them. No matter how hard any of them thought, though, none of it made sense; it went against everything they had ever known about the history of their world.

Of all the figures walking back, one specific pony stayed at the back the entire time, her head hung low. Twilight could not get over the look that Princess Celestia gave her before they left the clearing. When the look was combined with the order thrown out by her master, it was perhaps one of the worst pains she had ever experienced. Her heart felt like it had just been hit with a hammer.

Fluttershy noticed how upset Twilight was, so she slowed down to walk by her side, “Umm, Twilight? Are you feeling okay?” Her soft voice always helped soothe others that were not feeling the best.

Twilight smiled at her friend’s compassion, but she never turned her head to look at Fluttershy. Her eyes were locked forward as she walked. Her mind was racing from all of the different pieces of information the lunar princess had said to her. ‘She says that Equestria was created after a great war. ‘She thought to herself, “But what war? What started that war? What was so bad that they had to keep it hidden?’

Twilight’s face suddenly turned from sulking to rage. She stomped her hoof in frustration, coming to a stop. All the others stopped as well, wondering what caused Twilight’s sudden change. Florence walked over to her, “Twilight, are you all right?”

She glared up. But Florence saw her eyes, and realized she wasn’t glaring at him; she was glaring at her thoughts. She let her words burst out of her mouth, “No! I’m not all right! I am learning that our whole world could be a lie. Then, I get yelled at by the princess for something I do not understand!”

Rarity stepped back, shocked by her friends sudden outburst, “Now Twilight, you don’t know if that’s-”

“If that’s true!?” Twilight turned to the white unicorn, “I don’t know what is true! Whatever is the truth, Princess Celestia is determined to hide it! And I want to find out why!”

Spike’s eyes grew double their size after hearing that, “What!? Twilight, we should just let it go! If the princess did not want us to find out about it, maybe we shouldn’t be sticking our noses in the past then.”

Rainbow flew back to the others talking, wanting to mix her opinion in, “I agree with Twilight! The princess shouldn’t be hiding a bucking war from us! We should go and try to find out what happened!”

“Uhh, I say we don’t! I don’t want to lose my job!” Soarin shouted out. He didn’t want to be kicked off the wonderbolt team for going against the princess’s order.

Twilight turned and started off from the group, “I have to find out what is being kept from us. I’m going to Canterlot.”

Rainbow flew in front of her, “why would you go to Canterlot?”

“I need to go and look through the Royal library. There has to be information left in some books throughout it.”

“But I thought that Luna said all information of the war had been destroyed years ago?” Florence questioned.

Twilight then remembered that too. If it was true, it would be hard to find anything relevant to the past. Suddenly she remembered something else Luna had said… her master. For the first time in a while, a smile spread across Twilight’s face. She turns back towards the other group members, her new idea giving her a brighter mood “If Luna said her master was Starswirl the bearded, then there has to be information in his section of the library.”

All of the others were confused on what to do, not knowing if it was good to disregard the orders of the royalty. But, they wanted to know what was happening too, even if it meant having to have to face Celestia sometime later.

I’m coming with you, Twi.” Rainbow landed on the ground next to her purple friend, “I want to find out about this stuff, too. We can help you.” She turns and looks back to Soarin. He at first hesitated, but then stepped forward next to the two of them.

Spike ran up to them as well, “I’m coming too!”

Zecora walked towards Twilight, her face filled with concern, “Twilight, is this plan of yours smart at this time? If the princess finds out, you may be punished for the crime.”

Twilight saw that her friend was worried for what could happen if Celestia caught them going against her will. But she didn’t care, “Zecora, I have to find out what she is lying about. Who knows what else has been hidden.”

“Well well, a young rebel that you are…” the zebra smiled at her friend, “then I shall assist you while you’re afar. The facts from Luna are new to me, so I want to see what they could be. ”

Twilight smiled, and looked to the others behind Zecora, “All right, while we go to Canterlot, all of you can go to the Ponyville library; Look for any kind of book on war, history or even old pony tales, and see if anything matches the descriptions that Princess Luna said.”

All of the others nodded unanimously before taking off towards Ponyville. After a moment, Only Twilight, Spike, Rainbow and Soarin were left in the path. Looking around, the male Pegasus looked a little confused, “so… now that we’re ready to go, are me and Rainbow supposed to carry you two?”

The others looked at each other before breaking out into laughter. Soarin sat confused at what was so funny. He knew walking to Canterlot would have taken a long time, so he figured they were going to have to fly there.

Twilight walked forward towards Soarin, and the other two followed suit. Soon all of them were in a tight circle. Soarin had no idea what they were doing.

"Soarin, you know I've been practicing at magic for a long time, right?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah?"

"Why walk there when I have my magic." she smiled.

Tilting her head up, her horn fasted a purple orb of energy around the group. The matter began to swirl around them, and in a flash, they were gone.

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Night Stalker flew through the air as fast as he could beat his wings. He had heard the explosion from behind as he left the castle, but did not stop. He knew that if he turned to help the others, the princess's would not know of what was going on. He had to force himself on.As he flew, he heard something behind him that caught his attention. He turned quickly to see what it was. The demon was closing in on him! Feeling panicked, he pushed himself even harder, feeling as if his wings were going to rip off his body.

Aligon flew after his target, his wings beating ferociously. He hated that not only was his energy cut in half from dividing, but his physical strength and speed as well had been divided. He cursed as he flew after the animal.

Suddenly, he felt another magic reading. He could tell that it was not from the princess's but that was it. Being split, his senses were Also divided. And since he was preoccupied with the dragon, he didn't focus on what it was. All he knew was that he had to stop the dragon before it reached the princess's.

Flying right behind the dragon, Aligon shot out a number of energy beams towards the drake. Seeing the dragon successfully maneuver out of the attacks path, his frustration grew.

Stalker could feel the rush of the attacks as he barely evaded being struck. He was was exhausted, but he pushed himself harder and harder. A few moments later,  he could see the lights of the village ahead of him. He was so close. He could make it. He knew that he-.

“AHH!” He screamed out in pain as another blast from behind grazed his right wing. While it did not directly hit it, the energy still crippled his wing to the point where it could hardly flap anymore. He began to drop rapidly, his altitude now only a few hundred feet above the tree line.

Aligon laughed out loud, seeing the injured creature in front of him struggle to stay up. It was amusing for him, watching an animal fight to stay alive for every precious moment. He pushed himself faster, the distance between him and the drake diminishing.

Night saw that the creaure behind him would catch him soon. Looking down, he could see he wouldn't make it to the small town. He was going to crash into the trees before he could glide to it. His heart sank, knowing that he had failed all of those who had died at Canterlot. 'Everyone, i'm sorry. Please forgive me.' he thought as the forest came closer towards him, until... he saw a small clearing to the left. seeing it was flat ground, he turned as quickly as he could, bracing himself for the impact.

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"So, you just chose to suddenly talk about the past after all these years!?" Celestia yells at her younger sister. They had been arguing for the past few minutes of what had happened.

"I told you, Tia! It accidently slipped out! i did not expect it to happen, all right!?" Luna was now standing face to face with her sister, each standing their ground.

"Luna, how does it just slip out? We have been able to keep it secret for our entire lives. It has never been a problem"

Like i said before, I was already upset from what i heard from in the town. When i came out here, they followed me to help me out. After a few moments, Pinkie mentioned about the Hearth's Warming Eve story. I was not thinking straight, and accidently said how it was a lie." Luna was so angry at Celestia. Hearing that her own sister thought that she would betray her trust made her emotions skyrocket. She turned away and took some steps to distance themselves.

Celestia glared at her blue sister, "Is it because you were upset that it slipped, or because your hormones are crazy for that unicorn?"

Luna froze when she heard Celestia say that. Turning back, her blue eyes focused her rage at her older sister, "What was that?"

"You heard me. I can tell that you like him, but you have let your emotions compromise the very knowledge of the ponies here."

Luna snapped at the sun goddess, "That has nothing to do with it!"

"Whether it does or not, you also revealed it to my own personal student. How do you think she is going to look at me now? She will never believe anything I say after this!"

Luna grew angrier as her sister spoke, "Celestia, Twilight Sparkle and her friends are the wielders of the Elements of Harmony. I owe them my life for saving me! whatever mistake i made is wrong and done, but perhaps they deserve to hear the truth."

"Don't you understand? our lands have been able to stay in control from what we have told every pony. Even the dragons are organized with themselves compared to what they used to be!"

"Our land has been able to last this whole time. whether we tell the past or not, the future will go on. So tell me now, if I were to tell all of those that were here tonight the truth, what difference would it make?"

Listen to me, Luna! You have let these feelings for this Hoofmond peasant affect your thought, and that doesn't excuse-"

"DON'T YOU DARE CALL HIM THAT!" Luna boomed out her royal Canterlot voice.

Celestia froze at the blast of air and sound; it was the first time her sister had ever directed that at her. She stared at luna, who was now so furious that her teeth were so clenched together, it seemed as if they would crack. She then thought back to her statement she had made, and her eyes became filled with sorrow. 'A peasant? Did I just say that?' she thought to herself, 'have I become so stuck up that i call a pony that?'

After several quiet moments, Luna had to turn away, her eyes filling with tears once again. she couldn't control the emotions that were clashing inside of her body. It felt as if she was being pulled in a hundred different directions at the same time, and she didn't know which emotion to follow.

Celestia slowly walked over to her sister, and draped a wing over her. Pulling her close to her side, Celestia leanedL una onto her side, giving her a warm feel in the night air. Being together, Lun stopped sniffling, drying the last few tears falling. celestia was the first to speak, "I'm sorry, Luna. I didn't mean what i said. i was just upset and I didn't control my tongue."

"No..." Luna said, "I'm the one who should be sorry. I broke the promise we made after... that night." she lowers her head, thinking back to the night that changed both of their lives forever.

Suddenly, multiple blasts of energy across the sky broke the peaceful moment between the sisters. They looked up, seeing the gray and black beams fly trough the night sky. They were shocked, not knowing where it was coming from... or from what is was from.

Luna noticed the dark shape falling from the sky just over the tree line. She focused her eyes, trying to get a beter picture of it. Her heart raced when she finally realized, "Sister! It's a dragon!"

Celestia saw it as well. She was shocked to see a dragon so close to Ponyville. If it saw the town, it would have no trouble killing dozens of ponies. She points her horn towards the black figure, preparing to launch a beam directly at its head. The aura around her head begins to glow bright under the moonlit sky. She focuses her beam, preparing to shoot it as soon as it-.

The dragon stopped flapping. Its boy dropped out of the sky and crash lands on the dirt fifty feet from the sisters. Celestia doesn't know what is going on, but doesn't drop her guard. Luna, however, runs over to the fallen creature. Once getting there, she sees his body is battered from the impact in the dirt, but his left wing was covered by the scorch marks of a burn, and the base of the wing had a large chunk of flesh missing, apparently blown off.

After several seconds, the dragon begins to stir, and looks up to the pony standing above him. Luna shouts out, "Tia, come quick! It's hurt!" Celestia has a strange feeling of walking over, but decides to see what has happened. Once reaching the spot, she sees that the dragon was quite small, in comparison to others.

Night Stalker is dazed, but can still notice the faces above him. He at first feels threatened, since he is and injured dragon, and since ponies and dragons have never truly gotten along, he expects the ponies to use his vulnerability to finish him off.  He is then shocked when he sees the two figures are alicorns, which can only mean one thing. He struggles to get out the few words of energy he has left, "A-are you th-the princess's?"

Both Luna and Celestia are hesitant to answer, but then nod their heads simultaneously.

Stalker gasps for air, feeling as if his lungs were crushed, "Your- your city. its.. its been- AHG" he stops as the pain in his chest grows.

Celestia kneels down next to the animal, "easy now. What are you talking about?"

"Can-Canterlot has been... attacked." Those were the last words Night said before he passed out.

Both sisters felt their hearts drop from what they were told. It seemed too hard believe what the fallen dragon had said. Celestia began to think of what could have happened. She turns to her sister, "Luna, we have to go now!"

Before either of them can move, a sudden impact on the ground behind them catches their attention. They both turn to see what caused the tremor. Out of the dust rose the head of a blue alicorn, with a curved horn set on its forehead. The large dragon wings stretched out to the sides, and the silver eyes were staring straight at the royal sisters.

Celestia's body locked as she saw the figure standing there. She was looking at a beast which had terrorized her dreams for years when she was younger. her heart was beating so fast that she could feel the artery in her neck pulsing to the rythem.

Her nerves were so rattled, the only thing she could say was the name of the animal, "A-Al-ALIGON!?"