The True Master of Chaos

Princess Celestia saw the attack rushing through the air towards her. She quickly sprinted to the side, but she stopped when she noticed that she was the only one running. “Luna, move!” Celestia screamed, seeing that Luna had not budged from her spot.

Luna, however, had not even noticed the energy coming at her. In fact, it felt as if time simply froze where it was to herself as her mind was spiraling. Her head was rushing over the fact that she had just learned, and whether she wanted to believe it or not. She tried thinking back as far as she could, and-

“LUNA!”

Her sister’s scream snapped her out of the trance she was stuck in. She then saw the beam coming straight at her chest. Luna tried to charge her horn, but realized the energy would strike her before she would be able to form her shield completely. She panicked at the thought, causing her magic to falter. She froze as the blast was only ten feet from her, and she was too afraid to scream.

The instant before she was struck, however, a blue wall of energy rushed past her, forming a barrier inches in front of her face. The beam struck the blue wall with a loud crack, but the barrier did not dissipate. Aligon was shocked to what he just saw, “where in the hell did that come from?” He was certain that he had Luna dead on the spot, and he was defiantly sure she did not make that barrier that had formed.

Luna hyperventilated from the fact that she nearly died that moment. She had allowed herself to succumb to panic and fear that she couldn’t even defend herself. But her attention was turned to the blue shield around her which began to dissipate. She then turns to see some pony she truly did not expect standing just a few feet away, “F-Florence?”

The white unicorn was standing right next to her, but he did not turn to look at the princess, for his focused gaze was locked onto the strange creature across the clearing. Inside of him, his emotions were clashing over two different reasons; fear, for the strange animal in his view was unlike anything he had ever seen before, and could tell that it was extremely strong. He also felt anger towards it, for it had the audacity to attack the royal princesses, and one in particular that he cared for.

Celestia ran over to Luna’s side, her face in shock, “Luna, are you alright?”

Luna did not respond. Her eyes were on Florence, who had walked up, standing between herself and Aligon. Her heart was racing over the fact that she had let her fear take control of her and was nearly killed for it. Although, something else was causing her heart’s rapid beat; seeing the once so nervous pony risking his own life to keep her from harm.

Luna then turned to her sister, still shaking from what happened, “He, he saved me.”

Celestia turned her head to look at Florence, who was determined to protect them. “I know.”

Florence finally glanced back behind him, “Are you two alright?”

Celestia took a few steps toward him, “Yes, we are fine. Thank you, Florence.”

He gave a small grin, but it disappeared when he turned back to the dragon winged alicorn, “What is that thing? Who is it?”

Aligon had been standing there the whole time, filled with surprise and anger. He was surprised by how even at his lower power level, that a basic unicorn would be able to stop his attack so easily. He had only met several unicorns who had reached past this level of power, but they were legends in magic abilities and were long since dead. He was also angry that another strong opponent guaranteed his defeat here. He would have to leave this place soon and rejoin his other body.

Luna walked up to her two allies standing in front of her. She glanced over to Florence, whose face sat still as stone. She then felt worried about him; while she could tell he was a strong unicorn, she knew his power was still not at their level. She did not want him to get hurt. “Florence, you should leave this place.”

Florence quickly shot his head back toward her, his eyes filled with confusion. After a second, he rolled his eyes and turned back to the clearing, “Sorry princess, but I can’t do that.”

“Please, you will only get hurt here. You don’t know the power that he possesses.” Her voice was filled with a soft, yet concerning tone.

He simply gave a small chuckle, “I think I can handle myself. You haven’t seen what I can do yet.”

Luna was caught off guard; Florence’s attitude was completely different from what he had before when she met him. He had changed from a butter kneed pony to a hardnosed warrior in such a quick time. She couldn’t tell if it was from past training, or simply the determination to protect her. Despite the fact they were in conflict, the thought of him protecting her made her heart flutter.

Aligon glared at the trio standing there, his anger growing. Knowing he had to get away, he opened his wings and head on charged them. He charged his horn and blasted a barrage of attacks their direction. The sisters began to charge their horn, but before they could, Florence once again shot out his blue force field, expanding it around all three of them. It repelled all of the beams coming at them from that direction.

Celestia was shocked by how fast he was able to summon his shield. She was also surprised that it was that powerful. ‘He rivals Shining Armor in defense magic’ she said to herself.

Aligon continued forward, this time tilting his head up in the air as he flew. His horn glowed grey, then shot a blast thirty feet above the shield. The beam suddenly stopped and formed into a small ball of energy about a foot across. He banked upwards and flew towards it.

Celestia had no idea what Aligon was trying to do. She opened her wings to follow, but froze when Aligon passed the sphere in the air. The ball started to spin rapidly, firing small blasts of energy at an incredible rate towards them. She ducks down, pulling Luna down in a huddle. Florence remained standing, however, his horn glowing, preparing for the worst to come.

The rain of energy came down over the shield, hitting it with tremendous force. The barrage struck over and over again, yet the shield continued to hold itself up against it.  After several more seconds, the swirling ball had used up its final shot and disappeared into the air. Below, the unicorn finally allowed his shield to be lowered.  He saw the ground around himself and the princesses intact, while just on the outside where the shield was, the clearing littered with pot holes and burns from the last attack.

Luna stood up out of her sisters embrace, looking at the once peaceful clearing that had been turned into a horrible battleground. She then locked eyes with the white unicorn in front of her, causing her to smile. She trotted over to him, her mane nearly brushing his side, “You came back for us?”

Florence cocked his head sideways in surprise, “Of course I came back here. I saw the blasts in the distance and ran as fast as I could. I didn’t want anything bad to happen to you.” He suddenly shot a nervous glance to Celestia behind them, “you-you both.”

Luna blushed at his reaction, “And I thank you. You saved my life.” She leaned forward and laid her head over his shoulder, giving him a warm embrace. Florence’s heart began beating so fast he thought he was going to faint. Luna could feel his nervousness, but she didn’t let go, instead pulling him closer to her. A happy grin spread across her face.

Celestia saw the two together, causing her to smile in happiness for her sister. But her smile quickly faded when a puff of green smoke in front of her face appeared. She took a step back as it began to materialize, taking the form of a roll of paper. Once it settled, she quickly opened it and read the short message;

‘Celestia, Canterlot has been attacked. Much of the shopping plaza has been destroyed. There are dead ponies everywhere. You need to get here now.

Spike’

Her mind began to race; in the heat of the battle she had forgotten about the message from earlier. She now feared what she was going to expect when they arrived. She then became curious on how Spike found out about what happened. She looked back to the spot where the small black dragon still laid. She knew that whatever had happened, it was just the beginning. “Luna, we need to go now.”

Luna lifted herself away from Florence and gave a questioning look to her sister, “go where?”

“Canterlot. We have to see what he has done to our city.”

Florence was confused, “What happened to Canterlot?”

Celestia looked at him, then turned away, “Go back to Ponyvile.”

Florence knew something was happening and she wasn’t going to tell him. He decided to say something, which was probably a stupid idea, “Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Soarin are in Canterlot.”

Celestia’s ears shot up when she heard that. Inside her chest, her anger slowly started to bubble up. Her thoughts became enraged, “Twilight, I told you to stay in Ponyville! How dare you go against what I said.’ She then took several deep breaths, trying to calm her nerves, ‘she is probably trying to look through the archives for information.’ She also grew concerned to the horrible sights that Twilight had probably seen.

Celestia turns back to Florence, her face free from her anger, “Alright, I need you to help me. Go back to Ponyville, and tell our guards to return back to Canterlot castle as soon as they can.”

“But I want to come as well.” He pleaded.

“No, you must stay here.” She began to walk away before stopping, “And tell NO PONY of the creature that attacked us.”

Florence was really confused now, “Why? We should be alerting every place about-“

“NO!” She snapped, causing Florence to take a step back. Seeing his face, she quickly calmed herself, “Please, I need this to stay between as few ponies as we possibly can.”

‘Are you serious!? Canterlot has been attacked! How is that going to stay low for long?’ He screamed inside of his head. Despite not agreeing with what was happening, Florence nodded to the princess.

Celestia began to walk off again, using her magic to lift the unconscious dragon up and levitate it in the air. Opening her wings and prepared for the flight. Before she did, she quickly turns back one more time, “Thank you, Florence. Thank you for saving my sister.” Flapping her wings, she takes to the sky, pulling the black drake with her through the air.

Florence turned his attention to Luna, who had also turned back to him. He forced himself to give out a small grin, “So, I guess I’ll be going back now. I’ll tell your guards to head back as soon as I get there.” He turned away and started walking towards Ponyville.

“Wait.” She quickly called.

Florence turned back as she trotted up to him. She lowered her head, pulling off the large crescent jewel necklace that she wore around her neck, and placed it over is, “This is my personal necklace. All of the guards recognize it. When you tell them the orders, show them that so that they know it is official.”

“Won’t they just know that you haven’t come back and I would just have to tell them?”

“No, because you will also need to use that to prove you and others can come to Canterlot.”

His eyes went wide, “Wait, what?”

Luna gave a big smile toward him, “I want you to gather the others from earlier and all of you come to Canterlot. We will need the help.”

Florence looked down, lifting up the hanging jewel with his hoof. He returns his eyes to the princess, “Thank you.”

“No. Thank you.” She leans forward and gives him a kiss on his cheek. Before he can even say anything, she turns around and takes off into the night.

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Discord continued to follow his master through the dark night sky. They had been flying for a while without a single word being said. Aligon had not said anything about where they were going or what he was planning. Flustered, Discord wanted to at least know when he could get some kind of information passed his way. He flew a little bit faster to match his creator’s pace, but before he could say anything, Aligon quickly descended to the ground.

Angered, Discod follows him down, landing on the dirt below. Aligon is standing tall in the air, his eyes closed. Discord has no idea what is going on, “Master, what are you-”

“Quiet.” Aligon snaps. His eyes remain closed as his mind is processing the signals he is receiving. From the direction he came from, he can sense pulses of energy that his other half was sending out, demanding that they remerge. He then turns his head to the right, sensing powerful waves of energy being shot about 3 miles to the east.

His magic reading was a special trait that he possessed. Whenever he was not using his own aura, he could sense other forms of magic that were in effect. The only downside to the ability was it did not work while his own magic was in use, since his blocked out incoming signals. He also had to focus to feel it, since he had to concentrate to determine what kind of magic was being used. It didn’t help either that being separated lowered his ability to register the readings, making it harder to decipher what it was.

After a few silent moments, Aligon opened his eyes in the direction of the new magic. He decides to go and investigate it while he waits for his other half to return. He starts to walk in that direction, signaling Discord to follow him.

After a few more minutes of silence, Discord becomes even more flustered; he wanted answers to what was happening. He came close to Aligon’s side , “can I ask you something, master?”

Aligon glanced over to the floating spirit, “what do you want?” Seemingly annoyed he had to talk.

Discord gave a small glare, “You said that you ‘were dead’. What did you mean by that?”

Aligon gave a small grin to the question, “Like I said, I thank you for that.”

Discord shook his head, “Ugh, what does that even mean!? I don’t understand.”

I created you Discord; I infused you with some of my own powers. I even added parted of my life force within you.”

“Your own life force?”

“Yes. I had created you to serve me and to assist me after I had taken over. I did, however, also used you as a backup plan in case I ever did die. Even if my physical body was destroyed, I soul survived within you.”

“After I was destroyed, I laid dormant inside of you for 500 hundred years, waiting for the right moment to come out.”

Discord couldn’t hold back the sarcastic comment, “And it took 500 years to do that?”

“You didn’t exactly do anything while I was gone. For over 480 you sat in your little section of the world, messing with small creatures until you finally decided to act on the ways that I taught you!” Aligon was screaming now, his eyes glowing with hatred, "And even then, you falied to defeat the two princesses!" Discord cowered to the ground under the stare his master gave, trembling with fear. Aligon stepped closer, baring his teeth, “You will regret ever disappointing me.”

Suddenly, Discord felt as if his internal organs were being shifted around within his body. He clutched at himself in pain, screaming in agony as his body was being twisted and bent. During it, he was able to catch a glimpse at Aligon; his horn or eyes were not even glowing. Since his life was created by Aligon, his masters’ simple thoughts could kill him at any moment.

Aligon stopped the torment to the spirit. Discord dropped down, gasping for breath. His sore body could hardly move from all of the pain in his bone and muscles. He looked up to the glaring alicorn standing above him, afraid to say anything else.

“Now, don’t ever fail me again Discord. I will not give you a second chance.” Aligon turned away and continued to walk on. Discord slowly crawled up from the ground, shaking like a beaten pet. Thinking of it, Discord sneered, knowing that is all he was to Aligon, but no matter how much he hated it, he did not have a choice in the matter. He floated on after his master.

After twenty minutes, Aligon came over a small hill, giving him view to what was giving off the readings of magic he had detected;  Overlooking the oncoming desert stood was a large, stone coliseum.

This is an uncorrected version. It will be revised when my proofreader is done. I just thought i should put this up for making everyone wait. Enjoy