Six Truths From Discord

The sad part
About all of this
Is that I
Can do nothing about it.

I am a god.
A trickster.
A conniver.
I twist words
(and ponies)
with ease.

But
To twist the truth
You need to know the truth.

I can see
My entire life
The lives of all things
Stretching out in all directions
All the paths they
May take
Will take
Won't take
Could take
Would never take
Wish to take
Dream of taking.

But I am just a pawn
(With a frightening amount of self-awareness, granted.)
I do not truly have free will.
I am merely following the script
That was handed to me
When this world was created.

This is what being a god means.

I have tried to fight it
Tried to run away
But Fate is a stronger force than even Chaos.

(I am not actually that powerful
In the cosmic scheme of things.)

The end to my story
Was written eons ago
And I can see it!
I can see it getting closer!
I can see every domino along the way!

My emergence
My defeat by the sisters
My resurrection from stone
My defeat by these wonderful ponies
My friendship with Fluttershy
All of it was inevitable,
Bullet points
On a list
That only I can see.

That I cannot stop
And I cannot change.

So I cannot help Rainbow
With the spiked collar
that digs at her throat.

I cannot help Applejack
With the fence
That she herself built.

I cannot help Rarity
Off the tightrope
That she must walk.

I cannot help Pinkie Pie
Even as she helps me
Become whole again.

I cannot help Twilight
Bear the leaden crown
That weighs upon her temples.

And I could not help Fluttershy
Escape the prison
That she was born into.

As much as it hurt.

As much as I cried.

I

Can

Do

Nothing.

That is simply how it is.

And that,
My friend
Reading this
Reading these words right now
Is the cruelest joke of all!