The Broken Stone

by joe mother

Rating: teen
Tags: Dark
Length: 1839

Discord is free once more.

"I will be free. This stone cannot contain me forever. One day, it will break, and chaos will run free."

"Harmony is broken, and I am to blame. You have no escape. I shall win."

Discord has escaped, but this time, he is not playing with riddles or hypnotism, he is going straight to the part where he rules everything.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-10-25 00:10:01 UTC

Prologue

You imprison me, you try to stop me, but I cannot be stopped. I am chaos...

I looked into the never-ending darkness, my eyes covered by the veil that the stone gave. I felt a shiver run down my spine as a cold chill blew through the stone. I wanted to be free, it was all that I needed.

Cries echoed throughout the statue, cries of pain and fear, battering my ears relentlessly. I tried to flap my outstretched wings but found them to be frozen stiff, the stone I was imprisoned in holding them outstretched. I tried to scream, to voice my anger and sadness, but as an old teacher of mine had once said,

"Voices do not carry through the stone."

I had never cared about the quote before, not even when I killed him to become the god of chaos. Now, however, it served as an everyday reminder of my existence in stone. Another reminder I wanted to be free.

******

I heard a crack split the dark, gloomy silence. My head immediately formed one word in its depths. ESCAPE. I watched in pure awe as the stone began to fall away from his body, falling down to the ground below. I moved my jaw.

A ripple of pain passed through my mouth as I did this, stiffness beginning to work into my arms and legs as they became free. I shivered as a breeze rolled along my fur, and I gasped as warmth began to radiate on my back, spreading through my body. I tightened a now free claw, feeling pain and relief as I moved it for the first time in a couple years.

I stood, waiting for the rest of the stone to fall away, when I saw the pegasus. A flap of cyan wings and it was gone, just a blur in the sky. I was incredibly confused, as only one pegasus I knew had such amazing speed and cyan-blue-feathers. Could that have been Rainbow Dash, the Element of Loyalty?

I immediately laughed. There was no way that was possible! I watched my foot become free from the stone. I moved it foward and felt an intense agony, quickly followed by a wave of goodness. I nearly gasped as the relaxation passed over me, a feeling I was lucky to have. Two times frozen in stone, two times escaped. I probably held a record.

I stepped onto the ground beneath the statue's pedastal. The grass I stepped on was immediately drained of all color. All that remained were strips of white sticking out of the ground. I looked around the garden I happened to be placed in as a statue. As I did, a voice spoke in my ear, saying:

"Venture not down this frequently-trodden path,

It only leads to evil, chaos, and wrath.

Take instead the harder road,

With tougher fights but with more gold."

I quickly pushed down an emotion that suddenly quelled inside of me. I could barely fight against the tide, and was very close to losing, when the feeling passed. I was confused. I had no idea what the feeling was, and it disturbed me to my core.

I quickly shook the thought from my head and focused on what was at hand. I pondered my freedom for a moment. What would I do with it? Well, I already knew, but, how was I going to do it? How could I take back control without being stopped by those troublesome six ponies?

The idea came to my head. I smiled. There was no way this plan could fail. I summoned a papyrus and quill from the air. I grabbed the quill in my paw and began to write out my plan. Always had to be sure that you were following your plan correctly. The list was something like this:

Give Celestia a taste of her own medicine (i.e. freezing her in stone, crush her spirit, strangling, etc.)

Remove the Elements from the equation

Take out Twilight Sparkle and her goody-two-shoes friends

Don't give anypony a chance to regain power (i.e. destroy Elements, don't give hints or riddles on where they are)

Rule Equestria again

I smirked. This was a straightfoward plan. It definently was more straightfoward than last time, where I had given them time to find the Elements. I began to set my plan into action.

Just As I

I do not require riddles to gain what I lost...

My plan was formulated, and all was set. I began to walk slowly towards the imposing castle in which Celestia lived, slightly marveling at the swoops and curves of the design. I still believed a gothic style of building would have looked better.

I kept my slow pace until I reached the main doors. There were two Royal Guards keeping watch with complete vigilance at the sides of the door. I raised a claw. The guard on the left crumpled over, his eyes rolling back into his head, while the guard on the right made a short, raspy gasp for air as his windpipe was crushed.

I approached the doors ran a finger down its length. The gold that lined the frame melted as I ran my finger over it, bringing a sharp, metallic tint to the air. I pressed my claw onto the door and watched in anticipation as a ripple shimmered through the air, followed immediately by a loud BANG.

I smiled. The door was completely blown off it's hinges, and was now a mangled piece of metal on the floor. I looked into the large entryway and was greeted with a bolt of magic straight to the chest. I was blasted into the ground. I gave a grunt as I collided with the hard floor.

"Discord!" Celestia said, anger filling her voice.

I struggled to pick myself up. I managed to get to my feet and was immediately blasted back to the ground.

"I will not allow you to escape!"

I raised my paw and a beam of gold shot from it. It hit Celestia right in the chest, and she flew back across the entryway. I looked at the large windows that were behind Celestia as she stood; I raised my paw and blasted each of them to small fragments.

I then refocused on Celestia. She was still pulling herself up, and mark of gold streaked across her chest. I approached her as she struggled. I slid my paw's index finger down her horn, and a gray shock wave passed from my paw into her horn. Her horn then became a dull, monotonous gray.

"No!" Celestia yelled, beginning to run away.

I said not a word as I roped her in with another golden strand, once again leaving a gold streak across her body. I pulled her in close to me.

"Oh,no, no, no," I whispered into her ear. "There is no running. I am here to get my revenge, and you can't run. I shall not let you."

Celestia squirmed under my grip. I ran a claw down her spine, and she shivered. Her entire body began to become gray as I drained her magic straight from her body. Celestia looked desprately at me, her eyes full of panic and terror. I gave a chuckle; her pain was amusing to me.

I felt something clamp down on my paw. I yelled, looking down to find Celestia sinking her teeth into my flesh, drawing blood, which began running down my paw; it dripped to the floor. I let go of her in the sudden pain, and she sprinted off into the depths of the castle.

"You cannot hide, my sweet!" I called.

I began to walk to the back of the castle, knowing exactly where she'd be. I walked through the tapestries, the mirrors, and the glass, admiring the beauty I was about to destroy. I arrived at my destination, Celestia's royal chambers. I punched the door with my clawed fist, and I heard a lock click.

I threw open the doors, looking around the room. I cast a Sight spell to allow sight through the dark and solid objects, and began to look into the darkness, though not stepping in. I looked around and saw a figure huddled in the corner. A grin came over my face. It was time for sweet, sweet revenge.

I stepped into the black room through the large double doors made of steel and gold. I had uncast the Sight spell, and could hardly see a foot in front of my face, but I knew where Celestia was, so I didn't need sight.

"Hello!" I called out in a sing-song voice.

I moved further into the blackness, my eyes slowly adjusting to the gloom.

"I know you're here!" I called. "You know why I'm here!"

I heard a shuffle of hooves nearby, but decided to ignore it, to extend the hunt, to toy with my prey before I finally pounced. I went to what looked like a nightstand in the dark and shoved it over; it hit the ground with a loud CRASH.

"A-ha!" I yelled, in perfect imitation of something - or somepony - being found.

There was a whimper from the corner of the room, but I still ignored it. This was simply too much fun. I went to a dark shape in the corner. I didn't know what it was, but I shoved it over anyway with a sharp, "A-ha!"

A scream came from the corner of the room. I sighed. She had just spoiled the fun. I decided to end it, because nopony could have heard that and ignored it. I went over to the corner and flicked the candles on with a paw click. I looked and saw Celestia cowering in the corner like a filly, her entire body a nasty shade of gray mixed with white.

I lunged foward and threw my claw onto her face. My claws dug into her face, and upon looking into her eyes, I saw them to be filled with tears, terror, and pain.

"Hello, Celestia," I said, my eyes sparkling.

She said something muffled from beneath my hand. I smirked. Another shockwave of gray ran down my paw into Celestia. I looked down at her tail and backlegs. A layer of stone was beginning to creep up her body, gradually picking up speed as it progressed. She began to squirm and struggled in my grasp.

"There is no escape," I said triumphantly. "Now you will feel as I did when you trapped me in stone for a thousand years, and when your pawns froze me, too.

I squeezed my claws harder as my rage and fury rushed out. They dug into her face, tearing her skin, drawing blood. The stone finally enveloped her whole body, and I released her. I guffawed wickedly.

"Sweet dreams, Celestia," I said victoriously, walking away.

I left the room, leaving behind me a statue, a reminder that I was going to win.