Ballad of Serenity

"Hey, isn't that the tale Discord was first turned to stone?" I called out to the old stallion sitting in a recliner.

"Indeed it is, my mismatched friend" the voice sounded oddly familiar.

Twilight then came rushing down, seeing me looking him up and down. then she saw the recliner and shrugged.

he waved her off like a mild annoyance. That's when I remembered one vital piece of information.

The Library didn't have a recliner. "hey, Dad" upon this, Twilight almost died of shock.

"hey Kiddo," He flicked a page, refusing to look at me. "I'm surprised you haven't dyed your mane yet, It's what all the cool kids are doing nowadays isnt it?" Discord was trying to act fatherly, and I couldn't fault him for that.

"meh, I like being me" I saw the look on his face when he finally brought the book down.

Twilight then chimed in, "so this is your father? I presume  you mean from earth?"

Discord's jaw dropped as he looked at me with fury. "they had a right to know, okay? I couldn't keep lying to them"

"Ms. Sparkle, I think my son and i, need to have a little talk... on our own" Discord shot her the most menacing glare i had ever seen him do.

with that, she left the library, taking Spike along with her. "Come on, we're going to see Rarity"

"so, you finally show up after 5 years, did you really think it was a good idea to show up at all?" I shouted at the draconequus.

His head hung low,  "of course not... you know as well as I do why your really here" Discord broke his illusion.

I finally saw the being that did this to me, but it wasn't the same one.

Scars ran along the barrel of his body, his left eye was a milky pink and yellow color. burns ran up his talons and his right wing was missing. "What happened to you?" I place a hand on his shoulder.

he looked up at me for a moment. "Dad... tell me, please"

"I can't... now that your calling me your father its.... going to hurt even more"

I looked over the draconequus for a brief moment. "this has happened before hasn't it, countless times"

He nodded. "forgive me if i'm being morbid but.... was it a good death?"

again, he nodded, squeezing his eyes shut as tightly as possible so as not to shed any tears.

"Discord, I didn't ask for any of this, all i asked for was peace" He looked up at me and was about to speak.

"so I've got to fight for it, big deal, nothing comes easy" He stared at me for a moment, as if trying to recall a time where I've said those words before.

"You're right, Joe" he looked to the floor as he spoke, letting a single tear drop to the floor.

"Damn right I am, and its Crisis now remember?"

He nodded as he returned to his disguise, departing once more. leaving behind a glass eye and a letter.

within seconds, Twilight, Rarity and Spike had arrived. I sat there looking despondent.

Twilight finally plucked up some courage. "whats wrong?" she asked, carrying over an air of worry.

"nothing, just... miss my family I suppose" I gave them a small smile.

I sat there at a desk, writing out a letter for the 15th time.

dear Princes...

Mom........