Starting Over

Spectra looked Discord right in his eyes.

"Why do I hear your laugh in my dreams?!"

Discord looks at Spectra quizzically. "You mean you really can't remember? Oh, well. Fine. I will tell you. Take a seat, Uncle Discord is going to tell you a story."

Spectra sits down on his flanks.

"I'm listening."

Discord grins. "26 years ago you and your parents lived in Canterlot. That's right Spectra, your parents were high class ponies from Canterlot. Now...."

-----Canterlot, 234 Noble Road-----

Mr. Neos Speed and Mrs. Nexus Speed were sitting down, enjoying a nice dinner with their foal, Spectra Speed.

(Author's Note: Imagine Spectra's parents having an Australian Accent. It kinda fits considering I am technically his father and I myself am an Aussie.)

After they were all finished, Neos stands up. "Hey, who wants to go and take a walk around Canterlot?"

Nexus raises her hoof. "I'm in! What about you Spectra?"

Spectra giggles and shoves his hoof in his mouth, then he farts.

Neos stares at his son for a few seconds, then he just shrugs. "Sounded like a yes to me."

The Speeds were not as rich as the rest of Canterlot, but rich nonetheless. But unlike all the other rich ponies of Canterlot, the Speeds weren't snobbish or down right insufferable. Far from it, they would have fun whenever they can. They were frowned upon from the rest of Canterlot, but they didn't care. They were one big happy family.

Until......

The Speeds were taking a stroll through the hedge maze of Canterlot. Neos was pointing out various statues and they're meanings.

"...and that one represents Victory! Oh! This one over here represents Leadership!"

Nexus points a hoof over to a strange looking statue. "What's this one mean?"

Neos turns to see where his wife was pointing. He grew a smile. "That's Discord. He's the disembodiment of chaos and disharmony. This guy knows how to have fun!"

The family walks up to the statue, Spectra was staring at the statue. He found it curious.

Suddenly, Nexus was grabbed from behind, and a knife was drawn to her throat.

"Nopony move, or the bitch gets it!"

Neos looked furious, but he was too worried about his wife's safety to get angry.

"Calm down, mate. You don't have to do this. Just calm down and-"

"Shut up and hand me all the cash you got. Jewellery, bits, gold, anything that I can sell."

Neos shakes his head. "We don't carry money with us on walks!"

The mystery pony chuckles. "Well then, this bitch dies!"

He slices Nexus' throat. She falls over and lands in front of Spectra.

"Spectra....." She reaches out a hoof to her only son.

"Spect........" She dies right in front of her son.

Neos was already wrestling the mystery pony. Whilst that was happening, the statue of Discord was glowing slightly.

"Aaaah! It's not everyday somepony causes chaos near me. Oh? What's this? Hahahahahaha!"

That laugh would turn out to be the laugh that haunts Spectra's later years.

"Hahahaha! Oh? Why hello there little foal! If what I recall from hearing from that dead mare, your name is Spectra, right?"

Spectra had tears in his eyes, staring at the statue. He wasn't old enough to speak, or to understand sentences, but he somehow understood what was happening right in front of him.

"Ahhh! Spectra!" Spectra looks over to his father, he was lying on the ground with a knife in his chest, the mystery pony was looting his pockets. He looks over to Spectra and shakes his head.

"I ain't no monster. I'm not murderin' someponies foal. Later, son."

And with that he walks off.

Discord sighs. "You probably won't remember this day kid, but I'll explain what just happened to you."

Discord almost sounded pitiful. Almost.

"That mystery pony just caused enough chaos for me to be able to communicate. But it's not enough to break me free yet. One day somepony stupid will break me free, I can feel it. Anyway, bub, your parents caused enough racket for the guards to come over here. Until we meet again!"

And with that, 2 guards walk up to Spectra, who was lying on top of his dead mother, crying his eyes out.

"Oh jeez. Poor kid. What do we do with him?"

"Out of my way."

Princess Celestia walks through the 2 guards to find a foal and his recently murdered family.

"Your Majesty, what do we do with him?"

Celestia raises a hoof to her chin.

"These were the Speeds, were they not?"

"Yes your highness."

"Very well. We shall set up a funeral for the parents. The child, however, must be put into a foster home."

"Princess, there are no families willing to take a Speed, trust me. I have heard what they say behind their backs."

"Very well then. Where shall we send him?"

"May I suggest Manehatten, Princess? They have plenty of couples over there dying to find a foal."

Celestia thinks it over. "Very well. One of you stay with Spectra until a couple come along and take him. Tell the couple his name, and make sure to not mention how the parents died. It would shatter him later on in life."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

-----Dark Corner Of Spectra's Mind, Present-----

"I hear everything that happens around me, Spectra. If you're wondering where it is I currently am, I am still encased in stone. But to put your thoughts at ease, they found your parents killer. He left his knife in your fathers chest, they ran a DNA Scan spell, found him and executed him in the palace maze."

Spectra was having a very hard time digesting this.

Spectra looks up to the gods face. "How are you communicating with me now?"

Discord laughs. "My power is slowly growing. It has been ever since that night 26 years ago. I've gained enough power to talk with you, be it only temporary."

Spectra closes his eyes.

"Now, Spectra. I can communicate with you whenever I feel like it, just in case you need a shoulder to cry on."

Spectra raises his head and glares at the god. "I don't need you. I have Rainbow!"

Discord shrugs. "Nevertheless, I will still be in touch. See ya later, masturbator."

And with that, Discord snaps his fingers and a blinding light fills Spectra's vision. When he came to, he was in Rainbow's bed, with Rainbow looking at him with worry.

Spectra looks up at Rainbow, sadness all over his face. "Wanna go to Canterlot?"