Celestia looked at her kingdom, from her balcony. Her mane blew slowly with the wind. Recollecting on the past, Celestia began to cry. Life had been so cruel to her before, and she hoped to never have to go through it again. Tears streaming down her face, created a puddle. She looked down at her reflection, but then stamped it away, and turned back into her room.
Celestia had everything she could ever want. A room to herself filled with expensive things, servants to tend to her every need, she even had her sister back, but something was missing. Something that was eating her heart out. Celestia went back to the balcony, and looked at the royal garden. Hoof carved statues lined the outer edge of it. One was three fillies playing, which represented friendship. Another carved into the shape of a mare carrying scrolls represented knowledge. There was also one of another mare smelling roses, representing beauty, but there was one statue Celestia couldn't bare to look at. It represented chaos and disharmony.
Celestia began crying again and lied down beside the fire. She moved her pillow away, which was covering an open floor board. Under the floor board was a wooden box, painted with a golden design and a heart on the top. Celestia opened the box, which only she and one other person could open. Inside were pictures, letters, and memories of her and a past love. Celestia didn't know why she would look at the memoirs, when all they did was cause her pain.
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Outside stood her servants, one ear to the door. "She's crying again," head maid, Chordillia stated. "It pains me to see her like this," Reginald the butler sighed. "There must be something we can do to make her stop crying?" a guard beside them asked. "There is nothing we can do" Chordillia replied sadly. "Does anyone even know why she's crying?" the other guard asked. Chordillia began to get nervous, Reginald turned towards her. "Chordillia?" he questioned. "I swore to secrecy, I can't tell anyone!" she blurted. "Not even me your husband?" Reginald asked. "No, I'm sorry, I can't tell even you," Chordillia bleated. "Who cares if she can't tell us! Chordillia, are you sure there is nothing we can do to cheer her up?" the guard closest to them interrupted. "We can find something to take her mind off it. We just can't take her to the garden!" Chordillia answered. "Well, the party tonight, she can't be like this," Reginald stated. "Chordillia, you can take her down to the kitchen to make sure the food for the party is in order. It will keep her mind off things, and get the party ready," the guard to her left suggested. "Perfect, now let's go," Reginald replied. He and the guards trotted down the hall. Chordillia stood alone, stunned at what just happened. "Reginald is probably still mad" she thought.
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Celestia sobbed into her pillow. Suddenly there was a knock at the door, "Excuse me, your highness, the food is ready for the party," Chordillia called. Celestia wiped away the tears and began to comb out her mane. "Come in," she welcomed depressingly. Chordillia opened the doors, "Now, princess we have much to do before the party, so we can make sure everything goes smoothly," Chordillia reminded. "Close the door," Celestia said softly. "Celestia, please don't tell me you were thinking about him?" Chordillia begged. Celestia sat silent, her head down. "Come now, lets go get you some tea," Chordillia sighed, waving a hoof at the door. "Can you just bring it up here?" Celestia asked. "Of course, but remember, the party," Chordillia replied.
"Remember, the party," a voice echoed. Celestia froze, recognizing the voice she turned to her mirror and continued to brush her mane. "You can't be here, its impossible," Celestia stated sternly, "You are just in my head,". "Oh, but I am very real," the voice whispered in her ear. She turned around to face him, nothing, just a voice. "Did you miss me, my dear Celestia?" the voice continued. "You're not real, get out of my head!" she demanded. "Right now I'm just a voice, but with your help I can become, well me,". "Now why would I help you?" she questioned. "I know you still have feelings for me, dear Celestia,". "And what makes you think I still have feelings for you?" she stated. "The box under the floorboard which only you and I can open,". Celestia sighed, "They're just horrible memories,". "Even the cold nights when we would lie down by the fireplace together?".
Suddenly there was a knock at the door, "Celestia, your tea?" Chrodillia called. "Come in," Celestia replied. "We'll talk about this later" the voice whispered. Celestia sipped her tea as Chordillia stood across from her. "Madame you seem disturbed," Chordillia stated sipping her tea as well. "Why would you say that?" Celestia asked softly. "I left but a mear ten minutes ago and you seem, well nervous, a little on edge," Chordillia replied. "Oh its nothing, i'm fine," Celestia assured. "Well there is much to be done before the party, so how about we get started?" Chordillia asked. "That would be most wonderful," Celestia replied.
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Hours later, "Luna, I'll be down to the party in a minute," Celestia called down the hallway as she headed back to her room. She was expecting a letter from Twilight and her friends. A letter was placed in the middle of the floor. "Dearest Celestia, could you please help me" the voice began again."If it means you will leave me alone for just this one night then fine. What do I need to do to help you?" she asked depressingly. "Just use a little bit of magic to turn me into the opposite of a stone statue,". She walked over to her balcony, and looked down at his statue. Celestia clopped her foot on the ground, and Discord's body appeared. The scales of his tail shining in the moonlight, his claws extra sharp.
"I have a party to attend to, be gone!" Celestia demanded as she began brushing her mane again. "Oh Celestia, dearest..." Discord began. "If you want to talk, come back later," Celestia stated sternly as she opened the doors and slammed them behind her.
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"Welcome ambassadors of Equestria, thank you for coming to tonight's event," Celestia announced. "Tonight is a night of great festivities, a ballad provided by our very own Octavia, and an Equestrian class chef!" Luna concluded. The party guests clapped their hooves. Octavia began her ballad, and the conversations started. The Phillidelphia ambassador discussed recent problems with the Manehattan ambassador. Luna had a conversation going with the Cloudsdale ambassador too. The mayor was the ambassador to Ponyville and was having a conversation with Celestia. "Your student, Twilight, has been very helpful to Ponyville. She organized winter wrap up, she and her friends have saved the town dozens of times" the mayor stated. The conversations went on all night.
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Reginald and Chordillia trotted down to Celestia's room, wishing to speak with her. They knocked on the door, they opened inside stood Celestia. "Grab them boys!" she commanded, two guards came forward pointing spears at them.
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When the party ended Celestia went back to her room. Two guards stood in front of the door, they stepped aside when she began to open the door. In the middle of the floor was Chordillia and Reginald tied up and gagged, shaking their heads and screaming. "Ah, Celestia so glad you could join us," a voice began. An alicorn of a sort stood in the corner of the room. "Chrysalis, Queen of the Changelings. Guards!" Celestia called. The two guards outside her door barged in, and pointed spears at Celestia's throat, then took their true forms as changelings. "You really are predictable. Wouldn't you think I would have thought of that, Oh yeah, I did," Chrysalis teased, pointing her hoof at the wall where two guards were tied up and gagged too.
Another pair of changelings, holding ropes, tied Celestia's wings to her sides and proceeded to tie her to the floor. "Now Celestia its either you or Luna. I'd prefer you but I'll take what I can," Chrysalis stated, as she grew closer and her minions gagged Celestia as well. Chrysalis turned Celestia's head with a hoof, "Such a pretty face, too bad I have mutilate it,". Reginald and Chordillia screamed "No!" in a muffled tone, trying to get the cloth undone from around their mouthes. "You two will become great servants," Chrysalis stated, turning towards them. Reginald finally being able to get the cloth off, yelled "We only serve Princess Celestia, you shan't harm her or my wife and I!". "For a butler you are not very smart," Chrysalis said, a changeling punching him in the face. Chordillia let out a shriek and another changeling held a spear up to her throat.
"Chrysalis your business isn't with them!" Celestia beamed, using her magic to get the cloth out of her mouth. "No but it just so happens to be with you!" Chrysalis replied, pressing her horn above Celestia's eye. A small cry of pain escaping her.
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Discord flew up to Celestia's balcony, looking in to see what was going on. Celestia pinned to the floor, two servants tied up in the middle of the room, and a pair of guards tied up and knocked out against the wall. "Hand over the kingdom Celestia and with it you!" Chrysalis demanded. Discord leaped into the room, tackling the changelings surrounding Celestia. He quickly turned around to untie her, standing over her to protect her. "How sweet, the couple of the millennia is back together. Well sorry I have to skip this love fest, ta ta,"Chrysalis teased. She leaped off the balcony, her minions carrying Reginald, Chordillia and the two guards off. Chordillia screaming, the guards and Reginald knocked out.
Discord burst into the hallway, "Guards!" he yelled down the hallway. He than ran back into Celestia's room, leaving the doors open, and leaped off the balcony after Chrysalis. After following in the direction they had gone for a while, he decided that he had lost them and went back to the castle. He stood in the shadows on the balcony as guards and servants came to Celestia's aid. Many of the servants stood in awe and gasped at the sight. It was unknown to them of what truly happened and they wouldn't find out until Celestia would awaken. Suddenly Luna accompanied by another servant burst into the room. "Discord's statue is gone! He has returned!" the servant cried. "Guards come with me!" Luna ordered. Guards filed out of the room, Luna following behind. "They would think it was I who had done this until they got the true story from Celestia," Discord thought to himself, immediately leaping off the balcony, back to the garden. He posed atop his stone cold pedestal, trying to look as statue like as possible.
A tingle flew up his spine, he knew then that he was not alone. It wasn't Luna and the guards either, he knew exactly who it was. "You should have taken up on my offer," Chrysalis stated standing beside a well trimmed hedge. "Chrysalis!" Discord roared back at her. "Now what was my offer again oh right, join me!" Chrysalis reminded, completely ignoring what he had said. "I told you before, I'm not interested. Why are you even here? How do you know I won't kill you right now?" Discord replied, growing very tense and filling with anger. "You won't, I know you, you would never hurt your sister," Chrysalis taunted. He shuddered at the thought, "Just because we are blood relatives doesn't mean I have to do the indescribable things you want me to do," Discord retorted. "Fine then, you've made your decision, and every decision comes with a consequence," Chrysalis laughed as she leaped into the air, flying off.
The guards and Luna approached and Discord resumed his pose. "Something's wrong here, I saw it myself the statue was gone," Luna stated as she trotted over. "Your highness an unidentified pegasus just flew off in that direction," the captain stated sternly. "Send some guards to investigate," Luna ordered. The guards galloped off leaving Luna in the garden. She then trotted back to the castle, looking back a moment to see what was once a statue leap into the air. A faint smile grew on her face.
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Celestia had been taken to the infirmary. She had minor bruises and a small gash above her eye. Luna stood looking down on her, a most depressing look upon her face. Discord stood hidden in the high rafters, looking down on them. Regret filled his body, "Its my fault this happened," he whispered.
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Chrysalis had said she would take what meant most to him. Discord had still been a statue, incased in the cold stone. Princess Cadence trotted through the garden, stopping in front of his statue. "Ah Discord, the one who was defeated by friendship," she laughed. She bowed her head and Discord roared to life. "Quiet now, I have a proposition for you," she stated sternly. Discord paused a moment, a pink cloud forming in the air. He plopped onto it and stared down at her. "You've been encased in this stone for a while, you must be pretty mad. Join me in taking over Equestria," she said with an empowering tone. "Now why should I do that, Chrysalis!" Discord replied. She stood a moment, and took her true form. "You're smart, and you would be the one to have a grudge against Equestria," she said. "I'm not joining you no matter what!" Discord stated. A tension was forming in Chrysalis. "You know, maybe you're not as smart as I thought?", she questioned and stamped her hoof on the ground. The cloud disappeared and Discord dropped back onto the pedestal. He was turning back to stone, and soon his feet were stone, and then all the way up to his waist. "Chrysalis!" he roared. "If you won't join me willingly, then I'll just have to torture you, starting with, I don't know, Celestia," she taunted. Discord roared at her one last time and was then frozen in stone. Chrysalis laughed as she turned back into Cadence and trotted away.
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He had been nothing but a voice after that, or at least until Celestia turned him back to normal. Discord returned to watching Luna and Celestia. A nurse approached them, "Your highness, you should return to your room and let her rest," the nurse stated. "Thank you Kamila," Luna replied and exited the room. Kamila soon left too and Discord flew down to Celestia.
Looking down on her, surges of guilt and regret filled him. He lied down on the floor beside the bed and slowly drifted off into a sleep