Silence. That's all that was heard in the quiet village. Everypony was sleeping great dreams, guarded by the princess of the night. That is, except for in one house. Rose Petal and her husband, Green Thumb were up taking care of their new arrivals. A pair of fraternal twins were born to them.
Sugar Cane and Strawberry Patch were different from each other. They were as different as could be. Sugar Cane was a filly. She was a few seconds older than her brother. The young unicorn was a blessing to the two parents. Her white mane was so soft and her light green coat was beautiful. Her blue eyes were soon caught her parent's attention when she was born. Unbeknownst to the young unicorn that her cutie mark would be a pile of sugar against sugar canes, a blessing to her flank that would bring her such happiness when she got it.
Strawberry Patch was a wild foal; as wild as the strawberries themselves. His strawberry red mane and green coat would match his earth pony body. Later in his life, a cutie mark of two strawberries on a dark green leaf would bless his flank. While Sugar had blue eyes, Strawberry had magenta eyes.
But our story isn't about these ponies and how they grew. You are asking for a story of orderly chaos... Or chaotic order. We won't focus on these twins. Just their parents.
"I was wondering how long Strawberry would cry and wake up his sister. Finally, they are asleep." Said a tired Rose Petal, her red mane swaying in front of her magenta eyes.
"Let's just get to bed." Said Green Thumb.
Green's white mane was messed up. His dark green coat was shaggy; his blue eyes drained of all life from tiredness. Rose's pink hoof touched Green's hoof as they walked to bed.
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Trotting, Princess Luna walked through the abandoned version of the small village. She looked around and stopped.
"This isn't like any dream I've been in before." Whispered Luna, her voice with a hint of fear quivered.
"This isn't a natural occurring nightmare. This is artificial." She gaped as she took a few steps back from a statue of Starswirled the Bearded.
It wasn't Starswirled though. It showed a different figure. The figure was in a cape with its face not showing. The weird thing was the eyes. Its eyes were swirled. No sign of normal eyes were shown but it was a feature Luna could recognize. A panel on the statue confirmed her suspicion. It was rusted where it said the name,
"Emissary of Discord, Fear for all?" Said Luna.
She heard movement as she turned. There, she saw Green Thumb. The pony who was having this dream. She needed to save him from this nightmare!
"Green Thumb!" She yelled, her voice trembling. "You need to come with me!"
"What happened to my family? Where are they?" Asked Green Thumb desperately.
A voice came from the shadows.
"If you want to see them again, join me." A pony came out of the shadows in a cloak.
"Stop, you nightmare being. Go back to your slumber!" Yelled Luna as she blasted it with her horn.
The figure laughed a cruel and chaotic laugh. Luna was confused. It didn't affect the nightmare being?
"So your the princess of the night. Protector of dreams. My bane... My escape from my hostage." The pony ran up to the princess.
"Let me tell you something, princess." The pony whispered into Luna's ear. "I'm not a nightmare being. I'm a hostage of your sister, imprisoned in dreams. And you are my escape route. You are in my trap!"
Luna felt a flood of fear as she watched as other hooded figures toss a net over her and tie her down, the figure grinning at their deed. The figure turned to Green.
"You fear for your family. I can make that fear disappear. If you don't, your fear will be used against you." The figure stuck out her pink hoof.
"Don't do...*muffle*" is a all that Luna said before Green Thumb shook hooves with the pony.
Luna watched in horror as the pony walked slowly to Green. Her hooves glowed with an eerie glow as she got closer. When she got close enough, she levitated him. He looked calm as she used her magic to drain something from him. It was green as the figure formed it into a ball and put it into herself. The ritual was complete.
Luna saw as Green was levitated down, his head down. Finally, he dropped to the ground. He stood himself with his head still down. Then, with a sudden flick of his head, Luna gasped. Green's blue eyes were now glowing dark red. Luna saw his chaotic smile form as somepony gave him a cloak.
"Today, vengeance will be given today to one of the 8 ponies that are against me. Today, we shall escape!" The figure said as everypony cheered.
Luna watched in horror as the figure turned to her. She then saw the eerie glow on the figures hoof again. This time, it looked different. It was a darker pink. One that Luna knew that the figure was channeling more magic.
"Remember this, Luna. Your power will be nothing against me. You maybe half-celestial being, but I am also. Fear will always defeat everypony. You are lucky that I'm merciful. If you know what's good for you, you would stay away from Equestria." The figure's smile grew.
Luna watched as a beam shot off from the figure's hoof and went towards her. Luna cried in agony as she felt weakened as her body felt pain. She could barely see the figure taking away a blue substance. Finally, the agony was gone. She could barely stand herself as she watched the figure put it into herself. The figure looked back.
"Nice new mane. It's much better than that wavy one when you had all that power." She said as Luna looked at her mane.
Her mane was now a light blue. Now she knew what happened. Not only had the figure taken her power, the figure had also made her weaker. Luna could feel the dream was breaking. The figure teleported her subjects out of the dream. Only Green Thumb and the figure was left.
"When you wake, Luna, tell Celestia that I'm coming for her. Tell her that the Cult of Chaotic Order is coming. Tell her that their led by me, Paura. And I never forget!" The figure said as she went out of the dream.
Finally, the dream collapsed and Green Thumb woke, as did Luna. Luna woke. With relief, she got out of bed. It was just a dream. As Celestia came into the room, Luna's sister gasped. Luna's mane was light blue and was not wavy. Maybe... It wasn't a dream...
