A New Kind of Chaos
The Training
Diamond slowly fluttered her eyes open, remembering the events of last night. Every thought and memory of Discord made her heart flutter with chaotic ways. She wanted to remember that night forever. She tossed the blanket off her body, and flew down to the floor to open the door. She walked down the hallway to find Discord sitting at the dining room table. "Oh, Discord. Good morning." Diamond said, waving her front hoof at him.
"Morning." Discord groaned. He let his head fall into his hands as he began to moan.
"What's wrong?" Diamond asked, as she flew up, and started to pat Discord's back.
"Nothing that you need to be worried about, my dear." Discord said, as he lifted his head and put a fake smile on his face.
"If it worries you, I think I should know. To help you." Diamond said.
"Well, you said you have chaotic magic, right?" Discord asked.
"Yes, I do have chaotic magic. Why are you asking?" Diamond said, as she flew over to chair and sat down.
"You see, I thought of what might have caused your first chaotic breakdown. Maybe it was your first experience with a way to express you chaos." Discord said, waving his lion paw around to add expression.
"Yeah, and?" Diamond asked.
"Well, you don't seem all that chaotic. How do you express your chaos?" Discord said.
"I don't use it all that often, but whenever I want to do something magical that doesn't have an already existing spell, I use my chaos. Usually, that is to make candy appear or to trip somepony." Diamond explained.
"You see, I thought I'd teach you to use your chaos in good and useful ways, like I do." Discord said.
"And why would I want to do that?" Diamond asked angrily, slamming her hoof on the table. "I thought you loved that I was a chaotic creature."
"I do. It's just... if the princesses were to find you, maybe they would not take away your magic or punish you or lock you away." Discord said, ringing his hand together in nervousness.
"But Princess Twilight and Princess Cadence already know about me. Maybe Celestia and Luna already know, too." Diamond said, starting to twiddle her hooves.
"Well, I thought we could start training then." Discord said.
"But, what if Celestia and Luna find out about me? What will I do?" Diamond said, tears appearing in her eyes.
"Then I'll protect you. I won't let them lock you up." Discord said, wrapping his eagle talons around Diamond's shoulders.
"Okay," Diamond mumbled. "When do we start the training?" Diamond asked.
"We'll start in about an hour. Let's have breakfast first, okay?" Discord said, as he snapped his talons and made many dishes of breakfast foods appear.
"Okay..." Diamond stuttered, as she started to eat some fruit.
In the garden, Discord sat on a lawn chair, holding his head in his lion paw. "Okay, try that last spell again." He instructed.
Diamond nodded her head, and her horn started to glow. She aimed a beam of magic at a small white flower. Immediately, the flower grew fifty times its size and sprouted many thorns. "I think I messed it up... again." Diamond said shyly, looking behind her to see seven other failed attempts.
"Yeah, you're just supposed to turn that flower purple. Even Twilight can do this spell, no problem." Discord said, beginning to lose his temper.
"I'm sorry Discord. I'm trying as hard as I can." Diamond said.
"Well, try harder." Discord said, now mumbling to himself. "I don't want to lose you." He whispered quietly.
"Well, how am I supposed to do it?" Diamond asked.
"Like this." Discord said, as he stood up, making the chair disappear. He snapped his talons, sending a beam or bright white light to a flower, turning the petals a light blue. "See, like that."
"Oh, now I get it." Diamond said, as she made her horn glow again. She pointed her horn and sent a beam of her purple magic to a small white rose. Her magic began to work, but only splattered purple on the flower, making it look like a paint spill on a white canvas. "I guess I didn't do that right." Diamond said, now staring at the ground, picking it with her hoof.
"Well, it's not perfect," Discord said, as he bent over and picked the flower. "But neither are we." He said, as he place the flower into Diamond's hair.
"Thank you Discord. You are so sweet." Diamond said.
"Yes, and you are so beautiful. Well, do you think we have had enough training for today?" Discord said.
"Yeah, I'm kind of tired." Diamond said.
"Well, then. Let's go in for the night." Discord said, as he picked up Diamond with his tail, lifting her into his arms. "I'll set up a movie in the theatre."
"You don't have a theatre." Diamond said.
"Well, I can make one. Does 'Heartbreak in Manehatten' sound good?" asked Discord.
"Yeah, that sounds good." Diamond said, as she rubbed her muzzle against his.
"Alright then, in we go." Discord said, snapping his talons, teleporting them inside the castle.
Back at the Canterlot Castle, Luna watched the whole training session with her magic. "Discord, you'll never be able to stop her from losing control. You must teach her to contain her chaos before it is too late." Luna said, hoping that Discord would hear her. "You must hurry before time runs out. Her peaceful behaviour won't last forever."
