Discord could just overhear the guards talking to someone. "Oh great", he muttered to himself," another damnable tourist come to gawk." He sighed. He was Discord, not some pretty little statue to be displayed in someone's garden. He wasn't some sort of lawn ornament. He was the ruler of chaos… hell he was chaos incarnate.
"Please no flash photography", Discord said in a dull and monotonous tone. He was already prepared for the usual monologue.
"You're Discord", the newcomer said," You've ruled Equestria!"
"You're the one who single handedly defeated those "ponies"." Discord smiled at this. The newcomer grinned gleefully and disappeared in a puff of smoke to be replaced by Queen Chrysalsis.
"Oh, hello Chrysalis", Discord murmured," come to stare like all the others?"
"Of course not you pompous fool", Chrysalis growled," I want to join you." Discord laughed.
"You mean you want to be a statue? You're more foolish than I thought."
"No", Chrysalis said," I want to join forces with you."
"You might just be the ace in the hole that I needed." Discord smiled.
"I wouldn't work with a "changeling" for my life." It was Chrysalis's turn to smile.
"So haughty for one who's trapped in stone", she said.
"Oh I'm so offended", Discord said sarcastically," The hell spawn called me haughty." A look of shock crossed Chrysalis's face before she regained her composure.
"This might change your mind", she said. Queen Chrysalis shut her eyes and a look of intense concentration overtook her. Her horn began to glow with an eerie green light. The light slowly began to engulf Discord. Suddenly the stone that had covered his body for so long began to crack and fall away revealing the soft, slightly pudgy, flesh beneath. Discord smiled and began to laugh. This foolish changeling was freeing him.
"Uh uh uh", Chrysalis said in a mocking tone. As suddenly as the light had appeared, it vanished leaving his lower body trapped.
"Did you really think I would let you go without… paying the price", Queen Chrysalis asked.
"Sex is sex Chrysalis. If you want it I've got it."
"What", Chrysalis cried and fell back a step in shock.
"You're honestly telling me you meant something else by "paying the price"?"
"Dammit Discord! Get your filthy mind out of the gutter!"
Queen Chrysalis took a moment to regain her composure before continuing.
"I know you want… certain things: a kingdom of your own, a world ruled by chaos."
"Go on", Discord murmured.
"I can give you all these things and more if you work with me." Discord grimaced; he was the lord of chaos. Not some "changeling's" henchman.
"Forget it Chrysalis", Discord said.
"Have it your way", she replied. Queen Chrysalis's horn began to glow once again the fragments of stone rose from the ground. The shards whirled around Discord and began to lock back into place upon him, sealing him in stone once more. Discord growled; she had him trapped. His only choices were to work for her or to resume his life or boredom.
"Alright", he said slowly," I'll join you."
"What was that", she mocked.
"I'll join you", Discord growled.
"I knew you would see things my way." The stone fell away from Discord freeing his entire body. He stepped down from the pedestal and flexed his stiff muscles. Chrysalis smiled at him.
"Now if only I had a collar for my cute little pet."
"Damn you Chrysalis", Discord muttered under his breath.
"Come along now Discord, we've got work to do…."
Twilight was walking down Mane Street in the direction of Canterlot castle when she noticed a gathering of royal guards congregated around the entrance to the royal garden. She quickly approached a younger guard, likely just out of boot camp, and asked him what was going on.
"Well… it seems that Discord might have escaped", he said with heavy emphasis on the might.
"You're kidding right", Twilight said. The guard remained silent.
"Right? Right!"
"Look, I don't think I'm authorized to discuss this with you", was his only response. Twilight barged forward, knocking the young guard to one side, but was quickly seized by two of the older guards.
"Let me through dammit", she shouted. It was at that moment that her elder brother Shining Armor stepped forward through the crowd.
"Twilight", he cried. He spoke some orders to the guards who were holding her and they released Twilight.
"Is it true what they say", she asked," did Discord escape?"
"I'm so sorry little sis."
Twilight fell to her knees, feeling a queer desire to laugh and to cry at the same time. The sheer fact that Discord was free could end life as she knew it.