Chapter 3: Meeting with a "Friend"
Hey guys! Its Neo Dragon X here with the third chapter of our co-op story! Enjoy! XD
Darkrai snarled as he and Sombra flew towards the Canterlot gardens. The two dark kings had camouflaged themselves into the night with their dark magic, rendering themselves perfectly undetectable against Luna's star speckled night. The two tyrants were currently on their way to see Sombra's "friend", whom he said could help them kidnap the princesses.
"So Sombra… please describe this "friend" of yours and tell me exactly how he plans to kidnap the princesses. Remember, we are up against two princesses that raise the sun and moon themselves, and moving celestial bodies isn't the easiest thing to do. Second, they have two extremely powerful Legendaries protecting them, one which created most of my world, and the other who rules over a twisted world filled with the spirits of the dead."
Sombra chuckled darkly. "This so called friend is among the strongest deities Equestria has ever seen. He is an incredibly powerful user of chaos magic, being able to bend reality to his will. Long before the princesses took power, he was the tyrant of Equestria, torturing ponies day and night with his chaotic magic before Luna and Celestia finally took a stand and turned him to stone with the Elements of Harmony, powerful ancient artifacts that only six pure hearted ponies can wield."
Darkrai raised an eyebrow, skeptical of his comrade's words. "Are you sure that he can help us kidnap the princesses? He must have a price." Sombra chuckled again. "Not to worry my friend. All we have to do is to free him from his stony prison, and we'll negotiate a deal…" Darkrai nodded in agreement. The rest of the trip was in silence.
At last, they arrived at the gardens. A single guard was patrolling it, mostly to ensure no mischievous foals were running around causing trouble. He wasn't expecting two powerful dark kings to arrive. Darkrai proceeded to knock the guard cold with a single Dark Pulse. The two then entered the garden, determined to find Sombra's friend.
"His name… is Discord." Sombra added as he and Darkrai strolled across the gardens towards their destination. Darkrai then stopped when Sombra held out a hoof. The two dark kings looked up to see Sombra's friend… encased in stone. Darkrai saw that Discord was a mixture of several different creatures, with a lion's paw and an eagle's claw for his hands, and a long snake tail. The rest of him looked every bit as bizarre.
He had a blue Pegasus wing as his left wing, while a purple dragon wing formed his right wing. He was a fearsome sight, but he looked as if though he was frozen while in a terrified pose. His arms were stuck in front of him in a defensive posture, while his face registered terror.
"Discord was a draconequus who lived for over ten thousand years, ever since Equestria was first formed. He had taken over, ruling over the ponies with an iron fist. He was a tyrant, punishing even the most lightest of crimes with terrible methods, including dangling ponies over fire, and threatening to drown Equestria in his plunderseeds." Sombra finished.
Darkrai grinned. He was already starting to like this Discord, all of his qualities neatly matched the evil Pitch Black Pokémon's own nature. "How do we break him out of his prison?" Darkrai asked. Sombra chuckled. "The princesses made one crucial error that will cost them the day. They have forgotten to maintain control over Discord's statue, and so the various defensive spells they have cast to keep the petrification in check is faltering. This is where we break it open with our strongest attacks." The Crystal King finished.
Darkrai nodded in grim determination, before floating to a couple of meters away from the statue. Sombra also trotted beside Darkrai, and the two dark kings focused their powers. Darkrai cupped his claws together, and they crackled with a dark, jagged aura as the Pitch Black Pokémon focused all his residual power into a powerful attack.
Sombra lowered his horn and aimed it at the statue, and it crackled with pure dark energy as the Crystal King powered to the maximum. A large ball of dark energy formed in Darkrai's cupped claws, crackling with intense power, before the two kings released all that pent up energy at once.
Instantly two massive beams of powerful dark energy blasted out of Darkrai's claws and Sombra's horn, and slammed into the statue. However, the beams impacted against something solid, being stopped in its tracks by an invisible shield. The protection spells the princesses had placed on the statue were resisting their efforts.
With grunts of effort, Darkrai and Sombra pushed more energy into the beams, and with a sound like broken glass, the shield shattered. The beams slammed directly into the statue causing a outline of dark energy to appear around it. With the crumbling of stone, the statue glowed, then exploded into a million pieces.
After the smoke cleared, the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony had been freed… Darkrai and Sombra watched in surprise as Discord hovered in the air, before stretching backwards and grabbing his foot at a impossible angle. An audible crack was heard, and he sighed in relief. "Ah! A relief! Gods, you don't even know how much I struggled to break out of this annoying stone shell…" The spirit grumbled, pushing into his back with a grunt.
Darkrai and Sombra simply stared at each other in shock, before grinning evilly. "Well, it's nice to see you as well old friend." Discord grinned. "Ah, Sombra, it's good to see you as well, but for what reason did you free me?" Sombra lowered his head and gave a sinister grin.
"We are currently seeking revenge on the princesses and those Legendaries for what they did to us long ago, and who better to help us then the Master of Chaos himself?" Discord raised his head proudly. "And as you see, we are weakened for our various… eh…. Endeavours, so your help will be very much appreciated."
Discord nodded in silent agreement. "But what's in it for me?" He demanded. Sombra raised a skeptical eyebrow. "But don't you thirst for revenge upon the princesses for imprisoning you for so long?" He asked. "Well, spending over a thousand years trapped in stone does leave your mind blank…" Discord yawned, stretching.
Darkrai growled. "So we came here for nothing then? Your so called friend can't help us?" the dark specter demanded. "Well…" Sombra grumbled. "How's this Discord, if you help us kidnap the princesses, we'll give you a large area of Equestria to rule over as your own private chaotic resort after we're finished"
Discord stroked his goatee as he though silently to himself. Having a large private area for him to use as his own chaotic resort… it sounded pretty good.
He held out his eagle claw, and Sombra shook it with a devious smile. "Got it, absolutely fine with me." The chaotic spirit grinned. Darkrai then floated up beside Sombra, who nodded to him. "This is Lord Darkrai, who is from a region known as Sinnoh."
"He thirsts for revenge upon the Legendaries, Arceus and Giratina, prevented him from shrouding the world in eternal shadow." The Crystal King explained. Discord nodded as he stared at Darkrai thoughtfully.
"Indeed… tonight… shall be the overthrowing of the rulers!" Discord cackled, with Darkrai and Sombra joining in soon afterwards…