Orchestrated Entertainment

Still laughing, Discord teleported himself and his hypnotized Celestia back to the spot where they had left Luna. He smirked as he looked down at her. "Hello again, Luna."

Luna vanished the traces of her strengthened magic. She glared at Discord and stood on guard. "About time thou got back!" She looked at Celestia and smiled. "Sister, We wereth worried!" She gasped when she saw that Celestia was still limp under Discord's arm. "Sister! What ist wrong?! Wake up, sister!"

Discord snickered when he saw that his new toy did not even stir from her slumber. She could not process anything that was not his voice. How obedient you are, my foolish princess. Time for you to prove yourself. He smiled and gently nudged Celestia. "Alright, Tia... Wake up, my pet. You've slept long enough."

Luna glared at them. "P-Pet?!"

Celestia groaned almost inaudibly and slowly opened her eyes. They still had the colored spirals in them, but she looked up at him with a small smile. "Yes, Discord...? Nnh..." She lowered her head a bit as she held it with her hoof.

"Ohh... Still tired, Tia?" He held her face as she nodded slowly.

"Sister! What-Why art thou with Discord?! Thou-"

Celestia glanced at Luna. She frowned only slightly. "But... I thought we'd... finally be alone... Why... is she here...?"

He approached Celestia's ear as her eyes began to close from fatigue. He smiled gently as he nudged her. "Remove her, Tia," He whispered to her a soft voice. "She wants to separate us."

"R-Remove... her...?"

"What?! No!" Luna stepped closer as Discord put Celestia on the ground. "That ist not true! What art thou talking about, Discord?! Sister, come to thy senses, he ist speaking madness!"

"Oh, my poor, sweet princess. Look how exhausted you are!" He held her softly as he glared at Luna. "That pony's so boring, she can make anyone tired, isn't she? Don't worry, my dear, you can go ahead and have your rest now." He touched Celestia's head and made her eyes glow with the different colors in them. "Go to that happy place we talked about earlier and rest there, okay? All you have to do now is listen to me, like a good girl."

He watched her as his hypnosis took full effect again. "There we go, all better!" He caressed the mane of the currently mindless young mare. "Now, as I was saying... About that pony there..." He pointed his claw at the confused Luna. "She's naught but somepony that wants to come in our way. Don't let her, Celestia, dear."

"Yes... Discord..." Celestia mumbled. Her body moved as though she was an empty puppet.

Luna's eyes widened as she watched Celestia. What ist going on... What nonsense ist he up to now?!

Discord nudged Celestia forward and grinned at Luna once he got out of the way. "Heh, heh..."

Luna stepped forward. As she glared at Discord, she also got ready to attack. "What didst thou do to her?!" She quickly dodged a blast of magic from Celestia. "Sister! What art thou doing?!" She stared at Celestia in shock as her older sister prepared another attack. "Sister! Answereth us! What ist the meaning of this?!"

Discord snapped his fingers. He appeared a throne beneath him as he watched the mares fight. "Oh, front seats. My favorite." He tapped his fingers together. "Oho, this idea's much better than I thought..."

Luna flew away from Celestia every time she tried to attack. She was afraid that her magic would be way too strong, since she had been practicing, and would seriously hurt her sister. She appeared a shield to block Celestia's spell.

But that did not stop Celestia. She powered up again and flew after Luna to attack her directly.

"Sister, stop!" Luna flew right past her and pushed her away to deflect her blast. She gasped as Celestia quickly recovered. "Sister, listen to us!"

Discord laughed as Luna was blasted away by Celestia's magic. "She's ignoring you, can't you figure that out?!" He briefly appeared Celestia in the air beside him and caressed her face as she laid in the air, limp like a ragdoll. "She's grown tired of you, Luna, and is now doing what she pleases. Your words won't get through to her. None of 'em. She'll only listen to me now. Won't you, dearie?" He chuckled as he moved Celestia's head to make her nod. "She's too overjoyed to speak, but let that be her answer for you."

"Sister! Do not let him get away with this! Thou must showeth him what thou-"

"Oh, shush, will you? You're so annoying, Luna." He snapped his fingers and appeared Celestia back by Luna's side. He let her attack her younger sister again.

Luna sped up to get away from Celestia. She appeared a bank of dense black fog the color of the night and surrounded the Sun Princess in it. Then she growled a bit and appeared in front of Discord. "What. Didst. Thou. Do. WITH OUR SISTER?!" She pushed him and the throne away with the force of her magic. "ANSWERETH US!"

Discord faked incredulousness, with a frown on his face. "You're accusing me? Oh, how could you, Luna? And here I thought you would be happy."

"Happy?!"

"Sure!" He snapped his fingers and had Celestia blast a beam of light around herself. The spell vanished the fog. He then waved his claw and Celestia obediently flew over to him. "Why let her be fooled by the spell of order and bossy 'harmony' once again? She's free and lovely like this, don't you think so?"

Luna glared at him and tried to attack him again, only to be pushed away by Celestia. "Ungh, Celestia!"

"Of course you don't." He sighed and held his head on his paw as Celestia continued to threaten the Night Princess. "Really, Luna, you should be happy too. Your sister finally opened her heart and mind to what she really desires. Me!"

He snapped his fingers again, laughing as Celestia obeyed his commands and attacked Luna continuously. "She's perfectly happy and content the way she is. Think about it! Why would she remain like this if she wasn't happy? Free to be with me, the one she cannot live without."

Luna cried out in pain, but stood her ground. "Thee?! But..." She turned to Celestia and quickly deflected another attack. "What dost thou mean...?! Explain thyself, Discord!" How on earth ist this happening?! There ist something strange to her. This makest no sense. What he said... She lowered her head. "She dost not want thee. Not like this. We know that!"

"Oh, really? Celestia..."

Celestia immediately stopped to listen to him.

He smirked as he held her hoof up and playfully swayed her body a bit as he spoke to her. "Dearie, please break that pony's wings. I don't like them."

"Of course... Discord..."

Discord laughed as Celestia flew swiftly behind Luna and aimed at her.

Luna flew up to dodge Celestia. "No! Sister, do not do this!" She pushed Celestia against the ground, then glared at Discord. "She wouldst not do something like this. Thou art doing something to her, she wouldst never feel anything for the likes of thee!"

She suddenly remembered the guards that Discord had turned into mindless puppets to play with. He had made them do silly things, even behave like dogs for quite a while. The poor guards were not conscious at all during that whole time. They were never aware of what they had done, they never even remembered anything.

"Hypnosis... Of course, hypnosis! Discord! How darest thou?! Thou hath hypnotized our sister!" She glared at Discord with pure anger now.

Discord looked away with annoyance as he snapped his fingers. "Hmph. I prefer the term 'brainwash', thank you very much."

"You're a bloody idiot, you know that?" Spoke a dark voice inside Luna's head. She hissed with disgust as Luna continued to receive Celestia's attacks.

Luna recognized the voice immediately. However, she ignored it. "Sister, please, snap out of it! It ist not real! Thou art here! Thou art fighting us! Thou must stop! Resist the spell, sister! Thou can do it! Thou art here with us, we must stop Discord!" She urged as she held her sister's shoulders. She gritted her teeth as she watched Celestia disappear under Discord's arm again. Her eyes teared up as she glared at him again. "Stop it... Leave her alone! Do not treat her like a toy!"

"Oh, but she is my toy. My favorite one, too." He held Celestia upside-down from her hind hoof as he poked her a bit. He then appeared her in his claw and paw, in front of him, and lifted her up. "Isn't she adorable? I'm going to have so much fun playing with her when this is over." He nuzzled his cheek against her face. "She'll give me much entertainment for days on end! She'll love it, too. It'll be just what she wanted all along."

Luna shook her head. "No. That ist not our sister! Thou hast put her under a spell! Celestia would never become thy plaything. Not thine, or anypony else's!" She whimpered and looked up at Celestia. "Big sister... Please fight him! Snap out of it and fight by our side! It ist our duty. That ist why we art here!"

Discord patted Celestia's mane. "No, you're wrong, Luna. She's not here, nor is she fighting anypony. Like I said earlier to her, I simply am doing this world a kindness, and she was the first one I graced with my favor. I couldn't think of anypony else to be this kind to. It just HAD to be her. I owe her so much, after all. This gift had to be hers." He ruffled Celestia's mane, nearly knocking her crown off.

"What?!"

He smirked, brushing his lion paw under Celestia's chin. "Your sister is living the dream at the moment. She is back in the main city, with everything nice and rosy, just the way she likes it. Only the other half of her world has finally joined her. Me. She no longer has to decide between the world or my chaos. In her mind, I'm her world. And our surroundings ARE chaos. It looks so nice and beautiful in her eyes, the sweet, merciful vision! Especially with me around. Everything is perfect. No disturbances. No fights. Only she, chaos, and me. No problems."

He grinned at Luna. "Especially not you or her bothersome advisors. That's why she won't hear a word you say. Heh, she barely hears what I say. At the moment, it's as though she was asleep. In a sweet, little dream that her conscious mind was trapped under. Her awareness is gone, and we're left with that mindless, empty shell that is not really conscious of anything she does or says. A pretty puppet that does and says whatever I want." He touched Celestia again.

The color rings in her eyes picked up speed for a second before she blinked and nodded. She spoke in a monotone again. "Whenever he wants... I am his obedient princess now..."

"No, thou art not! Get thy mind back in the right place! Do not be so weak, Celestia!"

Celestia gave her an empty smile as she approached Luna. Discord had to move her with his levitating magic, as she had no control of her body whatsoever. "I am weak, Luna... It was so easy... So easy for Discord to get to me... I guess I don't deserve to be... a princess... after all..."

"Oh, what are you saying, Tia? Of course you deserve to be a princess! MY princess. Princess Celestia of the Chaos World." He sighed as Celestia started to slip under the heavy load of his hypnosis spell. "Really, Tia? Come now, don't be such a wimp. Show me something a bit more fun. You'll rest later" He smirked as Celestia opened her eyes again and flew in front of him to face Luna. "See, Luna? Was that enough proof for you? She's too lost in her own little world... Just like everypony will be, once we're done with you."

Luna shut her eyes closed and growled. "Discord... How couldst thou do this... To manipulate our sister's emotions like that... So low... Hath thou no shame?! That ist beyond cowardly!"

"Have I no shame? Hmm... Nope, don't think so!" He smiled and looked at Celestia. "Celestia, that sun beam attack of yours? Let's see how well the Night Princess can stand it." As Celestia prepared her attack, he touched her with his eagle claw and channeled his energy into her body to make her attack stronger. He ignored the strain that he was putting on the balance of her powers and her mind.

"Stop stalling, you fool! Release me so I can help you fight them! If you go, then I go too!" Nightmare Moon's voice spoke desperately inside Luna's head.

If We do that, We wilt hurt our sister. She ist not herself, We wilt not injure her for Discord's amusement. We have a better plan... We have been getting ready for something like this. Our power has grown stronger... Luna concentrated as she thought. In a few minutes, her body started to glow with her cobalt blue magic.

Celestia lowered her head and shot the blast of energy at Luna. It created blinding light for a couple of seconds. Nothing else happened for a while as Luna's aura and her attack clashed.

Phew! Man, this is gonna be good. I really enjoyed having Discord toy around with Celestia. It's a... funny concept. But that made Luna get down to business! Show 'im, Luna! Nopony and nobody messes with the Canterlot Princesses. Some struggle they're having to go through, though.

For some reason, 'Never Meant To Belong' or 'Will of the Heart', both from Bleach, kept playing in my head as I edited this chapter.