Chapter 8: Discord

As soon as I got home, I made sure Ember would stay home and I ran to the statue garden. I stood infront of the Draconequus statue.

"Discord!" I called, too impatient to wait for him to show up on his own. He walked to the side of the statue.

"Geez Aura, you haven't been this excited in a while. How was your trip by the way?" He asked.

"It was great, but I'm not here to talk about my trip." I said.

"Oh pardon me, what would you like to talk about?" Discord asked. He sat down on the bench.

"Well, I've been thinking, and stressing, loosing sleep..." I rambled

"In the words of Ember, get on with it." Discord reminded me. I gave a nervous chuckle.

"Well, Ember and I went to dBpony's concert, and his finale inspired me to say my answer." I said.

"And that is..." Discord sighed.

"Yes, I want you to teach me how to be a better chaos bringer." I finally said. Discord jumped up in excitement. He picked me up and spun around with me.

"Oh how wonderful!" He exclaimed. He tucked my under his left arm and pet my mane. "I can't wait to get started!" He removed me from under his arm and lifted me in the air again. My lower body dagled from his grip. "We should start immediately!" He flapped his wings, which eventually got us off the ground. He held me tight and flew around the garden for a while. I was a little nervous, but I trusted Discord completely.

"Discord..." I quietly said.

"What is it, my dear?" He asked.

"You wanted to get started." I reminded him. Discord stopped flying forward and held my out infront of him.

"Of course! We just need to go to the castle." Discord explained. He put me on his back. "Hang on." He said. I did as he told and tried my best not the puke over Canterlot. Looking down on the passing ground made me sick. However, I still thought it was amazing. I could get used to flying. Before I knew it, Discord took a hard landing on a balcony that faced away from the city. I jumped off his back as he pushed the ornate door open. Inside was a room that was obviously Discord's room. Chairs were suspended on walls, a table was tilted on its side with glasses of liquids on the table not dumping its contents, and even his bed was suspended in the air. I stepped inside.

"This is your room?" I inferenced.

"Yes it is, why don't you take a seat, my dear?" Discord offered. A chair fell to the ground and it "ran" to me. I took a seat and watched Discord rummage through his things. Suddenly he found a black box. I noticed that he wasn't wearing the ruby necklace. He flipped the box open, but quickly closed it. He held the box with his tail and he looked through another part of his room. He found an elegant purple ribbon and tied it around the box. He returned to me and held out the box.

"You don't have to convince me to learn from you." I insisted. He pushed the box forward.

"No, I insist. Take it as a... a welcome. Not many creatures are chaos bringers. Currently, there are only two in Equestria." Discord explained. Sighing, I took the box with my magic and untied the box with my mouth. I suspended the ribbon as I opened the black box, half knowing what was in it. It was the same box I had helped Discord unlock days ago. I opened the box to reveal the ruby necklace.

"Discord, isn't this supposed to go to somepony special?" I asked. Discord smiled.

"Of course, and it has." Discord said. He took the box from me and took the necklace out of it. He threw the box and I dropped the ribbon. Discord put the necklace on me.

"Discord..." I started.

"No no! Aura Bliss! It is a perfect match for you. You look wonderful in it. Look!" Discord exclaimed and a pulled a mirror out of nowhere and showed me. I looked at the pendant of the necklace laying on my chest. I held it with my hoof for a moment before I looked at Discord. I felt a tear in my eye. I wipped it away.

"It's beautiful, Discord." I said. "Thank you." I added.

"It is no problem." Discord said. Hoof falls could be heard from the distance. Discord quickly opened the door to the balcony and shoved me through the door and shut it. I pressed my ear against the door to try and listen.

"Discord!" I heard Celestia yell.

"Princess." Discord calmly said.

"For one, fix your room! I gave you this space to be civilized." Celestia ordered. A loud thud was heard. "Now, what have you done to Luna's pet?" Celestia growled.

"I don't know what you mean? I haven't been here all day." Discord defended.

"Then where have you been?" Celestia hissed.

"I was... um..." Discord stammered. I opened the door. Discord and Celestia quickly turned to me.

"He was with me." I half lied. Discord gave me a worried look.

"And why is that?" She asked.

"Is it wrong for me to have friends?" Discord angrily asked. "Am I just that untrustable that you need Twilight Sparkle and company to hold on to the elements?"

"Discord, you know that was to get her to create new magic." Celestia defended.

"She didn't deserve it!" Discord yelled and balled his fists. He took a deep breath. "Celestia, you made a huge mistake. Twilight should have never been your prodigy, and she should have never become a princess. You made a mistake and the only thing you can do right is rise the sun." I realized what Discord was doing. He was manipulating Celestia.

"But..." Celestia nearly cried.

"No buts, Celestia. You are a bad ruler, and you always have been." Discord said. Celestia's eyes swirled and her coat, mane, and tail dulled. She bowed her head and turned to leave.

"Sorry I bothered you." She said with a soft, mellow toned voice. She shut the door behind her. Discord sat down.

"You should go." Discord advised me.

"Discord...I...I'm sorry. I should have listened to you. I should have..." I started.

"No, Aura, it is okay. You wanted to defend me, but you need to go find Luna and tell her what happened." Discord explained.

"What am I supposed to tell her?" I asked.

"Tell you you were visiting me as friends, I gave you a gift, and tell her what happened." He said. "Now go, I need to fix my room." He said. I quickly left and teleported to Luna's room. I surprised her with my sudden presence.

"Aura! What a surprise. How was your trip?" Luna asked.

"It was good, but we have a problem." I quickly said.

"And what could that be?" She asked.

"I was visiting with Discord, and Celestia came in. I was on the balcony. Celestia was yelling at Discord about your pet or something, and I took a stand for him. Discord discorded Celestia." I quickly explained. Luna quickly stood.

"Oh no." She groaned. Luna paced.

"My student, I need you to find Celestia and talk to her. If talking to her doesn't work, use the memory spell on a very large scale. Can you do that?" Luna said. I nodded.

"Yes, I can do it." I promised. Luna smiled.

"I am going to talk to Discord. Make sure you check up on me when Celestia is cured." Luna said. I nodded and ran off. I first ran to her bed chamber, and I was lucky enough to find here there.

"Princess Celestia?" I shyly asked. Celestia was laying on her bed with her crown in a trash can.

"Just leave, I am a horrible ruler. I know you are miserable with me being your princess." Celestia said, she sounded like she was about to cry. I stepped closer to her.

"That's not true, Princess." I tried to comfort her.

"I don't deserve that crown. I should have never been born an alicorn." She cried. Her coat, mane and tail grayed even more. I quickly found a handkerchief and returned to Celestia. I used my magic to wipe her tears away.

"Discord didn't mean what he said." I said. Celestia turned away from me. Sighing, I got ready to cast the memory spell.

"That is a lie. I should have kept him in stone." Celestia said. "See? I am a bad ruler."

"Oh for hay's sake! Celestia, you are NOT a bad ruler!" I finally concluded. I jumped up on to her bed and pinned her down with my magic. She flapped her wings violently. I pinned those down too.

"Let me go! I'll throw you in the dungeon! I'll trap you on the moon! GUARDS! GUARDS!" She yelled. Two guards burst in.

"Stop!" One of them yelled. I shut the door behind them and made sure they wouldn't leave. I could tell my horn was using a lot of magic, it produced many levels of aura. Finally, I paced my horn on Celestia's forehead and cated the memory spell. Her color returned to her.

"Aura?" She asked. I let go of the magic I held. I levitated her crown from the trash can and offered it to her. The guards stepped to me. "Stop, you two." She said to them. She returned her gaze to me. "What happended?" She asked.

"Let's just say, leave Discord alone. He is trustworthy." I instructed her. I stormed out. The guards lunged at me, but Celestia waved them off.

"Let her go." She said. I slammed her door behind me and found my way back to Discord's room, where Luna and Discord were having a cup of tea.

"Aura! Good to see you are okay." Luna said.

"I'm sorry, Aura. It was the heat of the moment and..." He started.

"It's fine, Discord. It was an accident. They happen." I cut him off. Luna finished her tea and stood.

"Well, I am going to go rest. I am busy tonight." Luna said and started to walk back to her room. Once the hoof falls were inaudible, Discord let out a long winded sigh.

"Don't ever loose sight on who you are, Aura. You're a great pony, and don't ever think otherwise." Discord advised. "You are lucky, you can't reverse personalities like I can."

"It was an accident, Discord." I said calmly.

"We start lessons tomorrow, after you finish with Luna, meet me at the statue." Discord explained. I nodded. I left, with a single look back to the draconequus. I slowly walked out of the castle and back home.

"Aura! How'd it go?" Ember asked with a yawn. By this time, it was getting dark.

"Fine, you would have gotten a kick out of it." I said.

"We'll see about that." Ember teased. He hopped up onto a chair. "Tell me. Please, please, please?" He begged. I sat next to him.

"Discord accidentally discorded Celestia. I saved her, and I got this neat necklace from Discord." I explained. Ember smiled. I picked him up and put him on my back. "Come on, let's got off to bed." I offered. Ember yawned. "I will take that as a yes." I took Ember to his bedroom and laid him down. I went off to my own bed and fell asleep swiftly.