Unforeseen Consequences - Celestia the spirit of chaos

>” So you are Prince’s Anon dad… That is amazing! Now I know where my prince got his charisma from!” The little Celestia was ecstatic about the news, sometimes hoping around, others flying all around Discord…
>”But of course! If it is I, Discord, who taught the little Anon mostly everything that he knows and let me tell you, my dear…” He pinched your cheek “My boyo here still has a long way to go if he wants to be like his old draconequus!”
>You slapped your face and let out a groan in frustration.
>Angry doesn’t even begin to describe how you were feeling at the moment. Regardless, you had to keep your cool if you wanted to have success with your charade.
“I’m sorry to rain on your parade Discord, but your joke is going a bit too far, I mean, come on mate, you know that I like your humor but you have to tone it down sometimes… especially this time.”
>You then turned to the little filly and sighed.
“I have to apologize, Miss Celestia, Discord here can be a little… Uhm… Miss Celestia?”
>She wasn’t moving, the little alicorn filly was frozen in midair, with a kind of dumb expression of joy in her face.
>”Yes! This little Celly might be powerful, but not as much as her frankly boring and dull adult self. Hah! And to think that I was starting to get nervous about her constant increase in power! Yeah, baby, my place in the top spot of the magical food chain is still as safe as ever!”
“Discord!”
>You used a teleportation spell and latched on his face, angrily looking to his eyes.
>”Yes?” That old jerk grabbed you with his paw, holding you above the ground and gave you a toothy grin “Is there something wrong, my little king?”
“Don’t call me like that! I’m not the ruler of the kingdom and you are not my father!”

>”Heh! You actually are wrong there, my little king… and I’m sure that you already know why” Discord gently put you on the ground and then started to coil around you “So what do you say if we skip the explanation since it would be redundant and go straight to the best part, which is of course, that I’m your new legal parent.”
>Discord snapped his talons, making a large scroll and unravel across the entire lab, he then produced a couple of librarian glasses from his beard, put them on, cleared his throat and started reading the massive scroll
>“In the case that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are not able to take care of the well-being of Prince Anon, blah-blah-blah, something about other candidates, yadda-yadda, AHA! Here it is!” Discord joyfully exclaimed as he pointed to a particular point in the scroll
>Discord gave you a mischievous grin when he started to read the following words “In the extreme case that anypony else is unavailable to take care of Prince Anon, then Discord shall be named as his legal guardian! “
“I think you should go back to school, my friend because your reading comprehension is as bad as they come. You can’t be my legal guardian when Cadence still IS on the picture, and trust me, she will get involved if she learns what’s going on.”
>With a snap of his talons, the scroll disappeared and the glasses were poofed away, only Discord’s grin remained in place “Ah but are wrong again there, Princess Cadence CAN’T be your legal guardian, after all… she has to rule her kingdom while you, my little king, have to lead yours.”
“D-Discord… that scroll did mention “in the case that anypony else is unavailable” I don’t want to sound rude, but… I think that my moms would put other ponies above you on their list of candidates”

“… Yeah, no, that’s not going to happen, in fact, I’d rather live with that disgusting Chrysalis than to have Blueblood as my legal guardian!"
>”I know, that’s why I came here, to prevent such catastrophe from happening, and because…” Discord crossed his arms and murmured to himself “If I had done nothing, then my dear Fluttershy and Eris would never let me hear the end of it”
“But that’s the case, then why you are not helping me out with this? I know that it would be easy for you to revert my mothers back to their original state with a simple snap of your talons”
>”Hmmm…” Discord stroked his white beard “It would be certainly easy for me to effectively break the spell that keeps Celly and Lulu in their current state.”
>You let out a sigh of relief… finally; this madness was about to be brought to an end.
“Thank you, my friend. I always knew that I could count on you-“
> Discord gave you a cocky grin “But if I ended this little adventure in such a dull manner, not only would be utterly boring and tasteless for everypony, but you, my little king, would have learned absolutely nothing from this experience, and trust me, there’s a lesson for you to learn here.”
“Lesson? What in the seven pits of Tartarus are you talking about, mate? I did what I had to do! If anything, the moral at the end of this story should be about how amazing of a strategist I am… and honestly? That’s something I pretty much knew already”
>Discord gave you a big smirk and rolled his eyes “I could tell you everything that was wrong with that statement, but you know me, my little prince. I’m more of a “show don’t tell” type of guy and as such, I will show you why your mothers, I mean the dear princesses have so much trust in me by making you learn your lesson”
>He snapped his talons again, teleporting the three of you to your mom’s secret garden.

>”W-What happened?” The little Celestia was fully able to move again, meaning that the time-freezing spell was gone “W-Where are we, and… Wow! This castle truly is amazing! Hmm-hmm-hmm! Truly fit for somepony like my prince here.”
“Discord, come on… now, what are you planning to do?”
>”Oh, nothing…” Discord was wearing a hippie outfit and was standing between the two of you “it’s just that I thought that our little Celestia here would like in a place where she could feel more relaxed and free! And besides…” Discord snapped his talons, making the outfit to poof away, he then smirked at you “Don’t you think that this garden is quite romantic?”
>”Mmm… Don’t get me wrong, I liked that futuristic place, but…” The little Celestia looked at Discord and then at you “Well... yeah, I can see having lots of fun with my prince in a garden like this… really, this place feels like a dream”
>”That’s right!” Discord patted her “But I also brought you here to ask you a simple question, my dear…” a malicious grin started to be drawn in his lips “Because I can’t help to wonder if you aren’t tired of always following what Starswirl says at every turn“.
>”Well…” The little Celestia’s answer was filled with hesitation
>Hesitation that Discord immediately took advantage of as he started to coil around the little filly “Oh, my dear. It is rather clear that you are a free spirit, somepony with a carefree and kind heart, so I ask you, and I hope you answer me sincerely, doesn’t it get boring to always try to follow dull protocols, doesn’t it frustrate you that there are so many boring rules that impose you a personality that simply doesn’t match your true self?”

>”Uhm…” The little filly rubbed her chin “Well, kinda, I do like studying magic, but ugh… I also hate, and I mean HATE! Having to memorize all of those dumb rules about etiquette, like seriously, who the hay thinks that is a good idea to eat with so many forks, or who cares how I smile or even walk?! Bleh, They just want me to be a perfect dolly pony and don’t care how I truly feel!”
>”Exactly!” Discord clapped “That much order is nothing but an unnecessary annoyance, and trust me, it gets boring really fast, so why don’t you try something new? Something that doesn’t require you to follow any of those pity rules”
“Miss Celestia, I know how you feel, but you also must understand that-“
>The little filly held her hoof in the air to shush you “Hold on, my prince, lemme hear what Sir Discord has to say” She then winked at you “Don’t worry, I will give you all of my attention after that!”
>Discord chuckled maliciously as he rubbed his paw and talons together “Oh, it won’t take me long, my dear. I was just thinking if you are so tired of having to pretend to be something that you clearly despise. Why don’t you try a more… chaotic approach to life?”
>”Chaotic?” The little Celestia tilted her head in confusion “But wouldn’t that bring sadness to everypony? P-Please, Sir Discord, don’t think that I’m talking bad about you. It’s just that… well, you know… I don’t like those dumb rules, or having to pretend, but I also want everypony to be safe and happy”
>”My dear…” Discord scratched the little Celestia’s ear “It is true that in the wrong hooves, chaos can bring misery to the lives of everypony, but the same could be said about harmony. In fact, if used correctly, chaos has the power to bring joy and safety in a much, MUCH better and fastest way than harmony ever could”
>You tried to protest, Discord’s plan was obvious now, but… THAT JERK! He knew that you would see through him, so he used his magic to prevent you from saying anything.

>”Really?” The little filly’s eyes sparkled as she asked with hope in her voice “You are not lying?”
>”Of course not!” Discord chuckled and waved his paw dismissively “I would never lie to somepony who is as cute and intelligent like you! But, I am also a draconequus who likes to prove what he says, so how about this, my dear. Why don’t you give a little chance to chaos magic?”
> The little Celestia raised an eyebrow “Uhm, how am I exactly going to do that? I don’t have any clue on where to start with this chaos thingy, like do I need to sign something and then poof! I go fully into the chaos team!”
>Discord made a disgusted face after hearing that idea “Oh, of course not! That would be soo… orderly and that is just a no-no with chaos”
>The little Celestia rolled her eyes and giggled ”Then tell me what is your deal, oh great spirit of chaos!”
>”Your flattery humbles me, my dear” Discord chuckled as he patted the little Celestia’s mane “You see, to achieve chaos, to truly understand it, you have to give up your little pony magic and embrace the powers that chaos entails…”
>The little Celestia’s opened wide as she gasped “W-WHAT? I can’t give up my magic!”
>Discord gently placed his paw on the little filly’s lips to shush her “I never said that you had to do it right away, no. I will give you an unlimited amount of chaos magic for a limited time, and if after that trial period you still aren’t convinced on the wonders of chaos, then… then I suppose that you can stick back to your old harmonious ways and your pony magic would be returned to you, pretty safe and harmless deal, eh?”
>”Well, yeah it sounds pretty amazing and maybe you’re right, Sir Discord. I mean, Starswirl is always telling me to think of new ways to help everypony and chaos might be great for that… but my magic…” The little Celestia hesitated at first, but after a couple seconds, she shrugged it off “Meh, it would be for like, just a little bit, right?”

>Discord nodded “That’s right, and remember that you can always go back to your trusty pony magic if you are not convinced”
>”Okay, then! Let’s do this!” The little Celestia giggled “I mean, why not? Maybe I will like this chaos business!”
>”That’s the attitude I like! Now…” Discord extended his paw to the little filly “Please lend me your hoof for just a little moment and our deal will be sealed.”
>The little Celestia giggled as she happily followed his instructions “Alright, Sir Discord, let’s do thiiiiiiiiiiiiooaaaah!”
>The moment they shook hooves, a massive stream of bright golden magic started to flow from the little Celestia and went into your necklace.
>Once the flow of golden magic stopped, a bizarre magic flowed from Discord and into the little filly. It was blue and red, and green, but it also pulsated with strange colors that you had never seen before.
>Once the draining was over, the little Celestia’s cutie mark changed from the sun to… a weird circular symbol that was made out of arrows arranged around a circumference and pointed at all directions.
>You didn’t care about the meaning of this new cutie mark though, at least not immediately, that whole thing had left the little filly unconscious and you didn’t waste any moment to run to her aid
“Mom! Are you okay?!”
>You didn’t celebrate that you were able to move again, you only cared about her safety. You held the unconscious filly in your hooves and gave her a little shake.
“Mom! Mo… Engg… Miss Celestia, please answer me!”
>Discord let out a triumphant laugh “You know, It is a good thing that she can’t hear you, otherwise this could have defeated the whole purpose of the lesson”
>You turned to him, glaring at your supposed friend with all your anger, you yelled.
“What did you do to her?!”

>Discord gently shrugged ”I merely followed the rules of our agreement… for the most part. You see, I changed some details just a little bit, so it could include you and thus, make this whole thing a better tool for your education and of course… way more entertaining for me”
>Discord grinned at you “If you want to get back the princesses back to their grumpy and boring adult forms, then you must discover on your own what my little lesson is, otherwise, they will stay as the two adorable fillies we have right now… and Celly, of course, will have to live the rest of her days as a chaotic being”
>He then snickered at you “And you will have the most awkward wedding of all time…” then Discord finally broke in laughter “At least the kids will be something else! Just imagine, foals born from both chaos and harmony… THAT is something that I would pay to watch”
>You narrowed your eyes at him and growled
“Discord!”
>You looked back at the sleeping filly, then at him… and you started to tear up
“I… I thought that we were more than friends… I truly thought of you as part of my family… why, Discord? Why would you do this to me?”
>Discord rolled his eyes as he waved his paw “Oh, my little king, there’s no need to be so melodramatic! I am doing this for your own good… which also means that this is for the good of Equestria and more importantly, Fluttershy’s future.”
>You shook your head and lowered your head; some tears were falling on the little Celestia’s chest
“I… I don’t understand and I’m not sure that I even can’t.”
>Discord gently placed his talons under your chin and raised your head so you could look him in the eye “You can, you have and you will understand in due time because that’s your destiny, you can trust me on that. You just a need little push or rather to get your world shaken to its very foundation and be thrown out of your comfortable zone”

>He then patted your mane as he chuckled “And luckily for you, I am willing to exactly that because guess what, my little king? I do care deeply about your well-being”
“Discord, please… if you really are not doing this out of maliciousness, then give me at least hint on what the hay I am supposed to do”
>Discord raised an eyebrow and stroked his beard“I suppose that I could give you a little clue” he then sighed and did some stretches “The solution to your little conundrum is quite simple: Your own twist and turns have brought you here, but by speaking the right words you shall be free.”
“Aw, c’mon man! I hate riddles they are so… riddling. How about you give me a second clue? You know, a less abstract one.”
>”Do you think that I’m hosting a quiz game here? I already gave you a fairly decent hint, the rest is up to you, my little king. Now, if you excuse me, I am eager to see if those two mares have made any progress with our little changeling guests.” Discord let out an evil laugh “I really hope they haven’t, that way I can show my special brand of fun to our bug friends.”
“Discord, wait!”
>”Ta-Ta, Anon! Have fun with my special lesson!” Discord snapped his talons and disappeared from the garden, leaving you and the sleeping filly alone.
>Well, at least you had some time to figure out Discord’s words. That’s probably the only positive out of-
>”Hnng…” Ah… dang. She was already waking up “W-What happened? W-Where… am I? I just remember having a wonderful dream about this amazing colt and…” When the little Celestia noticed that you were holding her, she blushed, giggled and then booped your muzzle “Seems like my dream became true, eh my prince?”
>You let out a sigh of relief and shook your head.
“You are not going to drop that off, are you? That said… I’m glad that you are finally awake; tell me, Miss Celestia, how are you feeling?”

>”Actually…” the little Celestia stood up and started to look at every direction “It is hard to tell, like, I feel weird and dizzy but at the same time… I feel kinda great and with ready to do anything and face anypony”
>The chaos magic… thanks to what happened before; you didn’t pay much attention to it, but now. Now it is different, her cutie mark changed and you honestly don’t know what effects that could bring.
>Hmmm… maybe you could do some tests? To see if her tastes are more aligned to Discord’s now? But the question is what would be a simple and nice start… aha! You got an idea!
“Ehm… Miss Celestia, would you like a glass of… chocolate milk? You know to help with your dizziness.”
>”Nah!” The little filly waved her hoof “That’s more of a Luna’s thing, I would like some strawberry milk though, my throat is a little dry and-“ Before she could finish her sentence, a glass of that flavor of milk appeared right in front of the little Celestia.
>”What the hay?” The little Celestia jumped back and gasped “D-Did I do that?”
>You should probably be more cautious about what just happened but to be honest, your scientific curiosity was getting the best of you
“It seems so, yeah… mmm, but the question now would be if it is really milk and not some other kind of beverage”
>”Well…” The little filly shrugged “Only one way to find out!” She then grabbed the glass with her hooves “Bottoms up!”
“Wait! Don’t-“
>But it was too late, she had already drank the whole thing “Aaaaah! Lemme tell ya something, my prince. That was the best glass of strawberry milk I’ve ever tasted, too bad that I don’t have any cookies though, that would have been juuust perfect” And just like before, a plate with cookies appeared right in front of her.

>”Now this is what I call service!” The little filly grabbed one of the cookies and took a bite out of it, but immediately spat it out and made a disgusted face “Bleh! I hate hay cookies! Don’t ya have some with chocolate chips?!” And with a flash, the cookies changed to the ones Celestia wanted.
>The little Celestia’s eyes went wide for a moment before a sly grin appeared on her face “Actuaaally… I don’t want cookies, I want…uhm… I know! I want some strawberry cake!” And that’s exactly what she got.
>The little filly giggled as she started to inspect the garden “You know…” she said with a cocky smile as she rubbed her chin “I don’t like those roses, they are so… red. Let’s give them some color!” And her request was granted once more, all of the flowers started to glow with all of the colors of the rainbow.
>”And you know what more? What if that pond was golden, Oh! And had like fishes that jumped out of the water and started to sing!” Yup, the garden’s pond now looked like it was made out of gold and some very dumb looking fishes were jumping out of it, and every single one sang a different tune before falling into the golden water.
>The little Celestia looked at her hooves “So that wasn’t a dream… I have chaos magic now, and you know what? Sir Discord is right, this so much better and so much fun that my dumb magic” she started to laugh… almost maniacally
>… You really need to stop this
“Miss Celestia, I know that you’re having fun, but I think that it’s time to stop”
>”What?” The little filly turned to you and narrowed her eyes “But why?! This is like, the most fun thing I’ve ever done since… well… forever!“
“Because we don’t know if those new powers are dangerous or not, we don’t know where Luna is, and because someone might get hurt if we are not cautious!“
>The little Celestia shook her head and rolled her eyes “Blah, blah, blah! Just chill out for a moment, will you? Sheesh! Why can’t you be more like your dad and learn to have some fun?”

“… what?”
>”You heard me! I’m tired of following dumb rules!” The little Celestia stomped her hooves on the ground, causing the garden to become a surreal landscape, kinda like a Dali’s painting “I’m tired of ponies telling me what to do, what to think and how to do it, I’m tired of faking to be somepony that I ain’t.”
>You slapped your face and groaned
“Listen to me-“
>”No, you listen to me! I’m not going to let anypony to tell me what I must be anymore… and neither are you!” The little Celestia poked your chest, causing a pulsating blue wave to shake the surreal landscape, changing it to a cubic style “These powers are something else, my prince. I can feel it, with my new chaos magic and your intelligence, kindness, and experience, we can be free, free to do what we want when we want! And nopony will ever be able to stop us”
“What?! Miss Celestia, this is getting out of control, we need to get your magic back and get you and Luna back to the past!”
>The little filly shook her head “Back to the past? Back to that awful life? Nah, I don’t think so, I’m going to stay here and enjoy my new awesome powers… and I’m also helping you!” The little Celestia giggled and gently placed her hoof under your chin and looked deeply into your eyes “I mean, the reason why my sister and me are here is that you wanted somepony to have fun with, right?”
“Miss Celestia… please…”
>The little Celestia smirked never letting her hoof go, and immediately after that, a couple Thrones started to emerge from the ground as a massive parade made out of walking plushies, candies, dresses and many other colorful things burst out from the doors that led to the castle’s interior
>The little Celestia took a deep breath, fully enjoying the madness that she had created, then she quickly rubbed her nose with yours before speaking with a sly tone “You don’t have to worry anything, my prince. I’m just in the mood to have some real fun together with you, after all… I’m feeling chaotic”