It was a fine night in the chaotic dimension that was Discord’s home. He was sleeping soundly on the sofa while his wife, Fluttershy, cuddled up on a pillow with an egg. Their egg. It had been a long while since Discord and Fluttershy had decided they wanted a kid, and every day they took care of the egg that held their unborn child. The draconequus had started to suspect that his little chaos spawn would be breaking out soon, but he nor Fluttershy had seen a crack across the whole egg. This had dissapointed Discord, for he felt as if he could explode with impatience. But he would always play back what Fluttershy would say to him. “Patience is key.”

She was right. He’d need to be patient to see his child. But he just couldn’t wait! Patience is key. Yes. Patience is key.

Discord found himself staring up at the roof, eyes wide open. He sighed, flopping over on his side to look at his little family.

Fluttershy kept a quiet snore as she wrapped a hoof on the side of the egg. For a moment, Discord thought he saw the egg move a little, but shook it off. He was probably just sleepy. Figuring he wouldn’t fall asleep, the draconequus teleported a glass of chocolate milk in his claws and sipped some of it. Then more, and more, until the glass was empty. He glanced over to the egg again and flinched in surprise.

He wasn’t hallucinating- The egg was moving! Slowly, he saw a small line start to appear on the shell, growing longer and longer until it connected with a separate crack beside it.

“Fluttershy!” Discord pounced out of the couch and onto the floor, nudging his wife worriedly. “Fluttershy, get up!”

“Eh…?” Fluttershy looked around a moment, then her eyes widened as she jumped into the air. “A-are we getting robbed?!”

“No,” Discord reassured her. “Look at the egg!”

Glancing over, the pegasus watched as more cracks appeared on the shell of the egg. Each connecting until a tiny shard fell to the ground.

Fluttershy gasped, putting a hoof over her mouth, then smiled wider than Discord had ever seen before. “Our baby!” She exclaimed. “Our baby is hatching!” The mare pushed her muzzle into Discord’s chest, not keeping her eyes off of her precious egg. Tears started forming in her eyes, and she started softly laughing/sobbing happily.

Slowly, a tiny pale yellow draconequus lifted it’s head up over the bottom half of the broken eggshell that it was sitting in. It lifted to lion paws, exactly like that of Discord’s, over the edge and then relaxed awkwardly. It’s nose wiggled up and down as it’s sniffed the strange scents of the world.

“It’s so beautiful, Discord!” Fluttershy cried happily. She trotted over to her newly hatched baby and nuzzled it affectionately. Fluttershy peered over and looked inside the eggshell more closely. “She’s beautiful.”

Discord stood in silence, unable of what words to say. He’d just become a father. “I-I…” He studied his daughter. “I already love her!” He bounded over next to Fluttershy and gave a swift lick to the top of his daughter’s head. His heart soared as he heard a soft purr starting to rumble in his child’s throat.

“She likes you already.” Fluttershy smiled.

Discord couldn’t help but grin proudly. The daughter of chaos was born.

I borrowed @Lopoddity’s idea about a newborn draconequus looking wrinkly and such :)