//------------------------------// // Fifteen and One // Story: Chaos Controlled // by ZeirMakavar //------------------------------// Chapter 3 Fifteen and One A skeleton is seen, with a top hat and a cane. The Skeleton was singing around merily, despite the somber tune of the song. "I travel these roads, awake and cold. I travel these roads, awake and cold. The seas they rise, for my heart it does die. I travel these roads, alone and cry I travel the halls, and see my life. I travel the halls, alone, without a friend. My tears do see, the years that pass, without a friend, to share my grief. A lonely day, I travel these roads, awake and cold. Without a friend. Again I see, the hole I feel, without a friend, I travel these roads. My life it falls, in grief I be. For I travel these roads, awake and cold." "Would you shut up..." Makavar mumbled, sitting at a desk as the skeleton continued singing. "no seriously... SHUT UP!" The skeleton stopped, and looked at Makavar. "Oh come now friend." The skeleton laughed, tipping it's hat. "You must admit, the opening of your school deserves a happy song. And so I give it one." Makavar sighed, shaking his head. "My school has been open for a couple of years now Galic Ozer." He said, putting a hoof to his head, sighing. "You've been singing that song everyday the entire time." "I know, wonderful isn't it?" Galic Ozer laughed, before he looked at the door, from his perch. "You have guests Zeir, their from the future." Makavar shook his head, sighing. "I know." He said, just as the knock came at his door. "Come in." He looked down at the paperwork he was doing, taking a quill. "Hello." The purple pony said, appearing to lead the group. "My name is..." "Twilight Sparkle." Makavar sighed, looking up. "Do you honestly think that time works the same way on me as it does you?" He looked up, at the five in front of him. Of them one he directly recognized as Luna, though older. "I've told you before, I don't directly exist." "I-I..." Twilight stampered, confused. "But, we went back in time... The spell... how do you know us? Yo..." She looked around, trying to make sense of her surroundings. "Allow me to explain better." Makavar sighed, getting up. "Time doesn't exist to me. Past, present, and future. They are all the same to me. That is how I can know the future, because of that simple fact." "I help!" Galic Ozer laughed, shaking around enough to come loose from his perch, he then proceeded to tap dance in place, as Twilight and the others watched him. "Wait..." Luna said, blinking looking back at Makavar. "Master, if time doesn't exist to you then why didn't you accept me as a student right away?" Makavar was about to explain before he sighed. "You'll know," he said, magically shoving the group into a closet, as it shut. "In time. Come in." He said, just as a knock could be heard again. "Master I wish to talk to you about something." A young Celestia said, looking at the closet. "Yes? What is it?" Makavar mumbled, sitting down at his desk as he pulled out some paper work. "Well, as you know Luna has come of age." Celestia said, shuffling. "She's old enough to learn magic, can she please learn here?" Makavar shook his head, sitting at a desk. "No, Celestia." He said looking at Celestia over his glasses. "I know you trust your sister, as do I... But I refuse to allow another Eclipse into my school." He pointed his hoof at her, annoyance in his voice. "You were trouble enough when you first came. I understand that you are indeed one of my best students, but that does not mean you can come into my office and demand things from me." Celestia opened her mouth to protest, but Makavar waved his hoof to silence her. "No, I don't want to hear it Celestia. I am not going to teach another Eclipse. One is enough." Makavar then went back to the paper work he was working on when Celestia walked in. "But..." Celestia said, almost like Fluttershy. "Could you at least think about it? No one else will teach her what she needs." Makavar looked up, slightly. "Very well." He said, getting a smile from Celestia, who then walked out of the office. "You may come out now. She is gone." Makavar sighed, once the young Celestia was gone. "This... That sounded familiar." Luna said, looking around the office again, though diffrently. "It should." Makavar said, putting the papers away. "Your past self was just on the otherside of that door." He laughed slightly, poiniting at the door. "Little Luna, Little Luna." Galic Ozer laughed, dancing around the group. "Little Luna, Little Luna all grown up." "Yes, hello Mr. Ozer." Luna said, bowed to him, as Katjil and Twilight laughed. "It is a pleasure to see you." Twilight took a deep breath, as she finished explaining to Makavar how they got there, and why they were in the past. The entire time, all he did was nod silently. Rainbow Dash, Luna, and Cloudchaserwere busying themselves while Twilight spoke. "So?" She then asked, sitting back down. "What do you think? Will you help us?" Makavar sighed, getting up from his desk. "I indeed wrote that book yes." He said, looking each of them over. "However, that does not mean I will help you." The group gave a collective sigh, when Makavar denied them help. "Very well master." Twilight mumbled, turning to leave. "Well, eitherway. Thank you for translating the book for me. Now I can finish reading the book." She laughed slightly, putting the book in her saddlebag. "We appreciate the help." Makavar noded as the group left his office. "You sure?" Galic Ozer sighed, hanging himself back on the pedastal. "Things could go alot more smoothly with you there." "I'll watch." Makavar sighed, removing his glasses. "For now I'll just watch. See how they do on their own. I'll only help when needed. It's how I've worked all this time. You know that Galic Ozer." Galic Ozer laughed, before the skeleton frooze, as a small black mist left from it. The mist moved around the office, before it flew out the window. "I knew you'd help them..." Makavar chuckled, shaking his head. "It's in your nature." ~~~~ The group once again was sitting within an open field, though this time it was near the city of RavenWood. "So much changed..." Luna mumbled to herself, looking around. "So much changed." "Things change Luna." Twilight sighed, looking up from the book. "That's certainly one thing we've all learned." Each of the ponies nodded in turn at Twilight's remark. "But, no matter. We still must return to the present. There must be something we can do." The ponies nodded, preparing themselves for the inevidable march into battle. Twilight sighed, asshe began to once again prepare the rune that brought them there. "Let's hope this works..." She mumbled, as she began feeding the rune magic. The familiar blast of released magic happened, as the spell worked. The flash of light indeed brought them back to the present, only things had changed... "W-what?" Cloudchaser mumbled, looking around them in shock. "What happened? Equestria did not look like this when we left,did it?" "N-no." Twilight responded, looking at the barren wasteland that Equestria had become. Darkness had fallen upon Equestria, and in it's looks they had lost the war. In Twilight's groups absense, the dark Chaos had spread across Equestria, with nopony to stop it. The battles were swift, the deaths many. Equestria, had fallen. ~~~~ "Well well well." An unknown pony said, from behind the group. "It seems our... heroes have returned." The voice laughed, a dark red eye appearing underneath it's cloak. "I do believe this will be fun." "You..." Rainbow grumbled, preparing to attack the unknown pony. "How dare you show yourself. You..." Twilight sighed, nocking Rainbow on the head, she looked at the unknown pony. "Why are you here? In fact, why are you so interested in Equestria?" "Why?" The unknown pony laughed, shaking his head. "Why it's just because." The pony shrugged. "But, if you want a reason. Then I'll tell you a tale, a tale about the stallion you call master."