Revertere

by Mr Septonic

Change of Plans

~~Revertere~~
Mr Septonic
Chapter 4

"Mmm...Applebloom?" Scootaloo was lying down on the floor of the Cutie Mark Crusaders Clubhouse, and was extremely bored out of her mind.

"What is it Scoots."
"Anything to do today, like at all?"

"Nothing ah can come up with." Applebloom was in the same difficult situation. There was just nothing for them to do today. Getting up, she went over to the window facing the front of the farm. Staring out over the field her eyes gradually settled on the entrance gate, and with it an idea. "Hey, wanna have a race over to the fence?"

"A race? Come on Applebloom that's not exciting enough."
"Well it's something right?"
"True..."

"Well come on!" Applebloom raced out the door to spot she deemed the starting line. Both of them hunched and ready to bolt at any time. "Ready?"

"Yeah!" Scootaloo picked up a pebble and lobbed it straight up into the air. When it hit the ground they would start. Pretty simple if your watching the pebble the whole time. Then it came, 'tink'. And they were off. Both Applebloom and Scootaloo got a good start, neither of them were ahead of the other for the first half of the sprint. However, eventually Scootaloo pulled ahead closing in for the finish. But not before Applebloom could yell her name forcing Scoots to look behind her.

"Scoots!"
"What!" Scootaloo turned around to look for Applebloom, the distraction caused Scootaloo to slow down just enough to be passed by a speeding filly. "Hey, that's not fair!" Applebloom simply stuck out her tongue at her and kept going. In a flash Applebloom had won, with Scootaloo just behind her. "You cheated."

"Did not! You had the choice of looking behind for me, I didn't force you to."
"But you tricked me!" Scootaloo gave in knowing she had lost, but was still annoyed.

"Mmm..." Even though he was deep in thought O was still able to hear the two fillies that happened to run over him. He was losing patience quickly, but he knew that if he destroyed them he would most likely be destroyed himself. And the last thing he wanted was to be running about making himself known to everything that existed in this little town. Applejack was the exception though, he needed a companion to help him along. But only part of the way. "When I return to full power, then I can start. But until then..." He was still contemplating on whether or not to start immediately or bide his time and watch for the perfect opportunity.

"That's not fair! You cheated!"
"Did not!"

"Oh boy." Surprisingly being stuck in a gem for a couple millennia did not help with O's patience problem. He was quick to annoy, and had an even shorter cord for his anger. And these two fillies were not helping with this factor.

"I'll give you this one Applebloom. But next time it is on." Scootaloo was still talking when she stepped near the third post near the entrance. "Hey, do you think Sweetie Belle would..." 'POP' The sudden noise caused both Applebloom and Scootaloo to jump in shock. As they whirled around trying to figure out what made the sudden intrusion, the amber was already long gone and out of sight.

"What was that?!"
"Ah don't know Scoots, let's just go get Sweetie Belle." Both of the fillies started walking away, but eventually ended up bolting down the road out of pure childish fear of the unknown.

"Never was the biggest fan for children. Maybe Applejack will have more questions soon..." Once again the menace named boredom was taking a hold of him.

Twilight's Library

Knock Knock

Looking up from her coffee, Twilight was hesitant in wanting to get the door. But that's what an assistant is for right? "Spike would you mind?" Twilight rose slowly out of her spot, finding it annoying that she was still so very tired.

"Yeah hold on." Spike hurried for the door, hoping he could get back to his stuff quickly, "Oh hey Applejack, uh what brings you here. It's not even lunch yet."

"Yeah well ah need to talk t'Twilight right quick."
"Come on in Applejack, I'm just having trouble getting up." Hearing that Applejack was at the door made Twilight glad. Having something to talk about was just the thing she needed to get her mind prepared for the day ahead of her. "Applejack? Is everything alright?" Twilight could tell something was troubling her friend, which in turn troubled her.

"Yeah everything is going perfectly." Applejack smiled, hopefully Twilight wouldn't question her to much. "Actually ah was hoping if you had a certain book."
"Certainly! What's the title?"
"I think it was Revertere...or something like that."
"Revertere? Why would you want a book like that?"
"Oh ah just heard someponies talking about it and thought it sounded interesting." She threw in a small smile to ensure that Twilight (hopefully) believed her.
"Well alright let me look around for it, hold on." As Twilight went through her collection, Applejack couldn't help but start thinking what O meant by sending her to find some book. Couldn't he just tell her himself? "Found it Applejack!" Sure enough Twilight came over holding a...book? If you could call it that. It seemed to be older than possible. The pages were yellow with age, and the cover was practically falling off. "Please be careful with it, its fragile."

"Oh I can tell." Taking the book carefully, Applejack took a seat in the corner of the library to read. She did not want to risk the book getting destroyed on the walk home.

Celestia had control over the sun. Luna the moon. These two sisters were meant to keep the balance of night and day, as their parents before them, to preserve harmony.
Discord was the God of Chaos. Most found him unsavory, and hated the things he did. His acts of disharmony were directly against the two sisters. And so they fought to keep each other at bay.
However this was not always the case.

A short time before Celestia and Luna came into power, there was another monarch. Some loved his acts, while others thought he was not needed. But, he was always needed whether they wanted it or not. His name was Ordinis. And his job was to be the God of Order. This meant that the God of Chaos at the time was a very serious threat to him. And he was a threat to Chaos. They fought bitterly for many centuries. However due to the balance of all things neither of them could every gain the upper-hand. Until one fateful day that would shake the foundations of Equestria to its very core. Chaos was preparing for another grand assault on Ordinis, but he also knew that without help, the fight would hit a standstill once again. So to prevent this from happening he brought an extra card to the table. This being something Ordinis held very close to his heart. A God did have feelings for many things, but it was a rare case indeed when there was a bond such as one that Ordinis had with...

"What the hay? Twi come here for a sec."
"What is it?"
"There's a missing entry in this book, did you know about it?"
"Ah yes, you see no-pony knows what the entry was or was supposed to be. It could have been written like that on purpose. Even Celestia has no idea what would be there. I wouldn't fret about it though. It is still a very good story." Applejack merely shrugged and continued.

...Chaos knew about this bond, and decided to take full advantage over it. He told Ordinis that if he fought back, she would simply die. Ordinis knew that if he saved her, he would be turning his back on his duties as a God. He grew extremely disturbed over this decision, and did not give an answer for four days. When the fifth day came so did his reply. But before he could give it, Chaos had already determined what he wanted to do. As Ordinis approached Chaos, he felt something was very wrong. And he was right.

Before any compromise could be given, Chaos had already killed her. And had hung her body in a spot easily seen by Ordinis. Chaos planned that with the death of his beloved, Ordinis would not have the will to go on and simply crumble beneath him. He had no idea how wrong he was. At the sight of... hanging, Ordinis first felt utter grief, loneliness, and regret. Kneeling in front of Chaos with a feeling of defeat, Chaos took his chance to strike. Ordinis was thrown out of the room and landed in a mountain roughly seven miles away. At the impact Ordinis was knocked out momentarily, and Chaos went around to cause disharmony everywhere. But the God of Order was not defeated. Instead of the results that Chaos wanted, something very different happened. Ordinis woke up from his daze and saw the destruction caused by his enemy. Remembering the pain from his loss and the pain of watching Chaos running amok pushed Ordinis over the edge. His anger boiled over with such immense power that when he approached Chaos there was said to be a feeling of utter horror when one looked at the God of Order. That day Order was no more. He overwhelmed Chaos with his fury and won the day in his favor, killing the God of Chaos in the process. When the world saw this Ordinis transformed and was no longer the God they all knew, but instead he was a vicious death dealer that killed without remorse for his cause.

After Celestia and Luna had become the new monarchs with Discord as the new God of Chaos, they rose up against Ordinis. To say that they won that day would be a dramatic overstatement. Discord nearly died from this, and both Celestia and Luna suffered great injuries. Knowing they could not kill him, as it was not within their power, they trapped him in an everlasting prison. Something they hoped would keep him tied down until the day came they were confident they could strike him down. Now the world sits and waits, for the day the God of Order will return. With a vengeance, and a thirst for devastation.

Closing the book, Applejack called Twilight over to her. "So basically this story describes how the God of Order was pushed to the point where even he turned to disharmony?"
"Well yes and no Applejack. Yes Ordinis was pushed to a point and was now a lunatic with no feeling for anything. But he did not turn to disharmony. He was still the God of Order, he just carried out his duties in a very chaotic fashion. In a way he took both the role of Chaos and Order at the same time. He did things to keep order and balance, but did them in a way that Chaos would."
"That's mighty sad."
"Yes it is Applejack. It's a very sad story."
"By any chance do ya have a guess at the thing he held dear? He must have loved her very much to have gone to such extremes."
"No I don't. However I did read somewhere that her bloodline still lives. But it gave no hints at who is connected to her now."
"I see. Well thank you for helping me out Twi, goodbye!"
"No problem Applejack, see you around."

The hole in the ground was never covered up. O stared at it with great interest. Teleporting over into it, he was surprised to find nothing was there. "Well that's odd, I could have sworn it would have been with me." Looking around harder he scanned the surrounding area quickly in fear. "Where is it...where is it. Damn it's not here! Curse you Celestia, Luna! I swear if you have hidden it from me you will be sorry you ever crossed my path!"

Celestia twitched as a sudden shiver came upon her. Surely nothing was wrong, there has been peace for a while with no major threats with Discord in safe hooves. Nevertheless she excused herself from the court to go to her room to check on something. When she arrived, she went to her bookcase, and leaned a book out of its spot to reveal a staircase with an immense power within. Heading down the stairs she reached a room with a large glass container in the center. Inside the container was a body of light that resembled electricity. It had not moved for several millenia, and was a great concern to her and her sister. After staring at it for awhile she turned around to head back out. A few moments passed, then the light start to pulse. Sending out a beacon to its owner. The time had arrived for it to return.