~~Revertere~~
Mr Septonic
Chapter 9
A Special Somepony
Ordinis was glad that Rarity had decided to join him. It has been quite some time since he's had some company. They were already on their way to Manehattan; their first stop. Normally Ordinis would have avoided any large cities, but he made an exception this time in favor of completing his goal faster. After all, they had no idea what this pony looked like and starting in a city like Manehattan might give them early leads. The risk of being found was still high however. Celestia had no idea what he looked like right now, but Rarity stood out like a sore thumb. So being discrete was the main concern now.
The matter of moving quickly was also a large factor. Ordinis had decided to get to Manehattan as fast as possible, which meant teleporting right there. After a very quick succession of teleports, they arrived right in the middle of Manehattan. Times Square to be exact. This was the last place Ordinis wanted to check. So popping up there first surprised him immensely. Thankfully no pony seemed bothered by two ponies popping up at random.
"I thought you wanted to come here last?" Rarity looked at him questioningly.
"I did." Ordinis was extremely confused. He was positive that they were going to appear somewhere near Times Square. Not actually get there. "I was sure I was aiming past this part." Shrugging, Ordinis went up to a red earth pony to ask where Town Hall was. Returning to Rarity, "May as well make the best of it right? Town Hall's that way, come on."
One hour after Ordinis's escape
"What's wrong sister?" Luna looked at Celestia questioningly. After she had woken up from her daze she immediately went to Celestia only to find out that Ordinis had made his way to who knows where. Now no pony knew where he was. And this was making Celestia very agitated.
"What's wrong? We lost him. Even though he's been stuck in the ground doing nothing for a millennia, he can still beat us with ease."
"Yes. But we were not even fighting with all of our power! Never mind us not even fighting together. He was able to beat us separately, but what if we fought side by side? We even have Discord on our side again."
"Not this time." Celestia turned her head away from Luna, not wanting to make eye contact.
"What?" Luna stared at Celestia in confusion. "Why not?"
"I...sent him away." Luna now stared at her in disbelief. How could Celestia send away Discord in such a situation? "But I only did it out of precaution. Could you imagine what would happen if Ordinis came face to face with Discord at a time like this? Now that we have Discord working for Harmony? He would destroy him. So I sent him away, to which he agreed."
"Well let's just hope Ordinis doesn't find what he's looking for. Who knows what would happen if that came about."
"Don't say such things!" Celestia stared down at Luna. "I don't even want to think of what would happen if that were to come about." Wanting to end the conversation, Celestia walked away from Luna at a brisk pace. Leaving her sister to wonder by herself.
"Welcome to City Hall, may I help you with anything?" The mare looked at the duo excitedly. One could just tell she was desperate to do something.
"Yes actually. Would it be possible for me to look at some family tree's? I'm looking for a relative of a very old friend of mine." Ordinis looked at the mare in interest, hoping to be granted access.
"Well I don't see why not. Although you will need to be escorted at all times. For security reasons."
"Of course."
"Alright, just go down that hallway there and a guard will escort you to the archives. Have a nice day!"
"You too!" Ordinis started down the hallway quite quickly. Rarity could tell he was eager to find this pony he was after. But now hearing it's a relative of an old friend? Just how old of a friend? Just as the accountant said, a guard was waiting to lead them to the archives. Once there Ordinis went straight to work. The archives were quite large, even though it was every family tree in Manehattan. But Ordinis had a way of stemming the tide. He and Rarity only looked at the tree's that were older than a millennia. By sorting them like this, they only had to look at around three hundred tree's.
"So who am I exactly looking for? A specific family name or simply one specific name." Rarity yelled over to Ordinis.
"I would say a family name," Ordinis replied, "But to be safe look for Summer Breeze." Ordinis didn't even look in Rarity's direction as he said the name. He simply kept looking through files.
Both Ordinis and Rarity blew through plenty of files (mostly Ordinis). But neither of them found what they were searching for.
"It's quite alright Ordinis. This is just the first place. There are still many places to check beyond this one." Rarity tried to comfort Ordinis, to some degree.
"I know, but I feel as if we've missed something." Ordinis stared at the floor in disappointment. As they started to leave, Ordinis bumped into a mare that was coming into the archives.
"Oh! I'm terribly sorry, didn't see you there." She put on a smile and kept walking past him. Ordinis stared at her for a moment, then continued outside.
"As much as I would love to continue searching for this certain somepony, I'm very hungry. Mind getting something to eat before we continue?" Rarity looked over at Ordinis expecting an answer. All she got was a shrug, which she took as a yes.
"Yes..." Celestia smiled in satisfaction at her success. Ordinis was underestimating her and did not know the full extent of her abilities now. Yesterday she was not able to sense much of anything, but today there was a large spike of magic in the direction of Manehattan. Now was the time to move.
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While Celestia was trying to find Ordinis, Luna was busy pacing back and forth in her room. Celestia had not wanted her to help in the search, so Luna had taken it upon herself to sit in her room and try to come up with a solution to this mess on her own. What she came up with had a very good chance of success, but was simply insane. However, the more and more she put more thought into it the more it seemed like the only chance they had besides flat out war with Ordinis. All the rapid thinking was making her head hurt, and she had to sit down to calm herself.
"There's no other choice. I'm sorry sister..." Luna said to herself as she opened to the window in her room. Flying out, she headed away from Canterlot in search of the one being that could take on Ordinis one on one, and not want to destroy everything around him in the process. Chaos.