//------------------------------// // Ch. 33 Causing chaos! // Story: The Silent Guardian // by Not_available_now //------------------------------// Chapter 33. Causing chaos! 'Goddangit, walking like this is very, very annoying.' I think as I hobble behind the girls in front of me. The castle is already dooming up ahead and the gates are in sight. I get the 'Hurry up' every once in a while as I lag behind them. Thankfully Rarity stops to look in every other shop, so I can use that time to catch up with them. I was thinking about what Discord said. I am not really in the mood to cause some chaos just to walk a bit more comfortably, but this is going to get annoying at some time. I wonder what kind of chaos he means. I hope it is some kind of small chaos, because I am not willing to destroy Canterlot to get rid of the plates. I'll just knock over some cart. It will cause some chaos, hopefully enough, without hurting too many ponies. I look around for a nice and easy cart to knock over. I feel bad about doing this, but it is for a good cause: not pissing off Discord. I see a lot of them, but most of them will get messy if I knock them over, like flowers, food and ribbons. But after ten more minutes of looking I see a perfect target: A hardware cart. "Girls," I call out to the mares walking ahead of me. "Do you mind if I go look at that cart there?" I point to the hardware cart. I hear "No problem." and "Stallions and their toys." coming from their direction, so I take that as it is and walk over to the cart. I arrive at the cart and look at its items. I see the normal things, like hammer and nails, but some weird things too. An automatic surcumsizer and a magic salt and pepper shakers are among the weirder items on the cart. A banner hangs in the corner saying: 'Every 27th customer gets a ball-peen hammer free!' I don't think that this cart had 27 customers in the last week. There is some weird stuff here. The owner of the cart comes over to me. "Would you like to buy something, sir?" He asks me. "Nah, I’m just looking." I say, looking at the cart for a weak spot. The only things that I can come up with are the wooden legs under the cart. I think that if I would saw one of them away the whole cart should topple over. "Do you have a saw here?" The pony hurries over to me, happy that he finally has a customer. "Sure," He says as he grabs a shiny saw from some place on the cart. "This saw here is one of the best ones you'll find in Canterlot. It cuts through anything, even though bone as if it was butter." 'What! Is this guy a maniac? Why would he say that? It is as if he expects me to murder somepony.' I think as he gives me the saw and I clench it with my mouth. I take a look at and I am starting to feel a little less bad about toppling this guy his cart. "You take a good look and tell me if you need anything else." He looks at me with hopeful eyes. "Sure." I answer with a forced smile around the saw. As soon as he turned his back to me I bend my knees and start moving my neck towards the leg. I am thankful for the extra agility that the pony neck has, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to do this. I start moving my neck back and forward, sawing through the leg in no time. The owner doesn’t even hear the sound or he is ignoring it. A loud snap is heard as I give the final push, breaking the leg. The cart starts toppling over and not before long it has fallen over completely. But seeing as Canterlot is built into the side of a mountain there are some roads that are built at an angle and this one isn't an exception. The cart starts rolling sideways down the street, sending hardware flying everywhere. I was so smart as to drop the saw as soon as it happened, so it looked like I am an innocent bystander. As the cart rolls down the street it flings its contents everywhere, braking more than one store window. I cringe at the cries of ponies as they leap out of harm’s way, some dodging the cart only by mere centimeters. But, hey, it's for a good cause. The elements come rushing over, sporting faces of worry. "What kind of travesty had happened here?" Rarity cries out. Fluttershy rushes over and starts checking me for any kind of injury, her shyness completely gone. As soon as she sets down my last leg, making sure that i wasn't injured, her shyness returns in full force and she quickly hides behind Rainbow. "So, Doc, what are the results?" I ask Fluttershy as I approach her. Rainbow helps me by flying up; making sure that the timid mare lost her hiding place. "You're fine as far as I can see." She responds with a whimper. I nod and turn to the others. "See, I’m fine; nothing to worry about with me. The cart looked old and most likely gave out at the wrong moment." I say with the straightest face possible, not to invoke any suspicion. "That cart didn't look that old, iffin you ask me," Applejack says as she watches the cart tumble further down the street. "That thing was built strong, as if Mac did it himself. Maybe it was badly balanced or something." "It doesn't matter. We have to go to Twilight now or the cake might spoil!" Pinkie yells, pointing to the large cake on her back. "Ah don't think cake spoils." Applejack replies. "I know silly, but we do have to go RIGHT NOW!" Pinkie yells back as she races to the castle. Somehow the cake doesn't fall of her back and redecorates the pavement. "It seems that there is no other choice. We have to follow Pinkie Pie and going back through that mess," Rarity says as she points to the fallen cart and all of the chaos it caused. "Is no option." So we all follow her and Pinkie's example and continue on our way to the castle. All goes well until we arrive at the gates. The guards that are standing at the gate stop us. "Hello Elements, there has been a little problem in the castle. A large dose of chaotic magic is found with traces of a strong disguise spell. For your safety and ours a strong anti-disguise spell has been places on the castle." He points to the faint glow that the gate radiates. "You can walk right through; it shouldn't harm you at all." A collective nod goes through the group as the guard opens the door. Everybody walks through, but I hesitate before making a move. The guard notices. "Sir, there is nothing to worry about. There is no chance that a strong disguise spell would be used on you and after all, what do you have to hide?"