~~Revertere~~
Mr Septonic
Chapter 12
Saying Hello
Chaos stared at the door handle for a bit before going into his room. It had been some time since he had seen any form of society whatsoever. Even now, he was having a hard time getting used to it. So, after he entered the room, locking the door behind him, he changed his form back to his natural look. He always felt more free this way. To him, disguising himself as something else was unnatural and wrong. It always seemed like a prison.
Taking a look around his room, he noticed a bookshelf, and a bed with a small nightstand next to it. Wasn't much, but he could manage with what he had. Snapping his fingers, he started to work his magic. The bookshelf split down the middle, growing vines out of the space that was now there into the floor. A tree grew out of the nightstand, that was now a dark purple and double in size, that only stood up to the ceiling. The bed started to bend strangely, eventually becoming stiff again. The wooden frame was now very dark in shade, with the sheets now a navy blue. The mattress went hollow, and turned itself into a water bed. And while all of that was happening, grass was growing up from the floor. Out in the hall, a sign was cut out from the wall reading, “Welcome” in bright red, with an arrow pointing towards the door. It also lit up every now and then.
Happy with his work, Chaos went over to the bed, grabbing a book with his magic, and started to read away.
When Rarity walked into the room, her friends screamed, then formed a large group hug around her. She was naturally, very happy to see them again, and was going to tell them everything that has happened since she was taken. However, she was snapped out of these happy thoughts when she heard somepony yelling outside in the hallway. The six of them peered outside to see what the commotion was about, and saw two guards arguing about something outside of a door with a red welcome sign on the wall. Rarity gasped when she realized that the room the guards were in front of was Chance’s room. Her mind started to come up with the worst possible conclusions, making her sure something wrong happened.
“Excuse me. But if you’re going to be so loud could you please do it somewhere else? I doubt that if somepony is in that room he or she would not be happy with how rude you two are being.” Twilight had gone over to the guards, and was now talking to them in a stern voice. Rainbow Dash and Applejack was snickering at seeing how the two stallions were surprised at the sudden attack. Fluttershy went back in the room not wanting to be a part of an argument, while Pinkie Pie stared at the sign on the wall, and going “Oooh!” whenever it lit up. Rarity quickly ran up to the guards also, concerned with why they were even there in the first place. But waited to speak until Twilight was done with her rant.
“Why are you two even arguing about something out here in front of the guest rooms anyways? Seems a little unprofessional if you ask me.”
“Well ma’am, Celestia asked us to stand guard out here.” One of them replied.
“Celestia? Did she tell you why?” Twilight’s interest just peaked. Making Rarity get even more nervous.
“No. That’s what we were arguing about. Vortex here says he heard that he heard somepony got into the castle without even trying, and that Celestia let him stay in this room. I think thats a load of horseradish, but who knows.” When he finished, Rarity lost it.
“She sent you two to watch him? I would have sent more, but then again…” Realizing she just blurted out info into the open, she quickly covered her mouth with her hoof. But the damage was done. However, before anything could be said to her, the door opened.
A head, that looked quite a bit like Ordinis' but black, poked out through the opening. "Could you four please keep it down out here? I'm trying to sleep and you are all being quite noisy. Thanks." It then shut the door leaving all four of them, including Applejack and Rainbow down the hall, speechless.
"Rarity..." Twilight was in shock at what she just saw. It looked just like Ordinis, but was different at the same time. "Please tell me you don't know who that is."
"Well..." Rarity herself was also completely surprised at what came out of the door. "I was expecting somepony else completely. After all, the pony that brought me here was staying in that..." She stopped herself upon realizing it. Running up to the door, she flung it open.
Rarity nearly jumped back into Twilight when she saw the face again, mere inches away from her. They stared at each other for a moment, then the black Ordinis sighed. "So I ask you to be quiet, and you respond by bursting into my room. OK, I guess I can take that...maybe." He then straightened to address them. "What do you want?"
Twilight was the first to speak, mainly as the other three ponies were scared out of their hides. "Why did you come back here? I thought you were done with us." She spoke through her teeth.
"Come back? My dear mare, I believe this is my first visit in a very long time. And might I say that Celestia and Luna have themselves quite a place here. Although the rooms were a little bland, but I fixed that right up." He motioned behind him, showing them the dramatically changed scenery.
"What are you talking about Ordinis?" Twilight was getting annoyed now. He was going to play games with her? "This is the second time, as during your first visit you nearly killed all of us."
"Ordinis you say..." He took a step towards them, the air growing heavy, and the light around them fading. "You call me by that name? You know not of who I am, so you assume I am Ordinis? Speak with care little pony, for you tread on thin ice!"
When he finished, the air let up, along with the light returning. He breathed in and out heavily, trying to calm himself, and sat down in a chair then appeared underneath him. While he looked at them, two more ponies came up from the hallway. The first one seemed like a farm mare with a brown hat, the other cyan in color with a rainbow mane, which made him chuckle to himself. The first one though caught his attention quickly, and he held his gaze with her. He could see her history, he knew what she had gone through when Ordinis was here, he also knew that she may or may not be in imminent danger. This intrigued him, but he decided to address it at a later time.
"Sorry for the outburst. I just don't like being called someone else." Chaos said in a calm manner.
"So then..." Twilight started, ready to run if she had to. "You're not Ordinis?"
"No."
"Then, who are you?"
"There it is!" Chaos raised his hands up in glee. "A simply question that is answerable. Well my dear mare, my name is Chaos. I have just got up and have heard about your plight involving Ordinis."
"Chaos? How can you be Chaos? I thought Discord ruled over that." Twilight inquired. This was strange, but not strange enough for her to pull back her inquisitive nature.
"Well, Discord rules over it now. I, however, was the ruling entity of that domain back in the day. Ordinis ruled over order, while I ruled over everything chaotic. Simple really." Chaos smirked at her, tickled by the fact that this pony was so very curious about him.
"So...you're like an old god that came back for a reason unknown to us, and you just so happen to represent chaos in its entirety?" Twilight finished, almost confusing herself with the assortment of randomness of the current event.
"Yeah. I don't see how you're having such a hard time getting all of this. But putting this matter aside, who is that." Chaos pointed over at Applejack, making her take a step back.
"Why would you need to know?" Twilight said defensively.
"Well, I don't really need to know. I was just wondering why she had a family connection to..." Chaos, being suddenly interrupted, was flung against the wall by a dark blue alicorn.
"Thou think you could leave me behind like that!?"
"Calm down Luna..." Chaos managed to say. Getting up, he looked at her, surprised that she was able to make it here so quickly. He misjudged her abilities, and was angry at himself for doing so. Right now, however, he needed to focus on the situation prior.
"Back to the original topic, you're related to Lily. I'm quite shocked you don't know that." Turning to Luna, he continued. "I'm quite surprised no one told her this Luna. If Ordinis is after Lily's descendants why would you not tell this pony she may be a target?" Reaching out with his magic, Chaos grabbed the book he was reading off the bed, and gave it to Applejack. "Check the third page in."
Applejack flipped open the book to page three, and stared at the picture before her. Strange, though, that it wasn't exactly a picture at all. It moved like film, but simply looped the same thing over and over again. There were two ponies standing next to each other; a stallion and a mare. The mare stood out compared to the stallion. She had a yellow coat with a bright, but pale, green mane and tail. Her hair was done simple. Combed forward, then curling up above her eyes. She had a scarf around her neck that matched her hair in color, but her eyes were quite strange. They didn't seem to belong to her at all, as they were a deep, vibrant purple.
The Stallion was curious as well, but seemed to elude her interest. His coat was an incredible black, along with his mane being a possible shade lighter. She couldn't see his eyes as he was turned away from the front of the picture.
"The mare, as expected, is Lily. She always did have such amazing eyes." Chaos stared at the picture over Applejack's shoulder for a moment, then took a step back. "That is your very distant relative, and Ordinis is looking for someone that shares a bloodline with her. The reason for this though, not even I know."
"So Applejack here is in danger?" Luna inquired. "We need to have her under protection, in case Ordinis makes a move against us."
"Hold on just a second." Twilight stepped up, directing herself at Chaos. "I'm not so sure I can fully trust you after all that's happened to us. I mean, you didn't do anything, but you're like Ordinis' associate. We have no idea what your intentions are."
"True...but truth be told, I have no intentions, as you put it." Chaos sat down on the bed, keeping his gaze on Twilight. "I have been away for a long time, and I am full of energy. The only thing I wish to do now is explore, while I can. But enough talk about this. Let's chat about how you wish to rid yourselves of Ordinis."
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Walls seem sturdy, and the guards are on constant watch. Along with this barrier that's been put up, it seems Celestia has finally decided to stop taking me so lightly. Ordinis stared at the city of Canterlot from a distance, planning out his next move. He no longer kept his disguise up, seeing no need for such a thing at the moment. "I'm going to hit soon, and hard. Are you prepared for what is to come princesses? I do hope so, otherwise you will both lose everything, and I will be left to pick up the pieces."