//------------------------------// // Chapter 25: Realm of Dreams // Story: Through the Looking Glass // by Electuroo //------------------------------// Through the Looking Glass Chapter 25: Realm of Dreams Stepping through the portal was a strange feeling at most for them as the girls with the two golden stallion ponies with Celestia crossed through, they came to standing in a night sky view with sliver mist like cloud moving around their hooves just about an inch high, they looking around soon see the view change to a large meadow with grass, flowers and trees in the distance but everything seem to be a different shade of colour. Rainbow Dash saw a town in the distance and the sound of heavy traffic then saw the road “Girls this dream place is really really weird, some of it look like it from Equestria but others look like it from Earth…” Twilight sniffed a flower “This looks and smells like a rose, but I know it isn’t since this is the dream world… look up there that look like a very tall building just floating...” They all looked up to see a skyscraper just floating by. Fluttershy saw a rabbit unlike any rabbit she seen before. “Hello there how are you?” she said kindly to it, it just stared at her whiskers twitching and rub a paw over it ears then hops off. “What a strange bunny…” Rarity saw a huge crystal “Whoa now that one amazing gem.” Her eyes glim at the sight of it. Celestia looking around carefully “It seem that crossing the portal it created a dream like world that seem to have both ours and the human world mixed into one. But everything is changing and not staying still” the view changed again before every pony into a massive apple farm “Oh my goodness… look at all these here apples…” Applejack gasped at the size of the place “No way ah would be able to cope with such a place as this, it far too big for one little pony to handle” Pinkie Pie running on a massive apple that was about 20 feet in size with every pony watching her pass by. “Lookie this is fun! So many endless crazy things and it all fun! Weeeee!” Gold Horn chuckled “For sure she is random but fun to watch.” He turn to a glance of gold and saw what they was after “Girls look” They all turn to see the gold statue with all the pieces on “It the Prince” Gold Dust makes a run for the statue and so did all the others but suddenly the ground shaking and a huge hedge came between them and the statue. “What the!?” Celestia saw more appearing out of no where all around them till they stood inside a huge hedge maze. “This maze…” she then realized “It can’t be” Twilight looking around heard laughter “Discord!” she yelled with a anger look on her face “He did this… this got him written all over it” “Oh that true” they turn around to see him sitting on a hedge chair before them. “Last thing I was expecting was to see my little pony friends once again but in the realm of dreams no less.” Rainbow Dash was going to charge right at him but Applejack held her back. “Let me go I want to give him what for!” “Sugar this isn’t a real place, he most likely a dream” Applejack said and Rainbow Dash stop fighting and lands with a snort. Discord grinned “Oh I am but this is my dream body since you girls put me back in that statue again, all that chaos ruined but now I can get a little pay back” Discord clicked his fingers but nothing happened “What!? I was suppose to remove your wings and horn… hmm it seem your physical forms have strength, oh well guess it be more fun this way around” Celestia sneered “There is no time for games Discord open the way to Prince Typhoon and get lost!” “Oh Celestia you hurt my feelings” he place his hands on his chest. “Well sorry to say this is my game and you all have to play, now I have nine players so this is going to be fun” nine entrances open up around them. “Now each path leads to your goal but you all can’t use magic or flying above the white line” the lines appear on all the hedges. “If you all make it to the middle then you win, but if you don’t before this timer runs out you will lose and I get to play with you for the rest of your known lives” he chuckled. “Not a chance” Applejack sat down “If we don’t start ya can’t start” “Right” Rainbow Dash smirked Discord watch them all sit down and turn away from him ignoring him. “Why you little pests” he sneered “Very well then I’ll have to force the subject” He raise his lion paw and clicked. Everything started to shake and the ground they was on moved them right to the entrances of the maze paths “Now have fun and remember don’t break the rules” he chuckled and the hedges closed up on all of them. Rainbow Dash grumbled “No good for nothing Discord” seeing she and her friends was caught up in another of his stupid games. Celestia looking to the hedge behind her “Becareful my little ponies he will try to do what he did to you last time and meet at the centre where the statue is, please be safe and be strong, your friendship can beat him” Celestia spoke out to them all and they replied with a “Yes Princess Celestia” and they head off into the maze in their own routes that was placed into by Discord “Oh this is going to be sooooooo much fun” Discord chuckled and vanished Sweet Apple Acres… Stardust was helping out Big Macintosh with the applebucking enjoying the nice sunny weather as they worked on the lands, suddenly Big Macintosh saw Stardust stop and her horn pulsing with energy exploding out of it slightly. “Stardust y'all alright?” usually he wouldn’t say much but this was a shock of what he saw. Stardust shook her head with dizzy bubbles sparking from her horn “Not sure I never felt anything like this before… it felt like chaotic magic of some sort… not sure how I know that” “Y'all should go and rest, ah can finish…” Stardust screamed out in pain as the magic of her horn glowed brighter and the flash of energy caused apples to fall from the tree, she was panting hard from this one “Applebloom!” he called out Applebloom came running with her friends “Big brother what the mat…” she saw Stardust and her horn exploding out magical energy with bursts of it sent them flying and landing in a bush all three fillies poke their heads out “Whoa what going on with Stardust big bro?” “No idea but ya need to get help fast!” he said in strong tone of voice this was serious and he was being serious. “Right bro, lets go crusaders!” they all ran to town to get help. About ten minutes later they came back with Electuroo and Angel “Mum” both said rushing over to her. “Are you ok?” Electuroo said with concern. Stardust gritting her teeth to try and control the exploding release of energy from her magic “I… Don’t know! It hard for me to control… it coming from the Dream Realm… I c-can feel danger…” Suddenly a burst of energy shoots out and hits nothing and forms into a portal every pony looking at it “Whoa what is that?” Scootaloo was amazed what was formed. “It not possible…” Stardust whispered feeling her control coming back. “It a portal to the Dream Realm…” Electuroo turn to her “Mum I never knew you had that kind of magic” “Nor did I…” she felt a serge of energy “Big Macintosh… me and you are going in” she turn dead serious “Angel, Electuroo keep an eye on this place and the kids…” “A-ah can’t the farm is my…” Big Macintosh was startled by this. “I have six words that will make you go…” she stared right at him “Your big sister is in danger” Big Macintosh turn serious “Eeyup” then he turn to Electuroo and Angel “Ah’m putting ya two in charge of Applebloom and Granny Smith safety and the farm. Don’t let me down” Electuroo turn to the kids then to Big Macintosh “No problem Big Macintosh we will do it, be careful” “Mum please don’t try anything reckless…” Angel was really worried. “I’ll try” she smiled and both of them enter the portal and it closed behind them soon as they entered all looking to each other than at the spot where the portal was at. Realm of Dreams… Rainbow Dash was flying below the white line going super fast through the maze “Now this is speed, I will get there in no time” suddenly she came to a halt seeing the white line goes all the way to the floor right before her “Oh you got to be kidding me!!!!” Rainbow Dash yelled then heard laughter “That is so priceless seeing you stop like that, now you have to go by foot” he was laughing hard seeing Rainbow Dash sneer made it better then he vanished. Rainbow Dash was really anger now “Don’t get anger Rainbow Dash your just going to give him what he wants” “Huh?” she turn to see Stardust and Big Macintosh “H-how?” she was startled by this Stardust turn to her “I am not completely sure, my magic went crazy… it was rather painful I might add…” “Eeyup” Big Macintosh spoke as they looked around “Y'all said Applejack is in danger Stardust” Stardust sighs “I am not sure where she is but I got a question for you Rainbow Dash, who was that?” Rainbow Dash turn to the white lines “that was Discord and next time I am going to give him a left and right hoof” she stood on her hind legs giving out punches. Stardust horn glowed as if she was being draw to somewhere and felt pain again “That chaotic energy again… it this way” she points to the path as she walks and they follow but Rainbow Dash could see she was in pain. “Is that magic really that uncontrollable?” Rainbow Dash asked and she nods “Wonder if that chaotic energy is Discord himself and your human slash pony magic having a real dislike to him, I sure hate him and want to give him a heck of a hoof for doing this to us” Applejack running left and right throughout the maze path soon found herself in a forest full of oranges and most was leaking “Whoa wee that stuff is strong” she put her hoof on her nose smelling the strength of the oranges “No choice but to cross it if I am to get to the middle in time” “Applejack?” she turn to see Rarity “Why did we have to find such a sticky smelly place like this…” “I have no idea sugar, let just get out of here before we chock on it” Applejack and Rarity made their way to the other side to see the hedge close up Rarity turn to see Discord laughing “oh it not going to be that simple it never is.” He walked over to them “Now to make you a liar and make a fool out of you” he reach other to them but then gets hit in the back of the head by a orange then turn to see Stardust. “What!? Your not part of this game or you” he turn to Big Macintosh with her and he loaded with basket full of orange and Stardust holding up a branch with her magic. “Give me another Big Mac” he toss one over to her and she hits it and hits Discord in the mouth and he spat it out. “Now who don’t like the game” Discord smirked “Well I just have to do something about that with this young lady” he turn to Applejack “No!” Big Macintosh charge at him and hit him with a right hook of a hoof “Whoa bro nice one” Applejack said seeing that he downed Discord. He got up chuckling “Is that the best you got?” “No this is the best we got” Rainbow Dash slams into him and knock him into the hedge and throw it landing right in front of Twilight. “Whoa” she gasped and saw the others. “What going on?” Rainbow Dash points to him “He was going to do what he did to us last time so we got here before he could do it to Applejack” Stardust came into view “I believe he should be taught a lesson” using her magic the vines pulled him up “Before you say, I am not using my magic to help them.” She said looking at him in the eyes as he tried to break free “Stardust how…” she remembered the book “Oh right the book said you would be here but not Big Macintosh” Twilight turn to him. “Ah’m came cause my sister was in danger and good thin' ah did” Big Macintosh said calmly. Discord tried to get free “Unhand me you” he sneered “Look like some pony don’t like being powerless” Stardust said walking up to him and smirked “Pony… hmm… Twilight” Twilight look to Stardust “Yes Stardust?” “How would you feel about him being a Earth Pony?” Stardust asked with her horn glowing. Twilight blinked “That not possible though” Rainbow Dash laughing a little “Twi we in the Dream Realm remember, Discord true body is stone” “Oh right, this place seeming so real I lost track of that” Twilight smiled then looking to Discord “It would be a great way to teach him a lesson.” Rarity spoke next “Indeed being put through such a horrible place just now needs it rewards and this I believe is one of them” Applejack turn to her brother “Thank ya for savin' me Big Macintosh. How do ya feel about him being a Earth Pony? A good idea?” “Eeyup” He smirked. Rainbow Dash flew up to his face “You had this coming Discord” she pulled back her hoof and goes in for a punch but stop inches from his face with him looking at it “Not worth my time Discord I got better things to do then hurt you” “Stardust my dear you really think you can hold me down?” he grinned. Stardust turn her head a little then back to him “Yes” and she zaps him with him screaming out in pain as he changes before them in a white light and in a flash he fell on the ground on all fours looking down, he saw front legs then looked over himself to see he was in fact a reddish-brown pony with a black mane and tail, the cutie mark shows of a circle being twisted and warped showing his chaos. “Not bad if I say so my self” “Whoa wee, look at that, Discord no more than pony” Applejack started to laugh Discord smirked “Oh this is just a minor setback soon I will show you…” he got gaged by Big Macintosh whom put the vine around his snout and tighten it then pulled back on a fine he had in his mouth “Nice one Big Mac” Rainbow Dash said and laughing a little bit. Twilight couldn’t help but laugh with Rarity and then they heard movement turning to see Fluttershy and Celestia with the two golden ponies all standing before them “Lookie” Pinkie Pie appears out of the blue and stare at Discord. “It Discord, he been ponyfied” Celestia smiled seeing that Discord was rather helpless at this point. “I believe the game is over Discord” He grumbled in annoyance seeing that he was not only defeated by tied to a vine and unable to pull himself free at the moment. “How far from the middle of the maze?” Fluttershy asked Pinkie Pie hopped over to a hedge and pulled a twig with the hedge sliding across “here we are” she beamed and hopped into the middle of the maze. Every pony stared with eyes wide and blinking “Does anything with Pinkie Pie make sense?” “Not that ah know of Sugarcube” Applejack said with a smile. They all walked in and stood around the statue before them now. “We made it but now what do we do?” Twilight said looking at the statue “Well it all a dream isn’t it?” Stardust grinned “Magic has no bounds in this Dream Realm which means” suddenly appearing out of the blue was the elements of harmony on all six ponies “see your elements just appeared out the blue, I got a idea what to use them on” she turn to Discord and everyone laughing a little at the idea she had in mind. Celestia walk up to Discord “How the mighty have fallen, you was beaten by your own game. You set out to cause chaos and play unfairly with us and you got more then you bargain for” Discord finally got his mouth free “Laugh all you like I am still Discord and this is a dream so” he was about to undo the magic when he felt a surge that froze him in place and turn to see Stardust magic “Bu-but how?” “Human slash pony magic, you do the maths” Stardust said coldly. Discord gulped “Oh now that why your so strong… hehe well I better get going” he makes a run for it but the hedge closes up in front of him then he turn to be face to face with the Six Manes of Harmony “Not again…” Twilight turn to the girls “How about we do something better then stone” Fluttershy nods “Oh yes what about keeping him as he is” “My thoughts exactly my dear” Rarity agreed Pinkie Pie smiled “Oh yes please do then I can throw and new pony party, they always so much fun!” Pinkie Pie was pleased with it. Applejack turn to her brother “What ya think Big Macintosh, we do need a hard labourer on our farm and that would repay the pain, chaos and trouble he caused” “Eeyup” Big Macintosh replied Rainbow Dash look at the now panicking Discord then back to the girls “You know what I being stone isn’t good enough, I saw your idea is 20% awesome all the way” Celestia stood before Discord “It seem your sentence has been made, by the power bestowed by me I sentence you for the rest of your known days to be trapped within the body of a Earth Pony till you have repaid for the crimes you have done” Discord gasped “No no no” he backed up against the hedge “You can’t do this to me! I am Discord the Spirit of Chaos not some lonely Earth Pony!” “Some… ok that does it, Twilight do yer stuff” Applejack just had enough of this. Twilight eyes glowed white as they all rose with theirs also glowing “Discord you had this coming” “NOOOOO!” he ran for it as they unleashed the magic a rainbow flying up and heading for him he stood in front of the gold statue and covered himself with fear. Stardust unleashing a magical beam from her horn without warning or any control as it hits at the same time with a flash of light the gold statue started to crack.