"Discord did what?!?" Rainbow Dash snarled.
I blushed. "It's alright Rainbow... It's not a big deal..." I muttered.
"O'course it'sa big deal, sugarcube! Ah've been waiting fer Discord tah pull a stunt like this fer a long time!" Said Applejack. She and the rest of Dash's friends had gathered at the library.
"Quite. I simply knew that ruffian couldn't keep his paws clean for very long!" Rarity added.
Pinkie Pie nodded frantically. "That's right! We knew that big meanie couldn't keep his act going much longer! After all, he wasn't doing a very good job in the first place..." She said.
Twilight walked up, looking sad. She sighed. "Split... I have no book in this library that tells me how to fix your guys' problem... I'm s-so sorry..." She said.
Even though Blue knew that Twilight wouldn't be able to hear him, he spoke anyway. "Well... That's okay Twilight. I'm sure Split and I can work together for the time being!"
I repeated his words to her as I lifted the Alicorn's chin up to look at me.
Twilight blushed a little and smiled. "O-oh... Okay then..."
"E-Excuse me..." Said the quiet, timid voice of Fluttershy.
We all turned.
She squeaked, surprised she had gotten our attention.
"I um... I... I don't believe you!" The pegasus said, pointing a hoof at me.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing! "Fluttershy! You can't seriously be defending that creep!"
She stood her ground. "He's said a thousand times that he's reformed! I'm willing to stick my neck out and believe him!" She said and walked out, leaving me sputtering in disbelief.
(Unknown location)
(Last' Minute's POV)
I groaned as I sat up.
"Urg... What the buck happened?" I asked myself.
A voice rang from the darkness.
"Holy buck! Last? Is that you?" It asked.
My brows raised. "Red? What the hay are you doing out of Blue's body?" I asked suspiciously.
"I should ask you the same question." He said.
"The answer is simple." Said a different yet familiar voice. "Envy."
I shot to my hooves, and the room became dimly illuminated in the light of a 4 gemstones.
They were all mounted on a crown that was shining black. Polished obsidian from the look of it.
The only weird thing was, that from the way the crown accented the green and red gems... It looked like...
"My cutie mark?" I asked.
Discord appeared. "Both of your cutie marks actually! Look closer!" He said with a grin.
Red and I did, and noticed that along the outer edge of the top of the hourglass gem, three red rubies had been carved into the glowing shapes of lightning bolts.
"What is this, Discord?" Red asked.
"A crown, A symbol of power, and... The controller for the rest of the Elements of Chaos..." Discord said.
"And is there a second crown?" I asked.
The question seemed to catch the draq off guard. "E-er... No."
"You expect me to share that thing?" Red asked incredulously.
Discord thought about that. "No." He said.
"Then what-" I began to ask, but Discord cut me short.
Red then interrupted Discord with a fair question.
"What the hay, are the Elements of Chaos?"
"You'll know soon enough..." Discord grinned maniacally and snapped his fingers.
I then felt a pain I would never forget.
(Ponyville, Near Rarity's boutique)
(3rd Person)
Puddle Jumper was tired of having a blank flank. He wanted his cutie mark, and he wanted it now!
Sure, Crusading with Scoots, Sweetie and Applebloom wasn't all bad... But he already knew his destiny, and his cutie mark still had the nerve, to not appear on his flank!
Making and traveling through Portals was his passion! His all time goal was to create a spell that could open portals on the other side of the universe, or anywhere else in the universe for that matter.
He groaned in frustration as he conjured a portal and jumped through it.
He looked around, shocked to find himself in the room where the AI named GLADoS had been kept.
He was back at Aperature Science Test Facilities.
He gaped around at everything, thinking himself dreaming, yet somehow knowing in his heart that this wasn't a dream,
He very nearly jumped out of his skin when the voice of GLADoS spoke. It sounded more... Masculine, then usual though,
"You want it back, don't you?"
"W-what?" PJ asked, looking around for his old friend. She sounded weird. She sounded... Crazy.
'That's impossible... AI's can't go crazy! It's not scientifically possible! He thought to himself.
"Your old life... Here, at Aperture Science. You're real job. Your real destiny." She said,
PJ looked down. "I g-guess...I mean.... I never really th-thought about it." He said quietly.
"What if I told you, that I could give you your old life back, and you could get revenge on the wretched pink party pony for what she did to you?"
That chilled PJ to the bone.
"You aren't GLADoS! Who are you!?" He shouted at the voice.
"Greed." Said a new voice, that sounded more like chaos personified.
PJ watched as a glowing blue gem with a swirling center appeared in the center of the room, and unfortunately for him, he made the mistake of looking into the gem's spiraling center.
He was instantly rooted to the spot, in some kind of trance, and stuck staring at the gem as a sterling silver necklace appeared around his neck. The gem began to slowly make it's way towards him.
A draconequus appeared to the side of him. "Poor, sweet Puddle Jumper..." The draq's voice dripped with false sympathy. "How much is too much want?" He asked suddenly.
PJ stiffened. "There is never too much want..." He said, as the portal jewel sealed itself onto his neck, and Discord smirked as PJ started screaming.
(Ponyville)
D.B was tired of starving.
She needed somepony to feed on, and she needed it now!
She looked around, then looked down at her disguise, Derpy Hooves. She hated having to derp her eyes occasionally when passerby waved at her. Why did she have to choose that brain-dead mail mare? She asked herself.
D.B froze suddenly, as she spotted the know-it-all librarian, Princess Twilight Sparkle.
She changed her disguise to that idiot farmpony Applejack, then trotted towards Twilight.
"Howdy there, Twi!" She called, getting the oblivious mare to turn and grin psychotically, as she grew and transformed into a-
"AHHHH!!!!" D.B screamed, sitting up in her bed.
'Oh... Just a dream...' She thought to herself. 'That was... Interesting...'
"How about, chaotic?" Offered a voice behind her.
She whipped around, grabbing the nearest knife with her magic, and putting it at the figure's... 'Torso?' She asked herself.
As D.B's eyes traveled upwards, she met the eyes of Discord.
"Hell-o!" He said, pushing her onto her back.
D.B's muzzle turned pink, and Discord smirked. "My, my... You're sheets are a little... damp... Why is that?" He whispered, and his snake-like tongue found it's target. D.B's inner ear.
She yelped and teleported to the other side of the room. "Don't bucking do that!!!" She snarled.
She suddenly realized that there was an abalone necklace around her neck, with a glowing orange gem on it. The gem was, oddly enough, shaped like her cutie mark. It was a skull.
Discord laughed and sat up. "Welcome to the family... Gluttony..."
D.B suddenly blushed very deeply and started to get very... Aroused...
Discord smirked. "But you... Can't... Win... This... Fight..." He sung.
(Elsewhere)
As Rainbow Dash sat on a cloud, looking out over Ponyville, all she felt was boredom.
"Ugh... Why can't something exciting happen already?" She groaned.
That was when she heard the scream. It wasn't any scream either.
It sounded like Twilight.
Rainbow jumped to her hooves, and took off towards where she heard her friend. "Don't worry Twi! I'm coming!" She shouted.
She landed on the ground, and looked around. Twilight, wherever she was, screamed again.
Rainbow Dash galloped down an alleyway. "Hang on, egghead! I'm coming!" She shouted again.
"Not yet... But you will be..." Said a disturbing voice.
Then everything went black.
(Edge of the Everfree, near Fluttershy's cottage)
As Dark Tendencies waited for his next victim to return home, he played with his dagger.
He'd always loved the present that his parents had gotten him for his 3rd birthday.
Of course, his parents were gone because of that gift. Hey! How was he supposed to know that pushing a knife into somepony would kill them? He was only three!
The black pegasus grunted. "Maybe I could pass the time by having a little fun with her animals..."
"I'd rather you didn't." Said a voice in response.
Dark turned, yet wasn't suprised when he saw the spirit of Chaos, Discord.
The pegasus rolled his eyes. "Ugh... What do you want?" He said rudely.
The draconequus faked a tear. "You don't have to be so rude!" He said dramatically.
Dark rolled his eyes again. "I'm not gonna play your games, Discord. What. Do. You. Want?!" He snapped.
Discord offered his lions paw. "Take my paw, and I'll show you." He said, giving a sudden greasy smile.
Dark raised a brow. "Why should I trust you? All you've ever done to us ponies is be deceitful and cruel."
"Cruel?" Discord smirked. "You sir, have no right, to talk about being cruel."
Dark shrugged. "What can I say? I'm a stone-cold killer. If I do take your paw, what's in it for me?" He asked.
Discord thought about that, then grinned. "A body count."
Dark suddenly warmed up to the chaotic god. "Discord? Into murder? I didn't know you had it in you, Rehab!" Dark said, grinning a little.
Discord didn't seem amused at the remark.
Dark started to get uncomfortable. "So uhhh... Are we g-"
Dark stopped midsentence, for Discord had frozen him in place.
Discord pulled a necklace out of nowhere. It wasn't an ordinary necklace either. The metal was bluish white, and was steaming like dry ice.
"Murder time, Fun time!" Discord said, and wrapped the necklace around Dark's neck.
Discord stepped back a little, and watched the black dagger-shaped gem begin to glow with power.
Dark's quiet, threatening voice could be heard. "Playtime is over... Time to step it up..."
The pegasus then dashed off into the Everfree Forest.
(Ponyville Park)
As Shade Shadow lounged in a tree, he thought about all the things he could have done today, but was just to lazy to do with or without help.
Then something occured to him.
'How the buck did I get up in this tree?' The earth pony asked himself.
(Later)
Shadow only woke up when he slammed into the ground.
He gasped as the wind was ripped from his lungs, and something was wrapped around his neck.
The earth pony struggled to get his air back, and waited for the blur in his vision to settle.
He struggled to his feet. "What the hay! Who the buck dares to wake me?" He growled.
He eyes focused on a draconequus dressed as a lumberpony, with an axe draped over his shoulders.
Shadow rolled his eyes. "Oh. Discord. It's just you."
Discord's eyes twinkled. "Hello Slo- Err... Shadow!" Said the draq.
Shadow brushed himself off, then noticed the collar. It was made of bronze, with a gem that looked like his cutie mark mounted on it. It began to glow, and suddenly, Shadow felt pain. Intense, seething, white-hot pain.
Shadow fell to the ground, and began writhing in agony. "Wh-what are you doing to me?!"
Discord laughed. "Setting you free..." He said.
Shadow was in too much pain to hear him.
(Outskirts of Ponyville)
Staniel was tired of being run out of towns. Seriously! Did these ponies even know who he is? He was amazing! He was incredible! He was... Well... Staniel!
'Whatever...' He thought. 'Maybe this new town will hold better results'
"Indeed it will." Said a voice behind him.
Staniel whipped around, prepared to fight, but lost concentration when he actually saw the... Thing he was up against.
"What the-?" Staniel was interupted by the creature.
"A draconequus. It's rude to mention one's strange appearance!" The creature scolded.
Staniel was suddenly uncomfortable. "Uhhh... Sorry?" He said unsurely, because it sounded as if the thing was being sarcastic.
The creature extended a paw to him. "Discord! Master of Chaos, and/or Disharmony, at you're service!" He said.
"Uhh... Staniel... Staniel the Unicorn..." He said, shaking Discord's paw.
"Tell me, Stan... Do you still have the mirror you're mother gave you long ago?"
Staniel tensed. "How did you..."
Discord rolled his eyes. "Please! I'm a god. I know everything... See everything... Hear everything." He said.
Staniel reluctantly used his magic to bring out the fractured mirror from his saddlebag.
Discord grinned. "Perfect. Let me fix that for you..."
"You can't." Staniel said suddenly.
Discord rolled his eyes at Staniel's ignorance. "You may have tried every spell you know, but I am a god!" Discord said, snapping his fingers.
Staniel watched in amazement as the mirror began to fix and seal itself. Pieces that Staniel had thought were lost forever appeared and popped into place.
As the hoof-held mirror finally finished fixing itself, Staniel shed a few tears and hugged it. He looked up at the draq. "Th-thank you..." He said.
Discord smiled. "Take a look." He suggested.
Staniel looked into the mirror, and noticed a platinum necklace hanging around his neck. The gem that hung in the center took his breath away though. An Amethyst, shaped into what looked like a falling star, which, also happened to be what his cutie mark was.
Discord grinned. "Welcome to the pride, Pride!" He said, and snapped his fingers.
Stan then felt pain.
(Canterlot Castle)
Princess Celestia felt a shudder run through her body.
Her sister suddenly burst through the door to the throne room. "Sister! Did thou feel it?!" She shouted.
The princess of the sun gave a shaky sigh. "We must get to Ponyville right away." She said, standing up.
"But... Canterlot will-" Luna tried to say.
"Will not be Discord's focus. He will target Twilight and her friends first, and try to eliminate the Elements of Harmony so he cannot be stopped." Celestia said.
Luna sighed. "We suppose that is correct..." She said.
Celestia turned to her assistant. "Contact Princess Cadance and Shining Armour. Tell them to relocate to Ponyville immediately. Tell them that Princess Twilight is in great danger." She ordered.
Her assistant nodded and scrambled away.
"Shall we get going, 'Tia?" Luna asked.
Celestia nodded. "We shall."