Adam was a seething mess. Here was the creature responsible for all the shit that happened to him, and he was joking like nothing is wrong.
He felt a twisted pleasure seeing the smirk on Discord's face slowly fade as every fork, knife, and the odd spoon hovered and pointed at his direction. Something surged inside him, trying desperately to get out. It was like a building pressure at the base of his forehead.
"Oh my," said Discord. "Well Celestia, you sure know how to pick them. I think I'll be on my way then…" He snapped his fingers and smirked again as he waved Adam goodbye.
A smirk that faded just as quick as the first one when he realized that he was still there.
Discord snapped his fingers again and again but to no avail. Something was blocking his power.
Luna was the first one to notice. Outside the window the sky and everything else had a green hue to it. Luna looked at Celestia, the two shared a worried glance as both princesses tried to access their own magic.
They both failed.
"Dear sister, is that what we think it is?" asked Luna, her voice wavering slightly and her eyes widened ever so slightly.
"I believe it is, Luna." Celestia took another glance towards the outside. "A magic nullifying dome…"
And it wasn't just a simple run-of-the-mill magic nullifying dome. It was a powerful enchantment that encased the entire castle inside a green dome. Nothing inside it can cast any type of magic except for the caster himself, and the only conceivable way to dispel it is either forcing the caster to do it, or end him. The latter was not an option, not for Celestia.
"Adam," Celestia said quietly, slowly inching closer to Adam, who had his eyes fixed on Discord. "Adam… you must calm down. Please… put the knives down and dispel the dome."
But Adam didn't listen, his horn flared with intense magic and every levitated object trembled. Celestia recognized the telltale signs of a magical surge and looked at Discord with wide eyes while mouthing the word 'run'.
In an instant, the seat where Discord sat only moments ago was now ground zero as pieces of shredded wood exploded under the fierce attack of knives and forks.
Discord was mere inches from the initial attack before he picked himself up and bolted towards the exit.
He barely managed to dodge a knife as he stepped out from the dining hall and closed the door behind him. He released a sigh he didn't know he was holding and relaxed his posture, but as he did that, he heard distinctive thunk noise followed by a crack. He looked down as his eyes widened. Just between his legs, there was a lodged piece of a blade.
Discord decided that the best course of action was to run away while screaming like a little girl and flailing his arms.
A moment later, the door to the dining hall was tore off its hinges and out came Adam, screaming his own battle cry.
"Come back you fucking piece of shite!"
"I don't think that would be necessary!" Discord screamed back. He was already heaving for oxygen, clearly not in shape without his chaotic magic to assist him.
"Come here and face your punishment like a man!" Adam screamed. With each passing second, he hurled more utensils and various object at the draconequus. "I will have gay guys fuck your ass with expanding foam filled penises which will explode all of your internal arteries!"
"And how's that supposed to get me to stop!?" Discord blurted, now almost completely out of breath.
"Adam, you must stop this instance!" Adam heard Celestia bellow, her vocal sound amplified with the royal Canterlot voice. She, along with Luna, was behind Adam, running in an attempt to catch him.
"You stay out of this!" Adam retorted, unknowingly using a powerful kinetic blast that swept both princesses off their hooves.
Celestia felt dizzy for a few seconds before a gentle hoof helped her up. When her vision wasn't blurry anymore, she saw Luna looking worried towards the direction Adam was headed.
"We must find them," declared Luna. "There's no knowing what Adam can do in his rage-filled mind."
Celestia nodded and started running again along with her sister. On the outside she had a determined look on her face, but on the inside she was scared. Not for her safety or Luna's, but for Adam. He showed some distressing signs of mental instability, just like Lucid Dream explained when she talked to him a few days prior. Combining it with a magical surge, and he could cause some serious damage to somepony or even himself.
"Diiiisssscooooooord… come out, come out wherever you are…" hissed Adam.
The chase came to a hold when Adam lost Discord around the gardens. It was still early in the morning, but Adam was on full alert. Next to his head hovered a metal pole from a lamppost he found near the cobblestone road he was treading. He was vaguely aware of the green dome surrounding the castle, but he did not care. He heard a rustle of leaves from a bush nearby and a second later, said bush was mutilated by the pole. Apparently it was only a bird and luckily it got away before being pommeled to death.
"I'm not in the mood for hide-and-seek, Discord. Just show yourself and be done with it…"
Adam heard another rustle to his left. His smouldering eyes snap towards the source.
It was just a stray wind rustling some leaves. But as Adam inspected even further, he found out that the noise was actually from the bushes at the entrance to the hedge maze.
"Of course… it's always the maze…" Adam uttered as he skulked towards the entrance to the labyrinth.
Adam snuck through the maze with surprising silence. His steps were smooth and calculated, careful not to alert the target. His breath was also quiet and his ears attentive. His muscles were tense and ready for action should the need arises.
Adam was careful, quiet, and above all else, seething with rage.
And even with his ghost like antics, he still failed to notice two eyes looking at him from beyond the bushes.
Discord heaved a sigh of relief when Adam rounded a corner and disappeared behind it. It was rather ironic really, being chased into a maze that was once used in his sick game.
"My, my, how the tables have turned," Discord murmured to himself, reflecting on his current situation. Powerless, lost, and mildly scared. All these emotions were foreign to Discord. But among all the chaos, there was excitement. Discord had never felt so invigorated in his life. Being powerless and in real danger served as a wakeup call for the lord of chaos. He was no longer the all-powerful deity he thought he was, and he was bested by a human turned pony that he himself brought to this world.
But what can you do? Thinking ahead is not one of Discord's qualities.
A cold breath on his shoulder snapped Discord out of his thoughts and sent a lone chill down his spine. Something was behind him, breathing on him…leaning on his shoulder as death beckons.
"I see you…"
Celestia and Luna managed to reach the gardens after a long search in the castle. The trail of knifes and destruction had led them all the way to the outside.
"Where is this troublesome colt?" complained Luna. She was just as worried as her sister, but foals shouldn't be THAT hard to manage, right?
"I don't know sister, the trail ended outside. He could be anywhere around the castle," Celestia panted. She looked around with wide eyes, trying to find a clue to Adam's whereabouts. The magic nullifying dome was still going strong. Whatever magic Adam used did not seem to end any time soon. It rendered every unicorn's magic inside the radius useless, including Celestia and Luna. It also prevented pegasi from taking off, since their ability to fly also relied on magic.
For a moment, Celestia wished Shining Armor was still here in Canterlot, serving as her captain. He's an expert on defensive magic and counter spells. He could probably somehow dispel the dome from the outside.
No! She's Princess Celestia. The light of the day, the beacon of ponykind. She can do it without help, she could find Adam and help him all on her own, she could… she could… hear buzzing?
A quick glance in Luna's direction confirmed that Celestia was not imagining the sound, as seen by Luna's puzzled expression.
The two princesses followed the sound all the way to the entrance to the hedge maze, but before they could even set hoof into the labyrinth, they were almost ran over when Discord shot past them.
"Discord, halt!" bellowed Luna.
Discord looked back but didn't stop.
"I don't feel like shaving princess, thank you very much!…"
The princesses' confused expression quickly turned into shock when Adam shot past them as well, riding a lawnmower with two rakes in his telekinetic grasp, clawing at the ground near Discord's feet.
"I said come back here!" Adam roared.
"No!" Discord shot back.
"If you don't stop right now I will tear off your arm, bitch slap you with it, shove it up your ass and then skin you, dry it out in the sun, and use it as a condom to fornicate with your mother while using your blood as lubricant!"
In an instant, the two vanished from the princesses' sight. The only indication of their existence was the sound of a lawnmower.
Celestia was the first one to snap out of her shock.
"Come Luna, we must catch them before something truly bad happens."
"I'm right behind you sister…"
And once more, the two sisters gave chase…
"Giving… up… yet?" panted Adam. He managed to corner Discord inside a work shed and was now glaring daggers at him, literally. He had daggers hovering above him as he scowled at the lord of chaos, who is now lying on his back against the wall.
"P-p-please… d-d-don't… I have a goldfish…"
"Joking… at a time like this… isn't really… in the best of your interests… wanker."
"A-adam please, let's talk…"
"Alright… let's talk… you have five minutes before I separate each of your mismatched organs and chop them to bits…"
Discord gulped but said nothing. Truth be told, he wasn't sure what to say himself.
"Four…" Adam warned.
That did that. "I was only trying to help!" Discord yelled.
"Help? Help!" Adam launched forward and glared harder at Discord. His teeth ground together and his eyes were ablaze. "Taking me without my consent to a completely different world and turning me into a bloody colt is what you call help?!"
"B-But just this morning you told yourself in the mirror that this world isn't so bad…"
"So you were spying on me too?! You're just digging your grave even deeper!"
Realizing his mistake, Discord hastily put his hands up in defence. "No, no, no… you got it all wrong. You suffered in your own world, whether you showed it or not, I merely thought that giving you a second chance might be a nice thing, I really am…"
"Can I go home?" Adam spat.
"Why? If this world is better, then why going back?"
Adam snorted. "Who said anything about going back? I just wanted to know if the possibility exists."
"It… does."
Adam's eyes returned to their normal green colour. The daggers also fell to the ground. But he still glared at Discord.
"I have another question. Why a colt?" he asked, more calmly this time but still rather peeved.
"That was for Celestia."
"Celestia? Why?"
"Look," Discord started, his tone shifted into a more serious one and for a moment, he wasn't afraid, "I'm the god of mischief and pranks, but I'm not evil. Sure, someponies may not appreciate my jokes but I've never done anything to harm any living creature. As for Celestia… I had to endure seeing her suffer through a fake mask… don't you get it? Why do you think she cares for you so much when you barely know each other? Why do you think she went out of her way to satisfy you? Why do you think Celestia, a princess with no husband, would care for you the way she is?"
Adam looked thoughtful for a moment. Squinting his eyes and thinking deeply. His muscles suddenly tensed and his eyes shot open in revelation.
"Because she wants a child…" he whispered.
"Exactly," Discord answered. "She truly cares for you, Adam. Even more so than your original mother. And that's says a lot considering the amount of time you spent with Celestia."
"That's still doesn't excuse what you did," Adam retorted, though he didn't sound so irked as before.
Discord sighed and met Adam's eyes. "I guess it doesn't… I'm sorry. I tried to do something good and I failed. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?"
Adam looked away from Discord. Something in the back of his mind was nagging him. It was more like a war, really. One part of him wanted to beat Discord to a bloody pulp for all the shit he made him go through. But another part of him understood Discord's intentions, if only slightly.
Finally reaching a decision, Adam took a hesitant step forward, and then another one. With each hoof he put in front of the other, he closed the gap between him and Discord. Until finally, he was face to face with the god of chaos.
"I forgive you…" Adam whispered, looking to the side, unable to meet Discord's eyes.
"You do? Oh thank yo-"
Discord couldn't finish his sentence though. Being punched in the face has a tendency of interrupting one's speech.
"And now, we're even." With that said, Adam left the work shed, leaving Discord more shocked than hurt.
Once outside, Adam was immediately tackled by a white mass of soft fur. A moment later, he was squeezed so hard he was certain he could hear some of his ribs pop.
"Adam, please tell me that you're okay." Adam heard Celestia murmur as she buried her muzzle in the colt's mane. He sighed and let her continue to vent out her worries before speaking up.
"Yes... I'm sorry if I made you worry."
"And what about Discord? Did you…"
"No, I didn’t kill him. He's in the work shed if you want to talk to him, he won't be leaving there on his own anyway."
"That's… comforting to hear, I suppose. But don't you think even for a moment that I'm just going to let it slide mister."
Adam looked down in shame, even though all he could see was a pristine white coat that felt she amazingly soft. He looked up again though when he felt something nuzzle his cheek. Celestia was smiling at him, relief evident in her eyes.
A moment later, he felt something brushing against his head. He managed to crane his neck just enough to see Luna beside Celestia, her wing brushed Adam's head quite soothingly. She looked relieved as well.
"Are you alright, little one?" Luna asked.
"I think I am," Adam replied. "I'm still rather pissed off, but I'm too weak to do anything about it now. My eyes are a little sore, and my horn burns like hell."
Adam felt Celestia tense around him as he was suddenly yanked to match her eye level. Celestia was looking intently in his eyes, seemingly looking for sign somewhere them. That sign came in the form of a sudden purple haze coming from the edges of Adam's eyes. The sclera of his eyes turned to a sickly green, and his pupils turned slitted and red.
"Adam, you must cease your magic at once, do you understand?!" Celestia said suddenly.
"What? What do you mean? I don't understand? Why… why is everything turning black?"
Adam felt his eyelids become heavier as whispers glowed inside his conscious. He knew something was wrong, but he didn't have the power to resist.
"Luna, we must do something!" Celestia shouted, she laid Adam on the grass and slowly prodded him with her hoof. "Don't fall asleep, Adam. Whatever you do, do NOT fall asleep."
Luna hurried to Adam's side and tried to conjure up some of her magic, but unfortunately for her, the nullifying dome was still in effect.
"There's nothing I can do Celestia. There's no way I could cast spells with the dome around us."
Celestia looked down upon the corrupted foal. She felt a jolt of pain in her heart. She had her suspicions, but she wasn't aware Adam used dark magic this entire time. And now, his body suffered a magic poisoning "Adam, please… can you hear me…"
Adam was barely clinging to consciousness, understanding that sleeping will somehow seal his fate. He nodded weakly in response and tried to open his eyes, but to no avail. Something soft pressed against his sides as he felt being cradled next to something soft a warm, a welcoming contrast to the cold he felt within.
"Adam, you must dispel the dome immediately, don't let the whispers prevail," said Luna soothingly. Seeing Adam slipping slowly into darkness in her sister's embrace filled her mind with the horrors of her past. She felt something within her cry in frustration at her own uselessness and she gritted her teeth together.
"I'm not letting him go without a fight," she growled, summoning every single bit of divine will she could muster. She focused solely on Adam and what would happen should she fail. She remembered her time as nightmare moon and she remembered facing against Sombra. These emotions spurred her forward.
At first, it was subtle. A small crack appeared along the surface of the dome, and then another one, and another one. Each crack started to spread and expand.
And then, another memory struck Luna. She remembered the night with Adam. She remembered what he told her about her night. She remembered how blissfully happy she was to hear someone talk to her night like Adam did. And just like that, her magic erupted as the dome shattered and then vanished. She focused all her will upon the colt in Celestia's embrace, using every ounce of divine power to cure the dying foal.
A swirling haze of blue and black exploded from Luna's horn, encasing herself, Celestia, and Adam inside a cool swirl of brilliant colours.
It was an advance form of Umbramancy, letting Luna purge Adam's mind of any foreign entities who sought freedom. Slowly but surely, the purple haze around Adam's eyes subsided until it was no more, and his eyes returned to their previous colour.
"Hmm… what's going on?" Adam murmured. Only vaguely aware that something mildly bad just happened. Luna let go of her power and the swirl of colors faded away, leaving the three in the gardens in perfect silence.
"It's okay Adam," whispered Celestia, nuzzling Adam on the cheek. "Just relax and have some sleep."
"But… y-you said n-no sleep…" Adam blurted out. All sense of reason and coherence had left him.
"It's okay now, sweetie," Celestia cooed.
"O-okay…" Adam murmured, finally surrendering to the sweet embrace of sleep. "Goodnight… mum…"
I like seeing how Discord owned up to his crime and confessed and got owned. It was extremely satisfying and it would have been even more so if he did it in front of the royal sisters. My only gripe is that Adam was too accepting of Discord's explanation. At the very least I wanted to see Celestia be all like: "Discord? You have sum 'splaining to do!"
HE DID IT! HE DID IT! He called Celestia mom!
Nice job with the chase from Adam and Discord^^
Can't wait to read the next chapter and see Celestias reaction to Adam called her mom for the first time^^
Oh its finally happening, and I'm glad Discord and him could work things up, now that they are even, I imagine Discord and him can be good friends, and Discord had a new found respect of the colt that best him on one afternoon…as well that he know own Celestia and Luna an explanation something like this can't be unnoticed by them he make him angry, really, really angry, and they are probably wonder why.
Also…is good that he finally accept his role and choose this world as Celestia son, I imagine she will be more than touch.
Oh I can only imagine her face when she hear those words.
P.S: He almost die, I think he need an explanation of what happen the promise of not doing again, and one little pat on the head and that will certainty will be punish enough
Hmm wonder what's going to happen next?
5030479 Actually it still might happen considering Celestia would want to know as to why Adam went off like that and was trying to kill Discord
5030507 Just because you forgive someone doesn't mean you want to be chums with them.
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Yeah but he also help him had a second chance and Discord is the only connection he has with who he really is…so, at least they can talk more freely
Well that was intense. I'm surprised Adam was able to use advance dark magic without any training. I really enjoyed the whole chase, especially all the swearing he said.
Nice Dishonored Rap reference.
My reaction to the ending:
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YAY! MOAR!
How do you kill Discord anyway?
5030638
You throw a house over his head
5030652 What about a bucket of water?
5030656
The is for the lord of chaos of the west
5030660 Hmm... I guess that would make more sense...
Wait... If we can kill him using a house- which would probably kill anyone- couldn't we just shoot him?
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yeah we could…but that wouldn't be very sport like would it?
5030669 That's right... That would be dishonorable...
Maybe that's why Adam went at him with knives. So that he would kill him honorably.
Discord should thank his lucky stars that Adam didn't summon and chase him with a combine tractor.
5030675 He should be thankful Adam did not summon your avatar picture
5030687 You mean have the train in my avatar chase him?
I need to remember some of them threats Adam used next time i'em mad at some one.
*hums* Oh I gotta brand new combine harvester
DIscord, you die now. Just kidding!
he said it! he said mom! celestia is gonna be freaking out!
I think i understand them both and it is really awesome how Celestia cared for him, and i like it how motherly she always is.
I don´t remember it, but did he told them about the Human thing? Or is Discord telling her the true? I always like it if everyone knows the true, i don´t care what happend afterwards that much, i just would like it if she knows the true.
And is Adam going to meet any important Pony from the show? I think you would make it a very funny meeting
I am sorry maybe you have answer it already, but i don´t remember it right, i can read it again tomorrow or in two days if i have enough time.
I can´t wait till they maybe have their own Mother and Son day, maybe they could visit Ponyville.
I certainly hope the next chapter doesn't take as long as this one, because I'm really liking this.
Madgod approves this chapter!
I told you Disty, doing things like this is partly why you were imprisoned!
oh come of it Sheo, its all good fun!
Ditsy, im the ruler of madness and even I can see this is was a dumb idea...
yes yes...it was dumb...but don't I deserve good guy points?
...ten....ONLY ten...
Woot! Chocolate rain time!
Cheese for everyone!
I would be incredibly indignant at being treated like a child, even after stopping three god-like beings, but this is not me- for I am me... I think.
Mind blown......FAYGO FOR EVERY ONE!!!!!!
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5030918 Discord never mentioned Adam being a human to the princesses, the only time Adam confessed being one is with his talk to Lucid Dream/Mind (can't remember her name). After that he kinda gave up trying to convince everyone that he's a human, partially because he's lazy and also because he knows it'll be useless.
Also, I plan to introduce Adam to the mane six but I haven't formed a solid idea yet.
when you find the time I look forward to your next chapter. I must ask if you can do another chapter like this one where Adam does surrender to the darkness in him it would make a very good story plot where he surrenders to his "Nightmare Moon" or "Sombra" and Celestia has to defeat it to save Adam? I think it would be a wonderful bonding situation for them but if you do make it at least 3 - 4 chapters to really build up the tension for the great release.
5031145 I planned this story to be a little light. No heavy stuff like darkness and black magic, but as you can clearly see, things escalated a bit in this chapter. I'm not against your idea, I might do it. Probably change some things here and there, I can't say for certain
5031166 cool I think it would be awesome but this is YOUR story what you decide is up to you I just thought it would be an interesting way for Celestia and Adam to bond.
Human-turned-colt seems a LITTLE OP this chapter, and I can't really imagine Discord begging for his life or a colt being able to cast a spell that nullifies the magic of three beings who have been around for over a thousand years, but otherwise, great chapter!
5030578 where?
...Ok now i dont know this line... :Luna purge Adam's mind of any foreign entities who sought freedom: what does this mean? i only understand half of it... Time for intense Thinking and if you ask why i dont want to use google... wikipadia has to big words for me
A cold breath on his shoulder as death beckons.
isnt it possible that he could ask to be a human again if discord can do it but still be in equestria
5031353 Adam used dark magic, dark magic is linked with the dead. if a dead spirit wanted out into the living world, it would be through dark magic. urbramancy counters this. it could be called "light" magic if you so chose to.
5031314 Anger tends to make a person stronger so I can see this being the case with his magic that he was so angry that his magic abilities went through the roof. But still a great chapter. That ending made me smile.
5031429 oh that makes it clearer so basicly if someone use some dark magic it has a chance to set a spirit free in the world? Necromany so baicly if i want to make a zombie all i have to do is guide a dead spirit into a dead body...
5031650 Almost. you can summon a spirit or you can use their power to fuel spells. If unchecked can allow them to come over to the living world.
5030673
Correct and now that the air is clear, they can start over again like good pals
5031672 Yay! Chaos!
*Suddenly starts singing*
Death to the monkeys!
5031424 yes
5031353 He was using dark magic. The only other pony in mlp to use dark magic was sombra. This means sombra is imprisoned in Adam.
this kinda reminds me of past sins a little bit not sure why though........wonder how adam would react to meeting nyx
i love this chapter never in any story has discord been in this situation before and i love it and by that i mean at someone else's mercy
stay classy
I found some errors so here it is'
Celestia felt the dizzy (dizzy)for a few seconds before a gentle hoof helped her up. When her vison(vision) stopped being (I would use "wasn't blurry anymore" )blurry, she saw Luna looking worried towards the direction Adam was headed.
P.S. There are more errors around there somewhere but this is what I could get to show you
5031166
and it doesn't even have to be Adam who 'falls'.
he could end up being a 'hero' and celly ends up with a mother's adrenalin surge to compensate. THAT would be a tweest.