We decided that time was short and couldn't wait for a reply from the princess. Instead we would go to her, by train. Before we went to the train station I went back to the house and suited up. It was the first time I wore the military uniform replica that Rarity made me, it was more comfortable than the real ones I imagined. I didn't wear the field jacket though, it's a little to warm for that. We regrouped at Twilight's and headed for the train station and when we finally got there we ran into a little snag in the plan....the train was gone.
"Ah ah ah now what fun would it be it it was where it was supposed to be hmm?" The voice suddenly said. "No I want you, Twilight, to think of another way you can get to Canterlot." The voice went away again.
After a few minutes I think I knew the answer but when I looked at Twilight she had not come up with an answer yet. I wanted to ask the voice question well maybe two.
Hey! Discord!"
"Yes?" Well that answered one question. "Ah you must be Ezekiel. I've been watching you for awhile now. It was so heartwarming to see you sacrifice yourself for Fluttershy like that. I felt like I was going to cry....well if I could!"
"I see...can I just tell her the answer?"
"Hmm...no you cannot that would be cheating. You can however, give her three hints, no more than that. That would take the challenge away." Discord's voiced laughed before fading away again.
Well there's the second one out of the way. I waited a few more minutes to see if Twilight was going to get it, from the look of it...she hasn't yet. It was about 10 more minutes before she gave up, came up to me and asked to see if I really had the answer.
"Well of couse I do it's not very hard. It's actually kinda obvious."
"Oh really? Why don't you just tell me then?" She said in an aggravated tone.
"I can't....it's against the rules."
"Ugh fine. Then just give me some hints."
"Hmm....flying."
"How is flying going to help us!?"
I sighed "Just think about it and it will come to you."
For some reason it took a few seconds for her to get it when I thought I saw a light bulb appear above her head. She face hoofed. "Why didn't I think of it sooner?" She sighed. "Alright listen up everypony! We need to find a sky chariot!" I just shook my head and laughed.
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Things were getting weirder in Ponyville. There were floating buildings and upside-down tree and even this weird pony flying with one of those propeller hats. I've never seen her before. We split up in groups to make the search go faster. The groupings were like this: Me and Applejack were group one, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were group two and the remaining ponies were group three. Twilight organized the groups and I'm surprised that she didn't pair me with Fluttershy but maybe I needed to spend time with someone else for a change. It was awfully quiet between me and Applejack and apparently it was getting to her.
"So uh...Ezekiel how are you and Fluttershy doing?"
"Well that depends. Do you mean as a couple or seperate?"
"Both ah suppose."
"Well as a couple I think it's going alright. I mean we haven't reached the point where we're saying 'I love you' to eachother yet but other then that it's all good I believe." I thought for a moment stopping causing her to stop and look at me. "Oh yeah there is one thing."
"Is that so? Care to share?" She said rather curiously.
"I don't know..." I leaned in close to her and whispered. "It's a bit private but um....we..." I paused like something was wrong.
"What? I might be able ta help you know?"
I was still "face to face" to her. "We....we've done it.....alot." her face lit up like a bonfire soaked in gas.
"We....well ah d..don't think y..you guys have an..any problems then...." As she talked she was fraticly looking around trying to find something to distract her from what I just told her. I was laughing my ass of. "Wait....so yer just fooling' then?"
"Yep," I said in between laughs. "You should have seen your face!" She shook her head as her face returned to it natural color and started to walk again. I regained myself and followed. "Hey Applejack you alright?"
"Ah'm fine....it's just that ponies don't particularly joke about that sort of thing. It's pretty serious around here..."
"Hmm.....ok then I guess." It was silent for a few more minutes while we looked for a cart. Not a single sky chariot to be seen. As we continued our search I decided to break the Silence. "So AJ hows that farm life been treating you lately?"
"Just fine ah guess." She paused in thought. "Though this applebuck season is going to be a pain in the hind end."
"That is if we can get all of this sorted before then, right?"
"Right. Which I intend to do before to much longer."
"Same with everyone else it seems."
"And what about you? You don't seem so sure."
"Well I just don't know what to think."
"What do ya mean?"
"I just don't see what's bad about this...seems harmless, well except for the soap roads."
"Harmless?! Discord wants to take over Equestria and throw the whole land back into chaos!! And that hurts ponies!"
"Well it seems to me that if Equestria was originally chaotic, then the ponies are the ones to be afraid of. She stopped and looked at me weird. "What? What's wrong with alittle ChAoS?! to make things more interesting?"
She didn't say anything but looked concerned and continued walking
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We arrived in the market place and there were ponies running in panic, for some reason I felt like laughing. As we walked through the market we still couldn't find any sky chariots so I had the idea to make one, but that meant destroying a pony's food stand I told Applejack this plan and she refused to go along with it and suggested the we try to find a light hay wagon instead, I agreed that it would probably work out better.
"So AJ where would this light wagon be exactly?"
"Well last ah seen it, it was not far from her."
"Alright shall well get looking then?"
"Yeah how about you go that way and ah look over here?"
"Sounds good to me, meet back here in a few minutes?"
"Eeyup."
We went in our directions and started to look. After about 15 minutes of looking in my designated search area, I found what looked to be what she was talking about. It was a smaller hay wagon that looked light enough for the two pegasi that would be pulling it, and I think it had enough room for all of us as well. Just when I was going to head back to the meeting spot I heard voices coming out of nowhere.
"Poor Ezekiel...."
"What do you mean?"
"Clearly Applejack is making you do all of the work while she's relaxing where you last saw her."
I shrugged "And? What if she is?" I laughed. "I'm not going to wheel this back by myself."
"But don't you feel alittle bit used that she would do that to you?"
"Been through worse. I can take it." I shrugged again.
"It has to atleast have some effect on you right?"
"Hmm....not really."
"What if I told you...." I cut the voices off
"Alright cut the shit! I know what your trying to do and its not going to work."
"Sheesh. Fine, I guess you don't want to know what I was going to say about Fluttershy."
"Enough!! I know it's you Discord! Stop talking about my friends or I will RiP OuT yOuR ThRoAt!!"
There was silence for a few seconds. "Hmm...it looks like you have enough internal chaos to deal with....and my little show is causing it to show through, ha! Looks like my job just got alittle easier." he laughed and his voice faded away.
I began to walk back to where Applejack should be and felt a headache come on. "Yay....just in time to." I said rubbing my temples. "Counldn't this have happened at a better time?"
"There you are!" Applejack said as I looked at her rubbing the sides of my head. "Ah've been waitin....don't tell me..."
"Yep....the headaches are back."
"Well that just great! And we don't have the time fer Twi to make ya more medicine!"
"I know. I am very aware of the situation. But on a happier note I found the wagon."
"Ya did?! Where is it?"
"Follow me."
And we walked to the wagon. Applejack gave it the one over and gave it a green light. She began trying to wheel it back but I stopped her and told her I had a better idea and to cover her ears. Once she did I pulled out my revolver and shot a round in the air. Now we wait for the others.