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// Chapter Five: Awaken, the Ranger (Nathan) 
// Story: A Displaced Chaos 
// by Prince_Zodiac 
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Chapter Five: Awaken, the Ranger






He awoke with a cry of surprise, the nightmare of which he just came from scarring his mind.

But… why?

That dream hadn't been scary. It had just been two people, a brother and a sister, talking. He wasn't sure why, but the brother's voice scared him. And quite frankly, he didn't want to know why.

Groaning, he sat up, his head nearly scraping the ceiling. How long had he been asleep? He did wake up on occasion to stretch out his body or entertain himself in some way, but his so called, “naps,” only ever lasted fifty years. This time however, it felt like he hadn't moved for over a hundred years. His iron joints were stiff, and his steel limbs still felt asleep.

“Ugh, god damn,” he muttered under his breath. Decreasing his size, he stood up and stretched, trying to get the tension out his back. Then he realized that, since he was a robot, having tension in his back probably wasn't actually a thing, and so he stopped stretching.

He looked around the small chamber that he had slept in for the past thousand years. Well, it was small to him, but quite sizeable for anyone who entered. But not for him.

“Well, now what?” He never had anything to do when he awoke. A shame too. He supposed he would just go back to sleep, but the idea bored him. He wanted to go somewhere. Do something. Unfortunately, he wouldn't be going anywhere as long as his chamber stayed sealed up.

Back when he first created this place, he set it up so the entrance was sealed from both sides. It would only open once his help was needed.

“Great job past Nathan,” Nathan muttered to himself. “You lock yourself up for all eternity because nothing that requires your help ever happens anymore!”

Walking to the entrance, Nathan glared at the stone doorway that kept him trapped in here. He punched it, but the door stood like a wall made of titanium. Immovable, and impossible to get around.

With a sigh, he walked back to his so called bed and sat on the edge. His mind began to wander, soon reminiscing on the old days where he was once regaled as one of the greatest heroes of Equestria. Now though, he wasn't sure what the world thought of him.

Then his mind drifted towards his teammates. He was sadden, still hurting over the loss of his team. But it was for the better. They had been interfering too much with this world's destiny. Some things just needed to happen, and they had to accept that. Instead however, they turned on him, and now he was alone. Still though, there was one upside to their separation. Clenching his fist, Nathan thought back upon his old, “leader.”

“At least I'm free from that idiot's command.”