//------------------------------// // chapter 25: the prodigy and the return to harmony (or whatever that episode was called) part one // Story: Bamboozled again! // by Theboxcatgamr //------------------------------// A few weeks passed by and twilight got used to nightmare and me and scootaloo living with them and I taught nightmare a special lesson about emotions. And since she has some memories from Luna she is actually quite knowledgeable about equestria. I woke up and walked with scootaloo to school early because she said she was having a field-trip to canterlot (in case of nobles it's also cancer-lot) and I decided to give the whole chaperone thing a go "Bye scootaloo! I will see you at the station. Just try not to destroy tiara too badly!" She nodded and went into the school house as I traveled to the station. And played around with my armour a bit... "On! Off! On! Off! LIFE DEATH LIFE DEATH LIFEDEATHLIFEDEATHLIFE-" "hi!" The class stopped when they saw me clad in my armour. "...uh off?" The armour dissapeard and the class was amazed "Sorry bout that." "...Come on class let's go before we miss the train" We got on the train and the kids bombarded me with questions of which I answered the basics and nothing else. Tiara was even more afraid of me now. GOOD We arrived at the station and after two weeks of hiding it the truth finally came out to the public. "I'm a bit confused Noah. How did'ja get so close with Scootaloo?" "Well we are family." Apple bloom tilted her head "Uh Scootaloo you wanna tell them?" "ok. He's my dad!" Everything stopped and everyone looked at us. Hell i'm pretty sure the train stopped. A long silence followed "Uh look il try to explain when we get back from the trip because I am pretty sure this will take too long to say it here." The teacher nodded and went back to stating facts about canterlot and after that I zoned out. I snapped out of it when we approached a statue of something. The class had left and the statue smirked. I walked in front of the statue. I knew what was going to happen and I wanted to let him know my feelings and a bit of the future. "If at any point you wish to switch sides call me up! Also I assume you already know what's going to happen. So..." I stuffed the muffin I had in the statue's open mouth and as soon as it made contact it turned to stone. A sqwee-ing sound could be heard in the distance. "Enjoy my friend. You can also call me up when the chocolate rain starts." A large crack appeared on the statue. "Oh damm. Ease up dude. You won't be due for an hour at least!" It stopped. And he gave me a thumbs up not trying to hide it. "Bye now" I left and went back to the train then I spent the hour talking to the class about my armour and how I know nothing about it other then it looked cool. Eventually we returned to the school. And I went to the treehouse without scootaloo because she was going with her friends. I got back to the library "no time! We need to go to canterlot." "GOD DAMMIT I WAS JUST THERE!" "let's go then. If it's what I think it is we need to go now" "Screw it I will see you at the station." I walked ALL the way back to the station waiting for them to arrive. And eventually the rest of the mane six arrived "Where is nightmare?" "she stayed behind. Said she wasn't ready for Luna yet" "You know what? Screw the train." "but we have no time!" "hum?-oh right" He threw down a shadow portal and we all entered, some more hesitantly then others. "Ok let's go" Me and Clyde made our armour appear and our weapons as well They talked to the princesses and I kept a look out for discord when suddenly- "-but that doesn't make any sense!" "sense? What fun is there in making sense?" "OH HE SAID THE THING! NOW THINGS ARE HAPPENING!" "Did you miss me, Celestia? I missed you. It's quite lonely being encased in stone, but you wouldn't know that, would you, because I don't turn ponies into stone." "Enough! What have you done with the Elements of Harmony?" "Oh, I just borrowed them for a teensy little while. " "you won't get away with this discord!" "Oh, I'd forgotten how grim you can be, Celestia. It's really quite boring." "Hey! Nopony insults the Princess!" She flew into a stained glass window that surprisingly didn't shatter on the impact. "Oh, you must be Rainbow Dash, famed for her loyalty, the Element of Harmony you represent." "That's right! I'll always be loyal to the Princess!" "We'll see about that." "I can't believe we're wasting our time talking to a tacky window." "The beautiful Rarity, representing the element of generosity, if I'm not mistaken?" "So you know who we are, big deal." "Oh, I know much more than that, honest Applejack." "what colour is Clyde's underwear? "trick question, he isn't wearing any" We all slowly turned towards Clyde. "...Clyde?" He hesitated and then nodded, twilight gave a heavy blush but shook it off "Ew..." "You seem to know our strengths too." She Changed the subject. "Yes, Twilight Sparkle, and yours is the most powerful and elusive element, magic. Fluttershy's is kindness and Pinkie Pie's is a personal favorite of mine - laughter." He and pinky chuckled "and then we have you... Terribly sorry but I never got a name" "I doubt that" "correct Noah! Give the boy a star!" Suddenly a star sticker appeared on my armour, it read: there was an attempt "Nice" "thanks for the muffin by the way. But what exactly is it you do?" "I have no fucking clue. I'm just the guy who says really dumb things to confuse people so I can do stuff" "oh I like you. Oh and thanks for the visit! It gets dreadfully boring without some company you know." "No problem man." " Stop stalling, Discord! What have you done with the Elements of Harmony?" "Oh, so boring, Celestia. Really? Fine, I'll tell you, but I'll only tell you my way. To retrieve your missing Elements, just make sense of this change of events. Twists and turns are my master plan. Then find the Elements back where you began" "...Can we go home now?" "What do you reckon he meant? Twists and turns and ending back where we started?" "Twists and turns... twists and turns... twists and turns! That's it! I bet Discord hid the Elements in the palace labyrinth!" "Good luck, my little ponies. The fate of Equestria is in your hooves." "Aw." "that includes you guardian" "Nice" "no it doesn't. That would be cheating." "Eh it's not cheating. More like a bonus or something." He thought on it then gave a big toothy grin. "ok then but if you go with them..." Suddenly my and Clyde's armour dissapeard "...then you will follow the rules as well so no magic." I made my armour appear and Clyde did also. "Who said it was magic?" "ooh this will be so much fun...but now the elements arnt the only things you need to find. If you brought an extra then so will i! They will be in the maze and you must find them as well!" He dropped three photos of three different ponys...the crusaders. No more fucking around. "I wonder how I'll look in black and white? Eh whatever" Discord stopped and turned towards me as I smiled...menicingly "Let the games begin...friend"