//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Revelations: Discords Ascension // by Thunder Chaser //------------------------------// The marketplace was busy as usual, as it was a monday afternoon in Ponyville. Unlike most days however, very few ponies were focused on their work or shopping and instead had their eyes turned to a large stage at the front where Trixie was performing. Applejack scoffed loudly and said "Come on guys, lets see what this con artist is pulling now" guffawing "Yeah, ill bet shes pulling rabbits out of hats now" Rainbow Dash said laughing. The 6 friends trotted towards the center and saw Trixie, performing some strange new trick. All that was on stage with her was a single vessel of water. She began pouring some into a clear glass of water and said in her trademark pretentious whine"Now, the great and powerful Trixie will do the impossible!" Applejack scoffed, waiting for Trixie to pull of some corny trick. What she saw than amazed her and all of her friends. With one wave of Trixies hoof, the water became chocalate milk! The audience cheered, never having seen prestedigitation. Twilight looked around nervously. Last time they crossed paths, it was affirmed that Twilight was the superior sorceress. Now, it had appeared that Trixie had mastered prestedigitation. The last time Twilight tried that, she created some nauseatingly, unearthly awful rat-horse hybrids. But beyond her inferiority complex, the chocalate milk itself, and the energy she projected on stage made Twilight nervous. It reminded her of some previous terror, but what? While the rest of the gang walked home, talking about Trixies great tricks, it seemd as though Twilight was the least humble this time. "Well you saw it didnt you Twilight, she turned water into Chocalate Milk!" Rainbow Dash said excitedly "Well that could be any illusion guys" Twilight said defensively "Aww, look Sugarcubes, dont get jealous now. Not only are you the beter sorceress, your our best friend!"Applejack said, patting Twilights back. "Thanks Applejack"Twilight said smiling. The group trotted in silence home for a few minutes. "It was so awesome when Trixie had that guy in the audience, OW!" she said after having her foot stomped on by Applejack. Twilight payed little mind, trying not to become jealous Trixie and raced home, wanting answers. She knocked oen the door with such a thud, it nearly awoke Spike from his slumber as she manically looked through her books. Transforming an object into another object was something that only gods knew how to do, people like Celestia, Luna or...Discord? All of these possibilities were ridiculous to Twilight who chuckled a bit, climbing into her bed. "Trixies just a hack trying to make a few bits by pulling off some illusions, shes not connected to any divine energy." she reassured herself, quickly falling asleep. Trixie cleaned herself up and hopped into her carriage, heading for the Everfree Forest. After making it 5 miles in, she signaled he cabbie to "stop" and stepped out, wandering off into the trees. She stripped off her hat and began dancing a wild dance of pent up energy, her salacious dance amongst the trees finally making an image appear projected onto the stone. There he was, Discord, his image projected onto the boulder. "Did you thrill them today" asked Discord seriously "Yes your excellency, I did!"Trixie said proudly "Good, Good!, maybe soon I can get unstuck from this stone and become free sometime in the next F**** century!" "Of course master, I know what to do tommorow" "See to it." Discord said before flickering out. Twilight awoke from a fitful sleep, all she could dream about her red eyed white horses screaming ad whinnying about world destruction, nightmares where all was in suffering around her. Twilight shuddered from the vague rememberances and left the library early simlpy yelling "Theres a roll for you in the fridge spike!" "Sweet!" yelled Spike enthused. While everyone else was off doing something alone, Twilight decided to head to Trixes show again. This time it appeared she was growing carrots from seeds to tubers in 10 seconds flat, another impressive trick. Suddenly Scootaloo, who had been in the audience with the rest of the crusaders collapsed to the ground in a horrible mess. While everyone else was crowding around the dead pony, crying around her still body and hanging tongue, Trixie simply said "leave everything to me!" trotting over and raising her horn and casting a blue light downward. Scootaloo arose coughing before saying "Thank you Trixie!" and running off with her friends. Trixie bowed genflectivly and the crowd cheered deafeningly. She yelled out to the crowd. If you ever want to be free of disease, fear and obtain true glory come to the order of the Red Goat meeting next wednesday. The crowd cheered before bowing before this mysterious figure, who was this unicorn who could seemingly cure death and defy physics. "Why Trixie, you must be on almost equal par with Celestia!" a rather stupid colt said. Twilight looked shockingly on as the wholo crowd tolerated and seemingly agreed with his blasphemy. What came next was a true shock though. "Almost as equal to, why im greater than Celestia!" Trixies said in a terrible sneer. The crowd cheered even wilder than before and carried her on it's shoulders off somewhere leving only Twilight behind. If there was one thing Twilight learned, it was too never underestimate the power of a good show.She trotted home, disgusted by this new fad. Surely it wouldnt all last, the towns gratitude for saving one of its favorite daughters could only go so far.Yet, she couldent shake the feeling that this was the beginning of something far, far worse. She ran frantically inside, the stress killing her and ran into the restroom. The very fear taking over her body, irrational and unfounded it was was still filling her with nauseating stress. The vomit came exploding out of her body, her disgust with Trixies pretention splattered about the walls of the toilet bowl. She wiped her mouth and rinsed out her oral cavity, saying "Now its time to hit the books" looking for books on the powers of Celestia.