//------------------------------// // Friendship is Chaos, Part 4 // Story: Reality Rewritten // by Khanathara //------------------------------// "What just happened?" Starlight asked speaking everyone's thoughts. "Well, I suspect that AK took an interest in Discord." A deep rumbling voice answered. They all turned to see Tirek standing there looking out in the direction the other two walked off in. "Hello, my name is Tirek." He said holding out one of his fore hooves for a hoof shake. "Ah, Discord said something about you when he got back yesterday." Opal said shaking his hoof. "Names Opalescence or Opal for short." "And how did he come to know a dragon?" questioned Tirek "He hatched my egg and more or less raised me." Opal said with a shrug. "Well since they've gone off already would you care to hang out? They'll probably be busy awhile." Tirek and the girls spent around an hour getting to know each other before they found Discord and Antijam. Antijam doing what Tirek called her usual, attempting to get someone who caught her attention into bed. In this case, Discord was her target. "So, I think we should get to... know each other a little better." Antijam stated, a lustful look on her face. "Maybe go back to my place, what do you think?" Discord being used to such proportions, usually at nightclubs or bars, didn't miss a beat in countering her offer with a mischievous glint in his eye. "Why ever would we do that when we can simply get to know each other here and now?" Antijam's face quickly turned from a tan yellow to red with a blush and found herself spluttering trying to say something. "I-I ... y-you h-here... now..." "Why of course. There's so much we don't know about each other. You'r a musician that works a day and a night job, but I know almost nothing about you." Discord said, Starlight knowing exactly where this was going as she had seen it plenty of times when they went out together. ">>What's your favorite color? What's your favorite food? Do you prefer classical or dub-step? How old are you? Do you like cake? Stallions or mares? And finally, do you spit or swallow?>>" Antijam's blush had mostly gone away when she realized what he was doing only to come back in full force with the last of his rapid fire questions. "I u-umm..." "What? Did I throw you off your game?" Discord asked with a smug shit eating grin plastered on to his face. "Call me impressed." Came Tirek's voice laced the laughter. "Not many are capable of throwing her off like that." "Impressed? Please." Scoffed a rather haughty voice. "It's just another way for him to drag his already besmirched reputation through the mud." Looking toward the voice they saw Chrysalis standing there, her green eyes boring into Discord with a glare that could turn a cockatrice into stone. "Well if it isn't miss wanna-be noble herself." Tirek said earning a glare from her as well. "I am simply here to inform my roommate that it is her turn to go grocery shopping, like she said she was going to do when she left the house earlier." Her withering gaze landing on Antijam who merely brushed it off. "Calm down Chryssie," She said with a roll of her eyes. "I haven't forgotten. I'm just having a little fun." "Fun? Just like last time you decided to have 'fun' and I had to get the groceries? Or maybe you mean the time before that?" Chrysalis said anger apparent in her voice. Discord and the others, aside from Tirek, decided to dip out as they could see that this was an ongoing argument and was likely to not end soon. "So who was that?" Questioned Opal. "That was Chrysalis, the pony in charge of decorations for the Summer Sun Celebration." Discord answered. "And what did she mean about your reputation?" Starlight asked. "She apparently heard of me before now and simply told me it was 'nothing good'. But other than that, I have no idea." The next couple days passed without much incident, aside from Discords occasional interaction with those in charge of the preparations. The night before the celebration at Fizzlepop's as her family was hosting a party that went til five thirty am, half an hour before the celebration so everyone could gather in city hall. *Yawn*"I know it's tradition to stay up all night, but couldn't I have at least taken a nap?" A very tired Opal asked. "I am technically *yawn* a baby after all." "Your just lazy." Fizzlepop answered her. "Yeah? You just have a crush on-hmmuf" Opal attempted to say before she had a nearby apple shoved into her mouth by Fizzlepop. "Seriously? He's not even near us cause he has to make sure that this all goes smoothly." She continued after removing the apple. "Shush, it's starting." Starlight said. The music started and up and the three of them cringed at Discord's choice of music. On the balcony sat the pony that they knew as Chrysalis who was trying to keep her anger at the music off her face, and at the crescendo of the music pulled the curtains to reveal the princess. Only for her to not be there. A gasp ran through the room as the sun outside continued to rise and as the light from the windows focused on the balcony and burst into a column flames. The alicorn revealed when the flames cleared was not the princess. He was at least a head taller than the princess with a golden ivory coat and flames for his mane and tail. However the most eye catching part were his own eyes, his sclera were a dark orange and his irises were a fiery golden yellow with slit pupils. "Well hello my little subjects." He said with a mix of smugness and anger. "It is good to see that the day is still worshiped properly." "Who are you? What have you done with the princess?" Starlight shouted jumping into the air and ready to charge. "Who am I? Who AM I? I AM THE SUN! I AM THE RIGHTFUL RULER OF THIS LAND! I AM THE RIGHTFUL RULER OF ALL THE WORLD! I AM DAYBREAKER!!" The alicorn yelled in anger, casting a spear of fire towards Starlight. "DIE FOR YOUR IMPUDENCE!!" Starlight dove out of the way, but was not fast enough and took the spear of fire to her right wing and crashed no top a table. "Now then, I have a capital to conquer." Daybreaker said disappearing in another column of flame more destructive then the one he arrived in. The balcony burning away, sent Chrysalis falling to the ground and Antijam dashing out of the musicians booth to catch her. Discord appeared out of nowhere to check on Starlight while Tirek went to check on Antijam and Chrysalis. "Aside from the obvious, are you ok Star?" Discord ask going over her with a medical diagnostic spell. "Aside from the obvious, I'm fine." She said getting off the broken table, the snark still in her voice. "Alright, let me see your wing." He said while using his magic to pull her wing out to see, making her wince in pain. "Ouch, seriously? Be gentle and get a medical license." Starlight whined. "I'll have you know that I know quite a few healing spells." Discord responded testily "Yeah that you had to learn from your test spells going awry." Opal interjected getting a light glare from Discord. "Would you all stop bickering." Chrysalis' voice cut in. "Some one needs to do something about Daybreaker and get the princess back." "Why thank you for volunteering Chrysalis, now lets go." Fizzlepop said taking off towards the door. "Wait, WHAT!" Chrysalis shouted as the others pushed her along. Thirty minuets later at the Berrytwist mansion "What are you doing Fizzlepop? I thought we were going after Daybreaker." Antijam asked only to go silent when she came out of her room dressed in full plate armor. "We are going after him, just not without being prepared first." She responded. "Hey, I have a better idea." Discord said. "How bout we go after the Elements of Harmony instead? You know, that why we actually have a chance against a fucking alicorn?" "Ok, good point. But you wanna explain how we're suppose to find them?" Starlight asked. "Really? They're in the old Everfree Castle." Discord said. "Ok and how do you know that?" Asked Antijam. "Books." Discord responded with a deadpan. "Alright then, lets go!" Opal said. "Oh no you don't, you'r staying here Opalescence." Discord said sternly with the others also having concerned looks on there faces. "Yes it is best that you stay here young one." Tirek told her gently. "Oh yeah, while you all run off to do something highly dangerous and deadly?" She said incredulously and crossing her arms. "Opal," Fizzlepop said getting her, along with everyone else, attention. "I am the second in command of the Royal Legion, Discord is the princesses personal student, Starlight is in the ranks to join one of the Bolts Regime, Tirek is one of the largest earth ponies I have ever seen, thanks to my training I can feel the untapped magic flowing off of Chrysalis, and Antijam has shown that she at least has incredible reflexes when she caught Chrysalis earlier. You might be a dragon and only a couple of years younger than us, but as you said earlier, you are a baby dragon. We are not going to let you put yourself into danger when we don't have to. Now lets go." Edge of The Everfree "Are we really going in there?" Questioned Chrysalis. "Well unless you would rather go fight Daybreaker directly. Yes, yes we are." Antijam said with an uneasy chuckle. "Well, lets get this over with then."