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// The Deffinition of Insanity 
// Story: Spike: The Unwilling God of Chaos 
// by Silver Butcher 
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Twilight was rubbing her eyes, still temporarily blinded by Havok's flash of light, she heard her friends talking to her softly and tried to tell them she was fine, only for her own voice to come out as calm and monotone, "I am fine," She said with no emotion in her voice, Twilight opened her burning eyes and found herself looking at grey hooves against a dirt road. "What is this?" She demanded calmly as she looked toward her friends and froze, all five of her friends were different shades of gray, their manes were now bob-cuts, and they were staring blankly at her with the same expression that Maud always had on her face.
"Twilight," One of them said in a calm voice "What have you done, my wings, they have vanished,"  The one that Twilight figured was probably Rainbow motioned slowly to her back "This is very not cool if I do say so myself. And I do say that exact thing," Rainbow held her own head without any change in her expression "Why do I sound so stupid?"
"Havok said he was taking all of his Chaos with him," One of the other ponies said to Rainbow in an emotionless tone "I am guessing that things like emotion and color were considered to be Chaotic and hence force removed from ponyville," The Pony shook her head before adding " Could someone explain to me the entomology of hence force? I do not recall the meaning of that word and my voice seems to no longer be fully mine to control," the pony blinked "entomology?" She questioned blandly as she rubbed her head.
"Well, at the very least this prank will be an easy one to end, Twilight... whichever one of us she might be, just has to beg Havok to return," The one who spoke looked around for a moment, the rest of the group has spread out to get a good look at the Chaos Free Ponyville, one of them let out a low humming noise.
"Is this still Ponyville?" One of the five identical mares questioned as she looked out at the perfectly symmetrical city, each building was the exact same shape and size, and multiple shades of brown lit up the wooden structures, not a smidgen of pain or personality could be seen as the inhabitants had taken to the streets in confusion.
"Oh no," One of them said with no air of urgency to their voice "The Apple field," The one who spoke began walking casually forward and one of the others looked around.
"Was that Applejack?" They questioned, "Better question which one of us is which?"
"We need to fix this," One of them said calmly as they turned to the Castle, now consisting of a blocky shape with identical towers on either side. "I am confident I can find a workaround to this,"
"If you are Twilight then you just have to beg Havok to come back," One of them said as they stepped forward "Um, Hello I am Fluttershy and...I just realized I do not know if my home is inside of the Ponyville border and am now very concerned for Discord well being," Fluttershy turned tail and began calmly walking away before turning back "Havok I will beg you to return, does that count?" After a moment of no response Fluttershy simply shook her head as one of her friends gave chase to Applejack, who it was, was uncertain but she felt confident it was Rainbow Dash as the others began speaking to one another.
"Are Parties Chaos?" Pinkie demanded as she looked at her blank flank, devoid of even a replacement cutie mark like Starlight's Equal sign. "How could I exist without parties, how could you do this to me, Spike!?" Pinkie frowned before looking around "Or Havok? I should ask which one he prefe-" Pinkie stopped mid-sentence "Gingerbread!" She called out in a calm voice before running off to search for her Chaotic Cookie in the world now void of Chaos.
"Do you think that large rectangular building in the School of Friendship?" Rarity pondered as she looked out over the Ponyvillle skyline, Rarity looked over to her friends and found that she and one other were the only ones remaining and that one remaining was already on a B-line towards the castle "Alright, guess I'll babysit Twilight," Rarity followed her friend, who was fumbling at the door as she tried to open the bulky object while dealing with her new lack of magic. Upon arriving they just managed to squeeze inside before the door started closing "Alright we just need to find the Library," Twilight said calmly "See if Havok missed anything, one tiny imperfection should be enough to find a way to break this charm, We got this...Whoever you are," Twilight and Rarity split up, Twilight trying her luck going up a set of stairs she was confident hadn't existed before, while Rarity tried to figure out which of the many copy-and-paste doors would lead her to the library, if it even still existed. 



Celestia sat in her throne room alone, Having Sent Blueblood off with Bon Bon to set up shop in Ponyville Celestia had planned to spend the day consoling over the new Problems Luna had brought to the table, but was now on a different kind of high alert as she Waited for Spitfire to return to her with the news. Her wait was short-lived as the leader of the Wonderbolts flew into the room through a hidden opening in the ceiling.
"I can confirm Havok and his five followers are all just kind of standing around the Waterfalls, what's more Blueblood has sent word that all of Ponyville has been encased in some kind of magic barrier, no one can enter or even see inside.
Celestia said nothing and instead took a deep breath "Return to your academy, people will start to talk if the 'neutral' captain of the Wonderbolts is seen talking to me during a faction war," Spitfire saluted and exited the same way she had entered as Celestia lit her horn.
Upon arriving at the Falls she found it was entirely empty save for Havok and his friends, who were simply standing in wait for something.
"What is it this time?" She demanded of them "Did Luna ask you to turn the Water in Canterlot into Jelly or something,"
"That's worse than the Mime thing," Vile shot back to her.
"Dude that was your idea," Storm said as she gave him the stink eye.
"You're the one who voted for it to enter the primary," Vile shot back
"Next time we do a curse prank we're doing something cool," Rot said with determination "like turning everypony in Equestria into Dogs or something,"
"Eh," Rust, Shade, and Havok all replied in unison.
"Ok, not that but you get what I mean," Rot said angrily.
"Why!" Celestia called out in the Royal Canterlot voice, causing all of Team Chaos to Falter for a second "Are you Here!?"
"Oh this is just the best view in the house, and my doppelganger, bless his empty husk, threw a few presents for me before he blew himself up," Before Celestia could question that statement Havok saw the glitter of a gem and called it out "Rot, Honesty at 6 O'clock," Rot jumped at the call out and shot up into the air as the gem flew high over head. Upon landing she turned to Havok and proudly showed off the Element of Honesty,"  Havok immediately held up his hand and easily swatted off the Attack Celestia fired at Rot. "Sold, alright Rot it's all on you, go put that sucker somewhere Applejack would just hate, and don't forget to enchant it with our special surprise for when she manages to find it," Havok immediately pointed back as he felt another one growing close "Vile, Kindness at 8 Thirty," Vile flew into the air and grabbed the Element, he turned to show it to Havok only to Find Celestia flying in the air between them.
"You'd best drop that child," Celestia warned only to suddenly be enveloped in a giant fist as Havok turned his Chaos Form into a Fully grown Dragon and easily out size the Princess.
"Now now Princess," Havok warned "I do play a good game but I should warn you I only do that due to my kind-hearted nature, Threatening my Friends is a good way to earn my Wrath, and as Twilight is currently finding out first hand, I only lose for the sake of making sure everyone has a good time, I could easily play to win," Havok used is large tail to pick up his team as he spoke and positioned them towards the direction the Elements where coming in, "Storm, Shade both Loyalty and Generosity coming in from the east and the west," Storm easily flew up and grabbed the gem while Shade simply teleported it to her side. Havok pointed straight up once the two gems were caught and called out the next one.
"Rust, Laugher from the heavens," Rust bounced off of Havok and began running around in circles with a catcher's mitt as the Element of Laugher fell from the sky. Rust held out her mitted hoove and proceeded to miss by a Mile as it landed in the water, A Inky Tentacle pulled emerged and tossed it to Rust before falling apart in the waves.
"Everypony," Havok cheered as he strike a pose and pointed to the sky with Celestia "Scatter!!" All of Team Chaos cheered before exploding, leaving behind five copies of the Elements of Harmony, all emitting black and white negative energy. "Hey look at that, the Elements of Disharmony," Havok wiggled his fingers before chuckling "They don't do anything except look creepy," Havok shrunk back down to his smaller, but still taller than Spike, size and held up his hand, catching the broken Element of Magic as he did so.
"This," Havok said casually "This is what happens when you earn my Wrath," Havok tossed Celestia the broken Element and hummed a tune as he walked away "Oh, and don't worry about Ponyville, I just did what Twilight demanded and took away all the Chaos, I'll give it back when she apologizes, or within a few hours, Pure Harmony is quite the Insane asylum I'll tell you what," Havok popped out of existence and Celestia picked up the fracked Element of Magic, she could feel it crumbling in her hooves and quickly teleported back to her throne room to keep it safe until such time as she could find a way to repair and return it to Twilight.



Havok popped into Ponyville, and a small bubble of Chaos surrounded him so as to avoid him dying from the Normality in the air. "Gah," Havok complained as he looked out at the gray landscape, "I can feel myself dying just looking at this place," Havok began walking around. In doing so he spotted the man residents of Ponyville, all under the effects of Chaos Begon he couldn't for the life of him tell any of them apart by color or even gender.
None of them spoke as they moved with a uniformity mirroring ants, save for one who was, while they lacked an air of panic, them now following the orderly movements of the rest was all Havok needed to pin them as one of the mane 6.
"Gingerbread," The pony Havok now knew to be Pinkie called out in a tone he felt was somehow more Monotone than that of the voice of Maud Pie, "Can you hear me?" Pinkie's calm call-outs were met with nothing, as not even the ponies around her seemed to care or be able to break outside the confines of their slow-moving line to ask her why she was distressed.  "Can anyone hear me?"
"I'm sure they can hear you," Havok informed her as he picked one of them up. The Pony instantly stopped moving and upon being set down proceeded to flop onto their side and remain motionless as the entire line of Ponies all stopped as one and waited. "It just so happens I let you 6 keep a tiny bit of Chaos, you know the parts that make you an individual, frankly I can't tell any of these ponies apart, and I doubt even if you could it would matter much because they're all basically just one creature now, they are in perfect Harmony. Kind of like gears I suppose, so long as they all do their part things keep moving, but if one falls out of place, everything just kind of stops," Havok picked the pony back up and put them back in line. The Line immediately began moving again and he turned to Pinkie, who in turn grabbed his leg and began rythamaticly rocking side to side in what he figured was her attempt to violently shake him.
"Who cares, where's Gingerbread, and the Cake Twins, and the Parties, There can't be a Pinkie Pie in a world without Parties,"
"Oh relax," Havok said as he elongated his arms in order to grab Pinkie and get some distance from her "Since Gingerbread ,and children in general, Are all Chaotic by nature, I simply moved them to a little park I made just outside of Ponyville. They'll be fine, so long as Twilight doesn't take to long apologizing," Havok frowed at Pinkie "I suppose they do need some Adult supervision, and Gingerbeads probably just crying so..." Havok enveloped Pinkie in his Chaos Field and she popped back into her Pink self "...good luck with that," Havok dropped PInkie and instead of landing in Ponyville she found herself in a giant part with enough playground equipment to label it as a small town.
"Pinkie," Gingerbread cried out as she rushed over to her instantly "Look," Gingerbread proudly showed off a particularly smooth rock to Pinkie excitedly "I found it all on my own," Pinkie just let out a sigh of relief as she spotted the Cake twins laughing in a sandbox as a few older kids tried to keep the younger ones from going to crazy.
"That's fantastic," Pinkie congratulated Gingerbread "Hold on to it tightly now, you don't wanna lose it," Pinkie had Gingerbread follow her and Pinki took her place in the sandbox to keep the Twins and Gingerbread happy until Havok put Ponyville back into working Chaotic order.



Applejack moved as fast as she could, quickly realizing that her fastest speed now topped out at a brisk walk.
"Ug, this sucks," The Pony following her complained "Can't we pick up the speed,"
"Dash your moving as fast as I can move," Applejack shot back "You're more than welcome to just sit around and wait for Twilight to Apologise,"
"Even I can't take a nap that long,"  Rainbow noted as she and Applejack trotted down the road in sync, having made it outside of Ponyvilles outskirts after what felt like an hour of walking they found both Sweet apple acres. and a wall made of pure white magic. Applejack turned in horror to what had once been her family farm while Rainbow checked out the wall.
"It's gone," Applejack whispered in horror as she looked out at the massive empty space, not so much as a leaf could be seen. no house, no barn. it was just an empty field. "Havok," Applejack said calmly before grinding her teeth "Spike," She called out instead, earning herself an audience with the Dragon of Chaos
"Oh wow," Havok whistled as he looked out across the empty field "I guess agriculture is Chaos," Havok chuckled at the thought "That's weird," 
"Spike I swear to Celestia I-" Havok held up a Finger to Applejack.
"Applejack honestly, you know this won't stick, and you trying to threaten me will only make it worse, so just...I dunno Go make Twilight Applogize I guess," Havok walked away from the angry Apple mare before adding "Oh, and best hurry, should she find a way to break this Harmony bubble without apologizing, things are gonna get messy," Havok skipped over to Rainbow, who had her colorless hoof pressed against the Barrier.
"This seems kind of Chaotic," Rainbow pointed out to Havok as he approached her.
"Well yeah," Havok shot back "I can't do Harmony, technically speaking This is still Chaos, just a chaotic visualization of a world without Chaos, it's kind of a paradoxical nightmare if I'm honest," Rainbow poked at the Barrier a few more times before Havok materialized a brick wall in her path.
"Yeah you pop that and you'll erase Ponyville from existence," Havok warned merrily "No worries have an army of me keeping the outside secure, oh and Pinkie I guess, I tossed her outside with all the children, anyway allow me to give you an express trip back to where thoust came from," Havok snapped, and after nothing happened he snapped again, "Ug, this place is draining me dry," After a few more attempts Havok managed to send both Rainbow and Applejack back and followed them to the Castle lawn, Where he found three ponies instead of two.
"Flurryshy," Havok greeted "No worries I didn't include your home, I didn't wanna deal with Discord he was very excited about me showing off the importance of Chaos and wanted me to erase him for added effect," Havok shook his head "Was a little too far for my likings,"
"I thought you couldn't kill people," Fluttershy complained.
"Discord isn't people he's sentient Chaos," Havok rebutted "I can kill him all I want I just can't stop his soul from rematerializing itself into a new Discord in his old Chaos realm. Should really check that place out now that I think about it, oh well, bucket list and whatnot, anyway, I recommend you all meet up at the castle, Pinkies was going a little too insane so I tossed her back into reality." Havok Clapped and turned around with a wave "Have fun convincing Twilight to apologize, and Remember, If she breaks the charm I'll retaliate with an actual attack, not a prank," Havok continued waving as he walked away and exploded into colorless blocks.



Twilight made her way down the stairs breathing heavily, having found out the hard way the staircase was a simple one-way ticket to the top of the tower, where she had found a simple broom closet awaiting her devoid of anything of interest save for a note with the mocking picture of a butt on it.
"I'm going to strangle him," She decided as she collapsed at the bottom of the staircase.
"Oh welcome back Darling," Rarity greeted her friend, Twilight looked over and found the emotionless face of Rarity, who was sitting in a chair drinking a cup of Tea with Spike, who didn't acknowledge Twilight in the slightest. "I checked all fifteen rooms, and they were all empty broom closets with different notes in them, all rather crass I might add,"
"Strom thought it would be funny," Spike informed Rarity before eyeing Twilight "Ready to apologize?"
"Your.Not.Spike," Twilight said blankly "I know your mind games, Havok, it's not going to work,"
"What isn't?" Spike asked calmly "What isn't going to work? What the heck do I achieve in this if this was a bluff?" Spike waved her towards him in a motion for her to speak "What big evil scheme requires me to trick you into thinking I am who I say I am?" Twilight continued breathing heavily as the door to the castle opened and the trio from the yard made their way inside.
"The sky is grey," One of them said "The trees are gone, all the houses look the same, and everypony is just walking around in a unified line going in a circle around the town, How is this Harmony?"
"It's pure unfiltered Harmony," Spike said simply, "You think Lying is Chaos, so everypony should be Honest, Sadness is Chaos so there should only be Laughter, Greed is Chaos so Generosity should shine in all of their hearts, Hate is Chaos so everypony should be overflowing with Kindness, and Betrayal is Chaos, so Everypony should be overcome with Loyalty, And the Magic of Friendship will hold that Harmony together,"  Spike nodded 
"That's how it should be right? But Honesty can't exist if Lying doesn't, You can't be Filled with Laughter if you can't also be filled with Sadness, You can't be Generos if no one Greeds that with needs sharing, You can't be Kind if Hate doesn't exist, and what does Loyatly mean if no one ever betrays, and how can you have Magic in a world where nothing ever changes?" Spike shook his head "People do good things to defend against the bad things, but if nothing bad ever happens, why would anyone ever need to do anything? So here you are, Your perfect world of Harmony, where you are all as Important and worthless as every other creature here,"
"You can't just label individuality and being good as-" Twilight began only to be shot down instantly.
"I can and I did," Spike informed curtly "Apologise for treating me so badly and I'll undo my damage, Go on Twilight, do as your title says, make me your Friend, and accept me for who I am,"
Twilight bit her lip for a moment before doing her best to dodge the request "I beat Discord easily," Twilight declared
"OK?" Spike noted casually
"I've beaten every villain who's ever stood in my way, What makes all so high and mighty, what makes you think you're just so much better,"
"Because unlike all those clods I have the same advantages you do," Spike turned into a cloud of black smoke and turned into Havok so he could look down on Twilight "I have friends too, and unlike you, all of my friends will actually have my back in a fight, I dunno about Jackie, Rainbow, and Rarity, But I doubt Pinkie and Fluttershy are gonna have your back, kind of the folly of your elements if you think about it, don't work without the full set, should really consider finding a new way to work out your problems cause frankly I doubt you're fixing the element of Magic any time soon," 
Havok suddenly burst into laughter "Oh, and that reminds me, I broke your element, you know that thing you use to defeat your enemies, that's another good way I happen to stand out, what are you going to do? Maybe borrow the Crystal-hearts power and have it atomize me, send me to the nowhere space as you did with King Sombra,"
"If that's what it takes to take you out you better believe I will," Twilight stood her ground as the four present members of her friend group all stared at her while Havok in turn scowled at her.
"Twilight you need to stop," one of them said, Havok figured it was Probably Fluttershy "I understand you don't want to accept this but you're taking it rather far,"
Before Twilight could reply Havok slammed his feet to the ground "I know, you know who I am," Havok sneered at her "And the fact you just said that, even if you're angry, even if you're pretending I'm not me, you just said that to my face Twilight,"
"I..." Twilight's words were cut off as Havok reached out and pinched her mouth shut, removing it as he did so.
"No," Havok decided "No more talking, no more denying, your gonna shut up and listen, I am Spike and if you're upset about that go cry at Discord, I didn't agree to do this and I guess he thought it was funny, you don't believe me or Discord then go fucking have Applejack get a confession from the guy with Fluttershy at his side," Havok took a deep breath "I tried to be fair with this, figured seeing the world like this would at least make you realize that Chaos is just as important as Harmony, But it's clear to me that a light smack on the wrist isn't cutting it, and if you won't apologize then..."
Havok snapped his fingers and the five present members of the mane six were all returned to normal as Chaos was returned to Ponyville. Twilight just had enough time to discover that she had her mouth back before she and all her friends were tired together by a giant scaly black tendril and pulled out of the castle door.
"If you won't listen to reason, I'll make you listen to Insanity," Havok said calmly, his voice echoing all across Ponyville as the Black tendril turned and revealed to Twilight that it was, in fact, the end of Havok Tail. The God of Chaos was casually draped around her Castle. He was now almost as large as a mountain. He had forgone the more diagnostic look and now looked more like a Giant Serpent. His face was now long and sharp, the Spines on his head were now made of flames, and his wings were gone. 
He now had two sets of arms that were comically tiny compared to the rest of his body, He raised the 5 mares up to his Eye Level and got a good look at them before his eyes began glowing as he dropped his pallet shift and returned his scale and his flames to their Green and Purple. He waited until his entire body matched his original color scheme before speaking, his mouth no longer moving as he spoke "To my dear Friends, as of this moment I relieve you of your restrictions, use your powers as you see fit, Blanket all of Equestria in a cloud of Endless Chaos, and with this decree, I, Spike: The Unwilling God of Chaos, call forth the start of the Chaos Carnaval,"