It’s a nice day in the land of Equestria. Ponies were going about their day without any worries.
However, inside a single house in the chaos dimension, Discord, the Lord of Chaos, was suffering from sheer boredom.
“I’m sooooooo bored.” Discord groaned while lying on his couch. “There’s hardly any chaos in Equestria lately. Peace is overrated. What can I do to spice up the day?”
While thinking of ideas, Discord snapped his finger and materialized a TV monitor. With the TV, Discord saw what the ponies were up to. Twilight and Spike were babysitting Flurry Heart after Cadance and Shining Armor dropped her off at Twilight’s castle, Rainbow Dash was managing the weather, Fluttershy was caring for animals at her Animal Sanctuary, Pinkie Pie was baking sweets at Sugarcube Corner, Applejack was making apple treats at Sweet Apple Acres, Rarity was designing new dresses, Trixie was performing a magic act, Starlight was in her office at the School of Friendship counseling a student, and the CMCs were helping foals find their special talents.
Seeing nothing that interested him, he then decided to peek into the alternate world inhabited by the ponies’ human counterparts. He saw Sunset Shimmer and her six friends hanging out at the human Pinkie’s house and watching TV together. During a commercial break, a trailer for a video game was shown. In the trailer, a man was taking a casual jog while listening to music with his headphones. As he was jogging, he was completely oblivious to a group of goats causing all sorts of chaos and mayhem. After stepping on some poop, the jogger looked at his tainted shoe before turning around and seeing four goats staring at him. One of the goats charged at him and the trailer ended there.
After watching the trailer, Discord scratched his chin for a few seconds, and that’s when it hit him.
“I just got an idea. A very chaotic idea.” Discord chuckled while showing a devious grin.
He later appeared deep inside the Everfree Forest. He rubbed his hands for a short moment and snapped a finger, creating a giant puff of smoke in front of him. Once the smoke cleared, four goats came into view. The first has black fur, the second has white fur, the third has grey fur, and the fourth has brown fur.
“Alright then, my little friends. Go... Play... Have fun...” Discord said with a smile before vanishing.
The draconequus teleported back to his home in the chaos dimension. He sat on his couch and turned on his TV.
“Now... let’s see some chaos.” Discord watched with anticipation while materializing a bucket of popcorn in his hands.
Back in the Everfree Forest, the four goats were just staring off into space, apparently lost in deep contemplation. They were then snapped out of their trance when they heard growls coming from a pair of timberwolves.
The two wooden predators approached the goats slowly and menacingly, but the goats were not the least bit worried. One of the timberwolves lunged at the black goat, but the latter responded with a fast and powerful headbutt, sending the timberwolf flying into a tree. The force of the blow was enough to split the timberwolf into thousands of tiny pieces and knock down the tree. The second timberwolf then charged at the grey goat. The goat quickly turned around and kicked its attacker with both of its rear legs, launching the timberwolf high into the air and far into the distance.
The four goats proceeded with a stroll through the forest and the first thing they came across was a hut. The white goat headbutted the door, breaking it down.
Thirty minutes later...
The one who lives in the hut, a zebra named Zecora, had returned after collecting herbs. Upon her return, she noticed the broken door, causing her to be alarmed. After rushing into her home, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped when she saw the state of the interior. It was a complete and utter mess. The cauldron was knocked over and broken. All the bottles and jars were shattered, and the floor was completely covered in stains and shards. Zecora was so shocked that she could not bring herself to utter a single word.
The four goats continued with their stroll and eventually exited the forest. They soon arrived at the nearby town of Ponyville, and all the ponies living there had no idea how eventful their day was going to be. Once they entered the town, the four goats separated.
At the CMC’s Cutie Mark day camp, the blank flank foals were trying origami with Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo overseeing the activity. An earth pony filly just finished folding paper into the shape of a dragon.
“This one is good.” Sweetie Belle complimented.
“Thank you.” The filly replied with a happy smile.
A cutie mark than appeared on the filly’s flank. It resembles folding paper.
“Yes! I got my cutie mark!” The filly jumped up in joy.
“Congratulations! You’ve found your special talent!” Apple Bloom cheered.
“Baaaaaa...” The foals were suddenly interrupted by an unexpected visitor. It was the brown goat.
“Oh, hello there.” Scootaloo greeted the goat.
The goat then noticed the paper dragon.
“So... what are you doing here?” Scootaloo asked.
The goat quickly grabbed the paper dragon with its mouth and started chewing on it.
“Stop! That’s mine!” The filly began crying.
“Hey! That wasn’t nice!” Apple Bloom scolded the goat.
The brown goat dropped the paper art, but it was completely ruined.
“You’re disrupting our Cutie Mark day camp! Leave! Now!” Apple Bloom demanded.
The goat then snatched Apple Bloom’s bow by latching its tongue on it before running away at high speed.
“Hey! That’s my bow!” Apple Bloom shouted as she galloped after the goat.
Scootaloo’s scooter was unfortunately in the goat’s path. Thus, it broke when the goat trampled on it.
“Nooooooooooooooo...!!!! My scooter!!!!” Scootaloo cried out.
Elsewhere, Trixie was returning to her wagon. Just as she was about to enter, the brown goat ran straight through it with enough force to break the wagon in half.
Trixie’s eyes widened to the size of dinner plates and her mouth was left hanging open. Her cherished wagon was a wreck and all the props were scattered on the ground.
“Stop! Give me back my bow!” Apple Bloom was still chasing the goat.
“You’re going to pay for breaking my scooter!” Scootaloo was also after the goat.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” Trixie dramatically shouted.
At Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack headed towards the apple orchard to buck apple trees. When she arrived, she found many of the trees knocked down.
“What in tarnation?!” Applejack exclaimed.
She subsequently heard the sound of another tree getting knocked down and she swiftly went to investigate. Upon arriving at the scene, her eyes widened in shock when she witnessed the grey goat kicking down another apple tree.
“Hey, you varmint!!!” Applejack shouted at the goat. “You are ruining my family’s apple orchard!!! I want you to leave right now!!!”
The goat ignored Applejack and continued kicking down the apple trees. Frustrated, Applejack then grabbed the goat by the neck with her lasso.
“That’s it!!! I’m dragging you out of here myself!!!”
She attempted to pull the goat out of orchard. However, the goat took off at breakneck speed and dragged Applejack with it instead. The apple farmer was taken by surprise. While holding tightly onto her lasso with her teeth, she wondered how this creature could be so strong. The goat took a sharp turn, causing Applejack to crash into one of the apple trees.
Applejack groaned in pain for a short time, but she recovered. She shook her head after getting back on her hooves. She looked around, but there was no sight of the grey goat.
“Now where did that varmint run off to?” Applejack uttered as she searched for the goat.
Speaking of the grey goat, it went inside the Apple Family’s house. In the kitchen, it was eating any food it could find while breaking all the cups, bowls, and dishes. Winona continuously barked at the goat, but the latter did not pay any attention to the dog. Meanwhile, Granny Smith was sleeping peacefully on her rocking chair outside, completely unaware of the intruder in the house. After the goat finished ransacking the kitchen, it left the house and went to the nearby barn. Moments later, the barn collapsed, causing Granny Smith to finally wake up. The elderly mare’s eyes widened upon seeing the state of the barn.
At Carousel Boutique, an ear-piercing scream could be heard. Inside, all the cloth and fabric were spread out across the floor. The mannequins were in pieces and all the dresses Rarity made were torn to shreds. Rarity was lying on her tattered fainting couch, sobbing with Opalescence by her side.
“Why meeeeeee…WHYYYY?! Why? Whyyy?! Of all the worst things that could happen, this is THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!!!”
At Sugarcube Corner, the white goat was chewing and tearing apart toys belonging to Pound and Pumpkin Cake. As the twins cried, Pinkie angrily assaulted the goat with cake. The goat did not seem to care as it continued chewing the toys for several more minutes. After it’s done, it licked up all the cake covering its fur.
Pinkie wasn’t finished as she then blasted the goat with her party cannon at point-blank range. The goat was launched through a wall and was sent rolling on the ground outside. However, it got back up like nothing happened.
Inside Twilight’s castle, Flurry Heart was splattering mashed peas all over the dining hall.
“Seriously, why provide her mashed peas if she’s just going to make a mess with them?” Spike deadpanned while pointing to all the mashed peas covering the walls and floor.
“Come on, Spike. It’s not so bad.” Twilight replied, treating Flurry’s antics lightly.
“It’s a waste of food and it’s a big chore to clean up all of this.” Spike groaned in annoyance.
“Baaaaaaa...”
Twilight and Spike turned their attention towards the source of the noise and they were taken aback by what they saw next. The black goat was licking up all the mashed peas that Flurry Heart wasted.
“W-wha... w-where did you come from?” Twilight stammered.
Flurry Heart then flew towards the goat to greet it. In turn, the goat began licking her, making her giggle.
“So, what’s a goat doing here?” Spike wondered.
“Maybe, it’s lost. I should inform Fluttershy.” Twilight replied.
The goat then spotted Flurry’s favorite stuffed snail toy, referred to as Whammy. At blinking speed, the goat grabbed the Whammy with its mouth and began chewing on it. This made the baby alicorn upset, and she began wailing.
“Hey! Let that go!” Twilight then tried using her magic to pull the Whammy out of the goat’s mouth.
Unfortunately, this resulted in the Whammy being ripped in half. As Twilight and Spike reeled in shock, Flurry cried even louder.
“Baaaaaaa.” The black goat said before fleeing the scene.
“Spike, wait here with Flurry Heart. I have an uninvited guest to deal with.” After regaining her composure, Twilight went searching for the goat.
Spike then tried his best to calm the crying baby. While looking for the black goat, Twilight’s eyes widened as a terrible thought crossed her mind. She then teleported to the library, and she gasped in horror as her worst fear was realized. All the books in her library were torn and ripped apart. Seeing her precious books ruined made the princess fumed with anger.
As she was contemplating on what to do with the black goat after catching it, Mayor Mare suddenly rushed in.
“Princess Twilight! We have a huge problem!” Mayor Mare exclaimed.
After evading Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, the brown goat ended up outside of a café and was chewing on Diamond Tiara’s tiara in addition to Apple Bloom’s bow.
“Waaaaaaaah! My tiara!” Diamond Tiara wailed.
Filthy Rich then confronted the goat.
“Excuse me! That’s my daughter’s favorite tiara! Drop it right now!” Filthy Rich demanded.
In response, the goat headbutted him, sending him flying into the café.
“Daddy!” Diamond Tiara cried out.
“I’m okay!” Filthy Rich said before groaning in pain.
The brown goat spit out the tiara and the bow, and then looked around. Several bystanders were shocked by what the goat just did to Filthy Rich.
“Baaaaaaaaa...” The goat proceeded to headbutt another nearby pony, sending that pony flying a great distance.
The other ponies screamed as they ran to escape becoming the goat’s next target. Moving too fast, the goat headbutted many more ponies, starting a widespread panic. Luckily, it did not target any foals.
As the chaos started, Maud Pie was taking a walk with her pet rock, Boulder. During her stroll, she was confused by the numerous screaming ponies that were running past her, though she maintained her blank neutral facial expression.
“Baaaaaaaaaaa...”
Soon enough, Maud came face-to-face with the brown goat. Maud and the goat then looked into each other’s eyes as if they were having a staring contest. After a few minutes, the goat noticed a small rock sitting on top of Maud’s head.
The goat swiftly grabbed Boulder with its tongue and as it chewed on the small rock, Maud’s eyes started twitching. The mare then slugged the goat in the face with her right front hoof. As it dropped Boulder, the goat was sent flying across town.
Somewhere else in Ponyville, the grey goat was causing mayhem at the town market. Various ponies galloped for their lives as the goat was firing laser beams from its eyes, demolishing stalls and blowing produce to bits.
“Why is that goat attacking?! And how is it firing laser beams?!” Lyra screamed as she ran alongside Bon Bon.
“I don’t know! But I’m more worried about not getting blasted right now!” Bon Bon responded.
To stop the goat, Rainbow Dash placed a storm cloud directly above the creature and bucked the cloud hard, sending down a bolt of lightning. It successfully struck the goat, but it did not cry out in pain. It simply fell over without making any sounds and lied motionless on the ground.
The pegasus then flew down to check on the goat. When she was about to poke the creature with her hoof, it got back on its feet in a blink of an eye, catching Rainbow Dash off guard. Faster than she could react, the goat gave her a strong headbutt, knocking the wind out of her and sending her tumbling across the ground.
While Rainbow Dash was seeing stars over her head, the grey goat went on firing laser beams in random directions.
At the same time, the white goat was going around shooting firework rockets at houses and other buildings with a firework launcher attached to its back. Where it got such a contraption was anypony’s guess.
As Derpy was flying overhead, the goat shot a rocket at her. The rocket hit its mark and Derpy was sent crashing through the roof of a house.
“I’m okay!” Derpy shouted out.
The white goat then turned around to see Fluttershy glaring right into its eyes.
“Listen here! You are terrorizing innocent ponies and causing serious property damage! So, I’ll kindly ask you to STOP THIS INSTANT!!!” Fluttershy roared in the goat’s face before using the Stare.
The goat wasn’t fazed by Fluttershy’s angry eyes. It simply licked her face before dashing off. Fluttershy was stunned that her stare had no effect.
After leaving the Castle of Friendship, Twilight saw many screaming ponies running around and smoke coming from several places. Perplexed and concerned, the alicorn flew up high into the air to get a bird’s-eye view on the situation. What caught her eye was town hall getting leveled by laser beams.
As the town hall completely collapsed, she quickly flew there and encountered the perpetrator, the grey goat.
“What in Equestria are you?! And how are you able to fire laser beams from your eyes?!” Twilight confronted the goat.
“Baaaaaaa...” The goat responded by firing a laser beam at the alicorn.
Twilight protected herself by generating a barrier that blocked the goat’s beam. Rather than trying to attack the princess again, the grey goat aimed its laser beams at other buildings.
“Oh no you don’t!” Twilight then struck the goat with a freeze spell and immobilized it. “No more destruction for you. I’m going to have you locked up until I figure out on what to do with you.”
However, Discord was watching from the chaos dimension. He snapped a finger and the grey goat broke free from Twilight’s spell.
“Whaaaaaaaat?!” Twilight was shocked.
Before the alicorn could cast another spell, the grey goat zoomed away and disappeared from sight within a second. Twilight’s mouth was hanging open as this left her even more baffled.
Discord cackled while watching all the chaos Ponyville was experiencing. He then gazed into the School of Friendship, where the black goat was running amok.
While its fur was enveloped in electric sparks, the black goat was just aimlessly charging through walls, leaving large holes on them. The students panicked and scurried around to avoid the rampaging goat.
In a hallway, Yona stood in the goat’s path.
“Yona doesn’t like strange goat scaring Yona’s friends! So stop, or Yona will stop strange goat!” Yona threatened.
The goat then headbutted Yona at lightning-fast speed, launching her through a wall.
“Yona!” Her five friends quickly rushed to her side.
“Yona is okay!” Yona groaned as her body was twitching.
“That’s it! I’m putting a stop to this!” Smolder then tried taking matters into her own hands.
She attempted to stop the goat herself, but it knocked her out as it charged past her.
Starlight frantically ran around the school in pursuit of the goat until she finally caught up to it at the school library. Her eyes widened in terror as the black goat headbutted or kicked the book shelves, tables, and chairs. Books and pieces of wood were being scattered all over the place.
“STOP!!! THAT’S ENOUGH!!!” Starlight shouted at the goat.
The goat kicked a table towards her, and she narrowly dodged it. Infuriated, the unicorn fired a magic beam at the goat. Once the beam hit, the goat disappeared in a flash of light.
“Uh, Counselor Starlight. Did you just vaporize that creature?” Sandbar questioned.
“No, I only banished it from school grounds.” Starlight answered before looking at all the damage. “Now what am I going to tell Twilight?”
In Discord’s house, the Lord of Chaos was laughing hysterically, having been greatly amused by the goats’ antics.
“This is splendid! Absolutely splendid!” Discord exclaimed in joy before emptying his bucket of popcorn. “This is just the entertainment I’ve been hoping for! I can’t wait to see what else they can do! The possibilities are endless!”
Speaking of the four goats, they left Ponyville and each went on in different directions. Ponyville was only the beginning. There is more chaos yet to come.
Twenty minutes after the chaos in Ponyville ended, a unicorn mare arrived at the town. She had a faded green-colored coat, long two-toned brown hair, green eyes, and a ladybug with some leaves as her cutie mark. However, she isn’t actually a pony. It was Chrysalis in disguise. When she was passing by, she noticed that the town was in disarray and went to investigate.
While walking through the town, she was astonished to see all the wrecked buildings. As she wondered what manner of creature could be responsible, her attention was caught by the wailing of three certain florists.
“All of our flowers are ruined!” Lily exclaimed dramatically.
“This is a disaster! A horrible, horrible disaster!” Daisy added.
“The horror, the horror!” Roseluck screeched.
“Um. Pardon me, fellow ponies. What exactly happened here?” Chrysalis inquired.
“It was goats!” Lily answered.
“They look like goats, but they’re actually monsters! Terrible, terrible monsters!” Daisy chimed in.
“I see. That’s... interesting.” Chrysalis was intrigued.
After gathering as much information as she could, the disguised changeling took her leave.
“These creatures must be fierce to cause this much mayhem. I must seek them out. They might just be what I need to exact revenge on my enemies, especially Starlight Glimmer!” Chrysalis thought to herself as she left Ponyville.