The Draconequus’ Legions
Pinkie Pie smiled to herself. She was home. Of course she never really left. As soon as war broke out and sides were taken, Pinkie was quick to claim Ponyville for the Draconequus’ Legions. Not everyone shared her enthusiasm for Discord’s chaos, but those who didn’t had been long gone.
She was in a very good position within the legions. Being Discord’s favorite element helped, but also the fact that she was good at what she did.
She was a hunter. She would be assigned a target and she would find them. And if the mission required, end them. She had never failed a mission....except one.
She too had failed to bring Spell Bound back to Ponyville, back to his father. She felt herself getting angry at her friend’s stubbornness. Why couldn’t he just return? He was the son of chaos, it was in his blood so spread chaos and he should be here doing his duty.
She had managed to find him though. And lived through the encounter, which is more than most can say.
================================================
Spell was running through the rain. It was always raining where he was. For those who knew this fact it was easy to track him down. And that’s exactly what they had done. He had split up from his family as no one knew he was travelling with them yet.
It wasn’t so bad that someone was chasing him. By now he was used to it. What was distressing was that it was Pinkie Pie that was chasing after him. Of course Discord would send the element of laughter after his son to bring him home. He knew she’d stand the best chance as Spell wouldn’t be able to bring himself to kill her.
Running into a meadow he slid to a stop. From past experiences he knew he wouldn’t be able to out run Pinkie Pie. The only way out of this was to wound her enough so that she’d be unable to pursue him any farther, unless he could talk her out of chasing him.
“Come on out Pinkie. I know you’re there.” He called out sighing.
Pinkie emerged from the reeds of the meadow. This defied physics, but Spell took no mind of this. Much like Twilight, he had learned the hard way not to make scientific sense out of what she did.
“Hello Spelly. You gonna be a good boy and come back to your father?”
Spell shook his head sadly. “I’m afraid I can’t do that Pinks. I can’t side with anyone on this war.”
“WHY SPELL! WHY WON’T YOU COME BACK HOME!”
“Ponyville isn’t my home. Sweet Apple Acres is my home. With my Family is my home.”
“SO WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FROM YOUR FATHER?”
“BECAUSE HE LEFT ME!” Spell shouted back. “HE CAST ME THROUGH TIME. AND WHEN HE BROKE OUT LAST TIME HE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT ME! CONTACT ANY OF HIS CHILDREN. NO! I WON’T RETURN TO FATHER. NOR WILL I RETURN TO MOTHER WHO LIED TO ME ABOUT MY BLOOD! I WON’T EVEN RETURN TO AUNTY LUNA!”
Pinkie just stared at him dumb founded. She had never seen him so angry. Even that one time he lost control and turned into a Draconequus he still didn’t have this much rage. “So you won’t come back willingly?”
“No Pinkie. And there is no way you can force me as well. There is a reason no one as lived enough to tell who I am travelling with. Go now. While I still let you. I’d rather not kill you.” Spell said with sorrow, and turned his back to the woman who was once his friend.
“I’m not going back empty handed Spelly. You are coming with me.”
“No. No I’m not. And you’re not going to give chase either.” With a flick of his hand one of the reeds shot itself though her leg, ensuing that she would be unable to keep up with spell, even with her reality defying skills.
“NO! I NEVER FAIL! I WILL GET YOU TO JOIN US SPELL! IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO!” She shouted out in pain and anger, tears streaming from her eyes.
“You may certainly try old friend. You can try.” He whispered to himself walking off into the rain to regroup with his brothers and sisters.
====================================================
Pinkie shook her head clearing the memory from her mind. It was still painfully fresh for her. Spell had hurt her. He’d never done that before, not willingly.
It upset her, a lot. She looked up at the sky, and smiled as the cotton candy clouds gathered. It was time for a chocolate rain shower. Discord always sent chocolate rain when she was feeling blue.
It was one of the reasons she loved being on his side. He always took care of her. She knew the real reason why though. It was to fill something missing in his heart. His children had run away from him. While he expected Spell might have some difficulty accepting him, he would never have had thought that Screwball would run away as well. No matter what disaster befell Discord, his daughter was always there for him.
“What’s got you feeling blue my dear?” Discord asked as he flew down from the clouds landing near pinkie.
“I was just thinking to back when I was chasing Spelly.” Pinkie responded with a sigh, but quickly smiled again as the chocolate rain began. “Awww thanks dissy for the rain.” Pinkie beamed happily
“I’m glad you’ve cheered up. Enjoy the rest of the day off. However tomorrow I have a mission for you. There’s a seer in
Canterlot I want in our custody. I want to convince her to join us.”
“Oh? Who’s my target?”
“I believe you know her as Colgate.”
“Colgate? Why would you want a dentist on our side?”
“Because everyone except us two are getting toothaches from all the sweets.”
This made pinkie and discord burst out into a fit of laughter. “Oh...oh my. Guess not everyone can hold their sweets. Well I’m off Dissy. I’m heading over to sugar cube corner to see how my two favourite people are.”
Pinkie pie walked off with a quite literal bounce in her step. By two favourite people she meant the Cakes. Mr and Mrs Cake weren’t happy with how Ponyville had turned into a bastion of chaos, but they had been unable to leave. Their children didn’t want to leave their home, and Pinkie Pie wouldn’t let them leave.
But they did find some small amount of happiness. Soldiers of the legions always came by to buy cupcakes during their days off.
Pinkie Pie, thinking about cupcakes, was drawn back to thinking about spell, and when she first managed to get him to eat a cupcake.
==============================================
It was spikes birthday today. Pinkie pie was tasked with making him some more sapphire cupcakes, and had somehow managed to convince spell bound to help, despite his fear of them.
“Oh don’t be so afraid Spelly. The cupcakes aren’t going to eat you.”
Spell fidgeted nervously. “I’m not afraid of cupcakes Pinks. I just distrust them as they seem to have a hatred of me.”
“Oh that’s just nonsense. I’m sure cupcakes love you. That is if they could think. Hey spell do you think cupcakes can think. Maybe when we cook them they become self-aware!”
Spell giggled at pinkie’s outburst. “Oh Pinkie Pie, you are so wonderfully random. Alright. Let’s make these cupcakes and be done with it. I have some studying to do.”
“Oh You and Twilight. I swear all you two do sometimes is study.” Pinkie said teasingly.
Spell looked over all the ingredients required for the cupcakes. He was familiar with all of them seeing as he had to cook them before in school to pass the cooking exam. What he didn’t recognize, or rather, what he couldn’t believe, was the sapphires on the table.
“Um....Pinkie.....are those sapphires?”
“Yes they are.” She said smiling happily. “We’re making sapphire cupcakes for spike seeing as he loves them.”
“Then he has good taste.” Spell muttered to himself picking up one of the sapphires inspecting it, and then taking a little nibble on it.
“Hey don’t do that you’ll chip your......”Pinkie stared surprised that Spell was eating the sapphire as well as their draconian friend. “...teeth. How?”
“I enchanted my teeth during my travels to the Draconian realm, so I could eat the local cuisine. And I seem to have picked up a love for sapphires”
Pinkie smiled a plan formulating in her mind. She had thought of a way to get Spell over his fear of cupcakes. “Hey spelly.....bet you can’t make more sapphire cupcakes than me.”
“How much you willing to bet?”
“If you win I’ll pay you thirty bits. If I win you have to eat a cupcake of my choice.”
“Hmmmm. I’ll take my chances. You’re on Pinks. Let’s get baking!”
Spell turned out to be quite adept at baking, but alas he stood no chance against Pinkie Pie’s skills. He lost the bet, but fortunately for him, Pinkie’s choice of cupcake was one of the sapphire cupcakes they had baked.
While he still ‘distrusted’ most cupcakes, he came to love the sapphire cupcakes and would order them often from the Cakes.
Ending off in the flash back on this chapter. Just two more flash back chapters and then we will be mostly sticking to present time. Hope you enjoy. ^^