//------------------------------// // How Did This Get Here? // Story: Agent of Chaos // by Enfield //------------------------------// I'm so glad that it's summer in Equestria. The night is only just beginning but it's still warm and pleasant. I have always liked the warm summer nights back on earth, peaceful and relaxing right up until my Mum or Dad ruin it. After I had a working car I would escape every Friday night to an open field and wait until it starts to get cold, it's rather relaxing and particularly nice especially if I have a telescope so I can try and study the stars and the moon. It's only then that I realize that I've got to come up with some way of presenting the cake for Princess Luna. Making a cake is easy, finding some way to present in a crowd pleasing manner it is much harder. I do know that the Element of Chaos would be useful but I don't want to blow my cover or kill myself with it. Now, for this presentation I have to promote both Ponyville and Sugarcube Corner, not as easy as it sounds. I have no idea what Ponyville's selling point is nor do I have anything that could help promote the bakery aside from my fabricated baking skills. I head once more in the direction of the forest and try to locate the Monolith with hopes that Discord could help me. Not that he will but it's worth a shot. "Now which way was that rock?" I say as I almost trip over a tree stump. The forest had now increased in density and I'm slowly starting to realize that I'm getting lost. Eventually I do manage to make it to a clearing where the path splits up into three ways. Now I have seen movies where this kind of thing happens and I know for a fact that you never go down a path that is dark or looks like it's being eaten by trees, two of which fit the very descriptions. The only path left to choose is the middle path and like an idiot, I go down it, forgetting that you never take the middle path. Almost twenty minutes pass before I give up my search and start retracing my steps back to Sugarcube corner, the only problem is that darkness has really fallen now and I can't see anything in front of me. I use the Element of Chaos to create a headlamp and discover that It's about as useful as using a chisel to knock down a building. I don't know if the Element if failing on me or if there's something up with the forest, not caring which one it is I boost the light power on the headlamp and almost blind myself. Once I get used to the light I see something glimmering under some bushes and vines. I have no idea what it could be but it appears to be metallic, it could just be a rock that I've never seen before. But that theory changes once I approach the anomaly. "No," I say in disbelief, "No it can't be." I remove some of the brush and I'm looking at the hood of a car, but I know which car it is. It's mine. "What the hell?" I say as I walk around the metal behemoth. It's mine alright, even if it is bashed up and coated with bushes and vines. I totally forget about my car after I got transported here and now, here it is. I don't know how this got here but I'm willing to find out. "Where the bloody hell are you Discord?" I think as I try and open the door, which is caved in from the crash. "What is it now, Scott?" I hear Discord from behind me. I turn around and point to the wreck of my interceptor. "This, what is it doing here?" "I have no idea why it's there," Discord said, "To be honest with you, I thought that it was destroyed. Ah well, it must of warped through with you and ended up here." "I hope this will still work." "Use the Element and maybe you can use it for your little presentation." I look up at Discord and see him grinning at me. "How did you know?" I ask. "I have my ways Mr. Websly," Discord said slyly, he then added, "If you can cause a nice little bit of chaos with this then I'll see if I can give it a nice little improvement once you complete your job." Discord vanishes and I am left on my own again in the forest. I once again try and open the door. I force the side door open and clamber over the seats until I'm sitting in the drivers seat, I look around and see that the windows have been smashed or are cracked. There is a small amount of dried blood on the side of the door. I try and scrape it off but give up once I see the damage that the front had suffered. The PIT bumper had done it's job but the hood was crumpled and the lights, even though I cannot see them, are smashed. I take the Element of Chaos in my hand and see if the keys are on the floor. I eventually hear something jingle on the floor and I take hold of the keys before they can escape under the seat. "Please start," I whisper as I inset the keys into the ignition. I turn the key and the car tries to start but dies after some spluttering from the engine. "Work!" I yell as I hit the dashboard with the Element of Chaos. The car suddenly roars into life and the front lights flicker on. I stare at the Element in amazement and let it fall against my neck, slowly I take hold of the steering wheel and try to get a feel for it with no fingers. Once I get over the weird feeling I put the car in gear and sit up. "Okay then," I say, "Let's see if you'll work." The car slowly rolls forward and onto the path. I smile once it's proved that it still works and turn in the direction of Ponyville, I'm almost in the clear when I realize that I can't roll up in this. The car needs a repair and it needs to be hidden until the repairs are done but where can I hide it. Applejack's abandoned barn comes to me as I back into the forest and turn the front lights off, if I go around the town I can sneak up on the farm without attracting attention and hide in the barn. I work out a path to the barn and hope that nopony sees me. Did I just use the word "nopony"? I must be getting used to the culture of Equestria. The forest does a good job of insulating the sound of the engine, if the forest wasn't here then hiding the car would be a lot harder than it is now. I work my way through the knotted woods and bumpy paths until I come to the abandoned barn on Sweet Apple Acres, I hide the car behind a hill and check the surrounding area before I drive up to the barn and open up the doors. Backing into the barn was a little tricky because the back window was smashed and had been caved in. I did make it inside after almost backing into the wall and once I was parked up I shut the barn doors. With a wave of my hoof a large toolbox and a set of replacement parts materialize next to the front of the vehicle. I open up the toolbox and see that its packed to the brim with tools to repair the car with. As I tap the crumpled hood with a spanner an idea forms in my mind, all I can say is that it will be involved in the presentation of the cake, and I know that it will be a show stopper. All I needed to do now was make it look presentable, and it could take all night. I just hope that Pinkie isn't searching for me.