Chapter 24
The next two weeks were pretty calm. I built a small lean-to in my meadow. For food I mostly ate fruits and stuff. There was a small area that had wild potatoes, and I ate those too. Honestly, it wasn't that bad.
I learned that if I used waves like I did when I was flying, but toned it down a little, I could pull of stuff like backflips or jumps that would be impossible. I just use the waves to give little nudges. I became very comfortable with the Everfree. It was very calm, but full of sounds at the same time.
Most days, I would hop over to the flatlands where I practiced. There was almost never anypony there, so I was safe. I had been trying to see how many waves I could contain when I first listened to a wave. It was from a bird chirping, miles above me. That got me thinking...
I jumped back to the forest. I landed pretty close to the edge, but not close enough to risk being seen. On foot, I headed towards Ponyville.
I felt kind of silly hiding inside this bush. But it's not like anypony could see me...
I looked at the waves around me. Then I LISTENED to them. I was bombarded by voices. I focused on one at a time, words tuning in and out like a radio. Finally, I heard Twilight's voice. "-op it, Spike! We don't have all day! Hurry up!"
I didn't recognize these words from any episode in particular, but its not like I memorized every one!
I looked for her voice again, but it was lost in the jumble of sounds. Oh well.
I bounced back to my meadow. It was getting dark. I had some apples for dinner, and went to sleep.
* * *
My eyes opened. Fully rested, I jump to my feet. And fall down on my ass as I slip on the soapy suds covering the ground.
Discord.
Quickly, I stand up carefully, using small waves under my shoes to keep me from slipping. I put my coat on properly, and jump up.
As soon as I'm above the cloud cover, I build up enough waves to push me to Canterlot. I've never gone this far before, so I'll need as much sound as I can get. 3...2..1
BOOM!
Instantly, I'm flying so fast it almost hurts. I can see the castle in the distance. I have to adjust a few times, but I'm heading right for it.
I go right for what I know is Celestia's tower. I slow down and curve around it, landing right on the roof. On hands and knees, I crawl so that I can't be seen easily from the rest of the city.
Yes, it's Discord. Streets of soap and purple-checkered grass. It's almost funny!
* * *
It's been several hours. I'm getting hungry. Why didn't I bring food?
Wait. Is that...?
I focus on the waves coming from the huge palace maze below me.
"...and no magic! And everypony has to play. Or the games over, and I win!"
Oh man. I gotta see Discord.
Faster then ever before, I launch straight at the entrance. I fly straight into the bushes before I'm seen. I peek out. And there he is. Discord. Spirit of chaos.
Or, at least his back.
Ok, this is the part where he disappears. I quietly shove my way through the bush and onto the other side. Lets see...the only other important parts of the episode take place back in Ponyville.
With that, I'm off again.
* * *
I've been in the upper branches of the library for a while now. I grabbed some food from the kitchen earlier, being careful not to wake up Spike. The chaos had escalated from before.
There! Twi and her corrupted friends just came over the hill! They made there way over to the treehouse and entered. I stayed perfectly still. Wait? What am I thinking? I have bucking sound powers for Celestia's sake! I cancelled all waves within about a foot of me. Now I could scream all I like. I look down into the room below. I couldn't hear a thing, but I saw Fluttershy slam the bucket on Twilight's head.
I couldn't help it. I cracked up. That was just so perfect!
Now they were fighting over the book with the elements. After a bit of a scuffle, Twilight had it. She opened it, found the elements, blah blah blah. I knew it'd be another couple of hours before they all got un-corrupted. Time for a power nap.
* * *
I woke op to shouting from outside. I poked my head out of the tree. Yikes!
I launched across the street, then dashed towards the six ponies, pushing myself with waves to run faster than anything ever could. I skidded to a halt behind a huge house of cards.
"-st go on and shoot me already! It's not like your silly elements will work! And when they DO fail, I'll tear your silly little limbs off!"
Woah, woah, woah! Stop! Discord is...talking about killing them? That's new! He always just wanted to cause chaos, not murder ponies! What's going on?
"Ready, everypony? Ok...go!"
The six mares rose up into the air, eyes glowing. From them flowed a huge rainbow, arcing towards Discord. He just laughed.
"Oh, I'm so scared! The pain! The pain!" It wasn't even touching him! There was some kind of bubble protecting him.
I can fix that.
With a slight boom, I dash behind him. Charging up mixed sounds, I fire repeatedly into the shield. It began to crack. I just kept firing. The repeated screeching was sort of beautiful. But no time for that now. One more.
Like before, I formed a sphere. I launched it dead center of his shield. It split and completely dissolved. My work is done.
Bam! I was already on my way up to the clouds.