//------------------------------// // Aurelianus // Story: Vanished // by Azure Steel //------------------------------// Chapter 5: Aurelianus Well, I now know their names. The rainbow-maned one is call Rainbow Dash, I chuckled a bit when she said it. The pearl white one, with the violet mane, is Rarity. The one who had untied me earlier was Applejack. I was confirmed of Twilight's name. Pinkie Pie was the one who offered me the cupcake. And the quiet yellow, pink maned pony who had remained by the door was Fluttershy. Twilight looked kind of depressed, probably from our previous conversation, and refused to make eye contact. The others had either looks of either skepticism, concern or a mixture of the two. Rainbow Dash was mostly skeptic. Fluttershy had the most concern in her eyes, or at least I think it's concern. She was eying me nervously and when ever we made eye contact she would look away rather quickly. Twilight at the moment was looking through some books on the shelves around us. It was quite an impressive library. There were books on almost any topic, and they were very well organized, everything looked like it could be easily found as long as you knew what you were looking for. Helping Twilight was a baby dragon with purple primary scales and green secondary scales, I heard Twilight call him Spike, he hasn't said much to me, but Twilight is keeping him pretty busy. Twilight has her nose(or would it be muzzle?) in a book titled 'Realm-shifting and Mana-bridges'. I'm not sure what a mana-bridge would be, but it sounded like it's what we'd want. "Okay, I think I have a spell that might work." Twilight said, finally breaking the silence. "Ya sure?" asked Applejack. "The spell says it will connect our two worlds together, using Thomas as the guide." "Uhh, what does it mean by 'guide'?" I ask "Since you haven't been here long, you should still have a connection to your world. The spell uses that connection and follows it." "Well then lets try it." said Rainbow Dash. Twilight, remaining where she was, began preparing the spell. The tip of her horn was dimly glowing a pale white. The light got progressively brighter and streams of prismatic colors began flowing down along her horn. There was a bright flash then everything went quiet. I open my eyes and look at myself then around the room, nothing seems different. But I do feel a bit weird so I know that something happened, though as far as I can tell, everything looks the same. "D...did it work?" I ask. Everyone just looked at me with faces of surprise, Rarity looking the most surprised. "Uhhh.....Twilight?" Spike asked. "Was that supposed to happen?" "Ummm.....no." Twilight answered, who was now making eye contact. "What?" I ask, wondering what happened. "Why.....don't you have a look." Rarity said, levitating a small mirror to me. I look at myself and almost everything looked fine, almost. My left eye was now a bright, blood red and my right a cool sapphire. They appeared to even be glowing dimly. But it wasn't just the color that came to me as strange. When I looked in my left eye, I felt scared, I felt angry, I even felt sad. And when I looked in my right eye, I felt safe, calm, and a bit happy. It was weird, it was like all my negativity was in my left, and my positivity in my right. It was as if my soul got cut in half. "Oh." was all I said at the sight. I felt very conflicted. One side of me wants to run up and hit Twilight for messing up the spell, and the other wants to reassure her that I'm fine and not mad at her. I felt......wrong. "Oh, this was not supposed to happen, I'm so sorry." said Twilight, looking at me apologetically. "Are........are you alright?" asked Fluttershy with concern in her voice. "I.....don't know, I don't feel right." I say abruptly while putting the mirror down. "I......feel like two separate halves fighting." "One furious, and the other cool and collected." I say holding my head trying to calm down. "Ummmm, maybe I can fix this." Twilight says look back at the books. I sigh, my eyes closed in thought. Thinking all this over, trying to clear my head. One thing just leads to another here It.....would appear that way Is something wrong? I.....feel a disturbance in the Force Uhhh....what? Duuhuude...... Holy Shit! Dah Faq? Duuude, how do you think magic even, like, works? What the hell did Twilight do?! It would appear our mind has split into separate personalities Another one?! THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT!! What the actual fuck?! Okay, okay we need to calm down YOU CALM THE HELL DOWN!! Damn, who deleted your WoW account? Oh god, this is not happening I think I'm becoming schizophrenic I think I'm developing phonophobia SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU!! "Um......Thomas?" "Huh, w-what?" I say nervously, snapping out of the fucked up train of thought I had found myself in. "Are you feeling alright, you were mumbling and...um....twitching a bit." Fluttershy said in her seemingly always quiet voice. "Uhhhg.." I grumble shaking my head. "Twilight, if your going to fix this, please hurry." I say with a bit of fear in my voice. "Otherwise I think I'll be driven insane soon." "I'm trying, but I can't seem to find out what went wrong." answered Twilight. "It was supposed to link things together, not break them apart!" It happened because YOUR A STUPID BITCH!! "Ow..." I say holding my head. For a thought in my head, that was loud. "What's wrong?" asked Twilight, looking even more concerned "I have a voice in my head right now yelling insults at you." I say in a way that makes it sound normal. "What?!" they all said in unison. How the fuck do they do that? "I think you gave me a split personality disorder." Told you "Oh this is bad, I'm so so sorry Thomas, but I'll fix it!" stated Twilight, sounding even more apologetic. Dude, we should so go give her a hug right now, I mean dude, she is freaking out Are you sure that's wise with our current mental state.......and with Rage all up in here Dude, I have never been so unsure in my life I.......see a table, take it.........and SHOVE ITS LEG IN HER EYE!! Rage, your not helping But.....proving my point Oh god, why? Indeed "Alright, this spell might work, its suppose to-" "Don't tell me what it does, just do it." I interrupt. "Umm...okay.." She once again started charging up a spell. With this one, it matched her aura and was a swirling ball around her horn that got darker then brighter and then dark again. The ball grew about three times its original size then flew at me. I close my eyes as it hit me, and was quite surprised when it actually hit me. I got thrown across the library, hit a shelf, and landed back on the floor, next Rainbow Dash, with a pile of books on top of me. For a moment I felt paralyzed, but it passed quickly. I sit up from the pile, kicking a book or two, rubbing my head; which probably soon have a welt. "Oh my gosh!" shouted Twilight. She helped me up with her magic and moved books out of the way. "Are you okay, are you hurt?" "Yeah, yeah I'm fine." I say trying to move, and wince when I do. "My chest is a little sore though." "Are you sure?" Twilight said concerned. I flex a bit and nod. "Why is this happening?!" "I've tried two spells, and they both didn't do what they were supposed to do." "What if he's magic resistant...you know, like a dragon." said Spike. "That.....that...could be the reason....." Twilight quietly said. "Or maybe you're just interfering with it, causing the spell to do something else." "But if ya can't use magic on him, how are ya gonna get this ta work?" asked Applejack. "Um, Twilight?" I say quietly. "I'm not sure." answered Twilight. "Twilight......?" "Maybe we can try a bunch of different spells until we get one that works." Rainbow offered. "..........Twi.......?" "I don't believe that will solve anything, Rainbow Dash." said Rarity. "Twilight!" I shout. "What?!" Twilight shouted concerned. "I don't hear the voices in my head anymore." I say calmly. "Wait.........so.....it worked." Twilight asked sounding a bit skeptic. Either that, or the fall made us so insane we don't even know we've become more insane than we already were "Well, I don't hear my head telling me to hit you with a table, sooo.....I'm gonna say it worked." Who says I don't want to hit her with a table? Shut up, Brain "There was one telling you to hit her with a Table?!" asked Rainbow Dash "There was also one telling me to hug her, but then another one said that would have been a bad idea due to the situation of me being partially insane at the time." I say far too calmly. "Sooo...no more voices now?" asked Twilight, who seemed to have disregarded my previous statement. "Besides the one that's supposed to be there, no." Twilight sighs. "Well, that's good." she says. "But it still doesn't explain why the spell through you across the room, or why the other spell had a different effect." Twilight sounded frustrated, which I can relate to, I get pretty pissed when there's something I can't figure out. *Knock* *Knock* Suddenly, someone was knocking on the door. Everyone present jumped at the sound. Spike went to go see who was there. After opening it partially, he opened it all the way to allow another pony to walk in. This pony was quite different from the other six. She had a bright, white coat and a multicolor mane and tail that appeared to sway in an invisible wind. Her presence felt comforting, but also intimidating. She had both a set of wings and a horn, and she was adorned be regal golden accessories as well as a crown, so if I had to guess, this must be- "Princess Celestia!" Twilight gasped, before running up and nuzzling her ruler, while everyone else respectfully bowed. I sat there not moving or speaking (or breathing for that matter), not that I really had anything to say at the moment. "Twilight, it is good to so you." Celestia said in a soft voice. "I believe this is the creature you were referring to in your letter." she said turning her gaze to me. And moments later, a brick was shat POV change: Obcasus He was in a dark room, surrounded by images of stars, planets, and realities. He had been very close, so very close to obtaining his prize. Then it was pulled away from him, put into a light he himself could not enter........for now. "Obcasus." said a voice from behind him. Obcasus turned to view its source. Behind him was a familiar draconequus. To which he paid no mind and returned to viewing his vision. "Awww, is that the hello I get for coming all this way to see you?" said Discord, sounding disappointed. "We haven't spoken in millennium, and you expect me to believe you aren't here for something." Obcasus said unamused. "The last time we spoke you were asking me to help take over a world." "Hey, I like what I like." "And why you chose a single world is beyond me." "It had the least chaos, and the most harmony." Discord retorted. "Why wouldn't I want to mess all that up?" "And where did it lead you?" Obcasus asked. "2000 years in stone and counting, but it's just a minor set back." said Discord. "And not why I came here." "If your going to continue to annoy me until your done, then I'm listening." "I was just flying around minding my own business, being a spirit, Then out of nowhere BOOM, there's a human in Equestria." ".........what." Obcasus said "Since I know humans aren't supposed to be in Equestria I assumed it had something to do with you and Tenebris, but I guess I was mistaken." said Discord smiling. "Quite an odd place for Tenebris to have sent the Anima.........for now though I can not journey there." Obcasus said turning to Discord "Soooo you want me to watch him, maybe even give him a little push." Discord said grinning. "The Anima soon will be within reach." he said, giving a devilish smile towards the world of Equus.