Thanks to ProtheanBrony for proofreading this.
Twilight’s laughter filled Omega’s ears. Omega closed his eyes while letting out a sigh. Nice going there, you made Twilight laugh and embarrass me right in front of her. Are you happy now? Omega thought out loud. Though you could’ve given me some kind of warning you were about to do that!
‘It’s not like that was your first time you’ve been shocked by a thousand volts.’ A female voice stated inside his head. ‘Now get back up. Twilight should be a lot easier to talk to since she saw her ‘potential threat’ get harmed by their own power.’
Omega frowned at this. Hey, my idea would’ve worked if you had given me the chance.
‘Yeah it would've worked, if Twilight didn’t already see you as a powerful threat. Using my power like that would’ve only made it worse. Remember, you're trying to show Twilight you’re the good guy and are here to help. Making yourself sound like some all-powerful being that could burn their planet to its core at any time is not a good way to promote one’s self. Plus, my powers are not to be used for some parlor trick, use your own magic for that.’
Fine, but you could’ve simply not answered my tap for your power. That would've spoken as loud as shocking me.
The voice chuckled for a few seconds. ‘True, but it was funnier for both me and Twilight to see that happen to you, and you wouldn’t have learnt an important lesson.’ The voice wittily replied.
Omega did a mental eye roll. And that lesson would be?
‘Never try to force someone to believe in something, just show them the truth and let them decide on what to believe. And remember, it might take a long time to convince them so be patient.’
Now you’re sounding like Wistala. Omega noticed Twilight had stopped laughing, and the sound of clopping hooves against wood echoed through the air. Soon the smell of minty grass tainted breath poked at Omega’s nose, along with the sound of faint breathing right above him. Omega opened one of his eyes to see Twilight leaning over him with a concerned look on her face.
“Are you all right?” Twilight asked.
Omega opened his other eye and slowly began to lean back up. “Yeah, not my first time having one of my cards backfire on me, and I’m sure it won’t be the last.” He groaned out. As he fully sat up, he began to search for the card that shocked him.
“Looking for this?” Omega could hear a small twinkling sound as his card was brought up, embraced in a purple glow. It floated towards them, or more like towards Twilight. Twilight brought it up close to her face and examined it, looking at the picture the card held: a single dark cloud with a lightning bolt coming out of it. “I don’t understand, how where you able to make electricity shoot out of this?”
“Simple really, magic.” Omega pushed himself to stand up and began to do some stretches, “Chaotic magic to be more precise.” After he finished his stretching, he quickly snatched the card and put it back in the deck in one fluid moment.
Twilight didn’t have much time to comprehend what just happened. “But, how? I mean there’s no way a card could store that much energy into itself and discharge all of it. It’s just made out of paper, it should've burned up!”
“Good thing it’s made out of special paper then,” Omega shrewdly replied. Twilight gave a deadpan face at Omega’s 'joke'. Omega sighed. “Look Twilight, my powers are Chaotic, it’s hard to explain how they work when the rules on using them change frequently.” Omega began to walk towards the forest with an inquisitive Twilight closely following.
“If you have no idea how your magic works, how are you even able to control it? You shouldn’t be able to cast any spell, let alone make a card spew out lighting!?”
“Cause technically it’s not my magic that allows me to use the cards like that. I just tap into the cards, and she does the rest.”
A baffled mood covered Twilight’s face. “Who’s she?”
“My deck of cards,” Omega simply replied. Twilight was now looking at Omega as if she was finally convinced he lost all of his marbles. “I’m not joking. My deck of cards has a personality of their own.”
“And this personality is of a mare?” Twilight asked with a doubtful look still on her face.
“Look, can we change the subject? It’s kind of hard to...”
'Pull out a card Omega.' The female voice in his head interrupted him.
Omega stopped walking and let out sigh. Twilight also stopped. “What? It’s kind of hard to do what?” Omega didn’t reply, only reaching down and pulling out a card for the deck. He looked at it and smirked at the picture on the card’s face.
He then turned around to face Twilight. “It’s better just to show you.” He then flicked the card towards her.
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Twilight’s face flinched as she closed her eyes expecting the same effect that had happened in her home to happen again; however, nothing happened. Twilight opened one her eyes to see what was going on. The card was just floating in the air a foot away from her face. Then her eye caught the picture on the card and she opened her other eye in awe and bemusement. A beautiful picture of Celestia was on it; her mane looked like it was alive just as in real life and ever her fur coat shone just as bright as ever.
Twilight looked up at Omega. “I thought you’ve never been to my world?”
“And that is true Twilight. I have no idea who that is on the card, but judging the look on your face, you know who that is.” Omega walked to the railings of the bridge and began to lean on them with his hands in his pockets.
“But then how do you have a card with a picture of Celestia on it?” Twilight demandingly asked.
“Touch the card with your magic and see for yourself.” Omega replied with a bored expression on his face.
An annoyed frown appeared on Twilight’s face as she returned her gaze back on the floating card. She wondered would happen if she did what Omega suggested, and was a bit fearful of what might happen. After all, she did see Omega get electrocuted by one of them. But Omega wasn’t answering her questions, and the only way to answer any more was to touch this card with her magic.
Her horn glowed in a bright purple aura as she grabbed hold of the card's magical glow. Nothing happened. She looked at Omega for answers. “Focus your magic to one part of your body and tap the card with it.” Twilight let go of the card, letting it float in the air on its own once again. She closed her eyes and concentrated on her magic, forming a glowing purple orb sitting on the tip of it. She bowed her head and tapped the tip to the horn on the card. Again, nothing happened.
This is pointless, she thought as she opened her eyes. However her eyes rapidly dilated as fear spread in her heart when she saw the dirt road she was standing on was gone and replaced by the black of nothing. Twilight moved her hooves as if she was about to fall at any moment; her hooves clashing with a glassy surface that she could not see.
“Be at ease Twilight Sparkle,” Celestia’s voice spoke out.
Twilight stopped moving when she heard her voice. It sounded like Celestia but something wasn’t quite right with it. Twilight looked towards where the voice spoke out from to see Princess Celestia standing right in front of her. Celestia appeared as normal as ever, she was wearing her crown jewels on her white fur and her mane was waving in a nonexistent breeze. But again, something wasn’t quite right in her form.
“Princess? What’s going on, where am I, and why are you here?” Twilight asked.
“You’re in a small pocket dimension Twilight, my home. I wanted to talk to you to help clear up some mishaps Omega made.” Celestia answered. “Also, I am not Celestia.”
“Huh? But then who are…” Twilight’s pupil grew larger as she rapidly deduced. “You’re that mare personality that Omega was talking about.”
Celestia nodded her head. “You are correct.”
“But then why do you look like Celestia?”
“Because that is how your mind perceives me, for it cannot comprehend my true from.” Celestia began to walk up closer to Twilight, her body shimmering in and out as if it was a ghostly image covering some unknown being. She stood over Twilight, and unlike the normal feeling of warmth and comfort Twilight gets when Celestia was near, Twilight felt fear and uneasiness seeping in the back of her mind.
“What do you want,” Twilight asked with much tension in her voice.
“First, I want you to calm down; I’m not here to harm you but to save your world. Second I need you to trust in Omega. He might act foolhardy, careless, and let his temper get carried away, but he is a noble soul and will do everything he can in protecting your world.”
“By stopping this Nightmare, that’s roaming around in the Everfree?”
“Correct, and he is going to need your help in defeating it when the time comes.”
“How? I don’t even know what I’m facing against or how to even help when we face it.”
Celestia smiled as she emitted a soft chuckle. “Yes, that is the nature of chaos. It doesn’t like to explain much and it just does what it wants when it is need.” Celestia glanced up as if she saw something fly across the empty sky. “It is time for our conversation to come to an end. You need to guide Omega to ruins of the castle before the moon begins to set; otherwise, it might be too late to stop the Nightmare.”
“Before the moon sets, I thought we had the whole night!?” Twilight asked with great anxiety.
“I sensed great power of the Void as we got closer to the forest. It’s waiting for something to happen, and I fear it will happen when the moon is at its highest point in the sky. Now go, and don’t forget to call for the aid of Chaos when the time comes.”
Twilight faced harden sourly. “I don’t use chaotic magic,” she said in an acidic tone.
Celestia raised one her eyebrows. “Then why do you use it every day?” Before Twilight could react Celestia emitted a bright flash, blinding Twilight. Twilight’s eyes cringed at the sudden brightness as they closed shut.
When the light level came down, Twilight blinked her eyes a few times to recover them. She was greeted by the view of the only known “safe” entrance to the Everfree forest and Omega sitting down on the ground with his legs crisscrossing, drawing something in the dirt. He glanced up and gave a big smile to Twilight. “Welcome back to the land of the living.” He cheerfully said.
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Omega and anything related to him comes out of my head.This writing is for fun and nothing else.