When Ed awoke the next morning he expected to be in Central and was about to head over to Mustangs office when he remembered he was in Canterlot in the land of ponies. Thats when there was a nock on the door. "Brother, are you up you have to get ready, your interviews in a few hours. There serving breakfast in the dining hall and there waiting on us"Al informed. Just then Ed's stomach started to grumble for nourishment. "Alright I'll be down in a minute"said Ed. As he heard Al's armor clank down the hall he realized something. They had failed again, "all of Al's hopes and dreams swindled because I miscalculated and now we lost are human bodies and are stuck as ponies"thought Ed. He would really have to talk to him later about how he's feeling. While he got dressed he cursed out loud. He doesn't know the way to the dining hall. "Well might as well get some exploring done". He opened his door and walked down the halls. He walked for around twenty minutes when he got drenched in a brown liquid."What is this"he said. Thats when he heard the laugh above him. When he looked up to see what it was he saw a pink cloud. He reached for it and when his gloves touched it they clung to it and he figured out what it was. "Cotton candy"he said questionably? Then he heard a voice right behind him.
"Well I know its getting old but come on its CHOCOLATE RAIN."
When he turned around he saw what he thought was a chimera. "Hello there the names Discord" said the chimera. He held out his hand and Ed reluctantly grabbed it. Electricity surged through his body. His vision went blurry and when there was only one room instead of 5 he looked at Discord's hands. There was a odd device in his hand. "Sorry, been a while since I had a good gag and your priceless face made my day"he said happily. Ed frowned and proceeded to move on before he used Discords skin as a carpet(good luck)."Ohhhh you'r no fun at all. You seem mad,are you mad"he said with his best sad face.
"Listen all I want is some directions to the dining hall"Ed said
"Ohh on a date I see"he said laughably"I see you were to short to see the signs". He said the wrong thing to Ed
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT YOU FREAK OF NATURE, WHY WHEN I GET MY HANDS YOU I'M GONNA RIP THAT SMILE AND SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR........."
"Hey don't worry I'll teleport you over there"he said. There was a flash of light and he was in front of everypony in the dining hall. "Well good you made and I see you met discord already, isn't he a character"said Celestia. Ed grumbled and continued to go and get something to eat.When he got back he realized that it was all greens. "Let me guess no meat cause you'r horses" he said. They nodded in approval and after they ate they were on there way. When they reached there destination they Ed saw the crowds of ponies waiting for him.
As he went back stage he heard Celestia announce his arrival and the crowed cheered in joy. He stepped out to tell them his story and everyone went silent. he cleared his throat and got started. "Well I guess your wondering who I am"he started.They cheered in response. "Well lets start from the beginning. My name is Ed. When I was a chi... I mean philly my father left us. In his absence my brother Al and I started to study alchemy at the age of 6".Everyone looked impressed and looked at Ed's unicorn brother. "Soon A alchemy teacher came to our village and taught us more in our alchemy studies, she left on a island for around a month so we could figure out a riddle so we could continue. The riddle was all is one and one is all. When she came back and by then we had figured it out already. Now I'm not gonna tell you the answer, I want you to figure that out on your own. When we came back to the mainland we started our training and when we left we were one of the best alchemists in the world. Thats when our mother died".The crowd had gasped in surprised.
"We couldn't get over what happened to her and we found something in one of my fathers old textbooks. It was a high risk but we had to take it, to get her back" the crowd was whispering amongst themselves at this point, but still listening. "We prepared as much as we could and people thought we were shut ins or crazies because we stayed by ourselves for a while, studying. Then the day came were we made the circle. We got the elements that were in the human body and some of our blood. Thats when we started, we put our hands on the circle and the room filled with a glow of blue. Then the light turned black, an eye opened in the middle of the room. I appeared in a white room with a large door in front of me. When I turned around I saw some sort of white person with my silhouette appearance. When I asked who he was he told me that he was god,devil,light,darkness,and me". Ed didn't even pay attention to the audience's faces at this point.
"Then I heard the door open and when I turned tentacles pulled me in and I saw everything. Truth,false,death, and true alchemy. When I awoke I was back in my room and I felt a odd sensation in my leg and arm(I know that he lost his arm later, but you'll see why right now). Thats when I saw they were gone, and I had them replaced with these". Ed took of his jacket and pants and the audience gasped. His leg and arm were made of metal. "This is auto-mail, also known as fake appendages that replaced my muscles with gears and grease". Some ponies began to sob and many looked like they were about to. "Then I saw Al wearing armor, I knew he didn't want me to see him like that(A good lie he thought). Soon after I joined the military who wanted me for my alchemy skills. I left for a while and soon ended up in Ponyville when Twilight found me. Now I plan to help the princess with her royal duties and I may leave soon". finished Ed. Now everypony was crying now, Ed realized he should probably leave and when he did he saw someone familiar. "Oh no not you........"
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An Old Friend