//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: Discord's Elements of chaos // by Thy Obsessive Freak //------------------------------// Stood on top of Applejack’s shoulders, Pinkie Pie helped Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy push against the rock, but even them combined couldn’t budge it, even with Rarity and Twilight using their magic to try and levitated it. “Okay, that boulder is pretty heavy.” said Twilight. “We can’t just give up, just push!” yelled Applejack. Soon as Applejack pressed harder though, Pinkie Pie was thrown off balance and knocked against Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash and they all fell back down against the ground. “I hate this!” “Well it’s not like we wanted to be in this mess, Rainbow Dash.” “I’m just saying, Rarity!” “Look, calm down. I’ll have to admit this is my fault.” “It isn’t, Twilight, we all fell into this mess.” replied Applejack. “No, I wasn’t willing to think carefully with Dawnshade, I didn’t take into account he’d have some intelligence and was able to outsmart us.” “Don’t just think it was Dawnshade, in fact I bet those mindless buffoons put their heads together to come up with this, something we wouldn’t have been expecting.” said Rarity. “I think that’s still giving them too much credit.” replied Rainbow Dash. “It don’t matter, what does matter is that we got to get out of here and go after them idiots.” said Applejack. “But how? We’ve been trying to get out of this for ages now, but that rock just won’t budge!” shouted Rainbow Dash. “We have to try something, there must be something we haven’t tried yet.” “Oh! I know! How about we use all our Elements of Harmony?” “Pinkie Pie, I do not know how we didn’t think of using that earlier ourselves, but you have a point.” said Twilight. “I guess it’s because we aren’t use to having the Elements of Harmony with us.” replied Fluttershy. “Either way, let’s do that, combine our elements together to breakout of here.” “Way ahead of you.” said Rainbow Dash. All of the six girls charged their powers and seconds later the rock above them was thrown off from their combined force. They were all then able to climb out from the hole. From there they noticed the sun started to shine, even through the thick nest of branches above their heads. “Yes, we’re out!” said Twilight. “But how long have we been down there? Those cheats would have used the time to sneak away!” shouted Rainbow Dash. “It doesn’t matter; all that does is catching up to them. Fluttershy, ask the animals where they were last seen and let’s tail them until we catch up. “Could I just sort myself out a bit before we do?” requested Fluttershy. “Oh yes, we simply can’t let Fluttershy go around like that.” said Rarity. “Sigh, just try to do it on the move.” “That’s going to be really hard to give an emergency make over on the move.” replied Rarity. “Just going to have to, I think the world’s more at stake than how Fluttershy looks.” “Alright, fine, just be sure to keep your head steady while I apply some hairspray, Fluttershy.” “Okay.” * After hours of being on the run, the six all came to an exhausted halt and placed down the statue of Discord before them. “Okay, this is, really, really bad.” said Trample Jerk. “We’ve only got five minutes left to free Discord.” “Five minutes!? Shouldn’t someone have stopped us in ten minutes or something!” cried Glomun. “Like, I mean we have only five minutes to put our heads together and think of something!” “Five minutes is enough!” yelled Dawnshade. “We’ve made it this far, we’re just on the homerun to the final running. So has anyone come up with any ideas that we can try?” There was just all silence between the other five ponies, who just stared like hapless sheep. “You mean to tell me none of you thought of something!” “Well- I bet you thought of nothing either.” said Frownie. “I’ve been doing all the thinking since we started this stupid quest! But in a matter of fact I have came up with something, you lame brains!” “Well, what is it?” “I’m going to ask you idiots one more time to use the thing called thinking. Because if you do, you’ll remember that Discord was put away twice by the Elements of Harmony, so if he is put away by something like that twice, maybe something which is similar, even though it was made by all powerful Discord, should be able to pull him back.” “Oh, so we should try and use these Elements of Chaos to bring him back.” “Isn’t it obvious? It must be the reason why Discord didn’t tell us how to free him because he already gave us the method, it’s too obvious.” “Then why didn’t we think of it before?” asked Glomun. “Because I’m the only one with any brain power and it’s hard to see the obvious if you’re the one doing everything.” “Just so you know, I thought of it, I just wanted to see if every pony did as well,” said Foulhoof, with the ponies who showed no reaction to him. “Alright, enough with the insults, Dawnshade, just tell us how to do this so I can get you out of my face.” replied Rotten Tim. There was a low growl from Dawnshade. “If you did as I ask, which was to think, you wouldn’t need me to tell you. Just use the darn Elements of Chaos!” All six ponies faced Discord and they began to brim with black smoke that lit from their eyes and items. All at once the Elements of Chaos fired beams at the statue. The stature rumbled as the energy crackled against it and it begun to take colour. The ponies hardened their concentration and gave it their all. But after minutes of this, they all stopped and Dawnshade muttered. “I-it didn’t work, he isn’t free now.” “And it’s been five minutes, our time is up.” said Glomun grown pale. “I guess this is the end huh?” asked Trample Jerk as she gave a half-hearted chuckle. “No- no, this can’t be the end, I don’t lose, I never lose! I never lose!” screamed Foulhoof. “Give me another try, a something!” “On the bright side, I get to see all of you go down with me.” said Frownie. “Oh, now you grow a sense of humour!” spoke Trample Jerk. “I can’t believe it, I never got to show the world what it truly means to live, everyone will think I was just the thrash of society, when I was just trying to save it and Twilight- I never got to-.” “Um, Dawnshade, when do we turn to stone or something?” “Oh, I’d say in about a couple more seconds or so. But don’t interrupt me, Glomun, I’m depressing how the world missed out on-.” “But it’s been a couple more seconds, in fact I think it’s been a minute or so.” “Time must be off or something, but our end is here and we can’t do anything about it.” “Seriously, dude, seems a little too late. To be honest, I think Trample Jerk’s timing was a bit off by, like, five minutes or something since we got these things twenty-four hours or so.” “Why didn’t you stop us five minutes ago then?” “I didn’t know we were going to stop and think for five minutes, I thought we kind of just gave up in some way and didn’t care anymore.” “Glomun, that is just stupid. Now would you just let me contemplate my end!?” “But, Dawnshade, none of us are turning to stone or anything.” said Trample Jerk. “And I did intentionally go five minutes off just to give one last time to mess with you all.” “You thought you’d mess with us just before we die!?” yelled Frownie. “It’s funny if you think about it!” “No! It is not, nothing you do is funny!” “Hold on, how long has it been now?” asked Dawnshade. “I’d say about another three minutes,” replied Glomun. “Heh-haha-heh-haha! So genius and amazing!” “What, I like, don’t get it!” “One more time- start thinking. Discord is all powerful and cool, but he’s also tricky and mischievous. Forcing ponies against their will to do stuff isn’t his style, but manipulating is. So this whole time, this whole keep on going or we’ll be turned to stone was just a lie to keep by his cards!” “Wow, that is devious.” said Glomun. “Hey wait! Rotten Tim! Where are you going!?” yelled Dawnshade. “I told you, soon as we were done with this, I’d get you out of my face and so because there’s nothing keeping me, I’m leaving.” “I am to!” screamed Frownie. “Now that I don’t have to stay around this cackling maniac, I can just go my own way!” “Me too, I am going the completely opposite way from this party pooper!” responded Trample Jerk. “Yeah, I’m fed up of not getting any respect around here as the best athlete or just generally the best of anything, so I’m afraid I’m going it alone as well.” “I’m going to just go my own way as well. I’m fed up of not being appreciated here. Like, I listen to what you got to say the most, do as you ask and, heck, I even saved you and you’ve done nothing but give me a kiss at night. A thank you would’ve been more preferable and would’ve made me stick around as well.” “You guys! Just because we aren’t being forced against our will, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep trying to free Discord, after all we’ve done! Been through! You guys!” shouted Dawnshade. But as they all continued to walk away in their own directions, he began to get steamed and make that horrible noise as he started to get worked up. “Hold it!” They all turned their heads to see in the direction they had come from, the Element of Harmony ponies, with Twilight in front of them all. “All six of you are still in deep trouble and better hand yourself over!” “Yeah and don’t think of sneaking out of this one, Foulhoof!” “You aren’t done with your scrub yet, Glomun!” “You aren’t leaving until you’ve learnt to put a smile on that face, Frownie!” “There’s payback to be had, Rotten Tim!” “You also need to learn why you need to be friendly to others, Trample Jerk, if that’s okay with me saying?” “Man, do you girls not give you up? We just won twice, do you really want to make it three out of three?” asked Foulhoof. “I bet it’s something to do with how we hurt their precious bond.” said Rotten Tim. “The only reason you guys have been winning is because you’ve been doing what you do best- running and hiding!” responded Rainbow Dash. “That’s right and there’s nowhere for you scoundrels to run and hide now!” said Applejack. “Fine, if you little girls want to fight face-to-face, we’re game!” spoke Trample Jerk. “Looks like we’re team until we scrub these dorks across the floor.” said Glomun. “Good, but leave Twilight to me, she’s mine.” “We appear to all be in some particular face off that we all want.” said Trample Jerk. “Not me, I’d rather trade, anyone want to go up against the pink freak!?” “Enough talk! Here we come!” yelled Twilight and led a charge. “Here we come indeed, your all mine now, Twilight!” The two sides collided into a storm of dust clouds, magical beams, and torn pieces of terrain flung across the place. Inside it, Frownie chased Pinkie Pie. “How about instead of you teaching me how to smile, I teach you to cry for a few weeks!?” “No thanks!” responded Pinkie Pie cheerfully. She had then bounced up into a tree and caused Frownie to hit straight forward into a tree. While she was then stunned, Pinkie Pie jumped back down from a branch and landed on top of her. “I’d much rather stick with what we’re doing. We can start with how it actually feels to smile.” She then used her hooves to stretch Frownie’s lips. “Get off me!” Frownie struggled to say and started to try and buck Pinkie Pie off her. “Awesome, you’re finally starting to learn and play!” “I’m learning nothing more than what a pain you are!” Nearby, Fluttershy was also being chased by Trample Jerk. “Come here Fluttershy!” “No, you’re just going to be mean to me. What fun do you even get out of it, if you don’t mind me asking?” “Simple, it just is, those little bunnies are only adorable when they start weeping like little babies, turtles rolling around in their shells is so pathetic it’s hard to not laugh out and watching how easy those birds get scared is so funny, oh I love it and what’s more I like-.” Trample Jerk had then saw Fluttershy turn to face her. “Oh are you going to face me now?” “No, I’m going to give you a good telling off is what!” said Fluttershy as loud as she could. “Heh…what?” Fluttershy then stormed over her, where Trample Jerk could now see her intense glaring eyes right over her. “You think its funny doing all that mean stuff at others expense, I thought you would’ve learnt better when the animals started being mean back to you, did you think it was funny then when they started to treat you in the same fashion, when they made you cry, hide and get scared, was it so funny then, well, was it?” “Um, you know-.” “Speak up while talking, it’s about time you started speaking to people properly instead of always saying harsh things that hurt feelings and only upsets others as a result.” “Okay, Fluttershy, you’re really starting to freak me out here-.” “Just like when you started freaking out all those other animals, hold it there- I’m not done giving you a good telling!” While that chase turned the other way around, Rotten Tim knocked into Applejack and slammed her back straight into a tree. “You see that, girly? That’s the pure power you get from learning to rely on yourself. Having others do it gives you nothing.” “On the contrary, hombre.” spoke Applejack as she got up. “Oh come on, how could you possibly get any stronger other than learning to rely on yourself?” “My Grandma raised me to be fit, my brother taught me how to do things the proper way and my little sister gave me the motivation to keep making her proud through hard work. My friends rely on me, just as I rely on them; keep making me stronger so as not to let them all down. And when you put the bond that we all have together, it gives me the strength to deal with problems like yourself.” “You know, the only reason I hadn’t crushed you before is because I hoped someone like you had the potential to stand on her own without needing anybody. I can see it you really are a waste of time and should’ve stuck to my way of just thinking about only myself.” “How about you do it after I’ve kicked your ass?” “Whatever, but you’re going to really regret this.” He rushed at her, but able to shift her rear at him, thanks to how well she was built, pulled her legs back like the way she was taught how and used inspiration to give her strength, she booted against and sent Rotten Tim rocketed off his hooves. “Hope you like the Apple family specialty!” Rotten Tim had smashed through rows of trees, grinded against the ground and crashed into a rock. He was now really dazed and bruised at what had just happened. Flew in circles and zigzag lines across the forest, Foulhoof kept ahead of Rainbow Dash by using all his dirty tricks in the book. He flung mud, pulled back branches to whack at her face and other such tricks. “Ha! You’ll never catch up with the best athlete in the whole wide world!” “You keep dreaming, Foulhoof, always will. But you were always the worst back at Cloudsdale and always will be!” “Look who’s jealous!” “Why would I be jealous of an infinite rate reject like you!?” “Face it; I’m so much smarter, faster, and better than you. Like, come on, this whole excuse with me cheating is just because you wish you thought of it yourself and don’t want to steal it from a genius like myself.” “Why would I even want to cheat?” “I don’t know, maybe so you could overtake me for a change.” “I have really had enough of you, so I’m done trying to make you a challenge by only going at twenty percent speed.” “Wh-what, twenty percent? That’s not right, I’m going at-!” Rainbow Dash dashed pass and caused Foulhoof to spin haphazardly across the air. When he quickly gained control, he was awestruck by how far away Rainbow Dash already was. “N-no, that can’t be right! You shouldn’t be ahead of me! Y-you can’t be beating me! I-I c-c-can’t lose! Get back here! I always win!” Beneath them, Glomun had manipulated out an ooze of mud with his magic and fired it at Rarity, but the unicorn had gotten behind a tree before he could hit her. “Heh-heh, you hiding little missy, afraid of a little mud?” “Actually it’s because I have no time to play in the mud, due to the fact I have to keep my concentration.” “Huh? Concentration for what?” “Getting all that piles of water I’ve been carrying to be directly above you.” “Wait- what.” He looked up and saw this enormous pile of water over him. “So, totally, oh no...” “Oh yes is more like.” The water was then dropped on top of Glomun and consumed him. Rarity had then used her magic to form the water into a solid cube and popped Glomun’s head out at the top, with the rest of his body still trapped inside. “Now then, let’s get some hairspray on, some deodorant prepared for you to come out and oh soap on those awful places.” An array of cleaning products then surrounded Glomun. “Oh please no! No!” Unable to hear the pandemonium screams of Glomun, Twilight and Dawnshade were in crossfire with each through forest and traded shots with each other. “Come on, baby, don’t take it personally that I buried you. It was just so you could stop trying to ruin what’s good for us, all of us!” “Dawnshade! Whenever you do something, you are totally oblivious to all other perspectives but your own and never even think of what you’re doing.” “What are you saying, sigh, never mind, all I want is you, Twilight. You should know that, even learn it and I bet you can’t. Like, I bet if we weren’t divided between this line of oppression and freedom, we’d be the two greatest lovers in the whole world!” Stood her ground and showed how serious her face was, Twilight screamed. “Dawnshade! Even if we were on the same side, I’d never fall for a creep like you. Your self-centered, nothing but a jerk and you’re a complete creep!” “Twilight,” said Dawnshade frozen in front of her. “You didn’t just say that, please say I didn’t just hear that!” “I did! I say it so that you can get it through your thick, stupid skull that there is no way I can fall madly in love with a freak like you! You dumb self-centred jerk creep!” Dawnshade jaw dropped open, his right eye twitched and a tear slid from his face. Everything snapped though when he gritted and glared at Twilight, his horn glowed and black smoke flared up. “Um, Dawnshade!” “Raaagh!” A tremendous level of power built up from Dawnshade that pulled up chunks of earth, plucked trees and shook the ground. Harnessed it, Dawnshade had fired it from his horn directly at Twilight. Everyone stopped what they were doing and saw the large ocean of energy sweep miles through the forest and took minutes before it could start to simmer. “Twilight!” screamed Rainbow Dash about to go down. “I’m alright.” said Twilight, clunked against a tree. “I was able to use my teleportation spell to get out of that, though I’m afraid Dawnshade’s lost it.”