//------------------------------// // The definition of entropy // Story: Draconequus at large! // by swingbeat //------------------------------// Entropy- noun The measure of chaos in a given system. Equestria The road was dark and as twisted as a timber wolves wooden leg. Luna's moon was high over head, almost as if it were watching the draconequus with its silver glare. There was a reason that this chimera was here. He had gotten an invitation from an old friend, a very old friend. As the draconequus stopped at a gnarled oak tree he sat and waited. Suddenly the crickets and night creatures stopped stirring, making silence fall around him. The draconequus stood up from having a seat and greeted his old friend. “Discord it is very nice to see you once again.” said the draconequus “The same to you Entropy.” said the other. Discord looked over the other draconequus, in stature Entropy was about the same height, though that was about where the similarity ended. Entropy was as much a mix-match of creatures as Discord, his horns were both bull and ram one on each side. His left ear was a rabbit’s and his right was a dog’s. His left arm was a bear’s, and his right an alligator. His body went from a regal white to a polka dotted red and black, like a lady bugs. He did not have wings though, instead he had a dolphin's’ dorsal fin and his leg was a red fox’s and a ponies, and his tail was like a thresher sharks.And to top it off his mane/hair was a regal purple, much like a certain fashionista in Ponyville. “Why did you invite me here? I thought that you were having fun being Celestia's pet.” chuckled Entropy. “Don't remind me; you know as well as I do I tolerate them simply because they have weaponized friendship on their side and I do not care to be turned to stone again.” said Discord with disdain. Entropy pulled up a chair with a puff of yellow smoke, "I know how much you hate your little predicament, but it’s still fun to tease you about it my old pal.” At this Discord harrumphed, took a calendar book out of thin air, and pulled out a page, showing it Entropy. “This is the day that a little plan of mine is going to occur. A beast from Tartarus is going to suddenly and inexplicably be released. It will over power Cerberus and consequently get ol' Sunny Butt to become involved.” “Yes I understand it’s one of your pranks.” Entropy remarked while he turned a cricket into cricket ball. “Wrong, on so many levels. This beast will also over power Celestia, causing her to call upon me. I will quickly dispel the beast back to whence it came. But, as Celestia is still recovering she will ‘slip’ into the mouth of Tartarus itself!” Discord said with excitement. “The drafts there would tear her wings to shreds!” Entropy argued, "It would surely kill her!" “Exactly my point. With Celestia out of the way, I am going to use a new brand of magic that I have been working on for a quite while.” “Discord, are you saying that you actually are wanting to kill the controller of the Sun!?!” “Not kill, just displace her to a little back watery world in an unfashionable western spiral arm of a galaxy far far away." “What would her sister think of that?” Entropy asked in disbelief “She won't. She would be next, then Twilight Sparkle, after her the rest of the elements, and then the rest.” “That would cause more panic than anything” “Oh it will be wonderful wouldn't it! All the chaos and disorder it would cause? It would be like old times. But I won't stop there, the entire world shall return to what it rightfully should be. The land of the Draconequus.” “You're madder than ever Discord!" cried Entropy. "When the ponies first showed up we agreed that it was indeed their time to rule. You were at the declaration, for Eris's sake, you sat next to me at the very table it was decided on!” “It was the biggest mistake we ever made, look how they ruined such wonderful chaos! Instead of milk, it rains water; instead falling up, you fall down. All this ‘order’ has killed,Killed our race! Only the stronger ones have survived, and even then they are vilified!” “I won't let you do this Discord” “And here I was, wanting to invite you in on the fun.” said Discord sorrowfully. A punch was thrown. Who it was that threw it, does not matter. The result was a fight the left a beaten draconequus on the ground, and his name was Entropy. Prismatic blood seeped from both burns and cuts from the fallen draconequus. His mismatched eyes acted like a chameleons as they watched what used to be an intelligent and wise Discord. Now all they saw was an insane and very powerful adversary, one that he knew had to be stopped for the sake of both ponies, and of the world they lived on. “See, Entropy, you can't fight me, this order has weakened you as well.” “You're still mad discord. It will never work. The others will see this and stop you!” Entropy gasped. “What others?” Asked Discord, almost daring Entropy to name the other draconequui. “Dissonance...” Wheezed Entropy. “Gone.” replied Discord. “Tumult.” Said entropy shakily. “Dead.” Said the mad chimera. “Anarchy?” Asked the fallen chimera. “She..." Discord said, "was the first to fall.” Entropy could not believe it. Yes a draconequus does not associate with others of their kind often, other than to pull pranks or to decided on some group of problems. But sometimes, sometimes... “It is just you and me. And soon, it will be just me.” Discord proceeded to say. Entropy fought against the blackness of unconsciousness, “There is one thing I learned about you during this fight Entropy." Discord grabbed Entropy, pulling him up by his bull horn. "You are a pitiful excuse for a creature that wields chaos like a toy." Discord dropped him, "And for that reason you will be my test subject in order to make sure my spell works” At that point that Entropy lost consciousness, but not before a curse had fallen over him. April 30, 2020 location: L.A. (lower Alabama) The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and all I wanted to do is shoot the birds and block the sun. Good grief who thought of the idea of waking up in the morning? Who ever it was, I want to give them a piece of my mind! But, as I look at the smart phone that serves as my alarm I saw that I had work today, as well something else, but it was blocked by my glasses. So I reluctantly got up and looked at the further note. “Happy Birthday!” it said. … … … OH! My birthday how could I ever forget this day? After all, it was 25 years ago that I was born and began this madcap race towards death. And I had to work, what a present. Next time the fates should just let me wake up on my own time on an island in the keys with a card that has unlimited credit. Yeah keep dreaming Ed. As I got up, I grabbed my uniform that read “Eddy” emblazoned on the right side of it, and “Chuck E. Cheese” on the other, along with the picture of an overgrown and glorified rat in a ball cap. After getting dressed I looked in the mirror to make sure I was presentable. Looking back at me was what, at first glance, might look like your typical good ol' boy, Rebel flag waving lad of 25. This misconception is dead wrong. I can’t fish, and can’t shoot anything other than a camera. I also graduated high-school with honors, and am currently in college. But enough about me, I need to get something to eat. After breakfast I hopped in my car and drove to the place where kids scream, and parents argue over a coin that has no monetary value. My job. At work I clocked in, and as I turned around I was surprised by the manager. I am older than him by by a day, he was born on May 1st but he would always remind me about whose Dad owned the franchise. Me and him were friends, rivals, but friends. “Hey Ed” said Alex the manager. “Hello Al” I replied “So I know its your ‘birth day’ and you want an easy day but...” “Dear God don't tell me that.” Alex looked at me half apologetically, half devious. “Glenn just called in sick, and we have five birthdays to celebrate.” “Please tell me Glenn was on cake duty.” Alex shook his head. That meant that my day as a birthday kid just turned into a day stuck in a over sized mouse head. “Fine” I sighed “Sorry man, but you're the only one on shift who has party experience and can fit the costume.” “Just tell me the birthday schedule.” I said wanting it over with already. “It begins 7 and ends at 3” I didn't believe him I looked at the calendar and it said "birthday parties from 7 to 3." “That's my whole shift!” I exclaimed “Hey, think about it, at least you have Friday and the weekend off, which reminds me,” He pulled out a slip of paper and wrote a time and place on it. “I want you and your little parlor tricks to come to my birthday at Seville Quarter.” “Seville Quarter, you want to get drunk don't you?” “As much as possible before work the next day. That day we have ten, count em, ten parties.” I took another look at the calendar then back to him, and laughed as I left, saying, “Alright I think this will be worth it to see you spaz out Saturday. I am off to get the parties prepared!” I said in a sing song voice. The next 8 hours I will condense into something short and to the point. “Where are the banners?” “Will someone find out what happened to the gift bags?” “No, we forgot to clean the costume Eddy.” OW! Captain the jewels have been damaged sir! “No kid, that's not for human consumption!” And screaming, lots of screaming. And if I see another “Planes 2” or an over-girly made cake I will throw my hands up and cry in a voice that will shake the land and topple mountains, “A POX ON YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD!”. . I never thought that this day would end. Working at an outdated arcade is certainly something that you should never do. I still think its either a miracle, or a curse, that place is still open. As I took off my uniform and switched to house clothes I quickly went for my magic trick book. It was one of those old ones, the type that you get at a book fair in elementary school. But having fallen in love with magic in general, and finding it pretty good to deal out pranks on people, I soon learned all I could from it. After finding that there were more tricks I could do, I quickly wrote down notes and pages of tricks, and other various magic acts that I could perform, in to the margins of the book, and added pages of new tricks. I called it my "Spell Book", and since it was the 25th birthday of a friend, I needed something a little more than a coin trick. So I looked at my lists and found one that I called the "Disappearing Glass", and within the hour I had it down pat again. After my practice was done I became bored again, so I decided to indulge a little secret of mine. Believe it or not this southerner from Pensacola is a brony, (Luna is best princess!) As I searched through the web for new pictures of Luna and of ponies in general, I was listening to some music. As I clicked through gallery after gallery I heard the song “Discord” and Instantly I felt something stir inside me. It wasn't a hateful feeling, more like one of pity. Trust me, I hate how discord ended the series. How he treated the only other draconequus in the entire world of Equestria? Shameful! And how he treated the ponies, Disgraceful! I wanted to shoot the writers for that one! But, I don't want to go to jail; although the idea of what the headlines would say would be funny. After deciding I had had enough of pictures, I went to FimFic, the site rarely has updates any more, but there are enough stories that still update. If only once a month, on a lucky year. but I still read it. My old mantle clock chimed the time as i was reading a comedy about an OC by the name of Cracked Pot and his adventures as the inventor of Pinkie's various party gadgets. But then as the ninth bell chimed my head started swimming. “Five score divided by four! Your mind abused, Your body confused! For your stupidity I banish thee, Far beyond the starry sea! I surely do pity you and your nearsightedness ! But with or without you, I shall return to be called your Royal Chaoticness!” I jolt upright with that phrase swimming around in my head. I look at the clock its 9:05. I guess that is Gods' way of saying, ‘Ed, you need to sleep’. So not one to question the guy upstairs, I promptly go to my room. As I do though, I take look at myself in the mirror. That's when I noticed something, one of my eyes are dilated. ~Must be from all the stress of the parties I had to work through.~ I thought. So, plopping on my bed, I quickly fell asleep.