Chapter 43. A new viewpoint.
A moan came out of the pile of rubble in Celestia’s room. A few pieces of rubble floated away as Celestia was standing over the pile, frantically searching for whoever had crashed through her wall. She never saw Martin crash, but a moan told her something was still alive.
She felt her progress was too slow, so she just teleported everything non-organic outside. Unfortunately this also included Martin’s clothes. A blush appeared on her face before she teleported his clothes back on his body. Just after that the doors swung open once again, but just a bit less forcefully as Luna entered
“What happene-” She began, but she cut herself off. She saw Martin lying on the ground, unconscious. She rushed over to him and hugged him.
Celestia picked up the letter, which had been flung away because of the crash, and showed it to Luna. “You need to read this.”
Luna slowly grabbed the letter and read it.
Princess Celestia,
Martin just disappeared from my home. I haven’t seen anything, he just disappeared. I am going to search Ponyville with my friends. Please tell me if you find anything.
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle
“I think that Discord took him the moment you discovered him.” Celestia said. “I don’t know what Discord did to him, just that it probably isn’t anything good.”
Luna just nodded, tears starting again on her face. “Should we wake him up?” She asked Celestia as she moved Martin to Celestia’s bed.
“No, I don’t think that it would be wise. I don’t want to force anything on him until I know what Discord did to him. I think it is best to just let him sleep.” Celestia said as she gave Luna a quick hug. “I’m sorry for you, Luna.” She ushered Luna out of the room and left Martin alone to rest.
Martin’s mind was a mess. Discord’s energy ball made some changed, but most important was a new connection. His emotions were connected to his powers, becoming destructive or non-destructive depending on his emotions.
Other adjustments made were to the chaotic magic inside him. It was now stabilized; It won’t spill out at random, but it, just as his new powers, fluctuates with his emotion. The angrier he gets the more chaotic magic he releases.
When the energy ball hit him, the massive amounts of changes overloaded his mind, which caused him to faint. After about 2 hours of lying on the bed Martin woke up with a splitting headache. He rubbed his temples as he swung his body so he sat up on the bed. There was still a gaping hole in the wall and Martin just gave it a glance, to preoccupied to think about it.
The door slowly opened and Celestia walked in. “How are you feeling?” she asked quietly.
He grunted. “I have a splitting headache and am very thirsty, but otherwise I’m fine.”
“Luna and I think that there might be more to it.” Celestia said as she sat down next to Martin. “Can you tell me what happened? Nopony just crashes through a wall.”
“It’s all a bit fuzzy, but I remember someone, or something, called Discord. He threw something at me, something red. I remember being angry and then, then I was falling and,” He looked at the wall. “Apparently I crashed through the wall, but how I am unharmed, I don’t know.”
“I think that Discord might have something to do with that. I need to check your mental health, would you mind?”
Martin gave a weak grin at the pun and nodded. “Now, if you would please look me in the eyes.”
Martin did just that. Celestia gasped. “Your eyes! They’ve changed.” She quickly floated over a small mirror. Martin looked at himself and mirrored Celestia’s gasp. His eyes were no longer the usual brown, but had changed to black slits, surrounded by fire red, just like the ball Discord flung at him. “Thankfully, I can still check.” She said as her horn gave a quick flash. Her eyes glowed white for a moment. After all the white faded she gave a weak smile. “Well, at least you’ll be able to think normally.”
Martin sighed. “And what is the verdict without the silver lining?”
“Your mind is shattered. Nothing too bad, but you’ll keep having those headaches for a while. I also see a stabilization in your chaotic magic, but it has gotten a lot more powerful. I don’t really know what to make of this, we’ll just have to see.” She said. She stood up and walked to the door. She turned around. “You might want to go and see Luna. She has been upset since she…” She hesitated for a moment. It wasn’t wise for her to tell him that Luna has been rummaging around in Martin’s mind. “Heard about your opinion of her.”
“I remember something vague about it. I don’t know how, but I lost the feeling.”
Celestia nodded. “You rambled in your sleep. She heard it then. She has been crying ever since.”
Martin sighed. “I really don’t want to hurt her. I mean that I understand that she is hurt, but I don’t love her and don’t want to pretend that I do.”
“She isn’t happy about it, but she’ll understand. Don’t you want to stay friends?”
“I don’t see why not.” Martin responded.
“So go to her. She needs you to see her.” Celestia said as she opened the door for Martin.
Martin nodded and stood up. He looked outside the door and turned around. “Which side?”
Celestia pointed to her left. Martin thanked her and he went to the room on his right. He opened the door and walked in. The room was sparsely furnished, not much there besides a bed and one drawer.
On that one bed lied Luna. Martin walked up to her and sat down, petting her on the back. She slowly looked up and gave a weak smile, but that soon disappeared.
She opened her mouth, but closed it. She hesitated for a second. “D-do you… do you still want to be my friend?”
Martin smiled and said nothing and just hugged her. Luna happily smiled, but there was a sour edge to this happy hug. Physical contact with Luna caused chaotic magic to be transferred from the high point to the low point, or in other words, from Martin to Luna.
Just as they broke the hug their chaotic magic levels leveled out, Discord made sure of that. Martin stood up. “I guess I’ll see you later.” He waved at Luna and left the room.
Luna waved back as she sagged back to the bed. In that short time the chaotic magic had enough time to fester. Something snapped in her mind and she quickly teleported away, her coat just a tinge darker than before.