//------------------------------// // Release // Story: The Journal // by InsaneBatPony //------------------------------// Release Twilight's magic was no longer stable. The journal shook with the fluctuations. Twilight had lost most of her mind to the Presence in the Pages. The magic aura surrounding the journal dissipated and the journal fell to the floor with a small thud. Tears were streaming down her face and she had long fits of laughter. She had gotten up and had begun to inscribe a symbol into the floor boards of her study. When it was completed the Presence spoke to her again. “Good girl, now finish the journal and learn the key.” Twilight did as she was told. She sat down and levitated the journal once more and opened it for the final time. ________________________________________________________________________________ “Wha in tarnation is going on Spike, this is really unlike you” said Applejack with concern. “Yes I agree dear” Rarity spoke up. “I know, I know, I’m sorry for hurrying this on to all of you but Twilight is in serious danger!” Spike said with an incredible urgency. Another voice spoke up in the wind and a figure appeared in the room as well. “I’m interested in this as well. I received your letter but I was busy so I could not come right away. I must admit however, I did feel something strange emanating from Ponyville lately. ” said Celestia with a look of concern. Spike then began to explain the whole story to them, about the Stallion, the journal and her physical and mental state. As he explained their faces grew dim and dumbfounded. Even Pinkie was no longer smiling. Fluttershy was hiding behind her hair teary eyed. As he was explaining the situation Twilight was finishing the journal. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ What stood before was no longer Draco Alterion, but something else, something more sinister, more evil. He stood seven feet tall with the cloak covering his body and face. From what I could make out about his features he had scale like skin similar to that of a dragon. His eyes glowed a sinister red with dragonesque pupils and his mouth had the same glow with what appeared to be blood dripping down it. He stood on his two back legs, it had a lizard like tail and his hooves became clawed appendages. He also had a more striking feature, a pair of wings on his back made of pure bone. He looked at all of us and then walked up to one of our lower ranked members; we did not know what to think. Had we succeeded or failed? We did not know. He grabbed the pony by the throat, the monster opened his mouth and we could see what appeared to be ghost rise from the pony’s body and enter into the thing we made. At this point my colleague started to yell, flail and scream. He began to run around the room and bang his head on the wall until he had finally broken his skull. I asked the creature what he was and he answered me with one sentence. “I am Insanity.” I had to seal him away but I was too late. My colleagues had gone mad. I was the last of the original team. I used the most powerful sealing magic I knew. A spell given to me by the Princess should the need ever arise. I did not have time to waste. I ran away and found the perfect place for the casting of the spell. He followed me as I had expected him to do. As soon as I had finished prepping the trap he fired a magic bolt at me. It was very weak for some reason. It had hit the book that I am currently writing this journal in now. When he was in the proper place I initiated the spell. It worked or so I thought. As he was being dragged into the seal he called to me. “Do you think I’m going down without a fight?” he called from the blue vortex surrounding his grotesque body. I could only watch in horror as he performed one last spell. “You will become my minion,the legacy of my existence. Your name will be Discord!” he called form the vortex his lower half now consumed. With those final words he blasted me with a spell that I had not known and my body began to change little by little. My mind was also changing. I wanted nothing more than to cause absolute chaos and make life miserable for pony kind. As I write this, the spirit of this, Discord, has been eating away at me. I fear that I will no longer be Orion Lunarius, but Discord the son of Insanity. I write these final words as a last ditch effort to tell how he can be released and also how he can be sealed forever. They are the same spell only performed differently. The release is done by using some of the blood of the most powerful unicorn not of royal blood and the sealing done by using the blood of a member of the royal family. I write this as a warning to those to be careful using the sealing spell should he escape. If these steps are confused he will be freed and the sealing spell will not work at all. The sealing spell will be rendered permanently useless. Write the runes on the ground put the blood in the center and cast the spell. Depending on the blood used the result will be different. I can no longer resist Discord. Before I change, I hope... _________________________________________________________________________________________________ The final words of the journal were skewed and a long line ended the journal, signifying Orion’s final transformation into the spirit of chaos. The journal dropped to the floor and Twilight stood up and began to move toward the center of the room to finish the ritual. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Spike had finished his explanation of the situation, the five and Celestia could not believe the story Spike had just told. Celestia being the most in tune with the magic abilities sensed Twilight’s condition earlier on and had started to become concerned but with Twilight’s record of losing her mind when stressed, she did not think anything of it at the time but this was different. As they stood trying to take in what Spike had finished saying Twilight let out a blood curdling scream and a crimson red light had appeared in the study window. They all ran to her study the Princess being the first to arrive. Celestia kicked the door down to the ground and ran into the room. The runes were glowing and the sealing circle was glowing as well. Twilight was floating in the center of the circle, her leg bleeding. Before they could act any further Twilight disappeared. The seven of them standing in shock at what they had just seen. The Princess entered the room farther studying the markings and symbols. She recognized the spell used because she taught it to another long ago. She turned to the rest of them a grave look on her face. "Oh no...Those symbols. Orion's Circle..." Celestia said to herself so the others could not hear. She turned to face the others who were rummaging through everything in order to find out what had happened. Celestia called them over and explained what had just happened, though she did not know what creature was released. _________________________________________________________________________ The Castle of the Royal pony Sisters was illuminated and the Everfree Forest glowed a crimson hew. A sealing circle in the deepest part of the castle exploded in a flash of magic power in the form of lightning and fire. The ground burned and sizzled as the flames surrounded the circle, in the middle stood Draco Alterion, and by his side Twilight Sparkle, once protégé of the princess, now the loyal servant of madness incarnate. “It is time to take what should have been mine so long ago” he said in a deep rumbling voice. “I will plunge Equestria into madness and rule this place, as I should have done before Orion sealed me. I will have revenge on those who cursed me and cast me out so long ago!” the ground shook as he roared. “I AM INSANITY!” _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The war between Equestria and Insanity has begun! Can the Elements stand against Insanity? Continue with "Insanity War"