My curiosity started when the world seemed to have come to an end. But my amusement ended with my arrest. I was framed for something that wasn't my design but I happen to be pushing it forward. Wrongly accused when the mastermind had been controlling the very worlds events itself throughout all of history.
I was brought to an old castle and was confined to its prison tower deep in the dreaded Everfree forest when Canterlot found out that I could not die. They tried execution but it did not work even though I appear to be just a normal unicorn. Trying to keep me from the rest of the world, they hoped to keep me trapped for the rest of time. Day after day it was the same solitude and I was powerless to escape from it.
While I slept, the whole prison shook violently causing the door of my prison cell to fall off its hinges. Strangely it was the loud clang that woke me, so I got up and walked out onto the balcony. The stairs had long been destroyed. The sunlight shown down on me as I looked around. Underneath my prison, the world was a dark swirling abyss of mystery. A black fog that had not been there before had engulfed the rest of the castle as my tower hung over it all. I was uncertain, but then dove into it.
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Falling fast through the haze, Fhil didn't see the ground coming. He hit the dirt on his side with a loud thud and bounced a foots distance. He looked at the old castle and followed the walls to its entrance. He saw a green glow coming from within and decided to investigate it. He had no idea where he was inside that forest so exploring the castle may tell him something, including the source of that light. Walking through the old abandoned halls of the once great fortress, he followed the glow. Coming to a large room in the center of the building, Fhil saw something he didn't want to see. It was Chaos, now John, standing in the center of the room in middle of a green spell circle with his eyes closed.
“Was hoping you would come see me.” John said with his eyes still closed.
Fhil wasn't used to seeing him without the mask but remembered him in the flashback. Chaos' facial features still disturbed him a great deal.
“I've been stuck here awhile. I didn't know it was you because I just recently got out.” Fhil told him.
“You're welcome.” John laughed a little, still focusing on his task.
“What are you doing here anyways?” the unicorn asked looking around the great hall.
“Summoning a being that should have existed so long ago. My poor, sweet Discordia.” he said as the circle started glowing even brighter.
“After all thats happened, after that history you had with the other gods, you still want to clone your power in other avatars? You will just lose again.” Fhil told him in frustration.
“The other two gods need Destruction to seal my source of power. Right now we are at a stale mate. They can do little to stop me from getting what I want, besides I have a lot of things I need to take care of. Those Elements for example...” he trailed off.
“I don't understand. You are a god, don't you already have enough as it is?” Fhillip questioned.
The god nodded, “True. In the beginning, I gave idea's to Lauren about what I would have liked to see in the world. Harmony did the same thing.”
“Like what?”
“Well, I wanted things that could not normally exist and things that were two creatures instead of one. For example, the creatures of the Everfree. Look at the Hydra and its many heads but one body. Have you seen how it runs? It looks funny.” He laughed at his mental image of the clumsy creature.
“The chimera, half chicken, half snake, turning things into stone. Imagine such small size to be so mind blowingly deadly. The manticore is also a good example. Mind its tail.” John smiled at this.
“Outside of the forest I made a very successful species. The griffins, half bird half lion and they eat meat you know! I'm sure ponies are on the menu even with this peace treaty you've managed to make.”
“That's amazing.” Fhil looked astonished. “These were all your ideas?”
“Yeah. Lauren was also impressed and really loved my creative mind.” John said in deep thought but not losing focus on the circle.
“It sounds to me like you should be satisfied with things. You don't need to do this.” Fhil argued.
“No. I do. I always wanted a daughter. I mean, one that I liked. One that I didn't have to babysit, that could already be intelligent and know and talk and walk.” he prattled on.
“So what about Discord?”
“He is my 'son'. I had a informative talk with him earlier this week. Turns out he's a 'good guy' now.” John said plainly, his face unmoving.
“You sound disappointed.” Fhil stated.
“I am. He doesn't listen to me anymore. He forgot why he exist. Well, Discordia will fix all that.”
“So you're disowning him?” Fhillip asked while walking around the hall while having a casual conversation with the god of chaos.
“For now.”
“Your daughter won't live long. The Elements will stop her.” Fhil said trying to change the gods mind.
“I already have an idea of how I will take care of them. You know how good my idea's are.”
“I will warn them!” Fhil threatened.
“I'm tired of talking to you.” the skull John always wore appeared in his hands and he let it levitate within the circle as he backed out of it. A skeletal body materialized under the mask and soon, meat and flesh started appearing on the bones. Soon a full new draconequus body stood in the circle. She had long black hair and the same large tooth Discord had. She was pretty cute Fhil thought.
“Now I'm sending you back to Canterlot, without the invincibility.” He held out his gauntleted hand and a yellow mist rushed from it and into Fhil's body, he could feel again. “
“You. Lauren. Nopony. None will stop me.” He waved a dismissal motion with his gauntlet hand and in the blink of an eye, Fhillip had teleported away.
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Meanwhile back in Canterlot, Celestia was speaking with Twilight Sparkle and her friends in the throne room. Celestia was sitting on her throne as the new princess and her friends were before her. “We are sorry we couldn't make it in time!” Twilight Sparkle told her mentor.
“You don't have to keep apologizing Twilight. I understand you can't teleport everypony here instantly yet without feeling drained. That is a hard thing to do.” Celestia assured her pupil.
Rarity spoke up. “But Princess.. we were absent in your greatest time of need! What does it say about us if we let this happen?”
“Yeah, we could have really kicked those dragons to the curve!” Applejack said bucking one of her hind legs.
“Oh Aj, you couldn't do anything to a dragon! You don't have wings or use magic! Me and you would party instead!” Pinkie shouted giggling.
“So! I can still help ponies get out of the city or somethin'!” Applejack insisted.
Celestia nodded. “Well, what's done is done.”
Twilight wasn't happy about it. After her coronation, Celestia and Luna wanted Twilight to attend this years Summer Sun Celebration to show the nation her equality and another reason to be happy on that day. To prepare for it, Twilight had gone to Ponyville to gather her things for another extended stay in the capitol.
Suddenly, a familiar unicorn teleported into the room.
Fhillip found that he was in bad company when he found himself in front of Celestia in the throne room of Canterlot. Her bored expression quickly changed to one of concern.
“Hi.” Fhillip squeaked.
“What are you doing?” Celestia asked him with a furious look on her face.
“Uh. Chaos teleported me here?” he explained.
She shook her head in annoyance. The guard in the room were standing still waiting for orders.
“I guess you should go back?”
“Who's this?” Twilight Sparkle asked.
“This is Fhillip. He was the one who put all this in motion, he's only half to blame though.” Celestia told her.
Refusing to take more blame, Fhillip spoke up louder. “And you're going to have more problems if you don't stop Chaos!”
“What is he up to now?” Celestia's brow arched.
Fhillip had a look of regret about him. “He has recreated his female Discord.”
“Then it's as I expected.” Lauren walked through the throne room doors. “He's trying to throw the world out of balance. He doesn't understand that if the world ceases because of the chaos, he will be destroyed too.. I honestly think he doesn't care though.” she shook her head approaching Celestia.
“A female Discord?” Twilight asked. “And WHO is this Celestia? I didn't know there was a fifth alicorn!”
“Everypony”, she addressed them, “this is my mother, Lauren.”
The elements had amazed looks but Fhillip remembered her from the vision Chaos showed him in his genesis story. She was the god of creation but in the vision, she had no cutie mark. Yet, here she stood with one. “It's official, I've met two gods and all the dragon lords and lived.” he said to himself out loud.
Lauren laughed. “No, you've met all the gods and all the lords.”
Fhillip looked bewildered. “What?”
“Craig was the god of destruction and Harmony stands before you as well. It lives within the Ponyville friends, within the artifacts.” Lauren smiled.
The friends were hearing one bomb of information after another.
“Craig? Who's that?” Fhil asked.
Lauren put her hoof to her chin, “Oh, he may have went by Elder to everything else. Craig is his real name.”
Fhil felt himself get light headed.
“Impressive Fhil, I've only met two dragon lords.” Celestia said. “The purple and blue one.”
“Ah, that's Skadholm and Ryalon” Fhillip answered. “Skad's a real nice dragon. Not including the attack on this town but he let me get to my wife first. I don't know Ryalon much, just that she really loves Skad.”
Everypony was listening to the conversation with great interest. It scared Fluttershy because she didn't like dragons to much.
Rainbow Dash was flying a little above ground with an eager expression. “I wonder if we can race them someday!” she said.
Applejack laughed at Rainbow. “Hah, you just want somethin' else to race besides griffons.”
Rainbow nodded and Twilight's curiosity peaked, she wanted to know more.
“Who are the gods you talk about? I know you told us about the dragons that attacked the city but Fhillip seems like he knows them personally. I'm sorry if all this is a lot but I want to know.” Twilight asked with sincerity.
Lauren looked at Twilight, then she looked at Celestia. It was time to tell everypony the truth. “Well..” she started.
“Wait.” Fhil interrupted. “I want to tell my story first.” Lauren nodded at this and held out a hoof allowing him to proceed.
Fhillip told them about losing his job, then about Notch and the trip to South Rhymica. He continued on about the god Chaos and his plans. About getting Chrysalis and the dragon lords to agree to everything. How the war started and everything after that up until the present.
“It's awful. But you obviously want to make things right.” Celestia said and Fhillip nodded.
“I have something to tell you Celestia but not you alone. If you would, please go wake your sister.” Lauren said with a serious look.
With a serious demeanor, Celestia teleported away from the throne. The six friends talked amongst themselves as Lauren told the guards to leave the room. Unsure of the order, the guards obliged because Twilight nodded to them.
Celestia teleported back in with Luna by her side. The night pony was rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and despising the light.
“We should have brought her in before we had story time.” Pinkie said shaking her head.
Everypony knew she was right and put hooves to their foreheads.
“Yeah, you can fill me in later.” Luna said.
Lauren took a step towards Luna. “To be short and to the point, John has made another Discord. He intends to kill you and your sister and throw the world out of balance.”
Luna's eyes widened. “After all the trouble to deal with one Discord? Why me and Celestia?”
“Jealousy.” Lauren said simply.
Celestia and Luna looked at each other then back to their mother.
“We must stop this before it truly begins. We have John, the dragons and now Discordia to worry about.”
“What do we do?” Twilight asked.
Lauren understood this. “I'm sorry that my daughter has asked you to do so much already. It's to be expected of you though, wielder of Harmony. History is repeating itself and from the bottom of my heart, I beg you to keep fighting. Stop the cycle!”
Twilight and her friends were shocked by this. A god begging them for help. Celestia could only look sad at this scene and Luna also was sympathetic for her mom.
“We love Equestria and we will do what is needed of us!” Twilight said and her friends nodded at the sad alicorn god.
“I'm glad to hear that.” Lauren smiled, “You must go to Chaos and fight him.”
Fhillip spoke up, “Won't they be evenly matched?”
Lauren nodded, “Yes but that is the point. I want to keep him busy so he can't do anything to hinder my other plans.”
“What plans?” Celestia asked. Luna was still trying to wake up but was listening.
“You, Luna and I are going on a little trip.” she started. “I need your help reviving Craig.”
“Why do you need us?” Luna asked yawning.
Lauren took a deep breath. “Because he is your father.”