//------------------------------// // The Ticket Master and Explanations.... // Story: Friendship is Chaos // by Vladimir //------------------------------// I strode next to Aj and Twi while Spike was sitting on edge of the cart, picking up and throwing out 'bad apples'. I stared at the ground trying to piece together everything that was explained to me at the hospital a week ago.... ====Flashback~=============== "What do you mean I'm 'half human'? I figured that much out from having wings and a tail! Sorry for yelling, but if that's all you can tell me about my heritage, then please don't bother." I said to Princess Celestia. She had called me a 'half human', even though I know I am something more than that. The others stayed quiet, wanting to know more. "It is as I stated. You are not human, you aren't even human but something more, for better or for worse. You are a Draconequus." I sat there staring at her confused. What the hell is a Draconequus? And how am I something like that, but look more like a human? I already figured out I could use chaos magic -hellooooooo! I am the element of chaos...pretty sure that's what my magic is called-. "So what? Do I use my chaos magic? I was able to do just about anything." I asked. Celestia nodded her head, I gaped at her before closing y mouth. But then the image of Nightmare and I hugging came to my mind. "And...what of Nightmare Moon? Why...why did she..." My question died out in my throat. "What did she do, Disorder?" Celestia asked. I looked back up at her in the eyes, "She hugged me, and said that she was proud of me before she vanished and I woke up....she smiled at me and looked like she was ready to cry...." I said softly. The others were taken aback, all of them must be wondering how she did this, let alone felt feelings for me. "I see, then I believe it is true. Perhaps, Disorder, you can connect to the darker half of others. Nightmare Moon is the other side, or half, of Luna, I have my own as well. I am positive that every pony else here also has a darker side." Celestia sad to me. But that look in her eye made me think that there was something more to this situation than she was letting on. I sighed and nodded my had. It was a possibility. "Then, perhaps he is capable of changing evil to good, so that both halves can be happy, and not sad?" Luna questioned. Celestia nodded and said it was a possibility. I smiled at that until I felt something nearby. I grabbed my pendant, my wins fanned out as I looked around the room. I saw a shadow of a man, all I could see were is yellow and red eyes and his mouth, he had one large fang on the right side of his mouth. I squeezed tighter, staring at the shadow man until he vanished, but I could hear his taunting laughter. "What's wrong, Disorder?" Twi asked me. Worry in her voice. I shrugged it off as I look back at her, her eyes held a sense of worry for me. I smiled at her before shaking my head. "Nothing, just the shadows playing tricks on me." Damn right they were, friggin things... "Okay. If your sure about it." She aid to me. I nodded my head, looking back at he corner to find nothing, really must have been the shadows messing with me. I lay back in my bed, digesting everything. I could not believe that I wasn't a human! It made sense and felt right, but that is what scared me the most. Did I hate being a human? No, I didn't. But now that I know what I am, maybe I can figure out who I am related to! That is, if Princess Celestia ever friggin tells me a damn thing! "I am sorry to cut this meeting short, but, I must return to Canterlot with my sister. We will meet again Disorder." Celestia said to me, before her and Luna left. ====End Flashback~============================== I felt a hand placed on my chin. Looking up, I saw Aj looking at me with her gorgeous emerald green eyes. "Are ya'll alright sugar cube? Ya'll look like you done seen a ghost or som'thing." She said to me. Concern in her eyes and tone. I blushed slightly, before looking away. "I-I'm fine Aj...just thinking. That little revealation was...hard to accept." I mumbled to her. The three of them shared a look before Aj placed a comforting hand on my shoulder. "It's all right Disorder, Ah wouldn't think tha' you would've accepted this news immediately. It's gonna take time, an' we're here to help you through it. Ah'right?" She comforted me. I smiled and nodded to her before we shared a hug. Spike snickered while Twi seemed to get a look of....jealousy? When we split from the hug, I heard a burp and a blast of green flames zoomed between our faces. I look towards Spike who is holding a letter. "Letter for you Twi..." Spike sighs out. Was he expecting to get a gem to munch on? "Really? Lets see what it is about...OH MY GOSH! IT'S AN INVITATION TO THE GRAND-GALLOPING GALA!" Twi shrieked. "The Gran' Galloping Gala!?" Aj drawled. I watched as the two talked about this gala -which I assumed was nothing more than a dance or something equally useless-. The two jumped up and down, which was torcher for me. Why did these mares have to be so attractive!? I was forced to look away unless 'problems' were to happen. I then saw the same green flames pass by my face, and two golden tickets flew down, I grabbed the tickets and inspected them. "You have only two gran galloping gala tickets Twi. You should ask for more, or, better yet send them back so you and whoever else doesn't need to deal with this useless dance." I said to the three while handing Twi the tickets. "Useless!? Have YOU ever been to the Gala!? Or even seen the WONDERBOLTS!?!?" I heard RD screech from above me. Looking up, I saw that she looked pissed. "No and no, and I have no desire to see these 'Wonder bolts'. I'll support your dream to become one, but I won't watch them, not unless you are in their ranks." I stated to her. Her face reddened slightly. "Y-you would only see them if I was part o their team...?" She asked me softly. I nodded my head in affirmation. "Of course, your the fastest Pegasus Flyer in all of Equestria, no way would I see posers trying to take that title from you." I told her. Her blush deepened before she shook her head. "Of course you would! And of course I'll become a wonder bolt! They'll have to ick me!" That threw me for a loop. "Did you already apply for it?" I asked her. This caught hers and everyone else's attention to me. "What the hay do you mean?" She asked. I stared at her for a few minutes before face palming as hard as I could. Needless to say, I managed to make three apple trees drop their apples. They stared at the tree like they had ADD, probably true... "You need to apply to get into their ranks...as in you have to work for it. I read that they are a show/stunt group, possible military, I'm not sure. But the thing is, you would need to leave us all behind for a few weeks. But it is your dream, so I will support you in it. And when you DO get in, just remember us little people alright?" I said to her. She gave me an odd look before she rubbed her eyes quickly. Must have gotten something in them... "Here" I said to her. I stopped her from rubbing her eyes. When she opened them, they looked like she had gotten an eyelash stuck there. I blew a soft stream of air into her eye, knocking the eyelash out. "There, better?" I asked her. She blushed before nodding her head. "Th-thanks..." RD mumbled to me before flying off, I could see her blush was deepening and she was moving faster than I ever knew she could. "Now tha' was somethin' Ah was not expecting!" Aj said. I turned to face her as she, Twi and Spike stared at me. "What? Something wrong? Am I turning invisible again?" I looked down at myself, making sure that I was still visible. I sighed in relief as I was still visible, but then grew curious. "What weren't you expecting Aj?" I asked her. She inclined her head to me. "Wha' ya'll did you RD jus' a moment ago. No pony ever done that before, an didn't get beaten fer it." She said to me. I blinked before my eyes widened in realization. "Did she let me do that?" I asked. The others shrugged and continued to walk and talk. I followed them silently, trying to figure out why RD acted in such a way, but then it hit me like a tone of bricks. "D-does she like me?" I stated for everyone o hear. They froze where they were and looked back at me, eyes wide, but I could tell that Twi and Aj had weird looks in their eyes, jealousy? Again? "Do you two like me as well? I have been noticing the looks you've been giving me, hell, even from Pinkie and the princesses. What is it about me tat causes you girls to blue or give me those kind of looks?" I asked them. Spike looked at Aj and Twi as they blushed. The to of them blushed harder and coughed. "Now Ah ain't about ta lie to a good looking stallion like yerself, so, yes. Ah do like you. Now, don't go thinking ya'll can abuse that or nothin'!" Aj said to me. I blushed, I turned to Twi, who nodded her head as well. "Then...wh-what do we do about it?" I asked the two of them, blushing. I knew polygamy is legal, on account as there are 1 colt for every 8 fillies ratio, so the number on stallions is fairly low. I coughed from how uncomfortable I was feeling. "Do we...you know, date one another, or...stay as friends?" I asked. Aj seemed to think abut that for a second before she gabbed my hand and held it gently. "Ah wouldn' mind er...datin' yah, along with the girls, except fer Rarity Spike, don' worry, Ah know you two are dating." She said. I blushed more, I felt my heart race as she held my hand gently, yet firmly. I moved awkwardly to the side, I was having 'those' kinds of issues now. "What's the matter sugar cube?" Aj asked me. I shook my head, showing that nothing was wrong. Spike sent me an apologetic look, he knew what was up. "I'm fine A-aj! Really, but, I mean, am I worthy enough to be with you, or Twi or even RD? What if the princesses want to be with me as well, what happens then? I don't want to make anybody sad because of this..." I said. Twi and Aj shared a laugh, which confused me and spike. "Disorder, you know that polygamy is legal, right?" She asked me. I nodded my head. "Then that means you can have multiple mares! Even if the princesses wanted to be with you, they could, you don't even have to worry about us getting jealous, because we'd be one large herd!" She said to me. Realization dawned on my face -once again-. She was right, I could have many mares in a herd with me. "I guess your right Twi, then, maybe we could go to the gala, as a date?" I asked the two of them. Twi and Aj nodded their heads, before hugging me tightly. I hugged them back, blushing deep red. We separated from the hug, but they held my hands, I had a small smile on my face, I could see Spike giving me a thumbs up before pulling the two carts by himself. We stared at him, before remembering that he was a dragon and that I was a Draconequus. They then looked up at me, as I down to them, our gazes locked, they kissed me one at a time, I kissed them back before we headed into tail, my tail swaying happily. As we entered town, I saw that every pony was running around like mad, I watched in amusement from the small chaos. I stifled a laugh with my tail over my mouth. Twi and Aj gave me a small glare. "What *snirk*? It's funny!" I said to them before I calmed down from their now icy glares. "Okay, okay, sheez." I watched as every pony had stopped what hey were doing, the stallions glared at me, as if wanting me dead. I recoiled slightly from those looks. Why are they looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong by not laughing or something? One of the stallions walked over to us, his eyes on Aj. "Hey there baby! Why don't you stop hanging around with this loser, and get with a real stallion~!" He said to Aj. My blood began o boil, I reached for my pendant, but I was stopped by Aj. who placed a hand on mine. "No thank yah Blacky, Ah am fine with Disorder." She said in an almost possessive manner, she and Twi tightened their grips on my arms. I looked at Blacky, he has a black fur coat, he is a unicorn. He is wearing blacksmith's clothes, while his belt has a hammer, on his back, is a war-hammer. I was getting the feeling to defend myself soon. "Really now? Even though he ain't a pony? Ha! What a laugh!" He wrapped an arm around her waist. "Why don't we go and...." He was cut off by my fist hitting his face. Hard. "No pony touches my Aj, or Twi...." I growled out. Twi and Aj looked at me with bot amused and shocked expressions. Blacky got back up, he spit a tooth out. "Is that right? Then maybe I should touch her for real then!" He growled at me with a shit eating grin. I growled at him, ready to summon my sword, until I remembered that I could use chaos magic. I snapped my claws and a bucket of paint appeared above his head, it soon crashed onto his head, pink paint going all over him. "Looking like that? Puh-lease! Only Pinkie can get by with that look, let alone make it look good. You make it look...depressing." I said to him. He growled and charged at me. I snapped my fingers again, making a brick wall appear in front of me, which he ran right into. idiot.... He grabbed his war-hammer and charged me again. As he swung it at me, I jumped up landing on it. I kicked him in the face before back flipping through the air and landing between Twi and Aj. "Stop this now, I'd rather not crush you." I said to Blacky. He growled out more before he groaned and left, cursing and muttering under his breath about some sort of plan. "Sorry you had to see that girls." I said while turning to face the two of them. When I met their gaze with mine, I saw that they were staring at me in awe. "Thanks fer that Disorder. But, don't ya'll ever do that again! Y'hear!?" Aj yelled at me while whapping me on the side of the head. "Okay, okay! Jeez! I was just defending your honor." I said to her while rubbing my head. I followed them as we headed towards a restraint, Twi and Aj were talking about being hungry, to which I agreed to as well. We sat at a comfy table where we ordered our food. "So what should I do about the tickets?" Twi asked us. I gave her a deadpan stare as if the answer was obvious, when she and Aj blinked back at me, I face palmed. "Ask for more or give them back, though since our date will be at this gala, we might as well ask for like what? Six more?" I said to them. The two of them nodded. "I'll have to ask Spike to take the letter for me when we see him again. " Twi stated. Aj and I nodded our heads. We went through a series of vents after saying those things. Pinkie sent a mob of ponies after us, RD joined our date, Rarity and Spike were making out before pestering Twi and Aj about the tickets, Shy was being a suck up, and by the time the day was over, Twi had a break down. "I just can't decide!" Twi yelled out. I growled at the others who at some point made it part of their day to pester Twi and Aj about the tickets. "Spike! Take a fucking letter!" I growled at him. He was quick to get a parchment and quill, as he was ready to right down what I had to say. "Dear Princess Celestia; Please send us more tickets so that most of our 'friends' will stop hounding us. On a bright note, how was your day? Mine was fantastic, currently I am taking RD, Aj, and Twi to the gala as a group date. If you have anything you wish to ask of me, just do so. Sincerely, Disorder Chaos." I saw Spike had stopped writing. "Get all of that?" He nodded. "Good, then please send it." I said to him. Spike breathed green flames that went out the window and to Princess Celestia. I slumped onto Twi's couch, running a hand through my hair. "Now all we need to do it was for the reply." I stated. Spike burped out the letter, along with the extra tickets, which I caught. I opened the letter, and my face grew hot. "What's the matter big guy?" RD asked. I blushed even harder. "Apparently Luna and Celestia want to join us on the date. How does that even work!? Oh never mind, we need to get ready, now!" I yelled, snapping my fingers causing everyone to be in dress clothes. "Why now sugar cube?" Aj asked innocently. "Because they are coming here, to see us...." I stated softly. They froze with wide eyes. Soon I heard a doo slam open and I saw a Pegasus wearing golden armor walk in, next was Celestia and Luna themselves. They were wearing holy white dresses that hugged their bodies -which somewhat posed a problem for...that- their crowns and royal regalia seemed to shine as they moved towards us. However, their eyes were on me. "It's good to see you all again, including you, Disorder." Celestia said to me, still in a kind tone. I nodded to her before Luna tackle hugged me to the ground. As she looked down at me, I could see she was happy about the date, like it was her first one ev- oh yeah...the moon thing...whoops! "We thank thee for allowing us to join you!" She said to me in a kind and soft voice. I blinked before smiling up at her. "My pleasure Princess Luna! I'm happy that you and Princess Celestia are happy about this!" I said to not just her, but to Celestia as well. Celestia giggled while Luna blushed, as she realized what position we were in. "But maybe we should wait on this kind of thing till you know, we're sure we want to date each other, if that is fine with you." I said to not just Luna, but every pony in the room. They all blushed as Luna was quick to hop off of me. I got to my feet, my normal clothes back on as my jacket was still bellow the back of my knees. "We are sorry. It is...hard to adjust to this time period. We hope you understand." Luna said with a saddened look. I smiled softly at her, before placing a hand on her chin, when she looked up at me, we stared into each other's eyes. "It's alright Princess Luna, I am fine with it, no harm no fowl. Besides, from what I have seen so far and heard as well, it's pretty cute." I told her. She blushed a deep shade of crimson, before smiling at me softly. "We thank thee." she said in old English. I nodded my head before letting her chin go. I took a step back before conjuring a brown throne with antlers at the top, the cushions were blood red. The princesses eyes widened when they saw m siting in it like it was my own. "Is there something wrong?" I asked them. "That throne used to belong to...some pony very bad. Where did you see or find it?" Luna asked me. I stared at her until I realized that I had no idea where I knew this from, it just appeared in my mind. "I don't know, it just sort of appeared in my mind, like I am meant to sit in it or something. Is that bad?" I asked them. The princesses shook their heads softly. "Oh. Okay then. So what would you two like to talk about since you are here?" I asked them kindly. Celestia smiled at me before answering. "We wanted to come see how you all were doing, among other things. But we also wanted to know if it was okay for us to join on your date." She said. I smiled at her before nodding my head, "Of course it's fine, RD had just invited herself to it even though I know she just wants to see the Wonder bolts, which is fine." I said to Celestia. She nodded, noticing that my theory was right about RD. "I see, that is a nice thing of you to do for her, Disorder." She stated. I nodded my head softly. I looked to my right, and my eyes widened when I saw that shadow man standing there again. He was talking to me, but I could only hear whispers. I felt a massive rush of power leave him and go into me. The room began to spin, as I blacked out onto the floor. This was only the second hardship I would have to face so far, and there were more up ahead.