//------------------------------// // Discorded deciver // Story: Arctic runner- vol 1 catching shadows // by adaptroug //------------------------------// It did not take me long to find discord but he looked different. Almost as if he was being molded into something even more sinister than him self. I looked to the sky and saw lance circling around Discord who actually looked a little less chaotic more just pure evil yet he still continued to cause chaos. The sun suddenly dropped out of the sky and into his hand. "Out with the sun, out with the moon," He then looked at my hiding spot, "D will not try what he will do soon." I knew I had been found but discord didn't seem to care that I was found. He was enveloped in black fire and looked like himself again and disappeared. "What was that about," I said looking around realizing I was no longer in the other city but back in ponyvil. In the center of town I saw a throne, lance flying overhead and discord sitting on the throne with a similar figure that seemed more human than him. Staying hidden I watched as Twilight and the others excluding dash and in her place spike. "I hate time slips," I muttered to my self as I watched the seen unfold. Discord taunted and dared them to turn him into stone with his warped yet translucent other self smiling. Yet something was off. A green energy was flowing from discord to the other turning red before entering him. As I watched the six the attempt failed and they were blaming each other and split up twilight turning grey and walked off. I sunk around the remaining two knowing the only outcome had to be my victory. When I felt I was in a good striking distance I knew I had to make my move quick but It didn't feel right. I don't know why but I wanted to fight him with my new power. The throne swiveled and faced me when I started calmly walking towards discord. "We all know how this will end," a voice said to my right. "We have planed this for melinium," another voice said. Discord smiled as the voices taunted but it seemed to be a puppet like smile. "You are not worthy," Discords voice said his body dropping out of his throne becoming the same grey he was turning the others and on his throne, sat his more human self. "If I am not worthy," he said, "How come you are on the ground, powerless, and I am on the throne with all your power." "It is times like this," I sail as calm as I could, "I wish you would only give up before you got defeated." "Die!!!!!" He yelled rushing at me, "At the hands of Chaotic Evil!!!!!" Music I stepped to the side realizing he was pouring a clear liquid with a smell I would not forget. "Shit," I yelled as the liquid burst into flames knocking me back. I turned around and found him flying at me, twiddling a Butterfly knife in an off chaotic matter until I recognized the shape being formed. The knife turned into a full force great sword that seemed to be made of a flexible yet indestructible material. He held his sword in his right hand driving it into the ground passing me, making a ring of black fire emerge from the ground. I made sure I still had the gauntlet on my right hand and faced my opponent who had a few orbs floating around him which he proceeded to throw. Each of the orbs did nothing as for damage but the flash of light they made before turning into a random object. I used this to my advantage when one of the orbs thrown turned into a couch which I used as cover. When I rolled to cover I saw lance dive bombing at me ready to fight by my side. "Stay back!!" I commanded with lance stopping his dive bomb and continued circling the field. Time to go on the offence I thought jumping out from my cover to find Chaotic Evil already posed for an attack with a blindfold on. I made one strike with the gauntlet which was blocked with ease and cracked the gem within the socket turning it grey. He used some weird power that was absorbed and threw me agents the black fire which seemed as hot as lava yet solid as diamond. I found myself unable to move from the fire as if was holding me for the final blow. Discord was at the opposite end of the field getting ready to rush at me to end it quickly like I should have. Anger, hate, rage, kill, conquer The wrath started saying giving me the strength to free myself from the wall with a rage that I could not hold back. "This ends now" We yelled at each other charging at the center of the ring.