//------------------------------// // Part 1: awakening. Chapter 6: What could possibly go wrong? // Story: I will kill you yet, Discord! // by IMN //------------------------------// Celestia and Luna were at the mime party all day long. They learned a few tricks from the professionals around the party and were practicing their newest trick. Celestia placed Luna in a box and is now trying to find a way to free her. As she walked on top the invisible box, the crowd gasped, cheered, and cooed without ever uttering a single sound; for them, both alicorns looked adorable wearing the professional black and white mime outfits. For the most part, the two sisters enjoyed themselves to the fullest in this rare occasion where neither of them have any duties to take care of, and were savoring what little precious bonding time they had. However, their show was short lived, to everypony's disappointment, when the silence of the tent was broken by a scream of the solar princess's name just as Twilight and her friends came rushing through the front door. Everypony hushed them. Celestia and Luna glanced at them with idle intrigue. Twilight walked carefully toward them mindful of the stares cast upon her. Just as she was about to speak, the overseeing mime hushed her with a hoof on her mouth and gestured to her to use hoof signals instead of talking. Twilight glared at the mime with frustration, but as if he read her mind the mime gestured that he was adamant that she must use her body language and hoof signals only to tell them what is going on. Frustrated, Twilight turned to her friends and saw Pinkie raise her hoof. She then gestured to her to take the center stage, Pinkie took a deep breath, then she pointed at the princesses, raised her hooves high in the air and shook them, then twirled in place, then started to slide backwards, and finally made a backstroke while floating on the air, before finishing with her front hooves pointed outside. The crowd Gasped in silence. The mime fainted. Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash looked at each other in utter bafflement. Celestia unlocked Luna from the box, then gestured to her student to step outside. Once everypony was outside, Luna broke the silence: “So what is this about a giant tornado break-dancing in the lake?” “Wait, is that what it meant?” Pinkie replied, while Twilight facehoofed, “Oh well, guess my mime skills need some work.” “No, I asked you outside because, there is a major thread that has been issued toward Equestria.” Twilight exclaimed. Celestia and Luna looked at each other, then exhaled in defeat. “Well we knew this was too good to be true sister.” Luna shook her head, “What is it this time?” “Ahuizotl released a major nut job from his prison.” Exclaimed Rainbow Dash. “He harmed others, flirted shamelessly with Daring Do, and he said that he wants to.” Fluttershy swallowed her throat, “kill somepony.” She said visibly shaken. “Oh my,” Ever since she returned from her banishment, Luna had never heard of anypony wanting to kill or even physically harm another pony. That thought alone brought back memories of the time before Discord when ponies would hack each other up because of a stare, “and does this thread have a name?” “It’s King Draco Sparkle.” Twilight declared with all her righteousness. The princesses paused at the accused name. Twilight continued completely undeterred by her mentor's shock. “We need to alert the guards about a giant blue pegasus with a cutie mark the shape of a six pointed cyan star surrounded by a chain and a scythe.” The royal sisters kept looking at Twilight in dumbfoundedness. Twilight noticed their blank stares, “uhm, is something wrong princesses?” “Well, it’s just... how can we put this?” In all her years, Luna had not expected to ever hear that name again. Even before her banishment, that name was supposed to had been erased from existence. “The pony you just named is dead for over a thousand years.” Continued Celestia, her own thoughts running in the same direction as her sister. “But Daring Do said he told her his name.” Rainbow Dash yelled her frustration, “How can you not believe her? She is the most awesomest pony in Equestria!” “Beside the point,” Twilight affirmed her friend’s point, “if I remember my history correctly, the descriptions that were provided by Miss Do were spot on, the pegasus king…” “...Is dead.” Princess Luna let out a sigh, “No pegasus, and on that matter, no pony in the history of ponykind had survived for so long without us knowing about it." That seemed to have earned the princesses a grumble from Rainbow Dash for not believing Daring Do. “I have no doubt that Ahuizotl unleashed a dangerous creature, Rainbow Dash.” Celestia gave Rainbow a stern look. “So until we can identify the threat, we will…have to...look…” She however trailed off as Derpy hooves came crashing straight in front of them. “Heya Princesses.” Derpy waved in her unusually disconcerting position. All the princesses gave Derpy an inquisitive look. “Hi, Derpy,” Twilight cautiously replied, “What’s up?” “Hey Twilight, I got a message for princess Celestia and princess Luna.” Derpy said as Rainbow Dash helped her get back on her hooves. “Well, what is it miss Hooves?” Celestia extended her hoof, expecting a letter. Only to bring it back when Derpy shook her head. “Not that kind of message silly!” She gave princess Celestia a wide grin with her disheveled eyes. “Then what kind of message is it?” Luna asked impatiently. “Just wait, I need to prepare.” Derpy then closed her eyes. The princesses looked at the messenger then looked at Twilight who shrugged at her in return. What happened next caused Fluttershy to faint; Pinkie to hide behind Twilight; Twilight to gasp in horror; and Rainbow to hang her mouth open. Derpy opened her eyes, and looked straight into the princesses with straight, non-crossed eyes with blueish overshadow. “Greetings ‘Tia, Lu.” She talked in a somewhat coarser voice than her usual cheerful self, “It has been a while, how art thou? I have located Discord maugre some difficulties. I shall make my kill soon. Inform the rest of the resistance forthwith of my action, and to follow protocol capricorn. Oh and Azrael wishes to inform Luna that…” Derpy gave a big sigh before turning toward Luna, “That he awaits thou in his velvet dreams tonight.” She suddenly dropped a sullen gaze, then suddenly turned to her left, “Ich kann nicht fassen,1 you forced me to say this. I understand not what you see in these old hags.” Suddenly Derpy turned to her right with a horror gasp. “Tu oses2, My alicorns are the fairest in the land,” then turned toward Luna and with a wink, “I’ll see you tonight.” Before finally closing her eyes, and when she opened them again, her cross-eyed self spoke in her usual unusually cheerful voice, “That's it.” She then waved goodbye and flew to some unknown direction. Rainbow flew in front of the princesses with a smug look on her face, “You see, I told you Daring Do wouldn’t lie. Now we have to get that monster and save the day.” “I can’t believe he did that to poor derpy!” Fluttershy gasped in concern as she came to. “I can’t believe he’d flirt with princess Luna!” Pinkie sneered her pinkie sneer, “and in public, shamelessly!” “What I can’t believe most was calling the princesses old hags!” Twilight couldn’t wrap her head around how somepony could possibly insult the princesses that way, “Anyway, we need to act immediately before somepony might get hurt...Princesses?” Twilight waved her hoof in front of princess Celestia who, with her sister, appeared to be transfixed at the spot where Derpy was left. “Luna’s out too.” declared Pinkie as she waved her hoof in front of princess Luna with the same response. “That mother…” and for the second time Fluttershy fainted as princess Luna started calling Draco every profanity known in the english literature. “Princess?” Twilight poked princess Celestia skittishly, praying for her sake that her mentor's reaction may not be the same as her sister. “That, Fumbling, Buffoon!” Celestia woke gradually from her stupor, “Of all the time he could have shown up. He chose Now to exact a millennia old vengeance!?!” “So we’re going after him?” Rainbow suddenly hovered in excitement. “Oh, we are going after him, alright.” Celestia reply came exceptionally acidic causing all the blood to suddenly drain from Rainbow’s face.