//------------------------------// // Episode 8 - You're not me! // Story: Fairy Tail - Equestrian Crisis! // by ChromeRegios //------------------------------// “Where did he go?!” Grey stops to look around; Natsu had disappeared out of sight! “Gee whiz Grey, Your too slow!” Happy who slowly floats towards them comments on how Grey chased Natsu to the forest.. “Oh EXCUSE ME, that I can’t fly and look for him in supersonic speed! You should go and chase after him; after all you got the wings and all!” Grey snaps back at Happy. “I can’t why wings are too tired” Happy complains. “Tired my butt... Your just lazy, admit it!” Grey glares at Happy “Yup!” “HE ADMITTED IT?!” “Thats enough, both of you!” Lucy stops their meaningless argument as she turns her attention to Erza, who is also looking for Natsu and a bit concerned of his well being. Lucy then looks at Gilda who is in a deep thought... “Gilda? is something bothering you?” Lucy asked the Griffin as she snaps back to reality.. “Hmm? Oh.. Yeah.. Have you noticed that your friend is a bit... Pale?” She asked as Lucy also noticed that as well.. “Now that you mentioned it.. He does look pale!” Lucy thinks that there is something wrong here. “Well you see... That may not be an impostor, but the real thing... It must have been Discord, who did something to him that made him act this way...” Gilda Explains.. “You see, An event happened like this once... Where he was freed from his Stone Encasement, and stole the elements... And also turned the Six Elements to their bad sides...Maybe the same happened to Natsu! When he was in that cloud of smoke earlier!” Gilda reveals a short history of the events that took place not long ago... Lucy just proves her suspicion, that something is definitely wrong with Natsu. “Erza! I need to tell you something” Lucy ran towards Erza to tell her about Natsu, But Erza just looked at her and nods.. She already knows about it.. She quickly runs towards the Trail of broken twigs and tree branch on the way, and followed the carnage following close behind are Lucy and the others... Erza had a feeling, that Natsu had gone through here.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Natsu, patiently watches Twilight reads through her books that Rarity brought earlier. Pinkie and Spike brought back some books as well from her library. As Spike nears the house of Fluttershy, he nearly drops the books he was carrying … Twilight loses her focus and drops the book she was reading and heads to Spike to calm him down, before he says something, others might here out. “Hey there Spike!” Natsu waves at him, As spike trembles in fear thinking it was Discord in front of him. Natsu then reminded Spike of something they talked about the night before the performance... with that little information Spike believed it was really Natsu. “So... What happened to you? Why do you look like Discord?” Spike asked as he puts the books near the tree where Twilight is reading.. “Long story and I’m tired repeating the same story, man!” Natsu complains as he sits and waits it out... From out of nowhere, “Natsu” Came out of the tree line right in front of the ponies and the true Natsu... “Hey! That's my body!!” Natsu Shouts at himself (Discord) “Your body?! Excuse me, But I got it fair and square” Discord said while curving himself into a ball like state. “Don't do that to my body it feels like I'm some sort of maniac!” Natsu rants over his own body. Just then Erza and the others came right behind... They saw Natsu and Discord together, Erza charged in and attacked Discord (Natsu). Twilight stopped Erza just in time before she can hit Discord (Natsu). “Erza wait! That's not Discord!” Twilight said to Erza who froze in mid air. “Darn it Erza!! What are you trying to do, Kill me?!” Discord (Natsu) said to Erza. She immediately recognized his old attitude and lays down her weapon to hug him instead... “Oh! LA DI DA!! Are you sissies done with the mushy stuff? I still have a lot of things to do.. You know, lots of discord to do...” Discord finally shows his true self... “You may have my body and my face! But there’s one thing you didn't have in me!” “And what may that be egg head?!" Discord asked trembling on his own feet... "You didn't have my power!” Natsu shouted. Discord knew that from the very beginning... He was only relying to his physical strength not his magic... He also knew that the jig was up. “S-so what?!” Discord said... Literally shaking in fear... Although he can change bodies.. But he can’t actually Obtain one’s power once he’s inside its body.. Natsu pounded his little claws, causing some flames to come out... He punched Discord hard as he could... Although the physical strength in Discords body is ill, Natsu uses his flames to boost his punch making it as deadly as his original strength. Discord eats dirt as Natsu slams him through the ground.. He punched him over and over until he passed out... Natsu never thought he could get tired even more in Discords body.. Gilda walks over the group as Dash sees her former old friend Gilda; she gave her a bad look, because of what she did in Pinkies party last time... They just ignored each other “Give me back my body you scum! You’re not fit to be in my body! You’re not a dragon at all!!” Natsu shouts and continues to beg for him to give back his old body.. “Listen Natsu.. Why not try the same thing as he did when you changed places... after all your in HIS body” Happy said while resting in Lucy’s shoulder.. “For once, that’s not a bad idea!” Grey was impressed that even Happy can figure out something useful for once... “Grey! Your clothes!!” Lucy shouts as she sees Grey half naked again.. Grey sees he once again did it. And puts his clothes back on... Only they wore them backwards. Natsu thinks about what happy just said... He tries to remember what Discord just did, Right before the swapped bodies... “That's right he spewed up that purple smoke!” Natsu breathes in, and out... he concentrates and breathes out a purple cloud. Everyone backs off as the cloud engulfs the two... The smoke clears and there they lay on the ground... All of them went to Natsu to check up on him.. “Is he alright?” Applejack a bit concerned went first in his side “Oh I hope he’s alright" Pinkie said as she rushed to Natsu “Let’s get him inside” Rarity used her magic to bring Natsu Inside Fluttershy’s house Lucy, Happy and the other ponies followed them to the house... Twilight who didn't notice what just happened kept on reading.. Grey and Erza was left outside... Erza went and snaps Twilight out of her concentration and called her to them.. “Now what do we do with this jerk?” Grey asked as he looks at the revolting thing.. “We need to know where he hid the Elements of Harmony!” Twilight suggested “But how? you know how it is, we don't know where he put those things” Grey said back to Twilight.. Grey looks back at the creature and encased it in solid ice... preventing him to escape. “Hey, it’s better than nothing” Grey proclaims as Twilight lifts the frozen Discord out of the way as Erza went inside to check on Natsu and Grey along with Twilight Stayed to guard Discord... Natsu opened his eyes and sees everyone around him... bu as they were about to ask how he was doing... Natsu laughed an evil chuckle. "YOU IDIOTS!!! You are all suckers!" Natsu jumped out of the house quickly as a nimble fox. All of them dropped their mouths in surprise, knowing something wrong that had happened... The switch didn't work... "If that's Discord... then...." They all looked back outside where the frozen Discord was... Grey immediately destroyed the ice casing, as Natsu (still in Discords body) coughed as he knelt down at the ground. Natsu slowly regains his composure and looked at them and asked them... "What happened?! Why am I not in my body?!" "Well, the switch didn't go well... your still in Discords body..." Grey said to him. “Now what?” Natsu asked, “How can I change back to my body?!” Natsu shouted. Gilda suggested something to them. “Hey! What about going to ask the Princess? Maybe she could help?” She suggested, They all agreed and escorted Natsu back at Canterlot.