//------------------------------// // Two Heroines // Story: The Legend of Korra Book 5: Chaos // by Epicdiscord214 //------------------------------// Earth. Fire. Air. Water. Only the Avatar can master all four elements and bring balance to the world. You all know about friendship, the bond that ties a group of people to be loyal, kind, and generous with each other. But do you know how it was created? Near the beginning of time, there was a kingdom full of darkness ruled by a powerful force. One day, much to everyone's surprise, a large light force appeared in the shape of a bird with several lights inside of it. It flapped its wings and a wave of rainbows covered the entire land and the kingdom vanished. As for the force, all it did was roar in defeat. But it wasn't the last anyone would hear of it. In a large citadel, there was a prison cell underneath. There was a man floating in midair chained to the floor. His hair and beard covered half of his face. His name was Zaheer, the most evil airbender in the world with the ability to fly. BOOM! Zaheer woke up with the sound of an explosion from the wall next to him. He looked and saw three living things there. One was a human girl in her early 20's with blonde hair. Another was a slightly-muscular centaur with red skin. The last one looked had a pony face, but had several animal parts around him. Zaheer looked at the human girl and sighed. "I don't suppose you're here to forgive me, Iris." "That doesn't matter now." the girl said. "The Red Eye wants you back." "Well, that's generous of him." Zaheer said sarcastically. "Although, I'm not familiar with those unfamiliar creatures behind you." "I am Tirek," the centaur declared, "The greatest threat to magic in the Multiverse!" "And I am Discord," the mixed-up creature said dully, "The spirit of chaos and blah, blah, blah." "Discord, don't be a baby." Iris said. "Just free Zaheer and let's go." "HALT!" several guards in white and blue armor shouted. They swung their arms up and rocks, flames, water, and gusts of wind appeared in midair. "Tirek, take care of them." Iris said. "With pleasure." Tirek growled with a grin. He opened his mouth and the guards felt dizzy. Suddenly, after a red and orange glow escaped from their bodies, they fell to the floor unconscious. The glow entered into Tirek's mouth and he grew slightly. He then smacked his lips with his tongue a couple of times. "Not as satisfying as the magic in Equestria, but still filling." "Well, I'd better get to work." Discord sighed. He snapped his fingers. Suddenly, the chains changed into red licorice. He opened his mouth and ate them off of Zaheer's wrists and ankles. He rubbed his wrists while looking at Discord and Tirek. "Tell me, Iris," Zaheer said, "Where did you find these creatures?" "A lot has happened after all these years." Iris said. "But now, Discord, get us out of here." Discord snapped his fingers and suddenly, the background changed. It looked like a warehouse with many people working around. Zaheer looked behind him and gasped when he saw a man there. The man had a red scarf around the lower half of his face and a red bandanna over his hair. The rest of his body had black armor with a red flower on his torso. "Red Eye." Zaheer gasped in fear. "Please, forgive my apology for failing you." "Twice, you should add." the Red Eye said. "The past is of no consequence, Zaheer. The moment is at hand. The purpose of the Red Lotus is about to be finished." "Okay, I've had it!" Discord shouted. "I've been with you people for three whole days and I never got a straight answer from you people!" "I suppose you have the right to know." the Red Eye said. "Ask away, Discord." "Well, Dr. Frankenstein, I want to know who you people are and where I am?" Discord demanded. "I am the leader of a society known as the Red Lotus." the Red Eye said. "I am their leader, the Red Eye. Our goal is to bring freedom to this world by eliminating the national leaders. We want what you want, Discord: mass chaos to the world." Suddenly, Discord's head changed into a clock the shape of a birdhouse. His face popped out from above the face saying, "Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!" "Mock us all you want, but we believe in our cause." Iris said. "You see, it wasn't always like this. There's a similar society called the White Lotus. They stayed in secret until the end of a great war. They all became silly bodyguards for the pompous 'hero', the Avatar... all but one, that is. Almost 70 years ago, a member called Xai Bau broke off from the White Lotus and created us. We're what the White Lotus was meant to be." "Yeah, the agents around here told me about this Avatar girl." Discord said. "How do you expect to win if she'll just be reborn into another body?" Zaheer sighed. "Three years ago, I was tasked with killing her for good. I gave her a poison that would force her into the Avatar State, a powerful form for when she dies, there would never be another Avatar. However, all I did was put her in a wheelchair for three years." "And you knew about this, T?" Discord asked turning to Tirek. "Shortly before we met," Tirek explained, "I was visited by Iris back when she was masquerading as a pony named Golden Eyes. She showed me... secrets of the Multiverse and the Red Lotus. We then made a deal. She would introduce me to other worlds if I help her organization obtain something from Equestria. She then warned me that you were coming to capture me and I should bring you to our side. I ignored her warnings, but later that evening, you showed up and... well, you know the rest." "So what act of vengeance do you have for Princess Twilight anyway?" Discord asked. "Vengeance?" the Red Eye asked. "You think any of us are here for vengeance? Let's just say it's... all in the past." "I have one last question left." Discord said. "Why'd you kidnap me?" "Kidnap?" the Red Eye asked. "That sounds like an exaggeration." A mad face then appeared on Discord. "I didn't want to leave Equestria in the first place! Goldilocks here just grabbed this stone box that somehow has me under its control!" "It was the only way!" Iris said. "You are the living embodiment of what the Red Lotus is about!" "Also, we need you because there's something that only you can get," the Red Eye said holding up a stone box, "Something that is in the possession of a certain girl. And unless you want to die, you'll do whatever we say." Discord sighed. "Who is this girl, Eye?" "A girl who isn't even a bender, but proves to be vital to us. Her name is... Asami Sato." Meanwhile, in Equestria, two human girls slowly woke up. One was the Avatar, Korra. The other one is her best friend, Asami Sato. They shook their heads and looked at each other. "Asami?" "Korra. What happened?" "I don't know. I remember attending Varrick's wedding, you and I planned on going for a vacation into the Spirit World, we entered the portal, but after that, I lost track of everything." "I wonder how long we've been out." "Three days, to be precise." an unfamiliar voice said. Slowly, Korra and Asami turned and saw the Mane 6, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and the Doctor at the door for the bedroom they were in. They were too stunned to scream. "There's no need to scream, my friends." the Doctor said. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is the Doctor and we have a problem. Our friend, Discord, was taken to your world and we need you to help Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends here to save him. Do you get what I'm saying?" "You're..." Korra said nervously. "...You're horses." "Technically, we're ponies." Rarity said. "Allow me to explain." Princess Celestia said. "Korra, we've intervened on your new spirit portal. This is another world called Equestria. Here, ponies thrive; unicorns, pegusi, Earth ponies, and alicorns. True, we have other magical creatures, but ponies are the dominant species as humans are in your world. Discord is a friendly spirit of chaos that evil forces in your world have kidnapped." "What?" Korra asked. "But if this Discord is a spirit, how did he get kidnapped?" "I can answer that." the Doctor said. "You see, there's a powerful stone box connected to his will. It's called Pandora's Box." "Like in my comic?" Spike asked. "What's a comic?" Asami asked. "It's a completely illustrated book." the Doctor said. "The comic Spike here's talking about talks about an alternate universe of superheroes called the Power Ponies. The writer of these books has a special psychic link to the Power Ponies universe that he doesn't know about. Whenever he seemingly thinks about a Power Pony event, he doesn't know that it actually happened." "So... everything in my comics was true?" Spike asked. "The Hairspray Ray of Doom? The Electro-Orb? Arcanus?" "Yes, yes, and yes." the Doctor said. "However, Arcanus is connected to our current situation. You see, as the Power Ponies are alternate counterparts of you seven, Arcanus is the counterpart of Tirek." "Who's Tirek?" Korra asked. "No one much." Rainbow Dash said sarcastically. "Just a power-eating centaur that grows stronger by taking anyone's abilities." "We defeated him a few weeks ago, but he escaped just the other day." Twilight Sparkle said. "Even though you defeated him, you didn't stop his cause." the Doctor explained. "Tirek, Arcanus, and the man Golden Eyes works for, they all work for a powerful force almost as old as time." "Really?" Fluttershy asked. "Uh, forgive me if I offend you, but why didn't you say something for the past three days?" "Because we were waiting for the Avatar to awaken." the Doctor said. "Three days?!" Korra asked in a gasp. "We've been asleep for three days?!" "What is an Avatar anyway?" Rainbow Dash asked. "You never gave us a straight answer, Doc." "The Avatar is a special person exclusive to her world." the Doctor explained. "Once a generation, the spirit--Raava--bonds with a worthy character and give them the ability to bend all four elements; water, earth, fire, and air. It is then the Avatar's duty to protect her world. Korra here is the current Avatar." "So how did you know about the Avatar in the first place, Princess Celestia?" Twilight asked. Celestia and Luna looked at each other. They sighed. "If you must know," Celestia said, "We've met Raava before. Thousands of years ago, an Avatar named Stelle was wounded in the Spirit World next to the Avatar's world." "She was lucky enough that I was able to connect with her dreams." Luna explained. "I brought my sister and I to travel to the Spirit World in our astral forms and help the Avatar. After we helped her, we've been keeping watch on the other world from time to time." "I've got one question," Korra asked, "Who kidnapped Discord?" The ponies looked at each other nervously. The Doctor stepped up. "We believe that Discord has been taken by an agent of the Red Lotus." Korra widened her eyes and fear started to fill them. She couldn't believe what she had heard. "I don't get it." Applejack said. "Who's the Red Lotus?" "Korra, would you like to take the floor?" the Doctor asked. Korra breathed in and out. "In my world, there's an organization that's meant to protect the world called the White Lotus. However, the Red Lotus is the evil equivalent that wants to bring chaos to my world by getting rid of any king, queen, president, or anyone that's in charge." "Like a... princess?" Twilight asked. "Yes." Korra said. "That explains why Discord's kidnapper hated us." Cadence said. "They hate us." "What are we going to do?" Spike asked. "Simple." the Doctor said. "Follow me." Everyone went to another room and they saw a jeweled mirror with a golden glow inside the arc. They didn't know that a gray pony with criss-cross eyes followed them unnoticed. Suddenly, Derpy Hooves widened her weird eyes at the sight of the Doctor. She envisioned a pink background and him moving in slow-motion. She sighed and continued watching them. "This mirror can travel to worlds with the proper power signature." the Doctor explained. "I managed to preserve the time around it to keep it open. It's also how we brought you here. All you need to do is locate where the Red Lotus will be, retrieve Pandora's Box, and get out." "Well, how are we going to do that?" Korra said. "Even if we find the Red Lotus, the last time I faced them, I had poison in my blood for three years." "I said it was simple, not easy." the Doctor said. "Look, I can't give you all the details yet. Just enter. I'll help guide you to the other world. After that, I'll be with you when you need me." "What's with him?" Asami said. "He's a time-traveler." Rainbow Dash said. "Well, what do you say, Korra?" Twilight said. "Will you help us?" "Well..." Korra said. "Hey, you ponies helped me before. I'll be happy to pay you back." "Ooooh!" Pinkie Pie squealed. "I'm no nervouscited!" "Pinkie, how many times do I have to tell you that isn't a real word?" Applejack asked. "Let's go." the Doctor said. He stepped into the mirror with Korra, Asami, and the Mane 6 following. Peeking into the room, Derpy Hooves was astonished and whispered. "He'll be in the other side of that mirror." She then flew quickly toward the mirror shouting. "I'M COMING, HANDSOOOOOOOME!" She flew right past the princesses and went through the mirror. The princesses stood confused. "What the heck was that?" Princess Luna asked. Throughout a corridor-sized light they flew through, some of the passengers were exhilarated at the ride. Others were a little nervous. The Doctor just didn't react at all. "How are you so calm?" Korra asked. "This is similar to my own method of world travel. I don't expect so much." "Nothing surprises you, does it?" Twilight asked. "Actually, there are several things that might." the Doctor replied. "I may be able to travel through all points of time in creation, but there are still secrets that even I don't know about. But I do know this, there's a great threat to all of Creation and you all must work together to save Discord and put a stop to it. "Reach out... You can find what you must find Look up... There's hope enough to bond There are... Friends you can have behind In this world and the next and beyond I dare... To travel to the uncharted You dare... To travel there with me We're just... About to have started The greatest journey in history Ponies... You're harmonic heroes Humans... You too have those to depend And your bond... Can go where the wind blows We have got the time to be friends It takes... The valiance of a horse And the heart... Of a human to get this done A strong mind... To know where to set course To be a hero to all and everyone The past, the present, and the future Imagine everywhere I've been I mean, who would think that just one being Could have the power to travel to where AND TO TRAVEL... TO WHEEEEEEEEEEEEN I KNOW... YOU'LL ALL DO WHAT IS RIGHT TOGETHER... YOU'LL SHARE SOMETHING THAT NEVER ENDS NO ONE... CAN MATCH YOUR COMBINED MIGHT YOU HAVE GOT THE TIME TO BE FRIENDS YES, YOU HAVE GOT THE TIIIIIIIIIIIME... TO BE FRIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEENDS" Not too far behind the group, Derpy followed nearly hitting the wall a few times. The Mane 6 and the Avatar don't know it, but they are going to get an unexpected hitchhiker.