//------------------------------// // 2 // Story: The Tale Of A Timelady // by hollowsbest //------------------------------// Roughly 1050 years later and I'm still not free, once I got stoned. I had gotten moved to my own little pedestal next to Discord; who by the way can talk. You can telepathically talk between the stoned statues, if you're close enough to them. Discord was the only guy I could talk to while stoned so we made up places in our mind to visit each other in and chat in. Never ask about his time before I came about, he nearly went more insane from the loneliness. Not a good thing, so we've been chatting the years away and commenting about the nobles who visit the gardens. I told Discord about the day we'd get free and we've spent our days plotting, why did I plot? Because Celestia came and gloated at us knowing we could hear her, Luna didn't because she was banished by the time Celestia started the annual gloat at the statues day. And that was when I decided to plot with Discord, to help his plan go as normal; discord the Elements and create chaos. I knew it would fail and he'd get reformed, that was as much as I needed to go right. My own plot was to stone Celestia for a few years and leave her somewhere no one could find her for a few years or until freed her, it was a good plan. I just needed a unicorn that would stone Celestia, by tricking them into thinking she was evil and needed to be stoned. Or something. I had gotten free for a few days thanks to the TARDIS cracking the stone open in around the 400th year, I had caused a little chaos thanks to an amulet Discord had told me about. It gave me chaos magic while I wore it, but it corrupted me slightly when I used it. But thanks to my intellect I could easily stop using the amulet when I started to create major chaos. Tia had a little fight with me and blasted me with the Elements, which stoned me again. Willa, First Person. Canterlot Castle Statue Garden, Canterlot "58 bottles of beer on the wall, 58 bottles of beer! Take one down and pass it around and now you've got 57 bottles of beer on the wall!" Discord sang. I groaned, I now really wished I hadn't taught him that song. It had been fun the first hundred times, no more, no less. I perked up when I spotted Cheerilee. "Hey Discord, shut up! Cheerilee's here!" I exclaimed. "That pony who is bringing the kids who'll help us escape?" "Yep!" "Can't wait, I've got a horrible itch on my nose for the past few hundred years." Discord said, his eyes following Cheerilee and her class as she walked down the path to our statues. "This is a Chaos Creature, Discord created creatures like this all over Equestria. A thousand years ago the Princesses captured it and moved it here. And the statue next to it is Discord..." I stopped listening then, I had the info I needed. "Honestly, they think I created you?! What a laugh, we both know you're from another universe and at alien at that." Discord said. "Yeah, crazy right? I'm like 'poof' I'm in Equestria awesome, on noes. I just go stoned. You created mix-matched creatures, I'm fairly symmetrical. It's a travesty it is!" I exclaimed, I felt Discord nodding. I then glanced down at the Crusaders, they had started to fight and cracks were slowly appearing in Discord's statue. The class moved on after Cheerilee gave them a talking too and Discord broke free after a few seconds to see if they would backtrack and warn everypony before the chaos could begin. "Finally!" He said as he scratched his nose, he then snapped his claw and I broke free. "Well, now we know it hurts to be a statue!" I said with a grimace. "Yep, I'll go enact our plan." Discord said with a smirk, I nodded and stroked my TARDIS. "I'll be around, probably in the Everfree. If you need help send a message on my psychic paper, I'll come." I said, and opened the TARDIS doors and slipped in. "Let's see, psychic paper would be where exactly?" I wondered, and felt the TARDIS brush my thoughts; she sent me a map of where to go. "Okay thanks!" I said with a grin, eagerly trotting to the room where all the spares were kept. After finding the paper I happily explored the place, I picket up an extra key and sonic incase mine broke when it was crucial part of the mission. "Now, let's see. Got what I needed, now to explore Equestria! After entering the coordinates for the Everfree, I grabbed onto the fence-like thing and held on until the TARDIS stopped shaking. After she stopped I walked out the doors and grinned, I shut the door behind me and glanced around. Between a few trees I could see what I presumed to be Zecora's hut, around my TARDIS was a smallish clearing. I nodded with a grin, 'Perfect.' I thought before making my way between the trees into Zecora's hut clearing. After I avoided contact with Zecora, I headed for Ponyville to see the chaos Discord had brung. I stare at Ponyville, it was much more chaos-y than the episode had shown. "I wonder what it feels like when you walk on a soap road?" I murmured to myself as I watch the Elements in their Discorded state try to stop Discord. I shook my head as I saw their pathetic attempt to stop him, I watched as Twilight herself got Discorded and moped her way home. "Heyo Doc!" Discord said as he appeared next to me. "Hey Discord, whatcha gonna do now?" I asked and he smirked. "I'm going to continue where I left off, or maybe I'll just- Hey I'm not going to spill all my plans Doc, a guy's gotta have secrets! Anyway see you later!" He said and snapped his claw and vanished. I smirked and settled down to watch Discord's defeat, Discord had sat himself on a throne in the middle of Ponyville and thanks to the houses in the air I could see to it's centre; or at least to Discord. A few hours later the Elements showed up, and everything went as planned. "Sorry mate, this had to happen." I muttered before turning and heading back to my TARDIS before Pinkie could spot me. Once inside I pressed a few buttons and threw a few switches to take myself to a week after Discord had been reformed, I took a guess and hoped no episode was happening. It would interfere with my plan of stoning Celestia, I stopped. Realising all the holes in my plan, it was just 'Convince powerful unicorn Celestia has turned evil, and convince said unicorn to stone Celestia.' "Wow, nearly walked right into that one." I said, before formulating a better plan that was foolproof. It could take awhile, but it would be worth it. I opened the doors of my TARDIS and stepped through them, breathing in the beautiful air of the Everfree. I heard a quite "pop!" behind me and I spun around and saw Discord, who was looking very annoyed. "Explain. Now." He said, creating a glass of cotton candy and sipping it. "Explain what?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him. "You knew the plan was going to fail, why didn't you tell me? I'm annoyed at that, but because I'm reformed and all; I won't turn you into... Something, still thinking about what that something would've been." "Of course I knew it would fail, it needed to for mine. You would fail, be reformed in a month or two. Then my plan of getting on the Elements' good side and Luna's comes in action, Celestia can go eat a rock for all I care. Sorry about not being to help you, also how's Fluttershy?" I said, with a grin. "She's fine... Hey! It had to happen did it? Well it means I had to turn your sonic into a glass of chocolate milk doesn't it." Discord said with scowl. "Calm down, you're reformed plus what would Fluttershy think?" I said, checking my coat to see if my sonic was still there, it was. Discord mumbled something intelligible. "Sorry about not visiting you, but I jumped straight from after you were turned to stone to now. With a few stops in between. Again, couldn't warn you because then you wouldn't be reformed. Also, is there a manhunt out for me yet?" "No, no manhunt. And I understand but I don't have to like it." Discord said, pouting before brightening. "I don't think Sunbutt wants to tell the Elements that she let me and you escape. Plus, she grilled me about you and all I let out was that you weren't a chaos creature; just a gal who was in the wrong place in the wrong time." "Thanks Discord." I said, nodding in gratitude.