Spike panted as he leaned against a market kiosk. He had sprinted as fast as he could away from Fluttershy's cottage and was now in the market district of Pony Ville. Wiping some sweat off his brow, Spike sighed as he looked around him. "Now what" he said to himself. He had gone to Applejacks, hoping it would have been better then hanging around the Carousel Boutique. However, being around Applejack wasn't nearly as pleasant as he thought it was going to be. Better then the Carousel Boutique but still not good. Fluttershy's cottage was definitely the worst place in all of Pony Ville to be. With Twilight gone that left him four more friends to find: Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo, and Applebloom. However, going to Pinkie Pie was also a bad idea. If a kind sweet pony like Fluttershy could harm forest animals (and Spike didn't even want to know what was inside her shed), then who knows how Pinkie Pie is acting. And if Sweetie was still looking for Spike, then chances are she would ask the other crusaders for help. Not wanting to take any chances, Spike decided that the last pony to hang out with was Rainbow Dash. Of course, he'll have to find her first since no pony actually knows where she flew off to.
With that in mind Spike had proceeded to begin his search for Rainbow Dash when a bright light suddenly appeared, momentarily blinding Spike. When the light was gone and Spikes vision had return, Spike saw standing in front of him none other then the Spirit of Chaos himself. He was wearing 3D glasses, had a can of cola with a licorice for a straw in one paw, and a large bag of chips, popcorn, and other various theater snacks in the other.
Spike sighed, "great, now YOUR here? Haven't I been through enough already!?"
Tossing a handful of popcorn into his mouth, Discord chuckled and said, "my, my, someone seems upset. What's the matter? Didn't enjoy your visit with dear old Fluttershy?"
Spike scowled and walked past Discord. Discord disappeared and reappeared a few feet in front of him. "I must say, I honestly wasn't expecting to have such astonishing results with my chaos magic! Sure she would turn evil, but this! This is out right sinister! I mean have you seen the inside of her shed? She has such a unique taste of décor, It almost makes me want to remodel my own bedroom with the fur of innocent woodland creatures. But I won't, wouldn't want me being a copy cat!"
"Just leave me alone!" shouted Spike, increasing his pace.
With a snap of his fingers, Discord conjured a bicycle with square wheels out of no where and was riding in mid air next to Spike. "Oh don't be such a party pooper Spike! Oh! Speaking of party pooper. If you thought that Fluttershy was interesting, wait till you see Pinkie Pie! Ha! I've never seen a pony more menacing!" Suddenly, Discord disappeared and reappeared wrapped around Spike. He had shrunk himself to the size of a small snake. Discord cupped his paw and claw over his mouth and whispered in Spikes ear. "By the way, don't eat the cupcakes. I'm actually concerned on what is going through that ponies head. I might have to see how my chaos magic is effecting ponies. Because seriously, it was suppose to change their personalities, not turn them into psychotic murderers!" He disappeared and reappeared in front of Spike, back to normal size. "Oh well, you know the saying. "Beggars cant be choosers". I wanted chaos and here it is! In the form of cupcakes made out of ponies! . . . . Okay, actually scratch that, even I have my limits. Its one thing to skin innocent animals alive, its another to butcher ponies and turn their remains into cupcakes. I can't have ponies killing each other willy nilly, then there wont be anypony left! I can't rule a country if there is no country left!"
"Ugh! Do you ever stop talking!" said Spike, annoyed.
"Pfft! Such attitude! Here I am about to help ponies by stopping Pinkie Pie from her little cupcakes fan fiction (oh and spoiler, Rainbow Dash is with her right now. I bet you all know what that means!), and here YOU are! Being rude to me!"
"Why would I like someone who enjoys seeing ponies skin animals?"
"Oh its not that bad Spikey, believe it or not I've been to places that have creatures that actually kill other creatures for sport! This little planet called Earth for example, you probably haven't heard of it, it is in another dimension after all" said Discord.
"I don't care about that! Why are you here! Why are you bothering me! . . . . Wait, did you say Rainbow Dash is with Pinkie?" asked Spike.
"Oh don't worry about that right now, she'll be fine . . . probably . . . . any who! I've just come to apologize. I know I said I was going to appear in the next chapter back in chapter nine. But I got side tracked watching some interesting characters from another dimension. Oooh! You would not believe the chaos that goes on in there! I would have kept watching but then the me from that dimension goes and dies! Gets killed by Pinkie Pie! Of all ponies! Me! Spirit of chaos! Dies by the hoofs of that pink party addict! And to make matters worse I end up giving my chaos magic to some wanna be named Marco! Just before I die! Really!?! Pfft! As if! I would never give my magic to anypony! Dying or not! But then again this is another dimension, and apparently I'm suppose to be the hero in this alternate story. Discord: Equestrias only hope! Coming to save everypony from Pinkie Pie! Element of Laughter! Blah, blah, blah! I am so disappointed in the me from that dimension. Everyone else were great characters! Even the Crusaders were better then me! But me! I die! If you ask me that completely ruined the story!" Discord crossed his arms for a moment, then snapped his fingers, making the theater snacks and 3D glasses disappear. He then gave Spike a devious grin. "Sorry about that Spike, I sure am feeling chatty today. I keep getting sidetracked! For you see, after I had witness my own demise from the other dimension. Then saw the disgusting display of me sacrificing my own magic to that wanna be! I became very upset and thought to myself "Now this has put a damper on my day, whatever shall I do to make me feel better?" Then I realized! Pony Ville is the chaos capital of the world! And do you know what every great city needs?"
"Uh-"
"Right! A statue! And I thought "now what would be the perfect statue?" Then I realized of course! The perfect statue that shows everypony what chaos is all about!"
" . . . And your here because you need me to help you make a statue?" asked Spike, giving Discord a confused expression.
Discord laughed. "What? Make a statue!? Spike I could just make a statue with the snap of my paw! Oh no, no, no! I don't need you to help me make a statue. I need your help because you ARE the statue!"
"Wait, WHAT!"
Before Spike could react, Discord tapped Spike on the forehead. There was a flash of light. When it was gone Spike stood there, frozen in solid stone.
Discord took a second to look at the young dragons features. "Hmmm . . . nope, this won't work at all! Your face clearly shows to much fear! Here, let me just-" Discord grabbed Spikes body and began changing his shape and appearance, as if his stone body was actually made of clay. A few moments later, Discord had now changed Spike to appear older. He was lean and taller then a grown pony, yet shorter then Luna. His head was cocked to his left and he gave a wicked smile. His expression had a combination of pure evil and insanity. "Perfect! Now for the rest of the statue".
With a snap of his claw, Discord conjured his statue out of no where and placed it in the middle of the market district.
The statue was of Discord, sitting on top of a tall throne. He was using Celestia and Luna as hoof stools. In front of Celestia and Luna were the Elements of Harmony. Except, this statue had a different named engraved into each of them. Rainbow Dash was betrayal, Applejack was deceit, Fluttershy was cruelty, Pinkie Pie was despair, Rarity was greed, and Twilight was magic. At the base of the statue had the engravings "Elements of Disharmony, Discords lovely puppets". Each statue showed different signs of their new personalities. Rainbow held a knife above Applejacks back, a pun to show she was "stabbing her in the back". Applejack seemed to be in an argument with Fluttershy. Fluttershy smiled sinisterly at Applejack, who appeared to actually be enjoying the argument. Pinkie Pie was next to Fluttershy, also shouting at Applejack. Rarity, the farthest to the left was holding a large rock, making sure her friends couldn't get to it. And in the center of the statue was Twilight. Although her friends looked angry and fought with one another, she was the only one who looked sad. She had her head hung low and was crying. All of the statues had chains around their necks, which Discord held the chains in his claw.
"And one more piece!" Discord levitated Spike next to the statue of himself. As he did, he noticed that something was missing. He smiled and with a snap of his claw, a stone jester hat magically appeared on Spike. "Perfect! The chaos capital statue! Its magnificent! Oh if only Twilight could see this, she would love to see her favorite dragon be part of such wonderful art! Hmmm . . . That gives me an idea!"
There was a flash of light and Discord disappeared.
Spike tried to scream for help but it was useless. He couldn't move, he couldn't sleep, he couldn't breath, he couldn't eat. Not that he needed to do any of those things anyway. He was now made of stone, and stone doesn't need to eat, sleep, or breath. He was trapped, forced to be a statue, staring at the market district day in and day out. No pony could save him, no pony at all.
He was trapped for what seemed like forever.