//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Medallion of Primus // Story: Equestria Wars Episode IX: Revenge of the Consortium // by sonicdash123 //------------------------------// The star destroyer was slowly approaching the orb with a red symbol. As it stopped, the ship's tractor beam activated and brought the mysterious orb inside the destroyer. An inspection team came to the hangar where the orb was about to touch down the solid ground. When the tractor beam deactivated, the orb dropped and floated on the ground. "What is it?" one of the soldiers asked. "I don't know, but we should deliver this to King Charming Thunder," the other said. "He would know what to do." "Alright, guys," their commander said. "Lets bring this to the cargo bay and deliver it to the king as we make our approach to Canterlot." The soldiers saluted as the unicorn engineers levitated the orb to the cargo bay. --------------------- Charming Thunder went through a security footage from Canterlot of three ponies that look a lot like Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie. A red guard entered and said, "There are some engineers from the Star Destroyer on a course to Canterlot who wish to request an audience with you." "Send them in," Charming Thunder replied. The guard then left the room as two engineers entered as they levitated a capsule. He looked up to see the capsule and turned off the footage behind him. "What is that thing?" "We were thinking you would know," one of the engineers said. "We discovered this floating around as we were on our course to Canterlot." Charming Thunder walked up to the capsule to get a closer look. He examined a symbols that was on it and placed a hoof on his chin. "This is not Equestrian. Thank you for bringing this up. I'll examine this immediately. Dismissed." The engineers bowed and left the room as Charming Thunder began his examination. When he touched the red symbol on the capsule, a click sound was heard and the capsule opened to reveal the same symbol. It came to him and around his neck as it began to glow. A voice was heard in his head saying, "Congratulations, great warrior of the light. You have become my champion." "Who are you?" "I am Primus. Around your neck, you are the bearer of the Matrix of Leadership medallion. Once again, thank you, my champion." The voice faded away from his as the light faded away as well. "What was that about?" Charming Thunder sighed and walked back to the table and replayed the footage of the raid at Canterlot and continued his examination. --------------------- Twilight was going over some books at the ancient castle trying to find answers about the Elements of Insanity. She levitated the book she finished reading back on the shelf and groaned, "This is hopeless. Hopeless!! There's got to be something about the EOI that Discord forgot to mention. But what?" She then levitated another book from her stack and continued her research. She then hears sobbing coming from somewhere in the library. "Hello? Is somepony there?" She then began to follow the sound of the sobs and came across a black filly with a purple mane and tail as she laid on the stone floor crying. When Twilight made her first step towards her, the filly looked up and revealed her eyes that looked a lot like Nightmare Moon's. "I-it's okay. I won't hurt you." The filly stopped sobbing and got up on her hooves. "Don't worry. This place is safe now. There is no need to be scared." The filly then walked up to her until they came eye to eye with each other. Twilight wiped a tear off of her as she asked, "Do you have a name?" "I don't," the filly said. "Come on. I'll take you to my castle." --------------------- Twilight and the filly arrived at the entrance of the Everfree Forest when Charming Thunder and Princess Cadence walked up to her. “Are you alright, Twilight?” Charming Thunder asked. "Yes, I'm alright," Twilight replied. "Who's the filly?" Cadence asked. “I don’t know. I found her in the ruin castle when I went there to do some research about the Elements of Insanity but found her instead. Any luck on finding those impostors?” "No," Charming Thunder shouted in frustration. "We’ve tried everything and can’t find them on radar or anything! This doesn’t help the cause of their charges. Rainbow is furious already to be grounded.” As he calmed down, a letter appeared in front of him. His eyes narrowed as he began to read it. Dear Princesses and King of Equestria, I know you are search for the Elements of Insanity and I am going to inform you to drop all charges against Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack. They were, in fact, not the ones who stole the Element of Insanity. It was me, the Prodigy of the Time Master. I ordered them to take it because of one simple reason: The Prophecy. It tells of the doom of Equestria if Harmony and Insanity do not unite. I am doing what is best for the people of Equestria, if you don’t like it, then too bad. Also, I’ve noticed you have the Medallion of Primus, King of Harmony. I can’t wait to spar or duel you on equal grounds. Sincerely, The Champion of Unicron Charming Thunder looked around as his medallion glowed, but sees nobody around. "“Who sent you that letter?” Twilight asked. "Someone who was behind the Canterlot Raid. He calls himself the Prodigy of the Time Master and also calls himself Champion of Unicron." "We will have to ask Celestia and Luna." The group were about to take their leave when a figure suddenly jumped out of a tree . The figure wore a hood as if he was protecting his identity. The figure turned to face the group as Charming Thunder asked, "Who are you?" “I’m the one who was behind the whole raid,” the figure said. He then showed the medallion that is similar to Charming Thunder's but the symbol was different and the color of it was purple. Both of the medallions began to glow at each other’s presences. “Can you feel it? Primus and Unicron, looking at each other with hate. Compared to the Princesses and us, we are nothing but underlings to them. Both were gods to their kind. Tell me this, Champion of Primus…how much would you like to find the EOI?” Twilight and Cadance got into a fighting stance as Charming Thunder touched his medallion as it began to glow more. “Let me make a proposal then. I’ll deactivate the Nemesis’ cloaking devise as long as you come with the Princesses, Discord, and the Mane 6. Without your fleets or armada, just a private chat. I promise you, there will be no hostilities. We, Team Insanity, would love to extend our hoof to help you. Once you have located the Nemesis, tomorrow, and then come. I won’t show hostilities unless you keep Discord on a leash. We mean you no harm as long as you comply the same ways. Do we have an agreement?” Charming Thunder thought it over as he couldn't resist a chance to meet the EOI himself. After a few long minutes, he turned to the hooded figure and nodded. His wings began to open as he knelt down and replied, "I’ll be expecting you tomorrow…brother." Charming Thunder was shocked by the response as the figure shot up to the sky and left a trail of green trail of lightning shaped color trail. "Who was that stallion?" Cadence asked. "And...what does he mean by brother?" "I don't know," Charming Thunder replied. "But there is only one way to find out tomorrow. For now lets get this little filly to the castle."