Discord watched with a sadistic smile, as Connor's body slowly lost it's color, and started shivering. "Oh, this is just too good! But something that can make it even better, would be if there was an active audience." With a snap of his fingers, Luna and Celestia were freed from their mind-control, and shook it off, before seeing Discord and Connor.
"Discord! What did you do?!" Celestia seethed, as they ran over to their life-long friend, who was visibly struggling to stop the spread of the greyness on his body.
"Oh, you know me Celestia. I just love some good old fashioned chaos. And one of the best ways to get that chaos is to swap around someone's important traits. So, in Connor's case, he will become the scared child he truly is inside." Celestia's eyes widened, as she turned to Connor, who was almost completely grey, as his once electric yellow eyes changed shade, becoming a color known to some as the color of fear.
Luna was taking this the worst, as she tried to keep her calm as Connor looked like he was dying on the inside. She kept nuzzling his face, whispering to him, trying to get him to fight it. But every time she nuzzled his face, it just got more and more wet, from Luna's tears.
Finally, Connor lost all of his color, and stood up, looking down at the ground with a blank stare, and his mouth slightly open. Discord snapped his fingers, this time directly in Connor's face, and instead of doing any magic, they did what snapping your fingers would do to most people. It caused them to react.
With a loud scream, Connor quickly fell onto his rear, and looked around, his eyes showing more and more fear as they passed. "This is just priceless! Let me get my camera!" He disappeared in a flash.
"Connor! Can you hear me?!" Luna asked, with hopeful eyes, but when Connor slowly turned to look at her, he took a step back in fear.
"Leave me alone! Please don't hurt me!" Connor slowly backpedaled, before his back hit a wall, and he quickly turned, before running as far away from the two princesses as possible. Unfortunately for the princesses, Connor still had his powers, so the second he started running, he disappeared with a loud bang.
With this, Luna couldn't hold it back anymore, and fell to the ground, before bawling. Celestia moved over, wrapped a wing around her sister, and tried to comfort her. Oh, and it started to rain, just because that kind of stuff happens in scenes like this.
"I'm back! I finally found my camera! It's always the last place you look." Discord brought the camera up to his face, only to be sad when he noticed Connor disappeared. "Darn! That was quality footage right there!"
After running away from the monsters, I appeared to be in some kind of scary dark forest. 'I think I'm safe.' I lean against a tree, and start taking deep breaths, trying to calm myself down. But before too long, I heard a snapping sound, and I quickly looked to the bush it came from. Slowly, a large manticore came out of the bushes, and stared at me. I screamed as long as I could, and started running in the opposite direction. As I was running, I looked behind me, to see the manticore was no longer chasing me, and I looked forward again, only to smack into a wall. "Ow." I mutter, before hearing some faint clicking sounds, as the stone wall I was still stuck to flipped around, sending me into some kind of dark cave.
I managed to pull myself off the wall, and looked at the dark area with fear in my eyes, unsure what kind of monsters may be in this cave. My body shivered a brief second, and I looked to the nearby wall, and reached out, hitting a light switch, which caused the entire cave to be flooded with light, and I sighed in relief, when I found out I was currently inside one of my secret tunnels that's connected to my labs underneath my house in Ponyville. "Better not go to Ponyville. Who knows what my fear will force me to see."
I was still me, but without the ability to move past my fear, and try to be brave. As I was walking down the tunnel, I sighed. "Poor Luna. I know the blue monster I saw was her, but due to whatever Discord did to me, I can't see past that. I gotta find a way to remove that effect. The mane six will most likely be corrupted soon, and they'll free themselves, and later try to free me, but I need to make sure I don't run away. If I see them in this state, I'll do anything in my power to get away from them."
"Oh, you're back." A female robotic voice spoke up, causing me to freeze. "It's been a very long time since you last showed up. How have you been? I've been really busy taking care of this facility, after you created me."
I sighed when I figured out who was talking. 'Why did I have to make my own version of GLaDOS? I should have just installed Wheatley or even HAL. Well, maybe not HAL. Never even seen the movie he's from.' "How are you doing GLaDOS?" Turns out, being a cyborg does have it's advantages. I have a great understanding of most AIs and other robotic creations.
"Oh, I'm doing fine. In fact, I just finished baking a cake. Would you like a slice?" GLaDOS responded.
"You know I prefer pies over cake." I said with a chuckle, before my face flushed with fear, as a new voice spoke on the intercoms.
"Did you honestly think I would just let you escape? No, I'm going to have some fun." Discord said, a few laughs in between his words, as a snapping sound was heard.
"Critical error! Critical error! Unknown entity! All systems shutting down..." GLaDOS screamed, as her(?) voice quickly dimmed, and dulled, before she was disabled. Warnings flashed across my eyes, sent directly from my arm, as my entire base was being hijacked.
"Well, that was surprisingly easy." Discord muttered, before another robotic voice spoke up over the intercoms.
"Oh, you think so? Well, you better strap yourself in, because we're not done yet. You honestly think that there would be only one AI in charge of this place?" My voice spoke up, over the intercoms, as the AI of myself started activating the defenses of my base.
Discord sighed. "I was really hoping I wouldn't have to do this."
"AI deleted." A robotic voice spoke across the base, and my body's HUD (is it weird that I have a HUD as one of my many uncontrollable visions?).
I stood there, my jaw firmly planted on the ground. 'How the hell did he do that?' Quickly turning on my feet, I started running to the door I entered in, only for the hallway to start getting longer. Eventually, I just took a step backwards, and was suddenly at the entrance, which I jumped through, rolling to safety in the Everfree. I immediately got my feet, and was about to continue running, before a giant sharp knife landed in front of me.
My body locked up in fear, at the sight of the knife as big as me, and I fell to the ground, crawling backwards, back into the small cliff walls. I started breathing heavily. As I did this, I heard the sound of Discord laughing. "Oh that's just precious! The god of combat is afraid of knives?!"
"Since when am I the god of combat?" I asked, struggling to stand up, and get away from the knife.
"Since you mastered every fighting style, invented many more, fight with references, and even fight Dragonball Z style. Seriously, your Cosmic form is based off of a super Saiyan. What, do you plan on dealing with three more challenges later and unlock stronger Cosmic forms?" Discord said with a laugh.
I was about to retort, when I just realized he said the truth. 'Holy crap. How did he know? How didn't I know?' But, as I was in my thoughts, I barely noticed the environment change around me, and the knife disappeared, allowing me to take a breath, before gasping in surprise. I was now in the most scariest thing I've ever seen in my life. The last time I was in one, it was millennia before I managed to escape.
I was in one of those 60's neighborhoods where all the houses look the same, and everyone acts the same.
I watched as the doors of every single house open up, and husbands all wearing the exact same clothes, with the exact same mannerisms, and the exact same haircuts, walk down their driveway, pick up the newspaper, and wave to each other, before walking back into their houses. 'Oh go-... almost said it. Oh... oh... what the hell do I say?! 'Oh Cosmic?' That sounds stupid, and forced. I don't curse, in fact, I despise it, so I will never use those words. GAH! WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY! I CAN'T THINK OF ANY REFERENCES!'
"Come on girls. We need to find Connor! He's the only one who can stop Discord!" Twilight exclaimed, as they ran through the Everfree Forest, looking for Connor, as the Elements of Harmony are fractured, and won't work.
"Do you think Discord got to Connor, just like he got to us?" Fluttershy asked, worried for her friend, In fact, they were all worried for their friend, except for Twilight, who only wanted to preform science on Connor, regardless of his feelings.
"I'm sure Connor wouldn't let a jerk like Discord get to him! He's fought gods before, without even trying!" Rainbow Dash said, trying to cheer up her friends.
"But what if he got to Connor? If our traits were reversed, what would Connor become? A merciless god who destroys everything without a care?" Applejack asked.
"Looks like we don't have to wonder, there he is right now!" Rarity exclaimed, as she pointed her hoof at the trembling form of Connor, who on the ground, not moving (except for his shaking body). The ponies all gasped when they noticed Connor's natural colors were gone, and replaced with grey.
"Connor!" Pinkie yelled, as she jumped on top of him, snapping him out of his illusion of an identical 60's neighborhood. "We need your help!"
"Hold 'em down Pinkie! I'll hogtie him, and Twi can work her magic." Applejack pulled out her rope, and was about to lasso Connor, but Connor let out a loud yell, and bolted out from under Pinkie, giving a quick look to the ponies, before running away screaming.
"I guess Discord took his courage. He's a complete coward now." Rainbow Dash said dumbstruck, before starting to fly after him. "Come on! We need to catch him, so we can get him back to normal!" A loud bang was heard as Rainbow Dash quickly broke the sound barrier, and followed after the god.
The ponies chased Connor through the Everfree forest, until they eventually lost him. Rainbow Dash landed on the ground, before facing Rarity. "Darn it Rarity! If you didn't insist we take a break, just for you to fix your mane, we wouldn't have lost him!"
Rarity looked shocked at this. "Well, it's not my fault I have to keep up appearances. Besides, if your supposed to be the fastest pony in the world, why didn't you catch him? The Wonderbolts won't accept a slacker into their mist."
"Oooooh." Pinkie moaned. "You got burned Rainbow Dash. You just going to sit there and take it?"
"Well, you..." Before Rainbow Dash could respond, Connor quickly ran by them, screaming. "Wat." Suddenly. a loud roar was heard, and a huge hydra burst out from the trees, and the six mares suddenly bolted after Connor, all screaming for their lives.
They all quickly caught up to Connor, who wasn't running as fast as he could. "Connor! Why don't you do something 'bout this?!" Applejack yelled.
"I can't! I don't have any bravery or courage left! I'm 100% afraid. I wouldn't even be able to save one of you guys if you got in trouble." He yelled as they continued running.
"Well why don't you at least do something that you don't need bravery for?! Like fire a blast at it?!" Rainbow Dash yelled.
"I'd have to turn around and slow down to do that! Not brave enough!" Connor's face grimaced. "I'm ashamed of you six! I thought I taught you all to think outside the box? If I can't force myself to do anything, why not force me?!" The six ponies looked between each other, building a plan before running ahead of Connor.
Pinkie quickly put her party cannon down, and Applejack got underneath of Connor, tripping him, causing him to fall into the cannon, and before he could get out, Pinkie fired the cannon straight at the hydra. Connor was quickly fired forward, straight in between the hydra's eyes, breaking his back, but knocking the hydra back due to the sheer weight and force Connor exerted.
Connor fell off of the hydra's head, landed on the ground, breaking every other bone he had, before Twilight ran up to him, before he could recover, and touched her horn against his head, and activating the spell to get rid of Discord's curse.
Trillions of images flashed through Connor's eyes, and before a second passed, he was screaming in pain, as the memories burned away the curse, and he had to relive every single memory he's ever had. From the rematch against Murphy, to battling Malicious, to Nebula dying, and Luna being banished. Losing his leg and hand, and watching as Celestia and Luna's parents died. To battling Murphy the first time, to losing control in the arena, and being poisoned by eggs by his friends. Battling God, and Living Light, being almost killed by Gilda, being tortured by Twilight, taking down CFTDP the first time in his life, and losing his arm after getting it blasted off by hitting a tree at supersonic speeds. Then, his memories got even more painful. He remembered the feeling of the lightning bolt striking him, forcibly removing his humanity. He remembered every single cell in his body being burned away and replaced by the energy of the universe. Luckily, he never felt any pain during the transformation, due to being dead when the change took place. But the final memories started coming in. He felt the bullet going through his head and chest, to watching his friend almost die. He remembered everything he and his friend did together. From their wacky adventures, to almost dying over and over again.
With one last scream, Connor's entire body convulsed, and electricity sparked across it, as he kept on screaming. Eventually, he stopped screaming, and jumped back on his feet, in time to blast a hole in the head of the attacking hydra, blowing off it's head, and looking to the six mares. "Time to teach Discord a lesson."
"Do you have a plan?" Twilight asked me, and I gave her an 'are you stupid?" look. We were sitting on a hill overlooking the chaotic Ponyville.
"Of course I have a plan. I'm the man with a thousand plans. You can thank my Cosmic powers for that, and how they give me the powers to predict most situations." I replied, before pulling out a giant gun from my pocket universe. "Do you have the Elements with you?"
The mares shook their heads. "We left them behind when we ran to get you after they broke."
I sigh. "I'm surrounded by idiots." I mutter. "Well, let's go get those Elements." I stood up, and picked up the six mares, and rushed into Ponyville at faster-than-light speeds. We quickly arrived, and I dropped them, before running to where the center of town is. Needless to say, I arrived quickly, and hid behind a building, as Discord was doing something in the middle of town.
"Alright, what's the plan?" Rainbow Dash whispered from my side. Most people would be surprised at this, but I felt her follow me.
I rip off a piece of metal on a nearby building, and squeeze it in my hands, making it sharper. "This is my plan." I put my left hand against Rainbow Dash's throat, silencing her, and then jabbing the piece of metal straight into my skull, above my right eye. Of course I had to use some powers of mine to get it to go by my metal skull without damaging it. I pushed it in far enough, that my skin healed over the wound.
I felt Rainbow scream, and I put my right hand against my mouth, making a shushing motion. I removed my hand from her neck. "Why would you do that?!" She whisper-yelled.
I gave a small smile. "Something in my memory is preventing me from harming Discord much, so by jabbing something into the part of my brain that deals with remembering faces, I should be able to attack him more." I blinked, but my eyes weren't in sync. "I'll remove it as soon as I can. Trust me, I don't like having something wrong with my memory."
Rainbow sighed. "Just be careful alright." She then smirked. "It would be a shame to lose an idiot like you." She hit me in the shoulder, hard.
I hit her back hard. "I will. But for the other part of my plan, I need you and the others to distract Discord while I grab the Elements." I ruffle her mane. "I know you can do it." I was about to run off, but something popped in my head. "Oh yeah, congrats in getting into the Wonderbolts. Even if it's just the trainees or whatever. Just keep on remembering your roots. You might actually be able to transform the Wonderbolts back into a fighting force, than a bunch of ponies who show-off."
Before she could respond, I flickered away, getting into a better position for my plan. I kept waiting, as the six mares walked up to Discord, fake looks of confidence in their faces, like they have some back-up plan. "Oh, it's you six again. What are you doing back here? Can't resist my godly looks?" Discord said with his one-tooth smirk, and I smiled at the fact that I can punch him now. Previously, that smile made me falter, but now.... now's a different story.
"Nope!" Twilight said with a smile. "We have a trump card." Her horn glowed, as she pulled a small metal box out from behind her.
"Oooh, what's that? Some kind of ultimate weapon that will defeat me?" Discord said from atop his floating throne. I used this moment to rush over, and grab the six fractured Elements of Harmony, and running back to cover, as I begin the next step of my plan.
"Yep! It's a leftover gift from Connor. He seemed to predict this, and prepared for it." As Twilight was saying this, I ripped the stones out of the necklaces and crown thingy, before stuffing them into slots in my arm that I made for just this moment. As I put each one in, my arm glowed with the color of that bearer's coat. I stuffed in Magic/Friendship, and spun my hand around, making sure that my plan will work, before running out of cover, and staying behind Discord, as I look to Twilight and nod. "Now Discord! Feel the wrath of HARMONY!" Twilight opened the box, and out came a sign that said, 'Look behind you idiot!'
Discord's smile faded, as he turned around to see me, pointing my metal arm at him, which quickly became a cannon. Discord erected a shield, and I smiled, as I rush forward, using this to get close to him. Discord saw what I was planning, dispelled his shield, and fired several lightning fast rocks at me. I expertly dodged each one, before ending up in Discord's face. "Tricks are for kids." I fired the harmony blast at his face, turning him to stone, and also destroying the Elements of Harmony in the process. I landed on the now chaos-free ground, and caught Discord's statue, and gently set it down.
I sighed in relief, before sitting down, leaning on the statue, and pulling the piece of metal out from my brain. "Brain damage sucks." I muttered, before I looked to the incoming mares. "Now, how to explain that the Elements are destroyed?"
"That stupid child. Because of him, I was separated from everything!" A dark figure muttered, as the humming of machines went on behind the figure. "He destroyed everything I created twice. Well, now I guess I have to resort to disgusting Plan P." The dark figure pulled out a small folder, labeled 'Plan P' in big red letters. The figure opened the folder, and various papers were inside, but the most noticeable of them was two words written in big bold letters.
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