What would you get when you are separated from your friends after you purchase 10 Sengoku Drivers, 5 Genesis Drivers, and all available Lockseeds just as the series ended? A one-way ticket to "Petrification Ville" for a millennium and a half!
Right next to the most annoying character I despised so much.
The so-called "Grand Master of Chaos..."
Discord!
What is more unbearable is that my stance has been frozen to hold a petrified Daidaimaru as if I was advancing in battle while holding my sashimono, but that only made my headache worse as I continued to listen to Discord's nonstop jokes and puns humiliating my armor. If I don't get out of here soon, there's a good chance I could snap and break out by sheer anger!
"Come on, don't you want to play '20 Questions' one more time?" A mischievous voice rang through my head.
"Discord, for the last time, No! I don't want to play '20 Questions with you! You always keep asking the same question over and over, and it is driving me crazy! So can you at least stay quiet for one day? I'm trying to think in peace here!" I screamed mentally.
"Now, now. Let us not have any of that! I know being sealed in stone for 1500 years next to an annoying statue can drive you crazy. But what am I saying, I'm already annoying as it is! So there! What you say to that, Mr. Tangerine?" Discord mocked and blew a mental razzberry as an extra insult.
Oh, no siree! He did not just call me that! That's it! Time to break out! I am not letting him get off that easily like the other 547,863 times! That no-good imitation of a chimera is going down as soon as I break out of here! But then something caught both mine and Discord's attention...
It was Cheerilee and her class of fillies, and oh I fear this day would come the moment I got here. The teacher would explain the statues surrounding us, stop the Cutie Mark Crusaders from fighting and give them an essay as punishment, and Discord will break free as soon as they are gone! As a matter of fact, it is happening right now as I witnessed the events that are happening before me!
Well, the events were happening as they would except for one exception: Right after Cheerilee punished the CMC, she turned the all of her students' attention towards me.
"Before we go, take a look at the statue next to this one..." Cheerilee gestured towards my direction.
"Whoa, what's that?" Apple Bloom spoke in awe.
"That, unlike the statue of Discord, is the statue of Leadership represented by the ancient warrior Gaim." Cheerilee explained as her students listened with awe on their faces, "His army was said to be the strongest and most strategical in all of Equestria! Despite it being called an army, it consisted of 15 with this warrior being one of them. He also valued his comrades just as he valued his castle in the Everfree Forest."
"His castle?"
"Technically, it was more of a fortress..." Cheerilee explained, "Unlike the castle here in Canterlot, his fortress was more advanced and was capable of moving on its own!"
"Awesome!" Snips and Snails cheered. They smiled at the thought of a building with legs trotting across the Everfree Forest.
Well, at least I go down in history as an honorable warrior. For a moment, I thought she was going to tell them some fabricated story that the Princesses made up. Huh, I guess they didn't forget about me...
"Cool!" Scootaloo shouted in delight, her tiny wings fluttering in pure excitement. Okay, that was a little cute.
"Mrs. Cheerilee, if this guy was so great then what made him lose in the first place?" Diamond Tiara asked in half-curiosity and half-mockery.
I thought I heard a vibraslap in the background just as my anger peaked for a brief second.
"The incident that lead to Gaim's defeat happened right after his army managed to weaken Discord enough to allow him to be sealed once and for all. However his army was caught after that and was given the same punishment for causing major havoc in the Everfree Forest. Right after that, his fortress just... vanished."
"What did they do?" Sweetie Belle spoke up in confusion.
"That we can't be sure, but myths have been told that they were doing something in secret," Mrs. Cheerilee guessed in confusion before she shook her head, "Let's go class, we must head back so we can discuss on what we have seen today."
I watched in pity at the Cutie Mark Crusaders as they followed after their teacher and classmates. My eyes, well technically my eye lens, gazed at the cracking statue beside me before it finally shattered to reveal Discord in perfect color.
"Grruugghh!! Oh, I definitely have to stretch my limbs from being covered in marble!" Discord groaned as he stretched his body in impossible angles.
"You and me both!" I agreed, putting down my Daidaimaru and sashimono to join him in the stretching.
Wait.
Did I just spoke out loud?
Am I putting down my weapons?
AM I STRETCHING!?!
I look down at myself and found I am no longer petrified! My suit has returned to its normal blue color, and the wristbands and ankle bands have returned to their normal golden color. But the most amazing thing is that my armor is finally orange again! I thought I never see it again!
"YAHOO! Oh yeah! I am free!" I did a brief victory jig, basking in the presence of pure freedom! Finally!
No more permanent standing position!
No more troublesome itches I can't reach!
No more Discord!
Just me and a little piece of paper!
Wait, what was that last part?
I look behind myself to see a lone folded piece of paper laying on the ground. Retrieving the paper, I opened it to find something that really set off the bomb within me! I immediately saw red as I read the single message on the stationery!
See you later, you little kumquat! I do hope we see each other again! NOT!
The message then ended with a cartoonish animated drawing of Discord doing the akabe expression before it laughed as the note disappeared from my hand!
"A kumquat? Did he seriously called me a kumquat?!?" Clenching the fist where the memo was, I snarled in rage until I finally let out all 1500 years of anger out to the sky!
"DISCORD YOU JEEEEEEEERRRRRK!!!!!!!!"
Heaving, I reached down to pick up the Daidaimaru and sashimono from the ground.
"That little imp really knows how to push my buttons! He has made my life entirely miserable! Giving me disturbing images in my mind, separating me from my friends, and worst of all, he had the nerve to call me a kumquat!! A KUMQUAT!!"
After I finally vented all of my anger out, I immediately sat down and started to breathe deeply.
"It's okay, gotta' calm down! Don't let one Master of Chaos get to you just because he said a few insults!" I muttered to myself.
Eventually it took me a few minutes, but I was able to cool off. Now all that is left is to find my 14 comrades, but the question is...
"Where are they?" I wondered.
Meanwhile, somewhere deep within in the Canterlot Library, a statue themed after a banana and a knight stood tall with his lance poised for battle! The statue remained undisturbed regardless of the starting chaos outside until a small crack appeared on the helmet and a voice immediately followed it.
"It's about time..."
