//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Time Travel? // Story: Timeless Adventures // by Nick the Brony //------------------------------// "WAAAAAAAA!" The others heard Twilights scream, and ran to the door. "What is it sugarcuuuube?" Applejacks mouthed fell, as did the others, as they all looked at the towering figure in front of them. "Ahhh, well look who it is. My old friends. It's so good to see you again." Discord grabbed them and gave them a big hug. Rainbow Dash was the first to act. She squeezed her way out of his tight grip, and got in his face. "How did you get free you freak!?" She yelled, her eyes looked as if on fire. Discord let go of the others and told them his tale. "You want the short or the long version?" Rainbow was getting impatient. "I don't care which one you tell! Just tell us, or I'll shove your horns up your ass!" Rarity was taken back by Rainbows language. "Rainbow! Don't use that language." She scolded. Everyone looked at Rarity with eyes that said "seriously". "Listen Rares. The lord of chaos has escaped, and is right in front of us. And your worried about my language. We got bigger things to deal with, ok." Rarity blushed in embarrassment. "I guess I kinda overreacted. Anyways, tell us how you got out Discord." She asked surprisingly politely. Discord smiled. "Oh I would love to tell my tale, but is it just me. Or is there somepony missing from this gathering?" He crossed his arms, analyzing the "picture". A light bulb then appeared above his head. "Of course. How could I forget. Just give me a second please." He snapped his talons and waited. His smile grew on his face. There was a awkward moment of silence. The main six looked around confused, while Discord looked at his watch and counted down. "Three, two, one." Suddenly, out of nowhere. Celestia and Luna appered in front of the main six. Their faces showed deep concern. "Twilight. Discord has escaped. Where is he?" She quickly said, without giving a hello. Twilight just looked a Celestia. She then pointed behind them, "Right behind you." The two princesses turned around to see Discord waving at them. Luna instantly got in a fighting stance, her horn started to glow. "How did you get free!?" She yelled in her royal chanterlot voice. She had never used it for about a year, since it was....dated. "Hey! I already asked that." Rainbow responded. Luna gave her a stern look, which basically said, "Not now". While Luna was continuing to charge her horn, Celestia on the other hoof was more calm with the matter. "Tell us how you escaped." She said with a soft, yet stern voice. "Of course Tia. I'll be glad..." "Don't call me Tia." Celestias voice changed into a more threatening, vicious tone. This surprised everyone, even Luna. "Fine fine. Hold your horses. Well, it was a sunny day in chanterlot. I could see a nice breeze blowing around. There were birds singing their songs, and pigeons doing their business on me." Discord said with anger. He hated pigeons. The ponies tried to hold in their laughs, since this was a serious situation. Discord could hear some snickering, but ignored it. "Anyways. As I said, it was a nice day for you ponies. Then, I heard a beautiful sound. The sound of hatred and anger. It came from the one, the only, Blueblood!" He pulled out a picture of the prince out of nowhere. Everyone was surprised by his statement, except for Rarity. She was not surprised at all. "Well I never got why he was angry. But I think it had something to do with his tea being too sweet. Well anyways, he was yelling at a maid. And that was when I started to feel, a feeling. A feeling of strengh, and freedom. The maid tried to get him away from me, but luckily, what he did was enough. I'll have to thank him for that later." He took out a calendar, and put on a date. "Ok then. Why are you here?" Asked Celestia. Discord laughed at her question, to her annoyance. "Really Celestia, you don't know why I'm here. I here for the same reason every time. I'm here to spread the beauty of chaos. Something you don't understand." Celestia tried to hide her frustration. "No. Why are you here in Ponyville? Why have you revealed yourself to the elements of harmony." Something suddenly clicked in Twilights head. "Princess! The elements!" She called. Celestia already knew what she was implying. She completly forgot the elements in her panic. She teleported away. All the ponies then turned their heads towards Discord, who had a big smile on his face. "Uh. Why are ya smiling?" Applejack asked. Discord plus smile equals bad. "Oh nothing." His voice could break glass at this level of sarcasm. Celestia soon reappeared with a small box. She passed it to Twilight quickly, not even bothering to open it. Twilight caught it with her magic, and opened the box. Her face was only of horror. "There gone!" She screamed. She turned the box around to show Celestia. "Oh no." She gasped. She turned to Discord, rage filling her body. She tried to control her temper so she could speak. "Where in Equestria did you put them?" Her voice had the vemon of a snake, a very hungry one. Discord was unfazed by her, and only giggled. "Not where Celestia, when." The ponies had confused looks on their faces. What did he mean by when. Rainbow Dash soon thought she had an answer. "You don't mean.." As if he read her mind, Discord answered. "Yes Dash. Your precious elements aren't in Equestria any more. There in another worlds past." The princesses and the main six couldn't believe it. Did he really hide the elements in the past? Not theirs mind you. Was he really that powerful? "Your joking, right?" Rainbow nervously smiled. Discord answered with a thumbs down, and then started to laugh evilly. "Muhahahahahaaaa!" He laughed at the top of his lungs. His laughter could be heard in Chanterlot. He went on with it for about a minute, ater which he started to calm down. "Don't worry my little ponies. You'll be allowed to look for them. Besides, the game would be boring otherwise." He reassured. "Well, how the hay are we supposed to know when n where we find them." Applejack asked. "And how do we get to their locations?" "Oh almost forgot." Discord pulled a different bow out of his ear, and opened it, showing its contents. "What are these?" Twilight pulled out a pair of strange metal sticks. They looked totally alien to her, even to the princesses. "Those are the keys for unlocking the doors to the past. You can set how far back you want to go, and where. I have already chose your locations and time periods." Pinkie bounched around Twilight, looking at the strange contraption. "What are you waiting for Twilight. Find a way to make those things work." "Uhbaba." Discord snapped his talons, and the metal sticks fell into his hand. "You might want to reconsider." "And why would we do that?" Rainbow crossed her front legs. "Because. The places the elements are hidden in are no vacation destinations. There is no friendship." "Huuuuh!" All the ponies gasped. "There is no harmony." "Huuuuh!" "And you bet there is a low chance of you coming back alive." All the ponies, especially Fluttershy shivered in fear. "You know what. Maybe a world full of chaos isn't such a bad idea." She tried to run away, but Applejack bite her tail. "Hold yer horses sugarcube. We ain't letting Discord turn this place into his playground." She pulled Fluttershy back. "Your right Applejack." Twilight said. She then turned towards Discord. "We are going to look for the elements no matter how dangerous it is. Equestria is in our hooves, and we ain't gonna back down from a chance of saving it." She said with confidence. The others nodded in agreement, even Fluttershy. "Very well. It's your choice." He snapped his talons, and the metal rods appeared in front of Twilight again. "Come on girls. Let's go find the elements." The ponies cheered and ran off. They didn't get too far before Discord appeared in front of them. "Twilight. You may not know, but there is a certain rule to this game that you must follow." "Ugh! What is it now.' The main six said annoyed. "I want you too bring some, guests back from your travels." Rarity had her turn to speak now. "What do you mean by guests?" "It's quite simple actually." Discord pulled out a contract and put on some reading glasses on. "You just bring back a minimum of three herbivores and three carnivores back from each time period you enter. You will basically make equestria into a nature reserve for ancint creatures. Oh, and no bringing just the small ones. You'll need to bring the big ones too." Discord then pulled out a old looking book from behind a bush. "You will use this book to identify and learn about the creatures you will encounter, and the locations you will enter." Twilight took the book and opened it. "Hey! It's all blank." She continued to flip through the empty pages. "A page will be filled every time you encounter a new creature, and enter a new world." He explained. The ponies nodded and ran off to get prepared for their journey. All who were left were Discord, Luna, and Celestia. "Well. That went better then expected. You think they will succeeded?" Asked Luna. Celestia put a hoof on her sister back, and gave a reassuring smile. "I have full confidence that Twilight and her friends will succeeded. Their friendship is very strong, which will help them get past many odds." "So what do we do with him?" Luna pointed at Discord. "I don't want to watch him all day." "Oh don't worry there Luna. You will have no time to watch me." Discord responded. "What do you mean we will have no time? What plans do you have for us?" Asked Celestia. The last time Discord was freed, he locked them in a closet. Discord pulled out a scroll, which turned out to be a very long list. "You, and the guards will be taking care of the animals when they arrive. You will need meat, that's for sure. But I bet the griffins will be more then happy to sell you some. You will also to things such as washing, feeding, poop cleaning, enclosure building, building holding pens, keeping an eye on them, and researching them. There are many more things to do, but you can look at it yourselves." He tossed it to them, covering them with a long paper. "You might want to start building some enclosures in the desert." "Why's that?" Asked Luna. "Because your little pony friends are heading first to a large desert. More specifically, the great desert of Mongolia, 80 million years ago. I decided to make the first location an easy one. Nothing really big lives there, well, except a few. And they only have about a 70% chance of dying." Celestia and Luna gasped. That's pretty high for a first mission. They were yet curious about what creatures lived in this, Mongolia. They actually were kinda excited to study them. That was not a priority right now. They needed to start building some holding pens so they could put whatever Twilight and her friends would bring back in them, and start to get an understanding of where to put them. "Ok, were heading to the castle. Your coming with us, ok. And no funny business. Got it?" Celestia gave Discord a stern look. Discord nodded, and followed Celestia and Luna back to their castle. "Finally. My plan is coming together." "What was that." Luna thought she heard Discord speak. "Oh nothing. Lets keep moving." He laughed under his breath. What was his plan? Next time. Twilight and her friends head to the vast deserts of prehistoric Mongolia. Danger will be at every cornor, and surprises at every turn. As they try to track down one of the most cunning predators of all time. And solve the mystery, of the giant claw.