The Portal was opened. It was ready to be crossed. As the green swirling portal glowed and spiraled on the floor Fluttershy and Rock looked at each other.
"Okay," Twilight looked between the two and the portal, "This should take you started to Discord's dimension, (a.k.a Chaosville).”
"When you're ready to leave another portal, like this one, should be on the other side."
"Thank you Twilight." Fluttershy smiled softly at her friend.
With a look of mild determination, Fluttershy, followed by Rock, stepped through the portal and into the unknown…
Before I continue with the story. I want to thank Plushy (a.k.a. PinkieLunaShy) for helping me with this chapter. Check her out and follow her. Anyway back to the point. So Fluttershy and Rocky went through the portal to Chaosville. Fluttershy and Rocky were falling down the portal’s pathway to the light at the end. You could say they were “Going down the Rabbit Hole.”
*Bud-um Chig!
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*Cricket Chirp~
Ugh, let’s move on. So, as the two were falling to the light at the end of the tunnel Fluttershy was screaming her head off. The things she had to do for her adoptive child. Rocky on the other hand was calmer. In fact he was smiling.
“Hey, this is kind of fun mommy.” he said.
“Fun?!” though Fluttershy to herself. How could Rocky think this was fun? Especially since he was only 3 years old. As the light got bigger, a flash of light appeared, and before they knew it, they found themselves being shot out the end of the portal into…Chaosville. A.K.A. Discord’s hometown.
Fluttershy landed on face first on the ground. She looked to see where Rocky was. Sure enough, he was coming. As he fell down, Fluttershy reached out and caught her little baby boy in her hooves just as he was about to hit the ground. The two smiled and rubbed noses together, before noticing where they were. Chaosville. A comical world of eccentric and peculiar things.
“Well, this must be Chaosville.” said Fluttershy.
Looking around, she noticed that there was no solid ground. Piece of the floor floated up in the air. Fishes were flying in the sky, flowers were plaid and polka dotted, and the sky was swirling read and blue, with purple dots, and there was a… okay, to be forthright, imagine Whacky Land from the old Loony Tunes cartoon show. Now, imagine it merged with Storm-a-Long Harbor from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. Now, imagine if everyone in there was on crack. Yeah, that’s how messed up this place was.
“Whoa.”
“Stay close to me Rocky, this place is really scary.”
The little fox child held on to the young mare’s hoof as they both walked down the strange and outlandish road in front of them. Chaosville sure was different than Ponyville. Trying to navigate through this place was easier said than done. Fluttershy and young Rocky were literally lost trying to find their way here. Just walking, and then floating for some weird reason. Going from one floating piece of land to another.
“Oh, where is this crazy little draconequus.” Fluttershy wailed.
Meanwhile in the home and headquarters Discord the draconequus, Discord was up to usual chaotic hobby. Baking a cake.
"Hmm, now let's see." mumbled Discord, stroking his chin. "One cup of flour."
Clack!
With a snap of his claws, and a puff of smoke, a cup full of flowers appear.
"Oopsie!" Discord chuckled to himself before snapping again and making the flowers disappear, "Let's try again."
Clack!
"Perfect!" A cup full of baking flour appeared in front of him.
As he reached to grab it, the flour flew away. Discord stomped his cloven hoof, making a silent demand the cup come to him. In blatant disregard to his wish, the cup flew farther away.
"Oh, come here you!" Discord gave chase to the floating cup before giving up and summoning a butterfly net and catching the cup.
"Hehe! Nice try, but you can't escape from me!"
After adding the flour in, he went back to read the rest of his ingredients. “Hmm, let’s see…2 eggs, ¼ teaspoon salt…Eggs? Salt? BORING!” Discord threw away his cook book and began searching through the pantry.
“Hmm, ah, here we go.” Discord as he pulled out a shake of pepper. “Pepper. Now that will spice things up!”
As Discord walked over to the counter to add the pepper into his cake batter, he walked by his living room window. As he passed by, he had noticed something, and began to walk back towards the window. Peeking through, he noticed that walking by in the distance was a yellow coated, pink manned Pegasus and a fox like creature.
“Oh, my, that is very interesting” said Discord pondering to himself, “I don’t remember having a little fox and a Pegasus that looks like my friend, Fluttershy, wondering around in my domain.” Discord was muddled, “Hmm” he thought, “Then again, I don’t remember half of what pops out in here” he giggled.
Meanwhile outside of Discord’s house, Fluttershy and little Rocky were still navigating through the terrain. Fluttershy was getting frustrated trying to find Discord’s house.
“Oh, where is he?” she grumbled.
Looking around Rocky noticed smoke coming from a little house in the distance. "Hey mommy, there's a little house over there" he said. Turing to look at where Rocky was pointing at, Fluttershy saw the little house and noticed the smoke coming from the chimney. Obviously that meant some one was home.
"Hmm, good eye Rocky," said Fluttershy, "let's go investigate."
They made way to house, trying to walk on the chaotic road that laid in front of them. Hopping from floating flying road to another (Uh, I think I can actually hear how cliché my writing is). Meanwhile back at Discord's house, Discord had finished mixing his ingredients and was ready to bake his cake. As he opened the oven and placed the pie inside, Discord heard a knock on his door. "Huh, who could that be" said Discord as he closed the oven door and set the oven timer.
Walking over to his door, Discord peaked through the door hole and saw Fluttershy and Rocky standing on the welcome mat. "Huh," he said, "There's that strange little mare who looks like my friend Fluttershy again." Fluttershy knocked on the door again. "Uh, who is it?" asked Discord.
"Hello, Discord is that you? It's me, Fluttershy." replied the pinked haired mare.
"WOW!" exclaimed the cheeky little draconequus, "You sound just like my friend Fluttershy."
Slapping her forehead, Fluttershy knocked on the door again and shouted, "Discord, it is me! Please, open the door!" Freaked out and surprised, Discord slowly opened the door. Staring at the little mare and the fox boy, his eyes slowly began to open wide with joy.
"Oh my gosh! Fluttershy!" he shouted happily, "It IS you!!" Discord reached out hug her. It has been so long since he has visited Fluttershy, and this time, she had visited him. He picked her off the ground and gave her a big kiss on her forehead. "Oh it's been so long Fluttershy. Oh my, where are my manners come in, let's chat!" Discord insisted.
Discord lead the way to his living room. Rocky followed behind Fluttershy as they walked into his house and took a seat on the living room.
"Oh Fluttershy, it's been so long" stated Discord, "How have you been?" he asked.
"Oh, I've been good" replied Fluttershy, "Just, you know, raising little Rocky."
"Oh my" said Discord with a gasp, "Baby Rocky, is that who this is!?" he asked.
"Mm-Hm. He sure has grown hasn't he." said Fluttershy.
"Oh my, he sure has. Hi there, how are you little guy."
"Uh, I doing good" said Rocky nervously.
"My, my, and how old are you young one?" asked Discord.
"Uh...I'm this many sir" said Rocky as he held up three of his fingers.
"Wow, 3 years old, huh? I could've sworn you were 5."
"I know, it surprised me too. But Rocky really is 3 years." replied Fluttershy.
"Right, well anyway, come on chat. What brings you here to my little domain." asked Discord.
"Actually, I'm here cause of Rocky" said Fluttershy, "He wanted to ask you something."
"Oh really?"
"Yes" said Rocky softly, "You see Mr. Discord sir, I had a scary dream a few days back, and mommy told me you may be able to help me."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Rocky" said Discord, "But dreams aren't in my category. I think you need Princess Luna for that."
"Actually Discord, that's not why we are here."
"Oh."
"I told Rocky you know of his species. And that you may be able to help him find out who he is."
At this point, Discord slowly frowned. His eyes opened with shock. "Oh, uh, his species. Is that all?" he asked. Rocky slowly nodded with a smile. Discord slowly scratched the back of his head, nervously, biting his lip. "Uh, well I, um..."
"What's wrong Discord?" asked Fluttershy, "you can help him right?" Slowly getting up from his chair, Discord slowly looked out his window. "Discord?" asked Fluttershy.
With a sigh, Discord slowly turned around to look at Fluttershy and Rocky. "Well" he said, "I uh, I might be able to help you but..." Fluttershy was confused. Was Discord not going to be able to help?
"But what?"
With a sigh, Discord replied, "But I don't think I can help." Fluttershy and Rocky were confused. What did he mean by that? "You see Rocky" began Discord, "You are a kitsune. Which in your native language means "Fox". And well, you people, have been extinct for many years." Rocky eyes were wide open. Even not knowing what the word extinct means, he knew it couldn't be good. "I'm going to tell you guys a story. A story of a world beyond our land of Equestria. And you may want to get some popcorn. It's pretty long." Discord snapped his claws and summoned a giant bucket of popcorn. "Now, where to begin" he said:
"It started many years ago" he began, "It began on an island called Edo. In Edo there lived 2 tribes: The Nobuyuki, and The Sachiko. The Sachiko were a peaceful tribe who were very intelligent. They were also magic users, who used their magic to invent things to improve their way of life. The Nobuyuki, however, were skilled hunters and farmers who grew and hunted their own food. Though they too were capable of using magic, they preferred to believe magic was dangerous, and was only to be used in extreme emergencies. Both tribes were very different, and because of this, they distrusted each other and didn't get along."
"Goodness" said Fluttershy.
"Uh, Mr. Discord, if I may, which tribe am I from?" asked Rocky.
"Well, Rocky, you are a member of the Nobuyuki tribe" said Discord, "You are a skilled hunter and farmer."
"Wow."
"Anyway, where was I:"
"The tribes distrusted each other. But one faithful day, the daughter of the Sachiko tribe's leader, Makoto, was walking along the fields, collecting beautiful flowers. In contrast, Naru, son of the Nobuyuki leader, was out hunting for his family. As Makoto was picking flowers, she came face to face with the most dangerous creature ever created. A Great Mountain Bear. The most dangerous creature known to the tribes. Makoto was scared, and started running for her life as the bear chased her. Luckily, Naru overheard the screaming and followed the noise to her location. And when he saw her being cornered by the dangerous animal, he knew he had to take action. So he pulled out his bow, and shot down the evil bear. Naru saved the life of Makoto, and when their parents found out about it, a small friendship began to form between the two tribes."
"Oh my. That poor little bear" said Fluttershy.
"Well, hey, back then it was either them or the animal" replied Discord.
"That's still no excuse!" exclaimed Fluttershy.
"Back to my story...So the two tribes began to flourish, as they have found a small trust within each other after Prince Naru had save Princess Makoto from the Great Mountain Bear. All was well with the tribes, and everyone was happy. But then everything changed when a new tribe arrived. The Imperials. The Imperials were a more advanced tribe. And unlike the Kitsunes, The Imperials were rabbit like creatures. They had fuzzy tails, and long floppy ears. The Imperials tried to take over their lands and forced the Kitsune tribes to join them. But the Kitsune tribes were outraged, and refused. War broke out between The Imperials and the two tribes. Thus, the battle to control Edo began. The Imperials were strong, but the Kitsunes were stronger. Eventually, The Imperials surrendered, and left Edo, never o be seen again. But they swore revenge and claimed that one day, they will return, and make their tribes sorry. And sure enough, The Imperials returned..."
Sitting on the edge of his seat, Rocky was curious to know what had happened next. As he leaned in to hear Discord's next words...
*Ding!
"OOOOO! My cake is ready!" exclaimed Discord.
Discord got and walked over to the kitchen to check on his pie. Fluttershy and Rocky looked at each other, waiting and watching. Discord opened the oven door, put on his kitchen mitts, and took out his pie and set it on the counter to cool. Closing the oven door, he took of his mitts and walked back.
"Now then. That's my story" said Discord.
"What, that's it?" asked Rocky.
"Yep."
"Sure there's more you can tell him Discord. I mean, who are his parents, why did he have that crow thing, where is the island of Edo now?"
"NO WHERE!!!!"
Discord jumped from his feet with his claw and paw clenched tightly. He was breathing heavily. Rocky and Fluttershy looked at each other with shock. "Are you okay Discord?" asked Fluttershy.
Clearing his throat, Discord slowly smiled and walked over to the front door opening it. "Well look at the time," exclaimed Discord, "I really need to finish my house work. So, if you two don't mind" He pointed out the door and smiled nervously. Fluttershy slowly picked up Rocky and floated out the door. As she softly lowered down, landing on the ground below, she looked back at Discord with a suspicious face. Discord slowly waved back and shut the door behind them.
Fluttershy rolled her eyes, and flew off, with rocky on her sitting back. Discord peeked out the window to make sure they were really gone. The he closed the blinds and drew the curtains. He slowly walked over to his bookshelf, and pulled out a photo album book. Slowly staring at with a blank emotionless face, he opened the book, and on the first page was a picture of a fox man and a fox woman, who in her arms was carrying a fox baby. Discord stared at the picture with a slight frown. What was more suspicious is that the man and woman foxes were the same foxes that were in Rocky's dream.
"He must never know. THEY, must never know. I need to ensure the never find him. For the faith of Equestria." Discord said to himself.
THEY must never find him? What did he mean by that? Well, that is another story for another chapter.