//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: So, we're like...goddesses or something? // by CrossRedstone //------------------------------// Sunset did her best not to throw up, after Discord and "Nurse" Pinkie Pie forcefully stuffed her with all kinds of treats, using an oversized funnel. How her jaw was still intact, no one knows, but needless to say she had been traumatized for life. Princess Celestia and a few of the girls did attempt to stop them, only for Discord to snap his talons and bind them with licorice. "Oh come now, look! She's never been better!" Discord pointed at the quivering Sunset Shimmer. Princess Twilight and Princess Celestia were having a stern talk with the draconques, who brushed them off as usual. "Okay, maybe I overdid it a teeny, tiny, bit." He said, while shrinking with each word. Celestia, who was about to lose her composure for good, grabbed the tiny avatar of chaos and pulled him right in front of her face. She was about to shout at him and hold one of her usual "respecting others" speeches, when an idea came to her mind. "You know Discord, I could ask her to come over here and have her sing for you again." Discord's eyes shrunk to the size of pinpricks. "You wouldn't dare...not even I am that crazy!" "Then I suggest you behave yourself and help us to figure this situation out." The entire exchange, everyone was watching them, the local earthlings pretty wary of the chaos god. Said god teleported towards the ceiling, back to normal height and arms crossed. "As I already told you, I don't know why this is happening. I was simply drawn in by the sheer amount of chaos this world is leaking off." "Leaking?!" Princess Twilight exclaimed. "Oh, it's not affecting Equestria in any means. I just felt the energy coming through the portal and decided to investigate. And dear chimichanga, just look at this!" Discord snapped his talons, making a flat screen appearing where the blackboard was supposed to be. He took a remote out of his throat and pressed a button. The screen went static for a few seconds, until it showed a mass gathering of humans in a small town. On a podium stood someone, wearing some white robe. "Let me put the volume up." "-BELIEF IN THE GREAT GODDESS AND YOU WILL BE SAVED! SHE SEND US A SIGN TODAY-" *static* You could now see humans throwing themselves to the ground, bowing to...the sky? "THE APOCALYPSE IS UPON US!! ATTEND FOR YOUR SINS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS-" *static* "-the president has yet to make a statement about the late sunrise." It was the news. It showed a large city with tons of people in front of a government building. "Upon questioning, Senator Blueblood refused to give a statement as well." The scene on the news changed into a recording of a camera on a high building, showing the very fast sunrise. "Scientists are baffled about the phenomenon of the fast sunrise today. Some say it is the end of the world-" Discord turned off the TV. "And that is only the light version." the lord of chaos informed the rest. "If you see what is going for example-" "I think we get the gist of things." Celestia cut off Discord and took a deep breath in order to keep a calm demeanor. The other Celestia and Luna looked at each other, worried of how things were developing. After three incidents at their school, this one easily topped them all. Granted this time it didn't involve the school alone, but the entire world. "I'm going to address the elephant in the room." the principal walked to the other Celestia. "Is there any way to fix this?" Princess Celestia looked up to Discord who held up his claw and paw and shook his head. "Don't even get me started. Undoing something like this might lead to some rather...unexpected results. But if you insist..." "NO!" Twilight shouted and jumped in order to prevent Discord from snapping his claw. He did it anyway, using it to teleport away. In his stead appeared a flying cake, which Twilight headfirst jumped into. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie, alongside Discord laughed really hard. Twilight slowly got up and gave the draconques a deadpan stare. It didn't really work, since her complete face was covered in cake and only added to the hilarity of the situation. Luna quickly brought some paper towels and helped Twilight wipe her face clean. "There's nothing you can do? Do you at least have an idea what could have caused this?!" Luna shouted. "It will only be a matter of time until astronomers find out what's happened and then they'll try to find out as to why the sun and moon are moving on their own! From there on out it will only be a matter of time until they find out, two of our students are responsible for raising the sun and moon." "Is that really a bad thing?" Princess Twilight asked. "Twi, humans tend to react badly, when exposed to new things." Sunset explained from her spot. "What I mean is, they put you on a table and cut your body open." Twilight and Celestia looked at each other and then towards the principal and the high-school girls. "Is this true?" "Totally." Rainbow replied with a serious expression on her face. "In the worst case scenario." Luna admitted. "We humans tend to fear the unknown. More often than not, we let our imagination run wild, which is not a good thing." Princess Celestia put a fist under her chin, thinking. Everyone was looking at her in anticipation. After a minute, the princess nodded to herself and began to speak. "Let's go through this step by step: first of all, from what you told me so far, we should let the general population in the dark about how the sun and moon are moving now. From personal experience I can tell that it will leave the humans in a nervous state, but prevents them from panicking, when everything still goes on in a routine fashion. Secondly, the issue about teaching you two" she pointed at Twilight and Sunset "how to control your powers. Sunset, you said you heard a voice talking to you, shortly before you raised the sun." The girl nodded in confirmation. "That was the sun talking to you." "W-WHAT?!" Everyone exclaimed. Without missing a beat, Celestia continued. "The sun and moon will help you during our learn process. However just to be sure, another teacher will be assigned to you." "You won't be the one teaching us?" Sunset asked, disappointed. "As much as I would, Equestria is in a slight state of disarray." "Disarray?" human Twilight asked. "What do you mean, princess?" "Remember when I told you about the time loop incident?" the other Twilight asked. "As it turns out, Starlight Glimmer did a lot of damage to time itself. Nothing universe threatening mind you, it's just that so called "time paradoxes" has been showing up all over Equestria." "Beg yer pardon, sugar, but what's a time paradox?" AJ asked. "A time paradox is something appearing out from another timeline or something causing a disturbance. It can be anything from a flower, which is supposed to bloom next week, to a small portal leading to another timeline. We have been busy getting rid of those and fixing everything, but they keep showing up. Come to think of it, they might be the reason this has happened. I need to check the portal again, when I'm back, but don't get your hopes up." "Why not? Sounds sci-fi enough for me to work." Rainbow said. "You don't understand." Celestia took over. "What happens on the Aesthral Plane, doesn't happen without a reason. On another hoof, the plane is a place of harmony. If you would end up there by a paradox, the magic on the plane would fix it immediately and send you two unharmed back home." ... "I just realized this situation is really messed up, that I don't know anymore where left and right is." Pinkie Pie said looking up, when she said left and left, when she said right. "Welcome to Ponyville Lifestyle." Twilight deadpanned. "Back on topic, all princesses are needed in Equestria to deal with those paradoxes. Until then and I can't belief I am saying this, Discord will supervise you and help you in any way possible." You could hear a needle hit the floor. "Please I'll do anything!" Sunset shouted, as she and Celestia were for some reason alone in another room, with the first kneeling on the floor. "I'll be your personal maid." Celestia shook her head. "I dust off the royal library! I'll get rid of every noble who bothers you!" Celestia pretended to consider, but shook her head. "I'll be your sex slave!" Celestia considered. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" Princess Twilight whispered to Princess Celestia. "It is the only solution we have for now." Discord came out of the portal, with suitcases in his hand and paw. He also wore a Hawaiian shirt, complete with sunglasses and straw hat. "I'm sorry we cannot help you any more." Celestia now spoke to the two principals. "Once the situation in Equestria has calmed down, we'll be able to help you to the best of our capabilities." "We thank you, princess, but....I have some concerns about your special friend." Principal Celestia nudged towards the draconques, who summoned a cotton candy cloud, which rained chocolate rain over Pinkie Pie. "Don't worry. Discord may be a little off at times, but he knows when to stop with his shenanigans. He won't disturb your regular school life and will help Sunset and Twilight to keep a low profile. He himself said, you humans are amusing enough to watch with all the chaos that happens on a daily basis. Personally, after seeing it for myself, I don't understand how you can live like this." "Chaos belongs to the human nature." Luna shrugged. "We try to maintain some sort of balance between harmony and chaos, but tend to drift off towards chaos a bit often." "I...see." Celestia nodded carefully. "In any event , we really need to go now. Having two princesses outside of the public eye for too long will cause quite a stir. We wish you good luck and feel free to contact us, if the situation becomes too dire." Twilight quickly hugged all of her friends, before she needed to go through the portal with Celestia. Right then Discord appeared in the middle of the two principals. He swung both arms around them and took a picture with a camera. He held it with his tail. "Oh I can already tell, we will be the best of friends!"