//------------------------------// // Chapter Twenty-Two // Story: Agent of Chaos // by Li_Time //------------------------------// Chapter Twenty-Two Pinkie Pie Why do I have to be the pony to get the worst of this world? I'm going to have to talk to this author. The day started out fine. I was full of energy and was ready for the day. But before we even got to the pub, I started to feeling tired. I don't even remember half the conversations. Let's see. On our way to the pub, we discussed Names. I didn't get what Harry meant at first, but it just kinda clicked. So I decided to show the others by giving him my Name. When he said it, a chill went through me. It was scary but was pretty cool also. Heh, chill. Pretty cool. Get it? I wouldn't say that was the reason I was feeling tired, but it was possible. I thought it was because I haven't had my daily dose of cupcakes today. I'll have to fix that later. It got worse throughout the day though. By the time we reached the church, I was very mellow. It wasn't until the excitement happened outside that I got any energy. As we were heading out, Harry called back at us. Michael Carpenter, Molly’s father, in turn pushed us back inside. “What’s going on?” Dash asked. “Trouble,” Michael said. “Get back to the classroom.” I saw Rainbow Dash start running. “Wait, Rainbow Dash!” I called out to her, but she was gone. “Where is she going?” “I don’t know,” Michael said. The girls started to run after her and I followed. We made our way to the front of the church, finding it wide open. “She went out there,” I called and took the lead. I ran out the front door and turned. I had the thought that she was going to get involved in whatever was happening. She seemed upset all morning and wanted to do something. Of course, by the time we got around to where the action was, the action was over. We were, however, surprised to find that Applejack was there. We reached Applejack and hugged her before we looked at the scene. Thomas was holding a man with a sword to his neck. Dash and Harry stood over him and Harry demanded some answers. We stayed by Applejack, watching as Dash rejoined us. After we got there, I started to burn out again. Then I...what did we do after that? Hold on, I have to go read the chapters. Let’s see, we learned Rarity was at Marcone’s place. Harry broke the intercom and the gate. We reunite with her and then Discord. Oh ya, the ride back to Molly’s place. So, we were on our way back to Molly’s place. Thomas and Molly were talking from the front seat while Twilight and Dash talked beside me. I just leaned my head on the window, listening to them talk. “Now that everypony is together, we can finally search for Chaogent,” Dash was saying. “We’re going to have to move fast though,” Twilight said. “Remember what Princess Celestia and Princess Luna said? Something might happen Nightmare Night.” “They were saying if we don’t get Discord back,” Dash said. “But we do have him back. Now we can take a little more time and find Chaogent.” “Earlier today, you were rushing to find everypony and get going,” Twilight pointed out. “Now you want to take it easy?” “Ya, well, we’re all here,” Dash replied. “That means we can find Chaogent and use our powers to stop him. We don’t need to rush to find him now.” “Still, I can’t help but worry that if we don’t stop him by tomorrow night, both Equestria and this world are doomed,” Twilight said. “You worry too much, Twi,” Dash told her. I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and clenched my hands over it. “Ow,” I said. “Are you alright, Pinkie?” I heard Twilight asked. I started to get dizzy too, and I could feel sweat dripping down my face. “Oh, I feel sick,” I said. “Oh no,” Twilight said. “Wait, Pinkie’s sick?” Dash asked. “Did you eat a bad cupcake or something?” “I haven’t eaten any cupcakes,” I said. “I don’t know why, but I’ve been...feeling tired all day...and now…” I had caught the attention of Molly and Thomas by now. “Everything alright?” Molly asked. “Do I need to pull over?” asked Thomas. “She might just need to rest,” Twilight said. “How much farther?” “Not far,” Molly said. I sat back as Molly crawled back with us. She felt my forehead and cheeks with the back of her hand. “She’s sweating a lot and seems to be a little hotter than usual. I’ll give her some medicine when we get back and have her sleep in my room with me.” “Will she be alright?” Dash asked. “She should be,” Molly replied. Dash got in the front to give us room while Molly mothered me. After we got to her place, she helped me me inside. We went straight to her room when she helped me undress and get into her bed before she walked into a connected bathroom. She returned later with a bottle of medicine and glass of water. I took the medicine, even though it was nasty, and drank some water. For the remainder of the night, she stayed with me, watching over me as I tried to get some sleep. … I have to tell you readers, I've never had a fever dream before. But it wasn't fun. It started out with me back on the rock farm with my family. Everypony was standing around the rocks but they weren't doing anything. "Umm, guys?" I asked walking over to them. "We're statues," Maud said. "Statues?" I asked. She didn't respond. In fact, she looked like all color had left her. Trust me, I can tell. "Maud?" I nudged her softly with my hoof. I barely touched her and she fell over. I watched as her statue body hit the ground and shattered into a million pieces. As the statue Maud shattered, rocks from as small as pebbles to as large as boulders fell from the sky. I backed away, putting a hoof over my head to protect myself. Then I fell into a hole. I was in the middle of a party, one that I had thrown before. It was when I felt my friends didn’t like me and I threw a party with random objects. But what happened to the rock farm and my family? “That’s simple, Pinkie,” the bucket of turnips said. “They’re dead.” “What?” I questioned as I looked at the turnips that I had called Mr. Turnip. I didn’t say that out loud. “We’re in your head, Pinkie,” the pile of rocks said. “We know what you’re thinking.” “You’re friends don’t care about you,” the flour bag said. “They don’t care.” “That’s not true,” I said. “They were trying to throw a surprise party for me.” The random objects that I had once used as imaginary friends started to float in the air and circle around me. “Come on and smile,” the lint said in a slow creepy voice. “Come on and smile,” Rocky followed with a just as creepy voice. “Come on and smile,” Madame le Flour said. “Come on and smile,” Mr Turnip also said. I looked from each of them as they chanted the words. “What’s going on? Why is this happening?” I turned and the place disappeared. Standing over me was a giant Harry, looking down at me. “You have a hole in your chest,” he said, distantly. I looked down and saw a clean hole that went through my human chest. I don’t know when I switched from a pony to human in my dream, but it happened. I looked up at him as he brought his wizard staff down towards me. It was huge and I turned and ran in terror, but I tripped and fell onto the ground. The staff hit me and it exploded into a sea of purple liquid. A pain shot through me as I was washed away. I heard laughter echoing around me. I looked around as I was caught in a whirlpool. All of my friends were just as huge, standing over me and laughing. “Please, help me,” I called out to them. Pain shot through me again as I opened my eyes and yelled out in pain. I could vaguely hear Molly say something and a door opening. I rolled over and fell out of the bed, landing on all four. “Pinkie, what’s wrong?” Twilight asked. My vision went white for a moment as the sounds around me was drowned out. The next thing I knew, I was staring up at everypony in Molly's bedroom. I felt different, and I was a lot shorter than them now. "What happened?" I asked. "Umm, she's a pony," Thomas said. "Well, of course I'm a pony. Wait, I'm a pony!" I looked around at myself. I was a pony. My pink fur, however, wasn't as bright as it was in Ponyville...and my cutie mark was missing. "Why does she looked so different?" Rainbow asked. "She's a normal pony," Thomas said. "What do you mean a normal pony?" I asked. "Why does she keep neighing?" Molly asked. "Is she trying to talk?" "I don't know," Twilight said. "Guys listen to me," I said. "I'm talking to you right now." "Can't you understand her?" Thomas asked. "You're all ponies, right?” “Well, ya, but we don’t talk like that,” Twilight said. “Wait, Twilight. What happened to your skin?” I asked. “What happened to your skin, Twilight?” Discord said. Did he get younger since last night? “That’s what I said!” I stomped a hoof on the floor. They glanced at me then at Twilight. Twilight, in turn, looked at herself. “I’m purple,” she said. “But how?” “Ow, my head,” said Rarity as she entered the room. Everyone looked at her and our eyes widen to see a large bump on her head. She looked at everypony’s face. “What’s wrong?” “Umm, don’t look in a mirror,” Rainbow said. “Why? What’s wrong with my face?” she replied in a panic. “You’ve kind of have a large bump on your head,” Thomas said. “WHAT?!” She felt her head and her eyes widen. She ran into the bathroom and a loud scream came from inside. “You normally have a horn, what’s the big deal?” Rainbow asked. “THIS LOOKS NOTHING LIKE A HORN!” I could hear her start crying from the bathroom. “It looks awful.” I trotted over to the bathroom and nudged her with my muzzle. She looked over at me, her eyes filled with tears. “Well, at least you look mostly normal again, Pinkie.” “If only everypony else could understand me,” I said. “What?” she asked. “Exactly!” I said. I heard a groan from the bedroom and backed out to see Rainbow darting out of the room. "Now what?" Rarity asked, looking around the doorway to see what's going on. Applejack clenched her stomach as she fell to her knees. I could see her muscles start to shriek in size. "This isn't good," Discord said. "What's going on?" I asked. "Chaogent's power," he said. "It's going out of control and changing everyone and everything." Twilight and Molly helped Applejack up. She looked terrible. She was all skin and bone and looked very weak and feeble. "Umm, guys?" came a male voice from outside. "Don't freak out." "Who is that?" Molly asked. A man walked in with short rainbow colored hair and wearing the pj's that Rainbow had been wearing. "Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked. "What is going on?" she...he asked. "Chaogent's power has gone haywired," Twilight said. "That's it," dude Rainbow said. "I'm ready to kick this guy's tail." "Where's Fluttershy?" Discord asked suddenly. We looked around and realized she wasn't there. Everypony rushed out of the room and into the bedroom the girls stayed in. I followed behind them, though it was difficult to move. You would think being a pony again would allow me to be my normal self, but it seemed that this world's ponies were more limited than ours. I was surprised to see Fluttershy when we entered the room. She was hanging upside down, large bat wings wrapped around her, her red eyes just visible from over the wings. She looked terrified. She stuck her head out and when she spoke, we could see fangs. "This is a terrible Nightmare Night joke," she said. I then felt something that I recognised. A chill went through me. A scary yet cool feeling. Harry had said my Name, and I just knew he was at the door. I grabbed Discord's sleeve with my mouth and tugged on it. He looked at me and I made my way down the hall. "Pinkie Pie?" he asked as he followed. I guess the others followed cause I could hear them walking behind him. Going down the stairs was a little difficult, but at the bottom, I looked at the door. "Harry's at the door," I said, though no pony would understand me. "What's going on?" Molly asked. "Something's wrong," Discord said and he opened the door.