Agent of Chaos

by Li_Time

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I couldn't hold my excitement. "Yes! She's one of my friends! And there's five others!"

He looked over at Mr. Carpenter. "I'm going to need the car," he said.

"Did you want me to go with you, Harry?" he asked.

"I'll be fine. If you could, call Thomas. Tell him to meet me at the docks."

I saw Mr. Carpenter frowned. "The island?"

"Seems like something is going on at the island as well." He looked at me. "You're coming with me, Mrs. Sparkle. I have some questions to ask you."

I felt nervous as I followed the man out. There was another 'car' outside and I guessed it was the one the two men arrived in. However, Mr. Dresden walked over to the first car. I went to the side Mrs. Carpenter had gotten out on and opened the door. It took me a moment to realize he had opened it for me. So I got in and he closed the door behind me. He got in on the other side, pushed a key into a slot and turned it, the machine roared to life, which made me jump.

"Seat belt," he said as he pulled a strap from over his shoulder, pulled it across his chest and clicked a buckle into something at his hip. He looked at me and cleared his throat. "Seat belt?"

"Oh, ya. Seat belt," I said, looking around, realizing he wanted me to do the same. I grabbed the strap and mimicked his movements, locking the buckle into the device at my left hip. "There," I said feeling like accomplished a difficult task. He gave me a funny look before he turned and looked out the back window of the car. The machine started to move backwards, which in turn made me jump.

Once we were moving, he glanced at me. "You know what's going on, don't you?" he asked. "First some guy pokes around at the pub and church, then you appear, and now something is going on my island."

I had to wonder if the guy was Discord looking for information on Chaogent. Maybe Chaogent was on this island that he was talking about. "Did this guy look like a mix of different animals? Called himself Discord?" I asked.

"What? No. Just some old guy named Sam Singer," he looked at me with a confused look. "You saying that this Discord is a some Frankenstein creature made up of several animal body parts?"

"Frankenstain?" I question, never have heard that word before.

"Nevermind. So, your friend Discord is made up of several different animals." I nodded to him. "What is he?"

"He is a Draconequus."

He seemed to frown a bit, thinking. After a moment, he shook his head. "Why are you here?"

"Discord's brother escaped to this land, we believe. His name is Chaogent. He tried to attack us before, but we defeated him with the help of a friend of ours. We turned him into stone but he somehow escaped. Discord came here to try and find him, but he never returned. So, me and my friends were sent to find them."

He looked a little confused. "Ok, start from the beginning."

I bit my lip before I started to tell him about Chaogent and what has happened, starting from the arrival of Hero. After I was finished, he seemed a little more relaxed. "Alright," he said. "Well, I'll help you find your friends. If you're friends with Hero, I'll help you out."

"Wait, you know Hero?"

"I've helped him out a few times and he's done the same for me," he said. We talked a little about him as we traveled to where ever we were going.

Before Harry could say anything, my friends and I climbed off the boat and ran to the beach. Molly and Thomas followed after us, but the moment we stepped onto the sandy beach, I felt fear fill me. What was this? It felt like the island wanted to get rid of us. But that’s crazy, who ever heard of a place that tried to make others leave.

"A party?" Thomas asked as he stepped up beside Fluttershy.

"Definitely Pinkie," Dash said. "She's always throwing parties."

"But why throw a party?" Harry asked.

"She'll find some reason to throw one," I said.

Harry just threw his hands up in defeat before walking forward. I watched him for a moment before I swallowed hard and followed. Despite being a few hooves away, I could hear him mumbling to himself. I couldn’t make out what he was talking about, but I just tried to not upset him even more. I think he was having a rough day.

I was surprised how easily he walked up the ruins of these steps. He must have spent a lot of time here. I was having trouble with going up the steps. I looked back at the others and they had a hard time also, even Molly and Thomas, though they didn’t have as much trouble as Fluttershy and Dash. Thomas helped Fluttershy as she went up the steps, blushing as she went. Molly walked with Dash, catching her once in awhile when she stumbled. But I wasn’t paying attention and tripped on the steps. The others caught up to me and helped me up. I laughed nervously.

We finally reached a clearing at the top of the hill with the ruins of a lighthouse. It was decorated with party supplies complete with a banner. "This certainly looks like Pinkie Pie's work," I said.

I was wondering where she could be when Harry walked over to a bush and pulled her out of it. "Found her," he said.

"How did you know I was there?" she asked.

"I have a connection to the island," he said. "I knew exactly where you were the moment I stepped onto the island." He mentioned something like this before. Did he really mean you could tell where she was just by stepping onto the island?

I saw her pout, crossing her arms. "You're no fun. I wanted to surprise everypony."

I had to smile as I ran over to her with my friends. We took Pinkie and hugged her tightly.

"What's Nightmare Night?" Thomas asked, looking at the banner.

"Oh, that's a celebration we have at home," Dash said.

"Ya! You see there were two princesses, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna," Pinkie said, excited and speaking really fast. "They were sisters. But Luna got jealous and became Nightmare Moon, so Celestia banished her to the moon. Then somepony came up with the idea to celebrate Nightmare Night so everypony could dress up and get candy and leave it for Nightmare Moon. But then Nightmare Moon came back and we turned her back to Princess Luna. So, now we celebrate Nightmare Night as a celebration of her return. She loves to join in and scare the little fillies."

"Ya, we just call it Halloween here," Molly told us.

"We need to get going," Harry said.

"But I worked so hard on this party," Pinkie said.

Despite wanting to stay and have a party, I had to side with Harry on this. It has been a long day and we still don’t know where Applejack or Rarity were. Dash was the only one for sure I knew we were going to meet up with after Harry talked with Molly. None of us were expecting Fluttershy to be with Thomas nor Pinkie to be on this island. "Sorry, Pinkie," I said. "But we still have to find Applejack and Rarity. Not to mention Discord."

"Ya," Dash said. "Besides, it's getting dark out. I don't know about you, but this day has been stressful."

Despite the disappointed look on Pinkie's face, she agreed to leave with us. We made our way down to the dock and climbed back onto the boat.

"So, who's the tall handsome guy?" Pinkie asked after we started to make our way out into the water.

"I wouldn't call Harry handsome," Thomas said.

"Hey!" Harry called out from the wheel. "I can hear you."

I giggled as did the other girls. "I'm Molly," Molly told Pinkie. "That big guy is Harry Dresden. And this is Thomas Raith." I looked at him and started to get those fuzzy feelings again. The others must have felt the same cause I could feel them shifting next to me. "Thomas," Molly said. "Turn down the libido."

"I'm sorry, it's just natural," he replied and I instantly blushed as the feeling faded.

"You have to forgive Thomas," Molly said. "He's a White Count Vampire."

"A vampire?!" Fluttershy shouted as I tensed up.

"He's going to suck our blood!" Pinkie shouted. "Wait, what's a White Court Vampire?" she asked as if she didn't just freaked out.

"It's a breed of vampire," he said. "I don't feed on blood. That was the Red Court before Harry killed them all. I feed off someone's life force through contact or their emotions. Mostly through lust."

"Oh, so that's why I feel all warm and wet when I'm around you," Pinkie said.

"Pinkie, that's a little personal, don't you think?" I asked.

"Oh, come on, you all were feeling it too," Pinkie shouted and I blushed even more.

"What the hell did we get ourselves into?" Harry asked out loud, but I don't think he was speaking to anypony in particular. "Come on, we need to figure out what to do with you girls."

"Why don't they stay at my place?" Molly said. "I have room for them."

"Oh, we shouldn't impose," Fluttershy said.

"It's no problem."

"It'll have to do," Harry said. "I have no place, Murphy would kill me, not to mention she has no room, and I'm certainly not letting you girls stay with Thomas. Plus, Molly can keep an eye on you and I'll be close by just in case."

"Awesome," Dash said. "We'll rest up and look for Rarity and A.J. in the morning. They can take care of themselves until then."

"That's true," I said. "Even though I rather find them as soon as possible, we certainly can't search for them when we're tired."

It was settled and we got into the car with Molly. Harry hung back and talked to Thomas for a moment before he got in also while Thomas left in the car he came here in. We started feeling how tired we were as we headed to Molly’s place. Pinkie was the first to fall asleep, which made me wonder how long she would have lasted during a party. Dash was dosing and Fluttershy stared out the window of the car at the buildings that were going by.

After we reached Molly’s place, which was close to her parents’, she lead us inside. Harry didn’t come in. Instead, he left with the car. Molly got us some pajamas to wear and gave us a room to sure, which we were all fine with. Pinkie got a second wind as the four of us talked about what happened today. But that didn’t last long and we all fell asleep shortly afterwards.

I looked at who had hugged me and a large weight lifted off of my heart. Joy filled me as I hugged Twilight and Rainbow Dash in excitement. "Twilight! Rainbow Dash!" I started to cry as I held onto them. "I was so scared. I was all alone. And someone tried to do horrible things to me." I broke the hug and smiled at the man who brought me here. "But this man saved me."

They both looked at the man and I saw them both blush. "Umm, thank you for saving Fluttershy," Twilight said, nervously.

"Y-yay, and bringing her back to us," Dash said.

He gave us a smile as I looked from him to my friends again. They both looked different in some ways. But I could feel something from them that told me they were indeed my friends. Twilight had dark skin and dark hair, but there seemed to be a streak of a pink in her hair. She also had on clothes that looked odd. Dash had a more toned body with muscles and had a tan skin. But her hair was still rainbow colors, but it seemed more dull and darker.

I heard someone clear their throat and I looked at who it was. I didn't noticed the taller, slightly older man and the shorter young woman who were also there. The man had some facial hair and wore a long black leather coat. It reminded me of Hero's coat, but it had what looked like some leather was draped over his shoulders. He was also carrying a wooden staff.

The young woman had icy blue hair that seemed to fade from a dark blue at the roots and a light blue at the ends. She also had an image of a snake by her neck that disappeared under her clothes. Was it a cutie mark?

The tall man looked at us. "Ok, ladies," he said. "I have some damn questions that need answers to." He growled as he reached into a pocket and pulled out a stone. It looked like it was glowing. "Hell's bells," he mumbled as he put the stone away. "So, everyone on the boat. We'll talk on the way."

I saw the other woman look at him with a worried look on her face. Thomas looked at him in a slightly annoyed look. I looked at my friends, who looked a little worried. But they followed as they started to walk down a dock towards some boats. I nervously followed.

Once on the boat, the man in the coat started the boat and steer it out into the water. I sat down with my friends, feeling really cold. It was getting dark out and colder out. My friends seemed to get that way too. The woman came over to us with some heavy coats and handed them to us. I pulled mine on as the others did the same.

"I'm Molly," she said to me. "That man in the leather is Harry. And I guess you already met Thomas." I nodded. "What's your name?" I looked down nervously.

"This is Fluttershy," Rainbow Dash said. "You have to forgive her. She's shy when meeting new...people."

"It's nice to meet you all," Twilight said. She looked at Thomas as he gave her a soft smile. I noticed her shift in her seat much like how I was doing myself. "I'm Twilight Sparkle. And this is Rainbow Dash."

"Twilight Sparkle," he repeated. "Rainbow Dash." He seemed to consider that for a moment before he smiled again. "It's nice to meet you both."

"So, what are you?" the man named Harry asked. "You're not humans."

I looked down, not sure if I should say anything. I did tell Thomas, but what else was I suppose to say? "They're ponies," Thomas said suddenly.

I was surprised that he said something. Then I felt my friends eyes on me. This made my cheeks heat up and I covered my face. "I'm sorry," I said. "I didn't know if we were suppose to tell or not."

"That's alright, Flutters," Dash said as I felt her put an arm around me. I felt a little better to her convert.

"You're ponies?" Molly asked.

"Yes," Twilight said. "We're ponies in our world. But when we were sent here, we turned into humans."

"It's a little getting us to," Dash said. "But I love a good challenge."

"I rather stay as a pony," I mumbled, but I don't think they heard me.

"Well, you girls picked it up pretty well," Molly said.

By this time, we were pulling up to a dock by an island. The place looked like it was a jungle, and I got scared as I looked up at it. "Well, this is all really odd," Harry said as he tied a rope from the boat to a wooden pole on the dock. "Alright, ponies. Stay here while I go find out what's going on." He got out of the boat and walked down the dock to the sandy beach. Once he stepped onto the beach, I saw him stop. "What the fuck?"

"What is it?" Thomas asked, getting out of the boat.

"Someone's here," Harry answered. "Apparently, they just appeared here and is...throwing a party?"

"Pinkie Pie!" My friends and I said at once.

Before Harry could say anything, my friends and I climbed off the boat and ran to the beach. Molly and Thomas followed after us, but the moment we stepped onto the sandy beach, I felt fear fill me. This place just scared me. I don't know why, but something felt wrong here and that I should not be here. I looked at Twilight and Dash, and they both look just as nervous as I.

"A party?" Thomas asked as he stepped up beside me.

"Definitely Pinkie," Dash said. "She's always throwing parties."

"But why throw a party?" Harry asked.

"She'll find some reason to throw one," Twilight said.

Harry just threw his hands up in defeat. He started to walk forward. Twilight was the first of us to step forward, though she was nervous. Dash started to follow. "I'll just stay here," I said.

"It's alright," Thomas told me. "I know this island is pretty scary. It's the spirit that inhabits it. But you'll be safe with us."

Just the sound of his voice made me relax. I had to remind myself that it wasn't lady like to do what I wanted to with him. I never thought that I would feel this way. I walked with him as Molly followed behind us.

We walked up through the forest that was on the island, going up some steps. I looked around, wondering if there were animals. But the cool air told me that winter was coming, so they might be in hibernation now, that is if there were any animals on the island in the first place.

When we reached the time, we saw the ruins of a hut and lighthouse were decorated with banners, streamers, and balloons. The man somehow knew where Pinkie was hiding and walked right up to her, pulling her out of her hiding spot. She had curly pink hair just like her pony mane and tail, but she also wore a fluffy pink dress. We hugged and talked before Harry started to lead us off the island.

On the way back, we talked some more and learned about Thomas being a vampire. It scared me, though oddly exciting. I don't know why, but he still made me feel fuzzy. I guess he had powers that made us want more from him.

We finally made it to Molly's place where we got some sleep. And as I fell asleep, I wondered where Rarity and Applejack were.

Her hair was what told me it was Twilight. Even though it was dark, there was still a purple hues to it with a strip of pink in it. Her clothes looked weird though, nothing like what she wore the last time we were here. The black shirt had red letters on it that read "Splattercon" on it. We hugged, smiling and not really paying attention to the man who was following.

Once we broke apart, She introduced me to the man named Harry Dresden. I looked at Molly. "Molly, this is Twilight."

"Are those my clothes?" Molly asked at once. I saw Twilight blush a bit.

"Well," she started.

"Save it," Harry said. I looked at him. He was a tall man and was holding a wooden staff. He also had a long black leather coat much like Hero's. He was also putting a stone into his pocket. "We need to go to the island, Molly. Something's going on over there. So, let's talk in the car, ladies." He turned and started to walk back the way he and Twilight came from.

Molly waved us to follow so we did. Twilight filled me in one what happened to her as we got into this carriage thing that was called a car. Once she was done, I told her what happened to me. We concluded that the spell must not have gone right and separated us.

"This island," Twilight said, looking at Harry. "What is it?"

"It's an island out in the middle of a lake," he said. "I kind of own it. Or at least I'm in charge of it. But it seems something appeared there that's causing trouble."

"How do you know that?" I asked.

He pulled a stone out of his pocket and showed it to me. "This is a rock from the island. I put an enchantment on it so if something happens there, the spirit of the island can inform me."

"Spirit of the Island?" Twilight question.

"Sounds a little like Maud," I whispered to Twilight. She giggled a bit.

Shortly afterwards, we came to a stop. I noticed the machine was starting to make funny sounds before it turned off. A light inside went on as he opened the door, which flickered and with a loud pop died. "Mom's not going to like that," Molly said.

"She knew what the risk was when she let me borrow the minivan," Harry said, looking up at the dead light. They got out and we followed. We gathered around on the left side of the machine and waited.

"Ummm, what are we waiting for?" I asked.

"Waiting for a friend," Harry said as he pulled the stone out again. "Thomas, you have five minutes to get here."

No sooner did he said it that another machine came up and parked a few hooves away. This machine was white and was shaped differently, and it also looked like it had taken some damage in the back end. The moment I saw Fluttershy step out of the thing, Twilight and I ran to her and hugged her. There was no doubt it was her either. We weren't expecting to see her get out of this thing, but we were sure glad she was safe. Out of all of us, she was the most fragile.

She held onto us like she never wanted to let us go and even started to cry. Then she started to explain what happened to her. It wasn't until she mentioned the person that saved her that I noticed him. I felt something within me, an urge to jump at him and kiss him all over. I wanted to rip those clothes of his off and do things with him I shouldn't talk about.

I stuttered as we thanked him for saving and bringing Fluttershy to us. Then Harry got our attention again. "Ok, ladies," he said. "I have some damn questions that need answers to." He growled as he pulled the stone out again and looked at it. "Hell's bells," he mumbled as he put the stone away. "So, everyone on the boat. We'll talk on the way." It sounded like he was getting more and more frustrated and annoyed.

Once on the boat, Harry started the boat and steer it out into the water. I sat down with my friends, feeling really cold. It was getting dark out and colder out. My friends seemed to get that way too. Molly came over to us with some heavy coats and handed them to us. I pulled mine on as the others did the same.

"I'm Molly," she said to Fluttershy. "That man in the leather is Harry. And I guess you already met Thomas. What's your name?" Fluttershy looked down nervously. That was normal for her when meeting someone new.

"This is Fluttershy," I said. "You have to forgive her. She's shy when meeting new...people."

"It's nice to meet you all," Twilight said. I looked at Thomas and started to shift in my set as I felt turned on looking at his smile. "I'm Twilight Sparkle. And this is Rainbow Dash."

"Twilight Sparkle," he repeated. "Rainbow Dash." He seemed to consider that for a moment before he smiled again. "It's nice to meet you both."

"So, what are you?" Harry asked. "You're not humans."

After Harry asked us that, I looked at Twilight. I wasn't sure if we should tell him. Not that I wasn't proud of being a pony, but in a world where there wasn't ponies, it would seem weird. Then again, there was magic and fairies here. But it was Thomas who broke the silence. "They're ponies," he said.

Twilight and I looked at him surprised. Then we looked at Fluttershy who blushed and covered her face with her hands. "I'm sorry," she said. "I didn't know if we were suppose to tell or not."

"That's alright, Flutters," I said, putting an arm around her.

"You're ponies?" Molly asked.

"Yes," Twilight said. "We're ponies in our world. But when we were sent here, we turned into humans."

"It's a little getting us to," I said. "But I love a good challenge."

"Well, you girls picked it up pretty well," Molly said.

By this time, we were pulling up to a dock by an island. The place looked like it was a jungle and spooky, and I didn't feel comfortable being here. "Well, this is all really odd," Harry said as he tied a rope from the boat to a wooden pole on the dock. "Alright, ponies. Stay here while I go find out what's going on." He got out of the boat and walked down the dock to the sandy beach. Once he stepped onto the beach, I saw him stop. "What the fuck?"

"What is it?" Thomas asked, getting out of the boat.

"Someone's here," Harry answered. "Apparently, they just appeared here and is...throwing a party?"

"Pinkie Pie!" My friends and I said at once.

Before Harry could say anything, my friends and I climbed off the boat and ran to the beach. Molly and Thomas followed after us, but the moment we stepped onto the sandy beach, I felt fear fill me. I didn’t know why, but the place scared me. I don’t really get scared much anymore, but this place creeped me out.

"A party?" Thomas asked as he stepped up beside Fluttershy.

"Definitely Pinkie," I said. "She's always throwing parties."

"But why throw a party?" Harry asked.

"She'll find some reason to throw one," Twilight said.

Harry just threw his hands up in defeat before walking forward. Twilight was the first of us to step forward, though she looked nervous. I followed shortly afterwards with Molly.

The ruins of the steps were very difficult to walk up. I sure miss my wings. But I was thankful that Molly was there. When I stumbled, she caught me. After a while, we reached Twilight, who just feel over. She laughed nervously, blushing a bit as we helped her up.

I looked around at the place and felt a smile spread across my face. Pinkie was so cool being able to do this on such a scary island. "Found her," Harry said. I looked to see him over by a bush and holding Pinkie.

"How did you know I was there?" she asked.

I saw her pout, crossing her arms and I chuckled a bit. "You're no fun. I wanted to surprise everypony." I ran over to her with my friends and we started to hug her in excitement.

"What's Nightmare Night?" Thomas asked, looking at the banner.

"Oh, that's a celebration we have at home," I said.

"Ya, we just call it Halloween here," Molly told us.

"We need to get going," Harry said.

"But I worked so hard on this party," Pinkie said.

Despite wanting to stay and have a party, I really want to stay in a scary place like this. Though I wasn’t going to tell everypony that. "Sorry, Pinkie," Twilight said. "But we still have to find Applejack and Rarity. Not to mention Discord."

"Ya," I said, taking the opportunity. "Besides, it's getting dark out. I don't know about you, but this day has been stressful."

Despite the disappointed look on Pinkie's face, she agreed to leave with us and we made our way down to the dock. After climbing back onto the boat, Harry started the boat and guided us away from the island.

"So, who's the tall handsome guy?" Pinkie asked after we started to make our way out into the water.

"I wouldn't call Harry handsome," Thomas said.

"Hey!" Harry called out from the wheel. "I can hear you."

I giggled as did the other girls. "I'm Molly," Molly told Pinkie. "That big guy is Harry Dresden. And this is Thomas Raith." I looked at him and started to feel excited and shifted in my seat. The others must have felt the same cause I could feel them shifting next to me. "Thomas," Molly said. "Turn down the libido."

"I'm sorry, it's just natural," he replied and I instantly blushed as the feeling faded.

"You have to forgive Thomas," Molly said. "He's a White Count Vampire."

"A vampire?!" Fluttershy shouted as I tensed up.

"He's going to suck our blood!" Pinkie shouted. "Wait, what's a White Court Vampire?" she asked as if she didn't just freaked out.

"Oh, so that's why I feel all warm and wet when I'm around you," Pinkie said.

"Pinkie, that's a little personal, don't you think?" Twilight asked.

"Oh, come on, you all were feeling it too," Pinkie shouted. I blushed a bit and looked away.

"What the hell did we get ourselves into?" Harry asked out loud, but I don't think he was speaking to anypony in particular. "Come on, we need to figure out what to do with you girls."

"Why don't they stay at my place?" Molly said. "I have room for them."

"Oh, we shouldn't impose," Fluttershy said.

"It's no problem."

"Awesome," I said. "We'll rest up and look for Rarity and A.J. in the morning. They can take care of themselves until then."

"That's true," Twilight said. "Even though I rather find them as soon as possible, we certainly can't search for them when we're tired."

I woke up as we arrived at Molly’s place and she lead us inside. Harry didn’t come in. Instead, he left with the car. Molly got us some pajamas to wear and gave us a room to sure, which we were all fine with. Pinkie got a second wind as the four of us talked about what happened today. But that didn’t last long and we all fell asleep shortly afterwards.

"This island," Twilight said, after a while of talking with her friend. "What is it?"

"It's an island out in the middle of a lake," I said. "I kind of own it. Or at least I'm in charge of it. But it seems something appeared there that's causing trouble."

"How do you know that?" Rainbow Dash asked. I need a better name for this girl. I can't keep calling her 'Rainbow Dash.' I could call her 'Rainbow' or 'Dash' but they both still sound ridiculous to me. 'R.D.' maybe? 'R2D2'? I'll have to think of one later.

I pulled the stone out of my pocket and showed them. "This is a rock from the island. I put an enchantment on it so if something happens there, the spirit of the island can inform me."

"Spirit of the Island?" Twilight question.

R.D. whispered something to Twilight which made her laugh.

We reached the docks shortly after that, but the car started to act up as I pulled it into a parking spot. The prolonged exposure to me must be finally getting to it. At least the thing wasn't yelling at me that the door was ajar. Instead, the dome light came on, flickered, and died. "Mom's not going to like that," Molly said.

"She knew what the risk was when she let me borrow the minivan," I said, looking up at the dead light. I got out of the car, taking my staff from the back again, and waited for my brother to get here.

"Ummm, what are we waiting for?" Dash asked.

"Waiting for a friend," I said as I felt the stone heat up again. I reached into my pocket and pulled it out again. Demonreach knew I was on my way, thanks to the enchantment I put on the stone, but it was still trying to get my attention. What had it troubled? "Thomas, you have five minutes to get here."

Speak of the sex crazed vampire, his white hammer pulled into two spots a few spots over. I noticed the damage on the back of it, probably from the cab hitting it from last night. I saw a young girl with long pink hair step out of the passenger side. Did he just bring himself a snack?

But it was Twilight and R.D. who shouted out to her and ran up and hugged her. Thomas walked over to me as they held onto each other. "That's Harry Dresden for you, already on the case of the bizarre," he said.

"Well, that's another one to the group," I said.

Thomas smiled as the girls noticed him. I saw their eyes lock on him and they started shifting and blushing.

"Ok, ladies," I said, breaking up the sexual tension building in the air. Last thing I needed was the Winter Knight mantle wanting in on this action. "I have some damn questions that need answers to." The stone heated up again and I had to pull the stone out again. "Hell's bells," I growled at the stone. "So, everyone on the boat. We'll talk on the way." I couldn't wait any longer. At this point, I was sure it was something more serious than one of their friends showing up there. Something must be attacking it or trying to escape the "cells" down below it.

Once on the boat, I started the boat and steer it out into the water. I told Molly to grab some spare jackets for the girls. It was getting dark out, and since Winter was on its way, it was going to get really cold out. I'll have to make sure they have proper clothes tomorrow.

"I'm Molly," I heard her say after she grabbed some coats for them. I was assuming she was introducing herself to the new girl since my back was to them. But I still listened. "That man in the leather is Harry. And I guess you already met Thomas. What's your name?"

"This is Fluttershy," R.D. said. "You have to forgive her. She's shy when meeting new...people." There's that cliché thing again. Seriously, who named these kids?

"It's nice to meet you all," Twilight said. "I'm Twilight Sparkle. And this is Rainbow Dash."

"Twilight Sparkle," I heard Thomas repeated. "Rainbow Dash." He seemed to consider that for a moment before he smiled again. "It's nice to meet you both."

"So, what are you?" I asked. I felt it was time to get some answers. There's a possibility that they were human, but I doubt all three of them would be able to hold a lie if they weren't. "You're not humans."

There was a long silence, only broken by the motor on the boat and the swishing of the water. Finally, there was an answer, and it wasn't from one of the girls. "They're ponies," Thomas said.

What the fuck? Ponies? These girls are ponies? How the hell does that work? Where the hell are they from? How did they get here? Wait. Does this mean Hero turned into a pony when he went to their land? Hell's bells, this was all giving me a damn headache. And what the hell was going on at the damn island?

"I'm sorry," I heard Fluttershy say. "I didn't know if we were suppose to tell or not."

"That's alright, Flutters," R.D. said.

"You're ponies?" Molly asked.

"Yes," Twilight said. "We're ponies in our world. But when we were sent here, we turned into humans."

"It's a little getting us to," Dash said. "But I love a good challenge."

"Well, you girls picked it up pretty well," Molly said.

I saw the island approach and I pulled it around to the dock Thomas and I built years ago. I had done this so many times, I knew where the rocks were and how to guide the boat around them. Finally, I pulled the boat to the 'Whatsup Dock.'

"Well, this is all really odd," I said as I tied the boat off. "Alright, ponies. Stay here while I go find out what's going on." I hopped out of the boat and onto the dock, gripping my staff. I started to push some of my will into it as I walked. The moment I stepped onto the beach, I was reconnected to Demonreach.

I had a connection with the island called Intellectus. The island's Genius Loci was the spirit that resides here. Though it's not much of a spirit, more like the soul of the island itself. But I made a connection with it and with the Intellectus, I was granted knowledge of everything on the island. I knew how many trees where on the island, how many species of trees there were, and where each one of them were, all by just standing there on the island. I knew where every animal, bird, and insect where at any given time. I knew what was getting Demonreach so upset. "What the fuck?" I said loudly.

"What is it?" I heard Thomas asked as he stepped off the boat and onto the dock.

"Someone's here," I said. There was a person there, near the ruins at the top of the hill. There wasn't any other boats or anything, but it was clear that they just appeared there. But there was something else. There were balloons and streamers up there too, and even a banner. It was really out of place and whoever it was didn't seemed bothered by the uneasy feeling the island gives off. "Apparently, they just appeared here and is...throwing a party?"

"Pinkie Pie!" I heard the girls shout, scrambling off the boat and across the dock. So, it was one of their friends here. But why was Demonreach trying to get me here so fast? It acted like it was something serious. Was it because this Pinkie Pie was throwing a party? Damn, Demonreach is a party pooper.

The girls stopped as they stepped onto the beach. I could tell Demonreach did not want more visitors. And they could feel that they weren't welcome here. I might have a connection with the island, but when the island's pissed, it'll let them know. I glanced at them and saw the fear in their eyes. They were afraid of this place. Thomas and Molly stepped onto the island. They looked uncomfortable, but I think they were more use to it.

"A party?" I heard Thomas ask.

"Definitely Pinkie," R.D. said. "She's always throwing parties."

"But why throw a party?" I asked.

"She'll find some reason to throw one," Twilight said.

I just threw my hands up in defeat. Forget it, I don't care. This...pony...throws parties...just to throw parties... I started walking and mumbled to myself. "What the hell am I getting into? What happened to the days where I have to stop a half-ass wizard trying to kill me? Or some vampire trying to drink my blood? Or crazy fairies trying to destroy the balance of nature? The White Counsel looking for a reason to execute me? Fallen Angels trying to release the mother of plagues? No I got ponies in the form of humans. They're just looking for their friends. Well, one of them isn't that concerned, she's throwing a party cause she can. I thought I'm supposed to be this powerful Winter Knight, doing the deeds for Mab and Molly. No, I'm running around looking for ponies."

I had to wonder why I do the things I do. And I also had to question myself why I would rather be in a life or death situation than running around the city looking for...they're ponies! Why is this so weird? I felt anger building up inside and I shifted the blame.

"Damn it, Hero, I'm going to kick your ass when I see you," I mumbled as I reached the ruins. I stopped and looked up at the banner. "Two Nights 'til Nightmare Night Party," it read. What the hell is Nightmare Night? Did she mean Halloween? Is that what these ponies call it in their world?

I heard the others come up behind me and stop, looking at the decorations. It was...colorful. It was the most color I've ever seen Demonreach. No wonder the island wanted me to come here so fast. This much color would drive anyone crazy.

"This certainly looks like Pinkie Pie's work," Twilight said as she looked around at the place.

The best part about my connection with the island was I knew just where she was hiding. I was sure she was planning to jump out and surprise us all, but I wasn't going to have it. I just want to get back and get some damn sleep. I walked over to the bush, reached over and grabbed the back of her collar and pulled her up. "Found her," I said. The girl had on a frilly pink dress and curly pink hair. She was also a little dirty, probably from running around the island for the past few hours.

"How did you know I was there?" she asked me.

"I have a connection to the island," I said. "I knew exactly where you were the moment I stepped onto the island."

I saw her pout, crossing her arms. "You're no fun. I wanted to surprise everypony."

Her friends ran over and hugged her, forcing me to let her go and step back to where Thomas and Molly stood.

"Can I set something on fire now?" I asked.

"No," Molly said, though she gave me a smirk.

"What's Nightmare Night?" Thomas asked, looking at the banner.

"Oh, that's a celebration we have at home," R.D. said.

"Ya! You see there were two princesses, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna," Pink said, excited and speaking really fast. "They were sisters. But Luna got jealous and became Nightmare Moon, so Celestia banished her to the moon. Then somepony came up with the idea to celebrate Nightmare Night so everypony could dress up and get candy and leave it for Nightmare Moon. But then Nightmare Moon came back and we turned her back to Princess Luna. So, now we celebrate Nightmare Night as a celebration of her return. She loves to join in and scare the little fillies."

I stared at her. Even though she spoke really fast, I understood what she was saying. It seemed that there was some dark magic there as well. Which made sense. If there was 'light' magic, there was 'dark' magic. It's balance.

"Ya, we just call it Halloween here," Molly told them.

"We need to get going," I said. There was a lot to do, and these girls probably were tired as hell. And cold.

"But I worked so hard on this party," Pink said.

"Sorry, Pinkie," Twilight said. "But we still have to find Applejack and Rarity. Not to mention Discord."

"Ya," R.D. said. "Besides, it's getting dark out. I don't know about you, but this day has been stressful."

Despite the disappointed look on Pink's face, she agreed to leave with us. I'll give her this much, even though she enjoyed parties, her friends were more important to her. I lead them back down to the dock and loaded up. I bet Demonreach would be glad to get rid of Pink, though it was mad I was leaving the decorations.

“Got that right.” I stepped out of the church and felt the thud hit my chest and I felt back. “Son of a bitch!” I shouted, rolling over and ducking my head down. “Get inside!” I shouted to Michael. He went back in, stopping the girls as they tried to run out. I heard a yell from across the street. It was a female voice and it wasn’t from surprise but from an attack.

I shook out my new shield bracelet I had on my left hand and pushed my will into it. I came up, holding out my arm as the shield formed. I gripped my staff with my right hand and looked at the rooftops of the buildings across the street. A tall woman dressed in a cowgirl outfit complete with a brown hat and long blond hair was kicking at a tall man in black from the roof. The man I recognized.

The man was preoccupied with blocking the woman with his rifle to notice that I was up. I pushed Will into my staff and thrust it out pointing at him and whipped it up. “Forzare!” A force of power flew out of the staff, grabbing Kincaid and pulling him up and off the roof, sending him to the ground. It caught him by surprise, but he rolled in the air and landed in a crouch. He lifted the gun at me.

“Arctis!” I shouted, thrusting my staff forward again. The ruins glowed blue as the spell flew out and froze his gun. He quickly dropped it before it froze to his hands. The woman jumped down behind him and kicked at him again. He ducked down and whipped around, sweeping her feet. I charged at him. I spun the staff, caught him in the gut, and knocked him to the ground. I pulled out my Smith and Wesson 500 and pointed it at his face.

He smirked as he laid there. “Not bad, Dresden,” he drawled. “You enchant your clothes now too?”

“Body armor,” I said. “Early birthday gift from your ex. So was this gun too.”

“How is Karren doing?” he asked, smirking a bit.

“Doing great. Better than you right now.”

“You know why I’m here, Dresden.”

“Ya, well, I’m calling it off.”

“I can’t do that, Dresden. This has become personal.”

“So I lived the first time. Big deal, Kincaid. Get over it. Besides, I have more important things to do than die now.”

“What, helping these ponies?” I arched an eyebrow at him. “Oh ya, I know who they are. Mrs. Apples here told me. She’s an honest lady. So, now what, Dresden?”

“You’re going to get out of town,” I said. “And forget about this hit.”

“I can’t do that.”

I growled. “Then let’s make a deal. I won’t kill you know. But you have to give me until after Halloween to finish this job. Otherwise, you’ll have much worst to deal with than me.”

“I don’t see much of a choice here, Dresden.”

“Than it’s a deal?”

He smirked. “You’re already becoming one of those fairies, Dresden. Deal.” I stared at him for a long while before I lowered the gun and stepped back. He pushed himself up, watching me. “Are we done here?”

“I guess so,” I said.

“Can I have my gun back?” I stepped aside as he walked over to the still frozen rifle and picked it up. “I’ll charge you for the damage.”

“Go fuck yourself, Kincaid.”

He smirked at me and looked at the woman. “Applejack,” he said with a nod. “Harry here with takeover looking for your friends.” He started to walk off, slipping the gun under his coat.

I let out my breath and looked at the woman. “Please tell me you’re not going to start random parties,” I said.

She looked at me, surprised. “Ya know Pinkie!” she said with a strong Southern accent.

“You’re number five. Come on, inside.” I turned and started to walk back to the church, tucking the gun away into my coat pocket. I opened the door find Michael there with a shotgun. He saw me and lowered it.

“You’re alright?” he asked, looking at me.

I rubbed at my chest, feeling the hole in the shirt and finding the bullet in the vest underneath. “Ya, but I’m going to feel that in the morning.”

"Where to, boss?" Molly asked as we got going.

"McAnally's," he replied. "Murphy had a theory about this Discord guy and since it's the only lead I have, might as well look into it."

"You found Discord?" Fluttershy said. She sounded really hopeful, and with good reason. Out of all of us, she was the closest to Discord. But we were all hopeful that we could find him.

"It's just a theory," he said. "But if it pays off, I can start tracking him. Molly, can you call Thomas? Have him meet us at the church?" She nodded and pulled out her phone.

I frowned a bit. It was a theory? We're going all this way on a hunch.

"If I may ask, Mr. Dresden, what is your theory?" Twilight asked.

"There was an older gentleman running around the city the night before you girls appeared. He came to the pub I go to, trying to get answers from Mac."

"He knew Mac," Molly asked.

"Seemed like it, but Mac wouldn't tell him anything. And Mac just told me to avoid him."

"What makes you think it's Discord?" Fluttershy asked. I was wondering the same thing

"This Sam Singer went to the church and warned Father Forthill that someone might be after the coins. He was suppose to return to the church the next day but never did. Then you girls show up looking for Discord, who you side was suppose to return yesterday also."

"That's kind of a stretch," I pointed out.

"Still, it's all we've got," Twilight said. Still, we were going on a big leap, and we had no wings if we missed.

"Regardless, with everything that's been going on, this Sam guy is involved somehow. Rather he's Discord or Chaogent, or just someone else trying to cause trouble," Harry said. With all of this talking about Discord, there was one issue we weren't talking about.

"What about Applejack and Rarity?" I asked. "Are we just going to forget about them?"

"If you have any ideas on where they might be, I'd like to know. But if we can find Discord, I'm sure he can find your friends."

“I guess that makes sense,” I replied, reluctantly. I didn't like the fact that we were putting them on the back burner.

“But what if it’s not Discord?” Fluttershy asked.

“We’ll have to cross that bridge when we come to it,” he said. “But hopefully, Mac will be able to shed some light onto this before we dig too deep. And if he’s not Discord, I still plan to track down this guy and find out what his part is in all of this. By the way, do any of you know his Name?”

That was an odd question. His name was Discord. What else would he be called. "Ummm,” Twilight said. “Discord?”

“Ya, that’s what you call him. But what’s his Name?”

“Oh! I know,” Pinkie said, excitedly. We looked at her, surprised. What the hay was she talking about? “Well, I don’t know his Name, but I know what he’s asking for.”

“What is he asking for?” I asked her.

She cleared her throat before speaking very clearly. “My name is Pinkamena Diane Pie,” she said. What was she doing? Did he mean that he wanted his full name? I knew Pinkie's full name, but we only ever called her Pinkie Pie.

I took a deep breath, filled my voice with my Will and spoke her Name. “Pinkamena Diane Pie,” Harry said in a booming voice, saying her name clearly. In fact it was almost exactly like how she said it.

Pinkie let out a squeak and wrapped her arms around herself. “Wow!” she said. “That was very weird!”

“What just happened?” Twilight asked.

“I spoke her Name,” he said as dings started to come from the car. “Names are powerful. Speaking someone or something’s Name can give you control over them. You can summon them or even control them to do what you want. I just gave her a chill. If I knew his Name I could try summoning him or even track him.”

I looked over at Fluttershy. She shook her head as well as the others. I did the same. “So, what is your Name?” Pinkie asked.

“I don't give out my Name. Just know that Harry Dresden is part of it.”

“That’s not fair,” she said with a pout.

“I never asked for your Name. You just gave it out willingly.” I watched her frown.

As Dresden drove us to wherever we were going, I rested in the back with Fluttershy. She allowed me to rest my head in her lap as I spoke with Dresden, answer the questions he asked. He surprised me how well he figured out that I put a spell on him and the others so my friends would find them if they were sent here. I was right to trust him.

Sure, I took a risk with Marcone and not knowing anything about Molly Carpenter nor Thomas Raith, but it seemed to work out. I was honestly surprised that Applejack appeared in the suite Hero had when we visited him. I thought she would appear with one of the other ponies or even where I appeared when I got here. But I guess her connection with Hero was strong enough to take her back to where he use to be. Just lucky it didn’t try to take her all the way to him. I don’t even know where he’s at, meaning she could have been lost to us.

Then the topic of Pinkie came up. The hyperactive Pinkie Pie was feeling the effects of this world. Honestly, I thought she would have started feeling it when she was on the island. Either way, it made sense. But she should be fine tomorrow, at least for longer than she did today.

Wait. Tomorrow. If I was correct, tomorrow was Nightmare Night. It might not mean much in our world, but here it had a big impact on the whole ordeal. Halloween was a night filled with power. It was no coincidence that Chaogent escaped here around this time. And judging by Harry’s actions, he just figured that out too. The clock was ticking and we still needed to find Chaogent. This wasn’t looking good for us.