3. Piece of the Past: Guns and Roses
As I looked around my eyes grew wider and wider until they felt like they’d pop out of my head. I was no longer in the convention center, I was in a field.
The grass blew around, forming waves of green. The smell assaulted my nostrils, bringing nothing but the thought of spring and freshness; the sound of the grass a constant and fluctuating "whoosh". It rolled for as far as the eye could see in all directions.
…
Well, not all directions. After a minute of actively searching the horizon I found I could see some trees off in the distance. I began to think about exactly what happened to me, but found the sun bearing down on me relentlessly. When I looked up I saw something odd, but not impossible.
The sky was blue.
Yeah, yeah, I know. “But the sky is supposed to be blue.” That’s not what I mean. It was a pure blue, like it hadn’t been touched by human hands…. Well, I should say “sentient limbs” looking back on it.
I’d have thought that it was a perfect day, if I weren’t wearing a heavy coat. Realizing this, I took the coat off and folded it over my arm. This allowed me out of my stupor to go into survival mode. I went through the typical steps one should take.
One: don’t panic.
Check.
Two: check current location; look for landmarks or anything else to indicate where one is.
Check. No major indicators other than the forest in the distance.
Three: check what is on one's person at the time of awakening.
Check. I have my clothing, my wallet, my phone—which, conveniently enough, has no signal—, the trench coat I was wearing moments before, the goggles on my forehead, the pocket watch, and the gun I’d bought at the convention.
I’d checked the gun at the convention, but it had a distinct lack of ammo back then. Now there was a live round in the chamber. I dismissed it as one of the least strange things that had happened today, holstering the weapon once more.
“Well, great. I’m Stuck in the middle of nowhere with a live handgun, a watch, and a busted cellphone. Sounds like a bad book.” I said to myself, just to hear something other than the whistle of the wind over the grass.
So imagine my surprise when I got a response.
-----
ELSEWHERE MINUTES BEFORE
“Greetings! What chaos can I do for you today?” Asked a cheery Draconequus. This creature looks like a mishmash of many different creatures. The particular Draconequus speaking has an eagle’s claw and a lion’s paw, a snake tail and the head of a horse. It has the wings of a Pegasus and a bat and its horns resembled that of a goat and a deer.
“How about the chaos of disappearing, Discord?” The younger sister responded. Her soft wings and a hard horn were colored, the same as her coat, navy blue. Her mane was an ethereal blue trail that sparkled as if the stars themselves were woven in. she adorned silver plated hooves and the crest on her chest showed a white crescent over a black background.
“And I would do this… why, Luna?” Discord waved his paw around, conjuring a banana that split open to explode like a party popper, as he asked this.
“Look around, Discord. You cause nothing but misery in these lands. All who reside here, only wish you gone!” the older one stomped a hoof. She had a pure white coat, which also matched the colors of her wings and horn. Her mane was a plethora of colors, ranging from green to pink to blue. Her hooves had golden plating and the crest hanging from her neck was gold with a simple purple jewel embedded in it.
“Well, Celestia, you know I can’t just up and go! There are still so many goodbyes I need to say.” He put his talon over his forehead as he said this. The mares before him were not impressed.
“Oh, fine.” he continued after a moment. “I’ll leave,” There was a look of shock on the two liberators-to-be. Discord finished. “On one condition.” He held a digit up, indicating his one and only requirement before he left.
“And… what would that be?” Celestia exchanged a glance with Luna before asking this.
“You must defeat me in a duel.” He said with a devious sneer.
The two mares quickly crouched into a fighting stance, lighting their horns and flaring their wings.
“Oh, not right now!” the chimera cried out in laughter. “And it wouldn’t be fair, two on one! You ponies are so barbaric.” He mumbled the last part to himself.
Celestia slowly relaxed with Luna right behind, even if the blue mare kept her wings slightly extended.
“Ok, Discord. What are the details of our duel?” asked Celestia.
“Well, it’s not our duel. You see, there’s no way that either of you would be able to beat me, we all know I'm the embodiment of Chaos, so how do we level the playing field?” he waited, and when no suggestions were given, he finished. “We have others fight for us.”
The sisters were surprised and disgusted by the thought of this, having others fight their battles. What if they got injured! What if it were fatal! They’d carry the knowledge with them for the rest of their lives, that they'd been responsible for a creatures death.
“I’ve already chosen my champion. All you have to do is find someone willing to fight for you.” said the draconequus. “I’ll leave you to it!” he jeered as he flew off.
“Sister, what are we to do?” asked Luna. She had a face that showed her concern for the challenge Discord had issued.
Her sisters’ visage, however, did not mirror hers. It was a mask of determination. “You will follow him, spy on him, try to find out what his champions strengths and weaknesses are. You will stall them and give me time to find the Elements of Harmony. With those we will be able to trap Discord in stone whether he likes it or not. Now go!” Luna hesitated only a second before adopting a face similar to her sisters’ and flew off in the direction Discord was heading.
“We’ve been looking for months, but we just can’t find them! The Elements of Harmony are nowhere in Equestria!” Celestia thought aloud. “Unless…” she checked her map again, looking to an area they hadn’t searched, but didn’t dare for fear of what lurked within. “Unless Discord moved them to the Everfree.” Celestia finished her previously unfinished statement. The Alicorn looked towards the forest, mere willpower keeping her from walking away and trying again in another village.
She began her long journey into the forest.
-----
IN THE SKY
‘Where could he be going?’ Thought Luna as she followed Discord. ‘There’s nothing out here!’
As soon as she took off after the Draconequus she found him flying over in the direction of the Pony Plains. there wasn't much in that direction other than a faraway town that was only just budding. the chances of a fine champion in the small assortment of houses was extremely small.
The sky was clear, the sun was shining, and the air over her wings was cool. It was the perfect day to go flying… which is why she nearly flew right over the clearing that Discord had stopped at.
When she did realize that she was no longer following him she was still a good few hundred feet from the clearing, giving her just enough time to stop and hide in some trees. She used a spell to increase her sight and hearing. This increased her vision threefold and her hearing intensified.
What she saw standing next to Discord stunned her.
-----
IN THE CLEARING
“Well, great. I’m Stuck in the middle of nowhere with a live handgun, a watch, and a busted cellphone. Sounds like a bad book.” I’d just finished saying.
“It would be, if I weren’t in it!” Came a cheery voice from behind me. I whipped around and stared at the creature before me. “Hello, Champion! My name is Discord!” it reached out a paw that resembled a lion.
“Umm… hello?” I attentively reached out and grasped the paw. It took a firm hold on my hand and violently pulled the limb up and down, shaking the rest of me.
When the onslaught of vibrations finally stopped I just about fell over. When I finally did catch my balance I looked Discord over, taking in his appearance to see if he was a friend or a foe.
“Oh, you have nothing to fear from me! I’m one of the good guys!” he told me before putting his eagle clawed arm around my body, effectively stopping me from using my own arms. He made a grand waving motion in front of us and said “we have so much to talk about.”
*gulp*
Oh, it's you again. If you continued straight away from the last chapter, good for you. if you left to read something else, then came back three months later without the foggiest idea of what's happened... well, if you did that, then here's a lollipop. No, don't leave, those who did not leave. I've written down your names and you will not receive lollipops after your three month period.
Some of you may be thinking why they got lollipops and not you, some of you may be thinking when the next chapter will be posted, some of you may even be thinking why you're still reading this after so much nonsense... well, and I’m here to tell you that all of your questions will be answered in the next paragraph. THAT DOES NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO SKIP TO THE NEXT CHAPTER, SOLDIER!! Now, on with what I was saying: You’ve been recruited because you are the best, the brightest, and the most all around booksmartiest people on Fimficion and I’m here to give you you're mission.
Suck it up. 
P.S. I just finished watching Edge of Tomorrow. The soldier movie where he restarts the day every time he dies. I've still got the "drill sergeant" thing in my system. Give it a day to thin out, I’ll be fine.
P.P.S. It’s 1A.M. and I’m tired as all hell. Please do ignore any and all misspells or random words in this A/N, for they are not my usual writing style. Thank you.
P.P.P.S. I will hopefully get the next chapter out a few days after this one is posted. This is relevant to the chapters posting, not the story’s, so it may be sooner than you think.
Thanks for reading, and please post comments voicing your thoughts! I love reading comments!
Stats
Page generated in 0.022 seconds
Total duration
774 users online
666,383 hits today, 1,996,409 yesterday
FIMFiction
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction
Designed and coded by knighty & Xaquseg - © 2011-2024
Follow & Support Us
Support us
SubStar
Chat!
Discord
Follow us
Twitter
MLP: Friendship is Magic® - © 2024 Hasbro Inc.®
Fimfiction is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro Inc.®
Wow, this is an amazing start and reading the three chapters so far, I see great potential in this story. I say bring more chapters. :)
4520868
thanks! i'm planning on it.
Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff?
4523915 what about it?
interesting... vary interesting indeed.
4524120
what is so interesting?
i'd much like to know.
4524125 here I will name what I find interesting. 1:discord is show as good so far. 2: it involves time (always fun), 3: how its playing out, 4: gun's/gun, 5: you gave him a neat personality, 6: your righting stile, 7: cliff hangers, 8: has some chapters of old equestrian. is that what you wonted to hear?
4524188
thank you.
that is exactly what i wanted to hear.
my response is as follows: 1: if you mean Discord is good, then he is not. this is pre-reformation. 2: time IS always fun, so you'll see more of that! 3: how it's playing out is pretty self explanatory, but i'll just say that it may take a turn in any way possible; i don't even know! 4:there's only the one gun, sorry. 5: i just write how i think the character would respond to certain things, it's nothing special.
6: thank you, i tried really hard to refine it to be better than my other stories. 
7: i'm known for those. the cliffhangers are terrible to my readers. i made several people rage at where exactly i cut my chapters off. make them want more. so you can look forward to that, too. 8: i'll be going back and forth between then and now, (two chapters then, one chapter now, etc.) until i finish the story of his past.
thanks for all this!
4524293
...
...
...
i need a pic before i believe this. this watch was created from the imagination of one of my prereaders. just to be clear, the watch is silver with an open face, a gold chain, and a crystal lemniscate on the front that pulses white and gold evenly every second.
show me picture!! please!
i looked all over for a pic of something like that, but could never find anything!
4524228 7: hahahahaha... that shouldn't be a problem for me, considering I have read a lot of story's with big cliff hangers.
4524364
good. and i will also accept that as a challenge... though i'm not sure how to go about making you rage at a cliffhanger. i'll figure something out. lol.
4524374 I will be looking forward to it, good luck.
4524390
thanks, i'll probably need it.
4524392
Moar!
4524448
i will, just as soon as i sit down and write it. then put it through my editing process, then post it and look through it a final time. then you'll have yourself a new chapter!
thanks for the fav, by the way. tell me what you thought was so great! i love hearing from readers!!
4524466
I liked a couple different things in this. The two I like the most are:
The creepy merchant, and even though the merchant didn't send Mich to Equestria with an enchanted item, it still goes with the typical LOHAV trend.
The AU bit with Discord challenging Tia and Lulu to a duel between champions in a nice twist.
4524552
well, these things will be built upon in the next few chapters. the creepy merchant is in most LoHAV/LoHAH stories, though he is a little different in each one. in mine he's vaguely Russain!
anyway, it's good to know you like those things. i'll definitely build on the things he got at the con later! they'll help a lot.
4524572
Lemme take a quick WAG; the watch is him medium used to control time, the handgun is fully functional and has infinite rounds, and the busted cellphone is just that-a busted cellphone.
4524810
No, no, and... Probably not. Still getting to the phone. You'll just have to see!!
Hmmmm, not enough to say anything definitive yet, but i like it more than pretty much any other story in it's 'genre' which is a great start. Also, is the romance tag just for him and Christy? I can't help but notice that Colgate is tagged, tell me if i should abandon all hope for a protagonist that doesn't want a piece of pony?
4525645
well, the romance tag wasn't for him and Christy, it's for something else, but i may take it off, because i'm not completely sure how that part of the story will go quite yet. i'm sorry if you don't like people liking ponies, but that's a posibility in this story, so brace yourself.
thanks! it's good to know that mine's the best so far, in your opinion, anyway.
very interesting concept you have for you character...
time..
so much can happen...
he could influence so muuuuch
and most importantly he can evade the elements of harmony
only other time users could hold him and actually fight him one on one
4526787
interesting you say all of that, because he never actually fights the Elements. he wouldn't be able to evade them, because in my mind the Elements are more of a homing attack. the only way to stop them is to apply as much, if not more, power than they provide. if he moved the rainbow beam would just follow. Discord was trapped both times because he let his guard down, not thinking that the mane six were actually able to use the Elements while they were discorded. nightmare moon was more shocked that they actually worked, and they have more power than an alicorn anyway. but a mere human wouldn't stand a chance against the elements.
you'll see exactly what happens durring the fight when it happens, which shouldn't be too long.
4526393 I really liked how you handled the transition between his world and equestria. It isn't some giant rainbow energy ball that picks him up form the ground and explodes, it started with him realizing his senses just instantly changed, even though i knew he was gonna go to equestria, the subtle way it played out made me feel really curious as to where he was. This is my favorite part so far. :P
4527316
Thanks, I worked hard on that scene.
4527346 Also, if you ever need help with were to go or just ideas for this story im willing to help, just message me when or if you ever need it. I basically only read stories involving humans so i have a fair understanding of what will work and what will not, so to speak.
4527435
Thanks, that'll definitely come in handy later.
4528181
I appreciate how you actually told me what was wrong with it. Nobody seems to do that anymore. I know how it seems like that, but I find it infinitely different. Where most other stories have a short prologue where he gets something then falls through a hole, awakening in a strange new land; mine shows much more in depth of his life befor and his experience just looking around to find his surroundings different than a moment before. The only similarity I really see is how he went to a convention and bought something from a shady man. If that's all it takes to put you off of a story, that's almost racist(or whatever it would be for stories), saying a story will be bad because it starts this way. Read it through and if you still think its crap you can say "I told you so" or whatever makes you happy.
4528181
In short, don't judge a book by its cover.
I really like this story compared to other stories similar you seem to put more detail into it than other stories.
4529283
Thanks, I try.
i think theirs simply to much detail that it bores me
i dont get a picture in my mind and to me thats boring, but its good so keep writing
4532536 I would disagree. I'm getting a very good picture in my but hey that is just me pinkiecrazy:
Now with the next chap!
Funny authors note! Edge of Tomorrow sounds good, I think I'll see it sometime.
Might be 1am when you uploaded, but it's 2:11am when I'm reading :D
5523033 try 6:17 here
O my god I did exactly what the authors note did
I found the story read two chapters got board lost the story and now I return 3 month's laters
Stuck doesn't need to be capitalized.