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Prelude to Chaos
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“Princess!” Shining Armor shouted, bursting through the doors to the throne room, startling Celestia as she stood up from her throne, “I just got news from our scout outside the Hive, and something’s gone terribly wrong!”
“What did he say?” Celestia asked, having expected something like this to happen, “Have the troops mobilized within the city?”
“No,” he shook his head, “Some kind of bubble of magic has completely encompassed the hive.”
“Is that some kind of new technology they’ve been working on?” Celestia asked, as she began walking toward the door, intent on waking Luna up, “Could we have missed that?”
“I don’t think so, that kind of stuff is way beyond anything they have access to.” Shining Armor said, matching her pace as they exited the room, “Whatever caused it came from the same area of the castle as the Council chambers.”
“Does our scout have any more information? Perhaps on its formation?” She asked, looking over her shoulder as she asked, before looking back in front of her.
“Yes!” He nodded quickly, “He described it as a pair of black beams shooting out from the castle, and twisting together high in the sky. Afterward, they arced back down, and exploded in to a massive bubble.”
“Hmm…” Celestia said, having no recollection of such an event in the past, “I think we should go ask Dis—“
“Discord?” A voice finished for her, as the serpent-like creature fell through the solid roof above them, “I suppose you two are talking about the disturbance I just felt!”
“Yes we are,” Shining nodded, as the chaotic creature smiled, “Do you know anything about it?”
“I do, but you won’t like what I have to say,” Discord said, as the two ponies in front of him exchanged worried looks.
“What is it?” Celestia asked.
“Well, as I’m sure you’re aware, when your friend Rarity went through her chaotic transformation, she spent a great deal of time within her own head.” Discord said, as they both nodded along with him, “This world of chaos within her mind, that literally contained millions of… let’s say biomes.”
“Biomes?” Shining asked, tilting his head as the draconequus continued.
“Places constructed within ones’ mind, that represent a certain side of themselves.” He said, only confusing his students more as he spoke, “Happiness may be represented by a house, with a warm fireplace, while anger would be shown as a burning forest. You pick an emotion, or a memory, and that place can exist.”
“I’m afraid I don’t understand,” Celestia shook her head, “what does Rarity’s transformation have anything to do with this?”
“Well, you see…” Discord said, folding his claw and paw together, “Instead of just one Element of Harmony’s dark side being unleashed, it appears that two have happened at the same time.”
Both Shining and Celestia went wide eyed at the terrible timing for such an event to take place.
“And with two of them combining their power, they’ve managed to turn that mindscape Rarity was trapped in, in to a real, physical place.” He said, shaking his head and exhaling, “I’d wager that every pony within the castle is currently wandering within the minds of the two Elements of Harmony.”
“Do you know who they are?” Celestia asked, worried that Twilight may have finally fallen victim to her dark side.
“I’m afraid I don’t know,” Discord shook his head, “However, if we go to the Hive, I might be able to figure something else out to help them.”
“I’m surprised to see you so eager to help,” Shining laughed, as Discord shrugged and smiled.
“It’s rare for me to experience new things these days,” He said, chuckling as he floated down the hall, “Just call me when you’re ready to depart, your majesty!”
And with that, Discord was gone.
Celestia sighed heavily as she looked to Shining Armor.
“Don’t worry, Princess.” He said comfortingly, “They’ve beaten three of those chaotic sides before, they’ll be just fine handling two.”
“You’re right,” Celestia nodded, “We should still make our way to the hive immediately. Any support we can provide will increase our chances of success.”
“I’ll pack my things immediately,” Shining said, laughing to himself as he walked away from the princess, “It looks like the honeymoon will have to wait a little longer.”
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GODDAMN FOREHANGERS!!!
My biggest guest is Pinkie and AJ
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The answer to that guess is in my newest blog, if you wanted to know.
How did I know? How...did...I...know?
Thus concludes Volume II. I'm looking forward to Darkness Zone and starting on Volume III.
By the way, are you going to continue the AU story?
D'uh, it's pretty obvious that after that only stay Twilight and something tell me that just after they conquest that, Twilight is going to unlock.
I would say Fluttershy and AppleJack. I'll be checking out that. I do admit this was a change. I wonder what the changelings and the rest are going to do in the minds of the two bearers.
I was wondering when you'd have another extensive chapter.
Thank goodness, its Dark elements, with the way the event was triggered, my first thought was Tirek and the Dark Rainbow.
YO WHAT WHAT WHAT AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH (I bet one of them was Fluttershy, seeing as how she was mildly freaking out in the last chapter).
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Another side story. I knew it! And so very excited!
6258147 Yeah lol I remembered that like RIGHT after I read the chapter XD
Welp, it's about to go down in the hive. I think that I fear Fluttershy's dark side the most.
And at that point... I truly fear for Twilight's...
For some reason, the way that I think this "bubble" will behave and how it looks from the outside reminds me very much of the Subspace Emissary black hole/portal things from Super Smash Bros Brawl
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Everything went wrong, just as expected.
*kicks story*
Damn. After neglecting to read this for the last year I've finally caught up. Now I patiently await the next chapter
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Is it possible to get an estimate with how mich more time untill the next offshoot/chapter comes out? I cannot wait, hope its a good one!
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Hey, yeah! Sorry man, it's definitely coming along. It's just been a combination of school, work, a certain King that may have been Taken, and laziness.
I'm still humping along. The story is about 75% done, and then i just need to go over it a couple of times and edit and make things make sense. I've been getting more in to the groove of writing over the couple last weeks, so hopefully it'll be done pretty quick here.
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Awesome to hear! Dont rush yourself, take your time! Cant wait to read it when ot comes out!
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Equestria girls wasn't even that bad tbh fam
just wondering whens the next update?
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I liked the movie, but the real joke was that my name is Scott.
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See, i told you twice just to be sure you got it.
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That my name is Scott
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Which makes that the 3rd time btw
NOOOOOOOOOOOO! I FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH THE STORY! D;
How far is he next ch.?
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80%-85%
Just need to write the last chunks then edit.
WHOO! Holy horseapples did that take FOREVER for me to get caught up with what I haven't been keeping up with!
Anyway...just...wow. Quite a bit of stuff has gone down since the last time I checked in on this. You have me really stoked for OTR: Darkness Zone! And there's something about that artwork of Flutters and AJ that has me both mystified and confuzzled at the same time. I can't place it as to why, but none the less, that is some pretty damn good artwork!
For anybody that hasn't checked out the blog post, or looked at this comment ( 6258147 ), should take a look.
I felt so horrible for Chrysalis though. For the council's sake, they better hope that there is something watching over them. Whether it's Chrysalis or our two new chaos awakened ponies that deal the damage to them, they are in some serious crap right now.
Excellent work as usual, and I look forward the next chapter, and to OTR: Darkness Zone!
~ Super-Brony12
How much longer untill story is ready??? Im really excited for it to come out
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I'm currently at 50,000 words, just writing the ending.
Once that's done, I'll edit my way through it as fast as i can, send it off to my proofer, then post it.
I'm hoping to have it up next week.
I'm going to go with my theory here, He's just a pegacorn. No earth pony attributes, just wings and a horn. Am I right?
Mist here, just using my backup account, I was wondering when the next chapter would be released, I am getting antsy about it and I can't wait to see it.
6609678 "Next week" 2 weeks later... still nuffin
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Haha, i know. I put up a blog. It's done, just being edited and proofread.
I'll admit once I saw Alicorn OC I was about to run, but then you stood your ground....
I respect that. Take a preread thumbs up, with a promise to read later.
6663698 yaaay! xD
King, part of me wants to start being Really annoying and start spamming u to finish the chapter!!! Jk i would never do that, you probably have more important things to do than finish it, but u should still hurry up and get it done, you said it would be out next week like 4 weeks ago! I can't wait to read it!!
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I know i keep saying it, but it really is close. After rereading and editing, i've found a great way to tie this story in with the finale, and have needed to change a few things to make it fit. When you've got 60,000 words, it's sometimes tough to make sure that nothing's missed in the continuity with some of the huge changes i've made.
I promise it'll be out as soon as possible.
Don't mind me just sitting here... Patiently awaiting the next chapter lmao how is coming KOH? Getting close to finished yet?
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I wound up adding a couple of sections that brought the word count up to somewhere around 65,000, to tie it in with the finale nicely. I know it's a pain in the butt, but I'm really happy how it's all going to tie together.
But that being said, it'll be out in a couple days. Just editing the new stuff together to cover the plot holes i made with the additions.
6720714 "But that being said, it'll be out in a couple days."
Last replied 4 weeks ago....
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I'm confused, are you talking about Darkness Zone? I posted that story like, 4 weeks ago.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/305913/otr-darkness-zone
6823420 oh no im talking about this story. it hasnt been updated since like july
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Darkness zone was the continuation of this story, took me a while to write. But I've updated the rewrite once since then as well, and plan on updating that story for a little bit.
6824068 why are you starting another story based on this one if this one isnt finished yet?
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I started it a very long time ago. I look at the way i did the beginning of my original story, and realized that I disliked how i handled it, so I plan on rewriting the first chunk of the story, and giving it its own unique plot without linking it to my main story whatsoever.
It's something I work on when I want to go write something easy, and detached from my normal work so I don't go insane.
6824124 ah ok. so you still wont be updating this story for another while?