Power, War, and Chaos

by KidatHeart5

In Another World

What would’ve taken a pony days to travel all across Equestria, let alone the whole world, only took hours for Discord. He checked every hotspot he knew, but saw no traces of sabotage to any of them. He then considered looking in other places he didn’t think to look. This took him longer than he thought and he was soon running out of energy. After all, he had to dodge several flying objects and maneuver through tons of sticky grass and spiky stones.

As soon as he reached an open area with a large rock, he was tired, weary, and his stomach rumbled. He knew that now would be a perfect time to chow down some of the grub Fluttershy made for him. He sat down on the bare patch of soil next to the boulder and checked the rock to make sure it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. When it seemed normal – at least by pony standards - to him, he decided to have a little fun and snapped his fingers to transform the rock into a pillow. There, he thought as he smiled and lied back onto the cushion. Perfect.

He took out Fluttershy’s basket and opened it to see what she had prepared for him. He smiled and remarked, “Ah, that sweet thing. She always knows exactly what I like.” He pulled out a BLT sandwich – “BLT” for banana, licorice, and toffee. He lavishly savored each bite as a way to regain his strength.

When all there was left was the crust, Discord saw something fly out of the corner of his eye. He looked to see a flock of birds settling down in front of him. They all looked like normal pigeons…until he noticed that something was odd about them. At least, they kind of looked odd in the changing color of sunlight, which Discord silently cursed at. When the sunlight changed its color to yellow, Discord saw that the birds were now sporting antlers! He pointed his claw at them and accused, “Hey, you’re stealing my looks!”

The birds all seemed entranced by the crust Discord was now holding, so he threw bits and pieces at them for the hay of it. After about a minute or two of this, he smirked as he thought of throwing a piece of crust out of the birds’ range to see if they could find it. He said as he waved the crumb to get their attention, “Want this? Then go get it!” He tossed it to the left and suddenly, it vanished into thin air!

Discord was surprised by this, so he threw another crumb in that direction and it too disappeared. “How strange,” he wondered curiously. He set down what was left of the crust and turned his attention towards whatever was going on. He pointed a finger through the air and it felt like getting sucked…somewhere. It was familiar like…

He wiggled his now-invisible finger and a tiny wormhole opened as it retracted from the finger. “A wormhole!” he exclaimed. He used both of his hands and further opened the wormhole until he could peer into it. He was surprised by what he found. Many flying objects were zipping over a strange orange city skyline. Well, it looked orange in the yellow light.

Discord remarked as he gazed through the wormhole, “I think I’ve found the cause of the odd happenings.” He smirked as he chuckled, “Well, I guess no pony will be blaming me now.” Just then, he saw something zip across the roofs. It looked like some strange creature that was being chased by a black silhouette. He sensed a bad vibe from the second being and said, “And I think I’ve just found the culprit.” He took his bag and basket and slipped through the wormhole.

A warrior clad in mostly black had been stalking a wizard for days. He had assumed many forms just to follow his quarry. Nobody knew, thankfully, that he was truly the demonic overlord Aku. An incident some time ago had left him without many of his powers. Fortunately, he still had his super strength, self-sustenance, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, laser eyebeams, and shapeshifting. However, he could not grow above the height of a human, so this made him conscious about his public image. As a result, he announced that he was taking a vacation, but didn’t say where.

Since then, Aku remained in the shadows, assuming one diminutive form after another. His only clue of the mystery thief who stripped him of his magic was green smoke. He decided to track down every being, be it human or alien, who was gifted in the supernatural arts. Some were easy to catch and others harder to even follow. But all the witches, wizards, warlocks, and sorcerers he had managed to seize told him nothing about a green cloud that could steal magic. Nevertheless, Aku never stopped searching for answers.

There he was, tracking down another alien wizard who might give him an explanation. When the wizard knew he was being stalked, he ran for his life. Aku gave chase all throughout the red city and almost never tired from the hunt. Several minutes into the chase, Aku saw an opportunity to catch the wizard by leaping from a rise and onto him. They tumbled on the ground and stood up to face each other. Aku fixed his eyes on his quarry and calculated the best way to tackle him…

“Look out below!”

Aku was soon met by the tail and legs of a mysterious creature and pushed to the ground by the force of the impact. He found himself struggling against an unknown beast in police attire and sunglasses. Aku grunted, “What is this?!”

“It’s called a tackle.”

“Who are you?”

The creature gave a smirk and replied, “I’m from out of town, buddy.”

Aku saw offense in this and shouted, “Buddy?!”

He freed his right arm and landed his fist squarely in the long jaw of the creature detaining him. The hat and sunglasses of the animal flew off as he fell to the ground. The warrior-disguised demon rose up to look at the peculiar being. The newcomer was certainly not from around here, let alone the entire universe. He was a mix of many animals and Aku felt that he could not describe what kind of creature this being was.

Discord felt dizzy from the blow, and after he recovered, he discovered his snaggletooth was missing. He snipped at the warrior looking at him, “Well, that was rude. Although, I admit, you did make a really clean uppercut.” By the time he had finished his sentence, he found his snaggletooth and reattached it to his upper lip.

He rose up to face the “man in black” and the latter said, “Well, now thanks to you, I have lost a potentially vital source of information!” Discord looked around, but saw that the creature the warrior was chasing had vanished. He asked, “You mean that helpless denizen you were after? I fail to see how you would make friends that way.” The “man” glared and explained, “I do not intend to make friends! I was only tracking him down for information!”

Discord raised his eyebrow in suspicion and asked, “And what, pray tell, would that information be?” The warrior growled, “It is none of your business!” He pushed Discord aside and grouchily went along his way. Discord rubbed his chest and thought, Hmph! How rude! Well, I guess I’ll have to follow him.

Author's Note:

Aku is in his warrior form in this chapter. It can be seen in the Samurai Jack episode "Jack vs. Aku".

Comments

[General Grievous Hero]

Grievous isn't evil dude.

[KidatHeart5]

7246939 I hear you, I hear you. He's my favorite Star Wars character. As much as I want him to show goodness in him, I have to write in-character for this story. But I'm glad there's someone who sees Grievous the same way I do.