• Published 11th Nov 2012
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CiF: Blowing Through the Pages - Chaotic Note



A Pegasus and his friends gets pulled into a war going on in the background of Equestria and Magistrum, and must defeat a diabolical cult bent on reviving Equestria's old foes.

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Chapter 3: By a Golem's Fall

:Kenta Silvercast:

To a group of highly esteemed nobles, it might have been a palace they were looking at. To a crowd of commoners, it might have been the house of a god. Either way, Magistrate Academy was very pleasing to Kenta’s eyes. The towers were soaring high towards the sky, as if it wanted to reach out and touch the clouds. The smooth walls were decorated with an assorted mixture of flags, and a watery moat surrounded the place, making the massive gate the only entry point for future students of the academy. Kenta could understand why his best friend would like to go here, and why he had a jealous look on his face when he boarded onto the chariot.

Tina was already making her way to the academy, slowing down only to wait for the grey pegasus to catch up. As he trotted over the bridge, he noticed that it was very worn out. Probably from all the ponies that walked over it in the past century, but for some reason the bridge still offered the fresh scent of a newly cut tree. It gave the pegasus the sensation of being deep in a forest, with the pines and saps filling his nostrils with their sweet smelling aroma. The nature of the bridge’s fresh smell pushed Kenta’s interest a bit, making it lean towards curiosity.

“What’s with this bridge?” Kenta asked.

The lavender kirin didn’t bother to give him a look. “Whatever do you mean?”

Kenta stopped for a moment to tap the bridge beneath him. “I mean, it still smells fresh.”

“Oh that. It’s simply the affects of the preservation spell on the tree it was born from. The enchantment allows the tree to never age at all, thus it still holds the prime scent of a young tree. It can still be sliced, diced, and let to rot, but it will never give up its original smell. Such is the power of magic.” Tina continued towards the academy. “We should hurry. You have much to learn about the school.”

What Kenta had heard left in surprised. He knew magic was powerful, but this was something else. However, he couldn’t help but feel that her heart wasn’t really into it. If there was one word he could place his hoof on, it was that she was being distant from him.

“Excuse me?” Tina turned around. “Did I do something wrong? You don’t seem very comfortable with me.”

Tina shook her head. “What? No no. I feel very comfortable with you. It’s just that… I don’t understand why you’re here. Why on earth would they let a pegasus into a school specifically designed for unicorns? No offense, but you’re not exactly made for the higher degree of arcane magic.”

“None taken.”

All that accomplished however was adding more questions to his already huge pile of questions, and it confused him more than a bit. Why on earth would a high class of council members consider him to be a worthy addition to their school? Surely the idea of a pegasus in a school of magic was absurd. Before his train of thought could reach the station, it was halted when the lavender kirin suddenly turned around, flashing her pointed teeth with a brilliant smile.

“We’re here, Kenta,” she joyfully announced. “Welcome to Magistrate Academy!”

The courtyard of the school was absolutely gorgeous. The walls that bordered the courtyard were covered in exotic flowers and vines. One side of the court had a glistening waterfall that filled up a huge basin. The surface of the pool was hosting a party of lotuses and lily pads, all of them floating freely in the water. Bushels of strange and colorful plant life surrounded the edges of the pool, encasing it with their lustrous beauty. Lily would have loved to be here. He should take her here. She would probably spend countless hours studying the flowers. Also, the thought of the two of them together at the pool was very heartwarming.

The rest of the courtyard nostalgically reminded him of a park. In the center stood a massive tree, rooted there as if it was the one place where the tree was meant to be, providing an ample amount of shade for anypony to rest under in the shaded grass. Stone benches and tables dotted across the yard, letting the various scholars and students of the school to sit on. The ponies themselves, all of them unicorns, chatted immensely with each other, talking about various subjects.

Probably about magic, Kenta desolately thought. A pegasus like him could never relate to the unicorn tribe.

Tina noticed the huff of solitude he let out, and gave him a sympathetic smile. “Don’t worry about the others. I’m sure you’ll do just fine here.”

Kenta didn’t feel uplifted, but he appreciated the thought. “Thanks Tina.” They walked on towards another huge doorway. Most of the doors here seemed to be inspired by the Marey Potter films, he thought. As they approached the door, another question came to his mind. “Just wondering, but why are you here for?”

Tina looked the other way, her shifty eyes looking anywhere but him. “Oh, I’m just here to brush up on my magic. I’m having a lot of difficulty with it.”

The pegasus tilted his head a little and frowned. The way she said that was suspicious, and it felt like she was telling half of a truth. Kenta decided to not prod about it though. She probably had a lot on her mind, and he didn’t want to make her feel uncomfortable. He decided it was for the best to change the subject a little bit.

“Oh… how long have you been here?”

Tina turned back towards him to answer, but unfortunately it seemed life had other plans for the grey pegasus. That is, they were plans designed to mess his day up.

“Hey! You there!” Kenta looked over to the source of the shouting, and furrowed his eyebrows at an obvious source of trouble for him.

A trio of unicorns was making a beeline for him, strutting along as if they were nobles of high stature. Their leader was a green coated stallion about as tall as Kenta was, and had smug glint in his blood red eyes. His blond mane was swept backwards and looked as if it just had a jar of gel dumped all over it, giving it an irritatingly glossy look. He was dressed down in expensive looking clothing, as if his parents had taken up all their bits and threw it all at their son. The black suit and red ascot was obvious enough.

Along side of him were identical colts with mischievous eyes. They both had snow white coats and red manes, with both of their manes ruffled like a pile of dry hay. If somepony were to take a bucket of red paint and dump it all over the said hay. Their green eyes stared at him, as if they were already planning his humiliating demise. If there was one thing for sure that Kenta knew about them, it was that they were not here to make friends with him.

“So, you’re the pegasus that I’ve been hearing so much about huh?” the green unicorn smirked. “You sure don’t look that impressive.”

“Nope! Not impressive,” One of the colts piped up.

“Boring!” the other added.

Oh great. They had the creepy-twins-are-repeating-each-other persona. That's going to be irritating. Kenta already didn’t like them before they spoke, and he was now starting to downright despise them.

“Hey, just because I’m a pegasus doesn't mean you can push me around.”

The leader of the bunch started to pull up a scared look. “Ooh! Watch out everypony! We got a badass over here!” He started bowling over his knees and hollered in laughter. “What do you think you are? Some special somepony who thinks you can waltz in here like you own the place. So what are you? Some sort of secret alicorn with an invisible horn? Is that why they let you in here?”

Kenta was feeling his ears burning in red anger, tinged with a little embarrassment. He could feel his earlier confidence fading. “N- No… I was just invited to attend the school.”

Some of ponies who were paying attention to the rukus started to snicker a little. Others were just shaking their head in disapproval, as if to say: What a bunch of idiots. The amount of ponies who were sympathizing with him though was very small in comparison with the ones that are obviously laughing at Kenta. Meanwhile, a certain kirin was looking very angry.

“What do you think you’re doing to my friend, cretin?” she snarled.

The green unicorn stopped his fun and started to size her up. In comparison, he was a bit taller than her. “Oh, and what’s this? The nopony has got a freak for a friend! What are you, a dragon, a pony, or just a lizard?”

Tina deeply growled, baring her razor sharp rows of teeth. “Watch your language. You have no idea who you’re dealing with.”

“Oh, a fight then?” he smirked. “Well bring it on then!”

At the word fight, every pony around started to form a circle around the five, and chanted on for a brawl. Kenta nervously looked around, hoping that he doesn’t have to please all of them. Unfortunately, it looked like it was starting to become that way, seeing how their audience was growing by the second, and they were getting riled up. This was turning out to be one of those old fashion school tussles, except he was about to get caught up between three obviously skilled unicorns and one vicious kirin who appeared to be on a dangerous verge of blood lust.

Honestly, he felt like he should stand his grounds against the jerks, but he also felt like hiding in a hole. The sight of the furious kirin was more than enough to give Kenta the impression that she wouldn’t hesitate to tear through his wings if he got in her way. It was a mixture of feelings and choices in his head, making his hooves a bit fidgety, but one of them was obvious. It was too late to back out now. They’re going to have to fight.

Tina immediately made the first move by leaping towards the green unicorn, baring her claws and teeth at him like a vicious dragon. He tried to avoid her by side stepping the attack, but he wasn’t fast enough and he received a huge RIP in his suit. Her claws though hadn’t gone deep enough to draw blood, but this was more than enough to bring out an angry expression from the stallion.

“That was my best suit! You’ll pay for that, you lizard!”

With an angry snort, he unleashed an outburst of magic from his horn at the plants. Kenta watched in awe as the plants started to visibly shiver. The vegetation seemed to have responded to the magic, because right now a bunch of thorny vines were shooting towards Tina’s direction…

And me!

Kenta didn’t waste any time making a break for it. He didn’t know how, but he is somehow out running the plants. Then again, they were just plants. How fast can something that doesn’t usually move go¬- never mind. His hooves were tangled up. He let out a small yelp as the vines brought him up near the ceiling. The damn things almost smashed his head against it. Thankful, they stopped. Unthankfully, they started to curl upward in preparation to slam him to the ground.

Kenta struggled with his grey wings to escape the vines’ clutches, but it seemed to be coming to no avail. The vine started to smash downwards with the intent to break every single bone in his body, and that’s not good for him. Things were looking very grim in his future. With a final push of effort, he managed to free both of his wings from the grip. He flapped in desperation, hoping to slow down the vines’ progress. Every single beat the thrusts his wings produced were powerful and quick, slowly pulling him out of the damn slithery vines’ hold.

At the same time, a powerful gust of cold wind was blowing through the courtyard and was piercing through the small battlefield, making the three unicorns lose their balance. Kenta didn’t notice this however cause he was rather busy trying to not die. The green stallion lost his concentration as another broom of air swept underneath his hooves, causing him to fall to the ground in a comical fashion.

Kenta could then feel the vines suddenly loosening their grip on him. He wasn’t one to not take advantages such as these, so he gratefully pushed the vines off of him and flew out of their reach should they come alive again. Tina was tearing up the ones that caught her claws, biting and ripping through their green bodies like a savage warrior.

“Stupid plants,” she scowled. “Is that the best you got?!”

“S- Shut up!” The green stallion scrambled onto his hooves in an undignified manner, with his two lackeys helping him up. “I’ll make sure you two rue the day you’ve messed with a master floramancer!”

The furious unicorn started to cast another spell, his eyes glowing dangerously red as he caught the vines under his spell again. This time, they were joining together, forming into a monstrous composition, growing huge arms and legs. Whatever the plant guy was creating, it was anything but good. Kenta was itching to scram out of there, but he couldn’t leave Tina all by herself against that thing! Gods, he was feeling like such a coward now, but who wouldn’t when a tangled mass of plants were forming into something big and scary?

“Tina,” Kenta tried to swallow down his whimper. “any idea how we could fight that thing?”

Tina growled a little under her breath. “Well, I was considering the Slashing and Tearing method, but I’m not sure if it’ll work well against a golem. I have to say though. This guy knows how to make an impressive body guard.”

Sure enough, Tina was correct about the golem being impressive. Now completed, the golem was colossal in comparison with him. It towered over him with its hulking stature. The strong legs reminded him of the wooden trunks that old trees would have. All rough and covered in moss. Its arms were a twisted tendril of branches wrapped around each other, probably capable of breaking bones. It had no visible eyes, but its earthly torso seemed to serve as the head piece of the body.

To shorten it all up: it was big, strong, and doesn’t look friendly. The mean floramancer had a dirty smug look on his face as he cackled. Things were looking up to him, and Tina didn’t look very confident now. Kenta was now sure that if nopony were to save them in the next few moments, he’ll being receiving a generous one way trip to the nurse’s office.

“Hey! Watch out!”

Kenta blinked his as Tina suddenly shouted at him. He turned his focus from the impending doom scenario to the golem swinging its arm down towards him. He swore loudly as he switched into high gear, dodging towards the left as he narrowly avoided the crushing blow. Tina quickly flew up into the air. The creature didn’t sound all too happy as its body shivered with a loud rumble. It thrust an arm towards Tina, rapidly extending its wooden arms as the branches grew vines.

Tina quickly dove towards the golem, scarcely veering away from the vines’ reach. She quickly circled around the golem, confusing it into a dizzy state.

“No, you fool! Get her! Grab her! Pound her to the ground! Do something,” The green unicorn ordered, his voice gradually turning into a scream.

Kenta was hesitant, but he can’t look like a loser on the first day. It was scary, knowing that what he was going to do is crazy, but he knows that if he were to run, Chaotic would never let him hear the end of it. He fanned his grey wings apart in a crouching pose. He built up power in the joint of his hooves, prepping his wings for a dash. When enough muscle was ready at his command, he waited for an opportunity when the golem seems really distracted, when Tina successfully gets it to wobble.

When the moment came he kicked his legs off the ground and charged forward, his wings spread far apart as he glided just inches off the ground. He sensed a boost of extremely cold air supporting his flight, making him go even faster. He had no idea where the draft came from, but it was helping him go even faster. He strangely felt… alive, free, and stronger than he ever was before in his life. Kenta allowed himself a small smile before pushing his wings to the max, flying towards the beast at high velocity. Like a lightning bolt through the storm.

He braced his hooves in front of his face so he could avoid getting a bloodied nose. After a few quick seconds, his hard tackle had finally connected with the hulking golem. He could hear a deafening crack coming from its wooden body as he fiercely tackled the titan to the ground with all his might. Tina quickly noticed the change of flow in the battle, and swept her wings through the air as she jetted upwards, narrowly avoiding the crash.

When the golem collided to the ground, it seemed to have finally given up. It gave out one final low cry, before crumbling into a pile of dead leaves and dirt. The crowd was silent as stone, until one pony started to stomp on the ground. Soon afterwards, the number of ponies stomping increased into a raging roar. Kenta at first thought they were displeased by the golem’s defeat, but he soon realized they weren’t jeering at him. They were cheering for him!

“Holy Maelstrom,” Tina said, her eyes glinting with new respect. She glided down next to Kenta, giving him a shoulder bump. “That was amazing! For a second, I thought you were just some whelp, but you’re pretty remarkable.”

Kenta held his breath a little as Tina complimented him. She was right! What he did was tremendous. He felt pretty proud of himself. He liked the praise he was being spoiled on. That pride was quickly dashed away when a shrill shout came from the bully. He forgot the green unicorn and his two attendants were still here.

“You’re going to pay for that you feather brain,” he swore. “I will make sure you get expelled!”

“Try us,” Tina dared him, readying her wings for another possible clash.

The tired green unicorn scoffed off her remark and charged up his horn again, straining to regain control over the pile of dirt that used to be animate. This time, the two colts were seemingly aiding him in his magic as well. The crowd cried out against the green unicorn, booing at his stubborn continuation and cheering for Kenta to beat his flank again.

Kenta nervously chuckled a little at the new found admiration he was receiving. He liked it, but he didn’t want to have to go through the ordeal of tackling another golem. His shoulders felt very sore from the strike he dealt, and he felt like he couldn’t go another round. When it seemed that all Tatarus would break loose, a loud voice had pierce through the tension, demanding for the chaos to settle down.

What in the name of Gaia is going on here?

The gaggle of ponies in the mass quickly died as the newcomer’s voice boomed. The sea of mares and stallions parted, revealing a wizened unicorn and his younger companion walking towards them. The old horse had a coat that was dark as the earth, as if the color in his coat had gone through a large downpour. His mane had a creamy yellow sheen to it, but it seemed to be aging into a paler white. His body was covered in a dark blue robe, shielding all the way to his hooves. Only his forehooves seem to be visible for the sake of movement. His wrinkled eyes had a wise aspect to them as Kenta stared into them. He can’t seem to look away from them. The old stallion wasn’t aggressive in any way, but he felt like he should be giving the guy his undivided attention.

“You,” his deep voice pulsated throughout Kenta’s spine. “Are you Kenta Silvercast?”

Kenta swallowed a gulp. “Y- Yes sir.”

The old pony stared at him intently. He probably didn’t mean it, but his glare was somewhat making Kenta feel ashamed of himself. It was as if he was receiving a scolding from a teacher who was disappointed in him. A teacher he very much respected. Heck, the stallion probably was a teacher. The majestic robes themselves were a dead giveaway.

“Tell me. Can you please explain what happened here?” the old stallion asked.

The green unicorn stammered, his companions looking nervous as well. “W- Well sir, as you can see. This impertinent pegasus has interrupted the harmony in this beautiful courtyard an-“

Silence,” the elderly pony said with clear authority. “I did not ask for your opinion. Now, let Kenta finish his story.”

The green unicorn shrunk back in defeat, sulking in a small puddle of disgrace. The elder turned back towards Kenta, his strict eyes slowly warming up a little. “Go on now. Tell us what happened.”

Kenta began to tell the story, making sure to stick the truth and not his opinions. About how the unicorn had attacked him and his friend with a barrage of insults, and how they actually ended up being assaulted by his magic. He was sure that the elder wasn’t looking for a sob story. Not that it matters though. With each word that he said, the elder was giving the green youth a stern look that increased in intensity.

Kenta didn’t notice, but the young, yellow mare that accompanied the elder seemed to have been staring at him. Not like the I’m staring at you because you’re telling me something stare, but like a You’re quite something else stare.

He didn’t feel hotly embarrassed under her stare. He somehow knew that she wasn’t interested in him, but something inside of him felt a bit nervous as she fixated her blue eyes on him, pausing the gaze every once in a while to brush her blue locks of hair away from her eyes. It was as if she was scanning his body for any signs of muscle movement, or twitches. As if… she was anticipating his next move.

Hmm, I see.” The brown unicorn turned towards the crowd. “Does his statement stand true?”

Yes.

“Very well then. Herbthorns!” The green unicorn and the colts cowered a little. “You three are to come with me. We shall discuss the terms of your retribution.”

“Wh- What? Professor Lightkin, you can’t be serious! These ruffians deserve to go the dungeon! Look at the mess they’ve made.”

“Yeah,” one of the colts squeaked. “They made the mess!”

“Dirty dirty mess!”

The old stallion known as Professor Lightkin raised an eyebrow towards the green unicorn. “You mean the mess you’ve created in the beginning, Markus Herbthorn?”

The green jerk winced a little as he sharply inhaled through his teeth. “Umm… yes?”

Markus and his companions yelped a little as Professor Lightkin raised them up in the air. He turned towards his yellow companion. “Sabrina, be sure to show our honored guest his room. I imagine he could use some rest after a rough day.”

The yellow mare nodded. “As you wish, professor.”

Tina giggled a little as Markus struggled with his magical bonds. He flailed around silly, like a fish out of water.

“Don’t think I forgot about you, Tina Vargo. You’re coming with me as well.”

Tina’s eye shrunk to pinpricks. “What? This cannot be! Surely you are jesting with me!”

“I’m afraid not, Ms. Vargo.” Professor Lightkin motioned her over to accompany him, along with the other three trouble makers.

Tina groaned and pulled on her mane before submitting to his wishes. She glumly pawed after Lightkin, dragging her scaly feet across the floor, leaving Kenta to deal with the young unicorn mare and the crowd alone. Sabrina, I’m sure that’s her name, coughed quietly in her throat to gather everypony’s attention. Like a natural born leader, she had successfully caught their eyes and ears.

“Okay everypony! Go back to whatever previous activities you were doing before the fight, and I don’t want to hear a peep or rumor about the fight. I don’t want any word of this incident coming out from somepony’s mouth. Are we clear on that?” She scanned the entire crowd, as if she was daring somepony to speak out of line.

The crowd groaned in unison, but obviously got the message. It seemed that Sabrina was somepony that Kenta should not mess with. Not that he was planning to of course. She’s scary enough with her persistent stare alone. When the crowd slowly separated, she turned her attention back towards him. Her eyes glinted dangerously, but they also seemed to have a glimmer of amusement in them.

“The dorms are down that hallway,” she pointed out. “Go down there, and I’ll catch up with you later.”

“What? But I thought you were going to show me them,” Kenta wondered.

“And I will, but I have to stay behind and clean up the evidence. I’m sure you didn’t mean anything of ill, but I’m also sure that you don’t want a record of violating the school grounds due to a fight.”

Kenta was silent for a moment before he nervously chuckle. He sure didn’t want to already be marked as a trouble maker. “Thanks.”

“No problem,” Sabrina gave him a tiny grin before turning serious. “Go on now. Don’t wait for me.”


Sabrina watched after the grey pegasus after he quickly nodded and made his way to the dorms. What she said was true about the mess. She was going to clean it up, but not after confirming her suspicions. There was something odd about that pegasus’ aura. It felt as natural as a pony should be, but she felt it was becoming a little off, as if the balance of his spirit was knocked out of place. Judging by the way it flowed, this change was very recent. Was his magical aura change a product of the battle?

Only one way to find out.

The yellow mare brushed the fur along her forearm before digging into the golem’s body, getting her luminous blue mane dirty in the process. After searching around, she had confirmed her suspicions. Lodged deep within the golem’s body was an icy blue spike, freezing the vegetation around it into frozen popsicles.

Author's Note:

Thank you all for reading it, you guys. You have no idea how much it means to me when you read this story. Sure, I feel the same way when you check out my other works, but this fan fic has a special place in my heart. So again, thank you.

However, I do apologize if you've found any mistakes in the chapter. I've yet to find an editor for this, and this chapter so far was one of the hardest to write. If you want to be the editor for this, be sure to PM me pretty please. Again, thanks.

You guys are awesome.

EDIT: Btw, this wasn't the original title for the chapter. Guess what it was...

Haven't figured it out yet? It used to be called VIP Tour. :facehoof: