My Little Pony: War is Chaos – Part 1 "Opposites Attract"

Chapter Five

Our heroes follow the trail the floating house made through the clouds from the train, unaware of the spy among them.

Applejack, still by Greenpool's side, nudges him, “Ey, y'all gonna be okay sugarcube?”

He slowly shakes his head, “I'd be better if I had Bloodturner...”

“Is this Bloodturner on the platform with the others?”she becomes curious.

“Yes, but that's not important right now...” Greenpool makes out faint flapping sounds outside. He and Applejack stick their heads out of the window, “Uh, this ain't good y'all!” Applejack states the  obvious. They pull their heads in, “Yeah, tell me about it.” he remarks.

Fluttershy tries getting their attention from the engine, “Umm guys, hey...guys. We have a probl...” Screwball screams over her, “Yo, we got company back here!” Screwball had Greenpool's attention now, “...Not good at all. Applejack, get everypony here to the engine, I'll go get Derpy and Pinkie.”

He tries to open the kitchen door, but it's locked from the inside, “Hey, why is this door locked? Derpy, Pinkie, are you okay?” he hears a yelp of pain and clattering of dishes coming for the kitchen.  He breaks through the door, and Bloodturner stand before him.

“Hello Greenpool...been a while.” she grins.

“Eh, Bloodturner why are you here? For that matter why aren't you up on the platform, and aren't you sick?” Greenpool was confused by this event.

Her mouth splits into a ominous smile, almost like it's being unzipped, “I must've lied, 'cause I'm here, aren't I?” she roundhouse kicks him, grips his head with her other back leg and they twirl in mid-air, both come crashing to the floor. Bloodturner slams her hoof so hard on Greenpool's chest, it broke two ribs. “ARRGHHH! You...fucking...” he spits globs of blood. She wraps her legs back around Greenpool's neck, putting him into a half nelson leg-lock, and twists his arm until it just about breaks. He  flips back and jams his knees in her gut. He rolls off her, she stands up and stabs him under the ribs with a sword formed from her arm.

“Pbfft...” blood comes gurgling from his mouth. Greenpool falls to his knees and she retracts the blade. He doubles over in pain but opens his eyes again and grabs Bloodturner by the neck. He suddenly realizes he has Derpy by the neck.

“Why are you hurting me?” she whimpers. His thoughts rushed back to when he attacked her husband. “D-Derpy...I'm sorry.”

The hoof behind her back formed into a jagged sword, “S'ok Greenpool, no harm done...” as she's about to strike, Screwball latches on to her face. Biting, clawing and bashing on her like a feral animal. “Taffy, she tastes like taffy...Changling, where's my cousin, you bastard?!” when she gets no answer, Screwball takes a cast iron skillet and smacks the Changling in the face until her face caved in. It instantly fell to the floor. She sees the wound on Greenpool's gut, holds him still and licks it. Her saliva heals the wound, she intimately kisses the scar that was left, “Sorry, I can't do anything with those ribs, but don't die now, I need you.” Greenpool wasn't sure if he'd heard right, “I...?” Screwball untied Pinkie and took her to the engine  room with everypony else.

He hobbles to back of the train, and with his magic, turns the train all but the engine into a behemoth snake. Greenpool balances on the snake-train's tongue awaiting the barrage of Changelings. They swarm the head, “Alright you overgrown maggots, you wanna dance bitches...then lets dance!” a few are knocked back by its thrashing. A group of eight come barreling down at Greenpool, the snake head bites down and spears two of them. He breaks the jaw of one with a furious kick and it falls under the train, disintegrating slowly. Another two sideswipe Greenpool but one becomes speared by his horn and the other caught in a choke hold by the pony's tail. Greenpool brushes off the skewered Changeling, throws it down the throat of the snake to be devoured by stomach acid. He takes out two folded blades that wrap around his hooves, they act as windmills of death when he swings his arms. The last three surround him, Greenpool performs a triple axle, bringing a blade down through ones head splitting it in two, he turns and disembowels the next. The last fell to a furious repeating hurricane punch, covering the creature with puncture wounds from the top of his chest to the bottom of his stomach. As the snake thrashed down the tracks it smashed, constricted and swallowed Changlings until the skies were clear. He turns the train back, he favors his broken ribs, “Well, could've been worse.” he slides off the wall to the ground.

Pinkie opens the door, “Is it safe?” Greenpool gives a pathetic chuckle, “Yes Pinkie, it is.”

“Gp yer one bad ass hombre, 'ah tell ya what!” Applejack congratulates him.

Pinkie bounces up to Greenpool,"That was so amazing! The snake was like 'rawr' they were like 'skreee' and I was like 'cool!' and Applejack was like 'yeehaw' and the snake was like 'munch munch munch' then Fluttershy was like 'eww...' and Rainbow Dash was like 'whatever...' teeheehee"

“Ha ha, thank you...I'm, so tired.” he passes out, falling to his side.

Rainbow Dash folds her arms, “Oh great, can I go home now?”

“That's actually...where we should go, I saw Diamond Tiara's mansion go that way...umm, if that's okay.” Fluttershy advises from the engine room.

Screwball walks in dragging the mutilated Changling from the kitchen, she's ripped its foot off and is eating its innards with a spoon, “Yo, sho wahts da plan?”she asks with a full mouth, which makes Fluttershy puke. Pinkie hops over, “What's that taste like?” Screwball takes a spoon full and stuffs her mouth with it. “Hey, this would make great cupcakes!” Screwball nods, “I know right?!” and without another word they scamper off, back to the kitchen.

“O...kay?” Twilight says a mortified look upon her face.

They ask Fluttershy to stop the train and figure out how to get to Cloudsdale, “Okay, how do we do that?”

“Well it's not like Twilight can just make the train fly...” Rainbow Dash continues being a smart ass.

Twilight's face lights up, “I haven't really used much of my powers as they are now, but that may work! Thanks Rainbow.” Twilight Sparkle digs her hooves into the floor and unloads her dark magic and attempts to lift the train and tracks off the ground.

Pinkie and Screwball return with cupcakes, “Look, jam filled cupcakes!” everypony covers their mouths trying not to throw up.

Surprise sleepily looks on, “Wow...that's surprising...even for me.”

Twilight sets her powers into overdrive and her black aura crawls off of her and consumes the train and tracks. The gooey substance bends and twists the train cars and mutates it into a fierce black metal dragon. Pinkie peeks out a window, "Heeheehee, we're in it's belly...i wonder if i taste good?..."

Rarity grumbles, “My dragon...!”

Fluttershy warns “Hey, umm...I don't think I'm in control anymore...”

As some light returns into the belly of the beast all the ponies suddenly realize that the light is coming from Twilight's eyes, which are bright as the full moon on a dark night. The rest of her is so black it'd put Luna to shame, her tail became whip-like and more surprising she's grown wings! Wings resembling folded razors..all the ponies jaws drop.

Twilight speaks in the a thundering tone, "Love me, hate me but know that, I...am....your Goddess!" Twilights power overcomes her, her wings flew open and a shock wave threw everypony into the walls so hard that they left imprints. After a moment, as if the vacuum of space suddenly sucked the pressure away and everything was released from the pressure and crashed to the floor.

All the ponies moan in pain, Applejack stands up and looks at Screwball, “What th'hell wuz all that?”

Screwball dusts herself off, “How am I suppose to know?”

Applejack cocks her head to the side, “Need 'ah remind ya that all this here is yer fault?”

Screwball looks back at her cross-eyed, “Hey, fuck you...”

While the two are bickering, Twilight Sparkle faints from exhaustion. With Twilight no longer controlling the metal dragon it plummets onto a home in Cloudsdale. The passengers survive the crash with just a few scraps and bruises. The impact has waken Greenpool, “What the...are we in Cloudsdale, and who's the Alicorn?” he expresses his confusion.

“That thar is Twilight and it looks like we landed right on the Whooves' house.” Applejack explains.

Greenpool gets up and regains his bearings, “Her Dark Magic is working strong, what's next...?”

“I don't know but if I were a gambling mare, I'd bet that both Cel Shade and Derpy will be there.” Screwball point in the Rainbow Factory's direction.

Fluttershy inspects the remains of Derpys home, “When everything settles down, where will Derpy and the Doctor live?”

Screwball has tears build up in her eyes, “With me of course, they are family after all...what if we don't find her, what if she's already dead?!” Fluttershy comes up to Screwball and hugs her, “You look like you need some love.” Greenpool places his hoof on her head, “Don't worry Screw, we'll get her back safe and in one piece, no matter what it takes!” with tears running down her face Screwball wraps around Greenpool and locks a kiss on his lips, he tries to back way but she takes hold of his mane and they both fall to the ground. She lets go and wipes away her tears, “Thank you.” and leaves him laying there, blinking.

Applejack blushes and puts her arm around Surprise, “It's like...the greatest wrestling move, ever!” Surprise nods in agreement, “It's...beautiful...” she drearily smiles. Pinkie Pie, in impatient bounciness chirps, “Come on you guys, let's storm the bad guys fortress!”

Fluttershy taps Greenpool, “Are...you alright?” when he doesn't answer, she drags him along to join the rest, they all laugh as they make their way to the factory. When the ponies come closer to the front of the colossal building, they realize that it's overrun by an army of Changlings.

A voice echoes over the intercom, “Welcome my little ponies, to your doom!”

“Dafaq he just say?” Screwball asks rhetorically.

Greenpool answers, “I believe he said we're as good as dead...”

"That jerks gonna think doom when I get in there....then, I'll show everypony what chaos really is!"she adjusts her beanie.

He lays he arm over her shoulder, “Hey Screw, remember I promised you can blow stuff up right? Well get to it!” Screwball gives Greenpool a military salute, "Sir, yes sir!" turns and skips up to the guarded doors.

Pinkie bounces up and down with excitement, shaking her sister as well, “Oh my gosh this is gonna be so funny!” Surprise, looking sickly from all the shaking answers, “Can't wait...”

Screwball takes her propeller beanie in one hand, impersonating a circus ringmaster,"Mares and Gentlecolts, I am the Princess of Chaos. So please draw your attention to me! For I, am about to perform some awesome shit like you've never seen!" she pulls up at her arms disconnecting them from her hooves. "See? Nothing up my sleeves..." She places her arms back the way they were, crouches, leans forward, and whispers, "Aaaannnd...boom." A flash of hellfire engulfs the parameters of the factory, burning alive any creature in its wake and all she does is giggle as if she were Pinkie Pie throwing a party. Screwball skips happily up to the giant doors, "Knock knock~" she taps the doors and they cave in and they come off their hinges flying through the hallway, smashing anypony in their way. She turns to Greenpool, "You sure know how to let a mare have a good time..." smiling before she begins skipping down the entryway.

“What have I just done...” wondering if he had made the best decision.

She looks back at him, “I'm just having fun.”

A wave of Changlings come flying down the way toward Screwball. She readies and cocks arm like a shotgun aimed directly at them. She yells, “BANG, bang bang...bang...bang bang bang bang!” with every word, one of their heads would explode like a water balloon. Lost Cause panics and runs to the back of the building.

Diamond Tiara stares down the invading ponies, “Well shit, it's time for me to take a stand already huh? Hey Screwball, what do zoo's do with wild animals? ”

Confused, Screwball asks, “What?”

“They cage them!” Diamond waves her hooves and a cage slams down, trapping Screwball.

Screwball acts like she's rolling something in her hooves and throws it at Diamonds face. A ball of manure splats on Diamond, “Eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww...fuck, fuck, fuck, I'm covered in shit!”

"All I see is you standing in is crap Diamond, fitting since that's all you seem to spew from your mouth!" she coo's.

She's about to attack Screwball, “Why you!” but the mysterious mare holds her back, “Don't worry I got this. Screwball...I like your powers, mind if I take them?”

Screwball rolls her eyes, “Really?...sigh...oh...whoa is me, I'm trapped! Whatever shall a poor helpless mare do?" She pulls a handkerchief from under her hat. "A-A-Ah...sneeze!" Screwball blows into the handkerchief and pops into a cloud of smoke. Shes face to face with Diamond Tiara, "Looks like you need this more than me..." and hands the cloth to her. She glances over to the mysterious mare, “Who the heck are you?” the mysterious mare grabs her and bites, “I'm the Element of Greed and your powers are now mine.” Screwball tries to push away, "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!...It tickles, but seriously stop..." the greedy mare throws Screwball back into the cage, “Yeah, for some reason I get that a lot.”

The invading ponies catch up with Screwball, but it's too late, she's been captured, he looks up at Screwball, “Screwball, are you okay?!” she smiles softly, “Me, I'm good. Just stuck in here...all alone.”

Greenpool diverts his attention to the mare who threw Screwball in the cage, “Who the hell are you?!” she puts her hand to her chest, “My name is Greedyblood, I'm a vamp pony but I suck abilities instead of blood.”

Screwball snickers, “I'll bet that's not all she sucks.” Greedyblood disgustedly glares at Screwball, “Shut your mouth!” and Screwballs mouth disappears. Greedyblood turns back to Greenpool, “Now bring Trixie and the others, then we can negotiate an agreement for you old friend.”

Applejack looks at her real close, “Nah, 'ah don't trust'er a bit!”

“Show us Cel first!” Greenpool demands.

Lost Cause throws a battered, barely living Cel from the balcony.

Greenpool picks the old stallion up, “Cel, are you okay?” he asks "Ha ha ha, are you kidding son? Never better!" then Cel collapses. Greenpool hands Cel to Applejack,  “I'll take that as a no, now where's Derpy?!”  Lost points to a conveyer belt, “Over there...”

Pinkie feels her bag move around, so she opens it and pulls out Screwballs mouth! "Give Derpy back you buck toothed heifer!" the mouth roared. Pinkie shoves it back into her bag as quick as a flash, glares at Screwball and all she does is throw up her hooves.

Surprise leers at Pinkies bag, “What...don't you have in that bag...?”

"Nothing and everything. I could tell you but then it would leave much for 'surprise' now would it?" Pinkie grins ear to ear. Surprise pokes the bag, “Ha...ha, funny...”

Greenpool regains composure, “Enough joking around guys. Why do you need me?”

Greedyblood stares him down, “I'll tell you why, Surprise is sadness, Trixie is dishonesty, Diamond is rudeness, I am greed, Lost Cause is abandonment, but who is the element of dark magic...?” Greenpool look down at his hooves, “Me...”

Everypony yelps in shock, “What?!”

Applejack confronts Diamond, “Well if Greenpool here is Dark Magic then why is Twilight still...like she is?”

Twilight pulls Applejack back, “I think I can answer that. The reason this has happened is that I'm not light or dark at any one time, I'm pure magic. I can use both, that's also why nothings happened even though Greenpool has been here by me this whole time. I have say though, Dark Magic is harder to control.”

“But how can you be Dark Magic Greenpool, you're not evil...” Fluttershy wonders in concern.

Greenpool sighs, “Because, I was born out of darkness. You see...remember how I told you guys I work for Princess Luna 'cause I kinda had to live? I'm not suppose to be alive, I died when I was born but Luna came to my aide and re-birthed me in darkness. I was never really a evil colt, I was good and playful but when my magic started kicking in, I accidentally killed a kid. So Luna taught me how to use Dark Magic and how to control it, but we had to move to Ponyville where I met the elements as a colt and I grew up to be the gentlecolt you see today.”

Twilight became confused, “Okay, I can see where he's coming from, but do you know him?”

A dark figure steps out of the shadows, “They don't know Greenpool, but I do!”

“No, no not you! Bluebilliards, how did you get here you sonofabitch?!” Greenpool panics.

“Master said I'd find you here. Seems he was right, now I have the upper-hand.” Bluebilliards beams with delight.

That explanation left Greenpool with more questions than answers, “Who's Master?!”

Bluebilliards grins, “You'll find out soon enough. Come Greedyblood, it's time to execute the next part of the plan!”

Greedyblood begins to drool, “That pretty pony looks good...” she grabs Rarity and sinks her teeth into the bejeweled pony. As soon as Greedyblood bites Rarity she becomes uncontrollably greedy. She snatches the rock from Rarity, “Mine! All mine I tell you!” Bluebilliards slicks back his mane, “That wasn't part of the plan you fool!”

Rarity has returned to normal. After concentrating building up all her strength, Screwball regains her full power. She unzips her lips like a jacket, “That was unpleasant...” she blinks out of the cage and over to Diamond, “I've wanted to do this for a minute.” then pounds the temples of her head. Diamond falls like a sack of potatoes. Screwball tells Pinkie to open her bag and throws the brat in.

Everypony is baffled at the return of Screwballs powers.

“You ponies forget, I'm the Princess of Chaos! These guys ain't got shit on me.” she's very amused with herself.

When nopony is looking Bluebilliards grabs Greenpool, “You can have the Diamond twit, the Lost puppet and that Greedy cunt, I now have what I want.” Greenpool has a needle sticking out from his neck,  Bluebilliards howls with cynical laughter and retreats with their companion.

All the ponies cry out but none louder than Screwball, “Get back here you fucking coward!” she cuts Derpy's bonds, hops on the grey pegasi's back, “Onward cousin, Let's get'em!” the two zoom ahead leaving the rest behind, but Bluebilliards throws a round grenade at them. It's explosive power destroys almost half the Rainbow Factory. The force of the blast has knocked them all out. When they wake, there was so much debris that they felt buried alive.

“NO...no, no no no! No, this, this can't happen. He was suppose to be the unstoppable one, the tough assassin, how could he let them just take him?!” enraged, Screwball, with only a swipe of her hoof clears a path, “Get off your lazy flanks and let's go after him.”

The now awoken Cel Shade tries to comfort her, “Don't worry yourself, just like me, if they'd wanted him dead they'd have killed him already. Nope, they want us to follow.”

A massive pile of flaming rubble now burns in the place of what was once a historical landmark of Cloudsdale. Our heroes have gotten back one companion, just to have yet another taken from them.