Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos

Chapter 14

The entire night went by so fast that most of it was a blur to our heroes. They hit the next there clubs that didn’t differ that much from each other. It was obvious though as to why The Fallen Pegasus was the least wild club. But we’re not going into detail with that. Let’s just say that after those next three clubs, Chandler and Rainbow Dash ended up wasted, Michael had a black eye (To be honest it was the Spirit of Sarcasm at his finest), Seth and Hunter were walking with a limp, Taylor was busy nursing the three idiots, and Brandon was left with his sanity intact. Darky, who had just recently joined the experience, was busy socializing with the girls, who as well remained sane. They were walking on the streets of Canterlot as the moon reached its highest point.

“Really,” said Darky, “He did?” she had been talking with Applejack for a while

Brandon’s curiosity kicked in as he wondered about what they were talking about. He tried to fight the urge to eavesdrop but he kept overhearing. The Raz materialized next to Brandon knowing about his problem, “Hey kid,” it said, “You know they’re talking about you right?” the Raz gave off a small smirk as he gave Brandon the news.

“What?” said Brandon, “No they’re not.”

“Dude, I can eavesdrop on any conversation when I want,” said the Raz, “They ARE talking about you.”

Brandon’s curiosity kicked in even further, “Talking what about me?” said Brandon as he fought the urge to let his curiosity get the better of him

The Raz chuckled a little, “That, my friend, is for you to find out.” The Raz disappeared into the night and left Brandon alone as both Darky and Applejack stared at him and chuckled a little.

“What’s so funny?” said Brandon

Applejack chuckled again, “Nothing SugarCube.”

Our heroes ended up in front of the world famous Beaux-arts mélanges Club. A massive and elegant looking club that seemed to fit only the highest class of ponies. The doors were carved with amazing images of Pegasi flying free in the sky and the architecture resembled that of Canterlot’s finest palaces. The building itself was a work of art. The group walked straight into the building. This time the lights lit up the entire place with a couple of neon lights here and there. The place was surprisingly calm. Ponies walked across the lobby decorated with elegant dresses and suits. It seemed more like a night of fine dining than a party.

“Uhhhh Brandon..,” said Taylor, “Are you sure this is the place?” said Taylor as he could not believe that this was a club. Much less that it was “wild”

“Yeah,” said Brandon, “I’m pretty sure.” Brandon too was confused at the sight of this place.

Darky laughed, “Haven’t you guys ever learned that looks can be deceiving?”

Everypony looked at Darky in confusion. She continued, “This club’s not just any club. It’s a magic club.”

“Magic club?” said Taylor, “What do you mean,”

Darky responded, “This club looks like a regular boring elegant place right. Well the whole place is a facade. The real club, is in another dimension.”

Hunter’s ears flicked up as he heard that word, “Dimension? What do you mean?”

“The ponies that built this club created a small realm where your mind goes to while your real self remains here acting as if your a boring idiot.” said Darky

“Like the Matrix?” said Taylor

Darky tilted her head sideways, “The what?”

Taylor shook his head, “Nothing.”

The group approached the front desk which was managed by a white unicorn with a shaggy gold mane. Darky approached him, “Thirteen ponies please.” she said.

The Unicorn escorted them into a dark room in the back of the club. The room was empty. This reminded Brandon and Rainbow Dash a lot about the orbs they saw when they found out they were related. The room glowed with an intense violet color as the group began to does off. Their minds began to hover over their bodies which stood up straight like brain dead zombies.

“What now?” said Brandon

“Now?” said Darky, “Boys. Welcome to the club,” Flowers began to grow and different kinds of plants and trees began to sprout around them. It seemed like an entire jungle began to take form around them. Tropical music began to play around them. They stood in the middle of a circle made out of stones and different colored flowers.

Hunter looked around, “Darky, is this a jungle?”

Darky nodded her head, “This place is a recreation/combination of the world’s most exotic jungles”

Michael looked around and saw huts and bungalows around the area as pyro techinc shows went on across from them. When they said “Wild Club,” they literally meant that this one was “Wild”. Ponies stumbled around as the effects of the drinks they were taking kicked in. “Are they really drunk?” said Michael

“Totally,” said Darky, “Everything you do here has effects on your real world self. So try to take it easy okay?”

The thirteen ponies went over to the bar and gathered around as Brandon asked for their top beverage. Meanwhile a group of ponies finished appearing in the circle where the group came in. They wore suits and fedoras that made them look like they walked out of 1940’s New York. One had a cigar in his mouth. They dispersed around the the jungle area as Seth eyed them suspiciously.

“So why a Jungle?” said Taylor

“It’s to represent all the exotic fruits and plants that go into these drinks.” said Darky

Seth looked over at the ponies with the suits walking over to the bar. He didn’t feel right. He felt like something bad was going to happen. But he had to keep his head down and mouth shut. He couldn’t risk ruining the night.

Brandon in the meantime kept cutting back over to Applejack and Darky’s conversation. They kept chatting it up as he just stared in their direction. They occasionally looked over at him and chuckled with a smile on their face. Obviously, this didn’t help Brandon much.

“Alright,” said Brandon, “What the fuck are you guys talking about?”

Applejack giggled, “Don’t worry about it sugar cube.” She continued right on with her conversation with Darky.

The ponies with the suits sat down right next to Seth. He looked at them nervously and tried not to make eye contact with them.

One of them looked at Seth, “Hey kid,” said the pony with his thick Manehattan accent and cigar in his mouth, “Do I know you from somewhere?”

“N-No I don’t think so,” Seth began to feel even more nervous.

The same pony smiled at him, “Did you hear about what happened at the Cloudsdale Weather Factory?”

“Uhhhh…” Seth began to shake, “Yeah..” it was strange. He sensed something wrong with these ponies. And the random question about the assault didn’t help his suspicion.

“Good” said the pony as he puffed out smoke from his Cigar.

Hunter stepped in next to Seth, “Can I help you gentlemen?” he said backing his friend up.

A smirk grew on the ponies face, “Not at all sir.”

Hunter looked over to the group, “Guys we’re getting out of here!”

“But we just got here!” said Brandon

“Don’t care!” said Hunter, “We’ve got to go!”

Hunter used his magic to pick up Brandon and carry him to the circle of stones as the rest of the group followed. As Brandon was thrown onto the ground he noticed the four fedora ponies walking towards them. It didn’t take long though before they disappeared and awoke in their bodies. Everypony was scattered around through the entire club which wasn’t really a problem. Within a few minutes they all met up back at the front of the building. They exited as quick as possible and went back to their midnight Club Raid.

“What was that all about?” said Rainbow Dash

“Those ass wipes were creeping me the fuck out!” said Seth

“Oh and so we had to leave just because SETH was feeling so uncomfortable!?” said Michael

“Listen Michael,” said Seth, “ I have my reasons. There was something up with those guys that seemed off about them.”

“Really! Cuz it seems to me like they were only bothering you!” Brando said as he stepped closer to Seth to confront him

Seth shoved Brandon back, “They were talking about the assault on the factory. But it wasn’t just casual talk. No! They were talking about it as if they had something to do with it. For fuck’s sake, the guy with the fucking cigar couldn’t wipe that smirk off his face as he puffed his fat blunt off like he were a fucking fireplace!”

Darky pulled Brandon back as he began to walk towards seth, “Calm down Hun,” said Darky as she held the angered Brandon back, “Seth, are you talking about the assault on the Cloudsdale Weather Factory?”

“No I’m talking about the Cloudsdale Coat Factory. Of course I’m talking about the fucking weather factory!!” Seth responded

Brandon backed off. He began to realize that the trouble wasn’t over yet. That they probably have some kind of bounty on their head. Darky looked at him, “Brandon are you okay?”

Brandon looked around to everyone in the group, “Let’s..” he said, “Let’s just go back home.”

“What,” said Taylor as he put his arm around Rarity, “Come on man! We still have two Clubs to go!”

“Taylor,” said Brandon, “I just….”

“No!” said Hunter, “You brought us along for this! And you’re the one just giving up because of an assumption Seth had?”

“Thanks for backing me up bro!” said Seth

“Sorry,” said Hunter, “Come on Brandon! This night has been a blast and we’re fucked if it ends now!”

“He’s right,” said Darky, “I can only assume the word ‘Fuck’ means something bad. And if so, then Hunter’s got a point!”

“Guys” said Brandon, “I just don’t have it in me anymore.”

“Tell you what,” said Michael, “We skip the next Club and hit the last one, Club Nocturna!” he held up a poster advertising the Club. It had the picture of a Rave filled with DJ table, strobe light, and neon.

Darky added “And if you do that, you might get a little something tonight..”

Brandon ears flicked up and his eyes widened, “Really,” he said as he coughed to change his town to be more formal, “I mean huh… Yeah sure why not?”

The group continued on through the streets passing by the amazing buildings of Canterlot. The group grew even more excited as they got closer to the club. All except Brandon and Seth who had the group of ponies now stuck on their minds. Pinkie Pie went singing a little tune that found a way to get jammed into everypony’s heads. As they neared the club, Michael began to see things again. Like the time he began had that vision as Fluttershy’s cottage. He saw glimpses of things. He saw smoke, fire, Ponyville in ashes. But the thing that disturbed him most was a glimpse of a shadowy figure laughing with a maniacal laugh as buildings burned behind him and ponies squirmed in pain in the background. It was quick. Before he knew it, he was in front of Club Nocturna.

“Alright every pony,” said Applejack, “Here we go!”

The door swung open and the group walked in. Music roared through out the entire club with loud bass that could send a filly flying to the sky. The club literally shook as each WUB resonated. The bar was filled with ponies taking shots and getting wasted. There was so much neon inside that it looked like something out of the movie TRON.

“I have lived,” said Hunter, “I have lived!!” He ran onto the Dancefloor and shoved every pony out of the way. He proceeded to break dance as Taylor cringed at his absolutely ridiculous moves.

Darky and Applejack went to go talk more as Brandon kept a close eye on them. Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash joined Hunter on the dance floor. And Michael went to a table to clear his mind about the vision he just had. Fluttershy went along to accompany him. Rarity and Taylor stayed back near the bar. Chandler in the meantime was passed out at the front desk from being wasted.

“Well Rarity?” said Taylor, “You wanna go get a drink?”

“Not until you tell me more about yourself,” said Rarity. All night she had been trying to get Taylor to tell her about his past. But to no avail.

“Sweetie,” he said, “I told you I don’t like talking about it,”

“Come on!” Rarity yelled

“It’s too painful to talk about!” said Taylor as he walked off, tearing up.

“Brandon,” said Rarity as she pulled Brandon out of his spying session on Darky and Applejack, “Perhaps you can tell me about Taylor,”

“Why me?” said Brandon,

“Because he always talks about how you two used to hang out a lot,” Rarity Responded

“Hate to break it to you Rare,” said Brandon, “But I don’t even know about Taylor’s past.”

“You’re kidding right” said Rarity

“No,” said Brandon, “He doesn’t like to talk about it. I can only imagine that it’s pretty bad.” He went back to spying on the girls.

Michael had been at a table laying his head down. His mind was left disturbed from the images he saw. Fluttershy walked on up to him and gave him some water, “Here you go,” said Fluttershy, “You feel okay?”

Michael looked up and smiled, “Awww thanks Fluttershy,”

“Are you okay?” said Fluttershy

“Kind of.” said Michael, “You see I’ve been…”

A loud gunshot went off in the club. The four ponies from the other club approached the stage. They had a maniacal look on their face as they examined every pony in the crowd, “Would Brandon, Taylor, Seth, Chandler, Michael and Hunter please report to the front stage?” said the one with the cigar.

Brandon was on the far side of the club on a balcony watching what was going on. He began to here the Raz’s voice in the back of his head, “Holy shit!” said the Raz, “Seth was right.”

“Yeah but it’s not like we can do anything this time.” said Brandon

“Why not?” said the Raz

“If what Seth said was true. Then these guys must have a way of fighting us back and potentially winning. They’re not going to let the same thing that happened at the factory happen here.” said Brandon

“We still got a few tricks up our sleeves.” said the Raz

“Well anything would be good to hear at this point,” Brandon looked over at the pony with the cigar who was grabbing some pony out of the crowd, “Shit he’s going to kill her!”

“Alright kid,” said the Raz, “Time to act fast. You’ve ever teleported before?”

“No why would I…..” Brandon was cut off as a black shroud swallowed him up. He freaked out for a second but quickly got a grip of himself as the shroud disappeared and he found himself on the stage behind the four ponies

“What the…” said one of the ponies

Brandon swung a punch quickly but was instantly tackled by the two remaining henchmen. Hunter punched the one with the cigar and leaped onto the stage.

“DJ,” said Hunter, “Crank it up!” The music kicked in as Hunter pounded the ground with his hooves and the four ponies flew up into the air, “RUN!!” he yelled.

The thirteen ponies bursted out of the club running down the streets along with the other four henchmen ponies right behind them. Chandler was slung on Hunter’s back as he was still unconscious.

“We’ll have to split up!” said Michael, “We’ll lose them quicker!”

Brandon nodded and turned right into an alley, breaking away from the rest of the group. Darky followed behind him. Everypony else followed and separated.

“Okay,” said Darky, “Could you explain to me what’s going on!”

“Uhhhh…” Brandon tried to put the story together, “About a week ago, some assholes attacked the Cloudsdale Weather Factory and, from the looks of it, wanted me too. They must have been acquainted with these guys.”

“How do they know you?” said Darky

“No fucking clue!” said Brandon. They halted in the middle of the alley.

“Do you at least know why they want to kill you?” asked Darky

“Probably has something to do with us being the fabled Elements of Chaos.” said Brandon,

“Wait!” said Darky, “You guys are the ones from legend?”

“Taylor and Hunter told us that some kind of beast wants to use us to resurrect his master or something. And it’s possible that he’s sending bounty hunter’s to do that.” said Brandon

“Well what do we do now?” said Darky

The head pony with the cigar landed in front of them, “Beg for mercy!” he said as he held a gun up to them

“Holy shit he can fly!” said Brandon,

“And now our master will be pleased that we brought you to him.” said the pony

“Well you can tell Gryphon that he can’t have us!” yelled Brandon

“Who…” The pony was cut off as a black dagger went through his throat. His vocal cords exposed and dripping with blood. As the pony collapsed, the Raz was revealed to be behind him.

“A little anti-climactic for my tastes but it got the job done.” said the Raz

“Thanks for saving my ass again,” said Brandon

“Don’t mention it,” said Raz

Brandon looked over to his right to see Darky breathing heavily, “Y-You killed him,” she said ,”YOU KILLED HIM!!”

“Calm down. Calm down,” said Raz, “If I didn’t do it, you both would be dead.”

Darky backed up into a wall, “You killed him,” she began to tear up

“Yeah you said that three times already,” said Raz

Brandon approached her, “Darky,” he said, “Look it’s messed up I know. But it had to be done.”

Darky spoke with her teeth clenched, “How can YOU be so comfortable with this!!”

“I’m not,” said Brandon, “I grew up learning that you have to do things that aren’t exactly right in everyone’s eyes. You should understand considering *coughs* your particular line of work.”

“GODDAMMIT! you’re a fucking whore! Why the hell are you questioning the fact that I did this?” the Raz interjected

Darky began to cry, “Raz get out of here,” said Brandon,

the Raz responded “But…”

“NOW!” yelled Brandon

The Raz disappeared into the night as Brandon comforted Darky, “Come on,” said Brandon, “Let’s meet up with eveypony else,”

Darky wiped away a tear, “Your friend’s got quite a mouth,”

“Yeah,” said Brandon, “I’m still getting used to him,”

The two ponies met up with the group at Canterlot Castle just as the sun began to rise, “There you guys are,” said Twilight, “We thought something bad happened to you,”

“Everything’s fine,” said Darky

“So Brandon,” said Taylor, “Twilight said we can all stay in this pretty cool mansion nearby.”

“What?” said Brandon, “Seriously?”

“It’s pretty big from what she tells us,” said Hunter still with an unconscious Chandler on his back.

“I can’t believe I didn’t tell you guys before,” said Twilight, “The House of Heroes is the perfect place for you to live in.”

“I’m planning on buying some furniture right now!” said Michael, “I don’t even care if I haven’t gotten any fucking sleep.”

“I’ll be going with you dude,” said Hunter, “You com in’ Brandon?”

“Yeah sure.” said Brandon, “Darky. You want to come.”

“I’d love to Hun.” said Darky, “But I gotta get back to my hotel room.”

“You stay in a hotel?” said Michael

“Yeah,” said Darky, “It’s not the comfiest hotel in the world but it’s the closest I got to a home,”

Brandon walked up to her, “You know,” he said, “If you ever want to join us, there’s always room for one more.”

Darky smiled, “Thanks Brandon. But I can’t.” she turned to walk towards the street, “I’ll be seeing you around.”

Darky went off running into the Canterlot streets as some of the group went with Michael to start furniture hunting and the others went into Canterlot Castle to get some rest.

“So Taylor,” said Rarity as they entered the castle, “I hope to be hearing that story of yours some time soon,”

“Taylor sighed, “Dammit!”