Chapters Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
There’s a simple thing in life you know. Don’t judge a book by its cover. That’s the story of the Elements of Chaos in a nutshell. If you came here to hear a tale of Love, Loss and Victory, then this is probably not the story for you. I remember when I first heard the story of the Elements. I believed they were nothing more than an old pony tale. But was I wrong!
“How much longer are we supposed to wait!!” Michael said. “I mean how long can it take for a Mexican drug dealer to show up and get us our hits!!”
“Calm the fuck down dude!! Jose is just running late. Plus I kinda told him to meet us next to the tree in the forest.” Said Hunter.
“You’re an idiot you know that right? You realize there’re about a million trees in the forest. For all we know he could be in Yellow Stone National Park!!” Exclaimed Seth.
The group was waiting for a drug dealer who could hit them up with a powerful drug. Stronger than cider. Trust me, I’m not making this up. Oddly enough though they were all under aged 15 year old teenagers. But I’m getting a bit off topic. These guys made as much sense as Pinkie Pie.
“You know he’s got a point dude.” Taylor entered the conversation.
“Alright I get it. I fucked up!” Hunter yelled.
“Alright come on man don’t beat yourself up about it. I mean *sigh* it’s not the first time.” Brandon stated.
“Guys I’m getting tired of this shit!!” Chandler randomly joined in, “I just need my hits!!”
The group waited for hours hoping for Jose to eventually show up. It soon however became obvious that he wouldn’t. The group grew tiresome. Even Chandler decided that it would be fun to take a leak on a nearby anthill as hunter plugged in his headphones and jammed to dubstep. Pretty soon everyone else began to just chill and do what they loved. Taylor was a writer at heart so he saw this as an opportunity to begin writing a new story. Seth had a thing for computer’s and art. He just sat back and began to draw away at the scenery. Michael always wanted to be a singer and began to hum to some tunes. And Brandon who always had an undying passion for video games leaned against a tree and went to playing some on his device. This wasn’t how the guys wanted to spend their summer afternoon at all.
“ ‘Kay I’m bored. Let’s just go find Jose guys.” Brandon said
“We’re probably not gonna find him. What’s the point?” Said Michael
“It beats just sitting here doing nothing.”
“He’s right you know. Plus I’m a bit scared of the dark.” Seth said
The group agreed. Not the part about being scared of the dark. Hehe. That’s just stupid. So they all began moving through the forest in hopes of finding their friend.
After a long time of trudging through the tall trees, the six stumble upon a blue porta-potty. It was very strange for it to be in the middle of nowhere. But giving the fact that Chandler had enough to take a second leak, he went in. He stormed in without a second thought.
“Well when you gotta go, you gotta go.” Taylor stated.
After a while though it got strange. Not a sound emitted from the porta-potty.
Michael knocked on the door, “Hey Chandler!! How long can it take to take a piss!!”
Chandler nonchalantly responded “Give me a sec dude! This place is awesome!!”
“How awesome could a porta-potty be?” Michael said
“You should come inside and check it out. It’s even air conditioned in here.” Chandler said.
Brandon who was dying from the heat was quick to respond, “Well he won me over. This light’s killing anyways.” He opened the door and walks in. “ Hey Guys he’s not kidding come check it out!!”
Everyone else knew this had to mean it was more than a porta-potty. So they opened the door and walked in.
Inside the porta-potty was a large round room. With a power core in the center. Tubes with green liquid flowed through the entire room. Control panels were scattered all around. Infront of the core however was a large touch screen with the words “Touch to initiate TURDIS”
“Dude I think this is the TARDIS from Doctor Who.” Brandon said, given him being the biggest fanatic of Doctor Who out of the six.
“Must be a back up.” Chandler said
Brandon proceeded and touched the screen.“
“TURDIS initiated” said the TURDIS “welcome back Doctor Whooves. Would you like to return home?”
Taylor interrupted “Who’s Doctor Whooves?”
Brandon responded “Well this must belong to another Time Lord. I’m baffled that they truly exist though.”
Chandler walks in between them and swipes the bar to initiate the TURDIS’s teleportation, “Well Let’s do this then!”
Seth was quick to freak out “What? Dude why the fuck would you do that?”
“Come on dude. We’re never going to get another opportunity like this. Plus who knows where this thing will take us.” Said Chandler
“My point exactly.” Said Seth
The TURDIS began to violently shake. Immediately it warped through time and space and quickly bended reality. Seth in a flurry pulled one of the tubes out of the TURDIS’s wall. The TURDIS then stopped shaking and cease to move.
It spoke “Warp interrupted. Fuel low. Arrival time delayed to twelve hours.”
Everyone sighed. They knew they were going to be here for a while so they all just laid down and took a nap.
The whole group woke up to a loud alarm going off inside the TURDIS. The machine was again shaking. The TURDIS spoke again “Crash landing imminent. Live support systems failing. Designated crash site: Ponyville”
The group was in shock but not scared. They knew there were plenty of escape pods to get them all out. The problem was that they were about to crash into a world they had no idea existed.
Everyone loaded up into the pods and launched. The pods slowly descended into our world. And the story of the Elements of Chaos……..Begins.
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Now the Elements of Harmony and the Elements of Chaos were great friends. Even before these random six heroes discovered their destiny they got to know the six and develop a good bond with them. It wasn’t instant but it was prosperous. It all started with Chandler now at the edge of Ponyville on his way to Sweet Apple Acres. He decided to stop and take a look at the scenery, but just as he turned back to face the colorful city that is Ponyville, he heard a slight call from out from behind him.
“Chandler!” It was Hunter and Michael both darting towards him.
Chandler stood straight up and extended his arms in hopes of a bro hug. However instead of receiving a warm greeting he was sucker punched right across the face by Hunter.
“Ow!” Chandler cried “What the Fuck man?”
“How could you do this to us man!?” Michael raged, “ You just went ahead and pushed the button. You just had to!”
“Technically it was a touch screen,” Chandler replied
“It doesn’t matter,” Hunter said, “Michael, Chandler, we’re not going to get anywhere unless we get to finding the TURDIS,”
A familiar voice calls out from the alley nearby, “Good luck with that,” It was Seth now stepping out into the sunlight, “I overheard that the guards already found it and transported it back to Canterlot.”
“Canter-what?” Michael said
“It’s the royal city in this world.” said Seth “This “Princess Celestia” has also sent out a pretty much world wide search for us. She believes we’re some kind of legendary group known as…. What was it again?”
“The Elements of Chaos,” Taylor popped from behind, “I’ve been hearing that we’re supposed to be these legendary wielders of power. We’re somehow supposed to bring about the fall of this land. Equestria.”
“Great,” Michael said, “ So we have an entire country on our ass, a destiny supposed to fulfill and we have no means of getting back to our world. Is there anything else?”
At that moment a voice called out from afar. “Guys!” It was Brandon now charging towards the group.
An out of breath Brandon now attempting to catch his breath began to speak rapidly, “So guys I was heading to the town and I heard about something called the Elements of Chaos and a destiny something about a crash a princess and look, I have hooves.” Brandon instantly began clacking his hooves together in amusement.
“Anyways,” Seth continued, “I think we should….”
Brandon gasped, “ You have a butt tattoo too? He I said too too.”
Everyone looked and noticed their cutie mark on their hind quarters. All of them having to do something with their passion. Taylor had a book and quill, Hunter had a distorted quarter note, Chandler had a hand grenade, Michael had an mp3 player, Seth had a USB symbol, and of course Brandon who was fully aware of his at first had a gaming controller.
“Yeah I heard about these,” said Taylor, “It had something to do with our special talent or passion in life.”
“Well what do you know,” Said Chandler, “We learn more about ourselves and each other even more in this worlds.”
The whole group awkwardly took a step back.
Hunter went on, “So, What’s the plan?”
“Well,” Seth answered, “I was going to suggest that we find a place to chill til’ everything dies down. Then we could find the TURDIS eventually and get back to our world.”
“Alright,” Said Brandon, “Sounds good. So where do you suggest we go for now?”
“Well I was heading to some place to Sweet Apple Acres to get some alcoholic cider.” Chandler said
“Perfect come on let’s get moving,” Brandon said deciding to rush things along.
The group stumbled up to a barn. Red with apple trees growing around the entire surrounding area. The group walked on up to a young orange mare in a nice little western hat. Brandon eyes were now popping straight out of his skull.
Hunter stepped up “Hello mam, we…..
It was always in Brandon’s nature to act stupid infront of girls.
The mare chuckled, “Hey, I’m Applejack. You fellas looking for something.”
“Yeah do you by chance have any cider?” asked Chandler
“Yeah, why don’t you go inside the barn. One of my friends can help you out in there.”
“Ttttthhhhhank you.” Chandler said impatiently
The rest of the group went into the barn while Brandon stayed back to continue talking with Applejack.
The group strutted into the barn to be greeted by five other mares. A cyan Pegasus with rainbow colored mane, a white unicorn with flowing purple mane, an ecstatic pink earth pony, a shy yellow Pegasus with pink mane, and a purple unicorn with purple mane and a single pink stripe going down it.
The pink one was first to greet, “Hey. How’s it going? The name’s Pinkie Pie.”
“Uh” responded Michael “Okay…. Applejack said…..”
“Wait a minute. I haven’t seen you guys around here. And I know just about everypony around these parts.” Pinkie then paused for a moment, “You guys aren’t from around here aren’t you?” Pinkie approached them with suspicion.
As the group backed up in discomfort the cyan Pegasus hovered in, “Uh, Pinkie Pie, Let’s not make them uncomfortable.” She then turned to them, “Hey the name’s Rainbow Dash. You’ve probably already heard of me though.”
“Nope” Taylor responded,
“the sonic rainboom,” She said
“Nope”
“winner of the best young flyers competition,”
“Nope”
“The best flyer in Equestria,”
“Nope, no, and no”
Dash finally gave up and backed out. Taylor noticed the white unicorn and approached her.
“Hello there,” He said, “The name’s Taylor. I’m a writer. By profession.”
The unicorn replied, “Hello, I’m Rarity. I’m a designer. *giggles* By profession.”
Michael as well got side tracked and wondered towards the yellow Pegasus.
“What up? I’m Michael.” He said
The Pegasus grinned, “Hi, I’m Fluttershy.”
The two eventually got lost in their conversation.
The purple unicorn just grinned, “Hi, I’m Twilight Sparkle, I apologize for my friends.”
“Don’t” Said Chandler, “We’re built upon crazy antics.”
Hunter remembered, “Oh I forgot, I’m Hunter, this is Chandler those two are Michael and Taylor, this is Seth and the other one outside with Applejack is Brandon.”
Everyone eventually just started hanging around for a while and completely lost track of what they were doing. Even Brandon and Applejack walked in and hopped in on the conversations. It didn’t take long for everyone to become good friends.
“Hey guys,” Hunter said, “We should all hang out tomorrow.”
“Yeah,” said Twilight, “Sounds like a great idea.”
Thus the night went on with the group having fun and loosing all track of time. The night dimmed down and everyone had to go home. One problem though the guys had no place to stay.
“Hey AJ,” said Taylor, “Is it cool if we can spend the night in the barn for tonight?”
“ ‘course,” responded Applejack, “feel free to stay here for the night. But tomorrow we’re finding you guys a place to stay in.”
“Yeah,” Brandon said, “We’re hoping on landing on our hooves tomorrow anyways.”
Applejack giggled, “Alright sugarcube. Well goodnight y’all. See you in the morning.”
The group waited for her to leave to finally start talking.
“I know right,” Taylor added, “This world is way to awesome.”
Seth however added his disagreement, “Guys this isn’t our world. We’re human they’re ponies.”
Hunter was though on Brandon and Taylor’s side, “In all reality dude we’re ponies now too. Who’s to say we can’t start a new life here.”
“They don’t know where we come from. We’re here because of an accident.” Seth said
“But who’s to say it isn’t fate. What about the prophecy?” said Brandon
“Brandon don’t tell me you believe in that shit.” Said Seth
Michael entered the conversation, “Seth we traveled to a world filled with ponies. I can believe in almost anything now.”
“Yeah,” Said Hunter, “Who’s to say that we aren’t the Elements of Chaos?”
“But that’s the thing,” said Seth, “We don’t even know what that means. The prophecy says that we’re destined to be the downfall of Equestria.”
“Well I guess we’re going to have to go against our destiny.” Brandon said
“And how do you plan on doing that?” Said Seth
“I don’t know,” Brandon looked at everyone, “All we can do right now is get some sleep.”
Everyone else agreed. They would look for more answers tomorrow. But for now all they could do is wait. For tomorrow, would be the day that defines their existence.
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Chapter 3: We're Gonna Need Some Back-Up
The six woke up almost at the exact same time. It seemed like as if everything in the world was perfectly in place for them. The guys woke up and walked up to Applejack’s house to find Pinkie Pie outside hauling in a wagon with rotting apples. She seemed different this time though. Her hair was straight in a very depressed kind of style. That couldn’t have been the same Pinkie Pie last night. Things were getting weird though.
“Hey Pinkie,” Chandler said, “What are you doing here?”
“What do you mean?” She said, “I live here.”
Everyone was puzzled. This was weird for everypony.
“No, Applejack lives here.” Said Michael
Out of nowhere the guys heard a “psst”. They turned to see a yellow hoof signaling them to come inside the house. They decided to head off in that direction. They figured that at least they could get some answers as to what was going on. They went in. Inside was a little filly, a big red stallion, and an old pony. They knew this must have been Applejack’s family.
“You guys must be AJ’s friends.” Said the little filly “I’m Applebloom. This is Big Macintosh and Granny Smith.”
“Hey nice to meet you,” Said Taylor
“Can somepony please explain what the fuck is going on?” Said Brandon
“I don’t know,” said Applebloom, “ We just woke up to see Pinkie out here claiming she lives here and that AppleJack works at a boutique. Ain’t that right Big Macintosh?”
“Yup” Big Mac replied
“Well is there anything we could do to help?” Asked Michael
“I don’t think so. Only Twilight might know what’s going on but…..”
Hunter interrupted, “Wait guys I just had an idea, Maybe Twilight will know what’s going on?”
“Dude that’s the best idea ever.” The two high hoofed and bolted out the door. The rest of the group followed.
The six now set out on a Journey to find Twilight unaware of her location but something seemed strange. A voice kept resonating in the back of their heads. The voiceonly kept repeating the same thing over and over again. “The meadow”. No one wanted to speak of it and continued in their attempts in finding Twilight. The voices though kept getting louder until Seth finally said something.
“Guys,” He said, “I think we should go to the meadow.”
Everyone looked at each other and agreed. They turned their course directly towards the meadow.
“You heard the voice to huh?” Said Brandon
The group arrived at the meadow but only to find nothing. All that was there were the flowers, a tree or two and a few hummingbirds. But something was strange the ground felt hot. As if they were standing on fire. The temperature just kept getting hotter. The ground started to violently shake.
“Okay which one of you spiked the cider last night?” Said Michael
A large crack expanded across the ground. It grew bigger and bigger and created what appeared to be a giant sinkhole.
“Ha! This isn’t the cider dude!” said Brandon
A Large beast began to rise from the whole. It looked as if it was made of molten lava and magma. It had large ram like horns growing out of its head. It had long glowing claws. It was obvious this guy wanted blood. It gave off a loud roar that vibrated the ground. As it roared, several demonic beasts were released from the whole and flooded the sky. The big power demon faced the six.
“Well….. We’re fucked,” Said Brandon
The big beast swiped its hand at the six and they all scattered in different directions. They knew they had to fight. Even though they’ve never really fought something like this before they knew they had to as if by instinct. The six started at first to just evade any of the beasts that would swoop down and try to hurt them.
“We’re gonna need some bak-up” Said Hunter
“What could the girls possibly be doing about now?” Said Seth
“It’s not like you wouldn’t notice this. That thing is almost as tall as the Empire State Building.”
But they eventually knew they had to change tactics. They followed a pattern. When a flock of those things would swoop down to get them, they would pick one off and eliminate it. But the things caught on and began to just swarm them. They got to the point where their options were limited. The beasts began to overwhelm them. It seemed like the end. But right then and there something powerful happened. Brandon began to feel strange. As the dark cloud of beasts enclosed on him he began feeling stronger more powerful. And as the beasts were ready to move in for the kill, Brandon uttered one of the most powerful words only he could use.
“Raz……Burst!”
A powerful surge of dark energy pulsated around him killing all the demons. They all repelled from him. His veins highlighted in black. The dark only made him stronger.
Seth began to trick the enemies. Getting them to fight each other as he sabotaged their attacks and redirected them to each other. He was starting conflicts among comrades.
Hunter jumped back and lifted his hooves up into the air to avoid one that swooped to close to the ground. He throws his hooves down and caused a massive shock wave that launched all the creatures into the air. It was as if the ground was a large sub woofer launching everything on it up and suspending it in mid air.
Taylor began to use powerful shields to deflect enemy attacks. It was amazing that he use his magic so effectively like this considering he had no experience with magic. He was able to eventually make the demons go against their own leader as the creatures began to lose faith in the one commanding them.
Michael could sarcastically taunt the enemies and feed off of their rage. He grew more powerful the angrier they became to the point where a powerful red energy pulsated within him. He used rage to fight the beasts.
Finally Chandler could use a his knowledge of destruction to create explosives out of anything. He could craft any type of bomb and throw it at the demons. He proved to be a destructive earth pony at that. He even got some help from Hunter and Taylor by using their unicorn magic.
The beasts began decreasing in numbers. They grew weaker. And eventually there were none left. They all stood now infront of the single power demon. They were all in shock of their brand new abilities. But at the same time, very excited.
“Dude,” said Michael, “This is so cool. Its like by instinct I knew I could do that.”
“Alright guys we’re not done yet,” Said Brandon, “We still got the big guy to deal with.”
The big beast looked down upon them. It was ready for the final fight. The monster reached down for them. Again they all scattered. All of a sudden they all began to glow. They all linked in mind and thought. They could hear each others minds. This moment would go down in history as the first link of the Elements of Chaos. The link caused a powerful beam to form and split the demon in all angles. The beast crumbled and fell back into the hole. The link instantly stopped and everything seemed as if nothing happened. The sky was clear and the meadow was okay.
“You,” Said Taylor, “You were inside my head! You were inside my fucking head!”
“Yes,” Brandon said, “And I can also be the first one to say that I do not want to go back there.”
“Hey guys,” Hunter interrupted, “We were all inside each others heads.”
Chandler came to realization, “Guys could this mean…..”
Everyone just looked at each other, in both shock and disbelief. But came to that realization as well.
Finally Brandon spoke, “Yeah…… We are definitely the Elements of Chaos.”
The group then worked their way back to town. They were all terribly exhausted. They saw the other six standing around infront of the library. Twilight who now had wings was the first to say “Hi”.
“So,” Chandler said, “How was YOU’RE day.”
“I don’t know,” Twilight said, “Notice anything different?”
The group tried hard see what was different but they were all too exhausted to tell.
“I know,” said Hunter
The six girls drew a small grin in anticipation.
“Pinkie’s hair is back to normal!” He said
“Dude that’s totally what I was going to say!” Said Chandler “Brohoof!”
The two clacked their hooves together.
The Twilight looked at them in amusement and giggled. “You ponies are just the….”
“Bronies.” Said Taylor
“What?” Said Twilight
“Call us Bronies.” Said Taylor
Twilight giggled again, “Okay. You Bronies are just the weirdest bunch I’ve met.”
“We get that a lot” said Brandon as he yawned, “Hey AJ. Is it cool if we sleep in the barn tonight. We got kinda busy today.”
“ ’Course sugarcube,” Applejack replied
The began to walk towards the farm. Everyone was exhausted from the entire day.
“So Bronies eh?” Said Michael
“It so tempting to say,” Said Chandler
The group had no idea what went down today. But they knew it had something to do with their supposed destiny. Tomorrow all the answers would become clear. And even if those answers didn’t become clear, they knew one thing. They were without a doubt, The Elements of Chaos.
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
The morning felt the same as yesterday. It was quiet. Everypony was sound asleep inside the barn without a single sound resonating from the outside. The doors opened and Applejack walked in. She dumped a bucket of ice cold water on all the six and woke them all up.
“Y’all best be gettin’ up,” She said, “You’re gonna miss the coronation.”
“Coronation,” Said Taylor as he got up, “What coronation?”
“Twilight’s coronation,” Said Applejack in question. How could they not remember?
The rest of the group remained puzzled. What happened yesterday with the demon wore them out to the point they just couldn’t pay attention to the world. And this felt like all to much of them now. Applejack caught them up to speed.
“Yeah Applejack,” Said Brandon, “We kinda got side tracked yesterday. We ended up in the meadow and….
“You should have seen it!!!” Chandler said, “We got to the meadow and a powerful demon came straight out of the ground like an erect chunk of horse meat! I could make stuff blow up, Seth could make the tiny little demon henchmen fight each other, and we could even read each other’s minds.”
“What,” Said Applejack in disbelief, “Are you guys sure ‘bout that?”
“We all saw it AJ,” Said Brandon, “Demons flooded the sky and the ground felt hot. How come you didn’t see it?”
Applejack just stood there. She knew they were all telling the truth but it seemed strange. She was too busy with Twilight putting things back together. The day was bright and sunny, not dark and apocalyptic.
“Look,” she said, “I’ll talk to Princess Celestia and see if she can talk to you guys. But in the meantime we gotta go or we’ll be late. We’ll meet at the Canterlot castle.”
The group was actually excited about this possible meet up. They could finally get some answers as to who they are and to what happened yesterday.
“Welll everypony,” Said Taylor, “Let’s get a move on.”
For the group it was weird to be in Canterlot. Except for Seth. He had learned so much on how to navigate through the city that he pretty much knew every street in it. They made their way to the castle in hopes of probably meeting the girls there. The guys felt fascinated by the city itself. It had life it had wonder. But all of that hailed in comparison to standing infront of the castle. It stood tall with the famous purple and white pattern. The group knew that this was the day they would find out the absolute truth. They had to get up to the throne room. They knew that was where the six would be. They made their way into the castle, but it wasn’t easy. Ponies crowded every inch of the castle to await the coronation of Princess Twilight Sparkle. A guard stood at the front of the doorway into the throne room.
“Alright guys I got this.,” Taylor approached the guard, “Hello good sir. Would you mind letting us through to see the coronation of our friend.”
“Sorry,” replied the guard, “No one gets through without a Royal invitation.”
“Who the fuck gives out invitations within a 12 hour time span over night?” says Hunter
The guard stood there in confusion. This kind of strong language wasn’t really familiar to Equestrians.
“I apologize sir,” said the guard, “But I am under orders from the Princess. No pony gets in or out without and invitation.”
“Is something wrong?” The group turned to see a tall black and blue alicorn standing behind them.
“Princess Luna,” said the guard, “No, nothing’s wrong. I was just telling these six fellas that they couldn’t get in because they don’t have an invitation.”
The princess turned to all of them. “Hello there. Who are you?”
“Uh,” Said Brandon, “Hi I’m Brandon. This is Taylor, Hunter, Michael, Chandler, and Seth.”
“Charmed,” Said the Princess, “So. What are all of you doing here?”
“We came to see the coronation of our friend.” Said Taylor
“And possibly speak with Princess Celestia about a foretold prophecy about the Elements of Chaos.” Said Chandler
Seth needed to make up an excuse at that moment, “But only because we are…… Trying to catch up on our studies. We are students who are trying to find out more about the past and possible future.”
The princess began to catch on. “Really? I thought so, because it’s obvious you all aren’t from around here. What school do you attend?”
“Uh,” Seth was at a loss for words
“We’re from.. Mustang University..?” said Michael
“Is that so?” the princess had a small grin on her face.
“Yes,” said Seth, “But we need help to catch up on our studies. We figured Princess Molestia..”
“Celestia,” Luna corrected
“Right. Celestia, could help us.” Said Seth
Luna giggled, “Well okay then. Well I can get you through, come. Follow me.”
The group followed Luna into the throne room. It was filled with ponies everywhere with Twilight and Celestia standing at the top of the footsteps. The rest of the six were standing on the side of the steps. They went into the crowd and remained there. The coronation went on as told. Twilight was crowned and she went out into the balcony and made her famous friendship speech. The guys met up with the girls after quickly to just say hi and congratulations. But they had to wait back this time. It was time for them to know the truth. They waited for hours in the throne room. The room was now empty. All they had to do is just wait and plan what they were going to say.
After a long time waiting, the doors to the room opened. Through them stepped through a tall alicorn with white coat and a colorful flowing mane. It was Princess Celestia accompanied by the six girls and Luna. Celestia walked up to the throne and stood. Everypony bowed to the majestic princess. All except for Brandon.
Seth glared at him, “Bow.”
Brandon horribly disagreed, “What no way man. There’s no way I’m bowing. I refuse to pledge my loyalty to anyone.”
Brandon received multiple stairs of disapproval from the guys. The princess just smiled.
Everpony rose.
“So from what I hear, you are the Elements of Chaos.” Celestia said
The group looked at each other. And got a look from the six girls to. They were all in shock.
“Applejack told me your story. And my sister Princess Luna told me the story you told her.” She said
Michael stepped forward, “Listen, Princess Celestia the last thing we want to do is cause harm to anyone. We know what the prophecy says. But we don’t want to destroy anything. Well except for Chandler,”
“What up,” Chandler said, “He’s not wrong. I pissed on an ant hill.”
“Well,” The princess said, “I am here to tell you that you don’t know all of the prophecy.”
Everypony stood in confusion.
“The prophecy says that the Elements of Chaos will either be the elements to destroy all of Equestria, or be the elements to usher in a brand new era of prosperity. In the end, it’s all about choice. And from what I’ve heard, you all are following the right path. More or less. But we must find out which spirit each of you represents.”
Celestia used her horn to project six glowing purple circles on the ground.
“Now, would you all step onto a circle?” She said
Each of the guys stepped onto a circle. Instanly the circles lit up in different colors. Hunter’s was green, Chandler’s was red, Michael’s was yellow, Taylor’s was blue, Seth’s was orange, and Brandon’s was black.
“Hunter,” she said, “You represent the unstable unpredictable nature of the first element, Insanity.”
Hunter began to recall his ability to see what his friends were seeing. He couldn’t balance with the several images in his head. This would be something most people would deny. They’d start to question their reality. But it was in hunter’s nature to listen to the voices in his head.
“Chandler, You represent the powerful and chaotic ingredients, to be the Element of Destruction.”
“Michael, you contain all the deceitful qualities to represent, The Element of Sarcasm”
Michael then began to remember. He remembered how he smarted off with the doctor and even how he began sarcastically angering the demons at the meadow.
“Taylor, You posses the revolution igniting aspects of The Element of Controversy.”
Taylor then began to recall how he was able to turn the demons against their leader.
“Seth, you represent the spark of combat that is The Element of Conflict.”
Seth then remembered how he was able to spark conflicts between the demons. And his common nature to argue with everyone else.
“And Brandon, you represent probably the most mysterious element of all, The Element of Darkness.”
Brandon then recalled. How the darkness enhanced his performance. It made him stronger. But he still had questions. His abilities.
“Wait,” Said Brandon, “I have a question. I understand everyone else’s abilities. But mine felt different. They felt alive. I heard a voice in my head telling me how to use them. What’s that about?”
“Allow me to explain.” Right then and there, Brandon’s shadow materialized into a shadow version of him. Brandon slowly backed away in shock.
“Hello,” it said, “I’m the Shadow Raz. But you can call me Raz. I’m a conjured piece of shadow matter. I can grab any shadow and make it a part of me. And you sir can manipulate it all. As a matter of fact. You’re the only one in the universe who can do that.”
“Impossible,” said Luna, “The Raz is nothing but a myth.”
“That’s what you thought,” said the Raz, “Princess. There are myths in this world that exist. They just haven’t been recognized enough to be real.”
“Regardless,” Interrupted Celestia, “You six are going to have to know more about this world with if you’re going to defend it. Seth, Brandon, Since you two are the only Pegasus ponies, you will both attend flight school.”
“Shit,” Said Brandon, “Just when I thought I got out of school it pulled me back in.”
“Yes mam,” Said Rainbow Dash, “Oh boy aren’t you two in for an experience.”
“Hunter,Taylor,” Celestia continued, “You two will attend magic school with me and Twilight. And Chandler, Michael, you two will have to go to regular earth pony school with the rest of the fillies in Ponyville.’
Hunter leaned over to them, “Ha! Fags!”
“Well,” the princess said, “The sooner we get started, the better.”
The team got ready to split up and head in different directions. They said their goodbyes and took off. It was just Celestia and Luna in the room now. Celestia walked over to the window with a glum expression on her face.
“Sister,” said Luna, “Is everything okay. You can relax now. We know the elements are good at heart. There’s nothing to worry about.”
“You are right about one thing little sister,” said Celestia, “The elements are of pure soul. But I just fear that a great evil is yet to come.”
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Chapter 5: Basic Training
Chapter 5
Chandler and Micheal.....
Taylor and Hunter.....
Brandon and Seth……
Chandler and Michael……..
Chandler and Michael had to escape the school. They weren't going to just sit around in a boring classroom listening to Cheerilee go on about the Great Pegasi and Griffin war. They look at the door but knew there wouldn't be a way to get out without ramming Cheerilee over, which would ultimately be very contradictory to the fact that they are good and not bad. They had to cause some chaos without hurting any pony. Chandler looked down and noticed a large pack of C-4 in his hooves. Michael looked over.
Hunter and Taylor…..
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Chapter 6
"Brandon….. Brandon. Wake up!!"
Brandon woke up. The light from the sun beamed on his face and blinded him. He took sometime to take note of his surroundings. Everything was white and fluffy. He noticed he was on what appeared to be a couch. It was soft, bouncy.
"Where am I?" he said
"Oh this is my place," Rainbow Dash appeared right in front of him accompanied by the orange pegasus Scootaloo. Brandon had trouble remembering what had happened the night before. He recalled racing with Rainbow, but that was it. It was strange. This sense of random amnesia had him more worried then confuse. He stood up and regained his balance. He looked at Scootaloo.
"Who are you supposed to be?" Brandon said.
"Oh sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Scootaloo." She said
"Scootaloo here is what i guess you could call my little sis," Rainbow Dash nudged Scootaloo with her elbow, "I've been seeing if I could teach her how to fly but it's getting kind of hard considering her condition."
Brandon felt a pulsing headache. His mind began to recall memories. But wait. These memories. They couldn't possibly have existed. He saw CloudsDale. He saw a young colt had a strange resemblance to him. The colt had a black mane along with white coat. He saw him with a young filly Rainbow Dash at flight camp. The memory constantly flashed in and out. It was as if it became unfocused but for only brief seconds.
"Come on Night, You know you want to go for it. You've been practically training for this obstacle course all your life." Said the young Rainbow Dash.
It was as if Brandon were watching a movie he could only watch as the memory became unfocused and came back into focus. He saw the young colt look up and say in confidence. "Yeah. I am not wimpin' out this time! I can do this!" He saw himself jump off the cloud platform and fly towards the obstacle course.
Just then The memory came completely out of focus and he collapsed to the ground. He was still conscious. He saw as Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo gathered around him.
"Is he okay?" said Scootaloo
"I don't know. Wait here I'm going to go get Twilight." said Rainbow Dash as she bolted off out of her house.
Brandon's head was throbbing. He saw as the orange pegasus paced around him. It was as if he was trapped inside a brick. He couldn't move a muscle. His eye sight began to blur. As he began to pass out a shadow casted across the room. Scootaloo panicked and hid in a corner. Suddenly a dark figure stood right in front of him. It was his shadow copy, The Raz.
"You know it's pretty hilarious seeing you like this," said The Raz
Brandon found it hard to speak as he struggled for air. "What are you doing here?"
"Brandon, I'm always with you. I am you." said The Raz
"Well," said Brandon, "Why are you here?"
"You look like shit," said The Raz, "But no matter how entertaining it is, it's my job to keep you safe."
"Wait a minute," said Brandon, still attempting to gather air to talk, "You just cussed. How do you know how to do that. I thought no pony knew how to swear around here."
The Raz leaned back on a nearby cloud table, "Simple. I have all your memories and knowledge."
"Well in that case," said Brandon, "What are these random flashes that just popped up."
"Your guess is as good as mine," The Raz quit leaning on the table, "Again, I only know as much as you know. But it does seem strange. Last night the same thing happened to you. Only unlike this time, you totally passed out. It appears that you may have a link to this Night guy. He could be someone that might have a significance to the whole prophecy."
"But," The Raz said, "Enough of this. Let's get you back on your hooves." A powerful surge of black smoke began flowing towards Brandon. The energy rushed through his veins and began helping him up. Brandon began standing up and regaining his strength. In a matter of seconds, he was as good as new.
"How did you do that?" said Brandon,
"Like I said," said the Raz, "My job is to keep you safe. I can heal any type of wound you have."
Scootaloo approached Brandon and The Raz from out of the corner, "That. Was. AWESOME!!"
"It's just one of the many perks of being a supernatural being kid," said The Raz
Just then, Rainbow Dash and Twilight showed up. Both had worried looks on their face.
"Is everything alright?" said Twilight, "Rainbow Dash said you were hurt."
"Well," said Rainbow Dash, "he was. What happened?"
The Raz approached them, "I worked my magic and got him back on his hooves. But someone's got some questions that need answering." The Raz looked at Brandon and disappeared.
The two stood there looking at Brandon.
Brandon sighed, "Who is Night?"
"Excuse me?" said Twilight
"The young pegasus that goes by the name Night. I know Rainbow Dash knew him." said Brandon, "Who is he?"
Twilight spoke"I don't….."
"The name is NightFire. And he's not around anymore. Or at least as far as I know." said Rainbow Dash. Her voice appeared to sound very monotone and depressed.
"What do you mean," said Twilight,
"Me and Night were hanging out one day outside my old house when I lived with me parents. We were little fillies. Way too little. I was a long time away from getting my cutie mark." said Rainbow Dash as her voice began to crack and tears rolled down her eyes, "I told Night, 'Hey chump, you wanna race?'. He was all up for it. So we raced. And you know it was like we couldn't stop no matter what. Well that day there was a scheduled thunder storm. We were caught right in the middle of it. All of a sudden….. Night got hit by a bolt of lightning. And just like that, he disappeared."
"You never told us about this," said Twilight
"Twi, just because I never talked about it, it doesn't mean it didn't happen," said Rainbow Dash, "I've tried forgot about it over the years but….. It's hard to forget some pony you're close to."
"So I'm taking it that you two were pretty close," said Brandon
"Brandon, Nightfire wasn't just a good friend." Said Rainbow Dash, "He was my brother,"
"Wait What?" said Twilight, "You never told us you had a brother,"
"Rainbow Dash," Scootaloo approached her, " You had a brother? How could you not tell me? I thought you trusted me."
"Scoots it wasn't a trust issue," Rainbow Dash hugged her, "The memory has been hazy for a long time. I at times even forget. It's like my brain has erased it. But something keeps reminding me of key details of it. When NightFire disappeared, it was as if he never existed. When I went to tell my parents, they just looked at me as if I was crazy. There was something though that kept the memory of NightFire alive within me."
"Wait a minute," said Twilight, "So what you're saying is that every pony forgot about your brothers existence? But how's that possible? For one, a bolt of lightning shouldn't make someone disappear. Second, it shouldn't wipe off some pony from existence."
"Twilight," said Scootaloo, "Do you think there might be something at the library that could explain this?"
"I don't know," said Twilight, "There might be. But I'm not so sure."
Just then, Seth flew in. He was winded and shocked. Something bad had happened from the look on his face. He was panting and couldn't get the words out of him.
"Guys," said Seth, "You have to come check this out,"
"What's going on," said Brandon,
"I don't know man," said Seth, "But from the looks of it. It's not good."
Dash looked at Brandon and nodded her head. She looked at Scootaloo. "Scoots, you're staying here. Lock the doors and windows."
"Isn't the whole place made out of cloud?" said Brandon
"Shut up Brandon," said Seth, "Come one we gotta get moving. The others can't hold up forever."
Every pony left the house. Scootaloo stayed behind and turned the Cloud TV on to see what was happening. A broadcast straight from Ponyville was on air. Footage was being shown from the Everfree Forest. From the looks of it, some kind of creature was lurking out it. A dark cloud kept growing and spreading with dark red eyes appearing from the shadows. Whatever was coming. It was big.
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Chapter 7
"Chandler," Hunter said as he ran towards Michael and Chandler, "What did you do?"
Hunter had ran to Ponyville, along with Taylor, after having a nightmare that night. His strange telepathic abilities kept growing stronger. At first he could only see blurs of what he thought he was seeing. But now, They were more vivid. They were crystal clear images that perfectly displayed the situation at hand. It was strange to trust these. One would normally think this was nothing but imagination, but Hunter knew this was different. He felt links. Not just to his abilities, but to Equestria and all the ponies around him.
"Nothing," Said Chandler, "I saw some guy come out of the forest and well…"
"As soon as he disappeared this shit started coming out of the forest," Said Michael
"Twilight," Said Hunter, "Do you know what this is?"
A dark veil of black smoke began seeping through the forest trees. The eyes within the smoke appeared and disappeared as quick as lightning. The screams got louder. Twilight looked over at Hunter.
"No," she said, "I've never seen anything like this at all. I don't even know what magic to use right now."
Brandon, Seth, and Rainbow Dash flew in just then. They looked over the Horizon as a dark cloud covered the forest. The shroud was closing in on the edge of the forest. The beasts began to step out.
"What are those things?" Said Rainbow Dash
A powerful wave of demonic creatures broke through the veil and came out into the open. These creatures had a strange resemblance to the creatures that attacked them a few days ago. They were tall, and menacing as they towered on top of the heroes. Brandon looked at one dead in the eye. His headache grew worse and he collapsed back on the ground. The beast saw the opportunity and clawed Brandon and flung his body across the field.
"Brandon!" said Michael as he got hit by one of the demons. He flew against a nearby tree and fell onto the ground. He did his best to recover, but to no avail. The hit he took had disabled him momentarily.
Rainbow Dash charged one of the beasts and knocked it back. But her efforts proved to be futile as another beast pinned her to the ground. Taylor looked at Hunter.
"Hunter," said Taylor, "Spell 25!"
"I still can't pull that one off," said Hunter
"It's worth a shot!" said Taylor
Taylor and Hunter fired to beams of light into the sky that temporarily stunned the army of beasts.
"Quick guys!" said Taylor, "Into the forest!"
"What," said Chandler, "You're fucking out of your mind if you think we're going in there!"
"We gotta lead them away from Ponyville," Taylor said as he charged directly for the forest.
Twilight remained behind as Taylor, Hunter, Chandler and Seth ran into the forest. Twilight looked back at the injured Michael, Brandon, and Rainbow Dash. Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie showed up not too long afterwards in a haste.
"Where are the others," said Rarity
"They went into the forest," said Twilight, "They needed to keep Ponyville safe,"
"Rainbow!" Yelled Pinkie Pie as she went to attend the injured Rainbow Dash
"Fluttershy, Rarity, Go help Michael up," said Applejack, "Twilight, is Brandon alright?"
Twilight looked over at Brandon's discarded body a few feet away. Shocked, she ran towards to attend him. Fluttershy and Rarity helped Michael up.
Fluttershy spoke, "Come on Michael, we have to get you to safety."
Applejack approached Brandon who was unconscious on the ground. Brandon had deep claw marks all across his abdomen which was uncontrollably bleeding. She also noticed a large scar under his eye as well.
"Fluttershy," said Applejack, "Go back to town and get some bandages. We need 'em quick!"
She examined Brandon as he regained consciousness. He moaned.
"I take it you not used to these kind of surprises," mumbled Brandon
Applejack chuckled slightly, "Well, one surprise is good but this is just getting ridiculous."
Brandon's head began to throb. A voice began to resonate in his head. It was the Raz.
"Hey faggot," said the Raz, "When will you stop getting yourself hurt?"
Brandon said nothing. No pony knew about the Raz and he didn't really feel like explaining something he himself didn't completely understand.
"Alright," said the Raz, "This is getting pathetic. I'm not hear to just help you up when you get down. You're the power wielder hear. But you have to harness those powers. Step into the shadows of the forest. You'll see the wonders it can do."
"How am I supposed to do that?" said Brandon
"What sugar cube?" said Applejack
"Applejack," said Brandon, "get me into the forest."
Twilight approached them. "No way Brandon," said Twilight, "You're in no condition to go in there."
"Twilight," said Brandon, "Trust me,"
Applejack picked up Brandon and carried him to the rim of the forest. Rainbow Dash walked up to them.
"Don't get yourself killed," said Rainbow Dash
"No promises," said Brandon
They laid him right at the edge of the forest where the shadows coated him in a shade of night. Just then, Brandon began to feel better a rush of energy and power surged through his entire body. He felt it from his hooves to his head. He felt faster, stronger, and more capable. His coat went from white to a light gray, and his hair changed as well to a silvery gray color. Every injury he had healed, except for the scar on his eye. He was ready. He looked back at the six mares standing out of the forest. He nodded his head and ran into the forest.
Seth was rushing through the forest. The sounds of the creatures who weren't too far behind, echoed through the trees. The shadows of the canopy casted and everlasting night as daylight attempted to breach through the leaves and shine some light. Seth looked behind him to see the shadowy fog close in on him. He stopped and looked back to ready himself.
"Alright!" he said, "Come on! Do your fucking best you satanic shits!"
A large behemoth rose out of the fog. It towered almost reaching the canopy. It's stomach was extended outward and it's bad breath was complimentary to the saliva dripping from his massive under bite. The beast had a thrist for blood from the looks of it. Both of it's eyes were black as night.
"What the……. You're one messed up fucker aren't you?" said Seth
The beast approached him.
"A worthy trophy for the master," said the beast. It's voice sounded very strange. It was as if he had trouble speaking.
Seth backed up as the beast approached him. But an instinct inside him ignited. He had to fight. He readied himself and attacked the beast head on. His attacks were weak considering the beast's massive size, but they bought him some time. The beast swung but it's actions were too slow to hit Seth. The beast took another swing and Seth was on the ground. All it took was one hit. The beast stood on top of him. It reached out its arm to grab him, but just then, a massive explosion went off behind him. The beast was stunned, it couldn't move. Smoke coasted the entire area. Seth attempted to regain his sense of direction, but out of nowhere Chandler sprung out from the smoke.
"You done getting your ass kicked?" said Chandler
"What man? I'm just warming up," Seth said
"Come on" said Chandler, "The rest of the group is this way!"
They left the thick smoke screen and headed towards a nearby river. Not too far behind them was the black fog.
"So do we even know what the fuck we're going up against?" said Chandler
"Not a clue," said Seth, "But some of the creatures look just like the things that attacked us in the meadow."
"Think this has something to do with us being the Elements of Chaos?" said Chandler
"I don't even know man," said Seth
They made it to the river with the fog just a few feet away from them. Hunter and Taylor arrived their as well.
"You guys okay?" said Taylor
"Oh besides the fact that a giant beast almost mutilated me, I'm doing just fine," said Seth
A roar exploded from out of the trees. The fog began to close in on the heroes from every direction. A face began to form from the fog. It looked like that of a skull. It had no eyes and it's teeth were sticking right out. The face approached them as the group began to back up into each other. Two of the behemoths emerged from the smoke and grabbed all four of them.
"Are these the ones?" said the Behemoth
The face examined them. It studied their facial features, their personality. "Yes. Their others will be glad when they see we brought in this group of misfits."
"Fuck you!" said Hunter
The face looked at hime and gave him a creepy skeletal grin. "Watch your tongue. You won't like the consequences for going against yourself."
"What the FUCK are you talking about?" said Chandler
"You'll see," said the face
A voice called from out of the fog, "You know. I'm not a huge fan of surprises. But man do I have one for you." It was Brandon. He was standing outside the smoke. He was barely visible to the rest of the group as most of him was covered by smoke.
"Wow that was terrible," said Taylor,
"Don't kill my moment, fag, I'm saving your life!" Brandon ran towards the smoke. The face charged right at him as well. It opened it's mouth. Brandon rushed as much as he could, but all it took was for the face to open it's mouth and swallow Brandon whole. In a second, he disappeared.
"OHHHHHHH DAMN!" said Hunter
"Well that was anticlimactic." said Taylor
The beast looked back with an evil grin on his face. But that grin quickly turned into a look of uneasiness. It started struggling. It coughed and squirmed as a strange force began to pulsate inside it. Just then a powerful yell was heard, "RAZ! BURST!" A flurry of shadowy dark spikes shot out of the face and destroyed the fog. The creatures were now out in the open and completely exposed. The two beasts that were holding the other four heroes were impaled by the the spikes and fell to the ground. The heroes were now free. Brandon stepped out of the cleared out fog and approached the rest of the group.
"Okay. I can officially say, that was the awesomest thing I've ever done!" said Brandon
"You do know awesomest is not a word right?" said Hunter
"Wait," said Seth, "Guys the abilities. Remember what we pulled of in the meadow?"
"We don't even know how we did that." said Taylor
"Well……." said Chandler," C4 OUT!"
A peace of explosive material generated in Chandler's hooves as he chucked the little package of explosives towards the beasts gathering up on him. The package exploded and sent several of the beasts scattering.
"How'd you do that?" said Seth,
"I just thought of it." said Chandler, "I just visualized C4, and something of the sorts popped into my hooves."
"Alright guys we've been talking way too much!" said Hunter as he charged at the herd of beasts. "BASS CANON!" He slammed his hooves on the ground and all the beasts popped into the air as a powerful shockwave shook the ground and blasted them upward and suspended them in the air.
Seth took the opportunity to attack the monster as they were suspended in mid air. He looked over at the beasts untouched by the shockwave and directed them to attack their suspended comrades. While this happened, Taylor used a magic spell he learned earlier. It was simple yet effective as he manipulated the water from the river and created a water Behemoth.
"Nice one," said Brandon
"Cram studying's always my best tactic." said Taylor
The water behemoth attacked and wiped out the remaining beasts. The forest was clear of all of them now. It was quiet. The forest was calm again.
"Well," said Brandon, "I guess we can check that off as a win."
"I'm not so sure," said Hunter, "That thing was talking about our others. And fighting ourselves. Do you guys know what that could mean?"
Everyone looked at each other confused.
"Guys I think there's a lot more to this world then just sunshine and rainbows." said Taylor
"What do you suggest we do?" said Seth
"Look man. It's obvious that those things aren't just some random fuckers causing havoc. They wan't blood. More importantly, our blood." said Chandler
"Look," said Hunter, "Me and Taylor have to head back to Canterlot tonight. The train doesn't come by until 7:00-ish. Let's stop by Twilight's place and check out what we can find on these things."
"Sounds like a plan," said Taylor
"Alright," said Brandon, "We've got a lot of stuff to investigate. You guys get to searching for more about these guys. I've got something of my own to investigate."
"What exactly will you be investigating?" said Chandler
"Rainbow Dash had a brother. Nightfire. He disappeared a long time ago and no one seems to remember him. I've got a feeling this is more than just a family disappearance. He's got to be some kind of link with what's going on." said Brandon
"What makes you so sure of that?" said Seth
"He disappeared during a freak weather storm. Those things appeared during a freak whether storm. Maybe that's a connection."
"It's a bit far fetched dude," said Hunter
"I know. But I just can't help feeling like I know this Nightfire. I feel compelled to find out more about him."
"Well if you're going to be investigating weather patterns, you should try checking out the Weather Factory. They might have some information worth knowing." said Taylor
"Yeah. Ask Rainbow Dash if she can take you there. She was after all a resident in Cloudsdale." said Chandler
"Speaking of which, I should probably get back to her. She took quite the beating along with Michael." said Brandon
"Yeah," said Taylor, "Come on guys."
The group began to head back to Ponyville with many thoughts on their minds. The sun was still up and the day was bright. They're questions had to be answered. But you know what they say. Curiosity killed the cat.
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Chapter 8: Questions That Need Answers
Chapter 8
Rainbow Dash had been resting on her couch in her house with Scootaloo. Who had been helping her with her injuries. She had just finished bringing her a cup of tea.
"It might not be that good but, hey at least I tried" said Scootaloo
Rainbow Dash adjusted her position on the couch to sit up, "Ah," she took the tea, "No worries Scoots. It's perfect," She took a sip.
"What happened down there anyways?" said Scootaloo
"I don't know," Rainbow Dash answered, "I couldn't really describe what I saw. Those things didn't even look like they were from Equestria. They were beastly, demonic, and incredibly creepy."
"I saw what happened on the T.V., it looked like, whatever it was, was targeting the town." said Scootaloo
"I don't think so kid," said Rainbow Dash, "from the looks of it, it looked like it was after the guys."
"The guys?" said Scootaloo
"Uhhhh," there was no way Rainbow Dash couldn't explain much about the guys. She barely knew anything about them, "Yeah they're… new in town. They're different though. They're not like any pony I've ever met. They're destructive but protective as well. They're not jerks they're just… Clumsy when it comes to helping. You've probably already met Michael and Chandler."
"Actually I did," said Scootaloo, "They escaped from the school and we followed them…"
"You did what?" Rainbow Dash interrupted
"That's not the point. There was a creepy pony standing at the edge of the forest where we followed them. He said, 'Don't listen to the voice' or something like that. We heard a roar. And fled back into town." said Scootaloo
Rainbow Dash pondered for a second. It seemed like everything was linked to each other. The monsters, The Elements of Chaos, Brandon's knowledge of Nightfire. It all strangely fell into place with each other. There was no explanation though. Things made no sense. Rainbow Dashes head began to hurt and she sat back down on the couch.
"Rainbow Dash. Are you okay?" said Scootaloo
"Yeah. I'm fine Scoots," said Rainbow Dash, "I just. I just need some rest."
Rainbow Dash laid down and fell asleep. There were too many questions that needed to be answered. But those answers would all come into clear focus soon enough.
Michael in the meantime was recovering at Fluttershy's home. He was regaining consciousness from the hit he took. He looked around and took notice of his surroundings.
"Where the fuck am I?" said Michael
"Oh you're okay." said Fluttershy, "I thought you'd be out for a while."
Michael remembered the fight and the hit he took. "The guys." He said, "Are they alright?"
Fluttershy sat next to him. "I," said Fluttershy, "I'm not sure. I think I saw Brandon fly out of the forest on our way here. But I didn't stay for long. I had leave to get you hear as soon as possible."
"What happened to the monsters," He asked
"They disappeared. I can't really say they're gone though. They look like they'd come back. They always do after all?" said Fluttershy
"You've dealt with stuff like this? Is this like a regular thing around here." Michael asked
"Where exactly are you guys from again?" asked Fluttershy
Michael remembered. The ponies only knew that they weren't from Ponyville. What would they do if they found out they aren't even originally the same species. But Michael couldn't hold back, he had to tell the truth. "Fluttershy. We're…… Do you believe in other worlds?"
"What do you mean." said Fluttershy
"I mean. What if I told you that we're not from this world. We come from a world that's…. already been taken over by greed, hypocrisy, and war. It's a world with as much Pros as there are Cons. There's no magic no pegasi.All the things we see here are of myths and fairy tales. We haven't been all that honest with all of you. We have a…. Fairly questionable past. I can't really tell you much about it. But I promise. Everything will be told to you guys as soon as we find out what's been going on." said Michael
Fluttershy got closer to him. She layed down next to him. "I right now don't care what you've all done before you showed up. What I've seen proves, you are heroes. No one can deny it. Now get some rest."
"Umm. Sir where's the bed?" said Michael
"You're on it silly." said Fluttershy
Michael turned around and punched the air. He Whispered "Fuck yes!"
The sun went down and the night went silent. It was about time Michael got some rest.
Michael opened his eyes to find himself in a dark facility. Gears and cogs surrounded him. He saw blood satins on the walls. All he could here was the sound of machinery at work. He advanced further through a long hallway. The room was decorated with more cogs and gears, it all had a very Victorian steampunk feel to it all. The hallway at the end had what looked to be an elevator. Michael stepped into the elevator in hopes of finding a way out. The wall in the back of the elevator had a map to the complex. He looked at the level that said, "Activation Floor". He hit the button that would lead him there. The elevator rose up. When he made it to the floor he walked onto a catwalk. Where he observed other ponies at the bottom floor at work. All of them were in heavy military like clothing. Inside the room was nothing but pumping pistons, and turning gears. A big screen hung up from the ceiling diagonally facing down on the armed unit. One of them spoke.
"Is the test subject ready?" said the pony
"Yes. Their bringing him in right now." said another
At that moment, a door opened and a scientist rolled in a pony in a wheelchair. The pony had no clothes. It had no legs and from the looks of it was a pegasus. But this pegasus had no wings. Instead, there were only small stubs where his wings would be. He was hooked up on some kind of life support system.
The scientist approached the armed unit. "The subject is ready for the merge."
A large machine was rolled into the room. It looked like a giant robot. Instead of arms, it had a mini gun on the right, and a blade on the left. In the center of the robot was a pilot seat of some sort. It was a hollow space to fit an amputated pony like the one below. They unhooked the pony off of his life support system and loaded him onto the robot. Needles from the robot inserted themselves into the ponies stubs that used to be his legs and wings. The robot activated. It stood now a good 11ft tall. It looked down all the other ponies.
"Doc," said one of the armed guards, "This might be your finest work yet."
Just then, the facility began to rumble. The ground shook and parts ceiling even fell.
"Doctor Cliven" said the guard, "The airship's under attack again."
The hanging screen went on. A pony who appeared to Rainbow Dash appeared on screen. She looked different though. As if she had just finished fighting a nuclear war.
"Doctor," said Rainbow Dash, "We have your ship surrounded. Give it up now."
"Rainbow Dash," Doctor, "You cannot fight this. Your little resistance cannot hold for much longer. Fighting for the good side is futile now."
"Doc you're gonna have to give up. This isn't right. Using the disabled for these purposes. It's wrong." said Rainbow Dash
"You are going to have to face the facts!" said the Doctor, "We've already won!! You've lost. And I will make sure that you live long enough to see the fall of your people!! Renegade-16553, exterminate that pest of a pegasus!!"
The robot created wings out of a pixie dust like a material and flew straight through the rough of the facility. Michael's head began to throb. The image became less clear. His vision blurred and pulsated. He went into a rage of agony as he flinched on the ground in pain. The pain hit its maximum point and Michael woke up. He looked around and noticed he was still in Fluttershy's cottage. He layer awake for the rest of the night. He knew this wasn't a dream. It was a vision.
Brandon in the meantime had just arrived at Rainbow Dash's house.
"Hey is anyone here?" said Brandon
Rainbow Dash walked out from upstairs. "Hey. Glad to see you're not dead."
"Believe me. After seeing what went down today, I kinda wish I was. Where's Scoots." said Brandon
"Oh, she left. It was time for her to head back to her place." said Rainbow Dash
"She doesn't live with you? I thought you two were sisters." said Brandon
"We are…. Kind of. She's adopted by me." said Rainbow Dash
"Officially adopted," said Brandon
"I mean not officially. But we hang around a lot. I consider her my sister now," said Rainbow Dash
"But doesn't hanging around a kid kind of cramp your style?" said Brandon
"What? No! She's a good kid." said Rainbow Dash
"Ah. Why does she live in ponyville though? Don't all young pegasi live in CloudsDale?" said Brandon
"CloudsDale is just a city where only pegasi live. It's not that the council doesn't allow the earth's or the unicorns to live up there, they just physically can't. Only pegasus ponies can walk on clouds after all. Scoots can't really fly also. I tried teaching her how to fly, but it's difficult for her. I can't blame her really. capable or not that pony is destined for something great. I can feel it." said Rainbow Dash
Rainbow Dash paused. She had a concerned look on her face. She actually worried for Brandon. She thought of the hit he took. She was curious of what went down in the forest, but she didn't ask. It was better for her to keep her thoughts to herself. She didn't want to put him in an uncomfortable position after what happened after all.
"Listen." said Brandon, "I know it's kinda hard to talk about this but, I need to know more about NightFire."
Rainbow Dash swallowed. She choked up a bit. "Why are you so curious."
Brandon spoke up, "Look it's a bit hard to explain my reasons. I just have a feeling that his disappearance is connected to those things attacking us. This correlates as well with a lot of stuff that's been going on with us recently. But I need you to take me to the weather factory. I've got a feeling the first thing that'll give me clues, is if I get my studies on with some weather patterns. Is there anyway you can get me there?"
"Of course I can," Rainbow Dash said
"Alright. What's the plan for sneaking in?" said Brandon
"Don't worry Brandon. We won't have to sneak in." said Rainbow Dash
"We don't?" said Brandon
"Yeah," Rainbow Dash walked over to her front door, "My dad works there. He even takes me on bring your kid to work day."
"That sounds like torture," Brandon chuckled
"Oh it is," said Rainbow Dash, "I've never really been into the slow working life. Going about an every day routine is not really my style. Why do you think I left CloudsDale. I came to Ponyville to look for opportunities. And I found them."
Brandon walked to the front door.
"Well," said Dash, "You comin'?"
"Well what else am I going to do?" said Brandon
Rainbow Dash grinned, "Come on. Let's fly!"
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Assault On CloudsDale Weather Factory Pt. 1
Chapter 9
“So Brandon, tell me more about yourself.” said Rainbow Dash. She was curious as to who Brandon was. She started to understand more and more why he was the Element of Darkness. He was mysterious, his personality still remained unknown like as if it remained in the shadows.
“What?” said Brandon, he hadn’t been focusing. He had been too focused on getting to the factory and uncovering the mystery.
“Well. Come on. Everyone’s got a story to tell. What’s yours?” said Rainbow Dash “Any brothers, sister or anything back home?”
Brandon chuckled. “No. I uh… I never really had a family. I grew up pretty much alone, orphaned, childish. My childhood was a bit of a blur with…. Actually I can’t even remember ANY part of my childhood. I remember pretty much being thrusted into my teen years. I’m not proud of that though. When I was taken into a foster family at the age of 13 and well…. Let’s just say I was the ideal child they wanted.”
“What happened?,” said Dash,
“I was pretty much a street punk. Ripping off any store that I came across and fighting any one who got even in my way.” said Brandon
“Was your family poor?” said Dash
Brandon chuckled again, “Yeah right? They gave me everything. And now that I look back on it, I kinda feel like a dick.”
“A what?” Dash was still not familiar with swearing
“I mean uhhhh….. A jerk,” Brandon said
“How’d you meet the guys?” said Dash
“We all met through a series of unforeseen events. We all had ambitions and started working just as co-workers. But…. It’s like a connection was made between everyone. We were bros in a matter of time. And don’t tell them I said this but, I honestly would stick my neck out for those guys when they need help.” said Brandon,
“Really,” said Dash
“Yeah. I know it sounds corny. But I know I can trust them. No matter what.” said Brandon
The two began to approach the factory. It was large and fully functional. Even in the darkness of the night, the compound shined bright in the sky. They arrived at the front gate with a a security guard at the front.
“Rainbow Dash!” said the guard, “I haven’t seen you in quite a while,”
“Hey Rudolph,” said Dash, “Is my dad here?”
“When isn’t he here!” said Rudolph
The guard opened the gates and let the two pegasi through.
Brandon and Rainbow Dash entered the compound. Busy worker ponies rushed around getting from point A to point B. Some were frantically getting their jobs done to get home and some had just arrived.
“Come on,” said Rainbow Dash, “Let’s go see my dad’s first.”
Rainbow Dash lead brandon into what appeared to be an elevator. As he stepped in he felt certain that this was going to be the solution to his answers. The elevator rose.
“So where exactly are we headed to?” said Brandon
“The Rainbow Wing.” said Dash
“They make rainbows here?” said Brandon
“Yep. It’s useful for many purposes. But really. That wing’s just for show for when the tourists visit.” said Rainbow Dash
“Capitalism at its finest. Am I right?” said Brandon
Rainbow Dash chuckled.
The doors opened exposing a large outdoor like enclosed area with flowing rivers made of rainbow. The source of the mixture appeared to be a small cloud no bigger than him which periodically pumped out mist. However the rainbow was not forming considering it was night. Brandon looked back at the river.
“This is some Willy Wonka shit going on.” Brandon whispered to himself.
“What” said Rainbow Dash
“What? Nothing,” said Brandon, “Question. Are there any questionably short workers around here with orange coat and green hair who spontaneously break into song and dance?”
Rainbow Dash looked at hime confused, “Uhhh…. No. Why?”
“No reason.” said Brandon
“DASHIE!” a voice called out from a far. A blueish grey pegasus came running up to Rainbow Dash and hugged her.
“DAD!” said Rainbow Dash. The two pegasi embraced each other.
Rainbow Dash’s dad looked at Brandon, “Who’s your friend?”
“Dad this is Brandon,” said Rainbow Dash
“Hello.” Brandon said. He felt familiar with this pegasus. He felt as if he knew him.
Rainbow’s dad looked back at Dash, “Oh my. It’s been forever since I last saw you. How have you been.”
“I’ve been fin dad,” said Rainbow Dash, “Brandon here though, would like a tour of the place.”
“Ah.” said Rainbow Dad, “Well I can most certainly give you a tour on this area. The rest of the factory well…. You’re going to have to talk to the manager.”
“That’s cool,” said Brandon, “I’m actually quite curious of this particular area,”
“Well what would you like to know,” said Dad
“Well, for starters,” said Brandon, “What’s the mixture made out of?”
“Oh the rainbow?” Rainbow Dad had a smile on his face, “Come here. I think you’ll like it.”
Rainbow’s Father lead Brandon to a bowl which had a type of leans above it. “Look at that cloud,” he said, “Have you ever wondered what would be happen if you focused a beam of light into a tangible substance? Well, we here at the CloudsDale Weather Factory are proud to say that we have done it. The light is focused through the leans after a puff of mist bursts out of the cloud creating a rainbow. The beam is then turned into a liquid substance which can be used to power even the most powerful forms of technology.”
“Sir.” Said Brandon “Are you talking about…..”
“Harnessed Solar Energy” said Rainbow Dad, “Amazing isn’t it? A form of power that is infinite and can be harnessed in many ways.”
The Raz appeared. “However. This amount of energy does come at a price. See even though it’s solar of origins. This mixture leans to the side of Nuclear Technology.”
“What?” said Rainbow Dash. She wasn’t familiar with the concept of nuclear energy. But in reality, everything seemed new to her. It was all going by too fast.
“Wait,” said Dad, “What exactly are you?”
“Long story,” said the Raz, “Main thing is, at least I didn’t come here to rip your insides out. And with that, you can consider me an ally, not a foe.”
“Okay, and what exactly is this ’Nuclear Technology’ you’re speaking of?” said Dad
“Raz,” said Brandon, “Are you implying that this factory can…”
“Blow up and wipe out over Half of Cloudsdale with it? Yes.” said Raz
The group paused and looked at each other. Rainbow and her dad were having trouble processing this. The factory has existed for years and has not encountered one single problem. Just then a mare walked into the facility, she had a yellowish green coat with yellow and red mane that had a weird punk look to it. She had a panicked face on her as she approached Dad.
“Lemon,” said Dad, “What is it,”
“Mister Rainbow,” said the mare, “We have a problem…..”
10 minutes earlier……
A hover-car like vehicle had approached the factory. The vehicle was small, seemed like it couldn’t hold more than 5 ponies at max. It had a very steampunk look to it, gears, pistons, all the bells and whistles. It appeared to be more like a car or truck. It worked it’s way up to the front toll booth where Rudolph had been. The vehicle stopped at the booth as Rudolph approached him.
“Hello there gentlemen. How is everyone today?” said Rudolph
There were two Stallions riding in the front. They had masks on that covered everything but their eyes. They said nothing as a look of confusion dawned on Rudolph’s face.
“Gentlemen?” said Rudolph
In a split second, the stallions drew weapons and fired a precise bullet into Rudolph’s head. Five stallions immediately unloaded from the vehicle and moved onward to the factory. Ready unload every last bit of ammunition they had on any innocent bystander.
Now….
“Wait,” said Brandon, “Terrorists? How can there be terrorists?!”
“From what I heard, they forced their way in using portable fire arms.” said Lemon. A massive siren began to sound all over the factory as ponies scurried to get out of the facility.
“Someponie’s been drafting weaponry.” said Raz, “Brandon, you up for saving the day?”
“Ha,” Brandon laughed, “You won’t half to ask me twice!”
“Count me in,” said Rainbow Dash
“What no!,” said Dad, “I’m not going to let you risk your life for this!”
“Dad I can do it!” said Rainbow
“No! You’re coming with me!” Dad grabbed Rainbow by the hoof and dragged her off.
Brandon looked at Raz, “So,” said Brandon, “ready to kick some ass?”
“Are YOU ready?” said Raz
The Raz disappeared as Brandon headed right for the elevator. As the elevator opened a massive explosion went off that shot him a good 5 feet back. The five ponies exited the elevator. They were in some type of uniforms fabricated out of white shirts, white pants, black boots, and of course, their black masks.
“Sir,” said one of them to what appeared to be the leader, “This is the room. We’ll have the charges set and ready for detonation.”
Brandon was lying on the floor half unconscious from the blow, but he tried regain his strength slowly. Meanwhile, the Raz was busy listening to the attacker ponies.
Brandon began to here a voice in the back of his head, “You here that,” it was the Raz, “They’re gonna level the factory.”
“I know,” Brandon said in pain.
“What a coincidence too. After I just got finished explaining to you about this factory,” said Raz
“Help me the fuck up!” Brandon yelled out loud. The attacker ponies focused in on him. The leader stepped up.
“Well, well, well,” said the leader, “Looks like we’ll be knocking out two birds with one stone boys.”
“What do you mean?” said one of the others
“Idiot! Look! Can you not see who it is?”
“Oh my…” said another, “It… It’s him!”
“Shame you had to come here to die like this little fella,” said the leader to Brandon, “And to think. There’s so much stuff that you don’t know yet. Oh well, sucks you won’t live long enough to find out.”
The Raz spoke again in Brandon’s mine, “Alright! I got you! Get the fuck up and kick this guy’s ass!”
Brandon stood up and sucker punched the leader in the face. He stood now on all fours strong and proud. The Raz once again lent him a helping hand and saved him. Brandon felt strong this time though, he felt a powerful rush of self confidence and power. It was a feeling he never experienced before.
Brandon spoke, “Raz….”
BOOM! Just like that, Brandon received a bullet right through his head…………
Now hold up! We’re not done yet. This isn’t even the end. (Not even close)
Now where were we? Oh that’s right…….
Brandon woke up in a Black room. There was nothing in there. The room was empty, confining, and quiet.
The Raz materialized right in front of Brandon, “Woah, woah, woah!! Did you…. Did you just fucking die!!”
“I’m dead?” said Brandon
“That’s kind of what happens when you get shot in the face!” said Raz
“I got shot in the face!” said Brandon
“Get with the program you piece of shit!” Raz slapped Brandon across the face.
“Wait,” said Brandon, “If I’m dead that why am I……. here?”
“You’re not entirely dead.” said Raz, “My job is to keep you alive. your soul right now is in limbo. Which is here. I can only help you a little bit. Everything else, is kinda up to you.”
“Alright,” said Brandon, “I’ll take that into account next time,”
“Alright, I’m gonna send you back in. When you come to I want you to make a mad dash for the Rainbow Mixture.”
“Why” said Brandon
“I’ve got an experiment I’ve been meaning to test out.” said Raz
“Alright” said Brandon, “Let’s do this shit!”
“Don’t fuck this up,” said Raz
“Don’t worry, I won’t,” said Brandon
“Good luck!”
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Assault On CloudsDale Weather Factory Pt. 2
Chapter 10
A massive airship began to approach the factory. Cloudsdale soldiers were at the ready, prepared to enter the hostage filled factory. Aboard the ship, was the rest, Michael, Seth, Chandler, Taylor, and Hunter.
“So what’s the deal!” said Taylor,
The leader of infiltration team spoke, “Approximately 30 minutes ago, CloudsDale Weather Factory was attacked!”
“By Who?” said Michael
“We don’t know” said the commander, “All we know is that they are using weapons we haven’t dealt with before.”
“What kind?” said Hunter
“Portable Fire Arms” said Commander
“Guns?” said Seth, “How the fuck do they have guns?”
“This world’s technology is fucking confusing,” said Chandler, “They don’t have cars but they’ve got fucking video games? I mean, is anyone else fucking confused as shit here?”
Everyone stared at him awkwardly.
“Anyways,” said Commander, “Why did you boys decide to tag along?”
“We have a friend in there. The least we can do is help him out of there.” said Hunter
“Hate to break this to you, but only Pegasi will be able to get in. Only one of you is capable of walking on clouds….”
Everyone looked at Seth, as if urging him to go in.
“Wait,” said “No! No I’m not going in!”
“You are the only one who can!” said Michael, “He would do it for you!”
“No he wouldn’t!” said Seth
“Look!” said Commander, “We don’t have time! There are civilians in danger in that factory! Now you can come if you want, but we need to go NOW! So what do you said! Are you in or out!”………
Brandon began to regain consciousness. His brain was throbbing and his limbs hurt. He was still regaining his strength. All he could do is listen in on the terrorists and play possum.
The youngest one approached the leader, “ Sir!”
“Yes?” said the leader
“Cloudsdale Militia is closing in on us! It’s only a matter of time until they’re knocking on our door steps!” said the young one
“Gary,” said the leader. He had a bit of a playful chuckle as he spoke, “Look I would like to bail as much as you do. But see the master…. The master, he’s not going to be so happy if we come home without bringing the good news.”
“But sir!” said Gary, “ This is getting out of hand. Alternate universes, rifts, timeline fractures. Do you even understand this shit? It’s too fucking much! What is the master even trying to achieve? What is his goal?”
The leader looked at Brandon, “Him.”
“Are we bringing him back?” said Gary
“Of course we are.” said the leader
“Then what’s with the whole factory thing?” said Gary
“To show THIS world we mean business.” said the leader
An impulse in Brandon kicked in. He jumped up and readied himself.
“Guess what? I’m back from the dead.” said Brandon
“Not for long.” the leader aimed a gun at Brandon
Brandon stepped back, “Raz…. Seek”
Five shadows instantly materialized into small cat like creatures. They rose and began to attack the terrorists. They scratched and clawed at them like a swarm of weasels taking down it’s prey. Brandon saw this as his opportunity and attacked the leader. Brandon pounded his hooves into the leader’s face. He fought until the leaders face was covered in bruises in blood. The table turned as the leader got the upper hand and threw Brandon against a wall. He struck Brandon’s face several times, but Brandon struck back at the the bloodied Stallion’s crotch. The stallion fell over in pain.
Brandon stood over him now, “Cheap shot? maybe. Effective? You bet your ass it is.”
Brandon felt the cold end of a gun barrel touch his head. He looked out of the corner of his eye and saw Gary, weeping in anger.
“Hey,” said Brandon, “Gary right?”
Gary swallowed. He felt an overcoming sense of fear rush down his spine. His fear forced him to comply. He nodded towards Brandon.
Brandon stood up slowly and tried not to alarm him, “Okay. Do me a favor and put the gun down.”
Gary slowly lowered the gun.
“Okay. Now breathe in deeply through your nose.” said Brandon
Gary breathed in deeply as Brandon look over his shoulder. A grin appeared on Brandon’s face.
“I just want you to know that I think we have achieved a break through with you and that I am so sorry for what’s about to happen to you.” said Brandon
Gary spoke, “What?”
A powerful revving noise sounded and the terrorist hover car smashed through the room. Gary fell weakened from the hit. Taylor’s head popped out of the vehicle.
“Wooh!” said Taylor, “That was fun as hell!”
Hunter’s head popped out as well, “Considering we just smashed through a weather factory and ended up in a room filled with sparkling rainbows….. Yeah I can say today was a pretty good day.”
“Thanks for the help guys!” said Brandon
“Yeah. We would have done a more discrete job. But this hover car is the only way we can get around.” said Taylor
Brandon walked on over towards Gary and and took the gun from his hoof. Brandon aimed the Gun at Gary.
“Hey Gary,” said Brandon
Gary looked at him
“You’re employment has just been terminated.” Brandon fired the gun.
“Well it’s not my favorite quote but it’ll do.” said Taylor “Quick Question…. How do we get out of here?”
Brandon, Taylor, and Hunter boarded the Militia airship, Along with the unconscious terrorist leader, as it got close enough to the factory to extract them. The guys hopped on and met the Commander at the briefing room. As they got there they had the terrorist leader sent towards the interrogation room.
“Well,” said the Commander, “Look who made it out alive. We thought we’d never get you out of that factory.”
“the tough part was finding you.” said Michael, “The factory is so fucking big that it would have taken forever to find you.”
“Luckily, said Chandler, “We had someone tell us where you last were.”
Chandler stepped out of the way and revealed Rainbow Dash and her dad standing right behind him.
“Well well well,” said Brandon as he walked up to the two rainbow pegasi, “Thanks you two. Your help means alot.”
“Oh it’s no big,” said Rainbow Dash
“No big? I was held at gunpoint. I think it’s a big.” said Brandon
“Hey!” said Brandon towards the Commander, “Soldier guy! Why is it that a couple of random terrorists are carrying hand guns while the equestrian army doesn’t?”
“Sir,” said Commander, “ This technology is still very new to us. We just now know how to use Blunderbusses. We still have trouble even using them.”
“Alright,” said Brandon, “Well, you guys are getting an upgrade. Courtesy of Brandon Incorporated.”
Hunter looked over at the Commander, “Sir, is there anyway you can take us back to Ponyville?”
“Of course,” said the Commander
“Wait,” said Brandon, “I’m gonna need a place to crash if I’m going to get to work with this equipment.”
Rainbow Dash jumped in, “You can stay at our place.”
“Dash,” said Dad in disagreement
“What?” said Dash, “Come on Dad. Brandon’s a pretty cool guy. Let him just stay for a while.”
“Sweetie I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’m out of a job right.” said Dad
“Not entirely,” said Brandon
“What do you mean?” said Dad, “In case you haven’t noticed, the entire weather factory is in ruins.”
“If I’m going to be mass producing weaponry for an entire militia, I’m gonna need an assistant.” said Brandon
“What are you saying,” said Dad
“I’m saying, Sir, would you like to help me upgrade an entire nation’s arsenal?” said Brandon,
“Well Mr. Brandon,” said Dad, “I would be honored to help you,”
Brandon shook Rainbow’s Dad’s hoof, “Alright why don’t you guys head on out. I’ll catch up with you in a few.”
“Alright,” said Rainbow Dash, “Don’t keep us waiting,”
“I won’t,” said Brandon
Brandon turned towards the rest of the group.
“Alright guys,” said Brandon, “Time to get down to business.”
“Where do we even start?” said Michael, “These last few days have been way to eventful,”
“Let’s start with assault on the factory,” said Brandon, “ The leader over there started talking about a “master”, a rift, and crazy alternate universe shit.”
“Universes?” said Seth in disbelief, “Are you sure you’re not going just a bit crazy bro?”
“Dude,” said Brandon, “Just three days ago we had hands to firmly place one on our dick while the other turned up the volume on the fucking Discovery Channel. You cannot begin to even question the possibilities of other realities out there.”
Taylor stepped up, “Well what do you say we do? I don’t exactly think there’s a reference guide to the universe.”
“Yeah I got that Jackass,” Brandon paused for a moment to think…
“Bingo!” said Brandon, “Hunter, Taylor, you guys head back to Canterlot and check out some books on us.”
“Us?” said Hunter,
“Yeah you know, The Elements of Chaos,” said Brandon, “Michael, Seth, you guys head back to Ponyville and do some research on any mystical creatures and strange weather patterns,”
“How come?” said Michael
“Don’t you think all these events are a bit…. It’s a bit of a coincidence that they’re all happening all of a sudden. Don’t you think? I think they’re all linked to each other.”
“You’re still chasing that theory?” said Taylor,
“Yes,” said Brandon, “And my search for what happened to NightFire is still going on of course.”
“Wait,” said Chandler, “What about me?”
“Oh you my friend,” said Brandon, “You’re going to have the most fun out of all of us.”
“ALRIGHT! WHAT IS IT!” Chandler yelled excitedly
“See that guy we just took to the interrogation room? You’re going to take care of him. I need you to beat every bit of information out of that guy. I need to know everything possible.” said Brandon
“Fucking yes!” Chandler bolted out of the room
“Chandler wait!” said Brandon as Chandler stopped immediately, “Keep in mind. There are no Human Rights anymore. So be creative, and chaotic.”
Chandler ran out of the room so fast he left skid marks on the floor.
Brandon turned back towards the group, “You guys ready?”
Everyone looked at each other and nodded,
“Let’s do this,”
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Chapter 11: The Leviathan
Chapter 11
“You know what’s my favorite part about wrenches?” said Chandler
The terrorist leader looked up as he slowly regained consciousness tied to a chair. A sense of fear struck him quick. It was as if he knew Chandler and what he was capable of.
“They can be used for both fixing and breaking,” Chandler spoke as beat a wrench between his two hooves.
The terrorist began to quiver more and more. He looked around himself. He was surrounded by enough torture devices to make a madman cry. The room was dark. He knew he was on the Militia airship.
“In this case,” said Chandler, “We’re going to start by BREAKING your will to live.” he slung the wrench over his back and made a childish smile, “Sound fun?”
“Fuck you!” said the terrorist
“Oh. You got an attitude. I like that.” said Chandler, “What’s your name?”
There was a pause. The terrorist said nothing. Chandler grew a sense of excitement, as if he were going to enjoy what he was about to do. He approached the terrorist pegasus. He readied the wrench. The pegasus grew with fear.
“I’m going to ask you one more time. What is… YOUR FUCKING NAME!” said Chandler
The pegasus began to cry. He couldn’t control his fear anymore. He knew what was coming. Chandler swung the wrench and hit the pegasus across the face. the terrorist led out a blood curdling cry as blood dripped from his face onto the metallic ground.
“Erts Lierm,” mumbled the terrorist.
“What?” said Chandler
“My name is Liam you sick fuck!” said the terrorist
“Liam?” said Chandler
Liam nodded.
“Kind of an Oddly human name isn’t it?” said Chandler. He began to pick up on the customs of the world and could easily begin to see through lies.
“W-What are you talking about?” said Liam
“I’m just saying. Every resident from this world has a name like Velvet Sunshine or some kind of Bullshit like that. You however…. Oh you’re something else. I’ve got the feeling that you’re not telling me something important Liam. Are you trying to hide the truth behind some bullshit assassin organization? Or are you just the kind of fucking psychopath that likes shooting up factories? That’ll be a first I’ll tell you that.” said Chandler
Liam shook in fear and pain, “Look Mr. Chandler I don’t…..”
Chandler kicked Liam’s seat back. Liam was now laying down on the floor, “ENOUGH WITH THE BULLSHIT!! TELL ME THE TRUTH!”
Liam began to cry, “What.. What’s make you think I’m bullshitting you?”
“Two reasons,” said Chandler, “You obviously know what “Bullshit” and “Fuck” mean, and….” Chandler stepped back, “You know my name.”
Liam said nothing. Chandler walked back to the table and picked up a water canteen and a towel. A look of fear dawned on Liam’s face.
“No please no!” cried Liam
“Oh! So you know what this is?” said Chandler, “Funny thing. When I asked the Commander for this stuff, he was….. confused. He said that this such method of torture is very new to them.” Chandler approached Liam, “It wasn’t a surprise to me.”
He put the towel on Liam’s face. Liam began to cry even more yelling, “No! Please! Stop!”
“Liam! You can make it stop! All you have to do is talk!” said Chandler, “So what’s it going to be?”
………
Hunter and Taylor……..
It was early in the morning. The sun had just barely begun to peak and Taylor and Hunter were already up in the Canterlot library. Twilight had gone with them to see how she could help. What with her knowing the entire complex inside and out, she would prove to be a valuable asset to the mission.
“Hey guys!” said Twilight enthusiastically, “I think I found something!”
“What is it,” Taylor said
Twilight plopped an enormous book on the table, “It’s called ‘Journey into Chaos’. It’s a journal Starswirl the Bearded wrote during the dark ages. Somehwere along the time Equestria was founded.”
Taylor examined the book, “You think this book’s got the answers?”
“Wouldn’t hurt to check it out.” said Hunter
Taylor opened the book. For the first half, he read nothing more than Starswirl’s stories of him searching for some ancient gardens of some sort. The pages went on about how the lonely unicorn treaded through forests, jungles, and deserts to find these mystic gardens. The entries went on about how is adventure went on for nearly a decade.
It’s been 8 years since I last saw home. 8 years since I have rested in my bed without a single care in the world. I have searched high and low for the Gardens of The Leviathan but have had no look. I believe that the supposed Elements of Chaos lie buried in these ruins. The elements that brought fear to ponies upon mention. This is my goal. I have heard about the power of these creations. These gems could be the key to protecting all of Equestria! But are just as capable of bringing it to it’s knees.
“Gems?” said Hunter, “I thought WE were the Elements of Chaos,”
“You are,” said Twilight, “And at the same time…. You’re not.”
“What do you mean?” said Hunter,
“Well..” said Twilight, “Look. There’s difference between the Elements of Chaos and the Spirits of Chaos. You guys are the SPIRITS of Chaos. The only ones capable of wielding the Elements of Chaos. I know when you got the news about who you were, the presentations was a bit….. rushed.”
“Yeah no kidding,” said Taylor, “We were in and out in minutes.”
“The reason you guys are the Elements is for something much bigger though. Princess Celestia said that some pony else wants the Elements.” said Twilight
“What?” said Taylor
“When we got back, the Princess said that the assault on the factory might have been more than just a meaningless attack. She believes that the criminals were hunting you guys down to retrieve those Elements.”
“Damn,” said Hunter, “Three days here and we’ve already got a bounty on our heads.”
Everypony looked at each other in silence. Taylor looked back down at the book and proceeded to read more.
After many years of searching I have finally reached the Gardens of the Leviathan. The ruins are composed of nothing more though than discarded statue arms and legs. There is an enormous head that lies around with no body. There are a couple of works of architecture scattered around the compound but what really has surprised me is the writing. The civilization that built this appears to have had some sort of ancient writing. I shall try to decipher it as soon as possible.
Taylor flipped the page
According to my research it appears that these gardens are more than just gardens. They are gateways. Into other universes. The gateways are currently closed and won’t open for another 1000 years. Precisely 1000 years from today, November 13, year 1000! It appears that. Upon the passing of each year. A massive storm builds up and forms to eventually create a torrential hurricane, strong enough to open the gateways. However. I checked the math. And It appears that the gateways are too unstable. So unstable that they can send out energy any where across the world and create temporary Rifts that can pull any pony out of their reality and place them in another or even an entirely new world, as well as erase certain traces of their existence. As for the Elements of Chaos; I have found the vault they are located in. Tomorrow I will uncover their secrets, and bring them back home.
“Weird storm?” said Hunter, “Didn’t Brandon mention something about a weird storm?”
Taylor looked up, “He was linking the storm with the strange disappearance of Rainbow Dash’s brother….” His eyes widened, “Shit. Twilight do you know where Rainbow Dash is?”
“She’s staying over at her father’s house with Brandon.” said Twilight
“Go find her and ask her if she remembers the exact day her brother disappeared.” said Taylor
“Got it,” Twilight ran out the doors and into the hallway as fast as she could,
Taylor went on to the next page
It appears that the Elements of Chaos contain more power than I thought. Even I don’t know what they are capable of. I have discovered that the Elements can only be used by six chosen wielders. When these wielders come into contact with one another for the first time, they will awaken a powerful force that is nearly impossible to stop. This force is known as Gryphon. A powerful hellish creature that wants to hunt down the wielders to use the Elements and awaken the Leviathan. Which is currently where I am standing on. The ruins are composed of an entire body of a 100,000 year old monster that can tear open gateways into other Timelines and affect this one’s outcome. That’s where these gateways come in. They’re not doorways that just open. They’re parts of the Leviathan briefly coming back to life. But the Leviathan only remains alive for the remainder of the storm. Which is why Gryphon needs the Elements. To resurrect his master.
“So,” said Hunter, “I’m assuming Gryphon is the ones who’s been sending those things to get us.”
“It’s all falling into place now.” said Taylor
“And I think that’s why the terrorists came to the factory, “ said Taylor, “They might have been working for Gryphon!”
“Since when are mortals given the responsibilities of resurrecting and evil beast.” said Hunter
“I’ve seen it in plenty movies,” said Taylor
“Name one,” said Hunter
“Helllraiser,” said Taylor as looked back at the book
I have taken the Elements and hid them. For they must never be found. I am not disclosing their location in this journal for I fear that it will be found. So I leave it at this. Do not search for the Elements. Even if Gryphon finds the wielder they are useless to him without the Elements.
Hunter began to breathe heavily, “Other Universes? Ancient Creatures?” He fell back, “Why… WHY DID WE FUCKING GO TO THAT DEALER!!! WHY DIDN’T WE JUST STAY HOME!”
“Bro Calm down,” said Taylor
Hunter began to control his breathing a bit more, “Sorry. I… I just lost it. It’s a bit much to take in right about now.”
“Look I get it,” said Taylor, “But yelling isn’t going to solve anything.” Taylor looked back at the book, “So it seems that this Leviathan isn’t going to be showing up anytime soon. However, someone wants those Elements. And I say, We should relieve them ourselves.”
“What?” said Hunter,” I’m the insane one here and even I think that’s a bad idea! This Starswirl guy said that he hid them for a reason.”
“But he probably didn’t know what we were capable of.” said Taylor, “We’ve fought off Gryphon’s little army twice.”
Hunter stood up, “The first time we got lucky. The second time ended up with Brandon being knocked out and Michael nearly being hospitalized!”
“Look. The Elements are built to protect. Starswirl said it here. If we find them, we may have enough fire power to take Gryphon down.” said Taylor
“You’re basing this all on a ‘Maybe’!” said Hunter
“It’s more of an educated guess.” said Taylor, “As for Nightfire’s disappearance…. This might be able to help us. I believe Nightfire didn’t die, rather he was sent into another universe.”
Hunter poor his hooves on the table, “Do we even fucking know what different universes are?”
Taylor looked through the book, “There’s gotta be something….. Ahh! Here it is!”
For a long time I have believed in Alternate Realities. I’ve been fascinated by the idea of there being one Reality where I had oats for breakfast, and another way I skipped all of the morning preparations and went on with my day. The idea of such a thing has filled me with so much curiosity, that it brought my focus into these gateways. Using the ancient writings and studying the gateways I have been able to draw a conclusion. Many theorists have believed that there is an infinite amount of universes. They are wrong. Well somewhat wrong. The way this works is simple. For each living there are six realities that have defined features to them. For Example: In this Reality, I am a wizard, however, There could also be a Reality in which I am an archeologist. Six realities for each living thing. And since there is an finite amount of life in the universe, that means that there is an infinite amount of universes. These are what we call Timelines.
“Wait,” said Hunter, “This makes sense now! And I think we’re closer to cracking the mystery.”
Taylor closed the book, “Starswirl said that the rifts could be anywhere. Nightfire could have been the one to get sucked up into a void. ”
“Well what are we doing just sitting around?” said Hunter, “If the Elements themselves can bring back a powerful apocalyptic beast. Then they sure as hell can open up one of the Gateways to find Nightfire! Not only that, but we can also take down Gryphon and finally get a good night sleep!”
“There’s one problem bro!” said Taylor, “Nightfire could be anywhere. across the span of Realities!”….
“So To Do List:” said Hunter, “Find the Elements to take down Gryphon, and retrieve a lost pegasus.”
Michael and Seth……
Seth and Michael chose to relax for the rest of the day with Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie. They had gone to a small restaurant in Ponyville. Michael had gone over to the bar to get the drinks as Seth began telling one of his stories.
Haha,” laughed Rarity, “You’re kidding right?”
“No seriously,” said Seth, “The guy walked into the kitchen, grandma’s giving birth for the fiftieth time, The chinchilla is still sodomizing the waiter and…”
“Are you telling that story again?” said Michael as he walked back to the table with the drinks.
“Hey come on.” said Seth, “It’s a very special story. It was my first day of work.”
“Uhuh,” Michael passed the drinks out on the table and sat down, “So… Crazy day yesterday huh?”
“You have no idea,” said Pinkie
“It seems to me that recently the entire world’s been trying to kill us.” said Seth
“Didn’t have problems like these back home right?” said Michael
“So what’s your story Michael?” said Rarity
“What do you mean?” said Michael
“You know,” Rarity put her drink back on the table, “What did you do back in your world?”
“Well,” Michael sat back in his chair, “I was a student at a university. Needed tuition because fuck my parents. And I met Hunter who told me he could help me make some money.”
“Did he?” said Fluttershy
“He sure as hell did!” yelled Michael in excitement
Rarity laughed, “Well what about you Seth?”
“Uhh..” said Seth, “I grew up with Hunter for the most part. Hunter chose to quickly get in the drug business and run off with extra spending money, while I decided to back him up no matter what. What can I say, bros all the way. We ended up getting into some trouble and developed a rep.”
“I’m assuming this is how all of you met.” said Fluttershy
“You guessed it,” said Seth, “Hunter needed a team to pull off a heist and well, we got that team. Brandon was the stealthy one, Chandler was the Psycho, Taylor was the brains, Michael was the wits, Hunter was the trickster, And I was the eye in the sky.”
“Seth wanted to be the least involved when the crap hit the fan,” said Michael
“Luckily, the heist was successful!” said Seth as he raised his glass and took a sip.
“So are we ready to head to the library and get to investigating?” said Michael
Seth slammed his glass on the table, “Hell yeah we are!!”
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Chapter 12: O Brother Where Art Thou
Chapter 12
Rainbow Dash and Brandon had gone back to Rainbow Dash’s dad’s house to begin to work on the weapons project. Brandon had been up all night sketching out weapon models and schematics. He had passed out on the table where he had been working. Rainbow Dash and Dad decided to let him rest for a while, seeing that he was exhausted. In the meantime they went downstairs into the living room to talk.
“So Dashie,” said Dad, “How you been?”
“Great Dad great,” said Dash
“It’s been a while hasn’t it?” said Dad
“You bet it was,” Dash sat down on the couch with Dad
“So tell me,” said Dad, “What have you been up to?”
“Aww man Dad if only you knew,” said Rainbow Dash with enthusiasm, “The last few days have been crazy, What with The coronation of one of my best friends, along with the arrival of some new faces around Ponyville. It’s been awesome!”
Just then Twilight flew (more like crashed) in through the window, “Rainbow Dash,”
“Wait,” said Dad, “You’re friends with the princess?”
“Come on dad,” said Rainbow Dash, “I just told you I..”
“Yeah but you didn’t say it was the newly crowned princess in Equestria!” yelled Dad
“Listen!” yelled Twilight, “Rainbow, I have something very important to ask you!”
“What is it?” said Dash,
“When NightFire disappeared, did you ever stop thinking about him?” said Twilight. She remembered how Taylor mentioned that when someone disappears in a rift, most that’s remnant of their existence disappears along with them.
“NightFire?” Dad began to back up as he had just remembered a terrible memory he had forgotten.
“What are you saying?” said Dash
“Think of it. You never ever brought up NightFire until Brandon mentioned him that day.” said Twilight
“I.. I..” said Rainbow Dash. She started to realize how she practically forgot about her brother after he disappeared.
“Dash,” said Twilight, “I think I know what happened to NightFire. I believe that when he disappeared he was displaced somewhere in the universe.”
“Twilight, what are you talking about?” said Rainbow Dash
“When did NightFire Disappear?” said Twilight. She was slowly putting more pieces together. She knew that Rainbow Dash in fact did forget about NightFire. Now it was time to test another theory.
By this point Rainbow Dash was filled with anxiety. She felt like the more she thought about NightFire, the more she’d feel worse.
Dash sighed “November 13…. 2000”
Twilight looked down. She tried processing the information. Could it be? Could it have ben that NightFire was the victim of a rift in time and space?
“November 13?” said Brandon as he walked downstairs after waking up, “That’s my birthday.”
“What?” said Rainbow Dash, “ Wait a minute. You can’t be serious. The day NightFire disappeared… It was his Birthday too!”
“You’re kidding.” said Brandon
“Mom and Dad were planning a party for him that day,” said Dash, “So I took him to come hang out with me while my parents made preparations,”
“Brandon,” said Dad, “How old are you exactly?”
“Well,” said Brandon, “I’ll be turning 17 this coming November.”
“Dad,” said Rainbow, “NightFire would be turning 17 this year too!”
Everypony looked at each other awkwardly.
“Uhhhhh,” said Brandon, “I don’t know if this would help but. I was taken into the orphanage when I was 4…”
Twilight walked up to Brandon and studied him,
“Woah, Twilight,” said Brandon, “Ever heard of personal space?…..Twi?”
“Could this be?” said Twilight. All of a sudden, her eyes widened as if she were struck with an idea, “Rainbow Dash, Brandon, grab what you need and come with me.”
“What?” said Brandon, “Why?”
“We’re going to see the princesses in Canterlot.” said Twilight
“How do we plan on doing that?” said Brandon
“We’re flying,” said Twilight
“What,” Rainbow Dash was a bit surprised, “ Twilight are you sure you can fly?”
“I flew here didn’t I?” said Twilight
“You crashed here.” said Brandon
“Can we just…” Twilight spoke out in frustration. She walked up to the front door and bucked it open, “You guys coming or not?”
Rainbow Dash and Brandon looked at each other and nodded. They followed Twilight outside the window. They flew off with Twilight still trying to get used to her wings as she bobbed up and down in the sky.
Brandon laughed, “You okay?”
“What?” said Twilight, “No no. I’m fine!”
“Twilight,” said Rainbow Dash, “What up with all the NightFire questions?”
“Brandon has been going crazy to find answers about him.” said Twilight
Rainbow Dash looked at Brandon as if asking him why? Brandon sighed and decided to confess, “Okay this might sound weird, but I think NightFire’s disappearance might be linked to all the stuff that’s been going on recently. The storms, the monsters, all of that.”
“It is,” said Twilight, “I’ll explain everything later.” a look of curiosity
The sky began to clear up and there it was. Canterlot castle wasn’t too far away, and now all the questions could be answered. They began to slowly descend to the front of the castle.
As soon as they set hoof on ground, they charged the castle. They ran right in to the main room where Celestia and Luna had been.
“Twilight,” said Celestia, “What are you doing here?”
Everypony bowed. All except for Brandon again, “Yeah,” he said, “Still not bowing. But we do have something to ask princess.”
Celestia giggled, “What is it?”
Twilight stepped out, “Princess,” Twiilght couldn’t get the words out. She found it hard to explain to her her theory. She paused and looked down to think. She put the word together in her head and took a deep breath, “Princess I think…..” Twilight lost the words again.
Brandon looked her in anxiety, ‘Spit it out Twi!”
Twilight let it out, “I think Brandon and Rainbow Dash are siblings!”
Everypony froze. Brandon in most shock, “What,” he said ,”Twi. You know how ridiculous that sounds?”
Celestia analyzed them as if she were trying to see some resemblance, “And why did you come to tell me this my dear?” she said
“Because,” said Twilight, “Rainbow Dash’s brother disappeared mysteriously into another world and Brandon arrived from another world. I did some research with Hunter and Taylor and there it was. The answers were right in front of me. So many things correlated with both of these ponies.”
Brandon and Rainbow Dash looked at each other. They couldn’t really believe what was happening. Brandon hadn’t really had a family and Rainbow Dash has gone on so long without a brother that she herself couldn’t believe this possibility. They took a step further from each other awkwardly.
Celestia quit analyzing them as she was struck with an idea, “You two.” she said, “Come with me”
The two ponies followed Celestia while Twilight held back. Rainbow Dash and Brandon followed Celestia to a door with an odd Gold finish. The door had diamonds embedded in it’s rim, bringing out the shine of the finish.
“Well,” said Celestia as a smile dawned on her face, “Go in.”
“What?” said Brandon, “princess, what exactly is this for,”
Celestia giggled, “You’ll see,” she opened the door.
The two ponies stepped in as the door closed behind them. It was dark. The room was pitch black. Brandon couldn’t see an inch in front of him.
“Uhh Raz,” said Brandon, “I don’t suppose there’s a trick you got to help me see in the dark.”
The Raz didn’t answer.
Brandon asked again, “Raz?”
A blue light orb began to hover in front of them.
“Woah,” Exclaimed Rainbow Dash, “What the….”
A second light orb appeared. This one appeared to be the color red.
“This is getting weird,” said Rainbow Dash,
Brandon chuckled, “Come on Dash. You never seen two little lights floating in mid air?”
“Shut up,” said Rainbow Dash
The two orbs began to move. It was as if they were alive. They began to fight and chase each other around the two ponies as they watched. Suddenly the two orbs approached the ponies. The Red one lined up in front of Brandon and the blue one lined up in front of Rainbow Dash. They began to glow brighter and brighter as they began morphing into the form of Brandon and Rainbow Dash. The two were looking at copies of themselves standing right in front of them.
“This is,” said Rainbow Dash
“Weird,” said Brandon
The two glowing copies looked at each other and nodded. They looked back at Brandon and Rainbow Dash. Just then the two copies fused with the pegasi. Their energy blended with the two and filled them with energy. Brandon began to get another headache. Like the one he first had that day he dreamt about NightFire. The headache began to hit Rainbow Dash too. Right then Brandon felt like he was falling. He couldn’t fly, he couldn’t do anything. He just kept falling as ground began to materialize under him. In just a few seconds, he found himself resting on a bed of flowers.
“What the fuck?” said Brandon
Brandon stood up. He couldn’t really figure out where he was. He started walking in hopes of getting somewhere. He just kept walking until he began to grow tired.
“Okay fuck this!” said Brandon. He picked up his right hoof and punched himself in the face, “Wake up you piece of shit!” Brandon just kept punching himself harder and harder. He eventually stopped and dropped to the floor exhausted. But as he fell a white mare approached him. She had a white coat and golden hair. She stood in front of him looking at him with a smile. Brandon noticed her and got up.
“Uhhh,” said Brandon as he brushed himself off, “Sorry you had to see that,”
She studied him, “You are the one?”
“Yeah yeah,” said Brandon, “Elements of Chaos, Destiny, I’ve gotten this talk already.”
“No,” said the mare, “You are the one destined to destroy Gryphon the Destroyer.”
“Damn. People in this world get quick to the point,” said Brandon, “Who the fuck is Gryphon? Who are you?”
“You have met him before and you will meet him again.” said the mare, “As for me, I will see you soon as well. But for now here my advice. Find the Guardian, Find the Elements, and Destroy the Monster.”
“What the FUCK are you talking about?” yelled Brandon
“If you stick with your sister, you will make it out just fine.” said the mare
“Sister? I don’t even have parents that I fucking know about!” Brandon was already filled with too much frustration.
“Is that so?” said the mare, “Nightfire?”
“What?” Brandon looked up. He had a mix reaction to this. On one hand he couldn’t believe this at all. He couldn’t believe the possibility of him being the long lost NightFire. But at the same time, he was hoping that this was true. He didn’t really have a place to turn to ever in his life. And for the possibility of him actually having a family. That was something he could look forward to, “You’re kidding right? I can’t….”
“You are the long lost NightFire you have been hearing about.” said the mare, “When you were young, a massive storm known as The Typhoon of the Leviathan took you away into another world where you grew up.”
“You know usually in the movies some faggot would say some stupid shit like ‘This makes a lot of sense’,” said Brandon, “I’m still not seeing it.”
“You don’t have to believe me. But I assure you that what I am saying is the truth.” said the mare, “Think about it. Why else would I be here telling you this, Why else do you have occasional dreams of The Lost Pegasus, Why else would the Raz choose you?”
“Hey that’s because…..” Brandon was left speechless. He never thought about why the Raz chose him to be the wielder.
The mare spoke, “The Raz has never chosen a host. Never. It can only bond with one host for as long as it lives. It’s searched far and wide to fins the perfect host. And that host was you,”
“Why?” said Brandon
“Because,” said the mare, “You are the only the heart and soul necessary to wield it. You share the blood of your sister, which is pure and strong. This allows you to remain in control of yourself while wielding the darkness. The Raz trusts you to wield it with courage and purity.”
“You’re saying that the Raz picked me just because of my bloodline,” said Brandon, “Great! Seems to me like everything in my life is turning out because of a couple of fucking coincidences.”
“What you call coincidence. Many around you call Destiny.” said the Mare
Everything around Brandon began to fade away into black. Brandon began feeling claustrophobic as everything around him began closing in.
Brandon woke up. He still couldn’t see anything. Luckily, the door opened and light poured in. He looked to his side and saw Rainbow Dash getting up.
“Hey Dash,” said Brandon, “You’re not gonna believe this but… I just had the weirdest dream…”
Rainbow Dash ran up to Brandon and hugged him, “I missed you big brother.” she said
Celestia walked in, “I knew you were the two.”
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Chapter 14: The Midnight Bar Raid
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!”
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Taylor……..
“Woah there buddy. Take it easy there. You must have taken quite a hit.” He said
“What!!” Taylor exploaded
“We found you passed out infront of the facility. You looked like you took a quite a hit. Given the fact that you were unconscious with a few bruises all over your face.” Said the doc.
“You! You’re a fucking horse! Why the hell are you talking!?” Taylor was still in shock obviously.
“Yes we all are. Well unicorns at least. And the word you should be looking for is ‘pony’” the doc was not sure of what was going on really. In reality he never met a anypony who would go as far as to call another pony a horse.
Taylor panicked. He knew this wasn’t a dream. It felt too real. Everything. Even the mild headache he was suffering from felt real. But he knew it was Chandler’s fault. There was one problem though. He wasn’t going to get anywhere just sitting on a hospital bed. Taylor jumped off the bed and shoved the doctor aside bolting out the door.
“Wait where are you going?” The doctor asked
Taylor paused and turned back, “I’m going to go kick my friend’s ass!”
Taylor then set out to discover more about the new worlds he was in. Oh and also find Chandler and probably make him suffer.
Brandon…..
“Wait a minute.” He looked to is rear to see a cutie mark in the shape of a gaming controller. “Is that a…… Butt tattoo? But only hookers have butt tattoos. Wait… Hooves, mane, tail. This must mean I’m…….. A totally awesome person.” Brandon proceeded to gallop along the forest in attempts to find a way out. The voice resonated in his head however. It was very undistinguishable though. He just decided to ignore it.
Brandon eventually found a way out, only to end up on a hill staring down on a tiny village. He knew this had to be the designated village where the TURDIS hit. But that wasn’t his first concern. He knew he just had to find the rest of the group.
“I’m really gonna need something to drink soon. Warping through time and space can sure make a guy thirsty.” He said
Seth…..
“Excuse me,” said Seth, “I couldn’t help but overhear something about a crash or something.”
“Oh you haven’t heard,” the mare responded, “A powerful fireball fell from the sky that dispersed all over Equestria. Princess Celestia believes it has something to do with the prophecy.”
“Prophecy? What prophecy?” Seth asked
“Wow. You really don’t get out much do you?” the mare was shocked that he hasn’t heards about the prophecy, “The prophecy that tells the tale about the Elements of Chaos.”
Seth remained puzzled and just stood there without saying a word.
The mare sighed, “Look, I’d tell you to go check out the Canterlot library but it’s been closed off. The guards patrolling are under orders by the princess to find anypony that looks suspicious. Every city in Equestria is under lockdown. They have to find anypony that looks like a potential Element of Chaos.”
The mares friend entered the conversation, “Wait. Doesn’t the princess’s best student own a library in Ponyville?”
“Yeah that’s right.” The mare responded, “ Twilight Sparkle. She can probably get you up to speed with what’s going on. But good luck getting there using any automated means of transportation. Hey maybe you can fly ther………”
A moving cargo shipment caught Seth’s attention. He didn’t even let the mare finish her sentence. Seth knew that shipment was going towards Ponyville. He darted straight for the shipment and stowed away in the back. He knew one thing and one thing only. They were all screwed.
Chandler…..
“They better have some booze,” he said
Chandler began to gallop towards the village in hope of finding something to drink and ease the pain from the fall. It all didn’t seem weird to him though. He knew of the possible changes warping to another world would do. He was more surprised that the changes weren’t as graphic as his insides being expelled from his body. The whole point was that he was alive.
Chandler kicked the door into the nearest tavern he could find. “Waiter! Give me whatever you got to fuck my brain up!”
Everyone just sat there in question. This kind of strong language was all to strange to them.
“Sir,” the bartender said, “Don’t take this the wrong way but, what are you saying?”
Chandler responded, “What the hell did you think I said? All I want is some mothafuckin’ booze to get me tipsy!”
A waiter leaned over to the bartender, “Sir, I believe he’s saying he wants some alcohol.”
“Ah,” said the waiter, “Sir. We don’t have any alcohol. Cider season ended last month.”
Chandler through a knife down on the table. Everypony quivered in fear. Chandler was now in a rage. Chandler is a destructive person. And if it doesn’t go his way when it comes to alchohol. Somepony’s going to die.
“Listen,” He said, “All I want is some booze. Where can I get some?”
“Uh,” the bartender shaking in terror, “You might be able to get some at Sweet Apple Acres.”
Right at that moment there was a pounding at the door.
A strong male voice resonated from the other side, “This is the Canterlot Royal Guard! Open up!”
“Shit,” said Chandler
He caught a glimpse at an easily accessible back exit. Without hesitation, Chandler through the bartender aside and ran right through the door. He escaped to the back and made it his objective to get to Sweet Apple Acres as soon as possible.
Hunter and Michael…….
“No,” said Michael, “Why the hell should I?”
“Because you are obviously hurt!” the doctor said.
Hunter got tired of the conversation and attempted to stand up. It was difficult with him getting used to his brand new hooves. However as he was standing up he started getting flashes in his head. He saw the rest of the group. Their locations and status were all visible in his mind. He walked in and interrupted the conversation. He figured that he should just play along and find out what happened later. So he pulls Michael out.
Hunter spoke, “I’m sorry sir, he must be a bit delirious from the fall. I can calm him down. I’ve known him long enough.”
“Well if you say so,” said the doc. He walked away and left the two to talk.
Hunter began to whisper to Michael, “Listen don’t ask how or why but I think I know where everyone is and where they’re headed. But we’ve gotta get out of here.”
Michael grinned, “Leave that to me.” He walked up to the doctor and began, “Hey doc. Listen I just want to say I’m sorry…….. Sorry that you’ll probably remain a virgin for the rest of you’re pathetic life!”
The doctor grew furious and attacked Michael. The two evaded the doctor and escaped the facility. They knew what to do and they were ready for whatever obstacle would get in their way. Little did they know that the following events would change the rest of their lives. Forever.
Equestrian Horizon: The Elements of Chaos
Chapter 13: Night at The Fallen Pegasus
Chapter 13
The Next few days was a blur. Our heroes pretty much got nowhere with their research. Taylor and Hunter tried to do some further investigation on the Leviathan but made no progress. Seth and Michael found nothing back in Ponyville. Chandler murdered the terrorist he kept prisoner. And Brandon was to busy making time with his new sister by just hanging out along with also developing models for his weapons in Rainbow Dash’s house as he couldn’t bare to go back to his dad’s house and break the news. He wasn’t really a fan of “Sappy” moments. The days went on as the group did nothing. They hardly talked to each other or even thought of each other. Taylor and Hunter did bring up some of their research with the group but kept most of it to themselves. They wanted to make sure that their theories were right before they went further into it. Brandon had told everyone about his new sister. And Chandler wanted to just not tell everyone that he murdered their only primary source. They all just went about their business. Nothing eventful really happened. But this doesn’t mean that the group became more distant. Brandon had just gotten the idea of getting the group together for a night out. A night out on Canterlot that is…
It was a nice summer afternoon at a local diner in Ponyville. The group had finished talking about their recent activities. Brandon felt like it was about time the group got together and did something.
“Hey guys,” said Brandon, “So I’ve been thinking.”
“Uh oh,” said Michael, “That’s Dangerous.”
“Alright I get it Mr. Smart Ass” said Brandon
“Hey just messing with you man,” said Michael
“So I’ve been thinking,” said Brandon, “We should hang out tonight.”
“We’re hanging out right now..” said Seth as he leaned back in his chair.
“No,” said Brandon, “”We ate dinner. I wouldn’t really call this ‘Hanging Out’”
“Man’s got a point” said Taylor, “Right Chandler?”
“I didn’t kill him!!” said Chandler as he sat, shaking in his chair.
“Are you okay man?” said Hunter
“What?” said Chandler still shaking in anxiety, “Yeah I’m okay! Why wouldn’t I be okay? It’s not like I killed our only link as to finding out what happened at the weather factory or anything. hehe”
The group stood looking at him in confusion. Brandon proceeded, “Anyways” he said, “What I mean by Hang out is ‘A Night Out in Canterlot’. 7 bars! One night!”
“Brandon, we’re 16,” said Seth,
“You’re point,” said Brandon,
“Guys keep in mind, nearly a week ago we were supposed to meet up with a Mexican drug dealer.” said Taylor
“So what do you say?” said Brandon, “I even invited the girls along.”
Michael shot up and tackled Brandon, “Even Fluttershy?”
“What? Yeah all six of them.” said Brandon
“Fuck Head here’s been getting too friendly with his pony friend.” said Seth
“Yeah. Yeah.” said Taylor, “What about Rarity?”
“Didn’t you just fucking here me?” said Brandon, “All of them are coming!”
Taylor jumped up in excitement and immediately got a grip of himself.
“So guys,” said Hunter, “Night out on Canterlot or what?”
“Fuck Yeah” said Michael and Taylor simultaneously.
“Why the fuck not?” said Seth
Everyone looked at Chandler. Hunter spoke, “What about you Chandler?”
“I didn’t kill him!” said Chandler
“I’ll take that as a yes!!” said Brandon
The group high fives and ran off to their place. Seth and Michael went back to the library. Hunter and Taylor went back to the Castle. Chandler back to the airship and Brandon went back to Rainbow Dash’s house.
That night, the group met at the main entrance in the Canterlot Castle. The girls showed up a few minutes afterwards. Everypony was already excited for the night. It was going to be an experience unlike any other they had before.
“So,” said Twilight, “You guys ready?”
“Ready as Hell” said Taylor
“Alright Brandon,” said Hunter “What’s the plan bro?”
Brandon pulled out a map, “First bar we hit, The Fallen Pegasus. A full on Club complete with Strip Center, Bar, Dance Floor, Peep Show, and Private Lounges. The Plan is to go to 7 different bars tonight starting from least intense to most intense”
“And this one’s the least intense?” Michael asked
“Fuck Yeah man!” said Brandon
“Out of curiosity. What’s the most intense Place?” said Taylor
“Oh that’s surprise!” said Brandon as he threw away the map
The group set out to go party. The walk there was long but not boring. The group went laughing and and chatting all throughout the walk. Taylor got to know Rarity a bit more, same for Michael and Fluttershy, Hunter went talking with Twilight and Seth about recent cultural events. And Brandon, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash talked with each other. The conversation made the walk pretty quick. Before they knew it, they were there. They stood right in front of The Fallen Pegasus Club. The building stood high above them glowing in purple neon, and spotlights.
“Alright!” said Taylor, “Let’s do this!”
The crew kicked through the doors as the loud music rushed in their ears. Lights gleamed all throughout the Club as the dancers performed on the stage. Lonely stallions from across the city lined up on around the stage throwing money at the dancers. The bar was filled with drunks, bastards, and scumbag businessmen as they collapsed upon the tables and were escorted out of the place. The dance floor was lit up with happy couples and guys trying to make it to first base.
The group scattered into different sections of the club. Twilight, Hunter, Chandler, Michael, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash went over to the bar.
“Alright,” said Hunter, “What do you guys recommend around here?”
“Who cares!” said Chandler, “Anything I drink will eventually fuck me up!”
Twilight said in worry, “Please tell me you’re not going to…”
“Waiter!!” said Chandler, “Give me one of everything!!”
Everypony in the bar threw their hooves up in the air and cheered for chandler. The crowd came to life as they applauded Chandler for going all out!
Michael rolled his eyes and went back to talking with Fluttershy, “Sorry about Chandler.” he said, “He’s a bit.. explosive at times.”
“Oh don’t worry,” said Fluttershy, “Honestly, it’s not bother. In fact..” Fluttershy hopped on the table, “Waiter!! I’ll have one of everything too! If that’s okay with you.”
The crows began to cheer once more. Everyone from the grow starred with their chins nearly touching the ground.
Hunter shook his head in amazement, “Fluttershy, are you sure?” he said
Rainbow Dash lifted Fluttershy up into the air, “Woohoo Fluttershy!!” she said right before she began to cheer for Fluttershy with three Hip-Hip-Hoorays accompanied by the crowd of ponies.
Seth, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Taylor and Rarity went over to the Dance floor. They started to get with the crowd and dance for a while, no matter how awkward it was.
“So tell me Taylor,” said Rarity, “You’ve been to places like this before with other girls?”
“Nope. Can’t say I have” said Taylor, “I didn’t really like going to places back then. I wasn’t really social when I was little. Kind of the way it had to be where I came from. You know, where I was raised.”
“Where DID you come from?” said Rarity
“It’s kind of a long story.” said Taylor
“I’ve got time,” said Rarity as she got closer to Taylor,
“I,” Taylor began to stutter, “I don’t like to talk about it,” a single tear began to bead down his face
“Awww It’s Okay,” Rarity escorted Taylor off the dance floor to console him.
Pinkie Pie started a conga line and Seth and Applejack went along. It wasn’t long before the rest of the of the dance floor was nothing but a single conga line of 80 something ponies.
Meanwhile, Brandon went over to a table near the bar as a massive headache began to tear through his skull.
The Raz appeared next to him, “What’s up bub?”
“Fuck I’ve got a splitting headache!” said Brandon
“Yeah, It’s your brain trying to piece together memories of you and your sister.” said Raz
“That explains a lot,” said Brandon as he grunted from the pain
“Alright so I’ve got a question?” said Raz, “What up with you and Applejack?”
“What the fuck are you talking about?” said Brandon
“Well you know” said Raz
“No.” said Brandon, “No Raz I don’t know.”
“You know.” said Raz “When you first got to Equestria you were all over her.”
“Yeah but it wasn’t anything serious. We talked, had fun” said Brandon
“Yeah but it didn’t go any further than that,” said Raz
“Raz I’m not going to ask her out okay?” said Brandon
“Why not?” Raz responded
“Because” Brandon said, “Just no!”
“Oh I see,” said Raz as he began to understand, “You’re afraid of commitment.”
“Fuck you!” Brandon exclaimed
A voice called out from beside them, “Well aren’t you loud!” A purplish pink pegasus stepped towards them. She had long fuzzy black hair with a single yellow streak going down it. Her cutie mark appeared to be a heart with an arrow through it.
“Hey there,” she said,
“Well hello there,” said Raz, “I’m of no importance here. This however is my buddy Brandon. Say ‘hi’ faggot.”
“Shut up” said Brandon, “Hey. I’m Brandon.”
“I’m Dark Love,” said the pegasus, “You can call me Darky”
“You on the uhhh,” said the Raz, “You know the uhhhh…”
“…Girls for hire?” Darky said as she laughed a little, “Yes. Yes I am,”
“Yeah I’ve heard about you,” said Raz
“How do you keep up with this shit?” said Brandon,
“I’ve been places kid. I had to keep my eyes on several pony’s before you showed up.” said Raz
Brandon looked at Darky in confusion, “And you! First Question: Why are you here? Second Question: Are you not freaked out by the weird Dark Matter pony right in front of you?”
“I’ll start by answering the second question,” said Darky, “Listen Hun, I’ve seen plenty of things around here. Seeing your little friend, doesn’t bother me. As for the first question. Well I couldn’t help but overhear your little conversation.”
“It’s not nice to eaves drop” said Brandon
“And I’m supposed to be nice? Yeah right! Did you really expect kindness out of me” said Darky
“Looks like the Whore out schooled you kid,” said the Raz ,”No offense madam”
“None taken,” said Darky, “Now what’s this I hear about this guy not liking commitment.”
“Both of you,” said Brandon, “Fuck off!”
“Look at you. So immature you’re making up words.” said Darky as she chuckled
“It’s not made up,” said Raz, “It’s normal from where this guy’s from.”
“And exactly where is that?” said Darky with a smirk on her face
“Can we fucking change the subject please!” Brandon cried in frustration
Darky looked at Brandon in amazement. She knew he was different.She could tell a lot from a pony. Who they are, what they’ve seen, where they’ve been. Simply by listening to the way Brandon talked, she could tell that he’s had a complicated past. She didn’t tell him though, she enjoyed watching him go on, annoyed at the world for just existing as a headache pounded through his skull.
“Awww. Come on Hun,” she said, “Cheer up”
“Kind of hard to do that with this headache!” said Brandon as he put his hooves on his head to suppress the pain
Darky smiled and looked over to the bar tender, “Hey Wonder! this guy over here a Moonlight Cocktail. On me”
The pony called out from a far, “Yeah and how much do you plan on paying for THIS one. You’re not getting one this time Darky!”
“Oh that’s a shame,” said Darky, “I’d hate to tell your boss that you’ve been stealing from this establishment.”
The pony growled, “Fine!” he said as he put down one of the glasses he was cleaning.
“Damn!” said Brandon, slowly recovering from the headache which had miraculously disappeared, “You’re good.”
“You learn over the years,” said Darky
Brandon began to stir up a conversation and the Raz disappeared to leave Brandon alone for a bit. The two talked for a while and relaxed at the table for a while.
When it was time to leave, Brandon met up with the group at the front of the club accompanied by Darky.
“Alright,” said Darky, “We ready to go?”
Everyone looked in infusion at Darky. Seeing as they never met her before. Hunter walked up, “Uhhhh What?” he said
“Guys,” said Brandon, “This is Darky. She’ll be coming with us.”
“Why” said Michael
“I know the ins and outs of every club, bar, and joint in Equestria. You’ll be needing me sooner or later if you plan on pulling this bar crawl tonight.” said Darky
Brandon looked at her and nodded then looked back at the group, “You head her!”
“I’m not sure bro,” said Rainbow Dash, “Inviting a complete stranger to tag along..”
“I’m standing right you know,” said Darky
“Guys come on. Just a week ago we were strangers not only to each other, but to this whole fucking world.” said Brandon, “I don’t see how this is a problem
Darky looked at Brandon in confusion, unaware of what he meant by “Other World”
“You gotta admit,” said Taylor, “He’s got a point. And I don’t mind. I knew that we were most likely going to meet some ponies tonight.”
Pinkie Pie jumped up “You know what they say, the more the merrier!!” she said
Everypony looked and agreed with each other. Once again Hunter stepped up, “Well Darky,” he said, “Welcome to the Party.”
The group walked out of the club and into the street, prepared to take on a night of adventure.
