The Big Three

Caleb watches as Indie and Markus wade their feet in the river in front of them. Fluttershy is laying on her belly flipping her front hooves in the water while Emily stands under the tree that Caleb is up in.

"I can't believe this crap." Caleb says sighing leaning against his right hand.

His arm is propped against his leg. The sun has just risen into the sky. Caleb, as always, is never a morning person. They had spent most of the night travelling via Fluttershy. Caleb didn't really like this idea but it was a better plan than what they did have.

"So this princess place... Do you think there might be any survivors there?" Markus says pulling out his feet from the river and standing up.

"Who knows really..." Indie says yawning, "Probably not... Why do you ask?"

Markus thinks back to the garden he saw. He shakes his head and answers with, "Just... Just a hunch."

"Well I guess that would be great. Beats having only the three of us." Caleb yells down.

"Hey! There are five of us now technically!" Indie says laying on his back hoping to relax just a little bit more for his aching feet.

"Well, I say technically there are only three of us! This damned pony and this former human means nothing to us..." Caleb says looking between Fluttershy and Emily, "If she was truly a human she would've snapped this tiny pony's neck by now."

"And why haven't you than?" Markus asks.

"Because she's the only thing leading us to some sort of lead we can follow on. If it wasn't for that... I would burn her alive like that Rainbow character." Caleb says scoffing.

Markus and Indie dismisses what he says, but Fluttershy doesn't. Her eyes go wide and her heartbeat increases. She looks frantically between the three talking about killing as if it was second nature! She can feel her heart trying to break free out of her chest and her breath was coming in quick gasps. She doesn't know what to do now!

If I bring them to where they want to go, will they kill me? Did he really kill Rainbowdash? What's going to happen to me? I don't want to die! I don't want to die! Maybe if I lead them close and fly off! Yea, that'll work! Wait, what if one of them catches me! Than what will I say!? How would I respond!?

Her mind is racing so fast she doesn't even recognize Markus staring at her. Markus watches as she starts to have a panic attack.

"Fluttershy? Are you alright?"

Indie looks over to see her just staring into space trying hard to get air. Indie holds up his hand and water pools out of his skin into a small ball. He nonchalantly throws it and it splash over Fluttershy's head soaking her mane and effectivly shaking her out of her little panic attack. She quickly notices everyone is staring at her and tries to hide behind her mane.

"You okay?" Markus and Indie asks at the same time.

"Ye-Ye-Yea." She says trying to look as small as possible.

"Alright?" Markus says putting on his shoes and doing some stretches, "Who's ready for some more walking!"

Caleb and Indie groan in their displeasure when causes Fluttershy to smile a little.

They seem nice. Maybe I just misheard. Yea... Misheard.

Fluttershy stands up and hops over the brook leading the four humans onward. She doesn't feel so good. Something in the back of her head keeps nagging and trying to get her attention, but she ignored it. It seems... dark some how. So she figured it wouldn't hurt her. Right?

Luna's stomach was already doing back flips. She doesn't know how much more she can take of this. Her mind is slowly staring to slip into dark places as the spell continues. The screaming is driving her slowly mad! She wonders to herself if this is the source of all of Celestia's craziness. The elder below both her and her sister is holding his head in his hands screaming as both the night's and sun's aura flows around him. Blood was beginning to drop from his face from his insistent clawing at his face.

Luna can only imagine what the elder is going through. She doesn't want to know what the spell is doing to him, but she had a small guess. She wouldn't ever think back to the day of old to when things like this was a common practice of breaking. It was a horrible thing to see, hear about, and do. That's why it was abolished and promised to never be used again. Or at least so she thought.

Celestia sighs motioning a hoof for her sister to stop the spell. Luna drops the spell and watches as the man breathes heavily in front of her glaring at the ground. He twitches every so often, but he doesn't show any signs of running away or hate towards the two sisters.

"Stand." Celestia says.

That order alone, with how cold and toneless it was, sends a shiver up Luna's spine. She hasn't heard that tone sense... She shivers again thinking back to the days of the war of Dark and Light. Even the day of Discord. Something Luna hated thinking about more than her sister. Luna watches as the man shakes for a while more before Celestia gives the command again more forcefully.

What has happened to you Tia? Luna thinks listening to her sister's forceful voice as well as looking at her scowl.

The command, this time, goes answered as the man rises from his knees and stands before them.

"You monsters!"

"Dad!"

"Damn you all to Hell!"

"Fuck you!"

"Granpa?"

"I hope you all die!"

"I'll never bend to your will!"

All those things erupt from the various cages around the room. All directed at Luna and Celestia. Luna, at first, stumbles back shaken a bit from the sound of everybody in the room. It's... unsettling to say non-the-least, but Celestia stands there with a giant smile plastered on her face. She had finally succeeded in doing what she has been trying to achieve for a long while by herself.

"We did it Lulu!" Celestia yells above all the voice in her Canterlot voice, "We finally can make these barbarians yield to us! Maybe we could even make those three yield to us too! This is great!"

Luna cant believe how happy Celestia is. She's prancing around like a little filly without a care in the world. She completely ignores the now hushed voices, screams, and crying. It was just like back in the war except... no... it is the same.

"Quick Lulu1 Bring out one of the younger males!"

She truly doesn't want to. She wants no more as to slap her sister to knock her out of her giddiness to show her why all this is wrong. But she knew she couldn't... not yet at least. She had to learn all about this spell as she possibly can. Maybe there is a reverse spell a counter spell... something. She looks into one of the nearest cage where a bunch of males and females stand tall but not as brittle looking as the elder still standing in front of her.

She gulps and walks over to the cage making the door appear and opening it.

"Try anything and I'm not responsible for what happens." Celestia says watching Luna.

It was... unnerving to say the least to have somebody watch over your shoulder like this. It was almost like Celestia was trying to see something Luna couldn't. As if she was expecting Luna to mess up. It even feels like those words are directed at... With another gulp, Luna raises her voice.

"Come forward or I will take one by force!"

Luna can't believe how unshaken her voice is. No matter what, she is still shaking on the inside and her thoughts have all been repressed by the screaming and crying. None of the males respond as the females come forward to pull them back away from Luna. They want to protect them as much as the males want to protect the females.

"I'm giving you one warning. Forward or force!" Luna says stomping her hoof forcefully.

She doesn't want Celestia to get any ideas. She has to act like this in order to learn more. They would understand eventually.... right?

A male comes forward slipping from the grasp of one of the females. He walks up to Luna. The male only a few inches shorter than her. The male and Luna locks eyes. The human in that of somewhere between brown and black skinned. He has a very muscualar body. It looks like he could break anything like it was a twig. He also had a certain appeal to himself, but she would never let her sister know that.

"Good." Luna says walking out of the way of the male.

With that, the man walks out of the cage which Celestia reseals. The man looks at the elder who's eyes look to be colorless and his sight seems to far away. Its saddening for Luna, but maddening for the man. The man walks to the elder and whispers something into his ear. The elder seems unfazed by whatever the man said before the man turns to face Celestia.

"You know... The old man was right... we say the craziest things when we face death... But let me tell you something..." He says visibly shaking but keeping his voice straight, "If you keep playing god! Than that will only lead to your downfall! And when you die! I'll make sure the devil leaves a special place for you in hell."

Hushed murmurs fill the room. The man's words sent shivers all around as if a changing wind is blowing through. Luna looks at Celestia that wears her neutral expression as always. After what seems like a long second, Celestia's face breaks a smile and she starts laughing.

"Hahahahahaha! Do you hear him!? Do you think I'm playing god!? Do you really think we play!? I have no time for playing!" Celestia says laughing all the while getting closer and closer to the human, "And you think I'm going to Hell? Your pitiful place of a Tartarus! I think not! Basically, we are gods! Me and Luna have rebound these lands and have been here for millenniums and we'll be here for millenniums more! So don't talk to me about playing God! Cause I am God!"

Celestia starts laughing shoving the man hard to the ground with a hoof. She slams her hoof onto his chest and her horn glows.

"Let us prove to you how much like gods we are!"

Luna swallows. She hates seeing her sister like this but... what could she do now? She wants to save her sister but, it seems she's already so far gone. With the ignition on her horn the spell commenced.

Discord sighs watching as the sun expands for just a second.

Her powers are altering...

He flicks his hand making a fancy glass of red wine appear. He sips it lightly before spitting it out all over his guest.

"Blagh tamato juice!"

He tosses it out the window of the house he currently occupied in Canterlot. So far he's just been free roaming and seeing to things unseen by Celestia and Luna. It was for the best after all. He just saved the princesses prized student and one of her friends... mostly. He found amusement in watching the humans work. It reminded him of himself once upon a time ago but things have changed as they always do for millenniums on end.

"You want some Twilight?" He asks his guest who's been sleeping on the floor under the light of one of the few windows the house holds.

She stirs in her sleep at the sound of her name. She lifts her head groggily as she looks left and right.

"Wha... What...?"

"Ah! glad to see you've joined us in the living world and the some what living as well! How was your nap huh? I bet it was as refreshing as having your skin pulled off bit by bit don't you think? Sleeping while renegades walk about causing destruction wherever they go. I would say that would be the perfect time to sleep to me, but unlike you. I have things to do."

Twilight groans at the voice of Discord. If she had a list of the people to least likely to wake up to, Discord would be high on that list. She grunts as she unsuccessfully stands.

"Oh come on! What's a bit of ice through the body!? It practically like getting tickled by a feather duster!" Just to prove his point a bunch of feather dusters appear around twilight except instead of feathers, ice replace them as they start tickling Twilight.,

Twilight tenses remembering the same sensation of the sharp cold ice. A feeling she doesn't want to feel again. Her voice and breath are caught in her throat as everything around her centers and clears. All that mattered was getting away from the ice.

"Ooooh. Seems we have a bit of a fear catching on." Discord smiles sweetly, "You know the best way to fight a fear is to face it."

As those words leave his mouth the dusters start pressing against Twilight's skin threatening to peirce her. He breath comes back but to only pant. He whole world is shaking! No, it was her! Twilight is shaking out of pure unadulterated fear!

"I....I." She can talk.

She wants to ask Discord to stop this craziness of his. To stop the maddening teasing of ice against her skin. To stop driving her to want to impel herself so she could just get it over with. She can't stand it! Its sicking and maddening to her to be so close in death's grasp. And Discord knows it. He is going to use it well unto his advantage.

Before they could actually pierce her or she pierced herself, the duster disappears making ice drop to the ground and shatter like a mirror. The fragments of ice only graze against Twilight fun and skin, yet never cutting or hurting her. She drops to her knees gasping for air and still shaking. It truly fills Discord with pleasure to see Twilight in this weakened state. Now maybe it was Celesta...

"Why!?" Twilight yells steadying her breathing.

She hated to be on the weaker side against Discord. He was too clever for her as well as Celestia. He is a creature bred for mischievous acts and he lives up to it too.

"Why what my dear? Why is such a blunt question. Why tomato over wine, why ice over feathers, why night over sun, why does the sun move, why does the moon move, there are so many why questions. You're going to have to be more clear." Discord says making a long list appear out of nowhere.

"Why did you save me?" Twilight asks slowly standing up against her shivering and buckling legs.

She didn't want to continue looking weak and Discord understood that. She truly is Celestia's student. Its annoying, yet entertaining at the same time. Maybe he would get a show out of this or maybe a second movie to Twilight's block buster hit.

"Well, that's simple. I need entertainment and it brings me great joy to see you two get hurt so."

"Us two?" She remember that Rainbowdash and Fluttershy were there with her, "Which one is with me and what happened to the other!?" She demands.

"The one with you, ummmm Rainbow Crash, I believe it resting... sort of. But you can see for yourself and as for the other one." He chuckles, "You'll see soon enough."

With that, Discord flips into a ball and disappears. Behind her, she hears a wall sliding. She turns around to see a floating body of flesh bathed in light of the once Rainbowdash. She screams out in horror and shock at what she sees as Discord laughs enjoying this game more and more. Hide and seek was always fun when you messed with the rules.

He looks to the Everfree forest so far out to the horizon.

"Over the hills and through the labs, trampling over broken lands, blood and lies will be spilt, as the power of war begins to tilt, can the three bring them to their knees, or shall they all fall to she." Discord says reciting a song he's been working on.

He knew the fun days were coming. Might as well get ready for them.