Chapter 1: A Caught Up Past
Music Chaser walked away from the burning rubble with tears in his eyes. He, no, they had done it. They had won the Dimension War and stopped the true God of Chaos from utterly obliterating existence. All this, but at what cost? Friends? Family? Everyone you ever had known and loved? Was it really all worth it?
"When did it all go wrong?" he said to himself.
11 months ago...
Music Chaser was a simple unicorn. At least, he tried to appear that way. He lived with his roommate and lifelong friend, a mare named Warp Speed. Everyone considers them a couple, even though they are not. Maybe it's the fact that they are with each other wherever they go, because they live together, or maybe the fact that they are both android cyborg refugees that protect the balance of existence. Everyone is baffled when they rejected the rumor.
Music lives a simple life. He worked as a rock musician, the lead singer and bassist for his band, Sector 639. Life was great as a musician, with all the popularity and what not.... and the mares.
Warp, on the other hand, live much more secretive life. She really only went out when necessary. Music, after all his years knowing her, never found out why she was like that. But none of them knew that the routine they've been following for years would change, and that the secret they've been hiding and running from all these years would come back to haunt them and bite them in the ass.
"Hey, Warp, I'm gonna run on down to the market to pick up a few groceries. Do you need anything?" asked Music Chaser, a white unicorn with black and green mane. His cutie mark was a bass guitar.
"Nah, I'm g- Wait! Pick up some batteries the P-box controllers need new ones." ordered Warp Speed, a purple Pegasus with a few freckles on her face. Her cutie mark was a cyclone.
Music Chaser side as be headed for the door. Music enjoyed taking daily strolls through Ponyville, talking to friends, and even the occasional clumsy tackle from Derpy the Mailmare, which he found much more satisfying than Warp's crazy traps she sets around the house when she gets scared. Taking walks really eased his mind.
Music approaches the Ponyville market. He saw the usual sight, the jam-packed stands. He sighed as he walked forwards the entrance. He was greeted with the smiles of many familiar faces. There was Bon Bon, which music had an interest in since his fillyhood. He saw Rarity showing Fluttershy how to be seductive so she can get lower prices on things. There was Colgate shopping for dental supplies and Applejack selling her apples. He decided to get some apples first. He approached the stand to get an immediate reaction from Applejack.
"Howdy, Music!" greeted te farm mare as she waved a hoof.
"Hi, Applejack." responded Music as he waved back.
"Le'me guess, Warp ate all the apple on another all-night video game session?" asked Applejack with a warm smile.
"I swear, Applejack, you know that's the reason I come down here." answered Music while taking out some bits.
"10 apples, please." he ordered.
Applejack went to her buckets of apples to get the 10 apples music had ordered. She put them in a bag and walked back over to the counter where she placed the bag.
"That'll be 7 bits." stated the range earth pony.
Music placed the bits on the counter and before he got the chance to push them over to Applejack, a sudden gust of wind flew in between the two ponies, knocking the bits off the counter in the process. There was a sudden black image in the corner of Music's eyes.
Applejack picked up the bits and pointed out forwards the sky to some black storm clouds.
"Looks like a storm's a'brewin." pointed out Applejack as she pushes the apple over to Music.
"Yeah, you're right. Well, I'll see you later AJ, and thanks for the apples." said Music as he walked away from the stand.
Music was one of the only people who were allowed to call Applejack "AJ".
Music began walking towards the other stands to get the other supplies he came for. Music was the kind of person who goes to a store and walks out with what he came to get. He rarely bought any items that weren't on his grocery list. He picked up some celery, some bread, some toothpaste, and of course, Warp's batteries. He went to the battery shack immediately after getting the apples so he wouldn't forget to pick up the batteries. He remembered the last time he forgot to pick up something for Warp.
XXXXXXXXX FLASHBACK XXXXXXXXX
Music barely dodged the rolling pin thrown at him.
"HOW DO YOU FORGET A BOX OF TAMPONS!?" screamed an infuriated Warp Speed as she reached out for another object to throw.
"I can explain. Agh!" said music as he dodged a book.
"GIVE ME YOUR BEST BULLSHIT!" yelled Warp.
"Well you see- AGH! What the fuck is wrong with you?!" exclaimed Music right before nearly being hit by a knife.
XXXXXXXXXX END FLASHBACK XXXXXXXXXX
Music shivered at the memory and continued to head for the exit of the market. He looked up at the sky to see the dark storm clouds. There was something else in the sky. Music sighed when he noticed what it was. It was... Derpy. He just stood there with a n annoyed frown as Derpy began to dive-bomb towards him. He had been through this enough times to know that there was no escape and enough times to get send to it. He looked up and began counting down, pretty much knowing when it was going to happen.
3
2
1
CRASH!
Music laid on the ground as Derpy sat on top of him with her usual smile and derped eyes. She was wearing her Mailmare uniform and had a letter in her mouth.
"LETTER FOR MUSIC CHASER!" Yelled the gray pegasus as she dropped the letter on Music's face
"T-thanks, Derpy. S-say help to D-dinky for me." said Music, still catching the breath that got knocked out on the crash.
"OK!" yelled Derpy as she flew off.
Music began to slowly get up as Derpy flew off. He used his magic to pick up the letter, along with the groceries that were knocked down. He took a quick glance at the letter. It read; Music, read this letter the moment you get it! The handwriting looked familiar. He took a seat and opened the letter. The letter read;
Dear Music,
He's back! CHAOS IS BACK! We thought we had him in max security, but we were wrong. He escaped this morning from Dimension-B. I'll be at your house at around 5 p.m. BE AT HOME AT THAT TIME!
-#19847-B
Music froze after finishing the letter. A look of shock and disbelief covered his face. He tried thinking the letter was fake, he even read it over 5 times to look for any errors to see if it was a prank from some kid. Every time he tried thinking of a theory, one thing I. The letter proved I untrue, '#19847-B'.it kept repeating I his head. Life now suddenly became a nightmare. He picked up his items and sprinted towards his house. He looked at his watch, 4:39, plenty of time to make it home.
A few minutes later...
Music approached his house, which was less than 50 yards away. He was exhausted from a non stop 3 miles, which he somehow cleared in 8 minutes. It was probably the motivation. He saw Warp opening the door to collect the mail outside.
"WARP! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" yelled Music at the top of his lungs.
Warp turned around to see the speeding stallion headed her way and she jumped out of his path in the nick of time. Music came sprinting through the door and a loud 'THUMP!' was heard. Warp took a peek inside to see Music lying on the ground, along with a few broken vases.
"HAHAHA!" laughed Warp as she pointed at Music.
"S-shut up, W-warp." stuttered Music while slowly getting up.
He took out the letter from his bag.
"I got some disturbing news." he said, handing the letter to Warp.
"Lemme see that." responded Warp as she grabbed the letter.
He took the letter and took a seat on the couch. After about a minute, she slowly pulled down the letter from her face. It revealed a shocked face of disbelief.
"I-I-I-" stuttered Warp.
Music took back the letter.
"I had the same reaction." said Music in an attempt to comfort his friend.
Music looked at his watch. 4:49. It was time. He slowly picked up Warp and helped her walk out the door with him.
"She's almost here." he said as he looked up at the sky.
They waited for a minute or two, when suddenly, a bright flash of light was seen in the sky. They watch as the light slowly got closer, and closer, and closer to them without any worries. It approached them at a crazily fast speed. It was something nopony would just stand in font of. After a minute if watching the blinding light approach, it was less 10 yards away from them. As it hit the mark of about 2 yards of them, the light stopped moving. It started to dim down.
"It's been awhile, hasn't it?" said the light with a slight chuckle at the end.
"It's good to see you too, Lyra." said Warp, still squinting at the light.
Just as soon as Warp finished her sentence, the light went away and revealed a mint green unicorn mare. Music chuckles.
"Lyra #19847-B. Never thought I'd see you again." said Music with a smirk.
The unicorn was a mint green and had await and green mane. Some would say it would be Lyra Heartstrings, and she was identical to her, but her cutie mark begged to differ. It was what appeared to be a galaxy. She was Lyra #19847-B, but to Music and Warp, she was just Lyra.
"Let's go in shall we?" asked a smiling Lyra.
In the house...
Warp walked out of the kitchen holding a tray with three teacups and a teapot. She placed it on the coffee table next to the punches where Music and Lyra were sitting. She poured the tea and took a seat next to Music.
"So Music, Warp, how have things been since you fled the fight in Dimension - D and took refuge here?" asked Lyra.
"It's been alright." Replies Music as he took a sip if his tea.
"Well, that's good." said Lyra it's a chuckle.
"Ok, Lyra, lets cut the bullshit and let's get to business. What do you mean HE escaped?" asked Music in a serious tone.
"He just... escaped! We turned our back for 5 FUCKING SECONDS, and BOOM, dead guards everywhere." said Lyra in a
calm voice.
"Damnit, Lyra! Everyone there knows the damn rules, at least 5 ponies have to keep eye contact on him at a time. NOW LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED! CHAOS is unleashed!" exclaimed Warp as she slammed down on the table.
"But the head of security said-" tried Lyra before getting cut off by Warp.
"YOU ARE THE FUCKING HEAD OF SECURITY!" yelled Warp furiously at Lyra.
"We'll there is no point in fighting about it. Codename: Discord is out and we've got to stop him." Spoke a very calm Lyra.
"Ugh! The thought of anything escaping from Roostrained Penitentary makes me doubt everything, Lyra. Can things get any
worse?" asked Music in a doubtful tone.
"About that. As I was erring here, I sorta got the attention of a squad of Discord's soldier bots." Said Lyra with an innocent smile at the end.
"I just had to ask." sighed Music.
"YOU DID WHAT! FUCKING DAMNIT LYRA! THOSE THINGS ARE THE VERY FUCKIG REASON ME AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE ONLY BOTS LEFT! NOW YOU BROUGHT THEM HERE AND ARE ENDANGERING ALL THE RESIDENTS OF PONYVILLE! AGH!" screamed Warp at the top of her lungs.
For a pony who doesn't like to go out much, she was pretty feisty.
"Yes. And that's why we're going to fight them. Just like old times!" persuaded Lyra.
Music stood and took a good long look at Lyra. There was definitely something different about her. It was something around her plot. He drooled a little in his mind by staring at her plot.
"Normally, Lyra, I wouldn't agree with you, BUT BECAUSE we don't want to get any innocent pony killed, we'll do it." Agreed Music.
Lyra jumped up in glee.
"YAY!" She shouted. "IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD SOME GROUP PLOT-WHOOPIN'!"
"I'm pretty sure 387 years is more than a while." Said Warp with a chuckle at the end.
Lyra rolled her eyes and got up.
"Well, then lets go!" She said in a very annoyed tone.
Music stood, took his coat, and opened the door.
"Then lets go!" He stated as he sprinted through the door.
The others took the hint and also ran out the door, showing no care for what was in between them and the outside. They didn't even lose the door! They followed the speeding white stallion down the paths if the outskirts of Ponyville, hoping to get to the mess Lyra had caused as soon as possible.
After a couple minutes that seemed like an eternity, the gates of Ponyville could be seen in the distance. There was sigh of relieve I'm the trio after seeing that the town was not in flames. Slowly, they approached the gate to the town. After about a minute or two, they reached the entrance. They walked inside.
Something was off about the town. It was quite. It was empty. It was really dark.
"Whoa. What happened to everyone?" Asked Lyra in a low, whisper-like voice.
"Fresh Lyra, I have no idea." Answered Warp sarcastically.
Lyra made and rolls her eyes and continued to look around.
They searched for what seemed like hours. The emptiness of the town worried them. There was not a single pony in sight. They were searching the market when they saw a male pony staggering across the the stands. The trio raced to him.
"HEY!" Shouted Warp in an attempt to get the stallion's attention.
He reacted by turning his head in their direction almost immediately as Warp called out. He made a frightened expression and took cover inside a booth. As the 3 made their way over to where he was hiding, they saw a trail of blood leading to him. He was obviously badly injured.
Music took a peek inside the booth the stallion was hiding in to see him shaking with his eyes closed and covering his mouth with his hooves. He was yellow, wearing a vest, and also sporting a western hat. He was terrified of, something.
"Hey." Said Music in a comforting tone.
The yellow stallion opened his eyes immediately and let out a small muffled 'eep'. He began hyperventilating.
"Whoa, whoa, calm down. We're not gonna hurt you." Soothed Music.
The stallion began to slow his breathing. It took him a bit to realize that Music was not whatever he was afraid he might be.
"H-h-hello." He stuttered.
"What's your name?" Questioned Music.
"B-B-Braeburn." Answered the stallion, now identified as Braeburn.
"Braeburn, move name. Okay, Braeburn, I need you to tell me what's going in and who did this to you." Interrogated Music, trying to sound as friendly as possible.
"T-t-them!" Responded Braeburn as he began hyperventilating again.
"Who?" Asked Music in a now more serious and aggressive tone.
"T-th-" Tries Braeburn before being cut off by a bright blue beam of light that hit him and caused him to explode in a big, bloody mess.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Yelled Lyra as another beam shot by them , hitting and exploding the stand.
After recovering from the confusion, the trio turned around to see what caused the brief chaos. As yet turned around, they came face to face with 7 chrome-plated pony robots.
"Impossible..." Muttered Music to himself.
They stood face-to-face for a minute until one of the robots spoke up. This one had green, metallic mane, and a cutie mark with the cutie mark of simply '#FIGHT-LB2'.
"BOTS IDENTIFIED AS #19847-B, #1a, and #000926-D." Spoke the green-mane robot in a robotic voice.
"Cut the bullshit, Thunder." Spoke Warp in a cocky voice.
The robot spoke again, in a normal, non robotic voice.
"Ah, Lyra, you didn't just bring me yourself, but also the cowering fugitive Protector Bots that Master Discord has been looking for all these years. Oh, goodie!" spoke the bot, who appears to be named Thunder, with a smirk.
"Why are you're here, Thunder?" asked Music.
"Oh, you know, just trying to kill you and taking over this dimension. The causal." Responded Thunder with a chuckle at the end.
Music stuck out his front right leg as it slowly morphed into what appeared like an arm cannon. Along with his arm, his body morphed into what looked like armor. His chest transformed into a titanium chest-plate. His eyes became visors while his legs to tuned to steel. His cutie mark changes from a bass guitar to #1a. He looked like a true robot.
"Thunder, we've kicked your ass 4 times, we can do it again. Leave now or die... again." Threatened Music.
Thunder and his posse of bots made the same transformation, along with Warp and Lyra. They all pointed their arm cannons toward their respective opponents.
"Well, then, LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!" Shouted Thunder as he fired off a shot.
End of Chapter 1
Author's Note
VERY IMPORTANT! I know this chapter without much explanation on the situation. I did this on purpose. I promise that everything will be explained in a couple chapters.
