A New Lord of Chaos

Fluttershy had been following the rabbit for what felt like an hour, granted with the sedate pace the rabbit was content to keep it was quite possible. The slow steady hoping pace never seeming to pick up in speed which seemed to placate the timid mare.
After a series of turns Fluttershy was lost. To make matters worse the rabbit had just made its fifth consecutive right turn.

“Oh, dear we’re not lost are we?” She began to have worried thoughts cross her mind having horrible flashbacks of the first time she meet Discord.

As she sat there pondering her state in the castle the rabbit approached a door and pushed in on one of the panels. It swung in like a mini door and the rabbit disappeared. This whole action seemed to go unnoticed by the butter yellow pegasus that had been following the sable giant.

It wasn't until the small opening in the door slammed shut driving the little mare out of her revery only to realize that her companion had taken a door out of this hallway.

Looking around she silently berated herself for being lost in thought when this happened because there were at least five doors the rabbit could have used while she was lost in her memories.

Back in the throne room all of the guards and Luna had been watching on the screen as for the past ten minutes since the rabbit had left Fluttershy behind. They watched as the mare considered the doors in front of her. They were muttering to themselves mutely muttering trying to guide Fluttershy to the door the rabbit had entered. It was like watching some cross between the price is right and a child bowling. Each mare trying to make Fluttershy move but having no impact.

I just sat there watching them yell at a screen and waiting for my little plot twist to enter the room.

I began conjuring up small amounts of grains, fruits, and vegetables on a large silver platter. Luna saw this and just raised an eyebrow. Two minutes later the door creaks open and in hops the rabbit I had sent to guide Fluttershy. I just watch as the guards all part in shock letting the doe hop right up the dais to the foot of my reshaped throne. Reaching down I grab her and settle her unto my lap and begin feeding her from the platter.

“Good girl. You did your job perfectly.” I cooed feeding her.

I think the guards were shocked to see me babying the large rabbit. Luna on the other hand was eyeballing the spread next to me. I caught all of this and decided to have some fun with it.

“Jealous Luna?” I give her an even look.

She looks flustered look and several of the guards who heard me give me the evil eye.

I set the rabbit down with a carrot and a lettuce leaf. With a cocky grin I pull Luna over and try to settle her across my lap. She looks nervous and angry but I hear her stomach gurgle then she blushes. Relenting she lets me feed her. “Even pride falls before survival huh?”

She nods.

“At least you're wise enough to understand that.” I say scratching her behind her ears. This seems to get a subconscious response from her causing her eyes to close and a contented smile to appear on her muzzle. Further she is trying to put more weight against my hand to make the sensations stronger. “Not many are willing to accept mercy when it is offered.”

The guards were shocked to say the least. Here before them I was treating their princess like either a small foal or maybe a cat. There in front of all of them she had a shameless happy smile and was effectively nuzzling my hand and chest to further indulge in the sensation. At this point I don't think I could have stopped if I wanted.

I gave the guards a second to get used to this and when none of them seemed willing to turn away and watch the screen I decided to take action. I set the fruit Luna had been eating down on the plate and grabbed my cane. “Help yourself to the snack bar but don't try to leave the theater.” I tap the cane and they all disappear in a flash.

I expected Luna to be upset about this but she is lost in her own little world enjoying the comfort and warmth my touch is offering her. ‘If I had known she was this desperate for positive contact I would have taken her not Rainbow Dash. I know the information I had upon my arrival said that she had just spent the last millennium on the moon, but to think she was still this contact deprived. Not the kind of petting I was hoping for but what can you do?.’ I settled back into my sofa throne picked up a strawberry for Luna and turned back to watching the screen.

Rainbow Dash was still running effectively in place. She just had to take a door and she would be out of the trap but no too stubborn to change course. Seeing her tail out behind her made me want to start playing the nyan cat song in the hall to taunt her but she wouldn’t get the joke. So some work out music…. mamma said knock you out, thunderstruck, harder better faster stronger, till I collapse, levels, the distance, remember the name, and eye of the tiger. I’ll add more if she is still running when the playlist ends. I’ll check back on her a little later.

The other four were still outside waiting for some reason. They had moved to the road leading to the front entrance and had settled under one of the fruit trees lining the road. A small pile of peaches and apples in between the four of them. Dawn was an hour or two away meaning Celestia would be arriving soon. She would enter my house through the front door because I had invited her. The look on Twilight’s face when Celestia just walks up the road I can’t wait.

Which just leaves me Fluttershy. I watched as she did some sort of childhood decision making rhyme. Ending on a door with intricate scroll work on it. ‘Huh, not the easy route but one of magic paths. Lets see how she deals with the misdirection and illusions.’ I watched keeping a steady rhythm to my pets on the Lunar alicorn as I watched the embodiment of kindness start to walk through my haunted house. Pulling out the remote I turn down the volume and turn on the subtitles something told me the soft spoken mare was a screamer.