Philosopher of Earth

+++ The next morning +++

Silver woke up slowly. Her head was laying on something that wasn't a pillow. She sniffed, it smelled like... The humans clothing... Her eyes opened suddenly. She was in Cheeses room, laying in his bed, right next to the human himself. Her head was resting on the humans shoulder, who was turned away from her. The events of that night rushed back. Good, no "funny business" like Cheese had said. She pulled her head off the sleeping human suddenly. Good thing he was a deep sleeper. She thought to herself. Silver then got off the mammoth bed and exited the room. She then went downstairs to get breakfast. While eating she thought long and hard about what had happened. A staunch soldier of the Royal Guard had sought refuge in the company of an alien. While she was normally able to control her fear of lightning in the field, with varying degrees of success, but she hadn't even thought about running to Cheese like a frightened filly. OH CELESTIA what was wrong with her?! Her mind raced at the table.

+++ Far to the north, past even the Crystal Empire +++

Discord flew in ragged circles. His encounter with the human had only striped him of his ability to see dreams for a while. Thank goodness that was all... He thought to himself, but he still didn't feel quite as, whole, as he did a few days ago.

"Mind on the task!" Discord reminded himself, trying not to a have repeat of his mistake. The land below was covered in snow and permanently frozen. Deep crevices broke the ice every few yards. Why Celestia wanted him to check on a magical disturbance this far North was a mystery to Discord. This was well out of Equestria, out of her domain. But it must've been important, and perhaps a chance to redeem himself after that Tirek incident. Celestia damn him. He chuckled at that choice of curse. Somehow he had slipped into the slang of a common pony. Discord zoomed on, eager to get out of this frozen Tartarus hole...

Discords magical senses finally had found the spot. It was located in one of the deeper crevices. It practically sang with energy. He landed softly in the snow. Gosh was it colder down here? Even out of the howling wind? He searched the area. Finally he found a magical shimmer in the air in a sort of room that had somehow eroded out of the ice. This was it. Discord probed it with a finger of chaos energy. The probe sensed only a vast void. Odd, it should've shown the little room this place was hidden in. He pushed the finger deeper, still nothing. He should've hit the wall by now... After a few minutes of pushing deeper,

"Buck it." he finally said. With that, the finger of power turned into a kraken of probes and pushed farther than it was to even Canterlot. Still nothing. This was beyond odd. The shimmer of energy was like a vast opening, impossibly so. Discord withdrew his probes. He was about to leave when something disturbed the energy behind him. Discord suddenly turned to see something climb out of the shimmer. What it was.. Only Celestia knew, and I doubt she would ether... Discord thought to himself. The thing charged him with a,

SKREEE!

So much for a peaceful in and out... Discord snapped his fingers, expecting the thing to trip comically. The thing charged on.

"WHAT?!?" cried Discord. The chittering mass was suddenly on him. In a brief second of panic Discord loosed a blast of pure chaos from his mouth, kind of like a dragon breathing fire. The thing was knocked back, did a kind of back flip and landed on its contorted legs, otherwise it seemed perfectly healthy. It charged again. This time Discord backed out of the room, and brought the ice at the entrance down, trapping the creature inside. He was still panicking. What was that thing?! He ascended into the gray sky above.

"That could've gone better..." He murmured to himself as he whipped over the racing ice below.

+++ Tartarus, cell number 48379, at the same time +++

Void Spark sat in a huddle in the corner of his cell. The darkness seemed to crush in on him. He couldn't make any light, as his magic was heavily suppressed in the dismal cell. Faces seemed to loom out of the darkness. Several times he thought he heard infernal giggling.

"Who's there?!?" he called. A few moments passed. Void was starting to expect no answer when a voice whispered to him.

Who do you think...

He nearly emptied his bowls then and there. But he had recognized the voice.

"What do you want?! I've done all I can!" he cried, terrified of the owner of the whisper.

Ah... But you have not done what we agreed...

"It wasn't my fault! In my escape something else came out of the portal!" cried Void Spark.

Yes... We know what happened, we were there was well...

"Then you know why I couldn't do what was asked!"

Oh please... Any competent magical creature would have saw that thing was harmless...

"Harmless?! It knocked out one of the guards and escaped!" excused Void.

The same guard who brought you to Canterlot... And besides... I brought it here...

"You WHAT?!? Why didn't you tell me?!" asked a somewhat enraged Void Spark.

You needed to be as surprised as the hunting party... I WANT it here... It is still however your fault that your task remains uncompleted...

"I tried to follow the creature! But..."

BUT YOU WERE TOO INCOMPETENT AND CLUMSY YOU IMBECILE... YOUR TASK HAS YET TO BE COMPLETED AND HERE YOU SIT IN THE DARK...

"Tartarus is inescapable! There is no way out! Find another pony to do the task!" Cried Void.

So you are saying that you no longer want what was bargained... ha... haha... HAHAHAHAHAHA... YOU THINK YOU HAVE A CHOICE... How... amusing... You already know that you are the only capable one in this plane of existence of performing such a feat... And I have done my part of the bargain... It is now...  as they say... time to pay...

Void Spark was suddenly engulfed by a light that shone brighter than the sun, and yet darker than a new moon.

+++ That afternoon, Canterlot +++

Celestia was reading letters from many of her loyal subjects when the news arrived.

"Your majesty!" cried a Royal Guardspony as he galloped into the throne room. He quickly bowed at the foot of the throne. "Void Spark has escaped Tartarus..."