Imp-rovizationby hiko no sakanaChapters1 The New Arivals2 The Aclimation 3 Allies? 4 The Arangements5 The letters6 Fallout of the Everfree1 The New ArivalsToday, tomorrow, yesterday, last week ... boring. Why is earth always so boring? Well, there is the order of things, day in and day out. Nothing new except undiscovered lands or undiscovered Internet sites ... ok, there's television, too ... but still three to four hours are devoted to anything new, eight hours of work, eight to sleep, and eight hours to reread or watch what is in my collection. *sigh* Well, lets try combining Robet Asprin's Myth-ing books and maybe with Doctor Who.... I could try to go to Gallifrey. *** Skeeve stood in the middle of a room. A large round metal room with twenty inhabited chairs. He calmly collected every thing he knew about this world in his mind's eye. Then he drew upon his limited knowledge of where he meant to go. He inhaled for thirty seconds and snapped his fingers. With a pop and a flash, he knew he had moved ... But where did he move to? With that act, he became a dimensional traveler in his own right. He had earned the title of Demon. *** It was time for the The Traders Exchange in Rainbow Falls once again, and the market place was fuller the normal ... what with Princess Twilight Sparkle attending, what else would be expected? Well, she was in her chamber getting ready to teleport straight there, but when the spell activated she did not move. Ok. this is new let's try that again shall we. This time she appeared on a stage only to find no-pony in the audience. The whole place was deserted. *** Rainbow Dash was heading for The Traders Exchange from Appleloosa and was late so she was going as fast as her wings would allow. Until suddenly she was going twice as fast as she was a moment ago the kind of acceleration that could only come with a rain-boom. When she looked back to see there was no rain-boom but turning slowed her and she heard the bang that was normally accompanied by a light show. *** A green and purple dragon was replacing books on shelves from his master's two day reading binge. Suddenly a bang and a blast of rainbow energy came from the middle of the room throwing the whole library into disarray and made several large chunks of stone work fall. *** Skeeve opened his eyes to find himself on a stage and slight purple tint to every thing. So he smiled and waved while the purple tint went away and said, "Ah, hello. Where am I? I seen to have gotten lost," scratching his head with the last words. The response from the crowd of ponies... wait... yes ponies... screamed and ran...sorry galloped away, leaving him in a daze. After another couple seconds there was another purple flash and there stud another pony a taller, winged, horned pony. "Ah, hello. Where am I?" Skeeve asked again. "Hello," the confused alicorn said looking out over what was once a large crowd then turned to Skeeve. With a low gasp she backed up and started a spell. Skeeve just looked at her. She let lose with a beam meant to stun, but it simply bent around him. This earned her a smile and a bow. In this bow, his shape began to change, slowly at first the rapidly. So that once he was done he was a mirror image except he had a light green coat and a dark green main with a pendent hanging from its neck. Oh and no cutie mark something is wrong with that pitcher. So he is a pretender i wonder if he's discord he is the only one i know that could do something like that with out a shield spell active. She smiled again and bowed back but did not morph but instead asked "What was your question?" "I inquired about my location," the green Twilight said with a slight sigh of exasperation before continuing, "is that the standard greeting around here?" "Ah. No and Rainbow Falls," she responded sheepishly. "Ok so this Rainbow Falls is that the name of the town or the world?" he said with understanding and a little frustration. "It is the town silly that would be a rediscussed name for a world, and how could you not know if you live here," she replied with a giggle and mocking tone. "Well I have been away for awhile, and well ... may not be up to speed." the green Twi said with dip of the head and a lowering of his voice(still vary much male). "This is ... actually I know someone much more qualified to tell you then me. Please come with me," Twilight said as she began to fly south east. *** Spike awoke in a pile of books and ruble "Well Twilight will be all over me for this," he said to himself. Then he heard a grown from be hind him. He to see what had made the noise to see a...ah what is that thing. it has four appendages a head and is mostly covered in cloth and has a short main, no fur. He had no idea what it was and it was starting to move. so spike did the only logical thing... he barried it in books and stone work be for knocking it on the head to keep it passed out until Twilight got back. After a couple of hour it woke up, and spike being the dutiful guard was there to see it do so "Sorry about the restraints but i have to keep you in one place until Twilight come back." The man heard nothing intelligible except for the name Twilight. Well now he know where he was but did not understand what was said, so why not go for the classic "I come in peace to Equestria," loud and slow. Well those hours spent watching mlp with my sisters have come in handy. Well it can talk that is some thing I guess but not this and how does it know the name this county. Spike groaned to himself. He then pulled up half rotten chair and collected a picture book and began trying to teach the coatless beast a civil tongue. 2 The Aclimation 2 The Aclimation Skeeve looked up at the winged and horned pony and cursed I just imitated a female and incompletely. Well let just make it blurry and hope no one looks up. He used his magic to "fly" or reverse levitate after...Hmm I never got her name "What is your name, miss?" "Twilight, Twilight Sparkle , You?" "Skeeve the...." he pause half was throw the statement. "Skeeve what?" She said with a hint of sarcasm , "the Ignorant, the Comatose, the Sleepy, the Baron of the Rock" "Just Skeeve," he said with a twinge embarrassment. So it has secrets we will see how long that last with Luna sifting around in his head tonight "So just Skeeve, where are you from?" Twilight asked in a rather intimidating manner. "Over the hill and far away, or was it the second star to the right, or was it a rabbit hole ... over the mountain ... Kansas," he said with ever increasing confusion and pleading in his voice. "If you aren't shore just don't let the zebra hear you talk about the stars," the mare said with a hint of dark humor that suggested she already knew the answer. I don't know what he is talking about but but Luna will have it soon enough. "What or where is Kansas?" "Yeh know, I don't know. My teacher was always saying stuff like that," he said be for slapping a huff/hand over his mouth for he was still humanoid he just looked like a pony to any whom did not know how to 'see'. In order to 'see' through a disguise spell or and enchantment all you have to do is let your eyes go out of focus. he had of course checked her to see what she was hiding when they first met, and found that her tiara had an enchantment on it and her horn and wings where packed full of magic. So when her horn began to visibly glow he knew something was about to happen and made a four point spire word to displace what ever was coming at him. For those not versed in magic a basic spire word a a spire made of two circles moving at ninety to each other, for a four point just add to circles. Also please note that unless he put a lot of energy in to them they would be transparent unless one 'looked' at him or it. "Teacher, any teacher that would neglect names and titles like yours has is either incompetent or out of date." Twilight replied with sarcasm. Damn. How could I have let that slip? Well I was never any good with girls. First Tananda, then Luna, than Mark, before Queen hemlock and every time I screwed up and nearly caused my own down fall, and that was in my teens and early twenties i am thirty five now and still have trouble "Yah. You could call my teacher old fashioned. Ha ha ha," he said in way that let her know he let something slip that was supposed to be secret. "So, where are we going?" he said in in a 'please change the subject'. She chuckled before saying, "Canterlot, you silly stallion." Canterlot, CANERLOT, and stallion, STALLION ... well she is a pony it makes seance, just go with the flow... "When in Rome..." he said some what forlornly. "Where is Rome?" "I don't ... dog gone it ... curse you Oz!" "Ahz?" "No, Oz." "Ohz?" "Oz." "Oz?" "No relation, it is Oz," So that is how he felt the first time I us a name he was familiar with. "Et tu Brute," Skeeve said with a note nostalgia "What?" Twi said with real curiosity remembering the line from a play that has not be preformed in neigh on two hundred years. "Oh the was a Quote from willy...uh...I mean Winnyum Shakespeare," he said then to clarify at the sight of Twilight's look of befuddlement, "From his play Julius Caesar." "Oh, you mean William Shakespeare. The convention of including such words in names never really caught on so 'Naighpoleon' was the only major figure in our history to have such a name." she said so mater-of-factually that it nearly broke Skeeve's concentration before continuing, "And how do you know his works he was imprisoned for that play, because the zebra where told that the outlandish tail came from the stars," her know it all tone never wavering as she continued, "and every thing he had written before that was burned to placate them and every thing after was attributed to princess Celestia." "My teacher was a pack rat," he said wincing at he last word before saying "Darn it," under his breath. "What do you mean a 'pack rat'?" "it is what you call sommmmmmmmmeeeeee....pony that hordes stuff." "Oh, you mean a pack dog, because they horde junk like a diamond dog hordes gems," she said with a look or glee on her face she knew it now he was not from around here, he was out of date, and he was no changeling ... thus he must be a chaos bringer. "All right. We are here," she said after nearly an hour of flight in silence after her companion clamped up after is last grammatical mistake, "Lets go through the front gate...shale we." Skeeve gulped he knew he was going somewhere important but this was ridiculous. The city that stood before him made the city in Mr. Tolkien's city ... what was the name ... Minas ... something ... Oh yah Minas Tirith ... look small. No really this city put every thing he had ever thought up to shame. he could have put what he though of as Minas Tirith, Helms Deeps and The Shire in this one city and still have enough room for Mordor's armies. that is how big this city was and the castle alone could have housed the entire army he had beaten when he was first opinionated royal magician under King Roderic the fifth twice and and if he planed his trip well enough would not have encountered any of them. His jaw hit the ground, or would have if it could reach. The only reason he had not seen it sooner was because of the blue cloud that was always just ahead of him leaving a rainbow trail, and now that it had stopped he saw it to be a Pegasus not a cloud and it annoyed him slightly to only just now have seen that. What was more was more it was only now that he had realized that there where other modes to work with and that he really blown it. From the looks those two gave each other it was obvious that they where planing something and had mostly pulled it off. Well Oz was always yelling at me to be more observant. "You just be joking," he said jestering, at the city, "That has got to be an illusion. There is no way any city that is that big without making a lot more noise or at least a lot more up." Well that was a disappointment I would have thought he would have done more upon seeing it. Both ponies thought in unison before looking at each other in disappointment. He noticed this and wondered Did I disappoint or did I exceed their expectation. *** The young man lie there for a few minutes under the ruble and books the dragon had piled on him. He examined the pile and decided he could move the stone work. He then focused on one of the pieces of stone work and said, "Stenr rïsa," hopping that it would work. The dragon looked at the being that said something almost intelligible. Something about rising stones? To both of their surprise a piece of stone work move up about an inch and over nearly a foot a being looked exhausted from the effort but still thoroughly pleased with it. after a few breaths it looked at spike and said, "Skulblaka, stenr rïsa," at that something clicked in his mind but the words just felt to right there was no way he...could...No i need to keep him here, but he told me to move the rocks. a battle raged in spikes mind over weather he should 'raze the rocks' not. After a few minute Spike felt something like a hand caress his mind and the command was reiterated straight into his mind and it proved irresistible. He moved to the pile despite his attempts to stop or slow himself. After a few moments spike found he could move as he pleased so with the next rock he moved over his prisoners head only to hear Skulblaka, stenr rïsa in his mind again this time he understood what was said "dragon, raise the stone" and upon hearing he was being referred to as simply dragon really made him angry and the surge of adrenalin let him brake the command holding him "No, I am not your puppet, I have not worked under Twilight for nearly twenty years to be your slave move your own rocks!" he had just finished speaking when he broke the piece of stone work over the being's head nearly killing him. So know I need to tie him up and gag him. I think he would make a good chandelier. It was several hours before he made any movement and when he did he went, pardon the expiration but, APE SHIT. After several minute of looking like a fish on a line he exhaled and cleared his head (which felt like someone tried to bash it into a wall). He then began to rub his fingers together thinking come on, come on, spark. Breath in, focus exhale and send it through my finger. Next flare the energy into a flame ... good now hold it in my hand and. He fell from the chandelier and hit the ground hard sending him into darkness...again. Author's Note for those whom have not read the Mything service I apologize for the puns and jokes you are not getting (I include them so you may read Mr. Asprin's work and understand both his and this world a little more)and also Doctor Hooves and Assistant (Doctor and Derpy and a ginger unicorn). p.s. thank you ilovekimpossiblealot. 3 Allies? 3 Allies? After an hour of pocking and prodding the pegasus and alicorn got the new comer to enter the town. They kept a firm eye on him as he looked in ewe at the city before him. He was not blown away by the scope but the level of advancement. Here was a city easily the size of a fair sized city on Perv, the dimension he had come from, but with technology as primitive as his own dimension Klah. A (as he has come to see it) back water, degenerate, dimension who's advancement was barley above what you would call the dark ages. He would keep wondering off to look at the logistics of how the city worked to improve his home. They arrived around noun and it was near dusk when they finally managed to get him to the castle. The castle looked smaller now that he was looking at the doors and turrets. He realized that this castle was only twice the size of the one he was formally employed. He then walked up to the doors and push them open holding himself as if he where about to comfort his former employer Queen Hemlock. Last time he carried himself this he had stopped an unprecedented expansion of a kingdom and salvaged the same from fanatical ruin. His new posture set off every alarm bell in Twilight's head. She gave Rainbow Dash the signal and the guests vision became a blur of rainbows. He now knowing what that was made a eight point shield and pored enough magic into it to make i shine like a second sun just before it winked back out and a different being was lying on the floor of the palace. He was giggling and muttering about grate disses of power and Limbo, whatever that was. He was clearly no longer a threat, but why was he this way. He must be gotten to Princess Luna immediately. Skeeve had been about to announce them when his vision became not but rainbows. He guested that he was about to be under attack. So he made eight point spire shield and made it as strong as the ambient energy would allow. When the shield became blinding he looked for 'force lines.' Red line would be earth lines or energy he could only us when on the ground. Blue lines would be air line this energy can be used for just about any thing including 'flight.' But when he looked he was blinded by the shire amount of energy. Perfect plates of energy both in the air and ground. The amount of energy there was mind-boggling vast that it made the reserves on Perv look like what the reserves on Limbo compared to any other dimension he had ever visited. He was hit with an uncommonly powerful dosage of euphoria. Now I know what a Vampire feels like when he steps off of Limbo. He had lost control of mind and body as he collapsed began gabbing and giggling on his realization. He could not understand what happened for some time after that for awhile. It was just past midnight when Luna left the room that housed their unusual guest saying, "We have only seen this kind of chaos in a mind before," a soft giggling fallowing her. "Well, what is he," Twilight asked with a tone that said that she already knew but did not want it to be true. "Did you at least get his place of origin," Celestia asked with practiced indifference. "Here are many word and worlds swimming in his head. I can't make any thing out of it," the Princess of the Night replied in an apologetic tone. "I will stay with him until he snaps out of it." the Princess of the Dawn said in a manner that said, 'I will soon have some fun,' in a calculating almost evil way. *** He groaned as the light from the window washed over him. He rolled over and flared up his hands to burn the ropes holding him. After a few minutes he finally stud up and walked over to one of the many windows in the crystalline hall and looked out over a city that was larger them he remembered should be here, if this was her castle. If it was then he need to find a room, or vault maybe. He went fro room to room, he new what he wanted ... no ... need. Yes he needed to find those piece of jewelry, and a tree. If he could find the tree and shatter the jewels he would be unstoppable if his powers held out. He was going to take over just for the excitement, to brake his boredom. After hours of wandering the castle he had found his way back to the room he wandered out of. He sighed and moved to the large double door. He review what he new and decided to imitate Zacora as he walked out into the street. No one paid the robed zebra any attention until it looked at a map and went south. He walked to the forest and then into the forest. he fallowed a path being overly careful not to touch any thing until he found luminescent flowers. He knew he had almost fond the hut that belonged to his present appearance. He moved in and settled down and examined his new surroundings. He weighted for Zacora to come home. *** Skeeve was finally coming out of his euphoria he realized he was in a bed, a comfy bed. He tried to make seance of that. He should have been in a cell, but it looked like he was in guest chambers and then he noticed an other alicorn. This made him panic. He recoiled from the form literally taking flight and fleeing to the opposite quarter of the ceiling. Then he looked at the white alicorn shuffling a deck of cards. Yes cards. When a card fell from the deck he pulled it to himself. It was a orger of spades (a king to you dear reader.) This was not something that was not expected. 4 The ArangementsZacora's hut was just as voodoo as the show showed. Most of the day passed before she returned humming a pony tune. When she finally arrived she dropped the plant she was holding and picked up a spire from behind the door. He smiled and dropped the disguise before using a simpler magic to lift the spire and the said "Letta," in a monotone what would have sent chilles up Discord's spine. Then he reached out with his mind and stole every thought the zebra ever had copied every memory. It was after midnight when he stopped having collected all the information he could from her. Finally he cut out the memories of him and what he did to her. The pain from that ordeal left her so week she just simply pasted out. He left her to go and find what he needed. *** Skeeve looked between the card and the white alicorn sitting at his bed side confoundedly. She smiled at the young man as she continued to shuffle. She recollected the stay card saying. "Hello, my name is Celestia. What might yours be?" "Don't you already know?" he ask defensively as he floated closer to the bed. "Well, yes I do but introductions work both ways," she said in a tone the said 'I hear that one all the time.' She continued be saying, "and besides I still don't know if i can trust my eyes." "Skeeve, why would you need to ask about trusting your eyes, and where did you get those?" he said in a way the suggested wounded pride. Celestia let a single giggle escape her before saying, "Well I have been told of three different forms that you ware and fare away," at that she cracked a smile that told Skeeve his gig was up, "I believe you call entities like us," she pause to consider the word, "Demons, I think." "Why," Skeeve began, "would any one of any kind call you a demon. I mean you are among the more beautiful think I have seen." "You know full well I think. Now here are your cards," Celestia said in a way that made Skeeve feel really low for the way he has been playing with his words. "I will not pick those up until i know all the qualifiers," he said in a more respectful tone. "Qualifiers, qualifiers, my dear how ever said we where playing that," Celestia said with mock offense. "If you are as you clam and your reaction tells me you are indeed one," Skeeve said with a professorial tone, "then you should have at lease hear of it" The conversation continued for several hours as Skeeve began to learn about the dimension and its 'people.' After some time he became comfortable in his new environment. However he was there fore nearly a month and in that time he learned about politics and economics (Oz would be proud), and the local magic (witch he could not for the life of him us.) Dragon poker was however his favorite past time. He had even managed to spread it to the griffins and the local dragon population. He even amassed a small fortune in bits. *** Well this is good, it has been a month of me doing my thing and not even Discord has sensed me. I think it is about time I let this world know I am here. He was confident as he approached the castle of Discord. Once there he knocked on the door while lighting his hand on fire. Each time he knocked he uttered a word that caused the fire to grow and consume the door. Once the door was fully ablaze he backed up began to laugh. Discord drawn to the one point of chaos he did not cause or sanction with in his domain can to his fount door. He looked out to see an other draconequus laughing demonically standing just off his front stoop. Just as Discord was about to said something there was a small nibble like sensation in the back of his mind. Along with the words "Waíse neiat" and a mental image of Fluttershy. Discord was more than a little taken aback by that but by the time he had pulled his self back together to ask the young one what he meant the other draconequus was already smaller than a pin's head and had vanished into the grass. The sound of his laughter growing ever fainter. *** "Oh, hello, Fluttershy, Twilight. I am so glad you could make it," the draconequus said with clear relief the next day, "I was hoping you could tell me if there are any more Chaos Bringers or at least any sings there of. As well as what Waíse neiat means" at the last three word he became rigid not even noticing when his guests head told his they did not know of either. "What," Twilight inquired indignantly, "We fly all the way here and you cant even bother us with pleasantries?" All that was her answer was Discord saying to himself the words he had just spoken his eye landing on Fluttershy before he said "I am sorry I have no choice," before he bellowed the words out this time giving them all his power. That gave Twilight just enough time to teleport Fluttershy and herself to Fluttershy 's cottage before an explosion the size of Canterlot set whatever was not destroyed of the Everfree aflame. Twilight teleported to where they had been not a minute ago as Fluttershy began to cry. Twilight was there for just under a minute when she started to feel woozy. She teleported back to find Fluttershy in a rage that could have sent dragons fleeing from before her. Nothing Twilight did could calm her and she was feeling worse. So she teleported to the hospital in Ponyvile where she fell over retching. 5 The lettersRainbow Dash was flying arrowed and was interrupted by the mail pony Derpy Hooves Dear Rainbow Dash, Conjurations you have been accepted into The Iron Talons. This group is a multi-rascal flying group. Our members include several retired Wonder bolts, former griffin and pegasus military, as well as a few unicorns and zebra. Yes we are aware that these last two contradict our "flight team" status how ever we only accept the best. Normally we only consider recruits that have military serves but we will make an exception. In you we see talent that would normally only come from the battle field, but you have preformed several imposable maneuvers and battled several public enemies. As such you meat and exceed all qualifications. However there is one thing that is needed to be dealt with before it can be made official, and that is an in person audition. The whole thing should take a little over six weeks. Please meat our representative at Talonpolis within two days or receiving this letter, we have a spell to tell us when it is opened so we will be weighting. Thank you for you participation. Your's truly, Gawd Hockbeak *** Rarity was working on her latest spring line when she heard a knocking at her door. So she was a little miffed when she opened it to see a zebra letter courier wearing a set of saddle bags with the Khazar's crest. This set her aback. The courier simply hooved over the letter. Rarity read it with growing surprise until she was giddy with excitement. To the mare known as Rarity. She of the white coat and purple main. She whom defeated the packs of the diamond dogs with out weapons. She whom by rights of conquest owns splendid valley. She whom bares the element of generosity. She of Ponyville in Equestria our neighbor to the north. We the Khazar of the zebra, the defender of our realms, the king of the lands chosen by the true god, defender ageist the stars, extend to you, oh one of the many stones and clothes, to ply your craft for us and our closest subject and kin. We request this of you along with granting you a not so immodest sum as recompense for requisitioning you skills to our use. However we request your presence wile you preform you task on our behalf. So that your work may be enhanced be our spell weavers as you work. For plying the skill of weaving spells is far stronger if preformed wile the piece being worked on is being assembled. If you agree we request that you travail with the courier we sent with this letter for he will be you safe passage into our lands and cites. He has been ordered to take your answer and weight until you are ready to depart. Khazar of the zebra, the defender of our realms, the king of the lands chosen by the true god, defender ageist the stars *** Twilight was reading up on some magical theories concerning interdenominational travel when spike belched. He ran into the room with lanky vigor waving a letter around. "Well lets see what the Princess wants today, it seem that see is always asking us to travel." To my distinguished liaison Spike Clenceingflame Sparkle, We have need of your assistance in the western regions. We fear that we will need your help with some dragon problems concerning jewels and hordes or some such and supposed pony raiders. After several months they seem to have decided that these were some how related to our armed forces. They also seem to fear an armed assault by our nation. So there must be a small number of “Persons” and or ponies and they specified that the number can not be six or larger something about “our accursed magics” according to some 'informant' clams that our magics increase in power by an unreasonable margin and that some of our subjects have previously invaded there realm in disguise as such all dragons as large or larger than a pony will need to take a swim in lava or fly and have wings examined. As such only four ponies will be aloud in with you and a complete seances is already under way. Your audience with His Thundering Majesty Dragonium Maximum will be delayed until it is finished but he demands my representative by there by noon tomorrow. Your Princess, Celestia Longhorn Skylight *** One week later *** Fluttershy was weeping into her pillow when she felt a note. she brought it out to she who or what wrote it. Dear Fluttershy. If you are reading this then discord is dead and you somehow survived. Pity that. Oh well, I made him go out with a bang. Those words he was muttering just before the boom mean "be not." So literally he is no more. His mind torn into as many pieces as his body. I suggest an evacuation of Ponyville. Before any else dies it is no longer save. Yours from the stars, Never you mind When she finish she went into a rage fueled frenzy. *** Pinkie Pie was making cupcakes when a sound and gust of wind reminiscent of a sonic-rain-boom rocked Sugarcube Corner down to its foundations. A letter fell from over a cupboard. When it touched the ground its envelope burst into a small flame and the flame laughed at her saying, "You are not really worth the effort." Pinkie Pie picked up what remains of the letter. Dear Pinkamena Diane Pie, This is a notice of eviction as per an unjustified number of civil complaints concerning you and your past times. This is the last of nine notices complete with petition. Also it has come to our attention that multiple ponies have fallen ill after eating some of your confections. Your mayor, Mayor Mare There was a list of signatures and everyone's name except the other barres of the elements and the Cakes. 6 Fallout of the EverfreeWhat few thing survived Discord's destruction where angry, big and powerful. All of them could see Canterlot and Ponyvile. The five of then began a blood march only to see a small individual holding what could have been a sword if it ever stop blowing steam, and this two legged thing was wearing black and red armor. The armor of the less subtle stars, their father, and the armor of their masters most long dead thanks to their captures those gut - wrenchingly noble gods, those two horned ponied pegasus that spoke. That Man standing there looked too cocky as it said "Well, well, well, I was wondering what was powerful enough to resist Tirek when he managed to take all the magic and I find you. I don't even know what you are, you look like something out of Warcraft but I don't think you are. So what are you, and will you join my bid to conquer this world," it said in a tone exuded a lack of control and a crack of never having 'minions' before a complete turn around into a commanding tone that at the end said 'I can and will do this without you.' "So you know not what we are yet you think you can put us in our place under you. Bah we will subjugate you instead of the other way around," the largest one said in a mocking tone in response to the clear lack of confidence plucking weapon from his hair. The next let a quartzite spear slide out of his palm. The others had spears made of similar metal on the man that stud before them. "Oh is that so well then have a stick to the eye," he said with a quick gab from his sword but he was farther away then their weapons could reach, but one of the giants' eye was now bleeding oil and gems "Oh Giants...The Giants from Greece, the snake feet the spears, the snake, weapon, and party cannon hair the oil instead of ichor this makes seance. I am so glad I read Anthropology by JasonTheHuman I was half afraid it would prove too true, so there where humans here once. Lyra you are my hero. Ha Ha. uh. I will have to look out for the princess then to keep my head," he said the bit about the princess more to himself then to them before he continued, "So immortal unless a demigod and god work together and you are out of you elements. Plus Discord the embodiment or god of chaos has left you in a weekend state so I can finish you. HA" The confidence he now exuded and the points he made caused them to back off and they summoned their strength into a single strike. In response the man bent space and swept across the Giants' necks reducing them to little more then golden dust witch he moved into the center of the creator just as Twilight warped back. He flue up and disguised himself as a crowd as he flue away giggling before he slapped himself because he had not removed the tracks from the destroyed landscape. Oh well guess I will have to come back in the after noon to deal with it. *** The next day Skeeve and the Princesses flue to Ponyville as soon as their duties allowed. When they arrived Twilight was half dead do to a poison that nopony knew about or even how to detect it. Skeeve on the other hand told the Princesses to take a detour around what was left the Everfree. He felt the effect of the radiation on the ambient magic before he felt it interfere with his. They got to Ponyville just in time to see Fluttershy start to build hurricanes to render what little of the forest was leaft and Sweet Apple Acres in to desert and rubble. Luna went to try to calm the pegasus down while the rest of the party went to see Twilight. After a quick look and a 'look' at her he went to work using Princesses Cadence and Celestia as his force lines because the normal ones where being ripped apart by the radiation. He made a grid much like the one out side Abdul's Rug shop that he tricked so long ago, but this one was green and so fine is could have been a tightly woven cloth. He drained them to the point that they had to sit. His mesh was glowing emerald to even the ordinary eye. After thirty minutes it began to turn a crimson as it did its work. Come on you stubborn equine we need you. I don't know who did this and only you can identify him. After an other three minutes his weave was blood red so he lifted it and wove around that a set of three hexagonal sphenoids made of violet light intersecting at ninety degrees from each other. As it the new shape turned black the Princesses felt the energies restored "Ok doc try fixing her up now. I know I did not get it all that should be enough that you are now helping not just slowing it down." he said as he went back to work with the now green mesh as he dispels the other shape once more making the Princesses week do to magic siphoning. The next day Twilight opened her eyes to see a human drooling on her left wing as he slept and Princesses Cadence and Celestia looking vary normal, like Luna after The Elements of Harmony did their work. Although Cadence's main, witch had only begone to do the flowy thing a few months ago, was frizzed so it looked like an 70 maindo. This by any wright should have made her laugh, but not wishing to disturb any of her sleeping guests did not. After some carefully applied levitation she was out from under the Skeeve but when she tried to role her limbs exploded with agony. She looked down to see that the only limbs that had skin where her wing her neck and body where fine but the coat ended and muscle began about a quarter inch after the hip or shoulder. It was about this time when she learned that she screamed. She began to cry, and not in the 'I will get over it in a minute' way but the 'Oh My Celestia I should be dead' way the way that says 'I may never recover from this.' "There, there," Celestia said in a voice the that reminded Twilight of when she was a filly who had just made half the book shelf fall on her. "Calm your self the doctors are doing all they can and Skeeve here has never tended to one of us before so he stuck with the anatomy he know pony and bird or so he said" "Hu. Oh, that was you crying out sorry should have asked the nurses to rap those," the man said in a most contrite manner before continuing, "Nurse, can get an anesthetic in here. Okay Twilight i need you awake but the pain gone. I intend to us your magic to heal your legs, I would us Luna or Celestia but they are trying to stop one of your friends and out of power respectfully" "Why...don't....you....use....the....mag-" she said in between sharp inhales as her leg wobbled and the outer layer of her muscles began split and bleed before she was interupted by Cadence. "He can't something about atoms and particle ripping though everything even what the eye can't see and how that interferes with the energy flow or some such," she said in a tone that made it clear she was only able to say half of it because she was copying Skeeve but had no real understanding of what she was talking about. "I see" Twi replied in a much steadier voice thanks to the nurse having given her the shot of what ever. "Twilight stay with me if you pass out i could kill you as i try to help you," he said as she started to feel weaker and a bright orange ring manifested around her right foreleg. it pulsed and began moving up her leg leaving trails of skin in it wake. Up and down it when weaving on over her leg a new layer of the origin that was supposed to encase her hole body. i toke him nigh on two hours finish the leg but when he did it was a flawless reproduction or would be once the coat regrew. He slumped again, he was clearly using some unicorn magic to supplement his normal use...weight, when did he learn how to do that. Three days later Apple jack came in for her first visit, and having given up on salvaging any of the expecting of the crop this year from Flutter shy, expecting something gruesome but found Twilight in almost perfect health. "Oh . Hay. It is nice to see you up and moving about," she was interrupted by a cough. Skeeve leapt from the far quarter and in cased A.J. in emerald light that when a little darker witch was then shifted away from both mares as he in cased that in his 'hexa-jack' and let that fad to black before dispelling both and they all saw Princesses Celestia's main begin flowing around the ends. "I recomend a complete evacuation of every one even those whom should not be move the hole town will be exposed to what will become fatal doses if they stay here," he said in a way that made it sound like a royal decree.
1 The New ArivalsToday, tomorrow, yesterday, last week ... boring. Why is earth always so boring? Well, there is the order of things, day in and day out. Nothing new except undiscovered lands or undiscovered Internet sites ... ok, there's television, too ... but still three to four hours are devoted to anything new, eight hours of work, eight to sleep, and eight hours to reread or watch what is in my collection. *sigh* Well, lets try combining Robet Asprin's Myth-ing books and maybe with Doctor Who.... I could try to go to Gallifrey. *** Skeeve stood in the middle of a room. A large round metal room with twenty inhabited chairs. He calmly collected every thing he knew about this world in his mind's eye. Then he drew upon his limited knowledge of where he meant to go. He inhaled for thirty seconds and snapped his fingers. With a pop and a flash, he knew he had moved ... But where did he move to? With that act, he became a dimensional traveler in his own right. He had earned the title of Demon. *** It was time for the The Traders Exchange in Rainbow Falls once again, and the market place was fuller the normal ... what with Princess Twilight Sparkle attending, what else would be expected? Well, she was in her chamber getting ready to teleport straight there, but when the spell activated she did not move. Ok. this is new let's try that again shall we. This time she appeared on a stage only to find no-pony in the audience. The whole place was deserted. *** Rainbow Dash was heading for The Traders Exchange from Appleloosa and was late so she was going as fast as her wings would allow. Until suddenly she was going twice as fast as she was a moment ago the kind of acceleration that could only come with a rain-boom. When she looked back to see there was no rain-boom but turning slowed her and she heard the bang that was normally accompanied by a light show. *** A green and purple dragon was replacing books on shelves from his master's two day reading binge. Suddenly a bang and a blast of rainbow energy came from the middle of the room throwing the whole library into disarray and made several large chunks of stone work fall. *** Skeeve opened his eyes to find himself on a stage and slight purple tint to every thing. So he smiled and waved while the purple tint went away and said, "Ah, hello. Where am I? I seen to have gotten lost," scratching his head with the last words. The response from the crowd of ponies... wait... yes ponies... screamed and ran...sorry galloped away, leaving him in a daze. After another couple seconds there was another purple flash and there stud another pony a taller, winged, horned pony. "Ah, hello. Where am I?" Skeeve asked again. "Hello," the confused alicorn said looking out over what was once a large crowd then turned to Skeeve. With a low gasp she backed up and started a spell. Skeeve just looked at her. She let lose with a beam meant to stun, but it simply bent around him. This earned her a smile and a bow. In this bow, his shape began to change, slowly at first the rapidly. So that once he was done he was a mirror image except he had a light green coat and a dark green main with a pendent hanging from its neck. Oh and no cutie mark something is wrong with that pitcher. So he is a pretender i wonder if he's discord he is the only one i know that could do something like that with out a shield spell active. She smiled again and bowed back but did not morph but instead asked "What was your question?" "I inquired about my location," the green Twilight said with a slight sigh of exasperation before continuing, "is that the standard greeting around here?" "Ah. No and Rainbow Falls," she responded sheepishly. "Ok so this Rainbow Falls is that the name of the town or the world?" he said with understanding and a little frustration. "It is the town silly that would be a rediscussed name for a world, and how could you not know if you live here," she replied with a giggle and mocking tone. "Well I have been away for awhile, and well ... may not be up to speed." the green Twi said with dip of the head and a lowering of his voice(still vary much male). "This is ... actually I know someone much more qualified to tell you then me. Please come with me," Twilight said as she began to fly south east. *** Spike awoke in a pile of books and ruble "Well Twilight will be all over me for this," he said to himself. Then he heard a grown from be hind him. He to see what had made the noise to see a...ah what is that thing. it has four appendages a head and is mostly covered in cloth and has a short main, no fur. He had no idea what it was and it was starting to move. so spike did the only logical thing... he barried it in books and stone work be for knocking it on the head to keep it passed out until Twilight got back. After a couple of hour it woke up, and spike being the dutiful guard was there to see it do so "Sorry about the restraints but i have to keep you in one place until Twilight come back." The man heard nothing intelligible except for the name Twilight. Well now he know where he was but did not understand what was said, so why not go for the classic "I come in peace to Equestria," loud and slow. Well those hours spent watching mlp with my sisters have come in handy. Well it can talk that is some thing I guess but not this and how does it know the name this county. Spike groaned to himself. He then pulled up half rotten chair and collected a picture book and began trying to teach the coatless beast a civil tongue.
2 The Aclimation 2 The Aclimation Skeeve looked up at the winged and horned pony and cursed I just imitated a female and incompletely. Well let just make it blurry and hope no one looks up. He used his magic to "fly" or reverse levitate after...Hmm I never got her name "What is your name, miss?" "Twilight, Twilight Sparkle , You?" "Skeeve the...." he pause half was throw the statement. "Skeeve what?" She said with a hint of sarcasm , "the Ignorant, the Comatose, the Sleepy, the Baron of the Rock" "Just Skeeve," he said with a twinge embarrassment. So it has secrets we will see how long that last with Luna sifting around in his head tonight "So just Skeeve, where are you from?" Twilight asked in a rather intimidating manner. "Over the hill and far away, or was it the second star to the right, or was it a rabbit hole ... over the mountain ... Kansas," he said with ever increasing confusion and pleading in his voice. "If you aren't shore just don't let the zebra hear you talk about the stars," the mare said with a hint of dark humor that suggested she already knew the answer. I don't know what he is talking about but but Luna will have it soon enough. "What or where is Kansas?" "Yeh know, I don't know. My teacher was always saying stuff like that," he said be for slapping a huff/hand over his mouth for he was still humanoid he just looked like a pony to any whom did not know how to 'see'. In order to 'see' through a disguise spell or and enchantment all you have to do is let your eyes go out of focus. he had of course checked her to see what she was hiding when they first met, and found that her tiara had an enchantment on it and her horn and wings where packed full of magic. So when her horn began to visibly glow he knew something was about to happen and made a four point spire word to displace what ever was coming at him. For those not versed in magic a basic spire word a a spire made of two circles moving at ninety to each other, for a four point just add to circles. Also please note that unless he put a lot of energy in to them they would be transparent unless one 'looked' at him or it. "Teacher, any teacher that would neglect names and titles like yours has is either incompetent or out of date." Twilight replied with sarcasm. Damn. How could I have let that slip? Well I was never any good with girls. First Tananda, then Luna, than Mark, before Queen hemlock and every time I screwed up and nearly caused my own down fall, and that was in my teens and early twenties i am thirty five now and still have trouble "Yah. You could call my teacher old fashioned. Ha ha ha," he said in way that let her know he let something slip that was supposed to be secret. "So, where are we going?" he said in in a 'please change the subject'. She chuckled before saying, "Canterlot, you silly stallion." Canterlot, CANERLOT, and stallion, STALLION ... well she is a pony it makes seance, just go with the flow... "When in Rome..." he said some what forlornly. "Where is Rome?" "I don't ... dog gone it ... curse you Oz!" "Ahz?" "No, Oz." "Ohz?" "Oz." "Oz?" "No relation, it is Oz," So that is how he felt the first time I us a name he was familiar with. "Et tu Brute," Skeeve said with a note nostalgia "What?" Twi said with real curiosity remembering the line from a play that has not be preformed in neigh on two hundred years. "Oh the was a Quote from willy...uh...I mean Winnyum Shakespeare," he said then to clarify at the sight of Twilight's look of befuddlement, "From his play Julius Caesar." "Oh, you mean William Shakespeare. The convention of including such words in names never really caught on so 'Naighpoleon' was the only major figure in our history to have such a name." she said so mater-of-factually that it nearly broke Skeeve's concentration before continuing, "And how do you know his works he was imprisoned for that play, because the zebra where told that the outlandish tail came from the stars," her know it all tone never wavering as she continued, "and every thing he had written before that was burned to placate them and every thing after was attributed to princess Celestia." "My teacher was a pack rat," he said wincing at he last word before saying "Darn it," under his breath. "What do you mean a 'pack rat'?" "it is what you call sommmmmmmmmeeeeee....pony that hordes stuff." "Oh, you mean a pack dog, because they horde junk like a diamond dog hordes gems," she said with a look or glee on her face she knew it now he was not from around here, he was out of date, and he was no changeling ... thus he must be a chaos bringer. "All right. We are here," she said after nearly an hour of flight in silence after her companion clamped up after is last grammatical mistake, "Lets go through the front gate...shale we." Skeeve gulped he knew he was going somewhere important but this was ridiculous. The city that stood before him made the city in Mr. Tolkien's city ... what was the name ... Minas ... something ... Oh yah Minas Tirith ... look small. No really this city put every thing he had ever thought up to shame. he could have put what he though of as Minas Tirith, Helms Deeps and The Shire in this one city and still have enough room for Mordor's armies. that is how big this city was and the castle alone could have housed the entire army he had beaten when he was first opinionated royal magician under King Roderic the fifth twice and and if he planed his trip well enough would not have encountered any of them. His jaw hit the ground, or would have if it could reach. The only reason he had not seen it sooner was because of the blue cloud that was always just ahead of him leaving a rainbow trail, and now that it had stopped he saw it to be a Pegasus not a cloud and it annoyed him slightly to only just now have seen that. What was more was more it was only now that he had realized that there where other modes to work with and that he really blown it. From the looks those two gave each other it was obvious that they where planing something and had mostly pulled it off. Well Oz was always yelling at me to be more observant. "You just be joking," he said jestering, at the city, "That has got to be an illusion. There is no way any city that is that big without making a lot more noise or at least a lot more up." Well that was a disappointment I would have thought he would have done more upon seeing it. Both ponies thought in unison before looking at each other in disappointment. He noticed this and wondered Did I disappoint or did I exceed their expectation. *** The young man lie there for a few minutes under the ruble and books the dragon had piled on him. He examined the pile and decided he could move the stone work. He then focused on one of the pieces of stone work and said, "Stenr rïsa," hopping that it would work. The dragon looked at the being that said something almost intelligible. Something about rising stones? To both of their surprise a piece of stone work move up about an inch and over nearly a foot a being looked exhausted from the effort but still thoroughly pleased with it. after a few breaths it looked at spike and said, "Skulblaka, stenr rïsa," at that something clicked in his mind but the words just felt to right there was no way he...could...No i need to keep him here, but he told me to move the rocks. a battle raged in spikes mind over weather he should 'raze the rocks' not. After a few minute Spike felt something like a hand caress his mind and the command was reiterated straight into his mind and it proved irresistible. He moved to the pile despite his attempts to stop or slow himself. After a few moments spike found he could move as he pleased so with the next rock he moved over his prisoners head only to hear Skulblaka, stenr rïsa in his mind again this time he understood what was said "dragon, raise the stone" and upon hearing he was being referred to as simply dragon really made him angry and the surge of adrenalin let him brake the command holding him "No, I am not your puppet, I have not worked under Twilight for nearly twenty years to be your slave move your own rocks!" he had just finished speaking when he broke the piece of stone work over the being's head nearly killing him. So know I need to tie him up and gag him. I think he would make a good chandelier. It was several hours before he made any movement and when he did he went, pardon the expiration but, APE SHIT. After several minute of looking like a fish on a line he exhaled and cleared his head (which felt like someone tried to bash it into a wall). He then began to rub his fingers together thinking come on, come on, spark. Breath in, focus exhale and send it through my finger. Next flare the energy into a flame ... good now hold it in my hand and. He fell from the chandelier and hit the ground hard sending him into darkness...again. Author's Note for those whom have not read the Mything service I apologize for the puns and jokes you are not getting (I include them so you may read Mr. Asprin's work and understand both his and this world a little more)and also Doctor Hooves and Assistant (Doctor and Derpy and a ginger unicorn). p.s. thank you ilovekimpossiblealot.
3 Allies? 3 Allies? After an hour of pocking and prodding the pegasus and alicorn got the new comer to enter the town. They kept a firm eye on him as he looked in ewe at the city before him. He was not blown away by the scope but the level of advancement. Here was a city easily the size of a fair sized city on Perv, the dimension he had come from, but with technology as primitive as his own dimension Klah. A (as he has come to see it) back water, degenerate, dimension who's advancement was barley above what you would call the dark ages. He would keep wondering off to look at the logistics of how the city worked to improve his home. They arrived around noun and it was near dusk when they finally managed to get him to the castle. The castle looked smaller now that he was looking at the doors and turrets. He realized that this castle was only twice the size of the one he was formally employed. He then walked up to the doors and push them open holding himself as if he where about to comfort his former employer Queen Hemlock. Last time he carried himself this he had stopped an unprecedented expansion of a kingdom and salvaged the same from fanatical ruin. His new posture set off every alarm bell in Twilight's head. She gave Rainbow Dash the signal and the guests vision became a blur of rainbows. He now knowing what that was made a eight point shield and pored enough magic into it to make i shine like a second sun just before it winked back out and a different being was lying on the floor of the palace. He was giggling and muttering about grate disses of power and Limbo, whatever that was. He was clearly no longer a threat, but why was he this way. He must be gotten to Princess Luna immediately. Skeeve had been about to announce them when his vision became not but rainbows. He guested that he was about to be under attack. So he made eight point spire shield and made it as strong as the ambient energy would allow. When the shield became blinding he looked for 'force lines.' Red line would be earth lines or energy he could only us when on the ground. Blue lines would be air line this energy can be used for just about any thing including 'flight.' But when he looked he was blinded by the shire amount of energy. Perfect plates of energy both in the air and ground. The amount of energy there was mind-boggling vast that it made the reserves on Perv look like what the reserves on Limbo compared to any other dimension he had ever visited. He was hit with an uncommonly powerful dosage of euphoria. Now I know what a Vampire feels like when he steps off of Limbo. He had lost control of mind and body as he collapsed began gabbing and giggling on his realization. He could not understand what happened for some time after that for awhile. It was just past midnight when Luna left the room that housed their unusual guest saying, "We have only seen this kind of chaos in a mind before," a soft giggling fallowing her. "Well, what is he," Twilight asked with a tone that said that she already knew but did not want it to be true. "Did you at least get his place of origin," Celestia asked with practiced indifference. "Here are many word and worlds swimming in his head. I can't make any thing out of it," the Princess of the Night replied in an apologetic tone. "I will stay with him until he snaps out of it." the Princess of the Dawn said in a manner that said, 'I will soon have some fun,' in a calculating almost evil way. *** He groaned as the light from the window washed over him. He rolled over and flared up his hands to burn the ropes holding him. After a few minutes he finally stud up and walked over to one of the many windows in the crystalline hall and looked out over a city that was larger them he remembered should be here, if this was her castle. If it was then he need to find a room, or vault maybe. He went fro room to room, he new what he wanted ... no ... need. Yes he needed to find those piece of jewelry, and a tree. If he could find the tree and shatter the jewels he would be unstoppable if his powers held out. He was going to take over just for the excitement, to brake his boredom. After hours of wandering the castle he had found his way back to the room he wandered out of. He sighed and moved to the large double door. He review what he new and decided to imitate Zacora as he walked out into the street. No one paid the robed zebra any attention until it looked at a map and went south. He walked to the forest and then into the forest. he fallowed a path being overly careful not to touch any thing until he found luminescent flowers. He knew he had almost fond the hut that belonged to his present appearance. He moved in and settled down and examined his new surroundings. He weighted for Zacora to come home. *** Skeeve was finally coming out of his euphoria he realized he was in a bed, a comfy bed. He tried to make seance of that. He should have been in a cell, but it looked like he was in guest chambers and then he noticed an other alicorn. This made him panic. He recoiled from the form literally taking flight and fleeing to the opposite quarter of the ceiling. Then he looked at the white alicorn shuffling a deck of cards. Yes cards. When a card fell from the deck he pulled it to himself. It was a orger of spades (a king to you dear reader.) This was not something that was not expected.
4 The ArangementsZacora's hut was just as voodoo as the show showed. Most of the day passed before she returned humming a pony tune. When she finally arrived she dropped the plant she was holding and picked up a spire from behind the door. He smiled and dropped the disguise before using a simpler magic to lift the spire and the said "Letta," in a monotone what would have sent chilles up Discord's spine. Then he reached out with his mind and stole every thought the zebra ever had copied every memory. It was after midnight when he stopped having collected all the information he could from her. Finally he cut out the memories of him and what he did to her. The pain from that ordeal left her so week she just simply pasted out. He left her to go and find what he needed. *** Skeeve looked between the card and the white alicorn sitting at his bed side confoundedly. She smiled at the young man as she continued to shuffle. She recollected the stay card saying. "Hello, my name is Celestia. What might yours be?" "Don't you already know?" he ask defensively as he floated closer to the bed. "Well, yes I do but introductions work both ways," she said in a tone the said 'I hear that one all the time.' She continued be saying, "and besides I still don't know if i can trust my eyes." "Skeeve, why would you need to ask about trusting your eyes, and where did you get those?" he said in a way the suggested wounded pride. Celestia let a single giggle escape her before saying, "Well I have been told of three different forms that you ware and fare away," at that she cracked a smile that told Skeeve his gig was up, "I believe you call entities like us," she pause to consider the word, "Demons, I think." "Why," Skeeve began, "would any one of any kind call you a demon. I mean you are among the more beautiful think I have seen." "You know full well I think. Now here are your cards," Celestia said in a way that made Skeeve feel really low for the way he has been playing with his words. "I will not pick those up until i know all the qualifiers," he said in a more respectful tone. "Qualifiers, qualifiers, my dear how ever said we where playing that," Celestia said with mock offense. "If you are as you clam and your reaction tells me you are indeed one," Skeeve said with a professorial tone, "then you should have at lease hear of it" The conversation continued for several hours as Skeeve began to learn about the dimension and its 'people.' After some time he became comfortable in his new environment. However he was there fore nearly a month and in that time he learned about politics and economics (Oz would be proud), and the local magic (witch he could not for the life of him us.) Dragon poker was however his favorite past time. He had even managed to spread it to the griffins and the local dragon population. He even amassed a small fortune in bits. *** Well this is good, it has been a month of me doing my thing and not even Discord has sensed me. I think it is about time I let this world know I am here. He was confident as he approached the castle of Discord. Once there he knocked on the door while lighting his hand on fire. Each time he knocked he uttered a word that caused the fire to grow and consume the door. Once the door was fully ablaze he backed up began to laugh. Discord drawn to the one point of chaos he did not cause or sanction with in his domain can to his fount door. He looked out to see an other draconequus laughing demonically standing just off his front stoop. Just as Discord was about to said something there was a small nibble like sensation in the back of his mind. Along with the words "Waíse neiat" and a mental image of Fluttershy. Discord was more than a little taken aback by that but by the time he had pulled his self back together to ask the young one what he meant the other draconequus was already smaller than a pin's head and had vanished into the grass. The sound of his laughter growing ever fainter. *** "Oh, hello, Fluttershy, Twilight. I am so glad you could make it," the draconequus said with clear relief the next day, "I was hoping you could tell me if there are any more Chaos Bringers or at least any sings there of. As well as what Waíse neiat means" at the last three word he became rigid not even noticing when his guests head told his they did not know of either. "What," Twilight inquired indignantly, "We fly all the way here and you cant even bother us with pleasantries?" All that was her answer was Discord saying to himself the words he had just spoken his eye landing on Fluttershy before he said "I am sorry I have no choice," before he bellowed the words out this time giving them all his power. That gave Twilight just enough time to teleport Fluttershy and herself to Fluttershy 's cottage before an explosion the size of Canterlot set whatever was not destroyed of the Everfree aflame. Twilight teleported to where they had been not a minute ago as Fluttershy began to cry. Twilight was there for just under a minute when she started to feel woozy. She teleported back to find Fluttershy in a rage that could have sent dragons fleeing from before her. Nothing Twilight did could calm her and she was feeling worse. So she teleported to the hospital in Ponyvile where she fell over retching.
5 The lettersRainbow Dash was flying arrowed and was interrupted by the mail pony Derpy Hooves Dear Rainbow Dash, Conjurations you have been accepted into The Iron Talons. This group is a multi-rascal flying group. Our members include several retired Wonder bolts, former griffin and pegasus military, as well as a few unicorns and zebra. Yes we are aware that these last two contradict our "flight team" status how ever we only accept the best. Normally we only consider recruits that have military serves but we will make an exception. In you we see talent that would normally only come from the battle field, but you have preformed several imposable maneuvers and battled several public enemies. As such you meat and exceed all qualifications. However there is one thing that is needed to be dealt with before it can be made official, and that is an in person audition. The whole thing should take a little over six weeks. Please meat our representative at Talonpolis within two days or receiving this letter, we have a spell to tell us when it is opened so we will be weighting. Thank you for you participation. Your's truly, Gawd Hockbeak *** Rarity was working on her latest spring line when she heard a knocking at her door. So she was a little miffed when she opened it to see a zebra letter courier wearing a set of saddle bags with the Khazar's crest. This set her aback. The courier simply hooved over the letter. Rarity read it with growing surprise until she was giddy with excitement. To the mare known as Rarity. She of the white coat and purple main. She whom defeated the packs of the diamond dogs with out weapons. She whom by rights of conquest owns splendid valley. She whom bares the element of generosity. She of Ponyville in Equestria our neighbor to the north. We the Khazar of the zebra, the defender of our realms, the king of the lands chosen by the true god, defender ageist the stars, extend to you, oh one of the many stones and clothes, to ply your craft for us and our closest subject and kin. We request this of you along with granting you a not so immodest sum as recompense for requisitioning you skills to our use. However we request your presence wile you preform you task on our behalf. So that your work may be enhanced be our spell weavers as you work. For plying the skill of weaving spells is far stronger if preformed wile the piece being worked on is being assembled. If you agree we request that you travail with the courier we sent with this letter for he will be you safe passage into our lands and cites. He has been ordered to take your answer and weight until you are ready to depart. Khazar of the zebra, the defender of our realms, the king of the lands chosen by the true god, defender ageist the stars *** Twilight was reading up on some magical theories concerning interdenominational travel when spike belched. He ran into the room with lanky vigor waving a letter around. "Well lets see what the Princess wants today, it seem that see is always asking us to travel." To my distinguished liaison Spike Clenceingflame Sparkle, We have need of your assistance in the western regions. We fear that we will need your help with some dragon problems concerning jewels and hordes or some such and supposed pony raiders. After several months they seem to have decided that these were some how related to our armed forces. They also seem to fear an armed assault by our nation. So there must be a small number of “Persons” and or ponies and they specified that the number can not be six or larger something about “our accursed magics” according to some 'informant' clams that our magics increase in power by an unreasonable margin and that some of our subjects have previously invaded there realm in disguise as such all dragons as large or larger than a pony will need to take a swim in lava or fly and have wings examined. As such only four ponies will be aloud in with you and a complete seances is already under way. Your audience with His Thundering Majesty Dragonium Maximum will be delayed until it is finished but he demands my representative by there by noon tomorrow. Your Princess, Celestia Longhorn Skylight *** One week later *** Fluttershy was weeping into her pillow when she felt a note. she brought it out to she who or what wrote it. Dear Fluttershy. If you are reading this then discord is dead and you somehow survived. Pity that. Oh well, I made him go out with a bang. Those words he was muttering just before the boom mean "be not." So literally he is no more. His mind torn into as many pieces as his body. I suggest an evacuation of Ponyville. Before any else dies it is no longer save. Yours from the stars, Never you mind When she finish she went into a rage fueled frenzy. *** Pinkie Pie was making cupcakes when a sound and gust of wind reminiscent of a sonic-rain-boom rocked Sugarcube Corner down to its foundations. A letter fell from over a cupboard. When it touched the ground its envelope burst into a small flame and the flame laughed at her saying, "You are not really worth the effort." Pinkie Pie picked up what remains of the letter. Dear Pinkamena Diane Pie, This is a notice of eviction as per an unjustified number of civil complaints concerning you and your past times. This is the last of nine notices complete with petition. Also it has come to our attention that multiple ponies have fallen ill after eating some of your confections. Your mayor, Mayor Mare There was a list of signatures and everyone's name except the other barres of the elements and the Cakes.
6 Fallout of the EverfreeWhat few thing survived Discord's destruction where angry, big and powerful. All of them could see Canterlot and Ponyvile. The five of then began a blood march only to see a small individual holding what could have been a sword if it ever stop blowing steam, and this two legged thing was wearing black and red armor. The armor of the less subtle stars, their father, and the armor of their masters most long dead thanks to their captures those gut - wrenchingly noble gods, those two horned ponied pegasus that spoke. That Man standing there looked too cocky as it said "Well, well, well, I was wondering what was powerful enough to resist Tirek when he managed to take all the magic and I find you. I don't even know what you are, you look like something out of Warcraft but I don't think you are. So what are you, and will you join my bid to conquer this world," it said in a tone exuded a lack of control and a crack of never having 'minions' before a complete turn around into a commanding tone that at the end said 'I can and will do this without you.' "So you know not what we are yet you think you can put us in our place under you. Bah we will subjugate you instead of the other way around," the largest one said in a mocking tone in response to the clear lack of confidence plucking weapon from his hair. The next let a quartzite spear slide out of his palm. The others had spears made of similar metal on the man that stud before them. "Oh is that so well then have a stick to the eye," he said with a quick gab from his sword but he was farther away then their weapons could reach, but one of the giants' eye was now bleeding oil and gems "Oh Giants...The Giants from Greece, the snake feet the spears, the snake, weapon, and party cannon hair the oil instead of ichor this makes seance. I am so glad I read Anthropology by JasonTheHuman I was half afraid it would prove too true, so there where humans here once. Lyra you are my hero. Ha Ha. uh. I will have to look out for the princess then to keep my head," he said the bit about the princess more to himself then to them before he continued, "So immortal unless a demigod and god work together and you are out of you elements. Plus Discord the embodiment or god of chaos has left you in a weekend state so I can finish you. HA" The confidence he now exuded and the points he made caused them to back off and they summoned their strength into a single strike. In response the man bent space and swept across the Giants' necks reducing them to little more then golden dust witch he moved into the center of the creator just as Twilight warped back. He flue up and disguised himself as a crowd as he flue away giggling before he slapped himself because he had not removed the tracks from the destroyed landscape. Oh well guess I will have to come back in the after noon to deal with it. *** The next day Skeeve and the Princesses flue to Ponyville as soon as their duties allowed. When they arrived Twilight was half dead do to a poison that nopony knew about or even how to detect it. Skeeve on the other hand told the Princesses to take a detour around what was left the Everfree. He felt the effect of the radiation on the ambient magic before he felt it interfere with his. They got to Ponyville just in time to see Fluttershy start to build hurricanes to render what little of the forest was leaft and Sweet Apple Acres in to desert and rubble. Luna went to try to calm the pegasus down while the rest of the party went to see Twilight. After a quick look and a 'look' at her he went to work using Princesses Cadence and Celestia as his force lines because the normal ones where being ripped apart by the radiation. He made a grid much like the one out side Abdul's Rug shop that he tricked so long ago, but this one was green and so fine is could have been a tightly woven cloth. He drained them to the point that they had to sit. His mesh was glowing emerald to even the ordinary eye. After thirty minutes it began to turn a crimson as it did its work. Come on you stubborn equine we need you. I don't know who did this and only you can identify him. After an other three minutes his weave was blood red so he lifted it and wove around that a set of three hexagonal sphenoids made of violet light intersecting at ninety degrees from each other. As it the new shape turned black the Princesses felt the energies restored "Ok doc try fixing her up now. I know I did not get it all that should be enough that you are now helping not just slowing it down." he said as he went back to work with the now green mesh as he dispels the other shape once more making the Princesses week do to magic siphoning. The next day Twilight opened her eyes to see a human drooling on her left wing as he slept and Princesses Cadence and Celestia looking vary normal, like Luna after The Elements of Harmony did their work. Although Cadence's main, witch had only begone to do the flowy thing a few months ago, was frizzed so it looked like an 70 maindo. This by any wright should have made her laugh, but not wishing to disturb any of her sleeping guests did not. After some carefully applied levitation she was out from under the Skeeve but when she tried to role her limbs exploded with agony. She looked down to see that the only limbs that had skin where her wing her neck and body where fine but the coat ended and muscle began about a quarter inch after the hip or shoulder. It was about this time when she learned that she screamed. She began to cry, and not in the 'I will get over it in a minute' way but the 'Oh My Celestia I should be dead' way the way that says 'I may never recover from this.' "There, there," Celestia said in a voice the that reminded Twilight of when she was a filly who had just made half the book shelf fall on her. "Calm your self the doctors are doing all they can and Skeeve here has never tended to one of us before so he stuck with the anatomy he know pony and bird or so he said" "Hu. Oh, that was you crying out sorry should have asked the nurses to rap those," the man said in a most contrite manner before continuing, "Nurse, can get an anesthetic in here. Okay Twilight i need you awake but the pain gone. I intend to us your magic to heal your legs, I would us Luna or Celestia but they are trying to stop one of your friends and out of power respectfully" "Why...don't....you....use....the....mag-" she said in between sharp inhales as her leg wobbled and the outer layer of her muscles began split and bleed before she was interupted by Cadence. "He can't something about atoms and particle ripping though everything even what the eye can't see and how that interferes with the energy flow or some such," she said in a tone that made it clear she was only able to say half of it because she was copying Skeeve but had no real understanding of what she was talking about. "I see" Twi replied in a much steadier voice thanks to the nurse having given her the shot of what ever. "Twilight stay with me if you pass out i could kill you as i try to help you," he said as she started to feel weaker and a bright orange ring manifested around her right foreleg. it pulsed and began moving up her leg leaving trails of skin in it wake. Up and down it when weaving on over her leg a new layer of the origin that was supposed to encase her hole body. i toke him nigh on two hours finish the leg but when he did it was a flawless reproduction or would be once the coat regrew. He slumped again, he was clearly using some unicorn magic to supplement his normal use...weight, when did he learn how to do that. Three days later Apple jack came in for her first visit, and having given up on salvaging any of the expecting of the crop this year from Flutter shy, expecting something gruesome but found Twilight in almost perfect health. "Oh . Hay. It is nice to see you up and moving about," she was interrupted by a cough. Skeeve leapt from the far quarter and in cased A.J. in emerald light that when a little darker witch was then shifted away from both mares as he in cased that in his 'hexa-jack' and let that fad to black before dispelling both and they all saw Princesses Celestia's main begin flowing around the ends. "I recomend a complete evacuation of every one even those whom should not be move the hole town will be exposed to what will become fatal doses if they stay here," he said in a way that made it sound like a royal decree.
