Chaotic Memoriesby ZhoovesChaptersChapter 1 - Good morning...Chapter 2 - In My MindChapter 3 - The TruthChapter 1 - Good morning...I woke up, wondering where the heck I was. I couldn't see anything, and neither could I move more than a few inches. I could feel I was buried alive, and I was proven right as dirt fell into my mouth when I tried to call for help. The pressure made it feel like a house had fallen on top of me. My head ached, when I suddenly realized that I couldn't remember anything. Sure, I remember how to speak, move and other basic stuff, but I can't fathom much beyond that. Thank goodness I'm not claustrophobic, that much is clear. That could have ended badly, especially since I'm in a really tight spot right now... Panic is the last thing I need. So as I had nothing better to do, I started to try and dig my way upwards, as I thought that was the most logical way to go. The direction the dirt fell told me I were on the right way. After a few minutes of digging later, I hit something that felt like rock. Great. Thankfully, the digging had revealed a few air-pockets, meaning I could move a bit more freely. I started hitting the rock-hard surface, and surprisingly: It cracked. It wasn't thick at all! As I reached out to the surface, I noticed it was very dark. "It must be nighttime." I thought, yet there were no stars, no moon and no wind... And the ground was covered in the stone-like material. I started walking to check out the area, when I bumped into what felt like a pillar of the same stone-like material that the ground was covered in. I didn't hit it hard, but it was apparently enough to break this as well. It broke into what seemed like dust. Quite fragile. That was when I realized I were in some sort of building. The roof above me started cracking. The pillar I accidentally broke must have been supporting it. The cracks became bigger, and pieces of the ceiling started to fall. I didn't have much time to think before everything collapsed on top of me. I was searching through the ruins of a recently burnt-down house near the border of the Everfree Forest to find clues as to why it had started to burn. Celestia had given me this task for some weird reason, which is the only reason I would ever check up on this place. I didn't see much reason with it - other than discovering a fire-factor that could be avoided in the future of course -, but as the princess had asked for this personally... Then I had to do it. The only thing left here seemed to be some charcoal and the few parts of the old building that had been built in stone. Then suddenly the floor started to shake. When I noticed the stone-floor started to fall apart, I immedeately teleported to safety right outside the site. As everything collapsed in front of me, I could hear a call of help from beyond. That was when I realized: "Someone was down there!?". I quickly started moving some of the rubble away using levitation-magic. After a short while, I saw a shape at the bottom of what seemed to be a hidden basement of some sort. But the shape wasn't of a pony... It didn't look like it at least. It looked like it had something similar to claws, but it wasn't like those of a dragon, a griffon or any creature I had seen... Maybe a minotaur? Suddenly it started glowing, and a sudden flash of light forced me to look away to not be blinded. When I looked back, the creature seemed different. Now I could clearly see that it was a pegasus lying down there. It had a white, wild mane and tail, with a slightly darker, blue fur than her cyan friend, Rainbow Dash. It had a few spots here and there that was slightly brighter in color than the rest of it's fur that almost reminded her of stars in the night sky. I slid down the rubble to take a closer look. It was still breathing. I could now see that it had the features of a young stallion, as well as his cutie mark: Two deep-purple lines twisting inwards towards a small elliptic black dot. "Hello!? Are you alright!?" I shouted to try and get a reaction from him. He didn't repond at all, so I assumed he had blacked out. I checked his heart-beat and breath to make sure he was ok. Both were functioning, but they were very faint. As I almost started to panic out of fear of what would happen if I didn't do anything, I figured it was only a waste of time not to do anything. So I lifted him up using my levitation-spell and carried him with me. It was only just now that I noticed, but his wings were much bigger than the average pegasi - almost as big as Celestia's wings. Standing there, baffled of his wings, I suddenly realized that I had to get moving. But where? The hospital were closed, thanks to an emergency involving another friend of mine: Pinkie Pie. She had the sugar-rush of the century after eating a special cupcake she had made with super-compressed sugar in stead of normal sugar - using the same dose as she would with normal sugar. This caused the cupcake to have the same effect as fifty kilograms of sugar, knocking her out. When she finally woke up at the hospital, she had exploded with energy caused by the sugar, and she went on a short rampage of uncontrollable bouncing, which caused half the hospital to fall apart, and leaving the other half of it in a useless state. I felt the panic coming back now. Where should I go? I then realized that the best option was home - to the library! Everything were in chaos. Everything around me. Houses with their roofs stuck in the ground - some even floating around, a sky that shifted between every colour of the rainbow, the sun flinging back and forth in random directions, chocolate rain... And a unique dark voice singing about it echoed. I thought to myself: "What the heck have I eaten to imagine this madness?". It was then it stood before me. A large, snake-like shape, with horns and body-parts from many different creatures... I woke up again, now with an even worse headache and a déjà vu feeling. "Not again..." I thought to myself. Well, at least I wasn't buried now. Everything was still black, but that was probably because I hadn't opened my eyes yet. Nope. Still black. My vision slowly returned, at first everything was blurry, but after a short while it got better. I looked around, and quickly noticed I was on a couch, in a room full of bookcases with books of all kinds. The next thing I notice are hoofs. Did I have these earlier? And what's this? Wings? Fur? A tail? Surely my memory is bad at the moment, but I can't have missed such things earlier? What is going on!? "Oh! You're awake!". I quickly looked towards where I heard the voice. It was a purple unicorn... And is that a pile of books she's lying under? "Oh, yeah. As you see, I take studying to a completely new level... I'm Twiligh Sparkle by the way. What's your name?". "Zoron..." I replied, not knowing where I got it from. I guess a few parts of my memory was still in there somewhere. "That's an interesting name. I've never heard anything like it. Are you from around here?". "Not that I can remember...". She turned around and took a few steps towards me, knocking over a couple of stacks of books. "Oh... You've got amnesia? Was that from when that building fell on you?". I stood up, having a few problems as I still had to get used to this body. Still, it felt strangely familiar. "No, I had just woken up underground underneath that building. I guess I managed to knock down one of the supporting pillars there... I didn't remember anything at that time either". "Underground, huh? Interesting. Well at least you remembered your name... Correct?" "I guess so... I think I remebered it subconsciously.". I took a few steps away from the couch, stretching my legs, and trying to find the musculature in my wings. Somehow they moved automatically as I wanted them to, as if it was instinct. "Are you sure you're completely fine? You're lucky that there wasn't much of the building left.". She sat down on a nearby pillow, looking up into the ceiling as if she was remembering something. "I was shocked when I discovered that there were someone there. I moved most of the rubble away, and found you there. Then I carried you over here using my magic". She looked back down to me. "Anything else you remember?". I took a minute to think. "One thing I'm sure about, is that I can't remember being a pegasus... Or any kind of pony for that matter.". Twilight looked like she had just realized something: "Oh, then what I saw... Was real I guess? When I first saw you, you didn't excactly look like a pony either. Do you remember having claws, or something similar?". "Actually, I do.". I lifted up and looked at one of my hoofs. "I don't know what I was though, but it felt familiar to an extent.". I took a look around. Books were lying everywhere I took a step. I looked through one of the windows in the room. It seemed like I was located in a town of some sort. "Where am I?" I asked. She gave me a surprised look: "You don't even know that? You're in Ponyville! In the local library to be more specific.". Ponyville... The name of the town rung no bells. It didn't even set my mind in motion. After a few seconds of awkward silence I decided to ask a question that I hoped Twilight could answer: "Do you know of anything that could help recover my memories?". She suddenly got wide-eyed as she seemed to realize something: "Yes! I know a spell for returning memories! Why didn't I think of that immediately? Gah!". She knocked her hoof to her head. "Anyway, are you ready?". "Oh, sure. Um... Do what you can?". "Ok... I need you to hold still...". Her horn started to glow as she reached for my head with it. As it made contact, it felt like I had a flashback of some sort... But it was impossible to tell what everything was, as it was both very blurry and moved faster than my mind could comprehend. Twilight backed of a little, looking slightly shocked and exhausted. "Something is... wrong." She said, while trying to catch her breath. "The spell shouldn't do so, but I saw your memories... And there were so many! And they were in a huge mess - impossible to put together in a way that would let us understand! And not to forget how blurry it all was.". She sat down on an other pillow. She just said what I was about to say. "It's almost like they have been sealed by a powerful spell... I don't think I can break it either.". She seemed disappointed that she couldn't do much more. "Don't worry too much about it. I'm sure there's a meaning to it all." I said, trying to make her feel better. "Do you know any other method?". She looked up again: "Well... I guess the most common way to recover lost memories is to find clues or things you can associate with your past. For example a picture, a place, somepony you know... Even a word.". It made sense. Just like my name came out of nowhere when I was asked for it, other memories must be in my head somewhere. Maybe if I started to look around? "Maybe we should just take a walk outside, perhaps you might recognize something to awaken your memories." She said, stood up and opened the door with her magic. "Shall we go?". We went outside and closed the door behind us. Zoron seemed relieved now that he was outside in the fresh air. He flapped his wings a couple of times. I was still baffled over how big and majestic they were. I bet he could fly really fast with them. He suddenly looked at me. "Is something wrong?". I suddenly realized I had been staring at him for maybe a minute. "Oh, no. Nothing wrong. It's just that your wings are much bigger than the average pegasus.". He looked up to the sky. A few pegasi was flying up there. "I can see that." he said, looking at his own wings. "Maybe you should test them? Maybe flying could awaken a few memories?". "I could try, but I can't remember if I've ever flown before though.". He stretched out his wings and tried a couple more light flaps. He seemed to be testing every muscle of his wings. Then he did it. With a couple of powerful flaps, he shook the ground as he lifted off. And not surprisingly, he rose into the air with an incredible speed. With just a few flaps he was at least 100 feet above me. He started flying in circles above me, when he suddenly started glowing like the time when I found him. The flash of light came, and... His wings... Were gone!? He started falling, and I panicked once again. That was when he suddenly started glowing with a slightly different color, and in a slightly less blinding flash, he disappeared. "Did... Did he just teleport?" I said to myself. I recognized it as a teleportation -spell, as I have used it myself quite a few times. After about a second or two, he reappeared right next to me - seemingly exhausted. I immediately noticed a unicorn-horn on his head, but that had to wait - safety first! "Are you alright!?". "Yeah... I think so... What a rush that gave me... Where did this horn come from?". He looked very confused at what had just happened. "I don't know, but you suddenly started glowing and..." I continued with explaining what I saw, both now and earlier, with the flash of light, and the changes of his appearance. "But I really don't know how such things could happen... Unless you were a changeling of course, which I doubt...?". "You know, I think I remember a very common creature that does change between the different races..." he managed to say. "Oh, really? What?" I was really curious now. What could it be? "A background pony." He said, with a faint smile on his face. "A what?" I said, but there was no use in asking: Zoron had blacked out again! Chapter 2 - In My MindEverything were in chaos again... Now I was sure it all was just a dream, but something about it all felt familiar... Could this world be a compilation of my memories? I mean, they've got to be in my head somewhere... My head was spinning for a second when I suddenly heard a deep laughter echoing... All the chaos just suddenly stopped, and the snake-shaped creature materialized a few feet in front of me. It kept on laughing. "What's so funny?" I asked it. It stopped laughing, looked around as if it was mad that all the things that had stopped. Suddenly everything returned to their chaotic ways like earlier. Seemingly pleased with everything again, it quickly turned it's head towards me. "What's funny you ask?" he chuckled. "I'm just happy to see you again, my dear, old friend!". "Do I know you?". "Why, yes, you do, in fact I believe I'm one of your... Oldest and best of friends!". He chuckled even more now. I was kind of suspicious to that, especially since it almost felt like chaos were radiating from him. "Ok then... As my 'friend'... What can you tell me of this world? Does this place have anything to do with my memories?" I asked. He started to pull his goat-beard, like he was thinking of something. "Well..." he began, "... To start of, yes, this place do have something to do with your memories. This is the very inside of your mind! And as you might have noticed, your head is quite the mess: Loosing your memories like that isn't usually normal you know!" he started to move around me slowly in circles. "And as you might have guessed: This is a dream, in which your old memories are retained...". He moved even closer, now putting an embracing arm around my neck. His touch gave me the shivers. "And then, you might wonder, what in the world could have happened to you to put everything away in here? And in such a state?". He gave me an evil look before he started grinning, took his arm away and floated backwards a few feet away from me. "Well, surely, you must have noticed by now...". "Noticed what?". He started to get on my nerves. "That you are far from a normal pony. You even switched between the pony-races - a feat no unicorn-magic could have done. And those little ponies usually have such a good way with harmony, yet, your head is filled with the complete opposite: Complete chaos!". I wondered where he was going with this. "The reason behind it all is clear to me, as I've always been with you - be it in mind, or in real life. You have lived way longer than most other beings in this world. Thus you would have a lot of memories, yes?". If what he says is true, then yes. I most likely would have a lot of memories. Yet I couldn't see why this explained the chaos... And how old am I anyway? "And with a very long life comes a lot of hardships, yes? And what if all of those... hardships... were to weigh heavier on you than the few friendships and moments of happiness could keep you aloft?". He tapped his head with a claw a few times while saying: "You would go mad. All the negative thoughts and memories would consume you, ultimately driving you crazy.". He did a few aerial tricks while I was taking in what he had just said. How old am I? And how many have I known, only to lose them? Why does most of what he says feel almost right in a way? Suddenly he stopped and turned towards me. "Oh, and one more thing...". He flew a bit closer to me. "There's also the fact that many memories easily pile up, making even more chaos! This means the older you get, the more chaotic ones mind can be!". "If that is the case, and everything he has says is true... Then that would explain why everything in here is in such a mess..." I said in a low voice. Yet, it seemed like he heard me. "This isn't a mess." He said angrily. Everything just started to go even more crazy now. It was almost like his emotions affected the balance of things in here. "It's a DISASTER!" He yelled, suddenly sounding positive."All the chaos you could ever wish for! Chaos in all it's beauty! It's like a paradise to me!". He looked around at his "paradise". I didn't find it all that great. "So this paradise of yours are my mind and memories..." I said. "A lot of the things you have said feels oddly right... Yet, it all also makes no sense.". He suddenly stopped moving. He then quickly turned his head towards me - again - with a grin on his face. "Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense...". As his words echoed, the world started to darken, until it was all gone, and I fell into the emptiness... "Gaaah!" I yelled, as I quickly rose up, only to bang my head into something right above my head. My horn took most of it though, but I was left with a small bump in my head. It would seem like Twilight had set up a few things just above me for some reason. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" I heard her say from behind a few stacks of notebooks and even more of the machines like the one I knocked my head into. "I was just trying to track what made you change those two times, as well as checking on your health. Blacking out like that, followed with almost no heart-beat, as well as no breath can't be good for you.". Oh, right. I'm not a pegasus anymore. I could still kind of feel my wings though... "So just like that... I'm a unicorn." I said, kind of disappointed that I couldn't test my wings more. "Yeah, it's all so strange... No magic that I know of can do that." she quickly looked though some of her notes. "Have you found anything that could explain it? Other than magic, I mean?". "None. Other than you being a changeling, of course, but that would also be some kind of magic... And I tested to see if you weren't one, and you aren't. Clearly." she walked over to one of her machines, looking at a number that went up and down in in a certain rhythm. "You didn't exactly lie still while you were out. You shouted random words and phrases while kicking in every direction... Did you have a nightmare or something?" she looked over to another set of numbers. "Kind of... It was all so weird... I don't really want to talk about it.", I said, while resting my head at the arm of the couch. "Maybe later then? It could be important you know, as memories just can't leave your head like that. They have got to be in there somewhere!". She was now multitasking by holding a couple of notebooks using her magic, quickly noting what the different machines showed, while also seemingly analyzing everything I said. But what now? If she couldn't find an answer, then what would I do? I decided to shake the thought away. Doing nothing didn't help. So I decided to try out my new horn. I saw a notebook that looked interesting, and after a minute of heavy concentration, I managed to levitate it over to me. It felt strange... Like the time with the wings. Instinct or something. I suddenly had a flashback, revealing quite a few spells I didn't even know about. "Is there a safe place to test magic around here?" I asked. Testing more spells I don't quite understand yet in the middle of a library seemed like a bad idea. Just the thought of what could happen frightened me. "Oh, you want to test magic now that you are a unicorn? I can understand that, but aren't we being a little hasty? I mean, what " she said, giving me a nervous look. "I just tested levitation, and by doing so, it seems some spells were revealed to me - like a memory. Don't you think that could be a clue? That this could lead to more memories?". She suddenly looked surprised. "Really? Levitation? Usually, that takes months of practice to master... But if you say so, I guess we could go to the basement... I just cleaned it of machinery, as I needed it up here, so there is quite some space down there now." She opened a door underneath the stairs going upstairs. I followed her in, and there it was: A completely empty room. "So what kind of spells did you... remember?". We both stepped down into the middle of the room. "Just give me a minute...." I said while closing my eyes, concentrating really hard on the spell I wanted to try. Suddenly I started glowing, and in a flash of light, I teleported back up on top of the stairs again. "It worked!" I said happily, teleporting back down with less effort now that I had tried it once. Twilight didn't respond. She just looked even more surprised now. After a few seconds of silence, she asked: "You are sure you haven't done that before?". "Is it really that big of a deal?". I was surprised that she was surprised. I mean, I barely even have to put any effort into it now that I had it figured out. "Not a big of a deal!? Do you even realize how few unicorns who can do that? And on top of that, you don't even seem to tire from it! I can barely walk right after teleporting!". Really? Is it that difficult? I wonder if any of the other spells are at that level... The following couple of hours went into testing spell after spell, every time followed by Twilight's jaw almost dropping off of her head. Fire, ice, strong winds, alchemy spells, enhanced movement, magic wings... One spell lead to another, until I hit the bottom. "That seems to be about it.". During the past couple of hours, I had tested a spell, followed by learning another - all out of the blue, or more like memories returning. But they were only spells - not memories of actual events or friends and such. At least this magic kept me occupied so that I didn't worry so much. Heading upstairs I immediately noticed it was night-time outside. I was really tired, after having to carry Zoron those times, as well as searching for answers to why he transformed and looking over what spells he wanted to try out. I had not imagined somepony who had just been turned into a unicorn being able to use so many spells, and that in only a couple of hours! Maybe this was his special talent? I had to ask: "Do you remember if you were any good at magic before this?". "I don't recall it. But these spells for some reason felt familiar, so it could be the case." he replied, as he walked over to the couch. "You probably don't have a place to stay, right? You can stay here tonight if you want to. My assistant Spike was recently called to Canterlot on some royal business for a few days, so I can handle having somepony over. You can sleep on the couch if you want.". "Mhm..." he said, while being lost in a book he had found. "Well, I'm going to bed now, I'm really tired from today. So I'll see you tomorrow". "Mhm...". He was still lost in the book. "Good night." I said, as I walked up the stairs. "Night." he replied, now clearly completely lost in his own thoughts. As I turned out the lights, he used his horn to light up the book he was reading. When I finally were in bed and could sleep, he was still down there reading. I wonder what could have triggered his sudden interest in reading... Maybe it was a side-effect from using all that magic? I opened my eyes as the light came through the window. It was morning. I looked over at the couch where Zoron still sat, apparently still reading. But now there was a large stack of books next to him. I walked behind him, asking if he had read all of those books. He didn't respond. Suddenly he started to shake for a few seconds before speaking in an unpleasantly familiar, dark voice: "Why, hello there, Twilight. Missed me?". Now he slowly turned his head towards me. His eyes were now yellow, with two differently-sized crimson pupils. Shocked, I backed off from him. Then he closed his eyes, shook his head, and when he opened them again they were back to their original white with black pupils, and his own voice. "Oh, hello there. I must have fallen asleep... Sorry if I was kind of absent last night. I just had this sudden urge to...", his sentence was cut short, as his eyes suddenly went wide. He reached for his head with a hoof, when we both now realized: His horn was gone. Chapter 3 - The TruthI still sat in the couch when Twilight had moved a pillow next to the table next to me. She did so in a stressed motion, as if she had little time to do it or something. As soon as she sat down, she turned her head towards me, with a slight hint of fear and surprise in her eyes. "What did you do last night, after I went to bed?" she asked, almost as if she was slightly desperate for the answer. "Well..." I began, trying really hard to remember every detail. Not that there were much to be remembered, but there was a lot in those books that I had read. "...I was just reading. Most of those next to me here. Everything I read about the Equestrian history and it's population - it all fell into place, like pieces of a puzzle. A lot of it didn't feel new at all - it was more like I refreshed it all.". Twilight seemed to be lost in thought, as if she was processing everything I had just said to her. As soon as it seemed like she had moved her attention back over to me, I continued: "It felt almost like I was... Lost in my own mind as I read the books. Like a dream. A strange sensation, if you can call it that." I stopped for a moment, remembering one peculiar thing from last night. "It was then that I started reading this book about ancient mythology. It was one name that stuck out among them all - humans.". Upon mentioning humans, Twilight's ears seemed to point straight up, along with a questioning look on her face, as she asked: "What about humans?". "As soon as I read the word, I could feel that familiar feeling, like when I tested out magic last night. The weird part began when I suddenly felt dizzy, and blacked out again." I took a deep breath, held it for a second, and exhaled. I have to tell her about my dreams. I hadn't told her earlier as they were nothing but dreams, and I was afraid she'd think I was crazy or something. Right before I could say any more, Twilight interrupted my thoughts: "So that explains why you are an earth pony now... Just like the time you became a pegasus and a unicorn. Who knows what's next?". She had a point. Maybe now that I had cycled through every pony-race, my true form will be revealed? "Actually, the transformation isn't what's bothering me the most right now." I said. Twilight looked back at me with a puzzled look. "What could possibly be bothering you more than switching between the pony-races?" she said while staring at me. "The dreams I have every time I black out... They are always the same. Me in a world of chaos, talking to a strange creature...". At 'strange creature', her eyes widened. "Strange... Creature? Did it happen to be a draconequus?". At the sound of the word, my head started to ache. It kept on echoing while memories started taking shape. Almost everything one could know about a draconequus just came out of nowhere, and got stuck on my mind. That's when I realized what, or rather who I had been talking to in my dreams, and that he had known about my past all along. "Discord..." I said in a low voice, but just like earlier, Twilight seemed to hear me anyway. "Discord!?" she said, as everything suddenly started to darken. The name 'Discord' kept on echoing, as everything ultimately goes black for me. I sighed. It had happened again. But this time I am more determined to get answers from Discord. Why hadn't he told me his name? And why didn't he tell me about the parts of my past that were bound to his own? As i assembled my thoughts, the typical laughter could be heard, as well as Discord's shape materializing in his usual way. "Why, welcome back!" he chuckled. "No time for talk, Discord. I need you to tell me about my past. Now.". I sounded more determined than usual, probably because I now knew I knew Discord in person. He gave me a really surprised look: "Oh? Where did you hear my name?" he asked. "Don't you play dumb. You're trapped in my mind after all. All I needed to hear was 'draconequus', and a lot of details about you became clear to me." "Oh, but... If you know so much already... Why do you have to ask me?" "Not everything is in place. I only remember your name, your title - 'Spirit of Chaos', and that you are but a fragment of him, sealed away in my body." He started to float around, chuckling: "Well... That's great... But did you know that even though I am only a fragment, I'm still capable of taking over your mind...?". Now he's grinning like he's in charge here... "You wouldn't." I said at him. "What if I told you... That I already have?". Suddenly, chains materialize around me, and bind me to the ground where I stood. Discord moved towards me, with a claw stretched out towards my head. As soon as he made contact, it felt like he transferred images to me... Some of his own memories maybe? An image of a strangely familiar-looking human with cold eyes appeared. He stood on top off a hill next to Discord, looking down at a land filled with war and chaos. "This. This is your past." Discord said. "That human... is you.". "It can't be...". More similar images burned into my mind. The human clearly worked with, or for Discord. Some images even showed the human casting spells to burn houses, to cause uproars and other things I don't even want to describe. They felt too familiar for comfort. I couldn't deny it. My memories revealed it to me as the images passed. That human really was me. I start to loose a bit of hope... But then I realized that Discord were in charge of my mind, and I can't let that happen. As long as he's in charge here, he can do anything with my physical body. I started to struggle to get loose from the chains. I concentrated every bit of power I had to just loosen them a little bit... After maybe five minutes of fighting it, they finally got loose. My vision returned back to the crazy world also known as my mind. "It seems I've just got to wait..." I said to myself. That's usually how I've gotten out of here, and I know no other way. "What if I just concentrate...". And I did. I concentrated really hard, thinking about getting out of here. And it worked! A door appeared out of nowhere! I opened the door, and was met by a bright flash of light. As my eye-sight returned to me, I noticed I were a unicorn again, and I found myself standing on top of a small hill just outside what I guessed was... Ponyville? This couldn't be... I were only gone for maybe 20 minutes... But everything looks like... It could have been taken straight out of my head? Everything was in chaos, just like the world in my mind. Day and night only lasted maybe ten seconds each, the houses were pointing in every direction, a pink pony with a hat with a propeller attached to it flew by me - upside down... How could all of this happen in such a short matter of time? That's when I noticed a huge mob of other ponies coming towards me. "There he is!", "Get him!" I heard some of them yell. But I hadn't done- Oh, wait a minute... If Discord were in control of my body... Then maybe he could have made time pass slower in my mind? Unless that's random of course. However, these questions had to wait. The mob seemed aggressive, and I had no plans on getting close to them. Well, at least now I can put my magic to practical use. I teleported to the middle of town - a huge leap that made me a little bit tired. There were more ponies here, but they seemed more troubled with getting everything under control - those who were still sane enough - rather than hunting me down. I weren't familiar with the town, but from the short flight I had as a pegasus, I got a brief overlook of it. I didn't have to go far to see the big tree that contained the library. As I approached the library, I bumped into what seemed to be a barrier-spell. Twilight must have set it up to protect the library. It didn't seem all that tough... I broke open a hole big enough for me to pass through, and I closed it behind me just in case it was there for something else but me. As soon as I opened the door, I was greeted by two orange hooves smashing towards me. As if it was instinct, I immediately teleported past whoever was kicking after my face, and into the middle of the room. Now I clearly saw that there were other ponies in the room. The one who tried to kick me, an orange-coloured mare wearing a strange hat stood in the doorway, seemingly surprised at my reaction. I also saw a cyan-coloured pegasus with a rainbow-mane and tail, who was now flying straight at me. I used a spell to stop her in mid-air, as well as the orange one who was now coming at me from behind. That was when Twilight came out of nowhere, pointing her glowing horn at me. "Let them go!" she yelled at me. I obeyed, seeing as she probably knew the best. But with a sudden dumb look on my face, I realized I had just let two ponies who were just about to attack me loose again - with the result being them still going at me. After getting hit in the face a couple of times, as well as a few really heavy kicks straight to my ribs, I teleported to behind Twilight, making the two other ponies who were attacking me fall over each other on the floor. "Calm down!" I said with an almost commanding voice. "What is going on here?". The Cyan pony got back on her legs: "Oh, you know really well what's going on!" she almost yelled at me. The orange one got back on her legs too, yelling: "Where's Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie an' Rarity!?". "Who?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. The ones they're mentioning... Could Discord have done anything? If that's the case, then I'm probably the one who gets blamed... The cyan pegasus took a step towards me, saying angrily: "Oh, you know who!". I took a step back, while saying: "Friends of yours... I guess?". "Sure are!" the orange one said, also taking a step towards me. I was getting cornered as the two kept on approaching slowly, when Twilight suddenly jumped in between us. "Wait!" she said. "Don't you hear his voice? It's different from before!". "That's true, but he can still be a spy, or faking it!" the cyan one said. She had a point there... What if Discord is using me to get here? But that can't be. I mean, what could Discord want here? "But what if he isn't? He hasn't attacked us or anything yet, why would Discord wait when he has this opportunity?" The cyan and orange ponies looked at each other and nodded. "True that. Makes sense when ah' think about it." the orange one replied. My head suddenly started aching a tiny bit, but it was probably nothing... Now that they had calmed down, I had questions I had to ask them. "So, since that has been cleared now..." I turned to Twilight, "What's going on? What happened?"
Chapter 1 - Good morning...I woke up, wondering where the heck I was. I couldn't see anything, and neither could I move more than a few inches. I could feel I was buried alive, and I was proven right as dirt fell into my mouth when I tried to call for help. The pressure made it feel like a house had fallen on top of me. My head ached, when I suddenly realized that I couldn't remember anything. Sure, I remember how to speak, move and other basic stuff, but I can't fathom much beyond that. Thank goodness I'm not claustrophobic, that much is clear. That could have ended badly, especially since I'm in a really tight spot right now... Panic is the last thing I need. So as I had nothing better to do, I started to try and dig my way upwards, as I thought that was the most logical way to go. The direction the dirt fell told me I were on the right way. After a few minutes of digging later, I hit something that felt like rock. Great. Thankfully, the digging had revealed a few air-pockets, meaning I could move a bit more freely. I started hitting the rock-hard surface, and surprisingly: It cracked. It wasn't thick at all! As I reached out to the surface, I noticed it was very dark. "It must be nighttime." I thought, yet there were no stars, no moon and no wind... And the ground was covered in the stone-like material. I started walking to check out the area, when I bumped into what felt like a pillar of the same stone-like material that the ground was covered in. I didn't hit it hard, but it was apparently enough to break this as well. It broke into what seemed like dust. Quite fragile. That was when I realized I were in some sort of building. The roof above me started cracking. The pillar I accidentally broke must have been supporting it. The cracks became bigger, and pieces of the ceiling started to fall. I didn't have much time to think before everything collapsed on top of me. I was searching through the ruins of a recently burnt-down house near the border of the Everfree Forest to find clues as to why it had started to burn. Celestia had given me this task for some weird reason, which is the only reason I would ever check up on this place. I didn't see much reason with it - other than discovering a fire-factor that could be avoided in the future of course -, but as the princess had asked for this personally... Then I had to do it. The only thing left here seemed to be some charcoal and the few parts of the old building that had been built in stone. Then suddenly the floor started to shake. When I noticed the stone-floor started to fall apart, I immedeately teleported to safety right outside the site. As everything collapsed in front of me, I could hear a call of help from beyond. That was when I realized: "Someone was down there!?". I quickly started moving some of the rubble away using levitation-magic. After a short while, I saw a shape at the bottom of what seemed to be a hidden basement of some sort. But the shape wasn't of a pony... It didn't look like it at least. It looked like it had something similar to claws, but it wasn't like those of a dragon, a griffon or any creature I had seen... Maybe a minotaur? Suddenly it started glowing, and a sudden flash of light forced me to look away to not be blinded. When I looked back, the creature seemed different. Now I could clearly see that it was a pegasus lying down there. It had a white, wild mane and tail, with a slightly darker, blue fur than her cyan friend, Rainbow Dash. It had a few spots here and there that was slightly brighter in color than the rest of it's fur that almost reminded her of stars in the night sky. I slid down the rubble to take a closer look. It was still breathing. I could now see that it had the features of a young stallion, as well as his cutie mark: Two deep-purple lines twisting inwards towards a small elliptic black dot. "Hello!? Are you alright!?" I shouted to try and get a reaction from him. He didn't repond at all, so I assumed he had blacked out. I checked his heart-beat and breath to make sure he was ok. Both were functioning, but they were very faint. As I almost started to panic out of fear of what would happen if I didn't do anything, I figured it was only a waste of time not to do anything. So I lifted him up using my levitation-spell and carried him with me. It was only just now that I noticed, but his wings were much bigger than the average pegasi - almost as big as Celestia's wings. Standing there, baffled of his wings, I suddenly realized that I had to get moving. But where? The hospital were closed, thanks to an emergency involving another friend of mine: Pinkie Pie. She had the sugar-rush of the century after eating a special cupcake she had made with super-compressed sugar in stead of normal sugar - using the same dose as she would with normal sugar. This caused the cupcake to have the same effect as fifty kilograms of sugar, knocking her out. When she finally woke up at the hospital, she had exploded with energy caused by the sugar, and she went on a short rampage of uncontrollable bouncing, which caused half the hospital to fall apart, and leaving the other half of it in a useless state. I felt the panic coming back now. Where should I go? I then realized that the best option was home - to the library! Everything were in chaos. Everything around me. Houses with their roofs stuck in the ground - some even floating around, a sky that shifted between every colour of the rainbow, the sun flinging back and forth in random directions, chocolate rain... And a unique dark voice singing about it echoed. I thought to myself: "What the heck have I eaten to imagine this madness?". It was then it stood before me. A large, snake-like shape, with horns and body-parts from many different creatures... I woke up again, now with an even worse headache and a déjà vu feeling. "Not again..." I thought to myself. Well, at least I wasn't buried now. Everything was still black, but that was probably because I hadn't opened my eyes yet. Nope. Still black. My vision slowly returned, at first everything was blurry, but after a short while it got better. I looked around, and quickly noticed I was on a couch, in a room full of bookcases with books of all kinds. The next thing I notice are hoofs. Did I have these earlier? And what's this? Wings? Fur? A tail? Surely my memory is bad at the moment, but I can't have missed such things earlier? What is going on!? "Oh! You're awake!". I quickly looked towards where I heard the voice. It was a purple unicorn... And is that a pile of books she's lying under? "Oh, yeah. As you see, I take studying to a completely new level... I'm Twiligh Sparkle by the way. What's your name?". "Zoron..." I replied, not knowing where I got it from. I guess a few parts of my memory was still in there somewhere. "That's an interesting name. I've never heard anything like it. Are you from around here?". "Not that I can remember...". She turned around and took a few steps towards me, knocking over a couple of stacks of books. "Oh... You've got amnesia? Was that from when that building fell on you?". I stood up, having a few problems as I still had to get used to this body. Still, it felt strangely familiar. "No, I had just woken up underground underneath that building. I guess I managed to knock down one of the supporting pillars there... I didn't remember anything at that time either". "Underground, huh? Interesting. Well at least you remembered your name... Correct?" "I guess so... I think I remebered it subconsciously.". I took a few steps away from the couch, stretching my legs, and trying to find the musculature in my wings. Somehow they moved automatically as I wanted them to, as if it was instinct. "Are you sure you're completely fine? You're lucky that there wasn't much of the building left.". She sat down on a nearby pillow, looking up into the ceiling as if she was remembering something. "I was shocked when I discovered that there were someone there. I moved most of the rubble away, and found you there. Then I carried you over here using my magic". She looked back down to me. "Anything else you remember?". I took a minute to think. "One thing I'm sure about, is that I can't remember being a pegasus... Or any kind of pony for that matter.". Twilight looked like she had just realized something: "Oh, then what I saw... Was real I guess? When I first saw you, you didn't excactly look like a pony either. Do you remember having claws, or something similar?". "Actually, I do.". I lifted up and looked at one of my hoofs. "I don't know what I was though, but it felt familiar to an extent.". I took a look around. Books were lying everywhere I took a step. I looked through one of the windows in the room. It seemed like I was located in a town of some sort. "Where am I?" I asked. She gave me a surprised look: "You don't even know that? You're in Ponyville! In the local library to be more specific.". Ponyville... The name of the town rung no bells. It didn't even set my mind in motion. After a few seconds of awkward silence I decided to ask a question that I hoped Twilight could answer: "Do you know of anything that could help recover my memories?". She suddenly got wide-eyed as she seemed to realize something: "Yes! I know a spell for returning memories! Why didn't I think of that immediately? Gah!". She knocked her hoof to her head. "Anyway, are you ready?". "Oh, sure. Um... Do what you can?". "Ok... I need you to hold still...". Her horn started to glow as she reached for my head with it. As it made contact, it felt like I had a flashback of some sort... But it was impossible to tell what everything was, as it was both very blurry and moved faster than my mind could comprehend. Twilight backed of a little, looking slightly shocked and exhausted. "Something is... wrong." She said, while trying to catch her breath. "The spell shouldn't do so, but I saw your memories... And there were so many! And they were in a huge mess - impossible to put together in a way that would let us understand! And not to forget how blurry it all was.". She sat down on an other pillow. She just said what I was about to say. "It's almost like they have been sealed by a powerful spell... I don't think I can break it either.". She seemed disappointed that she couldn't do much more. "Don't worry too much about it. I'm sure there's a meaning to it all." I said, trying to make her feel better. "Do you know any other method?". She looked up again: "Well... I guess the most common way to recover lost memories is to find clues or things you can associate with your past. For example a picture, a place, somepony you know... Even a word.". It made sense. Just like my name came out of nowhere when I was asked for it, other memories must be in my head somewhere. Maybe if I started to look around? "Maybe we should just take a walk outside, perhaps you might recognize something to awaken your memories." She said, stood up and opened the door with her magic. "Shall we go?". We went outside and closed the door behind us. Zoron seemed relieved now that he was outside in the fresh air. He flapped his wings a couple of times. I was still baffled over how big and majestic they were. I bet he could fly really fast with them. He suddenly looked at me. "Is something wrong?". I suddenly realized I had been staring at him for maybe a minute. "Oh, no. Nothing wrong. It's just that your wings are much bigger than the average pegasus.". He looked up to the sky. A few pegasi was flying up there. "I can see that." he said, looking at his own wings. "Maybe you should test them? Maybe flying could awaken a few memories?". "I could try, but I can't remember if I've ever flown before though.". He stretched out his wings and tried a couple more light flaps. He seemed to be testing every muscle of his wings. Then he did it. With a couple of powerful flaps, he shook the ground as he lifted off. And not surprisingly, he rose into the air with an incredible speed. With just a few flaps he was at least 100 feet above me. He started flying in circles above me, when he suddenly started glowing like the time when I found him. The flash of light came, and... His wings... Were gone!? He started falling, and I panicked once again. That was when he suddenly started glowing with a slightly different color, and in a slightly less blinding flash, he disappeared. "Did... Did he just teleport?" I said to myself. I recognized it as a teleportation -spell, as I have used it myself quite a few times. After about a second or two, he reappeared right next to me - seemingly exhausted. I immediately noticed a unicorn-horn on his head, but that had to wait - safety first! "Are you alright!?". "Yeah... I think so... What a rush that gave me... Where did this horn come from?". He looked very confused at what had just happened. "I don't know, but you suddenly started glowing and..." I continued with explaining what I saw, both now and earlier, with the flash of light, and the changes of his appearance. "But I really don't know how such things could happen... Unless you were a changeling of course, which I doubt...?". "You know, I think I remember a very common creature that does change between the different races..." he managed to say. "Oh, really? What?" I was really curious now. What could it be? "A background pony." He said, with a faint smile on his face. "A what?" I said, but there was no use in asking: Zoron had blacked out again!
Chapter 2 - In My MindEverything were in chaos again... Now I was sure it all was just a dream, but something about it all felt familiar... Could this world be a compilation of my memories? I mean, they've got to be in my head somewhere... My head was spinning for a second when I suddenly heard a deep laughter echoing... All the chaos just suddenly stopped, and the snake-shaped creature materialized a few feet in front of me. It kept on laughing. "What's so funny?" I asked it. It stopped laughing, looked around as if it was mad that all the things that had stopped. Suddenly everything returned to their chaotic ways like earlier. Seemingly pleased with everything again, it quickly turned it's head towards me. "What's funny you ask?" he chuckled. "I'm just happy to see you again, my dear, old friend!". "Do I know you?". "Why, yes, you do, in fact I believe I'm one of your... Oldest and best of friends!". He chuckled even more now. I was kind of suspicious to that, especially since it almost felt like chaos were radiating from him. "Ok then... As my 'friend'... What can you tell me of this world? Does this place have anything to do with my memories?" I asked. He started to pull his goat-beard, like he was thinking of something. "Well..." he began, "... To start of, yes, this place do have something to do with your memories. This is the very inside of your mind! And as you might have noticed, your head is quite the mess: Loosing your memories like that isn't usually normal you know!" he started to move around me slowly in circles. "And as you might have guessed: This is a dream, in which your old memories are retained...". He moved even closer, now putting an embracing arm around my neck. His touch gave me the shivers. "And then, you might wonder, what in the world could have happened to you to put everything away in here? And in such a state?". He gave me an evil look before he started grinning, took his arm away and floated backwards a few feet away from me. "Well, surely, you must have noticed by now...". "Noticed what?". He started to get on my nerves. "That you are far from a normal pony. You even switched between the pony-races - a feat no unicorn-magic could have done. And those little ponies usually have such a good way with harmony, yet, your head is filled with the complete opposite: Complete chaos!". I wondered where he was going with this. "The reason behind it all is clear to me, as I've always been with you - be it in mind, or in real life. You have lived way longer than most other beings in this world. Thus you would have a lot of memories, yes?". If what he says is true, then yes. I most likely would have a lot of memories. Yet I couldn't see why this explained the chaos... And how old am I anyway? "And with a very long life comes a lot of hardships, yes? And what if all of those... hardships... were to weigh heavier on you than the few friendships and moments of happiness could keep you aloft?". He tapped his head with a claw a few times while saying: "You would go mad. All the negative thoughts and memories would consume you, ultimately driving you crazy.". He did a few aerial tricks while I was taking in what he had just said. How old am I? And how many have I known, only to lose them? Why does most of what he says feel almost right in a way? Suddenly he stopped and turned towards me. "Oh, and one more thing...". He flew a bit closer to me. "There's also the fact that many memories easily pile up, making even more chaos! This means the older you get, the more chaotic ones mind can be!". "If that is the case, and everything he has says is true... Then that would explain why everything in here is in such a mess..." I said in a low voice. Yet, it seemed like he heard me. "This isn't a mess." He said angrily. Everything just started to go even more crazy now. It was almost like his emotions affected the balance of things in here. "It's a DISASTER!" He yelled, suddenly sounding positive."All the chaos you could ever wish for! Chaos in all it's beauty! It's like a paradise to me!". He looked around at his "paradise". I didn't find it all that great. "So this paradise of yours are my mind and memories..." I said. "A lot of the things you have said feels oddly right... Yet, it all also makes no sense.". He suddenly stopped moving. He then quickly turned his head towards me - again - with a grin on his face. "Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense...". As his words echoed, the world started to darken, until it was all gone, and I fell into the emptiness... "Gaaah!" I yelled, as I quickly rose up, only to bang my head into something right above my head. My horn took most of it though, but I was left with a small bump in my head. It would seem like Twilight had set up a few things just above me for some reason. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" I heard her say from behind a few stacks of notebooks and even more of the machines like the one I knocked my head into. "I was just trying to track what made you change those two times, as well as checking on your health. Blacking out like that, followed with almost no heart-beat, as well as no breath can't be good for you.". Oh, right. I'm not a pegasus anymore. I could still kind of feel my wings though... "So just like that... I'm a unicorn." I said, kind of disappointed that I couldn't test my wings more. "Yeah, it's all so strange... No magic that I know of can do that." she quickly looked though some of her notes. "Have you found anything that could explain it? Other than magic, I mean?". "None. Other than you being a changeling, of course, but that would also be some kind of magic... And I tested to see if you weren't one, and you aren't. Clearly." she walked over to one of her machines, looking at a number that went up and down in in a certain rhythm. "You didn't exactly lie still while you were out. You shouted random words and phrases while kicking in every direction... Did you have a nightmare or something?" she looked over to another set of numbers. "Kind of... It was all so weird... I don't really want to talk about it.", I said, while resting my head at the arm of the couch. "Maybe later then? It could be important you know, as memories just can't leave your head like that. They have got to be in there somewhere!". She was now multitasking by holding a couple of notebooks using her magic, quickly noting what the different machines showed, while also seemingly analyzing everything I said. But what now? If she couldn't find an answer, then what would I do? I decided to shake the thought away. Doing nothing didn't help. So I decided to try out my new horn. I saw a notebook that looked interesting, and after a minute of heavy concentration, I managed to levitate it over to me. It felt strange... Like the time with the wings. Instinct or something. I suddenly had a flashback, revealing quite a few spells I didn't even know about. "Is there a safe place to test magic around here?" I asked. Testing more spells I don't quite understand yet in the middle of a library seemed like a bad idea. Just the thought of what could happen frightened me. "Oh, you want to test magic now that you are a unicorn? I can understand that, but aren't we being a little hasty? I mean, what " she said, giving me a nervous look. "I just tested levitation, and by doing so, it seems some spells were revealed to me - like a memory. Don't you think that could be a clue? That this could lead to more memories?". She suddenly looked surprised. "Really? Levitation? Usually, that takes months of practice to master... But if you say so, I guess we could go to the basement... I just cleaned it of machinery, as I needed it up here, so there is quite some space down there now." She opened a door underneath the stairs going upstairs. I followed her in, and there it was: A completely empty room. "So what kind of spells did you... remember?". We both stepped down into the middle of the room. "Just give me a minute...." I said while closing my eyes, concentrating really hard on the spell I wanted to try. Suddenly I started glowing, and in a flash of light, I teleported back up on top of the stairs again. "It worked!" I said happily, teleporting back down with less effort now that I had tried it once. Twilight didn't respond. She just looked even more surprised now. After a few seconds of silence, she asked: "You are sure you haven't done that before?". "Is it really that big of a deal?". I was surprised that she was surprised. I mean, I barely even have to put any effort into it now that I had it figured out. "Not a big of a deal!? Do you even realize how few unicorns who can do that? And on top of that, you don't even seem to tire from it! I can barely walk right after teleporting!". Really? Is it that difficult? I wonder if any of the other spells are at that level... The following couple of hours went into testing spell after spell, every time followed by Twilight's jaw almost dropping off of her head. Fire, ice, strong winds, alchemy spells, enhanced movement, magic wings... One spell lead to another, until I hit the bottom. "That seems to be about it.". During the past couple of hours, I had tested a spell, followed by learning another - all out of the blue, or more like memories returning. But they were only spells - not memories of actual events or friends and such. At least this magic kept me occupied so that I didn't worry so much. Heading upstairs I immediately noticed it was night-time outside. I was really tired, after having to carry Zoron those times, as well as searching for answers to why he transformed and looking over what spells he wanted to try out. I had not imagined somepony who had just been turned into a unicorn being able to use so many spells, and that in only a couple of hours! Maybe this was his special talent? I had to ask: "Do you remember if you were any good at magic before this?". "I don't recall it. But these spells for some reason felt familiar, so it could be the case." he replied, as he walked over to the couch. "You probably don't have a place to stay, right? You can stay here tonight if you want to. My assistant Spike was recently called to Canterlot on some royal business for a few days, so I can handle having somepony over. You can sleep on the couch if you want.". "Mhm..." he said, while being lost in a book he had found. "Well, I'm going to bed now, I'm really tired from today. So I'll see you tomorrow". "Mhm...". He was still lost in the book. "Good night." I said, as I walked up the stairs. "Night." he replied, now clearly completely lost in his own thoughts. As I turned out the lights, he used his horn to light up the book he was reading. When I finally were in bed and could sleep, he was still down there reading. I wonder what could have triggered his sudden interest in reading... Maybe it was a side-effect from using all that magic? I opened my eyes as the light came through the window. It was morning. I looked over at the couch where Zoron still sat, apparently still reading. But now there was a large stack of books next to him. I walked behind him, asking if he had read all of those books. He didn't respond. Suddenly he started to shake for a few seconds before speaking in an unpleasantly familiar, dark voice: "Why, hello there, Twilight. Missed me?". Now he slowly turned his head towards me. His eyes were now yellow, with two differently-sized crimson pupils. Shocked, I backed off from him. Then he closed his eyes, shook his head, and when he opened them again they were back to their original white with black pupils, and his own voice. "Oh, hello there. I must have fallen asleep... Sorry if I was kind of absent last night. I just had this sudden urge to...", his sentence was cut short, as his eyes suddenly went wide. He reached for his head with a hoof, when we both now realized: His horn was gone.
Chapter 3 - The TruthI still sat in the couch when Twilight had moved a pillow next to the table next to me. She did so in a stressed motion, as if she had little time to do it or something. As soon as she sat down, she turned her head towards me, with a slight hint of fear and surprise in her eyes. "What did you do last night, after I went to bed?" she asked, almost as if she was slightly desperate for the answer. "Well..." I began, trying really hard to remember every detail. Not that there were much to be remembered, but there was a lot in those books that I had read. "...I was just reading. Most of those next to me here. Everything I read about the Equestrian history and it's population - it all fell into place, like pieces of a puzzle. A lot of it didn't feel new at all - it was more like I refreshed it all.". Twilight seemed to be lost in thought, as if she was processing everything I had just said to her. As soon as it seemed like she had moved her attention back over to me, I continued: "It felt almost like I was... Lost in my own mind as I read the books. Like a dream. A strange sensation, if you can call it that." I stopped for a moment, remembering one peculiar thing from last night. "It was then that I started reading this book about ancient mythology. It was one name that stuck out among them all - humans.". Upon mentioning humans, Twilight's ears seemed to point straight up, along with a questioning look on her face, as she asked: "What about humans?". "As soon as I read the word, I could feel that familiar feeling, like when I tested out magic last night. The weird part began when I suddenly felt dizzy, and blacked out again." I took a deep breath, held it for a second, and exhaled. I have to tell her about my dreams. I hadn't told her earlier as they were nothing but dreams, and I was afraid she'd think I was crazy or something. Right before I could say any more, Twilight interrupted my thoughts: "So that explains why you are an earth pony now... Just like the time you became a pegasus and a unicorn. Who knows what's next?". She had a point. Maybe now that I had cycled through every pony-race, my true form will be revealed? "Actually, the transformation isn't what's bothering me the most right now." I said. Twilight looked back at me with a puzzled look. "What could possibly be bothering you more than switching between the pony-races?" she said while staring at me. "The dreams I have every time I black out... They are always the same. Me in a world of chaos, talking to a strange creature...". At 'strange creature', her eyes widened. "Strange... Creature? Did it happen to be a draconequus?". At the sound of the word, my head started to ache. It kept on echoing while memories started taking shape. Almost everything one could know about a draconequus just came out of nowhere, and got stuck on my mind. That's when I realized what, or rather who I had been talking to in my dreams, and that he had known about my past all along. "Discord..." I said in a low voice, but just like earlier, Twilight seemed to hear me anyway. "Discord!?" she said, as everything suddenly started to darken. The name 'Discord' kept on echoing, as everything ultimately goes black for me. I sighed. It had happened again. But this time I am more determined to get answers from Discord. Why hadn't he told me his name? And why didn't he tell me about the parts of my past that were bound to his own? As i assembled my thoughts, the typical laughter could be heard, as well as Discord's shape materializing in his usual way. "Why, welcome back!" he chuckled. "No time for talk, Discord. I need you to tell me about my past. Now.". I sounded more determined than usual, probably because I now knew I knew Discord in person. He gave me a really surprised look: "Oh? Where did you hear my name?" he asked. "Don't you play dumb. You're trapped in my mind after all. All I needed to hear was 'draconequus', and a lot of details about you became clear to me." "Oh, but... If you know so much already... Why do you have to ask me?" "Not everything is in place. I only remember your name, your title - 'Spirit of Chaos', and that you are but a fragment of him, sealed away in my body." He started to float around, chuckling: "Well... That's great... But did you know that even though I am only a fragment, I'm still capable of taking over your mind...?". Now he's grinning like he's in charge here... "You wouldn't." I said at him. "What if I told you... That I already have?". Suddenly, chains materialize around me, and bind me to the ground where I stood. Discord moved towards me, with a claw stretched out towards my head. As soon as he made contact, it felt like he transferred images to me... Some of his own memories maybe? An image of a strangely familiar-looking human with cold eyes appeared. He stood on top off a hill next to Discord, looking down at a land filled with war and chaos. "This. This is your past." Discord said. "That human... is you.". "It can't be...". More similar images burned into my mind. The human clearly worked with, or for Discord. Some images even showed the human casting spells to burn houses, to cause uproars and other things I don't even want to describe. They felt too familiar for comfort. I couldn't deny it. My memories revealed it to me as the images passed. That human really was me. I start to loose a bit of hope... But then I realized that Discord were in charge of my mind, and I can't let that happen. As long as he's in charge here, he can do anything with my physical body. I started to struggle to get loose from the chains. I concentrated every bit of power I had to just loosen them a little bit... After maybe five minutes of fighting it, they finally got loose. My vision returned back to the crazy world also known as my mind. "It seems I've just got to wait..." I said to myself. That's usually how I've gotten out of here, and I know no other way. "What if I just concentrate...". And I did. I concentrated really hard, thinking about getting out of here. And it worked! A door appeared out of nowhere! I opened the door, and was met by a bright flash of light. As my eye-sight returned to me, I noticed I were a unicorn again, and I found myself standing on top of a small hill just outside what I guessed was... Ponyville? This couldn't be... I were only gone for maybe 20 minutes... But everything looks like... It could have been taken straight out of my head? Everything was in chaos, just like the world in my mind. Day and night only lasted maybe ten seconds each, the houses were pointing in every direction, a pink pony with a hat with a propeller attached to it flew by me - upside down... How could all of this happen in such a short matter of time? That's when I noticed a huge mob of other ponies coming towards me. "There he is!", "Get him!" I heard some of them yell. But I hadn't done- Oh, wait a minute... If Discord were in control of my body... Then maybe he could have made time pass slower in my mind? Unless that's random of course. However, these questions had to wait. The mob seemed aggressive, and I had no plans on getting close to them. Well, at least now I can put my magic to practical use. I teleported to the middle of town - a huge leap that made me a little bit tired. There were more ponies here, but they seemed more troubled with getting everything under control - those who were still sane enough - rather than hunting me down. I weren't familiar with the town, but from the short flight I had as a pegasus, I got a brief overlook of it. I didn't have to go far to see the big tree that contained the library. As I approached the library, I bumped into what seemed to be a barrier-spell. Twilight must have set it up to protect the library. It didn't seem all that tough... I broke open a hole big enough for me to pass through, and I closed it behind me just in case it was there for something else but me. As soon as I opened the door, I was greeted by two orange hooves smashing towards me. As if it was instinct, I immediately teleported past whoever was kicking after my face, and into the middle of the room. Now I clearly saw that there were other ponies in the room. The one who tried to kick me, an orange-coloured mare wearing a strange hat stood in the doorway, seemingly surprised at my reaction. I also saw a cyan-coloured pegasus with a rainbow-mane and tail, who was now flying straight at me. I used a spell to stop her in mid-air, as well as the orange one who was now coming at me from behind. That was when Twilight came out of nowhere, pointing her glowing horn at me. "Let them go!" she yelled at me. I obeyed, seeing as she probably knew the best. But with a sudden dumb look on my face, I realized I had just let two ponies who were just about to attack me loose again - with the result being them still going at me. After getting hit in the face a couple of times, as well as a few really heavy kicks straight to my ribs, I teleported to behind Twilight, making the two other ponies who were attacking me fall over each other on the floor. "Calm down!" I said with an almost commanding voice. "What is going on here?". The Cyan pony got back on her legs: "Oh, you know really well what's going on!" she almost yelled at me. The orange one got back on her legs too, yelling: "Where's Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie an' Rarity!?". "Who?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. The ones they're mentioning... Could Discord have done anything? If that's the case, then I'm probably the one who gets blamed... The cyan pegasus took a step towards me, saying angrily: "Oh, you know who!". I took a step back, while saying: "Friends of yours... I guess?". "Sure are!" the orange one said, also taking a step towards me. I was getting cornered as the two kept on approaching slowly, when Twilight suddenly jumped in between us. "Wait!" she said. "Don't you hear his voice? It's different from before!". "That's true, but he can still be a spy, or faking it!" the cyan one said. She had a point there... What if Discord is using me to get here? But that can't be. I mean, what could Discord want here? "But what if he isn't? He hasn't attacked us or anything yet, why would Discord wait when he has this opportunity?" The cyan and orange ponies looked at each other and nodded. "True that. Makes sense when ah' think about it." the orange one replied. My head suddenly started aching a tiny bit, but it was probably nothing... Now that they had calmed down, I had questions I had to ask them. "So, since that has been cleared now..." I turned to Twilight, "What's going on? What happened?"
