It has been about a month since the gala, and me and Twilight have gotten really close in that time. My room, is now Spike’s room, I have most of my stuff like my consoles, the TV, and a few of my collectibles I had in my backpack set up on a small chest/dresser that sits below the TV, all in Twilight’s…or…our room now. I occasionally saw Twilight trying to get into my strongbox, since she saw me pull my Darksiders 2 Death mask, Assassins Creed Unity Phantom blade bracer, and my Assassins Creed Syndicate hidden blade gauntlet from it, close it, then immediately open it for a decent pouch full of bits.

I let her try, and watch her get frustrated as her spells just change in mid use. A funny, yet concerning example would be when She tried to use an unlocking spell, and it shot back at her as a stun spell. The worrying part was how she was sent flying onto the bed. She hasn’t used a spell on it since, but she still tries to pry it open, or use a set of lock picks she thinks I don’t know about. One time, I saw her have Pinkie…jump into the lock, only to get her head stuck…and yes…Pinkie jumped…INTO…the keyhole…of the lock. Pinkie just being Pinkie…adorably random, and funny.

She gave up about a week ago, but tried to spy over my shoulder into the strongbox, when I open it, and on occasion, it gives a light, barely audible hum, like it is now…why it’s humming? I have no idea, but I am GOING to find out…NOW! I grabbed my Eclipse Knight medallion, and opened it. (yeah, I had it fixed to me more like a locket, where the key fits inside of it, as well as the knight symbol showing inside.)

“all right, why…by Luna’s night sky…are you humming?!” I opened it, and saw the six gems float out of the strongbox and jumped back making the strongbox close. I stepped back as the gems started swirling in a circle making the big onyx crystal float up and in the center of the currently rainbow like spinning circle. The onyx flew at me and embedded itself onto my medallion which flashed a blinding white, and I felt a sudden weight on my chest, head, and hooves.

I opened my eyes to see the six gems stopped and lined themselves in a horizontal line as they too flew into my neck, making six loud clank and click sounds. I looked down to see I was wearing a black and red set of armor. I was wearing a black helmet that had a horn, designed as thin as a blade, my chest plate was black with a red metallic fabric inside for comfort, and coming out the sides for extra protection. I looked at my hooves to see I was wearing red armor hoof shoes, with black greaves right above each hoof shoe. I headed to the mirror and saw the onyx on the center of my chest plate, and the six gems went around the neck area.

I slid my hoof under the gems, and as it passed by each one, I saw an image of one of the girls in my mind, as the gem glowed. From left to right, it was:
the pink gem showing Pinkie,
the orange gem showing Applejack,
the purple gem showing Twilight,
the yellow gem showing Fluttershy,
the cyan gem showing Rainbow Dash,
and the white gem showing Rarity.

I turned to look at both sides seeing the armor wasn’t very protective from the side or behind, but it still looked cool. I then thought of my medallion, and saw the armor flash, disappearing from my body, as the light swarmed on my chest becoming my medallion with the onyx on it once more.

So the onyx needed a catalyst to create the armor, and the gems must make a connection to each of the girls…it makes me wonder if they have capabilities beyond a connection. I will have to test them at some point…after the girls know about this of course. I slipped off my medallion and saw it took a shield shape.

“hmm…I wonder…” I walked to my strongbox and set the medallion over the shield as it clicked on, and the chain disconnected and snaked under the box and to itself, making two locking chains on the strongbox. Will this thing ever NOT surprise me…? “now Twilight has MORE thing to try to get through.”

I looked at the clock to see it was almost noon. I touched the medallion as the chains unlocked and snaked up my hoof putting itself around my neck. “whoa…that was…weird” I shuddered and hurried downstairs and towards the door until I heard…rain? That cant be right, there isn’t supposed to be any overcast for another three or four days!

I opened the doors to see it was raining…brown rain…from pink clouds?! “Twilight…what did you do…?” I knew Twilight went to practice a few new spells, she must have cast a spell wrong…I remember the last time she tried a…’manecut spell’ I looked like Rainbow Dash but with grey, dark red, and black…it looked cool, and had a fiery look, but….it didn’t suit me…or at least I didn’t think so…second attempt gave me Rarities mane style…ugh…I chose to NOT let her try it again, since I felt I would be bald, so I just fixed it myself a bit, and headed to a barber.

But right now, I had no idea what spells she was learning or testing. I headed towards Sweet Apple Acres, where I saw most of the pink clouds. When I got there I could see a bunch of squirrels and…long legged…hooved…rabbits eating the clouds, and the girls were gathered near there too.

I walked over and heard Twilight start to speak. “Princess Celestia needs us in Canterlot, immediately.”

I reached them and cleared my throat. “I’ll get us there…whatever is happening I can tell isn’t from Twilight now…” I saw her stare at me, which I smiled nervously. “uhhh…well, I will get us to Canterlot…”

Dash landed and looked at me like I was crazy. “Blaze, you cant carry us all…and you aren’t a unicorn, how do you expect to get us there so quickly?”

“oh, I have magic…its just…risky…for me…” I saw all the girls look at me with disapproving looks. “she said immediately, and Twilight will need all she can for any spells so…” I bit into my hoof fast as blood came out, and a dome of fire swirled around us all, quickly dissipating as we were at the castle gates. “come on!” we all ran into the castle, as I looked around feeling something…odd yet…familiar…

Celestia eventually pulled out a case that was empty, and I felt myself float up and a yellow orb surrounded me as I couldn’t hear anything. I then saw something move ON the windows, that looked like a colored version of that odd statue…wait…Fleet said somepony named Discord was….and this chimera….oh no…

After I while the thing stopped moving and the bubble I was in popped sending me to fall onto the floor. I carefully got up, and heard Dash call my name. I looked over and saw the girls run off, which I started to follow them to the castle garden’s maze entrance.

Almost immediately Discord appeared and looked at me. “AH! The pony who gave me the last little bit of energy I needed…you helped me break free a week early! So for that, I thank you. And you six…” he looked at the girls, snapping his…fingers I guess? And made Fluttershy and Dash’s wings disappear, as well as Rarity and Twi’s horns, which made them all start freaking out. “you must find the elements, and the only rules…no magic…and no flying…” he started laughing as he disappeared.

I became my elven self thinking of using my wings but stopped as I felt a pressure on my neck, hearing ‘tsk tsk tsk’ in Discords voice in my head, so I became my human self which made my sword form on my back.

As we entered the maze hedges rose up between all of us. Discord is separating us…I started to bolt down my path sticking with the wall on my right side, at all times till I hit an opening staring in shock at what I saw.

I walked down a concrete road with flipped cars, and houses that had collapsed in on themselves. I could see blood hardened to tall grass, and the sidewalks. I approached a corner and saw…my house…it was barely standing, and looked ready to cave in…I walked to the door and grabbed the knob slowly just for the wood to crack and break as the door fell, making me step back.

After a while I walked inside seeing the stairs had partially fallen in, the wall between the living room and kitchen/dining room was gone, bones and blood riddled and stained the floor, even the ceiling looked like it was ready to fall.

“what…happened…?” I walked straight ahead and up a 3 step flight of stairs and turned right into my room, to see it was how I left it…except bloody, and the bed was broken…the L-desk still stood, the TV on it was cracked, my gaming chair looked like a giant claw had scratched it. I kneeled beside my bed and reached underneath pulling out a cracked wooden box, taking the lid off seeing a golden yellow, and long silky cover bag. I slid it down to reveal a sleek red painted wooden staff looking weapon.

I grabbed one end and started pulling it, making a reverse blade katana blade slide out and saw the blade shining as if it was STILL just forged, and polished. I slid it back into the sheath getting the strap for it and getting it on my waist, as I left the house. Whatever happened here…it couldn’t be real…but even if this blade is an illusion, it felt good to have it once more…I set my path down the street walking down it quickly wanting to get far away from here, and get back to the maze.

I reached the end of the street to find the maze was gone. “it was JUST here!” I started looking around worried that Discord had sent me to my world…that what I was seeing was real…no it cant be…I wont believe it! I ran down the street holding my swords sheath, focusing to think of how to get out of this nightmare…

stop music

I slid to a stop hearing a scream in an oddly, yet painfully familiar voice. “Jenny…” I turned left and bolted in the direction of the scream. I slid to a stop when I saw a weird, big human looking creature biting the head off of some guy. It looked over spitting the head out as it looked at…Jenny…

I grabbed a softball sized piece of concrete and threw it nailing the creature in the head, making it look back at me snarling, as its eyes were glowing a bright orange, and was crusted with old blood. I could hear jenny gasp, probably at seeing me again, as I slowly pulled out my sword from my back. “I’m sure you want more of a challenge from your meal, right?” I saw the creature contort and twist to face me.

I set the blade of my sword over my left shoulder, and stood there as the creature charged at me. I slid my right foot forward and moved my left to the right with a sidestep as I swung my blade fast, as the creature ran past me slowing to a stop. I swung my sword down and stopped it in an instant making blood splatter on the street as I heard the creature make a gurgling sound and fall.

I looked at jenny, as she was approaching me. “D…Daniel…?” I inspected her, looking over her, expecting something to look wrong…but nothing did…

I walked past her, and headed down the street keeping my sword out, till I heard Jenny call my name in an angry tone, which made me turn my head to look over my shoulder. “I am not Daniel anymore Jenny…I go by Blaze now…whether you are real or not…I need to get back to my friends…and re-petrify a certain being…” I looked ahead and felt it start raining as I started walking again.

I had to find a way back…I am dead in this world…so why renew ties that were cut long ago? I need to keep these new ties together…in the middle of my thoughts I felt something bump into my back, and heard sobbing, while two fists weakly hit my shoulder blades. “you…idiot…why did you leave…? Where did you go…? YOU JUST LEAVE WITHOUT A WORD THEN COME BACK WHEN MONSTERS ATTACK?!?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!” I looked back at Jenny, as she continued hitting my shoulder blades, lighter and lighter with each hit.

“I am NOT here by choice...” I turned pressing a shoulder back to get her off me and turned so my side was to her and stared at her. “I don’t even know if you’re REAL!” I put my sword at her neck baring my teeth. “all I want is to get back to my friends…to the ones I love…THE WORLD I WANT TO PROTECT WITH MY LIFE!”

I saw Jenny’s eyes go wide as she gulped nervously. “you’ve changed…you’re so…angry…” I saw her eyes slowly close, as a few tears flowed down her cheeks. “what changed you…? what made you so you could put a sword to the neck of your friend…?”

“I changed…? No…I found something to protect…friends that love me…I found…where I belong…and its not the human world…if anyone changed…it’s you…” I smirked widely. “nice try Discord…” I pulled my sword to the side quickly slitting ‘Jenny’s’ throat as black flowed from the wound and the world started to warble, and crack, until it broke, revealing…Ponyville?

I heard a voice call my name and turned to see Twilight helping Rarity carry a boulder into the library. I looked to see my old sword was gone, but sheathed my current one, and turned into my pegasus self hurrying into the library. By the time I entered, I saw Fluttershy trip Spike, Pinkie looked mad, Rarity was hugging the boulder she kept calling ‘Tom’, and saw AJ sitting down…what the hell happened?!

I walked to Twilight as she cheered out that she found the elements, and the other girls left after Discord appeared claiming it was no use now. I ran out the door to see the others running off, while Rarity was barely far, since she was dragging the boulder…I felt something go around my neck and grabbed it as I was lifted up, and heard Discord’s voice. “seems you have a strong will…it will be fun breaking you…” I heard Twilight yelling my name but I felt a sudden pull, only hearing ‘Bla-‘.

When I was released I jumped forward and turned in mid air facing Discord, panting from the choking I was under, as well as the added exhaustion. “we WILL stop you…you won’t last much longer, the girls will get the elements on, and come back and re-petrify you!”

Discord stood on his hoof, and dragon leg as he paced around me. I watched him closely as he stroked his beard going ‘hmm’ a few times before he spoke. “you know…I have NEVER seen anything quite like…you before…I can feel raw chaos inside of you…untapped…you hold such potential within you…”

I just stayed quiet and glared at him as he walked around me. at one moment when he was in front of me, he stopped and floated up, taking a sitting pose in mid air. “raw…chaos…?”

He blinked and smiled before making a pipe appear, and put it to his mouth, and made…bubbles come out, which popped letting out a dark grey smoke…that was weird… “yes…ponies use a peaceful magical force…tame…controllable…malleable…me? I use chaos magic…raw…raging…wild…its better for offensive spells and tricks, while ponies have more calming, healing, and defensive spells…” he gagged as he stuck his whole…eagle talon down his throat…umm….ew…

I just crossed my forelegs. “well the best offense IS a good defense…seems ponies have the upper hoof…” Discord shrugged, and I saw all six of the girls run up, and they all looked normal rather than the grayish tint they had. “well…I guess this is goodbye, chimeran scum…”

“chimeran scum?! How DARE you, you insolent little worm! I am practically a GOD with the power I have…I could crush you with just a thought and…” he was in my face, till he saw me smile, then looked behind him before turning around as I snuck away, so the girls have a free shot. “oh please…again with this? Well…go ahead…give it your best shot…” after the girls floated up, and shot a rainbow like beam, like with Nightmare Moon, Discord started to become stone and freak out.

After he was a statue again I sighed and fell back with a hard thud landing flat on my back. I heard the girls run over, and heard asking if I was alright, if I was hurt, or injured. I just chuckled and ran my hoof through my mane. “I’m fine…just relieved this is over…”

We got the petrified Discord returned to his place in the palace garden in his scared look rather than the laughing look he had before. I just sat there staring at him, recalling what he said…about ‘raw chaos inside me, untapped’ could I…become like him one day…? No, that’s crazy! I finally felt a hoof against my back, and I looked back at the girls as they were smiling. We all finally headed home, exhausted from the chaotic…insane day we went through…but that image of my old world still bugged me…WAS it real? was it based off what is really happening? I couldn’t get that thought out of my head…maybe…I can find out somehow…maybe…

Author's Note

WHOOOOOOO felt good...mostly...and i worked on this chapter ALL day revising, going over, and searchinng for a good song for that moment! next chapter i havent started yet so that one...will take time...i have had this chapter done for...about a week now...i have been looking FORWARD to this chapter, and now my notebook ideas are halted, and its on the fly from here...except for if im on the road of course...then its note writing, and episode watching on iPad...and from here on, its CERTAIN episodes that i want Blaze to be involved in for comedic, romantic, awkward, or action moments [of two kinds...unsure of when i will do THAT kind...or if i will just SUGGEST the idea, and let your minds wander]

ooh, how can yo- mmph mmph-mph mm-mph mph mmm mmhmph mmmh?

pinkie...shut your pie-hole...heh...pie-hole...cause...pinkie pi- aww whatever screw you, it was funny!

that was lamer than a snail on a rock...

hotheaded show off...little bragging....no humor having bitch...

WHAT WAS THAT?!

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*SLAM* *BAM* *THUD* *crash* *bang* *clang*

oh dear...that frying pan must've hurt...excuse me...