Master of Chaos

1000.5 YEARS LATER...

I let out a long, tiring yawn, stretching and popping my joints along with my muscles... wait...

I quickly stood up and started touching my face. I felt my rough skin and sharp horns, gasping happily as I realized the best thing that could have happened to me; I was free from my stone prison!

I glanced over to the door that kept me in the cell, which still stood tall. The rune faded roughly around a few years ago when Celestia thought I wouldn't break free of my cell.

I walked over to the cell door and placed my hand over it, pushing softly. It was unlocked, surprisingly, so I pushed it open wider until it was as wide as it could be. I then poked my head out into the hallway, only to find that it was empty. Now why would they leave a monster like me alone without guards?

I stepped into the dark, empty hallway. It was quieter than usual, but I could hear voices coming from above me. Either there was a party going on upstairs, or the princess knew of my escape. Either way, I was going to crash whatever she was doing and burn the city to the ground.

I raised my hand and pointed it straight at the roof, channeling my energy and preparing to blast a hole in the ceiling to make my grand entrance.

As the ball of energy was formed in my hand, I let it shoot towards the ceiling and jumped up into the room above.

As I landed, I felt that something was off, but I didn't know what. I waited for the smoke to clear, listening for any sounds that may be coming closer to me. The only thing I heard was gasps, screams, and somepony fainting. I didn't care for the fainting pony, but I did care that I was still in the palace.

I opened my eyes and saw that I was surrounded by a large group of high-classed ponies, all wearing fancy suits and monocles. The only ponies I saw that were different from the rest were six ponies; One was a lavender Unicorn that had a dark-purple mane with a pink and purple stripe going through it. The second was a cyan Pegasus and had a rainbow mane. The third was as white as snow and had a purple mane and was also a Unicorn. Fourth was a yellow Pegasus with a pink mane and seemed shy for some reason. The fifth was an orange Earth Pony with a blonde mane. And the final sixth pony was a pink Earth Pony with a darker pink mane. She looked like she had tons of energy.

Out of all the ponies I had seen, those six were the ones that seemed more relaxed. Apart from the horrified expression on their faces.

I suddenly found myself being charged by ten soldiers of the Royal Guard who I simply vaporized with a fireball. The crowd gasped in horror as the ashes of the dead soldiers slowly drifted towards the ground. I looked back at the crowd and looked for a certain pony that didn't seem to be there.

"Celestia!" I yelled, "Show yourself!"

The crowd was absolutely silent, not a single pony showed the slightest hint of bravery. Then my eyes fell on the six ponies that were now huddled together. They were planning something.

I slowly walked over to the six ponies, glaring at them the whole way. They didn't notice me until I reached in and grabbed the lavender pony, who screamed and flailed her limbs. I now had a hostage and I knew all to well what Celestia's weakness was.

"Let go of her you jerk!" A tomboyish voice yelled. I looked toward its source and found that it was the rainbow maned Pegasus, but instead of being on the ground, she was inches away from my face.

"And why would I do that, Pony?" I asked with a bit of venom, glaring straight into her eyes.

"Because if you don't, I'm gonna show you a whole new world of hurt." She replied, glaring right back at me. Again, the room fell into silence. Not a breath or hint of wind could be heard.

The rainbow maned Pegasus was threatening me?! A thirty foot demon?! She was as dumb as a rock if she thought she could bring any minor harm towards me.

"No." I stated, a calm look on my face, "Guess you can try to hurt me, but I don't think you can do anything."

Now she was mad. She raised a hoof and punched me right between my eyes. She put on a smug smile and kept on punching. It didn't hurt, but I loved giving false hope.

She kept punching and I stood still, looking back at the crowd to see there reactions; some looked glad. Others, happy. But one tall, white Alicorn had an expression of worry. Good, I wanted her to see what came next.

When the rainbow maned Pegasus got tired of punching, she looked to see if she had done any damage.

Unfortunately for her, she didn't do anything of the sort. Instead, she only seemed to make me angrier; My whole body was now covered in molten rock and I had dropped the lavender pony a few punches ago. I was practically growling at her. She was my target now.

I quickly reached out and wrapped claw around her tiny neck, pinning her against a wall. I then raised my fist and punched a hole through the wall to make sure see saw my point on how strong I was. She just tried to get out of my grip, hoping that being a new red paint wasn't going to be her fate.

I got eye level with the Pegasus and glared at her, hoping that Celestia was still watching. I gave a crooked smile and reeled back one of my fists, getting ready to punch a new hole in the wall. I looked over and saw Celestia with a hoof raised over her muzzle, shaking her head slowly.

I looked back to the rainbow maned Pegasus and brought my fist straight towards her face.

"STOP!!!" Celestia yelled, tears welling up in her eyes. Luckily she said that just in time because my fist was mere inches away from the Pegasus'. I looked back over my shoulder and saw Celestia slowly approaching.

I released my grip on the rainbow maned pony and turned to Celestia. She was crying over one pony? What had the past years done to her?

"Please..." she sobbed, "Don't hurt any of my little ponies. I beg of you..."

"Why shouldn't I hurt all of your ponies? I want some type of revenge for placing me in stone, and watching you mourn is a great way to start." I replied angrily, a crooked smile still on my face. She wanted me to stop causing her misery, but she caused me enough by placing me in a stone prison. If only she knew the amount of pain I went through in the process of being turned to stone.

Celestia raised her head, looking into my eyes pleadingly. My smile slowly faded as I saw what I believe was hope, but I was going to smash it.

"You are really pitiful, you know that?" I replied, turning towards one of the windows. The banners were gone and I could see every window clearly. They had an art of some sort on them, all looking like the six mares and the two princesses. One particular window had a strange creature that I had never seen before; it had a lion's claw and a griffon's talon. It also had a goat's leg and a dragon's leg. Its body was a brown color and its horns were different. It also had an elongated tooth.

It looked like it could do some damage, but I didn't know where to find it. I looked back and saw Celestia still bawling and the six mares were glaring at me. Life was good.

I crouched and leaped out the window and into the streets below. As I landed, I felt the concrete below me crunch. It was an unusual feeling to feel the crushed concrete between your toes, but that's what I get for jumping out of a castle.

I raised my hand and started creating a large ball of fire. While I was doing that, I took a look at my surroundings; I saw that there were a few citizens that looked absolutely horrified, a few passed out, and a few running away screaming. They were all terrified of me.

I let out a wicked laugh and threw my now giant ball of fire at the city. It landed in the center of the town and exploded, causing me to forcefully stand my ground so I didn't get blown back by the amount of force it had. Then a giant cloud came my way, blocking off my vision. I couldn't see, but I could hear. And I heard the flapping of multiple wings.

I reeled my head back and took in a deep breath, getting ready to let some of my chaos go. When I saw who was flapping, I let out a large ball of flame his way. The ball was as large as me and had enough power to take down Nightmare Moon with ease. As the ball of flame landed on whatever was flying, I heard the figure scream in pain. It was masculine, probably the Royal Guard.

As I the cloud cleared, I turned to see how much destruction I had created. The results were astonishing; the buildings were on fire, dead ponies were all over the place, and the Sun was blocked out by a big cloud of fiery smoke. Those were the results I had been yearning for, and I finally had them.

I looked back over my shoulder and faced the victim of one of my fireballs. If I told you who was hit by that fireball you wouldn't believe me... but I'm going to tell you anyways. The victim was none other than that snob pony I had given immortality to years ago. Luckily he was unable to move and his fur was scorched, but he looked different than he did all those years ago; he was wearing a black, skin-tight suit and had a dagger at his side. He didn't look like a snob, but an assassin of some sort.

"Well, well, well... who do we have here?" I asked, looming over his body with a small grin on my face.

He opened his eyes and looked up at me with anger. He wasn't afraid of me. Instead, he looked like he wanted my very soul to be burned.

"You." He hissed, glaring at me, "What did you do to me?!"

"Who? Silly old me?" I asked sarcastically, placing a claw over my chest, "I simply made you immortal. You like it?"

"NO! I bucking hate it! Do you know what it's like watching your loved ones pass away?!" He asked loudly, trying to stand up. I simply kicked him back over onto his side and put my face right into his.

"I do know what it's like. You lost your loved ones, I lost an entire planet that I once ruled. You lost your friends, I lost my subjects. Not much of a difference now is there? Anyways, now that you have nothing to live for, I'll give you a choice; Join me and become my first soldier, or stay and watch the world around you burn away. Your choice." I stated, turning around and folding my arms.

It was silent for a few seconds until he answered, "I'd rather die than work for you! Go to Tartarus!"

I quickly turned around and sent a fist towards his direction. As his face made contact, I heard a loud crunch along with a scream in horror. The scream didn't come from him, but a pony a bit of a ways away. I didn't care much though. So I shape shifted into a dragon and flew towards the Everfree Forest, looking at the nation's capital that had been set ablaze. The fireball caused tons of collateral damage, which meant that the Princess Sisters would be busy for a while fixing their capital.

The only ponies that I actually was worrying about were those six mares; there was something off about them, like a bond that couldn't be broken. They were a problem that needed to be fixed ASAP. All I needed to know was where they all lived and I would burn down whatever or wherever they lived. But I needed a home or safe house of some sort first.

That was why I was heading towards the Everfree Forest; their is an old castle that used to be owned by the Princess Sisters but was abandoned after the fight between them. That castle was going to be my home.

MEANWHILE, IN CANTERLOT...

Princess Celestia took a while to stop sobbing over what Tyrant had done; he threatened to kill one of her little ponies, an Element of Harmony at that. If he killed Rainbow Dash... she didn't want to think about it. All she knew was that next time, he wouldn't hesitate. Tyrant was a monster that helped her sister fight back, he also had the power to kill everypony at the Gala, but he didn't. Something inside of him was changing... something she couldn't explain.

Celestia felt a hoof land on her shoulder softly, and she looked up to see who it was.

It was her sister, Luna, who was surrounded by a bunch of worried looking ponies, especially the Mane Six.

"Sister, are you alright?" Luna asked, a worried look on her face. Celestia didn't know what to say, all she could do was look around at all the ponies that huddled around her. She was feeling all types of feelings right now; hope, sadness, happy, and worried. She was hoping that Tyrant was truly changing, but was sad that he nearly killed one of the Elements. She was happy that they all cared for her, but was worried about where Tyrant would strike next.

"I... I am fine, sister. It's just that I had to process all that had just occurred." She answered, looking over to the giant hole in the floor. "That's going to cost a lot of bits."

Luna, along with the Mane Six, chuckled at her sudden change in attitude.

Twilight approached Celestia and stated, "We will find Tyrant and use the Elements to stop his evil, Princess."

Celestia's eyes went wide and she shook her head very quickly replying, "No, no, no, no, no! You can't go after him! He won't hesitate in... killing you." She finished, looking at the ground. She didn't want her pupil to risk her life over stopping such a powerful threat. He wasn't just strong, he was also very cunning. Mainly because of his ability to shape shift into whatever he pleased.

"Celestia, we'll be fine. It will be like us kicking Discord's butt!" Rainbow Dash reassured, hovering over to the broken window. Now Rainbow Dash had a full view of the city, and it didn't look good; Buildings were ablaze, the streets were covered in ash, and there was a giant smoke cloud that blocked out the Sun. Rainbow Dash was having second thoughts.

"That's what you think, Rainbow Dash. But he's stronger than you thi-" Celestia started, but was cut off when the doors to the throne room were thrown open. Shortly after, an Pegasus in a black, skin-tight suit with a dagger walked in. His mane was scorched and his skin-tight suit was tattered, making him look like he had been to Tartarus and back. Blood was dribbling out of his nose, causing everypony to wince at the sight.

"Princess Luna and Celestia, I require your help; I know where Tyrant might be off to, but I can't take him alone. I need the Elements and some of your stealthiest Royal Guards." He stated, a deadpan look on his face meaning he was serious. Celestia looked at him with a confused look, eyeing him from head-to-hoof.

"And how would you know that?" Rainbow Dash asked accusingly, giving him the stink-eye. He simply noted that Rainbow Dash was the accusing type that he didn't like, but he answered.

"I know because I've been searching for him for about... let's say a thousand years." He answered, looking at all of the ponies' disbelieving expressions. Rainbow Dash folded her fore hooves and gave him an 'bullshit' look.

"Yeah, right. Everypony knows that the only ponies able to live that long are the Princess Sisters and whoever else is a princess. And you're not even a prince." She replied with a disbelieving look on her face. He turned to Celestia and stared for a bit.

Then he finally asked, "Princess Celestia, do you remember that snob that spat at the ground near Tyrant?"

Celestia nodded and he continued, "That was me. Turns out that Tyrant made me immortal somehow while he was in that statue when you pulled him into Canterlot." He finished, giving Celestia another deadpan look. Celestia was at a loss of words, she didn't know how he knew, but there was no other way of him knowing about that smallest detail.

"If you don't believe me Celestia, then I understand. I mean, I wouldn't believe a guy who barged into my throne room covered in scorch marks and claimed to know where a fire-breathing, shape-shifting, ginormous villain named Tyrant we-" He nearly finished, but was cut off as Celestia raised a hoof. She believed him, but was even more nervous about Tyrant; he could give immortality to anypony he chose. Not even Celestia could do that. He was more powerful than she thought.

"I believe you, but before I do anything else, what is your name?" Celestia asked, putting her hoof back on the ground.

The pony hesitated for a moment before answering, "Ace Jack, Princess Celestia. My name is Ace Jack."

"Alright, Ace Jack. I will allow this only because we're fighting my worst enemy, Tyrant. But if anything harms the Element Bearers, there will be consequences. Big consequences." She said sternly, looking him directly in the eye. Ace Jack nodded and turned to the Element Bearers, also known as the Mane Six.

"Alright, who calls to be co-leader?" He asked, only to see a lavender hoof shoot up. He nodded and the pony in question trotted over to his side. "All right, Twilight. Are you sure you're up to the task?" Ace asked, a small grin on his face.

"Yes." Twilight replied, looking back over at her friends. They all nodded except for a certain rainbow maned pony, who instead had her fore hooves folded and was hovering above the hole in the floor.

"Um... hey Dash?" Applejack asked in a Texan accent, turning to her rainbow maned friend.

"What?"

"Are ya goin' ta come with us?"

Rainbow Dash turned to her blonde haired (maned?) friend, looking between her and Ace Jack.

"How can you guys trust him? He's just a pony with a vendetta against a villain!" She pointed out, glaring at Ace Jack.

Then a yellow Pegasus walked over to Rainbow Dash and answered, "Well... we'll know if, um, we give him the benefit of the doubt. Besides, he could be a great help."

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow at her shy friend before sighing, "Fine. I'll help. But only because Fluttershy agrees."

A few hours later, they were off on their trip to stop the villain known to ponykind as, Tyrant. And with the aid of the Royal Guard, they might be able to take down Tyrant and bring peace back to Equestria.