Chaos Shift

Chapter 1:

An Ordinary Day

Shift, a young grey colt with a strange tangled mess of a moss colored mane and strange light blue eyes that seemed to have a spiral pattern, sat at his desk in the small noise filled classroom. It was currently five minutes before class would start and today's lesson was going to be on Legends and Myths of Equestria. Stifling a yawn Shift looked around at the other young colts and fillies, all of which were in groups talking about random subjects, the only thing each of there conversations had in common were that they were based on a peaceful life with no drama, hardships, or chaos of any sort. Although he didn't wish anypony ill he found everything they spoke about to be to boring and wished something dramatic would happen that he could find some entertainment in. He turned his attention to the windows which had a clear view of Ponyville and more specifically the markets. He could see ponies bartering away their bits over things like fruits and vegetables . One apple cart in particular was getting a large amount of attention from the shopping ponies. 'BORING!' Shift shouted in his mind, the town was way to peaceful recently, it seemed the only times he found excitement recently was when he heard news of what had happened at a royal wedding in Canterlot a few months ago. However that was long ago and any feelings of content were long gone.

Shifts thoughts were interrupted when he heard the familiar voice of his teacher call out in the class room. "Alright students it's time for class, lets all take a seat and get ready to learn!" Mrs Cherilee had always tried to sound energetic and happy around the students and today was no exception. Shift remembered when he had first come to school, and met miss Cherilee. She was no different then as she was now, and that was nearly two years ago now. "Today we are going to study ancient Myths and Legends, and before you ask Applebloom, No there are no myths or legends about getting a cutiemark". Shift noticed the yellow filly at the front of the class room let out and audible sigh before Mrs Cherilee moved on. "First let's review a previous legend that we had learned about, Discord" at the mention of discords name Shift was instantly at attention, he always had had a fascination with the strange embodiment of chaos but he kept that to himself knowing full well that others would find him strange for it. "Discord, as you might well remember, was once a ruler of Equestria and controlled all things in terms of chaos and disharmony". Cherilee brought out a painting of what the lands of Equestria once looked like under Discords rule. "As you can see, the world never made any sense and everyday was a struggle for all of pony kind just to survive, However that all changed when the sisters of day and night, they would be Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, sealed him away in a statue of stone, never to rise again!".

The rest of the day Shift hardly paid attention to the lesson, he had more or less read all of this stuff out of the collection of history books his dad owned. Once class ended Shift was quick to stand up and leave through the open window. This was normal for him and he knew the ponies all thought him odd for doing it, but never did they say anything about it, at least not with him around. On his way home Shift met up with his favorite pony in town Pinkie Pie. Unlike everypony else she always had something entertaining to tell him.

"Hi Pinkie!" Shift called out to the bouncing pink pony who gasped when she saw him before dashing off in one of her gravity defying stunts. This confused Shift, normally Pinkie would say something interesting to him or tell him one of her wacky stories from when she was a filly. Frowning Shift continued on until he reached his home. It was small unassuming house in a quiet corner of town, a normal pony would be quite happy with the location but he himself hated it, there was never any commotion or out bursts in the area and thus it was very boring to him. Shift walked up the small path to the front door and opened it to be greeted by darkness. He blinked a few times and stepped inside the door closing behind him.

"SURPRISE!" A loud shout was given as the lights turned on. The ponies who had gathered looked at the front door with confusion, where Shift should have been standing there was nothing but his school saddle bags. A few moments of confusion later and light laughter could be hear behind them. Shift had figured something like this would happen when he saw pinkie gasp and run away earlier but the results of him 'disappearing' were even better then he had though they would be. He watched still laughing when he saw all the ponies in the small living room do a double take between the front door and where he was standing behind them. They all joined in his laughter realizing he had just pulled one over on them. Soon enough the laughter died down as the music started to play, ponies were talking with each other and dancing, while others were eating some of the cupcakes and other confectionery treats that had been put out. Shift had made his way over to Pinkie Pie who was also busy eating a cupcake.

"Hey Shifty!" Pinkie said happily over the music "Happy Birthday!" she pulled from seemingly nowhere a bottle of chocolate milk "This is for you, it's left over from the Discord incident that happened last year, I just know how much you like to study about Discord, and to be honest he was pretty funny, I meant he turned me Grey! can you believe it, ha ha!" Pinkie started to laugh and go into random ramblings, but Shift was more interested in the chocolate milk, and what she had just said about an incident from last year. He could remember everything that had happened to him since his birth but, he could not remember any incidents from the previous year, especially none that had anything to do with Discord. Before Shift could ask Pinkie what she was talking about he realized she had disappeared into the crowd of ponies.

"Happy birthday Shift!" another voice rang out behind him and Shift turned to talk with the new pony that had talked to him. Later that evening after the party Shift looked around the now empty house. It had been cleaned by Pinkie Pie and the only proof of the party remaining was the small pile of gifts he had received. Shift sighed as he went through his gifts. He was all alone in Ponyville, His parents both worked in foreign politics, and he had no brothers or sisters. None of his class mates were friends with him, and even though Pinkie was nice, he would never really consider her more than a friendly neighbor. Shift looked at the bottle she had given him earlier. He had forgotten to ask her about the Discord incident that he had no recollection of, and now that he was left alone it was too late. Sighing one last time Shift walked passed the kitchen and went up the small staircase that led to the bed room upstairs. He jumped onto his bed and sat there for a few minutes before drifting off to sleep.

First chapter done, I hope you guys enjoy it. I know I probably have a lot to improve on and I hope that as I continue to write I will be able to improve. Please let me know how what you guys think so far, I'm looking forward to reading any reviews I get, and I cant wait to finish the next chapter!