The Replacement Lord of Chaos

   Keaton wandered the forest for about an twenty minutes. And he was loving it. All the trees and plants that are everywhere, all the little animals scuttling about, it was amazing, this world was amazing. He wasn't thinking about all the 'Lord of Chaos' business though. Needed to get started on that. But now, he was taking in all the scenery.

   "This place is so colorful and so cartoony, so peaceful and alive. I wonder what I should do next? Hey, that rock looks like a spoon." When Keaton looked at the spoon rock which was about three feet. He heard a strange noise behind him. He ignored this and moved on. Keaton walked on the path. But suddenly everything went black for Keaton for a few moments before his vision returned to normal. Keaton looked around, checking if anything had changed and saw the spoon rock once again. Keaton walked forward and the exact same thing happened over and over again. And each time he saw the spoon rock, the strange noise got louder and louder, turning into some sort of growl.

   "Ok, what's going on here. Am I being chased by some sort of monster or something? Because I do not normally react to something like this this way, and it feels great." Keaton turned around and heard the growl again, but louder.

   Keaton then walked towards the growling sound. He saw two purple glowing eyes, each looking straight at him. Keaton stepped back and the creature stepped out from between the trees.

   After the creature stepped out from between the trees, it showed it's whole body. The body of the creature looked like the body of a lion. But the tail was that of a scorpian, and it had wings from a bat. The whole body was purple and had a purple glow around it. The eyes, mouth, and the tip of the scorpian tail were glowing purple. All over the creature's body were different kinds of markings. The creature looked very scary, but in a way, it also looked very cute.

   Without thinking, Keaton grabbed the nearest thing around him to use as a weapon or some kind of protection, and picked up the spoon rock.

   "Um, don't come near me, I have a spoon." Keaton pointed the spoon at the creature, hoping that it would leave him alone. But to no avail. The creature just kept getting closer and closer, and Keaton kept moving backwards. Right until he bumped into a tree.

   Keaton turned his head left and right in hopes of finding a way out. And he ran. he looked behind him and saw that the creature did not chase him. But when he looked forward he saw the creature just standing there, waiting for him. He turned around and ran forward, but the same thing happened.

   "Look, I know you want to eat me, but I will not let you do that so I will use this spoon to slay you," Keaton hit the creature with the rock. Upon impact the rock split into two.

   Keaton looked at the face of the creature and gave a weak smile. As Keaton stepped back the strangest thing happened.

   The creature started to laugh.

   "Oh you are so funny. The funniest thing I have seen in the hundreds of years I have been here."

   Keaton heard a voice coming from the creature's mouth. The voice of a woman.

   "Hello?" said Keaton.

   "You are nothing like I have ever seen in my entire life. And a taraxippus lives for a very long time."

   "What is a taraxippus?"

   "A taraxippus is a kind of ghost that scares away creatures from a specific point and eats anything that gets through."

   "Oh no, we do not look like manticores. This Manticore is merely my pet. I am using her to communicate with you with out you seeing me."

   "And why am I not allowed to see you?" asked Keaton.

   "Because I chose that option."

   "Ok. So ... can I leave now? You don't seem to be be eating me, so I take it that you want me to leave," Keaton started walking backwards.

   "Nope. I'm going to learn more about you, and you're not going to go anywhere until I'm done with you. And if you try and run away I will rip out your heart and eat it right infront of you," The taraxippus showed her manticore's teeth to Keaton.

   "Ok, so what do we do now? You're the one in control," Keaton walked over to a nearby tree and sat at the trunk.

   "I will be taking you to my pet's den. You will reside there until I choose choose otherwise. Got it?" she asked.

   "Yup, lead the way."

   The taraxippus's eyes started to glow brighter and Keaton got sorrounded by a purple glow. Keaton then floated floated up into the air. He floated up to Lilith and landed on Lilith's back. Then Lilith began to walk towards the 'den'.

    "I don't believe that we properly met earlyer. My name is Lilith. What is yours?" Lilith asked.

   "Keaton."

   "Keaton? Interesting name. I always love meet new individuals. Tell me, what are you?"

   "Um, I'm a human, or Homo sapien if you want to be scientific. We are very smart. Or at least the smart ones are," the moment was followed by silence until Keaton spoke again. "I think it would be better if you asked questions."

   "Alright, can Homo sapiens use magic of any kind?" Lilith asked.

   "No." Keaton replied.

   "Really? That's strange. I can sense some powerful magic inside of you, all waiting to be let out. All in one big explosion," Lilith said.

   "I got that under special circumstances."

   "Would you like to tell me?"

   "I would like to tell you, but I'm still understanding this whole magic thing myself."

   After a few short moments, the pair began to see lots of buckets attached to all the trees with sap dripping out of them.

   "What's with all the buckets?" Keaton asked.

   "The ponies that live in the nearby town collect sap from the trees. They don't come here often." Lilith walked over to one of the buckets and drank from it, "They think it takes a while to get sap, but really it's just me taking them for myself and my pet."

   "Ponies?"

   "Yes, ponies."

   "You mean like the horses?"

   "No, like ponies. Do you not know what a pony is?"

   "Nope, never heard of them."

   "Ok, let run down on what a pony is. A pony is one of the most powerful species in Equestria. There are four types. The first one is the Earth pony, they are physically stronger  and can control and grow plants more easily than other the other races. The second race is called the Pegasus, they can fly using their wings, they can control the weather and they are more agile. The third race is called the Unicorn, they can cast magic which can do all kinds of different things. Some easier than others depending on the unicorn's cutie mark. The last one is the Alicorn, they have all the traits of the other ponies. They are also a lot more powerful than the other races. Do you understand that?" Lilith asked.

   "By 'races' does that mean just ponies or are there lots of races?" Keaton asked.

   "Well there are dozons of races, but I do mean just ponies." Lilith replied.

   "What is a cutie mark?"

   "It signifies the talent of the pony. Any more questions?"

   "Alright then, Ah, look we're already here," When the pair looked at their surroundings they were at the entrance to a cave. "We're not at my pet's den just yet, it's deep inside this cave."

   They started walking into the cave. They went through many twists and turns but eventually they made it to the the den. Keaton asked how Lilith managed to memorize the path. She replied that she didn't memorize it and that the path changes everytime someone enters the cave it changes. He asked the same question, how did she manage to get through the caves.

   And she replied, "You just feel it."

   Lilith showed Keaton the hay bed that he will be sleeping in until she decides to let him go. Lilith encouraged Keaton to sleep, for it was getting late. And so, Keaton went to sleep.

   "Spike?" Twilight called.

   Twilight and the gang were on the train to Vanhoover. It was night time so they all were sleeping in their beds. But something woke up Twilight. She looked around and saw Spike sitting in his bed with a flashlight in claw.

   "Spike, what are you doing up at this hour?"

   "I'm reading my comic," said Spike. "The Hunter has injured almost all of the power ponies using his special weapons. But the Masked Matter-Horn managed to steal one of the weapons and they are studying the weapon in order to figure out how to stop it."

   "You must really like this Comic, Spike," replied Twilight.

   "It feels like this comic goes on forever."

   "I'm sure that it's a great comic."

   "Are you two having a sleepover?"

   While Spike and Twilight were talking, Pinkie Pie appeared between the two.

   "Ah!" Twilight screamed loud enough to wake everypony (except Rainbow Dash) in the cart.

   "What's all the fuss about?" Applejack asked.

   "Yes, what's wrong, darling?" Rarity asked.

   "Is something going on?" Fluttershy asked.

   "Twilight and Spike here thought it was ok to have a sleepover without inviting me!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, "The nerve of someponies."

   "We weren't having a sleepover. Spike was just reading his comics really late and I told him to stop."

   "Well, can you please go back to bed. I had a big day yesterday and I need some sleep," said Rarity.

   "Alright, alright, I'll go to bed. I was just reading," Spike whispered.

   And everypony went back to bed after that event.

   Keaton woke up feeling better than the night before.

   He decided to look around in more detail. Torchs littered the walls. And that was about it, there wasn't really anything in the den. Only about ten haystacks were on the floor.

   Keaton looked over Lilith who was sleeping on one of the haystacks. Keaton walked over to Lilith and shoke her awake.

   "Hey, Lilith, get up," said Keaton.

   Lilith woke up and looked at Keaton. She yawned and fell back asleep.

   "Um, ok."

   Lilith woke back up and looked at Keaton, "Sorry there, I wasn't possessing her. Could you repeat that?"

   "nevermind."

   "Alright, new day, let's get started. Yesterday I wanted to know what humans are and what humans can do. Now you can answer my questions all I want."

   And so the two talked about humans for the rest of the day. Anatomy, diet, occupations, technology, internet, beliefs, everything. After a while Lilith allowed Keaton to ask Lilith anything she knows about the world.

   "You can't seem to notice me when I am in my ghost form. I tried to get your attention back in that forest, but you didn't notice me. I was already awake when you woke up and you still didn't notice me. I couldn't interact with you either," said Lilith.

   "That's strange. I hope that doesn't get in the way of anything in the future," said Keaton.

   "Another thing. Why are you so nice to me? It can't just be that you don't know anything about my species."

   "Well. I don't know why, but I just want to talk to you for some reason."

   "Ok."

   "I think we're done now." Lilith stood up and walked near the exit.

   "What do you mean?" Keaton asked.

   "I asked you all the questions that I wanted to ask. And I want you leave now."

   "Really?"

   "Yes, there is a town not far from here. Just exit the cave and head right along the path."

   "Um, Ok. Goodbye, Lilith."

   "Goodbye, Keaton."

   Keaton stood up headed to the exit. He looked back at Lilith with a smile and left the cave.