My Little Hero

Chapter Eight

Every pony looked at Applejack. She started to look around frantically at them. "W-what are ya'll lookin' at me for?" she asked in confusion.

"Now that he mentions it, you are missing your freckles," Dash said.

"Shoot, he's...he's probably just tryin' to turn us on each other," she said.

"A likely story!" Pinkie said, getting into Applejack's face.

"What did you see when you looked in my eyes, Applejack," I asked.

"I...I saw..."

I heard the door open behind us and we looked to see the real Applejack walk in. She looked at me and her eyes narrowed. "What in tarnations are ya doin' here?" she demanded. Then she noticed her clone. "What the hay?" The clone leaped at her, tackling and rolling with her. "Hay! Get off me!" she shouted.

They rolled for a moment before they both broke apart and stared at each other. The clone had the freckles this time, making it impossible to tell them apart.

"Wait, what's going on?" Dash asked. "Which one's the real Applejack? Whose this imposter?"

I closed my eyes and focused. If all of my other magic still worked, this one should too. When I opened up my eyes again, I opened my Sight. The Sight, or sometimes known as the third eye, was a magic from my world. It allowed the user to see through enchantments and vials. It also would show us other things like past, present, and future events...all at once. You can see someone's true form and true nature. And much like a Soul Gaze, it never fades. If you don't know how to close the sight, you can go mad from the images.

I saw light everywhere, pure holy light. The ponies each had their own light. Twilight Sparkle had a glowing purple aura around her, and her mane and tail were longer with more streaks of purple and pink with the added color of what looked like yellow. She also had colors added to the feathers of her wings and colorful stars around her hooves, matching the colors of her mane and tail.

Pinkie Pie had a pink aura around her. And just like Twilight, her mane and tail grow. They also added streaks of blue, orange, and yellow as well as glitter and a blue bow in her mane. Around her hooves sprouted balloon marks much like her cutie mark. And even though she almost died earlier that night, she didn't have a scar of it when I looked at her. Even a physical scar could leave a scar on her soul, but it hadn't. Rainbow Dash had a blue aura and also had longer mane and tail. The rainbow color of her mane and tail were also added to her feathers of her wings, and lightning bolts had appeared around her hooves and under her eyes.

Rarity glowed with more of a white light aura. Her mane and tail gained a light blue, hot pink, and yellow streaks and had too grown longer. Around her hooves had different colored gems of her cutie mark, and she had a shine to her like she herself was a gem. Fluttershy had a yellow glow to her and her mane and tail gained streaks of light and dark greens and blues, and her feathers matched in color. Butterfly marks had also appeared around her hooves.

But it was Applejack that I was looking for. She had an orange glow to her, and had red and pink streaks in her mane and tail. There was also a green ribbon tied around her mane and tail each replacing the red ribbons she normally wore, an apple mark on her hat, and more marks around her hooves. Each of the ponies had a lovely, powerful look to them. They were full of magic and good and were connected to each other.

The fake Applejack wasn't a pony at all. In fact, it looked more like Discord. Or at least, it was a draconequus. This one had a lion's head with a unicorn horn, a fly's eyes, a gorilla's body, rattlesnake's tail, a human left leg and an elephant's right, a zebra's hoof and a cat's paw as its arms, and a shake's fin on its back. I knew the others couldn't see what I saw, but I had to get it to show it's true self. I focused power into my horn and sent it at the draconequus. The others were surprised though they didn't know if I just hit the real Applejack or the fake one.

I looked over at Fluttershy. "Where is Discord?" I asked. She looked at me confused on why I would be asking for him. "That thing is a draconequus like Discord."

"How do you know that?" Dash demanded.

I looked back at the thing as it disappeared. I closed my Sight as it reappeared on the chandelier in it's true form. "So, you figured out who I am," it said in a slithery voice, it's tail rattling. "I've never seen a pony like you. You have magic that's not of this world."

"Who are you?" Twilight demanded from the thing.

"I am Chaogent," it said. "And I am the new ruler of this world." My metal melted and started to circle me in a ring of oozing gray goo before shurikens shoot out at the thing. It disappeared with a pop and we all looked around for it. "That's not very nice, Hero," it said as I saw it's face appear in my metal. The metal solidified and hit the floor, but instead of a clattering sound, the floor sizzled and started to melt.

"Shit," I shouted as I jumped out of the circle. The chandelier sprung out like tentacles. The ponies all tried getting out of the way, but it caught Pinkie Pie and dragged her up by a hoof. Dash zipped through the air and grabbed Pinkie, pulling her out of the arms of the chandelier.

"Come on girls!" Twilight called out. They grouped together and then started to glow. For a moment, I thought my Sight was still open. But I didn't have the Sight on, and they looked the way they did when it was. I felt happy when I looked at them. I never seen anyone or anything show their true form that matched what the Sight showed.

And the creature dropped the chandelier. I could see it and knew that they all wouldn't get out of the way in time. I threw off my coat, spread my wings, and zoomed at the ponies. Dash had noticed the problem also. She grabbed Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie and dashed away. I grabbed Twilight and Rarity and zoomed away. Then I noticed Applejack still in the center. "Damn it! Namshiel!" I called out.

Power flooded me as I zipped through in a blur, grabbing Applejack just in time. She shook her head as she looked up at me, horror filling her eyes. My skin had tighten around my bones, making me look more of a skeleton, even my wings looked like bones. My fur looked like it had fallen out and my skin was gray, and my green mane and tail became more stringy and greasy. My mark had an overlap of a rune. And above my own blue eyes opened a pair of green eyes.

"Hero?" Applejack question.

I gave a grin as I set her down and stepped forward. When I spoke, my voice was over lapped with the raspy, dry voice of Namshiel. "Chaogent," I said. "It's time for you to die." Green lightning started to spark from my horn.

"Oh my, this pony is full of surprises," Chaogent said. "I can feel the power from you. Tell you what, you give me that power, and I won't get rid of these ponies."

"Bastard," I said in my normal voice. "I won't let you touch them." I stepped in front of Applejack as way of protecting her.

"How touching," the creature said and disappeared. I heard a yell from behind me and turned to see A.J. being pulled into the floor.

"Applejack!" the others called out, running towards us. Dash locked hooves with hers and tried to pull her out.

"Last chance," the creature said, its voice echoing the hall. I looked around as the place seemed to start getting smaller and smaller.

"Master," Namshiel said through my lips. "I think it's time to part ways."

"No," I said, shaking my head and trying to keep control. "We can't compete with that power."

"You're weak, Master. You should join forces with Chaogent and take over. These ponies have made you soft."

"Shut up, Namshiel. I am still in control," I growled, shaking my head wildly.

"Not for long," the Denarian said. And then, I lost control. I could see everything and hear everything, but I couldn't stop the Fallen within me from using my body. I...or rather it stepped forward, grinning evilly at the ponies, all of which were too busy trying to get Applejack out of the floor. "I think it's time to get rid of some trash."