The Relics of the Past

(A/N: Alright, here is part 2. I should be uploading something special in the near future for all of you to read after this chapter. I was going to make it longer, but I decided to cut it here to save me some trouble with all of you. Sadly, its just a filler, but I hope you are impress with it anyways.

Discord gritted his teeth, the pulses coming from the west was coming in steadily in waves. At first it was like before, a large pulse of death and chaos, but now it was down to a simmer to a instead of waves.

'That stupid statue is free.'

He turn to find Celestia and speak to her, but the rapid knocking of the door caught him off guard. Twilight stared at first, unsure if she should answer, then a magical glow of the door took that option away from her.

“Twily!” Twilight blinked when she found herself looking at her older brother, who had a look of panic on his face.

“Shining?” Twilight found herself being colt handle as her brother hugged her. “Um....Whats wrong?”

“Now...I want you to stay calm.” Shining muttered into her ear. “Okay? Are you calm?”

“Not anymore.” Twilight muttered. “Did something happen? Oh no. Its Mom! No, no, its probably Dad isn't! I told him to be careful or he will throw out his hip again!”

“Its not Mom or Dad, Twily.” Shining stepped away. “Its the Princesses! They gone missing! We been searching for them all day, and there has been no sign of them?!”

“Where have we gone?” Celestia poked her head from the kitchen, a simple hay sandwich in her magical grasp, standing next to her was Luna, drinking apple juice.

“I DON'T KNOW!” Shining moaned loudly, not even bothering to look at the voice speaking. “What am I going to do?! The ponies of Equestria are going to blame me! Cadence is going to tear her mane out when she realized she is actually going to lead Equestria now. She doesn't know anything about what the Princesses do during the day! AH! WHAT ABOUT THE SUN AND MOON!?”

“I wouldn't worry about the sun and moon, Shining.” Celestia answered, a small giggle escaping her lips, while Luna simply rolled her eyes. “They can take care of themselves.”

“What do you know?!” Shining snapped, still unaware who he was talking to. “Cadence has to figure out how to lower the sun and raise the moon!” Holding his head between his hooves.

“Shining Armor.” Celestia called out to him in her most most regal sounding voice.

“Yes Princess?” Shining automatically answered. Luna open her mouth, but Celestia held up a hoof to keep her silent. A moment passed before Shining slowly lowered his hooves and stared in the direction of the Princesses. “Princess?”

“Hello Shining. I take it the castle is in an uproar?” Celestia smiled at him, so she was rather amused when Shining turn red, whether it was from anger or embarrassment she wasn't sure.

“WHERE IN TARTARUS HAVE YOU BEEN!?” Ah....Anger then.

-Few minutes later-

“I am sorry for leaving without telling anypony.” Celestia told Shining, which she only received muttering as a response.

“Nice.” Discord said, chuckling at the simmering unicorn Captain. “He said-” Discord jerked his head when a shield appeared upon his muzzle, silencing him. Discord stared at Shining in shock, narrowing his eyes and raising his hand to snap his fingers.

“Enough.” Celestia said quietly, shaking her head at Discord, who only rolled his eyes. “Shining, you came all the way from Canterlot for a reason. Why?”

Shining frown before standing before Celestia. “As of 1051 this morning, a pegasus named Graceful Brush flew into the castle, completely distressed and terrified for her life. She managed to say that her entire dig and research team was killed by a...” Shining trailed off, unsure on how to continue.

“By a what?” Luna pushed, watching her sister's face carefully. “What were they kill by?”

“A statue.” Celestia and Discord froze, before Discord jumped in front of Shining Armor, causing him to fall back in surprise.

“What did it look like?” Disocrd growled. “Did she describe it?!”

Shining gave a side long look to the Princesses, unsure on why the 'God of Chaos' was free and demanding answers. But he only received a nod to go on and answered his questions. “Stood on its two hind legs, like a Minatour, tall as one too. She described the head nearly double the size of main body, its forelegs were extremely short, but use them to kill the ponies of her group.”

“How?” Celestia asked.

“Uh...Snapping of the neck.” Shining saw Celestia eyes narrow at the information, she turn to Discord, nodding her head at him.

“It is free.” Celestia said quietly.

“I knew it!” Discord growled. “Its been free for hours and we've been sitting on our asses the entire time!”

“You knew it was free!?” Luna accused, her eyes filled with anger. Then began to back up in fright as Discord stomped his way in front of her.

“I can feel Chaos.” Discord growled, towering over Luna. “I can feel Chaos in its most basic of forms. No matter what it is. Chaos is always present throughout the world. Although the Chaos in this world is at an all time low.”

“Thanks to Princess Celestia and Luna.” Twilight said, her eyes drew upon her teacher in happiness.

“I'm sorry, Twilight, but it is Discord and myself that made the world how it is. Discord and I spent years trying to repair the planet and the solar system after my....Event.” Celestia look down in sadness before shaking her head. “Luna was just a filly when the world finally began to grow again, maybe a year or so older than Applejack's younger sister.”

“But-” Twilight started, eyes widening at this information. Her entire world, her history on ponykind itself, has been flipped, skewed, and torn to ribbons in the matter of hours. Nothing made sense anymore, why did her teacher never said about any of it.

“We don't have time, Tia.” Discord cut in, before she could go on to talk to Twilight. “Do you remember how that thing works, or are you to old in your years.”

Celestia rolled her eyes, but nodded her head. “It will try to find a town or small city to hide in while it continues in it's hunt. Where was this dig sit located at, Shining?”

Shining pulled out a map, before levitating it before Celestia and Discord. “Here, the ruins that were found several weeks ago.”

“Crap...” Discord cursed. “That is a Foundation test site. Damn, you didn't know?” Discord asked Celestia, who only shook her head.

“I been busy. When I heard of the dig, I simply thought they were looking for something with ponies that went west for new lands. I never thought they would find a Foundation site.” Celestia answered, her wings unfurling as she made her way to the door. “Luna, I need you to go back to the castle, calm the citizens, tell them something has came up that requires my full attention.”

“What about us Princess?” Rainbow asked, looking extremely eager to help. “We can beat this stupid statue, no problem.”

“No.” Celestia said, her voice filled with ice. “You and the others will stay here. Discord and myself will handle this.”

“But Princess!” Applejack jump next to Rainbow, looking worried. “That map there shows that there is a chance that thing might head to Appleloosa. I got family there!”

“I'm sorry, Applejack.” Celestia shook her head. “But I can not bring you with me. Its too dangerous, nor are any of you ready to face something as deadly as 173. Come Discord, we have to go.” Celestia and Discord flew out the door, speeding straight for the ruins.

Luna gave a sigh before turning to Shining Armor. “Come, Captain. The citizens of Canterlot can not tarry any longer. Goodbye Twilight Sparkle, fear not, for my sister will not fail the ponies of Equestria! Even if she has that ruffian of a draconequus as a helper.” And with that being said, the Alicorn and Captain of the Royal Guard walked out, heading back to Canterlot.

“Twi, what are we going to do?” Applejack turn the unicorn. “I got family, my cousin Baeburn lives Appleloosa! That's not even 10 miles away from the ruins!” Twilight was quickly filtering books out.

“I know Applejack. But the Princess said-” Twilight started, but was cut off by Rainbow Dash.

“Oh come on, Twilight!” Rainbow looked upset. “Are we not the Elements of Harmony? We can handle some stupid statue.”

“I know that Rainbow, but we just can't-”

“Please, Twi, I am begging you here. If you won't help, I will just jump onto the nearest train and go there myself.” Twilight sighed at Applejack, shaking her head.

“Fine. Let me look around, I know I read a spell about mass teleportation...Give me a few minutes.”

-Over the skies of Equestria-

Celestia thought back on all the things she knew about SCP-173, shuddering in fear at the dangerous object. Even with all her power and strength, she could still be killed if she wasn't careful.

“What are you going to do with it?” Discord asked her, flying next to her.

“Destroy it, obviously.” Celestia answered. “It's too dangerous to simply ignore.”

“Is it the right thing to do?” Celestia stared at her friend, utterly confused by his question. She quickly landed on a passing cloud and turn to him.

“What do you mean, Discord? Of course we have to destroy it!” Celestia shook her head. “Are you still affected by your Chaos magic, I mean, that was such a silly question to ask.”

Discord crossed his arms, giving Celestia a grim look. “Will it stay destroyed though?”

Celestia open her mouth, but quietly shut it. She wasn't sure, no one at the Foundation had ever made plans in destroy the statue. “We should though.”

“And how do we know that it won't make things worse?” Discord asked, pushing the subject. “I mean, what if the small pieces of stone move on their own, jumping into people's mouth when they least expect it. I mean, its a rock! Who would expect that coming! What if it simple jumps from the statue we destroy into another inanimate object, like a some couch or another statue. What then, Celestia? What do we do if can't destroy it?” Discord stood before her, looking directly into her eyes.

“I don't know....” Celestia whispered, before looking back up at him. “Maybe seal it away.”

“Celestia, that thing was sealed away for 3000 years or so.” Discord shook his head. “We can't just throw it in cement, place it in a wall, and forget about it. Sooner or later, its going to get free. What if we are not around anymore?”

“I DON”T KNOW!” Celestia shouted at him, frustration pouring from her eyes. “I don't know what to do. I can't do everything, okay! What do you want to do, Discord?! Bring back the Foundation!”

“Yes.”

Celestia stared at him, unable to believe what he said. “How? We only knew so much about how the Foundation worked in first place! Even with the amount of clearance we had back then, we still knew so little about how they worked!”

“Its better than simply burying the problem. How many SCPs are running around in the world Celestia.” Discord stressed, staring deeply into her eyes. Celestia open her mouth to say none of them were free, but that was a lie. She released a few SCPs she found into the wild after she set the world right. How did BookKeeper make it to Ponyville, into Twilight's home at that. Someone delivered it, knowing Twilight's connection to herself. The last time she or Discord saw BookKeeper, they were being moved to a different compound, with BookKeeper and the rest of the group being moved to a later time. Then the Event happen, and they lost contact with him, the other friendly SCPs, and Foundation members.

“I....I don't know...Wait.” Celestia thought back, a memory flinging itself forward to her mind. Her eyes widen in fear when she thought on the details. “No...”

“What? What is it?” Discord ask, taking note of her face.

“The Old Man.” Celestia whispered.

Discord ears flatten, the one being that even they feared the most. Seemingly impossible to beat, Celestia was the only one that could make any head way on the creature, her powerful magical abilities managed to keep him away, while his own barely made any sort of dent on the creature. “Where?”

“The Badlands.” Celestia said quietly. “I never made the connection to missing ponies surrounding the area, but one or two things stood out. A mummified pony was found on the outskirts of the Badlands, it was still alive by the witness accounts, but shortly died before they could be treated. Another account came out that said a shadowy creature walking the Badlands, scaring off many of the feral beasts that roam the land. I never...I never thought....” She felt Discord place a hand on her shoulder.

“Its okay...” Discord whispered. “I need you to focus on the here and now. We got a killer statue on the run and we are the only ones that know how to stop it.”

“Yes...Yes you are right.” With that said, they flew on, more determine than ever to find SCP-173 before it was too late.

-Ponyville-

“Can I just say that this is a really bad idea.” Fluttershy whispered. “If you don't mind that is...”

“Urgh...Fluttershy, come on now!” Rainbow wrapped a foreleg around the shy mare's shoulder. “We have a duty to Equestria! We have to keep her safe from all forms of danger.”

“Isn't that the Royal Guards duty?” Rarity asked, looking nervously out the window. “I mean, we have never faced anything like this.”

“Oh hush you.” Applejack paced around the library. “I mean, we faced Nightmare Moon, Discord...well...The crazy Discord, dragons, Ursa Minors, Changlings, cockatrice, and a slew of other creatures! What is the worst thing that this statue can do.”

“It can break our necks for one!” Rarity pointed out.

“Its a statue Rarity.” Rainbow retorted. “How fast can it be? Its made of stone and crude, can't move that fast.”

“Done!” Twilight finished placing that last marking on the floor. “The Rune is ready for use!”

“Rune do what now?” Applejack stared at the weird lines written on the floor.

“Its a teleportation rune, Applejack. I don't have enough power to take us all in one go, nor go that far on power alone, I need help. So this rune is going to help me.”

“How?” Pinkie lean close to the ground, her eyes widening as she did so. “It doesn't look very special.”

“Well, for one thing, it helps by putting the coordinates of Appleloosa, that way, I don't need to visualize where I am going. The second thing is that it draws in ambient magical energy surrounding the area. Rarity, I will need your help in this into powering it, or we might be here for an hour if we wait for it to fill.” Twilight explained.

“Of course Darling.” Rarity answered.

“This is only good for one jump girls.” Twilight warned. “Are we going, or are we staying?”

“Going!” Rainbow and Applejack answered in unison.

“Um...Can I stay...Please?” Fluttershy whimpered.

“Come on Fluttershy.” Pinkie leaned up next to her. “It will be fun! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!”

“O...Okay.” Fluttershy caved and stood next to the others, with Pinkie and jumping next to her.

“Well...” Rarity tilted her head, thinking. “I can always take another look at Baeburn's vest, it was looking kind of scruffy the last time we saw him. No doubt its torn to shreds by now.” Applejack rolled her eyes at this, but said nothing.

“Okay. We are all going then. I got the Elements in my saddle bag and now I just have to start up the spell. Rarity, if you will.” Twilight smiled at Rarity, nodding her head to her.

“Very well then.” Both Twilight and Rarity stood in the center of the rune, their friends surrounding around them.

“Alright Rarity, just feed the rune slowly, don't give it too much at one time or we will over shoot our mark.” Twilight told her.

“Question! What will happen if we over load the rune?” Pinkie asked, raising her hoof in the air.

“Well, one of three thing might happen.” Twilight said, her eyes completely focused on the ball of magic between her and Rarity. “1. Nothing might happen.”

“Well thats not too bad.” Fluttershy remarked.

“2. It will explode.”

“That's pretty bad.” Applejack suddenly wanted off the rune after Twilight said that piece.

“Or 3. It will send us somewhere that is not Appleloosa.”

“Much better than 2.” Rainbow snorted “Why is that one last? Shouldn't it be number 2 instead of 3?”

“Reports state there is a 67 percent chance of the spell dropping you off in the middle of Tartarus.” Twilight smiled as the ball of magic reached its zenith.

“Um...How...How do they know that?” Fluttershy asked, terrified on how Twilight seemingly knew the answer.

“They tested it. Don't worry. I got this, no problem.” Twilight. “Alright girls, get ready.” The rune below their hooves glowed and soon filled the entire room in a bright light. By the time the room was clear of the light, it was completely empty of any pony.

-Appleloosa, Main Road-

Applejack open her eyes, coughing from the dust that kicked up. “You did it Twilight!” Applejack looked around, seeing no ponies around. “Um...Where is everypony?”

The group looked around to see a deserted town, not a single pony in sight. “Hey! Anypony home!” Applejack called out. “Baeburn! Cousin Baeburn are you here?! Sheriff Silverstar!? ANYPONY?!”

The only answer they received was the wind blowing through the town. Hidden in the shadows, a tall figure hissed as a response, before vanishing before it could be seen.

Standing on top of the watertower, overlooking the entire area, a tall white suit human stood smiling at seemingly empty town.

“Well now, Celestia.” The figure chuckled. “Let's see how your vaunted Elements of Harmony tackle this little problem...After all....You know this is something far, far worse than anything they had face so far.”

He gave off a quiet laugh as he watched the Elements run around, shouting at the top of their lungs. “Fools. I guess I would get my revenge sooner than I thought. Oh well, take away my play things will she. Its only fair that she lose one or two herself.”

Alright everyone. Epic Question time!

I am going to make a small series of one shot paragraphs for minor SCPs for the Mane 6 to go around and find. I want you to give me a list. Which I will take and make a small contest blog for later on!

I also want to know which of the following three should be first!

1. Teenage Succubus: Celestia finds an old friend, but is weak from being trapped and not being fed for so long. So she asks one of the guards to help.
   
2. Living Lego: Pinkie and Discord find an entire society of building block toys living the high life.
   
3. Eye Pods: Fluttershy and Luna find an adorable pair of eyes that been alone for so long and in desperate need of affection.

Alright people, here is your chance!

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