The Atom Fizz Chronicles: A Rising Terror

     PREVIOUSLY, ON THE ATOM FIZZ CHRONICLES

"Twilight?"

"Yeah, Atom"

"What was that?"

"I don't know..."

    NOW...

     Several sleepless hours had passed since... The event. Which as it turns out, is something that only happens when a Unicorn has mastered the use of their magic, which, after some brainstorming, always lead us back to the thought, that I had already known how to use magic.

     The problem was, that I didn't believe in magic from my universe, so that left a wide gap. I was the first to talk. "Let me try something." What I wanted to do, was to try to use magic to bring something over here, like, I don't know, a book. It didn't even require any effort, it was as if I could just bring over anything. Next, I tried to teleport, I focused on moving myself from on place to another, but all I did was levitate myself.

     "Umm, Atom?" She asked

"Yeah, Twilight?" I replied.

"Shouldn't we be trying to figure this out?" She asked.

"Oh, yeah, that. Well, I do have an idea, but, it could use a bit of constructive criticism." I said.

"Hit me, not.. literally." I couldn't tell if she was joking, so I didn't laugh. All I said was, "I would never hit you. Ever." She smiled and blushed, and looked down and to her left.

     "But anyways," Her gaze shifted back to me, "My idea, is that we send a letter to the Princess, asking for an audience with her and the Royal Court." She contemplated, and after a mildly long silence, she spoke.

"It seems like a good Idea, but when going to Canterlot, it's very important that you wear clothing, and look formal, meaning we will have to go to Rarity's boutique."

     "Umm, Twi, is there anywhere else we could go, anywhere at all?" she looked at me with a questioning gaze,

"No, not really, if you want to actually look nice." Crap.

"Great, well, let's go, and get it over with."

"Rarity!" Twilight yelled, "Open the door, it's important!" Finally the door opened and Rarity appeared.

     "Oh hello deary, what do you nee- oh. you're here." She said, in a sudden change of tone.

"Look, Rarity, we don't have time for this, we're going to go to Canterlot, and I need to look presentable."

"Canterlot!" She beamed. "But, you are going to have to pay for the clothing." She said, ruining my hopes.

     "Look, Rarity, I'm sorry, but it's a bit urgent, and considering what I've been through, and how I don't have any money, I don't think it's exactly fair to ask me to pay, but, I will pay later, when I can. If I can." I said, then she sighed.

"Alright, well, lets get you a suit." A few minutes later I was fitted with the most amazing tuxedo I had ever seen.

"Wow, Rarity, this is amazing!" I said "I don't know how I could thank you enough!" After a few exchanged words between the three of us, Twilight and I headed back to the tree house.

    Spike was awake, cleaning up the fallen bookshelf from last night. "Hey, sorry about that Spike..." We both said at the same time. He was silent.

"Could you maybe do us a favor, it's just to dictate a letter to Princess Celestia." I said. He looked at me, a bit surprised.

     "Uhh, yeah, I guess." After getting a scroll and quill ready, Spike said, "Ready."

"Okay," I replied. "Dear Princess Celestia. My name, is Atom Fizz. I request an audience with your royal highness, and I am staying with your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, at the PonyVille library."

"Done." Spike said.

"Please send it." I replied.

     Spike blew a green flame on to the closed parchment, and it vanished. "I guess all we have to do is wait." I said. A few minutes later, Spike choked, and spit out a closed parchment, and read it.

"Dear Atom Fizz, I have considered your request, and have decided to allow it. A chariot is on it's way to take you to Canterlot at this very moment."

-A few minutes earlier, at the Canterlot Royal Court-

     Celestia was looking out through the large window to the right of her throne. And at this moment, wondering what Twilight Sparkle was doing. Probably out on an adventure, to learn the importance of friendship. Just then, a burst of green flame in front of her startled her, but then she saw that it was only a piece of parchment tied shut, obviously sent by Spike, based on the green flame. It was probably one of Twilight's' learnings on the importance of friendship.

     But when she opened it, it read, "Dear Princess Celestia. My name, is Atom Fizz. I request an audience with your royal highness, and I am staying with your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, at the PonyVille library." She was awestruck, she thought she would never hear that name again, but there it was. As clear as day. A tear slowly ran down her cheek.

"Guard! Please bring me a Quill and Parchment!" She yelled. The tears flowing at a steadier rate.

     "I have them, your highness." The guard said.

"Thank you." She said.

"Hmf." said the guard, in a formal way, which she had learned to know was to stand for "You're welcome." She began to write with her magic. She looked it over, checking for any errors. "Dear Atom Fizz, I have considered your request, and have decided to allow it. A chariot is on it's way to take you to Canterlot at this very moment." It looked fine. She cast the spell to send it to spike, and waited.

"Yes, it worked!" I said. "Thank you spike, here let me get this bookshelf for you." I was feeling extremely generous, and lifted all the books back into their sorted position in a few seconds. We talked about the usual things that happen in Ponyville. And eventually, we heard a whinnying outside.

"That's us." Twilight said.

"Uhh, Twilight, are these chariots... safe?" I asked.

"Um, well, kinda. There's always the danger of falling out, but it's a magic rule of nature that if you fall, something catches you."

"Oh, That's reassuring." I said. Twilight giggled. Soon, we were up in the air, standing in the chariot, on our way to Canterlot. In about fifteen minutes, we arrived at the entrance to the castle, where Celestia would be waiting.

"This is beautiful." I said as we entered, and slowly made our way i front of Celestia's  throne

Celestia waited, for what seemed like hours, even though she knew that a chariot ride from Ponyville to Canterlot only took around 15 minutes. Then, finally, a colt in an amazing tuxedo, and a purple mare came through the entrance to her court. They made their way, slowly, to her throne, and bowed. She opened her wings, and came to rest in front of them. She spoke. "Welcome, Twilight Sparkle, Atom Fizz." She suppressed a tear after she said his name.

Twilight and I bowed in front of Celestia, and she flew down in front of us. "Welcome, Twilight Sparkle, Atom Fizz." She said. "Now, will you please tell me what this is about?" I spoke.

"Hello, your highness, I have come to ask for your assistance in understanding, a rather, troubling matter."

     I was surprised at how calm, and... royal, my voice sounded. "And what is that?" said Celestia.

"I am from a different world, far different from Equestria." I explained how I had gotten here, and what had happened since I had.

"I see." She said. "So, you had knowledge of magic.. Before you came to Equestria?" She asked.

     "Actually, no, back in my world, I had completely tossed away the thought of magic even existing." I said. She thought for a second.

"Well then, that leaves only one explanation, you had been sent to that world before you were sent back here." She said. I was taken aback.

"But how is that possible!" I yelled. I looked at Twilight, who was stunned, probably by the fact that I had yelled at the princess.

"Calm Down! I don't know how it is possible. You must work to find out." She said, in a very stern voice, that made me shut up.

     "Now. Please take off that tuxedo. Please." I was a little weirded out by that sentence, but I did so, without hesitation. "Now, start to focus your magic to your horn." I did so, and a yellow light emanated from my horn. Soon, the Princess started talking. "Welcome home, Atom, It's good to see you again." I was in shock. As everyone was silent, I looked around the room. Something seemed missing. Then I thought of it. The stained glass window, showing the six friends, with their elements, defeating Discord.

"Oh, no." I said out loud. Twilight looked at me, wondering what I was talking about, but I needed to do something. "Princess!" I yelled. "Where are the Elements of Harmony!?" I was screaming by the time I reached the last word.

"What, why?" Said Celestia.

"WE NEED THEM TO STOP DISC---" I was too late. A deep voiced laugh enveloped the room, and said,

"Oh dear, did I interrupt something?" It continued to laugh. "I'm sooo sorry. I hope I'm not too much trouble. Anger enveloped me.

"Step out of the shadows, Discord!" After I said that, Discord materialized in front of me.

"Oh, are you angry?" He said, mocking me. then He laughed. I said something in a voice so intense that it silenced him.

"Shut up. Where are the elements."

     He spoke in my head. 'Oh, did I offend you?' He laughed, so that everyone can hear. "Get out of my head. Anything you can mock me with can be heard by the people in this room." then Celestia spoke up.

"Discord!" She yelled it, then started running at him, horn first, a bright yellow light coming from it. I took note in the midst of my rage, that it was the same color as my magic.

     "No, no, nooo." Discord snapped his fingers, and Celestia froze, I looked at her hoofs, and saw that they had been turned into stone, and it was slowly creeping up her body, until it reached the base of her neck, leaving her head free from the stone. Discord then turned to me, and said, "I like you, and you," pointing to Twilight. "And all of your friends. I've been watching you, on all your little adventures, learning about the importance of friendship."

     Twilight only glared. "So, I might as well give you a chance." He snapped his fingers, and the other five of the mane six teleported here.

"Oh, Hi! Who are you?" Pinkie said.

"Oh, Where are my manners?" Discord mocked "I'm Discord, your new ruler." He bowed. "But moving on, the elements are located exactly where they need to be. But first, let's play a game. All seven of you reach the center of that maze," he pointed out of the normal glass window. "And you'll be rewarded with the location of the Elements. But, you have to do it by sundown, that leaves you around, say, 6 hours, Oh, I'm so excited to see Equestria back in it's natural state of chaos."

     He Smiled a wry smile, and snapped. In an instant, all seven of us were back in the chariot with Spike, "Whoa!" He said. Then the chariot started moving. Soon, we were at the entrance to the maze.

"oh, do we have to go in there?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes." I said. "Okay everypony, I vote we should split up. But first, we need to establish a telepathic link."

"Can you do that?" Twilight asked.

     "I think so. Everypony touch your head to the tip of my horn." I focused on making a link ability. Everypony touched their forehead to my horn, while it was glowing, and a glowing yellow fiber stretched from it to the place where they had each touched. I opened my eyes, and sealed the connection. The yellow strings shattered, in a brilliant yellow confetti. I thought something out from the tip of my horn. 'Can Everypony hear me? Oh, and the way you talk like this is to concentrate the thoughts of who you want to say the thoughts to, and all the thoughts on to the point where the connection was formed.' After that, I heard six voices in my head say 'Alright.'

'Then let's go.' I thought. We all walked in, and turned separate directions, Spike went with Twilight. 'You'll know you reached the center, when you see a large ornate fountain.' I thought to the group. 'Okay' six voices said at once.

-Applejack-

'Okay,' Applejack thought. "Ah still don't get how that works.' She said to herself.  She came to a small clearing. There wasn't a fountain in it though, so it wasn't the center. She heard a low laugh. "Discord!" She said.

"Oh, how you know me so. Tell me. What do you think of your friends?"

"They're my best friends, what about it?"

"What do you think that they think about you?"

"Well, I guess I can be a bit harsh sometimes, but I'm always sorry, and they always forgive me."

"Oh, but what if they were lying? What if they've never forgiven you. Ever."

"Y-your lyin'"

"Well, then, ask these." all of a sudden, apples started falling from every tree in the clearing. the formed together in a pile, and spoke.

"We are the keepers of the grove of truth, you may ask one question."

"Alright, have my friends been lyin' to me?"

"Look into the pond, and find out." the bunch of apples said. She looked into the water, and saw one word pop up. "YES." She felt herself weaken, and fall to the ground.

"n-no, it can't be true." She felt all the color drain from her body. "Oh, but it is." Said Discord. She just lay down and sulked. Discord disappeared.

-Rarity-

'Okay,' Rarity thought. "I still don't understand those telepathic links." She came to a small clearing, with a large cliff face in front of her, it had a boulder sticking out of it's side. She thought she heard something say "it's a diamond" and she turned around to look for the source, but there was nothing there. She turned back around, and saw a large diamond stuck in the cliff. She pulled it out. She didn't need friends, she thought to herself, she had this diamond. All the color drained from her.

-Fluttershy-

'Um, okay.' She thought. "I don't think I can ever understand those things." She came upon a small clearing, filled with little woodland creatures. She beamed. "Oh, Hi all you little cute critters. You look awful lonely out here in this maze." Then, they all ran through the hedges. "No, don't go, we haven't made friends yet." She heard a deep voiced laugh.

"Remind you of anything?" It said.

"Discord!" She 'screamed'.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's me. But, did it?"

"No. it didn't."

"Ha, it reminded me of something. The way your 'friends' act. They laugh at you behind your back, and they hate it when your really quiet and shy. Just like those little cute critters. They're laughing at you, and calling you names. Fluttershy, Fluttershy, Fluttershy can hardly fly."

"No, Stop it!" She started to cry. All the color drained from her. and she kept crying in that clearing.

-Pinkie Pie-

'Okey-dokey-lokey!' She thought. "I wonder if this thing is like a party in your head?" she said. She found a small clearing. It was decorated like she would decorate it for a party. "OOOh, A party!" she went in the middle of the clearing, and started dancing. She heard a deep voiced laugh. "Ooooh, Hi! Are you here for the party?"

"Yes, I am. But do you know who isn't here?"

"Umm, Princess Luna?"

"Well, yes but-"

"I've got it! Photo Finish!"

"NO. All of your friends Pinkie. They didn't come to this party because they don't like your parties, they never have, and never will. Neither will Gummy, he just can't go anywhere else." Her mane straightened, and she let out a sigh. It wasn't that she believed the voice, it was that she didn't know how anypony could be so mean and pesomistic. she sat down and sulked.

-Rainbow Dash-

'Awesome!' She thought. "I wonder if I could fly as fast as the thoughts!" She said. She came to an open field, big enough to practice her tricks. She heard a deep voiced laugh.

"Go on then." It said. "Go ahead, practice. See if your 'friends' care. They don't like your tricks, they don't care about your obsession with the Wonderbolts, they aren't loyal to you at all."

"That's not true." Dash said. She started to flap her wings, ran, and took off.

"Uh, Uh, Uh... That's breaking the rules." He snapped his fingers, and Dash started to fall. She hit the ground with a thud. Luckily, she hadn't flown too high. "What was that for?"

"You broke the rules, by flying. So I took away everyone's oh, I'm sorry, everypony's ability. And the body part that allows it."

"Y-you, t-took away my wings?"

"And Fluttershy's wings. And Atom, Rarity, and Twilight's horns."

"That happened because of me?" She said, a tear welling up in her eye.

"Yes, all because of you." Rainbow couldn't handle it anymore. She started to cry, and the color drained from her body.

-Twilight Sparkle-

'Okay' She thought. "I wonder how he did something that advanced, in the short time that he's known how to use magic." She said. She found a clearing, and there was a large fountain in the center of it. 'Atom!' She thought. No response. 'Atom?' She thought again. He wasn't answering. Something was wrong. "Hey, Twilight?" "Yes, Spike?" "Where did your horn go?" Where did her horn go? That was odd, then she looked up, and it was missing. "Aaah! My horn!" She screamed. "That must be why I can't talk to Atom! His must be missing too!" She heard a deep voiced laugh.

"Right you are" It said.

"Discord!" He materialized in front of her.

"Well hello, so good to see you again."

"What did you do to my friends!?" She demanded.

      "Oh, they're not hurt. But I can assure you, they're not getting here by sundown."

"What did you do?!" She screamed, Tears pouring from her eyes. "I simply took away the spirit of their elements."

"NO! Oh, whats the point. you win. Are you happy!?"

"Why, actually, yes, I am! Oh, Equestria, How I love the Chaos. And what's more, That Atom Fizz Character that you love so?"

"What about him."

"He doesn't love you, he thinks that you are an egghead, who reads too much." She knew it was a lie, but she just lay down, and let her sadness envelope her. "Yes, I Win! Equestria is mine!"

-Atom Fizz-

I couldn't see the point in walking anymore, we had taken up 5 of the 6 hours we had to find the center. But I at least had to find the others. I tried to use the telepathic link, but I saw the yellow strings form, go over the walls of the maze, and then retract into my horn. I looked up, but, my horn wasn't there. "What the..." Then I heard a deep voiced laugh.

"This way" it said. I knew which way I had to go, I don't know why I decided to follow it, but I knew it would lead me to something important. I walked towards it for about five minutes, and came to a clearing where I saw something I almost couldn't handle.

"Twilight!"

"DISCORD, WHAT DID YOU DO?!"