Nothing Like Home

Chapter 6

A large Alicorn lightly walked into the den, followed by a ghastly chilling fog. This pony was very tall and slender. His coat echoed a heavy maroon from his snout to the tips of his wings. His mane glistened from the light of the fireplace; maroon, black, and burgundy. His eyes were that of a dragons; narrow pupils and blood red irises. Large carbon braces rested upon his legs, each signified by a gem that appeared to have something stirring within it. What stunned everyone the most, were the small horns that lay on his head; they sparked and flickered dark maroon electrical bolts every few seconds.

                He stood perfectly still in the doorway, noticing he was being examined by the ponies. Smiling and continuing into the room, he chuckled,

“Have you all got your fill? I understand I am a King, but I don’t see you gawking over Celestia like that.” He turned his attention to the Alicorn lying in front of the fireplace. “So darling, telling them some lies, are we?” He chuckled again and sat next to Rarity, who was still sprawled on the chair. He cracked his neck and yawned.

“Oh dear! Where are my manners? I’m sure, with these looks, Celestia has mentioned me, but a proper gentlecolt must introduce himself. My name is Chaos Harmony. I am the King of Equestria, and what used to be the land of the Alicorns, and do I have a story for you young fillies.” He smiled and clapped his hooves together. “Doc, my sweet little foal! Please bring me some hay tea” Chaos leaned over to Rarity and whispered something in her ear. She blushed and immediately tucked her head under her hooves. Receiving dirty looks, Chaos shrugged and smiled.

                A black fog seeped underneath the door, travelling towards Chaos. He smiled at the fog and softly brushed it with his hoof.

“Is it really that hard for you to walk? I know you can reduce yourself to a shadow, but that doesn’t mean you have to. That aside, did you bring me my tea Doc?” The fog started to materialize into a pony. It was a tall and beautiful mare. She had a pitch black mane with a coat to match. Her flank was covered with scorch marks, and she looked awfully sad. Her eyes were a deep green and drooped sorrowfully. The tea floated over to Chaos who then held it with his shadowy specters. He grinned at the fillies who watched with caution, as if Chaos could attack at any second.

“Why so tense my dear fillies? This beautiful mare is actually just a young foal, so don’t let him fool you”, he cooed, winking at Doc.

“His name is Dominic, I found him, half dead, on the side of the road along my travels. The poor thing was attacked by a dragon or something. But to my surprise, he was a Kageoni! A young shadow demon who just so happened to run out of luck. I decided to take him under my wing. He is quite the rambunctious one if I do say so myself. But those eyes… Where did you get them young one?”, he curiously asked. Doc’s expression lightened, still with disheartening eyes, “Father! I found them! You told me to find eyes, suitable enough to see the world, and I found them!”, he cheered.

                The ponies looked at him in confusion. “Where did you just, stumble upon eyes?” Twilight asked, her head shaking trying to make sense of it. “Oh, nowhere in particular.” He retreated, hoofing the floor. Twilight instantly put it together. “The Foal. The Foal.” The foal who picked them up from her house was not on the carriage. “This beautiful mare is actually just a young foal, so don’t let him fool you.” She put it together swiftly, re-gaining all the senses and wit she had. The confusion she had from the book was released, and it all summed up to two lines. “Beware of the foal with deceiving Eyes, For he is the only one you will not realize” She glared at the shadow encased ponies and screamed.

“What have you done with Spike!?!” Her teeth grit together and she planted her hooves firmly into the ground not breaking the glare between her and the malicious ponies on the other side of the den.

Silence remained piercing through the den, not a soul dared to speak. Twilight started growling at Doc with the lust of murder. She knew something was wrong, and it had something to do with Doc’s eyes. Doc, being the calm and careless one he was, stared back without interest in Twilight’s petty problems. He turned to Chaos and smiled, still with sorrow in his eyes.

“The young dragon, father. You told me he was a perfect subject”, he said proudly.

“Ah yes, the young one, but that didn’t mean you had to eat him, you could have just as easily left him rotting for the buzzards”, Chaos recalled. The words “eat him” froze every pony.

“Eat?”, Rainbow Dash asked in horror.

“Yes eat, you stupid dyke”, Doc hissed. “But I don’t exactly eat anything; he is more of a trophy who lives within my shadows. Even if I ate, he wouldn’t be worth the stomach sp-”. Rainbow Dash smacked into Doc at full speed. Doc exploded into chunks of shadows spurring out to the corners of the room followed by a screech and faint screams of “No!”. Her shadowy pieces erupted, sprawling over all of the furniture and a bit on the ponies themselves. Chaos smirked, closing his eyes and shaking his head.

                “Not so high and mighty now you stupid bitch, bastard, wha-whatever the hell you are!” Rainbow boasted rubbing her flank on the remains of Doc that lay on the floor.

“Rainbow Dash, get over here now!” Celestia screamed. She stood up and jumped at Rainbow Dash. Uncertain of what was happening, Rainbow froze in place. Celestia grabbed Rainbow and kicked her out of the way. What no pony noticed was how the shadows were gathering along the floor. They pooled in the spot Rainbow was gloating. Celestia only had enough time to save Rainbow Dash and not herself. The shadows thickened and grabbed ahold of Celestia. She started to sink in the shadows and when it sank passed her hooves it stopped. Chaos looked at her over his shoulder.

“Well darling, it’s been fun. If brother hadn’t of taken my love, I would be groveling at your hooves right now to get you out. But alas, nothing I can do, Doc can’t hear me right now.” Chaos chuckled sipping his tea. The other ponies were too shocked to move. Rarity and Fluttershy had fainted, Applejack was helping Rainbow Dash up, and Twilight was still growling unsure of how much of a threat this Kageoni posed.

Celestia closed her eyes and sighed.

“Girls… look away”, she said sternly. The ponies obeyed and closed their eyes.

“You sicken me Chaos” she croaked. Chaos stood up and walked over to her. He blew her hair out of her face and smiled, kissed her on the cheek, and closed his eyes.

“You know, When my brother told me how much he yearned to get his sense of love back, I didn’t understand him. But the day you banished me, I knew how it felt oh so well. I don’t need love now, of course. The emotions I harbored for that are long gone. But one last kiss didn’t hurt that bad, did it? And so you do know, I didn’t kill the ponies that you banished me for.” He chuckled and sat back down. “I guess Discord got the best of both of us, sweetie. But not these ponies. No, they are quite special. And Celestia, my love? It has been a joy.”

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