Brother of Mine
So close, yet so far
Previous ChapterNext Chapter“Why exactly did we do this?” I asked my little brother as we walked out through the gate to Tartarus. I had a bloodied machete and Discord had the head of the centaur named Tirek.
“He almost killed me and my friends, a little payback isn't going to hurt anybody...else.” Discord answered.
It had been two days since I answered all of Twilight’s questions, the rest of that say was spent with me getting to know her and Nyx. Yesterday I left to Canterlot so I could catch up with Discord and I noticed the sad looks from Nyx and Twilight. Nyx I understood why, she probably sees me as a father figure. Though I would disagree on that. But Twilight's reaction when I said that I'd be gone for a day was not what I expected.
I expected relief or happiness that she wouldn't see me for an entire day but her reaction was one of sadness.
During my stay, I had gotten to know those two royals, Celestia and Luna. Apparently they both wanted to see just how powerful I am, which led to the Solar Eclipse.
Discord couldn't stop laughing at their faces as I moved the moon and the sun at the center of the sky in only one minute.
After showing them the eclipse and putting the moon back where it belongs, I was invited to have tea with them. They had tea, I had beer. Though I only drink for the taste, I can't get drunk even if all life depended on it.
Afterwards, Discord and I have been spending a lot of time together, from showing the guards how to fight properly, to pranking both Sunbutt and Moonbutt as he likes to call them.
I might've messed with Luna’s game consoles by accident and she tried to plague me with Nightmares, which of course led me to wear a Plague mask for shits and giggles. Thought at the end of the day, I had replaced her old game console with a better, faster, stronger, one. It is the million bit console.
Once morning hit, Discord began teaching me the right and wrongs of this world to which I just answered When Have I ever followed the rules.
So he then began explaining in detail on his capture. Though embarrassing for him, it was hilarious for me. A fucking rainbow cannon was used the first time.
The second was A friendship rianbow cannon. In a single sentence he explained the elements of harmony, An eepileptic friendship rainbow cannon that gives no shits.
Anyway, He then had asked me if I wanted to go with him to settle a score with someone and I accepted. The good side to all of this, I got to drop my disguise for a while.
“Do those two mares know this?” I asked him. He looked at me as he tapped his chin with his eagle talon.
“Nope.” He said with a straight face. Rolling my eyes, I walked ahead of him. The location of the door is stupid as fuck, someone could easily find this.
The door was in the middle of a grassy meadow, only a few twenty miles away from the Everfree Forest. Hearing the door closed behind me and the locks turn, I sighed as I pinched the bridge of my nose.
Spreading my wings and taking off of the ground, I looked back to see Discord on a surfboard in the air behind me. I smirked as I sped up and went through a cloud.
Once on the other side, I changed the cloud to be as solid as a brick wall but not have any weight. Only seconds later, I heard the sound of something smacking on the cloud.
Chuckling, I flew down on to the edge of the forest. Only seconds later after I landed, Discord crashed next to me. Groaning in pain, he stood up and glared at me.
“You piece of-” He didn't finish as he was crushed by the cloud now turned boulder. I fell on to the floor as I laughed to my heart's content.
I stopped laughing as I felt something slimy on my back followed by the feeling of being tickled. Chuckling, I reached over my back and felt a small blob of gel like substance.
Taking a hold of it and seeing that it was an orange blob. Placing a finger on it and wiggling it, earning a few gurgles from it.
Two small dots formed and blinked at me. It squealed and wrapped two tendrils around my arm.
“Aww.” I cooed at it as I began to pet it gently.
Distracted with the little Slime creature, I didn't see Discord throw the boulder off of him. He looked at me in anger then noticed the little blob in my hands.
“Is that…” He said trailing off as his eyes grew to the size of dinner plates, I swore I could see the words processing through his eyes. All of a sudden I heard a loud ding.
“Vol, how exactly did you find it?” He asked, pretending that never happened.
“I don't know, I just found him stuck on my back. I think it likes me.” I said as I received what sounded like purring from the slime.
“Right, well what you have there is known as S.C.P Nine-Nine-Nine, a creature who is one of its kind and very harmless.” He explained to me. Scp, Scp. Why does that ring so many bells?
Ring-a-ding-ding
“Special Containment Procedure.” I said out loud, looking at the slime with a harden look. The slime now looking at me in fear. My face soften at it, as I continued to pet, making it feel safe.
Looking over to Discord, who was desperately trying to avoid eye contact to the point of going cross eyed.
“I told you once, don't remake the Scp’s. You tried to do it once, I left you off the hook with a warning. A few millennias later, you try again to the same result.” I started scolding him, making him shrink under my gaze.
“I exterminate every single Scp, erase the foundation from history and take care of all the victims by giving them the one thing they truly desire and you go behind my back, re-create the Scp’s and on another planet!” I shouted, furious with him.
“I know I messed up, but I contained them in Tartarus. All of them are in there, all two thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine of them.” He said, fear evident in his tone.
“That doesn't excuse you for doing so!” I said, eyes glowing red and blue. Soon Discord was enveloped in a blue and red aura and lifted up.
“And as punishment..” I started taking all his chaos, making him powerless to use any chaos or reality bending powers. He didn't resist, knowing that he deserved this.
“I'll be taking your chaos for as long as I see fit.” I said, taking an empty bottle and putting the chaos essence inside. Looking back at the slime, seeing him looking fearful at me.
I felt guilty for frightening the little one but what it did next surprised me. He wrapped around my hand again as I was about to let him down.
“Fascinating, it seems it had grown a liking to you.” Discord said as he came up to me. I hovered my free hand over the slime, only for it to get wrapped up and the slime to go climb onto my other hand.
Smiling little, I did the same thing and hovered my now free right hand over the slime, causing it to do the same thing.
“Are you planning on keeping it?” Discord asked. Closing my eyes and sighing to myself. Opening my eyes again, I saw the slime looking at me with a curious look.
I nodded, deciding to keep the scp. Though the thought of the Scps existing again worries me.
“Also, now that you've found out about my little screw up. I sorta maybe kinda can't contain one, on account of its size.” Discord said with a sheepish smile while twirling his thumbs.
“You didn't.” I growled, placing my new slimy pet on my shoulder. Discord nodded, making me facepalm.
“Where?” I asked him.
“It's in the Eastern sea, it's already got an archipelago on its back.” Discord explained. I was about to shout at him but a nuzzle from the slime stopped me from doing so, in fact I felt oddly happy.
I shook my head, then looked at Discord.
“Well, figure out its containment procedure another time. For now, you need to get back to Canterlot and tell the two Celestial Butts what you did and how to proceed if one comes into contact with a Keter Class or deadly Euclid class.” I said as snapped my fingers, sending him back to Canterlot.
Once he was gone, I looked at the scp on my shoulder. Smiling, I began walking back to Ponyville, seeing as it's only a short walk away.
On the way, the slime had decided to go around my upper body, tickling me while doing so and that's what reminded me its old nickname, The tickle Monster.
I haven't laughed this hard in a very long time. Taking a hold of the little guy and placing him on my shoulder, I continued to walk towards town.
Walking through town in my disguise still makes the townsfolk bow at first sight of me. At least I know they respect their royalty.
Though passing by the apple cart with Macintosh running the stand, made him avoid eye contact with me. I tried moving towards his gaze but stopped as he went cross eyed.
I looked at the slime on my shoulder and saw that he was confused as me. Continuing my trek back to Twilight’s castle, I had passed by Fluttershy who had been tending an injured Great Dane.
I had greeted her as I passed by, leaving a Veterinarian First aid kit. Smirking, I had left Fluttershy to take care of the Giant dog.
Arriving back at the castle, I saw Spike sweeping the floor of the entrance as I stepped through the doors. Being in the weird good mood, I had snapped my fingers, making the broom sweep itself.
Of course, it surprised him but as soon as he saw me, he calmed down.
“Don't do that!” He shouted in defense as I chuckled at his reaction.
“Don't worry, your secret safe with me.” I said with a grin before walking off to my room.
Getting to my room wasn't as challenging now that I had gotten the layout to the castle. Opening the door and heading inside, I was greeted with the cool breeze of the white room.
Holding out my hand, making a HUD of a thermometer appear and raised the temperature to a good eighty degrees. Sitting on the bed, I felt the slime hop off to the bed and layed down beside me.
Smiling, I began to pet it again.
“I wonder what you eat...if you eat at all that is.” I said to the little one. I was greeted with a squeal of happiness from the slime.
I was about to take hold of it but I was interrupted by a few knocks on my door. I stood up and and walked over to the door as another set of knocks were heard.
Opening the door and looking down, I saw Twilight. Sighing, I shrunk a bit to her eye level.
“Yes?” I asked her. She looked nervous about something. She then sighed and turned around.
“Forget it.” She said. Ahh hell nah! Placing a hand on her shoulder, I spun her around.
“Oh no. You're telling me why you knocked on my door.” I said to her. She looked at me and I could've sworn I saw a hint of blush on her but ignoring that for now.
“I wanted to ask, h-how do you know when you're truly in love?” She asked, in a speed that could rival the Pink one’s blabbering. I blinked at this with only one thing in mind.
‘Vhut?’
‘I‘m as lost as you are, man.’ Vorohah said. Shaking my head slightly, I looked back at the mare in front of me.
“Why ask me? Don't you have anyone that specializes in love or any other emotion?” I asked.
“Yes but, I wanted to hear it from one who has a lot of experience in life and well, It's kinda hard for me to talk about it.” She answered. I nodded slowly and stepped aside, allowing her entry as the room soon turned into an office that belongs to a psychiatrist, sofa included.
“Lay down and explain.” I said as I saw the slime slither towards me. Picking him up, I sat down on the large chair beside the couch as Twilight laid down on it.
Once fully laid down on the couch, I summoned a note pad and pen. For some reason the pen had an eraser with smell text on it saying Ha!.
“Alright, you can begin.” I said as I threw the pen away and summoned another one, this time it was a normal pen.
“Start from where?” Twilight asked. Blowing a small raspberry, I looked at her.
“Think on why you're here in the first place.” I said. She nodded slowly and began.
“Well, I met this stallion, who's name I wont mentjon, in town a couple of days ago. I only just met him, but he comforted when I felt weak and even Nyx.” She began. I pretended to be writing all this down but I was actually drawing. Though, I think I know where this is going.
“He's funny, cute, kind, great with Nyx. But I don't know the real him, he lives behind a mask, a face not of his own.” She continued. I pretended to listen by humming a few times.
Lost track of time but I finished the drawing. Looking at Twilight and seeing her still talking.
I wrote something on the drawing and ripped it off the notepad, placed it on the table in front of me and disappeared in a flash with the scp in my arms.
Twilight
I stopped talking as I heard the sound of teleporting. I sat up and looked at Volburaal only to see that he left.
I felt my ears flatten as I realised I messed up. I stood up and noticed a piece of paper neatly folded on the small table.
I picked it up and unfolded it and was greeted with a drawing of..me?
I looked on the back of the drawing and saw that he wrote something down.
“I know what you're trying to say, but I need to hear it from you. Talk to me again, when you feel ready.” It read. I was going to crumble up the note but didn't as I saw something written in the drawing.
I narrowed my eyes and focused. I could see what it said, Beautiful.
I felt my heart soar at this, he thinks I'm beautiful.
Author's Note
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