The Fearless Warrior

The purple baby dragon watched as her unicorn friend walked from one side to another in the library. She had her eyebrows frowned and didn't looked happy at all. She was like that for quite some time, well, not like THAT, but she was acting a little strange since the arrival of the human boy. Something was bothering Twilight Sparkle but Spike could not figure out what it was. His green eyes followed the purple filly, his patience growing shorter and shorter... until he snapped.

"Twilight Stop!" He said standing on her ways and pressing his hands against her shoulders. "If you keep walking like this you will make a trench in the middle of the library!"
"Sorry Spike..." She said coming back to the real world. "Is just... I can't stay still; I'm feeling very unease with this whole situation with Eravel." She said sitting on her hind legs.

"What's to be worry about? He proved that he is not going to do any harm to anypony..." Spike said looking at his friend.
"I know, but this is not what is bothering me... Its... well..." She hesitated.
"Well...?" Spike asked, putting some pressure on her.

"It's Princess Celestia..." She sighed.
"What about her?" Spike asked her, in confusion.
"She is letting me out of all this, Spike... I didn't receive a letter from her since that day she appeared to save Rainbow Dash. She only send me a note the day after, saying that she had taken care of the situation and then... nothing else." She looked extremely sad. "I... I know that I'm still her pupil and I don't doubt her judgment... but... but is not fair that she's leaving me out of this! I wanted to help her... I know I could be useful..." She said with pain in her voice. "I thought that I would be the first that she would ask to help... but instead, she asked some random royal guard to do."
"Now now Twi... Don't say things like that..." Spiked said taping her shoulders lightly. "It must have a good reason for that."
"I know Spike... is just... I don't know why I'm feeling like that... If at least I could..." She got interrupted by her front door slamming open.
"HEY Twilight!" Rainbow Dash's voice came from the entrance. Next to the cyan filly was the human, dressing a long blue robe.

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Me and Rainbow Dash left the restaurant with our stomachs full and my mood had improved wonders. We had a nice conversation during our lunch together, talking about everything. Well, actually she was the one that made the most part of the talk. Rainbow Dash was telling me her adventure with her friends when they fought Nightmare Moon. I never really got the thing about the Elements of Harmony until now and I was impressed with the power they had together.

"Rainbow, do you think you could help me with something?" I said as we just walked without any direction. It was good to be with her, even when we didn't talk at all.

"Sure! What you need?" She said flying at the same level of my face. Not that I was much taller than her, but the filly just could not stay in the ground.

"I want to learn how to read..." I said.
"Read? Really?" She arched an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I mean... Is awful not to be able to read signs and other things, and since I'll be living here for an indeterminate amount of time, I think this will be important." I explained to her.

"Well, I could, but that would be too boring for me..." She said thinking. "I know! We can ask Twilight Sparkle! She's an egg head from birth. I know that she'll love to help you with that! C'mon! Let's go to her house!" She said and started to fly fast. I ran after her, trying to keep up. But it was more than hard to run inside the long robe I was using. Soon I started to grow tired but luckily I could see our destination. A house carved in a tree, just like mine, but this was full of leaves and looked very alive. It was there where the purple filly lived.

Raibow Dash was there already, waiting for me.

"You are so slow!" She teased.
"Yeah yeah, I know that... don't need to throw that in my face all the time..." I sighed.
"Heh, just saying..." She shrugged and then slammed the door open. I saw Twilight inside, jump when the door slammed.

"HEY Twilight!" Rainbow dash waved at her startled friend.

"Hello there..." I said walking inside too.
"OH, hi you two... ahm... what can I help?" She said approaching, recovering from the surprise.

"I want to learn how to read..." I said a little embarrassed. I saw twilight looking at me in confusion and then I started to explain. "From where I come from, there are some symbols that we use to write, but your symbols are totally different from those that I know."
"hmm I see..." Twilight said thinking... I saw the purple dragon hitting her with his elbow and then making a signal with his eyes. The purple filly smiled understanding what the little dragon wanted to say and then looked at me. "Of course I can! Actually, we can star right now!" She said smiling widely.

I don't have a clue about what the dragon said to her, but I'm sure it was about me... And I got a little worried with that.

"This is great! I'll leave you two alone then." Rainbow Dash said, starting to walk towards the exit. "I have to fix a few details in my stunts and, no offence, this place tends to be super boring for me." The cyan filly said ignoring the look on Twilight's face.
Me an Twilight waved good bye to the cyan filly and then we looked to each other. The purple filly was looking at me with a smile that made me nervous.
"So... ahm.. Shall we start...?" I asked trying to break that awkward moment.

"Sure!" She said and her horn started to glow. Some books started to levitate from the shelves.

"Ahm, what happen to your clothes? Why are you using this...?" Spike asked coming close to me, examining my blue robe.
"Oh, this... I was at Rarity this morning... She ripped my clothes off, trying to get me naked." I explained.
"what!" I heard Twilight ask in shock... all the books she was levitating falling on the ground. I looked at her and saw her face all red, blushing heavily.
"Ahm... yeah, she wanted to take my measures for new clothes... and ripped my old ones... But my body is all covered in scars that I want to cover so, she made this one for me..." I used this excuse. It was too hard to explain the concept of wearing clothes all the time so I went for the easiest answer.

"It was... only that?" Twilight asked, biting her lower lip, a little apprehensive.

"Yeah, only that... are you alright Twilight?" I asked arching an eyebrow. I saw she sighing and relaxing.
"Oh... good..." She said looking relived. It was weird... Rainbow Dash reacted the same way when I told her about my clothes... but before I could think any further about this Twilight started saying. "ahem... let's start then..." She levitated the books again, putting them on the table.

I sat next her using a trunk as a bench and we started the lesson. At first it was a little hard for me, since I never ever had any kind of contact with those symbols. But for my luck, she was a good teacher. I felt a little embarrassed; it reminded me of when I was a child learning how to read the basics with the druid. But of course, this time no one would hit me with a staff if I made some kind of mistake.

The hours went on. Soon I saw the sun set through the window. I let out a yawn and stretched my arms.

"Tired already?" Twilight asked chuckling
"Yeah... Too much brain work... I don't do that in ages" I chuckled and rubbed one eye.

"We can stop for today..." she said standing up and stretching too. "Stay here tonight, I wanted to dine with you. We can talk a little." She smiled at me.
"Sure! I would love to stay here" I smiled at her. "We never had the chance to actually talk anyway..." I said and stood up, stretching my back "I bet Princess Celestia already told you all about me... She told me about you when I was at the castle. 'Twilight Sparkle is the name of my pupil. She is the closest pony I have, besides my sister'... she told me once" I smiled at the purple unicorn, but she didn't smiled back at me... not even looked at me. "Ahm.. Something I said?" I asked, afraid that I might have said something wrong.

"No... Not at all... is just..." She started. "The princess didn't tell me a thing about you actually... And, it's been quite some time since I spoke to her." She said looking very depressive. I felt a little bad for her since I knew that it was my fault, or I tough it was.

"Well, she's a princess after all. I think that she's busy, that's all. Nothing to worry about" I smiled at her. She looked at me and smiled softly.
"Yeah, I think I may be over reacting a little... again..." She chuckled. I didn't felt that she was convinced of her own words.

"Look, what do you think about me passing the night here? I mean… the whole nigh… I only need to look at you to know that you like to learn and let's just say that I'm a perfect 'thing' to study… I can stay here and answer all your questions." Her eyes shined and now smiled for real... And I started to regret my proposal.

"That will be perfect! I want to know everything about you and the place where you come from!" She said very excited.

Twilight filled me with question after question... As promised I answer them all. The hardest question of all was that damn one about 'why I do always wear clothes'. She saw through my lie about the scars so I had to explain her the 'why's about wearing clothes and covering the body. As predicted she got the concept... but it was clear that it was ridiculous, in her opinion. But then, it was my turn to ask her some questions.

"Ok... I think that is fair that you ask too" She said.

We were laid in some pillows and blankets that Spike brought to us.

"First... You said that you lived in the palace right? How was the guards there?" I asked curious. I wanted to know if all of them were like Steel Head.

"Fine I think..." she started. "Some of them were annoying... always coming with sweet talks towards me, as if I was dumb enough to fall for it." She chuckled. So... it appeared that the other guards were like Steel Head too. Or at least some of them.
"But you never even gave them a chance?" I asked.
"Of course not! I was there to study, not for... mating..." She blushed a little.

"But you never got lonely?" I was a bit curious about how relationships started here.

"Well, a little, sometimes. But I had Spike with me and also, I was always with Princess Celestia." She explained. "And now, I have my friends too."
"Yeah, you really like them all don't you?" I said smiling softly… She smiled too.
"Yes, very much. I can't imagine myself without them. I experienced it once, and it was horrible!" She said.
"Really? You fought with them or something like it?" I asked curious. They looked so united that it was hard to think of them having a bad fight.

"Almost. Once we faced an enemy called Discord." She said and my eyebrows closed in a frown. "He made my friends change in a way that it was unbearable to be near them. Applejack started to lie. Fluttershy turned into a cruel pony. Rainbow Dash abandoned us. Rarity turned into a greedy person and Pink Pie was angry at us for no reason at all. I almost gave up on them…" She said with a sigh.

"I… see… Can you tell me more about this Discord?" I asked.

"Sure. He's the incarnation of the chaos. His body is made of different part of creatures and he is as powerful as Princess Celestia." She explained
"And what happen with him?"
"We used the Elements of Harmony to turn him into stone. He's in the palace's garden now and can no longer harm anypony." She smiled at me.
"Ahm, Twilight, I got to go now…." I said standing up.
"Now? But is late… and didn't you say that you would sleep here?" She stood up too.
"Sorry, I just remember of a thing that I need to do" I smiled at her. She didn't looked very happy with that. "But I can spend the night here another day, I promise." She looked at me and smiled
"Promise?" She asked arching an eyebrow. I chuckled a little.
"Of course!" I said and then started to walk out her home, going towards mine.

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"So, he found out who you really are?" A feminine voice echoed in the Darkness.
"Almost… He found out what most of ponies know about me…" A male voice answered. "And now he will demand answers too..." The male voice let out a sight. "... sooo boring. I wish that those mortals would appreciate more the thrill of the unknown... All the sweet surprises that chaos can provide. Ungrateful jerk..." The male voice chuckled
"Let's just say that I know how you feel about it... But back to the point. He will be suspicious of you now, how will you deal with this?" The female voice asked again.
"You worry too much my dear... You know that I can handle this kind of situation, don't you? It was the same for you and your sister the first time we meet. Ahh... sweet memories..." He chuckled "I guess I'm becoming old. After all this I'll go back in time to enjoy those events again." He said and a smirk appeared in the middle of the void. A single smirk, floating on the empty darkness.

"Focus! You know we have a job to do here... We need to fix what that mistake first... then you can do whatever you want." The female voice said again.
"OK...OK... I will fix it all..." The male voice said in chuckle and then the darkness stood in silence again.

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I could not believe how stupid I was. Discord was in fact a monster defeated by the elements of harmony not too long ago and now he was in my mind! I did not understand much about magic, but the druids back in my village told me a little about the spiritual world and how, sometimes, the spirit of the dead warriors could help us in time of need. But this was completely different. Discord was turned into stone, so, how was possible for him to come into my mind? And more important, what did he wanted with me? He metioned something about the chaos inside me... was he trying to use me in some kind of way to come back or maybe...

I was totally lost in my thoughts, walking fast in the middle of the night. The moon was not that bright this time, so, I guess that it was not a surprise when I tripped in something and fell. The last thing I saw was a stone on the floor coming closer and then... darkness.

I opened my eyes and saw my body floating in the void. I knew where I was and shouted.

"DISCORD YOU DAMN SON OF LOKI, SHOW UP!" I was more than angry because, first, he was probably just using me or playing with my emotions and, second, because I tripped and fell with my head in a rock. I knew that when I wake up I would fell a lot of pain.

I felt my weight back and a solid floor under my feet. The scenario started to change until I saw myself in some kind of dark forest. Right in front of me was the ruins of an ancient castle. Behind me was an old bridge over a deep cliff. The main gate was open, inviting me to go inside. I didn't flinch. With firm steps I went inside the ruins but, when I crossed the main gate the whole scenario changed again. It was the same castle, but now it was daytime.

I was not in the entrance anymore. I could see a corridor on what looked like the third floor. On my left I could see some tapestries with the royal symbol of Sun and Moon and some wooden doors. On my left I saw columns that held the roof and no wall to cover my sight. I could see the central yard with a fountain and some plants. All around me there were ponies chatting or walking. Some royal guards but they wore different types of armor. Some of them wore golden armor with the sign of the sun on them. But I also saw some others wearing a dark gray armor with the moon sign. This place was not even close to be like the palace in Canterlot.

A stallion walked towards me and stopped, blocking my way. He was an earth pony with no mane or tail. His fur was pure white and his eyes where pitch black.

"Follow me." He said in an ethereal voice.
"Are you with Discord?" I asked to him
"Follow me..." Was his only answer and then started to walk. I followed him through the hallways. At some point, we passed in front of a large corridor that ended in gate with two heavy doors. One had the sun sign, the other had the moon sign.
"What's in there?" I asked when we passed.
"That's the throne room. It is where the King and the Queen are." The pony said while walking. My curiosity pulled me to the door but my will to punch Discord was stronger so I kept walking. Also, I didn't want to get lost here.

We reached some stairs and started to climb down. They were very large and ended in what I though, was the entry hall for those who came from the main gate. There I saw two alicorns running past us and laughing. One was a little taller than an average pony, with pure white fur and light pink mane and tail. The other was smaller, the same size of any other pony. Her fur was dark blue and she had a light blue mane and tail. Neither of them had a cute marks.

"Wait Tia!" The smaller one called between giggles as she ran after the older mare.

"Come on Luna! We don't want get late to the Sugar Cloud party!" The older mare called, smiling at the smaller one.

I looked at them and arched an eye brow.
"Are they..." I started to ask but my mysterious guide cut my phrase.
"Yes... They are Princess Celestia and Princess Luna." He said and stood quiet it was a little weird to see them acting like normal ponies.

We kept walking until we reached the end of the stairs. We passed through the main door, ending in the front garden, full of trees and flowers. The sun was high in the sky, bathing the whole place in its golden light. My mysterious guide lead me through a small path until we ended in a a small fountain. There I could see Discord, laying in some kind of long chair, taking a sun bath.

"Welcome... Welcome Eravel." He said standing up. "Hope you enjoyed this little memory of mine" He chuckled. But I kept serious.
"You lied to me Discord!" I said angry. "You are not just 'unpopular' with the ponies... You are actually a monster! What do you want with me!" He laugh softly at me.
"Oh my... such an angry little boy." He said coming near me. My hand reached for my sword and I... I was not with my sword... Damn it! "Don't need to be so aggressive Eravel. After all, my body is just a statue in Canterlot's garden now. I can't harm you or anypony. Not enough to do some real damage anyway." He said standing right in front of me. He was at the same height, looking eye on eye.

"So, why do you come to me in dreams? Why you said I had a 'good potential in chaos'? And why do you want me to learn what 'chaos' truly is?" I said angry.
"Ok, I see you won't be happy without your answers so... Let's began... First question is 'because I wanted.' Second question is 'because is true'. The last question... well, let's just say that soon enough you will need to learn how control the chaos in you... or else you will end up dying or killing somepony that you care about..." He said smiling at me. "But, I can give you some explanations." He started to walk and I followed him. "Chaos is a very interesting thing. Is the exact opposite of the Order. But don't see it so bluntly as 'good' or 'evil'. Have in mind that one needs the other. If we had only Order, then we would end with an empty space, a void of darkness with nothing inside. If we have only Chaos, things would be the same, because chaos is a powerful self destructive force. Order is the stability, Chaos is movement. One needs the other so the world can exist. The elements of Harmony are the most powerful face that represents Order. That's why the elements are just objects. Nothing is more stable than an inanimate object. And I'm the pure representation of Chaos... I think is pretty obvious why. The problem is: I'm much stronger than Celestia and Luna." We stopped at the gates of another garden.
It was a space all surrounded by a living wall of bushes. In there I could see a small party. Some ponies where playing a happy song with various instruments, while the others would dance or just chat near the buffet table. In there I could see the young version of the princess sisters. Luna and Celestia were dancing and laughing, just having some good time with their friends.

"Look at them. So young and innocent." Discord chuckled.

"Ok, they are weaker than you. But so what? You were defeated anyway." I said not understanding where that conversation would go.
"Not defeated" He corrected me. "My physical body was turned into stone, so my powers would grow weaker. You see, different from Celestia and Luna, their parents were not immortal. Yes, they lived for thousands of years, but one day, both died. And they knew that the two sisters were not strong enough to contain my power."
"You see, I'm so strong that my single presence is enough to make things impossible happen. And I alone can't simply hold back the chaos that emanates from me. So, when the couple of alicorns knew that their time in this world would end, both used all their powers to create the Elements of Harmony. An instrument that could contain my powers and bring the balance to this world."
"At first, Celestia and Luna refused to use the elements on me. They were my friends, how can you simply turn a friend into stone? Heh... no, they couldn't. So, both tried to contain my influence on this world. The result was disastrous. Monsters started to appear everywhere and the chaos started to take everything. The once pacific ponies abandoned each other forming their independent nation, the pegasi, the earth ponies and the unicorns." He sighed. "Those were dark times... It was needed that a critical situation happen before both sisters would imprison my body."

"Though my body was finally trapped in stone and my powers were contained, the scars where everywhere now. It took some centuries for the three tribes of ponies to finally reunite under a single nation again. Not only was that, but the whole area surrounding the castle contaminated with pure chaos. Celestia and Luna, not wanting to move the castle, used their powers to control the area. But it was another mistake. Luna was younger than Celestia and very vulnerable, little by little, the chaos started to contaminate her. When Celestia realized what was happening, it was too late. Her beloved sister had turned into Nightmare Moon. Both fought over the control of Equestria. I watched the whole thing and saw when Celestia used the Elements of Harmony to banish her own sister. The intention of Princess Celestia was not to banish her sister, she only wanted to clean her from the chaos but... the contamination was too strong. So, without any other option, she banished Luna to the moon, to be far away from my contamination. Well... It was not exactly to the moon... Luna was banished to the void. A place where chaos didn't exist and the chaos inside her would grow weaker and weaker. Celestia moved the capital to Canterlot, abandoning this castle. It took only five decades to Everfree forest born around it." The scenario changed. Now we were at the ruins of the castle. "Celestia was so sad at the time that even the Elements abandoned her. She was not considered worthy enough to bear all the six elements anymore... So, we agreed that, if my body would ever turn into flesh and bones again I would act as villain. If the new bearers of the Elements of Harmony knew the truth, they would hesitate in trapping my body again and the events of thousands years ago would repeat. Chaos dominating the land, little by little, until it was out of control." The scenario changed one more time. We were floating in the void again. "Now you know what I'm, and one of the sides of chaos. But there is more than that, as I first say, don't see Order and Chaos as 'good' and 'evil'. You have a great amount of chaos inside you, but I can see that you have a good nature. You are just contaminated by a world that is moving in a spiral towards its own destruction." He started to fade away... I could feel my conscience returning slowly. "Remember... soon you will need to face the chaos that contaminated your heart." His voice faded away and I felt the real world again.

I felt a bed under me. My head was in pain on the spot that hit the rock. My eyes slowly opened and I could see only blurs and shadows at first. Slowly my vision recovered the focus so I could be aware of my surrounds again. The first thing I saw was lizard. A small creature that was in my chest, staring at me. I stared at it thinking about my options. I could just lay back e go back to sleep… or I could scream and throw that thing away. In normal conditions I would go for the second, but thinking back of all that had happen to me so far, I just laid back and caressed the back of the lizard.
"Hey! You are awake!" I heard a high peach voice. Looking to my side I saw A bouncing pink pony.

Just now I started to look around me. I was not in a normal room. The walls, the floor and the roof were made of stone. The light came from several torches around me. The bed I was laying was a big round bed, with red sheets and some red pillows in the shape of hearts. A big wooden wardrobe made out of wood and with fine details was placed in a corner.

"Hey Pink Pie..." I said a little weak. "ahm... this... lizard... Is it yours?" I said looking at the green creature lying in my chest, staring at me.
"Yup! This is my crocodile pet, Gummy!" She said picking the small crocodile and putting in her head. "I put him here to watch over you until you wake up!" She said jumping in the bed, lying right next to me. I lifted my upper body, sitting and rubbing my forehead.

"Where am I?" I asked looking around. "Is this your bedroom? It is not what I expected..."
"Oh no silly, this is just my 'fun' room." She smiled at me. "My bedroom is in the top floor, we are underground here."

"Well... Thank you for rescuing me... Last thing I remember was that I tripped in something and fell with my head on a rock..." I said still feeling my head hurt.
"Is that all? What about your talk with Discord? He said that he would talk to you..." She said with a confused expression. I looked at her and arched an eyebrow.
"How do you know about Discord?" I asked in a serious tone. I thought that I was the only one that talked to him.
"Well... It was right after we turned him into stone... He came to me in dreams! And yesterday night he told me where to find you" She said in her usual happy tone.

"And why did he come to you?" Discord mentioned that he wanted to have the image o 'Villain', to make it easy for the new element's bearers to imprison his body.
"Because I was the only one that liked his cotton candy clouds and rains of chocolate milk! BUT! He said that no one should NEVER EVER know that we meet in the nights!" She said the last part in a serious tone, staring at me. But that face only lasted for an instant and she relaxed again, smiling. I kept looking at her in silence. So, Discord had already talked to someone else than me. Well, is not like it was a mystery the reasons that made him like her. She was like a mini Discord, a chaotic creature, and the same time, one of the Elements of Harmony, the most contradictory of them, Laughter.

"Why you took me here? Was it not better for you to just take me to my home?" I asked.
"Oh no, I didn't want my friends worried about you, so, I just told them that you were still sleep at my fun room." She said still smiling. I didn't saw any connection about my friends getting worried about me and her fun room. I didn't even know why this was called a 'fun room'. It had no toys or anything that looked fun there. But the bed was very comfortable, I had to admit.

"Well, good thing you did that. I hate seeing everyone worried about me." I started to get up. "Better I get going... I want to go home soon. There are a few things that I still need to do." I chuckled.

"Are you not hungry?" She asked looking as I stood up.
"Well… very… but I have some food back at home." I smiled at her

"In that case, why don't you stay and eat here? I have some bakeries that I wanted you to try out before the breakfast party to Princess Celestia and the dinner party for Princess Luna." she said standing up, walking upstairs with her crocodile laid in her head.

I followed the pink pony, and we ended up in a storage room, very dark. She opened a door revealing the kitchen. The counter was full of cupcakes and muffins… Cakes and pies. I never saw that much variety of food in my life. They were so colorful that it was almost surreal.

"Ok, now I'm impressed... You did all this by yourself?" I asked incredulous. It was not quantity; it was the variety that impressed me.

"Yes! I did them all alone" She bounced in place. "Go on, enjoy and tell me what you think!"
I approached the counter, picking a cupcake that had a rainbow pattern frost. It was simply amazing. The taste, the texture... It was something I had never tasted before.
"Wow... this is amazing!" I said finishing the rest of the bakery in just two more big bites.
"Go on... keep eating, If you feel that something needs to be changed just tell me so I can fix" She said giggling at my reaction.
I didn't waste time. One after the other I eat all the cupcakes and the muffins, from the cakes and pies I took at least one piece. Back in my home world, the sweets were not this sweet, and the texture was rougher. Not that I didn't like it, but these that Pink Pie made were just awesome. In just a few minutes I had tasted them all. My stomach was almost bursting from all the sweets and I felt at least twenty kilograms heavier.

"So... how was all that?" Pink Pie said joyful after watching me devour the entire bakery.
"Awesome" I said smiling at her. "I never eat so many delicious foods in my life!" I said chuckling. She giggled at my commentary.
"Good! I'll make more of them for the parties then!" She said happily, bouncing around.

The kitchen's door opened suddenly and I saw the Rainbow Dash with a worried face.

"Pink Pie, Where is..." She looked at me. "There you are! I need your help! NOW!" She said and flew behind me, pushing me through the door.
"H-Hey! What's wrong Rainbow!" I asked in surprise
"No time to explain! We need your help!" She shoved me outside the shop and I saw Rarity and Fluttershy. Engulfed by Rarity's magic were some clothes and also, my equipment, floating right next to her. Both had worried expressions and I knew that something really bad was happening. Bad enough that they need me ready to fight.