The Fearless Warrior

I stood up and looked around to see it better. The floor and walls where made of stone blocks. Coming from the roof, one could see some parts of the roots from the huge tree above us and the light came from some torches on the walls. Scattered all around me was some old pillows and several books. There was also a small wooden table, all stained with ink and some brownish substance that looked like... dry blood? no... probably some ink with a different color. But what was really weird was that the whole place was a completely mess! And I knew that Twilight was the most organized pony around.

"Well, I need to get going... I was talking to Rainbow Dash when-" I started to say but Twilight cut me.

"You were talking to Rainbow Dash? Really?" She said giggling "right... sure you were" Her giggle transformed into a maniacal laugh.
I blinked a few times and stepped backwards, starting to go towards the stairs and climbing to the door. She was starting to creep me out and a voice at the back of my head was saying that something was terribly wrong, not only with Twilight, but also with Rainbow Dash. When I reached the end of the stairs, the door had several boxes blocking the way. It took me a few minutes to be finally able to get out of that basement... the whole time my ears was assaulted by that twisted laugh coming from Twilight, like someone had told her the most funny joke on the world.

When I stepped in the library my jaw dropped at what I saw. A thick layer of dust was covering every single piece of furniture around. Some windows were broken and several books were missing from the shelves. The whole place looked completely abandoned. I could see that the door had several pieces of wood nailed on it, sealing the entrance. I just sighted and went for a near window... I had to get out of there.

Using a piece of wood I smashed what was left from one of the window and slipped outside. It would be impossible for a pony to slip through a window so small, but I was very slim compared to them, so I had no problem on that. What really gave me problems was to understand what was happening all around me. Bunnies with deer legs running around, pink clouds, buildings floating upside down... I walked on the city, looking around with my jaw dropped. It has to be a dream... well, more like some kind of nightmare!

Not far from where I was, I saw the familiar image of an orange pony with blond hair...

"APPLEJACK!" I yelled while running towards the orange farm pony but stopped at the moment she looked back at me. Her eyes were a little red, just like her face. She didn't seem capable of walking straight and I could see an empty green bottle at her forehoof. "Applejack? is... is everything alright?" I said a little hesitant.
"HELL YEAH!" She shouted suddenly, lifting her upper body, standing o her hind legs for a second before losing balance and falling on her side. "Of coursh everything ish alright... why would something... hic!... not BE alright!" She said fighting to stand up and looking at me.

"Applejack... are you... are you drunk!" I asked in shock, approaching her.

"Drunk? Don' be silly... Ah am perfectly fine!" She glared at me "And Ah dare you say tha' Ah am not!"

"Well, sorry to say it then, but your are NOT alright!" I said glaring back at her. "You are drunk and worse than tha-" I was almost finishing my phrase when she turned around and lifted her hind legs. I barley had the time to put my arms in front if my chest when she bucked with all her might. I flew high in the air for a few seconds before landing hard on the floor.

My arms and my back were hurting a lot and I had some difficult to stand up. What the hell was wrong here! Applejack just bucked me without any real good reason and also, she was drunk.
"Ahem... you are in MY way..." I heard a familiar voice next to me and turned my head to see who it was. I saw Fluttershy with a really angry face, staring at me. "...You better get out now, or else!" She said and stomped with one forehoof, threatening me.

"You... what!" Did I just got threatened by Fluttershy? The most gentle and caring pony around? My head started to spin... what was happening! Why the town was like that! Why my friends were acting like they were someone else! This was not right... not right at all!

X-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

Eravel ripped his sheets in long strips and used it to tie and gag the unconscious Rainbow Dash. He put her in his wardrobe and locked her in. After securing his victim, the human went for his armor and started to dress up. He looked all over the house but couldn't find his sword or axe anywhere, so he just went to the kitchen and grabbed the bigger knife he found, slipping it on his belt and then going outside to get his next target... Fluttershy.

The yellow pegasus was feeding the critters that lived inside her house while humming a soft song. When she finally finished a yawn escaped her mouth and she looked at the window. The sun was almost completely gone now. The sight was really peaceful and she let out a sigh, smiling at herself. It has been a long day taking care of her friends but it was always worth it.

Her peaceful moment was broken by hard knocks on her door. Fluttershy yelped and jumped behind the couch in surprise. The hard knocks came again followed by someone calling her.

"Fluttershy! Fluttershy, is me, Eravel! Hurry up!" He said.
As the yellow pegasus recognized the humans voice, she ran to open the door for him.
"Eravel? What happen?" She asked in her soft voice, looking really worried.
"It's Rainbow Dash! I need your help! She crashed at my window and is bleeding!" he said in a worried tone.
"Oh no! We need to take her to the hospital!" Fluttershy said widening her eyes. "Where is she!"
"She's at my place; I didn't dare to move her too much... I don't want to make thing worse! You have to help me there, let's go to my house! Hurry!" The human said starting to run towards his tree house. Fluttershy ran after him too; her heart was full of worry towards her friend. In few minutes they arrived and he ran upstairs to his room, followed by Fluttershy. He opened his room's door and let Fluttershy go in first.
"Where is she! And... wait... your window is intact..." She said in confusion. But those were her last words before a heavy wooden staff hit the back of her neck. Fluttershy fell limp on the floor, unconscious, and the human didn't waste any time. Soon he was throwing a bounded and gagged Fluttershy in the wardrobe, with Rainbow Dash. The Cyan filly was awake already... there was some dry blood on her nose and anger in her eyes. Eravel just smirked at her and chuckled.

"Ok... just four more..."

X-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

I had already forgotten how hard a pony hoof was, and I guess nothing was more awkward than taking a beat of Fluttershy. Damn, she knew how to punch! I had a purple eye and few bruises all over my body from the hits I took before I could run away from her. Never knew she could be THAT dangerous. Anyway, I needed to find someone to explain me why the whole town went crazy like that.

"Hey Eravel!" I heard a high pitch voice calling me. I could see Pink Pie coming to me with a wide smile, but there was something weird about her. Her mane and tail was straight and her eyes... they were really strange. Not physically, but the way she looked at me... "Want a cupcake? It's a new recipe that I made... I call it 'Sweet Rainbow'" She said offering me a cupcake with a rainbow frosting and starting to giggle, like it was some kind of joke.
"ahm... sure... I guess..." I said and when I was going to pick the bakery something swoop me out of the ground. I looked up to see who had grabbed me and saw the one I was hoping to find: Discord. We flew for a few seconds and he dropped me at the top of one of the floating upside down buildings... or it would be at the bottom?

"I knew you had a hand... or claw... in all this mess!" I said crossing my arms and glaring at him.

"Let just say that yes... and... no... both at the same time." He said landing in front of me. I just arched an eyebrow, waiting for a better explanation. "Well... remember when I made you fight with your inner chaos?" He said and I just nodded "You see, it looks like that when I did that your 'twin' got strong enough to get free..."
"And that means...?"I asked.
"That now you are trapped in a small part of your mind and your 'twin' got the control over your body." He said in a casual tone.
"... ... W-H-A-T!" I shouted at him. "You are saying that that... that THING, made of pure bad emotions is controlling my body!"
"In the words of the wise Big Macintosh... 'Yeup'" He said smiling. I don't know how it happen, all I know is that my body started to move on its own and in a blink of an eye, my fist made contact with Discord's face and I was now pulling his beard so he could look me in the eye.
"HOW CAN YOU EVEN JOKE ABOUT THIS! THAT MONSTER IS OUT THERE, CONTROLLING MY BODY! MY FRIENDS ARE IN DANGER!" I yelled so hard that my throat started to hurt.

"And you are making him stronger..." He said unaffected by my aggression. His lack of emotion broke my rage state... I let go of his beard so he could stand straight again.
"What do you mean?" I was starting to slowly get control over my temper again.
"Remember what he is made of… bad emotions, fear, anger and etc. Why do you think he threw you here in first place? Because he needs you to be anger and to feel despair…" Discord said caressing his beard. "And believe me, this place had the potential to make you permanently insane."

"So, all I need to do is calm down, right? And then what?" I said very impatience

"Then, you will have to have faith on your friends out there. Right now you are trapped and there is nothing you can do about it." He said still caressing his beard.
"But… but it can't be! I HAVE to do something!" I was starting to get desperate again.

"This will take some time…" Discord said in a sight, putting a paw on his face. "Ok… let's began… I'll teach you how to counter this chaos, but you need to trust your friends, or else you won't be able to focus."

x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

A whole night has passed with the two pegasus trapped inside the wardrobe. They were both awake now and Fluttershy had some tears in her eyes... Eravel had betrayed them. But more hurt than the yellow pegasus was Rainbow Dash. She was the element of Loyalty, and treason was the WORST thing of all. The cyan filly had so many emotions on her chest that was hard to simply choose one. She was sad, anger, frustrated and afraid of what would happen next. Sad for her friend Fluttershy... anger at Eravel for his betrayal, frustrated with her lack of power to do something and afraid that the others would be hurt or worst.

Both pegasus closed their eyes when the door of the wardrobe open. Eravel grabbed both fillies by their mane and dragged them out. Flutthershy whimpered in pain and Rainbowdash started to squirm. Eravel put both near a white unicorn, all tied up and blindfolded too. It was Rarity and she had a small cut on her head... she was unconscious.

"You girls are really easy to be fooled..." The human said in a grin while ting all three together, making it impossible for them to move on their own. Fluttershy looked at Eravel with pleading eyes and whimpered. "Oh? You want to know why I'm doing this?" He chuckled "This is simple... Once I have captured the other three, I'm going to kill you all."
Rainbow dash and Fluttershy widened their eyes in shock.

"I'll kill the bearers of the Elements of Harmony and make this world defenseless!" He said and started to laugh. Fluttershy started to glare at Eravel, using her stare, but the human smacked her across the face. Fluttershy whimpered in pain and started to cry softly. "Damn you and that stare of yours!" He cursed and then stood up. "You three behave... or else I'll have to break your legs." He threatened and left the room.

When Eravel arrived at the bottom of the stairs, someone knocked at his door, but he simply ignored it. The human didn't want anyone to come inside his house.
"Maybe he's not at home?" He heard Applejack's voice.
"Yeah... OORR he's sleeping, come on! Let's climb to his balcony! We will surprise him!" it was Pink Pie's voice.
If they went to his balcony, the three captive ponies would be discovered. Eravel hurried and opened the door.
"Hey Pinkie... Applejack" Eravel greeted both earth ponies.
"Howdy Eravel." Applejack said smiling.
"Hey Eravel!"Pink Pie said bouncing in place. "We need you to do us a favor!" She said in her usual joyful way.
"Ahm... a favor..? well... sure.." He said scratching the back of his head. "What can I do for you two?"

"Pinkie here will be makin sum apple pies and she need fresh apples... so we wer' thinking that you could com' and help me fetch the apples that she choose. Since she doesn't need that much apples… Ah don't wanna waste'em" Applejack explained. That whole situation gave him an idea to take both earth ponies at the same time.

"You can count on me Applejack!" He said and stepped out of his house, closing the door behind him and grinning softly.