Chapter 1: Awakened
The darkness was unbearable. He was everywhere, yet nowhere. The darkness made him angry. He had been trapped here for several millennia. The darkness, that heavy darkness, pushed in on him. He was ready to be released.
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“Are you sure we should be doing this?” Sweetie Belle asked as Apple Bloom got the ramp ready.
“If you want your cutie mark, yes, I’m sure.” Scootaloo said from behind her.
“It’s ready!” Apple Bloom shouted.
“CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS DAREDEVILS!” Scootaloo shouted as she used her wings to propel herself forward at a very fast speed. Apple Bloom tried to make her slow down, but it was futile. She overshot the target by a lot. Instead of landing on a lot of hay, she went into a cave that was behind the hay. The thud of a scooter hitting flesh and groans of pain came out.
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Flying, above even the clouds, was a dragon. “Ah,” He sighed contently, “Perfection. Nothing could go wrong.” He looked down to the cloud tops.
Only to be met by a scooter to the gut.
“Ow! Why you little-” He was ready to kill someone, until he saw it was a filly. A filly with with a hurt hoof and a clearly broken wing. “Oh my.”
He did the first thing he could think of. Get her to someone who could help. He scooped her up in his arms, minding the hoof and wing, and ran outside the cave. He caught site of two other fillies and screamed, “Where can I get help! She’s hurt!”
They stared for a moment, then started running down a path. They were screaming about some sort of monster. “No idea, but that’s my best bet.” He went down the path. On the other side, Ponyville.
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North of Canterlot, there was an exploration team checking out some recent localized seismic activity.
“You sure this wasn’t here last time?”
“Of course! I think I’d remember a hole in the ground.”
“You think we should get the boss?”
There were three members standing around a rather large hole in the ground.
“Ground, you go down. You're the pegasus.”
“What! No! You go down!”
“I have a horn, not wings.”
The earth pony, who hadn’t said a word, finally spoke.
“Ground, get you butt down there.”
He looked surprised at her voice. “O-ok.” He grabbed a lantern and flew down.
“What th- HOLY CELESTIA! SOMEPONY’S DOWN HERE!”
“What is it!?!”
“It... It looks like a sleeping alicorn.”
“Get out there and alert the princesses.”
“Got it.” He flew out of the hole, towards Canterlot.
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The royal gardens were peaceful. Nopony Noticed the cracks forming on the surface of Discord’s statue. The Princesses had already left to inspect the supposed alicorn in a cave.
Eventually, it began to break, revealing the figure below the rock.
“Wh-what happened?” Discord looked around. He didn’t recognize anything. “Where am I? What happened to Ryuu? Where are those red gems?” He saw somepony walking past. He was dressed in a golden suit of armor. “Sir? Sir? Do you know where this place is?”
The Royal Guardspony was horrified. “DISCORD IS FREE! DISCORD IS FREE!” He shouted as he backed away.
Discords face looked confused. “What do you me-” He said before falling over in agony. AHHHHHHHHHHH! MAKE IT STOP!” His screams of pain could be heard throughout Canterlot.
Red gems began to come out of him. Six of them. They began to meld together, forming something. It was soon revealed. A scythe, eternally blood splattered. A flash of red light, and it was gone. Discord had fallen unconscious due to the pain.
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Queen Chrysalis was sitting in her throne. She was apparently doing nothing. Suddenly there was a flash of red light, in which the Scythe appeared. Chrysalis instantly went through some sort of change. She threw herself onto the ground, writhing agony. After a few minutes, in which none no changeling could help her, she stopped.
“We free The Demon King.” She said. “WE FREE THE DEMON KING!” She screamed. “We free him! We free him and we shall everything we ever wanted!”
She started to laugh in the way a maniac would as she moved the floating Scythe closer to her. “You’re going to take us there. You’re going to take us to where we can release his.” To all the world, it looked like she was talking to a farm tool. But she knew. She knew that trapped inside it was the demon Kelle.
“You’ll take us there. You’ll take us there because you must. Because I tell you to take us there. And when we get there. We’ll free him. We’ll free The Demon King.”
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The darkness. It was getting weaker. He knew. He was about to be freed. Free at last. After uncountable centurys, free at last.
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Kelle sat in the Scythe. He had been sealed inside it somehow and broken to pieces. He did not know how long he had been in that red nutjob. Real headcase there. Oh! Let’s make a chocolate milk rain. Oh! Lets make cotton candy clouds. Oh! Let's flip that freaking house! And he had been encased in stone. TWICE!
I think I’d prefer the sweet embrace of death before being trapped in there again. At least I got this changeling. And it seems they multiplied. We could use this to our advantage.
I wonder how he got a mate. Must have tricked somepony. Always a slippery one.
He felt himself move. “You’re going to take us there. You’re going to take us to where we can release his.” He heard the changeling say. “You’ll take us there. You’ll take us there because you must. Because I tell you to take us there. And when we get there. We’ll free him. We’ll free The Demon King.”
Great, more whack jobs. I’ve had just about enough for these guys. Kelle did something close to a sign. I've been in this thing for who knows how long, and still can’t control it. Great work Kelle. Mighty fine.
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I’d like to thank DJ DASH3R, VortexTalon, and Lizzy Pie for proofreading.
