My Little Pony Friendship is Chaos

As time went on, Chaos mostly spent his days alone after his minor help in returning a creature known as Discord back into stone. However, he couldn’t shake off what Discord had told him, “Sooner or later your true self will emerge. As your name clearly states, you’ll cause chaos and destruction in all of Equestria and its neighbors. Too bad I won’t be able to see it though, but I will be able to hear it. The thing that you hide from and try to subdue everyday will eventually emerge. When it does, you won’t be able to stop its destruction. Obviously you aren’t like the others, but that only makes you more vulnerable to what’s about to come. Mark my words, you are going to be my greatest prank and achievement I’ve ever done.”

Those words kept repeating inside his mind causing him to doubt himself and keep his distance from the others. His paranoia became so strong that he had to meet with Zecora the Zebra and see if she knew anything or see if Discord had done anything to him. However, to his surprise she told him that she saw nothing wrong with him and that Discord was most likely trying to mess with his mind.

“Since you are different from us, it’s most likely that he wants you to doubt yourself and probably go back to your old ways. But I do find it strange that he mentioned that your “true self” was going to return. Do you have any idea what that means?”

“No!” Chaos replied gruffly, “I-I mean, no. I have no idea.”

“Then I see nothing wrong.” Zecora replied, “There seems to be nothing wrong with you. I think Discord was trying to play tricks with your mind. But, didn’t you say that you were able to see right through his illusions and tricks.”

“Yeah. So?” Chaos asked confused.

“So that means that you weren’t affected by his magic!”

“Again. So?”

“You also said that when you arrived here that you were taken into Princesses Celestia and Luna’s castle. And when you woke up you broke easily from their binding spell right?”

“True.” “This is amazing!”

“What?! Tell me!”

“Chaos. As far as you and I know magic doesn’t affect you!  You’re invulnerable to our magic. Not only were you able to break free from a seemingly unbreakable binding spell but also see past through Discord’s tricks. I think you’re magic tolerant to not only regular magic but also dark magic as well.”

“Hmmm. Now that you mention it, you are right. Wow! Can’t believe that I didn’t see that coming. But thank you. After all the commotion with him and stuff, he really got me rattled up.”

“No problem. If you even need help again don’t be shy to ask.”

“Oh believe me, I won’t.”

“By the way, are you going to the Nightmare night tonight?”

“The mahumana what now?”

“Nightmare night. It’s a day in which foals dress up in costumes and go door-to-door collecting candy.”

“So you mean it’s like Halloween? It is literally what you just said, except it’s called differently. You know if I didn’t know any better, I’d say that someone has been to my world and changed the names of some of the most memorable or recognizable celebrations and whatnot of the huge diverse cultures in the world. But sure I’ll be there.”

Chaos then left still thinking about what Discord said to him. However in the end, he really didn't give it a second thought and went to the event that night. On his way, he paid a visit to twilight who was wearing a strange costume.

“Who the hell are supposed to be? Gandalf the grey? Or Gandalf the White as he is later known as?” Chaos asked with excitement.

“What are you talking about Chaos?” Twilight asked confused, “Are those characters from your world?”

“Yeah. Actually from a series of books called the Lord of the Rings. He’s one of the main characters that dies and is reborn as Gandalf the White. Yadayadayada cool fantasy shit happens.” He answered.

“You have books where you are from?! She asked.

“Of course.” Chaos replied, “What? Did you honestly think that I would sit around doing nothing all day? I’ve told you before that your world and mine are fairly similar.”

“It’s still hard to believe that. I have to see it with my own eyes. Here we have a series of books called Lord of the Reins. ” “Oh believe me, you will. Soon, maybe...probably...that's classified. Also, why am i not surprised? I should obviously be groaning at that terrible pun but yet i'm used to it. Strange.”

As they headed out, they met up with Pinkie and Pipsqueak who showed off their stashes of candy.

“Ohhhh. Candy.” Chaos said in malicious way, “Gimme!”

“No way.” Pinkie Pie replied, “You already had some.”

“Yeah. Only one and it tasted terrible.”

“Fine. But only one.”

“Awesome.”

But just as he looked into the bag Rainbow Dash appeared above them and pushed a cloud eventually firing off a very loud lightning bolt to scare them. Pinkie Pie and Spike screamed in fear but Chaos wasn’t the least bit affected by the sound.

“Did you hear something?” He asked calmly.

“You didn’t get scared?!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

“Nope. Mostly because I heard you and saw you sneaking by.”

“Oh well.” Rainbow Dash said disappointed as she took off with her thundercloud to prank another group she spotted. Once she left, Chaos and the gang moved on to where Applejack who was running the apple bob. The tub of water was then ruined when Derpy, dressed in large paper bags, popped out of the tub with the plug in her mouth.

“Oh Derpy. You drained all the water.” Chaos said disappointed, “And I was going to go next.”

“I did.” She clumsily asked, “S-Sorry.”

“Don’t worry about it. It’s fine.”

Moments later the mayor made the announcement that all the trick-or-treaters to follow Zecora to the statue of Nightmare Moon for a storytelling. Twilight, Chaos, and Spike tagged along to see what would happen. Once they arrived at the statue, Zecora began to tell the legend of Nightmare Moon and then explained that Nightmare Moon required an appeasing offering of candy.

However, at that moment, Princess Luna arrived, in a flurry of dark clouds and her own royal carriage chauffeured by two of her Pegasus guards, scaring everyone off but Twilight and Chaos.

“Wow!” he exclaimed, “Beautiful show. Amazing acting. Spectacular. Good Job everyone! You all can come from hiding now. The gig is up!”

“Chaos, this isn’t acting. This is real.” Twilight explained.

“Wait. So everyone that just left running scared, was genuinely scared?” He asked confused.

“Yes.”

“Well then.”

Once Princess Luna landed in the marketplace, everyone that was near bowed in fear except for Chaos.

“Citizens of Ponyville! We have graced your tiny village with our presence, so that you might behold the real princess of the night! A creature of nightmare is no longer, but instead a pony who desires your love and admiration! Together we shall change this dreadful celebration into a bright and glorious feast!” She said in a booming voice.

“Does she always speak in a booming voice? And what’s with the “We”? Who is “We?” She’s the only one here. Unless she’s including her guards but I highly doubt it.”

“I don’t know.” Twilight replied, “But I’m gonna find out.”

Feeling rejected, Luna left the market, and spent some time in front of the statue of Nightmare Moon, which was where Twilight and Chaos found her.

Luna complimented Twilight on her costume, noting its accuracy to the smallest detail, becoming the first one to recognize the character.

“Thank you. Finally! Somepony who gets my costume.” Twilight said with relief.

“Of course she would be the only one.” Chaos whispered, “And probably her sister.”

“It was thou who unleashed the powers of harmony upon us and took away our dark powers!” The princess said again in a booming voice.

“Sheesh. My god, no wonder she was received poorly. Well, we tried. I’m out.” Chaos said as he prepared to leave.

“Oh no you don’t.” Twilight replied blocking his path, “You’re helping me out. Whether you like it or not.”

“Fine. But I won’t like it. Unless you give me candy. Then I’ll forget about it.”

Chaos and Twilight then tried to explain to the princess that she was badly received due to her booming voice and tone.

“But this is the traditional royal canterlot voice. It is tradition to speak the royal “we” and to use an enormous amount of volume when addressing our subjects.”

“Oh so that’s why you say “we”. Because it’s tradition and proper language for the royal “majesties” to speak that way. Now that I think about it, I believe that in my world as well, the King and or Queen would also speak using “we” or “us” when it was only them.”  Chaos replied.

“But anyways,” Twilight interrupted, “you know that might explain why you appearance was meet with mixed results. I think if you just changed your approach a bit you might be met with a warmer reception.”

“Change our approach?!” Princess Luna asked confused.

“She means lower the volume.” Chaos explained.

“Oh.” Luna responded, “We have been locked away for 1,000 years.  We are not sure we can.”

“Sure you can.” Chaos replied, “If I, a creature completely different then you and everyone in this world can adapt quickly to this “environment”, then can you. Also, 1,000-years is a long time. Which also includes changes. Many things have changed since you’ve returned Princess. And one of the more notable ones in this matter is that nobody speaks in the booming voice anymore. Not even your sister uses it I believe. Even though I know it’s tradition to use it, however, there’s a time to use it and a time to use a regular voice. You understand right?”

“Yes.” Luna replied, “I see what you mean.” “

Come with us Princess and we’ll take you to see someone who can help you with your voice.” Twilight said as she signaled Chaos to follow her.

They walked for a while until the cottage of Flutershy. “This isn’t going to end well. I have a bad feeling about this.” Chaos whispered to Twilight.

“You worry too much. Everything's going to be fine.”

“If you say so.” Chaos said rolling his eyes.

“Now don’t worry princess,” Twilight responded, “Fluttershy can give you some great pointers she’s delicate with the sweetest little voice.”

She then knocked on her door but was received with Fluttershy screaming from inside her home, “Go away! No candy here! Visitors not welcomed on Nightmare night!”

“What did I tell you?” Chaos whispered.

Twilight laugh nervously then said, “Fluttershy, it’s me, Twilight.” The door immediately opened as Fluttershy slowly looked out and recognized her friend.

“It is you.” Fluttershy replied with a sigh of relief, “And Chaos. Ah, and Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon!” Fluttershy screamed and slammed the door in fear.

Twilight laughed nervously once again as she told the princess to wait for her. She then went inside the house and tried to get Fluttershy to come out. While they waited, Luna asked Chaos if Fluttershy had ever helped him before.

“Actually yeah. I used to always have this habit to roar after I had completed a task. Even if it was a small one I always had to roar.”

“But how do you have that ability? I never took you as a roaring type of creature. Is that a common thing among your kind?” Luna asked curiously. As Chaos prepared to answer her question, he stopped himself and thought his response over.

“Ummm. Let’s just say that I’m unique among my kind. It’s like if you compared yourself with a normal earth pony. They don’t have wings or horns that give them magical powers, right. Similarly my kind are like the earth ponies, normal, and I’m like you.”

“I don’t follow.”

“Okay. Let’s say that you were put in a room with 100 earth ponies. Obviously you’re going to stand out because you’re taller and have features that they don’t. Now in my situation, I have abilities that my kind doesn’t have. Which in turn makes me stand out from the others.”

“Oh. Now I understand.”

After finally dragging her out by force, twilight introduced Fluttershy to the princess, “You remember Princess Luna?”

“Charmed!” Luna replied in her booming voice, scaring Fluttershy once again. Twilight used her magic to restrain her friend from escaping and brought her to the Princess.

“Likewise.” She responded softly.

“Twilight Sparkle has spoken of the sweetness of thy voice. We ask, thou teachest to us thou speakest!”

“Okay.”

“Shall our lessons begin?!”

“Okay.”

“Shall we mimic thy voice?!”

“Okay.”

“How is this?!”

“Perfect lesson over.” Fluttershy then hurried back into her home but slammed into the door as twilight shut it before she could get in.

Little by little and with the help of Twilight, the princess quickly managed to lower her voice to normal. Once she found her normal voice she hugged Fluttershy accidentally scaring the wind out of her. Second later, Pinkie Pie and her group arrived only to see the princess hugging a scared and seemingly paralyzed Fluttershy.

“She stole Fluttershy’s voice so she can’t scream when she gabbles her up!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she ran away along with her group.

“Come on Princess, time for plan B.” Twilight asserted.

“That’s right.” Chaos agreed, “What’s plan B? Because I don’t remember talking about it.”

“Just follow me.” Twilight groaned.

They returned back to the festival and once again the citizens bowed down to her in fear. “It is of no use Twilight Sparkle, they have never liked us. And they never shall.” Luna replied saddened.

“Yes, they will.” Chaos responded, “Like I mentioned before, if you guys took in an outsider that resembles nothing like any species in this world and treat him as one of your own, then they will do the same to you and probably even more since you are one of their own. They just need to get to know you. Oh. And don’t use your booming voice. It’ll scare them.”

“Right.” Twilight said cheerfully, “My friend Apple Jack is one of the most likeable ponies around. I’m sure she’ll have some ideas.” However, once they met up with Apple jack, she too bowed to her in fear.

“Uhhh. Apple Jack, the princess is looking for a little advice on how to fit it around here.” Twilight said to her friend.

“Fit in? Really?” Apple jack asked surprised and confused, “I mean, that’s easy. All you gotta do is have the right attitude. Loosen up a bit, be positive, play a few games, and have some fun.”

“Fun? What is this “fun” thou speakest of?” Luna asked puzzled. Both Twilight and Apple Jack pointed to nearby game causing the princess to ask, “Pray tell. What purpose do these serve?”

“T-Try t-to land t-t-the spiders on the w-w-web.” A nearby pony responded terrified. Princess Luna then tried out the game and slowly began to have fun. As the princess showed her appreciation for the event, the town began to regard her more warmly. She even went as far as to tell everyone to not refer to her as “Princess” but by her real name.

However, in a strange turn of events, as Luna, Chaos, Apple jack, and Twilight headed towards the bobbing apples Luna noticed a foal named Pipsqueak falling into the tub. She immediately ran to save him but as she did, Pinkie Pie appeared and mistook the Princess eating the foal causing once again for the ponies to draw away in fear. Luna tried to gain the trust of the town with fun but went a bit to far and caused more havoc across the town.

“Well this all went to shit.” Chaos thought to himself.

“Since you choose to fear your Princess rather then love her and dishonor her with this insulting celebration, we decree that Nightmare Night shall be cancelled! Forever!” Luna said in her booming voice. "And shit just got worse." Chaos then came up with a way to try and cheer up the Princess without the help of Twilight. He followed her to a small bridge and began his plan.

After Twilight tried to talk to the Princess but to no avail, he used his mind manipulation ability to make his shadow seem like a pony.

“Well. Well. If it isn’t the Princess of the Night. I bow to you your majesty.” Chaos said in a disguised voice.

“T-Thank you. But who are thee if I might ask?” Luna asked perplexed.

“I guess you can call me a friend since I have come to help you in your little dilemma. May I ask what the problem was?”

“The problem is that this town doesn’t like us. Ever since my Nightmare Moon dilemma, I’ve had trouble adapting to this new environment.” Luna answered.

“I see. But you do know that this celebration is about you right? I mean who doesn’t want their own pile of candy left for them at the end of the night?”

“But they are afraid of us and they are afraid of Nightmare Moon.”

“In a matter of sense yes, they are afraid of you. But not because you are still Nightmare Moon but because you use methods that aren’t seen as “friendly”, per say.”

“Explain my dear friend. I do not seem to understand your reasoning.”

“Let’s put it this way, if you wanted to talk to someone, like a pony from the town, would it be better if you used a normal speaking voice or your booming voice?”

“From what I’ve learned from Twilight Sparkle it is better to not use my booming voice.”

“Exactly. It’s the little things that sometimes give off the wrong impression. But neither I nor the town hold it against you, since you were gone for a long time. And it is hard to adjust to these modern times as some would say.”

“Indeed. I thank thee for your help mysterious friend.”

“It was my pleasure Princess. Until we shall meet again.” “If you don’t mind me asking, could I at least see your face?”

“Unfortunately Princess my complexion is not a sight for your majesty. I think it would be better if I remained hidden for now. Maybe one day you will get to see how I really look, but not today. Oh and by the way, your subjects as you call them, they don’t hate you. Yes, they might fear you, but that’s only because they haven’t gotten to know you yet. Once they do they’ll accept you right away. If they could accept an outsider like me into your colony then why wouldn’t they with one of their own? They’ll surprise you. Now as my old friend would say,  “Good day to you.”” Chaos then left the scene before the Princess could see him.

Twilight then returned for the princess and came up with a new plan.

Twilight managed to lure Pinkie Pie into an alleyway and agree to not shriek whenever she was in the presence of the Princess. Pinkie Pie agreed but shrieked once more as Rainbow Dash pulled her lighting prank again. Trying to preserve the peace, Twilight teleported in front of Pinkie and pinned her down. After Twilight realized that Pinkie Pie was pretending to act scared, she then got a new idea.

Around that time, Chaos showed up and asked what he had missed. Twilight explained everything to him and told him what he needed to do.

Back In town square, the ponies were cleaning up the mess from before, the Mayor and Zecora reminded all the foals to still give their offerings to Nightmare Moon. Once the foals left their offerings, Princess Luna appeared out of the sky in her alter-ego, scaring the children once more. However, this scaring wasn’t intended to provoke fear but to simply have a good scare. At first, the Princess failed to see the significance of scaring them, but her worries went away as the young foal who Luna saved earlier that day tugged on her mane and asked if she would return the next year to scare them, even if there wasn’t going to be another Nightmare Night. This surprised the Princess, nevertheless the Princess reinstated Nightmare Night causing joy among everypony there.

Back in town, Princess Luna participated in more games and accepted more candy from a group of foals.

“Well, everything worked out in the end.” Chaos said to himself, “Even if it almost went to shit.”

Trapped in his own thoughts, he caught a glimpse of Rainbow Dash trying to prank Twilight and Spike. He quickly went over to Luna and told her the situation. “You see that pony over there? Well, she’s about to pull a prank on Twilight. I think it’s time to let her get a taste of her own medicine. If you know what I mean.”

“Yes. I see. Something will be done!” Just as Rainbow Dash prepared to prank her friend, Luna scared Rainbow Dash instead, causing her to scream in utter fear. Luna descended and hovered above the ground as Chaos went over to her and said, “Awesome. Fist bump…I-I mean hoof bump.”

“Dear Princess Celstia, When you first sent me here to Ponyville I didn’t know anything about friendship. I met somepony tonight who is having the same problem, your sister Princess Luna. She taught me that one of the best things to do with friendship is to give it to others and help them find it themselves. And I’m happy to report all of ponyville has learned that even if somepony seems a little intimidating, even scary, when you offer them your friendship, you’ll discover a whole new pony underneath. But even after all that, this turned out to be the best Nightmare Night ever. As for Chaos, he seems to be rather comfortable with his new duties and responsibilities. For an outsider from a different world, he does sure look like he’s happy here, even if there isn’t anyone else like him around. By the way, what is Halloween?”