Fall had just come to Ponyville and Canterlot. The cool crisp air flowed constantly and the trees have changed their lush green leaves to beautiful autumn colors of orange, yellow and brown. Malakai was out enjoying the weather and scenery himself, roaming the Canterlot gardens simply because he knew he could. After havi.ng made it clear that the elements of harmony had no effect on him, he has been strutting around in his freedom. A big smile on his face. But for nor he wasn’t causing chaos. Nope, he was simply exploring the land he had thought to be a fantasy before he came here. He heard the sound of hoofsteps landing behind him along with the flapping of wings. He could tell who was behind him but the kind of stare he was feeling.

“What are you doing here?”

Asked Celestia with a slightly irritated tone. She had her arms crossed under her ample breasts as she stared down at the much short human. Malakai turns and offers her a genuine smile.

“I am just exploring is all. I have been so busy with my new line of work that I have not gotten to know this new land I now live in. Well, technically I don’t live in this land, but I do come here often. It can get quite lonely in my realm. By the way, I saw your face when Twi told you that I couldn’t be contained by the elements of harmony. Well worth it.”

He levitated into the air and got to eye level with her, his face inches away from hers.

“Discord may have been a villain with the power of chaos. But that power doesn’t exactly mark one as a bad person.”

Celestia knew he was right. She had great power but wasn’t an evil pony. She had watched him for a while ever since he couldn’t be contained. And yes, he did cause chaos for days on end. But would go out of his way to make sure that no one was injured. He even cleaned up his messes so that others wouldn’t have to worry about it.

“I am going to share a bit of wisdom with you that one of my favorite video game characters once said, “Powers don’t kill people, it the people BEHIND the powers, that kill people. Think about that.”

He the.n lifted himself further up into the air away from her with his hands in his pockets.

“If anything, your precious elements didn’t effect me because they cannot tell what side I am on. Chaos is a neutral element when you get down to it. It is neither good or bad. Though you and your kind see it as a bad thing because of the last wielder of it was bad. Chaos and harmony are like darkness and light. One can’t exist without the other. Chaos just has the upper hand in most things because well...it’s chaos.”

She looks up at him with those magenta eyes which were still glaring daggers at him. It was making her so very angry with how he was educating her. She was the ruler of Equestria and being taught a lesson by someone she saw as an enemy made her blood boil.

“What are you trying to tell me, Malakai?”

“Good and evil? Those two have rules. But chaos has no rules. Discord had chaos, but he sullied it with evil…”

He holds his hands out to his sides with a grin as he levitates there.

“Neutral chaos is the purest form of chaos. And I plan on giving this realm exactly that. But don’t you worry, Sunbutt. There will be days where I will be here just as a simple human. This land is pretty nice. Just never thought I’d actually get to see it in person. But, that is a story for another time.”

That nickname definitely rubbed her the wrong way. But she couldn’t confront him because she knew he was right. The way he spoke certainly didn’t match his appearance. He was smart...logical in his thought process. Which was extremely contradictory to his actions when he is creating chaos.

“Your mother made it easy for you to destroy a villain. But then she chose someone, not of your would that walks the grey line in perfect balance. And I am sure that down the road, whether it be a crazy changeling queen or some kind of dark shadowy pony or even some kind of centaur beast comes along and tries to pull me to their side. I will refuse back..well, I like doing things my own way. Anyways, I think I will pay a visit to Ponyville and see what Starbutt is up to. But before I go….”

He snaps his fingers, the entire garden turning into cakes of various shapes and sizes, even cupcakes appeared. He chuckles and disappears after saying.

“Enjoy, Sunbutt.”

”MALAKAI!!!”

Celestia shouted in the royal voice, making the whole castle shake. Malakai reappeared in Ponyville with a light chuckle as he walked along the street that leads into the town. He couldn’t help himself in teasing the almighty princess of the sun. She was just too much fun. Eventually, he made it into town. And when he did, ponies just stared at him with a mixture of worry and confusion. Normally when he makes his entrance, he brings chaos with him. But it was just...him. As if he was just a regular person. Pinkie, however, sees him and bounces to him with an excited smile.

“Ooooh, whatcha gonna make fall from the sky today?! Please say it’s chocolate chip cookies! Oh oh oh, Chocolate chip cookies in ice cream!”

Malakai chuckles lightly and the bouncing mare, watching her rather shapely breasts bounce in the progress.

niiiiice…

He thought to himself.

“Nah, no chaos today, Pinks. As fun as it is, I can’t cause so much trouble. But I will consider your request for the next day of chaos. How does that sound?”

“Yaaaay!”

She said as she wrapped him in a hug.

“You know, for being someone who was supposed to be evil, you aren’t such a bad guy!”

Malakai smiles and reaches up to pet and fluff her poofy mane, she blinks a few times as he does that and nuzzles into his hand, he tail swaying behind her slightly”

“Mmmh...such gentle hands..”

She said with a light giggle, squeezing him in her arms a bit tighter. Though he slips from her grip and steps back a bit.

“Anyways, I am off to go see Twi. I want to see if she makes good on her threat the last time I saw her.”

“Oh, I was actually on my way there myself! We can go together!”

“Oh? Then you are going to love this. I know you are a big fan of pranks, so I got the perfect plan.”

“Heheeee! I can’t wait!”

Once they got to the library, Malakai told Pinkie to watch from the window. Twilight was busy studying as usual. Malakai disappears and Pinkie watches through the window. Malakai possesses the book that Twilight was reading and waits till she turns the next page to read. When she starts to read again, Malakai turns the page of the book to the next one.

“What the…?”

Asked Twilight as she turns the page back. It turns again. She glares down at the book. This goes on and on for a few minutes until Malakai pops his head out of the book.

“Hey there Twi!”

Twilight lets out a scream of fright and falls back onto her pillow that she was sitting on, tumbling back a few feet in the process. Laughter was heard from outside as Pinkie saw what had happened, she rushes to the door and comes in, falling on the floor and laughing.

“That was good! He got you good Twi!”

Malakai gives a toothy grin as he pops out of the book entirely now. He lands in front of the now grumpy unicorn who quickly scrambles to her hooves and stomps over to him. She gets right up into his face and places a finger on his chest, poking if roughly.

“Now you listen here! That wasn’t funny at all! I could have seriously gotten hurt!”

“But you didn’t, did you?”

She was about to speak when she realized that she wasn’t hurt, startled yes, but not hurt.

“I am simply here to see if you will make good on your threat. But then again. What could you possibly do to me, silly mare?”

What could she do? Knowing now that he wasn’t exactly a bad guy since he isn’t encased in stone. She simply walks around him and grabs her book. She places it back on the table and then turns back to him with a glare.

“Why are you here?”

“Geez Twi. No wonder you and Sunbutt get along so well. She asked me the same question in the exact same way. But to answer your question, I am here to simply explore and get to know the locals. Need to get familiar with more of my surroundings when I do decide to wreck everypony’s day just a little bit.”

She grumbles and turns away from him. She was angry at him, as she felt like he had no respect for anypony he came into contact with. Then again, while she didn’t know it,it was Celestia’s word against his. And she trusted her mentor more than him.

“You know what? Why in all of Equestria did it have to be you? You aren’t even from here! You don’t belong in this world! Why don’t you go back to wherever it is you came from and stay there?! Nopony wants you around here!”

Malakai was a bit taken back and hurt by her words. He’d never thought that Twilight would ever yell at anyone like that. He shrugs and turns around. He simply walks out the door and closes it behind him, not saying one word as he leaves. Pinkie reaches out to Malakai with a concerned face but is denied once he reaches the door. She looks over at Twilight.

“Twilight…”

“Having realized what she had just done, the unicorn mare covers her mouth with a slight gasp, her eyes widening along with it. She runs to the door and opens it quickly to call out to him.

“Malakai, I am so-!”

He was nowhere to be seen, just a few other ponies walking by. She lowers her ears and looks to the ground in shame. She blew up at him for something so trivial. She knew she messed up, big time.

“What have i done…?”

She said as she places her face into her hands.

Malakai reappeared along the riverside just on the outer edge of the forest, he takes a seat in front of the running water and sighs.

“Geez, who knew Celestia’s influence stuck so hard with her. Was just a harmless little prank. Whatever.”

He heard a gentle humming approaching, by the pure sound of it, he could tell it was Fluttershy. No other pony had a soft, tender voice like she had. Once she came into view, she noticed Malakai staring at her. She lets out a small ‘eep!’And hides her face behind her mane. Shifting nervously where she now stood.

“I-I am sorry...I wasn’t aware that you’d be here, Malakai…”

“Hey there, Shy. Good to see you again.”

When she looked at him again, she noticed that something was off about him. She didn’t see it, but she could feel that he was a little bit...down. She walks over to him cautiously and sits next to him. The wonderfully curvy mare looks over to him as she pulls her knees up to her chest as she gazes at him

“Did something happen, Malakai?”

“Oh, it’s nothing, Shy. I played a little harmless prank on Twi. And she got angry and told me I didn’t belong here, that I don’t need to be here and i should go back where I came from. Something I certainly didn’t expect her to say. But, whatever.”

Fluttershy frowned a bit. He may not show it, but she could tell he was a little hurt by Twilight’s words. She scoots a little closer to him and lightly places a hand on his shoulder., offering him a warm smile

“You know...w-when I first met you, I didn’t think you were bad. You..were scary at first because..well I have never seen somepony like you before. I know that you were doing what you were assigned to do by Faust. But you did it while making sure damages stayed to a minimum and nopony got hurt. That is quite impressive.”

“Thanks for saying so, Shy. You are so sweet and caring, even to a complete stranger such as myself. It is one of the many qualities I like about you.”

She smiles and blushes lightly. She looks down at the ground and lightly circles her left hoof into the soft, green grass.

“Malakai?”

“Yeah, Shy?”

“Um..I was wondering..if you’d like that is. Would you let me be your first friend here?”Everypony needs a friend. And I’d like it if you were mine as well.”

Malakai smiles and reached up slowly and placed a hand on her head, petting and rubbing one of her ears with a nod.

“Thank you, Shy. I’d greatly appreciate that. Knowing that I could have at least one pony here to count on should I need to talk.”

She shudders at his gentle touch. It was wonderful. The way he ran his hand through her mane, and the gentle rubbing of her ears.

“I certainly don’t mind it at all. Plus it would be nice to have a male friend. It’s just the girls and I. A little variety you know?”

He chuckled lightly and nodded.

“You are so very sweet, Shy. Thank you again.”

The two sat there for hours, talking on occasion, but overall enjoying each others company. Little did both of them know that this entire conversation started something big for the both of them later down the line.

Author's Note

Let's get the ball rolling!

May the darkness grant you peace.