Lauren McNeigh

“Good thing you both managed to help me for that” Lauren sighed as she walked with Hazel and Hester by her side. The duo had appeared a short while after when she was nearing the Crystal Empire. They helped her recruit some friends from the Crystal Empire via teleporting around.

“Least we could do for all that you’ve been able to do” Hazel spoke to her.

Suddenly, a loud voice boomed when they neared a cave. Both looked up hear what the oracle had to say.

The time for action has arrived

You should not waste a day

No lame excuses do you contrive

Nor tolerate delay

Lauren got annoyed with it. It sounded like it was jeering at her. “It talks to me as if I’m on holiday, Hazer” she used the combined nickname she gave to the duo. “As if I’m wandering around or having any fun at the moment. This oracle’s annoying”

“Confront whatever frightens or offends you” Hazel spoke, readying her dagger.

“Reckless or insulting talk should never go unchallenged” Hester grinned, her fangs glistening.

Lauren nodded before Hester sent up a glowing ball to reveal who was talking to Lauren. It was quite a surprise to them all when they saw who it was. It was Discord, and he was just giving a playful smirk.

“Typical” Hester groaned while Hazel sighed.

“Discord! I thought you were in hiding!” Lauren cried.

“Well, I decided to tarry around for a little while to see how things were doing. I’d say it’s doing perfectly well though from all I’m seeing. You’ve gained a whole lot of weaponry for yourself, even the Hidebrit’s OC Staff, and now an army is at your command! I must say, well done!” he summoned several clone Discords who began to clap with him.

Lauren sighed in exhaustion. Hazel didn’t say anything, but Hester popped one of their medication pills, which was being saved, in each of their mouths. Yep, that was Lauren Faust’s Discord, always making jokes and having fun, even in the middle of a disaster.

“Well, what are we waiting for?” the draconequeous asked suddenly. “Blow open those gates and confront that poser!”

“I don’t have the fourth OC Bunster, from the FNAF side. With her trapped with someone as powerful as Tirek, how can it be done?”

“Wait, what?!” the creature then grabbed the card of the Hidebrit’s OC Staff, finding out that it was still incomplete. “Oh, come on!” he then appeared back up in the cave. “I don’t know, but you must do it. This is getting out of hand, and that’s all coming from me”

“You don’t even remember how you met that thing?! He nearly destroyed all of Equestria by siphoning off every bit of magic there was! Why did you think I put him in Tartarus in the first place?! I’m supposed to attack this beast! But, I tend to doubt if I’m even fighting a good fight”

Hazel then looked at her. “Why would you say that?”

“This is no one else’s fight, Mother” Discord agreed. “Only you could save yourself”

Lauren tilted her head from that. “Save myself? From what?”

The question made her companions suddenly turn pale. Hazel began to hum a lullaby while Hester was breathing heavily into her paws. Discord literally turned pale.

“From the looks of all of you, I guess you don’t want to tell me”

All nodded. Discord then snapped out of it. “We won’t tell you that, but we will tell you this: You withdrew from your world after the deaths and fears because you could not bear your loss. When you answered twilight’s call, you began to emerge from the dark. Stay on this path, Mother. Save yourself, and you will save Wonderland. You will restore us all”

“You’re beginning to sound like a poet, Discord” Lauren mused. “But I get it now. I broke this world, and now only I can repair it”

“Indeed” Discord smiled. “Go, Mother. Tirek awaits, give him a good one for what he did. With Snowdrop as your commander for the army, you have a reason to hope for success. She’s the strongest general in this war”

Lauren stood frightened when she saw how the place where Tirek now resided looked. It looked like a train station, but battered up. She never liked trains or the train stations since it would remind her of Adam Smith, and how he died. She knew he died by running himself over with a train.

Tirek himself looked very much like a cyborg now. His chest area was now mechanical. His arms were half-organic and half-robot. One of his hind legs, and front legs were robotic. One of his eyes was also mechanical, but Lauren spotted someone inside it. No doubt, it was Bunster.

“You’ve kept me waiting, Lauren” he grinned when he noticed her. “Have you never learned from your friends that punctuality’s a virtue?”

“You and Twilight when she was in Lesson Zero have a lot in common”

“You are habitually late, aren’t you? Between your creating new episodes for the show and spending time with your family, the hours just fly by. There’s barely time for anything else”

“Atleast I’m using my time well”

“Adam was expecting for you to atleast know about him before he died, didn’t he? He thought you would atleast see his repentance to those viewers, being the one who made the Fandom come to life. But he just suffered scorn form the others, and did himself in to escape it all”

Lauren felt her sorrow creep up on her back again. She tried to shake it off. “I was unaware of the situation, I…”

“You selfish, misbegotten, unnatural woman! You were warned beforehand, but you were in dreamland, taking tea with your Creations before the discovery of this world! You were living happy and free, but he and several others died due to the scorn they got just for loving your work!”

She bit her lip. “Noooooooooo!”

She felt all the pain creep up on her. But she couldn’t let it break her down as the creature ran up to fight her. She got her Jacks and threw them at him. He couldn’t even get away from them as they kept aiming at him. While he was distracted, several small dragons came up and tried to attack Lauren.

She turned her attention to them and attacked. She used her Ice Wand on them. They fought by trying to stomp her down or bite her, but the Ice soon froze them. She then absorbed their Meta Essence.

She then turned her attention back to Tirek. The Jacks were already gone. He then charged at her, a shower of fire came out from between his horns and fired at her. She barely dodged it. An energy beam also fired after locking on her. She threw the Jacks at him again. This time, she also fired her Ice Wand for extra damage.

The dragons appeared again. With a groan, she attacked with her Ice Wand. It took time and effort and running around, but she finally got them frozen and dead. Having absorbed enough for ammo again, she faced up against Tirek.

Lauren was knocked down to the floor as Tirek neared her. He had knocked her down with a swipe of his hand. She expected it to be over now as he was about to siphon off her power, but she was saved. Snowdrop suddenly broke the glass and knocked Tirek off. She delivered a massive punch to his face, making him lose the Bunster eye, which landed infront of Lauren. Tirek shrieked in pain before retreating.

Snowdrop checked Lauren as Hazel and Hester appeared to comfort their OC. When she was assured she was alright, she sighed in relief. “Hurry, Lauren. The Staff if yours. The troops are gathered. Everything is set in place. I’ll deal with Tirek. You are our Champion. Lead us to victory in Queensland”

Snowdrop then took to the air. Lauren then reverted back to the duo. Bunster thanked her for freeing her before she turned into the final piece of the Staff. She was a series of streamers. When it connected to the rest of the Staff, it held all pieces together.

“Here, as token of gratitude” Hazel spoke as Hester opened up a portal leading back to the Dragonlands.

She smiled before she followed the duo as they jumped into the portal.