The act of extreme violence was… unexpected for the three sisters to say the least. Even Maud had a surprised and slightly horrified facial expression. They had watched me go around the property, picking up things I could use for weapons. I had found two pickaxes, a set of kitchen knives, a compass, and some wire. I could be pretty creative when I wanted to when it came to ending someone’s life. This new body was now just a minor inconvenience. At least in this body if I punched or kicked someone, I could do some damage.

“Ice, wait.” Said Limestone as she came up to me. I stopped for a second to look at her. “I’m going with you. Maud will be staying here to protect Marble.” I shook my head in a no.

“No, I’m doing this alone. I know you want to protect your family but I can tell killing isn’t in your nature. And once you have blood on your… hooves,” I had to stop to think of the correct terminology. “It changes you, and not in a good way. Stay out of this and protect your siblings.” I say, my face taking a somber mood. “I lost my family to others. Don’t make the same mistake I did.”

I put a hoof on her shoulder and I could tell she saw the pain in my eyes when her gaze softened. “Alright. But be careful, okay?” She asks me kindly. I smile and nod.

“Will do.” I say walking out the front door. I go to the hole in the ground and carefully lower myself down by putting my hooves against the walls and sliding down. When I reach the bottom, I follow the way the paw prints lead. It went on for a couple miles from what I could tell. I would have drowned the bastards but one, it would have killed the hostages. Two, I don't think the farm had enough water to flood this place. And 3, I didn't know how big the cave systems were.

I stayed as silent as I could when I finally reached a long hall with multiple tunnels going which way and that. ‘Damn, should have killed him slower.’ I thought about the diamond dog I killed. I listened to each tunnel when I heard snoring coming from one of them. I go down the tunnel to see a barracks of sorts. It was lined with hammocks filled with sleeping Diamond dogs.

There was too many for me to kill one by one and even if I set a fire, they could dig their way out. But I couldn't just leave them or some dog could call these guys for reinforcements. I would need to go slow and kill each one silently. I could only hope that no dogs would come down here and find me. I took out a knife and a pillow I found on one of the empty hammocks and proceeded to kill each one by stabbing them in the neck and covering their face with the pillow so it muffled their gurgles and screams.

I was a little over three quarters of the way done when I heard footsteps coming from the tunnel. I was happy that the blankets were dirty and already had blood on them so it covered the blood and stab wounds. The room was dim and poorly lit so I hid under a hammock that was farthest away from the only light source which was a lantern. “So, you think new ponies will be good workers?” Whispered a Diamond Dog as his paw stepped right in front of my muzzle.

“I don't know. Both seem pretty old. At least mare is Milf. Though she probably be my last pick for pleasure.” I was getting angry, fast. Though I stayed still and waited for them to fall asleep.

“Agre- Wait, you smell that?” I winced on the inside. ‘Dogs, I forgot these things were dogs.’ I stealthily made my way to the stairs and tip-hoofed up them. It wasn't long before I heard howling and the rushing of paws coming up the steps. I ran up the steps full speed and when I made it to the corridor, I hid in a random tunnel.

“Intruder! Assassin! Find! Kill!” These thing may talk like they are retarded but I knew that they thought I was an Assassin and they wanted me found and killed. Too bad for them that I am actually intelligent. I waited and watched as they ran down one tunnel to what must have been an armory because when they came back up they were wearing a set of poorly made and rusty armor. Their weapons consisted of badly made swords and some that looked like they belong in a castle.

‘Must be some knights in here. Damn, these guys must be on a wanted list somewhere.’ If only I knew how true that was. I watched as they split into groups of two, each pair going down a random tunnel and two staying in the corridor. ‘Clever dogs.’ I think as I form a plan. I look for a pebble and then I throw it down a tunnel that the dogs didn't go down. Naturally the noise attracted the dog’s attention. One stayed while the other checked it out.

I went from my hiding place and silently back stabbed the dog. When the other dog turned to the sound of the thud found me with the dog laying on the ground with a knife in his upper back. “Hello, ready to be punished?” I ask with a devilish smile. The dog was about to howl but I threw a knife into his neck, turning it into a bloody gargle.

I galloped down a tunnel that was a bit bigger than the others. I soon heard clanking and the sounds of pickaxes striking rocks. ‘And Bingo was his name-o.’ I thought as I slowed down to peek around the corner. I saw ponies in shackles of all ages, young, old, none was spared from doing hard labor. The two guards had split up down here to check the shackles of the pony slaves.

I tried sneaking up behind one but a pony noticed me. Their eyes widened and the dog saw this, he turned around and swung his sword at me. I rolled to the side and took out a pickaxe. “Let's dance you ugly poodle.” I tried saying but it was muffled from the pickaxe in my mouth. I swung the pickaxe down and tried to hit his paw but he dodged out of the way and swung at me. The sword clipped my wing and took a few feathers off.

The dog was strong but he wasn't fast. I spotted a pole and ran toward it. I gripped it with a hoof and swung my body in a 180, fanning out my wings making me go faster. He was running at me and realise what I was doing too late. I punched him in the face, knocking me out. I smiled at my victory but forgot about the other dog. He was just about to swing his sword through me when a rock smashed into his face.

I heard this and spun around, swinging the pick into his leg. When I pulled it out he had a limp and was snarling at me. I swung the pick and it went into the side of his skull. “Play dead bitch.” I quipped. I knew it wasn't that good but I couldn't help but feel like I was a badass hero in a movie. I heard a round of cheers but I quickly quieted them. “We need to stay quite, there are dogs all over the place looking for us. Now I'm gonna try and free all of you but first, is there anypony here that are the parents of Marble, Maud, and Limestone Pie?” There was a round of mummers until the crowd parted to show me a gray stallion and dirty gold mare.

“We're there parents. How do you know about them?” Asked the mare.

“My name is Ice Stream, I'm a friend of them. Well, recent friend. More like good acquaintances, never mind that, I came here to rescue you two. When you didn't return when you usually do, or at least that is what I was told, and went to search for you. One of those dogs had tried to attack us and capture us. But I protected them and the house. Your kids are fine, but their worried about you two.”

I could see the relief on their face as the mare hugged me in thanks. “Thank you for protecting them.” The stallion thanked me. When the mare released the hug I looked for some type of keys. Finding none I grabbed a pickaxe and used it as a crowbar to force the rusty locks open.

Others followed my example and did the same with others locks. I had learned the names of the parents. Igneous Pie, the mother, and --- Pie, the father. “Alright, who here knows how to wield a sword?” I ask the assembled ponies. A few stallions and mares stepped forward.

I gave each of them a knife and a pickaxe. I took the good sword from the dead dog and wielded it in my mouth. ‘Ugh, this tastes nasty.’ I thought as I used my wing to grab the handle instead. “Alright. We do this fast, we do this silently, we do this carefully. 5 of you will stay here and protect the civilians. The rest will come with me to assassinate or possibly capture the rest of those damned dogs.”

“And who are you to tell us what to do?” Ask a white stallion. He looked a little older than most but was still younger than the elderly ponies. “Some of us have trained for this kind of situation. And what do you have?”

“I have military training and the rank of Colonel. What do you have, maggot?” I say with a stiff and angry tone. This makes him shy back a few. “That's what I thought. Alright, we stay as a group. If you stray to far from the group, come back here and wait for us to regroup. Got it? Let's go.” I say turning and going up the tunnel. It was a total lie about my rank but I was close to being Colonel before I woke up in this strange land.

Including me there was about 8 of us. Me, five stallions, and two mares. I poked my head out and saw the corridor was empty. But it was quiet… too quiet. I looked to the unicorn and asked in a whisper. “Can you make illusions?” I asked him. He seemed confused but nodded. I told him my plan and I could see him smile at the cleverness of it.

The dogs were waiting in the tunnels near the main tunnel. When some of the dogs didn't return and found the two dead in the corridor dead, they knew where the assassin was. They waited until they head hoof steps and saw a stallion trying to sneak to the exit. The dogs jumped out of their hiding places all at once and circled the pony. “It's over pony. Now you die!” Said the leader as he slashed at the pony… or more like right though.

The fake pony smiled before glowing brightly and blinding the dogs. “Attack!” I yelled out, decapitating two dogs at once. The dogs tried to scramble to defend themselves but before they knew it only the leader stood, surrounded by us. “My how the tables have turned. How did you like the flashbang? Still working on the ‘bang' part but the flash was perfect. Good job by the way.” I said the last part to the unicorn who made the illusion.

The dog growled at me. “Somepony silence this pooch. And wrap him up tight.” I said to the Earth pony mare that had gotten some rope. She nodded and proceeded to tie up the dog. I checked his body and found some gems and a knife. I held it up for others to see.

“This is why we check bodies, ponies. This could have cut & ropes and he would have killed one of us.” I say stabbing the knife into his foot. He would have howled in pain but the ropes around his muzzle muffled the howl of pain. I took it out and tossed it to the side were it made high pitched clang. The ponies looked on in mild shock. “Now let's get out of here.”

Pov. Change: Starmaster

Groaning in pain I sit up in bed. “Ugh, why do I feel like I took a full body shit?” My body felt it had been drained of most of its energy and was in a bearable amount of pain. I felt something around my horn but when tried to use magic to remove it nothing happened. I resorted to reaching up and poking it with my hoof. It was a… magic dampening ring. Oh how I loved knowing everything in a world that is new to me.

I tired taking it off but it seemed it was glued to my horn. “Son of a bitch.” I cursed under my breath. I looked around the room I was in and found I was in a hospital room. “Oh hell no. I don't do hospitals.” I get out of bed and go to the window. ‘Of course I get the highest fucking room.’ I think looking down two or three stories.

I back away from the window and look around the room, trying to find an escape route that wasn't the door. I had spotted a vent but it was too high to get too without magic or making some noise. I went into the bathroom that was connected to the room but the vent was too small, even if I could reach it.

“Grr, god damn it.” I had to think. And think logically. If I could stack some things I could reach the vent but I didn't know when somepony would come in. If I took off the sheets on the bed I could twirl them and I could reach the floor below. But if the window was closed, I would have a one or two story drop. A one story I could possibly only get a sprained hoof. Two stories might be a broken leg if I didn't have the momentum to go into a PK roll.

Then again, even if I did escape, what about the ring? How would I get it off? I resigned to trying the door and to my surprise it was unlocked. ‘Rather these fuckers are stupid or they are very trusting of their patients.’ I look down the hallway and seeing it was empty I used my ears… nothing. ‘Perfect.’ I tiptoed down the hall while keeping my ears on the lookout for any kind of noise.

‘It's quite. Too quiet.’ I stopped and listened closer. Where were the beeping of heart monitors? Where were the dripping of an IV? The moans and groans of pain? Something was very wrong. I ran down the halls. Looking in empty rooms. When I got to the main floor, there wasn't even a nurse.

“This is some spooky ass shit right here.” I said to myself. When I got to the front doors, they were boarded up. Well, were. It looked like something had pushed the doors down. I ran through the door outside but what I saw scared me. It wasn't Ponyville, it was New York City. Buildings were being claimed by nature as dark clouds covered the sky.

“Wait a minute.” I look closely at the buildings and recognised it. “My dream just had to be a zombie video game. I went back into the hospital and looked for a weapon. The best I could find was a bone saw that was for some reason made for ponies. I put my hoof into the hole that made up the handle and walked out of the hospital.

I should have gotten some medicine but without a bag of some kind, that would be impossible. I heard a groan behind me and saw a pony that had been zombified. It was shuffling after because it's leg was broken. I smiled and ran at it. I jumped and shoved the saw through the head of the pony and out the back.

I pulled it out and wiped it off on the zombie pony. I kept walking and avoiding large amounts of ponies. While I was looting around a station for some weapons I heard a scream. But this wasn't a scream of a Screecher as I have called the ones with unhinged jaws.

It was the scream of a woman in fear. I grabbed a shotgun I had found and ran while trying to load it. I kept following the screams and what looked like a light show of blue magic beams. I ran into an alley and found Princess Luna blasting rows of Ponbies. The name needed work but it would do for now.

“Duck!” I yelled to the princess. She ducked and I blasted Ponbie that was coming up behind her. She looked behind her to see the Ponbie whose head I blasted off. She turned to thank me but instead saw me running at her. She prepared a blast of magic but I instead jumped onto her back and kicked off, getting up high and getting a look around. Ponbies were flooding in from from all entries of the alley and I could see Luna was losing steam. “Luna! Go up!” I yelled down to her as I began climbing the building.

I heard a flap of wings and I saw Luna following me onto the roof. But when we got there I heard a swarm of flapping wings. “Ponbie Pegasi. It just had to be Ponbie Pegasi.” I said exasperated and I pointed my shotgun into the air and let out a few rounds of buckshot. The shells ripped through the wings of the flying Ponbies and downed them. “Alright, we have approximately 5 minutes before we're interrupted. You have questions, ask them now.”

I said taking off the saddlebags I found and getting out some water and food for the both of us. I popped open the cap of a water bottle and drank some of it. I put the cap back on and tossed the other to Luna. “Why are you having this… Nightmare! I have seen plenty of bad dreams but this is… entirely something else. Practically other worldly.” She said looking over the edge of the building and taking a drink of water.

“What you call a Nightmare I call a dream. A Ponbie apocalypse. You have two options. Fight and survive. Or run and die. That's what an apocalypse is all about don't you know. Now listen, I have a safe house about 10 miles from here. Think you can watch my six as we move to get there?” I say eating a can of beans.

“Your ‘six’?” Luna asks confused. I slap my face and say.

“Watch my back. I swear do you use military code at all?” I say putting the bags on my back and jumping to the top of another building. I pull out a grenade and a silenced pistol and give it to Luna. “Use these. Don't want your magic giving away our position. Also, use the grenade to put an end to the Ponbies down there.”

“What are these… contraptions?” She asks. I sigh once again and showed her how to use a pistol then the grenade. I pulled the pin and dropped it into the alley. “We should run now.” I say running and jumping from one building to another, Luna following. The grenade detonated and an explosion was heard. I laughed as Luna looked back in fear.

We made it back to my hideout with little problems. I locked the door after pouring bleach over the way we came in. I then moved a bookshelf in front of the door. “Alright, we're safe. Now what-” I was cut off as Luna pressed me to a wall.

“You are a sick stallion! Having dreams of killing ponies!? Is this what truly makes you happy!?” She whisper yells at me. I shook my head and smiled.

“Technically, I'm not killing them since they're already dead. And this just helps me relax. Violence is very relaxing for me. And yes I know this a dream, in fact.” I made her sink halfway into the floor. “I'm a very vivid dreamer. I can change this to anything I want but I don't. Tell me, in dreams you can have anything you want. But even while you have it then, does it make one truly happy?” I ask walking over to a mini fridge as I moved her out of the floor. “The only thing I can't seem to affect is myself and this ring.” I say poking it.

“Otherwise, you wouldn't have found me in the way I currently look. Though, now that I think about it I can just turn myself into any creature I want to normally.” I bring out a bottle of Sprite and pop open the cap with my horn.

“You are a very strange stallion. And whatever is in that bottle?” She asks.

“Soda, want some? It's kinda like carbonated water with syrup. To my understanding that is.” I say drinking it and letting out a small burp. “Ahh, now that's the good shit.”

“Umm, sure?” I hand her the bottle and she starts drinking it instead of taking a sip.

“Don't do that!” I try to warn but it was too late. Her eyes turned up as she dry heaved. “Yeah, carbonated drinks tend to do that. Try taking just small sips at first.” I tell her looking into my weapons looker and putting away the shotgun, silenced assault rifle, and silenced pistol. In the locker was bags of ammo, belts of grenades, a machine gun, even a rocket launcher.

“Those *hack* weapons. *Hack* what are they?” Luna asked still dry heaving a little but not as much.

“I'll tell ya later. Any other questions?” I say sitting in a chair and taking a drink of the soda.

“Yes but they can wait as they are not why I am here. You have used Chaos magic yes?” I can only nod. “How?”

“Short or Long version?”

“Short, our time is limited.” Luna said taking a sip of the soda and making a cushion appear for her.

“Alright. Discord was dying so as a failsafe to keep his Chaos magic from basically causing the planet to blue screen. Oh wait, you don't have those yet. Causing the planet to basically fuck itself over, he had to choose somepony to keep a hold of that magic. I was that lucky choice. And that's the short version.” I finished off the Sprite and stood. Luna was speechless for a moment until.

“Sweet Creator. So now your the Spirit of Chaos?” She asked fearfully, backing away.

“Yes and no. Spirit means that I'm already dead. And since I don't like titles I think I've made something that will satisfy me. Call me, The Pony of Chaos. Has a nice ring to it doesn't it?” I ask getting tired of the Ponbie apocalypse setting. So I changed it so it was now the orphanage from when I was a kid.

“I suppose it does, Chaos.” She says glaring at me.

“Relax, I have no intentions of doing anything evil. If I did, don't you think I would have done them already.” I said going to my bed and smoothing the covers. “This used to be my bed. My brother's was right next to mine.” The doors opened and two colts ran into the room laughing. One looked just like me but the other was just a black outline.

They ran to the beds and took the pillows into their mouths, and began having a pillow fight. “It was always me and him you know. Brothers against a world that tried to beat us down. I think you can relate, can't you?” I said as the colts disappeared and the pillows fell to the floor.

“That I can. Me and Tia have had our hardships in the past.” Luna says as she sees the scene change to one outside. A colt version of me had his nose bleeding and he had bruises over his body.

“We defended each other. Like we were in a war.” It showed of the outline beating up another outline, blood coating my brother's hooves as he punched the life out of another colt that had thought to mess with me while my brother was separated from me. The colt of me got up and put a hoof on my brother's wither.

“Dude, he's not worth it. He learned his lesson.” The colt me said to my brother. We walked off, leaving the colt beaten and broken.

“Such violence. No wonder that dream you were having was like that.” Luna said in slight shock. The scene changed so it was of me in a carriage, my brother banging on the window as he cried. I was doing the same in the carriage.

“Yet you two loved each other to the point you would do anything for him and vice versa.” I could only nod as I teared up at the memory. “This has been enlightening. Thank you Chaos.”

“Shane.” I said as I wiped away the tears.

“I’m sorry?” Luna asked, looking at me quizzically.

“Shane, my real name is Shane. I trust you enough to tell you my name. I trust that you won't say anything about our conversation?” I said looking at her with a small smile.

She shakes her head. “The purpose of our meeting was for me to ask questions and tell them to my sister. But, I will respect your privacy and will not say anything about your true name and the things I have seen here.” She said bowing her head.

“That's all I can ask for. Thank you Luna.” I said changing the scene to a grassy hill with a night sky above. A red and white picnic blanket under an oak tree. I walked over to the blanket and laid down while taking down the hood of my jacket. This allowed Luna to see my hair go down to halfway down my neck, and some scars on the back of my neck.

“Do they still hurt?” Luna asks.

“Physically, no. Emotionally and Mentally, very, very much.” I said looking up into the starry sky. With that Luna left, leaving me alone.

Luna's eyes snapped open as her horn lost it's glow and she lifted it from my sleeping form. “Sister!? Are you alright? You looked scared for awhile their.” Celestia said as she wrapped Luna in a hug.

“I am fine sister, though Chaos is not.” She said getting out of the hug.

“Chaos?” Twilight asked, confused.

“That is his new title. He calls himself ‘The Pony of Chaos’.”

Author's Note

And here it is! Chapter mother fucking six! I am very sorry it has taken me this long but school, parents, chores, and homework will severely cut into my time to write so I am sorry for that. I will try to write the third chapter for 'Hero of Time & Speed'.