Author's Note

Just something to tie you guys down with. I still haven't forgot about this story. And this is proof! I have two chapters in the making. Just putting final touches and grammar checks. The usual. Yes, I know it's short, very short, but completely relevant to the story. For now, enjoy this piece of lore.

Interlude: Ultimate Power Is Never Free

In the mindscape of Discord's own mind...

Discord dashes through the endless rainbow void as fast as he could. His mind raced in a panic and deep seeded fear. It all started when the Pony of Shadows absorbed that weird power. Discord repeatedly begged him within his own mind not to take it inside his body, but the creature did it anyways.

The Shadow didn't know exactly what this power came from. Matter of fact, the fables and legends surrounding the strange power was based on the time when the Father of Monsters was rapidly creating monsters to terrorize all of Equis. And then humiliated by Gusty.

Either way, besides the mention of this relic, no other documents commented on its side effects or what it could do to ones mind. Abd that's because Discord made sure to seal the ancient relic himself.

Why? That's simple. It's not just raw power. It's sentient power with one goal in mind.

SEARCH. BREAKDOWN. REPRODUCE.

A mechanical distorted voice boomed throughout the mindscape. This made Discord travel faster to the next doorway in his mind. He approached in thin air. The Spirit quickly opened the door revealing darkness. He hesitated knowing full well that if he went inside his conscious he'll have to face the Shadow himself.

MANGLE. REMOLD. UNITE.

The rainbow color scheme began to slowly fade into a bland static black and white. A distant, piercing sound of white noise set inside his ears which made a spasmodic shiver ran down the base of his spine upward. He didn't know much about this creature, but he only knew that it consumes anything it touched making you be it. No matter how tough or strong you are. It find a way to turn you into another version of it continuing to feed off the particles in reality. Forever. His worst nemesis taken form.

The mindscape trembled violently as the same static began to sweep over the flat ground closing in on where Discord and the door are. Three pitch black holes were the only source of facial expressions. They formed a upside triangle somehow with circular. The lower abyss seem to be the one the is making any attempt at facial expressions.

REFORM. REDESIGN. ELIMINATE- THREATS.

Terrified, the draconequus quickly dived into the doorway destroying the door to prevent the creature from escaping. However he was left in utter darkness leaving him in a dayless flat landscape.