Chapter 3: Why

The woodwolf got closer to her, growling. She backed up a little. Kinda hard for her to walk with four hooves but she gotta work with it.

"Uh, good boy?" she laughed nervously.

The woodwolf stared at her for a few seconds before pouncing towards her.

Crystal cried out in fear. The woodwolf bit one of her wings as she cried out in pain.

She tried to use her magic, but got nothing but a small spark from her horn.

"Fuck aghh..." she said to herself, trying so hard to push the woodwolf away.

Suddenly, a burst of light flash in front of her eyes. She shielded her eyes to avoid being blinded. After a few moments, she opened her eyes once more and saw that the woodwolf was shrinked down to the size of a hamster.

"You can really get yourself in some serious trouble sometimes." said a familiar voice.

Suddenly, she felt herself being carried away.

Crystal blushed as she realised that she was in the hands of the draconequus once more. She stared into Discord's yellow and red eyes. She continued to stare, unable to process what was happening.

"Although I do enjoy a staring contest every now and then, a thank you would be appreciated." Discord said.

Crystal gathered enough courage, opened her mouth and said "W-why did you h-help me?", her voice trembled.

"Would you rather I leave you there to spend the last five seconds of your life crying?" replied Discord.

Discord healed her wings with just a snap of his talon.

"Y-you want something out of this, right? Is that why you're helping me? Cause all I have is candy, no-no money." she asked, puzzled and scared.

"Not now. After our recent conversation, I've grown quite fond of you." replied Discord "Now, are you gonna thank me?" asked the Lord of Chaos impatiently.

"...thanks." said Crystal, not wanting to anger him. He did help her, so a 'thank you' was indeed necessary.

The two stared at each other for a while.

"And, uhm, can you drop me now?" asked Crystal, remembered that she is being carried by the Lord of Chaos.

"Drop you off where? What do you think I am, a cab service?"

"No, just- put me down."

"Down where?"

"Just....anywhere. Just drop me, please."

Something sparked up in the chaotic lord's head as he grinned.

He teleported them both to a cliff, carrying Crystal to the edge.

"STOP!!" she shouted out, making Discord grin even wider.

"Why? You told me to drop you off anywhere, didn't you? I'm doing you a favor." said Discord innocently. "Besides, you can fly. You have wings" Discord pointed out.

"C-come on now, please stop!" she said, pleading for him to put her down. She clinged onto him for dear life.

Discord realised that she wasn't going to let go. He tried to shake her off, but she continued to cling onto him. He then sighed. ".....you're no fun."

He teleported them back to the same spot before as she let go of him and dropped onto the ground.

"Sooooo. Are you still going to go run off again and maybe get yourself in another situation of getting chased by Timberwolves or would it be better if you stuck with me?" he asked. He didn't say this to be nice though, he said it because he realised something. If a pony was with him and close to him, would the mane six still turn him into stone? If the pony in near him, won't the pony get affect by the rainbow blast aura thing made of 'magic' and 'friendship'.

She didn't answer. She felt a raise of conflict in her mind. He seems okay, but what he did to the pony folk certainly isn't. Plus, he seemed...mean. At least, to others. He seems to be okay with her at least. But, should she trust him? Maybe he planted that wolf trap and did all this just for a thought of approval towards him.

She didn't answer as she hung her head, not knowing how to respond.

"...you can't even give me a simple nod now?" asked Discord

Still no answer from her

Discord looked at her. It was obvious. She was afraid.

"Well fine! I don't need to stay here and babysit you! I'll be gone now!" snapped Discord.

He snapped his talon and a cotton candy cloud appeared. He flew onto the cloud and went away.

She watched as the Lord of Chaos went away. She didn't know whether to feel relieved or regret.

She walked to a nearby town which was where she got teleported to a few minutes ago.

She heard a few voices coming from somewhere and quickly she found herself a hiding spot behind a gummy tree.

Once again she saw the Lord of Chaos in his throne, as in front of him were six ponies, each of them as full of colour as ever.

There was the purple unicorn, an orange pony with a cowboy hat, a pink pony with puffy hair, a white unicorn with purple hair, a yellow pegasuscwith pink hair and a blue pegasus with rainbow hair which Crystal presume was the real 'Rainbow Dash'.

"Well I guess that makes more sense." she commented.

Discord looked at them in disbelief as Crystal watched the situation continue.

They did the big rainbow thing again. With all of them glowing and floating in mid air, their amulet glowing ever so brightly.

The Rainbow aimed straight at Discord.

Discord grinned, still confident he was in the lead. Until of course the blast got closer.

She watched as the rainbow envelops him as he slowly turned to stone. A painful sounding cry was the last thing that came up of his mouth as the Lord of Chaos was turned into stone.

She stood there, her mouth agape. "...what happened? Is he...." she looked at the stoned draconequus. "...is he okay?"

A blinding light enveloped the town as everything went back to normal.

As the light faded, cheering of six familiar ponies could be heard as she fixed her gaze onto them. She was curious as to who they were.

She made a cloak appear as she slipped it on to avoid suspicion of her 'form'. Since she realised that there were not many ponies that had both wings and a horn, it was obvious that this form...isn't normal?

As they cheered, Rainbow could be seen fixing her gaze towards something that appears to be running towards them. Rainbow's sudden change of view caught the attention of the others as they too turned to look.

She panted as she reached them. "How did you guys do that?" asked Crystal, half panting from running while half looking at them in amazement. "Wait, most importantly, why did you guys do that?"

"Uhm......do we know you?" asked miss purple pony.

"Oh. Um, I'm Crystal. Crystal Miamori." answered Crystal.

"Oh. Well then, I'm Twilight, and these are my friends. Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy." said Twilight as she gestured to each of them individually.

"HIYA! Nice to meet you, my name Is Pinkie Pie! You may already know me because Twilight told you about me but I don't know you! So I should have a 'Welcome to Ponyville' Party! That way we can learn more about each other and congratulate you on coming here! Although I think we should have two parties! One for you coming here an-"

"Uh.....is she always like this?" asked Crystal as she gestured to the still on going pink pony.

"Well, that's Pinkie, hehe." said Twilight.

"Wait a minute, aren't you the one that the varmint was with a while ago?" asked who Crystal thought was Applejack by her cutie mark.

"Hey, you're right." said Rainbow as she eyed her from top to bottom. "What were you doing with him anyway?" asked Rainbow in suspicion. "And also, Twi, don't keep introducing us to strangers before really talking to them."

"I-it's a long story. But, how did you do that? With that big rainbow and everyone floating in mid-air and turning, uh, him, to stone?" asked Crystal, puzzled. "And, why did you do that anyway? That doesn't seem..." she looked at the statue and gulped. "....too comfortable."

"Well first, the 'big rainbow' thing was actually created by these." she said as she gestured to her crown, her friends doing the same as they showed off their elements. "The elements of Harmony. These are also powered by the magic of friendship." explained Twilight. "But I'm with Rainbow. What were you doing with Discord?" asked Twilight

"You seem really c-calm about it too." said a small voice who Crystal assume was Fluttershy. "I mean, doesn't he terrify you? I was terrified, at least." she said as Rainbow rolled her eyes.

Pinkie gasped as she covered her mouth. "Maybe Discord brainwashed her! You have to fight it, Crystal!" said Pinkie.

"No! What? NO! I'm not brainwashed! At least, I think I'm not." said Crystal as she looked down at the ground, but after shook her head. "But that's not the point! I didn't know who he was, that's why I wasn't terrified....." she then paused. "..okay maybe I was a little terrified BUT I didn't know him. I'm...actually not from here?"

"Who are you and what are you doing here then?!" asked the impatient Rainbow Dash as she flew towards and poked her chest.

"I'm....uh....."

"Come on! Spit it out!" yelled Rainbow, which made Crystal tremble.

"Rainbow! Don't pressure her" said Twilight

"Who knows? She might be like, his minion or something." she said as she gestured to Discord's statue.

Twilight raised an eyebrow. "....his minion?"

"Hey! You don't know!" defended Rainbow Dash

"Rainbow!" scolded Twilight. "You can't just be accusing her. You can't judge a book by it's cover."

"Ah don't know, Twi. Rainbow's on to something. She does seem rather suspicious. Like, she came out of nowhere." said Applejack

".....I'm from.....uh...." she said once more before pausing, unable to spit it out.

"Crystal, are you okay? You don't have to say if you don't want to." said Twilight.

"I can say it! It's just.....I'm from......" said Crystal, still unable to talk.

"Just spit it out!" shouted Rainbow Dash impatiently

"A DIFFERENT DIMENSION!" she shouted finally as they gasped. "...........a different dimension......cool right?" she laughed nervously.

"WHAT?!" the six ponies shouted in unison.

Author's Note

Hope you enjoy this one :-)