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Chapter 3: Sidekicks Are Just Personal Butlers
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 :-)
Chapter 4: Taking Him Back, Is All
Chapter 4: Creature
"Is this some sort of gag? Are you just trying to cover up that you are Discord's friend or 'minion' or something?" asked Twilight.
"N-no! It's not....it's....It's not a joke, trust me. I'm......from a different dimension. I don't know how to explain this to you all but..... Wait! I was a human in the other dimension!" said Crystal. She realised that they were giving weird looks. She sighed. "It's a weird alien thing with hands and feet and- just understand that I'm not from here."
"You're serious, aren't you?" asked Rarity. She didn't really want to question any further. It was either she was telling the truth and came here mistakenly or she escaped from a psych ward.
Before they could continue, a golden chariot appeared.
"Princess Celestia!" yelled Twilight as she covered her mouth.
The chariot landed on the ground. In the chariot, stood an alicorn that she had previously seen before when Discord brought her to the castle.
"My faithful student, I can see you and your friends did it." said Princess Celestia. Crystal was trying to walk properly with four hooves....and fell.
She looked around as if she was looking for something. And she was as she stared at Crystal.
"Are you alright, dear subject?" asked Celestia as she extended a hoof to her.
"I could only imagine what misery he brought among you." said Princess Luna as Crystal got up with Celestia's help.
Crystal went silent. Thinking of what he did...... what did he do?
"Uh-well, he did save me from a wolf made of wood." said Crystal
They all gasped. She looked at everyone and was confused with the sudden gasps. ".....was it something I've said?"
"You mean the 'Timberwolf'?" asked Twilight.
"Yes! That's what they were." said Crystal. "....I think."
They all looked back to the statue of the chaos god. It was obvious too that they couldn't believe it. The Lord of Chaos saved her?
"Before we get to that, may I ask for your name?" asked Celestia.
"My name is Crystal. Crystal Miamori." answered Crystal.
"We presume that you are not from here?" asked Luna.
"I'm from....... a different dimension? I can't explain. I tried." replied Crystal, gesturing to the mane six.
"How did you get here in the first place?" questioned Celestia. It was odd. This might be one of Discord's doings but, he was already set in stone. The chaos he had created had already vanished. It should have been already vanished. So it is quite confusing to her.
Crystal took out her portal gun, which attracted the attention of some of the princesses's royal guards as they pointed spheres at her. She quickly dropped it onto the ground.
"It's not a weapon! I swear, gentlemen! ........anyway, I used my portal gun to get here." she said, pointing to the gun on the ground.
"Hmm..... looking at your form, are you immortal?" asked Celestia.
"Uh....what makes you say that?" asked Crystal.
"Well, you are an alicorn. You do know that, right?" asked Celestia.
The others pointed their gaze towards Crystal.
"......uh yea. I'm immortal. I don't really know what an alicorn is but.....I think so?"
"Another alicorn?" said Rarity as she gazed in awe and confusion. The others were also very confused. Celestia then noticed that Crystal was starting to get a little jittery, might be because she's uncomfortable with the amount of attention she's getting.
"I suppose we should discuss the situation back at the castle. Right now, we should put Discord back in his spot in the gardens." said Celestia, changing the subject.
"Oooh! Can we have a party to celebrate us saving Equestria from Discord? Can we? Can we? I'll even decorate for the party! And host and bake... " begged a pink pony.
"Can't your party cannon do that for you?" asked Rainbow.
"I didn't say I was going to do all those things by hoof." she said as the six all laughed.
"I don't see why not" said Celestia, smiling at the pink pony.
"EEEEK! THIS IS GONNA BE SO EXCITING!" shrieked Pinkie.
They took a train to a place so called 'Canterlot'. Kinda sounds like an off-brand version of 'Camelot'. It was busy and crowded. But she couldn't deny that it's beautiful. The princesses brought Crystal along even though she didn't help with saving the day or anything.
They went to the royal castle. It was located into the sides of a tall mountain that overlooks Ponyville. Supposedly this was where the princesses lived and where Discord and Crystal teleported to. Princess Celestia was nice enough to let them hold the party in the castle ballroom.
Anypony and everypony were invited for the party. And because of the free invite, the party was packed to say the least.
Everyone was having fun at the party, which Celestia noted with a smile. But as she looked to the corner of the party, maybe not everypony .
Crystal, under a cloak, was scraping the floor and, well, bored. She didn't take notice of a white alicorn that was walking towards her.
"Is everything alright?"asked Celestia, startling the moping pony.
"H-huh? Oh, I-I'm fine." lied Crystal.
"You don't look fine.... You can tell me what's wrong" said Celestia, trying to comfort her
"I........" She sighed. "This is fun and all but, I need to find a way to get home."
"Is there a problem for you to go home?" asked Luna, puzzled with the situation.
"Well, I came here using my portal gun and well.....it's out of charge. So now I won't be able to go home." said Crystal. "And I had forgotten how to make one......okay maybe not forgotten. I didn't even try to remember it."
Celestia thought for a while. Suddenly something popped up in her mind. "You can stay here for awhile" suggested Celestia.
She sighed. "I guess I have no other choice now, do I?"
After the party, a few guards guided Crystal to her room. It was quite large and fancy. But she couldn't care one bit. She was still homesick. One of the guards told her to get ready and go for dinner. Crystal just nodded and closed the door.
She sat herself down onto the soft bed. She couldn't take it anymore. She laid front face on her pillow and groaned in frustration. Suddenly she heard a knock at the door.
She lifted her face off the damn pillow. "Come in." she said.
Princess Celestia came into the room. "Are you ready for dinner?"
".....sure." was all she replied with. Celestia could tell by her tone that she was upset.
Crystal got up and walked out of her room with Celestia guiding her through the castle by her side.
"So....Crystal?"
"Hmm?"
"I dare not pry into your personal businesses but, may I ask you a few questions? It'll help pass time. Really, this is a big castle." asked the princess.
Crystal smiled at that. Damn, Princess got humour. She nodded. "Sure, go ahead."
"Where were you when Discord picked you up?" asked the princess. It was clear that she was puzzled at how Discord was able to even spot her.
Crystal looked at Celestia with a puzzled look of her own. Even she didn't know.
"....I don't know, actually. Well, I was beside a...gelatin road that had candy canes and whatever nonsense sprouting along it. I think I was also beside a forest. Can't really tell since everything was deformed and weird lookin'." replied Crystal.
"Could be the Everfree forest. There's only one known forest there, anyway. Besides that, how was he towards you? How did you end up with.....him? As in, what made him hold on to you?"
"Well, he seemed okay for a 'villain'. Wait was he a villain? I don't know. Anyway, he spotted me while I was taking in the view of said town, like really you need to take in the view before you actually take in the view. Can't blame me, everything was weird looking. You could say I was scared, so I did what any other rational person would do, I tried to escape and run away. But I then soon found out that he could teleport with the meer snap of his talon." She huffed. "Personally he looked like he was showin' off."
"After that, he- now that was the part that you all watched just now in the castle. The part that Discord showed you. Yeah, that's the part. And well.....yea. That's it."
Celestia took a while to process the given information. Seems....like Discord to her.
".....well then. I guess that settles my questions. Those were the only questions that I wanted to ask you anyway. Don't know whether Luna would have any. We should really go for dinner now." said Celestia, as she smiled.
"Oh, right Princess." agreed Crystal.
The dinner was fancy, to say the least. Although Crystal didn't really eat much.
She didn't really have any appetite. After everything, she just felt really worn out.
After dinner, Celestia was getting ready for bed, Luna went for her night shift, and Crystal, well, instead of following her gut to sleep, she instead decided to have a short stroll through the gardens.
After a few minutes of walking all over the castle to find the garden and gave up trying as she flew outta her role window to find the garden easily, she was finally there and trying as hard to possible to be stealthy.
When she reached the garden, she heard voices and weird sounds coming from a specific area. She landed onto the ground and followed the sound. While following it, she clumsily stepped onto a stick, making it snap. Which, obviously, got the attention of the source of the voices as lights were shone in her direction.
"Who's there?!" yelled a royal guard with a flashlight that he held with his magic as he turned around. His friend was also holding a flashlight of his own in his mouth. After looking around and seeing nothing, they turned back to what they were doing in the first place. Placing Discord on his platform in the gardens.
".....phew." she whispered as she held onto her invisibility spell for a while more. She was relieved that she wasn't seen or caught snooping around.
After a few minutes, they were done. They both left with an accomplished sigh as they walked away. After they were not visibly around anymore, Crystal dropped her spell with a drop of sweat rolling down her forehead. She wiped it away as she walked over to the statue confidently, thinking that no one was there.
When she reached the statue, she looked into his eyes. His eyes clearly shows fear, something new to see out of him from her. She dragged a hoof along his tail and scales. A chill crawled down her spine. What is he?
"What are you?" asked Crystal the statue as if he could answer back.
"He's a draconequus." replied a familiar feminine voice.
Crystal turned around to see Princess Celestia walking up to her.
"Oh, princess! Sorry, I, uhm, just needed some fresh air." told Crystal to the princess.
"Before we get into that, I must say that you are really good at it when it comes to stealth." she smirked. "And also, an invisibility spell? Where did you learn magic? How did you learn magic?"
"Hehe. Well, what's the big deal anyway? It's just a spell. How hard could it be?
"Invisibility spell may not seem hard to you, but for an adult unicorn this spell needs rime to practice and perfect. It's a high level spell, you know."
"Oh, um, I don't really learn about magic. My magic is, I dunno, different? In terms. Unicorn and alicorn magic uses spells, right?" asked Crystal. The princess nodded. "My magic is powered by this amulet." she said as she lifted her amulet with her hoof a little. "I found it in the forest when I was a child. It was actually how I came to be. Without it, I don't even know if me nor my sister would even be here today."
"Ah....so you're a magic user in your own dimension as well?" asked Celestia.
"Yep, hehe." replied Crystal.
"Interesting." said Celestia.
"Heh, uh thanks?" said Crystal, not knowing what else to say.
As she thought about the situations beforehand, a question popped into mind.
"So, Princess. I wanna ask, uh, what is a draconequus and who is Discord?" asked Crystal.
"Well, in summary, a draconequus is a creature with the head of a pony, and a body made up of all sorts of things. It used to be a well-known species, but thousands of years ago, it became extinct. This was due to the war between draconequui and ponies long ago."
So it's basically the pony version of the world war? Ok then.
"Discord, is the spirit of chaos and disharmony who once ruled over Equestrian in a state of unrest and unhappiness, until Luna and I used the elements of harmony to imprison him in stone. However, after Luna and I lost out connection to the Elements, the spell was broken and Discord broke free." Celestia continued.
"Until the mane six, bearers of the elements of harmony, finally captured him and imprisoned him back into stone." finished Celestia.
"The mane six?" asked Crystal, puzzled
"The six ponies, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Pinkie Pie are the mane six. Each of them represents an element. Twilight is magic, Applejack is honesty, Fluttershy is kindness, Rainbow is loyalty, Rarity is generosity and Pinkie is laughter." explained Celestia.
"But when I saw them the first time they were all dull and the complete opposites of their elements. I have a feeling that's Discord's doing?" said Crystal.
"Glad you caught on. It was right in front of his muzzle anyway, so obviously he won't let an opportunity like that go to waste." said Celestia. "He is a being of pure chaos and disharmony. It's just fate waiting to happen that the mane six would be his next target. It was just a matter of when and how."
"I guess....but he didn't let me get eaten by the timberwolf though."
"He may be pure chaos and disharmony, but he might still have a heart afterall." said Celestia. "Hopefully."
A yawn escaped from Crystal as Celestia smiled.
"You should go ahead and sleep, Crystal." said Celestia softly.
"Yea. I guess so. Thanks, Princess."
When she reached her room, she dug into her saddlebag for a book. When she found it, she pulled it out. It was a sketchbook. The cover's skin looked pretty ripped up as dust covered it. She blew the dust off as she digged into her saddlebag again for a pen.
She brought the book and the pen up to the table that the bag was sitting under and flipped it open.
And just as the tip of the pen hit a page that she flipped to, she stopped and sighed. "Fuckin' hell I'm tired and out of ideas." she said as she put her pen down and closed her book with a frown.
She then got up from the chair she sat in by the table and walked to the bed. She jumped onto it and made herself comfy. All she gotta say is 'DAT PILLOW THICC' and the bed itself was comfy as hell. And just before she shut her eyes...
"Goodnight Max....... Goodnight Discord." she whispered quietly as she slowly drifted to sleep.
Author's Note
Hope you all like it:)
Author's Note
Hope you like it :) I know it felt rushed but I can't think. My brain won't work with me. So please enjoy!
Chapter 5: The Amulet
Crystal woke up groggily as she rubbed her eyes. She was still tired since she didn't get a good night sleep but she woke up anyway. She tried to stand up from her bed and fell face first onto the floor.
"...nghh.... hooves."
She stood up once more, rubbing her aching body as she walked over to her bathroom. She looked into the mirror that was in front of a sink.
She looked into the mirror. Dark bags under her eyes, messy hair (well that is normal, in a way). She groaned as she cleaned herself up, and started her morning routine.
She washed her face, brushed her hair and her teeth. It was a little hard without hands but at least she had magic. But she then wondered how normal ponies do these sort of stuff as she stared down at her hooves with her toothbrush still in her mouth.
"How do ponies do this?" she said as she experimented by trying to pick up a bar of soap. It slipped out of her grasp and fell onto the ground as she groaned.
"Crystal, are you ready for breakfast?" asked a feminine voice who she assume was Celestia's.
She spat her toothbrush out into the sink as she yelled back in reply. "Yea! Just a sec, Princess." she said as she garbled her mouth out with water. After wiping her mouth and face she walked out and went to open the door. At the other side of the door was non-other than Princess Celestia herself. And it goes without say that the dark circles around her eyes were much noticeable.
"Oh dear, did you not get a good night sleep?" asked the worried princess.
"......I'm....emo."
"What?"
"Nothingimhungrylet'sgo!" she said quickly as she galloped away, pushing the Princess along too.
The Princess started galloping and followed her pace. "O-oh! Well then, uh. The guards were supposed to call you down but I was scared that they might startle you considering that you didn't leave a good impression when you pulled out your 'portal gun'." said Celestia.
"Oh, okay then. Thanks princess." she said as she walked and followed the Princess to the dining hall.
They reached the dining Hall as the doors were opened by the guards that stop by the door. In plain view on the dining table three stacks of pancakes could be seen on it. Crystal took her seat and looked at the pancake. There were fruit decorated to look like a smiley face and chocolate syrup drizzled on top of it. She took her first bite and can't help but smile a little.
"Do you like it?" asked Celestia, happy to see Crystal smile.
"Yea, ifs tasfes delifshious." said Crystal with a mouthful of pancakes. She swallowed. "Did you make it? It's delicious!"
"Why, yes I did. Glad that you enjoy it."" said Celestia.
Out of nowhere, Princess Luna came around. She was exhausted from her night shift but hungry for breakfast. She took her seat and enjoyed her pancakes.
"Good morning, sister. Good morning, Crys......" she paused as she saw the state that Crystal was in. "I presume that you did not have a good night's rest. I do try to make the night as relaxing for my fellow subjects as possible." she said, with a worried look on her face.
"I was thinking of that as well." said Celestia as she looked to Crystal, the same worried look of her sister's on hers too. "Are you just homesick?"
"Uh......kinda." said Crystal.
Celestia looked at her in pity. "Must be hard being in a foreign place like this far away from your home, hmm? Why don't I give you a grand tour of Canterlot later? I'm not really busy today." said the Princess, trying to cheer her up.
"......sounds great." was all she could say. She continued to finish her pancake and drink a glass of chocolate milk that a servant brought.
Crystal went into her room and got ready for the 'grand tour'. Before she slipped on her saddlebag, she remembered that the princesses had advised her to wear a cloak before going out to avoid suspicion because the only alicorns to ever be known to exist are the sisters themselves and Cadence, the Princess of Love.
She was told to meet up with Celestia by the gardens. And she did so as she went to the gardens and saw that Celestia was already waiting for her by a familiar golden chariot. From there, they started the tour.
"That's the tower Twilight used to live in. She now lives in the golden oak library in Ponyville" said Celestia, pointing to a tower.
"-that's the School for Gifted Unicorns."
"-and that's the Library of magic. The Great Star Swirl the Bearded had a shelf in the library just for him."
"-that's the opera house."
They both reached the castle by sundown. Crystal hopped out as Celestia flew out.
"Did you like the tour?" asked Celestia.
"Nice city you got here, heh." she said as they both walked into the castle.
"It wouldn't be a nice city without the help of all my fellow subjects. Oh, you should go and get ready for dinner. You must be hungry." said Celestia.
"Oh, okay. And thanks for the tour, Princess." said Crystal as she galloped back to her room. Although the castle was all over the place, remembering her route back was luckily very easy. After a few minutes of 'treking' she finally found herself in her room. She exhaled in relief. She dropped her saddlebag onto the ground as she took her cloak off. She went into her bathroom and took a bath.
After the bath, she felt like examining her portal gun and to find out if she could make something to charge it up. Certainly it would be easy, right? Ahahahahahahahaha no.
She took her portal gun out as she settled it down onto the vanity in her room. "If only I packed a charge. Stupid, stupid charge. Why can't you take a charger like a normal phone would?!?!?!" she complained. But her ranting was intervened as her amulet suddenly glowed. "....what?"
Curious, she touched and lifted it a little. An aura suddenly came out of the amulet as she felt herself lifting off of the ground. The aura surrounded her as her eyes glowed white.
The castle garden. Just the castle garden
Her door flung opened as a few guards along with the princesses stepped inside. And what was in their view surprised them as the poor alicorn was floating in mid-air along with her things in the room. After a few seconds, the aura dissapated as she along with her things fell out the ground.
"Ow...... Why do I keep falling?" she said as she rubbed her sore body from dropping onto the floor for the second time that day. She felt weak.
"Are you alright?" asked Celestia worriedly as she walked beside her and helped her up.
"......the castle gardens?" she said as she squinted. Her head spinned like mad a she tried to remember her current situation.
"What?" asked Celestia, worried and puzzled.
"I saw.....castle gardens...." she said as she fainted.
The Princesses hurriedly went to the castle gardens as their guards examined the place. Up, down, left, right, nothing was wrong.
"What did she mean by the castle gardens?" asked Celestia
Crystal woke up in bed. Still sore, she tried to remember what had happened. "......did I fell in the bathroom or something or...." it then hit her. "The Castle Gardens!" she said loudly before covering her mouth. "I gotta learn to keep my mouth shut...."
She looked out as she tried to tell what time it was. It was the middle of the night, she presumed.
She knew that at this time, Princess Celestia would be asleep and Princess Luna would have her night shift. She decided to sneak out and see the castle gardens herself.
She wore her cloak and walked out sneakily. Quietly her steps were as she walked towards the castle gardens. Being caught by a guard wasn't a troubling thought as she realised that every guard that she had passed was sound asleep on the job.
"Can't believe they still get paid for this shit. They are indeed living the life." she whispered to herself.
She passed the guards with ease. After a few moments, she finally reached the castle garden. She opened the doors that led out and looked around. She saw that there are more guards here than usual. She made herself including her cloak invisible and went out.
Although so many guards were around, it was really quiet. Not a single sound. She looked around. Nothing happening. Just nothing. She then looked down at her amulet. "Are you playing with me, amulet?" she whispered to it as she lifted it up and examined it. Nothing. She sighed in frustration.
"That was fun. I walked out here for nothing. Nothing! And why would a threat even be here anyway? I never even seen one that...." a thought taken occurred into her mind as she galloped away fast.
She went to the Statue of Discord. The terrified look on him remained as he stood there. But nonetheless, nothing unusual.
"...he seems to be fine." she noted to herself quietly. Although he was a 'villain', for some reason she did genuinely feel bad for him. But that got her thinking. Was he trapped in a stone bodysuit or was he stone himself?
While she was thinking, she heard a crack. She got startled and jumped, causing the spell that she cast to break without realising it. She could've felt that it came from the statue itself too. She got closer and examined it. Nothing though.
"What in the-" Suddenly, she felt another big aura. She finally realised what was unusual with the Lord of Chaos. A crack was forming around his talon. His magic snapping talon. She knew that that was bad. ".....oh shit." she cursed as she turned back to run. She then realised that her invisibility spell broke. She tried to cast another one but failed. She stopped.
"Fuck fuck FUCK!" she complained loudly. She then heard the crack get louder, and louder, until eventually, a bursting light came and the sound of a laughing maniac could be heard.
Guards came and surrounded them but were suddenly turned into chocolate. Seeing that, Crystal turned white with fear.
"Why hello there, my dear friend! Come to visit me I see!" he said, smirking.
Chapter 6: A Gorgeous Palace for a Lord
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Chapter 1: Tears (Edited)
Crystal groaned as she planted her face into the cushion of the sofa. She groaned as mixed feelings kept hitting her. Sadness, regret, guilt.
Crystal had blue hair with a streak of white in it. She doesn't know the reasoning behind her hair color change but she suspects it was some magical reaction or something. Crystal is also immortal. At least, she figured she was. Although the word immortal to some means to live forever, she knew that it's not true. It's not physically possible. Everything has an end to it soon. Like, for example, a television show or maybe a fic series. It won't go on forever.
To her, immortality is more of a curse. You don't live a happy life, you live to see your friends die before you. And she felt the pain now, at least.
She turned and laid on her back, looking up to the ceiling. She started fondling her amulet, a gold chain with a blue gem at the end. In her other hand was another identical amulet. She looked at it with a pained expression as she was hit with another wave of grief.
She turned her head and looked at the walls. Her eyes trailed towards the TV, bookshelf, table....picture frames. Specifically an old memory.
It showed a picture of her and.....Max. Laughing whilst staring at the camera. He had brown hair with a similar streak of white in his hair.
He's not here anymore. He'll never be there anymore for her. For anyone. And that's best for everyone.
She wanted to forget the heart-wretching scene. She didn't want to remember it. She felt a wave of regret hit her again.
She can't take back what she had already done. Even if it resulted in the torn relationship of her and her friends. They probably hate her at this point. She's a 'dick', in a way. A cold hearted demon.
No one will take her as hero. Not even her sister.
But her thoughts were interrupted as she was startled by a knock on her door. Goddammit. She wasn't really in the mood now to have visitors over.
"Hello?" she said, opening the door. She opened it to find her friend, Chloe, holding a large bag full of sweets and candies and other diabetic foods you could imagine.
She greeted Crystal with a hug. "How ya doing? Haven't been out much, have ya?" said Chloe, all giddy and jumpy like she had grasshoppers taped to her feet. She was energetic, which Crystal thought it was no surprise.
"Hey Chloe. I'm just...... tired, I suppose." she said as she laughed nervously. She looked at the bag of goodies. "Whatcha got there?"
"Some sweets and stuff, my friend bought them whilst they were in Tokyo. Good stuff too!" commented Chloe as she peeked in the bag. "Ya know, being cooped up in a house can't be that fun. Why don't you come with us for a picnic this evening? Michael might even bring some of his dad's famous chocolate chip cupcake surprise! It's not a surprise anymore since it's literally in the title but hey, it's great!" said Chloe, smiling brightly. Crystal gave her a weak smile.
"I dunno...." said Crystal, scratching her head. She didn't feel like going out. She faked yawned and stretched. "I'm kinda tired and feel a little....under the weather. I don't think it's a good idea for me to go."
Chloe's heartwarming smile dissipated. "Max is okay. He's in..a better place now. But you need to get some fresh air, hang with your sister or, hang with us?" Chloe asked hopefully. Crystal looked at the ground, thinking of what she could answer.
"Think about it, okay?" she said as she handed Crystal the big bag of candy. "See ya!" she said as she headed her way.
She sighed as she closed the door. "Thanks, Chloe."
"Do I really miss him?" she said, her hood up and her hand holding a picture of her, Max and her sister. Chloe and her other friends knew the cause of his dead. Just, not who. They shouldn't know anyway. They shouldn't. "........no. I shouldn't and I won't."
She put the picture into the pocket of her hoodie. She then took the bag of candy that Chloe gave her. She opened the bag of candy and smiled. She was touched that her friends cared about her. She thought about Chloe's suggestion. But....she didn't want to go out. She didn't want to see...her sister.
She hopped off of the sofa and took her satchel bag. She put her bag of candy into it, made sure her bag is full of things for the short trip of fresh air, took her portal gun out. She fiddled with the trigger a little. Looking down at it. She rubbed the cover of it, remembering the good times she and... him had just to make this. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She shot a portal and walked into it. If she wanted to get some fresh air, she'd rather do it alone.
She came out of the portal realised that she had reached a small tavern. She saw many different creatures. She had never seen any of them before. It wasn't a surprise to her though. It was another dimension, anyway. She took one step back, and accidentally stepped into a puddle of goo.
"....shit." she cursed as she raised her goo covered shoe. She looked around and saw what she was looking for. A sign with two creatures on it, each taped to a different stallroom. One had a roundish shaped creature, with a large hole in the middle of it, making it look like a donut. The other one was also round, but instead had something sticking out of it. It kinda looked like a d.........
Yea. It looked obvious which was which. She hurriedly walked to the obviously clear stallroom. When she entered, she saw a few stalls, and all vacant too.
She went into one of the stalls to clean her shoe. She only had a few tissues so she was fortunate to have entered a stall with a hose. She sprayed the bottom of her shoe and dried it off with the tissues.
"Soakin'....but it'll do." she mumbled as she flushed the tissues down into the toilet and pushed the door of her stall. When she came out, she noticed two creatures, unmistakably two men, staring at her from the corner of the room.
"....you guys are lost or something?" she asked as she walked towards the sinks. Her eyes widened. "Did I step into the men's room?"
"No, this is the women's room." replied the taller one. The taller one an alien, the skin was of a reptile, purple with a tint of blue. The shorter one also had the same type of skin, but instead had the colour of orange with a tint of yellow.
"...okay?" she mumbled. She didn't want to waste time now as she quickly scooted over to the sink. While she was putting soap on her hands (maybe it's soap, she doesn't know), she could hear the two weird alien ding-dongs discussing something.
She hurriedly washed her hands. While drying her hands on her own clothes, she realised that the shorter creature was getting closer to her. She looked away as to avoid eye contact.
Suddenly, the creature touched her shoulder (which she didn't know that she was even that tall to) and said "So, my buddy over there bet me 50 quid that I could not get a kiss from you.."
She swiped his slimy hand off of her shoulder in disgust. "...okay, and what about it?"
"Can I?"
...how fucking straight forward.
She looked at 'it', both disgusted and scared. "Um, first of all I don't like being touched so get your filthy hands of me, ya got that? Second of all, it looks like you're gonna lose because, NO." she said. "Now shoo and go kiss someone else, you gay fag. I have no time for this shit." she said as she tried walking away.
The creature didn't listen and began to get close to her. He then began gripping her shoulder tight. She tried to push him away, but then regretted it when she felt slime.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" she shouted, startling him a little.
She struggled but was pinned against the wall. She heard the other guy giggling from the corner of the room.
"Stop squirming!" he said, ready to smooch her.
She screamed as she kicked him...in the groin. He let go of her with a cry as he fell over, grasping his crotch in agony. She quickly ran into one of the stalls, took out her gun and shot out a portal. She heard the other creature thing laughing his as off at the corner of the room.
"....fuckin'- OI! COME BACK HERE, YOU LITTLE-" she went through the portal hurriedly, not hesitanting at the very least.
She came out of the portal with a yelp. As she landed, she inhaled and exhaled vigorously. She was going to wipe the sweat off of her face.... but she realised something. She felt fur. She felt fur everywhere .
"....AHHHHH!!! MY HANDS!!!! THEY'RE...........stubs?" She tried to stand up on all fours. She felt a draft from behind as she did so.
"Jesus Christ, I'm naked!" she said, realising she wasn't wearing clothes anymore. She looked at herself more. She inserted her gun back into her bag. She saw a...murky looking puddle not far ahead and ran towards it. She looked at her reflection. She had a tail, she had fur, she had..... wings, she had a..... horn,.......she had a weird butt tattoo and she looked back at her hooves.
She then knew. "..hooves..." She was turned into a pony! Not a tiger or something cooler, but a PONY! Come on, man. Why not a dragon or something?
She realised that she was turned into a pony. But if she was a pony, and ponies don't wear clothes...... Okay, she's good.
She then looked around at the odd place she landed in. Fuck, traumatised by her friend's death, almost getting kissed by a weird turd and now turned into a possibly cute and adorable pony? How could this day get any worse.
She looked at her surroundings. Candy canes protruded from the ground. The ground was pink and....gelatin feel. She looked at some of the trees and saw birds. Not just any birds, colorful and.... well..... weird looking fucking birds. The birds could be seen flying upside down. What was even more weird was the fact that she could've sworn she heard it moo.
She then looked up into the sky. The sky was light pink with...... wait.
"....cotton candy?". She saw the sweet fluffy cloud rain down some kind of brown liquid. It rained down on top of her. It smelled familiar. She stuck her tongue out a little and tasted the sweet smelling rain.
"Chocolate milk?" she said, confused. "...have I teleported into Wonka's chocolate factory?"
"Do you like it?" said a mysterious voice.
"What kind of a question i- Wait, who are you?" she said and looked around. "Where are you?" she said.
"Look up." said the voice again.
She looked up and saw a creature, smirking on the cotton candy cloud. It looked like a disaster. A lion paw, a talon, a goat leg, a dragon's leg- She could go on and on.
"What in the Gods' name are you?" her thoughts slipped out, and she quickly held her tongue.
"That's what I asked....but that's besides the point! Now, I only knew that there were three Alicorn princesses. Sunbutt, Lulu and Cay-cay. Who, may I ask are you?" he said, summoning a glass and filling it to the brim with chocolate milk.
"I-I'm an alicorn?" she said out loud. What the fuck is an Alison? He rolled his eyes.
"Well duh. What did you think you are, a zebra?" he said. He floated next to her. "Although you might look good with a few stripes here and there." he said as he trailed his talon along her body, and each time making a purple stripe appear.
"Gah!!" she yelped in alarm, making him smirk as he put his attention back to his precious cup of chocolate milk and began to drink
She gave a puzzled look as he drank the glass instead of the chocolate milk. "Any day now." he said, waiting for a reply.
"....I-I'm Crystal. C-C-Crystal Miamori." she said, but cursing herself afterwards for stuttering.
"Why hello there C-C-Crystal. I'm D-D-Discord, The L-L-Lord of C-C-Chaos!" he said, finding the situation slightly amusing.
"What's that you got there?" he said pointing to her amulet. She put a hoof to her amulet, covering it up.
"Uhhhh........ well, w-what's that on your shirt?" she said quickly as she then started running. She quickly ran to the woods of candied trees. She used her magic to take her portal gun from out of her bag and shoot a portal.
When she took it out, she realised something. "DAMMIT! OUT OF CHARGE!" she shouted, but quickly covered her mouth.
"How immature of you! Running off while we were having a pleasant conversation." said Discord, his snake-like body coiled on the tree branch. "And Celestia said I'm the immature one..."
She tried to run away, but tripped on a branch along the way. "What's the hurry? The fun just started!" he said, as a burst of confetti came out of nowhere.
"...you don't scare me..." she said, staring at him whilst lying on the ground.
His grin widened. "Oh, but you should." he said as his face started contorting and leaning towards her. He made his eyes fully red as his face turned black and creepy. "The big bad Discord is feared by everypony, and if you don't fear him something bad might happen, muahahahah......" he started laughing like a crazed maniac
She shielded her eyes in fear. "....I wanna go home...." she said, trembling.
He turned back to himself as he restrained his head back. "So sad. I would help you, but I just have so much chaos to do! Ta-ta!" said Discord, as he snapped his talon and a burst of light flashed.
She slowly lowered her hooves as she watched the light fade. ".....I didn't really need your help anyway." she said out loud into the air like he could hear her. Maybe. She hoped not.
"..where am I?" she said as she groaned. Just a great day for her.
