The New Face of Chaos

Chapter One: Adapt and Prepare

P.O.V. C**** N***

As I walked through the forest I came upon a massive clearing, summoning up my powers, I snapped my fingers and a Victorian sword-cane snapped into existence. I snatched it out of the air as a huge manic grin appeared on my face. I regarded the clearing, with the look one might give a lump of stone, full of potential, and waiting to be carved into a statue to last the ages. I slammed my newly acquired cane into the ground and a massive wave of magic transformed the surrounding trees into massive black marble columns and sending every animal nearby fleeing, with another tap of my cane the marble pillars uprooted themselves and formed two rows leading to the center of the newly expanded clearing. I hit the earth with my cane yet again, and this time a marble arched roof appeared on top of the column rows, walking underneath it till I reached the far edge from where I was, another impact from my cane caused all the earth in front of me to turn into a chessboard pattern of purple and red marble, forming a courtyard before the main space . Walls made of purple marble formed on opposite ends of the clearing, as the house popped into existence and expanded into a massive Greek temple styled mansion made of black, purple and red marble, I walked away from my new palace and tapped my cane to the ground and a stone wall complete with battlements and parapets, walkways and archer cover, as towers appeared in the four corners of the wall, gates appeared at the cardinal points, the newly created wall completely surrounded my creation.

I walked into the courtyard and willed some decorations into being, a garden complete with a pond, a few statues of myself appeared, as well as a gazebo and a fountain complete with water, satisfied so far I walked into my as yet bare mansion's main corridor, I struck the marble walls and suddenly stained glass windows, tapestries, some with chaos stars, and others with scenes detailing famous struggles, people, and events from human history, the battle of thermapolye, the shelling of Fort Sumter, The Boston tea party, the assassination of Julius ceaser, the battle of Gettysburg, the Normandy invasion and others. I rapped my cane on the floor and a thick purple carpet appeared in the middle of the hallway and started unrolling down the hallway. I followed the plush rug as it went down the hallway before it ended and I came to a massive central chamber with eight hallways including the one I came through, one leading in every direction on the compass. I walked to the far edge of the central room and slammed my cane into the floor, causing a black marble throne with a purple cushion on it's back and seat to appear, I pointed my cane at the wall above and to the left of my new throne and a black stained glass window with a silver chaos star in the middle, then I pointed my cane at the same point on the right side and a twin window appeared, with that done, i added a sword rack to the right of my throne.

I then spent some time walking the halls adding rooms such as a treasury, an armory, several guest bedrooms, a master bedroom, a bathhouse, an observatory in one of the towers, a library, a map room, a dungeon, a study, a secret hideaway, a bar, a pool a ballroom, and a security room, I then added more decorations, before finally spending the rest of the day adding traps, security cameras which were all wired into a massive flat screen in the security room, as the sun set, I set up three layers of wards, the first created a dome around my home, preventing anyone from entering the mansion from the air, the second removed all magic from anyone who wasn't a guest in my home, and the third made any intruders show up in a random location in the mansion excluding my throne room, and the master bedroom.

As the moon ascended into the sky, I walked to each gate and made a magical stone statue at each, at the main gate, I made a hyena statue out of amber, at the north gate I made a statue of a snake out of emerald, at the west gate I made a statue of a monkey made out of ruby and at the east gate I made a statue of a raven made out of obsidian, each was enchanted to only allow people other than me through the gates if they answered a puzzle unique to each statue. Staring at my beautiful new home, I started to wonder what I should do next. 'now what to do, should I reveal myself, or should I play it safe and stay hidden? chuckling to myself before continuing my internal monologue.'stay hidden, right, screw that, I'm gonna have some fun and reveal myself; but wait, my outfit doesn't fit a god of chaos does it?

Walking back inside my mansion, and entering the master bedroom, I looked in front of a full body mirror and snapped my fingers, suddenly I was wearing a black pinstripe suit, a red dress shirt, a purple vest, red silk socks, black leather dress shoes, a red silk pocket square, in the breast pocket of my suit jacket, and the Piece de Resistance a black crushed velvet top hat and silver pocket watch appeared. I grabbed the hat and watch, placed the hat on my head, and the watch in my pocket, before spending some time standing in front of the mirror admiring the new fashion. walking out of the master bedroom, down the hall, entering the study and grabbing the three books Discord gave me. I reviewed the second book, titled threats to you and your plans opened up to the first chapter titled, the elements of harmony and started to read aloud.

"The elements of harmony are one of the few true threats to you. The elements bearers & their elements are as follows: Pinkamena Diane Pie A.K.A. pinkie pie, element of laughter, Rarity Belle, element of generosity, Applejack Apple, element of honesty, Rainbow Dash, element of loyalty, Fluttershy Zepher element of kindness and finally Twilight Sparkle, element of Magic, personal student of Princess Celestia. Alone, even with their elements, they pose very little threat to you, but together, with their elements supercharging their magic and combining them, they are the single greatest threat to you in Equestria, even Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna's combined power, while still a great threat to you, is nothing compared to the elements. As the elements amplify the users magic, they then multiply each other's power according to this formula: (kindness X laughter X generosity X honesty X Loyalty) + magic^2. If you remove any value from the formula, the power amplification doesn't apply properly and is negated." Pausing my reading, to talk to myself aloud.

" It seems that my first plan should be to first remove one of the elements from the equation, but which one?" Continuing to read I discovered that the elements are stored in a secret vault in the capital of Equestria, Canterlot, more specifically, the castle of the two princesses. Flipping to the section on the Princesses, before starting to read. 'The princesses of Equestria, are sisters, the older; Princess Celestia, is responsible for the daytime concerns of the ponies under her and her sister's rule, as well as raising the sun at dawn, and lowering it at night, while her sister, Princess Luna, is responsible for the safety of the dreams of her subjects and raising and lowering the moon.' I spent a good hour coming to terms with that knowledge.

"They control the heavenly bodies, how the bloody hell are they that powerful?" I said to myself, partially in awe. I started to pace trying to come up with a plan before an idea struck me like a lightning bolt. "Alright, so that's the plan, pop over to the castle before dawn, grab the elements, and Celestia; after raises the sun, but before she can start her royal duties for the day, of course, and then get the hell outta dodge. with a plan in mind, I snapped my fingers and a map of Canterlot castle appeared, I then spent the rest of the night pouring over the plans, forming dozens of back up plans, and several backup plans for those backup plans.