Author's Note

I have no clue as to what I think of this chapter. I don’t wanna take it too fast, but I don’t want anything to get dry either. Lemme know what you think, and thanks for reading!

Chapter 7: Meet Discord

“I knew you were the one!” Exclaimed Twilight when you told her the news. “Can you do it again?”

“I don’t know,” you said, rubbing the back of your head. “It all kinda happened by accident.”

“Well you gotta try!” Said Twilight. “This all has to be under control before Discord gets here!”

“Alright Alright, let me give it a shot.” You said, closing your eyes. You began to think of the dream, how you flew around effortlessly and without a care. After a few seconds of focusing, you felt your feet lift off the ground. You opened your eyes and began to smile with excitement.

“You’re really doing it!” Said Twilight, giving an applause. “Can you move around?”

You took a second to gain your composure, and began to focus again. Sure enough, with a little effort you managed you move yourself in all directions. When you were done getting the hang of it, you put yourself on the floor.

“Ta-da!” You say, making jazz hands.

“This is great!” Said Twilight. “We have to see the princess right away!”

The two of you then made your way to Ponyville Station, boarded a train, and made your way to Canterlot. On your way there, you and Twilight began to experiment with your abilities, seeing if you could do anything else besides levitate. To your disappointment, you had no luck.

“Sigh...” you say, looking down at the floor.

“Hey, it’s alright.” Said Twilight, putting her hoof on your back. “Baby steps, right?”

“Yeah, I guess.” You say. “It’s just that now that I know something has happened, I don’t wanna fall behind on what I should be able to do.”

“You’ll get the hang of it, I know you will.” She Said with a smile.

Shortly after that, you pulled into Canterlot Station. You and Twilight quickly rushed to the castle and were met by the guards at the front.

“State your business.” One Said.

“We need to meet with the princess, it’s urgent!” Said Twilight.

The guard nodded and let you in. Doing the same thing with the guards of the throne room, you walked in and were standing in front of Celestia and this time, Luna. Celestia looked confused at the urgency of the meeting, but based on Luna’s expression, she must’ve known why you were here.

“What brings you two here?” Asked Celestia.

Twilight turns to you with a smile. “Show them.” She Said.

You give Twilight a nod and slowly pick yourself up off the ground and glide over to Celestia and Luna, still keeping your composure. Celestia eyes were wide, and she looked awestruck. Luna on the other hand giggled and gave you an applause.

“When did this start?” Asked Celestia, not taking her gaze off of your levitating body.

“I just woke up levitating over my bed after a dream.” You said, keeping your arms crossed. “I happened to be flying in this dream, then Princess Luna showed up and told me to wake up. Next thing I know, I’m floating.” You say.

“We hate to say we told you so, but we told you so.” Said Luna with a smile.

“I’d normally be upset that you invaded my dream, but I guess I should thank you.” You said. “Just don’t think that this is a regular thing.”

“We’ll see, Anonymous.” Said Luna.

“What else are you capable of?” Asked Luna.

“I haven’t been able to do anything.” You said, looking at the floor.

“No matter, we can try and fix that.” Said Celestia. “Twilight, you may return home. Luna and I will help train Anon with his magic.”

Twilight looked a little disappointed that she wasn’t invited to attend. “Do I have to?” She asked, making a slight puppy face.

“Yes, it is crucial that Anon is as focused as possible, and we all know you can get a little excited at times.” Said Celestia.

Twilight sighed in defeat. “Okay, have fun I guess.” She Said as she exited the throne room with her head down.

“I feel kinda bad for her.” You say, returning to the ground.

“She’ll be okay.” Said Celestia. “Come along, Luna and I shall guide you to the magic training room.”

You followed Celestia and Luna into a big room full of pony dummies and other miscellaneous objects.

“What do you have this room for?” You asked.

“We use it to train our unicorn guards for combat.” Said Luna. “It can serve the same purpose for you.”

“Okay, so where do we start?” You ask, picking yourself up from the ground.

“I want to start off by saying that when using magic, you must put emotion into it.” Said Celestia. “Focus on anything you can, happiness, anger, pain, sadness. Whatever helps.”

“Alright,” you said, eyeballing your surroundings. “Give me a command and I’ll see what I can do.”

“How about you start off by pushing one of the dummies?” Said Celestia.

“Got it.” You said, choosing a dummy. You focused your emotions, picking out anything you found useful and used it to your advantage. You held your hand out, and attempted to grab the dummy and move it. To yours and the two princesses disappointment, you were unsuccessful. You let out a defeated sigh and looked at the princesses. “Sorry.” You said with an apologetic tone.

“It’s quite alright,” Said Celestia. “Practice makes perfect, go on and try again.”

You nod and turn your attention back to the dummy, and repeated the process, only to get the same result. For what seemed like hours, you sat in the training room attempting to do something or even anything with the dummy. Each time, you were unsuccessful. You were mentally tired from all the thinking and floated down to the ground to take a break.

“You should turn in for tonight, Anonymous.” Said Luna, walking over to you. “You’ve worked hard all day. Were just happy to see you’ve managed to get levitation under control.”

“Yeah, I guess that’s a plus.” You say, getting off the ground. “Will I be staying here tonight?”

“If you’d like to, there is a quest quarters that we can let you use.” Said Celestia.

“That’d be great, lead the way.” You said.

You followed Celestia and Luna to the quest quarters near the top of the castle. It was a very roomy place to sleep in, that’s for sure. The room was gigantic, with a walk in closet, a big bed and even buttons to request for room service.

“I trust that you won’t get carried away with the room service?” Asked Celestia, giving a small laugh.

“Don’t worry, I wasn’t gonna use it anyway.” You said, walking towards the bed. “I’m gonna turn in for the night, I’m pretty tired. Thanks for letting me stay here.”

The princess nod and say goodnight, leaving you in the room. The bed felt amazing, you were quickly succumbing to the comfort of the mattress. As expected, you fell asleep not minutes later.

***

“My, my... what an interesting creature you are.” Said a voice in the distance.

“Luna, I hope this isn’t a joke.” You said, looking around the dark void that surrounded you.

“I can assure you that this isn’t a joke, ape.” Said the voice.

“Whoa, buddy.” You said, slightly offended. “I know I’m new here and all, but that was totally uncalled for! I’m a human. Hu-man.”

“No matter. I’m not here to make friends, I’m here to warn you.” Said the voice.

“Slow down there.” You say, holding out your hands. “Who are you?”

A creature made of several other creatures then appears out of nowhere, right in front of your face. Startled, you fall onto your ass and look up at the chimera. Holy moly, was this thing tall.

“What the hell are you supposed to be?” You ask, staring at the creature.

“Name’s Discord, element of chaos.” Said Discord, making a business card appear in his hand, handing it to you.

“I’ll pass.” You said, getting up. “Aren’t you supposed to be like a bad guy or something?”

“Ohhhh, is that what they call me?” He asks, floating around you. “I’m really not all that bad you know, a little chaos never hurt anypony.”

“I mean, I’ve been told otherwise by the princesses and the elements of Harmony.” You said, scratching the back of the head. “And I hate to burst your bubble, but the only chaotic thing about you appears to be your body.”

Saying that seemed to piss Discord off. “Listen here, monkey boy!” He said, Floating towards you. You began to float backwards as well, just in case things escalated. “They don’t call me the element of chaos for nothing, and I will not tolerate any disrespect from an irrelevant ape from another dimension!” He shouted as he cast a fireball towards you. You braced for impact, shielding yourself with your arms. However, you felt nothing hit your body. You lowered your arms and saw that a green field of light was cast in front of you, blocking the fireball from hitting you. Just as quick as it appeared, it was gone. You looked at your hands in disbelief as to what you just did.

“Damn it!” Said Discord with Fire in his eyes. “I’m just here teaching an animal tricks. Hear me loud and clear, human... just because you’re some part of a prophecy doesn’t mean you’re special. I’m still the strongest being in Equestria, a god if you will. When the time comes, you’ll all be bowing to me. Capeesh? Capeesh.”

“Uh...” was all that could come from your mouth at this point.

“Any questions before I go?” Asks Discord, looking at an imaginary watch.

“Yeah, uh... what did you expect the fireball to do if I’m dreaming?” You ask.

Discord just stared at you for a few moments before speaking up. “I’m going to kill you human. I don’t know when, but when I do, I’ll make sure to do it slowly. Good day to you, sir.” Discord Said as he snapped his fingers.

***

Just like that, you were awake. Was that real? Maybe the princesses could help you understand. You looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was ten thirty in the morning. Princesses were normally awake at this time, right? You went down the stairs that led to the throne room. Thankfully, the princesses were there, eating pancakes. They have those here too? Whatever, stay focused. You walked over to Celestia and Luna and gave them a bow.

“Morning, Princesses.” You say. “How did the two of you sleep?”

“Fine, Anon. Thank you.” Said Celestia with a smile.

“We did as well.” Said Luna. “What brings you to the throne room so early? We know you aren’t a morning person.”

“I actually came to ask you two something.” You Said.

“Ask away.” Said Celestia.

“Can Discord enter dreams?” You ask. Your question seemed to take the princesses by surprise.

“W-What?” Ask Celestia, looking a bit nervous.

“I was wondering if Discord can enter dreams. I’m pretty sure I spoke with him last night.” You said casually.

“This is not good...” Said Celestia, looking at Luna.

“We should round up the elements, sister.” Said Luna. “Things may escalate soon.”

“What did he say to you?” Asked Celestia.

“Oh, nothing much.” You said. “It was more of an introduction than anything. He just threatened me and a bunch of other nonsense.”

The Princesses looked like they were shaking. Was this Discord dude really that bad?

“I mean, I also have some good news.” You say. “Could one of you pick something heavy up and drop it on me?”

Celestia and Luna then looked at you like you were stupid.

“What?” Asked Celestia.

“Just trust me, this is great.” You said.

“If you say so, Anonymous.” Said Celestia with a sigh. She picked up a stone statue that was next to her throne with her magic and held it above you. “Ready?” She asked.

“Yes ma’am.” You said a smile. On the outside, you may have appeared confident, but on the inside you were basically pissing yourself from nervousness. If this doesn’t work, it’s the end of you.

“I hope you know what you’re doing, Anon.” Said Celestia as she dropped the statue. You put your arms up in front of you, and sure enough, the shield you made in your dream appeared in front of you and shattered the statue on contact. The Princesses were looking at you with surprised expressions, which quickly turned into ones of joy.

“This is great, Anonymous!” Said Luna with excitement. “You are making progress! Why couldn’t you just show us the shield, though?”

“Well, you see...” you said, scratching the back of your head. “I couldn’t get myself to do it this morning after I woke up, and I managed to do it in my dream last night when Discord threw a fireball at me. So I figured if I felt a need to use it then it would work. Sorry about the statue, by the way.”

The two Alicorns sat silent for a few moments, before Celestia began to whisper to Luna. When she was done, Luna nodded and replied with “That May work.”

“What might work?” You ask.

“Nothing, Anon.” Said Celestia. “Now come along, we must get the elements of Harmony and figure out what to do, I’m afraid that me may be running low on time.”

You then followed Celestia and Luna to a conference room, where Celestia sent a scroll to Twilight telling her to round up the rest of the elements and come to Canterlot.

“Anon,” Said Celestia. “You must undergo intense training to ensure you learn how to use your abilities as soon as possible.”

“Seriously?” You ask. “I don’t even know what I’m capable of, and how do we even know whether this Discord guy is nearly back or not?”

“We don’t, that’s the thing.” Said Luna. “We are at a point where every precaution that can be taken must be done.”

“I mean, alright.” You say. “Not that I have a problem with it or anything, but I’ve only been here for like a little under two weeks. It’s just kinda hard to get a hang of this when I’ve got all this weight on my shoulders in a place that I barely know.”

The princesses looked at each other and had whispered to each other for a few moments. Again with the whispers? These bitches.

“Anon, we do apologize for the way you are being treated by us.” Said Celestia. “Can we do anything to compensate for the large amount of responsibility you have?”

“No, no. It’s cool.” You said. “I’m just pointing it out as a flaw on my part.”

“I understand.” Said Celestia. “If there is anything we can do to help, let us know.”

“Will do.” You said. “By the way, doesn’t the ride to Canterlot from Ponyville take a few hours by train? If the elements aren’t gonna be here for a while so I thought I’d just take a quick nap.”

“Unfortunately for you, we had a royal chariot come for them. Being pulled by Pegasi, they should be here in a matter of minutes.” Said Celestia.

“Welp,” you said. “Guess I’ll wait here...”

“You’ll be okay, my fellow human.” Said Luna with a giggle. “Being up before noon never hurt anypony.”

What she said made you think of what Discord said to you, something about chaos never hurting anyone. How bad was this guy? He seemed to have a really comedic approach at the start, but was super quick to anger. Will you be able to beat him? Can you even fight the thing? He whipped a fireball at you for fucks sake. If you don’t get any new talents soon, you and Equestria could be in deep trouble. No Equestria, no way of getting back home. That’s that, you gotta protect this place with everything you’ve got or else you’re stuck here. Your thoughts were interrupted by the conference room doors flying open, followed by the elements rushing inside.

“We came as soon as I got your scroll, Princess!” Said Twilight.

“Yeah, what’s goin’ on?” Asked Applejack.

“Anon has spoken with Discord via dream, and we are afraid that his return is almost here.” Said Celestia.

The elements gasped in shock, and began to barrage you with questions.

“What did he say?”

“Did he do anything?”

“When is he coming back?”

Etc, etc, etc.

You were getting slightly irritated, and Celestia must’ve noticed because she commanded the ponies to silence themselves as soon as your annoyance kicked in.

“One at a time, girls.” Said Celestia.

“I actually don’t know anything.” You said. “I’m just as confused as the rest of you, so there isn’t much of a point in asking questions.”

“What are we going to do?” Asked Twilight.

“We can’t do very much right now,” Said Celestia. “But I do recommend that you train yourselves and prepare for the worst. I will have guards posted at every city until further notice.”

“Understood. Will that be all, Princess?” Asked Twilight.

“Indeed, you may go.” Said Celestia. “Anon, you may return to Ponyville if you’d like, but I want Twilight to help you with your magic.”

“Gotcha.” You said, getting up to leave.

You and the elements walked out of the conference room and walked towards the front of the castle.

“So Anon,” Said Rainbow Dash, flying up to you. “Heard you can fly now.”

“Indeed I can.” You said. “What about it?”

“Well I was thinking, since we need to train... how about you race me to Ponyville?” Asked Rainbow with a smirk.

“I mean...” you began. “I’ve never really gone at high speeds before. Hell, I’ve only flown indoors at short heights.”

“Come on,” Rainbow Said, nudging your arm. “Don’t be such a wimp!”

You chuckled. You were always quite competitive, so you didn’t mind a little challenge.

“Alright,” you said with a smirk. “You talked me into it. Just give me a crutch since I’m still getting used to this.”

“Sigh, alright.” Said Rainbow. “Just don’t be surprised if you lose, I’m the fastest and most awesome flyer in Equestria!”

You nod and roll your eyes. You and the elements exit the castle and stand outside of the main door. You and Rainbow asked Applejack to say go for the two of you.

“Ah trust that y’all will have a clean race?” Asked Applejack.

You and Rainbow nodded.

“Sounds good ta me, see y’all at Ponyville. On yer marks...”

You got down in a track runner’s stance as Rainbow got ready as well.

“Get set...”

You picked your head up and aimed for the clouds. God, you hoped you could do something here.

“Go!”

You pushed off with your legs with all your might. You heard a boom behind you and before you knew it, you were in the clouds.

“Holy shit!” You thought to yourself as you soared through the air. You took a minute to go higher so you could see Ponyville. Sure enough, you found it at your height. You pushed yourself in the desired direction, hearing another boom behind you. Jesus, were you going fast. At the speed that your surroundings were passing you, you could’ve sworn you’ve broken the sound barrier. Shortly later, you were nearing Ponyville. You flew above the center of town and did a dive bomb towards the ground. Right before you hit the ground, you quickly pulled up and gently set yourself on the ground. You began to laugh at the fact that you just went at jet speeds through the sky, and you weren’t even out of breath. This was fucking amazing. You noticed that all of the residents of Ponyville were staring at you.

“What?” You ask. “I’m not hurting anything.”

The ponies then nervously went back to doing whatever they were previously doing. Celestia really needed to do that town introduction. Either that, or Twilight could just do it for you. Your thoughts were interrupted upon noticing that Rainbow wasn’t next to you.

“Where is she?” You ask yourself, looking up to the sky. A few moments later, you notice a rainbow trail in the sky, barreling towards you. You smiled knowing that you beat ThE FaStEsT aNd AwEsOmEsT FlYeR iN eQuEsTrIa. Rainbow touched ground next to you, panting heavily.

“How?!” She Said in between breaths.

“I’m just that awesome.” You said, giving her a triumphant smile.

“There’s no way, I want a rematch!” She Said, sitting on the ground in a pout.

“Hey, relax.” You said, sitting next to her. “It’s all fun and games, right?” You began to ruffle her mane.

Rainbow giggled and punched your arm playfully.

“Yeah, I guess.” She Said, standing up. “I’m still more awesome by the way.”

“I’m sure you are.” You said with a laugh. “Come on, let’s go to Sugarcube Corner.”

“Okay, sounds good.” Rainbow said, trotting away. She then looked back at you with a smirk. “Race ya there.”