Chaos Meet Responsibility

“Well now after that rather horrid experience I have concluded that the ponies all though skittish still knew how to pack a punch.” I thought out loud as I was currently at a river a bit away in this rather eerie looking forest.

It was dark even when daylight could pierce through it. Like if the very forest swallowed all of the light and life that it could. And the forest was more so a jungle/swamp mixture as it was also very humid and I saw many many dangerous plants and beasts that I made my best attempt at avoiding as I did not want to let those ponies know where I am.

With that said I was now cleaning and mending my clothes whilst making sure that no predator snuck up on me. This proved a good idea as several wolves made of wood approached slowly but a quick spark of fire and they were running. “Well even if I caused a fuss in here I am certain that the ponies would be hesitant to enter. After all, they were the prey and this forest was teaming with predators.” Then I finally got dressed and was happier for it. “But I think it’s time that I claim a part of this world for myself and assert my dominance in this forest,” I say and then proceed to pick a random direction that would lead me deeper into the woods.

After wondering for a bit I spotted something rather fascinating a full ruin of a long-forgotten castle. It was formed from a dark stone and had some wooden construction still standing proving that these ponies knew how to build stuff to last. But on further investigation, I also saw that the place was fully furnished meaning that whoever lived here had to leave in a hurry. This gave me hope that I would maybe find a library or any document that might help me get out of this crazy dimension and get me back home. After all, if the most benevolent creatures of this world attacked me on sight then the rest won't be any different. With that, I walked in and started searching through the entire palace to find that most of the things inside looked like they were lost to time but after finding a room that looked like the kitchen I smiled. The room was in ruins don’t get me wrong but what I saw in it filled me with happiness. Several peaceful animals were clawing and scraping at a door that indicated to me that there was some food behind it. In what state it might be in I didn’t know but maybe I could pack up some supplies to at least last me on a journey to a different part of this Equestria.

With that, I approached and the animals fled at my presence and those who dared stay in my way I simply scared by way of forming my claws and pretending to slash at them. After that, I busted through and luckily enough found several preserved cans of food. “Jackpot,” I said as I went to look through what they had.

Their food preservation techniques were amazing as all the spells dated back to at least one thousand years and what I found you may or may not be asking. Well, Two big cheese wheels some stale but not moldy bread. Some now very aged wine and some vegetables and fruit. Along with the canned stuff which mostly contained beans I was all good and settled for at least three months if I was conservative with my meals.

I then grabbed an old cloth and stored all of this inside along with my book of spells, some canteens that looked usable. After slinging the thing over my shoulder I went to continue my search for any more useful trinkets.

An hour or so of searching the bottom floor led me to find the next real point of interest which was the armoury and the treasury.

In the armoury, I managed to find several rusty armour sets and some rusty tools which were of little use to me. I would have left immediately would it have not been for a rather interesting dagger. It was in a black leather scabbard which was decorated with several silver trimmings that brought to my mind the night sky and the moon. And once I gripped the mahogany grip and pulled out the blade I was surprised to find that what I have just pulled out was an honest to goodness broad sword made from solid obsidian and once more adorned with silver moons. It weighed next to nothing in my hand and once I inspected it more I was proven true that this blade was also enchanted with all manner of things.

For one it could create a fire so cold that it would freeze a person in place for all eternity. It also had several preservation charms on it which prevented the sword from dulling or rusting. “This is quite the blade and looks to be a rather useful tool if nothing else,” I said to myself before I sheathed the blade compressing it back to the scabbard of the dagger and then adding this blade to my belt.

After I finished looting the armoury and treasury, from the latter I found a decent amount of what I believe to be this worlds currency, I made my way to the upper floors where eventually I stumbled upon a library.

I smiled on the inside at what luck I had and thanked Entropy for guiding me here before finding a comfy place to sit and I started to research trans dimensional travel.

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Two days later I was no closer to finding any singular hint on how to open even the simplest of portals. “AHHGGHGGAR!” I screamed out in frustration as I threw away another document from this StarSwirl the Bearded. “Two days of constant reading of this guy's sloppy hoof writing and all that he ever did was open two portals through mirrors and both times it happened by accident. The rest of these bloody documents talk about this Luna and her turn to the dark side.” I lay back defeated and I look up at the ceiling of this atrocious place and I do something I rather hate. Thinking about how helpless I was in all of this. I didn’t remember how I got here nor do I know anything about this place except for som rare trivia and some accidental experiments. I didn’t even know when I began to cry but I did especially as I remembered all of my professors and friends and what they are doing now. “It just isn’t FAIR!”

I screamed and let out with it a charge of my magic which made all the pages in this library fly up and then slowly back down where the pages then settled. One of them even settled on my face and after seeing the depiction of my good Entropy on it I immediately got up and looked at the document more up close.

On it was written:

“Princess when it comes to these runes that were discovered near the village of Manehattan I am here to tell you that we have not managed to discern what they are telling but we have found a powerful and yet broken artefact.

We attempted on numerous times to put it together and yet it seems to break apart all over again it is like the artefact is fighting itself constantly and any manner of using magic to persuade it otherwise.

Upon further research, we have found out that the runes are talking about a great battle between an embodiment of chaos and order. I have suspicions to believe that these were worshipped by a primitive tribe that have not yet seen the light of your magic. Anywho the mask is certainly in the shape of one of the many faces of this creature of chaos.

Once that was clear we knew why the mask was refusing to stick together it was the harmonic energies that we forced upon it and after exchanging that for chaotic it stuck together.

What a mistake that was. A creature became visible as we finished the mask a tall and dark creature that was reaching for this mask. We quickly broke it again and we implore you to hide them across Equestria so that they may never be put together again.

I fear that if this creature should come to collect it, it will with its power break the very planet that we are standing on.

Sincerely

Clower the Clever.”

At that, I was left speechless. The mask of Entropy one of its faces is here and when put together it summons him… “I need to find more information concerning this,” I say as I then start combing through the papers for any other clues or a continuation from this Princess.

And so again I began to dig and in almost no time I found what I was looking for:

“Clower the Clever. I thank you of informing me about this and I urge you to bring those mask fragments to me for analysis and afterwards, I shall divide the shards among the other nations. Each will receive one along with a warning that they need to protect it at all costs.

Your loving ruler

Princess Celestia.”

After that, there were some more documents which talked about several experiments that they proceded to do and all turned to be great disasters to this nation and were kept a secret from the general populace.

They forced the mask on some poor stallion and when it made contact he went mad and turned into a draconeques by the name of Discord. It was he who created the blight known as the Everfree forest Which by deduction means that I was in said forest if the description is anything to go at.

He also spawned the creation of all of the monsters of the land and broke the entire weather system along with the rotation of the sun and the moon spurring the capital to make a spell to move it themselves before the princesses took over after several Unicorns permanently lost their magic when performing the spell.

“If you stare into madness itself and are not prepared to meet it then one surely turns insane.” I quoted my teacher which was the motto of all highly ranked wizards. For we craft from madness itself and from that chaos, we gather our power so if one is not ready they turn mad as Charles did. But even he is but a mild case.

Anywho the documents then simply talk of the reign of this Discord fellow but that did not matter. I knew what I had to do now. I needed to find more information. More up to date information and I had an idea just where to start. First I shall travell to this Manehattan and see what I can find. I am sure if nothing else they put those artefacts in a museum and if I am, really really lucky I can find a piece of Entropies mask.

“Alrighty then. Onwards to the start of my long and tedious quest!” I say out loud before I simply face plant as my body just realized that it hadn’t had any sleep for the past week.

And in my dream, I am now haunted with a dark figure which chases me throughout the land promising to do my body harm and that it shall get its vengeance for what I have done to the people of this land. It scared me at first but after tuning out the darkness which made the abortion scream I relax and focus on the chaos in this land creating a shield of insanity that even her nightmares could not pass through.