In Another World
Chapter VIII
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Zuro woke up and stretched his wings before looking over to find Angel smiling down at him as she sat with her legs folded on the bed.
"Got me naked while I was asleep?" She smirked. "Anything else I should know about?"
"Nope," He smiled as he reached over to take her hand in his. "Just didn't think you'd wanna sleep in that dress." She smiled at him as she rubbed her thumb on the back of his hand before he looked up.
"Is it raining?" He asked, perplexed.
"Sounds like it," Angel observed as she followed his gaze. "Why?" He looked at her.
"It's not supposed to rain until tomorrow," He observed. Angel blinked as she got out of the bed with him following after her as he shifted to his pegasus form. They rushed through the hall, down the stairs, and out the front door, where they found it raining... chocolate?
"What the fuck?!" Angel asked as she looked up at the sky to see pink clouds floating aimlessly over the town. She stuck her tongue out to taste the brown rain. "Chocolate milk!" She looked at Zuro, who looked just as perplexed as she was. Then, suddenly, the sound of popping made Angel and Zuro jumped as they looked to see some of the flowers popping into popcorn.
"That's impossible!" Zuro looked around at everything turning into chaos before he blinked. "Wait?" He went wide-eyed. "That's impossible!" Then, again, he looked over at everything.
"No shit!" Angel agreed as she clung to his arm.
"No, there's only one thing I know of that can cause something like this!" Zuro wrapped Angel in his wings.
"What?" She asked as she looked up at him.
"But it's impossible," He observed as he jumped at almost everything that moved. Angel could see the terror in his expression.
"Why? What's going on?"
"The only creature throughout history that could cause this has been extinct for over a thousand years!" He looked at her. When he saw the confusion in her eyes, that gradually evolved into fear as she watched him. "A Chaotic!" Angel blinked at this. "A creature made up of all different kinds of things!"
"Bravo, little fella!" A voice from nowhere called out, getting both Angel and Zuro to jump with a shriek.
"Oh, gods!" Zuro cried out before a tall, slender creature with the head of a grey pony atop a body made up of a lion paw, an eagle claw, goat hoof, and dragon foot, one batwing and a feathered wing, and two different types of horns atop his head. His eyes were yellow with red pupils, and his hair was buzzcut and black while a tuft of fur stretched from his chin.
"Of course, a member of an ancient race would know about me," He smiled proudly as he pointed to himself with the thumb of his lion paw. Zuro glared at the Chaotic as he got between him and Angel.
"Keep away from her!" Angel looked at Zuro in a bit of surprise. Zuro was more concerned about protecting her right now than anything else. The Chaotic simply chuckled.
"Oh, how precious!" He stood tall over the two. "A helpless changeling thinks he can stand up against Discord! The Lord of Chaos!" Discord flicked Zuro on the forehead, making his pegasus disguise vanish. Angel gasped as she clung to Zuro as he fell to the ground.
"W-w-what did you do to me?!" Zuro panted.
"I simply nullified your powers," Discord smirked. "Can't have a creature like you bugging my beautiful chaos!" He vanished before reappearing behind Angel. "And as for you, little pegasus." He smirked. "What lovely fun can a lonely Chaotic do with you?" She covered her chest and groin as she glared at him.
"Stay the hell away from me!" She barked. Discord busted out laughing as he rolled on the air.
"You think I'd fuck a pony like you?!" He said through fits of laughter. "Palease! Something as simple as a pony couldn't possibly get this pickle to squirt juices, even if you tried for an entire year straight!" He said as he stuck his midsection straight out toward her, revealing his penis actually was a pickle. Angel shuttered at the sight.
"Get the hell away from her!" Zuro panted as he glared up at him. Discord chuckled at him.
"Still trying to stop me?" He appeared by Zuro the same size as him. "Honestly, you have no power to fight with." Discord poked at the thorns in Zuro's elbows, getting Zuro to pull his arms away from the draconaquus's reach. "Fine!" Discord stood up to his full height. "Be that way! But don't expect something pleasant to come from it!" Discord snapped his eagle claw fingers, forcing Zuro into a female version of himself as Angel became a male version of herself.
"Hey!" Zuro blushed as he looked himself over.
"Oh, my-!" Angel blushed at the sight of her having a penis instead of a vagina, which started to grow.
"Don't bother trying to use your magic to change back!" Discord chuckled. "Now, I have some wonderful chaos to ensue!" He snapped his claw/fingers again, vanishing into thin air.
"Get back here!" Zuro shouted out into the air with his new feminine voice.
"What the fuck is going on?!" Angel asked in a deep, masculine voice, which made her blush as she grabbed her mouth in her hands. Zuro looked at her.
"Calm down, Angel," Zuro advised.
"How can I be calm?!" Angel asked. "I'm a fucking male!"
"Help!" A familiar voice cried through the chaos, getting Angel and Zuro to look over to find Jet running toward them while being chased by a bunch of chairs. "They're trying to kill me!" Zuro started to help Jet but fell to the ground from being too weak to move. Angel caught Zuro just before he hit the ground.
"Help him," Zuro groaned. Angel eased Zuro onto the ground before she rushed up and started smashing the chairs.
"Wait! Stop!" Jet cried out. "They just-" Before he could finish his sentence, the pieces literally pulled themselves back together and started to attack.
"That explains why you're running from them!" Angel grunted as she fought the furniture off.
"Who the fuck are you anyway?!" Jet asked as he helped fight off the chairs, punching and kicking helplessly as they just got back up for more.
"It's me, cuz!" Angel grunted as she kicked a chair into splinters.
"Wait, what?!"
While the two fought off the furniture, Zuro groaned as he tried to get off the ground. Finally, a stampede of bunnies with very long legs caught the attention of the chairs, getting them to chase after them instead. Angel and Jet stood panting from the exercise as they watched them rush off into the dust. Angel turned and rushed back to Zuro, who got to his knees shakily.
"What the fuck is that thing?!" Jet asked as he went wide-eyed at the sight of Zuro as a female changeling.
"It's Zuro!" Angel explained as she helped him up to his feet.
"Like fuck that thing is!" Jet started to charge the changeling with a look of rage before Angel got between them, shooting Jet a sharp glare.
"Back the fuck off!" Jet screeched to a halt just short of Angel before he collapsed to the ground.
"What the-"
"Some creature, who calls himself Discord, is causing all of this," Angel explained. "That thing turned me into a male, and Zuro into a female changeling." Jet looked between Angel and Zuro with wide eyes.
"So, you're my cousin," he asked, pointing at Angel, "and that's Guardian?" he asked, pointing to Zuro.
"Yes," Angel answered as she returned to helping Zuro up. "And, he's very weak from the transformation." Jet got up and helped Zuro by pulling his arm over his shoulder.
"Why are you so weak?" Jet asked.
"changelings feed on positive emotions from other creatures," Zuro answered. "I've never fed like that before." Of course, It was a lie, but Zuro was still not yet ready for Jet to know the truth. Angel made no effort to correct Zuro since she agreed Jet could not know yet.
"What's going on here?" A familiar voice came from the sky, getting all three to look up as Vitam came flying in with Dili at his side.
"Dad!" Zuro called out weakly, getting Vitam to blink and rush down to check on him.
"Zuro?" He looked her over. "What happened? Why are you like that?!"
"Bubba?" Dili asked as she walked up in front of them. "Why are you a girl?"
"Um, how the hell do you two know it's Guardian?" Jet asked. Vitam looked up at him.
"I'd know my son's energy anywhere," Vitam answered. Angel and Zuro grew concerned looks as they watched Jet look at Zuro.
"Didn't bubba tell you?" Dili asked Jet, getting him to look at her. "We're changelings," she stated matter-of-factly.
"Sweetie, no!" Angel cried out, but it was too late. Jet looked Zuro over for several awkward seconds as the chaos continued in the area, which seemed to be getting worse by the second.
"Dude, why didn't you tell me sooner?" Jet asked with a smile, getting surprised looks from Angel and Zuro.
"I was afraid-"
"That I couldn't keep a secret like that?" Jet interrupted. "C'mon, you should know you can trust me better than that!" Jet helped Zuro over his shoulders. "Well, you can feed on my energy all you want, so let's get your strength back!"
"I can't," Zuro groaned. "Discord took away my powers too."
"Discord?!" Vitam cried out. "The ancient draconaquus, who's supposed to be dead?!"
"Vitam, keep your voice down!" Angel urged as she looked around.
"Everyone's distracted by that thing's handy work," Vitam observed before he picked his son up and took off into the air. Angel, Dili, and Jet followed after him.
"Where are you going?" Jet asked.
"Someplace that's not yet affected by the chaos," Vitam answered as he flew out of town into the Everfree Forest. He passed through the trees as the other three followed close before they came to a decorated tree with windows along the side.
"Zecora's?" Jet asked. "How do you know about Zecora?"
"She's an old friend of mine," Vitam answered. "I just hope she'll remember me." Vitam landed by the door before knocking. A few seconds later, the door opened to find a light grey equine with dark grey stripes lining her body, which proudly stood nude with only golden jewelry dangling from her ears, wrapped around her neck, and arm as she smiled at her guests. The hair above her flower was utterly unshaven but neatly combed.
"How can I help you?" the zebra asked in a deep, friendly voice before she noticed the female changeling in Vitam's hold. "Oh, my!" She rushed out to check on Zuro as he lay in his father's arms while looking up at the friendly face. "Come in quickly!" She rushed over to hold the door open for them as they went in one by one. When all of them were inside, Zecora rushed over to clear a spot for Zuro to lay on, where Vitam placed her.
"This is my son, Zuro, and he's been touched by draconaquus magic," Vitam explained, making Zecora go wide-eyed.
"Who are you, anyway?" Zecora asked.
"It's me, Vitam," he answered, getting a pleasantly surprised look on her face before she got to work.
"So, the draconaquus Discord has returned from his prison," she observed.
"I thought the draconaquus were extinct," Zuro observed with a groan.
"Hush, child," Zecora ordered as she looked through the bottles lined on shelves attached to the walls. "You'll need to conserve your energy until this episode comes to a conclusion."
"Why do I have the strange feeling she should be rhyming?" Jet whispered as he leaned closer to Angel, who just shrugged in response.
"If his magic is responsible for this," Zecora began, "there's little I can do." She pulled a bottle from one of the shelves before she went to get some herbs to mix in it. "But I can do something to help ease the weakness." She walked over to Zuro with the bottle in hand. "Drink, child." She lifted his head as she held the bottle to his lips. Zuro sipped the potion weakly until the bottle was empty before laying his head back down. "Now, rest." Angel walked up to Zuro's side, taking his hand in hers.
"Tell me my boyfriend is going to be okay," she pleaded.
"Your son is gay?" Zecora asked Vitam.
"Actually, Angel's a girl," Jet piped up as he took a few steps closer. "She too was changed by this shit."
"I'll thank you to watch your mouth around my children, young man!" Vitam shot Jet a glare, getting Jet to freeze in fear.
"I'm impressed," Angel smiled. "It's not easy to get my cousin to back down so easily unless you're an Ursa."
"Told you, Jet," Zuro groaned. "Dad'll kill you if you provoke him."
"I get the point, now," Jet replied.
"Guys, the more important thing we need to worry about right now," Angel piped up. "We need to find a way to stop that Discord character!" Dili walked up and hopped onto the table next to Zuro as Jet flung his hands in the air.
"How?" Jet asked in frustration. "We're just a bunch of ponies and changelings, and that guy's a draconaquus!"
"If anyone stands a chance against Discord," Zecora chimed in, "it is Twilight and her friends."
"Then, we need to go help them," Zuro said as he tried to get up, only to be pushed right back down by Zecora.
"You do not have the energy to do anything right now," she clarified. "And without your changeling magic, you are as useful as a butterfly."
"But, we gotta do something," Zuro protested before Dili straddled his chest.
"Bubba, you stay," she ordered, getting a giggle from Angel, who rubbed her back.
"I can keep Zuro safe within these walls while you three go find a way to help Twilight stop Discord," Zecora observed as she looked at Vitam, who inclined his head at her.
"Will you keep Dili safe, too?" he asked.
"Your family is my family," Zecora answered with a smile. "It may have been a long time since we last saw each other, but our friendship has never died."
"Exactly how long have you two known each other?" Jet asked.
"Questions later," Vitam replied firmly as he grabbed both Angel and Jet's wrists and guided them to the door. "Finding a way to fix this mess now."
"I'm staying with Zuro," Angel protested as she pulled her hand away from Vitam.
"The best way for you to help your mate is out there, child," Zecora urged her. "He will be safe with me, and you need not worry about him mating with me." She winked at Angel, who narrowed her eyes.
"Angel, Zecora is the most honest creature you'll ever meet," Vitam piped up, "If she says she won't do anything to Zuro, then you can guarantee she won't do anything. Now, let's go!" Vitam pulled Angel to the door as she reluctantly gave in and followed the pegasus alongside Jet. The door closed behind them, and Zuro looked up to his little sister, who still straddled his chest.
"Are you okay, bubba?" Dili asked her brother as Zuro reached up to rub a thumb on her cheek.
"Zecora's remedy's helping," he answered with a soft smile.
~~)oOo(~~
By the time Angel, Jet, and Vitam got back to Ponyville, the whole town was in absolute chaos. The ground had a checkered pattern. The buildings were cardboard cutouts. The plants were popping popcorn. The sky switched back and forth between night and day in a matter of seconds. On top of the checkered pattern, the roads were made of soap. Everything was completely out of control.
"Okay, how the fuck are we supposed to make everything better?!" Jet asked as he looked around in utter disbelief.
"Zecora said Twilight and her friends could stop Discord," Vitam observed. "Any idea who they might be?" he asked as he looked at Angel.
"Twilight Sparkle is the town librarian and Princess Celestia's protege," Angel explained.
"Well, if the princess's prized pupil is in this small town, we need to find her," Vitam observed as he looked around.
"Over there!" Jet called out as he pointed toward a unicorn dragging her hooves along the soap roads with her head hanging.
"That can't be her," Angel observed. "Twilight has purple fur, not grey."
"Discord must've gotten to her," Vitam observed as he rushed up to the unicorn. "Excuse me, are you Twilight Sparkle?"
"Why do you care?" Twilight asked as she kept trudging along.
"We need your help to stop Discord," Vitam explained as Angel and Jet rushed to his sides.
"Yeah, you and your friends are the only ones who can fix this!" Jet observed.
"Not anymore," Twilight sighed as she left them alone.
"Now, what are we gonna do?!" Jet flung his hands in the air in defeat.
"Sit back and enjoy the chaos, of course," A familiar voice called from the air before Discord appeared behind them, getting all three to look at him. "Face it! I've won! The whole world will now bathe in beautiful chaos with Ponyville as the Chaos Capital of the world!" he proclaimed as he raised his left eagle hand into the air while resting his right lion hand on his chest.
"You'll never get away with this, draconaquus!" Vitam cried out as he assumed a defensive position.
"Oh, please," Discord rolled his eyes as he waved a hand at Vitam, forcing him to assume the form of a jack-in-the-box. "You changelings never learn your place." Vitam looked himself over in frustration. "Though, you are the oldest drone I've seen in over a thousand years. So, tell me, how have you lasted for so long?" Vitam glared at Discord.
"Wouldn't you like to know!"
"Change him back!" Jet cried out as he jumped at Discord, who only snapped his fingers, forcing Jet into a bright red dog.
"Sit!" Discord ordered as he pointed a finger to the ground. Jet slapped his haunches onto the soap he stood on. "Lay down!" Jet got to his belly. "Roll over!" Discord smiled as Jet rolled in the soap. "Good boy!" Discord grabbed a purple cloud from the sky and tore a piece off before tossing it toward Jet, who jumped up to catch it in his mouth while Discord laughed at his work.
"That's enough, Discord!" Angel cried out as she rushed up to grab Jet and Vitam.
"Oh, but the fun's only just begun!" Discord proclaimed as he started to munch on the cloud as if it was cotton candy. "Get used to it, kids. This is how the world is going to be from now on!" He snapped his fingers, making a throne appear on a hill, where he sat on it proudly as the clouds flew overhead, raining chocolate wherever they went. "Angel, do be a dear and go play with my daughter, Screwball." Discord smiled at Angel, who only glared at him in response as a purple earth pony with curly hair floated over her head with a maniacal grin on her face. The pupils of her eyes were twirling around like a spiral.
"As if I'd do anything for you!" Angel shouted at Discord.
"Oh, come on!" Screwball cried in a high-pitched voice. "I wanna play with you!" Then, before Angel could protest, Screwball swooped them all up and carried them away.
"Hey!" Angel protested as he struggled in vain to break free. "Put us down, you bitch!"
"Daddy said that's a naughty word!" Screwball giggled. "I like naughty words! Are you a naughty boy?" Screwball dropped Vitam and Jet on the air as she held Angel up, eyeballing her nethers. "That looks like a delicious lollipop!" Screwball licked her lips.
"Don't you dare!" Angel began to protest only to have Screwball pull him in and take the entire thing into her mouth and suckle it like a straw.
Jet barked at Screwball in protest as Vitam struggled to shift, but the only thing he could manage was toys, from cars to plushies. Screwball hummed in delight as she suckled Angels growing dick and balls at once while she struggled to break free as she shuttered to the pleasure from the oral stimulation.
Screwball spent what seemed like hours having fun with Angel before she left her hanging in the air like a rag, covered in spit and love juices, before turning to Jet. "I've always wanted to play with a dog!" Jet yelped and tried to run off in the other direction, but his efforts were in vain as he ran in place, unable to move anywhere before Screwball picked him up and laid him on his back, eyeballing his sheath in hunger. "Dog dicks look so ugly but look so fun!" She leaned in before a rainbow suddenly appeared from the heart of the town, getting her to look up. "What the snowballs is that?" The rainbow outstretched around Ponyville and engulfed the entire area in bright lights as Screwball watched in awe before she disappeared. Vitam returned to his pegasus form while Angel and Jet returned to their normal selves before they came crashing to the ground a few feet below them.
"Ow!" Jet cried out as he landed on his back. Angel landed on her side with a groan before she shakily tried to pull herself up.
"That... was... horrible!" Angel groaned. Vitam quickly regained his composer before he rushed over to help the two back onto their hooves.
"What just happened?" Jet asked as he pulled Angel's arm over his shoulders. They all looked around the area to find everything was back to normal.
"My guess is Twilight and her friends just defeated Discord," Angel observed as she regained enough of her own strength to stand on her own two hooves.
"Zuro!" Vitam proclaimed before he took off toward the Everfree. Jet looked at Angel.
"Can you fly?"
"I'm good now," she answered as she gave her wings a few flaps before they both took off after Vitam.
~~)oOo(~~
Zecora watched Zuro with a smile as he played with his sister before the door swung open, and Vitam came in with Angel and Jet right behind him.
"Zuro?!" Vitam called out, getting Dili to look up with a smiled before rushing over to him with a proud "Dady!" while Zuro got to his feet and smiled as he rushed over to hug Angel and Jet.
"Thank the gods; you guys are alright!" Zuro sighed happily as they hugged him back. "What happened out there?" he asked as he looked at Angel, who glared in response.
"We are not talking about it!" Angel said as she glared at Jet, "and if you say anything about it, I'll cut your dick off!" Jet gulped and stood firm. Zuro could sense the overwhelming rage and humiliation radiating from his lover, so he chose not to press the matter.
"But, what about Discord and the town?" Zuro asked.
"Everything's back to normal," Vitam answered as he held his daughter in his arms. "A great rainbow engulfed the entire town, then poof, everything's normal again."
"As soon as Zuro reverted to his normal form, he tried to leave," Zecora explained as she walked up to the group, "but I reminded him of his current charge." She smiled at Dili as she patted the little changeling's head, who giggled at her.
"I wanted so bad to get out there and help you guys with whatever was out there, but I had to think about my sister," Zuro explained with a bit of a frown to Angel.
"It's okay, Guardian," Angel reassured him as she pulled him into a hug. He took in the energy she offered him with vigor as he returned the hug.
"You all are welcome to stay until you're ready for your journey back home," Zecora offered with a smile.
"Still, after all these years, you're willing to help others in need, Zecora." Vitam smiled at her.
"It is in my nature," she smiled back at him.
"What were you and Dili doing when we came in?" Angel asked Zuro.
"We were playing an old changeling game," Zuro answered with a smile. "I promise it wasn't anything sexual."
"Wait, are you suggesting you guys are incestuous?" Jet piped up.
"Sex is a common activity amongst the changelings," Vitam answered.
"Even with family?" Jet asked.
"Jet, shut up," Angel growled at him.
"Sorry," Jet backed down.
"Anyway, let's get the he- er, let's get home," Angel studdered. "I need a hot shower after today."
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