Chapter 1: Enter Perim Shifter
"Hello there, young sir. I gather you're looking for a certain assortment of cards?"
My attention, which was directed at first to the massive assortment of booths that had a wide variety of card games on sale, is soon taken to that of a man in what seemed to be what a Code Master from the 4Kids cartoon series Chaotic would wear.
"Huh. Didn't expect to meet a Code Master outside a battle drome." The man chuckles at my joke, gesturing for me to come to his booth.
"I can now guess from how you knew of my status that you're looking for some unique scans. Am I correct?"
Scans, for those of you out there who don't know, are basically the unique Code each card has. Also if you get duplicate scans of one creature, not one scan is identical to the other stat-wise.
"I'd like to try and get every creature, battle gear, and mugic I can find, honestly." I sigh as I knew this was indeed a major unlikely possibility. However, the 'Code Master' seems to chuckle and opens a case I never noticed before.
"I could help you with that. While I would suggest not using the Danian creatures, you are free to use these as you see fit if you wish to purchase this collection of mine."
I look over the case, seeing a whole assortment of pages with Chaotic cards! Each creature had crazy stats, and they all seemed to be in mint condition. Almost like they just came off the production line...
"I am willing to offer a good price if you have it. Say...... $1.5 thousand?"
Surprised by his offer, I nod my head vigorously as I had exactly that much. Handing him my briefcase of cash, he offers me what seems to be a replica of a code scanner from the TV show also.
"Now, I am very happy you like your purchase. Now, be safe on your journey.... Perim Shifter." Says the Code Master, and that is when I finally have the red flags fly.
How did he know my old Chaotic Online CN (Code Name)?
Before I could ask him, I get enveloped in a bright light and then.... darkness.
Location: Unknown
Time: Unknown
"-do you think this strange creature is okay?"
I must be hearing things. Either that or I am being looked over by some woman who has never seen a human before...
"I do not know, my dear. I think it is best we inform the King and Queen as soon as possible"
King and Queen? Am I in some deep dream where I meet royalty or something?
I try to open my eyes, only to groan in pain as the light causes me to flinch slightly from its brightness. This clearly catches the attention of the two who were talking over me. I hear a sudden "eep" as well as shuffling like in a forest. Once my eyes finally adjust, I look around and see I am apparently in a dense forest.
Okay, don't freak out. You apparently were dragged outside after passing out at the convention from getting so many cards and being called by your old Code Name from Chaotic Online. Now, where are those two-
As I look to the area I heard the shuffling from, I see two humanoid beings. I say humanoid because while they were bipedal, they had more pony-like features for their faces, had hooves for feet, a tail on their butts, one had a horn on his forehead while the other had wings on her back.
Correction. Now is a time to panic.
And panic I did by screaming bloody murder.
Author's Note
What would you do if you were in our protagonists situation? While it is only the start of his journey, Perim Shifter will face many obstacles and trials that could put him in a bad view of the public eyes. But don't expect any spoilers unless I say them. One spoiler I will reveal is a unique version Queen Chrysalis' origin story will be made for this fic.
Anyway, I do hope you enjoyed this startup of this Displaced fic.
Let's Get CHAOTIC
Chapter 2: Mipedian Hide and Seek
After my initial freak out, I noticed some of their pony features looked familiar. Not only that, I could see they wore sort of skimpy undergarments to reveal a mark on their hips.
If I were to guess on all this correctly, as only one show about ponies I recall involved horses having butt tattoos every time which magically appear at unexpected moments, this was clearly some universe of MLP.
Great, I am apparently stuck in a world based on girls fantasies....
Before I could continue my inward complaining, I feel a slight jab at my side and realize it's a spear poking me.
"Okay you, I don't know why you screamed. However, I suggest you come along nice and easy. I don't want to give the King any reason to-"
"Uh, sorry. But you will have to catch me first!"
Before the unicorn with the spear could respond, I jump to my feet and make a run for it.
"HAY! GET BACK HERE!"
I would have said something smart-alecky at that moment, but I suddenly trip on something and fall face first.
"Pfft. Great.... What did I-" I check to see what I tripped on, only to find the scanner the so called 'Code Master' gave me before this whole fiasco started. Looking it over, I notice it seemed to operate like an actual scanner. Smirking and getting an idea, I skim through the deck until I found a certain Creature.
"Hold it right there!"
Looking up, I see that the pegasus girl is hovering above me, her unicorn partner soon reaching us and panting for breathe.
"*Huff* Good *huff* job there, *huff* Star Catcher..."
"Heh.. Can I say you did awesome for that game of Chase?" I say, making both pony anthros stare at me.
"Wait, that was a game?" asks the pegasus, now known as Star Catcher.
"Uh, yeah!" I lie, but smile through it all. "But there is one last game I want to play before you take me to whoever is in charge."
"Well...." Star Catcher seems unsure, but then the unicorn aims his spear at me again.
"Any other funny business, and I will not care about sparing you."
"Swift Wit! I thought you would be more calm!" exclaimed Star. I chuckle a bit.
"Well, first I want to make sure my magic works." I say, pressing onto my screen with the selected creature on the surface. As I do this, the scanner disappears into code, which then swirls around my arm and goes over my whole body. Soon I am in a lizard-like body that was colored in golden scales and adorned in large golden-brown spaulders and arm braces. My voice also takes on that of the creature, being Zhade, the Midpedian Stalker.
As I finish my transformation, both ponies stare at me before training their weapons on me again. I notice at this time that Star apparently is armed with a bow and arrow.
"Hey! I just wanted to prepare for our next game!" I speak in a lower yet sandy voice, slightly worried I might not be able to test this out.
"And what, pray tell, game would need you to use magic and transform yourself?" asked Swift.
I give a sly smirk, which is noticed by both but they aren't fast enough to react as I suddenly turn invisible due to Zhade's ability.
"Hide-and-Seek. Best find me soon, because I am not sticking around to be a lab rat!" I exclaim, making my escape carefully with Zhade's experience guiding me on how to be stealthy.
Let me tell you right now, turning into a creature and gaining their knowledge at the forefront of the moment is nice. However, I knew deep down somehow this wouldn't happen all the time.
After getting a decent amount of distance from the two, I decide to watch them flail around as they tried to find me. One moment, I see Swift fall into a pool of mud, which was hilarious as Star tries to help him out only to get pulled in. As I watched, I could tell these two were in a relationship of sorts, but this game was getting on their nerves with the new being.
After several hours and the sun preparing to set, the two sigh in defeat and decide to leave.
"Whoever you are, you won this game. Expect us to return for a rematch!" shouts Swift. Wow, didn't expect him to actually be aggressive in games.
"Alrighty then, Swift! Also, call me Perim Shifter! Hope you had fun swimming in the mud!" I cackle at the end, and I could see both ponies blushing deep red as they turned to leave.
Author's Note
Zhade, the Mipedian Stalker
