In The Beginning Part 1
Chapter 11: The Good, The Bad, and The Dragon
Previous ChapterWith Discord roaming around the Earth freely, causing all sorts of out worldly chaos and bringing everypony to a panic, Discord tries to come up with a way to get the White Knight out of the picture. So far, so many ideas were swirling through his mind right now that he can't choose, although he's quite satisfied and having so much fun doing what he now does best, it's still won't be enough for the Black Knight. He's demanding results on the White Knight's disappearance, so as Discord continues to think of a plan, he rolls his eyes over, left and right in the hope that he might have something in store. Then he finally sees something, there was a plan cooking up on his brain, literary. By showing his brain popping up like popcorn, means Discord has a plan; "Mmm, is that popcorn that I smell?" He was focused on the plan, but also the intoxicating aroma of popcorn. But then... he had lost sight of his plan when he heard voices on the ground. So he looks down to his left to see what the commotion was about, his eyes were dead on the ground to see who all was down there, and there he was... the White Knight in plain sight. And of course, along side him were the girls; Celestia and Luna.
"Well, well, well. Look what we have here... it appears that dear ol' White Knight is babysitting at the moment, oh how precious is he do such a thing? No doubt in my mind, the White Knight has the biggest heart.... wait, that's IT! I know just how to make him disappear for good." said Discord with his an evil grin look on his face, and with that being said... Discord has hatched yet another plan to get rid of the White Knight, and is starting to pick up the sound of a pan sizzling and the smell of cooked eggs.
So now Discord head up to the north, flying straight up to the mountains to find a dragon's cave, so far he hasn't seen one yet and he was getting a little impatient and a little impulsive. He does have a world to turn upside down and sideways and he can't afford to waste anymore time, and as he was about to leave, he sees a dragon leaving it's home to take one of it's walks. This was great for him, now he can use the dragon to take care of the White Knight, and so he did... by flying towards it, he was able to hypnotize it into making the dragon what he wants it to do.
"A favor I ask of thee, just a small favor is all. Knowing me, a dragon such as thyself can take care of this one little problem. You see there's a poacher, who has been taking your personal belongings for his own purposes and thou needs to find said poacher and show him a thing or two about theft. Be warned, the poacher might pick up a fight, and don't forget... the name he goes by is the White Knight."
After he had hypnotized the dragon, it had snapped and then it grew out it's wings and proceeded to fly all the way to the pony grounds to find the White Knight. Discord had thought to himself that this was going to be the best fun that he has ever had in decades and that it will all be worth rotting in a cage. So he too fly's back to the pony grounds to see how the dragon is going to take on the White Knight; "Ooh, ho ho ho. How I am going to have so much fun? Well, it's simple really. bring eternal chaos to the world and on top of that, say farewell to my good old friend and of course... there are those two little Alicorns that were with him." After he said that, he starts to figure out what he plans to do with Celestia and Luna while White Knight has his battle with the purple dragon, he started to chuckle softly, then he flies up to the sky while was still chuckling and then his laughter got even louder and then thunder and lightning were added during his maniacal laughter.
Meanwhile back on the fields, White Knight was sitting down and watching the sunset alone, it had been three years since he hasn't heard from his old friends, he wonders how they've been up to and what they're up to now. Along the way, White Knight hangs his head in shame because he feels that matters are getting worse by the minute, there has been more conflict in the world, rumors about a war between tribes and for whatever reasons they have for it. Basically... the world is spiraling downhill, and there is so little that he can do to bring the peace and joy to the world. He was moping a little that for the first time ever, White Knight's skills and powers have become Limited and it's bothering him deeply. And then, he started thinking to himself;
"No, I can't be sulking about this, I can't sit around and mope about this like some little colt had just lost his happiness... happiness. I just realized... that I am the spirit of Laughter, the bringer of Joy, the gift giver of fun. Being sad is a no-no, being afraid is not what I'm about, and I am not going to let distraught and despair take over this world... I am the White Knight, I am what brings love and happiness to this world!"
After trying to lift his own spirits up, a young teenage Celestia and a young filly Luna show up to find the White Knight here on the fields. They had been looking for him all day, they were worried about him and they feared that he had lost hopelessness, but the White Knight had managed to grab his hope back and he's back to his usual, random, fun-loving, high spirited self. And just as the girls asked the White Knight if he was all right, White Knight turns around and pulls out one of his famous smiles to the girls and tells them that everything is going to be all right and that they shouldn't have anything to worry about. So after that, the three huddled together for one big hug, they were all smiling, Celestia was even more happy to see that White Knight is still his usual self and that he hasn't given up hope.
"I'm so glad that everything is all right." said Celestia.
"We both thought for a second there, that you had lost all hope for everypony here and seeing that things aren't what they appear to be--" And right at that moment, White Knight interrupted Luna and told her and Celestia both;
"Girls, now listen to me... no matter what happens here or anywhere else, if the world falls down to despair and distraught, do not forget I will be here to bring peace, joy and love to the world once more. I've done it once before, and this time... we will do it together. Now girls, I want to show you something...
After his great words of confidence, White Knight pulls out a diamond encrusted box, he opens the box and shows the girls what was inside. When Celestia and Luna saw what was inside, they were so very surprised, they expression on their faces were priceless, their eyes wide open, jaws dropped, but not all the way. The Elements of Harmony were in the box, all six of them, Celestia was wondering why White Knight is showing them the Elements, and so she asks him; "White Knight, These are the Elements of Harmony, why are you showing them to us?"
Then the White Knight replied to Celestia's question; "Well, I'm only showing you the elements because I feel that I can trust you enough to watch over them if anything were to happen to me and/or the others. You see, even though we represent the elements of harmony, the elements of friendship, we won't be around long enough to continue fulfilling our duties. And when that day comes, you two will soon bare responsibility for these elements and will use them to protect the world from evil."
Then Celestia says in a nervous tone; "You... you really... think we can... use the elements to protect all the pony folk?" Then Luna says; "You trust us enough that we can be able to use them?"
"I can't think of anyone else who can use the elements for good use other than you two." said the White Knight.
After that, the girls feel honored to hear that White Knight trusts them to keep the elements and to use them to protect the Earth from evil. Celestia started to cry, she's even got Luna and the White Knight tearing up as well. "Those had better be tears of joy." said the White Knight while he was trying to wipe off the tears out of his eyes. And so, after the waterworks, the three started to give each other another hug and while they were hugging each other, Twilight Sparkle was still standing there, watching them hug each other, wishing that she could join in on the hug fest... but she is still a living astral projection. Right after their hug fest, the moon had began to rise at last and White Knight tells the girls that tomorrow might be a new day. But right after he said that, just out of nowhere... the purple dragon shows up to the village to find the White Knight and fight him. The Dragon began to roar out loud, everypony fled their homes and were running for their lives, then the dragon started to spew his green flames to cover the whole village grounds with it's flames.
With White Knight, Celestia, Luna and Twilight on top of the hill, witnessing the dragon going on a rampage, the girls were terrified to witness an actual dragon in person, Twilight was also a little frightened to see the dragon terrorizing the village but she's also getting a familiar outlook on the dragon, like as if she seen it before. And as for the White Knight, he pulls off a confused look while seeing the rampaging dragon go off on the village and says;
"Hmm, looks like someone is hungry for attention."
To Be Continued...
