Chapters *Dream World*
I found myself at the side of a small river. It fact, it looked like it was just a string of gathered rain water. but something about it seemed so...familiar. I took a look at it, and saw a reflection. But it wasn't my reflection. Instead, it was the reflection of a crimson red unicorn with a flowing black mane, similar to Celestia's.
"If Red Nova is the name you choose, then a brief transformation must take place." I heard a low-pitch voice say.
"Its dire! Most important!" I heard another say. This one had a higher pitch.
"Where are you? Show yourselves!" I yelled.
"You can't sense us? How amusing." said the high-pitched voice.
"We will meet one day." said the low pitch voice
*That Morning*
I woke up in complete mystery and confusion of the dream. with the exception of meeting Tom, I never hear other voices in my dreams. I was halfway through my breakfast when I heard a knock on my door. When I opened the door, I almost fell down in surprise.
"Dear Celestia, PLEASE dont tell me that I had too much cider." I told myself. Who stood before me was Discord himself.
"Listen here you! I'm not going to fall for any of your stupid tricks this time! I..." I stopped when I saw the mane 6 behind them. Except, they didnt exactly have there elements on. "Ok, somepony better explain what is going on here."
"Allow me to explain." said Twilight. She went on to tell about what happened in "Keep Calm and Flutter On" or atleast, I think thats the name of the episode Tom told me to give.
"...So now you don't need to worry about a thing." said Discord, finishing up the explamation.
"I see. So you've gone from enemy to ally, huh?" I asked Discord
"Indeed. I have sworn to use my powers for good."
"Well then," I put my arm out "Its nice to know your on the good side." I said as he reached out his lion paw and shoock my hand. Before I came here, I had asked myself several times how I would react if Discord became a good guy. And I finally knew how I did. I was relaxed. I knew now that it was only a matter of time before I had a way to train with a decent character.
"And that kinda brings us to why we braught him here. Hes going to need a place to stay, and we figure you were the most eligible person to do it." explained Twilight.
"Well, wait a minute, couldnt he just whip up a place of his own or something?" I asked
"Well, I tried that and well..."
"It fell down." finished Fluttershy
"But coludnt you make it stand somehow? I mean, you literly made three houses float off the ground, heck, you turned Town Hall itself fly UPSIDE DOWN!"
"Yes, but that was using my powers for evil. Now I have to use it for good. Therefore, if i used my powers to make my little foundation stand, it would have messed up all of Equestria. Twilight tried to use her magic, but not even that worked. And besides, I actually like it here."
"Alright then. Make yourself at home, I guess." Discord snapped his fingers and dissapeared in a white flash. "ARE YOU CRAZY?" I asked the mane 6. "I understand that you all think I can let him stay here, but I have some umm...stuff."
"Like what kindda stuff? Is it a surprise? I love surprises! Do you have any idea how crazy this is? What is it? I Pinkie Promise I won't tell anypony! Cross my heart hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye. Ok, I Pinkie Promised! What is it? Huh? Huh?" Asked Pinkie.
"Sorry Pinkie, not even a Pinke Promise can keep this a secret." I told her. She frowned
"Aww...Ok! I got somewhere to be. Bye everypony!" and she zoomed out of my house.
"I swear, I know I'm going to regret asking this, but how the heck does she do that?"
"Nopony knows." said the other 5.
"Sorry about coming in this early. We just wanted ths to be the first thing we took care of." said Twilight.
"No, its fine." I said. They almost all left when I remembered something. "Rarity." I said just before she left the door.
"Yes Darling?" she asked
"Do you think you could meet me at the park later? At about 4?"
"Sure. Talk to you then dear." she left with a wink.
"...And there goes the mare of my dreams." I told myself. I just couldn't believe that I even feel in love with a unicorn, much less, one from a little girl's show. I sighed, and then saw a white flash.
"I think I've made myself confortable already." said Discord.
"Good. I'm leaving at 3:30, and when I leave, you are not to change this house in any, and I mean ANY way, shape, or form. Understand?"
"Understood. Where will you be going, exactly?"
"The park. Nothing special." I said. But I knew that was nowhere near the truth.
"Very well then." said Discord.
*3:30 P.M.*
"Alright, Im leaving." I yelled "And remember what I said!"
"I know, I know, no changing the house in any way, shape, or form."
"Good." and with that, I left my house. "Better not ending up being saved by him later."
Soon, fate would decide to become the infamous jerk its known to be.
The Wrath of the Trickster!
The fight seemed to start in Discord's favor, but not even three explosive glasses, ten frying pan smacks, and a stampede of long-legged hoof bunnies were enough to even hurt Gavara. Everything was almost starting to seem hopeless. If I knew where Rarity was, I would've been heading there by now. But since I didn't, I just had to pray to Celestia that she was ok.
"This is getting dull." said Gavara "Do you think you could actually do something?."
"What? What do you mean?" Asked Discord.
"I mean that your not even trying! If you decided to fight me, you could've atleast told me you were weak."
"How dare you! Im Discord! If you want my best, you're about to get it!"
"Atta boy! Now this might finally get interesting!"
Soon, there were black and white flashes and crashes everywhere. It was almost like their energies were the same, because this went on for quite a while. I was hoping that soon, Gavara would slip or make some mistake and give Discord an upper hoof. But soon, there was only one black flash, and soon, there was a white projectile flying across the air. When it landed on the ground, Everypony and I gasped in terror.
Discord had been turned to stone.
"No...NO! NO NO NOO!" I yelled
"Discord!" yelled Fluttershy, tears flowing down her cheeks.
"Well that sure was boring!” Exclaimed Gavara. "Even when he was 'serious' I STILL beat him! Now who's next?" Fluttershy flew over to Discord.
"Discord! Please break out! Please!" She sobbed.
"I'm afraid it's hopeless, Flutters. He's, as you might say, stoned." Gavara laughed "Ha! Stoned! Hahaha! Thats a good one!" He continued to laugh.
"You....You MONSTER! How dare you!" Fluttershy yelled. She started to give Gavara "The Stare" at full power from where she was. I could feel the intensity of it from where I was. It was like being surrounded in a dome of pressure.
"Ha! So this is that stare thing? Ha!" said Gavara "Pathetic." He pointed a finger at Fluttershy, and before any of us could've stopped it, a beam of light shot out of it and hit Fluttershy, immediatly turning her to stone. He patted his hands in disapointment. "Such a shame. She was my favorite growing up." We all ran over to her.
"No!" we all yelled.
"Look at it this way, your all going to be joining them soon!" said Gavara.
"Not if I can help it!" said Dash, charging towards him at full speed. Gavara managed to dodge before impact, but Dash kept going, but then started to fly upwords.
"What does she think she's doing?" Asked Gavara. Soon, a visible white c-shape surrounded her, and later began to form a cone around her. Then, a loud explosion. I had looked down due to the noise, but when I looked up, I couldn't believe what I saw. It wasn't just a normal Rainboom. it was...
"A Double Rainboom." said Twilight and Applejack, both in as much surprise as I was. Piknie's jaw had dropped so much, you could've drove a semi into it. Dash tackled Gavara, hitting him so hard, he probably flew to the other side of the Everfree Forest. Rainbow Dash landed on the ground after the impact.
"Are you ok?" asked Twilight "An impact at that kind of speed could lead to some serious damage!"
"Nah, I'm fine." said Dash. Gavara appearead and was cut up and bruised badly.
"Well, that actually hurt a little, Dashie. I didn't expect you to use the Sonic Rainboom as an attack, much less your first Double Rainboom." He wiped of some blood from his mouth, smirking. "I love it when my opponent thinks they have me beat, and then, kabam! Here I am!" Said Gavara. "But now, its time for this to end." He waved out his hand and sent out a pulse of energy, but before it hit her, Pinkie Pie jumped in its way, sending her back instead of Dash.
"Gah! You stupid pink furball! Fine, you wanna play, well play!" Gavara charged towards Pinkie, and smashed his fist into her face and slamming her into the ground with her other.
"Stop!" I yelled. Gavara continued to beat her. "I said STOP!" Gavara looked over his shoulder and smiled.
"And if I don't?" he asked.
"Then your gonna get it!" I said
"Funny, your friend Rarity said the same thing, but she couldn't stop us! And neither will you!"
"Your right. Alone, I'm probably nothing compared to you. But with my friends at my side, there's no way I can lose!"
"Friends?" asked Gavara "You mean your army of equines? Or atleast what's left of it? That's funny. Really! Ha ha ha ha ha!"
"You think it's funny, don't you? To make these ponies suffer?"
"Think, no I KNOW it's funny!"
"That's enough, punk!" Yelled Dash, charging at Gavara again. But this time, he reacted with a before-impact uppercut. Then, he punched her to the ground, knocking her out.
"Dash!" I yelled
"Dashie!" yelled Pinkie weakly
"Rainbow!" Yelled Twilight and Applejack. Gavara smirked
"That's three down, four to go." He said, upon starting to crack his knuckles and neck.
"NOW YOU'VE DONE IT! PARTY CANNON TIME!" yelled Pinkie in a voice so loud, it makes the Royal Canterlot voice sound like a quiet whisper. She pulled out her Party Cannon out and fired it at Gavara, causing him to be assualted with confetti and streamers, and even a cake.
"Oh no!" said Gavara sarcasticly "I've been assaulted with a bunch of streamers and confetti! what ever shall I do?" He snapped his fingers and a real cannon appeared. "It's been fun, furball." he snapped his fingers, and the cannon fired, causing an explosion. When the smoke cleared, there was nothing left.
"That's the end of that one." said Gavara as he turned toward us."Eni meany miny moe, catch a pony by the hoof, if it hollors, don't let go!" I couldn't believe it. He had been just toying around the whole time, and now he was doing eni miny moe to pick his next opponent!
"To hell with your games, Gavara! Im going to obliterate you!" I said
"Ooh! Mr. Tough Guy here!" Gavara smiled "Took you long enough! Let's see if you actually did beat Crysiliis, or if she was scared of nothing!"
"Nova Stream!" I fired a blast of fire out of my hands, and resulted in explosion at Gavara's spot. he was still standing, as if he got hit with nothing.
"Is that all? What a dissapointment. And you thaught you could beat me, and save Rarity! The poor mare! She's almost dead, and there's nothing you can do about it!" He laughed uncontrolably. "Ha! Your mare's almost gone! I guess I should say 'Rarirty's in a different casle!' because she's in space!"
"What?" I clenched my fist. "What the hell did you just say?"
"She's almost dead! Rarity! The one mare you appreciate the most! Nearing death every second! Ha!" Gavara continued to laugh.
"You...you made me mad when you took her, but putting her to near death?" I was surrounded by a red aura "Now you're bucking dead you feind!" I don't know how, but I was starting to grow claws out of my fingers. "YOU HEAR ME? YOUR DEAD!" The red aura got more redder, almost blood red. "DEAAD!" I was transforming into some sort of dragon as my body became alit with flames.
"Well, this is new." said Gavara
"What is this? asked Barron
"What in tarnation?" asked Applejack. Twilight had her jaw dropped.
When I was finished transforming, I actually WAS a dragon. My wings were black with flame-like patterns from where they came off of my back, with spikes of the same color in the middle of the patterns. My tail was long, black on the bottom, red on the top with a club-shapped object at the end, with red spikes leading up to it from the tail's start. I also had a long, narrow pole-thing coming out of my head, along with outward-pointed fangs on both sides of my head.
"What...what are you?" Stammered Gavara
"Don't you know?" I asked, smiling with my dragonic smile "I am the ray of hope! The light in the darkness! The one who brings help to those in need! The one who destroys evil! I am Red Nova!"
"Very well, 'Red Nova' lets see what you can do."
"I'll do more than that!" I said.
Author's Note
Oh yea, bad-plot mode! After learning of Rarity's condition, even more powers awaken within me, turning me into Red Nova! Is this new power going be enough to avenge those who have gone down in defeat by Gavara? Or is this just a fight that no new power could win? Am I asking too many questions?
Red Nova Awakens! The True Battle Begins!
"I take it this new transformation of yours makes you think you can beat me? If that's so, your sadly mistaken!" said Gavara, who then smirked. "It takes more than some transformation to intimmidate me!"
"That's just it. unlike you, I don't underestimate my opponents before fighting them. I know full well what your capable of, so you can take that smirk of your face and put in in a trashcan, pal." I turned towards Applejack and Twilight. "You two, try finding Rarity. I'll come help once I take care of these smug pieces of junk."
"No! We're here 'til the end, sugarcube!" said Applejack.
"Right!" agreed Twilight.
"GO NOW!" I roared "WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH TIME SHE HAS LEFT!?!
"I do! Approximitly 30 minutes! After that, your marefriend's dead space!" said Gavara. He burst out laughing. "Dead in space! Dead space! Ha ha ha ha ha!" I was sick of his cruel jokes. First Discord, now Rarity. That last line was enough. Enough for me to give to him what he deserved.
"Volcanic Claws of Destruction!" Gavara exploded with thousands of flames, causing him to scream out in pain. Then, for each flame that burned him, I got a flame in my claws. "Blazing Chains!" Gavara's two legs and arms were instantly ensnared in chain-like magma, causing him to scream more.
"Stop! Please! It burns!" he yelled
"That was your last joke, pal." I flew twords him at blazing speed, pushing my claws outward as I did. when I hit him, the impact was so powerful, I literly broke him in half, bllod and guts spilling out everywhere.
"Gavara....dead? Immposible!" yelled Barron. I looked back, just to make sure that the other two were ok, and releived at what I saw. Discord and Fluttershy had broken free of thier stone encasement. fluttershy ducked behind Applejack once she saw me.
"big...scary....dragon...EEP!"
"Relax, sugarcube, that's just the new Mason." said Applejack in a soothing voice. "He ain't gonna hurt ya."
"O..ok." muttered Fluttershy. Discord, on the other hand, looked at me like I was a god.
"You really ARE the one." he said. "Nice to see you came out, Red Nova."
"How did you..." then I remembered something. Something Discord had said during the last few seconds I lived at my house on Earth.
"... Maybe you are the one..." So that's what he meant. He didn't pull a scheme to take over Earth at the cost of sending a random human to Equestria. He was guiding me to this very moment. He must have been reformed already when he sent me here!
"Indeed." said Discord, as if he read my mind, which I wouldn't be surprised if he did. "I knew it was in you the whole time."
"Enough talk! I don't care who you think you are, you're going down! In fact..." Barron snapped his fingers, and Rarity appeared in a locked cage, seemingly unconsious. I took note of a key-lock that locked the opening of the metal cage. "If you want to get her out and save her, then you'll have to beat me to get the key to do it!" I heard Discord snap his eagle claw.
"What in Celestia's name does he think he's..." my thought was interupted by the remaining pieces of wood suddenly glowing green, and slowly lifted up off the ground and began spinning in circles.
"What? What's going on?" asked Barron
"Nothing really, I just have a friend of mine who'd like to speak to you." said Discord. Before any of us knew it, a large timberwolf was standing before me. It growled, then pounced on Barron. It wasn't long untill Barron looked to be cut up pretty bad. Barron then flipped the wolf onto its back using his big, muscular arms. The wolf then split into five different wolves, all five of which began attempting to attack, but Barron swated all five to the ground, causing them all to return to the shape we found them in.
"Any other tricks, you clown?"
"No, but I've got one!" yelled Twilight. She shot a beam of purple light from her horn in what appeared to be in a random direction. Soon, a rainbow blur flew past me and landed on the ground.
"Oh, boy does it feel good to be back!" yelled Dash. "Wait, what's a dragon doing here?"
"Long story Dash." I said
"Wait...nopony calls me that except...Mason?"
"Yup."
"No!" yelled Barron. Twilight shot a similar light towards Rarity. She began to stand up on her hooves.
"I'm...still alive? Im alive! Celestia, I'm alive!" she yelled, barely noticing my new look. I didn't mind though. The last thing I wanted was for her to have a panic attack and faint again.
"Oh yea! Party time!" yelled a familiar high pitch voice, followed by the sound of party items. Pinkie appeared out of nowhere and fired her party cannon.
"No...one, two, three, four, five, six! No! I'm doomed!" Barron reeled back in fear.
"Rarity! Here catch!" Yelled Dash. She threw the element of genereosity towards Rarity, and it landed on her perfectly. Now I knew how this was going to end.
"Let's go!" yelled the six, except Twilight
"But wait! We're not in formation! The elements can't work unless we're in formation!" panicked Twilight.
"Think of the bonds you share!" I yelled "The elements dont get thier power from a formation, they get it from the bonds that tie it to the others!"
"What? A DRAGON? What in Celestia's name is..."
"I'll explain when we get back! Just do it!" I told Rarity, who was clearly confused.
"No, Stop! Gavara may had been evil, but not I! All I want is peace and prosperity!" yelled Barron
"Don't listen to him! He's lying!" I yelled back. Soon, a rainbow arc appeared, and I knew it was time for me to sieze the moment. I flew up and was hit by the elements.
"What are you doing?" asked Twilight "Get out of the way!"
"Trust me, I know what I'm doing! Just give it your all!"
"Alright, if you say so." she opened her eyes, that of which glowed to be pure white. I Felt the elements hit me with unmatchable strength, but I managed to contain all the energy in my body, making me glow in a rainbow aura.
"Here goes." I muttered under my breath. "Behold! My true power! Harmonic Phenoix Barrage!" My body burst into rainbow flames, and I was soon literly a pheniox as far as I could tell. I spread out my wings, then dove toward Barron like an eagle. Soon, I was flying so fast, a cone appeared around me. I smirked, charging myself forward more. The last thing I remembered hearing a loud crash noise, followed by a scream.
*Dream World*
"You finally did it." said a voice.
"Where are you?" I asked.
"Behind you." I looked back to see Tom.
"Hey! It's been a while." I said, happy to see him "Wait, what did I do?"
"Take a look." said Tom, snapping his fingers. I saw myself get hit with the elements.
"Harmonic Pheniox Barrage!" sure enough, I had turned into a rainbow colored pheniox. I couldn't believe what I saw, even though I did it. The pheniox dove towards Barron, a cone quickly forming around it. Then it exploded, and turned into three pheniox shapes. All three of them crashed into the ground and exploded. Then, I saw my human form fly back, and everypony gathered around it.
"They are worried about you. It's time to wake up." said Tom
*Ponyville Hospital*
"..ake..p. Ple....wa.e..p." I heard a voice say. I tried my best to open my eyes.
"Ugh, what hap-" was all I could get out of my mouth before I closed my eyes again. I woke up probably 6 hours later, because when I did, the sun was setting. I opened my eyes again, and tried to speak. "What happened?" I whispered. I didn't even know if anypony was in the room with me or not. That is, untill I heard a voice.
"The energy that you used to beat Barron nearly killed you! We brought you here a soon as possible, and you've been out for weeks!" Yelled Twilight. Or, atleast it sounded like her.
"Twilight, is that you?" I asked, just to make sure.
"Yes." she said.
"Do...do the rest of them know?" I asked
"Know what? About your transformation? Yea." she said "That brings me to another thing."
"Yea? What is it?" I asked.
"Apparently, when Discord sent you here a few years ago, you must have come in contact with dragon blood, and it must have entered your system." She began. "And now that you've transformed, I think I know about your abilities and how they came about."
"...And that is..?"
"Some Equestrian legends tell of a dragon that lived long ago. But, like Spike, this dragon could speak. He apparently had the abillity to use his flame better than any other dragon.
"Wait, I get it, The spirit of this dragon somehow entered my body, and he basicly gave me his powers! Right?" I asked, hoping I was even close. Twilight nodded. I smirked. "So, how long did they say I'd be here for?"
"About a month."
"Shoot! I really dont like being stuck in the hospital for to long, even if its for my recovery's sake." Twilight giggled. "What?"
"Oh, its just you remind me of Raindow Dash sometimes."
*Unkown Location*
A tall man stood by a computer, that of which was making noises that could be mistaken for one of those error remixes. "Ha Ha Haa..." said a low-robotc voice "You did well, my prototypes. Now let me take over. He turned around, revealing his cybernetic eyes. "What a fool. That human thinks he's seen the last of us." The being smirked "But he hasnt even seen the tip of the ice-borg." The being transformed into green mist and vanished, laughing as it did.
The Demon: Part 1, As If It Never Happened
The Demon: Part 1, As If It Never Happened
It had been about 3 weeks since I ended up in the hospital, and almost three years now since I got here. I was almost fully recovered, but there I was, still in that hospital bed.
"It's a miricle you even survived, let alone opened your eyes!" my doctor told me. "I was afraid of telling your friends you might not make it! How in Celestia's name did you pull it off?"
"I hate to tell you this, but I'm as clueless as you are." I frowned
"Well, if you need anything, let me know." he said. Just before he left, I remembered something.
"Hey doc."
"Yes?"
"Could you try to see if Rarity could come here? I would like to see her." He smiled.
"Of course." and with that, he left.
*Thirty Minutes Later*
"You have a guest!" My doctor told me.
"Alright, bring 'em in" I told him.
"Hello dear! I'm sorry it took so long, I needed to finish making a few dresses." said that beutiful voice that i could pick from a crowd in New York.
"Its fine." I told her "Hey doc, could we have a minute alone, please?"
"Of course." With that, he left, closing the door behind him.
"Rarity, I'm sorry for getting you into this mess." I told her
"What do you mean, dear?" she asked, clearly confused.
"I mean Gavara and Barron. Those two only wanted to fight me because I had beaten Crysillis. They wanted nothing to do with you. all you were to them was bait. Bait to get me to fight them. if it wasnt for me, they wouldnt have-" I was interrupted by a hoof pressing against my mouth.
"No need to appologize, dear. But thank you." and with that, she moved her hoof and put her lips together and came close to my face-
I awoke from my sleep from the blinding rays of light from the sun
"I now know what its like to be Spike sometimes." I thought to myself.
"Morning, Mason!" spoke a voice
"Speak of the devil." I muttered
"What?" asked Spike.
"Nothing."
"Umm...ok. Hey, can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Did you really turn into a dragon?"
"Yea. It would have probably been nice, if I hadn't been so mad." I told him. that actually wasn't far from the truth. I wold have probably been so excited, it would have made Pinkie seem like the most depressed pony in all of Equestria.
"Well, once you get out of here and stuff, do you think you could, like, show me how to do that?" I was baffled by the dragon's question. I smirked
"Wish I could, bud. Problem is, I don't even know how I did it, let alone tell you how to do it. But I can tell you one thing, though."
"What?"
"Trust in your own abilities, no matter what. All your life, you've used your fire to send stuff to Celestia and back. But you know what? It would'nt surprise me if, in about 10 years or so, you'll be able to use it like most dragons. just remember that."
"I will."
"Alright."
After a day or two, the doctors had me out of there, and told me to watch my roughousing. But I still slowly began to train after a few days. But, no matter how hard I tried, I could never seem to do the transformation that I had done a month prior. Thankfully, Discord had gotten a place while I was in the hospital, so I had the house to myself again. One day, after I had finished my daily training, I noticed an envelope on my table. It was yellow, and about the size of a soda can. I opened it up, only to find a nifty little card inside. when I opened it up, I read it out loud.
"Dear Somepony Special,
Reality set in when I first met you,
A day without you seems incomplete.
Right and just,
I have a liking towards such qualities.
There are a few stallions who lack those abilities,
You beat them in everything, for you are perfect.
A Special Somepony"
I was just about to set the card down, when something caught my eye. I looked at the card again.
"Huh. The first letter in each column spells 'RARITY.' Strange." I set the card in a safe place for later, then I sat down and read the most recent newspaper. Nothing much was in it, though, aside from the fact they put in that on that day, I arrived here. After I read the article about it, I tried to imagine what Earth was like. I mean, it must have been, what, a billion years in Earth time? I sighed, and looked at the clock. It was around 7 P.M, but I didn't really care much. Even back at home, I never really went to sleep untill around nine.
"Well, I hope that this doesn't go bad." I hoped to myself. I mean, I don't enjoy fighting, its just what I do. what I do to protect Equestria...
*The Next Day*
I woke up at my usual time, did my routine, and got the mail. I decided it was best to just rest. After all, what could one day off of training possibly do, right? Well, fate had other plans.
"Who's there?" I asked, after hearing a knock at my door.
"It's me, Twilight! You might want to read this letter!" I walked over to my door, and opened it up to see Twilight, with Spike at her side. She gave me a rolled up scroll using her magic. I opened it up and read it.
"To my faithful student Twilight,
I wish to see Mason for a few things. If you could please, send him to Canterlot.
Sincerrely, Princess Celestia."
"Ok, lets go." I told Twilight
"Ok..." she said. She sounded more concerened than normal, though.
"Hey, you alright?" I asked.
"Yea, I'm fine. It's just that everything has been so crazy lately, you know?"
"Yea, I know."
*Canterlot Castle*
"Your Majesty," I said, upon entering Celestia's Room "I have arrived."
"Thank you for coming on such a short notice. It has come to my attention. Now, I need you to understand that the question I am about to ask may seem crazy, but is very important."
"Of couse. Ask away."
"Would you like to return to Earth? I may be able to make it to the time of which Discord sent you here."
"Return...to Earth?" I asked
"Yes." I went into deep thought of it all. Coming to Equestria had been the best thing of my life. However, Earth Is where i was born. I didn't belong here. I should have never came here. I should have stayed on Earth. But just before I could answer Celestia's question, I realized that if I left, I would be going back to my life where everything I did was in vain.
"I would like to stay." I told her "My friends and family might be worried, but I'm a hero to these ponies."
"I see. In that case, I wish to give you something for the long road ahead." Celestias horn began to glow. I felt something in my hand. I opened it up to find a necklace. At the end of it, there was something that seemed to be a dragon claw. I put it on, and suddenly felt like the strongest and smartest being in all of Equestria.
"That Necklace contains some of my powers. I am sure that you will use it better than I ever could."
"Umm, thanks. Is that all you needed?" I asked
"Yes. You may go now." The next thing I knew, I was in Ponyville.
*Everfree Forest*
A dark-green mass slithered across the Everfree Forest floor, almost exactly like a snake. It didnt take long for it to reach its destination. The Ruins, where Nightmare Moon had been defeated. The mass re-shaped itself to a human like state.
"That took long enough. Now..." the being shot out a green light almost similar to a searchlight's out of its eyes. Soon, the being found what he was looking for. It grabbed a handle that normaly, nopony wold've noticed, and pulled opened a secret passage-way. Or atleast, it WAS a secret passage-way. The being transformed into a mass of green mass, similar to a falcon. It flew down the passage-way, untill it reached the end, which was a room that seemed brand new. the mass returned to its human-like shape.
"Now, where did they...Ah-ha!" The being approached a glass crate. inside it, was a black amulet that had two wings and a unicorn head with a red eye, with a jewel in the center of the same color.
"The Alicorn Amulet, you precious piece of evil's merchandise. How and who created you will always be a mystery to me. But now, your power will be MINE!" The being stuck out a finger shaped object that soon became a dark-green mass, and it slowly passed through the glass, as if it wasnt even there, and it touched the red gem in the center of the amulet. When it did, red sparks shot out in every direction, but they soon faded. And when they did, The amulet had been become nothing but a white rock in the same shape. the being, however, seemed to have a red aura coming from its eyes instead of a green one.
"Now that that's overwith, I am sure I can take the power from the Elements of Harmony." "After all," The being thought "They ARE one of the reasons Gavara and Barron lost. And then taking out that 'Mason' character will be as easy as cybernetic-pie." The being transformed into a dark-red mass and vanished almost instantlly.
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The Demon: Part 2, The Real Deal! The Nightmare From A Different Dimmension!
*The Next Day*
I woke up, only to realize that I had a major headache. I could'nt remember much of what had happened in the past week, either.After about an hour of grunting and other stuff, I finally managed to get out of bed and do my routine. Or atleast, I would've, but there was one problem. I was in the Carousol Boutique!I tried to leave, but when I was almost out the door, I caught glimpse of something white. For whatever reason, I walked over to it. I noticed It was Rarity, lying on the ground. I thought for a while, should I wake her up and see if she knows why I'm here, or scram and hope she doens't even know I was here. I decided to wake her up.
"Rarity. Hey, Rarity." I said, trying to wake her up. No response "Raaarity." I said a bit louder. Still no response. Soon, I noticed she wasn't breathing! "Celestia, No! No No! Please don't tell me I'm too late!" I turned the mare over to perform CPR, but when I did, I saw at least 15 deep cuts in her side, and then I knew it was too late. "Buck! Who the buck could do this?" I soon heard laughter. "Show yourself!" I yelled. Then, from the shadows, I saw someone come out. My eyes widened when I saw that the person looked exactly like me, but with red eyes. "Who the hell are you?" I asked
"I'm Mason." said the person.
"Like hell you are! Did you do this to her?"
"No, YOU DID!" Hahahaha..."
I shot up from my bed, dreched in sweat, panting.
"What the hell was THAT all about? Maybe those ponies weren't lying..." According to a rumor I had been hearing lately, some ponies had been having horrific nightmares lately, and they all thought it was due to all the madness thats been going on. I looked at my clock, and it said it was 10:00 AM, but it was still as dark as night out.
"Okay, who screwed up this time, Celestia? I asked outloud to my necklace, as if I thought it would be some way to communicate with her. I went outside to find out what was going on. When I stepped outside, I saw Discordstanding there, as if he knew I would be there. But he didn't exactly look the best.
"What happened?" I asked him.
"Mason...the Elements, he took them."
"Who did?" Discord pointed an eagle claw to the roof of a nearby house in response to my question.
"Well, look who finally decided to crawl out of bed!" said a voice from the roof. I looked to where the voice came from, only to find a being cloaked in a star-collored robe, as if it were the night sky itself. "I hope you don't mind, but I put the sun away for a few days,"
"If that's ok with you." I heard Fluttershy say.
"Fluttershy? Where are you?" I asked
"We're fine, dear." I heard Rarity's voice say.
"Rarity?"
"Don't fall for it." said Discord weakly. "He...he can replicate their.....voices." and with that, Discord fell to the ground.
"Oh drats!" The figure said in Pinkie's voice. "I hate it when it's not a surprise anymore."
"Who...who are you? What is your purpose?"
"Very well," said the being in its original voice. "I am Death, and my purpose is to eliminate every main protaginist in existance, and take thier powers for my own! And with each fight I win, I become even stronger! I have already beaten 79, and I figured you could be number 80!"
"79? How strong were they?" I asked.
"Does the name 'Goku' ring a bell?"
"Goku? But, he's not even real! How can you beat someone that isn't real?"
"It's simple, when you have the ability to travel into different dimmensions, anything is possible!"
"So, thats how you got here, I take it?" I asked.
"Indeed. And after I destroy you, I will be one step closet to being the strongest thing in the universe!"
"Don't bet on it, pal. I'm a lot stronger than I look."
"Oh, don't worry, I am already aware of your dragonic transformation. I saw your fight against Gavara and Barron. And I guess that's you max, so I guess beating you will be simple." Death lept down from the celing, landing on his feet perfectly. "I tell you what, I'll let you choose the place where we fight."
"Here is fine."
"So, you wish to die in front of your own home? How fitting."
"Listen here, Death." I began " After all the suffering you have caused, I am going to end it here and now! All of it!"
"Funny, I've heard that line each time, and look at where they all ended up. Nowhere but the next world! I know that you can sense my energy, but," death got in a fighting stance "This isn't even a fraction of my true power!"
"Then prove it! Volcanic Express!" Out of the sky, a large, train shaped flame came down in a diaganal path, headed strait twoards Death.
"You fool! Your trian is about to be de-railed! Chaos Spear!" Death waved out his hand, and a spark of electricity came out of it, headed directly for the flame. When it reached the train, both the spark and the train exploded.
"Chaos Spear? But thats..."
"A technique used by The Ultimate life-form, Shadow the Hedgehog. Or atleast, he was the ultimate life-form untill I came along. Such a weakling..."
*Unkown Location*
"Under normal circumstances, I never really get to play with the anti-hero. In fact, it hasn't been since Vegeta I've had this much fun. But like all good things, this must come to an end." said Death to a black hedgehog. His spikes were black like the rest of his body, but the top of them were red. On it's wrists were two golden rings, on on each.
"Damn..." said the hedgehog weakly. "Who...who the hell...are you?"
"Just your neighborhood-unfriendly Death." Death placed a hand forcefully on the hedgehog's head, and his hand began to glow a dark green. "And now, to take your powers and whatever energy you have left!" after about thirty seconds, Death removed his hand fron the hedgehog's head, and the hedgehog fell backwards on to the ground
*Ponyvile*
"...But it wouldn't be fair to say he didn't try to put up a good fight. Now, back to exterminating the pest I came here for. Ka..." Death put out his hands so that they touched at the wrists, and I did the same
"Me..." we both put our hand be hind us at about waist-level
"You Fool!" said Death "If you are to fire the Kamehameha wave from where you are standing, you will destroy this enire town!"
"If that's what it takes to punish you for all the crimes you have commited, then so be it!" I remarked
"Ha...me..." We both had a ball of energy in our hands at this time, mine was red while his was blue.
"You know you don't stand a chance! HAA!"
"Try me! HAA!" both of us shot out a wave of energy, each of ours were the same color as the energy we gathered earlier. Both waves collided, causing the ground to shake.
"You know that this is the ace of Goku! I have fully mastered this skill, while you've only used it once against a changeling captain!" yelled Death
"So what? I still beleive I can beat you, and nothing you say or do will chage that!" I yelled back. "Full Power!" I put as much energy into my blast as I could, and the waves started to go towards Death. It hit Death, and when it did, it exploded. When the smoke cleared, I heard Death's laughter.
"Bravo! Ive never been hit to the point of being scratched! But!" Death's body did have a lot of scratches, buthey soon disappeared. "I hoppe you can do better than that, or this is going to be dulll! Show me it!"
"Show you what?"
"Your full power. Your TRUE power. I don't want to fight you. I WANT TO FIGHT RED NOVA!
"Alright. But remember, you asked for it." I was praying to Celestia that this would work, and I would be able to do what I did a month ago.
"C'mon! Don't just sit there! Do I need to tell you that If you don't beat me in 24 hours, the elements and their embodiements will be erased from existance?"
"What?"
"You heard me. You have 24 hours to beat me, or every connection to the Elements of Harmony will be killed off!" Death smirked "And I even managed to get Rarity to be the first."
"Alright, you bucking bastard, you fricking dead." my body began to Glow a dark red, and soon, my body was formed into the dragon of Red Nova. "Volcanic Hell Combo!" I flew towards Death in an instant, I was dealing blows all over to him, each one a puch-like claw strike, the temprature rising each time. After a good 200 blows or so, I hit him with a scorching uppercut. after he flew up about 40 feet in the air, I flew up and struck him with my club-like tail, sending him towards the ground. When Death made contact with the ground, I shot atleast ten waves of red-hot lava at him, each one hitting him succesfully, the tenth resulting in an explosion. I flew back to the ground
"How's that for you, bastard?"
"Well, this is the most difficult fight I've had. So now, time for me to show you my first trasformation." Death was soon surrounded in a red aura
"Consider youself lucky! Not once in my existance have I ever had to take this form." Soon, wings grew out of both sides of him, one on each and having dragon-like faces on the end closest to his face, as well as long, red spikes at the other. His fingers started to look more like the claws that I had, and his arms seemed to get longer, the back side of each being covered in plates. His body also became red, brighter than mine, except for the top part of his chest that was a dark blue. He also grew out a tail longer than mine of the same color of blue, except for the hook-shaped end, which was a dark red, with a jewel in its center of a brighter red. He also grew out what apeared to be kneepads of the same blue as his tail. The claws on his feet were similar to that of a bird, but much thicker. On his main head, Death had grown two axe-shaped out of each side if his head, and a hammer-shaped horn out of the top of his head, it spanning across the whole thing. Death had almost doubled his size by taking this form.
"So," he asked in a lower-pitched voice "What do you think?"
"I think it's time to kick your butt for everything that you've done!"
"I was refering to my transformation, but as you wish. Photon Stream of Destruction!" He reeled back his main head, and shot out a red wave out of his mouth when he was facing me again.
"Magma Shield!" A large, dark red sheild spread out just in time for the wave to hit it.
"You fool!" said the head on his left wing in the same voice as his "Your pathetic sheild is nothing! My attack is charged with the power of the universe itself! NOW DIE!" It shot out a wave similar to his, also from its mouth. I knew that a second blast would break with my shield with ease, seeing as how the first was almost doing so. I flew upwards as quick as I could, but the blast from the second wave sent me flying out out control. Death flew over to me, and landed about twenty feet away frrom me.
"Well well, I have to congradulate you. No one has seen my Photon Stream of destruction and has lived to tell about it. Oh, wait, you won't either!" Death lifted up his foot, and stomped it on me. He repeated this process several times, laughing while he did. but soon, he got angry.
"Why are you not dead? No god could survive that many stomps!"
"Well, I just did." I flew up, and sctrached his chest, and puched it as hard as I could with the other. Death took two steps back, but then laughed.
"You expect that to hurt me?"
"No, but I expect this to! Volcanic Crash!" I flew up even higher, and one I figured I was high enough, I flew straight towards him, causing a cone of fire to surroud me. when I hit Death, He was sent to the Everfree Forest from the force of the impact.
*Edge of the Everfree Forest*
I landed on the ground, and Death got up on his two feet.
"Well, I'd be lying if I said that didn't hurt, but I don't consider it painful, either."
"Good, because I'm only getting started. Nova Stream!" I shot out a wave of lava surrouded by fire from my claw.
"Let's see who's is better! Photon Stream of Destruction!" Death shot out a wave energy from his main mouth.Our waves met, causing a burst of energy to form in the center.
"No! How can your's be even with mine? I have the power of the universe!"
"But the power of hope is stronger! And here's proof!" I shot out another wave from my other claw, causing him to stop his attack on impact. The second one hit him on the hammer-shape crest on his head.
"No! How can you be this strong? You are only a human! You and your race are the weakest dominate species of your planet of them all! You should have died on my first attack!"
"What's the matter? You told me that you were here to destroy me, but it seems as though the exact opposite is happening."
"You may have damaged me in this state, but don't let it get to your head! I still have two more transformations I can make! And, with each transformation, I grow stronger and stronger! Now, I think it's time for you to take on a serious beating! Photon Crush!" Death steched out his claws, causing them to them to glow red. He then flew towards me with great speed and tried to scratched me, but I managed dodged each one. He soon stopped, and was panting.
"What's the matter? I thought you were going to give me a serious beating!"
"You idiot, fine! You give me no other coice! Time to whip out my third form! Time for you to die!" Death was surrounded by a black sphere, and his whole body dissappeared in it.
"Now's my chance. Nova Stream!" I shot out a wave of lava out of my claw, but when It hit the black sphere, It was deflected to the sky. The black sphere cracked in a white light, ands then exlpoded. When I regained my vision, I saw what I pressumed to be Death's third form. he was still a dragon, but a very different one. This time, his body seemed to be made out of metal. His wings were purple, and seemed to be separated in three parts, each lower half being a lighter purple. He also now had four tails instead of one, all of them having an arrow-like end. His legs came to a point, and both of them were purple with red lining on them with a blue gem on each knee. His chest was mostly covered by a large red gem, and had two oval-shaped sections on both sides of his body, all four of them filled with a pink gem. He also had two shield-shaped claws on both sides of his body, both bottom ones had a blue gem in the center, and the two top ones had a red gem in the center. His neck also seemed to be made of mettalic plates, with spikes on the back, similar to the ones on my tail. He also had two flat, compartments with a pink gem in each on both sides of his jaw. His head also had a long spike at the back of it, reaching the same leangth as his compartments. However, he had returned to his normal size. Death looked at me and smirked, reavealing his shark-like teeth.
"So, tell me when to start beating you to death."
"Alright, Hell Burst! I put my claws in the ground, and soon, a pillar of flames erupted beneath death. the flame was there for a good minute, and then it was put out. "What? What happened?"
"What happened is I put out your pathetic spark, that's what." Death was till on the ground, and his body made it seem like I did nothing.
"Alright, lets try this! Volcanic Claws of Destruction!" My claws lit up in flames, and I started to strike Death several times. However, no matter how many times I hit him, he didn't seem to have a scratch on him. Death sighed.
"Is it my turn yet? Because, I don't know about you, but this is getting dull."And with that, Death whipped his tails at me and slammed me down to the ground with one oh his shields in a matter of about two seconds. He then kicked me with his left leg with an incredible amount of force. I struggled to get up back on my two feet, and when I managed to get up, I saw Death right infront of me
"Look at you." he said. "You take a few hard hits and you can barely stand. Pathetic. And to think that this would at least be entertaining. Oh well. time to make my 80th kill."
"Damn it. I'm sorry everpony. I...I failed you all."
"Oh well. I guess you will just have to die in shame. Its to bad you never got to tell her how you feel. What a pityiful way to die."
"Rarity....Twilight.....Dash....Pinkie...Fluttershy...AJ...I..I can't give up! not when I have so much to fight for! But how do I do it? No attack I can do is damaging him, and even if I do find a way to damage him, he can still transform again!" I thought to myself. "But I can still try! Nova Burst! Behold! My most powerful technique!" I curled my body up, and sealed up all but a little bit of my energy in my chest. I let it out, and the result was a huge shockwave that could probably have been felt on the other side of Equestria. After about 5 minutes, the shockwave stopped.
"How do you like that?" Death laughed.
"You FOOL! If that is your strongest technique, then Equestria is doomed, and so are you! Time to die!" Death flapped his wings to clear out the smoke, and then drove towards me at about 50 miles per hour, hitting me head first. I hit the ground as quickly as I was struck. "Now, to end this!" Death flew up in the air. "Tachyon Stream of Destruction!" All the gems on Death's body began to glow in their color. "Say Goodbye!" A dark purple stream was headed towards me, and there was nothing I could do. Just before the blast hit, It was redirected In another direction.
"What? Who is resposible for this?" Asked Death.
"I am." said a voice behind me
"We all are!" said another
"And were gonna be sending your sorry plot to Cloudsadale!" said another
"Yea! And then we're gonna have a party!"
"Yer' gonna pay for hurtin' Mason!"
"You six! How did you esacpe? Oh well, it doesn't matter." Said Death. "I guess I'm just going to have to send you all to the next world!"
"No you won't! Not if I can help it!" I said to Death.
"Ahh...you finally got some spunk back I see. Well, this might have gotten interesting." I didn't have to look behind me, I knew that the mane 6 were right behind me. "Well then, prove to me you are capable of saving your friends all by yourself! Tachyon..." Death was hit with a rainbow blur before he could finish. He flew back a few feet, but then stopped himself with his wings. "You...You brat! you dare hit me while I'm off-gaurd?"
"Well, sorry pal! You left yourself open!" said Dash.
"Grr...Alright. I can already tell that you 7 aren't exactly the dumbest bunch. And at this rate, I'm going to be pushed into a corner. Heh, consider yourselves lucky! I myself never thought I would have to use my full power in a fight, much less in a place like this!"
"Full power?" asked Twilight.
"Yea, apparently this guy can transform and gets stronger after every one. In the state he's in right now, Dash is the only one to have seemed to...Wait thats it!"
"What?"
"I know your weakness, Death!"
"Huh? Me? Have a weakness? Gosh, you're pathetic! Fine. Let's see what my 'weakness' is." Death landed on the ground. "But, when you're through, its killing time!"
"Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, Dash, Pinkie, Applejack, give me your elements. I have a plan." I whispered
"Are...Are you sure dear?" asked Rarity.
"Positive."
"Hey, cut the chatter over there! I'm starting to get bored!" I shot a glare at Death, and then returned my attention to the mane 6. "Trust me. I promise I won't get myself in the hospital this time."
"Ok, you heard 'em!" Said Applejack. The Mane 6 handed me their Elements with no further questions asked. I put the Elements of Honesty and Loyalty on my wrists, The Elements of Knidness and Laughter on my ankles, the Element of Generosity on my neck, and the Element of Magic on my head.
"What are you doing?" asked Death "You look rediculous!"
"To answer your question, I'm getting ready to destroy you." I told him.
"Ok, I think that your times up! Tachyon Stream of Destruction!" Just as before, Death's gems began to glow thier color, and he shot out a dark purple stream of energy from his mouth. Just before it hit, I deflected it to the sky with my claw with ease. "What? How can this be! You just went from nearly dieing from my attack to deflecting it like it was nothing! Explain yourself!"
"It's simple. Your attack is concentrated on lies. therefore, I used my claw that bared the Element of Honesty To deflect it, causing your attack to lose its power on contact."
"Yehaw! You tell 'em how it is!" cheered Applejack.
"Alright, fine! You've given me no choice! Behold! My final form! My true form!" Death's body began to glow yellow, and the compartments of his wings began to separate and change shape, causing them to take more of a triangular shape. He also was growing two heads out of his soulders, similar to his first one. His sheild-shaped claws exploded, completely destroying them. Then, out of his sides came two wing-shapped claws, each one had three of the shield-shaped claws from before, all of them black instead of purple, and all the jewels turned pink. He was much larger than he was in his second form, Almost the size of an Ursa Major.
"Is.....is he..." stammered Fluttershy in fear.
"He's finished his transformation." I told her.
"Ha ha! No one can save any of you now! It's permanant pest extinction time!" bellowed Death. His voice was so loud, It could have turned Equestria upside down quicker than Discord ever could. "The countdown to your deaths has started! Universal Impact From Hell! Behold! A power that is so strong, not even the Universe itself could stop it!" Death stored energy in his mouths, as well as his wings. He shot out three black streams from his mouth, and then he flapped his wings, causing the streams to go off in random directions.
"What bad aim!" said Dash
"He's not trying to destroy us! He's destroying all of Equestria!"
"We've got to stop him!" Yelled Twilight. She shot out a laser from her horn, only for it to be deflected from Deat's metallic body.
"Huh? Not even a scratch?"
"Die! Die die die!" Yelled Death.
"Harmonic Nova Stram!" The Elements glowed, and a ball of energy gathered in my claw. I put it forward and released a rainbow-clored stream of fire. When it hit Death's body, It resulted in an explosion that looked simillar to that of a Sonic Rainboom. Death stopped shooting out strams from his mouth and recoiled in pain.
"Impossible! I'm in my final form! I was granted immunity to pain in this state! How? How could this pathetic human manage to hurt me in this form, much less at all?"
"Because, Death, I have something that you will never posses! The power of hope! And now, let me show you MY final form!"
"What?"
"What in Equestria is he talking about? Final form?"
"I managed to do a little research, Death. Just as you have the abillity to travel dimensions, I found out how to make one of my own! I call it the Overlay Dimension! Now to show you its power!"
"Well then, where is this 'Overlay Dimension' then?" I smirked.
"Let me show you. Girls, I'm going to need your Elements for this!"
"Use them!" Yelled Twilight.
"Their your's, darling!" Rarity told me.
"Have fun!" yelled Pinkie.
"Give it to 'em!" yelled Dash and Applejack in unison.
"You can use it! I understand!" yelled Fluttershy.
"Sweet!" I put out my arms. "I overlay Myself with all six of the Elements of Harmony!" as soon as i said those words, the Elements and I began to glow. "With these objects in the universe, I build the Overlay Dimension!" As soon as I said that, a purple galaxy-shaped portal opened in the ground appeared. I flew down into it, entering it. The portal closed, then exploded.
"Hah! The fool killed himself and took the Elements with him!"
"Guess again Death." Death looked all around with his tree heads, and the mane 6 looked, but I was nowhere in sight. "Behind you. Death turned around, and almost fell over in laughter. I was back in my human budy, however, I had longer hair than usual, and it was rainbow colored. I also had an aura of the same color surrounding my body.
"You got rid of your dragon body, and dyed your hair, and you think it's going to be enough to stop me? Laughable." Death shot out a burst of energy from his middle mouth, but it bounced off of my body like a bouncing ball. "Huh?"
"You sound surprised. I cant blame you, though. After all, I guess you realized you cant win."
"What? You cocky little rat, I'll kill you!"
"It doesn't matter how many times you say that, you know."
"Gah! Die! Be exterminated! Vanish! Die!"
"You said die twice."
"Pest!"
"Ok, I've played around long enough." I teleported and delt 5 thousand hard blows to his heads in about then seconds.
"Woah! He's even faster than me!" remarked Dash.
"Wooo! Taste the rainbow, motherbucker!" I shot out a ray of rainbow stream from my hands that was big enough to cover Death's entire body. when I did, He was vaporized to his first form.
"No...Not when I've come so close!" I teleported in front of Death, who had fallen to the ground.
"You know what they say." I put out my hand "Where there's toasters, there's toast."
"Wha..?" was all Death managed to get out before I shot out a ray of light, causing his body to slowly disintigrate.
"It's over...I did it!" I started jumping in celebration. "Yahoo!"
"Allright! I knew you could do it!" Exclaimed Twilight.
"Umm....can we go home now?" asked Fluttershy.
"Of course. Let's go home. I'm tired."
*Ponyvile Park*
I looked around, worried. It had been about 2 hours since I got here, and Rarity had still not shown up.
"Maybe she's just getting some make up on or something." I told myself, trying to calm myself down.
"Mason!" I heard somepony yell. I looked behind me to see Applejack running towards me. "Its awful! Darn awful!"
"What? What happened?" I asked.
"I...its Rarity..." she pulled something out of her saddlebag and threw it to me. "He said ta give this to ya."
"Who did?" I asked. I looked at at she threw to me. It was paper-thin, and made out of metal. There was a button on it. Now, when you are in a place where finding any kind of technology like this is rare, you know for a fact something is going on. I pushed the button, and a small hologram came out of the camera near the front end of the device. All i saw of it was a shadowy man-like silhouette.
"You defeated our two top-class minions, and so, we have decided a human like you should have no such ability, meaning now we have no choice but to face you ourselves. But first, we needed to form an alliance with a foe you should recognize, thanks to Earths advanced technology that of which you created. If you want the mare back, you will have to beat us. Find us on the map that is on the back of this device. Farewell." I gasped. It was the same voice from the dream I had. I looked at the back of the device. But I didn't understand what he ment by "that you created." After I removed the map, I unfolded it and looked at it. The map's start piont seemed to be the edge of the Everfree Forest, and led to the far end of it.
"Ah Think It might be a trap. You shouldn't go sugarcube, not by yerself!" Exclaimed Applejack.
"Listen Applejack, I'm not sure if anypony's told you, but I'm not the same as before."
"W...whaddya mean 'not the same as before?' What are ya talkin' about?"
"Let me show you." I looked around for homething I could demonstrate with, when I laid my eyes on a fallen leaf. I walked over to it and picked it up. "Flame Incinerator!" I yelled. The leaf turned into ashes in ten seconds flat, as Dash would say.
"Wha...How...How in Equestria did ya DO THAT?"
"Long story." I said "Oh yea, one last thing." I said, before leaving. "Tell the others to come to the edge of Everfree at about seven with the elements. I have an idea."
"Are ya sure you want us to bring the elements?" asked Applejack, rather confused. "Ya do know they're not gonna work without Rarity, right?"
"Yea I know." I said "But we're gonna go there with 5 ponies, and were going to come out with 6." I said.
"A..Alright sugarcube. If you say so."
"Relax, we'll be fine." I said.
*My House*
I opened up the door, and walked indside.
"Discord! I'm back!" I yelled. He appeared with a white flash.
"Well, well, what took you so long?" he asked.
"Had a conversation and lost track of time. we're going out to the Everfree Forest soon, and I think it would be best if you come with."
"Why?" he asked, rater sarcasticly.
"Because Rarity is in trouble and Im going with her friends to help her out." I said "And I think we might be in for a tough fight."
"Oh alright, fine." he said "But it had best be just a teensy bit interesting!"
"Oh, it will be." I said.
*Everfree Forest*
It was almost sundown by time we were all together.
"Ok, look everypony," I began "I understand that this isn't going to be a walk in the park, but its for a worthy cause. Lets roll."
"Ohh! What are we rolling? Is it cookie dough? Are we making cookies? Oh boy, i love Cookies! they're so yummy, and delicious, and..."
"It's a figure of speech, Pinkie Pie. It means that were going to start heading into the Everfree Forest." Explained Twilight.
"Oh yea, silly me." said Pinkie. The map led us through a path, past Zecora's hut, and past the ruins, where Nightmare Moon was defeated. Soon after, we found a dent in the ground.
"No, surely this can't be right." said Discord, while looking down the crater. "Mason, come quickly, please." he said. I walked over to him.
"Yea?" I asked. He pointed an eagle claw downward in response. I looked where he was pointing, and gasped.
"Excuse my language," I began "But what the bucking hell happened here?" I asked. I had seen remains, but nothing like this. Normally, I wouldve just assumed it was a big pile of wood, but since this was the Everfree Forest, I knew for a fact that this was a pack of timberwolves. Key word there is WAS. "Twilight," I began "Tell me, do you know if members of a tiberwolf pack attack each other? Like, to a violent death?"
"Um... no, not really, they don't usually attack another wolf in thier pack, why?"
"Come look at this." She and the other 4 came forth.
"Oh my..." muttered Fluttershy under her breath.
"Well ah'll be..." Said Applejack
"This is crazy!" Exclaimed Dash.
"This is awful! Who would do such a thing?" asked Twilight. The former pack of timberwolves was obliterated. Each piece of wood must have had at least 15 deep cuts, easily an inch or more thick. I looked at the map again and froze in terror. The destination on the map was at this exact area.
"Glad you could make it!" said that same high-pitch voice from my dream before.
"Where are you? Show yourself!" I yelled. Soon, a small, man like figure appeared in a black flash, similar to Discord's. "Siding with the good guys, huh Discord?" said the figure.
"You know him?" I asked
"We go a few years back. long story." said Discord.
"Hey, who the hay do ya think you are?" Demanded Applejack.
"Oh, ive never seemed to have introduced myself, have I? We can make changes to that!" The Small man snapped his fingers, and a stero system appeared behind him in the same black flash that he did. He snapped his fingers again, and it started to play a rather drastic tune. It souned familiar to me, but I couldnt remember how.
"And now for a dazziling good show! All who make me mad might become a crow! Your defeats will be no surprise! When Im here, theres no such thing as a hopeful sunrise! Gavara, thats my name, being the universe's best trixter is my game!" Gavara snickered "All who wish for light, just dont try your might! Or soon you will resemble the foal who just got injected with shame, because now, your falling for mind games!" He snickered some more "And now that you know who I am, time for this horror show to get started! The rules are simple, if you answer my riddles correctly, you proceed, if not, then you will never suceed!"
"I don't know about you, but he kinda sounds like Zecora to me." Whispered Pinkie
"Alllllrighty then, who's first? How about you, Flutters?" Asked Gavara
"How do you know who she is?" asked Dash.
"Oh relax, I know who all of you are! And a lot about you all, as well! For example, Dashie, You have a secret crush on Sorin, a member of the Wonderbolts, whoopsies, guess its not such a secret now, is it?" Gavara laughed intensly
"Dont even, Gavara!" A large, buff man soon came out of nowhere "We are to fight them! Not play Space-Jepordy!"
"But Lord Barron..." Said Gavara, in an unsatisfied tone
"But nothing! You know better! Now, which one of you lot are first to fight Gavara?"
"Why me?" asked Gavara
"Because you agreed to, remember?"
"Oh yea!"
"I will fight first." said Discord. Gavara laughed
"The two of us? Boy, you really are a funny one, aren't you?" He looked at Discord, smirking. "Its a deal."
Author's Note
Its the clash of the tricksters! Will Discord be victorious? Or is this be his last laugh? Find out next chapter!