What You Wish For 3: The Book of Earth Pony

*So this took a ridiculous amount of time to make, i have no excuse aside from SKATE 2.*

Discord had troubles looking at his father in the eyes, he felt humiliated he was at his old home once again. As Discord stared at his feet, he mumbled, “Hey, dad…”

The large dark figure stared at Discord for a few seconds before slowly turning around and shouting in a booming voice, “Mutiny! Our son is home!”

Alex leaned over towards Discord and whispered, “Mutiny?”

“My mom is named Mutiny, my dad’s Anarchy. One big chaotic family, huh?”

A whining voice that sounded like Mrs. Potato Head called from inside the house, “Oh Dizzy, you were supposed to call a century ago!”

Anarchy turned back to look at Lauren and the others as he grumbled, “Who might this be, Discord?”

Lauren gingerly stuck out her hand as she said gleefully, “I’m Lauren, pleasure to meet you.”

Anarchy stared at Lauren for a couple of seconds, he looked at her hand with disapproval before turning to Discord and saying, “A few seconds in and I already hate her… new record.” Anarchy then turned around and walked inside, slamming the door behind him.

Lauren stood there, her hand still extended. She had been slightly flabbergasted by what she had just witnessed; you could almost say her jimmies were rustled. Lauren turned back to Alex and Mike as she said, “He seems like a sweet old man, did he do this to your other girlfriends?”

Discord began to pound his fist on the door again as he snorted, “Last time I brought in the prom queen and she was dismembered for not wiping on the mat. Consider yourself lucky.” Discord kept pounding at the door before shouting in an angry tone, “For the love of yourself, open the door.”

The door slammed open once more, revealing a very wrinkly ape like creature with her hair in curlers. She put on a gentle smile as she said, “Oh aren’t you the cutest couple, Dizzy I already like her.”

Lauren shook her head as she said with a smile, “Oh he’s not my boyfriend.”

Mutiny looked at the group for a couple of minutes before saying with a surprized look across her face, “Well what are you then?”

Alex approached the doorway as he said, “If you let us in, then maybe we can tell you all about it.”

Mutiny quickly backed away as she said, “Well why don’t you come in, I’ll get the beast. ANARCHY!”

Discord slowly stepped into the house as he said, “I really hate this place, let’s make this quick and be on with it.”

Mike nodded his head as he said, “Besides, that dragon dude, Anarchy, he scares me.”

Spike poked his head from between Twilight’s legs as he murmured, “You said it, he’s scarier than Twilight when she goes on her monthly crazy spree.”

Applejack trotted along as she said, “Come on y’all, we need ta be quicker than this.”

As Rarity trotted into the house, she began to look around as she cooed, “My, my, my, such fabulous décor.”

The group slowly made their way into the living room; almost everything but the walls and floor were made of precious metals and gems. Anarchy was already in his reclining chair as he said, “Alright, why are you here? You need us to parent you again, son?”

Discord began to lose his temper, he looked at his dad as he growled, “I’m not a demi-god anymore!”

Anarchy laughed gently as he grumbled, “You’re not even a god to begin with.”

Alex watched as the two began to argue, their tones beginning to climb rapidly. Alex raised both his hands and shouted at the top of his lungs, “Everybody, shut the hell up!” Once the noise had calmed down, Alex took a deep breath before saying very calmly, “Listen, Mr. Anarchy, we are on a very important mission involving her.” Alex then pointed towards Lauren, who had begun to levitate some of the artifacts found on the coffee table.

Anarchy examined her before saying in an unimpressed tone, “What about her?”

Alex continued, “It just so happens that this woman you hate already is the very god that created you.” Alex noticed how Anarchy dawned a surprised look before nodding his head, “That’s right, she’s the god that created this entire universe. The thing is, she needs to discover her powers by finding the three great books: The Book of Unicorn, The Book of Pegasus, and The Book of Earth Pony.”

Anarchy quickly had a shocked look on his face as he quivered, “Did you say The Book of Earth Pony?” When he saw Alex, Lauren, and Twilight nod their heads he continued, “I can assume that is why you are here, son.”

“Yeah, not to present myself as the failure you guys expected me to become.” Said Discord, as he kept his arms crossed with his gaze at the floor.

Anarchy gently raised himself from the recliner as he grunted, “Well… unfortunately the only documents I have of that book is about who owned it last.”

Alex sighed with relief as he said with a smile, “Who might that be?”

Anarchy shook his head as he said, “I’m not telling you, not unless you show me you’re worthy of such info.”

The entire room froze, Discord sat there with his mouth agape as he stared at his idiot father (every dad does that to you in some way), Slenderman and Spike were shaking their heads as Twilight looked to be about ready to scream into a pillow. Lauren jolted upright as she said heroically, “Alright, you want me to go friendship on you?”

Anarchy shook his head as he spoke, “No, not you. You’re powers are indeed strong, but not controlled like… his.” He then drew his gaze towards Alex, whom was hugging Fluttershy tightly as she squeaked.

Alex looked over to Lauren then back at Anarchy as he said, “But… I’m not the chosen one.”

“I sense a… strange sort of presence in your aura, something that I might like to see.”

Alex stared at Lauren with a surprized look on his face, this was the first time anything had taken more interest in him rather than the chosen one. After a few minutes of thinking, Alex nodded his head slowly, “I’ll do it.” He told the monster cautiously.

Discord got to his feet as he motioned for the rest of the group to move along and said, “Alright boys and girls, no need to see what ensues.”

Fluttershy jumped into Alex’s arms, she had a look of serious worry on her face as she bellowed, “Please don’t do this to yourself!”

Alex kissed her on the forehead, he looked into her tearing blue eyes as he said, “I promise I’ll be fine. We’ll get the info in no time.” For a minute, the two stare at each other. Neither of them said anything yet they seemed to have been communicating on a deeper level, a more mental level.

A few more minutes had gone by; Fluttershy kissed Alex’s cheek as she exclaimed, “Show that meanie what it means to be a Ponyvillian!”

Alex slowly turned around and grinned as he popped his knuckles, “This is gonna be oodles of noodles of fun.” the now bald hero grunted.

Anarchy slowly rose from his recliner as he said with the crack of his neck, “Alright boy, hit me with your best shot.” Anarchy rounded his hand over his chest, to symbolize the perfect strike area.

Alex had suddenly realized the mess he had gotten himself into, he slowly raised his hands as a sign of peace and calmly said to the monster, “Come on now… you’re a few millenniums old and I feel bad for hitting o” Alex had troubles finishing his sentence for Anarchy’s fist had collided with his face, sending Alex through the wall of the house as the speeds of a bullet. Alex showed no signs of slowing down as he smashed through yet another house and tumbled onto the street a few blocks away, he had managed to pull half of the neighbor’s interior with him as he slid to a stop on the cobblestone street three blocks away from Discord’s house. Alex slowly raised his head and shouted at the top of his lungs, “WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!”

Meanwhile, Discord was standing inside the destroyed house with a shocked Fluttershy and Lauren at his sides as he said nonchalantly, “That’s my dad, and you wondered why I had no friends.”

Back to Alex, the one who got his ass handed to him in a single punch. Alex was struggling to get to his feet, his legs refused to push any more strength out while his ribs felt like they had become mush. Suddenly a large dark red flash of light appeared in front of Alex, revealing Anarchy, “This will be quick,” the creature snorted, “I thought you would have taken that a bit better what with your hidden power.”

Alex was quite dazed through the short statement the creature made, all he heard was ringing in his ears and muffled voices as he wheezed, “What are you talking about?” Instead of an answer, Anarchy wrapped his tail around Alex’s legs and whipped him in an arching motion towards the ground behind him. The force of the impact was great enough to leave a crack in the cobblestone and a small puddle of blood, that being from Alex’s head. Through blurry eyes, Alex watched as Anarchy tossed him like a ragdoll into the pile of broken wall. A sudden jolt in pain went through Alex’s stomach and pulled on his shirt in front of him as well as disabled his legs.

Mike watched in horror as Alex’s body went limp, a large steak had gone square through his spine and out his stomach. Mike trembled with shock as he shouted inn disbelief, “ALEX!” No response came from his friend, Alex was now dead. Mike fell to his knees and began to weep as he said, “I can’t believe it… he’s gone.” His eyes began to fill with tears; his hands were trembling as they covered his mouth.

Fluttershy gently brought a hoof to his shoulder as she whispered with no emotions at all, “Shh… he’s fine. Watch what happens now.”

Anarchy stared down at the dead body; he didn’t feel sorry at all for him. He arched his back and began to laugh at the top of his lungs as he said, “That was over quick, guess I misjudged him.” He slowly looked over to see Mike crying, he snickered as he said with an expression of false sympathy, “Here… you can have his body.”

As Anarchy walked over to Alex, he slowly brought out his arms onto the boy’s shoulders. With one small tug, Alex jerked his head upright as he said with a grin, “I guess you did misjudge me.”

Anarchy stumbled back, his body jolting with shock as he said aghast, “How did you? What?”

Alex looked down at his stomach, he saw the large wooden post stuck through him and wrapped his hands around it. With one mighty tug, Alex snapped the steak from the pile and began to walk forward, the steak still through his stomach. Alex wiped the blood from his mouth, covering his hand in red before he tore his shirt off, “First off, know that Mike, Lauren, and I are from another universe so we cast magic a little differently. Secondly, as a master of magic, I have perfected a spell where I cannot die unless decapitated. Thirdly…” Alex slowly brought his gaze back up to Anarchy as he said with a grin, “you owe me a new shirt.”

Alex tossed the shirt towards Anarchy, covering his face quicker than the monster could react. Anarchy tumbled backwards as he grabbed for the shirt, the blood soaks staining his white fur coat. As Anarchy pulled the shirt from his face, Alex was already in the air with the steak in his hand. Alex planted his foot on the ground before Anarchy and with all his might he swung the steak at the creature, sending it soaring through the air.

As Alex watched Anarchy fly past the housed, Mike ran up to his side as he said with a look of surprize and joy, “That was incredible.”

“Probably nothing like the special magic he mentioned earlier… I guess I’ll find out.” With that, Alex burst into a sprint and jumped over the buildings after Anarchy. As Alex leapt across the houses, he wondered of what Discord’s dad was mentioning about. The thought began to annoy him as he approached the destroyed house Anarchy had fallen into, the large gaping hole had consumed a large portion of the beautiful house.

As Alex smashed into the ground, causing a small crater around him, Anarchy pulled himself from the wreckage as he said with an evil grin, “Good shot, didn’t see that one coming.” As Alex stomped towards him, he drew his fist back as far as it could go, orange electrical energy crackled around his fist as his eyes began to glow. Before Alex could swing his fist of fury, Anarchy had wrapped his hands around Alex’s skull and began to ram it into the ground.

After a few seconds Anarchy began to sprint along the cobblestone street, dragging Alex’s face through the stones and causing him to bleed. Anarchy quickly picked up his speed and threw Alex into a brick wall, blasting a hole through it like it was made of Lego.

Anarchy waited a few seconds, not a sound was heard from the inside aside from confused muttering. He slowly turned around to walk away when the sound of bricks shifting and Alex groaning, “Is that all you’ve got?” Alex slowly wiped the blood from his bottom lip before his wound closed up in an orange cloud.

“My, my, my… you’re not one to give up so easily.” Anarchy narrowed his pink eyes on Alex as he said, “You’re also not what I expected.”

Alex charged the beast, his rage beginning to get the best of him as he grunted in anger. Alex quickly threw a punch towards Anarchy’s face only to have it miss; yet using the momentum gained from his fist he quickly turned it into a roundhouse kick. Alex pumped the energy into his feet to quadruple the impact’s force and send Anarchy back a couple of feet. Alex landed swiftly, “You’re not one to be so ugly!” Alex said in a very sarcastic and immature tone.

Anarchy quickly recovered from the force of Alex’s blow and lunged towards the boy, gripping him in a sort of tackle as he began smashing Alex against the wall. As he threw Alex repeatedly into the side of the building, through gritted teeth he growled, “You immature, slow, and weak child. You barely put a dent into me and you are acting as though you can defeat me?” He then grabbed Alex by the ankles and whipped him at one of the exposed steel beams supporting the building, the force was strong enough to bend the metal and cause bricks to topple onto Alex like a failed Jenga game.

Alex slowly climbed his way out of the pile, “I threw you halfway across the town and you dare call me weak?”

“You have so much more potential inside you than that of what you have demonstrated.” The beast grumbled, “You have a type of magic like no other out there.”

Alex had become extremely angry by now, he was panting as he grunted, “What are you talking about?”

Anarchy’s eyes narrowed as a grin enveloped his face while he recited, “You begin to feel your primal instincts seize control of your body…” The beast slowly approached Alex as he whispered, “your anger begins to rule your thoughts as hatred begins to control your body.”

Alex looked up at Anarchy; his rage was beginning to get out of control for some reason. His frustration with understanding what Anarchy was talking about was beginning to get out of hand.

Anarchy lowered himself to Alex’s level as he said, “Bring the house down.” Anarchy then launched a large fist at Alex, throwing the boy into the pile of bricks and bouncing him off into the distance.

Alex rolled through the street; the force of the punch was incredibly strong and only fueled Alex’s rage. He slowly stopped at Discord’s house, Fluttershy had galloped her way towards the mangled body of Alex as she said, “Please don’t leave me, Alex. You need to win this fight not for the book, but for me. I don’t want you to hurt yourself anymore; I need you to win so I can go home with the one I love.”

Fluttershy sat there at Alex’s side; she had begun to cry when Alex didn’t respond. She knew he was alive but didn’t know if he was still going to fight, his eyes darted from side to side under his eyelids. He calmly moaned, “Stand back…”

The yellow pegasus immediately hopped back as she squeaked, Alex had begun to rise once more. Only this time, Alex wasn’t looking the same. Alex’s eyes had begun to light up with an orange glow, his skin began to crack like stone with glowing orange energy to fill the gaps. Alex cracked his neck as he said, “Bring the house down eh? Well bring the motherfucking house down it is!”

Anarchy waited in the same spot, he looked into the distance with content as he said to himself, “I’ve still got it.” Yet something caught his attention, a small flash of orange light and the sound of whistling could be heard rapidly approaching. The beast calmly snickered as he took a step to the side in order to avoid the oncoming object. As the whistling had made it to Anarchy, the force of a thousand trains in a single arm wrapped around Anarchy’s body and carried him along at breakneck speeds.

As Alex ran, his skin quickly turned a black soot color as he shouted in a deep demonic voice, “Bring…” Alex suddenly smashed Anarchy into the side of a cliff; the impact caused rocks to tumble over. Alex pulled the beast back again as he shouted in the same demonic voice, “the…” After every smash being stronger and harder than the last, he would complete his sentence, “Motherfucking… House...” Alex took a thundering step back and extended the arm that held Anarchy as he shouted in a booming and deafening voice, “DOWN!” Alex pulled as hard as his body would let him, his arm quickly snapped in front of the new satanic Alex, launching Anarchy through the air.

Mike simply stood at the side of Discord’s house in awe; he had witnessed Alex turn into the magical equivalent of the Hulk. As he stood there, Discord’s mom shouted at the top of her lungs in her whiny voice, “Oh Dizzy, could you please tell your father that, while he’s fighting that sweet young man, he could bring home some milk and eggs.”

Discord shook his head as he said with an embarrassed and red face, “I’m sorry you’re getting the full experience of my mother.”

Twilight turned back as she said with a wink, “I think your mother is very sweet.”

“She works just like her name,” Said Discord, “she will make it seem like she’s on the same side as you but will eventually turn against you.”

“Oh…” Twilight backed away before looking up to the sky, “oh look, your father is home.”

A thunderous smash proved Twilight right, Anarchy crash landed into the cobble stone street like a meteorite as he groaned, “I give up…”

Before Anarchy could rise from his smouldering hole, Alex stomped into the ground next to him with a roar. Alex looked to his side to see the weakened god, crawling to safety. Alex slowly lumbered towards the wounded god as he rumbled, “You asked for it.” Alex then picked up the white furred beast and began driving his fist into the old creature’s skull.

As Alex delivered each punch, Lauren became more and more uncomfortable with her friend’s actions. She eventually began to flinch in sheer horror; the anger in Alex was almost Kratos worthy. Suddenly, a glistening liquid began to make itself seen in the air and on the ground. After quick examination, Faust noticed that the liquid gold only meant one thing, a god’s blood. Lauren began to squeak, “Alex… stop.”

After no sign of him stopping, and more god blood being spilled, Pinkie Pie cried out at the top of her lungs, “Alex! Please stop!”

Mike began to chip in, “Friggin’ stop punchin’ him dog!”

Twilight shrieked in disgust, “Alex, you need to control yourself.”

After no sign of him stopping, Anarchy was dropped onto the ground as he whispered in a dying voice, “Alex has reached what I call a breaking point… he has lost all senses by now except sight.”

Anarchy slowly turned his neck, the sound of cracking echoed through the street as the bones in the old creature’s neck gave in. With his dying breath, he looked up to see Alex towering over him as he grunted in bloodlust rage. Alex slowly brought both fists back as he shouted in a deep thundering voice, and with all his might he brought his fists down.

Fluttershy jumped towards Alex as she shrieked, everyone watching shouted in a mixture of horror and disbelief. A large explosion of light ensued as the sound of thunder ripped through the town.

Twilight galloped to the side of the street as she shouted in terror, “Fluttershy!”

When the dust settled, a rather different sight was seen. Alex continued to stand there, his fists hovering over top of Fluttershy only by a few millimeters. Alex panted in a deep monstrous voice, yet his eyes were no longer glowing. He stared at Fluttershy as he gently brought his hands down to Anarchy’s sides, his palms calmly opening back up. In his deep voice, he said to Fluttershy, “I… I lost control.”

Fluttershy gently rubbed her muzzle against Alex’s arm as she whispered in a soothing tone, “You got it back though, now use this as an opportunity to turn back to normal.”

After a few seconds, Alex began to change. His skin’s color began to return to its original Caucasian color. The gaps in his skin quickly closed up and he shrunk back to normal height, his voice had returned to its original tone as he whispered, “I’m sorry…” Alex’s eyes began to flutter, his legs began to buckle, his balance was lost, and Alex fell to the ground unconscious.

*****

The first thing Alex heard was the sound of Fluttershy’s soothing voice, the gentle rocking helped keep Alex in his happy place as Fluttershy said, “You were asleep for quite a while.”

Alex slowly inhaled before saying in a tired moan, “What happened?”

Fluttershy smiled brightly, she gently kissed Alex’s forehead as she said, “Well a few hours after you went out, Anarchy had already made a full recovery and played fair game by giving us the coordinates to the most recent owner of the Book of Earth Pony.”

Alex smiled as he began to fall back asleep, he already made out that he was back on the boat and was in the sleeping room with Shy. The gentle rocking of the ship helped make Alex feel at peace as he said, “Awesome… hopefully I won’t have to ever do that again.”

Fluttershy kissed Alex once more; she inhaled calmly before whispering as she stroked his hair, “Not until you learn to control yourself.”

Alex smiled as he kissed Fluttershy on the lips; the two remained there for a few minutes before Alex pulled her into the hammock as he silently giggled, “What time is it anyway?”

Fluttershy began to slow down her breathing, a quick shiver coursed through her body as she squeaked, “About nine o’clock at night. I decided to stay awake until you came back.”

Alex yawned; he slowly wrapped his arms around the yellow pony before whispering, “Well… might as well get some beauty sleep.” Alex waited for a response, he looked down to see Shy was already fast asleep. Alex yawned before saying, “Goodnight, Shy.”