Feather Gem

Seriously, I mean come on. I'm selling these things. For some comic thing I have planned... Some keychains or something... Because Zipzee is best breezie Yeah. Fur...Discord...Chaos... Now the fur comes with feathers.

King Sombra narrowed his eyes as Shade and Midnight walked away from him. He felt such anger at the disrespect they showed towards this King. The anger had him stronger. "There can be so much more power with hatred and fear. With hatred and fear you can control everypony around you and make those that have hurt you suffer. What can good do? Bring rainbows and butterflies?" Sombra called out to them. "Maybe if you were to join me you could see! You've already attempted to join that joke of a King, Discord, but he was a nothing compared to me!"

@, Chamois jumped when he said her name. She jumped when anypony said her name in fact, and she wasn't very sure why. She watched in fascination as he wrote an answer to her question right in the air. And what an answer it was. It actually made a bit of sense. She also felt somewhat ashamed. She had been one of those ponies playing out each day exactly the same as the one previous, except she wasn't expecting it to get better; she was expecting it to become a less of a burden. Obviously though, the sense had to be replaced by nonsense immediately afterwards to balance it out. Chamois had no clue why there was suddenly a goat drawn on the chalkboard. She decided it was best to ignore that. It wasn't as if there could be an answer to that. So, she could go anywhere if she played it right, hm? Well then she wanted to go to the Canterlot castle! She wanted to go to the throne room where Celestia was just to see the look on both of their faces! She'd face the consequences afterwards from either of them, but come on now, that would be hilarious! Er...if she could do it anyway. Chamois turned towards the door and stepped closer towards it. She paused for a moment and then closed her eyes, imagining opening the door to Celestia's throne room - which she had been in once or twice with a group of other ponies when she was a filly. Okay door, Chamois thought. I want you to bring me to the Sun Princess's throne room in Canterlot Castle. And also turn turquoise. She smiled at the thought of the door changing to turquoise because it did seem a little silly.

@, He had answered her, which she hadn't intended for him to do. It seemed to become a little awkward after that as well. She shouldn't have ever asked such a question. "Huh?" she said, tilting her head and pulling one side of her mouth back as he tried to explain time and junk with only words. She'd need more time to process such a thing with only words. Fortunately, he seemed to realize this. She turned to look through the door as he opened it. She looked between the two Discords and the two…hers, wondering how the 'Discords' could speak so casually. Even if Chamois was used to chaos, she could never take this kind of thing very seriously without laughing hysterically just at the thought. She didn't even know if you were supposed to take chaos seriously! No Celestia, no color or light, no magic or flight. Hopefully, these were just bad examples because none very much appealed to her. Color and light were her reason for living, magic was pony’s reason for living, and sometimes it was almost as if Celestia didn't exist anyway. Rulers, huh! Always sitting and doing nothing, making everypony else do--- Actually, Discord's dislike towards Celestia might be dangerously rubbing off on her. Better keep those thoughts tucked away… Chamois jumped slightly when the Discord in front of her started wearing the suit. It happened so suddenly that she couldn't even tell whether he had been wearing it the whole time or just put it on. Really, she couldn't believe it. "Okay, wait, wait, wait," Chamois said, raising a hoof to hopefully get a chance to inquiry about some things. "Wouldn't you like insanity?" she asked, placing her hoof back down with a soft clop against the floor. Then she asked a question that she was surprised her mind ever questioned in the first place. "And have I created worlds already? Without realizing it?" She also speculated if understanding chaos fully had driven him mad. This time though, she held her tongue.

@, After she placed her bag onto the floor, she looked up at him. There was a short silence between them as he seemed lost in thought. Chamois glanced around, wondering if she was supposed to say something. The silence made her uncomfortable, uneasy. She quickly looked back at him when he did speak as he looked out the window, automatically making Chamois do the same. Of course, she saw nothing of interest and switched her gaze back to him. It was a bit funny how she could look straight at him now, unless he looked at her too, which would make her turn away for a moment. Agreeable? Well she didn't plan to stay here for a hundred years, but that's not really what he meant. "Isn't it even the slightest bit amusing when ponies run away from you, screaming?" she asked suddenly. I mean, sure, maybe it would hurt his feelings after a while, but it could be funny at least at the beginning. Wait, why had she asked that? She shouldn't ask something like that. "W-what can you show me?" she asked, trying to replace her last question with a better one. Just because you're free doesn't mean you should ask such stupid questions.

@, Well it was somewhere in the mountain, like he said. Points on that! Though, it also led to King Sombra. She'd have to deduct points for that. She wouldn't want her door to lead to the Ruler of the Shadows if Discord wasn’t around. He seemed like he might protect her if he was around…might… Chamois quickly stepped away from the door in case the cruel king was to appear from wherever his voice was coming from and spot her. Starts to get fun? Starts to get fun? When she discovered new worlds? But it was already fun now! "Well..." Chamois said, skipping through the door frame and grabbing onto the door which she pulled closed. "My 'precious idea of reality' has already been tortured a few times today...and there's no one waiting or worrying for me back home..." Chamois looked at him, an eyebrow raised as she implied that she wouldn't quite like to leave 'shortly'. Then she smiled, a bit embarrassed as she realized the decision she had just made, should he choose to let her make it. She casually took her bag off of her back to cover up the embarrassment.

"And what makes you believe that you two can do that? You? A pathetic, abandoned halfling and a tiny, insignificant colt with no father left. What makes you think that you can stop my power?!" King Sombra said, his voice rising with every word, stepping down a few steps. Midnight pressed closely to Shade.

@, Chamois squealed when she saw that it had worked...sort of worked at least. She sprang forward and examined the 'door' with curiosity and wonder, almost to see if it was really there or not. It didn't follow the rules, there were hidden worlds, colours, places, secrets...chaos was art. Or perhaps it was art that was chaos. For some reason, when she realized this, she squealed again. She beamed up at Discord who was now by her creation. At that point, every ounce of shyness that she had had earlier faded right away. As he began to speak again, Chamois hastily stood up straight and relaxed her ears. She didn't realize that she had her legs apart and her ears straight up in the air with the exhilaration her accomplishment gave, even if it may be quite small. "O-okay," she said, stuttering as the embarrassment of reacting so happily and the nervousness set in at seeing what might be behind the door. She trotted forward and paused to see if there was any kind of doorknob. There wasn't, so Chamois took a deep breath and placed her hoof on the door. After a quick glance at Discord for reassurance, she gave it a hard push and it swung open, banging into a wall in the other room as she peered inside.

@, While manifesting a door out of nothing more than imagination was great and all, Chamois would have rather talked about his color changing abilities, but she should at least stay focused. Staring at the wall, she wondered if she should really be messing with reality. Discord messed with reality, and now he was stuck in a mountain with crazies. Then again, Chamois was already stuck in a small town house alone which was no better, so this couldn't really cause too much harm. Discord made it sound incredibly magical and beautiful. It made her feel like her heart had leapt inside her chest. The feeling was unexplainable. She could do it. She could create something out of nothing. She could paint a door on a wall and be able to open it to another room. She could. Believe. Focus. So she did exactly that.

@, His laugh at that moment seemed unlike from the other times he had laughed. It was contagious. Chamois chuckled as well. A blank canvas? He shouldn't tempt her like that. Not when she had a bag full of art supplies. When the spotlight illuminated him, this made her laugh as well. She had to admit, this guy was quite entertaining. When he motioned towards the wall, Chamois automatically turned to it. She wouldn't say that she was much like the princess. For one thing, she'd seen and heard the princess laugh many times before. Today was the first time in months that Chamois had heard herself laugh. In fact, it sounded off to her when she thought about it. Not that it didn't sound genuine but… it was just that she seldom heard her voice make the optimistic sound and it even sounded empty...almost like she didn't know how to laugh. That was a bit frightening. "Well, this mountain seems like a neat place to explore considering the kind of characters it houses," she said, continuing to stare at the wall, expecting something to happen to it.

Midnight used his horn as a light source once they were deep enough for it to become dark. He wasn't even afraid. He was very proud to be helping to save Equestria and he knew that they would be able to win. "What do you think you're doing?" Midnight looked over his shoulder to where King Sombra stood on the steps behind them. He was actually quite calm as he stared down at them.

@, Chamois was surprised. Here she was, ready to expect the unexpected...and still she hadn't expected what she was seeing before her. She was seeing...normality of all things. Normality! How ridiculous is that?! It was true. She wouldn't want to meet even the Princess of the Night in the dark, let alone the Queen of Eternal Night or whatever you wished to call her. Perhaps in the light though! Her mane sounded awfully pretty… Chamois noted to herself that Discord did seem to trail off often, almost as if he had unintentionally gotten off topic or gotten lost in thought. She would need a new notebook soon for all these things she was noticing now that she actually cared to...care! Free to leave? Chamois unexpectedly found herself pondering whether or not she really wanted to leave. I mean, of course she wanted to leave! She wanted to run away screaming. Then again...this mountain was kind of nice and Discord must be lonely with all those mean old villains around… Wait, what's going on now? "I can create a door?" Chamois said, blinking slowly at him in confusion. She was never a very strong unicorn. How could she make a door?

Mdnight beamed at her and followed her to a strange hole in the ground. It looked very deep and obviously led down to the mines. "Nightmares shmightmares," Midnight said bravely. He then reared up excitedly. "My mommy is Nightmare Moon and your daddy is Discord!" Midnight placed both hooves back down and made a calm gesture. "We can handle it."

@, Chamois didn't understand how he knew that stuff was going down someplace in the mountain. She didn't even know if anything was happening. She'd really have to start to understand that everything that didn't make sense with this draconequus, did actually make sense. Though…If something was happening...what? He also seemed to fall into thought for a moment after mentioning facing your own shadows. Chamois found this somewhat suspicious. The suspicion obviously didn't go away when the freedom came. Actually, no…it didn’t very much make her suspicious that it made her intrigued. She wanted to find out why rather than leave it be like she usually would. All in good time though. Truth be told, she didn't quite want to be alone in this spooky place after all that had happened. He seemed like better company than herself at the moment, and if not that, then a place with less disturbing memories to rest. She slowly placed her hoof into his claw. Her slowness came from the shyness rather than distrustful hesitation. "That sounds okay..." Chamois said, forcing herself to look him in the eyes. He was darned creepy, wasn't he?

@, Chamois lowered her head and looked at the ground after he caught her eye, almost gloomily. Even with her freedom she didn't find herself wanting to play any of his games. Even those who were free cared for their own safety. She found that this was somewhat disappointing. Some freedom this was. She watched as the grey hooves disappeared into the shadows, her head still low. Then she switched her gaze to look up at Discord through the spiky bangs of her mane. She hadn't wanted to, but she ended up still having to lift her head slightly to look the tall creature in the face. The freedom's newness came with a shyness Chamois wasn't used to, and she looked away from him again, back to the fascinating ground. This would...take some getting used to. "I was..." Chamois said. She was at least able to keep her voice at a reasonable volume and free of stuttering. "But...I don't really want to anymore..." Chamois kicked a bit at the ground. She wasn't sure if she liked this freedom. She definitely didn't like being shy. She couldn't wait for that to pass...

Midnight beamed at Shade's approval and stepped back when asked. He was delighted when the spell worked and trotted after her. "Where are they?" Midnight asked curiously, glancing about for a sign to where they could be. Perhaps now they could be done with this Sombra fellow.

"Me?" Midnight said. "Oh, I know spells! Mommy taught me some!" Midnight paused for a moment to remember a few. "But...I don't know if any can help us...I can light up my horn..." he said. Chrysalis hissed at him as he trotted off. Discord smirked at her as he followed Villan. "You get used to being on a different side than you're used to. You look like you want to tear out his throat. I want to checker up the grass every. Day." "I won't be getting used to it because I don't plan to stay," Chrysalis mumbled. She was required to, and thus, she would not.

"Oh," Midnight said. "What if you cast it and can't find anything?" he said worriedly. If she did that, she may not have any energy left to do it again. They would have to cast it at the right time, but when would that be? Chrysalis gave Villan a look. "Where is the crystal heart?" she asked.

@, Chamois flinched slightly at the sight of more versions of herself. She could barely bring herself to look in the mirror at such times, but this? This was unbearable. And chose her to explain this to? Well, she was the only pony here at the moment for him to explain anything to. The other three ponies could have very well been in her position right now and have had something very similar lectured to them. There were also many different ways to lie. She was sure he'd have at least lied in some way by now. He didn’t seem to be making much sense. But that was his job, wasn’t it? Of course she wasn't happy. If she changed her ways perhaps she could be happy for a little bit, until everything tore itself apart around her like it always does and always will. Then...then she would be feeling much worse than just sad. She'd be completely horrified knowing that if she had just stayed as she had before, she would still be content at least. She'd lose herself completely. Just like your mother, the voice whispered. Right, okay. That was that. She barely heard a word he said after that. She did catch a bit though. Those other 'hers' wouldn't go away unless she decided to throw it all away and free herself of her doubts. She was not about to listen to The Spirit of Chaos. She'd continue her little play on the other hoof. But how in Equestria do you get chaos magic to buy an act? You don't. You don't act. What? You really do it. For a moment, you actually free yourself. Can I do-I mean, can Chamois do that? She's already on the edge of letting herself listen to him. She just has to let it go then. I'll stick around to remind her when it's time to stop. Chamois jumped to her hooves, smacking her bag through levitation into the older mare to push her aside. "Well then," she said, her voice shacking slightly as the reasoning voice in her head faded out of her mind, freeing it for the moment of doubts. The freedom's light was still unable to penetrate through the fear's darkness. In other words, Chamois was terrified to be free. She was new to this freedom thing. "I g-guess that...I...um...did...that..." Chamois said quietly. She wasn't very sure what she 'did', but that was what came out of her mouth, so she’d have to roll with it. "Now...go away," she whispered, gesturing slightly at the mare to get lost.

"Oh...my mommy has a tracking spell. She said its hard to use so she can't use it to find my toys but...this is important, right? Do you have a tracking spell?" Midnight asked. "That was not apart of the deal," Chrysalis said. "Their suffering enough to be so close to food yet unable to eat even though their dying!" Chrysalis growled the last word, spinning towards Discord as if to make a point.

Midnight nodded at her. "Okay," he said. He then paused for a short moment. "What...are we looking for?" the young colt inquired. Chrysalis rose her eyes to glare wickedly at Villan. "Their in Canterlot, waiting for my return so that I may feed them." She looked at Discord and growl. "Speaking of 'feed'. I was promised a nice diet." "Manners, Queeny," Discord said back, a small hiss to his voice as he began to get annoyed. "You're not dying of starvation yet."

Man, I wish I could see the real thing. I would have just bro-hoofed and called it a day, but bro-hoofs don't feel as good as comments, do they? This deserves a comment. And applause. Where are the applause? -applause-