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[Electrobolt 2,069]

Although he tried to get his mind on a different subject, Electrobolt couldn't help but think about how his dream was so similar to a video game. *But which one?* he thought, chuckling as hecouldn't remember the name of the game that his dream was inspired by. Just then, he heard someone trying to wake up everyone as she was exclaiming that she had something important to say. Shaking his head, he said, "Well, guess I better see what's up..." With that, he walked to the door, unlocked it, and opened it to walk out to where the yelling was coming from.

[Wolfe 71]

Brave also took a look outside. It wasn't snowing anymore. It was some odd, dark corrupted place. He started to get tense. He glanced around the inn trying to spot anything that might cause Discord to attack at any moment. Where is this guy... He's gotta be near. And why is he attacking us, or doing whatever he is doing to us? I don't quite follow...

 

What is he gaining from from this? Other than control of this world, but why us? Do we hold some sort of power or key to his demise? I wish I underst---

 

 

"EVERYONE, EVERYONE, WAKE UP! I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU ALL!"

 

YIKES! Brave jumped from hearing Artsy's loud, overpowering voice echo throughout the inn. He immediately looked toward the way that she would eventually come down from. What's going on?, Brave says to those immediately near him.

[PeachPalette 1,000]

Peach hung her head low. "That meanie!" She spouted as her front hoof slammed upon the wooden floor. "Silver," She said looking up at him. "We're no longer in our own world. He's trapped us in his. We have to be careful with what we see and hear. Nothing here will be as it..." Her ears perked as the sound of the pony, Artsy, yelling interrupted her. It sounded important. "Come on!" She called out back at Silver, urging him to follow her as she took a running start out of the room and down the hall.

 

She finally entered the main area. Most of the ponies were still sitting around, a difference being the one called Artsy and the one called Serah were now among them...and...a new pony? She squinted. This unicorn looked familiar. She looked like the rough and tumble type, but had a rather pretty white coat and beautiful reddish mane. More than likely she's seen her around town on one of her shopping days. It seemed she missed out on a lot since she lived on the outskirts of town. She began to trot in place fighting the urge to get to know her better. Maybe she could get a little closer.

 

She slunk her way through the few in her way and trotted lightly on the tips of her hooves as if she was sneaking around them all. Her body shot to a stand still once she entered the dinning room. Her shifty eyes looking from left to right. She slowly leaned in and whispered to the pony that seemed to magically appear out of nowhere. "Hi. I'm Peach." Only the side of her mouth moved, her eyes still shifting around. "What's your name?" She began to slowly lean towards the pony, the space between their faces becoming very uncomfortably close. Her yellow eyes almost bulging out of their sockets at the very suspense of knowing this new pony's name.

 

Being friendly always got the best of her while she was like this. The uneasy meeting with Discord slipped her mind for a moment.

[Nathan Fink 22]

Seeing all that had changed outside, he ran to the window once more and looked out. Seeing the twisted, unnatural scenery before him, his heart was filled with equal parts excitment and fear. The scene was terrifying alien, but so strange and new that he couldn't help but get excited at the educational possibilities. This is Discords world? Has he brought the chunk of Equestria we occupy here or is this an illusion? What kind of environment could this kind of space possibly sustain? The questions continued to run through his head as he gazed out the window, a big smile on his face.

 

Turning back to the group, his smile faded, his mind froze and his questions stopped as he saw how many ponies were now walking around, talking about this and that. To say that he had never done well in groups would be an understatement. He got nervous, mush mouthed and empty headed. He side stepped slowly to his pack next to his chair and slipped it on.While all the discussions were going on his quietly slipped closer and closer to the door, trying his best not to get noticed.

[Legendary Emerald 622]

Serah looked out the window as well. If Discord's appearance was hard to describe, then their new landscape was nearly impossible to explain.

 

"Swell." Serah muttered to herself, being careful not to drop the cigarette from her mouth. She couldn't hold it that well in her hooves, so her only option was to keep it in her mouth at all times. She tapped the middle of the stick against window frame to knock the ash off of the lit end.

 

The pony known as Artsy shouted something about everyone needing to wake up, and then trotted into the room with a look of serious business on her face.

 

"Thanks. Where was your loud mouth when I was under five feet of snow?"

 

Serah decided that, seeing as she wasn't dreaming, it might be a good idea to actually listen to what the others had to say for once. After all, one of them had been kind enough to give her the cigarette. Or at least, she thought one of them had.

 

"Actually, I don't remember where I got it..."

 

She took another long drag.

 

"Good thing I don't care."

[Flow 1,629]

After hearing Artsy shouting that she had something to say, Arty woke up, he was just sleeping on the table and drooling, "Eh, Artsy? What's up?" Then he came up to her, "It's okay, just spit it out" Just then, he saw the window "What the? What's going on?" He peered out the window, it wasn't snowing anymore, but it looked barren, and empty, with snow piled everywhere "What is this?" he asked in shock, then shock turns to anger when he gruffly said "Discord,"

 

He tried to open the door, but it doesn't budge, then looking out the window beside it, he saw that snow had piled up on it, obstructing it "Great, we have to break the windows to get out of here,"

Edited March 26, 2012 by Narutardedscum

[Marcato 2,143]

"got it." Silver said as she explained to him where they were. Suddenly there was shouting up stairs. As Peach took off, Silver followed trying to keep up after having just used his energy to close the wound. Everyone had seemed to notice the chaotic realm they were now stuck in. Everyone was looking around through the windows with confused looks on their faces. Artsy seemed to have something to say though, so he listened intently, the faint sounds of lightning and the constant hum of the world outside trying to pull his attention away. It almost worked, but Silver was far more interested in the quiet one that had now suddenly turned into the loud one. (Must be pretty important if she's yelling, its not like her from what i have seen.) Silver thought to himself.

[Aureity 3,055]

Crystal Flame took the time to glance out the window. Wow. That's rather strange. Wait. WHAT? He took a disbelieving second glance, even rubbing his eyes frantically and blinking. Nope, it was true. "What's going on?" he snapped, too shocked to do anything. He sighed. "It's that mutated chaos dragon thing, isn't it? Wonderful." He carefully attempted to pry open the window, but as soon a she had opened it, a blast of freezing wind almost toppled hiim backwards onto the ground. He slammed it shut hurridly. Wind is NOT that powerful.

"Okay, I want answers. Did we just...what just happened?" He looked at the few remaining ponies who still hadn't gone to sleep yet, but one of them were answering, each too busily absorbed in their own shock. Pricking his ears, he heard somepony, he couldn't remember which, call out something about an important meeting or whatever. Still seeking answers, he hopefully trotted in her direction.

[Arylett Charnoa 4,919]

She paused in front of those who had noticed her and saw she had some listening ears. Good.

 

Using her magic, she slowly and shakily unfolded the piece of paper where she had written the information. Turning it around, she read her scribbled information aloud, exposing the others to the drawing on the other side of the piece of paper. The drawing that would... look extremely familiar to them. A chimeric creature with a grin on his face...

 

"Ahem. 'Scuse me, everyone. You're all going to think I'm crazy, but there's this pony that appeared in my room, kinda. She was all... this hologram thing. Big and tall and white. Looked really important. Had a crown on her head... probably sounds crazy... you won't believe me. But she said this stuff was important." She thought it would be best not to mention that this pony had a horn AND wings, as the others might find that too unbelievable.

 

"B-basically... that Discord guy's trapped us here because he's trying to keep us from going back to... where we came from. Us being here is some sort of disruption in what she said was the Balance of Chaos and Order. It uh... skews it towards Chaos, which makes him more powerful. Nothing is real. And we have to be really careful... I think the impression I get is that we have to get out of here and go back, or else... something bad's going to happen. I'm not sure how though. Before she could say anymore, the transmission faded out."

 

She shuffled uneasily at having so much attention on her and took a deep breath, her face turning a rather pinkish shade. It sounded like absolute nonsense hearing it come out of her mouth...

Edited March 26, 2012 by Arylett Dawnsborough

[PeachPalette 1,000]

What Artsy had to say brought her thoughts back to order. She gasped, her attention completely on Artsy. "Princess Celestia?!" She exclaimed and took a few steps forward, her expression in total awe. If the princess was contacting her, it was for good reason. "So...that means we have to find a why to get you back to your own wor-" She stopped rather quickly. Her head slowly turning to the new pony standing there. An actual pony from her world. One who was hearing this for the first time. What would this one think now?

 

There was an odd silence as her eyes glance from Artsy to this new white mare until her eyes caught SiFi inching towards the door. "No wait!" She took a leap and cut him off from the door. "You don't want to do that!" She said that rather quickly as she stood on her back legs, her back pressed up to the door. Her eyes looked back at the unicorn who had been a little slow in telling Peach her name, and now worried what she would think about this whole situation. "Uh...heh, heh."

Edited March 26, 2012 by PeachPalette

[Trixies Apprentice L 493]

Lionheart heard the comossion and swiftly got up from bed. "Idiots I knew something would happen." He said as he looked out of the window. The world was strange and disorted. "So we are trapped. Great." He said once more to himself as he went out of his room and toward the group that had gathered around the Artsy.

 

"Bravo Bravo." He said sarcasticly. "Now. What about some news we didn't know about. We were brought here to make chaos well duh he already told us that he is trying to merge the worlds. We are trapped in here. God how did that white pony came to that conclusion hmmm no shit just look out of the window and finally we have to go back ? You don't say. But then again why do we have to listen. We don't know this world to begin with. How can we know who to trust. Sure this Discord guy seems evil and all that but at least he is straight about it. For all we know this hologram pony maybe trying to deceive us or heck it may actually be Discord trying to confuse us even more. You po..people don't try to think things through. You see something and go by it. Here is an example. Now I am not accusing anyone but who brought us here in this death trap hotel in the first place hmm? Anyone though of that ? I guess not. Now I said I am not saying that Peach whatever is bad but do you have any proof she isn't ?.Anyway I am just pointing out how biased and unthinking you all are. A pony hologram appeared and said to only one of us I might add to do that and you all are "Yea lets do it" bulls***t for all we know she maybe just as evil." He speech was about to end as he approached them a little bit more. "You people need to start seeing things in the big picture before taking sides. I mean seriously balance of chaos and order ? What is this a story ?" He finished as he ended his words jokingly.

 

Lionhert didn't expect anyone to believe or trust him at this point. He knew from the very begining that he was the only one that acted that harsh and suspiciously but he didn't really care about that he mostly cared about thing that he was about to say. "I am not saying to you all to trust me or believe what I am saying. I am just asking to think and listen before you make conclusions. We are in a world that we cannot trust anyone apart from ourself."

[Dexterity 3]

Dexterity looked towards the injured silver unicorn with an inquiring look as he approached the windows. She hoped he would know what was going on. Apparently there was a pony called Peach here. What a funny name... I wonder if she works at a peach orchard or something. And who is this Discord fellow?

 

Dex heard a response to her question and looked towards the voice. She saw he was a grey pegasus and he was as shaken as she was. All of this was becoming overwhelming. She gazed out at the swirling purple haze. Although frightening, it was beautiful in its own way, she thought.

 

She was shaken from her thoughts as a tan unicorn with a gorgeous mane and tail shouted something at them. She hadn't heard the words, just the loud noise. But the purple haze was calling her back and she couldn't help but stare into the swirling wonderment. Her feelings of bewilderment melted away. It was then that she heard someone speaking to her and it snapped her out of the trance like state.

 

Dex looked at the peach unicorn and realized that she must be 'Peach.' The pony was getting closer and closer still with a very funny look on her face. Dex's shyness overwhelmed her and she slowly backed away, her ears pinned back and her eyes wide. Her legs didn't seem to want to work correctly. They tangled and she fell on her rump. "I'm Dexterity," she sqeaked.

 

The tan pony was speaking again, this time about Celestia, somepony named Discord, chaos, and a transmission. Dex was so confused. She looked questioningly towards Peach who seemed to know what was going on.

 

Dexterity became distracted as she heard the dark grey unicorn with a muted red mane speaking. He was being very cynical and mean. Dex didn't know any of these ponies, but she certainly wasn't going to stand for anypony being mean. None of the Ponyville ponies were like this, friendship above all else and whatnot. Dexterity rose up from where she fell, stomped her hoof, and snorted while glaring at this unusal pony.

 

"And who died and made you king of all Equestria? Where do you get off being so cynical? We're all ponies here... and while I'm confused as to what all just happened, we ponies got to stick together. Did you sleep through the class on Harmony when you were a colt?" She then realized that she was being very mean and dropped her head. "I'm so sorry for judging you... ignore me," she pleaded with her eyes.

[Electrobolt 2,069]

Electrobolt looked on with confusion, mainly because of two things: That they had been trapped in the hotel, and that she encountered a pony that had wings AND a horn. The first issue was resolved immediately as soon as he looked over to a window. *Oh,* he thought, *that's why...* What he saw was darkness and enormous piles of snow.

 

*But still...* he pondered, thinking back to when the pony with wings and a horn was mentioned. *I'm not sure what to say about that... I haven't heard of a pony like that before... But didn't she say she was wearing a crown...?* Just as he spoke that in his mind, he heard Peach utter a name out. *Well, that confirms that the crown means she's a princess... And she goes by the name Celestia, huh?* He then glanced over and noticed there was another unicorn, one that was not with them.

 

*Wait...* he thought. *Is that... One of the ponies that lives in this world...?* He became slightly nervous, wondering what her reaction would be. Peach accepted the fact, even though she was confused at first. And SiFi didn't freak out when he knew; just the opposite! He was excited about the fact! But this new pony? He had no idea what she would think. Just then, Lionheart had spoke out just then. He was ticked off at first, but then he heard the new pony speak out. He mentally sighed as it seems like she didn't hear anything Artsy said. *Well, disaster averted...* he thought. *For now, anyways...*

[Legendary Emerald 622]

"Don't be sorry. You've just said what everyone else should have said." Serah said to Dex, and then turned her attention to Lionheart. "Lionhart, you talk too much. And what you say is useless. There's no debate to be had. Discord is clearly a threat to both worlds, who must be stopped. If you aren't with us, then you're against us. Simple as that."

[Nathan Fink 22]

Peach stopping him from getting closer to the door just made his condition worse, now he felt like he was trapped. To many Ponies, to many Ponies! His breathing began to speed up, he began to sweat and his eyes shifted. He looked over at PeachPalette and whispered ""Oh come on...you dont need me here...i just need to step out for a bit..."" His mind slowed down greatly when overwhelmed by a large group, as the majority of his cognitive functions were busy worrying about what the other Ponies were thinking of him or what they would do.

 

All the fighting and bickering wasn't helping, he didn't react well to emotional arguments. He looked around for a way to hide, ar least feel as he was. As he panned his head for the third time, he spotted something he must have missed the first two times. Stairs leading down. But...the stairs to the cellar are on the other side of the Inn... though this thought was merely a shadow in his mind. "I'll just uh, ill just go get some...food. From the cellar! Yeah, ill be right back" he walked calmly over to the new stairs and started to descend, stopping when he heard a feint crackling noise.

Edited March 26, 2012 by Nathan Fink

[PeachPalette 1,000]

Peach was taken aback by the accusation that there was a chance that she couldn't be trusted. She also couldn't believe the words coming out of Lion Heart's mouth. It seemed everything this pony said was blasphemy.

 

"You don't know how this world works! It isn't like yours!" She exclaimed remembering how one of the ponies had described the human world. She remembered how terrible of a place it was made out to be. "Here, we trust others! That's just how it works! Now, what we need to do is all come together and come up with a way to escape Discords realm. Only then can we focus on a way to get you ponies ho-" She stopped speaking as she heard a cracking sound against her back as it lay flat upon the door. Her body tensed as she felt it give way. Her eyes grew wide, her teeth clinched together. Her body desperately tried to pull forward, but all of her weight was behind her now.

 

"Uh oh..." The door behind her seemed to shatter like glass. A high wind rushing into the room. Lightning flashed brighter than before. Candles were extinguished, papers from the front desk took flight all around them. Peach tried to hang on to the door frame as best as she could, but hooves proved to be the worst for doing something such as gripping onto an object.

 

She slipped, falling into the chaotic vortex. Her screams growing faint until closed off completely when the door seemed to magically paste it'self back together again. The candles lit themselves again, and the papers seemed to gently float to the floor where they stopped flying. And like hardly anything ever happened, an uneasy silence filled the room again. Peach...gone.

Edited March 26, 2012 by PeachPalette

[Dexterity 3]

"Thank you," she meekly mouthed towards Serah. She was encouraged that another pony had the same idea. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a bearded pony sneaking off to the cellar. I should follow him and see what he's up to...

 

But Peach's outburst got her thoughts back on the grumpy pony. He completely deserves the verbal reaming he's getting. But deep inside she hoped that they would all just get along soon. She didn't want to see how bad it would get if they continued bickering.

 

In a split second the door that Peach was guarding shattered, Dexterity jumped forward to grab her, but it was too late. Dex gasped at the situation, taking several steps back. "I... uhh..." All of this was getting too much for her. Waking up to many new ponies in the inn, the bickering, the untrustfulness, and now Peach disappearing....

 

Dexterity slowly walked away from the group of ponies and let the tears silently stream down her white face. Making her way to the corner of the room, she knelt down on all fours and tried to make herself as invisible as possible. I just want to go home.

[Trixies Apprentice L 493]

"You are all too good willed and easy going but anyway. I will play along and see how thing will go." He replied to the ponies that spoke up. He was kinda shocked to be truthful. He didn't expect them to be so guilible.." Oh sarah I am not sure when did I say I am against you. I asked that you should stop being to guilible and try to think more that is all."

 

He turned his gaze back when suddenly the door behind peach broke and took her in. "What the.." But before he could even turn she had already been sucked in. "This was unexpected." He though as he stayed there in silence looking at the vortex inside the broken door.

[Legendary Emerald 622]

Peach was torn out of the inn and disappeared into darkness. Serah was mildly shocked, but some of the other ponies were taking the event much harder. There seemed to be no limits to what Discord could do.

 

Serah recalled Lionharts reply, and wished her cigarette hadn't been sucked into the vortex along with Peach.

 

"I'm not gullible. You're over-thinking things. We met Discord. He told us his plan. It's f*cked up. So we'll f*ck HIM up. For what he did to us, and what he just did to Peach."

 

Serah ignored any possible reply Lionhart could have given and turned her attention to Artsy.

 

"You're human. You woke up with the rest of us. You don't have a reason to lie about what you saw. So it only makes sense to trust you for now."

 

Serah took a long drag on the cigarette; she hated talking so much, but sometimes it was necessary.

 

"Wait, didn't I just lose this...?"

Edited March 26, 2012 by Legendary Emerald

[Electrobolt 2,069]

Electrobolt was clearly in shock when he saw what just happened, seeing as his mouth was agape. "No..." he barely whispered. "No... This... This can't be..." Tears started to come down his face as he had witnessed Peach vanishing. "She... She can't be gone... This... This must be a dream... Right?" His legs finally giving way, he collapsed to the ground. Covering his face, he continued to whisper to himself, "This must be a dream... Any second now... Any second now, I'll wake up..." But regardless of how many times he told himself that, he knew deep down that this was not a dream. Peach really did vanish.

[Wolfe 71]

Brave listened diligently to what Artsy had to say. Seems like she had some sort of revelation or guidance when she was alone. She did seem upset and maybe she realized something...

 

"...but there's this pony that appeared in my room, kinda. She was all... this hologram thing. Big and tall and white. Looked really important. Had a crown on her head..."

 

One second... I saw something like that before... when I woke up... but I can't be too sure though... Is that the same one she's talking about?

 

Brave continued to listen to what she had to say. With Discord wanting chaos and us being in a space that caused it, Brave assumed it was making him stronger. Chaotic actions, dialogue, and anything of the sort would make him stronger or make us weaker. Both seemed plausible.

 

As soon as Artsy finished, one pony started to bicker and a few others retaliated. Brave watched silently at the bickering. That isn't helping. I don't see why we can't trust each other. And out of nowhere, Peach was sent through the door into the odd abyss. Brave wasn't close enough to react.

 

He reflected on what he could remember so far. He woke up. Saw that flying pony. Met Artsy. A snowstorm happened. Got led back to this inn. Met other ponies and understood Discord a bit. The storm became worse and then ended up in some other dimension...

 

This isn't a dream. He saw everything there was up to this point. He felt the snow and the heat of the inn. He tasted the delicious soup. He smelled the different aromas around the forest and the inn. He heard everything from the other ponies, to the crackle of the fireplace and the steps each pony made, to the howling wind of the snowstorm, and nothing thereafter.

 

A dream doesn't have a beginning. You just start right in the middle. There was the beginning of me waking up in that forest. I didn't find myself suddenly walking in a snowstorm and knowing everyone right off the bat. This is not a dream. This is very unbelievable, but nothing is telling me that I'm in a hospital in some coma. This "dream" had a beginning. If it was a dream, I could get Peach back right...now.

 

Nothing happened. Peach did not return. Nothing made some sign to it either.

 

Artsy seems to have gotten this message and it seems like that princess that Peach had said she was, is going to send her messages in the future. It seems that Discord took Peach because she is a natural resident in this place...Artsy isn't. Peach was going to help us out and Discord is stopping that. At this point, I'm putting my trust with Artsy. I can't do anything else, because I don't know what to do. I need to build my courage to face Discord in the future.

 

Brave felt a bit nervous, but that thought came to him again, "...be brave... ...be brave... ...be brave..." He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Upon exhaling, he opened his eyes and turned to everyone.

 

HEY! If we continue to bicker, cry, worry, moan, or anything else that doesn't bring action, Discord is going to be controlling two worlds. We just happen to be Discord's "fortunate" ammunition. If we continue like this, he's going to get stronger and cause us to make things worse. Now Artsy here has gotten a message that is going to help us and we need to trust not only her, but each other as well. Discord wants us to be in disarray. He wants us to be the catalyst to his overtaking. He wants us to fail. I hope some of you already share the feelings of what I'm saying, and I'm sure some of you do not. But we need to start right now to stop Discord. He turned to Artsy once more. You may not have all the answers and information, but if that princess is telling you things, I'll defend you from Discord. He looks at his blank flank and back to Artsy. Even though I may not have some known power... I'll do what I need to do to set balance.

 

His legs were shaking, his heart was pounding, and he felt out of breath, but he hoped that no one noticed. "Be brave... be brave... be brave..."

Edited March 26, 2012 by Wolfe

[Dexterity 3]

Dexterity listened to Brave, sniffled, wiped her face with her hoof, and got up. He's right. Freaking out and crying won't bring Peach back. I should let that other pony who went into the cellar know what's going on. ​Dex solemnly walked to the cellar door and down the stairs.

 

Midway down she softly called out, "Umm... Pony that went down here, I've got some news for you." She waited for a response.

[Electrobolt 2,069]

Electrobolt kept his face covered as he listened to Brave speak out to everyone in the room. After hearing that, he uncovered his face as he slowly opened his eyes. *He... He's right...* he thought, looking back to the door that Peach vanished out of. *I... I have to stay strong... I'm sure Peach wouldn't want to see me like this...* Wiping the tears out of his face, he slowly got back onto his hooves and looked over to Artsy, as he spoke, "Yeah... I'll do whatever we need to do as well. You can count on me." Looking over to Brave, he thought, *I... I needed that... Thank you... And Peach, wherever you are... We WILL find you, and we WILL restore the balance...*

[Marcato 2,143]

Silver couldn't believe what he just saw. Peach had suddenly gone flying out the door, and everyone just stood and watched as it happened. He didn't even pay attention to what they were saying, he could feel the anger burning up inside him. "Is this your version of a game..." He whispered under his breath. "Do you think this is some kind of JOKE?" He couldn't contain himself anymore. "I'm not going to stand by and watch as Discord tries to screw us all up. He's probably trying to break us all apart. He wants each of us to be on our own, that way its much easier for him and he doesn't have to worry!" Everything was coming together in his mind as he burnt his anger out.

 

"Well I can't let him do that. If Peach has taught me anything so far its that this world has far more care then our world. Here, people you don't even know will help you. Peach helped us when we needed it. She saved us from our confusion on the boarder of the forest, she saved us from the wolf attack in the forest and from the cold weather." He paused to breath for a moment. "She even explained just what we were dealing with when we had no idea what was going on. If it weren't for her, can you imagine what Discord would do?" Silver felt himself flinch as he thought of the two world merging and destroying each other. "Well i don't know what you guys think, but I've had it." He felt energy building up inside him. The wound on his shoulder grew hot and began to sting. "Lionheart, I respect your opinion, but you just don't realize how much we owe to her do you? We practically owe her our LIVES. You were there when i nearly died defending you and Speed. You know how badly things could have gone if they didn't know we had split off."

 

The wound on his shouler began to close, and the fresh blood from after he tried to close it earlier flowed back in. "I'm done letting some one fight my battles for me. For once, i'm fighting the battle for some one else." He finished. The wound on his shoulder was now nothing but a scar, and he turned around, opening the door quickly and dashed, closing the door behind him. (There's no way i'm going to just let Peach go like this.) He said to himself before running out into the darkness, and then he was gone.

[PeachPalette 1,000]

Her head was pounding when she awoke. Her body ached all over. She feared moving. She feared any shooting pain that, that might cause. Peach's eyes slowly opened, a foggy scene becoming crisper by the second. She gasped seeing what was in front of her but not without wincing from the pain from shooting up to a sitting position.

 

It seemed like a wasteland. Trees were leafless, their branches twisted and curled as if to silently scream out to the vortex which raged where a sky would be. The ground was nothing but whiteish sand that seemed to go on forever in all directions. She ran her front hoof into it. It felt soft, like powder. What's that sound? She looked in it's sudden direction to see a fish swimming past her, bubbles coming from it's mouth and floating up into the air to pop and be no more.

 

She noticed herself beginning to snicker at how ridiculous the fish looked swimming through the air. She bit her lips to fight it. She knew it wasn't the time for laughter but...it... "Bwahahaa!" She fell back laughing hardily at it, holding into her heaving stomach and snorting uncontrollably.

 

"Seems like the place for you, doesn't it?" Discord's voice came from nowhere. "I mean you've just landed and already you seem to be enjoying it."

 

Peach shot upright again, his voice alarming her though she somehow expected him to pop up again. Her eyebrow arched as she noticed his long body laying back upon a throne that was clearly not there before. "Discord, I need to get back to my friends. I-" She was cut off.

 

"Friends?" He asked leaning forward with a chuckle, his nose inches from her own. "You mean those humans? The very ones that didn't take you seriously?" He grinned while he made his point.

 

"You're not going to sway me, Discord! I found them, It's my duty to help them!" She said, her fun tone dying slightly as her glare hardened. "They...they need me."

 

"Oh my poor gullible PeachPalette," He sat back and rubbed his forehead in aggravation. "You saw them. They feel they can handle this all on their own. They. Don't. Want. Your. Help."

 

Her ears flattened back. Surely that wasn't true for all of them...but...she was noticing that with the others. As much as she was trying to overlook it, it seemed to be happening. She looked up to see his smile, his knowing smile. He was right, but that wasn't how things should be handled. She should help them, then and only then they'd see that she meant well all along, that she really could be trusted. Her front hoof slammed into the powder-like sand. "I can make them see!"

 

"Oh, and yes you will make them see, my dear," he said as he stood from his throne. His tall body looming over her as the lightning flashed behind him. His shadow covering her as her eyes could only grow wider in wonder what he had planned. Discord's yellow eyes narrowed as a wicked smile spread along his face, wide and toothy. "There's a personality of yours that is long over due to make an appearance, Peach."

 

No..., she thought. Though, like a dream, her voice wouldn't make a sound.

 

"I'd like to meet her," he said touching a talon to her forehead.

Edited March 26, 2012 by PeachPalette