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[PeachPalette 1,000]

Discord leisurely moved his head as the flame surged past him, the flame only catching a few strands from his eyebrow. unamused, he brought his pointer and thumb up to them, snuffing out the microscopic flame. "Someone should do something about that temper. I know...why don't you cool off," She said, snapping his fingers, a tub of water appeared over Serah's head, dumping the water on her, soaking her to the bone. He snapped again, the tub disappearing from the air.

 

"Now then," he looked upon the questioning ponies. "If I told you every little detail of my brilliant plan somepony might try to stop me." He looked from the corner of his eye. Peach was concentrating on something, her horn had a faint glow to it. A spell perhaps. He could not have this sneaky behavior. "Let's try a different mood on you," He spoke, pushing his finger to her forehead, then sitting back and smiling, his arms crossed.

 

Peach froze. No... Her eyes widened as she tried to fight it off, but to no avail. She blinked rapidly as if waking up from a deep sleep and looked up, to see Discord staring back down at her. "DISCORD!" She screamed and quickly rushed behind the nearest pony to her, Electrobolt, and hid there shaking.

 

"Now that's more like it," Discord said pleasantly. His mood instantly changed too as he scanned the ponies with his scheming glare and menacing grin. "Go on, ponies! Try to figure it out. In the mean time, I have some chaos to create!" With that, he vanished from their sight.

[Electrobolt 2,069]

Even though Electrobolt saw Peach was in trouble, his legs failed him. *No...* he thought as Discord reached Peach's forehead and did... something... to her. Once Discord finished his business and Peach ran behind Electrobolt, he thought, *What did he do to you...* Once Discord finished his talk and disappeared, Electrobolt finally got the ability to move his legs again. Turning around and looking at Peach, his facial expression changed from brave to worried as he asked her, "Peach... What... What did Discord do to you...?"

[Flow 1,624]

"S-so that's Discord? And he caused all those things to happen? I-i-is that why I'm here? Y-you mean I used to be a human? W-what is this?" Arty stuttered, traumatized after learning what Discord had done. "Um, Peach, Peach? Are you okay?" he asked, but no answer, "This is a nightmare, we might be all dead if this continues,"

 

This also raised several questions for him, "Why did Discord interfered with the human world?" "Did he mean to cause death and sorrow in both worlds?" "Did I really used to be a human?" "What happened to Peach?" And most importantly, "If this is the start, what's next?"

[Trixies Apprentice L 493]

When the wolf finally dissapered something things took a turn for the worst. The thing that made all this happen was now here apparently named Discord "So unoriginal." Lionheat though but let it pass. He was still hidden from everyone but could perfectly hear everything.This was strange because he was actually far away but he though that his magic might have done something about it.

 

"He is strange....yet very interesting. What he is trying to do....." Lionheart though, sure it was far fetched but still it had it's touch of excitment.

 

Lionheart swiftly started walking toward the group once more and when he was there he spoke.

 

"Discord.....you are a very interesting fella. Your plan it has that certain something. What you did is...fascinating to say the least and I have to say I like your sense of humor-looks at shera and then back to Discord leaving a smirk one his face- Chaos has that certain flare... a flare of wonder, a flare of extrardinary, a flare of surprise but then again your plan is bound to fail. You can't simply merge worlds, the worlds would just destroy one another. That pretty much why we lost all our memories and our original bodies. What you will acomplish will unfortunatly the destruction of one of the worlds. Shame really i could prove to be a very interesting experience. Though you never know" He finished his speech. His words had a tone of fascination and you could also see that on his eyes except for the last words that were cold toned. He was truly interested but also still believe that it was a plan bound to fail.

 

Lionheart then turned to the ponies. "Seriously can't you see it. This...oppurtunity is....one of kind. We are witnessing history. There is now solid proof of existance of other realms, cause this one can be the only one. Am I the only one that is fascinated by that fact ? The fact that we co exist with other realms, The fact that magic exists, The fact that there is a being that can merge said realms, The possible things that can be achieved if something like this actually worked." His words were very passionate, His eyes having a certain flare, His movements showing the passions in his words.An inspiring speech by all means "Just think for a minute what can be accomplished. Why cower in fear of the unknown and chaos ?."

 

(OOC: Cause if everyone is a good guy were is the fun in that )

[Aureity 3,055]

Oh well, Crystal Flame sighed, realizing once again he had been ignored by the group. At least my ideas are plausible, he thought sadly. He looked back at the Discord-thingy. Maybe Discord actually had other plans that were obvious to everyone else but him, and they all thought he was dumb for not catching on. He couldn't think of anything at the moment though, so he gave up. Sheesh, and after I helped save them from wolves. Ungratefu little mongrels...

 

(I agree with Leon My guy will have a reason though)

[SuperTheAwesome 199]

The fire died out and Speed let out a sigh of relief. It must have been one of those unicorns using their magic. Though, it seemed nobody was paying attention to the fire. They were paying attention to something else, something that Speed couldn't see from her angle. Speed got closer and saw the most horrid thing. What was that thing? It seemed to be a mix of thousands of creatures, crammed into one body. Speed thought for a moment, before backing off. This thing looked dangerous. It would be best not to startle it by just running in there...

[PeachPalette 1,000]

Peach was trembling even after the chimera disappeared. She meekly looked up at Arty, then to Electrobolt. "I...," she began, her voice barely audible. "I think...he...helped the process along." She dared not come out from behind Electrobolt for fear that the god would reappear just to spook her. She blinked when she noticed they were looking at her in confusion. "Oh, sorry...what I meant was...he...," her voice trailed off as she looked down as if in shame. "He switched my personality. Oh, but it was maybe for the best. I...I don't know what I was thinking trying to do a spell on him." She sighed heavily as her ears flopped down. "Silly me."

 

Her attention was turned to the pony...erm...human, Lionheart. She took a death breath in, her eyes widened. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. No, this human...he...he didn't know how crafty and unjust this creature was. He couldn't possibly understand what he was talking about. Peach seemed to huddle closer behind Electrobolt as she listened to this madness. "No," she whispered to herself. "What is he saying?" She wanted so badly to speak up, but in her current state that was easier said than done.

[Arylett Charnoa 4,919]

She heard a voice echo through the forest, but couldn't really see what was going on. Apparently, some Discord character wanted to merge the two worlds. To Artsy, this entire thing sounded too crazy for her to completely process. She was still processing the fact that she was a pony, after all. For the moment, she decided not to think much of the voice she had heard. Though if she was honest, her mind was still on that flash...

 

"Psst."

 

The unicorn did not react, merely hearing this sound.

 

"Pssst! Over here!" A louder feminine voice wafted into her ears, sounding deeper and more mature than most of the other ponies she had met. It sounded like the type of voice she should respect and listen to. A voice that might help her with her current predicament? She wasn't sure. Her head turned where the voice had come from, and she saw a horse unlike the others she had previously seen.

 

Tall, graceful, and glorious, its white coat seemed to have an unexplicable sheen to it. And that wasn't even regarding its mane... the mane, alternating cyan and pinkish colours, flowed freely in midair as it emitted sparkles. A great horn protruded from the midst of the pony's forehead, and two massive wings were folded at its side. It had long slender legs which ended with golden adornments on the hooves, and a... crown on its head, obviously symbolizing this pony's regal nature. She was hypnotized by this beauty of a pony, and immediately knew that this was someone important.

 

"Hello, my faithful subject... might I ask your name?"

 

She only sputtered for a moment, being overwhelmed by this creature, before answering meekly: "Ar... artsy."

 

"Artsy... you must be one of the sufferers of Discord's plot. I heard his voice not just a second ago, and came running to see what had happened. And luck should have it that I have run into you!" The other pony's regal voice seemed to have a hint of irritation in it, though it appeared that this... royal one was actually glad to see her. Artsy didn't answer, not knowing quite what to say.

 

"Have you seen him? Do you know where he went?"

 

She merely shook her head dumbly.

 

"Discord... that terrible monster." Her voice sounded startlingly bitter, and the unicorn cringed a little. She could feel this was one pony not to mess with.

 

"My apologies... I must go now. I have to find him immediately before he executes this disastrous plan." The mighty Queen, or at least, that's what Artsy assumed she was, spread her ivory wings and disappeared into the air. For several moments, Artsy just stared blankly into the sky where this new horse had once been. She had never seen a pony that had both wings and a horn. She thought they could either have one or the other... or neither. What did this all mean?

 

"...I may not be sure what this means, but I gotta admit that she's probably the... coolest pony I've ever seen."

Edited March 20, 2012 by Arylett Dawnsborough

[Electrobolt 2,069]

Electrobolt was still concerned with how Peach was acting and let her come closer to him as he turned his attention back to Lionheart. Although Electrobolt wanted to respond back, he could not think of anything to say. So instead, he returned his attention to Peach as he tried to comfort her. "Don't worry," he whispered to Peach. "You at least tried to do something... Me, I... I was scared... I tried to put on a brave face, but..." He stopped mid-sentence as he closed his eyes.

[Marcato 2,143]

Silver was annoyed with how easily that Discord creature took care of everything. He was very skilled with magic. Suddenly he heard lionheart say something. Silver paused for a moment, almost as if processing what Lionheart had just said. "What?" He stared in shock at lionheart. "You would rather join that freak and see the old world you used to live in, as well as this one, be destroyed?" Silver was having a hard time keeping his cool.

 

He approached Lionheart. "Hey but you know what, you're right." He paused for a moment to let that sink in. "Your right that we shouldn't be cowering in fear. Your right about that. But there are other ways around this. A fair amount of us can use magic, and there are more of us then there are of him." Silver went on. "We may not know where we are, but there is one thing certain." Silver pointed his hoof towards where Discord had been a moment ago. "He does. He holds all the answers to our pasts. He could tell us a lot, but he obviously doesn't want to. I'll tell you this, he's smarter than most villains who like to reveal their plans right in front of everyone. We are dealing with a mastermind here."

 

Silver walked over to Peach, "And obviously he has power over how we behave to an extent as well. The way i see it we need to know as much about this creature as we can. Peach, are you able to tell us of anything real significant about Discord? He mentioned something about being turned to stone once." He asked.

[Deshi Bashara 6]

Cole listened in disbelief to what Silver and Lionheart were saying. This is ridiculous. One meeting with this guy, and they're ready to take over the galaxy. he thought. Sure, he sounded convincing, but... He rolled his eyes to himself. They'd get over it soon. Right now, he needed to figure out what to do.

[Legendary Emerald 622]

"Ice water... I'm going to kill that son of a bitch."

 

Serah was soaking wet, and mad as hell. She stood silently seething as the other ponies tried to converse with the crude prankster. One of the ponies seemed like he was leaning on the side of chaos.

 

Serah had nothing against chaos; she lived for excitement, and anarchy was preferable to staunch rules and regulation. She could have seen herself siding with Discord as well. This was a dream world, after all. There would be no real consequences no matter which side she took.

 

However, Discord had insulted her in the most childish way possible. And he would pay for it.

Edited March 20, 2012 by Legendary Emerald

[PeachPalette 1,000]

Peach lifted her head up to Silver. "Yes, it's true. He was turned to stone twice though. Once by the Princesses when they discovered the Elements of Harmony. And...a second time by the legendary wearers of the Elements of Harmony," she explained breaking eye contact and looking down. "Both times he threw Equestria into utter chaos. He is not an easy foe to defeat though. Not with how easily he can manipulate us." Her meek voice trembled. "And now with him breaking through this world and into yours...who knows how much more power he's gained...and...how much more vengeful he will be since his plans were folied twice now."

 

Humans...that's right they're... The thought did not finish. She jumped from behind Electrobolt and backed away from all of them. "W-what is a human?!" Her eyes jetted from pony to pony...none of them...none of them were REALLY ponies. It seemed her other personality had planned to learn more about these humans. This personality wasn't as curious. Instead, she feared things not of her own world, and sometimes, plenty of things in it. "W-What...d-do humans...do?"

Edited March 21, 2012 by PeachPalette

[Marcato 2,143]

"I see..." Silver said. "Well... why can't the two princesses you mentioned to it again? Or are they gone now?" He asked. Then he thought of something else. "And what are the elements of harmony..." Suddenly peach began backing away. Silver could see this personality was much more timid, and she seemed to be afraid of the unknown. She was afraid of them because he and everyone else weren't actually ponies.

 

"Don't worry, you don't need to be afraid of us. The way i see it both our worlds are on the brink of destruction and what we are doesnnt matter." Silver paused for a moment. He let out a sigh. I guess theres only one way to put her fears to rest. "Peach, would you like me to explain to you about our world where we came from?"

[Electrobolt 2,069]

Electrobolt listened to Peach's story about Discord and how he had twice been turned to stone. *So he tried to make chaos reign over the world, huh?* he thought. *I guess that's why he's called Discord... But he's free again... And this time, he must be after more than just this world...* He then heard Silver speak out, and he was curious about the Elements of Harmony as well.

 

But seeing Peach jump back in surprise gave Electrobolt a slight shock. He was about to ask what was wrong when she asked what humans were, and what they did. He was about to do his best to explain before Silver spoke again. *I think I'll let him explain things... Maybe he'll explain it better than I could...*

[Aureity 3,055]

Crystal Flame swished his tail dully across the ground as he listened to the ponies bicker over who was right. Does it even matter? Discord's form of chaos can't be much worse than what we have right now. His mind drifted back to what he remembered of humans as soon as one of the ponies brought it up. Definitely not much worse, he thought, remembering wars the humans had fought and the violence.

 

"You wanna know what humans do?" he snapped, in response to the peachish pony, whose name he still didn't know. He knew he was interrupting that silver pony who had been trapped by the wolves earlier, but he could care less. Not like the pony even thanked him, or bothered to even look at him. "I'll tell you what humans do. We kill. We fight. We start wars. We capture, destroy lives, and make everyone miserable. We taint the earth with our pollution, we destroy the environment to suit our needs. We cut down forests, drive off and kill animals to make our homes. And then we go and kill each other for those homes."

 

It wasn't particularly like him to get depressed like this. Usually he would have been much happier around company.

 

(Holy crap, never use Opera to make posts, that was terrible >.<)

Edited March 21, 2012 by Auroreita Borealis

[PeachPalette 1,000]

Peach opened her mouth to agree to let Silver try to explain things when Crystal Flame chimed in, only bringing her worst fears about these new creatures to light. She took a step back, her wide and terrified eyes fixed on the spouting pony. Fight? War? Destroy? Kill? These were words barely used in Equestria. Though, these things did happen here, they were certainly not often. Was this all they did?

 

"Is there...no...harmony?" Peach asked, fighting to speak the words. She looked at Electrobolt. This pony who'd shown her nothing but kindness...this pony did these things? "Is this...true?" She asked Electrobolt hesitantly, afraid of his answer.

 

These humans were brought here by Discord; A deity that would feel no remorse for such actions. Is this his plan? She wondered as she slipped into her darkest thoughts. Did he really want to have both worlds destroy themselves? The speculation seemed to make sense...but in the famous words of Discord himself, what fun was there in making sense? Anything and everything was possible when it came to him.

 

The news of Discord's escape from his stone prison was broadcasted across all of Equestria. Why hadn't the Elements of Harmony come together once again? Where was Princess Celestia when this land needed her most? Who was going to stop him...and would they in time?

[Electrobolt 2,069]

Electrobolt looked at Crystal Flame in shock. *How could he say all these things so easily???* he thought, still in shock. Then once Peach spoke up, he looked back to her. "Not... Not all humans do that..." he began, still surprised. "Some of us... Well, some of us want peace... And..." He closed his eyes, unable to continue his attempt at explaining things from his side. He suddenly had another image appear in his mind, albeit fuzzy. In that image, he could see two human figures, one being a man, and the other being a woman. He couldn't tell for sure, but he thought they would be older than him. *What...* he began to think. *What was that...? Who were those two... And... Why am I feeling... Sad?* At that moment, a small tear began to form in the corner of his left eye.

[Wolfe 71]

His ears were ringing. The sharp pain made him squint.

 

What's going on? Is there another fire alarm...? Jeez, it's probably ANOTHER false alarm...

 

He slowly opened his eyes and saw grass and bushes. A lot of it. Wait... Why am I outside... Did I get knocked out or something...? Was there really a fire...? He looks around and looks at his hooves... hooves? That can't be right. He's a human that was holding onto his backpack and typing up a report and essentially, using fingers. How did he get hooves? I really hope someone didn't trip me on acid or something... He takes his... hoof... and rubs his face. He realized his face isn't generally flat like a regular human's face. Joy. Now I've become a horse, haven't I... Okay... be brave... be brave...uhm... uhh.... what is... my name? Super... Just pinch yourself. He looked at his right hoof. ...right, no fingers...

 

He couldn't understand what was going on. After that, he tried getting up. He noticed the dark green, lush grass. It didn't seem like the grass he knew. The clear skies and the great smelling atmosphere was something he enjoyed of this place... and flying horses... There's Pegasi? Oh great. Greek Mythology is in this wacky dream too... What's next in the horse lineup? A unicorn...? Surely enough, there was a brown and red haired unicorn off in the distance. My sixth sense is amazing, isn't it... Wait a second... He realized that the colors didn't match up to what he knew of regular horses. He looked at himself and saw a yellow coat with a black tail. He looked at the pegasi with the different colors... and even a mark on her rear... and she has glasses. I think it's a she... Same for other unicorns he saw in the sky.

 

I'm dreaming that I'm high with that Greek class haunting me and I'm a horse. Best dream ever...

 

He just decides to try and walk. He leans a bit forward... *PLOP* and down to the ground he goes. He tries again, but this time, oddly, it feels...natural? He doesn't understand, but he seems to think that it's all a part of a dream. Wonder if I can stand on my hind legs... He jumps his front two legs and balances for a brief moment on his hind legs. He wobbles back to all four thinking he did a good job. He tries again, but notices a pegasus flying and it even has a unicorn horn! He wonders if it's possible, and how its hair swayed, regardless of the wind.

 

From the thicket of bushes, he walks out toward that unicorn he saw, pacing his hoofsteps. Okay... I can speak, and I'm a horse... I think... so I guess others can?

 

Hello there... uhmm, can you help me?

Edited March 21, 2012 by Wolfe

[Arylett Charnoa 4,919]

She was enthralled in a reverie for a split second about what had just happened with that odd taller horse, until a voice roused her from it. It was a male voice. Hoping that it was a human or something, but knowing by now that it would be foolish to think too much in this direction, she saw immediately that it was another one of those ponies. This one was a normal one, without wings or a horn. And a somewhat unusual colour scheme. Artsy was starting to get the impression that maybe in this world, the ponies were the counterparts of humans...

 

The unicorn turned around to face him, blinking and deciding it was a good opportunity to just try to clear her mind for a bit.

 

"I don't know. It depends... I mean... it depends on if you came from... the same place I did. Are you one of these ponies or are you... a human? Because if you are, well, that's me too. In spite of how odd I may look!" She let out a nervous chuckle, hating how awkward she was. "Unless... well, you're actually a REAL pony. Then... you might think that I'm... not odd and that I'm just saying crazy things! In which case, you can ignore me."

Edited March 21, 2012 by Arylett Dawnsborough

[Marcato 2,143]

Silver sighed as Crystal flame took over for him. He let her finish to avoid being rude, but when he saw the terrified look in Peaches eye, and when Electrobolt seemed to be having a hard time explaining, he decided he better pick this up.

 

"Listen, Peach, what she just told you is true to an extent, but not everyone is like that. In fact only some are. I think the reason Discord wants to merge our world is because our world has fallen into chaos already. Yes, there are wars and death where we come from, but we fight to stop it. In fact many people die just so they can stop the pointless fighting. Last i checked there were 7 billion of us in our world total, so theres always bound to be some one to cause trouble." He took a breath for a moment.

 

"Most of us from that world hate the fighting. We want it gone. All of it. But some people can't simply live with other peoples beliefs, opinions and thoughts. I left my home to get away from all that. I lived in the wilderness, which i likely why i was so confident i could survive here. The world we come from is full of terrible things, its true, however there are so many more good things as well."

 

"When war broke out once, many nations from all over joined together to stop it. People live in peace, trading with others and helping eachother survive. War happens very rarely, and i wish i could say the same for other violence..." he continued, while recalling many things he had witnessed and participated in. "But the point is, i doubt any of us here are like that. None of us would want to turn your world into this world, except maybe Lionheart over there, which if he does he can try, because i certainly won't let him. This world is far too perfect, and i'm sure our world was too at some point, but some one always comes along to screw it up. In your case, it seems to be this discord creature."

 

"Please, don't be afraid of us. No matter what discord may have in mind for me or any others, i'm not letting it get in the way of this worlds peace." He finished. He hardly knew where the words were coming from, but they just flowed from his mouth and he barely even had to think. He hadn't been here for long. He had hardly grown attached to the place yet, but if this place was real, he knew how bad it would become if discord succeded. And that could not happen.

 

Silver approached Peach. "i can't say the same for the others, but you don't need to be afraid of me. I want to help this world." He said to her.

[Flow 1,624]

"I agree with Silver, there's no need to be afraid of us,I hate war, and I want to help too, I may not know much about Discord, but I know that we''ll all be dead if we don't stop him," Arty said,"And I guess I'm one of them, a human, I remembered that I have a talent in drawing, as explained by this cutie mark, also I want to help not just you, but every-p-pony, it's going to be alright, we will find a way to stop this,"

 

Arty then looks at himself, his hooves, his mane, and his cutie mark, "I guess I'm getting used to this, I don't look bad," he grinned a little to cheer himself up, "So if I was a human, I would've had orange hair? hmm, this could be interesting, sigh"

[PeachPalette 1,000]

Peach's head slowly lifted. An shy smile spread along it as the rest of her body followed. Her eyes shifted from pony to pony. Though, her mind was clouded and still very unsure, she decided to trust Silver. Sliver and all of the others that did not pose a threat. "I...I'm very sorry for acting the way I did. I just...," she whispered, slightly choked up. She looked to Electrobolt who looked a bit down himself. "I just...," Her head hung low again. "I can't help it sometimes."

 

Silver explained things perfectly for her. She understood what it was like in their world, but at the same time could not fathom how terrible it must be to live there. She wondered if, after being in this world, would they really want to go back to their own. Well, there won't be a world for either of them if Discord had his way. Something has to be done and fas-...

 

"W-what?" She looked up to the sky after feeling a few cold spots melting into her coat. White flakes began to float from the sky, lightly at first. Her eyes widened as it suddenly fell heavier making the sky a shimmering silver color. "Snow?! In the middle of summer?!" Her face filled with wonder for a moment only to be trampled by the obvious. Discord. Instantly she became worried. Any other crops untouched by his hand would surely freeze and die. The animals would not know that it was time to take refuge in their dens. Her teeth began to chatter was a chilly gust swept past her. "M-m-maybe w-we should f-find a place t-to spend the n-night," she suggested, forcing out the words as her body tightened, wanting to find warmth.

[Nathan Fink 22]

Sifi walked out of the library, shutting the door behind him. Standing there for a moment he took a big breath in and sighed, anticipating the long night of reading that he had ahead of him, delving into the new books he had just picked up. He began trotting along the road back to the inn for dinner, looking forward to enjoying the stew he saw cooking as he left that morning.

 

Along the way an errant snowflake crossed his vision, drawing his attention. He looked in the direction it was blowing and saw the clouds continuing to grow in size. Sighing, he continued along. It seems he's taking his time this go round... He remembered all to well the last batch of chaos that Discord had brewed and shuddered at the thought. He had just arrived in Ponyville and would hate to have to leave if Discord decided to reclaim his 'Chaos capital of the world'.

[Legendary Emerald 622]

It began to snow.

 

"Of course. Just what I needed."

 

Serah began to shiver uncontrollably. She tried to heat up her body with fire as she had done before, but something about either the water she had been doused in or the snow that covered her made it impossible for her to work her magic.

 

Peach mentioned finding someplace to spend the night. Hopefully, that ''someplace'' would be warmer.

 

"Yes. Preferably before I freeze my **** off." Serah answered, for the first time wishing that she been wearing any kind of clothing.