The Elder Hooves I: Arrival of the Six
Chapter 6: The Kindness of Insanity
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"So how do you expect to find the others?" Rarity asked Scaleblade "It's not like there's some all knowing pony here in WinterHold, is there?"
"Nope," Scaleblade announced "There's an all knowing scroll!"
-The Shivering Isles-
Twilight awoke in a strange room. Was this where ponies go to die? She continued down a hallway before entering what looked like a throne room. There Twilight instantly noticed one thing. In the middle of the rooms peaking with some hairless ape was a Pegasus. A Pegasus with yellow fur and a pink mane and tail.
"Fluttershy?" Twilight hollered but as soon as the timid Pegagsu could turn around the humanoid figure flicked his fingers and with a poof Fluttershy was gone. Twilight's mind was swarming with millions of questions. It would only make sence to let them all out "Where am I? Am I dead? Is Fluttershy dead too? If not where are we? Wo are you? What are you? Where are the rest of my friends and how do I find them?" Twilight blurted out in a fashion similar to Pinkie Pie's.
"WHOA! Couldya talk a little faster? That was a tiny bit too slow," he said mocking twilight. He seemed to have a Trottish accent "Lets start with names, You are Princess Twilight Sparkle of magic, student of Princess Celestia and Magical element of harmony, and I am? Oh wait that's what your trying to find out! You can all me Ann Marie, that is if your partial to being flayed alive and having your intestines used as a skipping rope by a mad immortal. If not then call me Sheogorath, Deadric Prince of Insanity."
"I think I'll go with the second one." Twilight announced.
"Good! Then I am Sheogorath, Deadric Prince of insanity at your service... Or more like your at mine!" He giggled with a sinister tone "The reason being I will help you, so long as you help me first. Now you may be thinking What does an Immortal god of insanity need help with? Well I'll show you!"
-Bliss-
Fluttershy had just randomly been teleported in the middle of a conversation. Then again such a thing was to be expected form her new friend and king. "Oh harrumph! Next time I see Ann Marie I'll tell him how RUUUUDE that was!" Fluttershy hollered in an insane tone. Fluttershy then looked to a clock that was spinning madly "Oh it's time for cheese! CHEESE!" Then she dashed off for the nearest hardware store to buy a statue of herself made from cheese.
Twilight had watched the whole thing from inside a nearby building. "What did you do to Fluttershy?" Se said in shock.
"It's not what I did however it is my work, it's what she did!" Sheogorath stated "You can save her however I'd say she's more enjoyable this way."
"What? How do I save her? Is there a spell?" Twilight asked excitedly.
"No, you see there is this magical staff. I call it the Cheese Poker but its more well known as the Wabbajack," for once the man spoke with seriousness "However I have no clue as to where it is, all I know is its here i the Shivering Isles. You see whenever it gets destroyed on Nirn like burning in a fire, eaten by a Horner or... Or THROWN INTO MOLTEN CHESE ON INTERNATIONAL CHEESE DAY! HAH! Well it makes its way back here, however it is in two separate peices; The Wibblyjack and the Wobblyjack. It get much easier once one is found. When one is found the other is easily in mind. Now go!"
With that twilight was enveloped in a bright light and was gone.
-Markarth-
"And I never knew my parents. What about your family Rainbow Dash?" InvisibleScale asked "Judging by you they must be pretty incredible!"
"Actually my only blood relative I knew was my father... He passed away when I was very young." Rainbows attitude imidiatly turned grim and depressed.
"Oh I'm so sorry. You just looked like the type that would be married and I wondered if you had foals." Invisible apologized.
"It's okay. I'm actually single with and adopted daughter back home." She explained with her tone a little happier.
"Oh? And what's her name?" Invisible asked
"Scootaloo, her parents died much the same way mine did." Rainbow lifted her hoof to wipe a tear away.
"Oh. Well lets talk about happier things shall we?" InvisibleScalesaid with a smile "What do you like in terms of food?"
-College of WinterHold-
"What do you mean I can't borrow the scroll? I. The one who donated it to you!" Scale blade was furious, being denied the only thing to help AJ and Rarity find their friends.
"Now you can't have it because its not here. Somepony checked out with it a week ago. She wore a big cloak so I couldn't see her face. She did say something about the Imperial City though, I'd check there if I were you." The Orc Pegagsus announced cowering behind his desk out of fear of what the Governer General could do to him.
"Crap! Well were going back to Lakeview manor." Scaleblade announced walking out of the college.
-Dementia-
"Where is that damn..."
Twilight was cut off by a familiar voice "YOOHOO! Looking for this?" Twilight turned to see Fluttershy holding the Wibblyjack in the air.
"Fluttershy!i need that pass it here!" Twilight ran over to her friend only to be stopped by a hoof in her face.
"Ah, ah, ah! If you want it, you gotta come get it!" Fluttershy then ran off. Twilight then levitated a boulder to stand on which when she stood on it she used it as a sort of flying vehicle.
Twilight was getting close to Fluttershy. She was just inches away from grabbing the Wibblyjack. Almost... And... She got it! "Aw you win fair and square Twilight!" Fluttershy jumped onto Twilight's boulder "Now I'll help you find the other piece! Did Ann Marie give you a hint?" Fluttershy asked with cross eyes and the biggest toothy smile ever.
"Uh yeah, he said when one is found the other is easily in mind," Twilight announced with an uneasy tone "But I don't know what it means."
"Oh that's easy!" Fluttershy took the Wibblyjack from Twilight "Now this might hurt!" Fluttershy then proceeded to shove the Wibblyjack up Twilight's nose and in response Twilight yelped in pain "Oh don't worry! It's not that bad. I'll feel sorry when I'm sane but we have to do this!" Fluttershy then pulled it out now it had the rest of the Wabbajack.
How did she... I'm not even going to ask. Twilight was completely boggled by how Fluttershy knew where it was "Okay hand it over Fluttershy," the insane pegasus handed the staff over to twilight "Now hold still..." With that Twilight shot Fluttershy in the face.
-Lakeview manor-
Odahviing had just landed near the ruins of Scaleblades house. "No... NONONONONONONONONO!" He screamed jumping off Scaleblade to inspect the damaged house "Fire Eye! Sweet-Sword! Sundered Flesh!" His gaze then came accross three burnt corpses. One large one shielding two smaller ones "Oh Stendars mercy no!" He ran towards the bodies "When I find out who did this..."
Rarity interupted Scaleblade "Um there's a note here." Rarity handed it to Scaleblade
It was simple. Most of the page had been taken up the Thalmorian Crest. Just below it lay a simple messege.
"Down with the Stormcloaks! All hail BloodHoof III, king of Summerset and Emporer of the Thalmor! All hail the Thalmor!"
"I'm going to make that BloodHoof suffer!" Scaleblade announced. His voice was full of hatred, vengeance and anger as he crumpled the note and burnt it in his hoof.
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