Author's Notes:

This is where the story takes a weird turn. Be warned, this chapter is a bit different from the rest. A weird story arc begins here.

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[Much later edit]
This and the last chapter are terrible. I regret writing them.
Don't worry, the story gets better afterwards and nothing like this happens again.

I'd spent the night at Zecora's to help her calm down and to make sure she didn't do anything to herself while she was so down. I didn't sleep. At about eight I decided it was time. I took over.

At some point the circle had returned. I'm flying towards Ponyville on the circle. My speed was pretty fast, mostly due to the lack of wind resistance. Oh, it looks like the 'normal' voices have become dormant for now. We're all the same person so they'll remember me later. May as well name myself before they get bullshitty with other stuff. I'm also the only one that seems to know what the buck is happening with us. I guess I'll have to explain that too.

Cloud Calculation has multiple personality disorder. The 'Voice of Reason' and 'General Thoughts Voice' are both him. Arguments further data so he uses himself to expand his mind. The 'Monologue Voice' is something new. They were born from Cloud always thinking about what was going on around him in more detail than needed. They became apparent more recently, sometime around when Cyan-Twat broke his collar bone. They're barely a separate personality, and they're almost fully controlled by Cloud anyway. For now, I'm controlling them instead while Cloud is dormant.

I've been here since the Nightmare fight. I was born from rage and power clashing. I take hold when Cloud needs someone to fight for him. I can control the Arcane Circles (what he calls the 'circle thing') and have full memory of every spell he has ever learnt. Even from before the field. Unfortunately, I only have the spells. Much like Cloud, I can't remember anything else. I can access his memories, but he can't access mine. It wouldn't matter anyway, our memories are almost exact. For now.

Cloud Calculation has his head in the clouds, always thinking. Fits his name really. I hate him, and I hate that this body is his and not mine. But if he's going to be getting into fights, then I will protect this body. I will fight until I die. He's got brains, but I'm more powerful than he can ever imagine. I even gave myself a name:

I am Storm Cloud. And I'm about to bring the thunder.

I dropped the Arcane Circle at the library. Twilight would be the first example to Cloud of what I will do. I slammed open the door to see his five friends plus one. Something was off about everypony but I didn't give a shit.

"Oh, Astral-Ass!" I called to Twilight as I got closer to her. She turned to look at me, looking surprised at the nickname. "It's time for you to answer my questions." I was standing next to her now.

"Cloud?" She replied, "what's wrong with your eyes? They look... Hollow.... Did Zecora get you?"

"Stop talking or I will break you," I explained calmly. Anger makes you stupid, which is why I like to be calm. You need to be clever if you want to make ponies hurt badly.

"Zecora cursed us when we tried to talk to her earlier. Did she get you as well and do something to your eyes?" Zebras are almost exactly like earth ponies, except their magic was with using plants in chemistry rather than farming. There is no way for them to cast spells, hexes or curses. Twilight knows this. "Don't worry, we're gonna go and teach that evil Zebra a less-!"

Different Arcane Circles worked in different ways. The one I had used to fight Nightmare was a Support Circle; it boosted my power from under me and allowed me to fly. Another kind of Arcane Circle was the Kinetic Circle; it made any kinetic based actions about ten times more powerful, but could only be used for quick bursts. A good example of the Kinetic Circle was with a punch, where the Circle would appear to be lying flat on my fist. A normal punch from me would knock you back a bit, but a KC punch could knock down a wall. Speaking of knocking down walls, the back library wall had just exploded from Twilight smashing through it when my KC punch hit her square in the face.

"What the buck are you doing?!" Exclaimed Applejack, Cyan-Twat and Rarity in usion. Twilight lay in the street behind the library, unmoving. A small puddle of blood was forming beneath her.

"I warned her. Anypony else I need to shut up?" Rainbow stormed up to me.

"I asked you what the buck you're doing! You just attacked Twilight!"

"You answered your own question, dumbass. You have five seconds before I fry you with a laser."

"No one hurts my friends and gets away wi-!" I grabbed her with telekinesis, threw her against a bookshelf, shot her in the face with a weak laser and knocked her out. I turned to the others, who looked horrified.

"Who else here needs to be silenced?" I asked again. Applejack, who was tiny for whatever reason, started throwing a hissy fit. I dropped a book on her and she stopped moving. "Who's next?" Rarity charged with her horn pointing at me. I teleported behind her at the last second and she crashed into the wall behind me, knocking herself out.

I picked up Twilight with telekinesis and confined her in magical bonds, too strong for her to break, and a magic blocking hex on her horn. Then I cast a spell of forced consciousness, waking her up. A look of fear crept onto her face as she saw the three bodies of her friends.

"Don't worry, they're probably not dead," I said to her. "Now then, you're going to answer my questions. Okay?" Tears formed in Twilight's eyes.

"W-what? I don-" I backhoofed her across the face, stopping her speech and making her cry harder. No! Stop! What are you doing?! Oh, you're finally back are you? Give me back control of my body! No. If I did that now, you would look for a way to purge me from this mind. I've got to let you know what will happen if you try.

I wont let you do this to me or my friends! Do you think I care about you or your friends? This body will be mine. I will have control. You're powerful enough with magic couldn't you just get a different body for yourself?! I'm not some 'dark entity' mind controlling you, you bucking moron. I'm you. I'm you with a different personality. I am Storm Cloud.

Well if you research how to get rid of me, I'll get research on how to get rid of you! You may be smart, Cloud, but I'm fifty times more powerful than you. I was the one who defeated Nightmare, not you. You'll never have control over the Arcane Circles. What are the Arcane Circles? More power than you can handle. You can never be strong enough to stop me from controlling you. Everything you love will burn. I will succeed. This world will be mine. Well, that escalated quickly. Now you're stuck in the back of your own mind, with no way to come back. I've won before we've even began.

Only one thing you've said so far is right; I am smarter than you. You've made two vital mistakes while we've had this discussion. You've doomed yourself. I can't stop you, but I know who can. Nopony can stop me. Even if you did somehow get control back, you'd have to explain to them about me. You'd be locked up. You'd be considered insane.

Your first mistake was not being mindful of your surroundings. What are you talking about? Let me spell it out for you; who is missing in this scene? Buck you. Spike. And who does Spike have direct contact to? Celestia. Which leads me to your second mistake; what have me and Celestia done in the past to communicate? Thought messages! What does it matter? How can you be this stupid? I'll show you why it matters. Please turn around.

I turned around and saw... Celestia. Celestia casting a thought message spell. She could hear me thinking this entire time. So, you say I'd need an incredibly powerful pony in high places that would believe me about having a split personality? I have jut the one. W-What?! How is this possible?! Cloud is right. You weren't mindful of your surroundings. Spike sent me a letter. I came here and tried to send you a mental message, but heard one already going on. And now, it's time for Cloud to be cured of you.

Celestia hit me with a spell before I could react and I fell to the floor.