Whats love got to do with it?
Chapter 89: 89. A split decision on the chaos theory
Previous Chapter Next ChapterAfter finally catching up to Charles and calming him down from his panic attack. She had finally convinced him to come back to the well. This was only after she had cleared the path from spiders of course. Which with her magic took little time. They had arrived at the well giving a disbelieving gasp as they looked around the area. From their spot looking around the area they could see what looked like a type of stone henge area with white glistening stone in place of the pillars that encircled the well. As they came toward the center of the monument they climbed a few white steps that led up to the glowing blue center of the well.
"I've never seen anything like this Twi, Are you sure this is the magic well?" Charles asked as he leaned slightly forward over the top of the glowing blue well.
"I've been here several times before when I needed to try some high level spells that require a good portion of my magic. In order to learn the spell properly I had to cast it many times. Doing so would have knocked me out on more than one occasion had I not been here to absorb the magic from this well. This place comes in very handy when you need that extra boost of magic." Twilight smiled as she went up to the well and jumped in causing Charles to gawk.
"Seriously? You just jump right in?" He sputtered.
"Yes, it's not like you can get wet from magic silly." She giggled.
"I think I'll pass on that just in case." Charles sighed as he sat down along the edge of the well slowly lowering his hand toward the glowing blue mist.
"This is it, it's not or never." Discord spoke to himself as he made himself intangible, slowly moving through the ground toward Charles. He watched Charles as he slowly began to move his hand toward the well, just as he placed his hand into it Discord grabbed a hold of both of the humans feet through the ground as he began to pump chaos magic into his body.
"NNNNGGGH!!!" Charles winced loudly at the sudden pain his body was experiencing. Twilight noticed the look of pain and came over to his side.
"Are you ok? Does it hurt bad?" She asked nuzzling his arm gently.
"I'm fine Twi. I just wasn't expecting this to feel like it did when Discord kept poking me. Feels like my body is absorbing both magic and chaos magic at the same time. It just doesn't feel right. But Discord isn't her poking me so how could I absorb his magic?" He sighed as the blue mist crept up his arm and through his body, a look of slight pain etched across his face.
"Well, don't worry. If you can hold out for a short time I'm sure you will turn back into Midnight." Twilight smiled leaning up and giving him a kiss but stopped as she looked into his eyes.
"What? What is it Twi?" He asked as she pulled away slightly looking at his eyes in confusion.
"Your eyes are two different colors. One is red and the other yellow." She said as she looked back and forth between the two.
"That sounds, weird." He said as he closed one eye, leaving the other open then reversing the two to see if he could see any different. "Nothing odd on my end." He chuckled looking back to her with a smile.
*BADUM*
Charles felt his entire frame throb once as he let out a gasp of shock. "Twi...."
*BADUM*
"I think it's time........ make some distance between us, quick!"
*BADUM*
"I don't need you getting hurt if things don't go as planned." He spoke as he fell forward slightly holding onto his abdomen, the look of pain spread over his face as he groaned.
*BADUM*
"Alright, I'll be close by if you need me." She spoke as she noticed that he was starting to glow, taking off quickly down the path while looking back toward him.
*BADUM*
"Dammit this hurts!" He growled as he fell onto his side, his arm still in the well soaking up the blue magical mist.
*BADUM*
"And it's only about to get more interesting." Discord chuckled as he pulled himself up through the ground, his tail wrapped firmly around Charles ankle.
"BADUM*
"DISCORD?! What are you doing here?" He asked looking up to the draconequus.
*BADUM*
"Oh not much. Just helping you along." He grinned evilly as he nodded to the ground looking at Charles' feet.
*BADUM*
"What?" He asked as he looked down seeing the yellow chaos energy filing into his body through his foot. He let out a sharp gasp attempting to kick the tail loose but stop as a sharp pain encased his body as Discord placed his hands onto Charles' chest letting more chaos magic enter him. "Why are you doing this?" He groaned out in pain. "I thought we were friends."
"We are friends, but you can't honestly expect the God of Chaos to go against his very nature do you? What he was born to do? That's just like asking an egg to be a chair." He chuckled leaning closer as he began to force more chaos magic into Charles body.
Charles' eyes shot open, both yellow with slit pupils, an evil grin slowly pushing his lips apart to the point of almost splitting his face apart. His hand shot up grabbing Discord by the throat, squeezing it while he spoke.
"Well well well........... I looks as if I have a new little plaything." He chuckled as venom seeped from his very words causing Discord to let go and attempt an escape but was halted by the hand around his throat.
"Leaving so soon? But I haven't drained you of your magic yet." He cackled as his hand began to glow brightly, the yellow flow of chaos magic burning brightly as Charles began to pull it by force from the draconequus.
"What are you doing? You're supposed to be on my side." Growled Discord as her clawed at the hand holding his throat.
"Oh I am, But I'm just making sure you don't pull any other tricks that would cause me trouble." He snarled tossing him to the side as he finished pulling the last bit of magic from Discord. "Hmmmmmm. This is quite nice." He chuckled as his body began to glow a blue and yellow. Separated fully onto either side of his body.
*BADUM*
Charles gasped hard falling to his knees as the ground quaked beneath him. Pulling his arms up and wrapping himself in what seemed like a self hug but was just the reaction to the mind splitting pain his body was suddenly exposed to.
"FUCK! What's...............going on?" HE yelled as the pain made him feel as if her were splitting in half. Which from Discords perspective it was.
Discord sat there in awe as he watched Charles' body begin to glow brightly. One side a bright blue, the other a bright yellow, split down the center. A few seconds went by as the light got to bright to look at causing Discord to shield his eyes and look away. Another few seconds passed as an ear splitting scream came from Charles, then silence and darkness. Discord blinked a few times to regain his vision. Once he had though, he began to wish he hadn't as he gaze upon two bodies laying on the ground. Both identical in almost every way. Midnight was back, but now there were two of him. Discord made his way over quickly to the bodies, using his taloned limb he gently pushed open the eyes of each Midnight. One was a blazing red while the other was a bright yellow with a slit down the center much like a cat eye. Discord chuckled picking up the yellow eyed Midnight and quickly vanishing as a set of hoof beats could be heard coming down the path.
"I think its time to have a little fun." Discord chuckled before vanishing into thin air with his new captive.
Twilight came galloping down the path, stopping as she noticed Midnight laying on the ground unconscious. She went to his side giving him a gentle nudge causing a groan to escape him.
"Ugh!. Where am I?" He groaned raising up slightly with the help of Twilight.
"Your at the magic well. You've turned back into your pony form. Come on, let's get you onto your hooves and head home." She smiled as she helped him up with the aid of her magic.
"Thanks doll." He smiled leaning down and giving her a quick kiss. He wobbled slightly for a moment as he began to recount his body and where everything was at. The two began to trot slowly down the path, Midnight stopping just a few yards from the well and looking back.
"What's wrong Night?" Twilight asked as she noticed him glancing back at the well.
"I....... don't know. I could have sworn I was forgetting something." He said shaking his head and turning back to the path ahead.
"Don't worry. I'm sure it will come to you." She smiled leaning against him lovingly. He smiled back to her as they continued down the path back toward Ponyville.
"Oh yes my friend, It WILL come to you in time." Discord chuckled as he watched the two slowly make their way down the path.
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