inFAMOUS Displaced
Chapter 5
Beg for Mercy

“Lord King of Griffinstone,” I said, “I have come to…”

“I know why you’re here, Demon!” The Griffin King shouted, “You are hoping to steal our great treasure!” He pointed towards a wooden pedestal that held what looked like a golden goblet that had a large, perfect sphere of ruby in the cup portion and the lip of the cup rose up like a flame.

“That is not my purpose,” I try defending.

“LIES!” He bellowed, “You are in league with the ponies! You disrupted my plan to conquer Equestria! For that, You Must DIE!” I began to feel the cement creep up my arms and body. Panicking, I called for help.

‘Smoke! Call for the attack then get your flank end over her now!’

‘On it!’
‘And when you get here, be careful, the Griffin King is a Cement Conduit. He’s currently in the process of imprisoning me in stone.’

‘On the double!’
After our conversation, I could do nothing but wait and watch the King’s smirk as the cement creeped up me. It became hard to move and, eventually, breathe. It wasn’t until I heard the sound of conflict outside the entrance to the hall, that I had hope that help was on the way. It must have shown in a smile, because the King snapped at me.

“Don’t expect statues to save you,” he said as he made his way to the door. Right as he got to the door, it was blasted off of it’s hinges onto the King. With his concentration staggered, the concrete stopped creeping up my body, stopping just shy of my throat.

“You called?” I heard Smoke Shot’s voice.

“About time you got here!” I shouted back.

Before I could get a response from her, the door was blasted to pieces. With my limited movement, I could see Smoke Shot rematerializing from a smoke dash right in front of me. “Don’t worry, I’ll get you out of this!” She said.

I suddenly felt the cement creeping up my neck. “Don’t worry about me!” I command, “Focus on the King! The less time he has to concentrate on killing me, the better chance I have to live!” The cement was starting to cover my jaw and the crown of my head. ‘Now! Fight Him!’
Smoke Shot ran off and I began to hear a fight breaking out between the two conduits. The cement slowed, but it didn’t stop. It covered my ears; I couldn’t hear. My mouth was covered; I couldn’t speak. My nose was covered; I couldn’t breath. My eyes were covered and all I could see was darkness...endless darkness. I then saw light. It engulfed my vision. I then heard a voice. It was faint, but I heard it.

‘Delsin! Wake up!’

I suddenly was able to see, but it felt weird. I was in a white void of some kind. Looking around, I saw a light lilac colored pony with poofy darker lilac and white mane. Her eyes were weird, as they were lilac and had white spirals in them. She was wearing a propeller beanie and her Cutie mark was a screw and a baseball.

“About time you got here!” I heard her say. As soon as the first word was out of her mouth, I recognized the voice.

“Hold on, were you the one that called for me to wake up?” I asked her.

“Yes, I did,” she replied with a goofy looking grin. “My name’s Screwball, Princess of Chaos, the Chaos Spawn, other insulting titles, yadda, yadda.”

“Chaos Spawn?”

“Oh yeah, you weren’t there when he was imprisoned,” she said in embarrassment, “Well long story short, Discord, the Draconequus God of Chaos, was imprisoned in stone for attacking the Capital of Equestria and causing mayhem. Part of his mayhem was taking an orphaned filly and progressing her age and giving her Chaos Magic.”

“So, then you…” I start.

“Am an adult in physical age, and a youngster in mind,” she finished. “However, part of the Chaos magic also progressed some of my mental maturity, meaning I can think as an adult, but I have some...childish tendencies.”

“An adult body, and a youngster’s mind makes a teenager?”

“Chaotic and confusing, yes,” she agreed. “Anyway, we’re getting off topic.”

“Yes, I was wondering when you were going to tell me as to why I’m here...wherever here is,” I deadpanned.

“I’ll tell you the where before the why,” she said, “You are in mind, and I’m here to talk to you about the Displaced.”

“Displaced?”

“You went to a convention in your world, right?” I nodded. “You bought an accurate replica from a vendor at a cheap price, right?” I nodded again. “And then you end up here in Equestria.” I nodded once again. “You are among many humans that did just that and ended up in a version of Equestria within the Multiverse.”

“So, I’m not the first and neither am I the last?” I ask.

“Yeah, but don’t ask how I know!” She warned, “As far as I know, I don’t and I’m just telling you gibberish.”

“Regardless, it makes sense and I want to know a bit more, who’s out there and what I’m to do.”

“Well,” she contemplated, “First, pull out the tokens in your pocket.”

“Tokens?”

“The Hidden Mickey chain and that Amulet you found!” She snapped, “Geez, you’re slow!”

I pulled out the tokens and showed them to her. “Those tokens are what Displaced use to summon other Displaced to their aid, for whatever reason. One of these two will help you in a critical point in your future.”

“Can you tell me which one?”

“Actually, no,” she replied, “Your future is rather chaotic, in a way. You have many decisions that will shape you into someone who will bring Harmony or Chaos.”

“It’s the whole Karma thing, isn’t it?”

“Yeah, that is a way to sum it up. Harmony’s True Hero or Infamous Chaos Bringer,” she said, “Your choices will affect that and how ponies and other Displaced see you.”

“And speaking of Displaced, if they have tokens, wouldn’t that mean that I should have one.”

“You can make one, but your current circumstances wouldn’t allow you to be of use if summoned,” Screwball said.

“Ah, right,” I said in realization, “The ‘Being Trapped in Stone’ thing, right?”

“Right. And just so you know, you aren’t dead,” she said.

“I kinda figured that, considering that we’re talking as if I’m alive and will re enter the world anytime soon.”

“Half true,” Screwball pointed out, “A little bit of time and you’ll wake up, but you’ll still be trapped in stone.”

“How does that even work?” I asked, “I wouldn’t be able to breathe or sleep, so I would die of suffocation or insanity.”

“Well, from my vantage point, The Elements of Harmony blasted into the room just as you were fully covered in cement,” She answered, “It stripped the Griffin King of his powers and sealed you in stone, very much alive and sane.”

“So the cliché ‘Magic solves everything’ applies here?” Screwball nodded. “So then, I’m going to be in stone for how long?”

“A thousand years, give or take,” she said. She then noticed my shocked expression and quickly reassured me, “Don’t worry, you’ll have Princess Celestia and I to keep you company, not to mention you have telepathy to communicate and see with. I’ll see you on the outside!” Screwball then vanished and I was blinded by white light.
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‘Ugh, did somepony get the number on that wagon?’
I tried to move and pop my joints, but nothing happend. I then suddenly remembered what Screwball told me and I began to panic.

‘Calm down and relax!’ I heard Screwball’s voice say, ‘Just focus your mind and you will be able to see.’
I slow my mind down and tried to think and clear my mind. I just focused on my eyes and immediately I “saw” everything around me. I saw two thrones, one with a sun motif and the other had a moon motif. I could see strange magical jewels on the floor around a crying Princess Celestia. She was at the base of a statue, which was me, and was crying as if there was no tomorrow.

‘Your Majesty? What’s wrong?’
She sniffed and began to shake her head. “Get a grip on yourself, Tia,” she said out loud to herself, “You lose your sister to Darkness and now you are hearing the voice of an old friend.”

‘That’s because you are.’

“Well, I shouldn’t be having Delsin’s voice in my head.”

‘Why?’

“He’s dead. He died in the war with the Griffins.”

‘And what makes you think that The Elements of Harmony...Whatever those are...didn’t save my life and I’m not just imprisoned in stone?’

At that, Celestia looked up at my statue with tears in her eyes. Despite the tears, her eyes filled with hope, awe, and wonder. “Delsin? Is that truly you?”

‘Yes, Tia. Its me.’

“Oh, Delsin!” She hugged me and I could feel her happiness mixed with her sorrow.

‘Now, I’m going to ask again; what’s wrong? And where’s Luna?’

Sniffing and crying out another batch of tears, she told me, “She’s gone. Darkness corrupted her and I had no other choice but to banish her to the Moon. And it is only now that I wish you were awake to help her see reason before I banished her. I now can’t bring her back.”

I was about to console her, but I was engulfed in a vision. I saw a unicorn that resembled Smoke Shot and had the Akomish tattoo facing off against a dark alicorn with five other ponies: two earth ponies, two pegasi, and one other unicorn. I saw myself and one other fighting the alicorn. Suddenly, the necklaces and tiara the ponies had on shined brightly and shot a rainbow colored beam at the alicorn. Just as the beam struck the alicorn, I grabbed her skull and I started to see two alicorns. The vision cut there, but lingering in my view was writing on the wall that said, ‘1000 year to be fulfilled.’

I contemplated what I saw and thought for a moment. This pretty much was a vision from the future. It was to come to pass and nothing could stop it. Before I could say anything to Celestia, I blurted out something'

Princess Celestia looked at me with a confused look. “What was that?” I then repeated what I said. “What does that even mean?”

‘Would it help if I told you of the vision I saw as well?’ I then told her what I saw in my vision. After retelling what I saw, her face was that of wonder and hope. “They are the same,” she said, “In a thousand years time, Nightmare Moon will escape and the only way to truly defeat her would be the Elements of Harmony. You and another warrior will be instrumental for the Elements to do their job.”

‘And the pony that wore the tiara that had one of the elements on it, would resemble Smoke Shot and would be Akomish.’

“So, what do we do now?” Celestia asked me in a more hopeful voice.

‘You are going to do your job. That is, ruling Equestria. As for me,’ I mentally sigh, ‘I’m going to wait.’

From there, things became boring and mundane. Celestia had to relocate the Capital, due to the structural damage done to the original Capital and its castle. I was left behind in the ruins, mostly because of the fact that the base of my statue held a mechanism that protected the Elements of Harmony. Insert a Blast shard into the mechanism and the Elements of Harmony would be released.

Celestia and Screwball visited every now and again, the former to ask for advice or reminisce on her younger days with Luna, the latter coming to talk and keep my "prison" clean. There was that awkward time when the ended up visiting at the same time. Luckily, I managed to keep Celestia from attacking Screwball and they were able to become good friends. The only downside to this was that Screwball accidentally created a new species of eagle out of fright.

The eagle itself was red and blue in a two-faced way (left half was blue while the other half was red). The first eagle, which I named Karma, became the Guardian of my Statue and a close friend. As the first one of her race, she was immortal like the Princesses were and kept careful watch over me.

The land around the castle ruins changed dramatically. A forest, named the Everfree, grew up and around the ruins and housed creatures that, in effect, protected the castle. I was able to communicate with those creatures and was pretty much their leader...their Prince. Karma was my second in command and was the true personification of Justice, just as I was the personification of Good...Or Evil...Depending on my Karmic alignment.

The years sped by, and I saw and dealt with many of the creatures that inhabited the Everfree. I then knew that my freedom was close when I felt a dark presence in the castle. Nightmare Moon had returned. Soon, an Akomish would challenge her and the Elements will have new bearers. And I would be free.

I saw five ponies enter the castle where my statue stood. Two of them were earth ponies, two were pegasi, and one was a unicorn. Karma flew in through an open window and landed on my shoulder while looking at the assembled group.

‘These visitors are not like the others.’

‘Wait, Karma. Don’t gouge out their eyes just yet.’

The last pony, the one that I had seen in vision entered the castle. She looked just like Smoke Shot, but with a color difference. She was a lavender purple with a purple mane and tail, both with magenta highlights. The tattoo on her arm was unmistakable, she was Akomish.

‘Karma, this group is to not be harmed. Go to Ghastly Gorge and obtain a Blast Core from the Quarray Eel settlements.’

Karma nodded her head and flew off.

“Come on Twilight,” said the orange earth pony, “Isn’t this what you were waiting for?”

The Akomish unicorn that was addressed looked around the room in confusion. “Well, we made it to the ruins, but where are the Elements of Harmony?”

‘Hidden for the time being.’ The entire group was startled by my interaction, the yellow pegasus more so. They didn’t know as to where my “voice” came from.

“I don’t like this,” said the orange pony, “This is just unnatural.”

‘Unnatural is matter of perspective.’

“Who’s saying that?” Asked the pink earth pony, “It sounded like a colt or a stallion. Is he hiding? Is he waiting to throw a party for us?”

‘I am the Guardian of the Elements. What is the purpose of your visit?’

“We are here because Nightmare Moon returned and we need the Elements of Harmony to defeat her, or the night will last forever,” the Akomish, Twilight, summed up.

‘I commend you for coming here to seek the Elements and use them for the good of this world. However, I cannot give the Elements to you until…’ *THUNK!* Karma flew in at that time and dropped the blast core on my head and it clattered to the floor in front of my statue. The ponies looked to the blast core and back to my face.

‘Ow, KARMA! How many times have I told you? Don’t interrupt me when I’m trying to sound like a sage or prophet!’ The present ponies winced at my mental volume.

‘I couldn’t resist. You know that.’

‘Just keep watch for Nightmare Moon.’

Karma nodded and flew off. “That was strange,” the white unicorn said, “Having a conversation with a bird.”

‘That Karmic Eagle just dropped a blast core on my head. You...I...well...nevermind! Just...Twilight, place the Blast core into a small cubby hole at the base of the statue and the Elements will be revealed.’

Twilight obeyed and levitated the Blast core into the cubby hole I mentioned. Once it was in place, the core’s energy flowed into the mechanism that hid the Elements. With a loud boom, and lots of rubbing stone, the Elements’ pedestal rose from the center of the room (which was behind me). The two pegasi flew up and grabbed the five from the pedestal and the group began questioning me as to where the sixth was. Luckily, the Akomish unicorn mare said what I was going to say, concerning how the sixth element appears when the five are present with a spark.

The Akomish mare began channeling magic into the Elements to try and bring forth the sixth. The other ponies left the castle to give her some room to work. As she was channeling magic into the Elements, I began absorbing the remaining energy from the blast core. Blast shards were used in the Elements’ hiding place as to prevent me from leaving my stone prison and dying before the Elements are to be used again.

Before either Twilight and I were done with our respective tasks, I felt an evil presence enter the room. I checked Twilight and the Elements and she was oblivious to anything. The Elements on the other hand were in the process of being teleported elsewhere. I had no choice but to interrupt her and get help.

‘Twilight! The Elements!’ I shouted to her. I then sent a shout out, ‘Twilight needs help!’ I then worked on absorbing the blast core energy faster.

As for everypony’s reaction to their respective messages, the reacted as I had hoped. Twilight took notice of the Elements’ and went after them. The other ponies arrived in the castle just as she and the Elements disappeared.

As few cracks appeared in the statue, the orange pony called out, “Twilight! Where are you?”

“Wait! Look!” The white unicorn shouted out. The cracks on the statue had enlarged and became more numerous until the entire statue broke to pieces.

"What in the hay just happened?” The cyan pegasus said.

‘Just watch.’ Smoke began to pour from the pieces of stone and move near the Elements’ pedestal. The smoke began to swirl in a specific spot until the smoke came together, reforming me physically. However, my body was unprepared for physical reformation, because as soon as I was back, my legs gave out from under me. Luckily, my arms were okay enough to catch me before I face planted.

“Ugh! Now I know why I need help,” I said out loud, “I’d be too weak to move immediately after being freed from stone.”

The yellow pegasus had a concerned look on her face and went to approach me. “Oh, you poor thing.” Before she could get close, I held up my hand to stop her.

“Ah, first off, I’m not a thing,” I said, causing her to ‘EEP’ in fright. “Second off, go help Twilight. She’s in that tower.” I pointed to the tower in question.

“Alright, you heard the...whatever he is...Come on!” The orange pony shouted out and ran through a door with the rest of the group following. After they left, I pulled myself to the Elements’ pedestal and used that as a means to try to stand and walk again.

“Okay, easy does it,” I mutter to myself. I took a few tentative steps with my hand on the pedestal to steady myself, until my legs no longer felt numb. I then stretched my arms and legs a bit to undo the kinks that developed over the years. “Well, now that that’s taken care of, I just need to figure out who the other guy from my vision was. Celestia told me that I was the only one of my kind here, so I guess that I have to get help from one of these guys.”

I pulled out the Hidden Mickey keychain and the Amulet (Epidemic phase). Now, who should I summon? Sora or Epidemic?

Summon Sora/Summon Epidemic

I held up the keychain/amulet to my eye level. “Okay buddy, let’s see if this works,” I said before I raised it above my head and called out, ‘SORA/EPIDEMIC! I call for thy aid!’

Author's Notes:

Points: +4 Rank: Guardian

The choice presented in this chapter leads to either a crossover with Show Stopper's A Heart Eclipsed or a non-cannon crossover with Prince_Zodiac's A Displaced Dragon
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