Time: First Era, Tribunal

Author's Notes:

Words with [ and ] present as my Displaced's telepathic voice.

...I cannot remember how long it’s been since I first came to this world against my will, I arrived as nothing but liquid that could not sustain a physical form, I am able able to sense or feel the presence of others, but when it comes to seeing them, I can only look up toward the sky and anyone else that comes within my point of view, I am stuck as this pool of water within a deep forest.

I have learned how to communicate though, I can telepathically speak by sending ripples through my being, like water droplets hitting a puddle, this in return sends signals those sensitive to magic, of course the only ones who can hear my mind are unicorns so far, I have met quite a number of them, however they never offered any idle conversation, they would either scream in terror and call me a monster, or call me some sort of magical prank created by the other tribes.

It is quite a miserable experience and I’m going to lose my mind, if that is even possible for a magical pool of water, what sort of mad god thought it was wise to turn me into this? Did I sin in my forgotten previous life? have I angered the gods for something I’m not aware of? It is very frustrating.

A unicorn named Clover was the first creature that made any actual contact instead of fleeing in fear, at first he was confused when he heard my voice without a body, confusion turned to curiosity when he drew closer to the pool.

“What… Who are you?” he asked, staring straight into my body.

[I am but a being who has no name, no body, nor a face, all I have is a voice that only ponies like you can hear]

“Are you sure? Everypony has a name, is there any reason why you don’t have one?” he asked, he looked around slowly as if I was here in physical form.

[Alas, I do not]

A moment of silence filled the air as the unicorn started thinking about something… “I think I'll call you Echo, your voice sends ripples throughout the water.” he said with a smile.

[Echo.. I like that…]

Clover smiled at the compliment, honestly I was grateful for the nickname as I cannot remember my name nor who I was before I woke up here.

“Clover, come on boy, where’s that water?” A voice called out in the distance.

“Oh, shoot.. please forgive me but I need some of your water” Clover said, quickly swooping up a full bucket of water using a strange telekinesis spell.

[I don’t mind if you do, I cannot feel a thing except for your voice]

“Who are you talking too?” An old unicorn came out of the bushes.

“Oh, just my new friend Echo.” He points down at me, or rather the large pool that I am now.

“..Are you feeling alright, boy?” the long bearded unicorn said, looking down at me.

[He means me]

When I spoke, the stallion leaped a few feet into the air in shock, he pointed his head down and ignited his horn.

“Wait, what are you doing?!” Clover said in a panic, he reached over, grabbed the wizard’s beard and pulled him away.

“This thing is unnatural!” He exclaimed, looking over at me and then Clover.

[Me? Unnatural? No, I am harmless, much like droplets that fall onto a spider’s web]

“...Hmph, what are you suppose to be anyways?” the beard unicorn asked

[Same thing I told your friend, I am no pony, except by the nickname he had kindly given me]

“Quite peculiar.. Never in my two hundred years seen your kind… Could you perhaps clue me in on what you know?” The blue robed unicorn asked, I let out a gentle echoing sigh, letting out ripples that travel along the surface.

[I have no knowledge nor any memories of who or what I am, I guess I just came into existence]

“Hmm.. Clover, did you try to cast a spell?”

“No, Starswirl..”

“You sure? Alright…” Starswirl said before looking around his surroundings. “No memories what’s so ever, Echo?” He placed a hoof and began stroking his beard. “Clover, come with me, we need to study this water and found out if there’s any magical properties to be found.”

“Oh, alright, see ya Echo!” Clover said before leaving with Starswirl, well it was a nice conversation while it lasted, its back to boredom for the time being.

The second day finally arrived after count a thousand leaves that fell, the old unicorn before the previous day came back, but not with Clover. “Echo is your name, right? According to my studies, you seem to be a different source of magic, however I cannot pinpoint what kind due to the low energy signature, have you ever caste magic before?” He asked

[None, I don’t know how to use magic unless you count me sending a telepathic message to your horns]

Starswirl began to stroke his hoof in concentration, he raised his horn and lowered it gently near my being, me and his horn began to glow a bright blue, I felt a surge of energy rush over me once.. twice, thrice.. “Interested… Your magic is nothing I’ve ever seen before, alienated and unknown...” He started mumbling under his breath afterwards and I could see him lost in a mental trance, he kept glancing down at me as if I was some sort of enigma.

He was like this for a few hours, often casting that same spell again and again, I was growing bored of being treated like a school project, I am alive and an intelligent being afterall.

“Starswirl? How long are you gonna be here?” Clover’s voice rung form behind the trees.

“Oh! Just keep practicing your spells, boy, I'll be here for quite a while.” Starswirl said and I just had to let out a groan.

“But I’ve done it twenty times, I’m ready for something new!” Clover exclaimed in an annoyed tune of voice, even snorting out of his nose to make his point.
[Is he your Apprentice of some sort?]
“Yes, he’s been studying under me for quite some time, he’s been a natural thus far… Although admittingly I've been slacking a bit since my discovery...” The old geezer said with blushed cheeks, obviously embarrassed. “Perhaps I should teach you the Rope Charmer spell, a spell that allows the user to manipulate a rope into lassoing and grabbing objects, it’s like the Levitate spell, but useful anything that need to be tied up.”

I can practical see the gleam in the young unicorns eyes, the will to learn and the urge to satisfy their thirst for knowledge. “Come on then, let’s go!”

“Actually, I think it would be better if we practice near Echo, keep him company.” Starswirl suggested, I would smile if I had a mouth or teeth, how I wish I had a body instead of being a pool of water.

As the days went by, Either Starswirl, Clover, or both would come to visit, either to talk to me or practice their spells, I do admit I was starting to grasp the concept and one day, I gave the two quite a shock.

Today’s lesson was teleportation and the young ward was having a lot of trouble casting the spell, I was starting to bored of their lesson, so I decided slowly and very quietly try one of the past spells that Starswirl taught his apprentice, I concentrated on twig branch that was just above Starswirl’s head.

“..Echo? Why are you glowing?” Starswirl asked, looking at me with interest, I ignored his question and continue to pour my energy into it.. Eventually, the branch broke in my newfound telekinetic grip, making it float around Starswirl’s head as if he was a planet and the branch was the sun, Clover chuckled and giggling at my antics..

“W-what.. Who? Echo!? You’re doing this? W-why, this is a break through!” Starswirl levitated a scroll out, an inkwell, and a feather, he started scribbling like mad and there had been a couple of times he had to stop or else the paper would of caught on fire.

“Oh, there he goes again.” Clover said with a chuckle, this was something Starswirl has done when a discover becomes even greater, he has to take notes on everything.

“Echo, try casting other spells!” Starswirl suggested, watching me in anticipation.

[That was my very first spell, I can try others except the teleportation spell, I’d… rather not see my whole form end up someone where]

Starswirl had a look of both disappointment, I know he was looking forward to seeing an entity cast magic and write down the makings of history, but he nodded in understanding a second later. “It’s quite an amazing fit.” He commented on. “As strange as it may sound, I think I have a second student, even if you lack a physical form, no offense

[None Taken, I’ve learned to get used to it, but I still desire the day I can have a body and to do the many things you unicorns can do.]

Starswirl went into a moment of silence as he pondered my words. “I do believe will become my next creation...” he said, stroking his beard.

The end of the day drew near and it was time for them to go, they waved their hoofs goodbye and off they went.

Time: First Era, Frostbite

I have not seen the old wizard nor his pupil for the past few days, I continued practicing what I learned and thanks to watching Starswirl, I can at least entertain myself for the time being until he comes to visit again. It seems my interaction with the old unicorn has been spreading false rumors around, I’ve been getting visits from other unicorn, funnily some of them have mistaken me for a wishing well and when they threw in their bits in, you imagine the look in their faces when see their bits levitated back out and into their hoofs, some of would throw it back in out of curiosity, some would get scared and walk away, while others often stayed to talk to me, I would listen to them eagerly and afterwards they would either feel better, or ask for advice on the subject, often times they’ll ask for advice and I would try my best to answer them.

There have been times I was called a God or a wise-spirit, its amazing how ponies get their information wrong through word of mouth and gossip, there are a few unicorns whom I’ve often question their insanity when they would ask for the impossible, such as Chocolate rain, world domination, ultimate power, to be admired by everyone, hearing those types of selfish needs made me mentally sick. However, despite such darkness in their heart, there have been a few honorable ponies.

The visits was starting to twiddle, become less and less frequently due to the coming of Winter, however it felt… unnatural, like some kind of force was behind it compared to what I usually see of it, I started to feel uneasy as I felt it in the air, it flowed into my being , it was attracted to me for some reason, the rush of energy made me feel like I was being torn apart at first but once it subsided, I felt little stronger, just thinking about it made me shudder..

Tonight, was the coldest I’ve ever felt, a sheet of snow blowing through the wind and soon my surroundings was getting covered in a thick blanket of snow, my mind, body, and powers were starting to weaken and slow down, the freezing gales were beginning to seal me in a block of ice, but it didn’t end there, the powers of frost continued to whirl like a violent storm of malevolent. I was now scared, I couldn't shake off this feeling of dread when I started seeing things dancing without my vision, the vision slowly faded into the what appeared spiritual horses flying around, one of them was getting close to my icy prison and soon it was near me, it stared at down with bright colored eyes filled of power, I would of shuddered if I wasn't imprisoned.

“...Why… Do… You.. Resist?” The ghost stallion asked with an eerily voice, it glared at me with disgust, hatred and anger, I was powerless before it and could not response, it snarled at me, causing my mind to go black when the temperature dropped below zero, I was floating in an endless sea of darkness and paralyzed with fear, it was like experiencing death all over again, I thought I was going to die.

A glaring flash filled the void, bringing me back to the living, the light felt… peaceful and full of harmony, the ice melted away along with the snow, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, the flowers were blooming. Despite such a serene picture, I was still a little spooked from the whole experience.

Another day has gone back and still no visitors, the forest is grew a little more thicker within next few days and I had lost count on how much time has past, all of this loneliness was beginning to drive me crazy

My attention was drawn by the sound of something rustling in the bushes, and out came a unicorn, he came close to my pool, leaned down and was going to take a sip of my pool, I had to quickly grab the unicorn by his muzzle via telekinesis and push him away, I may have allowed Starswirl to take a bucket fulled of a piece of my body of water, but I’d rather not chance it and allow this unicorn to drink me.

“...What the buck?!” It exclaimed, quickly looking around frantically. “Show yourself!”

[ ][First you try to drink me then you tell me to show yourself?]

“Are you hiding in this pool?” the idiotic stallian said, looking down at me with a dumbfound expression. “Come out of there, coward!”

[I AM the pool]
“...A magically talking pool? This has gotta be some prank” it said… If I had eyes, they would be twitching right about now

[I am no prank, unicorn, I am known as Echo, entity of this water]

The unicorn burst out laughing. “Right, and I’m the princess of equestria.” He said mockingly. I can tell I didn’t like this stallions attitude.

[If I was mere trickery, would I do this?]

I reached up with my Telekinesis and grabbing his muzzle, quickly grabbing and dunking his head down into the waters of my being, he flailed his legs and hoofs around trying to pull his head out, eventually I let him go and he managed to get his head out and gasped in fresh air. “..SPAWN OF TARTARUS!” Suddenly, he fired of a magic bolt into my body of around, creating a large splash but bringing no pain to my being, all the unicorn did was create a disruption that sent waves and ripples.

I have no idea what or who tartarus, but i’m guessing it’s something that was made during my forced slumber.

[Are you done?] Asking him this only made throw more and more bolts of energy, splashing me around and scattering bits and pieces of my memories, still no pain inflicted, all he’s doing is annoying me. [Feel better?] I asked in a deadpann voice, and he responded with a loud groan.

"How are you still talking?!” he asked, looking around to try and spot something.

[I am nothing but a large pool of water, I can’t feel pain. Now, if you’re done blasting me with your magic, please be on your way.] the stallion snorted and ran off into the woods, leaving me once again alone. Angering that unicorn felt strangely… refreshing, I felt energy being pulled from him from his attacks, it wasn’t his blasts of energy but rather from his body directly, I feel a little.. empowered? It’s like an adrenaline rush, I felt… alive..

Indeed, I felt strength well in my being, I made an attempt to shake and move, and surely by my mental commands, my body of water did just that, I started experimenting moving softly and pulled myself up, a strange sensation washed over my body as I felt it form onto land like a solid mass, I pushed myself up and began to concentrate hard, twisting and turning my liquid body into a shape until eventually I stood on all four legs in the shape of a Unicorn much like the many that visited me in the past.

I slowly turned my newly formed head around and saw that half of the pool was gone, most likely now part of my newly constructed body, I am now a unicorn of water separated from what I once was, once the pool calmed down, I took look at my reflection, I was slightly transparent but solid enough to at least make out a few facial features, my eyes were slitted like that of the snake and the color of emeralds, seeing this imagery made me feel that I should remember this, yet I can’t for the life of me know what it is..

I let out a telepathic sigh, it was bad enough that I lived as a shapeless body of water without knowing I could of just pulled myself onto the shore all this time, this is a start though, I’ll be able to go places and find other means of entertainment and try to find out why things such as anger and chaos seem to give me strength and power, am I like the spiritual horses that ravaged the lands?

Shaking off my thoughts, I started to experiment with my new body, taking slow and study steps, my body kept shaking and wiggling like a rubber band but my body managed to hold together during the progress, I was literally like a newborn foal except more flexible. Once I had the hang of things, I started to travel through the forest, my body now coming more solid with each step I took, I was starting to wish that Starswirl managed to find a way to get me a body, I mean a real body, not this current one, while it does look like a normal unicorn body, they’ll know something is wrong if they got too close.

Author's Notes:

Big thanks to everyone who has put my story on their favorites and given me thumbs up, it's filled me with alot of inspiration to make this chapter!

Time: First Era, Pre-Medival - 1

Author's Notes:

You guys are just so AWESOME! I know a lot of you have been asking questions about Echo and I would love to answer you guys but I really don’t want to spoil the slight mystery going on for those who haven’t figured on who my character is a Displaced of. On a side note, while I was typing this chapter out, I was feeling a little nervous, it also didn't help that I ended up with writor's block and didn't know where to take the conversation between Echo and Quality, I was also trying to avoid the whole "instant buddies" cliche, and hopefully I did alright, I might have to edit this chapter later on depending on everyone's opinion and suggestions.

Traveling was rather peaceful other than a few wild animals that got curious of me, a few winged creatures have almost mistaken me for a bird bath and I had to furiously shake them off to remind them of it, moving through the foliage proved to be tough but a little annoying at times, it was like this forest was telling me that it never ever wants me to be free, I continued despite the troubles.

Through the forest and onto an a wide grass plains, I saw a castle in the distance coming out from the side of the mountain and a floating city in the air, I can’t get up there and I doubt shape shifting pair of water wings will do me any good, how big is this Equestria anyways? I was starting to wish Starswirl the bearded was here to guide me through the unknown world... speaking of whom, Did he survive the harsh winter? Hopefully he’s at the castle, it’s the thing hint of civilization, so I started heading in that direction, eventually finding a dirt path

Traveling took me quite a long while and the closer I got there, the more often I started seeing more and more unicorns and ponies… Huh, they dress like they’re from medieval times, slightly more forward in time but still within the ages... I suppose that makes sense, Starswirl dressed up as a wizard.

A few of the unicorns were rather friendly while the more… well dressed ones held their head high and acted I was below them, they way they would act and ignore me when I tried to speak, I would gain a tiny amount of energy, If I ever find Star I’m going to ask Starswirl about this if I ever find him, I want to know why any form of disharmony or chaos seems to give me energy and strengthen me, I'll even go seek out a place of worship and pray to whatever Gods above are out there to answer me my questions.

I came across a sign that said: Welcome to Canterlot, and the moment I came through the entrance, I felt like I walked into a Renaissance, there were a lot of shops and stands along with a good population of Unicorns and Ponies, they looked so happy and cheerful.. Well, most of them anyways, there were a few beggars living on the streets who held out their hoof.

“Can you spare a coin, please Monsieur?” A female beggar unicorned asked in a slight french accent, she looked slightly worst for wear and wore tattered clothing, her hair was long and hasn't been attended to for a long time, she gave me such a pitiful look and I was about to reply but I caught myself before I did, realizing that she'd probably freak out if I spoke to them without my mouth moving, i’d rather not live through the same experience again where everypony avoids all because they don't understand me, so I took a moment of silence to mentally prepare myself, looked over at the beggar, then spoke in my telepathic voice and synced them up with my mouth.

[I’m deeply sorry, but I suffer the same fate as you] I mouthed the words along with my mental thoughts.

“Oh my...” The beggar said, suddenly falling silence..

[...Have I said something wrong?]

“No, no, You 'aven't done anytheng wrong… I’m sairry ai bothéred you..” She said, return to the place she was sitting at before she had asked, I let out a slightly depressed sigh, I would of definitely give her a coin if given a chance.

[It's no trouble, I can't give you bits, but I can offer you some company] I said, making my way to sit along side her. [My name is Echo]. I’m a good listener afterall, anyone would be when you’ve stuck in one location for many years and the only thing you can could is talk and listen.

She didn’t response after that and she avoided eye contact, it wasn’t done out of shyness, but it was done out of distrust and fear, a slightly uncomfortable silenced filled the air, I was about to get up and leave.

“Quality...”

[I’m sorry?]

“My name is Quality...” He held out her hoof, I did the same but stopped, I focused more energy into my well being before making the contact, shaking her hoof in the progress, he did gave me a curious look, but however it wasn’t about her discovering something… “Your hoofs are cold...” She commented…

[That tends to happen when I visit new places] I said with hesitation, I know it was a rather weak lie, but it was either that or tell her the truth, then see her fear me, thus drawing unwanted attention, I was starting to feel that maybe it wasn’t a choice wise to come here.

“Oh, you’re just nervous, Dear, I understand.” She said with a weak smile, she took a moment of silence before speaking again. “I’m sorry if i’m not much of a talker, not many wish to listen to the pleas of a beggar….”

[How did you end up in this mess anyhow?] I asked, trying to break the ice.

“Well… I wanted to be a Fashionista, so I came here to learn how to become one, I gave up a lot to come here but I ended up becoming ill prepared without a coin to my name, so I’ve been… begging...” She said the word with a hint of regret.. “For some bits, if I can just get enough to sign up for their schools, that would be marvelous..”

[You didn’t get any support from your friends? Family members?]

“Oh! I did, I did... I told them I wanted to do this on my own, but now… Well, you can see how that went..” She said with even more regret in her voice. “I don’t like taking generosity from others, I mean its nice when they offer, but it makes me feel a little helpless..”

[There is nothing wrong with getting help, Quality.]

“If you say so..” She said, she didn’t seem to take my advice or feel better, did I choose the wrong words? “...I-i’m sorry, I need to go, it was nice talking to you, Echo...” She slowly got up and started walking away.

[It was nice talking to you as well…] I said, honestly I wish that could of gone a lot better. With a mental sigh, I resumed traveling through Canterlot

Time: First Era, Pre-Medival - 2

Author's Notes:

I'm proud of how this chapter came out and I went slightly above my 1500 limit. Alot of you people are still awesome with each passing day, I still can't get over how many thumbs up I've gotten and i'm still getting more each day.

“Have some juicy fruit, right here!”
“Fresh fish, caught straight from the shores”
“Would you like a necklace, perhaps get it for a loved one?”

The deeper I went into Canterlot, the more populated it got, I had wondered into the Market district, of course I wouldn’t be able to buy anything but it wouldn't hurt to go window shopping, I came across other things that Cantorlot had to offer, all sorts of Inns, homes, a blacksmith, potion shops, there’s so much the world has so much to offer and it seems to trigger bits of knowledge, yet no reminder of where it came from. Hmm? I do believe I’ve hit the Jackspot.

I came across a Library and I just had to check it out, I was greeted by the library who raised a hoof to her mouth, reminding me that reading was in session, I gave her an understanding nod and I went on my way exploring the place. According to the subjects at hand, it seems I was deep in slumber for fifty years, Cantorlot was built during that time, two princesses were crowned ruler, something about a Crystal Empire had also been built to the far North, the pony tribes are in harmony, however we still get a few bad apples, mostly those struggling to live in the world.

There’s even a book about… me? I had to quickly open it to make sure its exactly what I thought, surely enough, it was a book about me written by Starswirl the bearded about a magical entity of water in the Everfree Forest who spoke with a calm serene voice, the book spoke of the many days he would visit with his star pupil, Clover the clever, apparently I was Clover’s inspiration because if a pool of bodyless water can use magic, so can Clover, well, that’s certainly a strange way of inspiring people.

Reading further into the book even showed Starswirl’s research about me, the magic I have inside of me is something controlled, pure, and often chaotic, always changing, even he tried to harness the magic, however failed, he came back to my original location after the Windigos vanished to find quite and unresponsive, Starswirl believed I was dead. Near the end of the book, he claims that a part two was in the making, so I searched high and low for the second part but I couldn’t find it, either the book is rare, or it never came to be.

“Looking for something?” My attention, making me look down from the ladder I was on to see a blue with a white coat, I responded to him the same way I did with Quality, lipsync my mouth with my mental voice.

[I was, but Starswirl’s second book on Entity Of Water doesn’t seem to be here]

“Ah, now that’s a rarity, but sadly he never got to doing it, he probably lost track of time on another one of his spell making, the guy rarely goes outside and doesn’t talk to many people except his apprentice, the royal sisters, and anyone who shows promise of great magic.” The blue stallion said.

[So you know Starswirl The Bearded?]

“Not personally, but Clover always talks about his latest lessons, always looking up books on everything related to magic.”

[Hmm, and where would he be at the moment?]

“Most likely in his own personal library of his own in the West wing at the Cantorlot castle.” Hearing those words made me a little excited to reunite with a familiar face, I made my way down the ladder and walked up to the blue stallion, extended a hoof to his.
[Thank you mr…] I gave him a moment to get the hint.

“Aurora Sparkle” He said in return, our hoofs connected for the tradition handshake, he didn’t comment on the temperature of my hoof, thank the Gods above.

[Echo]

“Ha, that’s kind of funny, your voice matches your name” Aurora commented, strange, my voice doesn’t echo to me, perhaps it echos outside of my mind.

[It was nice meeting you, but I do believe I'll go visit Starswirl] I said, I was to leave but Aurora spoke before I could.

“Oh, you’re gonna have a hard time doing, security has been increased around the castle when someone broke in, the stallions lucky he didn’t get hurt.”...Hearing that made a little worried, did Starswirl make a few enemies while I was gone? I lowered my head and began pondering about it.

[i’m sure I'll think of a way] I said, and by that I meant sneaking in liquid form just to visit him, i’m got a lot of questions for that pony and I wish to catch up on more recent history that have not been recorded in book.

“Good luck then, Echo.” He said just as I was walking away, I didn’t respond back though as I had a goal in mind.

Just as I excited the library, the sun suddenly moved on its own, the skies turning from Day to Night, I had to blink a couple of times to make sure I wasn’t just seeing things.. I know that a few of the books explained that Starswirl could move the sun and moon, but seeing it was a whole different story, I was more used to seeing it change slowly instead of spontaneous like that, that’s a lot question I need to ask him about..

I made my way over to the castle entrance, two white unicorn stallions wearing gold armor blocked me from going in. “Halt, why is thou business here, stranger?”...He spoke in ye old English instead of the same as the other ponies.. Strange.

I cleared my throat and responded. [I am here to see Starswirl the Bearded.] They flinched when they heard my mental voice, but relaxed since it was somewhat coming from my muzzle.
“What is thy name?”
[Echo]
“What is thy quest?”
[To see Starswirl the bearded?] I asked in puzzle voice.. Why does this feel so eerily familiar..
“What.. is thy favorite color?”
[Why is is this important?]
“Answer the question.”
[Orange..]
“What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen Pegasi?” I gave the guard a VERY hard annoyed look before he burst out laughing. “I’m just jesting with thou, Mine duty as a guard can be boring”

[...Right.. Can I please meet Starswirl?] I asked with a sigh.

“Is he expecting you?” He asked, now suddenly speaking in a serious tune.
[Not exactly, I’ve a long time friend of his and it has been many years since I spoke with him.]
The two guards began talking and murmuring to each other, one of them pulled out an old notebook a started reading to it silently. “I’m s'rry, but that gent won’t beest available. belike nev'r, he’s hath been caught up in making spells, his s'rvants and his steward hast to keepeth reminding that pony to consume when he keeps getting caught up in his arcane studies” The guard shook his head. “I feel sorry for thee stallion, such skill in power yet he hath friends to be with.”

I’ll need to sneak in then, it should be an easy task, the guards were trained to find intruders such as ponies, they’ve never seen the very likes of me yet. [Thank you for the time, I'll try later at another hour, perhaps tomorrow.] I said, bowing them farewell and walking off, I kept walking until I was out of sight, I quickly made my way into an alley, then did a double check to make sure I was alone.
I let go of my concentration and allowed my body to fall apart into liquid, willing it to my mind, I traveled quickly into a small crevice and into Cantorlot castle.

I had to admit, when Aurora told me that security has been increased, I think he underestimated his words, security was tight around here, a guard in every hallway and at every doorway, I had to take a lot of shortcuts and get lost, there have been a couple of close calls but I finally managed to locate Starswirl’s library, the place was massive, thousand upon thousands of rows filled with books, scrolls, and in the middle of the room was a giant hourglass, I manage to locate Starswirl with his nose deep in a rather big book.

“I know you’re there..” Starswirl said, he levitated the book down and turned his body around to look at me. “Servant of Chaos.”

[Servant Of Chaos?] I chuckled. [Do you not a recognize an old friend?] slowly, I reform back into the unicorn form, the one with no hair.. hmm, I’ll need to alter that later on.

Starswirl's mouth dropped at the sight of me. “...E-echo? No, that can’t be… After the Windigos, you did respond to me, I visited you every day, but your voice remained silent.. I had figured you were long gone, it has been two hundred years since then… No, you can’t be him.. Your body is filled with more chaos magic than him....”

[The very same you detected when your student Clover took a bucket of my being as a sample.] I said, his old golden eyes went wide.
“..Why, Echo… Why?” He asked, shaking his head, he stared at me with a very long time, his eyes telling me that his mind went into calculating state, his horn glowed brightly, it made me back away in fear, whatever spell he casted, had made contact with my body, but no damage was done, I saw multiple lights flash throughout my being, revealing numbers and stats in a floating bar.. “..You.. You must be him, as hard as it seems, you indeed have the same energy signature: Chaotic, yet tamed and controlled. No matter how much I researched, the answers never came.. How are you able to control chaos magic?” Starswirl asked, slowly getting closer to me. “And in the form of a unicorn too...”

[Even I don’t have the answers to that, friend…] I said with disappointment in my voice, despite Starswirl being the smartest pony I know, even he didn’t know, I was just as lost as I was before.

“However...” My liquid ear perked up on instinct when Starswirl said that. “If I had to make a guess, you might be the result of a failed experiment, perhaps by someone who used their magic on you so long ago, I have named this magic Chaos because I could not find a way to harness the energy, it responds to you fairly easily though.” Starswirl with a sigh. “But I will not give up, I will tame this source of energy, I see many great uses for it despite it’s nature, already I see can that it can be used in transmutations, alchemy, to quickly build a house with a clop of your hoofs, to take something apart easily. I’ve brought this attention to the Royal Twins about the matter, but when I showed them the small amount of magic I drew from your sample, they were scared from what they saw and felt, they told me to drop the research, I couldn’t believe their ignorance when we could be on verge on the greatest discover in history!” Starswirl, his eyes full of pride and determination.

[...Tell me, starswirl.. Why are you trying so hard to create more spells and ways to use magic?]

“Because I only wish to help the ponies of the world, so I try to manipulate magicka in as many ways as I can, that way if my knowledge passes to other future magic users, they too will be able to use it to defend themselves or any task they wish to fulfill.“his eyes gleamed brightly at this.

I heard a knock on the front door. “Art thou alright? Who art thy speaking too?” A male voice asked from the other side of the door, possibly one of the guards

“Just a new spell, nothing to worry about” He lied.

“… Thou need a new hobby, you might end up creating a Talk-To-Yourself spell if you keep this up” The guard said in a joking voice, followed by a loud laugh. Starswirl let out a scoff in disbelief, this unicorn is very passionate about his magic, I do worry that it’s going to turn into an obsession at this rate.

“That’s not important, Echo, but I do wish to request your assistance.. Please, allow me another sample of your body, I need more chaos magic if I ever to hope unlock its secrets...” Starswirl said, his eyes begging for the answer, I went silent at that moment, thinking about the possibility of this.

[...Tell you what, I have a better idea, instead of you studying alone, how about we do this together, we’ll experiment and since I’ve learned how to control this power on a small scale, I could try to teach you the same way I learned it.. Deal?] I asked, and he went into deep into though about this, but he did come to a conclusion, he reached over with a hoof and I did the same, we both shook on it.

“Deal”

Time: End Of Era, Chaos.

Author's Notes:

I have... mixed feelings about this chapter, I can't say I'm proud of it nor can I say that I am.. Let's just say writer's block kept flip flopping up and down with me, preventing me from coming up with any good ideas, I am deeply sorry for this.

Not to worry, I plan to try making flashbacks based on fan requests, like for example, you wanted Echo to meet someone in the past or experience a certain event? Please suggest it here and I'll try come up with a small chapter based on your suggestion or request. For now, I'll be focusing on a mixture a Displaced Plot and subplots to go along with it, aka Echo's flashbacks,

For the past few months, me and Starswirl have been experimenting, Other than our goals, I’ve been visiting Quality and Aurora, Quality has finally managed to get enough money to build and open up her own fashion shop while Aurora’s wife got a newborn filly, every night, I’ve been getting well acquitted with the princess known as Luna, she’s been learning how to enter other people’s minds through dreams and visits me every night, the first meeting we had didn’t go so well when she found out I was one of the sources of chaos energy she’s found, she was scared at first, but when she saw how calmly my flow, the fear turned into curiosity, while we are somehow friends, she is still caution and wary of me, she even threatened that if I do anything wrong, she will tell on me to her big sister Celestia, I promised her that I would only use this power for my own sake and perhaps for the sake of others.

I have discovered and learned many ways of utilizing my chaos energy, such as firing a bolt of chaotic energy, expelling it in a burst or explosion creating a shield or a barrier, I tried creating a spell that restore my energy, but it has not been going well. So far, it seems the powers work better as being destructive or use for combat.

There is one ability that I've been struggling to perform, I get so close to using it, but it ends up backfiring on me, often shattering my body to pieces, I have to stop and gathering my being before I can continue to practice, this spell, which I’ve called it Chaos Control should allow me to control a small piece of time itself to allow it to freeze it or slow it down monumentally, but I need more chaos.. I need more power, and thus far the only source of chaotic energy is the flow of time when things begin to change, or Starswirl since he’s learn how to regenerate it, he has made some progress, however I’m beginning to worry for his well-being, his body has been changing much like my own, the more chaos energy I gain, the more ways I can alter my into many forms, shapes, sizes, however I have not been able to change the color of my body and my emerald eyes. Starswirl though… he hasn’t learn how to control it, it has been altering his DNA, his eyes eyes have changed from yellow to red, I swear there’s a second horn growing out of his forehead and small pair of mismatched wings.

We are on the fourth week of our experimentation and it’s getting a bit risky, the royal sisters have been sensing the surges of chaos energy and Starswirl has to go and calm them down, he had to use some Illusion spells to prevent others from seeing what he’s becoming.

Starswirl claims he will find a way to reverse the changes, however I don’t believe he can, he’s generating more than he can use, its also not helping that he’s been losing his maturity and his sanity, its like his mind has been going backwards, making him act more like a spoiled frilly

It has been a month and my friend has been unsuccessful and he’s becoming more and more reclusive, even going to the point where he shoves me out, he’s even forgotten my name and his star pupil, Clover the Clever, the poor colt’s heart was broken when Starswirl refused to teach him anymore.

One day… was the day everything changed, words cannot describe the horrors I’ve seen, Starswirl’s body was mixed and mismatched, he had lost control of himself and a piece of reality has been changed, he was cackling loudly, claiming that someone took his toys, I had to flee for my life and inform the princesses of what was going on.

When they came and saw the state that Starswirl was in, Luna accused me of doing this to him, I tried to prove that he did it to himself, I told him that something was wrong, but he ignored every single one of my warnings.

Luna, including her sister Celestia, called me a liar, I protested and begged that it was not the case, I may be the one to introduce him to chaos magic and energy, but I am definitely not the one to warp his body and his mind.

Starswirl reacted rather violently, his body fell apart revealing only his spirit that been rearranged and twisted by the same chaos magic, and…everything went to Tartarus in a hand basket, my friend unleashed a blast of pure chaotic energy that changed everything, the skies were filled with cotton candy raining down chocolate milk, everything was floating and in total disarray, there was so much chaotic magic and my body started shake and spasm as if I was being possessed. My body went through a massive change, transforming me into me a powerful draconic kraken, I could not control myself when I unleashed the very same power onto the world, Canterlot including a quarter of Equestria was destroyed by a huge tidal wave while the rest was transformed by Starswirl- No, this was no longer him, he was not Discord, the spirit of chaos..

The only thing I’ve for the rest of this event, was nothing but rage, chaos, destruction, betrayal.. I was feeling the same exact emotions as him….

..The feelings finally subsided and I found myself as a puddle of water with the royal twins looking over me with distrust and determination, their horns were blazing with energy and a ring of colors circling around them.

[Go ahead… I cannot… go against… Judgment…] I said in shallow weak breaths. [I… suppose I am the one at fault.. He discovered my magic.. and only.. wanted to learn more from me… We did it together, but he did the rest to himself…]

I was once again hit by their a beam of harmony without a second opinion, but instead of being turned to stone, I was turned to ice, the very think I feared and heavily despise, it slowed down my mind and weakened my magic, I’m going to be tortured by vile dreams and raging Windigos.

Gods above knows how long I’ve been in this block of ice because of the past, however it wasn’t my fault when Discord warped Equestria in his personal playground.

I do not wish to be reminded of what I did nor do I wish to know if anyone died during my rampage, I’ve been punished enough as it is, my emotions have been a total wreck, I could not put my mind to sleep or else be shown flash backs of what I did, that demon Discord has been watching me for his amusement if my mind ever did fall asleep.

“And here.. is a powerful being.. Tell us girls, what does it present?”

I heard a voice… M-my vision is returning, I saw a group of fillys and colts following a purple mare.

“A monster!”
“Emeralds?”
“Art?”
Three of the group were trying hard to guess what I was, I would of told them my name if I had the strength.
“No, girls, this block of ice is the God Of Destruction, a being of pure power, it appeared when Discord took over Equestria, this monster mutated into a huge entity of water, no one knows where it came from or if it has any connection to Discord, the elements of harmony managed to purify it’s form, however Celestia and Luna couldn’t turn it to stone, its original liquid form was immune to the elements, thus the royal sisters had to freeze it in a case of magical ice, as long as it cannot absorb any form of chaotic or destructive activity, Equestria is forever safe.”
It seems I've earned a title, a title that will always remind me of my ill past, but why call me a God? Was my form really that power to earn such a name? No, I don’t deserve it, I don’t even want it, and I plan to correct that mistake.

[If only you knew the Truth] My telepathic voice made everyone and the school teacher jump in surprise, even I was surprised that my mental voice had return, most of the fillys and colts backed away in fear, but not the three others who remained looking up at my frozen prison. “Woooooooow, how are you doing that?” the orange filly with the purple hair asked, however I didn’t get a chance to answer as they were picked up and forced to come with the teacher.

[Go on… Run from something that could of became your GUARDIAN!] My voice boomed throughout the garden, then followed by silence… or so it would have been Discord didn’t speak,

“You always were mallow dramatic.” Discord commented via telepathic.
[Silence, demon… If it weren’t for you, I could of a lived a life of peace!]
“Peace, how boring, things were a lot more lively when I sent you into a rampage, the chaos was just simply divine, In fact, this stone prison of mine have weaken thanks to those three fillies, once I break free, I could offer the same for you, we are kindred spirits afterall, both meant to send the world in chaos, destruction, and disharmony.” Discord said in that deep playful voice of his.

[How can you even live when the world was in disarray? Your goals make no sense to me]

“Making sense? But where’s the fun in that?” Discord asked with a chuckle.

[Why do I even ask…] I let out a mental sigh, my attention was redirected back to him when I heard something crack, oh gods above no….
A crack traveled from the bottom of Discord’s statue to the top, he let out an evil laugh, and soon, the stone pieces started to fall off of him, he was now free, he stretched out his limbs and popped a few bones, his body hadn’t been used for a long time.
“Now.. To do the same for you, Echo, now don’t worry, I’m not going to fill you with my magic, ok perhaps very a little just so you can some sort of solid form and then once I’ve had my fun dealing with the current elements of harmony, I’ll have you as my trump card” He said with an evil smirk, he placed an eagle claw on my prison and began filled me with chaos magic, I felt my body grow until the block of ice shattered. At first, my liquid body went to pieces, then slowly with my mind, I pulled back together, quickly shape shifting into my familiar unicorn form I’ve always preferred, except this time I’ve made a few changes.

The body was a lot better built and more solid looking and slightly bigger than usual to show a slightly older version of my form, my emerald snake-eyes were now better defined and detailed, I even gave myself a proper tail with two-toned color schemes of blue, my watery mane combed back into a ponytail, pun not included.

“Hmm.. I would of preferred your more draconic appearance..” He said while stroking his goat beard, I responded in a watery growl, quickly shape shifting my head to look like Discord, I repeated the same thing in a mocking tone of voice.

“I do NOT sound like that.” Discord said in an immature voice.
[Why not? You act like a child, so why not become one?] I said mockingly, even going to the point of shoving my hoof into his stomach. [Mother Celestia can just put you in timeout for another thousand of years.] Discord scowled rather loudly at that, I couldn’t help but chuckle at his expression, it matched a child that just had his toys taken away.

“Don’t push your luck, Echo, I may not be able to control you, but I can certain make you go mad with power” Discord said as a comeback comment to mine.

[Never speak of that again.. I deeply regret for what I’ve done and I never wish to hear it again!] I took a look around, and then looked at the sky, then with great ease, I shifted into a water puddle and quickly traveled through the garden, finding a crack in the stone pavement, I easily went through it like water going down a sink.

I managed to return to the Everfree forest, back to the beginning of where it all started, to the very place I woke up in, the spot that held my being when I had no body. Time has not be kind to this place, the hole had dried up long time ago and now in its place was nature’s proudest creations, ranging in array of green moss.

I saw something… glittering in the corner, I made my way over to it and picked it up, it was a red emerald glowing fierce with chaotic energy...

Present: A new dawn is breaking.

I continued to stare at the red gem, I couldn’t quite remember why this thing felt… familiar, it held some sort of importance and a memory that refused to surface to the top of my mind, I could feel my anger swelling up when my memories continued to avoid me. I was brought out of my thoughts by the sound of thunder, followed by… Chocolate rain? Ah yes, one of discord’s ways of mischief.

I let out a long drawn out sigh as I was reminded of the past, I don’t even want to try returning to the Cantorlot or else I would suffer the wrath of the royal princesses and I certainly can’t do anything to stop Discord, otherwise my body will end up absorbing his chaotic powers and turn me into the powerful god like before.

Perhaps I’m overthinking this.. those two can just turn Discord to stone, right? Then they’ll go after me and return me back to my ice prison, I refuse to relive that nightmare, I could leave this place, find somewhere else to go-… No, they’ll only track me down, they can sense my power, especially Princess Luna since she can seek out my dream.

I was trapped between a rock and a hard place and I only have two choices, diplomatic or surrender… I won’t resort to violence though as it’ll only further prove my title..

Looking down at the red glittering stone of power, I knew that it held chaotic powers much like my own, and for some reason there were… two types of energy, one was positive, pure, tame, peaceful, the other was negative, powerful, and it was not at ease. At this point, I’ve decided to try and keep it from falling into the wrong hands, no unicorn should even touch it, let alone gaze upon its surface, if chaotic magic can transform one pony into a powerful creature of mismatched parts, it can certainly do the same for anypony else who absorbs to match.

One gem filled with this stuff exists, where would its creator be? Is there more? Such thoughts plagued my mind and worried me, no doubt I would be blamed for this, I let out a mental sigh at the current events at hand…

[I need help and many of my former allies are gone..] I raised a hoof and rubbed around my horn as if an imaginary headache was beginning to form. I had very little choice at the matter, all I could do wait here until they found me, I hope that whatever Gods exist, may they have mercy on my well being.

I sat down, closed my eyes, and started meditating with the chaos emerald held between my hoofs, slowly putting my mind at peace, allowing the birds of the forest to send me deeper into serenity, I started seeing… colors, I could see the flow of chaos in the distance created by Discord.

As time went by, the strength of Discord’s magic increased, why haven’t they taken care of him now? The twins did it so easily even in the face of my former destruction in the past…

“Come on, Echo, join the fun~” Discord’s voice rung throughout my mind.
[And become a demon like you?]
“A demon? Calling the kettle black there.. If I recall, you taught Starswirl the power we wield” He said with a chuckle.
I took a slow calm breath, trying to go deeper into meditat-! I was forced out of my state of peace when Discord appeared within my mind’s eye, startling me and causing me to fall onto my back.. Discord had a fit of laughter. “You should see the look on your face!”
[Leave me be, demon, You… play with your toys or whatever!] I said in a rather angry voice, I wanted to blast his face into oblivion so badly.
Discord reached over and prodded the top of my forehead. “Come on, play with me~” he was giving me quite the headache from his constant pestering. “Play..” He eased closer. “with..” He got too close for comfort. “Me...”

I couldn’t take it his annoyance any longer, so I tried the very last chaos spell I could remember that didn’t directly effect a target but rather what’s around.

[Chaos Control]

“Chaos wha-”
Time suddenly stood still, Discord was in a frame-freeze and in cut-off in mid-sentence… How did I do this so easily when I couldn’t b- wait.. the emerald!

Taking this moment, I galloped out of the forest, anyone can call me a coward but considering that his Magic can send me berserk by pumping me with chaos magic, I don’t think it would be wise to attack him back with the very same attack or else face a more powerful Discord, Chaos Control may have worked for now, I bet he’ll eventually learn how it works and will do the same in return.

When I emerged from out of the foliage, my eyes were greeted by chaos.. total disaray and none of it made sense, I recognize two of the things such as the cotton candy that rained chocolate milk, but the rest was new, gravity was in reverse, pie floated or rained from the sky, pigs flew, a pony with a screwball cutie mark floated past me, the road was made out of soap and the day/night cycle was fast forward… Discord outdone himself this time, this tells me that he’s crown much stronger to the point where reality could be bent to his will.

“Do you like what I did to the place?” Discord’s voice was behind me. “By the way, nice trick there vanishing, I felt a small part of reality bend to your command, I can teleport too though but not in the same way you just did.”

I stared at him with a confused look, he thought I teleported? So.. he didn’t directly see the flow of time stop all of a sudden… Excellent, at least I have a way to get out of here.

“...Now Discord AND The God Of Destruction are here?” A voice spoke out in front of me as a purple mare, along with five others walked up, five of them wearing a necklace and the main group wearing a Tiara. “Can this day possibly get any worst… whatever. Formation, now, All right, let's get this over with.“ five of them rose up into the air, glowing with a fierce power that I knew were the elements of harmony, but it felt.. weaken.

The spell of harmony failed, sending the five ponies back to earth, I took this moment to bolt the living hell out of there, Discord erupted in a fit of laughter, once I returned to my place in the everfree forest, I quickly resume my meditation, I only wish for this madness to end/

...The world eventually returned to normal hours later, but I knew the peace would not last long when the bearers of harmony came along to my home, I let out a long sigh and turned around to face them, I looked between each of their faces… Fear, Confusion, Curiosity, Determination, Goofy… Admiration? The white pony with the purple hair had a look of admiration on her face for some reason.
[And here you are, the current wielders of harmony..] I said, they seemed taken back by my mental voice. [Here to reseal me?] I asked.
“Yes, and there is No escaping it, God Of Destruction!” the purple pony with the two tuned hair said.
[Very well, give it your best shot, I cannot stop you]
“That’s right, we-.. what?” the purple mare looked perplexed..
[You heard me, go on ahead, you have the right to do so..] I said, then closed my eyes and waited for the end… but it never came.. I opened them back up to see the six ponies even more confused.
“That's it? No epic battle? So much for a being calling himself the God Of Destruction.” A cyan pony said, crossing her arms in disappointment.
“Why are you so willing to allow us, God Of Destruction?” the purple mare asked.
[Please, call me Echo.. I don’t want to be reminded of my past..] I said, a moment of silence followed by murmuring, the purple pony walked forward toward me, looking into my emerald colored eyes as if seeking answers.

“Twilight, what are you doing? We can’t trust this thing.” An orange pony with a western ascent said.
The pink one was constantly hoping in place, the cyan one with the rainbow hair looked ready for a fight, the yellow pegasus with the pink hair kept avoiding my gaze while the white mare continued to stare at me… Ah, I see where she’s looking, she’s looking at my red emerald I’m holding between my hoofs..
“Echo… I’ve read all sorts of stories from Starswirl’s books, he said you were quite a discover and that he was going to use chaos magic to help the world, my mentor princess Celestia told me you’re the one that made him go insane, she refused to tell me what exactly happen to him..” the purple mare said.

[Starswirl, a name I haven't heard in a long time, I had considered him as a friend, however now ever since what happened to him all those years ago…] I left the sentence hanging..
“Could you tell me what happened?” She asked, pushing me to continue.
[...Are you ready? You might not believe me though..]
She gestured with her hoof, as if trying to encourage me, I stared into her eyes, now it was my turn to try to seek the answers. [...You remind me of a friend named Aurora Sparkles..]
“M-my ancestor?” She asked, a little taken back that I knew the name.
[Yes, you have his spark of curiosity, his hunger for knowledge, the will to learn]
“...How old are you?”
“That, I do not know, I’ve been in this world since the start of the tribes till the attack of the Windigos, bits of history escaped me though when I frozen here in this hole, when I was only a pool of water...” I told Twilight the rest of my history from start to finished, she had a look of understanding, two of the mares looked like they’d cry, while two of the others didn’t trust my story, the last one held sympathy?

Four of those mares look like they were readdy to trust me, but why so easily despite I was once Celestia’s enemy?

“It sounds like this was one big misunderstanding, maybe Celestia has changed and would be willing to give you a second chance?” Twilight said with a smile, I couldn’t believe my ears of how easily trusting those six were, perhaps this is why they were chosen to wield the elements..

The other remaining five came up to me and one by one, introduced themselves, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack.

[...Rarity.. Would you by chance by related to Quality?]

“Why yes, she’s the reason why I got into fashion in the first place.” She said with a flick of her purple hair.
“Are there any others you know?” Twilight asked
[Sadly no, I only know three people. When you’re an entity of water, it’s difficult to make friends without fear of them judging.] Suddenly, pinkie pie leaped into my field of vision.

“Then let’s change that frown upside side by throwing you a party once we fix ponyville, I’ll make sure the people of ponyville accept you, everyone likes a party!” Pinkie pie exclaimed, throwing confetti that came out of thin air, where did she have those?

I still couldn’t get over the shock of just how.. friendly they’ve being to me, I’m called the god of destruction and they’re being all buddy-buddy with them? Quite frankly, while I’ll have less to worry about, I don’t quite… like this sort of approach from those six, the friends I had in the past weren’t this straight forward. What has Celestia done?

Author's Notes:

Don't get me wrong, those six greatly value friendship, they try to befriend everyone and they even give villains a second chance if they show that they're willing to change. Now, even though the mane six is trying to befriend him, it won't be so easily done, he finds discomfort in this whole "instant friends" approach. Hopefully I've got the mane six's personality down correct, but please feel free to point out the mistakes, well I do feel happy that I've reached 2k for this chapter, I feel that I could of done better with the approach near the end, it's just I couldn't think of anything without making the mane six act out of character.

Present: First Token

Author's Notes:

Token made and sent, now I can be summoned by others. =D

I was lead out of the forest by the mane six, while Twilight suggested I should be placed under a chain of arcane magic encase Celestia becomes hostile or gets offended by my appearance, I wouldn’t be surprised if she did, it has been many years since we last met.

Over the river and through the woods to Celestia’s castle we go, the journey would have been peaceful… If Pinkie Pie would just shut up, she was asking me all kinds of questions and she even tried answering her own questions before I even tried to do it myself.

“PINKIE!” Twilight yelled to get her friend’s attention.
“Yea?” She replied with a wide grin.
“Please, now is not the time, we’ve had a rough.. Day? Night? Whatever.. Discord messed up the time cycle, I’m just glad our new friend Echo is cooperating, otherwise Ponyville might of ended up in more of a mess.” Twilight said with a sigh.
[...Discord messed with time and reality, I don’t think my power can even compare to his, at least with your elements of harmony, you can undo his powers.] I commented with a deadpan expression.
“Don’t act like I didn’t notice the disruption you caused in the forest.” Twilight looked over at me.
[You felt that?]
“Well, yea, your chaos magic is like a fly to a light, the royal sisters including myself felt it” She said. I was honestly surprised that a unicorn like her could feel my power, she might be quite skilled in the ways of magic, maybe even compared to Starswirl the bearded.

Hours past and we arrived at ponyville, it seems the ponies are fairing well, this place must have been built during my imprisonment, everyone here looked at me with fear in their eyes. A pair of pegasus knights came along, picked me and the mane six, and we were on our way to Canterlot.

The lands have changed a lot since then, the castle has gotten bigger and hardly looks worn for wear. Through the gates and through the hallways we went, until we arrived at the throne room, with Luna and Celestia sitting on their respectable seats.

“Twilight, you sealed Discord, but not Destruction?” Celestia commented.
[Well, its nice to see you too, Celestia] I said sarcastically.

“Silence, Demon, you WILL address us as Princesses!” Luna said, using a rather loud shout that echoed throughout the room.

“Luna, please, I’m sure there must be a good explanation” Celestia turned her attention to Twilight.
“Actually his name is Echo, Princess Celestia, he’s just looking for a second chance” Twilight explained.

“He destroyed our home and took many lifes, and he’s asking for a second chance?!” Luna said angrily.
[First of all, Luna, DISCORD was the cause of my insanity, he pumped me full of magic and sent me on a rampage, how would you feel if he did the same to Twilight?!]

“Except Twilight isn’t capable of holding so much power” Celestia pointed out said, for some reason she had quite a calm serene expression on her face, no anger, no hatred.
[You get the point!] I would of thrown my hoofs up in the air if they weren’t being weight down by the arcane chains.

An uncomfortable silence filled the air, Celestia was deep in thought while Luna watched me with an eye of a hunter.
“...I forgive him” Celestia said

“S-sister? Are you sure you can just forgive this monster he-” she was cut off by Celestia.

“If what Echo says is true, he cannot become a monster as long as we keep Discord separated from him, he cannot be filled with his magic.”
“But sister-”
A stern look from Celestia was all that was needed to stop the argument, Luna sighed in defeat. “And besides, we’ve ruled over equestria and kept up its peace, the only things chaotic that happens only happen the flow of time, change, and a few people who need to settle their differences.” She looked over at me. “I will allow you freedom, but only on one condition, You must teach us how to use chaos magic”

“What!?] both Twilight, Luna and I said in unison.
“But you saw what it did Starswirl, he become obsessed with it!” Luna tried to reason with her sister.

“While he was indeed a stronger wielder of magic, he didn’t have the power of friendship to help counter the flow of chaos.”

[...But you have the elements of harmony, truly they would always save the day, right?] I added my own reasoning, I don’t want to be the cause of more warped ponies.

“Against a singular foe, but not against an army, while I do have faith in my little ponies, I have been having visions of the future that involves our friend, Echo, he will be a great help to our forces if friendship were to ever fail” Celestia said, slowly getting up and approaching me, she lowered her horn near the arcane chains, with a soft solar glow, the chains turned to dust, I looked up at her eyes, she really meant it, I looked over at Luna and she had a ‘I’m keeping an eye on you’ look. “You will be living with Ponyville for the time being and if our need arises, we’ll contact you via Dragonfire”

Pinkie Pie started throwing confetti around in pure joy, Rainbow Dash looked very unsure, Applejack looked confident, Rarity was deep in thought, while Twilight’s face had a mixture of relief, interest, and a tiny bit of fear.

Afterwards, the mane six including myself were given a temporary room, apparently later on there was going to be an announcement and a celebration. To be honest, I wasn’t convenience of Celestia’s friendliness toward me, how can you forgive someone so easily?

A scarf slowly drifted down within my field of vision, pulling me out of my own thoughts, I walked over to it and picked it up with a levitated grip, suddenly I heard a voice in my head.

"Hello, I am the one known as Travis and I am a displaced. If you are listening to this message, you can summon me by repeating what I just said to you or you can just communicate with me by talking into the scarf. If you summon me, I will give you my assistance depending on your goals. I am very good at killing entire armies and deceiving many people, if you summon me, make sure what you're doing is worth my time."

[I have no need for a being such as you, but please explain yourself further, I know not of what a Displaced is nor the very reason of your goals.] I didn't like hearing that this Displaced was capable of such power.

"A displaced is something like you and I, we are from different worlds but yet we end up in Equestria. Although we are in different Equestrias and we both got into our Equestrias by different means, I know who you are and many other displaced. Tell me, have you heard of the multiverse theory?"

[...You'll have to forgive me for I have never heard of such a theory, and that's saying something considering I used to live with a unicorn named Starswirl the bearded]

"Starswirl huh, I never figured he knew anyway. The theory says there is apparently a universe that exists for every possibility imaginable, even things in your imagination can be real in one universe. Like for example there could be an evil version of you wondering around in one universe while another version of you was never frozen and destroyed the world. Now you know the multiverse theory and it is true considering the fact I'm speaking to you at this very moment."

[...Do you know the very reason why we've become Displaced? What purpose do we serve? Do you know the cause of my blight? I was dropped into this world with no recollection of the previous events, I wish to know what had transpired before I ended up here...] My hopes have been raised, this being can possibly help me shine some light.

"The very reason varies depending on who you are and which universe you're from but I know how you ended up where you are. You simply drove your car into a lake or something while I wished for power and I ended up in my version of Equestria to take advantage of my newfound power. The purpose we serve depends entirely on what you do, you make your own purpose, don't let anyone stop you. I had to kill Tirek, Chrysalis, Celestia, Luna, the Elements of Harmony, Shining Armor, Cadence, Flurry Heart, and my own brother Connor to accomplish my purpose and goal. What transpired before you fell into that lake however, even I don't know that."

I let out a long drawn out mental sigh, it was a start though... [At least you shined some truth on my confusion, I will be using my purpose to try and live within this world, you told we are Displaced and that there are others, are they as powerful as you? If so, would they also possess a magical item such as your scarf?]

"Yes, in fact there are many other displaced throughout the multiverse and they do hold magical items such as this. Although there are very few that are as powerful as me including my foolish brother. This item is called a token. In order to make a token you must take an object that has a little bit of significance to you and say a speech similar to mine. You then just throw your token into the void and wait."

[Will your token remain in this world? I'd rather not have this fall into the wrong hands, no offense of course considering how powerful you are.] Even though this Travis person did help me, I don't want him coming to my world, because if he is capable of unleashing chaos and destruction, my body would end up become the powerful draconic god, or worst go far beyond that, I don't want to witness if such a thing is possible or not and I'd rather live in this world peaceful without conflcit.

"Hate to tell you this but I have a token like this hidden somewhere in every displaced universe. I also have some other bad news because there is another scarf token hidden in Tartarus and somewhere else in Equestria. Find them both with this scarf and I will give you a reward, do we have a deal?"

[I'll be sure to keep an eye out for it, but I cannot promise anything.]

"Alright then but are you sure you don't want to try harder because there is someone in Tartarus right now that you may not want to have the scarf and you said it yourself that you didn't want the scarves to fall into the wrong hands so why not try harder? I could wipe out all your enemies, I can make you a God."

[No need.. I can do this on my own...] I ended the conversation right there and now, I held up the scarf in a magical telekinis grip, at first I tried to destroy it using a chaotic sparke of energy, however it couldn't be damaged I treid focusing my chaotic magic into the scarf and managed to deactivate its power in the progress, I plan to do the same for the other scarf that’s lie within Tartarus.

Suddenly, yet another item dropped in, looking like some sort of red saphire-eye, I picked it up too, receiving another message.

"Heroes, villains, everyone or thing in between! May these items help guide you through your journeys. I don't know who's gonna get what but if the power they grant just isn't enough or if you just need a friend, raise the item and say these words:
I beseech the, Heroic Analog of Lore, aid me this day Azure Darksoul!"
I just had to raise a watery eyebrow at this message, it sounded like a hero and wasn’t as casual as the first Displaced, perhaps this one has suffered amnesia much like I did? I need to talk to this person, but first things first..

I altered my body, shifting my form to stand on two legs, my hoofs became three-claw like hands while my back hoofs became two toe-like talons, my muzzle vanishing into my face, I just had took on a rather familier, except for a few alteration such as the watery ponytail (Pun not included). I held my claw into the air and began concentrating chaos energy, soon a Chaos Emerald was made similar to the red one I have, however the one I created would be a fake and a much weaker version of the original.

The fake emerald started to shift between colors, then shattered into slightly smaller sizes, each one was made in a different colors, Red, Green, Purple, Blue, Silver, Orange, and Turquoise.

“My name is Echo, I am the entity of water and former god of destruction, if you seek my aid, hold this emerald to your chest, speak this prayer and I shall be there

The servers are the 7 Chaos. Chaos is power... Power enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the Chaos. “

With those words, the seven fake emeralds entered a black portal and vanished from sight.

Present: When Chaos Meets Chaorruption. (Xover - 1)

Author's Notes:

Making this chapter with Azure5555 was ALOT of fun, I hope to do it again.

I had reformed back to my unicorn after sending my token into the void.

Hours later, the mane six indeed get a celebration and were honored with two glass windows added to the halls, one showing Discord’s defeat, and another showing me being befriended. It was… kind of embarrassing to be honest, but at least I was free, a royal guard came to my room, telling me that the twins wanted to see me, the guard left and before I could do the same, another token came forth from a portal, a dark crystal ball with a spinning star, I picked it up and received a message.

“If you ever find yourself in need,”
“You will find me an ally indeed.”
“But be warned, this goes both ways,”
“And be ready when it comes time to pay.”
“Smash this orb upon the floor,”
“And call upon me, the Shadow Queen.”
...Judging from the voice, it was a female, I didn’t like it when she said that it would go ‘Both ways’, but it made sense, if I summon her for help, I will need to do the same in return, she scratches my back, and I'll scratch hers.

At this point, I now had three tokens in my possession, a red scarf, an eye, and a crystal ball. I wrapped the scarf around my neck and absorbed the sapphire eye into my body, placing it hidden behind my right eye and then hidden the marble sized crystal behind my left, I made a mental note to get myself a bag, or rather a small saddle pouch to be exact, I double checked my face in the mirror and was satisfied how well hidden two of the tokens were.

Walking out of the room and following the pony guard outside, I arrived the royal sister’s meeting room which held a large table painted in the colors of Sun and Moon, there the two sat on opposite sides, I took a seat at the front.

“Would you like some tea, Echo?” Celestia asked in a calm polite voice… Come to think of it, I just realized I've never had anything to drink OR eat for… a VERY long time.. is my body even capable of a digestive system? Can I even taste? I made a second mental note to try and experiment with it later on.

[I’ll need to decline that for now, thanks for offering.]

Celestia smiled and placed her teacup down. “Now, from the start, how do you use Chaos Magic?” I took this moment to think about it, honestly using those powers is like breathing once you’ve learned how to channel it.
[I suppose it requires a calm mind, you can draw the energy from any chaotic event or minor disharmony, it can range from a petty argument to a physical fight, you mentioned that the flow of time can be chaotic as well, I’m drawing upon that energy as we speak, it's what helps me use spells like levitation.] I demonstrated this by lifting one of the quill that laid on the table, my unicorn horn glowed just like them. [I presume my magic is just yours, but as Celestia mentioned, my chaos is calm as long as I don’t draw upon too much from the nearby sources.]
“Balance then?” Luna spoke up, her interest now grabbed.
[In a way, yes, too much chaos can overwrite logic and reasoning, much like what happened to… Discord..]

The rest of the conversation was pretty much discussing on how Chaos Magic, or energy is used, I had decided that instead of giving them some of it in order to use it, I allowed them to experiment by drawing upon the Chaos Emerald, progress has been made and it seems that Chaos Magic is rather similar to how unicorn magic is learn, the difference is that there is a lot more pressure being applied and the magic can go haywire if you try to use it without a calm peaceful mind and total concentration.

Night was drawing near and for this time we decided to relax for the rest of the day, Luna has been slowly easing off her anger toward me, thank the Gods above for that, she shows the most promise when using the chaos energy while Celestia tends to struggle, she has a peaceful mind but she needs work on her concentration, she tells me that when focusing, it makes her feel like her horns being pulled.

I returned to my room and I was now alone with my own thoughts, taking this moment, I took out one of the Tokens, the red saphire eye, I stared at it’s service in concentration, trying to decide if I should do it or not…

The universe however decided for me as a violet and turquoise burst of magic dropped what seemed to be a bipedal being.

“Ow...Twi you gotta work that landing...Twi?”

The being rose to his feet and began to view his surroundings.

“This isn't the observatory…”

I could not believe my own eyes, it was humanoid in appearance, something similar akin to the form I had tried when I sent my token into the void. [How did you do that? Who are you?] I asked with confusion in my voice, I hadn’t even tried yet…

The being, visibly shaken and startled immediately began to spin in place, looking up and down and left and right constantly before finally facing me.

Golden eyes bore into my own as I noticed several scars and a turquoise version of my token lodged into a cavity in his chest.

“What? Was that disembodied voice you...Chaos…” He said slightly more startled this time as he fell on his backside.

“Ow...son of a...did you bring me here somehow?” He asked with a calmer tone.

[Apparently so.] I said, telekinetically holding up the red sapphire eye. [Although, I wasn’t even trying, I was merely pondering, but it seems it heard my thoughts and brought you here… May I ask why my fake chaos emerald is lodged in your chest?]

He tilts his head to the side and starts to rub his chest. Worry apparent in his face.

“Oh no…” He grunts as he pulls on the gem and stares at it.

“I don't think you summoned me...There must have been a feedback loop on that teleportation spell. Oh crap. Please tell me the Elements aren't hunting you!”

He scrambled to his feet and began to pace in panic.

“Twilight has my heart...I have forty minutes at best til this body dissolves…”

He continued his panicked pacing as I attempted to gain his attention. [Calm yourself down, I don’t think that will be happening, my chaos emerald is with your chest, you’re being powered by my Chaos Energy.] I said to the humanoid creature, hoping that this information will ease his mind. [With a few benefits, of course]

He immediately slammed the gem back into his chest as it and he began to glow.

“You're right! I feel much better! Oh...oh Doc is gonna kill me...nevermind!” He shook his head and turned on his heel to face me again. A smile upon his lightly scarred face.

“So my ponified friend, how'd you end up in the multi-verse? Oh damn it,” he slapped his palm against his forehead as if he was remembering something.

He then struck out his open hand. “Azure. But you probably guessed that…”

I extended my hoof toward Azure, but before he can react, I slowly formed the hoof into a hand similar to Azure’s. [Pretty much by your Token’s message] I reached over to shake his hand. [I am Echo, Entity of Water and former God of Destruction, assuming you got my Token’s message, and no, I am not being hunted by the elements, but I was sealed in a block of ice for a thousand years due to a few… unwanted events.] I sighed at the memory, if I could rewind time, I’d of prevented it… Then again, I probably wouldn’t had met three displaced and discover who I am.

The humanoid graciously shook my formed hand.

“Well, that seems to be a recurring theme. First guy I met was asleep for roughly the same time and I was imprisoned for fifteen hundred years. But that's all in the past! So, how'd you end up the embodiment of Chaos?”
[Chaos? But I’m E-. oh, right, Displaced… ] I then proceeded to tell Azure my life story from start to finish, from my awakening as a pool of to water, earning my name from Clover The Clever, befriending Starswirl, to discovering more of my powers, to meeting two of the mane six’s ancestors Quality and Aurora Sparkle, to my icy imprisonment by the royal twins all because Starswirl became Discord and then sent me into a raging frenzy from pumping my body with too much power, transforming me into a draconic beast and flooding most of a quarter of Equestria, cue to years later, my re-awakening after Discord broken break himself, my encounter with the mane six, and last Celestia forgiving me quite easily, once my story was told, I pushed the saphire’s red eye, hiding it within my head and behind my own eyes, being made of water has its perks though and I can store small things. [Travis was the only one who filled in the gaps of my memory, something about a car crash and me drowning]

His eyes held a sadness to them, perhaps he experienced something similar?

“Well, I thought I had it bad...being forced to destroy...that isn't right. Where’s this world’s Discord now.” Asked Azure.

[Sealed in stone thanks to the Elements Of Harmony and returned to the garden, this time one of the guards placed a warning sign incase it happens again.] I said with a shrug. [As long as he’s away from me, I’ll be in full control of my powers]

“Could you take me to him. I need to make sure.” He asks with sternness in his eyes.

[Uh… the guardspony are gonna question on how you got in here… How am I to-] Realization soon dawn on me, OF COURSE. [Actually, I have a thought] I took out Red Chaos Emerald. [Are you familiar with the aspects of Chaos Magic?]

“Am I familiar with Chaos Magic!? Pfft, I’m the thirteenth Lord of Chaos! Of course I'm familiar!” He exclaimed happily with a thumb pointing at himself.

[Ah, then you know how to use Chaos Control?] I asked, holding the red gem with both of my hoofs after having the previously formed has returned to its original appearance.

His body began to vibrate at an incredible rate as the emerald in his chest began to glow.

“It’snotallthatdifficultbutthishighspeedthingiskindaweird,” The glow stopped as his body slowed down from it's vibrating. “I could do more with the real thing, but I don't doubt that that would be a horrible idea.”

[I was planning to use Chaos Control to freeze time, guide you pass the guards and into the garden, thus allowing you a moment to see Discord without you being seen by said-guards, I’d rather not having them question on how you got here or see them attack you as a possible invader.] I said, holding the gem up in the air, I was prepared to use it either to teleport Azure, or he could repeat the same as me, speak the words, and join me in temporary frozen time.

Before I could tell him this however, he raised his right hand so it's backside faced me. Upon it, the sigil for the Elements of Harmony shone and disappeared.

“I could just tell em I'm on business. I may be off the clock, but I do get the perks.” He said with a coy grin.

I raised a watery eye ridge in pure confusion.. [Are you being contacted by… your universe’s version of the mane six?] I asked, feeling a little unsure.

He shook his head slowly. “I'm an envoy of Harmony. It happened when my world's Luna struck me with the Elements. If Celestia sees this she'd no doubt give me leeway in your world,” He then cocked his head back I'm thought.

“In fact, it may just give me jurisdiction in your world. Or they could attack me falsely…great now I'm having second thoughts.”

[...Celestia has never seen you in her life, and before you ask, No, it won’t work on Luna either, she can be a bit… judgemental against strange creatures, especially if she sees anyone stronger than her and her sister…] I said with a slight headshake.

“Ugh if only Twilight or Shining were here...okay, how are we getting out of here then?” Asked Azure, his hands on his hips.

[Like I explained, I can freeze time for a moment, lead you to the garden, and you can do whatever that is required] I wiggled the chaos emerald.

With a nod, he held his hand out in determination. “Hit it!”

I threw the emerald into the air. [Chaos...] and caught it as it drifted back down, I reached over with my horn’s magic to telekinetically hold Azure’s hand. [CONTROL!] a bright red light ignited from within the emerald, then sent out a burst of energy, time slowed down to a crawl and then froze, suddenly a powerful force lifts the two up and flies them over to the garden, the scene from around them moved like a blur, they arrive at the garden where Discord stood as a statue, said-statue had a mixed expression of fear and rage.

With a dazed shake, Azure looked upon the statue with a stoic expression.

“Okay, this can go very well...or very bad…” He lightly touched upon the emerald in his chest as a sickly purple light began to shine.

“HEY DE LANCIE! TASTE CHAORRUPTION!” Purple tendrils wrapped around the statue as Azure slammed his hands into the ground. The once fearful/angered expression upon the statue was replaced with one of true fear as rainbow light engulfed the tendrils.

Now apart of the statue, the tendrils became stone as if holding him in place from the ground up.

“That's for the tree you...huff...you crazed beast…” Azure promptly fell flat upon his face.

I blinked in even more confusion than before. [...That’s not Chaos Magic, is it? I really hope its not, I mean Starswirl became Discord because of an overdose of it…] I walked over to the statue, but kept my distance from the tendrils, not wanting for the stuff to affect me as well… or worse possibly absorb it and alter my form.

I walk over to the downed humanoid and begin to prod him with a loose branch as it glowed with a faint rainbow light. A snore was my response to the act.

“Starswhirl you old coot...stop trying to examine that…” Whispered Azure in a lucid state.

-Mindscape: Hero POV-

“Starswhirl you old coot! Stop trying to examine that!” I yell at the stubborn unicorn as I hold his tail in my grip.

“But this is unprecedented! After so many years I can finally hear myself think! I must know what binds him!”

“Him” is in the form of Discord, being held tightly by constantly shifting tendrils of harmonious chaos. How I pulled that off I'll never know...maybe If I were drunk?

“To Tartarus with you cursed monster! I! MUST! KNOW!” Cried the desperate Unicorn in agitation.

“I will put you in the same damn situation if you don't behave!” I yell in a scolding manner.

[... The poor guys out cold..] I said with a sigh, seriously hoping that wasn’t true chaos since the name was in the words Chaorruption.. Perhaps it's a different form of chaos in a different elemental plain, Gods above help us all if Discord ended up more powerful, I wouldn’t forgive myself if that was the case…

I quickly levitated Azure’s body by surrounding his body with my chaos magic, I performed Chaos Control once again and returned both of us to my rooms… Hopefully Celestia didn’t sense an of that, or else Gods help me she begins questioning me, or worst Luna accuses me of betraying them, I shook my head to clear my current thoughts, I picked up Azure and laid him onto my bed, he can use mine, it isn’t like i’ll be using it, I don’t require sleep as long as chaos energy continues to fill my well being. For now, I meditate into peace and await when Azure returns to the awakening world.

Hours pass as a violet light blinks on the floor, followed by several dial tone chimes.

My peaceful thoughts were interrupted when I heard that, I opened my eyes and stared in the direction at where they came from, I saw the lights but could not pinpoint their source, I was reminded of something from my past… I searched around yet did not see any physical indicator, nor did it come from Azure, my hoof steps accidently brush against something.

A voice began to emanate from the floor.

“Master!? Are you there?” Said the voice.

More voices began to join it.

“Is that the hero! Ooh ooh, Tell him I said hi!

“Lyra please...Hello! Please answer me!”

“Could he have...fallen?”

“Not the teddy bear…”

I was growing a little annoyed by so many voices entering the room and of course it was drawing attention.. [Who are you ponies?!] I asked in a whispered voice. [Keep it down whoever you are, are you trying to attract the Guardspony] Despite my voice being lower in tune, my telepathic voice rung true like my name-sake, it would no doubt echo in their minds.

“Ooh...puddle!”

“What are you? Is Azure safe? Is he injured?”

[Puddle? Wait.. You ponies can see me? Yes, Azure is fine, he’s just a bit worn after sending his.. Chaorruption? Into Discord.. No, not your Discord, I mean the one in my world] I said, going by Azure’s words about Multiverses.

“No, none of us should be able to see you. And I've never heard of Chaorruption before. This is Twilight by the way. The one who said puddle is a zebra that goes by Oracle. Is...that what you are?” Asked Twilight.

[Only a thousand years ago I once was nothing but a puddle, or a pool to be exact. You are half-correct, I’m an Entity of Water and a shapeshifter.] I said, looking around to see if by chance this… magic? Could possible project this other Twilight onto a image, a Hologram or something so that I could show that Azure is indeed alright.

With a cautious mind I tap into Azure’s emerald and tap the source of the sound...I was greeted by an image of Twilight surrounded by various ponies and another humanoid.

“How did you do that?” Asked Twilight with intrigue.

[Simple, considering that you’re capable of contacting him, I’ve used the Fake Chaos Emerald to establish a connection between your world and mine, it’s stable for the time being, you can see me clearly, correct?] I said, looking toward the image of Twilight.

Before she could answer, the screen was covered by hollow eyes and an almost adorable grin.

“Puddle…” Twilight promptly moved her away from the screen.

“I apologize, she hasn't been herself for quite sometime. We can see you clearly, I'd ask to study you, but I don't think Master Azure would approve.”

[You wouldn’t be the first though] I said with a sigh, I still remember how excited Starswirl got when he discovered me. [For the time being, he is sleeping in one of Canterlot’s rooms.]

“Tell me my sister doesn't have an underground lab under the castle.” Said a blindfolded mare with a groan who looked much like Luna, but without a horn.

[...I… don’t think she does… You mean my world of your Celestia? Yea, I don’t think she does…] I said, stroking my chin with hoof. [Not unless it becomes a thing since I’ve been teaching her and her sister about Chaos Magic]

“Five hundred bits says they had to seal Starswhirl.” Says “Luna” offhandedly...offhoofedly?

“So the hero is okay?” Asked the feline humanoid.

[Yes, for the time being.. Although..] I held the red chaos emerald near Azure’s chest-gem, focusing softly, I started to slowly pour my magic into the purple turquoise gem, trying to provide Azure just enough energy to wake up on his own, while the Fake Emerald may contain chaos energy, it is smaller than the original and regenerates much slower.

Groans could be heard as Azure lifted himself up.

“Yeah you better stay put...hm? Am I back in your room? Is that Twilight?”

The screen was once again taken up by hollow eyes and an adorable smile.

“Teddy bear!”

“Yes yes, we're glad he’s safe Oracle.” Stated Twilight in annoyance.

“Well, I guess this means I'm going back.” Stated Azure as he got to his feet.

[I don’t believe that would be wise, I am concerned for your well being, Azure, my fake chaos emerald did end up in your chest during your… or whoever’s teleport spell failure] I said, giving it a fine examination. [My guess is when I sent my Token into the void, it arrived in your world and was heading to your destination, and you tried teleporting, thus ended up in it’s path.]

“No, it must have fallen off of me somehow...as I wasn't holding it at the…” Azure face palmed as he sat back down.

“I was reaching for my heart and must have jammed the emerald into my chest by accident...which caused the feedback, which brought me here. Stupid dimensional inventory…” Azure thusly proceeded to hang his head in shame.

[Despite being an accident, at least it can serve as an alternative power source and allow you to experiment with Chaos Spells.] I leaned forward and whispered to Azure [Such as controlling the flow of time, fire bolts of chaos, combine the emerald’s power with your own.] I leaned back… Hopefully Twilight didn’t hear any of that.

But as if the Gods themselves saw fit to toy with me…

“Master Azure, you'll be teaching me about Chaoruption won't you? She leaned in to the screen, Oracle whispering at her side.
“As well as the applications of your substitute heart? Like time manipulation and thrown projectiles?”

I mentally face-palmed-... no, face-HOOFED at that moment. [You weren’t suppose to hear that, but if you must learn it, just… be careful when you try to use it… Let’s just say the first unicorn I tried teaching about Chaos Energy…. Didn’t turn out quite right…] I said, looking over at Azure, hopefully Azure will heed my warning that chaos energy, while it may not corrupt if used by the emerald’s power, it can corrupt if it is drawn by chaotic events, thus creating energy, more so if it's unicorns arguing, fighting, causing destruction, they generate the most chaotic energy.

“You all owe me five hundred bits!” Cried Luna.

“Wait, there was a bet!?” Asked Azure.

I mentally groan at how nonchalant they had all been acting. A clawed hand on my shoulder kicked me from my musings.

“I won't be teaching her everything, she knows that.” Said Azure with a reassuring smile.

[Good, the only race I’d ever trust my magic with would be Alicorns or anyone with a chaos emerald] I said to myself, I looked toward the door of the room, I’m surprised that none of the Canterlot guards have come in, no message from Celestia or Luna.. Either today they’re very busy with their Royal duties or the Gods are smiling upon me today.

“...mmmmBOY It's cold out there!” Exclaimed another mysterious voice.

Oh no…

From the shadows emerged a bipedal form garbed head to toe in red and white leather. It looked like a ninja...it almost seemed familiar. I looked to Azure as his face paled.

“Frostpool...how...when…”

[....ffffFFFFFFFFFFF- ok, we need to move this conversation somewhere else, it is getting too risky and i’d rather not have any of the royal sisters discover you guys.. Ok, maybe Celestia would welcome you with open arms but Princess Luna…] I stopped myself in mid-sentence, mentally kicking myself at the moment and at my own mistakes.

“Oh don't worry about them! They're busy with a...situation.” Stated Frostpool as he giggled to himself.

-Elsewhere-

“Forty cakes Luna! That bountiful treasure is waiting somewhere!!” Exclaimed the solar princess.

“Pfft...forty cakes…” Said Frost with another giggle.

[...What do you mean... ] I asked with a watery eyebrow. [What, Celestia likes cakes or something?] To be honest, I knew very little of Celestia, so I guess cake became her thing after she and Luna sealed me in ice, tonight I’ll need to ask Luna about it… assuming she hasn’t felt the many magical disturbances.. I looked up at the screen, wondering if Twilight, Luna, or Oracle have anything to say on the matter, since they’re still viewing the imagery that goes around here.

To my surprise, the group had huddled over a table of cards.

[If there is nothing else to discuss, perhaps I should end the projection for now untill you need your hero Azure’s help.] I said.

The group waved goodbye as Oracle gave a wide grin as the projection faded away.

“Jeez how messed up is she am I right?” Said Frost.

“Back into the inventory please…” Said Azure as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

“Hmm...nah! I think I'm gonna hang here for a bit! It'll beat trying to fight off a giant fire dragon.”

[....Inventory? Giant fire dragon?? What???] I think my mind just entered the Twilight zone and I ain’t talking about the unicorn…

“Frostpool here is a self aware suit of armor with the ability to break reality...kind of like Pinkie...Don’t you jump out that window!” Exclaimed Azure, as Frost had one leg out of an open window.

“Yes mom!”

Azure groaned as he continued. “As such he’s part of my inventory. The burst of magic must have freed him somehow. As for the fire dragon...Equestria is currently under high alert due to a sudden invasion. It's nothing I can't handle.”

I went into a moment of silence as I was deep in thought, also remembering the actually original from last night. [Azure, seeing as you know of the creature i’ve been Displaced as, perhaps you could tell me. How many Chaos Emeralds do you think there are? Well, besides my fake emerald in your chest and my red chaos emerald I hold in my possession.]

“Seven. Including the master,” Said Azure matter of factly. “Why do you ask?”

[Then I must be correct.. See, I found this Chaos Emerald back in the Everfree Forest, standing in what used to be my… I guess what used to be my home, the place I woke up in when I was a pool, I mean the emerald appeared there a thousand years later after my ice imprisonment.] I said, hopping Azure would shine some light. [I plan to seek out the others before it falls into the wrong hands, Discord was bad enough, but what other vile beings could there be?]

Frost began to count his fingers. “Bug Queen, Emo King, Evil Marshmallow, and Goat Face. Am I missing someone?”

“I don't think the Nightmare will be a problem in this world.” Stated Azure.

[Well, atleast the list is small according to possible universal simulations..] I crossed my hoofs and sat down. [So either a new one will rise that we didn’t expect, or I might be get lucky and find the gems without anyone discovering how to use them.]

“Catman!” Cried Frost.

“Auhixotle? Sorry, damn Mexican heritage. Auizotl. He may be a problem as well,” Added Azure.

“Well, we don't have an echidna, and Frost wants to hang here...want the help of the greatest map in existence?”

I blinked a couple of times at that. [...Greatest map… in existence??] I asked with a raised water-ridge.

“Do the thing!” Exclaimed Azure with a raised finger.

“Do I look like Xu Li?” Retorted Frost as he formed a thin screen and expanded it. The screen was a massively detailed map of Equestria, with a flick it moved to the gryphon kingdom, then the dragonlands, and so on.

[It’s a start.. Hmmm… I recognize the Everfree Forest and Canterlot, but the rest is all new territory to me…] I commented, looking at the map closely.. [the… Dragonlands? Might be a good place to start, I mean dragons love treasure, right?]

“HEY YEAH! Matches might be a problem too!” Added Frost.

“Dragonlord Torch? We don't actually know if he's a resident of the main timeline. You two may have to ask Celestia.” Stated Azure.

[I would, but isn’t she occupied by her cake?... She’s going to gain quite a lot of fat, I mean if sugary treats are…] I stopped in mid-sentence as I shook my head of a distance memory. [..the same as what I can somehow remember..]

“If she's smart, she'll realize I sent her on a goose chase,” Frost then leaned in close to whisper: “I hid them under the throne.”

“Well, you two have your fun. I need to make sure Luna and Oracle aren't abducted again.” Stated Azure as he tapped the emerald in his chest.

A rift opened in the middle of the room as he made his way. “If you ever wanna hang out in my neck of the woods, just rip a portal with that eye. Frost! Make sure to tell him what it can do...and leave him a contract!” With that, Azure disappeared into the rift.

A moment of silenced filled the room. [Wait.. did he leave that map here incase I or we need it?]

“Pfft, I AM the map.” Stated Frost.

Suddenly, I’m remembering a rather annoying song from some… mexican explorer.. [...Right, we should go find Celestia and ask her a few questions on the current DragonLord, then plan where to go from there.]

“Sounds like a plan! Just let ol’ Frosty handle everything!”

[Let you handle it? I fear of what you might do, considering you outsmarted a sun goddess of sorts.] I headed over to my room's door, opening it and into the Canterlot hallways, heading toward the throne room, if they’re not there, then i’ll try the meeting room.

“To greater adventure! But I'm gonna need me a personal pony!”

[If you dare ride my back like some sort of Knight’s horse, I’ll buck ya off, or worse, leave you frozen in time for a bit.]

“And get my suit wet?” Responded Frost. “No gracias hambre.” He stated in a butchered Spanish accent.

Present: To find the first Chaos Emerald (Xover 2)

I finally managed to locate the Royal sisters in the throne room, Luna looked rather disgusted while Celestia was having a time of her life eating cake, sure enough my guess was right, her flank and lower waist had gained some… depths.

“Honestly, sister, how can you eat so much and not worry about your figure?” Luna said, Celestia looked down at her body, then shrugged.

“I think I deserved it after walking around the palace looking for it in the first place” Celestia said with a sweet smile, how is she even able to keep looking at everything positive? I’d hate to see how she would react if her ponies were slaughter before her very eyes or her kingdom was reduced to rubble “Ah! Echo, what brings you here? Have you discovered more ways of your magic?” Celestia turned her attention to me.

[Uh, no.. that's not why I’m right, I’d actually like to know the current DragonLord of the Dragonlands.] The royal twins gave me a look of slight surprise,

“Whatever made you interest to those savages?” Luna asked, I levitated my red chaos emerald up in front to show them

[Because I need to find more of those, you can sense the energy, don’t you? If there are more of them, then Canterlot is in trouble and I need to find the rest before anything bad happens.] I approached the twins with emerald floating beside me. [Those emeralds contain chaos energy both positive and negative, anyone can harness its magic, it doesn’t contain the same properties as normal chaotic magic nor can it corrupt, however the emerald contains a much larger pool of power to wield, multiple gems of the same can grant the user even more power to do the the unthinkable, I believe that one of the gems are in the dragonlands]

The royal twins started to discuss in hushed whisper before an answer was agreed on. “Do you know who created those Gems?” Celestia asked

[No, but I believe whoever said, is the same person who brought me to this world, I think those gems belong to me as I’m the original wielder of their powers, possibly even the guardian before my memories were erased] I was only going by theories and broken pieces of memory, I know I’m not the original Chaos but I can atleast take the role of him.

“For the time being, the last time we sent our pegasi over to the Southeast, the current DragonLord is Ember, Torch’s daughter, she proved that she wielded and proceeded to overthrew him. We’ve been keeping watch over her and she has yet to show any threat to the kingdom. Tell me Echo, you claim they can do the unthinkable, what exactly would that be?” Luna asked, I let out a soft sigh.

[They’re capable of more than what I ever did, but… they’re capable of destroying a piece of the moon if more than five are collected and their energy is harnessed into one concentrated blast of energy…] I said with dread, the royal sisters gasped in horror.

“T-thats impossible!” Celestia exclaimed, I shook my head.

[I tell the truth, you never knew about Chaos Magic until I came in, tell me how you ever came across anyone else besides Discord who can use this power?] The looks on their face told me otherwise. [I thought so. I plan to travel there and take the emerald either by diplomatic means or by force.]

“No, I believe it would to be wiser if I send the elements of harmony” Celestia suggested.

[...Celestia, you can’t solve EVERYTHING with friendship or harmony, you don’t know what you’re up against!] I said with a swoop a hoof across the air. [THIS is unimaginable power capable of freezing time, maybe even overwrite history if anyone finds a lot of those gems of power, this is more than just power, this might even be beyond DISCORD’s level! Only I have the knowledge to those gems and yes, before you ask, they can be destroyed but even as pieces, they still hold a good amount of power..]

Their expressions showing shock and disbelief, before shifting to concerned and confused, and finally settling on unsure expressions as they shared a look between them.

[There is something else I wish to discuss.. I need access to Tartarus as there is a red scarf similar to the one I wear that is related to a rather dangerous foe, he is like Discord, a man capable of taking down an army and killing anything, he isn’t in this world yet as long as anyone who finds it doesn’t figure out how to summon him…] I looked down as I realized what an dangerous road I’ll tread upon, I need to find the Chaos Emerald and prevent their misuse and I must prevent Travis from being summoned
“...I think the elements of harmony will need to hear this, it sounds you can’t do this alone..” Celestia said.

[I don’t mean to discredit your ponies, but are they truly up for the task?] I asked, I know they're the wielders of harmony, but I question their strength alone.

A voice began to whisper throughout the throneroom…

“Trust in the Force young Skywalker…”

[...Frostpool, if this is a joke, I’m not laughing..] I said with a deadpan expression, looking around the room.

“Frostpool?” Celestia asked.

[Just an new friend of mine who’s a little nutty, harmless.] I said

“Ah come on!” Frostpool dropped from the ceiling as he hung upside down on a rope. “It was a little funny,” His voice then deepened with distortion. “Search your feelings…”

Celestia had an expression of confusion on her face as she saw this strange bipedal creature, Luna took up an offensive pose, thinking it was an possible threat. “Who are you?!” Luna demanded.

“Luna...I am your father’s cousin’s ex girlfriend’s former room mate…” He replied, still hanging upside down.

[God darn it, Frostpool…] I whispered, slowly placing an hoof upon my face.

“Um… right, it’s nice to meet you mr…?” Celestia stopped in mid-sentence while Luna was glaring something fierce, like her looks could kill.

“Pool...De-I mean...Frost Pool.” He began to swing idly, no doubt finding amusement in the situation. “You're welcome by the way.”

“What.. exactly are you?” Celestis asked.
“For what!?” Luna demanded.
“Sister, please.. Do you really have to be hostile toward every strange creature we meet?” Celestia asked.

“Did you look under the throne?” Frost asked smugly as he slowly and...suggestively lowered himself to the floor.
“Oh, yes, the cakes were delicious, but why did you have to hide it there?” Celestia asked, she still had an slice left over.
Luna kept glaring daggers at Frostpool.

“I thought a roundabout would help you spend time with your sister. And it was the only place the guards wouldn't touch.”

He proceeded to mock fan himself with his hand. “Ooh is it hot in here, or is it just me? Who am I kidding! Of course it's me…” The sisters then watched as he sent his hand down his face, neck, and collarbone as it landed on his chest.

Only to pull back the leather and reveal the emptiness of his suit.

The royal sisters looked on in horror that there was nothing inside the armor.
[Frostpool! Are you TRYING to gain an enemy or something?] I asked in an hushed tone of voice, using my telekinesis to pull frost’s shirt back down.

“I demand an answer for this outrage!” Luna asked, her horn glowing ablaze.
“Is this another demented form of magic, Echo?” Celestia asked, her expression still keeping an aura of calmness.
[No, Celestia, as I mentioned, he’s just a bit.. Nutty, he offered to help me with my quest.. Assuming he doesn’t scare the population..]
Celestia giggled at this.

“If of course you must know...living suit of armor. I am in no way a threat to you or your ponies, especially the pink one, AND and...I have more cake!” As he effortlessly lifted a four layer cake from behind his back.

“No! No, I think that’s enough, my sister’s behind has gotten large enough as it is..” Luna said, raising and shaking her hoofs.

“Sister, don’t be rude, I can always save it for later.” Celestia said as she levitated it over to her and teleported it to her… Secret cake stash. “And besides, if he was a threat, I would of detected some poison in those cakes.”
Luna let out a defeated sigh.

“Is there anything else you wish to discuss? I still plan to have the elements of harmony to come with you when you head to Tartarus.” Celestia said.
[That’s fine by now.] I said, giving a grateful bow.

“Wait!” Cried Frost as he fell down on one knee, one hand on his chest and the other outstretched. “I implore you to hearken to my request!” Cried Frost with a Shakespearean accent.

“Hey, that used to be my thing, only I speak that way!” Luna said, crossing her hoofs.
“What is your request, Frostpool?” Celestia asked.

“I need...no...REQUIRE! A pony to call my own!”

“I’m afraid I don’t follow..” Celestia said.

“A companion with whom to venture this world with!” The room grew dark as a single light shone upon the silhouette of a tall unicorn pony holding Frost in its fore hooves. “We shall travel this world for years through strife and triumph! Parting only as death’s sweet touch finally takes me, as my companion whispers sweet nothings as the angels sing me to my eternal rest…” The light dimmed, slow clapping echoed, and roses fell upon him.

[Frostpool…. For at where we’re going, you don’t need that..] I said
“I don’t still get it.. Are you asking for an an bodyguard?” ?Celestia asked.

“Pfft, why would I need a ‘BODY’ guard. I don't have one!” He replied with excitement in his voice.

I reached over with my hoof and hit upside Frostpools head, causing his head to go spinning comically.

Finally focusing long enough to shake the stars from his eyes, Frostpool straightened himself out and coughed into his curled hand.

“Look, just give me a mount! It's all I want!”

“Oh! Well, why didn’t you just say so, we have all sorts of mounts, just exit the throne room and head west, you should find the stables there.” Celestia said with a smile.

I rolled my eyes around at Frostpool, taking Celestia directions to get to said-stables, I wait patiently for Frostpool to get his mount so we can start traveling asap.

“Screw the pony I got myself a cragadile!”

Surely enough, Frostpool did get himself an Cragadile, it was slightly bigger than the usual pony, it was one of cragadiles the pony soldier have kept, it was no easy task training and taming those beasts, but in the long time, they were made for battle and providing protection for the rider, this particular Cragadile has seen it’s fair share of battles and hasn’t been in one in a long while due to Celestia’s plan to unite the world in peace and harmony.

[Frostpool, if you could bring up the map, we’ll head on over to the Dragonlands.] I said.

“Hell yeah!,” He exclaimed as he materialized the map with one hand. “Road trip!!”

I take the map from Frostpool and take a good look at it. [It’ll take a while, more or less depending on whatever gets in our way.] I roll up the map and handed it back to Frostpool.

Author's Notes:

I ran into writer's block, while the goal is to head on over to the Dragon Lands and get the emerald, I'd like to try doing more than just that, I don't want to make it too easy for Frostpool and Echo to get the emerald, so hopefully me or Azure will come up with a good idea of what kind of obstacles they'll face.

To live among them.

Time Skip

The sun was presenting itself, it seems I've pulled an all nighter, as if that’d matter as I never sleep, the red chaos emerald always kept me energized as long as I don’t unleash too much energy, I’ve made that mistake when I confronted Ex-Dragon Lord Ember. The emerald I took from her was a silvery white.

I returned to Cantorlot and met up with Celestia, I told her the progress I had. For some reason, she had such a worried look on her face.

“...I know you have experience with this, but I think I should take over from here. I am aware that the Chaos Emeralds holds huge amounts of power, but from what you told me, she managed to destroy most of the island, I’m sorry but I believe I should take it from here.” Celestia said.

[...Do you have the power to do so, Celestia? I don’t mean to question you, but I don’t hold belief you’ll get the emeralds without causality..] I asked her.

“I’ve been around for thousand of years and have fought against all sorts of demons and vile creatures, I am not proud of who and we had to seal away in Tartarus, or worst.. Kill.” She said the last word with a shudder. I couldn’t help but raise my watery eyebrow at that. “Yes, Echo, Me and my sister have been Equestria’s protector, we’ve fought many beings and won many wars, while Luna is proud of those victories, I can’t say the same for myself. I’ve always chosen a peaceful approach before resorting to violence, much like when we first fought King Sombra and his cursed sword, Umbra.” Celestia said with a shudder, for some reason that name Umbra echoed in my mind like a lost memory..

“That sword ate the souls of the innocent, it’s thirst was never satisfied. After we banished Sombra to the shadows, we had to separate the sword from him as well and seal it deep within… I’m sure we’re capable of gathering those emeralds and delivering them to you. Please, Echo, have faith.” She said, I went into a moment of silence… Perhaps she could do it, I mean afterall, she managed to brainwash everyone into befriending others, ok, perhaps not everyone since Discord was sealed in stone twice.

“...Fine, I'll allow it, Celestia, however if things get worst, please contact me as soon as you can.” I said, and she revealed a motherly smile in response, I bowed my head before leaving the throne room. Welp, I’ve got plenty of time now, but I cannot help but worry about this whole ordeal… [I need to do something to keep my mind off of things… Returning to Ponyville would be a no go considering I wasn’t liking the whole ‘suddenly friend’ approach the mane six did, returning to the Everfree Forest is only send me into depression from being alone…] I said mentally to myself as I trotted across Canterlot’s streets. [Living here would be unwise, the people have their heads way to far up their behind, especially the look of disgust they keep giving me.]

With a groan of annoyance, it appeared that I have no choice but to head over to Ponyville for the time being until I could find a place… less-straight forward, I mean i’m all for friendship, but those thing require time, not the snap of a human finger.

With a two simple words of Chaos Control, I vanished in a burst of red energy, the world around me froze in time, then turned into inverted red and fade way, soon being replaced with an image of inverted red ponyville.

All the ponies had to stop in their daily life to see the newcomer in town, a strange aqua blue pony with emerald eyes. [Just a teleport spell, ponies, move on.] I said with my mouth syncing with my words as to avoid freaking people out from hearing a telepathic, they eventually did go on with their business.

I couldn’t help but raised a watery eye ridge when I notice a rather… long scroll being dragged along, my eyes following it till it ended with a purple dragon with green spines, Twilight Sparkle was also with this creature, hmm..

[Big day?] I asked out of curiosity, Spike looked up at me and sighed.

“You have no idea..” he mumbled.

“Oh! Echo, when did you get back?” Twilight asked with surprise.
[Just recently via teleportation] I said, making my way over to here. [What’s with the list anyways?]
“That’s just my checklist for things I need to do. Gotta make sure I do everything.” She said, that… can’t be healthy, can it?
[Hey, if it works, it works.] I said with a shrug.
“Now, if you don’t mind, me and Spike have a schedule to do, come on Spike.” She said before trotting off with… who I assume the dragon to be Spike.. following afterwards, the poor guy had a slightly annoyed expression on his face.

With Twilight and Spike gone, I decided to head explore around Ponyville, perhaps try to find a suitable home, nothing to fancy, but nothing too small, maybe even quiet..

Suddenly, I felt a tiny surge of energy coming from what appeared to be a… gingerbread house, I couldn’t tell if it was leftover by Discord, or if it’s actually part of the town… Well, no chaotic energy yet, except minor disharmony. I shrugged my arms before resuming my travels in search of anything that could tell me about the available homes, perhaps a catalog or a newspaper, maybe a town hall?

Eventually, I managed to locate one of the three available options, spoke with the Town’s Mayor who was ironically named Mare, there were three homes available, one near here, another at the top of a hill, and another near a rather large lake, for the moment, the last two choices looked tempting.

I decided to go with the lake mostly for nostalgic purposes, plus who knows whenever you need a large body of water.

Author's Notes:

Sorry for the rather short chapter and taking so long to update, writor's block can be such a pain in the behind. Btw, You're probably wondering whatever happened to the next cross-over chapter, well due to writor's block, I couldn't for the life of me decide what to make happen next, so I decided to put it on hold for the time being and try to focus more on the main story, I'm sure most or some are you are annoyed by my slow updating and I am aware of your dislike for cross-overs, so I've been thinking that the next person who wishes to cross-over with me, I will add as side-story separated from the main, that way you can enjoy it without seeing cross-overs being part of it. Not to worry, the chaos emerald hunt is still going on, it's just the deciding part i'm struggling with.

My new home.

Author's Notes:

I was struggling so hard with this chapter due to Writor's block and as of now, I can only focus on some sort of Slice Of Life scenario. By the way, any future cross-over stories i do with other Displaced, will NOT be posted along side this story, however i am thinking of giving it it's own section. Overall, this story from now on will remain focusing on the Main (Slice of life or trying to find the Chaos Emeralds), all cross-over chapters will be seperated/not included.

I am opened to ideas/suggestions though on where I could take this story

Upon arriving at the home near the lake, I notice it had one of those old water wheels, which have seen better days, but I’m sure with some work and repair, I could get the thing going again. Other then the that, the home looked simple, faded paint blue with a white roof, I went inside and regretting do so, dust flew in around in random directions when I pushed the door open, I can managed to spook a few Raccoons that were living side, running straight past me when I went inside.

How long has it been since this place was last used? There were cobwebs everywhere, no wonder it was free, it’s better than nothing anyhow, so I got to work, getting rid of the cobwebs and doing what I could, I even went to the point of using the two chaos emerald to grow my size and clean most of the dust, and then afterwards diving into the lake and filtering the dust out.

The second reason I chose this home was mostly because it was located slightly east of ponyville, away from prying eyes of the ponies, allowing me to use my chaos powers, magic, and shape shifting without them freaking out, except unless I use anything that looked like unicorn magic. Speaking of which, I outta try to learn how to levitate or use telekinesis move things around like a psychic.

In the end, the place was clean and most of the things that were rotted or beyond use, were moved out. Hmm, I wonder what the currency is for this? I know I cannot solve everything with chaos magic or powers, so I'll need to repair this home the old fashion way.

So far of this old home, there was a living room, an outta date kitchen possible dating back to the medieval era, a bedroom that’ll most likely serve as the guest room as I never sleep, and last what appeared to be a workstation for blacksmith, it had a smelter, a workbench, a forge, and a grindstone. Hmm, perhaps I could make money with this room when I learn how it’s done, hopefully there is someone who still blacksmiths to this day.

I returned to the entrance of my room and was going to leave, but the moment I opened that door, I was met with a bewilder and crazy eyed Twilight Sparkle, her hair was a total mess and… are those bags under her eyes? She was grinned almost ear to ear, she had a bird’s nest on her head and her right eye was twitching like crazy, I can practically sense the chaos energy coming out of her.

[...How did you know I lived here?] I asked, a little creeped out how she found me.
“Oh yes! Echo, surely you have a friendship problem, right? Yes? Of course you do!” Twilight sparkle said, easing closer with each word spoken, I gave her a deadpan expression.
[Twilight…] I began, softly pushing her face away with my hoof. “I barely know you Twilight nor have I made any friends..” I said, seeing her eye twitch when I mentioned the word friends
“Let’s solve that then, shall we? There are a lot of people to be friends with, ponyville is the biggest place to have friends! Everyone is a friend, even i’m your friend!” Twilight’s horn ignited in a radiant lavender, I felt my back being pulled and pushed.

“Ok, first of all, friendship isn’t something you can snap your fingers and make happen, Twilight. Second, have you even seen yourself in the mirror?” I asked her, she’s breathing deep as if she’s about to bite my head off, her eyes are shaking and twitching and she’s starting to scare me.

“You don’t get it, Echo! If I don’t make a friendship report to Celestia, I'll be tardy, TAAAARDDDYY!!” She suddenly fell over, making me me blink in confusion.

“...Is this why you’re acting all crazy, Twilight? You’re… how old? I mean, isn’t school for fillies?” I said, I mean i’m just taking a guess at this. Twilight’s cheeks turned red as she stared at me with quite a nasty glare, she let out a groan and suddenly vanished in a burst of lavender energy.

To be honest, I’m a little scared of Twilight, I may be a former god of destruction, but I still have the mind of a normal pony… or being.

I spent the rest of the day trying to get a job and failing, however due to the kindness of those ponies, they allowed me to get what I needed, while I was grateful of the kind gesture, it felt so off to easily obtain what I needed. I was able to get wood for myself to fix the waterwheel and replace some parts, going even the distance of cleaning it up and getting it running, next was to repair the floor in my home.

Once the deed was done and having a few mishaps, my floor was now a bit more livable, I headed into my empty room and pulled out the Tokens I collected over the years.

First, the Starpiece from The Shadow Queen, and then the red scarf from Travis, I decided to keep the red eye from Azura as I feel it holds a some sort power, it shall remain hidden behind my own emerald-colored eye. Those Displaced are like me.. although I should minimize my summons as to avoid putting Equestria into jeopardy, from now on, any token I found, I will only speak with them, or go to there world instead.

Twilight came back later on to apology for her action, hoping that she’d still be my friend, I had to mentally and quietly sigh in annoyance at that, why are ponies so friendly? Why is friendship their top priority? It would have been better if they acted more like the ponies in the past where they weren’t so straight forward. Friendship is something that takes time, not something like Magic that you can snap your fingers at.

….For some reason I cringed at the moment at my own thought progresses., at the eerie familiarity…. Friendship Is Magic? I shook my head to rid of those thoughts. “It’s fine, Twilight, its… fine.” I said, waving a watery hoof around. Twilight smiled and I shrugged my arms.

“Oh! By the way, Nightmare Nights coming up next week, will you be taking part?” Twilight asked. Giving her a confused look, she proceeded that nightmare night when you go trick’or’treating while dressed up, her explanation sounded familiar but annoyingly, I could remember where I heard it from.

“It sounds fun, but I doubt I'll be going, i’m not even sure I can even consume candy..” I said, looking down at my semi-solid liquid body. I looked back up and saw Twilight’s eyes gleam with curiosity, a gleam that looked just like her ancestors, I frowned at her.

“No, you won’t be taking samples from me, i’m just water, chaos magic, chaos energy, and whatever my brain is made of.” I said, pointing to where it was located. “No bones, no organs in my body, no nothing.” I explained to her… Although considering how I can turn into pure liquid, maybe… Just maybe, my brain is just something that is part of shape shifting? Perhaps I could give myself a working structure of what I’m missing, maybe even go the distance of a digestive system that uses chaos energy to burn and convert..

“Echo?”

“Oh.. Sorry, I was lost in my mind thoughts.. Just theories and possibilities..” I told Twilight.

“Hey, it’s ok, I’ve done that plenty of times and my friends had to snap me out of it.” She said with a smile. Hrrm, I wish she wouldn’t do that ‘imma so friendly’ attitude. “So.. are we still friends?”

I blinked a few times and sighed. “I suppose so, but please.. take it slow, alright?” I said, she responded with a relieved sigh, thanking me for accepting her friendship, she looked up to check the time and realized how late it was getting.

With a wave of her hoof and apologizing for cutting the conversation short, she ran off, going home or her friends if I had to take a guess.

Water Fort (Xover 3)

Author's Notes:

Cross Over With TheUltimateBrony-Class-S aka displaced TF2
WARNING: Story gets suggestive near the middle or end of the story, alcohol drinks mentioned, foul language used.

Story:

~~~Third Person Limited: Demoman: Alasdair~~~

Today is the first of two relaxing days of the week, at least for Demo and most of the others, but Engie is still working in that spare room that he has restricted us from using, which is fine since it hasn’t stopped him from doing his stuff. Demo is heading to the mini-bar that he had Engie help me make to get a drink, and to get some junk food, after remembering the original Demoman’s diet made it so that if he had ‘real’ food his body would think he was poisoned.

He gets into the mini-bar and notice Heavy and Engie at it and holding a couple of drinks themselves and Heavy with a sandwich- er… sandVICH, as he likes to correct them on it. Heavy is listening to Engie talking, seeming really into what he is saying, something about how “the administrator was really into that” or something. Engie always says weird things when he had a couple of his favorite beers, then again… who didn’t?

He pulls out his favorite alcoholic drink, Snake Venom, back home, this beer was set the world record as being the strongest beer at 68 percent alcohol. All of their food and other supplies come from Engie’s Dispensers meaning they are all Earth based foods and drinks. He lifts the beer bottle to drink when suddenly something hits him in the head, and yelps in pain from the hit.

“Ah!” Demo shouts, rubbing the pain on his head away. “Hey Engie! I thought you said this place wouldn’t start falling apart anytime soon?”

Engie looks over his way, confusion visible from his tilted head, “Yeah, what hit you? I didn’t see it.”

He looks down and finds a rather large looking red-colored gem that seems oddly familiar, and picked it up. When he did he heard a voice in his head:

“My name is Echo, I am the entity of water and former god of destruction, if you seek my aid, hold this emerald to your chest, speak this prayer and I shall be there.
The servers are the 7 Chaos. Chaos is power... Power enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the Chaos.“ The deep shallow voice echoed to all who held the gem, or in this case, the whole base heard it as they were all the same different in multiple bodies.

Demo, Engie, and Heavy all looked at each other with a surprised look on all of their faces. Engie then brought out his walkie-talkie and changed the channel to talk to the others.

“Hey team?” Engie says to the radio, receiving words inaudible from Demo’s distance from him. “Yeah, we heard it too, meet us in the intel room, we have got something amazing to tell you.”

~~~In the Intel Room~~~
~~~POV switch: Third Person Omniscent~~~

All of them were gathered: Demo, Heavy, Engie, Sniper, Scout, Spy, Medic, Soldier, and Pyro; they were all waiting for the news, or waiting to tell the others the news.

“So,” Engie started, “I bet you all are wondering what it was that we heard earlier?”

“Talk about hitting the nail on the head, hard hat,” Scout says, annoyed.

“Well,” Engie began, holding out the red gem, “this little guy was the cause of it, and if I am not mistaken from the stories that we have read… I believe that this is a token.”

Those that had drinks, such as Soldier with a lower grade beer and Scout with his Bonk!-a Cola soda, did a spit-take and stared. Engie, Spy, and Medic all looked at the gem with thoughtful expressions, then looked at each other.

“Well,” Scout says suddenly, “what are we waiting for? Let’s summon this guy and get ourselves a friend that isn’t just a pony!”

“Scout,” Spy says, “we must be cautious with Displaced, for there are those that are good and those that are evil. So we must be prepared… in case of the worst case scenario.”

“He’s right,” Medic said, “we must be prepared, have your weapons at the ready.”

When Medic said that Demo pulled out his grenade launcher, along with Soldier who pulled out his rocket launcher. Heavy pulled out the minigun and started whirring the barrel, while Scout loaded his scattergun. Spy instantly loaded his revolver, Engie setup a LVL 3 Sentry and pulled out the Wrangler to manually aim the sentry, and Sniper aimed his sniper rifle. Medic pulled out his Crusader’s Crossbow, and Pyro pulled out the flamethrower.

Engie then pulled out a paper he wrote on and repeated the written words: “The servers are the 7 Chaos. Chaos is power... Power enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the Chaos.”

The red gem gleamed brightly then energy enveloped its form. It levitates into the air, forcing its way out of the Engineer's hand. The jewel’s light intensifies and lights up the room in an radiant flash.

Suddenly, the jewel was surrounded by an orb of water swirling constantly around faster and faster, soon growing in size to become bigger than the gem itself.

Slowly, the water begins to take shape, first the legs, and then the tail and mane, both braided into a ponytail (no pun intended). Soon, two slits form upon its force, eventually the rest of the body follows suit, taking on the form of that of an unicorn stallion wearing an solid red scarf around its neck and lower head.

The gem slowly submerges from out of the creature, floating down back into the hand of the hard-hat wearing human. Soon, it’s slits open up, revealing two glowing emerald colored eyes, it had no pupils, however there is enough hint in those eyes to tell you there are indeed pupils.

With its body fully formed in the current world, it looks around in utter confusion that eventually fades to pure amusement. It does not open its mouth, yet strangely, an echoing voice is heard from within it’s body.

“That would be most unwise.” the creature comments, it’s voice full of caution. Unknowingly to the humanoids, the creature had a grip on a source of power hidden within it’s structure: Two chaos emeralds to be exact.

Demo looks over to Engie, and waited on him, as he was looking at this creature of water. Cautiously, Engie lowered his Wrangler, lowering the sentries targeting system. Once he did that, Demo and the rest of the team lowered their weapons as well and they all smiled sincere smiles.

“Sorry ‘bout that,” Engie says, apologetically, “we were being cautious since there are different types of Displaced out there and we had to take precautions to make sure we didn’t get ended by the bad ones, you know what I mean?”

“You need not to worry, I understand the caution. I’ve had an encounter with an bad Displaced before, he was also a bit overpowered and thus, could not trust him.” Echo say, raising a hoof to push up on the red scarf. “This is his token, don’t worry as it is inactive and merely serves for looks and to allow me to live among the other ponies as one of them.” Echo explained as he looked around at all the humans in the room. “Would this version of Equestria be that of a different form? Or are you much like myself, a human displaced in body that does belong to them? I need clarifications if you do not mind. “ Echo said.
“It is very much the second,” Spy clarifies, “but, since I’m curious, and you don’t have to answer if you’re uncomfortable with answering these questions, was the gem that brought you here a Chaos emerald?” Spy gestures towards the red gem.

“Nay, ‘tis an fake, however it does hold the same wave lengths of the original, its energy flow is a lot more slow, thus if you were to try to power anything, it would take longer to provide a charge. For now, it only serves two purposes: As a slow source of energy and as a token to summon me. “ Echo explain, his emerald eyes still looking around at everyone, he had to remember caution in case any of them appeared to be scared, paranoid, or worst trigger happy. But of course their weapons cannot harm him, unless one or two of them happens to be chaos magic or anything related to ice.

“Then,” Engie started, “did you or someone create it? Because as far as I’m aware only a couple of beings I can think of can create something like that.”

“I am the one who created those fake emerald tokens. Does that clear up your confusion?” Echo asked, he was beginning to think that perhaps they don’t know who he was Displaced as.

“Well then,” Engie says, looking to Spy, then back to the pony of water, “since you not Discord, I think your… damn what was his name…?”

“I believe it was Chaos,” Spy says, “the god of all Chaos energy and destruction, creator of the Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald, and only comes in the form of water.” Spy then has his hand on his chin when he suddenly gasped. “While we were all being cautious, we forgot to get your name and to introduce ourselves!”

The creature blinks in confused, then shifts to a deadpan expression. “Did my token not introduce me? I did say that I am Echo, entity of water and former god of destruction.” He said, he quickly raises an hoof before any of the humans could speak. “One moment, let me shift to a more proper form so you are no longer straining your necks to look down upon me.”

He crouches low, then suddenly begins to spin, twist, and whirl around, forcing his body to stretch to lengths that would most likely break or kill a human. The speed of his chaotic movements soon widens his form’s width. Eventually, he takes on a form similar to the humans, although a little slender plus lacking the real appearance of a human. His colors remained the same, easily hinting that he is a monster and not an actual normal being.

To say that the group of mercenaries was shocked was an understatement, most were slack-jawed, frozen in shock, or just had looks of astonishment on them.

Eventually, all of them came to, and eventually got used to seeing the creat- to seeing Echo, like this.

“Sorry, “ Engie said, “I barely caught the fact that we needed to say something specific to summon you and barely managed to memorize the phrase and get it onto paper. After all, we are still fairly new for displaced, so we weren’t expecting a token like this, much less so soon, after getting the base up and running-”

“Anyways,” Spy interrupted Engie’s rambling, “you can call us by our profession, or you can call us by the names we pick out for ourselves.”

There is an twitch in Echo’s left eye. “I have a serious question, and I need you to answer me as soon as possible.. Is the spirit of chaos in this world currently free, or in stone? I'd rather not repeat history unless you wish for half of Equestria to be merged in a flood. This is not a threat, this is a warning in which I will explain after you’ve answered, it is of utmost importance that I know the timeline. “ Echo said, his head darting around again. “He could of sensed my chaos energy or magic- Oh by the Gods, I pray that your base is not close to Canterlot…”

“First off, and in order,” Medic starts, “he is more stoned than Anne Hathaway. Secondly, we are in the Everfree Forest near Ponyville, I couldn’t tell you how far away we are but… I could confirm we are several dozen miles from Canterlot Castle and, in fact, you are AFTER he was released the first time. Though, now that I think about it there will be a time when he is released again except to be reformed, successfully even.”

“Wait,” Spy said, worriedly, “I think we may or may not be in trouble because, there is a possibility that Princess Celestia now senses you here and may not know you are a friendly.”

“Princess Celestia, I am not worried about. If your timeline is the same as mine, then the elements have chosen new bearers to continue Celestia’s legacy. However, if those six come here, I can simply warp space and time to keep my distance. It would be unwise for me to remain as the beam has a rather unpleasant effect on me. I do not turn to stone, but I do become nothing but an frozen ice-cube..” Echo shudders at the old memories. “I’ve suffered enough at the hoofs of the windigos two times already and I do not wish to relive that nightmare again.” He takes a deep breath then lets out a gentle sigh to try and calm himself down, although he did not need the air, the action itself had a relaxing effect on him, it reminded him of an form he once had thousand of years ago, his original form whose name escapes him.

“Well,” Engie says, looking to the others, then back to Echo, “we know the feeling, kinda, we were going to help Princess Celestia defeat Discord the first time he appeared in Equestria; but ended up in the blast of rainbow that turned Discord into stone which in turn also stoned us. For one-thousand years we had to deal with that maniac telepathically talking to us, some of us were patient, but others were resistant to his insanity with their own.” He says that statement while pointing to Medic and Soldier.

“Well,” Medic starts, “I actually believe I’m clinically insane, but, as long as I don’t start talking to myself, then I will be a harmless as Pinkie Pie.”

“Tell me, were you all displaced simultaneously? I’ve never heard of people going to the same Equestria.” Echo asked, keeping his senses wide for any magic that may approach here, unless the Gods smiled upon him and it turns out that the Everfree Forest is far too dangerous for a mere pony to enter.

“Er...,” Medic starts, with a focused look on his face, “I guess you could say that.”

“The reason for-” Engie starts, when interrupted by an alarm blaring.

“Shit,” Engie says, looking a bit nervous, “that was the perimeter alarm, only creatures besides Displaced can trigger that.” He ran towards the next room where there were screens showing different areas of the Everfree. The other mercenaries and Echo all followed as Engie sat down in the chair in front of the monitors, looking for anything unusual.

Echo followed silently, well as silently as a watery human can move anyhow, he has a lot of questions for those creatures, mostly on how all of this worked, it all looked familiar but again his mind refused to cooperate, all it can provide is annoyance, anger, and frustration. He mentally lets out a sigh, no use trying now, the main focus is now. Echo looks up at the strange multiple boxes, all filled with information, visuals, and data.

“Where is it?” Engie asked himself, wondering what creature set off his alarm and if it was even dangerous. Then, there was a noise everyone in the room stood stock still, and Engie saw something in one of the cameras, moving, big, and purple with white dots.

Engie’s eyes widened, unnoticably underneath his goggles, as he heard another noise a slight vibration with it was felt.

“Shit,” Engie cursed, “shitshitshit, ok this is bad, REALLY bad. Everyone gear up, we have an Ursa Major heading straight for our base!”

The others looked shocked for a few seconds before their faces hardened into glares and they all nodded to each other. They all got their guns and ammunition, and made sure their melees were in good condition before heading to the entrance, while Echo followed.

Echo was thinking deeply about this, his power alone even at two emeralds he would still be sensed by those sensitive to chaos, either as magic or as energy, Echo possessed both. One was unlimited and tame, while the other was limited but unpredictable. He looked over at the humanoid with the goggles. “Hey… uh…” He goes silent, not knowing this person’s name. “Hard-hat. I’m going to regret this, but i’m going to help out, I will be keeping my power at a low amount as to appear harmless, she’ll still be curious of my presence and not tell her ponies to be hostile. Now, which one of you can deal the most damage? Either per second or with a single blow.” Echo asked.

“Um,” Heavy says, looking at the others, “we don’t know, this is our first REAL fight, so we have yet to compare how much damage each one of us can deal.” Heavy and the others had sheepish looks on their, faces, except Pyro, for it was impossible to tell what face he was making at all, but he held his head down.

Echo let out a long annoyed groan. “Ok, plan B then. Once we arrive wherever this Cosmic Bear is at, I’ll need one of you, any of you, to have physical contact with me, doesn’t matter which part of the body as long as you’re touching. Yes, I know it probably sounds awkward, but trust me on this one.” Echo explained. If push comes to shove and if numbers alone cannot take it down, then Echo will fight it himself, surely two chaos emeralds should be enough to at least match a quart or half of it’s height, but that’s just a rough estimate.

“Actually,” Engie says, slowly starting to smile a smile that would’ve put Pinkie’s to shame, “I have an idea.” Engie looks to the others, “You guys go and hold off that thing as long as you can,” Engie then looks to Echo, “Echo, your with me, I need you help with something and you might be the only one to help me finish it.” Engie starts hurrying down the corridor across the intel room.

Echo follows, but he is beginning to lag behind as he is not used to this form. Unable to catch on, he leaps into the air, spiraling and transforming at the same time. He lands in his original unicorn form, smaller and faster, his water hoofs making noise along the metallic floor. “What’s the plan, hard-hat?” He asks the human in front.

Engie looks toward Echo, noticing he was back in pony form, “I was working on a room that might help me and my team in situations like this, heck before I was Displaced as the Engineer from TF2, I didn’t know the Engineer could build this room.” He rounded a corner and went up some stairs into a room with automatic garage-like doors. “However, I needed something called australium to power it and realized Equestria wasn’t gonna have, but then I had a light bulb. Could you possibly make another Chaos Emerald specifically for powering electronics? Our generator won’t be able to handle the strain this room would give it.” Engie looked at Echo, awaiting his answer.

“For an slow charge, use my token, but if you’re looking for something more powerful.” Echo said before igniting his horn in red and silver, and soon two emeralds moved from out of his body. “You can use the real chaos emeralds, I have only found two in my world, I have not found the last remaining five, but Celestia, I mean my Celestia, took it upon herself to find them for me.” Echo explained as he levitated the red one within hard-hats reach. “I would've given you chaos magic, but I do not know how it would react to being in the machine, it is like a disobedient child: It will only do what it wants to do.” Echo said.

“Eeyup, figured as much,” Engie says as he nodded, “I would only trust chaos powers if it were contained within an object much like the Chaos Emerald. Never trust free roaming chaos energy, it only goes so far in listening to anyone or anything. ...Oh and in case if you were wondering what this room was built for, is respawning, which means if we die by the hands of a living creature we would be brought back to life here.” Engie heads over to the control panel, red emerald in hand, sticks it in and the rooms hums to life with energy. He turns back towards Echo, “Welp, now that’s done we can get to the fight.” Engie hurries to the entrance with Echo in tow.

So by hard-hats explanation, this is, in an sense, literally bringing in an army, even they do come in nine at an time. “Just remember, hard-hat, the emerald is mine after all and I cannot leave it here, I will stay in this world until you find an alternative power source. Second, since I am now one emerald less, my chaos powers won’t be as effective.” Echo explained.

“We, won’t need to keep it,” Engie started, “I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of it before but, if I can have my Celestia charge a crystal with her magic then I can use it to power the room. If she can, she could even make it a self-charging crystal that will automatically replenish any magic with the power from the sun.” Engie surprised himself with his own understanding of magic and technology, and wondered how he knew this would work himself. “Anyways,” Engie then continued, “we won’t need it for long, just until this bear is dealt with.”

“So basically, it’s like solar panels as a crystal.” Echo said. Honestly, it didn’t take a rocket scientist to know that, even as magic, it’s still kind of the same rays. “How long have you guys been here?” Echo asks.

“It’s much more complicated than that, but essentially, yes.” Engie says, “If you exclude the thousands years of mind torture from Discord while stoned, then I’d say… almost two weeks.” Engie, surprised by this fact, thinks for a moment then concentrates on the present.

“Look at it this way, hard-hat. At least my token didn’t come sooner, otherwise it might of been much worst.” Echo commented. If His token didn’t come sooner and he has been summoned, not only would Equestria suffered a worse fate, but there would of been a extra person staying along with them.

“True,” Engie agrees, “it most certainly would’ve been worse, we probably would’ve had to abandon this base and/or worse, would probably have died.”

Engie and Echo reached the entrance to find Medic has been working overtime to keep the others all healed while Soldier kept the U. Major distracted with rockets and rocket jumping which seemed to do little to no damage upon impact. Heavy was still going in hot, Demo was injured and couldn’t fight at the moment, and Pyro was using his flare gun to keep the beast’s attention away from Medic. Every now and then you would hear the sound of a bat hitting a baseball, see the baseball hit and stun the Ursa temporarily, obviously Scout. Sniper was using one of the sniper nests on the base to fire at the beast from, and every now and then you would see a long range jarate, talk about a helluva arm. Engie now pulls out a toolbox and sets it down as it opens up and he starts smacking it with his wrench and goes to pick up more metal from a nearby dispenser and continues to smack what appears to be a sentry, which then levels up once, then twice. Then, Engie pulls out his Wrangler to manually open-fire on the beast and put a shield around the sentry.

“Echo!” Heavy shouts, “Medic! Is team time!” he says smiling.

“With pleasure.” Echo says, quickly leaping forward and twirling, quickly shifting back to human form. He places an firm three fingered hand on Heavy’s shoulder. “You may feel short but strong movement..” Echo says as he raises his other hand, causing a silver gems to float along arm and into his hand. “This is the power of Chaos… CONTROL!” There is an sudden jolt, as if gravity had released a small explosion, Heavy and anyone without physical contact of Echo, can feel a pull from behind them, or in front depending on their location, coming from the former chaos god.

Time stood perfectly still, everything around them was inverted colors. Sound was dead in this realm, the only thing heard was Echo and his passengers, Heavy and Medic can still feel that slight powerful tug. “You’ve got seven seconds, make it count.” Echo said quickly.

“Alright,” Heavy says, then turns to Medic, “Charge me doctor!” Heavy then takes off towards the beast with his fist raised and wearing what looks like bear claws on them.

“It’s time to practice medicine,” Medic says menacingly, as he activates the ubercharge for the Kritzkrieg, increasing Heavy’s damage output to almost three times its standard damage.

Heavy then landed hit after hit seemingly doing no damage, then decided to hit harder and faster, landing over twenty hits that would kill a normal man with just one, in just seven seconds.

That same gravitational pull exploded again as time resumes to normal, the chaotic energy that was released, returned to its original source. Echo stares in disbelief that nothing was inflicted, no blood, no wounds, not even a scar! Echo decides to try something with a bit more punch… in an literal sense if Heavy is willing to try this experimental move. He pulls on the emerald’s power, suddenly pushing the energy into Heavy’s body, the russian man feels a rather powerful rush, his chest felt like something slammed into it, but there was no pain. Heavy can now hit even harder, like a weaker version of a super form.

“I AM,” Heavy shouts, while hitting the Ursa with each syllable, “BULLETPROOF!” He then lands another thirty or so hits in rapid succession that the Ursa fell onto its side while its front left and rear right legs were broke from these powerful hits. Even though it could no longer get up, the Ursa still swung its paw in an attempt to get those nearest to it, missing completely. Heavy then charged head first towards the head. Then, get swallowed whole by the beast when it clamped it jaws down on Heavy, and everyone just freezes in places in shock at what just happened. Yet, not long after Heavy was eaten, the beast’s face contorted in pain and suddenly a large hole was torn open and a very, VERY bloody Heavy came out of the hole with nothing but a few cuts and bruises.

“...And that,” Heavy says, “is why you chew your food before you swallow.”

Everyone was in shock that Heavy was still alive, then, Medic starts laughing, then one by one the rest of the group started laughing hysterically. When everyone stopped their laughing fits, they all planned a celebration the next day. Heavy then collapsed, and when Medic checked him out, his diagnosis was that he was utterly exhausted and just needed a few hours sleep.

“Doctor, keep an eye on him, his chest is going to be feeling heavy for a while and he will be a bit jittery and jumpy after he wakes up, this was his first rush of Chaos Energy after all. Anyone else might not have been able to handle it, except maybe a robot.” Echo explained, looking around at everyone. So far of what he’s learned, perhaps the monsters here are stronger compared to His Everfree Forest.

“Don’t worry,” Medic says, confidently, “if it is really bad the medi-gun should heal anything unnatural to his body, hell, it can regrow someone’s missing limb if it needs to. Yet, if worse comes to worse, we can just ask the Elements of Harmony to help, I mean if they can disperse chaos from the land then why not the same for one’s body?”

“...I don’t mean to question your medical opinion, but what I gave him was chaos energy, pure raw power. Think of it this way: He’ll feel like he ran a marathon while being awake for twelve hours from a caffeine rush.” Echo explained, giving the doc a firm glare. “Trust me. I know the difference between the two. Chaos magic is wild, while chaos energy is powerful. Remember that, doctor.” And Echo means it, he’s had first experience with it when Discord pumped him full of the magic.

“...Ok,” Medic says, looking at Heavy worryingly, “just if something unusual starts to happen to him, you promise to come as soon as possible to help?” Medic looks at Echo with a heart-wrenching expression.

Echo went silent at Medics words, he takes a deep breath and exhales out softly, “After he wakes up, keep your voice to an whisper, allow him to relax in a quiet peaceful room for a hour. On a side note, I don’t plan to do that again except as a last resort.. “ Echo said, he regretted the idea and for even using it, but the russian man needed that extra oomph when modern weapons weren’t quite cutting it.

“Alright,” Medic says, less worried than before, “I’ll do as you suggest, but… if you ever need any help of any kind… call us and we will come running.” Then Medic’s eyes widen, before he facepalms, then grabs his radio and changes the channel to contact Engie. “Engineer?” Medic calls. “Yeah?” Engie responds. “We forgot about making our own token.” Medic states. A facepalm is heard and then Engineer responds, “Alright, I’ve got an item ready so, yeah see you over there.”

A couple minutes later, Engie arrives with what seems like a Mann Co. Crate Key.

“Is that it?” Medic asks pointing at the key.

Engie nods, “Yeah, took some spare metal, fiddled with it and accidentally made this.” Engie flipping and looking it over, like he was seeing it for the first time.“So… I just say something to it? A speech of some kind?”

“Your first token, huh?” Echo said, letting out a chuckle, his voice mimicking his keepsake. “Remember the message you heard from mine? All it takes is your name, who you are, and what you wish to provide for other displaced. However, since there is nine of you..” Echo stopped to think about this, slowly pacing back and forth with the back of his hand under his chin, and the other arm folded over his chest. A idea soon forms in his head. “Either you can all pitch together, speaking each one word in your message, and then on the last word, you all speak together, like saying ‘until then’ in your own way..” Echo shrugged his arms. “Best I can think of.”

“Huh, well, I think I have an idea, and the rest of the group doesn’t need to do it.” Engineer then look s at the key in his hand and holds it up like a christian would a cross and spoke these words:

“Hello, I’m known as Engineer of the Red Team, there are nine of us: me, Scout, Sniper, Spy, Heavy, Demoman, Pyro, Medic, and Soldier. What we are called is our specialty and we will provide what we can. You can call one of us by saying our name or call all of us by saying Red Team. We are Mercenaries, but we have hearts, if you are evil beware our Fort!”

And with that the key seemed to multiply and the copies disappeared into nothingness.

“Well…” Engie said, “...did it work?” He looked at the key he had in his hand.

Suddenly, a key fell into the water that made up Echo.

“Well, that was convenient.” Echo said with an chuckle. “Yes, it did work. Basically, when you made your token, the void took hold of it and scattered it across the multiverse and into the hands of Displaced, or in this case: Over their head, they might a little bruised though. Don’t worry, it’s just how the void delivers it at high speed. Oh, by the way? You might want to build yourself an interrogation room with lie detectors, truth serums, the works. That way, you can test each Displaced and see if they’re good or bad, the moment you find any you dislike, just say this simple line: Your contract is sealed/over/etc- I DON’T MEAN RIGHT NOW, you’ll send me away by accident.” Echo said quickly.

“Most of this,” Engie states, “we already kinda knew. The interrogation room and such won’t be such a bad idea. And lastly, I also knew that, meaning at any point I could’ve just made you leave with your Chaos Emerald in my possession, but I didn’t.” He shrugs his shoulders once he said this.

“Just testing, just testing.” Echo said with a sigh. A moment of silence sweeps through the forest until finally the birds resume their song. “...Either your Celestia is slacking on her duties, or she knows something I don’t.” Echo commented, not liking how they’ve been ignored despite unleashing chaos energy into the air, Celestia, nor her six bearers, have come seeking the base out. “..Maybe she can’t sense me?”

“Well…” Engie says, scratching his chin, “I could go check on her I have set up a Teleportation Relay from here to the castle, I’ll go check on her.” He walked towards the teleporter room.

Echo at this point decided to go find a place to sit down at, using this moment of peace to mentally prepare himself incase something goes down, like if she suddenly pops in, Echo would rather leave his emerald behind than to risk being frozen in ice for a thousand years.

Demo walks up to Echo beer in hand, and holds it out in his direction. “A drieeenk?” Demo slurs.

Echo frowns a this. “I’m made of water, I can’t drink nor can I eat.” Echo said slowly to the drunk blackman, hoping he understands what he’s saying. Honestly, Echo envied those guys, at least they got working functioning bodies made of flesh, he can’t even remember what tasting was like.

Demo just stared at him like he just what the sun was, “Men neeed alllllllllll offffff theirr orgons funcshuning proporly to lieeeeeeeve and I make miiiine puump alcooohool, yoooooouur excuuuuuusssse doon’t woooorrrk” He slurred almost gibberish words that Echo somehow understood.

“...Um… yyyeeaa, i’m gonna go over there.” He points in an random direct and heads there. Thank the gods Echo can’t smell, so there’s at least some good here that doesn’t make him miserable, poor guy can’t even sleep nor can he die.

“He’s right you know,” Spy says suddenly next to him somehow.

Echo blinks in surprise at the sudden appearance of a suited man. “About what, agent man?” he says as he doesn’t know his name. “His body pumping alcohol or men needing organs to live?”

“Both,” Spy says matter-of-factly, “and please call me Alexandre or Spy if you must. That man over there is a scientific phenomenon, making his very blood alcohol, and when the man back in the original TF2 universe was attacked by blood sucking machines meant to find liquid austrailium, he gave them ‘alcohol poisoning’, machines… think about that for a moment.”

“Considering what I am, Spy, I’m not surprised. I’m a living entity of water that’s been kept alive by both chaos energy and my own spirit.” Echo said, probably failing see the Spy’s point or message.

“And you have the… energy to do impossible things, yes?” Spy asks, as he pulls out his disguise kit/cigarette case and pulls out a cigarette and lights it.

It started off as a soft chuckle, and then an laugh. “Oh, you have no idea. What you saw was only with one emerald.” Echo said, not wanting to give too much hint, he barely knows those people, oh sure, hard-hat means well, but the rest?

“Well,” Spy starts, “have you attempted to make it so you can enjoy drink and food with the powers? I mean, if I were immortal and a god I would find life to be depressing seeing things rise and fall for all of eternity. Why not try using your powers just once to help you enjoy immortal life just a little more?”

“...I did enjoy it for a time, thousand of years ago when Starswirl was himself and when Clover the clever was alive, I was innocent, merely experimenting and learning from what I was able to see from my formless pool of water, I had no emeralds back then, all I could do was send echos of my voice and manipulate the chaos magic in the air. All of that changed when the Windigos froze me, I had nothing but nightmares. I need not tell you what I felt. Picture it like being in stone, except replace annoyance with fear.” Echo said and stopped to let the spy soak in the information.

“...I see…” Spy says, his voice now more somber, “what happened to them, Starswirl and Clover?”

“I don’t know what happened to Clover, all I know was the kid-.. I mean colt, stopped hanging out with Starswirl when that wizard started to get a bit too absorbed into his work. I managed to meet up with him and he got interested in Chaos Magic that I was able to control. This was of course was before I learned about Chaos Energy and the emeralds. So, time went back, I taught him, he got a bit crazy and.. Well. Take a look at Discord and you’ll see what I mean as my worlds Starswirl became Him because of me.” Echo explained, shaking his head. “Yes, I do enjoy the powers I possess, but it’s a little annoying when there are many things mortals enjoy that I cannot do. I mean sure, I can replicate it in water form, but not the functions. I’ll probably be able too once I find the other emeralds before it falls under the wrong hands.” He shakes his head again. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have brought that up, my mind… kind of fell apart.”

“It is nothing you should apologize for,” Spy started, looking at Echo, “from the sound of it, you just didn’t know what your powers could or would do if left unchecked. I kind of understand that feeling, Spy is the biological father of Scout, meaning I’m technically a father and Spy the original, never did anything to raise him properly. I technically hate myself for what I did to my son-”

The sound of the teleporter room door sounded and we see Engie walking with a sort of limp with his leg.

Medic ran up to him, “Engineer are you-,” Medic started.

“Don’t. Ask.” Engie stated with an odd look in his eyes and walked towards the crew quarters and stopped and looked at Echo. “Found out why the Princesses never... sensed you…” he stated. “They were to busy looking for ‘something’ else… especially at this time of the month.”
He turned back toward the crew quarters and walked to his room.

Echo looked between Engie’s retreating body and the Medic, struggling with conflicting thoughts, he couldn’t ask about the leg nor could he ask about what they were looking for, especially when hard hat sounds a bit upset. “Do you… want to talk about it?” Echo asked after finding the courage, he didn’t even use the nickname, not wanting to spark anything or hit a nerve. Hopefully, what happened isn’t Echo’s fault.

“Trust me, you don’t wanna know,” Engie states, seemingly out of breath, “in fact if you wanna know you can probably go through the teleporter and they still won’t sense you even if they see you.” He then continues to open his bedroom door, enter his room, and close the door. Then a sign lit up saying ‘sterilization’ and then all the other team members eyes widened and looked at each other in surprise.

Finally, Spy says, “The lucky sonuvabitch… he just got lucky…”

Echo blinks a couple of times, he looks over at the teleporter, then looks over at spy in confusion, pure, unfiltered, confusion. “..I can’t tell if this is an good thing, or a bad thing.” Echo said with a frown, he was feeling a small amount chaotic activity from Hard-hat, like something bad happened to him, but now the Spy’s comment is making him think that something… ‘Interesting’ happened. Overall, Echo wanted to get to the bottom of this,

With a deep breath, he makes his way over to the teleporter while taking on slightly taller unicorn form, no doubt someone might be protesting behind him, but he ignored him, soon stepping right through the warp with his mind on one thing: Get ready to warp if things look ugly on the other side.

~~~Canterlot: Guards’ Barracks~~~

There is not a single guard or maid in sight, the place sounds so silent that you could probably hear a pin drop. On the door to the guard barracks there is a note with following written on it:
“Dear, Members of Celestia’s Day and Luna’s Night Guards,

Today is that part of the month again where their Majesties are dealing with their monthly ‘mare problem’ so it is recommended that anyone, male or female take the day/night off.

Sincerely,
Iron Knaught, Captain of the Day Guard
&
Dark Naught, Captain of the Night Guard

~~~Canterlot: Storage Room~~~

“So, my second theory along with Spy’s words rung true.” Echo whispered to himself, his voice still echoing despite the lower voice. “Although this… ‘mare problem’ makes me worried, assuming my thoughts have not betrayed me.” Echo said, he believes that there is an certan ‘pregnancy’ problem, or someone is having trouble getting to that stage. He looks around slowly, trying to get re-familiarized with the castle, if it is anything like the one back in his world, getting to the Throne room should be easy.

Echo began to tread lightly now with two plans on his mind, choose an water form to hide within, or freeze time for an more successful escape. Echo wanders throughout the castle, his eyes scanning around for any guards or any signs of the royal twins.

Then, there was a small noise from hall behind him, small muffled, but audible. Sounded like a female voice, though this direction was the opposite direction from the Throne Room.

Echo’s ignites a silvery glow as he follows the direction of the sound, he walks with caution in his step, each time he moves, his watery hoofs would clip clop, as if the sound was being slightly drowned out by water. If Echo did not have a chaos emerald, his disguise would of been more obvious.

Each time Echo turns his head, he could swear he felt chaotic activity enter his body, the feel all too familiar, it was a sign that something did happen that left negativity in the air.

Another noise is heard, more audible, less muffled, like a female groaning, but still kind of muffled.

For any normal stallion, they would of probably ran away in fear, but for Echo, his curiosity and worry was getting the best of him as he moved closer and closer to the sound of an female, either she is in danger, or… well, you might get the idea. Echo did not dare speak out of fear of being found out, he only wanted answers to Hard-hat’s injury.

Echo proceeds deeper and deeper into the castle, his ears following the sound as best as they can.

Echo comes to an interesting part of the wall, for looking at it makes him feel instantly bored for looking at it.

He frowns at this, so much for following the sound, but his curiosity will never leave him and will probably scratch at his metaphorical mind for the rest of his life. Echo lowers his head to inspect the wall, as if it held secrets. He assumes it is coming from behind it, however if he is mistaken, he will still stand and listen for the actual direction.

Another noise comes from the wall in front of him it definitely femaling, probably groaning, and something else… a wet noise? The noise is still muffled but definitely coming from the wall that always seems to make him bored when even glancing at it.

Echo provides quite an legendary deadpan expression. “Yep, Spy was right.” Echo said in his mind, seems a certain someone is getting it on with someone. Sadly for Echo, his power is focused on destruction, not dispelling enchantments or forcing the wall to open and it would be most unwise to even try to destroy the wall, who knows what unholy wrath may come upon him. With his curiosity satisfied, he goes to turn around and leave just as equally quiet as he came. Yes, disappointing Echo is disappointing.

On his way he accidentally bumps into the armor stand holding up Captain Rank guard armor, which then promptly falls over and makes a large amount of racket. Nothing is heard, even the noises from the wall have gone silent. Then, there is a large groaning noise, as if an age old door was being opened, and the noise was in the direction of where noises were coming from before.

Echo froze on the spot when the door opened, he was expecting someone to come out and chase him away or worst just beat the holy horns out of him… But nothing happened. Usually when lovers are caught in the act, they would of done something bad now, was this all a ruse? A trick? Echo’s curiosity has been resparked.

He keeps his horn glowing the emerald’s power, very cautiously and very slowly moving forward toward the door, Echo was ready to react to anything that is thrown his way.

No noises came from the now visible door, but, yet, it is now inviting like an urge to move forward.

“Welp, I’m gonna hate myself in the morning.” Echo said mentally to himself, now finally moving through the door.

It is just barely bright enough to see that there is a stairway leading downward the urge stronger now to move and… a perfume in the air? Not one that Echo knows of.

Echo raises an eyebrow, he was honestly expecting an hidden room, but it only leads to more of a mystery, perhaps it’s not exactly as he expected? He continues deeper into the stairway, determined to get to the bottom of this, if they wanted this to be a secret, they would of put more effort to hide it, soundproof the walls, make a room accessible via teleport, anything other than this that makes everything so obvious to said-secret. “I bet they’re calling me crazy back at base.” Echo says mentally.

After a bit of climbing downstairs, there is an open yet dark room, here the ‘perfume’ is strong and can’t smell anything through it, and felt the urge to press on felt stronger, when he realized something, ‘how am I smelling?’

Echo’s eyebrow just couldn’t raise any higher than that, it had been way too long since he smelt.. well anything? He frowns at this realization, while it is a good thing he can smell, it won’t be so when he goes near the black drunk. Due to the smell’s enchantment, his body moves on its own accordance, his curiosity wondering just what kind of magic is capable of this sorcery.

Suddenly, he has the feeling of being watched, like prey being sized up by its predator, yet, he is not guard, nor does he care, the urge to keep going was so powerful, there was no resisting.

Echo’s own curiosity combined with the magic was driving him nuts, he wants to know about the magic, he wanted to find its source and its creator. Unable to resist, he has no choice but to press on deeper and deeper into the depths of the castle. He’s never been in here before nor does he recognize it.

Suddenly he feels a presence behind him, his senses are overwhelmed by the smell, the urge, the presence, he turns around without second thoughts. The last thing he hears before his all of his mind becomes foggy is this: “Hello would you like feel the true warmth of the day and the true sensations of the night?”

~~~5 hours later: Everfree Fort~~~

All of the team, except Engineer were waiting by the teleport waiting for Echo, but are starting to expect the worst.

“Screw it,” Spy says, activating a disguise for Royal Guard, “I’m going in, wish me-”

Echo appears in the teleporter, with wide eyes and the feeling in the back of his legs slowly coming back. He then notices that there is a ‘Royal Guard’ in the base not freaking out at the bipeds and the pony before him and looked at him for a moment as if asking a question.

The Guard then smiles sheepishly as smoke appears around, him and reveals Spy in his place. Him not wanting to know as of the moment, left it be, and looked at Medic.

“Is there anyplace I can go to recover for a bit?” Echo asked.

Medic pointed out the recovery and Echo walked with a noticeable limp towards it.

Once he left the room the Spy, then looked at everyone else cleared his throat and said, “Well, the moment has passed, back to work!” And everyone left for their workstations.
~~~Everfree Fort: Recovery Room~~~

Echo wore an expression mixing between happy and confused. “They did it.. I don’t know how they did it, but they did it..” Echo started to laugh hysterically. “They somehow made love to me and I felt it…” He said. At this point, Echo was confused beyond reasoning. A creature made of water, somehow got some and got it going with THE. ROYAL. SISTERS! He wasn’t sure weather to be happy, or disturbed about the power they wield just to do it, with an watery creature that never had the tools to do it, but lo and behold, they somehow made it happen.

“Perhaps Spy was onto something when he suggested I could somehow make it work to the point I can eat and drink, and by god if this world can make me smell, by God he can do every other senses!” Echo send before into another fit of confused happy laughter. Soon, it died shown, replaced by random singing reverbing through the door. At this point, the mates of TeamFort were just as equally confused as Echo.
~~~The Next Day~~~

The members of Everfree Fort were probably imagining it, but they thought they saw Echo… happy? When Medic saw it, he thought he had officially lost his marbles, when Pyro saw it he thought he was wearing the Pyrovision goggles again. Spy thought he had smoked too much, Demo thought he was drunk when he hadn’t even drank a drop of alcohol yet, and Scout thought that the world was gonna end because they saw Echo happy.

Engineer went back to Canterlot today, and confirmed that the Princesses were in fact normal again. And he managed to get not only a solar magic powered gem but a mix of solar AND lunar magic, meaning it recharged during the day and night. So, for Echo that means he can go back to his Equestria with both of his Chaos Emeralds.

Echo was singing away, his voice pretty much reverbing. “The hills are ali~ve with the sound of mu~sic.” He sang, not giving a damn of where he knew the song from. “Hellooo all you awesome people!” He said as he entered the main hall, or wherever that was place was when he sat down to wait for Hard-hat to come back.

Engineer enters the mini-bar from the teleporter room and finds Echo still looking happy, as Pinkie Pie when she is throwing a party. Walking over he catches the attention of Echo and waves him over to walk and talk.

“Eeeeehhh, Hard-hat!” Echo says with that same happy attitude, even if he is acting out of character instead of his calm intelligent self, he hasn’t felt this good in forever. Hell, he doesn’t even remember a time where he was actually happy, oh sure maybe a weak smile or an smirk, but never did he remember a time where he was truly happy.

“Hey, Echo,” Engie says, still caught off guard by the sheer amount of positive energy, literally, emitting from him, “I’ve got some good news!”
“Oh? And what would that good news be, Hard-cap?” Echo asks. Was he as happy as him? Nah, couldn’t have been from what Echo went through. Hard-hat was miserable yesterday.

“Well, I remembered what you said,” Engie started, “with never leaving this Equestria, without your Chaos Emerald and I found a suitable replacement. So, now if you want to head back to your Equestria you can, and maybe even be able to have the same thing happen twice,” he winks towards Echo, “if you catch my drift.”

“That is excellent news, where did you find the replacement?” Echo asked, then laughed when Hard-hat suggested he’d get it twice. “Not likely. Luna is an overprotective hothead who will hold a grudge but give it up for her sister while Celestia is too motherly and battle-hardened to even try it, she only wants me for the sake for learning Chaos Magic so that they know how to fight against it or use it if an war ever happens. Let’s just say, in my Equestria, Princess Luna never became Nightmare Moon.” Echo said.

“Well,” Engie says, thinking back to earlier, “I got the replacement from both Celestia and Luna, when they infused their power into a rare crystal called the ‘Twilight shard’ making so that it not only recharges during the day, but during the night as well. Oh well, maybe there might be another alicorn to ascend at some point in your Equestria, but who knows.”

“Who knows indeed? It’ll be fishing in that pond and it’ll be a long time. I mean I’m not saying it in a negative way, it’s just the ponies in my world are very friendly, like they’ll give their friendship to anyone. I mean Spy over there could come with me and everypony would be saying hello and be all hunky doory.” Echo commanded with an laugh, an real laugh of amusement.

“Well, if we need your help with anything else I’ll let you know, but don’t forget you can always call on us for help should you need it.” Engie said as he pointed at the key Echo had on him.

“Indeed I will, friend.” Echo reaches down to shake both of Hard-hat’s hands. “Indeed I will, and I have you to thank for bringing me here.”

“No, thank you, but your smile is all thanks I need,” Engie says, “but I believe now is the time where we part ways, until next time my friend, for now our contract is sealed.” A portal appears next to Echo.

“Until next time, hard-hat!” Echo says, raising his hand in an salute. “Until next time. Keep that Token Chaos Emerald handy when you need its energy.” He finishes the salute before leaping through the portal, causing it to blip out of existence. To this day in forever, a Displaced goes home Happy.

~~~Alex’s: Engineer’s: POV~~~

“Welp,” I say to myself, “the was a crazy couple of days, well at least one good thing happened, there’s a satisfied customer.”