Ze1a7in/wizard0209/Cloverleaf/eskimobill1919: Use New Divide, head to Canterlot, warn the Princesses, fact-check Stands, bring the arrow. And hurry!

Right, now things have gotten urgent, certainly. Discord, Mad God of Chaos, is headed to Canterlot to exact an unholy chaos across the land, the Elements of Harmony are apparently not where they should be, and all you have is a fighting spirit that's part of a concept and category only just explained to you via Doodle Exposition. Suffice it to say, it's very much far beyond your pay-grade, not to mention your capabilities, to actually do this yourself. Even if Discord has a Stand and your Stand beats it to a pulp, he can probably heal the injuries. And even if not, it's risky.

Plan B. Or C. It's a letter, for sure, but which one it is keeps pushing and pushing back.

But there is something you can do, certainly. You can get the Princesses themselves. After all, though it's likely Princess Celestia (and Luna, on a second thought) it's Discord, he still gave you the scoop about the maze, and there's Stands and such that are beyond their understanding, the knowledge of which could be crucial. And besides that, if they do know of Stands, or even should they possess some themselves, fact-checking Discord's knowledge on Stands is equally crucial to understanding your abilities.

With that, you get New Divide to grab the Arrow, and set off, using New Divide to make travel easy. While you are able to go anywhere in line of sight, you quickly learn that New Divide currently isn't capable of doing it all in one trip, but rather multiple folds in succession. Not a problem, though tedious and more time consuming than the corner-to-corner teleport you'd like. Within your mind's eye, you feel like this only indicates New Divide's ability to grow.

Within minutes, you arrive to Canterlot's front gate. Usually it'd take quite a bit of flying, or riding the train or the like. But thanks to this Stand of yours, it only took about five minutes of your time, plenty more to continue on.

Canterlot proper has always been a beautiful place to live, serene in a way busier cities like Manehatten just never could be. Sure, it still has bustle to it, but it's the kind of business that people flock to in order to get busy with something. Strolling through the streets up to the castle, you notice clean-up has been rougher around here than Ponyville. Cotton-candy clouds have hit the ground by this point, creating puddles of chocolate milk that street cleaners are trying their hardest about. Not to mention that things are legitimately floating about, likely due to Discord. Tables are heading off the outsides of restaurants, probably ruining someone's fancy dinner. Shame.

You walk past it all, not wanting to become distracted by too much lest too much be lost to Discord. Arriving to the castle gates, you find two guards standing at their posts, hoping to keep people out so that Princess Celestia isn't overwhelmed. At least, that's your intuition talking. Of course, doing their jobs, they move spears into an X formation that creates an obstructing criss-cross. "Halt!" a brown-coated guard on the left orders, "State your business!"

You give your wings a quick flap as New Divide wiggles the Arrow in it's mouth. You then immediately realize that isn't enough, as they give it a side eye before looking back to things literally floating off the streets. You suppose they just assume it to be more of the same. "I, uh, have very important matters to discuss with the Princess," you politely answer, "erm, regarding all the commotion and such."

The other guard on the right raises an eyebrow at this while Lefty Brown or whatever you decide to nickname him frowns. "We don't have time to accept every crackpot theory on the crackpot things going on," he sourly answers, "You wanna discuss this with the Princess, wait until things aren't floating or making our boots wet with sticky liquids."

You roll your eyes, clearly not having enough time to humor this. You simply use New Divide as a hop and skip to just behind the gates, folding up the gates themselves and the guards into the terrain. You hop over it, and unfold it, to which the two of them just gape at you. Well, to be accurate, Lefty Brown gapes. Stoic on the Right says nothing. Clearly, he's used to things being rather bizarre today. "Now do you buy me knowing something?" you say. Without a word, Lefty Brown nods and walks to the castle, gesturing you to follow.

Canterlot Castle is a lot taller in person.

That simple little fact probably shouldn't be your exact first thought, but there it is, and wow is it huge. House fit for royalty, you assume. You and Lefty Brown (at this point, it's simply much too fun to ask for his real name) arrive at the doors to the castle and he gives it a knock with his free forehoof. There is a silence after the knock, as though the answer was simply late. With nothing better to do, you say "Crazy weather we're having, huh?"

"Obviously," he retorts, though not in that dismissive way like at the gate. He gives his back and forelegs a shake. "Gonna need to take my boots to the cleaners, I'm sure," he complains. At that point, a mare guard opens the door. Her armor is the slightest change in color, from shiny gold to muted bronze. You honestly don't know enough about military ranks to know if such a thing is an improvement or not above the gold.

She looks to you for a second, also calm and stoic in the face of weirdness, and simply asks "State your business for being here. Quickly. Concisely. If you would."

You nod and clear your throat, thinking something up quickly. Just a few words, short, sweet, and to the point. "It concerns the chaos that's been going on, mainly. I do believe I have information about the reason why it's happening that could be of use." You consider dropping in Stands as part of it, but even if the Princesses have them, the guards probably aren't in the know unless they Use them themselves. After your explanation, she gives it some thought, before nodding and heading back in. What feels like another minute or two passes before the mare comes back and simply holds the door open.

An Audience with the Princess(es), huh?
What are you gonna do with that?
Stand for Equestria, Part 1

Author's Notes:

Yes, I know it's a day late. No, it wasn't intentional. I dunno if it'll happen again, I'm trying not to make a habit of it.

But anyway, yes! Sorry for the lack of individuality, but it really was unanimous to do all those things. Hopefully chapters ahead give enough opportunities for creativity that every commenter gets their due.

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed, and I encourage you, as always, to join in for next time. ;)