Twilight sparkle looked up, it was hard to see through the misty chocolate rain. The fact that she had a concussion didn't help either. Last she remembered the giant beast had grabbed the train and had thrown it down the mountain like a toy. Her head was bleeding and several trees were coming into the passenger car's windows. The train was a wreck of twisted metal, blood, and chocolate. A giant shadow loomed overhead, when she turned her head she saw Cho'Gath searching the train  for surviving ponies that he could eat. At this point, Twilight's magic would have no effect on the giant creature. She looked toward Ponyville to see if any of the train had survived the wreck and had continued toward the town. What saw did not make her happy. Some of the buildings were upside down, the roads were made of soap, and cotton candy clouds rained chocolatey devastation upon the entire town and the surrounding area. Avoiding Cho'Gath's gaze, Twilight crawled through a small "tunnel" of twisted metal and broken rail. She looked around from her hiding spot, and saw Pinkie Pie limping away, leaning on her was Rainbow Dash. Applejack was laying on the ground near the train, breathing, but not moving otherwise. Then, when she crawled more, she saw a horrible sight.

Fluttershy lay in the front car of the train, one of her wings was contorted in it way it shouldn't have been. Where one of her legs should have been was a bloodied stump. Her face was black, covered in residue from the coal that had been thrown all over the front car. She wasn't moving at all, and she didn't seem to be breathing. Tears filled Twilight's eyes as she realized what happened. She silently cried to herself a little bit before watching in horror as Cho'Gath spotted Fluttershy. He picked her up with one of his claws. Twilight turned her head and heard a sickening crunch. When she looked back, Fluttershy was on the ground in front of her, her eyes slowly opening. Twilight was confused, happy, but confused. She looked up and saw Celestia flying around Cho'Gath, the crunch had come from a tree that had struck Cho'Gath on his head. Twilight crawled up to Fluttershy and shook her awake, she was crying from the pain from her former leg. Twilight let Fluttershy lean on her, and with the help of Twilight's magic, they emerged from the train wreck.

They helped up Applejack, and the three looked around for Rarity. All they found was a pair of crushed glasses, a pair of fake eyelashes, and Rarity's luggage bag, which was bitten in half. Tears filled the three ponies eyes, and they headed off for Ponyville, making sure to avoid being crushed or stepped on by Cho'Gath.

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Cho'Gath's head was filled with only one thought. Destruction. He had destroyed the train, and searched the wreckage for any of the Element of Harmony. He saw the white unicorn known as Rarity, and had bitten down. All he had in his mouth was dirt and metal, which he spat back up. He looked around and swore the unicorn had been standing up just a second ago. That was when he had picked up the yellow pegasus, Fluttershy, but before he could eat her he was whacked with a tree. He put Fluttershy down and turned to see Celestia flying eye level with him. They engaged in combat and it looked as if Cho'Gath was winning. When Celestia charged him next, he threw out an arm and spikes had fire from his thick skin, as if conjured from air. Celestia's right wing was impaled and she fell to the ground below, where Cho'Gath was trying to stomp on her. An idea came to Cho'Gath's head. He stomped again, and several large spikes emerged from the ground. Celestia was caught off-guard and one of the spikes had punctured her left lung and she was suspended there in air by the spike.

Blood was gushing from the wound, and every breath she took hurt.  After a few moments of thinking, Cho'Gath just left her there to suffer.

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Ryze had been wondering through the darkness for about five hours now. He was hungry, thirsty, and tired. When he had heard a noise, he turned his head and saw a gateway of some kind that led out into the sunlight. He ran through it, only to see a gigantic Cho'Gath about to chomp down on him. He instantly cast a teleportation spell to get away and found himself sitting in the middle of a town next to a white unicorn. The town looked like it had been hit by a distortion spell. The buildings were upside down, it was raining chocolate, and the roads were made of soap. He lifted himself up from the soapy road and surveyed his surroundings a little more.

He thought he was going crazy, there were colored ponies all over the place. Some were flying, others were using some sort of telekinesis, but most were just running away. "What in the world are you!?" Ryze jumped at the voice, he turned his head but saw nobody near him. He looked down at the unicorn next to him. There was fear in its eyes.

"Are you the one that talked?" Ryze sounded idiotic asking a pony such a question. He was about to walk away when it spoke back.

"Yes, darling, I talk. Now what are you?" The unicorn gave him an odd stare, and he looked it up and down.

"My name is Ryze, and I am here to find a certain creature." Ryze looked around. He wasn't that shocked about the ponies talking, he had after all studied large amounts of scrolls. It just so happened that one of the scrolls he had detailed a world full of oddly colored pony creatures that talked. He had discarded the scroll, thinking it was probably written by a child.

"Oh, well my name is Rarity, and I think I might know what creature you're talking about..." The unicorn broke the silence, and stood up on all fours. "It is at a wrecked train near the mountain."

"I know where it is I just- his sentence was interrupted by a giant roar and the sound of large footsteps. Ryze looked up and saw Cho'Gath towering over the buildings. He was just stepping on buildings and trying to grab ponies that ran to and fro. Ryze looked up at him and fire a bolt of magical energy. it collided with Cho'Gath and he stopped moving, caged in a small cylinder of magic bars.  

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Twilight, Fluttershy, and Applejack had made it back to Twilight's Tree Library. their happy expressions turned to worried looks as they all saw out the window, Cho'Gath was approaching the Library. Right as he got to it, however, giant magic bars had surrounded him, preventing him from doing anything. Twilight told her friends to stay inside, and she trotted slowly outside. Cho'Gath was fighting the magic, and she saw a bipedal creature with blue skin and glowing runes all over his body holding his arms up. It looked as if this was the source of the magic prison.

After a second, the man put his arms down , but the prison stayed intact. Twilight walked to him, still suspicious. "Are you the one who put up that magic cage?" Twilight asked the man, he turned to her and had a smile grin on his face.

"Yea that was me, I have been hunting this creature." Twilight was relieved to think that the creature's rampage was over. Then her mind turned tot he more important matter at hoof, Discord. He was flying around throwing glasses of chocolate milk at houses. Upon contact they exploded into a mass of chicken eggs. Twilight walked up to him.

"Discord! Stop this at once!" Twilight yelled up at the flying god. he looked down at her and laughed. He was suddenly standing right beside her.

"Chaos is a wonderful thing, is it not?" Discord asked, holding out his hands.

"We have been over this Discord, now when the Princess get here you are going to be a statue again." Twilight smiled in triumph as if she had already won the battle between them.

"That is if the Princess wasn't busy being impaled by a Vorpal Spike." Discord laughed for a bit, and returned to throwing glasses of chocolate milk. Twilight's grin faded and her mouth lay agape.

"Princess Celestia was impaled?" Twilight asked nopony in particular. Discord snapped his fingers and the giant cage around Cho'Gath dissipated, but it did decrease his size to about normal. He still towered over Twilight. Ryze looked over to Cho'Gath, "Oh fu- Cho'Gath rammed Ryze in the stomach, sending one of the horns on his head into Ryze's rib cage. Ryze yelled in pain and was thrown back into a building that looked like it was made of a mix of pastries. When he sat up, he saw a pink pony tending to the wounds of a cyan pony that had a large cut across its stomach. Ryze stood up and readied himself for another of Cho'Gath's charges. Instead, before ramming him, Cho'Gath grabbed him with a claw and threw him into the Tree Library. Ryze stood up, enraged. He ran toward Cho'Gath, who started charging forward as well. Everypony braced themselves for the impact. Suddenly, a bright flash made the two stop in their tracks. A very beat up and bleeding Celestia stood between them. She raised her head, and blood was trickling from one of her eye sockets where a spike had cut it out. There was a hole in her chest which was dripping crimson blood. "Stop your fighting before I send you both to the sun!" The brawling duo looked at Celestia, the sudden threat catching their ears. Celestia turned to Ryze, "What is your business here?" Ryze looked Celestia in the eye.

"I have come to dispose of this creature." He said, pointing at Cho'Gath. Celestia breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well at least you aren't something here to destroy pony kind." Celestia glared at Cho'Gath during the entire sentence. "We already have enough problems at the moment, so you two are going to stop fighting!" Celestia pointed a hoof to Discord, who at this time was making flying fish explode from apples. Everybody looked to him. Cho'Gath snapped out of his rage, and remembered that Discord had tricked him. Cho'Gath let out a shriek and Discord was pushed into a nearby building.

"What the..." Discord looked at Cho'Gath. "You little worm, I shouldn't have let you live." Discord held up a hand and Cho'Gath was hit by a rainbow, which sent him sprawling to the ground. When he got up, his stomach was burned pitch black. He growled at Discord.

"Oh, we got a tough one here?" Discord said as he floated over to Cho'Gath. He touched Cho'Gath on the forehead and all the color drained from him. His skin turned grey. Twilight wondered what would be the opposite of Cho'Gath's personality. She walked up to him, and he bowed.

"Excuse me ma'am." A mass of looks landed on Cho'Gath. "What? Did I say something that would have offended you fine ponies?"  Celestia's mouth hung open. Cho'Gath was using manners. It was like his personality completely forbid him to be nice, and his opposite couldn't subject himself to fight. Ryze had a dumbfounded look on his face. Even Discord looked a little confused. "Is there something in my teeth? I do hope I didn't forget to shower today." Cho'Gath was talking to nopony in particular.

"I like this new Cho'Gath, it makes him easier to kill." Ryze's voice cut through the awkward silence. Celestia looked at him, and shook her head.

"This just means he is no longer a threat to anypony, you have no reason to kill him now." Celestia's voice was a little confused itself, as she tried to comprehend the situation.

"Ah yes, just because he suddenly has manners means we can forget what he has done in the past and celebrate." Ryze said, the runes on his skin glowing brighter.

"No, we will not forget what he has done, he will be punished. Now he can be lead to a peaceful life though." Celestia's eyes were scanning everything. Ryze knew what was happening, Celestia was just stalling until she had a plan.

"Yea well that's nice, but I really need to kill him." Ryze fired a ball of magic from his hand, which smashed into Celestia. Lightning zapped around her, and she looked as if she couldn't move. "Lightning trap, new spell I made." Ryze said, showing off how proud he was of his own work. Celestia was straining to tell Twilight something. She couldn't hear Celestia very well.

"Memory Spell!" Celestia said through gritted teeth. Twilight knew exactly what she was trying to say. She only wondered if her princess was crazy. She walked up to Cho'Gath, and her horn started glowing.

"Um, Cho'Gath, sir. Would you be kind enough as to lean down?" Twilight said up to Cho'Gath.

"Oh yes of course, what is it you want to sh- zap Cho'Gath blinked his eyes, and looked around. Ryze was zapping Celestia, Discord was making fish fly, and Twilight had just zapped him with a spell. Cho'Gath was very irritated with Twilight, but after a brief explanation Cho'Gath just looked at her. He felt weird, different sort of. His taste of flesh was smaller, and he felt the need for a cup of tea.

"The spell was only able to restore half of your memory. Which when you think about it is a good thing." Twilight said. Ryze looked up and saw Twilight talking to Cho'Gath. He ran up to Twilight and froze her with a spell. Cho'Gath was staring Ryze in the eye.

"Now, creature, it is time I kill you!" Ryze held up his hand, but before he could fire a spell, Cho'Gath cut it off with his tail. Blood ran down Ryze's wrist as he screamed in pain. Ryze had always stayed in the back of the group, firing off spells at the enemies running away. This resulted in him becoming "squishy" he couldn't take much pain. He fell to his knees, holding the stub of his hand. Cho'Gath's primal instinct took hold. He bit down, his teeth digging into Ryze's face. He pulled back, and the top of Ryze's head was ripped off, the flesh tearing from the middle. Blood dripped from the body as it fell to the ground. Twilight and Celestia were freed from their imprisonment, and Discord took notice.

"Oh darn, I was hoping he would be able to kill you. Oh well, Chaos is unpredictable after all." Discord said, floating over to where Ryze's body lay. There was a loud crunch as Cho'Gath crushed Ryze's head with his jaw.

"That is it Discord. Elements, blast him!" Celestia yelled, revealing a blue box and floating it to Twilight with her magic. Twilight nodded her head, and gave Applejack her element, Rarity hers, and she looked around for Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. Cho'Gath looked over to Twilight.

"In the cake place." Cho'Gath said, and Twilight made a run for Sugar Cube Corner. Discord held up his hand, and a force field encased the Bakery.

"Oh it isn't going to be that easy to defeat me. Last time I was freed my rampage only lasted two days. Prepare for another one thousand years of Chaos!" Discord yelled out, holding his hands up in the air. And then he yelled in pain as Cho'Gath's teeth closed around his dragon leg. "Get off me, you disgusting beast!" Discord kicked Cho'Gath in the face with a hoof. Celestia took notice to how she and Discord could be harmed by Cho'Gath's abilities. The thought of worldly law not applying to Cho'Gath came back to mind.

"It looks as if you are weak to Cho'Gath's attacks." Celestia pointed out to everypony. Twilight gasped and looked at Cho'Gath.

"Wow, the irony. The very creature we tried to get rid of is the only thing that can save us." Twilight slammed her hoof into her forehead. Cho'Gath just smiled, his teeth stained with the blood of thousands of victims. The thought made Twilight a little green.

"So I get to eat something, and you aren't going to send me to the sun?" Cho'Gath seemed content with the idea. Celestia just gave him a slight nod.

"I do not like the idea of you killing Discord, but it is the only permanent solution for my subjects to be safe." Celestia spoke, looking at all the ponies hiding or staying back.

"I will feast upon your soul in the Void!" Cho'Gath yelled, Charging the God of Chaos.

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