Ch 8, Chaos

Rays of light streamed in through the windows, revealing a tossing and turning Garn. His eyes shot open as he bolted forward, patting the space next to him with half lidded eyes.

“Luna?”

He looked over at the empty space and shot out of bed like a sonic rainboom, knocking over the end table as he threw a jacket on and rushed out into the hallway, where he ran straight into a cotton candy haired woman.

“Oh hi Garn!” Pinkie yelled as she bounced up and down.

Garn grabbed her by her shoulders and beamed at her, fear crossing his face.

“Have you seen Luna?”

Pinkie Pie nodded furiously and then went wide eyed, her mouth hanging open in a silly grin.

“Did you two have sex!?”

“Later Pinkie, where is she?”

Pinkie nodded her head and then looked towards the living room. She had seen Luna walking past her sadly only a few minutes ago, and she looked awful sad.

“She went to the balcony, something about deep thinking.”

Garn whispered a thanks and pushed her aside gently. He knew she wasn’t normally a human, so what did that matter? He loved her, and he wouldn’t care what she looked like. He paused at the glass door as he saw her standing against the railing, wearing a black bathrobe taken from the bathroom connecting to their room. He paused as his hand reached for the door, and he decided his mind was made up. The door opened with a soft clack, and Luna turned to see Garn, his face warm yet serious.

“Luna.”

She smiled faintly and closed the door behind him with her magic, and paused as her arms shook, reaching out to hold him.

He met her halfway and held her tight, burying his head in her soft blue hair. She stopped and sighed a sigh of relief, melting in his grasp as they held each other in the warm mountain breeze.

“What happened last night?” He asked, curious and a but frightened at Celestias attack.

Luna backed away and wrung her hands together, Garn thought secretly that it was the cutest thing she had ever done.

“Tia…Celestia has been feeling a bit different since she became human. We both knew she was going to become more.”

Garn crossed his arms and nodded his head.

“She was feeling a bit horny?”

Luna looked up as if to say something and quickly nodded her head.

“She tried to molest me.”

Luna stifled a bit of a laugh, drawing a confused look from her love.

“This happened before, so when she gets like this I call her Molestia.”

Garn couldn’t help it and laughed, the name was completely true to how she had acted, if not a little frightening at the time.

“Why did you leave?”

Luna turned away, her mind filled with doubt and fear. It was true that if they all successfully returned to Equestria he would be rightful prince. But would he be an Alicorn? Would he love her even if she was her original self? She felt his warm hand wrap around her waist and he twirled her around, planting a hot kiss on her unsuspecting lips.

“No matter what you look like, be it pony, dragon or otherwise, I will always love you.”

She smiled and buried her face in his arms, after all the things he had taught her, how could she doubt his love?

“Oh how very, VERY touching.” Came a snide, sinister voice.

Garn looked to his left and spotted a tall, slender man leaning against the window, in his hand a goblet filled to the brim with a black liquid.

His black suit, strange in it’s making, had sleeves of red, and a golden tie with a series of black diamonds going to the bottom. His hair was white, with subtle streaks of black and brown that were swept back and slicked down. His red eyes narrowed at the couple before him, and he laughed softly whie drinking the strange drink.

“Chaos!” Garn yelled, pushing Luna behind him.

“Yes! It is indeed the lord of all that is wrong and chaotic himself!” He called out triumphantly, raising his hands to the air with a haughty laugh.

“I have come for what is rightfully mine my dear little Garnet, the one thing your mother never gave, even when she screamed from the torture.”

Garn clenched his hands into fists and gritted his teeth, fury rising within him. How dare he intrude? hadn’t the wards been enough to hold him back.

“I thought we could take a moment and chat.” Chaos sighed as he saw the elements rushing towards him.

He smiled a row of wicked sharp teeth and winked, taking the two into a strange area composed of shadow, with a single coffee table and three red chairs around it. Garn blinked and Chaos had reappeared in a chair, sipping a cup of tea with a sheepish grin.

“Please sit down.”

Luna frowned and held tight to Garn’s arm.

“I don’t think so.”

Chaos eyes flashed with rage for a second, before he resumed a grin and set his tea down.

“I don’t think you understand. Please. SIT. DOWN.”

Garn soon found himself sitting in the chair next to Luna, and unable to move. His power was to great to resist..

“You have something I want my dear Prince Garnet, and you want something I can easily provide.”

Garn struggled against the unseen forces holding him down, but managed to shoot chaos a glare before speaking.

“And that would be?”

Chaos laughed and smiled, his red eyes focusing on Garn.

“Your mother refused to give me a certain artifact of great power, even with her dying breath as I tore the very flesh from her bones she wouldn’t even squeak about it.”

Garn felt rage well up inside him.

“I want the knowledge of the forgotten words. A certain phrase in particular. After much, MUCH research and time wasted with torture, I found my answer, and you are the key.”

His eyes took on a ferocious hunger as he leaned across the table, grabbing Garn’s face in his hand.

“Technically speaking, you aren’t a key at all. But a book.”

Luna looked at Garn in fear, and struggled against her constraints.

“I know you love this woman, this goddess that I inhabited for a time, and I’m willing to give her to you, along with all the other elements in exchange for that one phrase.”

Garn smirked and shook his head.

“I don’t know what your talking about.”

Chaos sighed and leaned his head to the side, balancing the coffee cup on a finger.

“The Song that Shall End the World. Ring any bells?” he replied with a sneer.

Garn had a look of sheer horror momentarily cross his face, and Chaos pointed and laughed at him.

“You do know! The phrase that tore apart the Alicorn kingdom, to whisper it is to deny all that is life, it is a word of destruction, nothing more.” Chaos narrated, shivering as if from unseen pleasure.

“All I want is for you to say it, whisper it like a river of fine silk, let me hear its succulent melody and I will let you go.”

Garn looked away and closed his eyes. This…monster had killed his mother and so many others, why would he think Garn would so easily give him that power.

“Because you love her.”

Garn looked over and saw Luna, the one woman, creature he couldn’t stand to lose.

“Garnet, don’t tell him.” Luna pleaded before having her mouth sealed shut with a rubber ball.

Chaos laughed and looked at her, disappearing in acloud of smoke and reappearing behind her, trailing a clawed finger across the side of her face.

“I do so love a good ball, amongst other fine activities. Think of it Garnet. You could be with her for an eternity, an eternity of pure bliss, and all you have to do is tell me the phrase.”

Garn looked desperately at Luna as she continued to shake her head.

“fine.” he whispered.

Chaos grinned widely and brought his ear to Garn’s lips.

“Tell me boy, and you shall be free.”

Garn took a deep breath and swallowed the lump in his throat, gazing longingly into Luna’s eyes.

“I’m sorry.”

He glared at chaos as he looked greedily at the young human, for too long he waited, and now chaos would have his revenge.

“I’ll tell you Chaos.”

“Please do.”

“The phrase is…”

Luna shook her head furiously and struggled against everything with all her power, praying he wouldn’t give in.

“Go fuck yourself. Pinkie NOW!” Garn yelled, breaking free of the restraints with a whispered word.

“What!?” Chaos yelled, swiping at Garn as he looked above him, seeing a crack of light pierce the dark veil.

A song, pure and strong, echoed across the space as Pinkie, Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash landed beside Garn, all wearing clothing that matched their true roles.

Twilight, wearing a purple and silver hooded robe, wrapped her hands around an unseen force, cast a streak of neon violet light at Chaos, who dodged it with in-human speed.

“Clever boy, lowering my defenses with the promise of power, you could have been my own son.”

“Shut UP! Rashul Strom!”  Garn yelled, sending a blast of wind at the dark god. The blast knocked him back, and his claws dug into the ground as his tie came undone.

“Twilight!” applejack called, wearing a leather tunic with padded armor covering the outside. Twilight whispered a spell and a violet light enveloped he hammer, and she struck the ground casting a shockwave at the vulnerable Chaos He grunted as the force tossed him in the air.

“Now for a Rainbow Smack down!” Dash cheered, grabbing Chaos and flying high, turning sharply to spiral with increasing speed back towards the ground. She released and pulled up, sending the body of Chaos Shooting into the ground with a loud boom.

Garn ran to Luna, whispering her release and holding her tight, casting the ball to the side.

“Very good, I didn’t know you trained them so well.” Chaos coughed, standing to his feet as he whipped his neck around with a grotesque crack.

“I didn’t train them, we all helped each other.”

Chaos laughed and rotated his arm, looking to the elements and then back to Garn.

“Well that’s a shame. I’ll feel even better when I make each of them realize true fear.”

He lowered his arms and took a deep breath, dark tendrils of energy seeping from his mouth as he smiled wickedly.

“Nustra Unferu!” His voice called like the deepest grave.

Everyone screamed and fell to their knee’s, including Luna as she grabbed at her ears and cried softly.

Garn shot Chaos a glare as they circled each other, god against god. Good versus evil. Order versus Chaos.

“I’m surprised, that phrase even worked on your dear mother, and might I say she let me have quite a bit of FUN before she let loose her last breath.”

“Don’t speak of her that way.” Garn warned, feeling a familiar fusion of rage and need to protect flaming within him.

“And what if I had my way with her? I never got the chance to when she was an Alicorn.”

“Fler Vas Ragta!” Garn roared, his voice filled with power.

Chaos eyes widened as a cyclone of flame erupted from Garn’s mouth, engulfing him in the searing flames, all of Garn’s anger, his hope, his sorrow and his love washed over him in the attack. Chaos fell to his knees as his skin crackled and his suit melted away, parts of stagnant burning fabric still clinging to flesh.

“That’s it… no more games.”

“Indeed Chaos, there shall be no more.” Celestia called as she materialized in a flash of light next to Garn, wrapped in a silk raiment and her spear in hand.

Garn looked to her and smiled, she was back to normal. With a nod of her head she poised her spear at the burned body of chaos, but his eyes were unaffected, glaring with a growing rage at the two before him.

“Celestia, I need you and the elements to hold him, I need to finish this.”

Celestia nodded and whistled, the sound rising like a note on the wind. The other elements stirred from their nightmares, and rushed to her and Garn’s side, Fluttershy descended with Rarity in tow, both standing with the group.

“This is it Chaos, I’m going to do what the Alicorns should have done to begin with. There is no punishment great enough for what you did, and now you will pay with your life.” Garn stated, stepping forward as a long javelin of ice formed in his extended hand.

The burned god glared at him as he remained kneeling, and then stood with flakes of charred flesh falling from his body.

“Get up, I want you standing when I kill you.”

Chaos choked back a laugh and swayed to the side.

“I am one with Miasma, do you really think you can kill me.”

Garn looked to the others, and saw Luna standing next to her sister.

“Twilight, I need you to deafen everyone here except Chaos, can you do that?”

Twilight gasped at his unfeeling gaze but quickly nodded her head, focusing her magic to deafen the others.

“Celestia, hold Luna back.”

Luna struggled as Celestia held her, and backed away as the other elements surrounded Chaos and Garn. Garn looked one last time at Luna before the elements surrounded them in a rainbow glow.

“you wanted the words to end the world, but there really are no words to end a world, but here are words to end a life.” Garn remained stoic in his stance, readying the ice javelin at Chaos’ heart.

“and they will be the last words you hear…”

He closed his eyes and sighed, opening them with newfound resolve.

“And the last I‘ll speak.”

With a yell he plunged the javelin through chaos, who let loose a cry of pain and rage. The elements focused their energy on chaos, binding him as Garn leaned in to whisper into his ear.

“Solu Desver”

The light erupted out of Chaos’ eyes, ears, and mouth, a light that shattered the dark realm they were trapped in. Garn felt the words drain his strength as it was Chaos, and a tear fell down his cheek as Chaos gave him one final glare before falling backwards, his body erupting into ash as it fell to the ground.

“We…we did it!” Dash was the first to cheer.

The cheering was cut short as Garn smiled weakly, and fell forward into the arms of Luna.

“Garnet!”

He looked up and smiled, feeling the pull as his soul began to leave his body.

“Wait… I have a few things to say.”

The group gathered around him, all faces frightened and sad.

“I hate monologue, but for this, I’ll make an exception.” he stated as he looked to all of them, his friends.

“Fluttershy?”

She came over with wide teary eyes and nodded

“I’m gonna lay it on you straight, Rainbow dash is REALLY into you. Don’t go and hurt her feelings.”

Fluttershy turned bright red and looked at Dash, who was looking the other way.

“Rainbow?”

Dash looked at her and smiled, nodding her head slowly.

“Twilight, you are a very powerful mage, the best I’ve ever seen, but you have to forsake study and duty and find yourself someone that will make you happy.”

Twilight nodded and smiled weakly, she was terrible at lying.

“Rarity, you need to not have such high standards, period.”

Rarity looked horrified, but then looked away with a guilty expression on her face.

“Applejack, you need to act more like a lady than a man.”

Applejack shook her head and then grabbed his hand in hers.

“You got it partner.”

He looked at Pinkie Pie, whose hair was now straight and her face pale with sadness.

“Pinkie, I want a party when you get back to Equestria.”

Pinkie perked her head up with a curious look.

“A… A party?”

Garn chuckled and nodded.

“Yep, I want balloons and pie, lots of games and good music. And I want you to make me red cupcakes."

Pinkie smiled as her hair went back to curly like cotton candy, Garn still didn’t know how she did that.

“Celestia, you need to get laid. Get a royal guard, lock yourself in your chamber, and go hay wire.”

Celestia blushed and nodded her head. He finally looked to Luna and saw her smiling at him, but tears were running down her face. He reached up and brushed her cheek, pausing as he gazed into those deep blue eyes.

“I love you Luna, and I’m sorry I never got to… you know.” He smiled at her, wishing he could be with her one last time.

“You’ll be buried with all the honors royalty deserves.” Celestia solemnly said.

“I want a grave for my mother too.”

Luna cried louder and held him tight.

“Please don’t leave.”

Garn laughed and then grunted as the last of his strength began to fade.

“Not before I get you home.”

He whispered a familiar song his mother sang to him, one of home, of longing, of friendship and love. The light around all of them was warm, and as he closed his eyes he captured the last image he could of Luna, the one he loved.

Guess this is it.

Its so bright.

But… shouldn’t I be gone?

Not yet my child…