My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Starlight, Starbright

Chapter 28

Much ado about Chaos Gun

After a long, hard day for everyone, they all needed to work the stress off anyway they can. For Starlight, that came in the form of Bass. With her life basically falling apart, Starlight needed cheering up. Bass provided that in the form of a kiss.

Bass and Starlight kissed under the dusk sun, something that was a long time coming. Starlight squirmed and broke the kiss.

“What’s wrong?” Bass asked.

Starlight stayed silent for a moment but stayed in his embrace. “Um… are we sure this is a good idea?”

“what, the kiss?”

“y-yeah. My sister is on death’s door and my friends are injured… I’m not sure me finding happiness right now is such a good idea.”

“what are you saying?”

“I’m saying that- and don’t take this the wrong way -but… I think we should wait until this whole mess is sorted out.”

Bass thought about it for a moment. He closed his eyes and sighed. “Okay. We’ll wait.”

Starlight leaned in to kiss him, realized what she was doing and stopped halfway, and instead hugged him. “Thanks, Bass.” she broke the hug and sighed. “So… what now?”

That is a good question. “want to check in on Goldie?”

Starlight looked away from somber eyes. She really doesn’t want too, but she is very worried for her. After a moment of silence, she reluctantly nodded. “yeah. Okay.”

From the comfort of his throne room, Sombra watched in anger as Starlight kissed Bass. “NO! that’s not supposed to happen!” he sat back and rested his head on his hoof. “This just got more complicated. I’m gonna have to think of something for this setback.” he glanced back up to his screens.

In anger, he shut them off and got up from his throne. “and with Chaos Gun abandoning me to be with that whore Sweet Song, my plans are in jeopardy. If he tells them where he came from and who his master is, I’m screwed.”

He grabbed the Staff of Jeria from a display case and looked it over. “If only you could manipulate time, I wouldn’t need Starlight.” he tapped the end on the ground. “I need some way to…” a thought entered his twisted and evil little mind. “wait. That’s right. I got the blood of the humans in cold storage.” he tapped the tip of his face with the staff. “hmm… If I put them on the burner now, they can be sent to take Chaos Gun out.”

Further thinking made him see a snag in his plan. “Agh, but it takes at least a week for the body to form. And that’s all I need at this point. I need a way to distract Starlight and her group long enough. Goldie isn’t going to be out of the fight forever.” he had something that could work, but it was too early. “*exasperated sigh* guess they’re going out early.” he tapped the staff on the floor a couple times.

10 rings of dark fire came up from the ground and extended a few feet into the air. He turned to them to talk. “you’re to head to the Leopard village and keep Starlight and her friends distracted long enough for me to do my work. And seeing you again might make Starlight get more powerful, which may work for me as well. Do you understand?”

A paw made out of wood fell to the floor, followed by a understanding growl.

Filigree entered the hut where Goldie was currently suffering. They don’t know what’s wrong with her; the local shaman ain’t saying much. All they know is that her breathing is heavy and labored.

“Cous… what’s wrong with you?”

Season’s Edge walked in behind her and saw Filigree sitting near her cousin. “how is she?” the pony/changeling hybrid asked.

“Still bad. The shaman isn’t telling us what’s wrong with her, so I’m… I’m fearing the worse.”

Season lightly snickered. “I think the worse is supposed to be my job.”

Filigree rolled her eyes. “you’re not exactly helping me, Mr. Emo.” Season shrugged and chuckled. Filigree ignored him and returned her attention to Goldie. “Faust… why did this happen?” she sighed. “this could’ve been my sister. This could be Fire Ruby lying here, suffering.”

“Filigree… you don’t know that.”

“but it was a possibility. My own little sister would’ve ended up the same way. And I would feel… I would feel as bad as Star…”

Season placed a hoof on her shoulder, comforting her. “it’s okay, Filigree. Fire Ruby’s okay and I’m sure Goldie will be okay as well.”

“you’re sure?”

“never had a feeling steer me wrong before.” That’s true. Season’s feelings, whether good or bad, have never been wrong. He’s got a sixth sense and it’s annoying. “but… I’m not sure what I’d do if I saw Golden Day like this.”

Right. Filigree forgot the two of them were brother and sister. She always forgot that because she doesn’t look like a Changeling at all. One can only imagine what they’re coming brother or sister will look like. And he is highly protective about her. If he saw Golden Day like this, he’d probably blow a fuse.

“I’m sure you’d do fine, Season. Despite how you act, you’ve always been the most solid person I know. Not to mention charming.”

“Charming? Me?” he asked in confusion. No way he’s charming.

“yeah. You got sensitive eyes, a wonderful smile, a gentle voice. some girls like that. Myself included.”

“really?” without any knowledge to both of them, they grabbed each other’s hooves. “you know, I always found dragons to be a bit… erotic.”

“Dragons? Erotic?”

“everyone has some sort of weird fetish; hoove, wing, anal…” Anal? “…I know a few who find pregnancy a turn on…” now that’s freaky, Filigree thought. “me, it’s dragons.” Filigree doesn’t know whether to be grossed our or freaked out.

The door to the hut opened and Starlight and Bass walked in. they were surprised to see those two inside, holding hooves. “are we interrupting something?” Bass asked.

“huh?” the two of them looked down, saw what they were doing, and quickly let go. “how’d that happen?” they both asked.

“how’s Goldie?” Starlight asked as she walked over.

“still the same. The shaman isn’t letting us know what’s going on with her so what is anyone’s guess.”

Starlight sighed in fear. Goldie was always tough, so to see her like this… and she’s a filly. No filly should be in this kind of situation. “Goldie… get well soon. For me?” she pleaded.

Bass and Filigree exchanged somber glances. Sucks to be Starlight right now.

“Okay. Now that we’ve all calmed down a bit…” Glade said, taking his spot at the head of the table. “… let’s take about you, Chaos Gun.”

He and his friends gathered in the tent to talk about what to do about Chaos Gun, the rouge. He saved them from Nightmare Marian but that doesn’t mean he’s trustworthy. He tried to kill them and kidnap Starlight on more then one occasion and he kidnapped Sweet Song.

The guards watched him like a hawk, making sure he doesn’t do anything fishy.

“What is there to talk about?” Chaos Gun smugly asked, sitting back like he owned the place.

“I think we can think of a few dozen items.” Screw Loose angrily said.

Glade gave her a slight look. It didn’t mean much but she took it to mean keep quiet. “you tried to kill us, tried to kidnap Starlight, and did kidnap Sweet Song.”

“and yet, you forgot about me saving you from Volvagia and Nightmare Moon.”

“Volvagia?” Sym asked.

“the Wrym, genius. Try to keep up.” Sym wanted to clobber that guy’s head in, and it shows on his face.

“but why did you kidnap Sweet Song?” Woona asked.

Both Chaos and Sweet kept silent. He didn’t want to explain the whole ‘he’s in love with one of them’ situation. He wasn’t sure he’d understand. Sweet wasn’t sure how to word it.

It did remind him of something else, though. He used his magic to pull a item out of thin air. “This is yours, isn’t it?” he asked, tossing the Alicorn Amulet onto the table.

Marian’s reaction to the reappearance of the accused amulet was reasonable. “Get that thing the hell away from me!!!” Darkness hissed out of the amulet, worrying everyone. Chaos snuffed their fears by encasing the amulet in a barrier bubble. “I thought you destroyed that thing!!!”

“impossible. I tried and it sent me flying a few hundred feet away. Before I met back with you all, I hid it away.”

“Why!?” Marian asked with a snarl.

“figured it was a family heirloom and you’d want it back.”

“I don’t want it back! Get! Rid! Of! It!”

Chaos Gun sighed. Seems she’s a stubborn gal. “You heard her, creep. Get rid of it!” Windancer said, as angry as Marian.

“now how could I go about doing that? It can’t be destroyed, in case you forgot. Plus, even if I hid it, someone sooner or later will find it, and the same thing happens all over again, and probably worse then what happened now. You want that on your conscious, knowing you destroyed some unknown future?”

Marian kept silent. Knowing that would make her feel bad. But she doesn’t want that amulet; not now, not ever. Chaos sensed her predicament. “listen, what if I told you that I know how to get Nightmare Moon out of the amulet?”

That would be… actually good news. Her mother gave her that. She doesn’t want her to feel bad. “You can do that?”

“me? No. but my master can.”

“your master?” Bass asked. “The one trying to kidnap Starlight?”

“I just do what I’m told, nobody.”

“Nobody!?”

Golden Day pulled him down. “shut it before he decides to attack us again.” she said though her teeth.

“ANYWAY…” Glade said, taking over again. “he can really get Nightmare Moon out of that amulet?”

“he should be able to.” he sensed that Starlight isn’t taking into this conversation. “and… he might be able to help a certain wounded filly.”

Star’s ears perked up. He better not be lying. “really? He can help Goldie?”

“better then these backward leopards. They don’t even know what’s wrong with her.”

Starlight got out of her chair. “what’s wrong with her? Tell me!”

“wow. Testy.”

“Chaos Gun…” Erys said with a mean tenor.

“Right, right. Sorry.” Chaos Gun sat back and pus his hind legs on the table and put his forelegs behind his head. “well, she’s got broken bones; obvious since she fell from a high height and she’s having trouble breathing due to both her lungs collapsing and her organs have pretty much shut down. To top it off, her wings are broken beyond repair; with the blood flow cut off.” Starlight whimpered at her suffering sister. “but that’s not the worst of it.”

“it’s not?” Pound asked. “What’s worse then having the inside of your body turning into a jigsaw puzzle?”

Chaos gave him a sneer. “does anyone happen to remember what Nightmare Moon originally was?” everyone stayed silent. Damn, they must’ve heard the story a million times, where Trixie accidentally turned everypony in Equestria human and they had to go to one of Nightmare Moon’s fortress’ to find a reversal spell. “apparently not. See, Nightmare Moon was originally a virus created by Discord to corrupt Luna, which it did after 100 years.”

Starlight’s eyes went wide in horror as she finished it. “and… a part of her was in a amulet. And she attacked Goldie directly, which means…”

“which means a part of the part of Nightmare Moon is coursing though your sister’s veins, slowly but surely turning the once innocent Goldie into a powerful new threat to the world.”

Starlight shook her head, not wanting to believe that. “no. no, that’s not true! Why should we believe you!?”

“cause in all the times we’ve known each other, both good and bad, have you known me to lie?” Starlight shut up, not wanting to argue anymore and wanting to help her sister. “see?” he used his magic to pull a glass of water over to him. “but fortunately, since her body is such a mess, Goldie is as useful as a fish on land. Only way to save her is to get her to my master.”

Starlight didn’t want to admit it to her friends but he has a point. Her sister is suffering and this is the best plan they have. She glanced back to her Cutie Mark. It’s not like she hadn’t considered using her powers over time to travel back and stop her from getting attacked, but she could screw up so much. There’s a whole lot of dangers when one travels though time and she doesn’t want to risk it. “let’s go.”

“Really?” Chaos Gun said in a mix of confusion and bewilderment.

Bass quickly looked between them, surprised by what he heard. “Starlight, are you sure? This is Chaos Gun we’re talking about. You know, the stallion who tried to kill us and kidnap you.”

“it’s better then standing around and doing nothing! In case you didn’t notice, Bass, my sister is dying! And I’m not going to lose her. Not again.”

Again? This happened before?

Glade held his head and sighed heavily. He cared a lot for Goldie too but working with Chaos Gun is a bit much. “how do we know you won’t try anything if we agree?”

“you don’t.” he truthfully said. He and Glade stared each other down, each trying to see if the other is bluffing. Neither weren’t.

“but, getting back to the subject at hand, why did you kidnap Sweet Song?” Soarin’ asked.

They weren’t going to let up, are they? Chaos Gun sighed. May as well tell them now. “I kidnapped her to tell me… about love.”

“love?” they all murmured.

“yes. My master created me and designed me to have no feelings. Imagine his and my surprise when I fell in love. I needed someone who knew it firsthand, both the good and the bad, so…”

“…you kidnapped Sweet Song?” Peppy finished.

Chaos shrugged. “yeah. And… to top it off, I’m in love with S…” he almost said Sweet Song but stopped. “with a Mare in this group.”

“WHAT!?!” they all yelled. Bass, Soarin’, and Glade got defensive for their girlfriends.

Should’ve have said that, he said under his breath. “and just to clarify, it ain’t Starlight, it ain’t Peppy, and it ain’t Screw Loose.” well, those 3 felt relieved by that, but the other mares felt a bit… weird. A villain in love with one of them? That’s a bit… much.

Without warning, Erys fell out of her chair, yelling at the top of her lungs, holding her head in pain. “Erys!” her friends yelled out. Pound got out of his seat and went to help her.

“What’s wrong with her?” Chaos Gun asked. Sweet Song explained it to him as rationally and as simply as possible. She still has trouble trying to believe it herself. “really? A Draconequus inside her?”

“it’s hard to believe, I know, but the stories our parents told us all match what Erys told us, and she was there.” Sweet Song said. “although…” she looked to her friend, who was still screaming in agony. “the last one wasn’t as painful.”

Erys’ body began to pulse with light as she spasmed in pain. “Make… it… stop!”

A earthquake hit, sending everyone falling to the ground. A loud roar followed, causing Fire Ruby to hold her ears.

“Oh, that is never good.” Pumpkin said.

Author's Notes:

geez, don't they ever rest?