My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Starlight, Starbright

Chapter 30

Namesake

In the aftermath of the attack, Sweet Song ran right towards the crater left in the side of the mountain. “he can’t be dead. He can’t be dead.” She repeated, hoping Chaos Gun isn’t dead.

Just a few minutes ago, a pack of Timberwolves, the same pack that attacked Starlight when she was a filly, attacked the village, with 9 of them forming into a larger wolf and the leader of the pack separated Starlight from the group by sending the two of them falling to the snow below. While the group fought the giant wolf, Starlight and the timely arrival of Bass fought off the pack leader. In the end, Starlight used her power over time to send the large one back in time and made the pack leader separate into 9 smaller wolves.

And just as they were about to take a breath of fresh air, a monster made out of smoke and fire appeared out of thin air, revealing him to be Chaos’ master. He brutally injured Chaos and fired a beam at him, hence the crater. Before that however, he revealed that the mare Chaos was in love with was Sweet Song.

It was her all along and she was stupid not to piece it together. “Chaos… please don’t be dead…” she pleaded. On the way, she closed her eyes and prayed. “…Faust… if you do exist- please, don’t let Chaos be dead.”

Sweet Song arrived at the crater site to see nothing but smoldering ruins and flaming rocks. If Chaos survived, it was a miracle. “Why didn’t he say it was me he was in love with?” she said to herself. “why did he have to be so secretive?” her friends called out to her but she didn’t stop running.

She arrived at the site and quickly looked around, hoping for some trace that he’s alive. “Sweet Song! Hold up!” Woona exclaimed. She and Marian caught up to her and panted. The others were having a hard time catching up due to all the fighting.

“where is he?” Sweet Song said with a heavy heart.

“Sweet Song… calm down.” Marian panted.

“but he’s…” groaning came from their left. They looked and saw a dark hoof sticking out of the rubble. Sweet instinctively ran over to it, Marian and Woona following not far behind.

“Chaos! Chaos, you okay?” Sweet Song asked, hoping for him to be okay. Nothing but groaning came.

“we should probably get this rubble off of him.” Marian said. She and Woona powered up their magic, enveloping the rocks in ‘em. They moved the rubble off the wounded pony.

Sure enough, it was Chaos Gun, but burned in several places. His crystal that he had around his neck was gone, turning into slivers that were scattered across the area. “Chaos! Chaos, you okay?” Sweet desperately asked.

He groaned and opened his heavy eyes. His head feels like it’s splitting in two. He slowly looked up to see Sweet Song looking at him with a steadily increasing smile. “Sweet Song…?” he muttered.

Happiness swelled inside the mare and she hugged him. “Oh, thank goodness you’re okay!” she said with happy tears.

Marian and Woona weren‘t exactly thrilled about that, not after what happened the last few times with him. “yeah…”

“Woopy.”

“Thanks for showing some compassion.” Sweet angrily said. She turned her attention back to him. “You okay?”

“Y-yeah. I think so.” Chaos replied with a groan.

“well, thank goodness you’re okay, Chaos Gun.”

The stallion raised a eyebrow in confusion. “Chaos Gun? Who’s Chaos Gun?”

It was Sweet’s turn to raise a eyebrow in confusion. Something was wrong with this picture. “that’s… your name. and you saved us.”

“I did? From what?”

Marian and Woona looked at each other. Something was very wrong here. Very very wrong.

“OW! Watch it!” Chaos Gun snapped. He had a few broken bones on top of his burns so the groups resident healer, Screw Loose was busy bandaging.

“Sorry. Geez.” she said, rolling her eyes.

While she was busy with that, everyone else was busy talking about Chaos outside the hut. Something was clearly off when they found him.

“He knows who we are, but… he doesn’t know his own name?” Bass asked, trying to make sure that’s where they’re getting at.

“doesn’t know his name, doesn’t know his past… he basically doesn’t remember anything about himself.” Glade said.

“So… he has amnesia?” Cotton asked.

“Selective Amnesia.”

“he can get that?”

“it’s a rare form of amnesia but it happens.”

“but he remembers us.” Starlight interrupted. “He remembers our names, our pasts, how we got here… he just doesn’t remember how he almost killed us, right?”

“right.”

Sweet Song sighed. Better selective amnesia then entire amnesia. Hopefully she can get some answers, especially why he loves her. “OW!” Chaos yelled from inside. “that’s it. You’re done!” he walked though the flaps of the hut and limped away. “You are the worst healer I’ve ever met.”

Screw Loose sighed. “I never said I was the best.”

Pumpkin fell back onto her back. “man, what a day. First that Timberwolf, then that smoke monster, then Erys getting those pa--”

Oh, geez! They forgot all about her. “ERYS!” they all yelled. They forgot she was in unbridled pain.

The group, minus Chaos Gun and Sweet Song, quickly ran to the tent where Erys and Pound were. One of Erys’ episodes flared and made her ‘crippled’ enough not to help them fight. Pound stayed out to take care of her. Hopefully, they survived the Timberwolf attacked.

As Pumpkin reached to open the flaps, she stopped when they all heard a voice come from within, belonging to neither Erys or Pound.

“Geez! Don’t you guys have any good food? If I want to go on a fast, I’ll head to the Badlands.”

They never heard that voice before. Well, Glade and Pumpkin did did but it was so, so long ago. they never thought they’d hear it again. “is that…” out of curiosity, Glade and Pumpkin went though the flaps first. His friends followed not far behind. When they entered, they saw something they didn’t expect to see. at all. In a million years.

“Eris!?” Glade and Pumpkin exclaimed.

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The playful Draconequus baby lifted her head up from the fridge, a popsicle stick sticking out of her mouth. She pulled it out and looked in admiration. “Whoa, Baby! Glade, you grew up good.”

Glade’s and Pumpkins’ mouth fell out of surprise. Last time they saw her, they themselves were babies and she had gone cuckoo thanks to Discord.

“Eris? That’s you, right, and not a product of our combined imagination?” Pumpkin asked.

“Nope. Really me.” she said in a hyper tone. She certainly wasn’t acting like the same Eris they knew. This one was more hyper. But… was it her? One way to find out. “when was I born?” Glade asked. His friends barely know that.

“You were born on December 22nd, 3 days after the end of the Winter War, in a hospital where, at the same time, Fluttershy and Mirror’s Edge were hooking up and Momma Dash was trying to adopt me and Scootaloo.”

That’s… right on the money. “Yep. That’s her.”

The rest of the group, having not met or even heard of Eris before, scratched their heads in confusion. “Un… did we miss something?” Screw Loose asked.

“oh, right.” Glade cleared is throat. “everyone, meet Eris, a baby Draconequus adopted by Rainbow Dash back when me, Pound, and Pumpkin were still babies. Eris, these are--”

“I know who they are.” the Draconequus interrupted. “Starlight, Bass, Marian…”

“Wait? You know who we are?” Windancer asked.

“of course I do.” she used her powers over chaos to teleport herself onto a table. “I didn’t spend all my time inside that mare for nothing.”

“inside that mare?” the group, minus the obvious trio, said in unison. What did she mean by inside that mare. Wait? Wasn’t Eris a part of a Alicorn friend of theirs? The ’reincarnation’ of here when she came to the future? “Erys!” they exclaimed.

“bingo.”

Erys the Alicorn was laying slanted on the table, her eyes spinning like they’re in a cartoon. “Pound, is she okay?” Sym asked the stallion, who was holding his head underneath a piece of paper.

“she should be.” he groaned.

“how did she get Eris out of her?”

Pound lifted up the paper and locked at the stunned mare. “You don’t want to know.” he lowered it. “it wasn’t pretty.”

Different thoughts entered each of their minds, some concluding that Eris reappeared in a flash like Discord usually does, while others had more… disturbing thoughts. Starlight and Glade thought that she just… appeared. Which one is true? I don’t know.

“wait, what did you mean by ‘inside that mare’?” Bass asked.

“Everything she saw, I saw. Everything she felt, I felt; every stomach ache, every heart-warming moment from a movie, every time her hooves sweat and heart beats a mile a second whenever she’s around Pound.”

“but… when Dash had to make the choice, Discord said that only one can exist.”

“Yeah. Which was true. Until I figured out a way for me to exist as well. Got some help, too. This nice mare with red hair helped me figure out how to do it. Never got her name, though.”

Mare with red hair? now she’s just making stuff up. “Right. Whatever.”

Eris used her magic to summon up chocolate shakes for everyone, even the out-of-it Erys. “I haven’t had these in forever. Well, I did, but not down my own gullet.”

Everyone said thank you and grabbed their drinks. Some of them never tried chocolate shakes themselves so this was gonna be new. Heck, Eris being there was new. For most of them.

Eris Shine flew over the crowd and over to the Draconequus. “So… you’re the person mom named after me?” she said, looking her over. “huh.”

“yep. Name’s Eris so don’t wear it out.” she playfully said, putting two fingers to her own forehead. “And I take it you’re Eris Shine.”

“yeah.”

“Geez, 3 Eris’. this is gonna get complicated fast.” Soarin’ said with a whine. Everyone seemed to agree with him. Remembering the story, Soarin’ regretted asking this. “So… how did you feel, when Mom chose the Alicorn Erys and not you?”

The Draconequus looked away with inquisitive eyes. She was still sad that she made the choice, but… “I know mom made the right choice, giving Celestia her Erys back, but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t heartbroken at the time. Plus, I’m back now so everything worked out. Would’ve worked the other way around as well.” she took a sip of her drink though the straw for a couple seconds. “I think…”

“…well, that’s good to know…” a still shaken Erys said.

“Are we gonna have to start numbering the Eris’ in our group?” Cotton asked Peppy. The farmers daughter shrugged, not sure what they were gonna do with this.

Marian chuckled at the faces Eris was doing. She got herself a brain freeze. “She reminds me of Goldie.”

Hearing that name made Starlight stop in mid-drink and lower it. “Goldie…” she had forgotten about her in this whole mess. Only a miracle could save her. A miracle… like what had just appeared in front of them. “say Eris…,” all 3 of them looked at her. “the Draconequus. think you can help me with something?”

“Like what?”

End Song.

Chaos Gun and Sweet Song, knowing he wouldn’t run fast enough to catch them, stayed behind.

“Least you don’t hurt when you bandage.” Chaos commented, watching her bandaging his burns.

“well… It takes a knack. Which I apparently seem to know.” Sweet Song’s eyes wandered away and she thought to herself. “So… Chaos… do you remember… anything about you?”

“Not a thing, although I think my name is Chaos Gun due to everyone saying it to me. Is it?”

“it is but… is that it? Nothing?”

Chaos Gun thought long and hard on that. There was really, truly nothing. “Well… maybe there is one thing…”

“what?”

Chaos glanced over to her. “well… I’m not sure why, but… I feel a strong feeling towards you.” no argument there. He did just tell her he loved her, or had it blurted out by that fire and smoke monster. “why is that?”

Sweet Song didn’t want to mention this to anyone because it might seem weird, but… ever since she was kidnapped, she felt a strong attachment to Chaos. One could argue it was Stockholm’s syndrome but… there was something about him. Maybe it was his looks or the fact he saved her multiple times or for some reason she couldn’t figure out. Before, she would’ve said no in a instant because of her crush for Soarin’. now, due to him and Peppy being in a relationship…

“Well, I think it’s because of this…” Sweet Song leaned in and kissed him. He went wide-eyed out of shock but he didn’t fight it. Something felt right about this, it felt… perfect. Like something was missing and it was now filled. She broke the kiss and sweetly looked at the stunned stallion.

“Un…” he shook his head, trying to clear it up. “were we…”

“Yep.”

For some reason, it felt right, like it was meant to be. And besides, this sexy-looking mare is his girlfriend? Score! He leaned in and kissed her this time. She kissed back, ignoring the world around them. Except for one small sound.

“OOH!” the two of them quickly broke the kiss and saw Peppy and Soarin’ looking at them both. “Sweet Song and Chaos Gun, sitting in a tree…”

“Really? We’re doing that now?” Sweet Song droned.

“Sorry. It was just too perfect.” Peppy chuckled.

“So I take it we’re… good?” Soarin’ asked, knowing that he and Peppy practically broke her heart.

Sweet Song knows they‘re talking about the kiss she interrupted back at that cabin. “Yeah. We’re good.” she said with a smile.

“So, what’s going on?” Chaos asked.

“we think we found a way to save Goldie.” Peppy said.

Goldie’s breathing worsened as she borderline on hyperventilating. Her fur color darkened and her mane turned a dark blue. Seems their assumptions were right; a sliver of Nightmare Moon is slowly corrupting her.

“Goldie…” Starlight said, almost bursting into tears. Seeing her sister like this is just… she didn’t want to see anymore.

“Think you can do it?” Glade asked the Draconequus.

Eris hopped up on a stool near the ailing filly. “Well… I’m not sure. I was able to cure Momma Dash of a incurable disease but this… this is Nightmare Moon we’re talking about.”

“But can you do it?” a desperate Starlight asked. She didn’t want her to die or convert into Nightmare Moon.

The Draconequus scratched her neck. “I’m not making any promises. But I’m gonna try.” that’s all Starlight wants. Anything’s better then Nightmare, or rather, Nightmare Goldie. Marian, wanting Nightmare Moon gone as well, placed her Alicorn Amulet beside Goldie.

Eris closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and concentrated all her power onto Goldie and the Amulet, focusing on the demon that resided within them both.

Goldie stirred in her sleep, lightly groaning in pain. At the same time, the amulet vibrated. “Come on, Goldie…” Starlight said out of concern. Both mare and amulet began to lightly glow. Something was happening, but was it good or bad?

Goldie whined in pain and the amulet lightly hopped into the air. “Ah…. Ah…” sweat beaded down Goldie’s head as whatever Eris was doing began to happen.

Trickles of light spread throughout Goldie’s body and focused in on her heart, which glowed the brightest. Same was happening to the amulet; trickles of light focused on the center of the accessory.

“AH. AH! AH!!” whatever pain Goldie was feeling was increasing in intensity, which wasn’t very good. “AH! AH! AH!”

“Come on, Goldie…” Starlight said. “You can do this.”

The light, along with the pain, increased in intensity. The light’s turned dark blue and slowly rose out of both subjects.

“AAAAHHHH!!!!” unbridled pain engulfed the filly, letting loose a ear-shattering scream most didn’t expect from a filly her age. “AAAAAHHHH!!!”

“Goldie!” Starlight exclaimed. She never imagined she’d be in this much pain. She was hoping for no pain at all.

The light’s rose out completely out of both Goldie and the Amulet and merged into one. Goldie stopped screaming and fell unconscious.

“GRAH!” the orbs formed into Nightmare Moon, forcing everyone to scream. Eris snapped her fingers and sealed Nightmare inside a impenetrable bubble. “Wha… what is this?” she asked.

“nothing. Except a prison.” a smug Eris said, crossing her legs.

“GRR! Damn girl!”

“damn girl…” she snapped her fingers and the bubble shrank. “… that has you in her clutches. And quite frankly, we’re all bored of you.” she tossed the bubble into the air. “ta-ta.” she snapped her fingers. The bubble, and Nightmare Moon, scattered and evaporated.

Everyone was surprised and confused to see that. “What did you do to her?” Sym asked.

“finally took Nightmare Moon out of existence. She won’t be bothering anyone ever again.”

That was a relief. Marian and Woona in particular. They heard their mother’s tell horrid stories about Nightmare Moon and how she tormented them. Good thing that she be destroyed completely.

Goldie stirred in pain. She struggled and opened her eyes. Starlight smiled wide with a gasp and happy tears in her eyes. “Ugh… un… Starlight. What’s wrong? What happened?”

Starlight’s smile widened. She’s well. She’s well and alive and not corrupted. “Oh, GOLDIE!” She jumped on and hugged her sister with all the strength she had. “Oh, thank goodness! You’re okay! You’re okay!” she kissed her sister multiple times on the cheek and tightened her hug, not wanting to let go.

“Ow ow ow ow ow! Starlight!”

The Alicorn remembered that Goldie had broken bones. She quickly let her go. “Sorry, but I’m just…” she wiped her tears of happiness away. “I’m just so happy you‘re all right.…”

“Why? What happened?” she looked up to see her friends looking at her, feeling as happy as Star. “and why’s Chaos Gun here?” she looked to her right and noticed Eris. “And who’s the serpent?”

Glade chuckled. “It’s a… long story. But it is good to have you back.”

“now we can finally set out for the north and find your father, Starlight. Unless we run into anymore trouble.” Bass said. Cotton and Woona exclaimed then face-palmed. He had to jinx them.

“Ahem!” everyone looked to the entrance to see one of the villagers standing in the doorway. “You’re not going anywhere until you help us repair the damage done by your battle!”

Oh… right. The Timberwolf and that fire-monster thing. How could they have forgotten that? “ehehehe. Oops.”

Sombra, who had returned to the castle after he had ‘killed’ Chaos Gun, watched what had happened.

“Hmm… I didn’t expect him to survive. Guess those dragon genes are stronger then I thought. Aw well. He has amnesia so I guess that’ll count. And Eris, that Draconequus, I can honestly say I didn’t see her coming. Well, she doesn’t know anything about this. And that reconstruction effort on the whole village will take them time, time for my new toys to be complete.”

He used his magic to summon up the Staff of Jeria. “soon, Starlight… soon, we will fulfill our destinies.”

Author's Notes:

yes. Goldie's better, Chaos is alive, Nightmare Moon is now officially gone for good, and Eris is back. ah, this is a good chapter.