The King of Chaos
Chapter 2:
The Magic of Music
I followed the zebra to a small hut that had strange masks around it along with some strange plants. The zebra opened the door and beckoned me to follow her in. She sat at a table in a kitchen are of the hut. I put down my bag and sat down across from her.
"My name is Zecora. I'm but a humble zebra" she said to me.
"My name is BlackSword" I replied instantly.
I had no idea where I came up with the name, but it seemed to be a nice name that fits my personality.
"So, my Alicorn friend, what brings you to my end?"
"Well, I actually don't know how I got here or where I am. Could you please tell me?" I ask her with a slightly confused tone.
"Well, we are in the EverFree Forest, near a small town called Ponyville that is, at the moment, at rest."
"Thank you for telling me that. Do you know somepony that may be able to help me?" I ask in a polite voice.
"Hmm…Maybe the Princess of Magic, Twilight Sparkle can help. That is, if she wants to meet the only known male Alicorn."
"So you don't always rhyme!" I exclaimed
"True, it is fun to rhyme, but sometimes it is hard to find enough time." She says with a chuckle.
I smiled and said, "There she goes again"
We both sat there laughing for a moment. Her laugh was like jingling bells. It sounded very merry.
While we where heading towards town I decided to test out my wings. I flapped them several times and almost immediately found myself level with the top of a tree! Flying is incredibly easy! I glided back downward to make sure I was still following Zecora. I flew beside her for a while then I saw an end to the trees and I flew slightly ahead to see PonyVille.
It's a cozy little town with a lot of houses and a few shops. I saw several vender stalls but there weren't any ponies or merchandise to be seen.
I turn back to Zecora and say "Where is everypony?"
"Well my friend, it is only about 6 a.m."
I facehoofed at my stupidity. I continued to follow Zecora and eventually we stopped at a large tree has a sign that says 'library'. Zecora knocked on the door and we patiently waited. After about ten seconds the door was opened by a small purple dragon with green spines on its back. I guess I wasn't too surprised there are dragons here along with talking zebras and stuff.
Zecora said, "Hello Spike. Is Twilight here? I have news she will want to hear."
"Sure I'll go get her." He went upstairs with a half-glazed look so I don't think he saw me properly when I came in behind Zecora.
After a minute I heard somepony coming down the stairs. I stood off in the shadows behind Zecora just to be safe. The pony that came down the stairs really amazed me. She was a purple Alicorn that has a dark purple mane and tail that had pink stripe through it. I assumed this is Twilight because she is wearing a small tiara that signifies that she is some sort of royalty.
The Princess of Magic huh? She looks kind of cute too. Whoa. Control yourself. You have been here less than an hour and you already like mares? I tell myself as I stand in the shadows staring at Twilight. Twilight spoke rather quickly for a pony that had just gotten up.
"What's the matter Zecora? Is there another hydra in the forest? Is there some ponies that got caught in some poison joke?"
"No Twilight. It is not any kind of emergency; it is because of a pony that I found out in the forest that I am here." Zecora said as she stepped to the side and I stepped forward into the light.
Twilight's mouth gaped wide when she saw me. Apparently I am extremely interesting for a pony to do that. She shook her head and stuck out a hoof.
"My name is Twilight Sparkle. What is your name?" she asked.
I took her hoof and said; "My name is BlackSword miss Sparkle" I said and kissed her hoof and she blushed slightly at my gesture.
"Nice to meet you BlackSword. Please, call me Twilight."
"Whatever you wish, Twilight. But please call me Fiery. It's what my friends call me because of my appearance and temper when I get mad" I say with a grin.
Then Zecora said "I don't remember meeting such a gentle-colt out in the forest" with a smirk on her face.
Both Twilight and I blushed at this. After that Zecora left with a smirk and a couple backwards glances.
"So, Zecora said you might be able to help me."
"That depends", Twilight said, "What do you need?"
"At the moment just a place to stay and a way to earn some money would be grand."
Twilight smiled. At least he isn't some sort of snobbish prince like Blueblood is, she thought to herself.
"Come on Fiery, I'll show you PonyVille before everypony wakes up and starts staring at us with awkward looks that imply we're dating or something" she said without much thought.
BlackSword blushed slightly again then grabbed his bag and followed Twilight outside.
"Are you any good at hard labor?" Twilight asked me.
"Umm…not really, but I could try" I replied.
"Hmm, how about baking treats?" she asked
"I am better than good at baking treats. I am a pro baker where I am from." I reply.
"Where exactly are you from?" Twilight asked me.
'Shit' I thought.
"Well where I am from is a very far and distant land. My country has one of the finest militaries in the world. Some of the largest cities in my country have a population of more than ten million ponies. You would be crazy to even attempt to attack it. Several other countries across seas found that out the hard way" I said thinking about battles from the Revolutionary War all the way up to 9/11 and how Seal Team 6 had assassinated Osama bin Laden for controlling Al Qaeda during the time period. Twilight was now looking at me like some sort of monster.
"What's the matter?' I ask her.
"Well I remembered that earlier you said you obtained your nickname because of your temper" she replied.
"That's nothing for you to worry about. As long as you're not a bully, a thief, or somepony who thinks they're better than everyone else, you're fine. Besides, judging by the fact that you live in a library, you're more likely to be the pony being bullied." I said to her.
She smiled at me like she knows something I don't.
"What's the smile about?" I ask her.
"Well, you happen to sound like my older brother and my close friends."
"Does that mean I'm your friend?" I asked her.
"As good as" she replied which made my heart skip a beat.
We continued to walk until a bright pink mare with a puffy pink mane ran up towards us before she could reach me, Twilight used her magic to grab the mare and bring her close. Twilight whispered something in her ear and the pink pony disappeared in a flash of pink.
"Who was that?" I asked cautiously.
"Pinkie Pie, crazy pony is an understatement but most of us are used to her by now." she said.
"You'll have to get used to her too if take a job at the bakery. She lives and works there."
I groaned and continue to follow Twilight. We had walked from one side of town to the other. I saw a little cottage in the distance but we didn't seem to be heading towards it. Instead we headed over towards a pond that had some benches near it I sat down on one. Twilight sat on the other end of the bench. She looked at me and I prepared myself for some complex question.
Instead she asked "What's in that bag? I haven't seen you put it down once."
To answer question I pull out the guitar, ipod, and phone. I began to explain the phone and ipod to her as a form of listening to music wherever you go.
She listened intently for a while than asked, "Can you play that guitar? I would love to hear some music from a foreign country."
"Sure. Give me a second." I replied.
I looked through the list of songs and finally picked one that I thought would be the best and I began to sing while I played my guitar.
"(When this began)
I had nothing to say
And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me
(I was confused)
And I let it all out to find
That I'm not the only person with these things in mind
(Inside of me)
But all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel
(Nothing to lose)
Just stuck/ hollow and alone
And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain till it's gone)
I wanna heal; I wanna feel like I'm close to something real
I wanna find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
And I've got nothing to say
I can't believe I didn't fall right down on my face
(I was confused)
Looking everywhere only to find
That it's not the way I had imagined it all in my mind
(So what am I)
What do I have but negativity
Cause I can't justify the way, everyone is looking at me
(Nothing to lose)
Nothing to gain/ hollow and alone
And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own
I will never know myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel anything else, until my wounds are healed
I will never be anything till I break away from me
I will break away, I'll find myself today
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong"
As I finished my song I realized that a small group of about ten-to-twelve ponies from the town had stopped what they were doing to get closer to the music. They clapped and cheered for me like I was a rock star. That's when I realized that I could be that and so much more now! I have a new life in a new world! I looked at Twilight and got an incredible idea.
"Did everypony like that?" I half yelled and was met with a lot of 'YEAHS!'.
"Then everypony follow me!"
On the walk through town I had noticed a stage off what looked like some sort of town hall. I got up on stage and saw that an even larger crowd had gathered and there were many ponies looking out windows to look at ME!
"EVERYPONY READY TO ROCK!" I yelled
Once again I was met with a loud 'YEAH' but this time it was WAY louder! I had decided what to play on the way here and it is the perfect song for a rising star:
'Show me how to lie,
You'r e getting better all the time
And turning all against the one is an art that's hard to teach
Another clever word sets off an unsuspecting herd
And as you step back in the line a mob jumps to their feet
Now dance, fucker, dance, man,
he never had a chance
And no one even knew,
it was really only you
And now you steal away
Take him out today
Nice work you did
You're gonna go far, kid
With a thousand lies and a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes,
hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away,
nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes,
see 'em running for their lives
Slowly outta line and drifting closer in your sights
So play it out I'm wide awake, it's a scene about me
There's something in your way and now someone is gonna pay
And if you can't get what you want,
well, it's all because of me
Now dance, fucker, dance, man,
I never had a chance
And no one even knew,
it was really only you
And now you'll lead the way
Show the light of day
Nice work you did
You're gonna go far, kid
Trust, deceived
With a thousand lies and a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes,
hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away, nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes,
see 'em running for their lives
Now dance, fucker, dance,
he never had a chance
And no one even knew,
it was really only you
So dance, fucker, dance,
I never had a chance
It was really only you
With a thousand lies and a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes,
hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away, nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes,
see 'em running for their lives
Clever alibis, Lord of the Flies Hit 'em right between the eyes,
hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away, nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes,
see 'em running for their lives!"
I finished the song to the loudest applause of all. It appeared that the whole town had shown up because of my music. Damn, either I'm just that good or they don't have good music here. I was so busy bowing and waving that I hadn't noticed Twilight come up behind me.
"Come on Mr. Music, I want you too meet my friends."
"I thought the whole town was already here" I chuckled.
She laughed a little to but then became serious.
"Did you know you were doing a voice amplification spell during your little concert?" she asked.
"Honestly, I was too absorbed in my music to notice" I replied.
"Well, come on. I think you should me Celestia and Luna too." She said.
"Who are they?" I asked her.
"The ruling Princesses of Equestria" she replied.
"Figures. Just when I was having some fun" I said under my breath so Twilight wouldn't hear.
