To my complete surprise, the Palace of the Two Sisters looked as if it had been unaffected by whatever Eris had been doing. I saw emergency camps being erected around the palace, but my mission wasn't there. It was down in the cave near the Palace where the Tree of Harmony resided.

I floated down towards the raging river that had carved out the canyon separating Everfree from the palace. The farther down I flew, the warmer my heart felt. It was like all of my worries and cares were being put into order, or rather, perspective. And it was leading me towards one of the larger caves.

As I approached said cave, I saw that the inside was surrounded by complete darkness, water dripping from the stalactites above. The water from the river roared as it flowed over the sharp rocks below. I shivered as I saw a couple of Pony skulls on the banks of the river along with a few other bones. I held up my hand and a glowing orb of magic illuminated the way, much like the orbs of light used in Skyrim.

Which, it turned out, wasn't necessary.

The moment I stepped into the cave itself, the walls lit up. The entrance to the cave was just a taste as to the true size of the interior. The bright blue light came from what I could only describe as runic writing. Two large lines of text ran on either side of the cave at waist level to me, and every ten or so feet down the pathway on each side were large ceiling to floor circles of etched lines and runes written within three or four sections of each circle. As I passed between them, they would brighten, then dim. All in all, I counted six runic circles before the walls fell away.

The walls that fell away brightened into the shape of a dome that reached up beyond anything I could ever have imagined. The light illuminated the surrounding ground like a full moon, and I saw, to my surprise, grass growing everywhere. There was a small stream in the center of the room which formed a circle around a vast and tall crystal tree.

The tree I saw didn't even match the one from the show that I'd seen. It was made of pure gleaming white crystal and had dozens of different branches coming out of its trunk. Hanging from many of the branches, I saw long strands of glowing plant life, making the tree look like some massive weeping willow.

I walked across a small stone bridge that led towards the base of the tree. As I did so, I saw carvings etched into the crystalline structure of the tree. I recognized two immediately as Celestia and Luna's cutie marks. I flew up gently, looking around the tree, my body passing through the branches.

I found there were six major branches coming out of the tree at the exact halfway point, each glowing a slightly different color than the rest of the tree itself. Right on the trunk above each of said branches was a large carving of six very familiar cutie marks.

"Quite a sight, is it not?" a familiar voice said from behind me. I turned and saw the smiling form of the manifestation of the Tree of Harmony hovering just beyond the branch I was at. She had taken on the form of the Anthro version of Zecora once more, but this Zecora was different than before. She had a pair of Alicorn wings and a horn coming from her forehead. Not only that, but this new version of her was completely naked.

"You could say that," I said, more shocked by the strange new additions to this form of Zecora than her being in her birthday fur.

"Welcome to my home," she replied, spreading her arms and wings wide in welcome. "I am pleased to see you once more, although I wish it was under better circumstances."

I nodded. "I know, me too," I said. "Miss…I need help. Eris has the Elements. Do you know where they are?"

'Zecora' closed her eyes and her wings folded around her, covering her body. The horn on her forehead began glowing a pale silvery sheen and I could hear the sound of magic being cast. I waited for a full minute before the horn stopped glowing. She opened her shimmering eyes and shook her head. "I am afraid their location is clouded from my sight. But I sense a greater threat to this country-nay, this world-than the loss of the elements. And an irreparable change on the horizon that could spell certain woe for you depending on your actions." She turned to me completely, hovering up to me. "Jethro Bethridge, you were correct in that the Sirens have returned, but not in the way you think. The actions of this malevolent chaotic entity named Eris are capable of tearing the entire world apart if it is allowed to spread beyond the towns it has already infested."

I swallowed. "What…what can I do? Without the Elements, there's no hope of putting a stop to Eris. Not that it would do any good. I don't even know how to find her."

'Zecora' smiled, putting her hand on my cheek. "Do not despair, Jethro. The night is always darkest just before the dawn. You will find her as long as you clear your mind. Your anger and hatred for her interferes with your abilities of farsight." Leaning in, she planted a chaste kiss on my forehead. "True Harmony will prevail."

"I'm scared," I admitted. "I don't know what I can really do when I find her. And you're right. I'm so angry at her. I hate her and everything she is. She corrupted Sunset Shimmer. She's corrupting the world. Ponies have died because of her!"

"My young human," she said softly, "You will be able to find her. A clear mind will create a clear path." She reached up and touched my forehead with her finger, then she began to slowly disappear. "There, a helping hand…"

"No, wait!" But before the words left my mouth, 'Zecora' was gone.

And with her absence came a clarity of mind I hadn't felt before. I floated down to the floor, landed at the base of the tree and sat against it, allowing the full clarity to wash over me. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, smiling at the warmth and sense of well-being I was feeling from that brief brush with True Harmony.

Exhaling that breath, I extended my senses. There were many thousands of pathways that True Harmony flowed through. The roots of the trees, the flowing of the upper atmospheric winds, the ethereal singing of the magical energy that permeated every inch of the planet itself.

For one brief but eternal instant, I touched every part of the planet itself. And from that, I felt a moment's connection with Mother Equestria. And one moment after that, I felt something else as the connection to Mother Equestria was lost. A ping of some dark mass of energy nearby.

Too near.

I opened my eyes only to find myself staring into two glowing red-yellow eyes. "So…you have the power, too," Eris chuckled. "And yet, you have not the practice to use it. Such a shame."

I moved away from her, surprised further to find myself standing on a strange gray rocky surface. I wasn't in the cave anymore. "Eris," I growled.

She laughed. "Yes, that is my name. Don't wear it out. Whoa there!"

I wasted no time in trying my best to use my Morphean abilities on her. Imagining two balls of plasma in my hands, I extended my arms and blasted her point blank with them. The hot blue plasma surrounded her, making the Chaos Goddess burst into flames, but the flames quickly died out, leaving Eris standing there, completely naked. She put her hands on her now completely exposed hips and huffed. "This was a new dress, I'll have you know," she complained as she snapped and the dress came back to her.

I didn't let her catch any more breaks. I held out my hand once more and bolts of lightning blasted out from each of my fingers, catching Eris in the chest and sending her flying. As she flew away, I saw the Elements of Harmony all circling around her in the air…no, it wasn't air. I took a breath, then exhaled. Something was wrong.

I looked up…and gaped at the green-blue planet hovering in the sky before me. Half of the planet was illuminated by sunlight, while the other half was enshrouded in darkness, no lights visible. "What the fuck…?"

Eris laughed loudly as she flew back towards me. "Welcome to the moon, baby."

I whirled back on her, grateful for the fact that I was in this astral form which didn't need any kind of air to function. The Elements still circled here, but as I took a closer look, I noticed that the Element of Magic was hovering directly over Eris' head.

I looked around, then saw a nearby boulder. Lifting it up with my new powers, I threw it at her. The moment it touched her, the boulder exploded into bubbles which immediately froze and fell to the moon's surface. I jumped up, moving away from her as I hurled another small star at her. She only seemed to get closer, batting the star away and making it explode on the surface, creating a massive crater.

When she reached me, she grabbed me by the collar, pulled me close, and sneered. "So much power at your ethereal fingertips, and still such a beginner." She slammed her hand into my chest and I hit the lunar surface hard. I couldn't hear anything, but it felt like the moon had shattered. I recovered as quickly as I could and flew away, looking down to see a large set of cracks in the surface where my body imprint was, each crack spreading outward from the impact.

The two of us floated above the surface, circling each other. I knew Eris was toying with me, so I decided to change tactics a bit with her then, to try and throw her off. I smirked. "I suppose me demanding you give back the Elements to their rightful owners will get me a big 'Fuck no, fuck off and fuck you', won't it?"

She pointed at me, and chuckled. "Hah! Now there's a sense of humor. Where'd you pick that up from, my friend?"

"Oh, we aren't friends, Eris," I snarked. "And after the deaths and heartache you've caused, I don't even believe we can be friends. Ever."

Her smile only spread, as did her wings. "Oh, don't try to butter me up, stud," she cooed. "It was marvelous, though. One nudge. That's all I needed. One small sample of these, and three cities fall." She held out three crystals, all blood red, all cracked, and all leaking a very familiar green mist. She closed her hands, slipping the crystals into her clothes. "I'll never forget the look of utter despair on their faces when Sunset smashed them over the head. They never even saw it coming. They thought themselves invulnerable to any human attack."

"Sunset murdered them!?" I gasped in shock.

"Oh, Elysium, no! No no," she chuckled. "Couldn't risk having Sunset arrested, after all."

"So, you were controlling her," I hissed angrily.

"It's not my fault a part of my essence slipped inside that young filly after her last argument with little Tia," she smirked. "Her anger and inner chaos was…so sweet. Her desire to hurt little Tia was even sweeter. Didn't match my own desires, but it was certainly a bonus."

"Her desire to hurt Celestia?" I repeated. "What, is that what this is about? Is your plan to hurt Celestia by hurting her Ponies?"

Eris laughed louder this time, causing a large shockwave of dust to spread out from her and all across the surface of the moon. "Oh, come now, Jethro Bethridge. Do I really look like a woman with any kind of plan?" She stuck her tongue out, licking her lips in a manner that immediately reminded me of Heath Ledger's Joker.

"So…shits and giggles? Really? That's pretty weak sauce," I replied, glowering at her.

"Did you think I'd actually tell you what the end goal is, even if I had one?" Eris sneered. "I'm not some Saturday morning cartoon villainess. Besides, you won't be in Equestria for much longer to see my so-called master plan. Or is it mistress plan in my case?" She was immediately in front of me, and before I could say or do anything, her claw was in my forehead. Since I was in my astral form, it didn't hurt, but I did find myself unable to move. "Now, I believe there's an old human saying that befits this situation. 'The truth will set you free'. Isn't that right?"

"Your point?"

"Now, why should I tell you the point?" she chuckled, and immediately she was in front of me. She grabbed my head and snapped. The world around us warped, fizzled, and even glitched. The moon vanished, and we were immediately in the center of Ponyville. She grabbed me by my hair and held me against her body, her other claw wrapped around my neck. "If there is a point, that is," she whispered into my ear with a sultry whisper that made me want to hurl.

Seemingly sensing my utter disgust, she threw back her head and laughed, catching the attention of many fighting Ponies in town, all of whom turned to the two of us. "Aah, my adoring public," she said louder. "Surely you all recognize the human before you? The so-called hero who stopped a war even before it happened? Defeated a baby Ursa without the loss of any lives? Hah! Perhaps you'd like to know the truth about him."

There was a distant shattering, then a black dot shot up into the sky from the direction of the library. A blur of rainbow followed the black dot. As the black dot continued moving around, I felt myself growing increasingly sick. With a sickening realization, I struggled harder in Eris' grip, but in vain. "Let my body go!" I demanded.

"Very poor choice of words, there," she cackled, biting my ear. "Are you sure you want me to do that? Remember what happened last time you fell from such a height."

I balled my hands up into fists, trying to use my powers, but they were useless. I could feel the flow of energy, but it couldn't be released. I struggled more, trying to elbow this callous bitch in the stomach. However, her grip on me was way too strong. "You should seriously just die already!" I screamed in complete and utter rage.

"There it is! There's the human chaos I love!" She laughed. "Oh, Jethro, Jethro, Jethro, how much fun we are going to have today."

"Let him go!" a random mare shouted from the gathering crowd.

"Don't you lay another claw on him!" A random stallion added, and with that the clamoring began. Mares, stallions, even a few of the younger crowd began demanding that Eris release me.

"Awww, isn't that sweet?" Eris giggled in a sickeningly sweet manner. "They defend you, even when they don't know just what you've been keeping from them." In the distance I saw the black shape grow larger and form into the shape of a human form, which was being followed closely by the rainbow blur.

When the rainbow blur materialized into Rainbow Dash, she stopped and stared at me in shock, then fear. "Jethro!" She shouted in horror before she turned her attention to Eris. "Let go of him, you bitch!" She snarled angrily.

"My, such language," Eris giggled. "Back in my day, such language was frowned upon as uncouth and uncivilized; the sign of a lack of intelligence."

My unconscious body floated even closer to my astral form. I struggled against Eris' grip, but in vain as my physical body and astral body merged…

I gasped as I woke, losing all sense of control and falling to the ground. Still disoriented, I had no time to escape the vice-like grip of Eris' claws around both my neck and head once again. Instantly I was on my feet, being held aloft as she began to lift off the ground. "Not so heroic now, are you?" she growled huskily in my ear, once more giving it a seductive lick.

"Let him go, Eris," I heard Twilight demand from below.

"Jethro!" Zecora's panicked shout came from below. I angled my head down as best I could, only to feel my heart shatter as I saw a completely petrified Zecora standing at the front of the crowd. The other Mane Six were there, along with Sweetie Drops. The terror on Zecora's face quickly turned to anger. "Let my stallion go, you skank!" she demanded.

"What are you, characters in some Saturday morning cartoon?" Eris laughed. "You really think some half-assed demands from the peanut gallery is gonna change my mind?"

"Jethro! Are you okay?" Fluttershy called out with a trembling shout.

"He's quite safe in my claws for the moment, little Pegasus," Eris grinned at the crowd. "In fact, he is quite safer than you seven are about to be."

She ran the claw that was on my head down my back in a perverted display of affection before slamming it against the back of my head. "Don't hurt him, ya varmint!" Applejack shouted, a mixture of fear and anger in her own voice.

"Oh, I won't hurt him," Eris growled as she gripped my head tighter than before. "You all will do that yourselves!"

"We'd never hurt him! He's our friend!" Sweetie Drops shouted.

"And do friends keep world changing secrets?" Eris chuckled. "Do they keep certain…knowledge to themselves?"

I saw Twilight's eyes go wide with alarm, then Fluttershy got the same look. Slowly, the Mane Six's faces morphed into horrified realization. I must have been too angry to think straight, because I was the last one to figure out what she was planning, and I felt myself growing cold. "You wouldn't dare…"

"Jethro, Jethro, Jethro, like I said, the truth will set you free," Eris chuckled. To my disgust, she leaned in and planted a deep passionate kiss on my lips. I tried to push her away, but she was too powerful for me. When she broke away, I saw a look of complete murderous rage on Zecora's face, but not just hers. The Mane Six looked equally as angry. "Mmm…I see why the Zebra likes you. Very soft lips."

Suddenly, the sky above began to morph and glitch. A large section of the sky turned black, becoming a massive void among the clear blue sky. Out of nowhere, Eris produced a TV remote and aimed it at the sky. She put an arm around me, and the two of us were immediately seated on a love seat. She leaned against my shoulder and looked up at the sky. "Let's see what's on the local six o'clock news, shall we babe?"

The moment she touched one button on the remote, two things happened at once. A large glowing red dome went up around me and her, the apex of said dome sparkling with black electricity, and the massive black rectangle in the sky lit up. Sounds of news intro music blended with a large globe with the Equestrian continents forming on the screen. The sound came from everywhere, and every Pony was watching in confusion. A male voice, reminding me immediately of John De Lancie, spoke. "Welcome to the six o'clock Equestrian News. With your host, Eris Madeofoxygen."

Had this been any other situation, I might have laughed my ass off at the play on words. As she was planning something that would effectively end in my ostracization among the Ponies, I was more focused on attempting once more to escape. I tried to move, but I was now completely paralyzed. I could do little more than watch the screen in the sky as another version of Eris appeared, sitting at a news desk. She wore a gray business suit and her hair was tied up in a bun. "Stop this!" I demanded.

"Shh, we're getting to the news, dear," she cooed in my ear. "Relax…and enjoy the ride."

"Good evening, everyone. I'm Eris Goodtobreathe," the Eris on the screen began. "And this is the six o'clock news. Our top stories tonight: riots in the cities of Canterlot, Ponyville and Cloudsdale continue to take their toll on the Ponies in the cities. So far, a total of twenty-six deaths have been reported due to this outbreak." She said this all with a smile, one of those smiles that seemed to radiate the fact that she was reporting on some cute cat video.

"Celestia's flowing mane…twenty-six…" Sweetie Drops gasped.

I could hear something impacting the shield. I looked down as best as I could, and saw Zecora frantically bucking at the shield in a vain attempt to get to me. Eris grabbed my head and moved it back up. "We're not done yet, stud." She put her claw on my leg and caressed it lustily. "I should tell you, everyone in the world is seeing this no matter where they are," she whispered sensually.

I could only watch on in horror as the smiling news anchorwoman Eris continued smiling, continuing to deliver devastating news. "Local doctors are baffled as to the unusually violent actions of the so-called harmonious race of Ponies. Some believe it to be some form of new viral infection, while others claim it to be the work of the sexy and powerful Eris, Goddess of Chaos. We've also received unconfirmed reports of more chaotic riots in other countries. The number of injuries and deaths has yet to be determined. We here at Equestrian News will keep you updated. And now, onto the story of the hour, and for that, I'll turn it over to my co-anchor Eris Afluid. Eris?"

The screen cut to another Eris, but this one wearing a crimson version of the business suit the first Eris was wearing. "Thank you, Eris, and might I compliment you on a lovely ensemble you have on this evening?"

The screen cut back to the first Eris. "Why, thank you, Eris! Same to you! A woman after my own heart."

Once more, it cut back to the second Eris, who was laughing good naturedly. "Ahaha. Well, it would seem as if Equestria has a new species inhabiting it. This species, known as a human, is a highly evolved bipedal descendent of great apes from another world known as Earth. There is only one human living among the citizens of Equestria currently."

The screen shifted to show a picture of me standing in Ponyville town square, talking to Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack and Pinkie Pie. I immediately recognized the scene. It showed the moments just before Spike showed up and told of Rarity's kidnapping by the Lycan rebels. "Here we see him standing next to five of the six Bearers of Harmony. A lovely sight, wouldn't you agree, folks? His actions stopped a war between the Kingdom of Equestria and the Lycan Empire before it even could occur, and was instrumental in stopping an Ursa Minor rampaging through a small town called Ponyville. But…" and here Eris' voice turned decidedly darker, "This so-called hero has been lying to you."

My heart sank as the My Little Pony logo appeared on the screen. Once more I struggled to escape, but whatever power Eris was using was holding me in place and preventing me from even using the magic I knew. "It would appear that, on Earth, there is a form of entertainment known as television, which is like a miniature theater. One of the longer running forms of entertainment is children's cartoons. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, is a show following the adventures of six mares living in the town of Ponyville."

I wanted to scream. I wanted to curse Eris out. I wanted to reach for the pistol still in my pocket and empty the clip into Eris. All of that I wasn't able to do due to Eris' overwhelming power. "No…not this!" I screamed.

"In short, everyone, this human, this supposed Hero of Equestria, knew things about this world. Because in his own world, Equestria was a fantasy for the entertainment of little children," Eris sneered. "He kept this a secret, but he wasn't the only one who knew."

"NO! NOT THEM!" I shouted in horror, but I was too late.

On the screen, images appeared. Images of the Mane Six, the three princesses, Zecora, Scarlet, even Spike were all displayed. "You see this, Equestria!? You have been deceived by those sworn to protect and help the Ponies! Watch!"

The screen went black, then the screen faded in to a brown book. On the book was embedded a golden unicorn with aquamarine blue eyes. Music began to play as the book opened, focusing on the words Once Upon A Time. The scenes from different episodes began to blur as I could only sit and watch my life falling apart, and not just my life, but the lives of everyone I'd told about the show. Various clips from the show were shown, in no particular order.

"It needs to be about…twenty percent cooler."

"Oatmeal? Are you crazy?!"

"So now that you know the elements of a good cheer, let's hear one!"

"YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE ME!"

"Of all the things that could have happened, this is the WORST! POSSIBLE! THING!"

"You three look like you're doing great too! Looks like three good friends who obviously don't need the help of aNoThEr GoOd FrIeNd!"

"Foreeeveeeer!"

"In fact, if I were you, I wouldn't show up to the wedding at all."

"Fine, I'm guilty! I wear false eyelashes. Oh, and I took a bite of the cake."

"This is me being brave. I wanna be brave at home, locked in my closet, with my teddy bear."

"Are you sure you want Fluttershy to come along? I mean, that Pony is afraid of her own shadow! She's just gonna slow us down!"

"I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle, and this is my home, Equestria. A land filled with magic, music, and most importantly, friendship! Life is perfect. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?"

The screen went back to the crimson clad Eris. With that same cheery news anchor smile, she continued. "But that's not all our research discovered," she continued. "There's a concept among humanity known as fanfiction."

"Don't you fucking dare, Eris," I snarled. "They don't need to-"

I was silenced immediately, her hard lips crashing into mine once again. After what felt like the longest eternity, but was most likely only about ten seconds of her sickeningly disgusting tongue invading my mouth, she released me, giving me lidded eyes. "Hush, you wonderfully, sexy, chaotic stud," she grinned. "The news is on."

I struggled hard against my invisible restraints as the Eris on the screen continued. "Humans have a great many different means of entertainment, and many fans of these forms of entertainment love to write stories set within these fictional worlds. And My Little Pony is no exception. Here are some examples of the fanfictions and other means of entertainment that fans of our wonderful world have made, folks."

The screen changed. It showed Canterlot Palace throne, with a serious Celestia sitting on the throne. Looking down at the Mane Six, she stood and spread her wings. "My faithful student," she began, "how comes the Ponification potion?"

"I've just finished it, Princess," she replied.

A small smile played over Celestia's lips. "You've done well, Twilight. Soon, we will be able to welcome the humans in, convert them into Ponies and strip them of all their evil."

Various scenes from The Conversion Bureau universe played on the screen, forced conversions of humans with plenty of sickening detail, human weaponry at work tearing through Ponies and Newfoals, then the final conversion of the last human.

The screen shifted, showing instead a clip of the video Smile HD. I heard Pinkie Pie gasp in horror as the version of her on the screen brutally murdered her friends with a demented smile on her face. I once more struggled against Eris' control, but to no avail.

Again, the screen changed, and we watched in mute horror as the Rainbow Factory version of Rainbow Dash laughed maniacally, draining the color from fillies and colts, adding it to the bucket of rainbow colors. From the crowd, I heard many Ponies, including Rainbow Dash, lose their lunches.

Once more, the scene shifted to show various scenes of a human being beaten, abused, and eventually driven to suicide in the story Ending, showing in gruesome detail the final hanging scene.

Twilight's Dollhouse came up next, showing the story version's decent into madness and her eventual destruction. I heard Twilight beyond the shield sobbing loudly.

The studio reappeared on the screen, and it was now dark save for a dim red light that illuminated the almost demonic looking Draconnequus. "Look upon the hero now, ladies and gentlebeings," she snarled, and a live feed video showed up. I recognized myself, and yet, I didn't. I was just sitting there, with the original Eris (if that was even her) sitting next to me and snuggling against me with her foul sickening body.

Beside me, Eris turned to the invisible camera. "And did I forget to mention how disharmonious humans are in general?" she grinned. "On their world, they are the only species capable of intelligent thought. They have waged brutal wars and created weapons of mass destruction that can annihilate entire cities in seconds. They are slowly destroying their planet. And the best part? Normal humans don't have wings or magic! But this one is no normal human, are you Jethro Bethridge?"

Leaning in, she gave my face a very sloppy lick. I felt nauseous as she did so, but my returning paralysis kept me from releasing the contents of my stomach. She laughed in a disgustingly melodious manner. "You see, Equestria, this human was granted not only wings, but magical power! He could easily take your pathetic little world for himself! Who's to say that isn't what he's planning, hmmm? You've seen how his kind have corrupted your precious world in their minds! Now that he's here, who's to say he can't make all of those stories a reality!?"

Zecora's cries of anguish became heartbreaking and I heard bones snapping. Using what little strength I had left, I managed to turn my head towards where Zecora was. She was continuing to buck at the shield, but one leg was turned completely the wrong way. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were trying to pull her away, but Zecora's eyes were wide with terror as she struggled to break free from the two Ponies.

Taking my head in her claw again, she lifted me to face the crowd. "Look upon your savior now, Equestria!" Eris shouted triumphantly as she finally threw me towards the crowd. The shield vanished, and I hit the cobblestone road hard. I could taste blood in my mouth almost immediately, but I also had full control of my body back. "Not only is he a liar, but he is the man responsible for the riots! Had he not come to where I was, I would still be encased in stone, and twenty-six-no wait, twenty-seven Ponies now-they'd still be alive! Not to mention the other riots throughout your neighboring kingdoms!"

I was immediately surrounded by the Mane Six, along with Scarlet, Sweetie Drops and Zecora, the latter of whom threw her forelegs around me tightly, sobbing hard. I grunted as I slowly sat up. Eris was flapping her wings behind her, slowly rising above the crowd. She pointed an accusatory finger at me. "I may be the Goddess of Chaos, but that human there is much more dangerous. His kind are malicious, insatiable, and completely destructive. He'll make off with your young ones. He'll come after them in the night! He's nothing more than a wild beast!"

Something inside me snapped then. The complete terror on the faces of my marefriend and all the friends I had made here, the shocked and horrified faces of the Ponyvillians, it was all too much. I barely registered the massive amount of green mist that surrounded me as I stood slowly, reaching into my pocket for the pistol, slowly disengaging the safety. Eris turned to me, raising an eyebrow in mild amusement as she grinned. "What is it, you chaotic, sexy, dangerous monster? Finally going to show the whole world your true colors?"

I slowly walked up to her, hand resting on the pistol. She floated down, landing a few feet from me. The Elements of Harmony still circled her, with the Element of Magic continuing to hover mere inches from her forehead as if it was being repelled. "What, are you going to make some brave speech about how the power of friendship will stop the inevitable?"

Seething, I released the safety. "No. Not the power of friendship. Just the power of this gun I found!" Whipping the pistol out, I quickly aimed it at her and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Eris' eyes widened as a hole formed in her chest. Blood pooled around the hole, staining her dress. The Elements of Harmony fell to the ground, clanging audibly. Without giving her time to react, I unloaded the rest of the clip into her. Seven shots went to chest, two went for her arms, two her feet, and two to her wings. With each shot, she stumbled back, the look of shock only growing in intensity as with each bullet that tore through the immortal chaos goddess, my hatred of her only increasing.

My world turned red as I finally ran out of bullets. I rushed at her, slamming her face with the butt of the pistol. She stumbled back, and I was about to bring the now worthless piece of metal up for a finishing blow before I was hit in the stomach by a gray blur, sending me sprawling. "NOW GIRLS!" Scarlet shouted. "ERIS! TASTE THE PAINBOW!"

Winded and taken completely off guard, I sat up and saw that the Elements of Harmony had been recovered by their true owners. My head started to clear a bit and, my anger temporarily forgotten, I watched in stunned silence as the gems began to glow their respective colors. From each gem, a bright beam of light launched into the air, curving downward about ten feet into the air and aiming towards a stunned Eris.

The shock on her face became a grin suddenly, and I knew she had something planned. I tried to shout, but it was too late. The world seemed to slow as she held out her bloodied claw towards me. The claw warped, and the warping shot towards me. I tried to dodge it, but whatever she'd shot at me was like some kind of seeking missile. Something passed through me, and I was thrown onto my back just as the Elements hit the fallen Draconnequus. "Enjoy!" she shouted triumphantly. Her laughter quickly died away as she was, once more, turned into stone.

And just like that, silence filled the streets of Ponyville. If my head hadn't been clear already, all traces of whatever I'd been infected with by Eris were gone. Gone also was the rage and hatred, replaced only by shame, anguish, regret, and self-loathing.

"Jethro!" Zecora's voice sounded miles away as she limped up to me as best she could. The sounds of concerned mares surrounding me slowly faded away as I stared at the now stone statue of Eris, perpetually frozen in a presumably victorious smile, aiming her hand at me.

Even when my view of her was blocked by Pinkie Pie, all I could do was stare. I was shaken by the others, and I still stared. When I was helped to my feet by none other than Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, my eyes never left Eris' statue. The last thing I saw before beginning to pass out was Eris.

Lying there. Watching. Waiting…

And I had a sickening feeling, before passing out, that it wasn't over…

Writing this chapter was hard for me for a couple of reasons. Looking up MLP Creepypastas was especially difficult.

Another announcement: I'm planning on trying to set a schedule for upload times. I think every Sunday and Wednesday I'll upload a chapter for a while, at least until I've written a few more chapters ahead.