Welcome back everyone! I hope you're all excited for this next part! Since I hope it was worth the (hopefully very short) wait for it! No time to waste let us begin shall we?
At the front door to Maretime Manor in Seaward Shoals…
"Yeah actually you can help us!" Smirks the man casually slouching as he stands.
"Yeah yeah! We're looking for a place called ummmmmmmmm…" Says the child before stopping floating over to his friend and whispering something in his ear.
"We're looking for a place called 'Ponyville'. The problem is we're lost as hell and we have no idea where to go and we assume you and your sister can tell us where it is." Says the man.
"I know the way, yes but who are you two?" Asks Celestia looking up at them.
"Just call me Chaos, Happy Chaos" Says the man now known by Happy Chaos.
"And I'm The Child of the Stars!" Says the child now known as The Child of the Stars happily floating around specks of stardust drifting off of him.
Celestia can just tell these two are trouble she doesn't know how bad it'll be but damn does she know their trouble. And as she thinks to herself her younger sister Luna walks over and looks at them.
"Sister who are they?" Asks Luna, staring up at them as well.
"I'm Happy Chaos" Repeats Happy Chaos.
"I'm The Child of the Stars!" Repeats The Child of the Stars.
"They said they are lost and are looking for Ponyville" Says Celestia.
"What does thy hath to do in Ponyville?" Asks Luna even more suspicious of them than her sister.
Happy Chaos and The Child of the Stars think to themselves while looking for each other, to be honest neither of them expected these two to even ask that question they just thought they would get the directions and be on their way but this is what makes planning things fun at least Happy Chaos thinks so…
"We're here on vacation! We heard it was a nice place and we also heard there's a nice statue there and we wanna take a picture of it for our buddies back home!" States Happy Chaos not even trying to hide the fact he's lying as he speaks.
Celestia and Luna instantly realize what statue their talking about the statue containing Tirek, Cozy Glow, and Queen Chrysalis and can just imagine what this duo are going to do once they get their, the sisters look at each other and realize that their going to need to keep them away from Ponyville for as long as they can but they won't make it too obvious nor will they use force as they don't know just what these two are capable of nor how much damage they could actually do.
"Well then before we send you on your way why don't you two come on in we'd love to have a chat with you!" Says Celestia welcoming them inside and into the living room with her hoof, her sister mimicking her.
"Eh sure the good Dr can wait for his souvenirs a little longer!" Says Happy Chaos chuckling as he and The Child of the Stars walk inside and take a seat.
"Perhaps you two would like some tea?" Asks Celestia using magic to ready enough cups for them all.
"Fine by me but I don't think star boy will want any ain't his cup of tea" Chuckles Happy Chaos at his own joke.
"Where exactly hath thou come from? As I've never seen anyone like thee in my life" Asks Luna.
"We come from a galaxy far far away—no wait, wrong franchise we come from a different universe, you see our worlds got nothing in common really except maybe magic. Well at least mine got magic anyway star boy, your world have magic?" Explains Happy Chaos leaning back against a chair.
"Hmmmmmmmmmm nope I don't think it does!" Responds The Child of the Stars.
"A different universe? Like the world beyond the mirror?" Asks Celestia handing Happy Chaos a cup of tea using magic.
"Kinda yeah but more like one not accessible by means you guys have different universe as we weren't able to get here on our own" Explains Happy Chaos.
"Hm? If thou was unable to get to our home on thy own then how did thy get here?" Asks Luna, raising an eyebrow.
"The good Dr brought us here and told us to collect some souvenirs for him!" Says The Child of the Stars playfully floating around like gravity doesn't exist giggling every time something whether it be a wall or ceiling or other object in the room with them bounces them into another direction.
"Hmhm, who is this Dr you speak of? Is he a friend?" Asks Celestia.
"You could say that, yeah!" Cheerfully shouts The Child of the Stars floating past Luna while upside down and staring straight into her eyes with their sun eyes.
"Is thou made of stardust?" Asks Luna curious as to the child's origins.
"Uhuh! I'm not called The Child of the Stars for nothing! But I'm not just made of stardust! I got planets, meteors, comets, black holes, white holes, all the good stuff! I'm not just made of it where I'm from I created it!" Explains The Child of the Stars pointing to random spots on his body.
"May I ask how one can create a star?" Asks Celestia.
"Well other than the normal way which can be kinda fun I use these!" Exclaims The Child of the Stars showing off a handful of colorful beads in his right hand.
"Are these… beads?" Asks Luna confused as how beads could create something like the cosmos.
"Yup! I used them to create all the stars and planets and stuff! And I like giving them to people I really really really like!" Responds The Child of the Stars.
"I see then why did thou create them?" Asks Luna once more.
"Why? I dunno I wasn't really focused on what I was making. I just wanted to make stuff to play with and not be alone anymore! And when I was done everything looked so pretty! Then things started coming to life on one planet and other gods of other stuff started popping up! Now I have so many playmates!" Cheerfully explains The Child of the Stars letting the beads scatter everywhere making the room sparkle in endless amounts of color.
"A god?" Questions Luna getting more and more concerned about the power this literal child possesses.
"Uhuh! I'm the strongest and the oldest of the gods back home! So I can do anything I wanna!" Responds The Child of the Stars.
"What? Aren't you two goddesses? You both did used to raise the sun and moon and all that right?" Asks Happy Chaos.
"Gods? No-no! We were just princesses and one of our duties was raising the sun and the moon" Explains Celestia while sipping on her tea.
"Princess huh? I guess that's just how it works in this world" Remarks Happy Chaos shrugging to himself.
"Well retired ones anyway" Says Luna.
"Why retire? Being in charge is fun!" Giggles The Child of the Stars flying around in circles above them.
"Being a ruler isn't about 'fun' it's about responsibility" Says Celestia.
"Responsibility? Boring! I just wanna play and play and play with everyone!" Laughs The Child of the Stars.
"What about people who don't want to play with thee?" Asks Luna
"Then I'll make them! But who doesn't wanna play with me?" Wonders The Child of the Stars.
"Not everyone likes fun as much as you might you know" Says Celestia, attempting to impart a little wisdom from her long life to the child.
"Well then they're just boring and need to lighten up!" Responds The Child of the Stars.
"See? He's got it! When you're all-knowing or all-powerful, responsibility kinda stops mattering to most and all you wanna do is have fun!" Chuckles Happy Chaos at his friend's words.
Happy Chaos stands up, gives Celestia his now empty cup of tea and walks out the door with his friend following him.
"Well it was nice talkin' to ya! But we still got places to be! Mind telling us how to get to Ponyville now?" Asks Happy Chaos Smirking.
The two sisters, realizing that they can't stall these two any longer, use the second part of their plan.
"That way follow that path and it'll be right there" Says Luna lying her ass off while pointing with her hoof to the exact opposite direction of Ponyville.
"Thanks! Come on, let's go! Sola!" Cheers The Child of the Stars calling upon a comet which he sits on criss-cross style bobbing up and down playfully as he sits.
"Thanks ladies, do us a favor and send a letter to that Twilight pal of yours, would love to meet her before we leave!" Smirks Happy Chaos looking at them as he snaps his fingers poofing a strange form of transport that has six wheels, colored pink without any roof but enough seats to fit several ponies a method of transport the two sisters have never seen before from the ether and hopping in it.
Happy Chaos and The Child of the Stars wave as they peel off in the exact direction Luna told them to go.
"Sister—" Says Luna before being cut off.
"Already was panning on it" Responds Celestia the two going inside so she can go write her former student a letter warning them of this duo.
"Hey Happy?" Asks The Child of the Stars rapidly flying on Sola his favorite and first ever comet.
"Yeah StarBoy?" Asks Happy Chaos driving with one hand.
"Shouldn't we go the other way? Because weren't they lying?" Asks The Child of the Stars.
"Yeah but in a second gotta let 'em think that they successfully misdirected us!" Responds Happy Chaos.
"Oh ok!" Giggles The Child of the Stars.
Back in the human world with Messmer, Bedman, Sunset, Twilight, Sci-Twi, and Sonata…
Messmer has used his flame to burn some wood to give the trio of scientists the ability to study it without having to make him keep it in his hand. Safe to say they've made decent progress.
"Has thou found what thou was looking for?" Asks Messmer sitting next to a sleeping Sonata.
"Well we've learned more than with those embers and butterflies that's for sure!" Says Sunset giving Messmer a thumbs up.
"This flame is clearly magic based and has strange sort of spirit properties to it, but that might just be from the Abyssal Serpent eating it…" Mumbles Twilight writing everything she can down.
"I doubt it, Messmer said the Abyssal Serpent eating it only gave it serpent qualities but then again he is from another world so serpents might be different there then here" Remarks Sci-Twi running tests on the smoldering flames.
Bedman meanwhile has the bedframe in its bed form as he brings Sonata into his dreams to speak with her. This should entertain him until they are done experimenting.
"Where am I? Am I dreaming?" Wonders Sonata confused, feeling a strange energy in this odd dream of sorts as she stands up and looks around.
Bedman promptly teleports into her line of sight spooking her a little making her backup in shock.
"Yes you are dreaming but you are not in your dream this is my dream the Nightmare Theater" Rapidly says Bedman.
"Wow you talk really fast! Why did you bring me here?" Asks Sonata.
"I have brought you here today to discuss your 'friends' which I hesitate to call that as they seem to hate you and why you have chosen to stay with them all these years despite this, as I find it truly strange even Messmer agrees as this choice was certainly not a good one in the slightest, I understand forgiveness but what you did for them goes much too far for that" Rapidly explains Bedman.
"Well I didn't know what else to do. I've been with them so long I just got used to them being the way they are their like the closest thing I have to family at this point" States Sonata looking back at all the time she's spent with the two other girls.
"It seems you care for them deeply however I've observed little of such treatment the other way around, all your actions are scorned by the two even the slightest mistake they don't seem to keen on letting past mistakes become lessons per-say nearly constantly reminding you of your mistakes then becoming upset when you mention theirs, ironic truly" Responds Bedman.
"I-I know it isn't healthy to give them this many chances but I can't help it! There all I've had these thousands of years, I don't think I'd h-h-have made it this long if I was on my own. I'm not as tactical as Adagio, or as strong as Aria" Stutters Sonata getting emotional.
Bedman teleports next to her and gently has his bedframe's hand rest on her shoulder, one of the few ways he can comfort her.
"I understand your gratitude for them however it is long past that time, you cannot rely on others forever or they will use you to your advantage you must go and learn to live without the need of others for support if they do not care for you now or are fine with showing it then you must leave them as they will never truly care for you, I put far too much trust in someone once and they left me to die while crushing my goals leaving my sister to fend for herself with only my old bedframe to protect her but this is not about me this is about you so I suggest you heed or consider my advice at least" Says Bedman.
"S-So I should just run away? W-What about our music?" Asks Sonata.
"That is a viable but not likely successful option I suggest simply moving out alongside Messmer, this world has many places to live and it seems time that you find one for yourself, as for your music they can manage on their own for a time they constantly say they don't want nor need you around when they berate you correct? Well then it's time to put this hypothesis to the test, hm?" Says Bedman.
"M-Maybe but I'll need time to think about it. I don't want to leave them just yet" Remarks Sonata.
"If that is your choice then do as you may, but remember that time waits for no living thing as time ironically has no time to waste but you are not on your own as I am certain whatever path you choose Messmer shall stand beside you as he has made an oath to protect you after all" Says Bedman.
"Yeah at least someone is looking out for me, maybe it won't be so bad with him by my side" Says Sonata hopefully while smiling a little.
As she smiles Bedman gets reminded of his sister and her smile, everyday he hopes she is alright and that he can find a way to see her again… But for now at least he can manage to care for this one and Fluttershy…
"I think this'll do for now folks! The main focus of this chapter was the beginning half after all, and I just added this last part A: because why the hell not? And B: to make it at least a bit longer and get the plot moving because as much as I love this story, I don't want it to be too long now because then it'll drag on and I don't think we need that eh? Well, I'll see you all next chapter! And don't be afraid to leave your thoughts in the reviews!