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// Rise of Chaos 
// Story: Words From an Unknown Soldier 
// by carefreedude 
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Spellflash ran forward without hesitation straight towards the changelings.  I followed behind him with my spear at the ready.  We quickly over took their first line before proceeding to the second.  Suddenly, the changelings changed their forms before us.  They turned into exact copies of our forces.  There were a couple general Applejacks there, a Spellflash or two, and even... me.  The one that turned into me was my first target.  I would not allow him to copy me.  With one swift thrust of my spear, he perished before me and returned to his former appearance.  I continued this way for a while, taking out any pony or changeling in my way, doing my best not to accidentally attack one of my allies.  

I know this sounds like the words of someone brave, but they are not.  I was scared, more so than I ever have been before.  I was afraid of being attacked by a changeling.  I was scared of being attacked by one of those flying monsters.  But more than anything, I was afraid of getting too far away from my friend.  In reality, he was the only one giving me any confidence to fight.  Suddenly, a giant roar was heard from outside the battlefield.  Before I could witness what happened next, another monster dive bombed me.  I was lucky enough to jump out of the way in time, but another soldier didn't share my fortune.  The monster snatched him up and quickly flew off with him.  When I got back to my feet, I saw a giant bear looming over the battlefield.  At that moment, I discovered something new to fear.  That bear.  Suddenly it started to swat at the beasts roaming the skies.  I was relieved to see it on our side.  But then fear returned to me at once.

The Ursa Major attacked the drakes with much ferocity, trying to take them down.  But the drakes where not only hard to hit, they were extremely durable.  Whenever the bear did make contact, the drakes would brush it off like nothing had happened.  This did not concern the princesses though, because it gave them time to plan their next move.
"Alright, the ursa won't keep then distracted forever, we need to think of a plan now."  Twilight said.
Luna was the first to respond.  "Perhaps we could put up a force field around the battlefield and just keep the Crystal beast away."
"That won't work."  Celestia replied.  "A force field of that size would be to weak to keep those creatures out."
"Princess, is there any history about how these creatures went extinct?"  Twilight asked.
"There are several theories.  One of which is that Discord destroyed them all out of boredom."  Celestia responded.
Twilight rolled her eyes.  "Well we could sure use Discord's help right about now."
"Oh you wouldn't happen to be talking about me now would you?" a voice said above them.  They all looked up to see a draconiquus lounging in a lawn chair and eating popcorn above them.
"Discord!?"  Twilight shouted.  "How long have you been up there!?"
"Oh calm down your highness, I only just showed up."  Discord replied.  "This is a rather rude welcome considering I just finished setting up your victory party.  Now what has you so upset?"
Twilight suddenly obtained a very annoyed and angry look on her face.  "What Has Me So Upset Is That We Are Fighting A War Here, And You Are Not Doing Anything To Help!!"
Discord simply smiled and rolled his eyes.  "Um...  Did you fail to hear me say I threw you guys a party?"  These words only succeeded in making Twilight more angry.  Celestia decided to step in on the conversation before Twilight completely lost it.
"Discord, please, your assistance would be much appreciated at this time.  Your help will go a long way in ending this battle."
Discord just continued to lounge in his lawn chair and eat his popcorn.  "Now now your highness, you needn't to worry.  I do plan on giving you aid, but not until I feel it to be necessary.  So for now, sit back, relax, and watch the chaos of battle unfold in front of you."  With these words, Celestia knew that there would be no getting through to him.  She turned around to further discuss strategies with the two other princesses.

Meanwhile, back on the battlefield, the draco chrstallus were acting strange.  They ceased with their random pattern of flying and all started to fly in a circle to one another.  Suddenly, one dove and crashed into the ground, followed by another that crash into the first one.  one by one, the drakes flew to the ground and crashed into one another in quick succession.  Each crash caused dust to fly into the air and obstruct the view of everypony in the area.  Then several more drakes started doing this again in a separate location not to far away.  As the dust they started spraying up settled, two giant feet were reveled in place of the small drakes.  It soon became apparent to everypony what the pieces were once again becoming whole.
It didn't take long for the draco crystallus to regain its original form.  As the last of its skull fell back into place, it shook its head and glared at the ursa major.  The bear responded with a great and angry roar before charging at the drake.  All pegasi and foot soldiers quickly moved out of it's way as fast as they could.  The bear and drake started wrestling with one another, while fluttershy tried to hold on as best she could.
While the two giants fought, Pinkie Pie was busy having the cannon pulled to the front of the battle.  Her and the unicorns had managed to finally reload the war machine and were ready to fire it again.  Once they got in front of most of their troops, she started to adjust the angle of the cannon in order to hit the drake again.  Once she was sure she had it in her sights, she once again shouted "FIRE" at the top of her lungs.
But before the stallion at the back of the cannon could pull the rope, the drake reached over crimped the end of the cannon.  Applejack saw this and quickly used her lasso to pull Pinkie away.  The stallion pulls the rope and causes the entire front of the cannon to explode.  The resulting blast killed many soldiers standing near the cannon, destroyed the upper half of the draco crystallus, forced the ursa off the mountain, and blew away any nearby pegasi.  Among those blown away was Fluttershy who let out a soft scream as she flew.

The explosion quickly got the attention of the princesses.  They were shocked and horrified at what happened.  Discord on the other hand found the explosion rather humorous, especially seeing the overgrown bear fall off the mountain.  But all joy left him when he witnessed a certain yellow mare helplessly flying through the sky.
Discord stood up from his floating lawn chair with a serious expression on his face and said. "Now my princesses, I feel my aid to be necessary."  With these words, he vanished before their eyes and reappeared to catch Fluttershy mid flight.  He caught her as delicately as he could and started to bring her back safety to the ground.

Back at the plateau, Sombra started laughing.  "And with that explosion my queen, the final pawn enters the battle.  But you can be sure that he won't last very long."
Chrysalis chuckled back at Sombra.  "Indeed.  I do believe he will find he is in for a rather unfortunate surprise."  She then looks behind the plateau they were standing on to see two small green cocoons sitting at the bottom.  "Isn't that right, Fluttershy?"