Chapter 14: Trickery

                 Rain came to a sudden halt. He was struck with awe as he gazed down the hall ahead of him. Everything was becoming liquefied and seeping onto the deathly black cloud surface that lie below, displaying the sky and empty space where the Weather Factory once stood. "We shouldn't continue to just stand here" Twilight said with a firm tone. "Whatever force is driving everything to melt, it's coming this way. We don't know WHAT that will do to US!" The six ponies quickly shot in the other direction. Running away from the force, looking for some way out of the factory on the other end.

                

                "WHAT DO WE DO NOW?" Pinkie shouted with a winded voice.

                

                "QUICK! IN HERE!" Shouted Applejack as she opened a door to an office like room. The others quickly followed her in. She bolted at window and dove through it, not realizing that they were on a cloud.

                

                "NO!" Shouted Twilight as she cast the cloud walking spell on Applejack before she passed through the clouds. She mustered as much strength as she could and cast it on the other Earth Ponies. They all landed with a thud on the clouds below, except Fluttershy, who was hovering above. As they pulled themselves onto their hooves, something a slight distance from them grabbed everyone's attention. They could see Rainbow beginning to charge at Atmosphere.

                

                As Rainbow approached the malice stallion, He raised his hoof and struck her down with ease. He began to rub his hoof. Not from pain, but to show how easily he could take her down. Scootaloo gasped. "RAINBOW DASH!" She screamed in horror. She closed her eyes tight and rushed towards the laughing mad colt. As his laugh faded, he looked to Scoot as she approached and struck her as well, sending her soaring across the cloud surface. She bounced and rolled a bit, stopping just before reaching the edge of the cloud where in her condition would have surely fell to her death.

"LEARN YOUR PLACE YOU MAGGOT!" He yelled in disgust. "Rainbow... You were NEVER the strongest, you were NEVER the fastest, and you SURE as fuck weren't the smartest. You got put in charge because that filthy excuse for an Alicorn favored you, because she too was the so called "best flyer"" He said through his gritting teeth.

                

                "EXCUSE ME?!" Snarled Constella's spirit, echoing through the air around them. "You REMEMBER WHO I AM YOU LITT-"

                

                "YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Screamed Atmosphere. "YOU ARE NOTHING! YOU LOST YOUR HORN! You... You aren't worthy of your Alicorn title. You're a disgrace to your majestic race. You're almost as pathetic and powerless in death as you were in your miserable life."

                

                "You pretentious little FUCK!" She screamed "I will fucking tear your throat out with my bare hooves" Atmosphere laughed at this

                

                "And... How? How do you plan to do any of this?" He chuckled.

                

                "That would be where I come in..." sounded Discord.

                

                "What the hell?" said Atmosphere in a startled voice.

                

                "You see" said Discord. "Constella unfroze me with the simple task of bringing chaos to this specific place and time. Thus including one of my favorite means of havoc." The beautiful and still horned Constella descended from higher in the sky. As she landed she smirked.

                

                "This was all part of my plan... and YOU sir; have just damned yourself to eternal suffering." Her horns tip began to glow and Atmosphere vanished from his stand point. Rain and the others were still standing there, unnoticed by the living monster.

                

                "YOU!" Shouted Twilight. Constella turned to face the group that had been watching.

                

                "Well hello girls. Oh sorry... I forgot that Rain isn't a mare." She laughed "You just looked so much like one that I got confused. It's nice to see that you are still alive."

                

                "Y-you.... w-w-watch it you p-piece of shhhit..." stuttered Rainbow in pain from the blow to her face.

                

                "AND YOU!" She screamed at Rainbow as she turned to face her lying on the cloud. "You are the biggest disappointment to me."

                

                "You thhhink that I... g-give a fffuck?"

                

                "No. You don't. Which is all the more reason that I finally put an end to you... Once... and for all." She took a few steps to close the gap between the two.

                

                "Okay, that's enough" came the voice of Discord. Constella halted in disbelief. "I want to finish these ponies myself."

                

                "And who the hell do you think you are?" She questioned in fury.

                

                "I... am your savior. You owe me both gratitude and your life."

                

                "I don't owe you shit!" She muttered angrily. "I will destroy you"

                

                "Don't even think about it there sweetie." He laughed. "You're only alive because of MY chaos. Without me, all disharmony would vanish... INCLUDING YOU! Without me you will die. So it looks like YOU answer to me now honey."

                

                "You're lying!" She screamed in fear.

                

                "But do you really want to take that chance?" He said with a smug look on his face. "Alright fine. Believe what you want. Here I stand. Strike me down now if you will." He spread apart his arms and legs making himself a bigger target. "Come on then. Let's see it." The furious Alicorn stood there grinding her teeth in hatred. "You see... I don't make a deal without first making the rules. I'm in control now, and unless you're ready to die again. I'd step away from Rainbow Dash or I'll end you where you stand." Dash began to pulls herself up from the ground, rubbing her busted jaw from the heavy hoof that was laid upon her. "In fact... Maybe I will let you kill her." He said with a second thought. "Let's make it a game. I can get plenty of amusement from this." He said as he snapped his fingers and laughed.