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// Chapter One - Meetings 
// Story: Book Of Time 
// by HJSDGCE 
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	Long ago, the days before Celestia and Luna, even before Discord, existed the Chaotic Plane. The plane was empty and nothing existed in it. Until one fraction of a moment, Queen Aurorria was born. She saw the empty void and decided to change it entirely. She created Equis, a planet teeming with flora and fauna, ready to be uncovered. She watched over the world, as animals follow nature and slowly evolve. Thus exists dragons, ponies, gryphons and much more. These sentient beings made kingdoms, empires and governments, as they continue to grow and evolve. 

Queen Aurorria was pleased to see all her creations like such, so pleased that she recorded everything in one book. One book that holds every information in the universe. One book, so powerful that it alone can be used to conquer empires, tackle governments and destroy countries. Many have heard of the book and many have tried to steal it from her. Though none of succeeded, she felt that the book was indeed dangerous. So, she destroyed the book, leaving nothing but the ashes of its remains.

When Queen Aurorria disappeared about two thousand years after she hid the book , she left control over the Sun and the Moon to the unicorns. But even so, the book was not given to them either, since she already destroyed it. The book became a mere legend afterwards, where bards sing songs of it and historians only treat it as a joke. But Celestia and Luna know the existence of that book. They never say it, but they do. They even remembered its name.

The Book Of Time.





“SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEE!!!!” Twilight shouted furiously.

It was suppose to be a normal day for that purple unicorn but somehow, it turned bad for her since her number one assistant forgot to close the fridge door. Again. Not only the inside of the refrigerator became warmer, the entire kitchen became colder. And no one likes eating cold toast and drink frozen coffee. 

“Twilight! What is it?!” Spike said in a panic tone as he ran straight for Twilight, who was sitting on a chair with a bath robe and towel over her head, wet and grumpy over her ice cold breakfast. As he ran, he accidently slipped on the cold, oak wood floor and slidded across the room and conveniently crashed at the fridge door, closing it. He stood back up and grab hold an open drawer, trying to balance himself on the slippery floor. 

When he managed to balance himself, he slide towards an empty chair, took a breather and stood up on the chair. Thank goodness the chair wasn’t slippery as well. He proceed to shiver, warming himself with his claws. “Man, it sure is cold in here.”

“That’s because you left the refrigerator door open! AGAIN!”

“Oops, hehe. Sorry Twilight.”

“How ma- *sneeze* “Urgh! Now I have a cold!” Twilight gave out the most adorable sneeze, in which Spike giggled, only to be stopped after Twilight gave him a stern glare.

“Don’t worry Twilight. A bowl of fresh, hot, mushroom soup should do the trick.” Spike drooled as he imagined the mushroom soup. “You know what, maybe I should make some for me too! With some gems in it, of course.”

Twilight only rolled her eyes but smiled afterwards, “I guess some mushroom soup would be nice.”

Without another word, Spike gave a salute and dashed to the cabinets, taking out a can of mushroom soup and to the stove where he pulled out a sauce pan and added the mushroom soup, in which he opened the can with his very claws. He took two cups of water and poured them into the sauce pan, afterwards slowly stirring the contents. A few minutes later, he poured half of it into Twilight’s bowl and sprinkled some grinded gemstones into his. Twilight ate her soup with some bread, with a merry smile on her face.

“I always did miss eating some mushroom soup.” Twilight said as she dipped another piece of bread into the soup, and putting it into her mouth.

Spike walked towards the table with his own bowl, a plastic bowl with small pictures of gems on it, and sat just across the small table. Inside his bowl was his own mushroom soup, with sprinkled gemstones and some spice for extra flavour. “Well, maybe if you learned to cook, you could have made some by yourself.”

“You know very well that I am a busy pony. Besides, why cook when you can just take food that ca be eaten right away?”

“Because it’s delicious and usually more nutritious?”

“Beside those points...” Just before Twilight could say another word, Spike had already finished his bowl while Twilight is only half way. “How did you finish that soo fast?!”

“I’m a dragon. Dragons eat a lot. Besides, I don’t like bread with my soup. Ruins the flavour.”

After cleaning his bowl, Spike was about to leave the kitchen until the door closed on him with a purple magical aura. “Where do you think you’re going?...”

“I’m going to Rarity’s place. She said yesterday that she needs my help.”

“But what about this mess?!” Twilight pointed out all the mess in the kitchen.

The drawers were open, some of the food were rotten, the oven needed some cleaning –probably with a wall scraper – and the entire kitchen is still damp and frozen. The sauce pan Spike used wasn’t cleaned yet and the empty tin can was dripping some unused mushroom soup onto the floor. The sink was full of dirty cooking utensils while the only thing that was clean was Spike’s bowl.

“Come on, Twilight. I think you can handle this one. Besides, the mess is partially your fault...”

“How is it my fault?!”

“Partially, and it’s because of yesterday when you made that casserole.”

“How should I know that the casserole had gone rogue?!”

“You should, since the cook book said SPECIFICALLY NOT TO USE MAGIC.” Spike took out the cook book and pointed at the red words ‘DO NOT USE MAGIC’.

“Urgh, fine! You win this round...”

Spike gave out a fist pump of victory, but was quickly deflected by Twilight, “... But the frozen kitchen is still your fault.”

“Fine, fine... But in case you’ve forgotten, it’s Saturday! And that means, I’m off duty!”

“But, but – ”

And just before Twilight could close the door on him again, he was already at the other side, only to crash at the Cutie Mark Crusaders on his way out. A few screams can be heard and a small apology from Spike, who kept running afterwards. Twilight could only groan at her frustration. Picking up a mop with he magic, she cleaned the mess that had been left behind in the kitchen.





After she was finished, she decided to take another bath since she now smelled like mushroom and rust. Twilight took a quick shower and preened her wings in the bathroom, only to crash at a certain cyan pegasus outside. “RAINBOW DASH!!!!”

Rainbow Dash, who’s flank was on Twilight’s chest, only giggled. “Hehe, oops... Sorry Twi.”

Twilight, using her superior magic, lifted Rainbow Dash and placed her on the floor. She lifted herself up, while Rainbow Dash giggled once more.

“Why are you even here, Dash? I thought you went with Fluttershy to watch the Wonderbolts movie.”

“Well, the movie was cancelled due to technical problems. Some jerk pegasus used lightning on the cinema. The bulding went up in flames! Good thing I was there to swoop all the bystanders and using my pegasus awesomeness, found a rain cloud and saved the day!”

“Well, interesting story Dash. But seriously, why are you here?”

“What? Can’t a awesome pegasus like me visit her egghead friend?” Dash said while giving Twilight a light noogie. Twilight picked up a comb and with one swoop, made her hair back to normal.

“Wow, Rarity sure taught you a lot on hairstyling.”

Twilight groaned angrily, “Seriosly Dash, WHY. ARE. YOU. HERE?”

Dash moved back a little with her wings, “Ok, Ok! Wow, Spike wasn’t kidding when he said you were stressed...”

“Well, I came here to see if you have a new Daring Do book. I heard that a new one just came out!”

Twilight looked back, tapping her chin with her hoof. “I don’t think I’ve received any new books lately. I’ll check for it after this.”

Rainbow Dash, not entirely convinced, flew straight to Twilight’s face and grabbed her head. She looked at Twilight in the eyes, as if her own was going to pop out. “I. NEED. THAT. BOOK.”

Twilight moved back, gaining some ground and shook her head. “Ok, why do you need it so badly?”

“Well, you see, this is a very special book. It’s shorter than the others, and there are only 100 copies of it. Inside the copies have this secret message that if we managed to figure out what it says, we get to discover the name of the writer!”

“Wait, that’s it?” This time, Twilight looked bemused.

“Come on, Twi! You know that the writer is anonymous! Knowing her, or his name would be legendary!”

Twilight rolled her eyes, “Fine, I’ll do my best to find a copy. But no guarantees!”

Rainbow Dash, like Spike, gave out a fist pump of victory. She then flew out of the library just after she quickly said, “Thank you, Twilight!”


After Rainbow Dash was out, Twilight closed and locked the door so that no other pony could just barge in. Walking to her bedroom mirror, she took out her crown and placed it neatly on her head.

“I guess this is going to be a looooong day.”

Unknowingly to her, a tall ponylike figure was looking at her from the window.





Twilight had closed the library in the evening and was currently doing an experiment on everlasting enchantments on ethereal objects, or at least that’s what is written on the report. In the middle of the library was a circular wooden table with a thin silver disc on top of a small iron stand. Surrounding it were six identical glass orbs with a metallic core, each connected with the silver disc with some copper wire. Two of the orbs are hooked to a crystal generator, a cylindrical machine that applies pressure on crystals, creating electricity. 

At one side of the room was filled with paper notes, a chalkboard full of calculations and an active chemistry set. Twilight, in her lab coat which had been remodified to fit her wings, was studying her notes. On top of her head was also a pair of large goggles with a brass frame. After a few seconds, she put down the notes and pulled out two different books and studied both at the same time. While levitating the books, she examined the chemical substance she produced from her chemistry set, writing down some notes afterwards.

“Hmm... Interesting...” She said to herself.

A click sound was heard and the library door had opened. It was just Spike, since he had his own key. He was also holding a plastic bag, with the contents unknown. “Twilight, is that you?”

“Huh? Spike? I didn’t notice you coming in.” Twilight dropped all her notes and books on the floor, surprised to see Spike.

“Well, I finished my work at Rarity’s place. Most of it, that is. Hehe...” Spike nervously rubbed the back of his head.

“What did you do this time?...”

“I didn’t do anything! I was helping Rarity and then Sweetie Belle came in and scolded me for ruining her mane! I mean, it wasn’t entirely my fault... She then kicked me out and Rarity could only stand and watch...”

“Well, she does have a big concert tonight. She has to look her best if she wants sponsors.”

“Yeah, but still...” Spike stopped talking and instead walked around Twilight’s experiment. He looked at the glass orbs and the notes, only to get confused afterward. “Twilight, what are you doing?”

“Oh, this? I was doing an experiment on everlasting enchantments on ethereal objects.”

“And that means?...”

“Well, let me explain to you about ethereal objects. There are two types of that. We have illusions and we have real objects. Illusions are just used to trick the minds of others, while real objects turned ethereal are well, real objects that can’t be touched. I’m trying to put enchantments on them and see how they respond.”

“So wait, you’re going to enchant illusions?”

“Well, sorta. Since illusions are just mind tricks, I can’t really enchant them. I can change how I see them, but not change its true nature, since it doesn’t exist. But enchanting ethereal objects is a different. Ethereal objects are real, as in they exist. We can’t touch them but we can see and hear them, like illusions. But the difference is that they aren’t part of any mind tricks.”

“If I can enchant an ethereal object, I can change its physical aspect and properties. In example, if I enchant an ethereal object to burn, the object will produce fire but the fire is either ghost-like or floating in mid air. I’m trying to figure out exactly that.”

Spike bopped his palm, “Oh, now I get it! But what good can you do if you just change whatever it is with ghost items?”

“Not only I can change their properties, I can literally change it. I can make an ethereal object and by using this method, I can make that object real. I can make it solid, or liquid. In common sense, I can make ghost objects into real objects.”

“Imagine the breakthrough in science and magic! You are able to make things out of thin air, which clearly is impossible since matter cannot be created or destroyed, only altered. If this works, I can make the impossible, possible!”

“Wow Twilight, that’s amazing!” Daydreaming, Spike thought of mountains of gems, his mouth drooling. “Imagine all those treats...”

Carefully, Twilight levitated a vile of clear liquid and add a few drops on the silver disc. Then, she levitated a different vile, this time with blue liquid, and add one drop on each glass orb. Using her magic, she created a ethereal object, the simplest being a quill. It looked like a ghost, but it exists and not an illusion. She placed the ethereal quill on the silver disc and moved back into a flipped table. Spike followed her there as well. 

She took out her goggles and Spike took out a pair of large sunglasses, which he bought on his way here. “Really, Spike?”

“What? I think they look great. I might even impress Rarity with these bad boys.”

Twilight rolled her eyes, but wasn’t seen since she was wearing those heavy duty googles. She lifted a trigger with her hoof and with one push of a button, let out an electrical current through the apparatus. Suddenly, a chemical reaction occured between the liquids and their respective objects. The blue one started sizzling and changed the colour of the glass orb, as well as its texture. The one on the silver disc reacted with the ethereal quill, slowly overlaping the quill.

Everything went exactly as planned until, as usual, something went wrong. A bright flash and a ear piercing noise were emitted from the quill, making Spike, due to his sensitive ears, wallow in pain. His glasses fell on the floor but were unharmed. Twilight also heard the noise and started to get a headache, until she saw a piece of light jumping out of the apparatus, crashing at the nearby bookshelf and exploding on impact. She quickly turned her face at the crystal generator and with her magic, let out a purple bolt and destroyed the generator.

Instantly, the light dimmed completely and so did the sound. After some breathing, she took off her goggles and checked on Spike’s condition. “Spike! Are you Ok?! Oh, I’m soo sorry!”

Spike didn’t respond. Twilight panicked and checked if his heart was still beating. She dropped her head on Spike’s chest and felt the beating heart of the purple dragon from her ears. He was Ok. 

“Thank goodness...” Twilight said as she took another breather. Slowly, she walked towards the silver disc and checked on its remains. The ethereal feather was gone, but some feather bits were seen. She took out her checklist and ticked out her first experiment as a partial success. Afterwards, she walked towards Spike and levitated him onto his basket. 

“That... was unexpected...” Twilight sighed as she goes downstairs to check on her apparatus again. Once there, she went through her notes again while examining the feather bits. Unexpectedly, she lost focus of her magic and dropped one of her notes. It flew into the basement, slipping under the door. Twilight chased after it and entered the basement as well. She tried turning on the lights, but there seems to be no electricity downt there. The experiment must’ve sent out an electromagnetic pulse that disrupted the fuse box.

As she descended downstairs into the dark basement which she hasn’t fully explored yet, she used an illumination spell and send out a small ball of light to follow her around. The basement was widely used for her experiments, but since it was crowded with machinery and appliances, she decided to do the experiment upstairs in the library. Twilight navigated her way through the basement, searching for the missing note. 

Suddenly, she heard some flicking paper, ultimately giving her the location of the note. The paper was resting on top of one of her appliances, just at the edge. She grabbed the piece of paper with her magic, just before it could float away again. “Gotcha!”

She examined the note and tucked it safely under her lab coat’s pocket. “I hope you’re worth it... I nearly lost my assistant because of you...”

Just before she was about to leave, a tall ponylike figure was standing just a few meters from her, looking over some books which Twilight left there. Twilight couldn’t see its face since it was looking away, but from the body shape and floating books, she was certain it was a unicorn stallion. He was wearing a tattered robe, a hood covered his head and unicorn horn, leaving only his snout exposed. The robe itself was brownish and bland like it was made of potato sacks, sure to make Rarity find it a mockery to fashion.

“Umm, excuse me? The library is closed and the basement is off limits. I ask you to please leave immedietely.” Twilight did her best to ask politely, but the strange stallion was a stranger to her. He might be dangerous.

Even so, the stallion didn’t move from his place. He kept on reading some of the old books, ignoring Twilight’s presence. “Well, this is weird...”

“Sir please, the library is closed and this place is off limits. I’m asking you to leave. Now.” She was starting to be irritated and scared from the stallion. Yet, he didn’t move.

“I’m warning you! Leave! Now! The library is – ”

“Princess Twilight Sparkle, I presume?”

Though he said it politely, the very way he spoke made Twilight feel a shiver down her spine. Her body went tense, as if it was frozen. She managed to speak up, “How did you know my name?”

“Well, everyone does. Your coronation was one of the greatest events in a long time. Why would someone not know you?”

“Well, I guess that makes sense. Still...” she Twilight changed her stance. She was ready to use any magic in case the stallion became aggressive. “Who are you?”

He giggled, “My name isn’t important, but this question is. Tell me princess, what do you know about Queen Aurorria?”

Taken back by the question, she simply answered, “Well, according to legends, Queen Aurorria was the creator of Equis and all the life on it. She was practically a goddess with unlimited power, being able to create and destroy anything, including the fabric of space and time. Not much is known about her though, other than that.”

“I see...” The stallion nodded, “What do you know about the items she left behind?”

Twilight tapped her chin, “Well, if Equis is considered as an item, I guess everythi – ”

“Not that kind of items. Real ones. Artifacts, relics, anything of such.”

“Well... no, actually. Queen Aurorria is just a myth. A mere legend. There shouldn’t be anything left behind by her.”

The stallion smiled, “That is when you are wrong...”

Twilight could only feel shock and surprise, “What do you mean?”

The stallion walked around the room, looking around at the dark and dirty basement. The smile was still on his face, his teeth showing. Twilight kept her ground, ready for any attack. Though the stallion showed no threat, she still had to be cautious. And then, he stopped and spoke.

“Let me tell you something that no one knows about. Queen Aurorria held something powerful. Something dangerous. Something that shouldn’t exist. Because of that, she destroyed it. Or so, that’s what everyone believes...”

Twilight curiousity took the best of her, “What is this item she destroyed? Or seemingly destroyed, in your case.”

He gave another faint giggle, “Do you really want to know? Once you take this path, there is no return.”

Twilight thought about it for a moment. She could believe that this stallion was lying to her, or she could trust him and gain a piece of knowledge that no one, not even the princesses know. But the way the stallion spoke, it scares her. From his speech patterns, she knew this knowledge would come with a price. The price is something she doesn’t know, and of course she doesn’t know if she can pay it. Confusing as that is, she decided to let that go and accept the offer. 

“Yes, I wish to know about this item.”

“Smart choice...”

His horn shined a dark, black colour. He was using magic, and Twilight let her guard down. Before she could cast a spell, all the pages from the old books went straight for Twilight. It didn’t hurt her, but blinded her from the stallion. The pages kept going around her like a sand storm, making her unable to focus. The stallion just stood there, with a grin in his face. In a spilt second, a page went straight to her face. It blinded her and all she could do was hear a few words from the mysterious stallion.

“If you seek out darkness, you will be swallowed. If you seek out light, you will be blinded. If you wish for the truth, you must seek neither light nor darkness. And you will find it, no matter how bright or dark it is...”

She then let out a magic burst that stopped all the pages instantly.The pages dropped to the floor as they were ordinary paper, but the stallion was gone. In his place was a small wooden box with a red ribbon on it. Twilight wasn’t sure if the box is rigged with an explosive seal, but that box was left there for a reason. She thought about leaving the box alone, but she noticed something perculiar.

That stallion was an advanced magic user and yet, he didn’t kill her even though he had the chance to. All he did was give her something she didn’t have. And now, all he left behind was a box with unknown contents. Twilight decided to trust the stallion, even though he seemingly attacked her, since she recieved no harm. She walked slowly to the wooden box and checked with her magic to see if there are any explosive seals. With her horn, she shined a light onto the box. The light will reveal any hidden seals.

“None, thank goodness.” Her horn dimmed. Twilight levitated the box and examined around it. It was just a regular wooden box, nothing special. Other than the red ribbon tied neatly on it, it seemed normal. Twilight opened the box and looked over its contents. Inside were an old compass and a piece of paper. She took out the contents and looked at it in detail. The compass pointed at the wrong direction while the piece of paper was empty.

“Why would he give me a broken compass and paper?”

She decided not to think for the answer and just go to bed. It was a long day anyway. Walking up the stairs to her bedroom, she looked over at Spike, who was sleeping quietly. Oh Spike, I’ll bring you to the clinic tomorrow.

She tucked herself in and with a steady mind, fell to sleep. The compass was left on the bedside drawer with the piece of paper. Unknowingly to her, the paper bursts into small flames, leaving a mark on the wooden drawer. It wrote;


Book Of Time