//------------------------------// // Time Is Short // Story: The Temporal Shattering // by There Is Nothing Here //------------------------------// "Ok. What the hell is going on here!?" Anne Halavan had went to sleep one night in her dorm room, she awoke on a large grassy plain. The skies were a bright blue, there were absolutely no clouds whatsoever. There was a large colorful rainbow in the distance standing tall over a small town. This was the least of Anne's concerns. She awoke that morning, and looked down at her hands. Well, where her hands should have been for that matter. She looked down and was staring at hooves, she had been transformed, somehow into a pony. "Ok, ok this isn't happening. I'm dreaming, yes that's all this is. I can't be a pony, that's impossible." She took small steps heading towards the town. Her hooves touching the ground were the only sound in the area. She slowly walked with her head slumped down. She wasn't focused on where exactly she was going, she was to busy thinking. ________________________________________________________________________________ "Angealla..." The spirit of light turned around and saw Temporaz. His body was becoming transparent, he was fading away as time spun out of control. He moved very slowly towards Angealla. "What is it Temporaz?" "It is done. The human has transformed into a pony... In 2 days, 3 days if we're lucky half of Equestria and Earth's population will have been transformed." Angealla was speechless. There was nothing to say, it was over. Time had spiraled out of control, beyond the point of being repaired by Temporaz, well at least in his current state. "The only thing we can do now Angealla, is use whatever power we have left to hold off Alphion." "I'm afraid that won't be necessary." Angealla's cloud began to turn a dark color. The clouds began to swirl around, creating a vortex. The ground of the spirit world began to turn gray as a beam swept across it. Plants began to die and wilt, while the souls of the ponies began to scatter in every direction. The spirits of time and light turned around. Alphion was rising up out of the cloud right behind them. "Do whatever you please to try and stop me. Whatever you do wouldn't even leave a mark on me, and it's pointless to stop me anyway. The world is destroying itself, I am here to step in and take over once it has done so. And when the world has offically shattered, neither of you will be here to see it." Temporaz groaned as he fell to the ground. Angealla was doing her best to look strong, but even looking at Alphion's white soulless eyes hurt. It gave her a glimpse into his pure evil mind and extreme power. She flinched at the sight of him. "I'm waiting." Alphion stood there, arms crossed with an evil grin on his face. He wanted them to attack him. He was teasing them. Temporaz didn't move, he just laid there on the ground, limp and pale. Angealla backed away from the spirit of darkness. "I thought so." Alphion descended back through the cloud back into his lair. Angealla turned her head and looked at Temporaz. "Temporaz... go back to your realm. There is only one chance left for this world, I'm going to Equestria. I'll be back later." Temporaz slowly picked himself up. He then faded away back into his realm. ________________________________________________________________________________ It was a regular morning in Equestria. Life had returned to normal since Alphion was banished about 6 months ago. Rainbow Dash was on her way to meet Blitz at Ponyville Park. "Hi Dash!" Blitz said as she saw her friend in the distance. The cyan pegasus raised one hoof and waved at her red maned friend. She landed next to Blitz and they began to talk. After about 2 hours of the two Pegasi talking and flying around in the park, Rainbow Dash was getting ready to leave. She was supposed to meet Pinkie Pie at Sugarcube Corner. Just as she prepared to take off a beam of light shot down in between the two Pegasi. They covered their eyes with their hooves, the light was blinding. The only time they had seen anything like it was when... it was when they defeated Alphion Angealla descended. But what would she could she possibly be doing here. The light began to fade, and sure enough, the spirit of light was in their presence. "Rainbow Dash, Blitz. I'm afraid there is something I must tell you. It is crucial that you listen." "Angealla slow down. What's going on here?" Angealla sighed. "When i resurrected you Rainbow Dash, I put you into a timeline where you did not exist. And you Blitz, you were dead, removed from the world, and again you were re-inputted into time." The two Pegasi looked confused, what did this have to do with anything? "You're reappearance has caused time to shatter and darkness to expand." Rainbow Dash gulped, she knew where this was going. She looked at Blitz. She had the same depressed look on her face. She knew too. "Alphion is back..." The words echoed in the cyan Pegasus's head. If Alphion was back, was he targeting her again? Would she again be forced to live in the nightmare? She flinched at the thought of it. Blitz began to speak up. "So. What's his plan this time?" "Hang on Blitz. Angealla, if he just came back he should be weak right? Can't you stop him?" The spirit of light shook her head. "The shattering of time has caused Temporaz to become weakened." "Who's Temporaz?" "He is a spirit, just like me and Alphion, but he is the spirit of time. He makes sure everything is in check. But now he is weak. Normally he would be able to fix the timeline himself and re-input you two, with my help. But with darkness spreading, I am too weak as well." Blitz's head slumped down. This was too much for her to take in. Angealla let out another deep sigh. "Now, you two. I have to ask of your help, you're the only ponies in Equestria who can do anything about this." "Why us? And what do we have to do?" "Only you two can do it, because you are not of this timeline, you are unaffected by this worlds time. Since time spirals out of control time will eventually stop, making every pony freeze in time, except for you two and..." "And what?" "With time being shattered, Equestria is merging with Earth. Earth is another world where humans are the dominate species, with worlds merging, humans are being transformed into ponies, who are again, unaffected by Equestria's time. What I want you two to do, is round up every pony who doesn't freeze in time when it shatters. I want you to keep them all safe and find a way to stop Alphion." The two Pegasi were speechless. "Wait, what's going to happen to you?" "I'm afraid when time has fully shattered, and darkness has overpowered, me and Temporaz will fade away. Making Alphion the only spirit left. He will step in and dominate Equestria effortlessly. I'm afraid I must go. The first human has already transformed. Search for her, her name is Anne. Good luck." Angealla began to ascend back into the spirit world. Blitz looked at Rainbow Dash. The cyan Pegasus saw tears swelling up inside the red maned Pegasus's eyes. She began to burst into tears. Dash didn't realize it, but tears were slowly rolling down her face as well. How were they supposed to stop Alphion? The only way they did it before was using Alphion's own power against him when Sonic Spark sacrificed herself. Surely they could somehow do that again, but Alphion no longer had an agent. Sonic Spark was gone and Black Flare had been killed in the nightmare. They would have to take this step by step. The first thing they should do is search for Anne. ________________________________________________________________________________ "Ponyville?" Anne tilted her head in confusion. She looked at the sign on the outskirts of the town. She was actually in Ponyville. "Ok this is just insane. I have to be dreaming." She continued walking through the town. She recognized every pony in Ponyville. Lyra, Bon-Bon, Colgate, Derpy, Twilight, Fluttershy, The CMC's. They were all here, everything seemed so real she began to think that this wasn't a dream. "Hey you!" Anne turned around and saw two Pegasi flying towards her. She recognized one of them, it was Rainbow Dash. There was another pegasus next to her but she didn't recognize her. She hadn't been in any of the episodes of Friendship is Magic. "Excuse me, we're looking for a pony by the name of Anne. Do you know her?" Dash looked exhausted. Was she referring to her? Were they looking for her? But how could Rainbow Dash know who Anne was, she hadn't been in Ponyville for more than 10 minutes. "Uhm. I'm Anne." "What! You're Anne?" As a human Anne was about 5;6, skinny, had light blue eyes and light blonde hair. As a pony she was similar, she had blue eyes, a white coat and a yellow and light red mane. She didn't have a cutie mark, likely because she wasn't a real pony. "Wait, that means. You're actually a human right?" "Ye..." Anne was cut off when a large lightning bolt struck the ground near them. They jumped away in fright. Thunder began to roar and it began to rain hard. Every pony looked up at the sky. It had gone from a clear sunny day into a huge thunder storm. Every pony else thought this was just a coincidence. Blitz looked at Rainbow Dash, they knew what was happening. Time was beginning to shatter, soon all they knew would freeze, not to move again unless the world was healed. ________________________________________________________________________________ "Master Alphion." The spirit of darkness turned around. His illusion of Rainbow Dash stood before him. "What is it?" "Time is beginning to shattering Equestria. We already have record of a human turning into a pony. Slowly more will transform, accelerating the process." "Good. Once the world has frozen in time, the only thing stopping me is Rainbow Dash." "Oh and one more thing Master Alphion. There is something I wish to show you." The grueling illusion of Rainbow Dash turned around and motioned Alphion to follow. She showed him to a small dark room, in the center was a small white counter. There was something tied to it. A pony, and alicorn to be exact. It had a white coat and a pitch black mane. Blood was dripping out of the many gashes on its body, turning its white coat a dark red. It would make sudden movements at times, trying to get free. Alphion began to smile. "Welcome back."