//------------------------------// // Chapter 13: Time-space continuum // Story: Tales of a Brony: Love // by YourPrivateNightmare //------------------------------// Chapter 13: Space-time continuum Everything was black. Not just dark, but literally black. I couldn’t see anything. Well, actually I could see myself and I also could see Twilight, as clear as on a bright and sunny day. It looked like someone removed the whole scenery and replaced it with…well…nothing. I wanted to get up, but Twilight was still standing above me. She looked around in confusion. “Would you…I mean…uhm…like…get off me…so I can stand up…please?” I stuttered. She looked at me for a few seconds like she didn’t get what I just said, then shook her head and finally stepped back. “Where…where are we?” She asked irritated. “As if I knew what just happened…” I looked around again. Nothing had changed. We were…nowhere. I walked a few steps. The ground felt like…nothing. It looked like I was walking on air, but I still felt something under my hooves. However I couldn’t describe how it felt like. I looked back to Twilight…and realized that she was standing upside down. “Whoa, Twilight! How did you manage that?” I asked in surprise. “Manage wha-“ She said, but suddenly stopped when she looked at me. “How is that possible? I didn’t even move!” She said more and more confused. I walked another few steps and looked back. This time Twilight wasn’t upside down anymore…but below me. It looked like I was floating in midair, right above her. “What is this? Where are we?” I shouted. “You are in the void!” A mighty voice said. It sounded like several different voices, speaking in unison. I nearly got a heart attack. I looked around trying to spot where the voice came from. “Who are you? Show yourself!” I tried to sound confident. “We are the rulers of time and space.” I winced at the volume of the voice. “Wh- why are we he- here?” I stuttered, a little bit more intimidated. “You are an anomaly. You must be removed.” “Wait, what?” “Why? What does that mean? Why do I have to be removed?” I asked frightened. “Do they want to kill me or something?” “You travelled into another dimension without permission. You are a threat to the space-time continuum. You must be eliminated.” The voice said. I still tried to spot where the voice came from, but couldn’t. It sounded like it came from everywhere. “Show yourself. We want answers!” Twilight said aggressively. It seemed like she wasn’t intimidated at all. Well, she had saved the world twice. I guess, you aren’t easily intimidated if you did that. “You shall have your answers. First, this is the void. A dimension where neither time nor space exists.” “I guess, that explains why Twilight is upside down again…” (A little explanation for those who can’t imagine what I’m talking about: If there’s no space, there is no exactly defined surface. Gravity doesn’t exist, so you can walk in any direction you want. Not only back, forth, left or right, but also up and down. There are no physical borders so basically you always head for a random direction that changes throughout walking and you can’t do anything to control it. Understood? Then back to the story…) “You still haven’t shown your face. At least I want to see who I'm talking to.” Twilight called. I was honestly impressed. A few moments ago she broke out in tears, because of…yeah…and now she’s messing with motherbucking gods…or something like that. “You want to see our true form? I must warn you. You might be frightened.” “I’m not afraid of you. I want answers. Now!” Twilight said without any fear. “As you wish…” What happened next made me nearly shit my pants (although I don’t wear any). At first nothing seemed to happen, but then four giant, red glowing balls appeared out of nowhere. Like I mentioned before, I nearly shit my pants. I tried to look away, but these giant…SUNS …seemed to follow me everywhere. Wherever I looked they were there (again, no space). Then I realised that they were actually…eyes. The eyes of two enormous creatures! They were pitch-black. Not, that it was their colour or something. They hadn’t any colour. Their bodies were made of...void. It looked exactly like the darkness that surrounded everything here. However I could see their shapes. It was the strangest feeling I've ever had. They should disappear in the background like a chameleon, but I could clearly see their shapes. I’m sorry that I repeat so often here, but there is simply no way to describe how all this looked like. The void is a place beyond human (or Pony) imagination. However i will try to describe those two creatures. The first one had four legs. In a strange way it resembled a Pony, but only a little bit. On its back there seemed to be some sort of a giant fan. It looked a bit like the fan of a peacock. Its head was shaped very weird. The two glowing eyes were placed right at the front while the back of its head was stretched to an odd-looking length. The thing that really caught my attention was some kind of chest plate. It was shaped like five-pointed star turned upside down. In the middle of the star was a giant prism. It looked like a giant crystal and pulsated in a blue glow. A strange feeling, I couldn’t really explain told me that this was the ruler of time. The second creature looked different. It stood on its hind legs and resembled a giant dragon. It had a long neck with a relatively small head. His arms ended in hand-like claws. It looked like its body was covered in some kind of armour. The most impressive thing about this one was its shoulder blades. In the middle of each shoulder blade was a red glowing orb. It seemed to be the equivalent to the prism of the ruler of time. Additionally this creature had some sort of wings growing from his shoulders. They looked quite small proportional to its massive body, so I guess they didn’t serve any other purpose but pure awesomeness. Just like the giant fan of the other one. Again, something told me, that this was the ruler of space. I looked to Twilight. This time she finally seemed frightened. “This is our true form. I warned you...” “We’re not intimidated by this.” Twilight said, but didn’t sound as confident as before. “Probably a little bit...” I stated carefully. “SILENCE! We revealed enough. Equine creature, known as Xenos. Your time has come. You were not supposed to get to the land, called Equestria. To prevent complications we will send you back where you belong.” “Wait, WHAT???” I was shocked. “I don’t want to go back. I’ve started a new live in Ponyville. My human life sucked. Why can’t I stay?” “You’re causing irritations in the Space-time continuum. You’re a threat to the dimensional order. You must be removed." I just gazed at them in disbelief. I held back the tears. After all I had been through I finally got the life I’ve ever wanted: nice friends, a good job, a very special person in my life...I didn’t want to give up all that. “NO!” I shouted. “NO! NO! NO!” “IT IS ENOUGH: We shall end this now.” I had never been that scared before. I looked over to Twilight. She was shocked, but looked me right in the eye. I tried to get to her and hold her, but I failed navigating in the void. Something kept me from reaching her. “NO! PLEASE NO!” I yelled. I was crying too, now. The two...gods...were charging their energy. I saw the prism and the orbs glow brighter. Then a sudden bright flash lit up the void. The whole void changed to white and for a brief moment I could see the faces of the two gods. They were motionless... I tried to scream, but couldn’t. I felt the incredible power of time and space dissolving my body, changing my DNA, transporting me through eternity. Then everything was black... END OF CHAPTER 13 Authors note: I told you that you would be surprised. Come on, you didn't expect that. Anyway, if the "gods" of time and space reminded you of two certain fictional monsters then I suceeded. If they don't then forget what I said. See you next chapter.