//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: A breach in the heart // Story: The line between hope and time. // by Prince Aeon //------------------------------// I loved her, I love her and will forever What is time? What is life? What is love? Even I, Aeon, Prince of Time, cannot answer these. What are the responsibility of being prince of time? Watching Equestria and protect it from losing time, that means to let something happen that should not. Controlling time is long, well, eternity is long, I guess, anyway I don't know anymore. Time is nothing more than a pain that keep me alive. Even if being immortal could be the best thing somepony would ever hope, it's not. When you cannot die, you cannot live your life like if today was your last day, nor the day after, nor all the others. Stopping time is my own special spell and one of the most powerful that ever got casted in Equestria. Due to the need of enormous power quantity, I collapse each time I do it and leave everything with the risk to be lost in time, can be catastrophic so I keep this power low. I am tired of this, for over five thousand years, I watched everything and never did anything, I want something to change, I saw happiness, sadness, life and death. Death doesn't scare me, I can't die anyway. I want to be weak, I want to feel somethings that I've never felt; "fear, pain, fun... love..." Why not stopping everything, on a simple thought, I could just destroy everything, all my desires will be gone and the ones of everypony else. Just easy, let the world collapse in pain when time is no more. I was going to do it, then I saw her... In Ponyville, a little borned mare, seconds ago, she opened her eyes. I saw them diving deep in my soul giving my spirit love and hope. I was struck by the power caused by the pegasus, nopony else could saw me but it's like if she was looking at me. Her pale purple body and deep pale blue eyes were beautiful. Her blond mane was long and shining like diamond in the middle of a summer day. I swore on Equestria's sake that I would be her guardian. How can a simple weak thing can make fall a titan. They named her Emma, Emma Techwing. A name that was marked forever in my life. Only after a few seconds of her life, I knew that she was special. She was overwhelming of an energy more powerful than any little pony. An alicorn power. She had this sparkle in her eyes, a sparkle scary as lovely. After the few minutes of her life, she was already under the protection of a prince. But the most strange thing about her, was that, different of anypony else, I could not see her future. She was countering my powers without even realising it. She was dangerous... One day, she will break me, one way, or another... I was not sure of what I was getting myself into because of the simple fact that I could not predict it. But this little innocent spirit was delving deep into my heart and I never felt that before. I wasn't sure if it was love or if I was scared. I was afraid of her, her power, how can a pegasus have that much energy, ready to explode.