//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: Revealing heart // Story: The line between hope and time. // by Prince Aeon //------------------------------// To love is to be united with someone forever What was I thinking? I am going to marry Emma. But now I must concentrate on the instant moment, this Canterlot Wedding. I knew something was going to happen, even if Alicorns are involved and I can't see the future, something bad was incoming. Emma and I sat at our place in the church. All along during the wedding, she talked. "Aaaaaw this is so lovely, they make so much a great couple, the Princess should really be happy. Look at the groom, he is so calm." My attention got caught by the groom, why is he so immobile, looking for no reason at the wall in front of him, I don't even think that he was there. He was lost in his head, I couldn't see in his head, an Alicorn casted a spell on him. I said silently to Emma. "Something is wrong with the groom" She looked at me like if I was from another planet. As the moment I said that, the little Cadence popped out. I laughed "Oh there was something wrong" I said, but everypony around ignore me and were more interested to the main event. To skip the big deal, turn out that the false Cadence was that old Chrysalis. Then the crowd went crazy went Celestia was defeated. I turned around, I lost Emma. NONONONONONONONONO!! I went outside then I saw the army of changelings invading. I realised that all changelings are a form of alicorn, so now I couldn't predict anything. My heart was pumping more faster than I can remember. I kept shouting the name of Emma. I ran everywhere, throught the dashes of changelings, the guards spears and the blood sprays. Changelings were biting their prey to eat more easily their love and guards were piercing the enemy with their weapon. Innocent ponies were getting killed and I was still hoping that my fiancee was still alive. Then I heard one sound from all the others. "ECLIPSE!" I turned around Two changelings were holding her against a wall and a third one was approaching her, mouth open. I didn't even thought and start running towards them when suddenly a changeling rammed me. He held me on the ground, I couldn't move, it was a mare changeling and she open her mouth, showing me her shark teeth, she was literally going to tore my face off with these. But I was ignoring her, all my attention was on Emma and her attackers. The love-eater was going to consume the love that Emma had for me. I couldn't let this happened. I used my magic to throw away the weight that was on me an stood back up. The teeth of the monster pierced Emma's neck. She screamed in agony and my fury exploded. My wings grew out immediately as my body came back to his Alicorn size, that means two time the size of a little pony. My eyes opened revealing my vertical pupil. My cutie mark came back to the original infinity symbol that it was. I did not took the time to think about the consequences and cast the forbidden spell. Everything around me stopped moving. The ponies were immobile with their facial expression filled with fear. The blood was floating around and Emma was frozen while bleeding. I started to walk slowly towards the aggressor, I took his head out of Emma's neck and I broke his. I pulled easily Emma out of the Changelings grip and put her on my back, I walked into a house and dropped Emma on a couch. I closed the windows and the door, I locked it, then I fainted. When I woke up, Emma was sleeping on my chest, my first reflex was to look at her neck, the wound was deep but not mortal. I stood up and opened slowly the door. The vision was horrible. There were no living changelings, only dead ponies lying on the ground. I looked around and all what I saw was Dust and smoke from houses. I used my magic to line up the bodies and cover them with a materialized towel. I stacked up the dead changelings and burnt them. Emma, awoken, came by my side. "Who are you? Where is Eclipse?" She sounded scared. "I am Eclipse, actually, no, he never existed, he is just a part of myself, I am Prince Aeon, Prince of Time, I am your guardian, when you were borned, I swore to protect you with my life. I saw in you the spirit of an Alicorn. I took the appearance of Eclipse to find a way to make you released safely this power, but now that you know who I am, things are going to get a little." "But... what about..." I stopped her "I still want to marry you Emma"