//------------------------------// // This was unexpected... // Story: Equestrian Fanfiction // by Lise //------------------------------// Midnight Castle: Everhere, Vol 7, Chapter 4, The Mirror Rune (A bit of fancolting! I had to read this five times! It's so amazing that each time it becomes better! I really hope Luna gets to bring some of the writers. Whoever wrote this is... just wow!!! :D ) We start with Blazen going through the net, reading about occult stuff. We learn where he got the runes he used in the first chapter. He then sees a three times twisted snake biting its tail, and goes all crazy. We then jump to a flashback of him as a child with his family (and get our first picture of him and he's so cute!). The Ruuls were a clan that used runecraft to give powers to objects, summon spirits, etc. Blazen was supposed to become the "East Shield of the Runelord" but ran away, tired to be treated as mindless puppet. I like how we got to meet the entire Ruul clan. There's so much backstory there that I can go on for ages! Also it was hinted they might be Titan blessed. Anyway, Blazen gets back to his senses, then runs out to talk to Megan, but is suddenly run over by a magitech carriage. (Blam! No warning whatsoever!) Bleeding (!!!) on the ground he reaches to grab a piece of mirror, looks at it, and...zones out in front of his computer again! Wondering what's going on, he leaves to go to Megan, but gets crashed into by Caprice who's chased by some "inkform slivers of bat proportions" that swoop down at her. The two rush through the city, while Caprice goes on that he mustn't use his magic to attack people and remember she'll always be there for him, and that no one will replace him. When they finally fight off the bats, he's about to ask what is going on, when a mirror shard hits Caprice in the wing. Blazen pulls it out and... wakes up in front of his computer. Glancing at the rune on the forum, Blazen is about to leave to talk to Megan, when there's a knock on his window. Opening it, he's pulled out by Omni, who drags him off to the forest, where they are attacked by Felina sorcerers. Omni is wounded, but the two manage to escape, until Cassandra and Orpheus show up. Cassandra goes on about how he forced their hand, when Omni suddenly takes out a mirror shard out of nowhere and shows it to Blazen...who wakes up in front of his computer. (Anypony getting dizzy so far?) This time Blazen sneaks to Megan's work, and after an elaborate sneak in gets to talk to her about his fears that his family is after him. Megan hushes him and takes him to the vault of her corp, where she takes out what she describes as a mirror rune. As she explains, the rune has been reacting to him ever since he moved to Mistmount. She's about to reveal more, when the walls are torn apart by an inklike monster. Blazen grabs the rune and... wakes up in front of his computer. This time, he's still holding the mirror rune. Before he could tell what's going on, ash from all the black chalk in the room goes towards the mirror rune, causing Blazen to split into seven pieces. We (and he) then find out that the mirror rune creates a copy of him a few minutes before the last instance a copy was created (there are 5 of him so far!) The thought drives him insane, so he uses his runecraft to try and kill all his other selves. Yet then, Euryala jumps through the window and shows him a shard. Blazen wakes up and Euryala is already there. She explains that he must break the loop if he's to get through that day. It also turns out that he created the mirror rune for himself (in the future, but sent it to the past) for some unknown purpose. She also mentions that he's the only one who can stop the Everprince and that she has faith in him. (Oh, and by the way, she mentions they're a couple in the future and she loves him!!!) She then gives him a box saying the mirror shard is inside. He then utters the phrase of the spoiler, but she's already opened the box so he wakes up... in front of his computer. Blazen looks at the mirror rune, then puts it away in his wallet. He doesn't turn on the computer. Instead, he phones Danny and says he wants to hang out. Next chapter: "Poseidon's Faithful" Just wow! I still can't wrap my head around it! :))) And, and! For the first time we have such an extensive solo chapter! Usually it's 2-3 characters. Here it's just Blazen and himselves. Interesting how similar this is to the shatterstone. What do you girls think? PrinceEric @PrinceEric: quite the trippy chapter. :) From what I get, the mirror rune makes copies of himself who could be there at the same place and time, but also not there since no one mentioned seeing two of him? I just hope they don't use "divine nature" as an explanation:/ Other than that the chapter is cool and we get to finally see Blazen's family (see, Brush? He's no orphan!) Note that he still hasn't hit the inkstone. At most he'll use it to make the mirror rune at some point. Thus begs the question... what exactly is the inkstone and what can it do? Scarily interesting :) MixaMax Actually, I think it's not so much him making copies of himself, rather than sharing his own existence. Note, how he never actually sees himself. I speculate that the nature of the mirror rune is such that it creates a paradox if any of his selves sees another. Same for a person seeing two instances of him. Euryala is an exception since she's a shard as well. Overall, I'd say this was well thought out and perfectly executed. Clearly, the writer didn't know anything about time spells, but the story doesn't need them, and that's what makes it so good. @SweetStuff: a much belated congratulations! The song was wonderful, but I always knew you had a nice voice. :) You should have told me you're a fan of Midnight Castle! DarkSparkle Hmmm! Hmmmmmmmmmmmm! This story sounds oddly familiar -.- PPI @DarkSparkle: you're back! :) Are you alright? We missed you so much! PrinceEric @DarkSparkle: Girl! So sorry! :( I didn't mean to be so mean to you! Please let me make it up to you somehow! Anything you ask, it's yours! So glad you returned. I was feeling so rotten being a jerk. Want to meet and have doughnuts sometime? I'm paying. MixaMax @DarkSparkle, I think I'm in love with you... Jade the Evervirgin ...this was unexpected. Brush