Chrono had just returned from HQ. Thanks to his skin-tech, teleporting there and back was a breeze, and this time, his skin-tech was at full power. Granted, he was glad that the mess of losing all his skin-tech's power was cleared up so he could use his skin-tech to fix any problems that the future held. Unfortunately, he now knew that he was completely, utterly stuck in this timeline until Nebula decided to leave. That fact was now real, causing him to be filled with unending rage. Rage that could cause several time paradoxes, disrupt every timestream law and cause one certain alicorn colt to go completely, mind-numbing crazy while causing said paradoxes and breaking of laws. Because of this, he knew that there was only one way to fix that rage.
Chrono hopped out of bed and walked up to his bedroom's main door. He slowly opened it, only to notice a single guard standing outside his room. Coughing for a second, Chrono spoke up, "Hey you."
"Hmm? Yes, Prince Chrono?" the guard asked back as he turned towards the colt.
"Yeah...listen here pal, could I ask you favor?"
"Sure. What do you need your majesty?" the guard replied with a bow.
"Booze."
The guard just blinked at that answer. He wasn't sure what to say next. "Um...excuse me?"
"Booze." Chrono deadpanned. "As in booze booze. You know, the stuff you use to fight off depression even though its a depressant?"
"Um...you're just a colt your majesty. You can't-"
"GET ME SOME ******* BOOZE RIGHT NOW OR I SWEAR I'LL HAVE YOUR ******* HEAD ON A ******* PIKE WHILE I DRINK A **** TON OF BOOZE WHILE I'M ******* KILLING YOU!"
"Uh...well..."
"GIMME BOOZE NOW!"
One segment of trying to get a guard fired and failing later...
"I can't believe it. I just can not **-OW! believe I'm **-OW! not allowed to have **-OW! booze!" Chrono grumbled to himself as he made his way to the castle's library. "And I can't **-OW! believe that Celestia put this stupid **-OW! anti-swearing curse on me! And its supposed last a **-OW! week?! WHAT THE **-OW! Stop doing that, you blasted **-OW! curse!"
"Uh...are you okay Prince Chrono?" said a passing by guard.
"Do you want your liver taken out and shoved down your **-OW! throat?!" Chrono hissed back.
"Um...no?" the guard squeaked back.
"Then leave me the..." Chrono stopped himself, putting a hoof in his mouth. "Just leave. Now."
"Yes your majesty."
And with that, Chrono entered the library. Once again, he easily dodged the librarian's vision and proceeded to the aisle of books over advanced magic. There, he looked over a few other volumes since he only recorded one of them in his skin-tech. Let's see here...no. No. I don't need the simple spells, at least according to the translation I'm getting. I need something with a bit more kick.
"Okay, what are we doing here? Last time you did this, me and the blue **** got stuck in your subconscious."
"Chaos! Language!"
"Oh shut up! The curse doesn't work on voices in his head!"
Quiet you two. Chrono internally said as he started up his skin-tech to record another book. I'm recording these books over spells since I jumped the gun last time. This knowledge could be useful later on, especially since I might be stuck here for more than two months.
"Oh. That makes sense, I guess."
"So...what should we do after this?"
Simple. We go back my room and start testing any time spells I can find.
The voices in his head 'looked' at each other, both showing looks of pure fear as they heard the skin-tech let out a ding, signifying that the recording was done. Seems things were about to change again.
One transition to Chrono's bedroom later...
"So...what spell are we doing that's gonna mess your head this time?"
Not sure. I want to find a type of 'time window' spell.
"Time window?! Isn't that against the rules? Time magisters aren't allowed to use their skin-tech to see glimpses of a timeline after they've traveled to it. It could mess up the order of events!"
In normal circumstances, that's true. Chrono thought as he tapped the screen again, still wondering why he's talking to these voices he was still trying to not acknowledge. But, this isn't skin-tech. Therefore, it isn't against the rules. Besides, all I want to do is make sure I'm not stuck here for half a century thanks to that stupid space ** "OW!"
"Wow. The curse even covers his thoughts."
Shut up. I need you two to be quiet so I can-wait, maybe this will work.
"What is it?"
Chrono coughed once more before reading the spell out loud. "Let see here, 'Starswirl's Time Vision'. This spell is designed to certain events of time based on certain points that are...inconsequential?"
"Wait...what? Did that just say what I think it said?"
"It did." Chrono replied as he scratched the side of his head. "Its a spell where you can see the past, present and future...but it shows events that won't change the timeline. Interesting." Chrono tapped the screen again as he scrolled through the remaining spells. He soon noticed that every spell had some sort of safety mechanism attached to them. "Interesting. Very interesting....seems this Starswirl character was quite smart. He thought of everything that could go wrong with these spells and fixed them appropriately."
"How so?"
"Looks like when you use this 'time vision' spell, which shows a type of time window in front of you, it shows only events that don't matter. For instance, if you use it to view the exact same moment of time twice, the results won't matter. Like...you could use it to view a morning next week. One vision could show you brushing your teeth, while the other might just show you just getting up. Either way, it doesn't show anything important, it always makes sure to show inconsequential things that won't affect the timeline." Chrono tapped the screen one more time. "If that's the case, that could be very useful to me."
"Let me guess, you're gonna see if you're still here a few months down the line."
"Correct. Though...there might be a slight problem here."
"Oh dear, not again."
"Yeah...looks like Starswirl made this for unicorns, not alicorns. But...I should be okay. I just need to make sure I use less power."
"WHAT?! Didn't you just say that last time you jumped the gun?! Don't-"
"SHUT UP!" Chrono yelled, causing the outside guard to just glance at the bedroom door. "Be quiet. I need to know. If I don't know, I'm going to go get some **-OW! booze which I can't have. So its the spell or booze. Got it?"
"I...very well. I can't stop you."
"Good. Let's begin." Chrono's horn began to shine as he read the spell. After reading it again, he closed his eyes as his mind kept thinking about the destination he wanted to see. "Show me...show me the future. Show me...show-"
"CHRONO! Are you ready to have some fun?!" said a sudden voice as it entered the room, slamming the bedroom door open. It was Cadance, who quickly shut the door behind her. "Aunt Celestia asked me to look over you after you tried to...to..." Cadance's expression turned from happy to worried as she saw the light shining from Chrono's horn. "What are you-"
"AAAAHHHH!" Chrono yelped from the sudden door opened and slamming shut, causing his concentration to be broken. The spell then shot out of his horn, bouncing around the room in response.
"Eek!" Cadance shrieked as she watched the spell keep bouncing around before it did last one ricochet. Cadance's eyes widened as the spell hit her, knocking her out instantly. Chrono on the other hoof, fell off his bed, knocking the wind out of him.
"Ugh...that hurt. Not as bad as the **-OW! swear curse, but still." Chrono said to himself as he got up. He rubbed his forehead before shaking his head as he got up and saw the unconscious Cadance. "Oh **-OW! Cadance! Are you okay?!"
Chrono ran up and shook the knocked out alicorn, trying to wake her up. It was then that a certain noise caught his ears. He saw Cadance's horn begin to shine, and noticed that it was the spell from earlier. "What the...the spell! Why is it-"
ZAP!
The spell shot out of the horn, knocking Chrono off of his feet. He watched the spell turn into a beam as it flew out of her horn and into the wall. What followed was a large 'window', but it didn't show anything. "What in the...it's not showing a window?"
Then, his question was answered as the 'window' suddenly spat out a young mare. She had a whitish-pink coat with a light purple mane with light blue streaks. Chrono could only blink as the young mare got up and looked at him with a look of rage and fear combined.
"WHAT THE ****?! Where am I?!" she yelled before grabbing Chrono's neck. "What is this?!"
"Um...I uh...er..." Chrono stuttered before the mare let go of him and walked over to Cadance. Chrono just fell to the ground and grabbed his neck, coughing. "What in the-"
Chrono looked back at the mare and he felt like he was about to shrink into the floor. The mare was now furious as she stopped looking at Cadance and glared at Chrono. He could feel a sudden amount of magic power in front of him, more than anything he had ever felt. His eyes shrunk as the mare flared her wings and her horn started to shine. It was this moment that he realized that she was an alicorn, something he should have noticed earlier.
The young mare's eyes turned into a death glare as she hissed. "What did you do to my mother?!"
"Mother?" Chrono yelped, not understanding what she meant.
"I am Princess Flurry Heart and you will pay for hurting my mother!"