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// Loop 48 
// Story: The Time Thief 
// by Reading4HalfMyLife 
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The tree of Harmony glowed overhead as Astral sat beneath it. 

She wasn't really sure why she had come here exactly, it's not like it cold help, she would know, she asked Discord about it.

"So your opposite is a tree?"

"I always thought of Harmonia as a stick in the mud, looks like she just had to go and prove me right" despite his words, the God looked sad at the thought of his lost friend.

"Is Harmonia . . . . "

"Conscious? Very. She needs to be, to pick the elements of Harmony and keep the Everfree at bay."

"Do you think she would be able to help me?" 

"No, like I told you, the only two who can undo these loops are Kronos and Ebony."

Still, she had never seen the magnificent tree that had chosen her mother all those years ago, and she had to admit, it was beautiful, glowing silver in the dark woods.

After a couple of seconds of silent staring, Astral rose to all fours and trotted back along the path she had come from. Her teleportation was good enough to teleport right back into town, but she very rarely explored the Everfree, so instead she had set up a tent deep in the forest.





11.58

Astral stood outside, just under the tree, once more. Before she finished this expirement, she wanted to see if anything happened when the loops reset.

The only sound in the forest was her watch ticking and an owl hooting. She couldn't even hear her breathing. But she kept her eyes focused on the tree above her.

12.00

The effect was almost immediate. The ground around the tree's roots began to glow a bright silver, causing Astral to screw up her eyes in an effort to adjust to it. 

Before she could see what was going on, however, she was enveloped in magic, and thrown backwards into a tree. 

Hitting it hard enough to break a rib, Astral's eyes shut completely in a wince.

When she opened them again, the loop had reset.

"Aaaaaaaaaah!"