Pushing The Line

by Prince Aeon


Chapter 2: Another life

Emma

I remained silent in front of this mare I once considered as god, now I see her like Aeon was seeing her, a betrayer and a coward that gets what she wants done by the work of the others. She was looking at me with her purple eyes, she asked:
"What did you read?"
"It's too late,I know what I came here for and there is nothing you can do."
"Nopony could teach you magic, except the unicorns but I all gave them the order to avoid talking to you, remember..."
She really doesn't want me to discover my powers, but she doesn't know something.
"...so it'll be easy for me to keep you here after your intrusion in my castle AND in my personal archives."
"Oh you are wrong Celestia, somepony taught me my powers, and better than any other unicorn..."
Her expression changed from egoism to fear.
"Oh, Celestia, I can see that you know where I am going with this"
"This is impossible, you are lying"
"Am I? Need a little proof?"
My horn started to glow, I swung my head towards the guards and the flow rammed them on the walls, the princess countered it with her magic and replied by firing a piercing light at me. I deflected the attack with my horn, what caused it to pierce the wall with a bang. I turned around and saw the escape opportunity, I had no time to lose, I have to go to the temple. I lift all the scrolls and the books in the room and threw them at the Princess. She would not destroy her whole history. I jumped out of the tower, while falling, I changed into a light ball and pierce the sky toward Ponyville.

Aeon

This mare is courageous, fighting Celestia without hesitating, she is stubborn but excellent in improvising. Celestia didn't go after her. Actually, she seems quite relaxed, she is up to something... There she is, in her chamber, writing down a letter, asking the Elements of Harmony to go after her, with her sister. She asked to Luna to deliver the message, to win some time. They will not do the detour by Canterlot, they will go immediately after Emma. My temple is old, I am sure that Emma will find the door's password. She will not find what she is searching for, but, she will indeed find an alternative.

Emma

I used telepathy, well, the less I know about it, to tell Sharpe and SilverShield to search for information about the Alicorns Celestia betrayed, and avoid any contact with Celestia or Luna. I arrived fast enought over the everfree forest. Damn it's big, where can I find a hidden temple in a forest like this, I remember, "Aeon-Temple-Everfree-Time", hum... the first letters make ATET, AT and ET, ET represent East, At East... I turned east as I realised the answer. I felt magic over some firs. I dove in the forest and took back my body shape before gently landing on the ground. There was a giant boulder stuck in the mountain. There were signs on it, I new them, it was the old royal language, Aeon talked to me about it and showed me some things about it. I could barely read it but I got able to have the whole enigma. It was written "What is the best medicine for non-physical pain?" I thought, what is "non-physical"? inside? feeling? Then it popped in my head, I said:
"It's the Time"
The ground shook, was I right? Was I wrong? A fissure appeared in the boulder and I stood back a little. The fissure became larger and the shape of a gate appeared. I went through the portal. The den was dark but torches lit themselves as I walked foward. Suddenly, many torches lit at the same time, revealing a big room. In the middle, there were three statues around one, one of the three statues was familiar to me but the others were unknown from me, but the one in the middle was him. I slowly when down the steps toward the rock model of Aeon. A voice said in my head.
"Touch it with your horn."
I recognized the voice of my lover and touched him with my horn. A bright light comes out of it and fade pretty fast after. The statue was still there but it was moving, except the hooves.
"Aeon? Is, is that you?"
"Well, yes, and no. You see Emma, I used your energy, when you touched my statue, to animate it and let me tell you something."
"I am so happy to see you in real life and not in my dreams."
"Emma, right now, it's impossible for you to brink me back, Celestia sealed me in non-reality and she is the only one who can release me. It's going to be hard to convince her..."
"Aeon, she is more powerful than me, she won't listen to me."
He shook his head. He turned his head toward the statues.
"Celestia sealed me. But Midnight, Noon and Eclipse are not."
"Oh yes I recognized you, him, Eclipse, I recognized him..."
"I will bring them to help you, you must find the Princes and Princesses you found in the archives, they will be able to convince Celestia to release me, but I won't be able to be with you. These three fellas are all me together. My soul will be separated in them."
"I love you, I will do anything to have you back."
"Oh and one last thing, Nucleus, the Princess of Rocks is Paradoxus wife."
"What?!?"
"Be careful."
"Aeon..."
The bright light came back and blind me. I tripped and felt on the ground, I knocked my head on something and lost consciousness. When I opened my eyes three ponies were watching me, a dark blue pegasus, a pale blue earth pony and finally, the blue unicorn Eclipse.
"Emma, are you alright?"
"Aeon? Hum... Eclipse? Is that you?"
"Yes Emma, this is Midnight the pegasus and Noon the Earth pony. Together we are the Legendary ponies."
"Nice to meet you Emma, I mean, physically"
That was the grave voice of Noon, he looks like the most serious of them.
"Indeed, we know everything Aeon know, also Eclipse remember his time spent with you."
Midnight, quite the entertaining one sounded young and joyfull. Eclipse helped me to stood back on.
"We all do actually, we are Aeon, so... his mind is our mind."
Suddenly, Eclipse watched toward the hallway and an expression of fear appeared in his face.
"What is it?"
"Somepony is coming..."

You rise, you fall, you're down then you rise again. What don't kill you'll make you more strong
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