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// Chapter 7: The other life 
// Story: Pushing The Line 
// by Prince Aeon 
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Emma

We've been flying for a long time oover this forest, Draft said that his sister was somewhere called the "Bear Claw".
I am wondering how the brothers are doing... 
"We are approaching"
Draft started to go down. We followed him. He slowed down.
"She know that we are here."
As he said that, a pillar came out of the trees. Stopping our progression.
"Found her."
I thought that it was kind of obvious. We dove down the pillar. We went through the leaves. The we all landed on the ground. We were all looking at a brown Alicorn with a long black mane. Her green eyes in the darkness were revealing her position.
"Why would you all search for me?"
Her voices sounded deep, like an echo.
"We need you sister."
Nucleus turned around her brother.
"Oh yeah, and why do you need ME? NOW? I am looking for somepony for the moment, I am not for any help of yours for the moment, and I would help you brother, even if I had nothing else to do."
I don't know what went into my head, but I objected.
"I am the pony you are looking for."
She turned in my direction.
"What?"
"It's my fault if Paradoxus is dead."
She was looking at me, silent.
I explained that Paradoxus destroyed my wedding to get his revenge on Aeon and that he died under the weapon of my guard.
She walked toward me with clenched teeth. She was angry against me. I was scared. Draft said:
"Nucleus."
She looked in my frozen eyes. I don't know what happened, but she stopped. She closed her eyes and stepped back.
"I... I am sorry, I can... see that... Paradoxus, went... himself to his own death."
"Please forgive me..."
"I don't need to forgive you, you are not responsible of his death."
She was holding it but I know that she was crying. I felt something strange behind the trees. I was obsessed by this feeling.
"Now... what do you need my help with?"
I needed to know what was that feeling.
"Guys, can you tell her... what happened, I... need to see something."
Tide hesitated.
"hum... Okay."

I went throught the leaves, I saw a white Alicorn. She had a green mane with green eyes.
"Hello Emma."
"Who... who are you? I... I've never saw you before, how do you know my name?"
"I am Sarah, Princess of..."
She looked like she was going to regret what she was going to say.
"...Despair"

I froze, despair... it's the opposite of... Hope, but I... am Hope... So she is...
"Yes Emma, I am your opposite, I am your sister."
I didn't knew how to react, should I be afraid of her or filled with joy to finally meet my sister.
"I know what you think, I am a bad mare because I am despair. I am indeed, I was born for this purpose."
I sighed.
"...but I don't want to."
Pardon?
"Yes Emma, I don't want to be despair, I don't want to absord the hope of everypony I cross my path with, filling their mind with darkness and despair."
"I... I... am.. sorry?"
"And I was born here, at the same time that Aeon separated us. Nucleus found me and taught me my magic. While you were receiving Aeon's teaching in your head. You was living your day like everypony else, me, I was having a hard time with Nucleus, she is rough and exigeant."
"Sarah, I..."
"Emma I don't to live that way, I don't want ponies to look at me and be scared"
"So why don't you come with me."
"Wha... What?"
"Yeah... come with me, so your despair power won't have any effect with my hope power if we stick together."
"You... would do that for me? A sister that you never met that is actually your opposite. I have the power of despair."
"But you have a pure heart."
Tears came out of her eyes, she jumped in my hooves.
"Oh thank you Emma, it's the best thing anypony ever told me. Thank You Thank You Thank You. You got able to put hope in the heart of despair."

The four Alicorns came out of the woods. Flare speaked for them.
"Nucleus accepted to come with us."
Sarah walked towards them.
"I will come too."
Draft ended the conversation.
"Then we are off to Canterlot."