//------------------------------// // Chaos Choice #1 // Story: Amore Fati – A Ponyville Ciderfest App Story // by Alsey //------------------------------// Amore stared at the page, and wondered just how much this mysterious artifact could truly change her fate. She had always believed a pony could decide their destiny, but now she herself could decide her past. Would it be so bad… if she seized this opportunity to correct her greatest mistake? Wasn’t this Fate offering her a way to make a better choice? Could it really hurt to try? There was enough space on the page to course-correct, if need be. The princess summoned a quill. “Wait, what are you doing?” asked Fizzy, nervous. “Creating a better History… I hope,” Amore answered as she finished penning a new destiny. ‘Sombra never set hoof in the Crystal Empire, and Princess Amore’s reign endured.’ The kirin’s protest was cut short by a bright flash. Amore blinked, shaking off the temporary blindness. She didn’t find herself in her throne room in the Crystal Empire, like she could’ve expected.   No, she was sitting at the center of the sparkling bridge of a great crystalline ship, sculling through the upper layers of the planet’s atmosphere. Ponies of every tribe were busying themselves all around, dressed in uniforms stamped with Amore’s own snowflake cutie mark. An alarm sounded, and the forces of the Nightmare descending from the scarred moon were displayed on the bridge’s main battle screen. Amore of Equus shared a worried glance with Ensign Fizzy Glitch at the com station, and sighed. Nopony ever said changing one’s Fate was that easy…