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// Chapter 1: Sharpe 
// Story: The New Line 
// by Prince Aeon 
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Three Years after Pushing The Line

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It's cold, I feel it in my coat. But I can't see anything it's too dark, where am I anyway? I heard hoofsteps behind me. I turned quickly around... nothing. What's going on? 

"I know what you are looking for."
I got suprised by the unexpected voice. I turned my head all around me.
"WHO'S THERE! WHO ARE YOU!"
"Screaming is useless my dear, don't destroy your thought, you will need them."
"Wha... What?"
"I know a lot about you... I was there the day you want to remember."
"Tell me."
"I am not the one to tell you, it wouldn't be fun at all"

Green glowing eyes came out of the shadow. I stepped back a little. The grey Pegasus was slowly moving towards me, his black mane had two glowing green stripes like his eyes. He was unreal.
"Are you the one doing this? It's impossible, you are a Pegasus..."
"Indeed I am, but sometimes, you should think what your eyes see."
"Tell me the truth about myself."
"No, but I know where is the pony you want to meet."
"What's the name"
No response... He was teasing me, not for a single instant he had the thought to tell me. I was getting frustrated.
"You will need to bring me somepony if I tell you."
"TELL ME!"
"Her name is Emma."


Aeon

It is a cold night, I cannot feel cold... but Emma can, she was wrapped in her blankets. Even in asleep she is a wonder. The cold whisper of the night makes her shiver. It hurts my heart to see her suffering. I closed my eyes, I saw all the Lifes, all the deaths, all the happy moments, all the sad ones. I saw treachery, I saw love, I saw Jealousy, I saw Friendship, I saw Pain as I saw Time itself. For five minutes I saw the living of all the ponies at the same time. An ochestra, an harmony of pleasure and pain. Suddently! Emma woke up screaming. I was disconnected from my vision and stunned by the sudden event. Emma catched slowly her breath.
"What's wrong Emma"
She looked at me, a tear beading at the edge of her diamond eyes.
"It's still the same dream Aeon. Everything is fuzzy, I hear screams of unknown ponies. Then a big scream, a call for help. From them..."
"Our daughters?"
"Yes! Gleam and Raven!"
I sighed.
"It's okay Emma, they are sleeping in their room."
"I guess your right, it was just a bad dream..."
I nodded in approval. She returned to her leeping position. Looking a the sizling stars of the dark sky.
"Aeon?"
"Hmm?"
"I'm cold."
I thought for a second, then I spread my right wing and wrapped it around her. She whispered.
"Something is coming Aeon, I can feel it."
"Emma, your nightmare shocked you a little I think, Our girls are just fine, now gain some rest."
She closed her dazzling eyes. It took her seconds to fall in the hooves of Bluneris, the Princess of Dreams. I kissed her on the cheek and went out of the room. I walked calmly to our daugther's room. I used magic to slowly open the door to see that none of them was actually sleeping, but talking. It always suprise everypony how Alicorns grow faster, after 3 years, Gleam and Raven look like having 10.
"Girls, please, why aren't you sleeping"
"But Daaaaaad, we aren't tired!"
I looked at Gleam, her white mane was resting on the side of her bed. Her beige coat and yellow eyes were like a light in the darkness, not in the real terms, but... anyway...
"My little Princess of Light, Close your eyes and you will be dreaming before you know it."
She grumbled something I couldn't understand. I turned to her sister, Raven.
"Daddy, I don't like my powers, why am I Darkness."
I smiled.
"My dear, without light, there is no darkness, and without darkness, there is no light. It's not because you are Darkness that it means that you are Evil, or a bad mare. You both are adorable daughters and I am happy to have you both. I could never let anything bad happen to you."
"I love you dad."
"I love you too daddy."
"I love you too girls, now, go to sleep."
I closed the door of their room and went downstairs. I looked inside Sarah's room, she was sleeping like her sister. I continued my walk to the front door. My magic opened it.
"My salutation Prince."
Sharpe, our blind pegasus guardian was standing in front of the house, watching the void. Her talent will never stop to amaze me. She was wearing her golden armor, incrusted with the legendary symbol of the titans.
"How did you know it was me?"
"Who else could it be?"
She was right, I am the only one who cannot sleep here. I walked at her sides.
"Isn't a problem for you to guard the night?"
"I hate daytime, it's too loud, I can't hear anything perfectly. But the night... everything is calm. I can hear, smell, feel anything I want. Like this pony watching us in the woods."
"What?"
"Indeed, she's there for now a bit, doing nothing but starring at us."
"How do you know she is a mare?"
"An Alicorn also, your reaction revealed me this point. You cannot feel her, right... I know she is a mare because of the way she is too light to be a male alicorn. I know she is watching us, she is really close, and she is not moving, what is there to watch in the middle of the night else of a titan and a blind pony that is actually knowing that we are here."
"Is she dangerous?"
"I can't feel emotions or... wait... she... dissapeared..."
I suddently realised...
"EMMA! GLEAM! RAVEN!"
I slammed open the door, Sharpe on my tail. I flew up the stairs. I opened the girls room.

She was there...