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// 1) Who are You? [edited 4/18/13] 
// Story: The Watch 
// by Light Angle 
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Chapter 1: Who are You? 


Canterlot

Celestia paced nervously about her chambers. Twilight had passed the test. Not just by letting Spike grab the heart as she had told her student, but also by other actions she had taken as well. Actions Celestia had hoped Twilight would not have thought to do. Passing this test meant that things would change, and for the worst at that. Her train of thought was broken by one of her guards. 

"Your Highness" he announced "There is a Mr. Time Turner here to see you. Should I allow him through?" 

Celestia raced hopefully to the door and was relieved by the sound of the guest's voice. 

"Please, call me Doctor." the voice said. 

"I will see him." Celestia said struggling to contain her emotions. 

An earth pony with a brown main and an hourglass cutie mark entered the chamber. He bowed to Celestia and the guard followed his lead. Celestia rolled her eyes.

"You may leave us," Celestia stated dismissing the guard.

The guard bowed again then left. Celestia closed the door behind him using her magic.

"You of all people do not have to bow to me." Celestia sighed, a slight hint of annoyance in her voice.

"I know." the stallion smiled then clapped his hooves together "But I do enjoy seeing your reactions.  Now, no more distractions, I can see from your current state that Twilight Sparkle was able to complete her most recent task." 

Celestia nodded sadly. "I'm sorry I didn't believe you, I should have seen…." 

The Doctor gives Celestia a knowing glance and she stops. 

"Even I was not completely sure. If I'd been wrong…" The Doctor started. 

"But you were not wrong, I was." Celestia cried back.  

"Calm down. This is out of our hooves now," he reminded her. 

"I guess." she sighed "But we must visit her tomorrow, as soon as we can. I'd go now, but I need to raise the sun tomorrow. Luna does not know of this, and I wish to keep it that way until we see what Twilight does next." 

"I agree." The Doctor nodded. 

Both of the however, held on to the worry that knowing Twilight Sparkle, tomorrow could already be too late.

Ponyville 

Twilight Sparkle was far too excited to get any sleep. She had passed. She was going to start dealing with magic and studies on a completely different level. She continued running and leaping about the library when she felt something. It seemed different then any pervious type of magic she'd ever felt, and it seemed to be calling to her. She followed the pull to her room were she found the source. It was her old fob watch. She'd had it for as long as she could remember. She had forgotten about it until she went to dig out Smartypants. She actually hadn't realized she'd grabbed both until just now. Thinking harder she realized that she could not recall exactly where and when she had received it.  Wanting to see the source of the energy she used her magic to try to bring the watch closer to her. The second the spell touched the watch however, everything went white.

Mindscape

Twilight blinked. She looked around. She was in a vast seemingly endless white…. space. She could not really think of a better word. There were streams of some kind of gold energy flowing at angles that didn't seem physically possible. She looked in the distance and saw what looked like something moving. She ran towards it. She stopped short. The creature is like nothing Twilight had ever seen. She (well Twilight was relatively sure it was a she) stood on two legs and lacked a tail. Twilight then looked up at the woman's mane and froze at what she saw. It was styled exactly this same as hers. It was the same color general color as her own except it lacked her violet and rose colored streaks. She was wearing what appeared to be a lab coat of some kind. It was white and more stylish than any Twilight had ever seen. It was almost as if someone with Rarity's level of skill had designed it. 

Putting all these pieces together Twilight realized what the women was. She was a human, but they weren't real, were they? 

"Who are you?" Twilight inquired.  

The women glared at Twilight. She was being asked a question by a horse, in her watch. "You dare to ask me a question? This watch is a holding place for my memories what are you doing here?" 

Twilight thought for a second. The watch! This human must have sealed her memories in the watch, and they were somehow inside it. But  how had this human put herself in the watch, and why? Why had it come to her? Twilight was snapped out of her thoughts by another demand from the oddly familar woman.


"How did you get your hands on my watch, horse?" 

"My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I'm a unicorn not a horse!" Twilight stated. Realizing only afterward how rude and unproductive her reply had been.

"I do not care what you are and I did not ask for your name," the women stated. Thought she did see the existence of unicorns on whatever planet she was currently on as an interesting subject to look into once she is back in control of her body. She wondered what the human the arch created is currently up to. Something foolish and boring no doubt. She turned back to the animal that somehow must managed to swipe her watch. "I only wish to know how you came upon my watch." 

"It's my watch" Twilight stated, finding real conviction for the first time in what was turning into the strangest conversation she'd ever had. There are so many questions she wished to ask this strange creature. These however would have to wait, obviously dealing with the watch issue would have to come first. "I've had had it as long as I can remember, I didn't know anypony was inside it."   

The creature stared at Twilight. She had previously been to distracted, to notice, but now she did. The unicorn looked familiar, very familiar. A sinister smirk crossed her face. 

"Would I be correct in assuming you are known for your intelligence?" the woman asked, struggling to ignore the fact she may have just been called a pony. 

"Well..." Twilight blushed "I am Princess Celestia's personal student. I also really enjoy reading. By the way you're a human aren't you. I've read about humans, but…." 

The women interrupted Twilight "I am not a human" she spit out the word as if its an insult. 

"Then what are you?" Twilight asked. This whole thing is so strange to her, each answer raising more questions. 

"Smart and curious." the women smiled. "Very well, to start with I will tell you this much, I am called The Rani." 


-To Be Continued-