//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Ashes // Story: The Alicorn Theory: The Treachery // by Prince Aeon //------------------------------// Why does my brother have a stone cold heart you ask? It's because love destroyed him long ago, and I think that it's still tearing him today In Ponyville, there was a young unicorn named Time, she discovered the secret of the titans spirits that were mentioned in an ancient book. Since then, she always looked for books about them but nopony ever heard of them. One day, in the library, she spotted a cardboard box behind old books that haven't moved in centuries. A single book was inside it, an old, partially torn book. She blew the dust from it before opening the book. The writing was old, older than this era. It was an alicorn writing, Time could recognize it. She closed the book and went dowstairs. "Hum... Twilight... Can I borrow this book?" The purple unicorn turned around and looked suprised when she saw the book. "That's strange, I've never seen this book before... Yeah, I guess you can take it for a while." "Thank you Twilight!" Time left the library and ran at her home, excited to read the novel. Inside her house, she locked the doors, shut her windows and her blinds... The inside of her house was dark as the night. She opened a single lamp over her couch and layed in a confortable position. She put the book on her belly and opened the written antiquity.... I just want to scream, let all the anger go, but I can't. I feel that I am the only pegasus that feels this way, I am lost, in my head and in my heart. First day of the summer, it is a beautiful day, but inside all the hearts... it's darker than coal. We are on the edge of a complete war between races. My father, Sunset GoldFeather, the high king of the pegasi rule with an iron hoof and marked in the whole race's mind that the others races are inferior and should be destroyed. Obviously, I am against this idea. But father thinks that I feel like him. We were attending at a flying show. My father was proud of his winged forces. But wasn't that impressed, he looked at me. "Son, show them the speed of a prince." I bowed to him. "Yes father..." I deployed my wings. "Midnight..." I looked at him. "...impress me." I sighed "Yes father..." I rocketed in the airs, my lift-off caused some guard to fall on the ground. I waited three wingflaps before breaking the soundwall, I made sure to cross it fast enough so no sound could've been heard. Rumors were said that I was the fastest pegasus that ever lived but I never really trusted them, flying was a piece of cake for me, I thought it would be the same for many more, it's when I saw how the "best flyers" were that I realised my talent. When I was flying faster I could feel my heart burning, turning into ashes and reborn from them, it was another world, another life. I was like a phoenix, borned in the airs, like an arrow piercing the sky. I was at two wingflaps from the wall. The Wall is a pegasi technique that only I can perform. I go to a speed superior to pony vision, so I become invisible, but my organic body can't hold this speed, too exposed to this speed, I could kill myself. So at the precise moment that I enter the speed, I kick the "Wall" that separates me from it. The impact cause me to immobilise myself, unharmed, but the reality, itstelf crackles and creates an explosion, not dangerous at a safe distance and quite pretty to see. The crowd was crazy after the explosion, but I felt bad because they didn't came to see me. I acted under the order of my father and I think that they don't applause for me, but because they had to... I landed at the sides of my father. "I am proud of you son. You proved them that their prince is worth his rank." "If I was a bad flyer father, would you still be proud of me?" "No... no I wouldn't. You wouldn't be worth to be a pegasus prince..." I was shocked, how can a father say that to his own son. I didn't said a word. I turned away and left the coliseum, a tear in my eye. On the way back to the palace, I heard a voice... "Let me go you monsters!!" It was the voice of an angel, so divine I cannot describe it. No words in ancient pony can express the beauty of the sound that kissed my ears. I looked back, my heart broke. It was a unicorn mare, in a cage, there guarded by pegasus, she was literally exposed to the insults of the crowd. I hated my race this day. On the balcony of my room. I was sitting on the edge, lost in my mind. The sunset was the only thing that was warming my heart. "Beautiful sunset isn't?" I bumped, the voice was unknown to me. I turned around to see an Alicorn behind me, almost twice my height. It's to ask, who is the evil one between him and his other side...