//------------------------------// // Chapter 10: Gift // Story: The Alicorn Theory: The Treachery // by Prince Aeon //------------------------------// Everything went white, I was somewhere... Somewhere else, different... It's not like if I've been here before but I had this feeling. I could remember the pain of the arrows in my body but it was gone. I started to wonder where I was? "Hellooo?" My voice echoed in the infinity... where was I? "You know I knew that you were the good one since I've saw you..." I turned around to see the big grey Alicorn coming in my direction... Aera... "What? I... I don't understand..." He smiled. "The day I saw you, I told myself: «I've found a pony» a pony that cares more about the others life than his own, including his ennemies..." I looked away from his slit eyes. "I only did what I considered the right thing to do, but not the best..." I looked up to see that he was still in front of me... "And that's exactly how a guardian needs to be..." I couldn't understand where he was going with this... "Wha... What do you need?" He slowly started to fade. "5000 years is enough for me, I've seen many things that I want to forget, it's time for a new titan Midnight." I stayed quiet seeing where he was going... "But... I still need to respect the deal I've made with Amber... To save you, I had to accept that when I'll give you Aera, Half of my powers will go to your worst ennemy..." Corr... "...but my restrictions was that he'd never know about them. You'll have Aera's appearance and Corr will stay a pegasi. Sadly, Amber is hardly trustable." I looked back at him. "No... let me die... You have no idea what Corr can do if he discovers his powers." He slowly started to fade. "I have made my choice Midnight, I trust you, and I know that you'll do the right things." I looked down to see that the white zone around me changed into the decor I was... falling, I just had the time to look down to see the ground coming towards me. I opened my wings, something felt different...I hit the ground, I was obviously falling too fast, I'll break my legs for sure. I closed my eyes and hit the ground, there was a big bang. There was no pain, no movement. I slowly opened my eyes to see the dust cloud around me. It slowly dissipated I saw around me, the hole I was standing in, dug by the impact. I was taller... My coat was grey... I looked at my wing, they were bigger. Up on my forehead was a long horn... I felt a presence behind me. I turned around to see Ruby... She followed me... But somehow, I knew something, I could feel it in her eyes, her body... She was looking straight at me... "Midnight?" I was angrier than never. I avoided her sight. "It was you all along..." She smiled, the dark cloud came out of her body and shaped the dark witch... Amber... I closed my eyes, trying to calm down. She started to laugh... That laught, like a hyena happy of her meal. "Every single pony walked straight in every line of my plan... Corr, Wit, Aera, Ruby, The Unicorns, The Pegasus and even you Midnight, I am suprised... You see, Aera knew I couldn't save both of you so he told me to save only you and maintain Ruby alive by myself. In exchange he'll have to give you his powers and half of them to your worst enemy, being Corr... Making him immortal, he'll give me more souls thinking that this is what causing him to live longer, and in my part, I literally fooled him. HAHAha... Also you, Midnight, you fell in love with Ruby,and... oh... I won't spoil the fun... don't worry about her, she is all yours..." She walked away. "...Oh and Aera..." I understood that she was referring to me. "...take care of my daughters." Didn't let me the time to fully realise what she just said that she dissapeared in her dark cloud in the airs. My daughters are also Amber's. I looked back at Ruby that was lying on the floor. I came and lied down, my head over her's. She slowly opened her eyes. She stared at mine, somehow, she could recognise me... "Midnight?" I grabbed her and held her tight enough to not make her suffocate. "I saw everything... heard everything... she was controlling me, I couldn't do at thing..." I could feel her shaking... A tear came out of my eye. "It's over Ruby... It's over..." She was hugging me harder. "I love you Midnight..." I closed my eyes. "I love you too Ruby, now let's go back home..."