``Well It’s look like Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are not home`` Said Simon dejectly as he trot close of his friend in the healty green grass of the town.
``I wonder where they could be- Oh Look! it’s Applejack`` She point at the wooden stall of the said orange mare, they grin to each other before they ran madly. Applejack saw them in the distance and groan quietly to herself.
``Hey miss why the ‘long’ face`` Simon ask with his grin earning a slap by his friend. The apple farmer put a force smile, the new of her mother death was still fresh on her mind but she couldn’t afford to quit work after the many destruction of the barns this year the farm need all the bits it could have.
.``That not something ya need to worry about, now what ya two would want?``The two was about to bye some apples but something caught the eyes of Ema a little sign on the stand was written. ‘authograph 1 bit’.
If you watch in her you could swear her eyes were sparkling in delight. ``Excuse miss, but why are you selling authograph.`` The cowpony had a puzzle expression for a second, but then comprehension dawn on her.
``Aww that? Well there many fan of me and mah friends, either because they heard of us in the newpapers because of the elements of harmony, or because they are ‘bronies’ like they call themselfs, Ah don’t like to admit it but the farm is on hard time so ah decide to sell authograph.``
The two of them was a little taken aback that so many fans arleady visited the girls. C-can we have one?`` Simon ask nervousely, the blonde mare chuckle a little.
``Of course sugarcube`` She grab two little pieces of paper and a feather. ``So it’s fer who?`` The two unicorns each said their name and Applejack quickly write on the papers before giving it to them the unicorns gave her two bits.
Ema and Simon were about to be on their way when a familiar owl flew down and land on the stand. ``Owlicious? What ya doing there ?`` She quickly realise that a small paper was attache to his paw with a elastic.
She quickly read it and gasp she look around and notice her brother who was on a date with Cherilee. ``Big mac! Can y’all take mah place mah friend jus’ got her foal!`` The eyes of the two unicorns widden at that, wondering how much they miss of the show since they cam here.
``Eyup`` Respond her brother.
``Well I guess I will se you nex time Big mac`` Said the teacher a little sadened for her date to end so quicly but she knew before dating him thatr he was a really busy stallion so she was prepare for it.
``Eyup`` Applejack gallop in direction of the hospital without looking back as her brother took her place.
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One week later
A zebra in a golden armour narrow her eyes and shoot an arrow in direction of a smirking stallion. Before she could even blink he had the arrow in hand and brocken in two. ``Rookie Brew blade stop I can handle this.`` Said a comanding yet gentle voice behind her.
``But princess he knock down six guard and-`` Celestia raise her hoof to silence her and turn her attention the offender.
``Free Dreamer you’re lucky you done so much for Equestria in the past because if not I would had you to my collection of statue right now for what you done to this little journalist many months ago, but I will give you the chance to explain why you dare attack my guards and disturb me.``
``As if you could do anything agains’t me now that you lose your connection to the elements of harmony, oh and It’s Time Skip now by the way.``
``The elements are not the only magical weapon we have Free``
``Yes I saw those changeling quite a spectacle to see, you were lucky that day that queen was an idiots, I mean seriously she use the power of love to defeat you the legendary fake goddess, but when two ponies use the same power it was an ‘ridiculous sentiment’ no wonder the changeling are consider parasite instead of a sentient race with a ruler like that`` He laugh wiping a tear of his eyes. Celestia was begining to be iritated with his entic and slam a hoof on the floor.
``Enough I don’t have time to waste with you I have some guards to take care because of you so get to the point!`` His playful smile disapear sudenly and he took a serious expression who sent a chill down Brew Blade spine, she had her arrow still point at him even if she knew it would be useless agaisn’t him.
``Ten years`` He said simply the princess look at him questionly before he continue. ``In ten years a great event will happen in Equestria two world will collide together. And some of your old ‘friends’ will returns. I’m not sure what will hapen the timeline is still unstable around this time. Since I send Peace Dreamer in the future. But there chances the soul reapers will be interests by the magics that will produce this event.``
``Why are you telling me this? Not so long ago you were agasint us.``
``Ahahah! Agaisn’t you?! I wouldn’t dream of fighting the fake goddess. And beside in all the worlds I visited Equestria is my favorite, it’s the only world I can pretend she’s still alive.`` Celestia hesitate for a second but she oredered the zebra to let her alone with him.
Brew hesitate to let her princess alone but reluctanly left the room. Celestia put a comforting hoof on ‘Free Dreamer’.
``I know you miss Fluttershy but you know she isn’t the same as the one in your world here.``
``I know that Celestia my Fluttershy was totally different she want to travel everywhere to see all the wildlifes that exist in the worlds of the veil. This one is hiding in her cottage like a scare mice, but I guess that alright for Peace is the most sedentary of the Dreamers I’ve ever met. He have the chance to travel in all the times whenever he want and is amulet barely did more than accumulate some dust.`` He chuckle to himself, they silently watch the sun turning a beautiful orange color.
``Twilight`` He said sudenly the princess look at him curiously. ``Celestia I think it’s time to test your students, Equestria will need the help of another princess agaisn’t the reapers``
``I-I don’t know what you’re talking about.`` The princess said nervousely.
``Don’t try to hide it from me I travel in time and in most versions I saw, Twilight is an Alicorn, I think it’s about time you crown her.`` Celesti sigh.
``I wanted to wait a few years again before putting her the burden of being royalty``
``Unfortunately you need to transform her now Author know controling the ability of tree races at the same time isn’t easy I know I tried to be a draconesus once you should have seen how Fluttershy beat me up for having almost died.`` He burst out laughing and Celestia roll her eyes playfully.
``I guess I will give her the book tonight what will you do Free I know you wouldn’t come all the way here just for that.``
``The foal of Peace is born and I had to be here for the occassion even if he want to kill me and for good reasons.`` The eyes of Celestia narrow.
``What are your real plans?`` He sigh in annoyance.
``Figure I can’t hide anything from you, he had a foal with the element of kindness. He’s the first Dreamer to have a child with someone who have the spiritual potencial to be a fake goddess like you. This child will be extremely powerful. A power that even the gods would come to fear with the time. If someone could kill these fucking bastards of reapers it would be her`` Celestia was taken aback not only by his cursing but by what he said.
``But you’re a reaper are you not?`` He laugh a hollow laugh that Celestia had hard time beliving was coming from Free who always was a little mad and happy.
``Becoming one of these assholes is my greatest shame in the milenia I lived, after this bitch of Solana mistook Fluttershy for a criminal and execute her I was blind by the rage and kill two entire squad of angels. So of course they send me to the wasteland. After I escape. I knew the council would hunt me down until my last breath.`` He took a breath to calm his rage.
``So that when I began to kill peoples it’s was criminal who didn’t deserve to die and I had no regret to end their miserable lives. I took the name of Time Skip and made believe that I was the last fate eater. Of course that imediatly took the attention of many gangster and bounty hunters. Like I wanted to, but not one of these organizasion could rival agasint a single captain of the angels if they were face with one.``
``That until I met the reapers I never throught I would met them, I trhought they were just an urbain legends. So when they invited me in their group I accept I knew they were powerful, I just didn’t knew how.``
``I was forced to do their dirty work for twenty years in exchanges of their protection. The one who give the order is call Infinitus He’s a white cloacked wolf he seem to hide something, but he’s not the true leader he’s just a sort of powerful messenger. The leader I saw only twice don’t know much about, but I know she’s a female and have a humanoid aparence, she seem to have a lot of connections to the council.``
``Each of the members have different goal for doing what they do, but the main goal of the organization is to take over the veil like these mad gods thousands of years ago, and unfortunately they could be powerful enough to be succeful.``
``But how they can be powerful enough nopony can beat the elders!`` Ask Celestia loosing her cool as the story progress.
``Have you ever heard of the shards of life?`` Celestia eyes widden and she gasp in horror.
``You mean the shards of life as in the sparks that Author lose in the great war of the gods?!`` She exclaim in panic.
``The same theive been collecting them for hundreds of years now and at this rythm they will have enough to make a copy of author a giant spark that could rivalised Author who they could control at their will. In on hundred or one hundred and fifty years max``
``And you want a poor little filly to beat them alone!? Are you mad?`` He gain a smirk for a second.
``I think you know the response to that, but no I wouldn’t dream of her beating the reapers alone I’m a Dreamer but I’m still realist. I only want to protect Equestria, It’s the only world that count, It’s the only one where a Dreamer and an elements of kindness can be happy together.`` He sudenly got up and slowly walk in the center of the room.
``Where are you going?`` The sun monarch ask.
``I said that the filly would be powerful but she’s not the only one in this world that can rivalise with a reaper.`` He smile at Celestia.
``You don’t mean-``
``Yes I do, Peace Dreamer have a extremely a lot of potencial that have to be unlocked.`` He walk close of the window not watching at Celestia. ``Celly... If I Peace is really the one who can rivalised with the reapers like I predict to... The last two Dreamers will be gone by tomorow.`` Before Celestia could ask what he meant he disapear in a flash of light. The princess sight and trot to her knock out guards. This will be a long night.