//------------------------------// // Day Two // Story: To live or die in Equestria? // by ward282 //------------------------------// Thunderer was moved that night to another room in the tower, the guards who moved him gave him daggers. It was no surprise given that he'd inadvertently punched a massive hole into the tower wall. The room he was moved into was no different to the one he'd woken up in. It was a three-sided room, with two walls being straight and the final wall being the outer wall which was curved. Thunderer set the two armour suits up against the curved wall, he stared at both of them, they were both similar with the exception of the younger one. To Thunderer it was three years ago that he'd gone undercover to expose the thieves but to everypony else this was yesterday. Thunderer looked at the replica he'd made all those years ago. The left cannon was missing and the scorch mark was still present on the neck, he instinctively raised a hoof to touch his left eye. The burn was still there too. He looked over the replica and prodded the small hole that had been made when the cannon struck him. He then looked over to the actual Royal Pegasus Armour, its silver gleamed brightly in the moonlight. Thunderer lifted his right hoof and made the motion he'd practised, in an instant the right leg of the armour pulled away from the suit and flew straight to Thunderer, it clipped onto his hoof and secured itself in place. He sighed, he should feel good, he'd changed everything that should have occurred, but instead he felt sad. He pulled out the coin Time Turner had given him and flipped it over. "If you go through you'll go back in time, if you prevent all of this. Then everything that has happened will never occur, not quite all of it but enough to change the course of time. Take this coin, when you go through the portal it will change." "Why?" Thunderer had asked. "Constants and variables, something has to change otherwise the universe screws up, that's why this spell is forbidden. If you go back and change something, something will change with you. I'd rather it was this coin than you." Sure enough the coin had changed, instead of the profile of Celestia and her cutie mark on the other side, the coin was her cutie mark on both sides. He placed the coin on the table and then went back to the armour. He pulled out Twilight Sparkles' throwing knife, the same one he'd given her when they'd left Trottingham, her cutie mark decorated the hilt, this was all he had to remind him of her. There was a gentle knock at the door. "Enter." Thunderer called and set down the knife. It was Princess Luna who entered. "I have spoken with my sister on the matter. I have not told her what you showed me, there are some things beyond Celestias' comprehension. She has reduced the sentence to imprisonment, that was the best offer I could get, I understand you wish to die but there are other options." "What options are they? Everypony I got to know is dead, if I try speaking to them now it'll be too strange and I won't move over the fact they're dead." "We could erase your memory, there is a machine that can do that." "No! I want to die." "Thunderer, erasing your memory will allow you start fresh, a new life, new friends and a new love." "Will Celestia not imprison me?" "Not if you can't remember what you did or didn't do." "Then I will consider it." Thunderer said. "Perhaps an evening out will help you decide." Luna offered. It was good to fly again, it had been years since Thunderer could fly freely without worrying about changelings. He soared through the air as he and Luna headed towards the concert hall. The flight was short but Thunderer enjoyed stretching out his wings, he could see the destruction below him as they flew. They arrived at the concert hall which was largely intact. Luna cloacked herself using a spell and a younger looking Luna stood before him, minus the horn which had disappeared. Inside the concert hall few ponies had gathered into the seats, Thunderer stopped at the poster for the concert. It was Octavia Melody who was playing tonight. "I must be with her Thunderer!" She said with tears in her eyes. *BANG* Her body slumped the ground and the gun clattered with her. Thunderer winced at the thought and hoped Luna hadn't seen him. She had and she placed a hoof on his shoulder. "Tell me about erasing my memory." "There is a device that takes your memories and stores them, you can choose to keep them or store them forever. You can wipe everything but if you do, you won't ever truly forget you'll see flashes of the past, events that occurred but they won't bother you." "I think I want to do that, I'm not sure I want to die that much, just to forget everything." "I can do that." Luna said, "we can do it tomorrow morning, let us enjoy this concert first." The concert was tough, Thunderer spent most of it with tears in his eyes but Octavias' music was so beautiul that nopony noticed. Tomorrow would be his last day for him in this life and that brought a smile to his face.