//------------------------------// // Prologue-Rhythm's End (WIP) // Story: Rhythm's Game (World Ends With You Theme) // by Rhythm The Music Mare //------------------------------// The Real ground Rhythm flicked her bright blue mane as she looked around the Real ground which was Equestria. So many cities, so much happening in a split second, without her powers she wouldn't have been able to understand any of it. Since she was the conductor she could appear in anyplace on the Real ground but she had decided to appear in Canterlot which was the main city. Standing in the middle of the street Rhythm glanced at the other ponies wondering around without a care in the world as they passed her by, all following a set path, she felt each pony's individual emotion and how they were all unique and loved every minute of it, all to soon she was brought out of her fancy daydream by the approach of a similar being who was also from the same plane she belonged too. Rhythm twisted her blue head and saw the Producer, a pink coloured Alicorn who thought much like herself however the Producer may have been the same gender and same mind however this was no curtsey call since the Producer was frowning, a worrying sight since the Producer never frowned. Rhythm walked over to the purple mare and nodded to her superior "Cadance, something troubling you this fine afternoon?" she asked slightly concerned, nothing would normally cause this much trouble unless things had gotten out of hand even though Rhythm had seen nothing of the sort since she had left the UG a few hours ago. Cadance flicked her pink mane and looked at the blue Unicorn, "Rhythm" she said ignoring the other mare's probing question, however she flicked her tail and glanced at her strangely "I see you've taken a break from the game, Ran out of players on the 5th day, must have been a quick round" she summarised blinking at her counterpart. Even though she was the producer she had the same role as Rhythm however she had to check on the Conductor from time to time to make sure no rule breaking was underway to increase the erasure rate. Rhythm nodded, "game finished up and I came here to rest before we restarted with the new bunch in a few days’ time, give the rest of the crew a break" she added before glancing around looking at the other ponies. "you can feel all the positive and negative aspects of our lives right here, makes your job rewarding don't you think?" she asked Cadance before looking at her hard "anyway enough of the idle chit-chat, you're not here because you want to talk, is there a message from the Composer?" she asked curious to the Producer's appearance, it was a rare thing to see her since she was in a different subclass to herself. Angels and Reapers never mixed since their jobs were so different. Cadance nodded at Rhythms report and agreed about the rewarding part of the job, "Rhythm the Composer wants to talk with you about the RG and UG. What the Composer has to say is of vital important to the Reaper's and Angels survival along with everything else that we both care about, I think we might agree on the matter when the Composer has discussed it with yourself" she said, "We should return to the Higher Plane, the Composer doesn't like to be kept waiting as you know" she finished before vanishing from the RG. Rhythm instantly knew something was badly wrong when Cadance mentioned the Higher Plane that was the place where only the Composer could visit. Rhythm had only been their once before when she had be promoted from Game master to Composer a few months ago, however suddenly she felt a presence touch her mind and instantly knew she was being summoned their by the Composer herself. Rhythm flicked her tail and waited before a bright light surrounded her, then she vanished from the RG and thus entered the Higher Plane. The Higher Plane Rhythm glanced around getting her bearing, the surroundings were pure white, and the walls, floor everything was white. Rhythm saw the Producer waiting for her next to a large white door which was brighter than the rest of the room. Rhythm slowly walked over to her feeling out of place with her blue mane in the white room, "shall we enter?" she asked blinking at the Producer after she nodded she walked over to the left hand side of the door while the Producer did the same but to the right. Rhythm levitated a black key with the shape of black wings and slotted it into a reaper key slot, the key pin was level 10 clearance the highest you can go. The Producer did the same thing however used the white angel key which was also level 10 clearance the same as Rhythm's. Both mare's turned the keys with their telekinesis and caused the door to make a small *Click* noise which quickly swung open. Without talking the Producer walked in first since she was of a higher status then the conductor, however Rhythm quickly followed still curious to what the Composer wanted. The Composer was seated on a white throne thinking to herself, the mare's mane shimmered and moved like a setting sun causing Rhythm to blink, not even she or the Producer could do something so magnificent. This Alicorn was a being so far from anything she knew and could easily crush anything in a fraction of a second. After all three higher powers had seated did the Composer finally glance at both her subjects. "Cadance, Rhythm, we have maters to discuss but first you've finished the current game so you won't be needed?" she started her voice as ageless as the stars as she looked upon the Conductor not wanting to be interrupted. Rhythm nodded "the game finished a few hours ago, no victors, all players erased and turned to soul. We can be spared for a few hours" she explained. The Composer nodded, "good good, I expect nothing less from my subjects, however I've been thinking hard for the past few games and I've reached a conclusion you two must know. Equestria or the RG has started to become corrupted by the UG. Haven’t you seen the increase in negative emotions there, rage? Hate. Misery. Envy. Fear. Self-deprecation. A cacophony of countless selfish wants. As that noise swells, it turns into crime, warfare... All the world’s ills can be traced to individuality and it came from the UG, so I want to erasure the UG, RG and start again. The Composer summarised glancing at both Producer then Conductor. Cadance nodded in support "it's true these ponies have been getting more selfish over the age, we should scrape the plate clean and start again, erasure the old world and begin anew however we could make sure nothing like this ever happened, force them never to have their own freedom or certainly limit it." she added which the Composer nodded at, however Rhythm was deeply troubled by this thought and stood their quietly. The Composer glanced at Rhythm and tipped her head on one side "you don't agree? or is there another solution for this?" she queried Rhythm glanced at the Composer and Producer and shook her head " the RG and UG is still full of so many possibilities, and if I could work out some of the corruption or eliminate the selfish wants of the individual ponies would you reconsider your choice of erasure?" she asked blinking, "It might not be my place to say however as Conductor I believe that the game is still the best idea to sort out the worthless from the worthy" she added looking at both mare's wondering what would happen. Celestia thought about this, "As my Composer if you believe that the game is the best way to do this along with removing all of the corruption from every individual then I shall not erasure both realms" she finished looking at the Producer, "you may leave us and monitor the future games" she said nodding towards Cadance. After the Producer had left she turned to Rhythm, "you have 30 days to transform the RG and UG into a selfless place, along with another condition. I shall find a proxy for myself to challenge you and if my proxy is erased then I shall postpone my judgment however if you lose this duel then you will be erased along with both realms, let this game have much more entertainment then the last" she told Rhythm before letting her horn glow once. Rhythm suddenly felt a burning sensation in her hoof a feeling she hadn't had in a few months since entering the game herself, she looked down seeing the 30 day timer on her front right hoof, she nodded at the Composer "you must stay here for the duration of the time apart from choosing your own proxy, we are agreed on this?" she asked when the Composer nodded Rhythm left the white room and Teleported herself back to the UG "let the games begin" Rhythm told herself and then she pondered who to make her first game-master and allow all players for each round to be erased along with another plan to make every pony corruption free.