//------------------------------// // Causality: Chapter 1, Absolution // Story: Causality: Lost in a Broken Equestria // by ProtoFelix //------------------------------// Chapter 1: Absolution The room was silent my head lay against the hard oak wooden floor, my mane flat and covering half of my face. I try to lift a hoof, but my muscles gave in and I return to my place on the floor. I could see the day sunshine peeking through a small gap in the curtains which was a relief. I laid for a few more minutes and slowed my breathing thinking about the dream I had just witnessed firsthand. It felt so real like I was there, but my mind was separated from it all, the feeling of the world being destroyed around you and life ending as you know it wasn't something I can take with ease... Pushing myself up this time my muscles trying and I hit my head on the table above "Buck" I spit pushing my flattened mane across from my eyes and rubbing my head in the spot I had stupidly hit. Reaching out to move the tablecloth to make a passage for myself a tingling sensation rushes throughout, my breathing starts to increase plus I begin to hyperventilate each breath like another nightmare pushing its way into my mind my legs lock, I remember first-hand what I dreamt of last night. Remembering everything and looking at it in great detail wasn't something that was a gift."In the dream didn't I hide under the table?" My hooves begin to shake just thinking of the coincidence or was my dream related to what I did? (If you haven't already noticed Spirit has anxiety issues). "Calm down, calm down its OK must have just been a coincidence. Spirit there is nothing to be afraid of "I tell myself slowing my heart rate and allowing myself to be able to move again. I climb out from under the kitchen table walking over to the bathroom and decided to get a shower,to "Absolute" myself from the rest of the world and to wash this horrible mane that had been annoying me since I woke up. Drawing the curtains of the shower I reach out and turn the faucet and adjust the temperature of the water to about 37 degrees the bathroom becoming misty and humid as I step inside the shower drawing the curtains behind me with a bar of soap and a sponge in tow. The feeling of the water washing over my fur was exhilarating and so relaxing. I took a moment to think back on the dream which had me hooked about thinking. It felt so real. I tell myself softly "I'm going to check outside after this to see if it was real" knowing inside that I wasn't going to find anything new than maybe a new bird sitting on the oak tree situated only a meter's from my porch. Using the shampoo I lather my mane with the Cloudsdale rainbow scented shampoo I ask myself the same question "How do rainbows how a scent" and answering with a stupid comeback about the Cloudsdale marketing scheme chuckling to myself as I usually do. After washing the shampoo out of my mane, then rinsing myself off the water suddenly cuts off. "Why did the water cut off?" I mention to myself in a bewildered voice and try to turn the faucet, but still nothing. Drawing the shower curtains and climbing out drying myself off I head outside to see if there was actually something going on and in the moment when I peered out the window to see what's going on I freeze in a trance to see something I had never laid my eyes on before. Equestria in ... Chaos Not Discord's doing the sun in the east and the moon in the west, cloud patterns all wrong I rub my eyes hoping I was hallucinating, but unfortunately this wasn't a dream. Its like all the pegasus stopped controlling the weather and the princess's stopped the sun and the moon cycles, but the city of Canterlot was completely different. The mountain on which it is situated is no longer earthbound, but hovering over Equestria. But those same clouds from my dream were hovering above. I had a feeling something bad was going down, a force had taken over our peaceful land. That moment I gallop outside having no idea what I was going to do, I sit on the steps of my porch and tears shed from my eyes taking a few moments to calm do when a voice echoed in the distance. I look up to see a female pegasus with a silver body and lime green in addition to a silver tinted mane flying far yonder shouting "Is anybody out there?! Please anybody!"involuntarily I shout "YES! PLEASE OVER HERE," she turns and begins flying in my direction. Instantly regret it now, but I must know what's going on I have no one else to turn to. As she arrives and lands in front of me and says "Hi, I'm Silver. Do you know what's happened to Equestria? I've been flying for three hours and everywhere I've gone no pony is around you're the first pony I've come across," At that moment I had no idea what she meant so I asked "What do you mean? I just woke up and I just saw the sky and Canterlot what's happened to Equestria. I had a dream prior to this but its all confusing" In that moment I started to piece things together I ask  Silver "Did you have a dream too? About loud thunder, light just vanishing and stuff?" I have a strange feeling inside that I want her to have experienced the same things I had, although at the same time I want myself to be dreaming and waking up any second as if I was dreaming inside a dream. She responds with a sudden "Yes" Inside I felt a bad feeling of what had been happening and I was afraid it could change my life forever I was scared a trapped nowhere to go and this female pegasus was fine she didn't seem to be worried at all? "Silver, you don't suppose that we are dreaming?" With in an instant she punches me in the face I was shocked and shouted "What the buck was that for!" I'm more formal around females, but damn that hurt! She replies saying "Well looks like you're not dreaming then, look I want to get to the bottom of what's happening and I'm sure you do to. So you wanna' work together?" she says in a firm but soft tone. In that moment I wanted to say to, still I felt like could trust her more than anybody else at this point. She seems to know more than I did about the situation. "Yes" I replied lifting myself of the step and asking "What's out first phase of action then?" in that a sound defended my ears I look around to see the source and see a meteor looking object heading our way I jump and push Silver out the way but the object landed nowhere near us and she hit me again. I deserved it this time. I say to Silver "I think we should check that out. And, I guess its a start", she nods and we began walking following the smoke trail the meteor like object left behind ... " Absolution " formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment.ecclesiastical declaration that a person's sins have been forgiven. Who has sinned? Who is being punished?