Chrysalis: Saviour of Time

by Robo Bro


0 - Prologue

“Okay, let’s try this again. Practice makes perfect and you don’t wanna screw this up when you do the real thing.

Ahem...Fillies and gentlecolts, on behalf of Chronos: welcome to Time Travel Tours. I, Time Keeper, shall be your guide through your time travelling journey as we follow the life and adventures of the famous Princess Twilight Sparkle from her birth in Canterlot, to her heartfelt passing in her old age surrounded by friends and loved ones at the world famous Friendship Castle.

Umm...what was next? Let’s see...a quick overview of her early years? Wasn’t there more to the introduction? I guess not. Okay!

If you look to your right, you’ll see brief glimpses of Twilight’s years as an adorable little filly. That there is the very moment that she both earned her cutie mark and the right to be Princess Celestia’s personal student. You may also see pieces of her life under that tutelage as well as her interactions with her foalsitter, the princess of love herself: Mi Amore Cadenza!

Okay...stop here for the first major event viewing. Just flick the chrono capacitor into idle and—oof! That was a little more jarring than I remember it being. Well, no harm no foul. Moving on!

You’ll have no doubt noticed that we have stopped travelling through the time stream and have come to rest at a particular location in time. If you’ll look below us you can see Twilight Sparkle, not yet a princess, in one of the greatest defining moments of our history and her life, a moment that could be argued shaped the world we live in more so than any other major event. Twilight running along with that little purple dragon on her back may not look like much, but this is the day that she was sent to Ponyville by Princess Celestia, where she would meet the other bearers of the elements of harmony.

What’s that beeping noise? Ah, it’s probably nothing.

If you take an especially close look with your magnification screens, you can see the frustration lining Twilight Sparkle’s face from having her concerns about the return of Nightmare Moon seemingly dismissed by Princess Celestia. She is as yet unaware of the tremendous destiny that is about to be thrust upon her. Ahead of her lies the redemption of Nightmare Moon, the release of Discord, the changeling invasion of Canterlot, her ascension to alicornhood and so much more. All of these world changing events start right here!

Ugh! That beeping noise is driving me insane! Seriously, what is that? Ah, here’s where it’s coming from, and there’s a flashing light too! Now what does this say? Warning: if light is flashing, engine has ceased operation mid flight.

Uh oh.”

CRASH! CRUNCH!

“Owww...Well, I’ve certainly seen better days, but at least I’m in one piece. Now why did the engine crash? Computer, can you pinpoint just what went wrong?

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Oh. I did it. I am so going to be fired for this! Just calm down! Breathe! Nopony needs to know about this! Just turn the chrono capacitor back on, go back to the present and pretend this never happened. Maybe they won’t even notice that I crashed the time machine into the past!

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I just crashed a time machine into the past! Oh please oh please oh please don’t have damaged anything important!”

Kshhh! Vrrrrrr!

“A bit of property damage, that’s okay, it can be repaired, it shouldn’t shatter the space time continuum. There’s Spike. He’s...ummm...out cold and might have a concussion, but he’ll live. This is still recoverable! Now if Spike is here, where’s Princess Twilight?

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Oh, horse apples!”