Crash Course
I take a closer look at the boy standing in front of me. The resemblance is uncanny… “Well… start explaining then.” I say, uncertain if I actually wanna know what’s going on here.
He stands there dumbstruck for a moment longer, before he clears his throat. “Uh… right… well… man, where do I even begin?”
“How about you start with when you went missing eighteen years ago, huh?” I suggest.
He cringes a bit, but he looks surprised soon after. “Back up… eighteen years? It’s been eighteen years on Earth?”
Now I’m just confused. “On Earth? What do you mean by that?”
He sighs and drags his hand down his face. “Alright, lemme give you the crash course.”
Equestria? Ponies? Magic? It all sounds impossible… but, I also thought I’d never see my brother again either…
After his brief explanation of our whereabouts, he continues talking. “As for your questions, it’s been a while but most I remember was I went missing in a forest. I found this weird cave, and there was a cave in. Found a glowing blue orb, touched it, then I wound up falling from the sky, same as you.” he scratches his neck. “That was all about… two thousand years ago, give or take.”
My eyes bug out entirely, and I take a step back. “T-TWO THOUSAND YEARS?! YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOU’RE TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLD?!”
“Hey, easy with the yelling. Yeah, I’m two thousand and fourteen-ish years old. As for how, I…” he hesitates and looks upset. “I was trapped in stone for that entire time. I was only free’d recently, and nobody really knows how.... I’ll spare you the details of what that’s like, but just know it’s worse than anything you can imagine.” he gets a far off look in his eyes.
Trapped in stone for two thousand years… he’s right… I can’t even imagine what that must be like. That explains a couple things but… “Wait, did you say glowing blue ball?”
“Yeah, that’s how I got here. That glowing blue ball is this thing here.” he says pointing to his strange left eye. “Apparently the ponies here called it the Left Eye. I have quite a bit of power thanks to it. And you seem to be in the same boat.” he says.
“What do you mean? What kind of power?”
“Well, for one, my Eye gives me information on anything and everything I want; with some caveats. That’s how I know your name is Kaia, without you having ever told me. Thanks to this Eye, I also know you have something called a Right Eye. Though what kind of powers it grants you, I have no clue. We’ll worry about that later though, I’m guessing it hurts like a bitch right now.” he explains as calmly as he can.
“Y-yeah… it does… sorry, just… this is a lot to take in…” I say sitting down on the ground.
“Oh believe me, I know it is… but at least you have a better start than I did.” After saying that, he walks over and sits down next to me.
“Ya know Null, when you ran off again, this was the last thing I expected to find.” An unknown voice calls from behind me. Reacting on instinct, I get up and pull out my knife, facing the source of the voice.
I was surprised to see her react so violently so quickly, and with a knife at that. “Whoa, easy, easy, he’s a friend.” I say, carefully reaching over and lowering her arm.
Skyline raises an eyebrow at her and sighs out in annoyance. “You do know I have to report this, right?”
“Yeah, I bet you do. But when you do, be sure to convey that if anything happens to my little sister here, all hell will break loose.” I say, putting a possessive arm around her shoulder.
Surprise covers his face. “Sister? You never mentioned you had a sister.”
I shrug. “I never knew until now.”
“How do you know she’s your sister then?” he asks. I simply tap my left eye, and he rolls his eyes. “Right… well, either way, you both gotta come with me now. Sorry, but this is clearly too important to just let wait for the next report.”
Kaia looks at me curiously, and I nod. “I’ll explain a bit more later. For now, just go with it. You’re safe here, I can promise you that much.” She hesitantly nods, and sticks close to me as we follow Skyline.
As we walk, I notice she still hasn’t put the knife away, her grip on it still iron tight, and her eyes wide staring at the thestral infront of her.
“You need to calm down Kaia. I know that’s asking a lot, but try.” I say. Kind of hypocritical of me though, my mind’s racing probably as much as hers right now.
“You said there were ponies here… never said anything about them being small and looking nothing like ponies on Earth.” she says letting out a shaky breath, finally putting away the knife.
“Well, to be fair, I don’t remember much of anything about Earth or my time there. Only thing I’ve got is pictures on my phone, which somehow still works.” I explain, thumbing said phone around in my pocket.
There’s a fair moment of silence between us after that. I thought about saying a couple things, but couldn’t figure out how to say it without upsetting her. ‘How’s Mom and Dad?’ ‘You have any friends?’ ‘How’s life been on earth?’. It all just sounds insensitive, and doesn’t seem like there even is a right way to ask those questions.
If it’s only been eighteen years on Earth, how long has it been since she wound up here? How long til Mom and Dad notice she’s gone? Is there even a way back home? Would I be welcome back home? ...Would I even want to go back? Looking over at Kaia, which is still jarring to think that I have a little sister, who’s the same height as me no less, I start to wonder what she wants. If there is a way back, it wouldn’t be fair to her to deprive her of that.
I was so lost in thought that I didn’t even notice we were already standing in front of Luna and Celestia in a, thankfully, empty throne room. The lack of hatred for the sun Diarch I felt the other day is gone, back into full effect. Especially when the very real possibility that she might try to do to her what she did to me.
We all stand there in silence for a hot minute, with Luna being the first to break the silence. “I’m not sure what to make of this… You have a sister… who is now here.” I simply nod, thankful Skyline did some explaining while I was lost in thought.
There's another long pause before Celestia speaks up, and I clench my fists at the sound of her voice. “If I may ask, why is your eye closed dear?”
Before I can even open my mouth, Kaia answers. “It hurts right now… Jace said it’s because of a ‘Right Eye’ I think…”
As soon as the word Right Eye leaves her mouth, every pony in the room tenses up. I step in front of her and look directly at Celestia. “And if you even think about doing to her what you did to me, I’ll personally ensure this planet never experiences another day and night cycle.” I threaten. Behind me, I can hear Kaia flinch, probably fearful of what might have happened to me happening to her. Or maybe fearful of my threat, not knowing if I can really do that or not.
After a tense few seconds, Luna clears her throat. “And… who is Jace, might I ask?”
“... Him…” she says pointing at me. “That’s his name, isn’t it?”
I turn around and face her, and she’s taking a few steps back. “Are you really my brother?”
I sigh and look at her. “I am your brother. I forgot my name after the first hundred years or so of being a statue. Nobody knew my name, and Luna had a weird phase, so she dubbed me Null, The Auspicious Observer. Had it written on a plaque, and that’s how that name stuck. Ended up being seen as a god for whatever reason by some.”
She takes another step back, reaching for her knife. I sigh again, but a thought crosses my mind. “Oh! Here, if you still don’t believe me, this should be proof enough for you.” I say while pulling my phone out of my pocket, unlocking it and opening the camera roll. I slide the phone over to her on the ground, keeping her preferred distance. She hesitantly looks at it before picking it up, and looking through it.
I wasn’t expecting her to break out into tears however. She lets go of her knife again, and falls to her knees, covering her mouth to try and muffle herself. “It… really is you… we have some of the same pictures at home on the walls…”
I walk over to her, and hug her. “I told you. I know this entire situation is crazy, but it’s reality.”
She latches onto me hard. “I just don’t know what to think right now…” Her breath hitches. “Mom and Dad are gonna freak when they find out I’m missing… can we even go home?” She asks while looking up at me.
I genuinely don’t know the answer, so I look up at the two Princesses. They look at each other, then back at us. “We… are unsure. Null has only been free for a maybe a week, and hasn’t expressed a desire to go back to his home world. Although, we didn’t know time flowed differently where you are from, so whether he wants to now is up to him. In your case though, if you want to, we can assure you we will try to find a way, but warn you that there is a very real possibility that you cannot return.” they explain.
She sniffles and wipes her eyes. “That’s… all I can ask for, isn’t it.”
“It’s all we can promise, is to try.” Celestia says.
I’m not sure if I fully trust Celestia, and I still hate her. But if she can follow through on that promise, and it makes my sister happy… I don’t know… can’t say for sure.
Luna clears her throat. “In the meantime, you are more than welcome to stay here in the castle alongside your brother.” She hesitantly nods. “Very well then.”
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Good. If anything happens to Kaia, Null... or Jace should make good on his threat to destroy Equus’ night cycle and turn it into a wasteland.
waiting for the quiat rage of his sister when she finds out about what they did to her brother. if anything i at least hope that celestia confeses what she did to the masses and acctualy desires to make things right with null
Why Null didn't tell her who turned him to stone, early on when telling her about being in stone for 2 thousand years?
He has no reason to give her a good impression about ponies.
Especially not a positive one
Even if he wanted for Luna to not be hated by his sister, he could have told her it was Celestia.
Looking at his previous actions, he should have done that for sure.
there's the right kind of sis/bro con and there's the wrong kind, I'm liking this right kind of sister and brother complex.
ALlo there isn't any death tag so its not going to go that wrong kind.
We need some sibling bonding time with the two of them doing sibling stuff that siblings do yes indeed mhmm
Quite the twist with the sister, still reeling from that. So far Kaia gives the impression that she might be quick to resort to violence, or at the very least goes into fight mode easily, perhaps as a side effect of learning self-defense and willing to use it.
It would be ironic if Jace, Null, is the voice of calm with his "all-seeing eye" while Kaia is prone to force with the right eye, whose power we have yet to verify. What if Null's left eye is for analyzing weaknesses in their opponents while Kaia's right eye is for destroying? Purely hypothetical, of course, I'm just writing my thoughts.
I like it, I wonder If both "eyes" working together get a "+X" to their powers. ;) Also 2000 years in Equestria is around 18 on earth? Hmm, 1 month on earth is around 9 years in Equestria...plenty of time. XD
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one, who says he won't tell her that? two, i think the immediate problem of dealing with the craziness of whats going on is more important than projecting your hatred onto others. on top of that, he litterally said, "if you do to her what you did to me". while not saying it outright, it does at least hint towards it. (ie, he isn't bothering to hide that fact). i think it's enough given what the chapter is, but maybe im wrong.
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you may be guessing but sometimes ide or speculastions from the readers and commenters have a minor effect to the writer by giving ide
You know what would be funny?, If Null/Jace's sister ends up bonding very well with Celestia. As a result, Luna and Kaia pretty much guarantees Celestia's survival... for now.
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.....That’s not a bad idea really, when you stop and think about it the two bonding might just start a healing phase between Null and Celestia that is badly needed in the long run.
I mean what happens if Null is forced to turn on Celestia? Luna won’t go against family again and Null would see that as a betrayal that could have apocalyptic repercussions as Luna is the only being holding him back.
The situation between Null and Celestia is going to blow up and soon if nothing is done to bridge gaps and it’s going hurt not just Celestia and Luna but also any and all bystanders and innocents in the way.
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Fully agree with you there. This is THE best chance for Celly to earn some points with Null, maybe even full forgiveness if she were to, say, save his sister from a near death experience. Of course, this is me making an assumption/prediction that this is the direction the story will take but if it does, I'd enjoy seeing that relationship grow between Celly and Kaia.
"For Faust bestowed the Right And Left eye to her two grandchildren and each Eyebrow to their parents, so they might control their spawn and not blast another hole through Camelot Mountain"
This is a really interesting patter going down I just hope it doesn't A little my fuck to read
I would say that yes, he should want to go back especially since now he knows time doesn't pass by at the same rate he can go bylack and at least have something of a normal life with his sister, rather than staying in equestria with the ponies. There's really no reason why Kaia wouldn't want to go back and take Jace with her.
There is a possibility of him being able to go home but will he want to now? Because if we remember right he doesn't remember his past life at all.
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I had a whole rant of a comment to reply to you with, but I thought about it and figured i'd probably be spoiling if I went ahead with that comment. so instead, i'll just let you flounder and leave you with this. have you thought about what Null considers "normal"? god theres so much I wanna say to this comment but I'm not gonna fall for the bait and spoil shit.
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Well things could obviously never go back to being like how they would be before Jace dissapeared but I think they would definetly be better. With hiw time is flowing there's a chance Kaia could go back to earth and only have been gone for a short enough time that the absence wouldn't cause much trouble. Its coming back with someone who has been gone for years that has no idea how to qct that would cause trouble.
Still, it would be a sight better than Equestria and I doubt Kaia would leave him behind after just seeing him again. Moreso once she learns how unfairly he's been treated. Even his "friends" I don't think she'd like, given the standards for that seem pretty low after the (not at all regretful) pony who poisoned him and got away without paying is considered one.
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Well I suppose there is "time" before their patents have a meltdown. If the rate of timeflow has been consistent for the last 18/2000 years between the two worlds,and remains consistent at that rate, then time flows 111 times faster on Equis than it does on Earth. That means by the time eight hours roll around on Earth, 37 days will have passed on Equis.
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you know... I just spent the last hour or so pulling my hair out trying to solve this. and i figured it out with the help of my cousin. (cuz im bad at math). while yes, there is time, this is the math behind that time dialation.
x = 1000 years, y =9 years, x=y
ratio of x to y is 111 years to 1 year
x= 40515 days
y= 365 days
x= 972,360 hours
y= 8760 hours
x= 111hours
y =1 hour
x= aprox 5 days (4.625 days)
y= 1 hour
GOD i fucking hated doing this math. but, this math will help me in the future, definitely.
I Would of expected this to have the romance tag.
eh whatever
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I hate math too, but it has its uses.
Y * 111 / 24 = X
X * 24 / 111 = Y
Y = hours passed on Earth
X = days passed on Equis
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Or another way to put it is 1 hour on Earth equals 4 days, 15 hours on Equis.
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I'm sorry
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believe me that was not quick maths. it took me a fuckin while, cuz i suck at algebra. your meme got an eyeroll out of me though, so good on ya
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Well... there is no possible way that THIS is going to be weird or anything. Nope. Everything is going to stay exactly the same.
Didn't his phone ring in a previous chapter? Maybe see if that works at least try to leave a message or something.
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If I remember, I don't think his phone ever rang. Where'd you get that idea?
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I could just be confusing it with someone else's work, I read way to much and it's been awhile.
I know this might not be popular but this and the last chapter kinda felt like this
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But that's just my opinion.
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i ain't mad. though it definitely ain't random bullshit, (at least from my perspective. though to be fair, I am the author.) i had this planned for a while. the right eye was planned for even longer than i planned for the sister.
infront—> in front
That went better than I expected.