Before Times Edge

by Xisis

The universe is smaller than you think...

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  The insistent ringing from that explosion sent him for a loop. He lay strewn on the grass, mentally discombobulated, now knowing his left from right. He endured worse, but this was giving him a run for his money. He felt a liquid filling up his visor, clicking a button on his helmet, the visor and face mask opened up, letting the liquid drain as he sat up in the grass. The electro magnetic wave armor he dawned was malfunctioning, at least that's what he could tell, being temporally blind was inconvenient. As his eyes slowly regained vision he saw a small town in the distance, he also discovered that the liquid that was bleeding from his eyes was not blood, but phazon. The battle he was in must have made him use the phazon driver in his suit. Not immediately concerned about the phazon, he got up, bones aching, wounds burning. The EM wings were also unconventionally heavy, to him at least. Every step felt like a thousand as he walked towards the town. He didn't know what universe he stumbled upon, but it sure as hell was better than the one he came from. Due to Ivo Robotnik discovering how to rip a hole in the space time continuum, he recently invaded earth with all his forces. Obviously Mobius was not enough for him. This event was known as the Badnik wars. What was even more perturbing was that Russia and china have sided with Robotnik. He shook the thought from his head. He needed to get his suit back up and operational, and also identify the universe he was in at the moment.

  Finally he made it to the town. He looked around, one eye, oddly worse than the other. He then tried to focus on the multiple figures that appeared to be looking at him. From what he could tell, they were not bipedal, but instead- His thought was interrupted as he started to cough, then proceeding to puke on the ground and collapse. Everything went black. he only picked up small clips of voices as he laid there.

  "You finally woke up" A female voiced said as he started to open his eyes. Looking over he saw a purple unicorn looking intently at him. he go the feeling that she was naturally curious about new things. He sat up and noticed that he was in a hospital bed, with no armor. The suit must have ran out of power, finally. He then clued into what universe this was.

  "Twilight sparkle I presume?: he said rubbing his neck in pain.

  "How did yo-"

  "When you look over the time space continuum, you tend to know things." he replied, cutting her off. He looked at Twilight with a blank expression as he climbed down from the hospital bed. He then proceeded to walk towards her.

  "You have a lab in your basement correct" he asked.

  "Wait, how the hay do you know these things!" Twilight yelled at him.

  "I will explain in due time, mean while, where are my clothes?" He said walking towards the window, rubbing his eyes.

  "O-Over there" The unicorn said raising her hoof towards the coat hanger.

  He walked over and started to put on his clothes, thinking of how he was going to open a dimensional rift to get back to his world. He could always use his PDRS that was built into his suit. The only concern was that it was damaged in the battle that just occurred. He then started to think about how many times he has cheated death, was the only the 6th time? He shook his head and then looked to the door and started to walk towards it only for a purple glow to envelope the door.

  "You can't leave you know." Twilight told him with a concerned face.

He gave her a disappointed look, then turned to the door and touched it. the purple veil vanished,  he then opened the door. Looking back at the unicorn, who seemed to be in shock at what just happened, he motioning to her to come along. shaking her head she cautiously followed him. Twilight then noticed that everyone had stopped moving, they were frozen in time as it seemed. They then exited the hospital, everyone was still frozen, which made her more concerned.

  " What the hay is going on" she muttered.

  "If you must know, I come from another universe. One that is in, a interesting situation s to say. And I fear that I may have brought the war to this universe. I am Kira, people tend to call me the time keeper, or overseer of time. I watch over the space time continuum, and also monitor activities that happen between other universes. People like to call it the multiverse. I call it home. It is my duty to prevent anything that could destroy the multiverse and the flow of time from happening. I need your help specifically. You and your friends hold a power equal to the emeralds I hold" He explained.

  "The Elements of harmony?" Twilight asked.

  "Precisely" Kira said. He then continued to walk towards the town center, studying the surroundings. He knew that if Robotnik made it here it would be a easy victory and a tactical advantage. Why? well the resources were very rich in this world, the ponies did not ravage it but instead took care of it, which tells him that there is still lots of crude oil and raw metals in the crust of the planet. But the victory would be easy because of the chaos emeralds he had, they would easily break through any sort of magical defense they would put up. Of course the magical aspect of this world was immense, the mana pool was larger than usual. This was because of the unicorns only being able to use magic, along with the alicorns. He then started to think that magic wasn't really his thing, sure he was proficient in battle magic, mostly of the dark sort, but he tended to draw the blade in the heat of battle than draw from the mana pool. Catching himself before he got to lost in his thoughts he found himself at the library which was built into a tree.

  "Can you open this?"

  "Y-yeah I can, but I need a better explanation than the one you gave me. I am still a little lost in what is happening" Twilight said as she unlocked the door. She walked into the library, leading him to the table at the center. They bot sat down, looking at each other. There was a silence that ensued that lasted for what it seemed like forever. he breathed heavily and began to speak.

  "As you are aware, I said that I may have brought a war to your world. This is all my fault... I broke one of the laws I abided by and acted on my emotions. this led to what man-kind calls the Badnick wars. I know that you have studied humans, vaguely because of the lack of information you have in the books in this library. Regarding the Elements of Harmony, they contain the same magical powers that are held in these Soul Emeralds. Every dimension has its own version of a ultimate magical power, yours are obviously the Elements of Harmony. I need to talk to your princess of the sun, so I hear they call her, to talk about the situation. If we cannot go today, that is fine, but it needs to be as soon as possible. As for me, what I am will be revealed in due time dear Twilight. I can though give you books about human history." Twilight had a confused but amused look, a twinkle in her eye. She nodded and turned her head around.

  "Spike! I need you to take a letter to Princesses Celestia. Now." Twilight shouted and then turned back.

  "This better not be a joke Kira, I am dead serious." Twilight told him.

  "I do not lie, for I fear it may be to late..." Kira murmured, looking out the window at the storm that was brewing.

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