My Little Pony: A Stitch in Time

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Prologue

*Centuries ago, before the rise of Nightmare Moon, even before Tirek and his brother Scorpan came to the country of Equestria, an era of peace was being celebrated by the ponies who lived there. However, despite the long years of peace, it would soon come crashing down.

While unicorns, earth ponies, and pegasi lived in harmony, there were those known as the Dark Interlopers, unicorns who practiced dark magic, magic that had existed since the beginning of time. Once their numbers had grown large enough, the temptation of power became too much to resist, and suddenly the entire land of Equestria was being terrorized by this dark power, and on the brink of civil war.

However, the one type of magic that can overcome any magic, even dark magic, was alicorn magic. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, much younger and new to their thrones, confronted these unicorns and quelled their rebellion. Their leaders gone, the rest of them received the worst possible punishment: exile. They were then banished to another dimension: a dark and eerie place that was fitting of the crimes they committed.

For centuries, up until now, this dimension had been sealed off by powerful magic but due to recent events, there has been an imbalance of magic and the seal, which has slowly been weakening over the years, is at risk of being breached. Time can only tell what will happen if and when the seal finally wears off…

It was always the same: the darkness, the ambiance. But the faint glow of twilight somehow made it look somewhat pleasant. Traya stood on the balcony on the very top of her palace. Her palace. It was strange to think it belonged to her, and a palace no less. Since her citizens were first banished here, they had to start from scratch, nothing given to them, and everything had to be done themselves.

Of course, that had been centuries ago, and she hadn’t even been born yet. She was among the fortunate ones; her ancestors were the ones who did all the hard work. But their efforts would never be forgotten.

“My Queen.”

Traya had already felt her guard’s presence, little to his knowledge, but it was always humorous to have to make him “get” her attention. “What is it?”

“I have some… interesting news.”

Traya sighed inwardly. This had better be important. “And… that would be…?”

“It’s the seal my queen, it appears that it is wearing off at a faster rate than before, meaning something has happened.”

Yes, that did sound interesting. “So, the time approaches even closer now,” she thought. “Indeed it would seem… very well. Then it is time to make preparations.”

“Of course your majesty, I will alert everypony.” The guard then trotted off.

Traya looked back into the black-purplish sky. So, something has happened in Equestria and the seal is on the verge of breaking. She then smiled. How she longed for this day. She did not think she would be alive to see it but it seems fate decided otherwise. With a hint of sadness, she had wished her parents, the former king and queen, had still been here to see this. Of course… she wasn’t sure if they would approve of what she had planned next.

Her smile turned to a wicked grin. Yes, she had grown fond of this land but as she had learned, why have one when you can have them all? Yes, she had no doubt Celestia and Luna were still ruling their petty kingdom and she would make sure they answered for everything. Sure, they would not know her, but it made no difference.

“I shall be seeing you both soon enough,” she thought. “And then we’ll finally settle this dispute…”

(A/N: For this next part, the song I’m using is “Fate of the Unknown” from Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=fate+of+the+unknown+kingdom+hearts])

*Twilight Sparkle wasn’t sure where she was or how she got here…It certainly reminded her of the Castle of the Two Sisters but… different somehow. It was then she realized she wasn’t alone. At her side she saw Princess Celestia, Luna, and Cadence. But why, what was going on?

She then saw they were staring ahead and when she looked she saw a figure approaching them. She couldn’t see who it was at all, it was like a walking shadow. She then saw Celestia, Luna, and Cadence look at each other, nodded slightly and took off towards the figure. Twilight was slightly taken aback but flapped her wings to join them.

Celestia and Luna charged up their magic but the figure seemed prepared for them as suddenly the ground below him lifted him up towards the heavens, causing a wall to block them. Twilight was still not sure what was going on but if the princesses were attacking this pony, then he had to be evil. She then flew upwards towards the figure. The two sisters, plus Cadence, attacked again but the figure shielded their attacks. Well, now it was known the figure was a unicorn at least.

Twilight then had an idea. If the three of them were keeping him distracted, this could give her an opening. She concentrated, focused her magic as she zoomed towards the figure. However, it seemed the figure had anticipated her and as it turned towards her she stopped, feeling a chill go down her spine. She froze and she felt like she lost the feeling of her limbs, but in fact the figure was controlling her now and suddenly at great speed she was falling and hit the ground with such force she wouldn’t have been surprised if every bone in her body was broken and so otherwise.

Luna had somehow used this moment and teleported behind the figure, trying to use a close-range attack but the figure was quicker. Luna suddenly froze as frost appeared on her mane and body as she suddenly fell from the sky. Had Celestia not rushed down in time and caught her, her entire body may have shattered into pieces. Celestia held her younger sister close as Luna tried to move, only able to look at her sister helplessly.

It was then the figure finally used magic of it’s own as a dark sphere appeared and floated toward the sky. The sphere grew larger and larger, now resembling something that of a portal. Celestia, Luna, and Cadence could only stare at this new sight, knowing that whatever they were trying to prevent, it was now too late.

Twilight, meanwhile, slowly got to her feet, the pain in her almost too much to bear. She stared up at the figure and suddenly, she felt darkness obscuring her eyesight but it wasn’t her body shutting, it was like something was awakening… something she had never experienced before. Her emotion turned to anger and before anything else, darkness surrounded her…