Author's Note

Ok, I'll admit my first story.. could've been better. I'm seriously hoping this one will somewhat redeem myself. The female lead is based off an OC I created a few months back for use in an MLP rp, named Mystical Night, or Misty to her friends.. Several of the main characters are based off characters created by Reliuskaiser, a fellow mlp lover, and my collaborator on this little venture. Actually, he was the one who came up with misty's full name in the rp. I rather liked it, so I kept it. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it, or at least like it more than my last story.

Chapter 1 (final version)

**Di-Chronos Castle Garden**
"I thought I'd find you here." A pony said, and walked into the center of the garden, clad in a black and red armor that glowed unnaturally. The young colt had long silk-like mane with split ends yellow in color. His fur was the purest white, almost impossible to possess among other ponies, and his eyes, the color of emeralds, and a wingspan far greater than any other alicorn.

"Oh, hey man." Another colt responded wearily as he turned to who called him. This one wore an armor of crimson, matching his fur and complementing his black and yellow mane with a bomb style pony tail. His eyes were a blue color, that sometimes seemed to be purple.

"Wasn't expecting to see you here." He said.

"Fair enough, I've just returned from a mission Prince Hindsight sent me on. Wasn't too difficult in my opinion." The white colt stated.

"Hmm... seems about right for him. I kinda wondered why you were gone for so long. Nevertheless, it's still good to see you, Icarus." the Crimson one stated. Icarus smiled, taking a look past his friend to notice him catering to the garden, which was something he didn't seem very often.

"Were you taking care of the garden for me in my absence?" He asked feeling very appreciative.

The Crimson colt rubbed his nose, understanding the aim of his question. "Y-yeah, had to do it since you were gone for so long." He said

Icarus nodded, "Thanks man." He said taking a small bucket into his mouth and moving onto another part of the tiny garden.

The two continued caring for the castle flora in silence, feeling nothing really need to be discussed when a thought suddenly passed through the Crimson pony's head. "Hey, Icarus?" He asked, trying to catch his attention.

Icarus heard his voice and flicked up an ear to signify he was listening. "What is it, Skyblazer?" He asked.

"An idea just popped into my head, and I don't think we've done this in a while." He said, placing the tool he was using down, before walking over to Icarus, who was still tending to a flower bed. "How about a special race?" He asked.

Icarus turned his head before placing down his bucket, seeming to be done with his work as he turned back to Skyblazer, a type of curiosity in his eyes, "What kind of race are you talking about?" He asked.

The two stared at each other in silenhce, slowly building up the other's inner flame in expectation of what Skyblazer was about to propose. It's true that it had been quite the while since last they tried this so Icarus was a bit ecstatic for a chance to race with his childhood friend.

Skyblazer walked over to Icarus and placed a hoof over his neck before whispering into his ear, "An Endurance Race."

**Castle Interior**

In Di-Chronos Castle's dark halls a beautiful young alicorn mare as white as snow by the name of Mystical Night is heading to the throne room. Her parents said they had something important they wanted to discuss. The sight that that greeted her horrified her. There, lying in a pool of blood were her parents, horrificly dismembered.

A large pitch black alicorn was standing over their corpses. "Oh my, it seems you have made quite the mess here, dear sister." the figure says, turning towards her. It was none other than her older brother Foresight. He was covered in their parents blood. "Now how can we fix this?" he asks, his horn charging up.

"B-brother? How could you do this?" Misty demands, backing up.

Before uttering another word, he released the magic he was charging, causing the 2 to switch places perfectly, leaving Misty covered in blood, and Foresight clean as a whistle. "I think you mean, what have you done?" he asks, smirking at her.

"No one would believe such a farce! Now explain yourself!" she yelled.

"Oh dear sister, no one needs to believe ME." he says, stomping his hoof to the floor, sounding an alert. Within seconds, a large group of guards converges on their location. "Seize her, she murdered the king and queen!"

Misty looks around in a panic, trying to figure a way out of this. She could handle the guards if she needed to, but they were innocent in this. They were just following orders. But she knew she had no chance of beating her brother. "Mark my words brother, you'll pay for this!" she shouts, releasing a blinding flash from her horn.

Foresight and the guards quicy cover their eyes. By the time the light dissipated, Misty was long gone. "I don't care what it takes, I need her here yesterday!” Foresight orders.

“Yes lord Foresight!” His soldiers yell in response, chasing after her, "That should buy me some time." Mistys says, charging her horn to open a portal to escape. The problem was that it took time to both charge the energy, and set a destination.

"Did you say time?" foresight asks, suddenly warping above her. He fires a blast straight for her. It hits her in the back, sending her smashing into the ground at full speed. She groans, trying to get up, but winces in pain. Her left wing twisted at a horrifying angle, quite obviously broken.

“Well well well, I must commend you for lasting this long, Misty.” he says condescendingly. “But enough of the games, time to give me what I want,” he says, his horn starting to glow. She feels him draining her power, and getting weaker with every second.

“N-not this time.” she says, mustering what little power she has left to open a portal just beneath her body, slipping through.

“What the fuck?!” Foresight shouts, trying to go after her, but the portal closes before he gets the chance. “Why that sneaky bitch.” he says.

The guards he sent after her soon arrive, panting heavily. “D-did you get her, sire?” one asked. He glared at him, firing a blast of magic straight at his head. It literally blasts his head off, sending it smashing against the wall with a sickening splat. His headless corpse falls to the ground.

“Does that answer your question?" he asks. The other guards cower in fear. His horn glows and the guard is brought back to before he was killed. While he does gave a tendency to kill his guards when he's mad, he can reset time so they don't stay dead, but they still remember exactly how it felt.

“Now get out of my sight!” He snarls. The guards quickly do as ordered.
Foresight closes his eyes, trying to sense her location. ”Fuck, her power is too weak to pick up. I'll find you, you stupid little hussy.” He says, angrily.

**Human world**

A young man is driving home from work. As he pulls into the driveway, he sees a bright flash coming from his the upstairs window. He's always lived alone, so he knew there shouldn't be anyone in the house.

“A burglar?” he wonders to himself. He goes into his house, grabbing an aluminum bat he keeps by the door just in case. The house itself seems fine, nothing had been touched. He headed upstairs, certain he'd seen something. He was shocked to see Misty laying on the ground in massive pain.

To be continued...