Chronobreak - That fresh start smell

Unknown Location (Ekko)

It was a silent evening as time slowly ticked away. Ticking towards the coming dawn and the rise of the morning sun. However, for the Boy Who Shattered Time, he was just beginning to open his eyes again after being painfully whisked away from the fields of justice. To Ekko though, things felt strange. For one thing, he felt himself lying against a soft bed. Not a hard stone floor or the wooden ledge that looked over the city of Zaun, but an actual bed to rest on.

The thought caused him to look around the room he was in, which was unfamiliar at first glance. Mostly because he was tired. His vision was blurry, but he can make out a few things. For one thing, his goggles, Z-drive and guile were on a nearby table along with his bag, other inventions like his Timewinder and the crest he received from the vendor at his base from the field of justice. From the room he found himself in though, it felt very strange. It was nothing like what he had seen in Piltover or Zaun for that matter. Everything seemed… fancy.

Ekko wasn’t a fan of it. Not at all. He felt like someone or something was watching him. Carefully, he got up, not noticing the bandages on his arms as he walked over to the table with his gear and inventions on it. Taking some time, he re-equipped Timewinder, placed his goggles around his neck and adjusted the switch for his Z-drive that he kept on his wrist. As he reached over to turn on his Z-drive that he placed on his back, he stopped for a moment at the sound of…… Hoofsteps?

Quickly, he turned around and pointed his guile like it was a blade towards whatever was coming at him. However, he was quite surprised at what exactly he saw. It was a Unicorn. One with lightly colored fur and mane.

“What the heck?” Ekko spoke, lowing his guile. Unaware that the creature in front of him could actually understand him.

“You can talk?”

The response from the creature startled the boy. “W-what-? You… can understand me?” Ekko knew that a variety of creature that had become part of the League, but some weren’t able to communicate as well as others. A good case was the Void Burrower named Rek’Sai.

“Well you are speaking equish are you not? So that means you can understand me.”

“What’s equish? Do you mean Valoran by chance?”

“No, equish is our native language. Are you from a different nation?” She asked. Ekko… was right now unsure. He wasn’t sure if he was still in Runeterra or not. So, he tried his best to answer the Unicorn’s question. Despite the fact that he didn’t know the Unicorn’s name or a lot of other things that he would want to know right now like where he was exactly.

“Maybe… I’m not quite sure though. Have you heard of Zaun by chance?”

“What’s Zaun? Is that a nation you come from?”

“More like my home.” Ekko said, looking a little down upon saying it. “However, it’s not doing so well these days. The streets are corrupt, crime is a daily occurrence and life out there is… well, rough. Still though, to answer your question, have you heard of Demacia? Noxus? Ionia? Any of those names ring a bell?”

“Sorry, but no I have never heard of any of those places before.”

When he heard that, Ekko thought of one other thing to ask. “Have you heard of Valoran? Or Runeterra by chance? Valoran is the name of the continent that holds most of the nations I mentioned before and Runeterra is the name of our world.”

“No sorry, never heard of that either. You’re not from around here I take it?”

“Honestly, I just woke up here after getting summoned by the League to fight on Summoner's Rift.” The boy replied honestly. He thought that the Unicorn had heard of the League of Legends somehow. But to his surprise, her reply caught him off guard.

“Summoner’s what? Were you summoned by Princess Celestia or Princess Luna?”

“Who?”

“You never heard of the Princesses? They’re the rulers of Equestria, how can anypony not know them?”

“Honestly, I’ve never heard of Equestria and woke up to find myself talking to you… Matter of fact, sorry if I forgot to ask this earlier, but what’s your name?”

“Oh! Where are my manners? My name is Fleur De Lis, what’s your name?”

“I’m Ekko.” He replied, clearing his throat and adjusting his goggles before turning on his Z-drive.

“Well it’s nice to meet you Mr. Ekko. Forgive me if I might sound rude or anything, but what are you? You look like a hairless ape… no offense.”

“None taken actually. I’m a human.” He replied. “I’m also a champion in the League of Legends, but that’s more of a title than anything else.” Ekko took a moment to place his guile on his back before Fleur spoke again.

“Oh? So you a fighter in an arena then?”

“Well, not quite. The League of Legends is kind of different. To explain it briefly, it was set up so rival nations like Demacia and Noxus could rage political disputes on the battlefields called the Fields of Justice. However, I really don’t know much about it since I’ve only been part of it for a short amount of time.” Ekko sighed.

“Oh.”

“For champions, they are summoned by archmages named Summoners to represent one team while they square off against one other team of summoners and the champions they chose. We battle on places called Fields of Justice, including Summoner’s Rift, the Crystal Scar, Twisted Treeline, and Howling Abyss… Am I confusing you?” Ekko asked, seeing that the Unicorn looked a little distracted or either bored by what he told her.

“A little bit yes. Mostly because I have never heard of any of the stuff you just said.”

Now Ekko was surprised. “Fleur… where exactly am I?”

“You’re in Equestria, the equine nation and home to us ponies.”

Now things were beginning to cause Ekko to look back at Fleur in shock. As he looked outside from the nearby window, he saw the bustling city of Canterlot instead of the smoky streets of Zaun. It took him a few moments for everything to sink in. But the shock of it all startled him.

He wasn’t in Runeterra anymore… Not by a long shot.

“Fleur……?”

“Honey, I’m back!”

The voice surprised the unicorn, but she then calmly sighed. Ekko though, was confused on who that was. “Who was that?”

“My husband Fancy Pants.”

‘Fancy Pants? That’s a new one… Then again, there’s a scarecrow named Fiddlesticks, so who am I to judge?’ Ekko thought to himself as he saw the stallion enter the room. The boy took a seat on the bed he woke up on as Fancy looked around the room, trying to take in the situation.

“Oh, I see that our guest is awake?”

“Yeah, he woke up not to long ago.”

“Hello.” Ekko replied, waving a little. Fleur chuckled a little as he turned around, now seeing that the sun was rising. “Okay… that’s new.”

“Looks like Princess Celestia is up.”

“What does a Princess have to do with the sun?” Ekko asked, confused.

“Because while Princess Luna raises the moon, Celestia raises the sun.”

“Okay, that’s way different from what I’m use to.” Ekko responded as Fancy Pants used his magic to open the blinds and let the sunlight in. Now was when both Fleur and Fancy were able to get a full glimpse of the boy. Not in a dimly lit room, but fully lit this time.

“You’ll get used to it, but if it makes you feel better you’re not the only one that have that kind of reaction when somepony tells them about the Princesses doing that.” Fancy Pants replied.

“Question. What is that strange device on your back?” Fleur asked, pointing a hoof at it.

“Oh this? It’s one of my best inventions that I came up with. The Z-Drive.” Ekko replied, taking out the Timewinder he had in his pocket. “That goes with my Timewinder and also my guile. It helps me control my own time.”

“You can control time!?” Both Unicorns responded in shock.

“Well not all of time, more like my time. The Z-drive allows me to be able to keep track of where I am and then, I can use it go back to where I was four seconds ago. It might sound complicated when saying it, but seeing it is another story.”

“Interesting, it’s very rare to find somepony that can use time magic.”

“Well, it’s a mix between magic and science. It’s kind of hard to explain everything about my inventions without confusing you-.” Before he finished his sentence, his stomach began to rumble. That was when Ekko realized that he hadn’t eaten anything in the last few hours.

“Something tells me you haven’t eaten anything in the past couple of hours I take it?”

“Yeah. Food is hard to come by in Zaun. Any food you do find is overpriced. Haven’t eaten in like… Two days? I have had water and healing potions, but that doesn’t solve hunger related problems.”

“My word! What kind of nation you live in boy?” Fancy asked, shocked by what Ekko told him and Fleur.

“One where there’s a lot of problems in the cities that many call home. The corrupt streets of Zaun can really get to you one way or another. There’s even a wall that has pictures of the deceased on there. Trust me, I had to put my friend on there myself.” Ekko sighed, remembering his late friend Ajuna. He tried over 100 times to save him, but some things you can’t just easily fix.

“Sorry that you had to experience something like that.”

“Yeah… some things just can’t be fixed. There are no tools, no spare parts, nothing. Some wounds just take time to heal… and even then, it’s not the same.” The boy sighed. Looking back at the two ponies, he noticed the bandages on his arms and started to undo them. His arms had mostly healed, which was a good sign. But the only treatment to cure a empty stomach was food. And he really needed to eat.

“What would you like to eat for breakfast Ms. Ekko?”

“Well, what do you have?” He asked, trying his best to not sound greedy.

“Well we got flowers on toast, hay bacon, eggs, orange juice, donuts, and fruit. We also have tofu as well if you want any?”

Ekko raised an eyebrow at the choices. “What the heck is Hay Bacon and Flowers on Toast?”

“Kinda like bacon but without the meat. It pretty much just hay covered in oil.”

The thought of that did not sound good to him. In fact, it didn’t even sound edible. “I think some juice and bread would be fine. I’m not quite sure I would be able to find a lot of the foods that I commonly have while here.”

“What do you eat?”

“Well, humans are Omnivores. But don’t worry, I don’t think ponies are on the menu.” Ekko tried to not freak them out with that statement, but was unsure how the response would be taken.

“Oh! So your diet is a combination of a pony and a griffon.”

“Well, we eat meats, fruits and vegetables, but it really depends on if you can get them. Like I said already, I live in a rough neighborhood.” Ekko answered Fleur’s assumption. Soon, the two unicorns guided the boy to the dining room, where they prepared a few slices of bread and some orange juice for him. The servants were quite surprised to see Ekko, but after a while, they got use to his presence. While they were having breakfast, the Boy began to explain a little bit about the purpose behind the League of Legends, the continent of Valoran, and also about how the League exactly works. Fancy himself was surprised that the League was designed to settle political disputes by having champions fight one another to the death, but then again, there were differences between the League and an actual war.

Partway through the conversation though, the sound of hooves knocking against the door caught the attention of all three of them. Fancy, being the Stallion that he was, got up to see who was at the door. To his surprise, it was actually Prince Blueblood.

“Good morning Prince Blueblood, what brings you here?”

“Well, I was wanting to come see you and see if we could-.” Blueblood’s sentence was cut off upon seeing Ekko. To him, he was looking at a filthy hairless ape that was picked up off of the street.

“MOTHER OF CELESTIA!! WHAT IS THAT HAIRLESS APE DOING HERE!?”

“Excuse me?” Ekko asked. His ears twitched at being called out like that. This new pony was beginning to remind him of Jayce. The posterboy “defender of tomorrow” from Piltover who was just as arrogant as he was cocky. He always wanted to get the chance to smack him in the face when in the league. But now, this pony was playing the same role he would and it was making him tick.

“You heard me you filthy ape. What are you doing in Fancy Pants’ home?” The Prince demanded, a couple of his personal guards coming into the room now because of the sudden commotion.

“For the record, Fancy and Fleur saved my life. I would possibly be dying if they didn’t find me when they did. Also, I do have a name and it’s not “hairless ape”, blondy.” Ekko shot back. Trying his best not to start something, but also trying to keep his cool.

“A likely story. You must have used some kind of mind control spell on them to think you were injured.”

“Blueblood, he’s speaking the truth.” Fancy interjected. We found him bleeding across his body a few hours ago and it took us almost an hour to try and make sure his wounds didn’t reopen. Just please, leave Ekko alone.”

“Don’t try to pretend to make up lies for this filthy ape, Fancy Pants. He’s obviously using some kind of spell to cloud your mind.”

Ekko then turned to Fleur while he heard the two stallions argue amongst themselves. “Is he always like this?”

“This wouldn’t be the only time he done something like this.”

“Only time?” He then asked, wondering if he should be concerned.

“From what I heard he also did this to the daughter of the Kirin nation’s King in neighpon.” Fleur told him, sighing. “I’m surprise the Princesses haven’t punish him for that.”

Ekko was quite surprised himself. But he was really starting to get annoyed with Prince Blueblood’s constant outbursts. But what he said next really pushed things too far. Especially when Blueblood starting going after the two ponies who saved his life.

“Guard! Take this filthy thing to the dungeon and have it killed!”

Now Ekko began to see the guards come forward, trying to use their magic to restrain his arms and legs. However, he was use to these kinds of situations before. Using the tray that had his food, the boy tossed it like a frisbee, knocking the restraints away from the first guard. As two others drew swords, Ekko used his feet to kick his guile upward and block the incoming attacks. He acted in self defense, using his phase dive to roll underneath the table and then blinked over to the guard that was by Prince Blueblood. With one move, he defended himself from the incoming sword and knocked the guard into the Prince. Blueblood though, had another thing coming. With a quick motion, he ordered the guards to arrest Fancy Pants and Fleur.

Ekko was already two steps ahead. “No you dont!”

Chronobreak!

His Z-drive whirled to life as the boy backtracked to where he was four seconds prior. By Fleur De Lis. Just at the moment when one of the guards swords cut the side of his face. All the ponies in the room were shocked by what just happened.

“What the hay was that!?”

“That… was Chronobreak… I told you that seeing how my Z-drive works is different from saying how it works.” Ekko sighed. “Besides, look around you…” During that moment was when Fleur and Fancy noticed something they didn’t see before. Holographic projections of the different places that Ekko was in the room over the past few seconds. Stunning, yet remarkable. “If Mr. Prince here tried to catch me by surprise, I would always be two steps ahead.”

“Why you little-!?”

“It’s not my fault that you tried to not only harm me, but then go after the two ponies that saved my life.” Ekko shot back. Now the guards, who were once trying to go for the boy, were hesitant to even make a move on him. Despite the Prince’s orders though, all of them soon stopped what they were doing when another figure entered the room around the time Blueblood gave his next order.

“Don’t just stand there! Kill that filth and arrest them!!”

“Prince Blueblood!!! What is the meaning of all of this!?!” The loud voice startled the Unicorn stallion as a white pony with wings, horn and a long mane and tail entered the room. She was much taller than the rest of the ponies that stood there, and upon seeing her, the guards in the room stood at attention instead of following the orders from Prince Blueblood.

“A-auntie!? W-what are you doing here?”

“I came here because I felt a strong surge of magic just now. Magic that was said to have all but faded away.” She looked around the room, surveying the current situation as Ekko himself just put his guile away and wiped off some blood that was on his cheeks when a guard's sword clipped his face. “Now, I come here only for you to want to kill a young creature and arrest two nobles only for the reason because you feel like it!? I am disappointed in you. All of you...”

“Um Fleur,” Ekko whispered to her, a little confused. “Who is that?”

“That… is Princess Celestia.” She told him briefly before the Alicorn ordered Blueblood and the guards to leave immediately. “She’s the one I told you who raises the sun.”

Turning back towards her, the Princess then approached Ekko, before looking at both Fancy Pants and Fleur. Then back to him again. “I apologize for my nephew’s behavior. He’ll be dealt with as soon as possible. Now though, young one, what is your name?”

He then sighed, taking in a deep breath before speaking again. “I am Ekko… the Boy Who Shattered Time.”

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Author's Note

Hey guys, Frost here. Since I have been playing a bit of League of Legends every now and then, I thought I would give a story involving Ekko a try. However, I'm not updating this one as much as my other ones given the amount of things I have to do. This includes the War of Shadows with Lance, A crossover with Ember for The Flames of a Phoenix, and some other things too. but for now, enjoy!

Oh and I just got Spirit Guard Udyr from a Mystery Chest today so I'm quite happy
My IGN for League is FrostRayven. I play on the NA servers if you want to add me as a friend or play a game sometime.