Time Keeperby FluffyDogmaChaptersPrologueBLOODS IN THE EYESRegretsPrologue PROLOGUE ….DESTINED FOR?“how did this life get so dull…”the young colt turned his head to look at the clock,1:23 A.M “I need to do something, I can't sleep”, he stands up off the bed, and walks in the guest room, a picture of his parents is on the stand, “oh… its been almost 4 years…. he walks over to the piano, and sits on the bench, a memory of him and his mother pops in his head. “mom, why do we die?”, “Well my little Neon, everything is balanced on time, years from now, when i'm gone, you will be bigger and stronger, and it was time that changes us.”* *“i don’t want to change.”“don't worry my little Neon, you won't change.” she plays a calming melody.“I never changed”, a tear came to his eye, it rolled down his cheek and landed on the floor, it started glowing, but Neon didn't notice it, a knock on the door came to his ear.he walked over to the door and opened it using his horn.a young beautiful mare, with purple mane was standing there.“Neon?”“Oh, hi Amber, what is it?”“ahh, my mother wanted to know if you wanted to join us for dinner, so i just ahh you know….“Oh, i don’t think so Amber, but thank you anyways.”“Come on Neon its been 4 years…Neon snapped his eyes at her.her cheeks turned bright red, “im sorry, i just thought”….i’ll just go. she started to walk away, Wait said Neon, “I guess, I could come over for a little while, let me get dressed first.” “oh, ok” she said with a smile, “I’ll wait for you.”“well if you want you can come inside until i’m done, It’s kind of cold out,” he opens the door for her to come in.she walks by him into the house, the place is actually very clean.so said Neon, “i’ll get dressed and you can sit in the livingroom,” ok said Amber, “just don't take too long.”I won't said Neon as he walked in the other room, he realized that he hadn't taken a shower in a while, well it couldn't hurt to take a short shower he said to himself, he jumped in and turned it on, the sound of the water hitting the tub, and the feel of warm water running down his mane made him feel a bit calmer than anything.“now don’t make the floor all wet my little Neon,” she said with a smile, “I won’t mommy” said Neon, she just smiled and she walked out, “mommy? mommy, don’t go,” she walked back in the room, “I will never leave you” she said with a smile. and started humming her melody**“She lied to me” thought Neon, “she said she would never go and now she is gone”, he turned the water off, opened the shower curtain, and used his horn to cover himself up with a towel.He put on a shirt and and his scarf, and walked in the livingroom, Amber is on the couch curled up in a ball with her eyes closed, he just smiles and walks over to her nudges her with his nose, “Amber? you awake?” she starts stretching her legs and yawns, “oh im sorry Neon, i was a little too comfortable”, it’s ok said Neon with a smile, “shall we go?” “oh yeah...she looked around trying to get back to herself, “ok lets go” she said as she stood up on her hooves.“ahh, yeah ok”. he opened the door and walked out, he could not remember the last time he could feel the soft snow touch his face, it was cold yet calming.“Neon?” “yeah?” “you alright?” “oh….yeah lets get going”, they started for Amber's house, “i don't really remember the last time i came outside, it's colder than i remember”.“well you're taller than i remember Neon, we use to be the same height but now i'm shorter, it's not fair” Amber whimpered, Neon only smiled, they were getting further in town, and it was warmer, Neon lived on the outer area of the city. where it's darker and ugly, and it's very deserted, yet it never drove Neon insane.“Neon, you need to get out in civilization, a lot of ponies are worried about you…..including me”“I don't think me and society are ready accept each other,besides, others have no need to worry about something that is none of their business, they acted like they never cared about my family before.”“thats not true” said Amber “we always cared, but ever since Celestia and luna disappeared, many are starting to panic, and top it all off, the cloud kingdom wanting to go to war with the unicorns and earth ponies is scaring a lot of us” “what about you Amber? you're a pegasus, and i'm a unicorn”“I know that, i'm worried too, i heard recruiters are here already, taking mares and colts and even fillies, i don't know what to do”Neon only smiled and hugged her “it will be alright, they won't get you, everything will go back to normal” But Neon had no idea what was going to happen, and was worried as much as her.“let’s just get to your house for now” the house was just around the corner, and the wind was starting to pick up.she smiled and they let each other go and started to walk again, when they got to the house they were greeted with open hooves, “Neon, i'm so glad to see you again, i remember when you was just tiny, i remember changing your diaper” Neon got really red, “ ahh, yeah good to see you too, hehe” what’s wrong with her? thought Neon. “well” said Amber's mother “shall we eat, cause i'm starving”her mother always loved to eat, but it seems she never gains any weight at all, her cutie mark was a bowl with a mixer, so that explains a lot.“yeah ok mom, they all sit at the table, and there was already a plate out for Neon, like if they knew he would say yeah.so Neon said Amber's mom, “how have you been holding up?” Oh me, i've been alright, i just haven't been to the store lately, i'm starting to run out. ‘well if you would like, we can all go to the store and pick up supplies, Neon remembered that there were recruiters around here, he did not want get them into danger, no that's o.k. i can do it myself.‘well if thats what you wish, but i need to get some cooking supplies, so we can make dessert later’, most of the time, Neon would try to figure out if her specialty was cooking or eating, Ambers mark was a heart on fire, never understood what her mark meant, he was not around when she got it, and for Neon, unlike everypony else, he was born with his cutie mark, a neon blue and green eye, thats how he got his name, So, what do you think the pegasus will do if they win asked Amber, “i don't want to think about it” said Neon “i just don't want any part of it” but Neon said Amber, what if we never see each other again?, ...or worse she said under her breath.Hush said Ambers mom, ‘thats not going to happen, the princesses will return and put a stop to all of this’ But mom…shh said Neon…..do you hear that….“what is it? asked Amber.Neon quickly jumped in front of them to block them, the front door exploded and a bunch of rubble flew towards them, two huge pegasus walked in, and stood at the sides of the door, and then a black colored pegasus walked in up to Neon, he was huge, wearing silver armor with red highlights, a unicorn eating with two pegasus? pathetic! he spat on the floor, and the other two guards chuckled, Neon was scared, but he didn't show it, he only had a blank stare, the guard picked up Neon by the throat, Neon whimpered, what do you want with me? asked Neon.the guard laughed, I.want.war. he threw Neon against the wall. No!!! screamed Amber.“you actually care about this little pipsqueak?” well you're just as weak as the rest, he lifted a blade with his hoof, and swung down, but her mother slashed a knife and cut his hand, causing him to drop his blade to the floor, the guard screamed in pain, YOU BITCH!!!, he swung his hoof at her, but it stopped just before it could reach her, he looked over at Neon who was finally getting to his hooves, it was dark, but you could see the magic glowing on his horn and his cutie mark was glowing in the dark as well, “ i don’t like you hurting my friends” a kitchen knife came out of nowhere and struck to the guard in the chest, sending him into the other wall, he lay there not moving, the two other guards froze in fear of what just happened.They both lift their guns, Neons heart pounded hard, he grabbed Amber and her mother and pulled them behind the counter, the guards started firing, Neon jumped over the counter after them, “what do we do now, Amber screamed over the noise of the guns, Amber's mother lifted the latch under them, the crawl space she said,“good, you two get going” what are you talking about? said Amber, “were all going,”“ no said Neon, you go and find somewhere to hide, and i’ll come find you when it's over”“be safe said Amber's mother, she kissed him on the cheek, i don’t want to lose you like i did your mother and father, her eyes were sad” don't worry, i'll be fine said Neon. Amber started crawling down, she turned around and looked into his eyes “promise me you will come back, you have to promise me that”“I promise” said Neon, now go! she started going down, the trap door closed and he heard it lock from under, he turned around, and to his amusement, there was a glock under the counter, he grabbed it and remembered the military training his brother had taught, he checked the clip, fully loaded, and there was an extra mag. with it, stood up, he felt everything moving in slow motion around him, but he knew he was going at a faster speed, but his senses were sharp, he could feel the motion of the bullets going by him, he did not get hit, but the back of his leg was bleeding.He took a quick aim and pulled the trigger, he struck one of their guns, and ducked again, Neon smiled, he was confident, he dove for the next wall for cover, he ran for the couch, the living room was huge, Amber's mother was rich, he mantled the couch and shouldered one guard who got knocked against a wall, he tackled the other, and stuck the barrel in his mouth, and started pulling the trigger, 1-2-3-4 not stopping, he heard it click, it was empty, he released the clip from the compartment and stuck in a new magazine, he cocked it, hearing the round pop into the chamber, he turned around, and a hoof went across his face, Neon fell to the floor, his vision was dazed, it cleared up, and he tried to stand, but he felt a hoof push down on his back, “you troubling little brat, now you shall die, you could have lived if you stayed with your friends, NOW you will neve…..his head exploded, and he fell to the ground, still twitching, Neon stood up, “you pegasus talk to much, you would have lived if you remembered i’m a unicorn, Neon smiled, and turned around at the silver armored guard, who was still alive, but very weak, he walked over to him, “why are you here? what are your orders? demanded Neon, “the guard only laughed and started coughing, do you really think i would tell a little brat like yourself? well i’m not going to beg you for my life, and i know i'm going to die anyways, war has finally broke out, our kind are finally going to cleanse the world of you, i’m heart broken to not see it”Neon hated him, but neon felt a bit sad too, even still this pony is being an ass, but he is powerless, Neons brother never killed a wounded pony, “And what if i let you live?”the guards smile went down “ well, if that were to happen,i would have no choice but to serve you, until i had paid back my debt, or die on the field” “and why should i trust your word?” “for one, i never asked you to spare me, so dont think im grateful, and two if the leader found out a kid beat me, i would die anyways, so basicly, im fucked” Neon only smiled, his horn started to glow, and so did the guards wound, it started to heal, and it closed.The guard was a bit shocked “how did a bra..kid like you learn to focus so much power?”“I’m stronger than i look,” he smiled “i killed your men, and almost killed you didn’t i? Neon checked the other guards, and they had a few clips, he grabbed them, and reloaded his gun, “how do you possess so much skill?” “my brother...he was in the military” “what happened to him? Neon just handed him a rifle, “your chest will not have any feeling, but your arms should be alright, so now you can fight, don’t let me down.you never told me what happened to your brother, we may be enemies, but at least tell me, where your family is. Neon sighed, “they were murdered….by a pegasus, i was so little, i looked into my own brother eyes while they…..well, you wanna know the weirdest part….he never even blamed the pony who did it, ….THERE HE IS, ON HIS FUCKING DEATH BED, AND HE DIDN'T BLAME A SINGLE FUCKING PONY!!!.....Neon started to calm back down, And every day said Neon, every day, i wonder, why? why couldn't he find it in himself to blame or hate anypony?“I know how you feel said the guard” “how could YOU know exactly how I FEEL!? snapped Neon” “because my family was murdered as well,....me and my parents were walking from the theater when this guy came out of nowhere, and he attacked us….my mother was screaming, my father was fighting back, but two other ponies came around the corner…..I was sure they would help us,....but i was wrong…..when i looked at my father, he was on the ground, already unconscious, and they were still bashing his head in,....when they were done with him, they moved to my mother, they took turns raping her right in front of me,...I...I tried to stop them, I was small, and weak, but i knew I had to do something, I was about to hit one with a bottle…….do you know what the most ironic part of this story is…..she didn’t die by them….a cop showed up, he had his gun, but the crook was using her as a pony shield, the other two split from the scene, but not him, he did not care, the cop was scared and hesitated, my mother freed her mouth and told me to run, it startled the officer, and he pulled the trigger without aiming…. the bullet went threw her head…. only to hit the crook in the chest…..only the fucking chest!“so you say I don't know how you feel?....you couldn't be anymore wrong, cause i know exactly how you feel”Neon just sat there…..”so said Neon, you have a name?, he asked as he loaded his rifle.The guard smiled, ‘its breach….breach clear…. and i promise i will fight for you, cause you made me realise, this war will never end, so why not jump in head first?they both stood up and shook hooves, ‘Are you ready? asked Neon.The guard just chuckled, Neon walked over to the hole in the wall where the door use to be,....it was chaos, Neon stepped back, avoiding detection, ‘we can’t leave together without being seen said Neon.Breach just smiled, or can we he said as he lifted up a pair of cuffs.Neon gave a frown, I hate you he said.hey, its this or we both die said Breach,”FINE said Neon, give me the stupid things”Breach tossed them to Neon, and he slipped them on himself, “now what, asked Neon”I’m thinking said Breach, where did your friends say they were going?they didn’t! snapped Neon. Hush! whispered Breach, we don’t want to draw attention to ourselves, Breach lifted his rifle and nudged Neon forward “ Neon protested, What the hell do you think you're doing?I’m saving your life, they both walked out of the house, and all of a sudden the rest of the guards were staring.A huge pegasus landed in front of them, its big red white eyes looked deeply into Neon, This thing almost looked like a machine, Where is the rest of your squad asked the monster, This one killed them said Breach.Did he really have to say i did it said Neon in his mind, i know it was really me, but he couldn’t just say somepony else did it….then it hit Neon, shit thats right, they can't know about Amber.The monster just chuckled, your telling me this little pipsqueak killed two of the most skilled officers you have, well i guess you and your section are not cut out for this work.Maybe, or maybe they were not loyal and strong enough. The monster just brushed of the comment, what is your name? or should i just call you wimp? actually, that sounds better, that shall be your new name. “are you done?” Breach was getting a little annoyed of how the monster was acting.The monster just looked at Breach, “Yes, carry on with your task.”they finally started walking again, “ well we should find the end of the town, but first we need to find a dress-shop”“dress-shop? what the hell do we need a dress-shop for?” Neon was really confused, “Well I can't be seen escaping with you like this. ‘what about the unicorn Rarity? Maybe she could help us out.‘It’s worth a shot, o.k. than, let's go’They both walk to Rarity’s house after they get clear of all the chaos, it was some of the most horrifying things Neon had ever seen, he saw the owner of a bar get decapitated, an old mare burned to death, children were being executed on the spot, there was no mercy at all, Death was before us all, but nopony ever predicted it would come this far. BLOODS IN THE EYESCHAPTER 2 BLOODS IN THE EYES Neon was setting up his tent, he was out of breath, trying not to panic, realizing he needed to clean his rifle as well, but he was way to tired, it’s as if some unforgivable force drained his energy, so he lay down, he slowly fell a sleep. “get down, you grab as much explosives as you can, Gemini I need you to plant the charges”Neon turned and looked at Gemini, she was not moving, but she was just standing there, but she was looking at him with sadness “Gemini?” all of a sudden a blade burst out of her chest “NO!!”* Amber peeked her head over her shoulder, she was smiling, but her mane was covering her eyes, her teeth was sharp like blades, and she had blood and flesh in her teeth. “Amber? why?”she answered back in a demons voice “Because you only belong to me” fire flooded Neons vision.Neon awakes with his heart pounding in his chest, he wanted to scream, but he was too traumatized to do anything, but finally he got his heart rate back to normal.“what the..the hell...was that?” he got out of bed, trying to overcome what was happening, he was afraid, it was strange, because he had no idea who this Gemini was, “who was she?” he asked himself.he had no idea what was going on, but he was afraid that he was just shown a piece of the future, or a secret of Ambers, but he decided to ignore it, but he did not sleep for the rest of the night.the next morning Neon was the first to be outside, he was waiting for the cook to get up so he can get his rations.Amber was getting out of her tent, not realizing Neon was there, and finally she saw him, “up so early Neon?”“Actually, I did not get much sleep, she walked over to the extra stool next to Neon, “i’m super tired” she stretched with a moan, and then she leaned against Neon for a pellow.Neon was not bothered at all, to him it felt natural, to him, there was no room for affection, he saw a bottle of apple cider, he grabbed himself a glass, and began to sip it, he had his own thing about cider, and chocolate, that was the one thing he always had with him, his jacket was getting a bit warm, so he took it off really quick.Amber looked at his neck, he still had that same glowing brace around his neck, it was green, in the front was a color of blue and purple.“Neon” she said in a soft voice, “Yes?”, “you never told me about that thing on your neck, you had it since I first met you” she started rubbing it, smooth and warm, thats the feeling it gave.“This? well, it’s not something I like to talk about much….but, I guess I could tell you,... when i was young, and it was before I ever met you, I left home to go play by the forest, and when I got there, a pony who was a little bit shy was sitting on a rock, you could not really see her face cause it was covered with her hood from her cloak, but I could see her gold and red mane, she was talking to herself until she had realized I was there, she just sat there, staring at me, or so I think, so asked if she was ok, she still just sat there, and finally she spoke, she asked me if I could hear them, I did not know what she was asking, and then thats when I heard them, screams of pain and suffering, it was as if the happiness was taken from the area, I was scared, and I was sad, I wanted to run, but she wrapped her arms around me, and she told me, “I can make them go away, and i can protect you Neon”, i did not understand how she knew my name, but for some reason I felt safe and secure, so she pulled this out, this weird glowing coller out, and put it around my neck, at first it was too big for me, but then it adjusted to my neck, it fit perfect and comfortably, and that was the last time I ever saw her”Amber was amused at the story, “how old was she?”she only looked a bit older than me at the time, and I was 11, only a Year before me and you met”“really? well so she was about 15?” “Maybe, or maybe she was older, never really saw her face, but she sounded young, I don't really know”she glanced at his eyes, they were still the same, so beautiful, but so sad, she stood up to go and get her blade, she had forgotten she was to keep it next to her at all times, she could not trust the timing around here, she walked back to where Neon was, but he was gone, she walked around the camp, it was quiet, so she walked to the edge of the cliff, “Neon? are you around here? she whispered, a hoof pulled her to the ground, but then Neon covered her mouth with his hoof, and pointed with his snout, she looked over, and realized what he was pointing at, two changelings, sniffing the ground.“Changelings? this far out here?”Neon did not say anything, he slowly pulled pulled out two small blades.“What are you going to do with those?”he still did not say anything, his horn glowed green, and the two blades hovered in the air, and then they both shot directly at the changelings heads with successful hits.Neon finally spoke “i could not risk using my rifle, changelings travel in packs”“I thought the changelings were gone” said Amber.not gone said Neon “only hiding, lets go, we must find the rest and exterminate them, we should check down the cliff, maybe we were lucky and only found two rogues, but I really doubt it”“But what if they were, then they would just leave us alone, right?”Neon looked at her, “it’s possible I said, but a low chance, we must find the rest”His ear flickered, “Get down!!” he tackled her just as a green ray of light flew over them.He was on the ground, with arms wrapped around amber, a explosion caused debris to go flying everywhere, they both stood up, “aww shit” said Neon as a platoon of changelings stood in front of them, blades to his throat. Neon looked at amber with worry in his eyes, “when I say run, you do it”“What?are you crazy?”she was confused wondering what he was planning, and then she noticed a blade floating from behind them.“NOW!!!”The blade flew by them, it spliced threw one creature, and stabbed the other in the eye, a flash went by her head, glowing green, she was almost blinded, she turned and ducked, and rolled behind a rock.Neon was fighting with a mix of fear and blood rage in his eyes, blocking bolts of changeling energy with his magic, channeling it into a strong shield, a flash of light here and there, Amber pulled out her pouch of throwing knives, she had trained herself to use her mouth as a thrower, she was pretty good at it, her first few times trying, she had cut her tongue and lips, but as the years progressed, she was throwing with precise accuracy.she took a blade in her mouth and tossed it at a changeling, it stabbed in its chest, but two more sighted her and was after her, now it was time for her to put her training to the test, one swung a hoof at her, she ducked, and then jumped into the air, and planted a kick into its head, but it quickly recovered, it flew a headbutt at her, but she jumped back and planted her elbow into its head again and again, all of a sudden a hoof planted into her chest, the other changeling jumped over the others back and did a successful superman punch into her cheek, she fell back, and as it jumped into the air to stomp on her head, Neon tackled it out of the air, and dug a dagger into its chest. but then the other jumped on Neon, Amber grabbed it by the head and locked him into a choke hold, but he started jamming his elbow into her side repeatedly, she did not let go, she just kept holding.Neon jabbed his dagger into the monster’s side and it finally stopped moving, Amber was still holding on with she had rage in her eyes.“Amber….hey, you need to let go, we need to get back up to the camp and warn the others,I think we are close to a nest” he looked around as if to see any more changelings.“maybe this was a bad idea”as Neon was thinking, Amber was trying to check the area.she did not see anything, but he was right, changelings are never alone, unless they went rogue.“If these are rogue warriors, than we should be fine”Neon looked at her, but wasn't sure of her words, “how can we be sure?” he asked, but she had no certain way of answering that question. “I-I don’t know” she was quite embarrassed of her foolishness, that idea could risk the camp, “you head back to the camp, make sure everything is fine, i’ll scout around and see what I can find” he brushes the bit of dirt that was on his arm, “but your out of blades Neon, what will you use?” he lifts a few rocks and crushes them with his magic, creating sharp throwing spikes. “I can think of a few things” he tucks the spikes into his throwing knife holster and made sure they were staying tight, “my armor Is a bit damaged, but it will make do, but i’m not sure if I get hit, but i doubt that will happen” she smiled and a sharp pain was in her cheek, she almost forgot she got punched. “how is your cheek? he asked. “its fine, its not too bad” he looked at it anyways to see if it was bad, he held her cheek, and she held his hoof as it pressed against her face, “be safe out there Neon, please, come back to me in one piece” he looked at her and smiled “I will, don’t worry” he kissed her on the cheek, and she blushed, trying not to show it, she turned her head down. “okay, time for you to go to the camp” he turned away and started walking off, she watched him as he disappeared behind the cliffside, after he was out of sight, she made her way back to camp, she got back and saw the others awake, she tried to avoid conversation, but somepony walked up to her and asked “where is Neon, we need to know our next move” she tried to think “he went out to see if any danger is lurking around, he will be back soon, and i'm sure we will be off soon” “well we need to hurry* RegretsCHAPTER 1 REGRETS Neon sit atop a cliff with his 270. rifle, “everything needs to end, but why now? are we doing what's right?Breach looked down, “i'm not sure Neon, but if we don't fight back, who will? I don't know every thing exactly, but I do know this, if we don't stop them, your kind, and the earth ponies will all die, everypony you knew, or cared about, will all be gone, i know you can change it, and so does everypony who is here to fight with us”. Neon turned to look at the eleven others who were there with them, “well said Breach, we are all here to die for you, so give them hope.Neon looked at Breach, “thank you, my friend” he walked up on the make-shift stand, he looked at everypony and their young ones, and even a mare.“I just want to say that i’m glad you're all here with me, it has been two years since the first invasion, but your fight, is still not over yet, we have so long to go, and I know you're all tired of this fight, but you all did one thing that made you a hero,....you all sacrificed yourselves, and I am glad to fight next to all of you, I thank you, and…Neon saw Amber in the back, but her face was covered with her hair, Neon looked away, Neon? Are you alright? asked Breach.“yeah, I’m fine” he looked back at the spot he thought he saw her, but she was gone.Thats….thats all for nowHe headed down the hillside to the river, He stood there, staring at his reflection in the water, he punched the water, and lifted a rock with his horn, and shot it at a tree, it got lodged in the base of the tree.“Neon, stop this” Breach was standing behind him.“I could have saved her! but i didn’t, and now she is gone!”“Dont you think I know that!?, Don't you think i know what you're going threw!? Neon, im sorry for your loss, but you need to get your head in the game, you can’t change the past, nopony can!”I know! Neon dropped to his knees, “I know i can’t,.....I know...I know.Breach gave him a hoof, “come on Neon, let’s get up there before….An explosion blasted on top of the hill, Breach and Neon both looked up, and started running as fast as they can up there.as soon as they got there, they could see the all the guards fighting the others in the camp. Breach shot at a guard faster than a bullet, and stabbed it in the chest with his blade. The mare in the group was surrounded by three guards, Neon started running at them, they did not see him, he picked up two rocks with his horn and shot them hard, he his on in the leg, and the other went threw a guard's head, but the third still never saw him, and Neon stabbed him in the back with his katana, and with his horn stabbed the wounded guard on the ground with a blade to the head.“run into the forest shouted Neon” and the rest of the ponies ran in, the guards on there tail.Neon was about to join them, but he saw Amber again, she was standing in front of him, “Neon!!! He turned and saw Breach fighting a guard, and looked back at Amber, but it was not her, instead a guard was about to stab him, but he heard a rifle shot, and the guard fell to the ground, choking on his own blood, Breach was surrounded by several guards, but six ponies with rifles popped out of the bush and shot them down, Neon was so confused. smaller sized pegasus were helping out.The rest of the guards were being taken out by pegasus with swords. Neon?Neon froze, he knew exactly who’s voice that was, he pulled out his katana and turned around and stuck it up to the Pegasus throat.Amber stood there, smiling with a scar on her ear.“you're not real, i watched you die”“you see Neon, i did die, and i did not believe it as well, but i am back, and i have been watching you”NO!!! shouted Neon, you're not real and you're not here, what are you? because I know you are dead”Neon, just listen to me….I...I am not sure how it worked but I’m here.“why did you come?”‘because, I thought you was going against the guard, well are you going to rise?”Neon looked down, I don't want to put these lives in danger, they all want answers, and they look to me, but I don't know if i could live up to that.”a smaller pegasus stood at her side,”ma’am, what do we do with this one?” she looked over at the net, and Breach looked very upset, “he is one us, let him go”“but ma’am, he has the armor of the guard”“yes I know pvt. but he is an old friend”the pvt. turned and told the other pegasus to free him, he was not mad for too long.later that night, Neon was in his tent, he was trying to catch some rest before he went out for supplies.“Neon….Neon wake up”Neon was very tired, but he managed to keep himself up.Amber was standing at his bedside, Amber? wait, what's going on?“you need to see this” he then realized it was bright outside of the tent. she walked over to the tent door, and held it open, it was not his imagination, it was a red color outside, but it was not too bright.he walked outside, a lot of the ponies were standing outside staring in the same direction.Neon finally realized what they were focused on, it was unexplainable, there stood a giant tower, beaming a big red beam in the sky, it was gigantic, and he saw a bunch of guards flying around it, and all of a sudden, these strange figures floated down, they were hideous creatures, all ugly looking, and looked very evil.Neon heard a pony somewhere in the group say “were all going to die”The guards looked like they were about to greet the monsters, but all hell broke loose, they attacked each other, both sides tearing each other apart.“what the hell is this?”the hellfire was covering the land, and burning the rest of the leftover buildings, the guards are no longer in control.Amber walked over and aimed her scope, trying to get a few extra yards of peripheral vision, trying to tell what's going on down there.“what is it?” asked Neon, but she was too focused on the damage and chaos of what was now happening.“Death, its all death, nopony left, we need to leave this hellish place, before we all die”Neon’s nerves were frozen from her words,”yes, i’ll give the word to move camp”and Neon did just that, he signaled Breach to help the others move and pack quietly.chaos was still going on down in the ruins of the town, fire burned in the midnight mist.it was almost as if somepony had turned in a bright light which lit up the night from a distance. **** “Soon….soon, i will let all know im here, but not now, for now I wait, and watch, Neon needs to learn his powers on his own, he may be strong, but he does not know much”The time spawn turned and looked at Gemini“I will send you to teach him, it depends on you and Neon, to save pony kind.I know the pegasus kind will not listen, so they are our enemy”The words reached Gemini, but never hit her yet, and finally she spoke.“but my lord, i am only young, and do not have my full power yet, may I just wait, or you can send a different Time Keeper, maybe one of the more experienced ones, I don't know much”The tall black alicorn just stood there in silence, and finally spoke.You are my daughter, and I am sure you will succeed, you will help Neon, and you will not speak of our kind to any other pony, am I clear?”“but….yes father, I understand.”Gemini walked out of the room, Walking past the rest of the apprentice Time Keepers, all of them were bigger than her, and none of them liked her, just because she was the lord's daughter, they all shot her nasty and vile looks, she never cared.Her friends are all dead, or imprisoned, the only one who ever cared was her teacher,he was a tall light blue alicorn, with silver mane, and twinkling emerald eyes.Gemini was walking to her room when she realized her master's door was open, it was usually closed, she got a little curious, but she decided to ignore it, and head for her chambers.once in her room, she started to pack her stuff into a folding metal light case, all the apprentices have one, it is very small, but its carrying capacity is huge, it was a type of magic she never understood, but never argued with either.“Well Neon, we finally get to meet” she lay in her bed and slowly falls asleep. *** Neon was still helping everypony pack when a sharp pain struck him in the chestHe coughed up a crimson black type of blood, “What...what is this?”he was shocked, was he hit?was he dreaming, his mind started to wander, he finally tore off his chest plate, and the rest of his upper body armor.“what? nothing wrong? but I was sure something hit me.“Neon? are you alright?”he didn’t realize Amber was behind him.“yeah...yeah i’m fine, just a little confused”“Confused? Confused about what?”“...Nothing, never mind, its nothing, we need to keep moving”he brushed past her, causing her to move a bit.she just stood there, and finally talked as Neon was already behind her walking to the rest of the moving group.“I’m sorry”Neon stopped“Sorry? Sorry for what?”“I know i cause you trouble Neon, i could see it in your eyes, and your emotions”it got quiet, no other pony was paying them any attention.“No, i’m sorry Amber, it was my fault you died, i could have saved you, but instead you died”Neon was ashamed of his own actions, he felt that he did not do his best.“Neon, if you had tried to save me, we would most likely have died together, and we was not even sure I was even going to come back, so you see Neon, it was better that way, and right now the important thing is that i’m not dead, and i’m here at your side”Neon hung his head down in his own shame, but deep down inside him, he knew she was right.she walked up to him and held him in her arms, so that one second, every bad thing was gone, all the troubles disappeared, and he felt safer once again, but this time, he was happy. *** Gemini was getting ready to head into her other world when she started to remember that she needed to say goodbye, she was on her way when she saw two guards approach her.“your highness, my lord gave the order for you to be sent out on your mission”“but I need to say goodbye to my master”“my lord wants you to go immediately”gemini’s eyes started to sparkle in the light as she tried to look as sad as she could,”please, i want to say goodbye, it may be my last chance, please”the guard wanted to look away, but she looked so pitiful,”fine but make it quick, we need you to go soon”“thank you” she hugged the guard, and the guard froze in place, in the time relm, most never showed affection, they thought affection was part of weakness.“yeah yeah, now hurry up and go”she was on her way when she bumped into her brother Cancer“oh, hello Gemini” he said in a slithering voice, he always gave her the chills.“hello Cancer, what are you doing here? or did you come to see me off?”Cancer only smiled, he was moving constantly, his teeth as sharp as razors, but Gemini held her position “I just thought it would be a good idea to tell my little sister goodbye, I can still tell you goodbye right?”“of course you can, but i’m just a bit busy at the moment”he cocked his neck still giving his insane like smile “too busy for family? oh no, thats not good at all dear sis, you're not going quiet are you? (quiet means that she is corrupt)“quiet? why in the eleventh realm would I do that? i’m a Timekeeper like you, we are too strong to go quite foolish brother”he only chuckled a bone chilling laugh, “i’m just making sure, you would not want to be erased”well stop worrying brother, now I have to go, or I will be late”“well than, by all means, go right ahead, and don’t let family kick you on the way out”he slowly faded into the ground, it was such a neat trick, gemini could not wait till she got her powers.
Prologue PROLOGUE ….DESTINED FOR?“how did this life get so dull…”the young colt turned his head to look at the clock,1:23 A.M “I need to do something, I can't sleep”, he stands up off the bed, and walks in the guest room, a picture of his parents is on the stand, “oh… its been almost 4 years…. he walks over to the piano, and sits on the bench, a memory of him and his mother pops in his head. “mom, why do we die?”, “Well my little Neon, everything is balanced on time, years from now, when i'm gone, you will be bigger and stronger, and it was time that changes us.”* *“i don’t want to change.”“don't worry my little Neon, you won't change.” she plays a calming melody.“I never changed”, a tear came to his eye, it rolled down his cheek and landed on the floor, it started glowing, but Neon didn't notice it, a knock on the door came to his ear.he walked over to the door and opened it using his horn.a young beautiful mare, with purple mane was standing there.“Neon?”“Oh, hi Amber, what is it?”“ahh, my mother wanted to know if you wanted to join us for dinner, so i just ahh you know….“Oh, i don’t think so Amber, but thank you anyways.”“Come on Neon its been 4 years…Neon snapped his eyes at her.her cheeks turned bright red, “im sorry, i just thought”….i’ll just go. she started to walk away, Wait said Neon, “I guess, I could come over for a little while, let me get dressed first.” “oh, ok” she said with a smile, “I’ll wait for you.”“well if you want you can come inside until i’m done, It’s kind of cold out,” he opens the door for her to come in.she walks by him into the house, the place is actually very clean.so said Neon, “i’ll get dressed and you can sit in the livingroom,” ok said Amber, “just don't take too long.”I won't said Neon as he walked in the other room, he realized that he hadn't taken a shower in a while, well it couldn't hurt to take a short shower he said to himself, he jumped in and turned it on, the sound of the water hitting the tub, and the feel of warm water running down his mane made him feel a bit calmer than anything.“now don’t make the floor all wet my little Neon,” she said with a smile, “I won’t mommy” said Neon, she just smiled and she walked out, “mommy? mommy, don’t go,” she walked back in the room, “I will never leave you” she said with a smile. and started humming her melody**“She lied to me” thought Neon, “she said she would never go and now she is gone”, he turned the water off, opened the shower curtain, and used his horn to cover himself up with a towel.He put on a shirt and and his scarf, and walked in the livingroom, Amber is on the couch curled up in a ball with her eyes closed, he just smiles and walks over to her nudges her with his nose, “Amber? you awake?” she starts stretching her legs and yawns, “oh im sorry Neon, i was a little too comfortable”, it’s ok said Neon with a smile, “shall we go?” “oh yeah...she looked around trying to get back to herself, “ok lets go” she said as she stood up on her hooves.“ahh, yeah ok”. he opened the door and walked out, he could not remember the last time he could feel the soft snow touch his face, it was cold yet calming.“Neon?” “yeah?” “you alright?” “oh….yeah lets get going”, they started for Amber's house, “i don't really remember the last time i came outside, it's colder than i remember”.“well you're taller than i remember Neon, we use to be the same height but now i'm shorter, it's not fair” Amber whimpered, Neon only smiled, they were getting further in town, and it was warmer, Neon lived on the outer area of the city. where it's darker and ugly, and it's very deserted, yet it never drove Neon insane.“Neon, you need to get out in civilization, a lot of ponies are worried about you…..including me”“I don't think me and society are ready accept each other,besides, others have no need to worry about something that is none of their business, they acted like they never cared about my family before.”“thats not true” said Amber “we always cared, but ever since Celestia and luna disappeared, many are starting to panic, and top it all off, the cloud kingdom wanting to go to war with the unicorns and earth ponies is scaring a lot of us” “what about you Amber? you're a pegasus, and i'm a unicorn”“I know that, i'm worried too, i heard recruiters are here already, taking mares and colts and even fillies, i don't know what to do”Neon only smiled and hugged her “it will be alright, they won't get you, everything will go back to normal” But Neon had no idea what was going to happen, and was worried as much as her.“let’s just get to your house for now” the house was just around the corner, and the wind was starting to pick up.she smiled and they let each other go and started to walk again, when they got to the house they were greeted with open hooves, “Neon, i'm so glad to see you again, i remember when you was just tiny, i remember changing your diaper” Neon got really red, “ ahh, yeah good to see you too, hehe” what’s wrong with her? thought Neon. “well” said Amber's mother “shall we eat, cause i'm starving”her mother always loved to eat, but it seems she never gains any weight at all, her cutie mark was a bowl with a mixer, so that explains a lot.“yeah ok mom, they all sit at the table, and there was already a plate out for Neon, like if they knew he would say yeah.so Neon said Amber's mom, “how have you been holding up?” Oh me, i've been alright, i just haven't been to the store lately, i'm starting to run out. ‘well if you would like, we can all go to the store and pick up supplies, Neon remembered that there were recruiters around here, he did not want get them into danger, no that's o.k. i can do it myself.‘well if thats what you wish, but i need to get some cooking supplies, so we can make dessert later’, most of the time, Neon would try to figure out if her specialty was cooking or eating, Ambers mark was a heart on fire, never understood what her mark meant, he was not around when she got it, and for Neon, unlike everypony else, he was born with his cutie mark, a neon blue and green eye, thats how he got his name, So, what do you think the pegasus will do if they win asked Amber, “i don't want to think about it” said Neon “i just don't want any part of it” but Neon said Amber, what if we never see each other again?, ...or worse she said under her breath.Hush said Ambers mom, ‘thats not going to happen, the princesses will return and put a stop to all of this’ But mom…shh said Neon…..do you hear that….“what is it? asked Amber.Neon quickly jumped in front of them to block them, the front door exploded and a bunch of rubble flew towards them, two huge pegasus walked in, and stood at the sides of the door, and then a black colored pegasus walked in up to Neon, he was huge, wearing silver armor with red highlights, a unicorn eating with two pegasus? pathetic! he spat on the floor, and the other two guards chuckled, Neon was scared, but he didn't show it, he only had a blank stare, the guard picked up Neon by the throat, Neon whimpered, what do you want with me? asked Neon.the guard laughed, I.want.war. he threw Neon against the wall. No!!! screamed Amber.“you actually care about this little pipsqueak?” well you're just as weak as the rest, he lifted a blade with his hoof, and swung down, but her mother slashed a knife and cut his hand, causing him to drop his blade to the floor, the guard screamed in pain, YOU BITCH!!!, he swung his hoof at her, but it stopped just before it could reach her, he looked over at Neon who was finally getting to his hooves, it was dark, but you could see the magic glowing on his horn and his cutie mark was glowing in the dark as well, “ i don’t like you hurting my friends” a kitchen knife came out of nowhere and struck to the guard in the chest, sending him into the other wall, he lay there not moving, the two other guards froze in fear of what just happened.They both lift their guns, Neons heart pounded hard, he grabbed Amber and her mother and pulled them behind the counter, the guards started firing, Neon jumped over the counter after them, “what do we do now, Amber screamed over the noise of the guns, Amber's mother lifted the latch under them, the crawl space she said,“good, you two get going” what are you talking about? said Amber, “were all going,”“ no said Neon, you go and find somewhere to hide, and i’ll come find you when it's over”“be safe said Amber's mother, she kissed him on the cheek, i don’t want to lose you like i did your mother and father, her eyes were sad” don't worry, i'll be fine said Neon. Amber started crawling down, she turned around and looked into his eyes “promise me you will come back, you have to promise me that”“I promise” said Neon, now go! she started going down, the trap door closed and he heard it lock from under, he turned around, and to his amusement, there was a glock under the counter, he grabbed it and remembered the military training his brother had taught, he checked the clip, fully loaded, and there was an extra mag. with it, stood up, he felt everything moving in slow motion around him, but he knew he was going at a faster speed, but his senses were sharp, he could feel the motion of the bullets going by him, he did not get hit, but the back of his leg was bleeding.He took a quick aim and pulled the trigger, he struck one of their guns, and ducked again, Neon smiled, he was confident, he dove for the next wall for cover, he ran for the couch, the living room was huge, Amber's mother was rich, he mantled the couch and shouldered one guard who got knocked against a wall, he tackled the other, and stuck the barrel in his mouth, and started pulling the trigger, 1-2-3-4 not stopping, he heard it click, it was empty, he released the clip from the compartment and stuck in a new magazine, he cocked it, hearing the round pop into the chamber, he turned around, and a hoof went across his face, Neon fell to the floor, his vision was dazed, it cleared up, and he tried to stand, but he felt a hoof push down on his back, “you troubling little brat, now you shall die, you could have lived if you stayed with your friends, NOW you will neve…..his head exploded, and he fell to the ground, still twitching, Neon stood up, “you pegasus talk to much, you would have lived if you remembered i’m a unicorn, Neon smiled, and turned around at the silver armored guard, who was still alive, but very weak, he walked over to him, “why are you here? what are your orders? demanded Neon, “the guard only laughed and started coughing, do you really think i would tell a little brat like yourself? well i’m not going to beg you for my life, and i know i'm going to die anyways, war has finally broke out, our kind are finally going to cleanse the world of you, i’m heart broken to not see it”Neon hated him, but neon felt a bit sad too, even still this pony is being an ass, but he is powerless, Neons brother never killed a wounded pony, “And what if i let you live?”the guards smile went down “ well, if that were to happen,i would have no choice but to serve you, until i had paid back my debt, or die on the field” “and why should i trust your word?” “for one, i never asked you to spare me, so dont think im grateful, and two if the leader found out a kid beat me, i would die anyways, so basicly, im fucked” Neon only smiled, his horn started to glow, and so did the guards wound, it started to heal, and it closed.The guard was a bit shocked “how did a bra..kid like you learn to focus so much power?”“I’m stronger than i look,” he smiled “i killed your men, and almost killed you didn’t i? Neon checked the other guards, and they had a few clips, he grabbed them, and reloaded his gun, “how do you possess so much skill?” “my brother...he was in the military” “what happened to him? Neon just handed him a rifle, “your chest will not have any feeling, but your arms should be alright, so now you can fight, don’t let me down.you never told me what happened to your brother, we may be enemies, but at least tell me, where your family is. Neon sighed, “they were murdered….by a pegasus, i was so little, i looked into my own brother eyes while they…..well, you wanna know the weirdest part….he never even blamed the pony who did it, ….THERE HE IS, ON HIS FUCKING DEATH BED, AND HE DIDN'T BLAME A SINGLE FUCKING PONY!!!.....Neon started to calm back down, And every day said Neon, every day, i wonder, why? why couldn't he find it in himself to blame or hate anypony?“I know how you feel said the guard” “how could YOU know exactly how I FEEL!? snapped Neon” “because my family was murdered as well,....me and my parents were walking from the theater when this guy came out of nowhere, and he attacked us….my mother was screaming, my father was fighting back, but two other ponies came around the corner…..I was sure they would help us,....but i was wrong…..when i looked at my father, he was on the ground, already unconscious, and they were still bashing his head in,....when they were done with him, they moved to my mother, they took turns raping her right in front of me,...I...I tried to stop them, I was small, and weak, but i knew I had to do something, I was about to hit one with a bottle…….do you know what the most ironic part of this story is…..she didn’t die by them….a cop showed up, he had his gun, but the crook was using her as a pony shield, the other two split from the scene, but not him, he did not care, the cop was scared and hesitated, my mother freed her mouth and told me to run, it startled the officer, and he pulled the trigger without aiming…. the bullet went threw her head…. only to hit the crook in the chest…..only the fucking chest!“so you say I don't know how you feel?....you couldn't be anymore wrong, cause i know exactly how you feel”Neon just sat there…..”so said Neon, you have a name?, he asked as he loaded his rifle.The guard smiled, ‘its breach….breach clear…. and i promise i will fight for you, cause you made me realise, this war will never end, so why not jump in head first?they both stood up and shook hooves, ‘Are you ready? asked Neon.The guard just chuckled, Neon walked over to the hole in the wall where the door use to be,....it was chaos, Neon stepped back, avoiding detection, ‘we can’t leave together without being seen said Neon.Breach just smiled, or can we he said as he lifted up a pair of cuffs.Neon gave a frown, I hate you he said.hey, its this or we both die said Breach,”FINE said Neon, give me the stupid things”Breach tossed them to Neon, and he slipped them on himself, “now what, asked Neon”I’m thinking said Breach, where did your friends say they were going?they didn’t! snapped Neon. Hush! whispered Breach, we don’t want to draw attention to ourselves, Breach lifted his rifle and nudged Neon forward “ Neon protested, What the hell do you think you're doing?I’m saving your life, they both walked out of the house, and all of a sudden the rest of the guards were staring.A huge pegasus landed in front of them, its big red white eyes looked deeply into Neon, This thing almost looked like a machine, Where is the rest of your squad asked the monster, This one killed them said Breach.Did he really have to say i did it said Neon in his mind, i know it was really me, but he couldn’t just say somepony else did it….then it hit Neon, shit thats right, they can't know about Amber.The monster just chuckled, your telling me this little pipsqueak killed two of the most skilled officers you have, well i guess you and your section are not cut out for this work.Maybe, or maybe they were not loyal and strong enough. The monster just brushed of the comment, what is your name? or should i just call you wimp? actually, that sounds better, that shall be your new name. “are you done?” Breach was getting a little annoyed of how the monster was acting.The monster just looked at Breach, “Yes, carry on with your task.”they finally started walking again, “ well we should find the end of the town, but first we need to find a dress-shop”“dress-shop? what the hell do we need a dress-shop for?” Neon was really confused, “Well I can't be seen escaping with you like this. ‘what about the unicorn Rarity? Maybe she could help us out.‘It’s worth a shot, o.k. than, let's go’They both walk to Rarity’s house after they get clear of all the chaos, it was some of the most horrifying things Neon had ever seen, he saw the owner of a bar get decapitated, an old mare burned to death, children were being executed on the spot, there was no mercy at all, Death was before us all, but nopony ever predicted it would come this far.
BLOODS IN THE EYESCHAPTER 2 BLOODS IN THE EYES Neon was setting up his tent, he was out of breath, trying not to panic, realizing he needed to clean his rifle as well, but he was way to tired, it’s as if some unforgivable force drained his energy, so he lay down, he slowly fell a sleep. “get down, you grab as much explosives as you can, Gemini I need you to plant the charges”Neon turned and looked at Gemini, she was not moving, but she was just standing there, but she was looking at him with sadness “Gemini?” all of a sudden a blade burst out of her chest “NO!!”* Amber peeked her head over her shoulder, she was smiling, but her mane was covering her eyes, her teeth was sharp like blades, and she had blood and flesh in her teeth. “Amber? why?”she answered back in a demons voice “Because you only belong to me” fire flooded Neons vision.Neon awakes with his heart pounding in his chest, he wanted to scream, but he was too traumatized to do anything, but finally he got his heart rate back to normal.“what the..the hell...was that?” he got out of bed, trying to overcome what was happening, he was afraid, it was strange, because he had no idea who this Gemini was, “who was she?” he asked himself.he had no idea what was going on, but he was afraid that he was just shown a piece of the future, or a secret of Ambers, but he decided to ignore it, but he did not sleep for the rest of the night.the next morning Neon was the first to be outside, he was waiting for the cook to get up so he can get his rations.Amber was getting out of her tent, not realizing Neon was there, and finally she saw him, “up so early Neon?”“Actually, I did not get much sleep, she walked over to the extra stool next to Neon, “i’m super tired” she stretched with a moan, and then she leaned against Neon for a pellow.Neon was not bothered at all, to him it felt natural, to him, there was no room for affection, he saw a bottle of apple cider, he grabbed himself a glass, and began to sip it, he had his own thing about cider, and chocolate, that was the one thing he always had with him, his jacket was getting a bit warm, so he took it off really quick.Amber looked at his neck, he still had that same glowing brace around his neck, it was green, in the front was a color of blue and purple.“Neon” she said in a soft voice, “Yes?”, “you never told me about that thing on your neck, you had it since I first met you” she started rubbing it, smooth and warm, thats the feeling it gave.“This? well, it’s not something I like to talk about much….but, I guess I could tell you,... when i was young, and it was before I ever met you, I left home to go play by the forest, and when I got there, a pony who was a little bit shy was sitting on a rock, you could not really see her face cause it was covered with her hood from her cloak, but I could see her gold and red mane, she was talking to herself until she had realized I was there, she just sat there, staring at me, or so I think, so asked if she was ok, she still just sat there, and finally she spoke, she asked me if I could hear them, I did not know what she was asking, and then thats when I heard them, screams of pain and suffering, it was as if the happiness was taken from the area, I was scared, and I was sad, I wanted to run, but she wrapped her arms around me, and she told me, “I can make them go away, and i can protect you Neon”, i did not understand how she knew my name, but for some reason I felt safe and secure, so she pulled this out, this weird glowing coller out, and put it around my neck, at first it was too big for me, but then it adjusted to my neck, it fit perfect and comfortably, and that was the last time I ever saw her”Amber was amused at the story, “how old was she?”she only looked a bit older than me at the time, and I was 11, only a Year before me and you met”“really? well so she was about 15?” “Maybe, or maybe she was older, never really saw her face, but she sounded young, I don't really know”she glanced at his eyes, they were still the same, so beautiful, but so sad, she stood up to go and get her blade, she had forgotten she was to keep it next to her at all times, she could not trust the timing around here, she walked back to where Neon was, but he was gone, she walked around the camp, it was quiet, so she walked to the edge of the cliff, “Neon? are you around here? she whispered, a hoof pulled her to the ground, but then Neon covered her mouth with his hoof, and pointed with his snout, she looked over, and realized what he was pointing at, two changelings, sniffing the ground.“Changelings? this far out here?”Neon did not say anything, he slowly pulled pulled out two small blades.“What are you going to do with those?”he still did not say anything, his horn glowed green, and the two blades hovered in the air, and then they both shot directly at the changelings heads with successful hits.Neon finally spoke “i could not risk using my rifle, changelings travel in packs”“I thought the changelings were gone” said Amber.not gone said Neon “only hiding, lets go, we must find the rest and exterminate them, we should check down the cliff, maybe we were lucky and only found two rogues, but I really doubt it”“But what if they were, then they would just leave us alone, right?”Neon looked at her, “it’s possible I said, but a low chance, we must find the rest”His ear flickered, “Get down!!” he tackled her just as a green ray of light flew over them.He was on the ground, with arms wrapped around amber, a explosion caused debris to go flying everywhere, they both stood up, “aww shit” said Neon as a platoon of changelings stood in front of them, blades to his throat. Neon looked at amber with worry in his eyes, “when I say run, you do it”“What?are you crazy?”she was confused wondering what he was planning, and then she noticed a blade floating from behind them.“NOW!!!”The blade flew by them, it spliced threw one creature, and stabbed the other in the eye, a flash went by her head, glowing green, she was almost blinded, she turned and ducked, and rolled behind a rock.Neon was fighting with a mix of fear and blood rage in his eyes, blocking bolts of changeling energy with his magic, channeling it into a strong shield, a flash of light here and there, Amber pulled out her pouch of throwing knives, she had trained herself to use her mouth as a thrower, she was pretty good at it, her first few times trying, she had cut her tongue and lips, but as the years progressed, she was throwing with precise accuracy.she took a blade in her mouth and tossed it at a changeling, it stabbed in its chest, but two more sighted her and was after her, now it was time for her to put her training to the test, one swung a hoof at her, she ducked, and then jumped into the air, and planted a kick into its head, but it quickly recovered, it flew a headbutt at her, but she jumped back and planted her elbow into its head again and again, all of a sudden a hoof planted into her chest, the other changeling jumped over the others back and did a successful superman punch into her cheek, she fell back, and as it jumped into the air to stomp on her head, Neon tackled it out of the air, and dug a dagger into its chest. but then the other jumped on Neon, Amber grabbed it by the head and locked him into a choke hold, but he started jamming his elbow into her side repeatedly, she did not let go, she just kept holding.Neon jabbed his dagger into the monster’s side and it finally stopped moving, Amber was still holding on with she had rage in her eyes.“Amber….hey, you need to let go, we need to get back up to the camp and warn the others,I think we are close to a nest” he looked around as if to see any more changelings.“maybe this was a bad idea”as Neon was thinking, Amber was trying to check the area.she did not see anything, but he was right, changelings are never alone, unless they went rogue.“If these are rogue warriors, than we should be fine”Neon looked at her, but wasn't sure of her words, “how can we be sure?” he asked, but she had no certain way of answering that question. “I-I don’t know” she was quite embarrassed of her foolishness, that idea could risk the camp, “you head back to the camp, make sure everything is fine, i’ll scout around and see what I can find” he brushes the bit of dirt that was on his arm, “but your out of blades Neon, what will you use?” he lifts a few rocks and crushes them with his magic, creating sharp throwing spikes. “I can think of a few things” he tucks the spikes into his throwing knife holster and made sure they were staying tight, “my armor Is a bit damaged, but it will make do, but i’m not sure if I get hit, but i doubt that will happen” she smiled and a sharp pain was in her cheek, she almost forgot she got punched. “how is your cheek? he asked. “its fine, its not too bad” he looked at it anyways to see if it was bad, he held her cheek, and she held his hoof as it pressed against her face, “be safe out there Neon, please, come back to me in one piece” he looked at her and smiled “I will, don’t worry” he kissed her on the cheek, and she blushed, trying not to show it, she turned her head down. “okay, time for you to go to the camp” he turned away and started walking off, she watched him as he disappeared behind the cliffside, after he was out of sight, she made her way back to camp, she got back and saw the others awake, she tried to avoid conversation, but somepony walked up to her and asked “where is Neon, we need to know our next move” she tried to think “he went out to see if any danger is lurking around, he will be back soon, and i'm sure we will be off soon” “well we need to hurry*
RegretsCHAPTER 1 REGRETS Neon sit atop a cliff with his 270. rifle, “everything needs to end, but why now? are we doing what's right?Breach looked down, “i'm not sure Neon, but if we don't fight back, who will? I don't know every thing exactly, but I do know this, if we don't stop them, your kind, and the earth ponies will all die, everypony you knew, or cared about, will all be gone, i know you can change it, and so does everypony who is here to fight with us”. Neon turned to look at the eleven others who were there with them, “well said Breach, we are all here to die for you, so give them hope.Neon looked at Breach, “thank you, my friend” he walked up on the make-shift stand, he looked at everypony and their young ones, and even a mare.“I just want to say that i’m glad you're all here with me, it has been two years since the first invasion, but your fight, is still not over yet, we have so long to go, and I know you're all tired of this fight, but you all did one thing that made you a hero,....you all sacrificed yourselves, and I am glad to fight next to all of you, I thank you, and…Neon saw Amber in the back, but her face was covered with her hair, Neon looked away, Neon? Are you alright? asked Breach.“yeah, I’m fine” he looked back at the spot he thought he saw her, but she was gone.Thats….thats all for nowHe headed down the hillside to the river, He stood there, staring at his reflection in the water, he punched the water, and lifted a rock with his horn, and shot it at a tree, it got lodged in the base of the tree.“Neon, stop this” Breach was standing behind him.“I could have saved her! but i didn’t, and now she is gone!”“Dont you think I know that!?, Don't you think i know what you're going threw!? Neon, im sorry for your loss, but you need to get your head in the game, you can’t change the past, nopony can!”I know! Neon dropped to his knees, “I know i can’t,.....I know...I know.Breach gave him a hoof, “come on Neon, let’s get up there before….An explosion blasted on top of the hill, Breach and Neon both looked up, and started running as fast as they can up there.as soon as they got there, they could see the all the guards fighting the others in the camp. Breach shot at a guard faster than a bullet, and stabbed it in the chest with his blade. The mare in the group was surrounded by three guards, Neon started running at them, they did not see him, he picked up two rocks with his horn and shot them hard, he his on in the leg, and the other went threw a guard's head, but the third still never saw him, and Neon stabbed him in the back with his katana, and with his horn stabbed the wounded guard on the ground with a blade to the head.“run into the forest shouted Neon” and the rest of the ponies ran in, the guards on there tail.Neon was about to join them, but he saw Amber again, she was standing in front of him, “Neon!!! He turned and saw Breach fighting a guard, and looked back at Amber, but it was not her, instead a guard was about to stab him, but he heard a rifle shot, and the guard fell to the ground, choking on his own blood, Breach was surrounded by several guards, but six ponies with rifles popped out of the bush and shot them down, Neon was so confused. smaller sized pegasus were helping out.The rest of the guards were being taken out by pegasus with swords. Neon?Neon froze, he knew exactly who’s voice that was, he pulled out his katana and turned around and stuck it up to the Pegasus throat.Amber stood there, smiling with a scar on her ear.“you're not real, i watched you die”“you see Neon, i did die, and i did not believe it as well, but i am back, and i have been watching you”NO!!! shouted Neon, you're not real and you're not here, what are you? because I know you are dead”Neon, just listen to me….I...I am not sure how it worked but I’m here.“why did you come?”‘because, I thought you was going against the guard, well are you going to rise?”Neon looked down, I don't want to put these lives in danger, they all want answers, and they look to me, but I don't know if i could live up to that.”a smaller pegasus stood at her side,”ma’am, what do we do with this one?” she looked over at the net, and Breach looked very upset, “he is one us, let him go”“but ma’am, he has the armor of the guard”“yes I know pvt. but he is an old friend”the pvt. turned and told the other pegasus to free him, he was not mad for too long.later that night, Neon was in his tent, he was trying to catch some rest before he went out for supplies.“Neon….Neon wake up”Neon was very tired, but he managed to keep himself up.Amber was standing at his bedside, Amber? wait, what's going on?“you need to see this” he then realized it was bright outside of the tent. she walked over to the tent door, and held it open, it was not his imagination, it was a red color outside, but it was not too bright.he walked outside, a lot of the ponies were standing outside staring in the same direction.Neon finally realized what they were focused on, it was unexplainable, there stood a giant tower, beaming a big red beam in the sky, it was gigantic, and he saw a bunch of guards flying around it, and all of a sudden, these strange figures floated down, they were hideous creatures, all ugly looking, and looked very evil.Neon heard a pony somewhere in the group say “were all going to die”The guards looked like they were about to greet the monsters, but all hell broke loose, they attacked each other, both sides tearing each other apart.“what the hell is this?”the hellfire was covering the land, and burning the rest of the leftover buildings, the guards are no longer in control.Amber walked over and aimed her scope, trying to get a few extra yards of peripheral vision, trying to tell what's going on down there.“what is it?” asked Neon, but she was too focused on the damage and chaos of what was now happening.“Death, its all death, nopony left, we need to leave this hellish place, before we all die”Neon’s nerves were frozen from her words,”yes, i’ll give the word to move camp”and Neon did just that, he signaled Breach to help the others move and pack quietly.chaos was still going on down in the ruins of the town, fire burned in the midnight mist.it was almost as if somepony had turned in a bright light which lit up the night from a distance. **** “Soon….soon, i will let all know im here, but not now, for now I wait, and watch, Neon needs to learn his powers on his own, he may be strong, but he does not know much”The time spawn turned and looked at Gemini“I will send you to teach him, it depends on you and Neon, to save pony kind.I know the pegasus kind will not listen, so they are our enemy”The words reached Gemini, but never hit her yet, and finally she spoke.“but my lord, i am only young, and do not have my full power yet, may I just wait, or you can send a different Time Keeper, maybe one of the more experienced ones, I don't know much”The tall black alicorn just stood there in silence, and finally spoke.You are my daughter, and I am sure you will succeed, you will help Neon, and you will not speak of our kind to any other pony, am I clear?”“but….yes father, I understand.”Gemini walked out of the room, Walking past the rest of the apprentice Time Keepers, all of them were bigger than her, and none of them liked her, just because she was the lord's daughter, they all shot her nasty and vile looks, she never cared.Her friends are all dead, or imprisoned, the only one who ever cared was her teacher,he was a tall light blue alicorn, with silver mane, and twinkling emerald eyes.Gemini was walking to her room when she realized her master's door was open, it was usually closed, she got a little curious, but she decided to ignore it, and head for her chambers.once in her room, she started to pack her stuff into a folding metal light case, all the apprentices have one, it is very small, but its carrying capacity is huge, it was a type of magic she never understood, but never argued with either.“Well Neon, we finally get to meet” she lay in her bed and slowly falls asleep. *** Neon was still helping everypony pack when a sharp pain struck him in the chestHe coughed up a crimson black type of blood, “What...what is this?”he was shocked, was he hit?was he dreaming, his mind started to wander, he finally tore off his chest plate, and the rest of his upper body armor.“what? nothing wrong? but I was sure something hit me.“Neon? are you alright?”he didn’t realize Amber was behind him.“yeah...yeah i’m fine, just a little confused”“Confused? Confused about what?”“...Nothing, never mind, its nothing, we need to keep moving”he brushed past her, causing her to move a bit.she just stood there, and finally talked as Neon was already behind her walking to the rest of the moving group.“I’m sorry”Neon stopped“Sorry? Sorry for what?”“I know i cause you trouble Neon, i could see it in your eyes, and your emotions”it got quiet, no other pony was paying them any attention.“No, i’m sorry Amber, it was my fault you died, i could have saved you, but instead you died”Neon was ashamed of his own actions, he felt that he did not do his best.“Neon, if you had tried to save me, we would most likely have died together, and we was not even sure I was even going to come back, so you see Neon, it was better that way, and right now the important thing is that i’m not dead, and i’m here at your side”Neon hung his head down in his own shame, but deep down inside him, he knew she was right.she walked up to him and held him in her arms, so that one second, every bad thing was gone, all the troubles disappeared, and he felt safer once again, but this time, he was happy. *** Gemini was getting ready to head into her other world when she started to remember that she needed to say goodbye, she was on her way when she saw two guards approach her.“your highness, my lord gave the order for you to be sent out on your mission”“but I need to say goodbye to my master”“my lord wants you to go immediately”gemini’s eyes started to sparkle in the light as she tried to look as sad as she could,”please, i want to say goodbye, it may be my last chance, please”the guard wanted to look away, but she looked so pitiful,”fine but make it quick, we need you to go soon”“thank you” she hugged the guard, and the guard froze in place, in the time relm, most never showed affection, they thought affection was part of weakness.“yeah yeah, now hurry up and go”she was on her way when she bumped into her brother Cancer“oh, hello Gemini” he said in a slithering voice, he always gave her the chills.“hello Cancer, what are you doing here? or did you come to see me off?”Cancer only smiled, he was moving constantly, his teeth as sharp as razors, but Gemini held her position “I just thought it would be a good idea to tell my little sister goodbye, I can still tell you goodbye right?”“of course you can, but i’m just a bit busy at the moment”he cocked his neck still giving his insane like smile “too busy for family? oh no, thats not good at all dear sis, you're not going quiet are you? (quiet means that she is corrupt)“quiet? why in the eleventh realm would I do that? i’m a Timekeeper like you, we are too strong to go quite foolish brother”he only chuckled a bone chilling laugh, “i’m just making sure, you would not want to be erased”well stop worrying brother, now I have to go, or I will be late”“well than, by all means, go right ahead, and don’t let family kick you on the way out”he slowly faded into the ground, it was such a neat trick, gemini could not wait till she got her powers.
