Equilibrium, Book 1: The First Human.

November 3, 1000, C.E.
9:37 A.M.

Today is another day. And just like the other's before it Dash seems to be avoiding me. John looked out of his window letting a soft sigh escape his mouth as he put quill to paper. It would seem that Soarin has been visiting her more and more. That's great I guess. I mean if she really had to fall for someone then it should definitely be him. He's strong, athletic, and fast. All traits that would make him the perfect mate for Dash. John let out a sad laugh as thought about the time they used to spend together. At least we had some good times. Great laughs along the way. John closed his journal and sighed.

"Not like I really stood a chance anyway." He let a sad smile spread across his face as he shook his head.

"I need to head over to Rarity's and make sure that suit is done." He chuckled as he thought about his gift for Dash's birthday.

"Even if it's the last thing I do for her it'll hopefully be spectacular."

10:12 A.M.

John trudged along down the dirt path as he kept his head down. He let out a chuckle as he shook his head.

"Oh who am I kidding. It was nothing more than a stupid crush." He scowled.

"A miner infatuation that was never going go to be reciprocated no matter how much I might have wished for it." His inner voice continued to ridicule him.

"How stupid can you be! This is the one and only Rainbow Dash you're talking about." He winced as he held his head in his hands.

"Shut up." He grumbled as he focused n the dirt road before him.

"What kind of sick twisted freak are you." The voice morphed from his own into Dash's.

"You really think you had a shot don't you?" She sneard.

"Please I'd rather date an earth pony." She laughed as John kept on walking as tears began to stream down his face. Finally not wanting to hear the voices anymore John broke out into a run.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" He screamed as he ran off down the road. As he did so a pair of crimson eyes looked upon him from the astral plane, brimming of malice and conviction.

10:12 A.M.

Fluttershy hummed a soft melady to herself as she went about her chores.

"La, la la la laa ahh ahh la." A sudden shout caught her attention and she looked around for its source. Her eye's shrank when she caught the voice on the wind.

"John." She dropped her water can and ture through the everfree forest. When she got to the edge of the forest she scanned the road to ponyville looking for her son. She spotted him down the road aways and ran after him.

"John!" She shouted as she caught up to him. He looked back at her and his face fell even more. He held up his hands as she got closer.

"No mom please don't." Fluttershy ignored her son as she tackled him to the ground and began to smother him with her wing's as she wrapped him in not only a hug but a feathery cocoon.

"Shh, shh, its ok mama's here." She said as she rubbed his back. John meanwhile couldn't hold back his tear's or his fear's as he lay there cuddled up with his mom. Soon he relented and wept. After a little while he began to calm down. Fluttershy had moved them from the side of the road and underneath a nearby tree. As she got them both settled she looked over to see John staring off into the distance.

"Rainbow Dash hates me." John said as Fluttershy stood there proccescing what he'd just said. Then she blinked and le out a soft sigh.

"No she doesn't." She said as she leaned into his side. John looked at her blankly before he went back to staring off into space. Fluttershy too began to look off thinking about the day's before. She'd been to visit Dash and was shocked to not only see her hanging out with Soarin but they were also making plan's to hang out. Now normally this wouldn't have been a bad thing but this whole friendship came completely out of left field. She pondered on this but stopped as she felt a heavy presence drift over them both. curious she looked around and was shocked to see John start to shimmy away from her. As she sat there she felt the presence drift back over to her.

"Hello there my dear." She whipped her head around and narrowed her eyes as a dark cloud bean to take shape.

"Who are you?" Fluttershy commanded as she stared down the entity before her. The presence let out a cold laugh as it began to solidify. Fluttershy's eyes widened as she looked upon the grown form of Aion except this stallion had a horn and wings. Fluttershy put herself between John and this creature.

"What do you want!?" She once more commanded as Aion looked upon the duo. Aion raised a hoof.

"Him, gone, erased." he said his voice coming out in a distorted manner making it seem as if it was being projected from a broken speaker. Fluttershy looked back to her son. She then turned around and shook her head.

"You will get to him over my cold dead corpse." Fluttershy spat at the entity. Aion looked at her confused.

"But aren't you already cold and dead?" He asked genuinely confused. Fluttershy smirked as her magic flared to life.

"Yes." In the blink of an eye Fluttershy winked from existence and materialized right next to the specter. However were as she was unarmed when she left when she re-appeared she now welded a scythe like blade that was protruding from where her wing was normally.

"Any last words fiend?" She asked as the specter blinked.

"How?" It asked. Fluttershy simply smiled as she shot forward decapitating the specter and relishing as it's headless body slumped to the ground. Before it could dissipate completely Fluttershy used her sanguimancy to take a small drop of blood from the body.

"Now I've got your scent you cocky bastard." She smirked as she tucked it away in her own little pocket dimension for later use. As she reverted to her pegasus form she noticed the oppressive atmosphere begin to lift not only from around her but from John as well. She ran over to his side and held his limp form in her hooves.

"Oh no! John!" She shouted as she shook him awake.

"Ah wow Flutter's what happened?" He looked around. "And why am I outside?" He asked as he to to his knees. His eye's stung as he looked at the mourning sun.

"Uh and why does it feel like i've been crying all night?" The only answer he gto was a small yellow pegasus wrapping herself around him in a soft yet strong hug.

"Your ok. Oh thank faust you're ok." She laughed as she cried into John's shoulder. John meanwhile looked and felt so confused.

"Uh Flutter's what happened and why can't I accurately remember the last few day's?" He looked at her face as she brought her snout to his cheek and gave him a soft nuzzle.

"Oh don't worry I need to tell Twilight about this and then we have to go and fix Rainbow." She said as grabbed in her magic and hauled him to his feet and then down the road to ponyville. In the clearing Neighsay and Aion looked on with smile's.

"All according to plan." Aion said as he fade from view. Neighsay meanwhile jotted down notes.

"I'll be rid of him soon." He closed his notebook and with a flash of red n his eyes he to disappeared from view.

10:32 A.M.

Fluttershy made a beeline to Twilight's house and raped on the door until it swung open.

"Yes?" Twilight asked as she cautiously peaked around the abused door. Fluttershy barged right in sitting John down on a nearby couch and began to regale Twilight with there ordeal. She listened with all of her attention and furiously jotted down note after note. When they were all done Twilight gave them a look of deep concern.

"So there's a power mad alicorn out there looking to erase John from existence?" She looked over to john and then back to Fluttershy.

"Why?" They both shrugged.

"No idea really." John said as he got up and looked around.

"Hey mom what day is it?" he asked as Fluttershy smiled.

"It's the third of the month." She looked up at him with her head cocked to the side.

"Why do you ask?" John bolted to the door.

"Crap! I have to get to Rarity's!" He said as he ran through the town. Fluttershy just sat there and smiled.

"He has his priorities in order." Twilight smirked she took a note and began to jot down a letter. Fluttershy just smiled as she nodded her head.

"Honestly I think it's a good thing that he can bounce back from stuff like this so fast." Her face fell however.

"But he's going to need some help to get through this." She looked over to Twilight who just got done sending her letter.

"So what's the deal with this phantom?" She asked as Fluttershy rotted over to the door. She gave Twilight a fierce look of devotion.

"He wants to harm my son." She turned back to the door and let her fangs loose in a moment of weakness.

"And if he tries again he'll learn what it truly means to be afraid." She said as she stepped out the door. Twilight looked off into the distance as she thought about her friends.

"Why is this happening to us?" She wondered as she failed to notice a dark cloud drift over her tree house.