Into the Fall

Hello faithful readers. I’m finally going to attempt to narrow down the ridiculously long list of fics I want to write. Without any further ado, I give you “Into the Fall”

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The sun began to rise. The bright multitude of colors began to seep through the cool morning air. Tempus Finem looked up from his work.

“Another night wasted,” he kicked the workbench before him. He was disgusted. Nothing he tried seemed to work, the power failure just couldn’t be overcome with conventional means. Even Tempus’s magic did little to spark his creation to life.

Tempus turned away from the scattered pieces of metal that now lay strewn across the floor of his workshop. He’d spent months trying to find some way to finish this final, crucial part of his plans. Without a proper power core, nothing would work right and all of his efforts would be wasted.

“No,” he said softly. His voice was perfectly calm though a cold gleam cut through his hazel eyes- the only hint to his feelings. “I cannot allow this. Equestria must be cleansed if it is to be saved. Equestria will be saved.” He left the workshop, closing the door behind him. It melded seamlessly with the walls of his home near the edge of the Everfree Forest.

He lay down in his bed to sleep. He could still remember the days when staying up all night did little to faze him, back when his obsession was at its greatest and he was constantly filled with the frantic energy of the determined.  Now, his age began to catch up to him, and he felt the fatigue of his efforts quickly. His eyes had just closed when several loud bangs echoed through the house.

He shot out of bed, fear crossing his face for a moment. He realized it was merely somepony knocking at the door. “Who the buck could be here? Especially at this hour!” The sun had still barely risen above the horizon.

He crossed his small house quickly, fuming at the disturbance of his rest. He threw the door open. “What the hoof do you want?!?” he demanded. The pony at the door shrunk back, surprised at the sudden ferocity. It was a small yellow pegasus. Tears sprang into her eyes and she hid her face behind her mane quickly.

“O, well….. um….. it’s just that there’s supposed to be something really bad happening soon and we were trying to warn everypony-” The shy pegasus was cut off.

“What do you mean?” Tempus realized he was yelling. He didn’t care, a lot more were at stake than this mare’s feelings if anyone knew what was going to happen. “What’s going to happen? Who found out about it?”

The pegasus was now crying, though she tried to answer his questions. Tempus noticed grudgingly that, even though she was clearly terrified of this angry stranger and she obviously wanted nothing more than to leave, she stayed to finish what she had come for. “Well,” she said, trying to keep her voice calm, “we don’t know what. Twilight Sparkle found out from her future self that there would be a disaster soon and we were warning everypony.”

“Wait a second.” Tempus realized something, “how did you find me here? Nopony ever comes out here, let alone has records of who does.”

“The animals told me. They know everything that happens around here.”

He snorted. “They wish they did anyways.” He began to turn away from the door. The yellow mare seemed unsure as to whether she could leave yet or not. Tempus whirled back around. “Well? Why are you still here? Go on! Scram! You did what you came to do now beat it!”

The pegasus ran off quickly, pink mane and tail streaming behind her. A small rabbit somehow stood on her back, perfectly balanced on the fleeing mare. It shook its paw at him, its face was filled with hate for the pony who made his friend cry. Tempus just showed him his hoof and turned back inside. He slammed the door and lay back down.

“Great,” he mumbled as he tried to find the release of sleep, “just what I need: more complications.”

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“Into the Fall” is a fanfiction based off of MLP FiM (owned by Hasbro) and ‘September’ (a song written by TheLivingTombstone [also based off of MLP FiM])

Special thanks to Saph34 for editing

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