15 minutes through heaven, hell and everything between

            -Everfree forest, The castle of royal pony sisters-

    Inside the castle of royal pony sisters, Celestia, Luna and the elements looked at the human. “So, could you tell about your self?” Twilight suddenly asks from minute. He turns to look at the purple mare and rises his left eyebrow. “You want to know about me right here, right now, in ruins middle of creepy forest?” Minute asks back. Twilight blushes to his answer and averts her gaze. “but, you’re so interesting and new. something that Equestria has never seen.” Twilight says and looks Minute with pleading eyes. “I just want to be first to know everything about you and your people.” She finishes without turning her eyes off him. Minute looks at her and sighs. “Twilight now is not the right time, maybe when we get out of this forest i can tell something about myself.” He says and turns away from her.

    “Yes, it would be best if we left this dreadful forest.” Celestia says when she hears Minutes words. Everyone (excluding minute) looks at the princess of sun. “Are we going to walk through Everfree again?” Twilight asks from her teacher. Celestia looks at Twilight and smiles to her. “No my student, i’m going to teleport us all out of here.” She says and turns her gaze around the room they are. “Everypony please come near me so i can take us back to Ponyville.” Celestia says and walks in the middle of room. Everyone huddles near the princess except the human who stands near the entrance. When he sees that all of the ponies in room are looking at him he coughs little bit.

“I’m not going to come with you.” Minute says. “I would like to walk there through this forest.” he continues and takes something from inside of his coat. “Twilight take this.” He says and throws a metal ball to Twilight. Twilight looks at the weird object before she looks at Minute. “What is this?” Twilight asks from Minute. Minute looks twilight with smile. “It’s nothing dangerous, just a beacon so i can find you.” He says and looks celestia. “It is better if you go so you can show to your subjects that you’re alright.” Minute says and turns to look out of the window. “Yes, it would be best. Come now everypony, so we can leave.” Celestia says and with great flash of her horn all the ponies vanish.

“Alone again.” Minute thinks in the silence of the castle. “You’re never alone.” Says Solitudes voice in Minutes mind. “Because i’m always with you.” He says and shifts inside of Minutes mind. “Oh, hardy har.” Minute answers to his companions words. He looks at the window and the scene that unfolds before him.

“You know i can sense you, right?” Minute suddenly says to the room. First nothing happens , but after awhile shadows start to swirl in end of the room and two teal eyes open in it. The eyes look at him little while before narrowing. “How did you know i was still here?” Asks a voice from shadows. Minute turns to look at the shadow and smiles to it. “It wasn’t really hard to guess that you survived from ‘the rainbow of doom’.” Minute says while looking in the shadows teal eyes. “You see, when you are as old as me you are bound to pick some skills and besides i could feel that those elements of harmony aren’t meant to kill.” He says and smiles at the shadow. It just sighs to his words and shudders little.

“Before those fillies used the elements of harmony to separate me from luna, What were you going to do?” The shadow asks from Minute. He looks at her with wide grin. “Oh, i was going to use a little device that i picked in my travels and seal you inside bottle.” Minute says with little chuckle. “But don’t worry after they used the elements on you, i can feel that you’re not going to do anything like that again.” He says and looks out again. Outside of the window he can see. “So, Nightmare what are you going to do now that you’re your own entity?”

Nightmare looks him with her eyes full of confusion. “I-i don’t know.” She finally stammers. Minute just sighs to her answer. “That is what i feared.” Minute says and turns to look Nightmare. “You can’t stay here, because you wouldn’t be able survive alone in this forest.” He says and sighs again. “It would be better if you came with me, but so that no one would notice you.” Minute says with serious face. Nightmare just looks at him before she mumbles something. “What did you say?” Minute asks from her. “I said, thank you.” Nightmare answers to him. “T-thank you for not attacking me, e-even though i t-tried to shroud the whole e-equestria in eternal night.” She says with... “Is she crying?” Minute thinks while looking at Nightmare. As Minute looked Nightmare he could see tears falling from her teal eyes. “It must be because she was born from lunas hate and jealousy. Now that she has been ‘purified’ she is just like a lost child.” He thinks and sighs. “Why do i always end in situations like this?” Minute thinks and facepalms. “It is probably because you hate to see anyone cry.” Comes Solitudes amused answer out of nowhere. Minute just smiles to his words.

Suddenly a splitting headache goes through Minutes mind. With gasp he falls to one knee while holding his head. Beautiful black haired woman was standing before Minute. She looked like she had been crying. Minute goes to talk her. “T..nk y.u.” Comes her voice after little while and after saying this she gives fast peck to Minutes cheek.

“A-are you alright mr.Minute.” Comes Nightmares voice suddenly from front of him. “Y-yes i’m okay.” Minute says in reassuring tone. “You’re still having those flashbacks, aren’t you?” Says Solitudes voice in Minutes mind. Minute just sighs to Solitudes words and nods slightly. “i can never forget her.” He thinks and sighs again.

    After standing while and looking out of the window Minute finally turns to look at Nightmare. “I need to get going." Minute says and looks Nightmare. "Do you want to come with me?" He asks from her with raised eyebrow. Nightmare looks at him with confusion, before it turns to happiness. "Oh, thank you, thank you." She continues saying from the shadow. “Okay, okay.” Minute says and smiles to her happiness. “You can hide in my coats shadows.” He says to her. After hearing this Nightmare flies from the shadow to inside of Minutes trench coat. Minute smiles again and starts to walk out of the castle.

-10 minutes later, Outside of castle ruins-

As Minute gets outside he looks the Everfree and inhales deeply. “What a nice little forest.” He says and starts to walk. As he walks forward he takes a compass looking object from inside one of his many pockets. “Let’s see.” He says and looks at the device. “So that way.” He says and starts to walk again. “Are you completely sure this is the right way.” Solitude asks. “Don’t worry, When have i ever been wrong?” Minute says and continues walking. Solitude just sighs.

            -20 minutes later-

“We’re lost, aren’t we?” Solitude asks in deadpan tone. Minute looks at the device and scratches his head. “No we’re not! We’re not just... where we’re supposed to be.” Minute says nonchalantly. “Yeah we’re lost.” Solitude says and sighs. “We are not lost.” Minute answers to him. “We’re just geographically misplaced.” He continues with nervous smile. “If i had hands, i would be facepalming so hard right now.” Solitude says. “I’m going to sleep, if you need me just wake me up” Solitude says after a while and stops talking. Minute just continues walking and looks at the device once in awhile.

Suddenly a scream pierces the air and perks Minute from his thoughts. “What was that.” Comes Nightmares sleepy voice from inside Minutes coat. “I don’t know, but i better check it out.” He says and starts running to where he heard the scream. As minute runs he suddenly comes to a clearing. In middle of the clearing is big tree and in the tree sits a pegasus. She has deep blue coat and mane with light blue and white highlights. She also has same kind of tattoo that those other ponies had. It is crescent moon with fog going over it. All around the tree is wooden wolves that try to jump and catch her.

       -Pov change, 3rd person Foggy Night-

In the tree Foggy Night sits stiff from the horror. “Everything was normal until last evening.” She thinks. “Then comes that purple smoke and i wake in middle of Everfree. When i try to get out Timberwolves start to chase me and i have to run in tree, because my wing got hurt while i was unconscious.” She thinks and looks up. “And now some kind of hairless diamond dog came from the forest, why did this have to happen me.”  She thinks and starts to sob. as she continues her sobbing she sees that the creature starts walking.

Foggy watches as the creature starts to come towards the tree. Suddenly it starts to talk in language she has never heard. All the wolves turn to look at the new creature and biggest of them barks to it. Foggy watches how the creature again says something in that weird language and the wolf barks back it dawns to her. “Are they talking?” She thinks in awe. The creature says yet again something, but the leader wolf barks angrily to it. Foggy sees that the creature pinches the bridge of its nose and sighs, then it says something and draws the gigantic sword from its back.

        -Pov change, 3rd person Minute-

Behind the wolves Minute looks at the sobbing pegasus. “How the hell did she get in this situation?” He asks from no one while scratching his head. “I probably should get rid of those wolves.” Minute says and looks at the wolves. He starts to walk towards them and talk at same time. “Hello,there” Minute yells to the wolves.

When the wolves hear his words they turn to look at him. “Who are you?” The biggest wolf barks to Minute. “You know language of forests? Many don’t know it, so who are you?”It barks again In interest. “I’m Lord 15 minutes and i know the language of forests because i'ma friend of forests.” Minute yells to the alpha wolf. The alpha watches him sternly. “Why you here? Why you bother us?” It finally asks. Minute stops and looks at all of the wolves. “I’m here because i heard scream. when i come i see pony in tree and want to save it.” He says and looks in the eyes of alpha. “No! Pony ours, not yours. Go away.”  The alpha says and turns back to the tree. “So be it.” Minute says and draws his sword.

Minute takes the sword in his both hands and starts to run towards nearest wolf. before the wolf can even turn he slices its head off. The second wolf turns, but before it can do anything Minute takes its both front legs in one great swing. Now all of the wolves turn to look at him. Minute runs fast to the next pair of wolves and tries to kill them in one swing. the first one jumps away, but second doesn’t notice Minutes sword in time and gets cut in half. The wolf that got away from Minutes swing, lunges to his left hand and bites it. Minute yells in pain and hits the wolf with his right hand. the wolf lets go and yelps in pain. Minute looks it and suddenly red aura starts to swirl around his left hand. As the aura continues swirling, markings in his hand start to shine red. “Burn” Is all he says and brilliant flame shoots out of his left hand, burning the wolf in cinders. Rest of the wolves flinch from sight of fire and start to back down. Minute turns to look at rest of the pack. “Run or burn to cinders in my flames.” He says with voice that begets horror. Without second thought all the wolves turn and run away.

Minute exhales and sits down. He turns his gaze to the tree where the pegasus still sits with her mouth agape. “Hey, come down it’s safe now.” He yells to the pegasus. She looks at Minute and shakes her head. “I-i’m not coming down, so that you could eat me.” She yells back. Minute facepalms to her words. “Do you think i would be asking you to come down, if i wanted to eat you.” He yells angrily and makes the already scared pegasus even more horrified. Minute groans to the sight before him. “Just come down, i’m not going to eat you.” Minute says at lower volume. The pegasus looks at him with frightened eyes. “Y-you promise.” She yells to him. “Yes i promise, come down so we can get the hell out of these woods before something else tries to eat you.” Minute says in audible voice. This gets the pegasus ears perk up and she quickly comes down. “C-can we leave?” She asks. Minute looks her awhile and stands up. “Yeah, let’s go” He says and looks at his compass device before starting to walk and the pegasus mare starts to trot after him.

-2 Hours later-

They were still walking in silence. suddenly the silence is broken by soft voice. “Thank you for saving me from those wolves.” The mare says and looks at Minute. “No need for thanks, but i would like to know your name.” He says without turning his gaze from the forest before him. The blue mare looks at him before answering. “M-my name is Foggy Night.” She says and continues her trotting. “Nice to meet you miss.Night. My name is Lord 15 minutes, but you can call me Minute.” He says and looks Foggy with smile. Foggy looks at his ice blue eyes. As she looks them, she blushes and averts her gaze. Minute just shrugs and turns to look before them.

As they walk there starts to be more and more light around them. Finally Minute can see edge of the forest. “Well, looks like we are finally out of this forest.” Minute says with small smile. “Can you get home from here miss.Night?” He asks from Foggy. She blushes when he speaks to her. “Please just call me Foggy, all my friends do.” She says and looks at Minute. “And to answer your question, Yes i can find my way home just fine.” She continues and smiles. Minute smiles back to her. “Well then i better get going so those who wait me won’t get worried.” He says and starts to run towards the town.