'...Would you ever believe someone when they told you that the universe has a sense of humor? Chances are, you would think that that person was crazy and walk away without saying another word, and there are some people who are like that. But, I am much different. True, I did not quite understand when someone told me that the universe tells jokes, and even I thought that he was a little nuts, but turns out, it is true. Every conflict, every adventure in your life is a joke that the universe is telling, and it is up to you to make the punchline. If you do not finish your journey though, you will turn the joke into a bad one, and no one likes a bad joke. I learned about the universe's sense of humor through an adventure of my own, but that took place a long time ago. However, though I knew a lot of people and even had a father and someone that I was in love with, no one can recall me ever existing. I made sure of that. My name is XJ-0462, but I used to be known as Circuit. And I am the robot who erased her own existence.'

The Great Clock

Circuit stood motionless on a high balcony, an abyss of clock, Zoni, and the void of space beneath her. A draft of wind blew upwards, making particles of her light blue being shake around somewhat violently. Her eyes just kept looking forward, making no movements whatsoever. Even though her body was blue and made completely out of light, her eyes were still their original violet color, which looked nice. Violet always looked nice her.

A few Zoni flew by Circuit, one of them stopping to look at her, then floating away with its friends. The Zoni actually couldn't see her, no one could except for one robot, but they could sense her presence. So it was like they could see her, but they really can't. Unfortunately, one of the Zoni sensed her a little too late and accidentally went through her spiritual torso, making the robot yelp with surprise and also making her stumble forward a little bit. She caught herself at the edge, but looking down didn't exactly calm her. When she saw the giant abyss that laid below her, the little spirit gave a small shriek of surprise and she backed up. Then she yelled downwards.

"Sigmund! Stop the timer! No more! I'm coming down right now!"

Circuit jumped off the platform that she was on and floated downwards to a lower floor. Waiting for her was the red and white robot known as Sigmund, who was in charge of the Great Clock when the son of Orvus wasn't there. He had a stopwatch in his hand, and he had stopped it when Circuit said so. She hovered right in front of him, trying to get a look at the watch. She looked a bit excited. mostly because she was no longer up high.

"How did I do? How did I do?"

"Well, um...you did your best," Sigmund said nervously, showing her the stopwatch.

Circuit's shoulders and legs dropped when she saw the time: 41.27 seconds. She wasn't anywhere close to breaking her previous record (1 minute, 12 seconds). The little spirit hung her head next, looking disappointed in herself.

"I am never going to get over this ridiculous fear of heights..."

"Aw come on, don't say that," Sigmund said, trying to sound cheerful. "It's tough getting over a fear. I'm sure that you'll conquer it someday."

"Yeah right. I am as much of a coward as I was when I was alive," Circuit said, floating closer to the ground.

"I don't think that you're a coward. I mean, you did stand up to your brother when he was beating you up, that was pretty brave."

"Thank you, Sigmund," Circuit said quietly, looking up at the larger robot.

Circuit and Sigmund had been getting along ever since they met. When Circuit arrived at the Great Clock, her first instinct when meeting a new person was to hide from them, so that's what she did. Thing was though, the little spirit's presence scared the metal off of Sigmund, so he hid as well. But, when a Zoni came over to him and told him who the spirit was, a little girl, and not some sort monster, he felt a lot more comfortable around her. Of course, it took a bit of time for Circuit to get used to Sigmund, but over time, they found themselves forming a friendship with each other. You could even call them best friends.

The spirit of Circuit was enjoying her time at the clock. The Zoni were nice to her, when they sensed her of course. Though sometimes, when they did sense her, they would just follow her around, sometimes for the whole day. But besides the stalker Zoni, Circuit was prepared to call the Clock her home. She had been living there for roughly over year. A few months ago, Circuit turned nine. At least that's what her file in the clock archives said, date of birth: November 2nd.

Circuit spent most of her time with Sigmund, since no one else could see or hear her, and that was Orvus's doing. They spent their time doing chores around the Great Clock and making sure that time was kept safe. But, when they weren't busy protecting the space-time continuum, they lounged around in the Orvus Chamber. There was a console located in the Great Clock that had intrigued Circuit, but Sigmund just told her that it was used for recordings, projections and it can even be a TV. Learning that, Circuit had Sigmund turn the console on to a show about heroes, since that was her favorite thing ever. The two robots would spend hours watching Behind the Hero and any news reports about heroes. But, Circuit was only interested in the reports and episodes about Ratchet and Clank. If the description had the names "Ratchet and Clank" in it, she always made sure that she and Sigmund finished their chores on time so they could watch.

Ratchet and Clank did on on an adventure like the ones that Ratchet had once told Circuit about. But instead of taking on Dr. Nefarious or Chairman Drek, the duo had to stop the criminal activities of Vendra and Neftin Prog. There was footage of Ratchet and Clank fighting a giant pink and purple monster called "Mr. Eye". The little spirit covered her eyes at several parts, fearing the worst for her friends, but they came out of it okay. She was happy that they had won, but happiness was replaced by sadness when the deaths of Cronk and Zephyr were announced. That news made Circuit a little depressed for a few days, but she was fine afterwards.

When Circuit watched the interviews and footage of Ratchet and Clank, she was happy to see their own happiness. Neither of them looked upset, like they had lost someone close to them. Nope, their lives were awesome, and they weren't aware that a close friend had died, probably because they were forced to forget about that close friend. The thought about being forgotten by everyone did make Circuit a little sad, but as long as Ratchet and were happy, she was happy.

However, today was an unhappy day. Circuit had once again failed to overcome her fear of heights, which always made her disappointed in herself. So she hovered towards the Orvus Chamber and looked over her light blue shoulder.

"Sigmund, I think that I am going to retire to the Chamber. I am going to watch it again, you can join me if you want to."

"You're gonna watch it again? That's gonna be the ninth time this month!"

"I know, I just always feel better when I watch it, you know that. Again, you can join me if you want."

Circuit kept going forward, whether Sigmund followed or not. She was on her way to watch one of the only things that could cheer her up. The spirit was on her way to watch the video of her lost memories, from before she had woken up in the dump.

Okay okay okay okay okay...I can explain. But I'm first gonna tell y'all that you're very very very VERY lucky. A new Ratchet and Clank Movie Trailer was released (if you haven't seen it yet, for the love of Orvus, stop reading and go watch it. It looks freaking amazing) and that got my hype/happiness levels through the roof. So happy in fact that I decided to release the prologue for the Violet Eyes Sequel early. So if wasn't for that movie, I would have released this at the planned time, which was two weeks from Sunday. But I'm not releasing any info on this story yet (with the exception of the summary). That'll come later. This is more like a sneak peek chapter. I probably won't post another chapter until the original release date of this story. So, for now, just treat this as some sort of new epilogue for the original Violet Eyes story. I know that it's SUPER early to be releasing a sequel, but i just couldn't help myself.

...If you haven't watched the new movie trailer and you're still reading this, what are doing?! GO TO YOUTUBE RIGHT NOW! Go on! Right now! The hype levels are through the roof right now! Don't miss out!

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