"What the heart truly desires may simply be to unravel the mystery of that itself."

A Heart's Desire

Prologue - Fate's Beckoning Call

Plummeting. Trapped, with no idea when it will end, or how. In the pitch black, I have nothing to do but think.

Is this how my destiny was supposed to play out? Did I make the wrong choice?

Minutes passed as I fell.

How deep is it, how long will this last?

I had nothing left but to shut my eyes and wait for the end.

Is this what it's all been leading up to?

So many strange things had transpired lately...

I went to lay in bed, thinking about the strange feelings I'd been getting, as if I were being watched. My thoughts were interrupted when my phone rang.

"Hello?"

{Clay, are you there?}

"Yes, who is this?"

{This is part of a game. A test to determine your future.}

"My... future?"
What is this?
"Is this some kind of prank call? How'd you get my number?"

{Are you willing to play?}

I looked back at my phone.

What? That's impossible.

On it was a strange symbol, partially covered by two simple choices, 'Yes' or 'No'. It was so familiar, and I knew why it felt that way. What bugged me was not what was happening, but why...

Yes...

I heard some sort of vehicle pull up in the street near my house. Walking up to the window, I saw it was a bus. I could tell just by looking at it that there was something strange with it. No company name, no logo, no advertisements. Just a simple dark blue paint job. Against my better judgement, I left the house, locked up, and boarded it, albeit with second thoughts.

What am I doing? I should have just ignored it but... but I just have to know. Why this is happening?

After about five minutes the bus came to a stop, and the driver spoke to me.

"End of the line kid."

He opened the door and gestured me out. Complying, I found myself in front of a small building seemingly in the middle of nowhere.

Where am I? I've never seen this place before. That definitely wasn't long enough to have left the city, but it doesn't look like there are any other buildings for at least a few miles.

Curiosity overtook me once more, and I entered. Inside it was almost empty. The only thing there was an elevator. Before I had time to wonder why, my phone rang again and I answered.

{There is no turning back past this point. Time to decide your future, Clay.}

I've come this far, might as well see it through. But what will happen next? What will my family do when they find me gone? What if I can't come back? Is there really no turning back if I enter? No, I can't take that risk.

Seeming to respond to my doubts, the elevator opened, as if inviting me in, beckoning me.

B-but... but what is it that awaits me if I enter? What will I lose if I don't? Answers for one... but what else? WHAT? I just... just don't know what to do.

As the seconds ticked by, I knew I had to stop being so indecisive. If I wait any longer, I might up losing this opportunity either way and end up regretting it.

I have to make a choice, or risk having the choice made for me. That, I might regret most of all.

Pondering it for a moment, I made my final decision... I entered. Looking back as the door closed, I saw the bus drive away, as if a symbol of the finality of the decision I made.

That's how I got here, waiting for what appeared inevitable. As the time passed, nothing seemed to happen, yet something felt different. I opened my eyes.

{It's up to you now. Your destiny is calling.}

I realized that I was no longer in the elevator, or even falling for that matter. I saw a faint light in front of me. The light, giving off a warm, dim glow, seemed to be calling out to me. I felt drawn to it.

Am I dead? Is this the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel?

I drew ever closer to it, it was just within my grasp.

No... I can feel it. I don't know how I know, but I know I'm still alive. Am I dreaming? No... it doesn't feel like it's that either. But... then what's going on?

As I touched the light, it steadily grew brighter, blinding me, engulfing me.

{It is time...}

Author's Notes

Well, I've started a fanfic...

Let's see how this goes.

Just a little reference to Frontier (Which IMO is underrated, it's not as good as the first 3 seasons, true, but it's still great. I'd say it's definitely better than Savers.). It suits my style. But though it seems more like a Digimon fic so far, it's not, it's a pony fic. Like I said, it just suits my style.

Anyway, anypony who gets interested in this, let me just say this now. Don't expect frequent updates, procrastination is a terrible flaw of mine when it comes to things like this (e.g. I've had an idea for a video game for like three years, yet I haven't written a single thing about it down on paper besides the basic gist of the main plot. Despite this, I already have ideas for TWO sequels for it to make it a trilogy. XD Not to mention countless fanfic ideas for other shows/games that I haven't even put a single word down on paper for yet.). However, I will inform you if I decide to just cancel it completely. If it's months without an update and I haven't cancelled it, either I've been caught up in other things, I've been getting writer's block (HAHA me, a writer. XD Yeah WRITE... [I hate myself now.]), or I'm just procrastinating... or a combination. However, one of the first things I do in my creative process is plan out the gist of the main plot, so I already have a beginning, middle and end. Now I just need to come up with the stuff in between, which usually for me happens as I go along. So it's doubtful that I'll outright cancel it.

I digress, this rambling has gone on long enough. I think I've made a big enough dingus out of myself, but I hope you enjoyed it.

Part 1 TBA...