Chapter 10: Looking Ahead

I am an idiot sometimes. I forgot briefly that my unicorn counterpart can ALSO pause time, and is immune to temporal manipulation, so he will be aware that everything's frozen for a hundred years.

"Uh, the fuck did you just do?" Unicorn Kronos asks me, noticing that the three ponies who were on a stroll outside were frozen in place.

"Uh, I wanted to take a nap for 100 years, I need a break from all of this shit. I mean, as long as there aren't any other Celestial Sapiens around, literally nothing will happen as long as I want." I reply, annoyed that my nap got interrupted less than a minute into my century of serenity.

"Quick problem, unlike you, I don't have immortality. I am a lesser version of you. I will die in 100 years. How are you going to solve this?" Oh shit, I didn't even think about that. Just because someone has the power of time manipulation, doesn't mean you are immortal or godlike. Can I even bestow immortality on people (or ponies).

"One second, I think I might have a solution." I say as I try to come up with some weird plan. Can I temporarily remove someone's power and give it back? No, Luna tried that with me last week, and apathy just restored it. What about giving immortality? Does that work? I might as well try.

"Hold still, other me, I have a solution." I know I am not really supposed to do shit like this, but I want my nap. "Alicorns are immortal, correct?" I ask rhetorically. "Uh, yeah, why?" Unicorn Kronos asks. "Well, one spell Twilight taught me was unleashing the true potential of anyone. In your case, that would be becoming my equal as a god of time. The only way to do that is." I snap my fingers, and Unicorn Kronos gets a massive power boost (and a pair of wings to boot!)

"Like this! Congrats, you are a god now. Don't abuse your powers. Take it from me. Now we can BOTH nap for a hundred years." I say, as I roll over in my bed, eager to go back to sleep.

"What...How...Nevermind. If I am a god now, then a hundred years is nothing. I am tired, too, so I will go to bed as well." Now Alicorn Kronos instead of Unicorn Kronos, he goes into his room and sleeps. "A hundred years is a long time. I am 18, just like my Earth counterpart, assuming he wasn't sent to the void. I wonder how I will sleep for that long? Magic? Let's see." he says as he too closes his eyes for a century long nap.

Even though I tried to sleep for a hundred years, at year 25, I had to use the bathroom. I went to the bathroom, and then I had the crazy idea to scan for alternate futures, just to see if anything needs any modification in 75 years time. So, that is exactly what I do. I use my time magic to look at trillions of possible futures. Most of them look rather promising, with all of us defeating Albedo and destroying the false Omnitrix core.

However, there are over 1 million outcomes where we do not succeed, and the entire universe is in danger. In one of them, Luna gets compromised again, becoming Nightmare Moon. She teams up with Albedo and Vilgax and kills everyone, except for her sister and me, because we can't die. She DOES trap me on the moon, though, which is always fun, until she reactivates the weapon in me, blowing up Earth in the process. Arguably the worst future that I see involves Albedo combining Alicorn DNA with Celestial Sapien DNA, creating the ultimate hybrid, surpassing even me.

"Holy shit, this is nuts. I mean, it's one in a trillion, so...not so likely, but the butterfly effect is some scary shit. I am not in the mood to deal with it. Back to bed I go!" I say as I return to my bed, trying to get another 75 years of rest.

I have horrible luck. Another 25 years have passed, and even though I am asleep, I feel as if I am back in The Void. In fact, in this dream state, I am back in my human form, and I see someone familiar.

"Luna, what are you doing in my dream? Aren't you supposed to be in frozen time?" I ask her, a bit confused as to why she is in my dream.

"Well, Nathan, I am not only the goddess of the moon, but I control the dreamscape as well. And, as you know, alicorns are resistant to time magic, at least for a while. Celestia told me about your training regimen and how you thought you could win by pausing time. How cute!"

"Okay, so you don't care that I paused time for a century in your domain?" I ask sarcastically.

"Well, you are dealing with a force more powerful than you, and certainly more powerful than me and my sister. You have no choice. Even I need some rest every now and then. Oh, right! Why am I here? I need my favourite hybrid to time travel for me. It's a matter of great importance. I need you to prevent the omnitrix from being made in the first place."

Hold up, favourite hybrid? She fucking mutilated me and hundreds of children, and pretends like nothing happened? "Favourite hybrid? How much audacity do you have?!?! You mutilated me and gave me a prison worse than your own. I have a good memory, Luna."

She laughs at me: "Come on, I was a different pony then. Grow up a little. Besides, it wasn't technically me who did this to you, it was the other Luna in the universe you erased. Our memories just overlap due to quantum tangling."

She is right, she didn't kill my mother, or make me a god, her previous incarnation did.

"Touché." I replied. "So, when and where exactly do you want me to go, and do I need backup?" I ask.

Luna takes a minute to think about the question I just asked her, and begins to make a reply: "Well, I would bring that reality bending earth pony with you, which one was it? The element of laughter?"

Oh shit, she wants me to bring Pinkie Pie on a time travel mission. "Are you fucking serious right now? I HATE her. She can't be serious about anything and is annoying as all hell."

Luna sighs: "Look, Nathan, I know you don't like the Laughter Element, Ms. Pinkamena Diane Pie, if I recall, but, like you, she can see things that even alicorns cannot. Besides, Azimuth made the Omnitrix as an apology for making a super weapon called the Ascalon centuries ago, during your human era called the Middle Ages. We need someone who can make an old alien happy. As powerful as you are, you are not well equipped to do this."

She is right, as much as I hate to admit it. "Okay, but am I allowed to finish my century nap before I do anything?" I ask. I do need a fair amount of sleep, especially if I have to deal with Pinkie Pie, of all ponies.

"I don't see why not. Also, bring your Equestrian counterpart with you. Two time gods are always better than one!" She says, inferring that she knows I gave him a power boost.

"Wait, how did you-."

She put her hoof on my mouth: "Shh, I know things, okay? It was a good power play. You need that in a leader. Anyways, I have to go now, my time moving in frozen time is almost up, and you got 50 years of sleep. Goodbye." She says as she disappears from my dream, presumably freezing in time back in Canterlot.

"You have to be fucking kidding me. A time cop mission with PINKIE PIE!!! Some luck I have…"

50 years go by really quickly when you are a god. Alicorn Kronos wakes me up. "Uhh, other me, wake up, 100 years have elapsed. I am resuming the flow of time." He says as he uses his newfound alicorn magic to resume the flow of time.

I get out of bed and wash my face. I wonder how I am going to tell Pinkie Pie about this time mission.

Imagine my shock. I don't have to. I hear a knock on the door, and see the pink demon herself standing there, eager to enter. I open the door, and let her in.

"Hi! I read the manuscript, I know about the time mission. Let's go, let's go, let's go!"

Goddammit. I told her not to use the fourth wall last week, and she didn't listen. How in god's name did she get the manuscript from BoredNerd2003 in the Dimension above All.

I'll ask later. I have a timeline to save.