Ponies introduced in this section (Non MLP only)
Name: Ice Breaker (AKA Klemper)
Type: Pegasus with chrysalis horn.
Looks: Bright blue Pegasus in pink and purple socks. The horn is the same colors as the fur but darker. His eyes are red. He has a yellow mane and tail. His cutie mark is an white ice block.
Abilities: Can break through ice, and also use ice attacks.
Name: Shifter (AKA Amorpho)
Type: Earth pony with mech wing and chrysalis horn.
Looks: Black with dark gray mane, tail and a black chrysalis horn and mech wing. His eyes are Red. His cutie mark seems to be a white blob with a gray circle. that changes when he does.
Abilities: Can mimic anyone. Now that he's dead, it's not just their voices. It's their forms too.
Name: Clockwork (You know who)
Type: Natural Alicorn
Looks: Pale blue with dim red eyes. Wears a dark purple hood and cape, covering all but his flank and tail, which is a light purple. His cutie mark is a clock with a dark purple rim, light purple interior and black hands.
Abilities: He guides the flow of time, resetting it when completely necessary.
Name: Wulf (You know who)
Type: Anthropomorphic wolf
Looks: Black fur. Wears a green hood. Tail looks like fire. Speaks in Esperanto.
Abilities: Can rip holes between Equestria and the ghost zone.
Name: Thunder Chaser (OC)
Type: Pegasus
Looks: Dark, dull purple fur with dark purple hooves. His wing starts the same color as his fur than shifts to green. His tail and mane are a purple that's neither dark or bright. He has green eyes, one of which has an eye-patch over it. His cutie mark is a dark cloud with an image of a black gray and sonic boom.
Abilities: He can fly nearly as fast as Dash, creating sonic booms, but none of them are as colorful as hers. He's quite adventurous, and always in a muddle. He also has a secret that gives him an ability that is shared with his daughter, Dark Flare.
Name: Silver Moon(AKA Danny)
Type: Natural Alicorn
Looks: White with dark gray mane, tail and a light horn. His eyes are vivid blue. His cutie mark is a Black book with a crescent moon encasing it.
Abilities: Smart (In some ways. Other ways, not so much) and a bookworm like his dame, as well as one who looks towards the stars.
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"Ah, Princess Twilight." The purple alicorn gave her mate a funny look as he bowed.
"Oh shut it." The element of magic swatted him with a wing.
"Oh? Does that mean you don't want any apple cupcakes?"
"Don't you dare!" He chuckled at the mare's glare.
"Don't worry, my queen." Twilight Sparkle rolled her eyes.
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"Twilight, I'm sorry to bother you but-" Princess Celestia stopped mid-sentence as her protegee groaned. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing . . ." The white alicorn looked skeptical but continued.
"I have heard a report of ponies disappearing into a portal that appeared a few days ago. I was hoping that you and the other elements of harmony could go investigate this."
"O-of course." Twilight barely managed a smile.
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"My Princess, I simply cannot allow you to do this."
"I have to."
"Do you really?"
"Yes, both as a member of royalty and harmony."
"Have you forgotten our foal? The one that you are currently carrying?"
"No, I haven't I just need to go. And nothing you can say will change my mind."
"Then I'll come with." Twilight huffed at this.
"Fine . . ."
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"Oh! What's this? It's bright! And green! And swirly! I wonder if it tastes good?" Pinkie Pie bounced around the portal.
"This must be what Princess Celestia sent us after," Twilight murmured as she trotted up to the element of laughter.
"I-Is it safe?" Fluttershy looked at the floating circle warily.
"I'm sure it is, dearie."
"Well . . ." Rainbow dash smiled. "Why don't we find out?"
"I-" The element of magic was cut off by a male whinny.
"Princess? Why'd you run off?"
"You know, Twilight, you sure picked a good one." Before the purple alicorn could give a reply, Flash spoke up.
"There you are! Please, Sparky, don't run off like that. I don't want anything to happen to you or our-" What he was saying became muffled as Twilight's hoof covered his mouth.
"Please don't call me that. And I haven't told them yet," she whispered in his ear.
"Oh. Sorry Princess. When will you, though? After all, they're your friends." Twilight sighed.
"Soon. Just . . . just not yet."
"Dearie? What was that?"
"Oh. Uh, nothing, Rarity."
"If you say so."
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"Whoa! What in tarnation is with all these floating rocks?"
"I don't know but it's awesomazing!" Pinkie Pie began bouncing around on the piece of land, bumping into Fluttershy causing her to fall off the edge.
"Eeee!" The rest of the elements hurried to the edge of the rock and peered over, seeing a slightly startled element of kindness being squeezed by a blue Pegasus in pink and purple socks.
"Will you be my friend?"
"W-what?"
"Will you be my friend?" At this Rainbow Dash zoomed down to the ponies.
"We don't even know your name and you want to be friends? I don't-"
"Now, Dashie, let me speak to this being." But the element of generosity intervened too late.
"You said no!" For a second, the blue pegasus looked sad. Then, without warning, he blew Ice at them, his horn glowing a very pale blue.
Horn? Twilight was shocked. But it wasn't a normal horn - it appeared to be bent and twisted, like Queen Chrysalis'. He can't be an alicorn. At least, I don't think so . . .
"Twi, come on!
"What?" Rainbow Dash sighed and grabbed her friend before flying off as fast as she could without leaving the others behind.
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The ponies panted. "That was close . . ." Pinkie Pie's mane and tail were straight and droopy.
"I . . . know . . ."
"If you'd of let me . . ." Rainbow dash was the least tired of them all, but was still worn out.
"I-I didn't . . . didn't really mind him . . . He just surprised me . . ."
"But that . . . that thing froze my tail . . . Just look . . ." It was true - Rarity's tail had been encased in ice by the strange alicorn-like creature.
"By the way . . . didn't you notice it was winged . . . and horned?"
"So was it an alicorn?"
"I don't think so . . . but maybe . . ."
"Hey, um . . . I don't mean to interupt but look out," Flash yelled as he ran up to his mate. The girls gasped.
"Discord!"
"One and only!."
"Why . . . why are you here," Twilight questioned.
"To cause chaos of course."
"But Discord, I thought you'd been turned good." At this, the Draconequus froze. "D-Discord?"
"Ah shucks . . ." The mixed-up being began to crumble until a pony with mech wings and a chrysalis horn was left in his place. "I thought I had ya fooled. Guess I was wrong. Anyway . . . name's Shifter."
"Hold on a moment buddy. Did ya jus' say Shifter?"
"Why that I did girly."
"I think . . . is it . . . I'm A-AppleJack."
"My neice grown up?"
"It is ya!" As the element of honesty hugged the dark stallion, the others looked on, confused yet happy for friend. "Why- What-"
"I died, Jackie."
"But the wings. The horn."
"Ah, yes. I shouldn't divulge the secrets of the afterlife but . . .
In days from before our own, the moon and sun shared the sky at the same time, neither setting, and the dead walked amongst the living. But then a great evil struck the cosmos. It was Discord, the world-bender. He tore the fabric of time, of space, and broke the truce of the living and the dead. The ghosts were sent off into a strange green world, fraught with trouble. One alicorn gathered the rest and went after Discord, but they did not have the power of the elements for they were gone until bearers would appear. Most of these alicorns died, but a few lost wings, or horns, or both, becoming far less powerful.
The alicorn who had led the battle, the war, was called Clockwork, for he helped to guide time. Even now, in death as he had in life, he watched it, as well as his two daughters, a moon-child and a sun-child, both holding some of his power, enough to guide their respective celestial sphere.
Due to so many alicorns losing their powers, the newly dubbed ghost zone ponies soon gained a horn, wings, or both. So much Alicorn magic invaded the new land that, even to this day, the dead gain these when they pass over, using them for . . .
" . . . the rest of their afterlife." The ponies mouths were open, and one could practically see the gears turning in Twilight's head. As things clicked into place, as she figured things out, her eyes lost focus
"Celestia's- Luna's- Father- Time- Discord- Kill- " She fell on her rump, unable to form anything coherent.
"Are ya-"
"Sparky's fine. This just happens when she gets a bunch of new info dumped into her head." Flash chuckled.
"Ah . . ."
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Clockwork stood in his clock palace, watching the many time streams, multiple mirrors surrounding him. As he watched his beloved daughters, sad that they had not been able to say good-bye, he heard a name - Twilight. Spinning around, he rushed to the mirror it had come from. As the ghostly alicorn looked on, an orange pegasus stallion nudged the purple student of Clockwork's eldest daughter. If he recalled correctly, the stallion was called Flash Sentry.
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"Come on, Twilight. We gotta get going. Shifter here is going to lead us to Celesta's father."
"Yeah, Twi! And, since he's seen all time, maybe he has party tips!" Pinkie Pie bounced around her friends, grinning like a maniac.
"But . . . but wouldn't it be rude to not let h-him know beforehand?"
"Oh I wouldn't worry 'bout that - he probably already knows 'bout us comin'."
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"Say, unc, what's that purple blur?"
"Purp- O' course! I told ya he'd know. And we're already nearly there - jus' a few more flaps."
"So that's Celestia's father? He looks too young."
"Like a colt, right?"
"Well now he seems to be a stallion. Hold on - he's old now!"
"Uh-uh." Shifter chuckled. "Now ya do recall he guides time, right? Well, now that he's dead, he can actually see all time, not just freeze the present. The prob is that Clockwork has no definite age." Once again, The purple alicorn went out like a light.
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"Miss Sparkles?" Twilight's eyes slowly fluttered open and she groaned. "Ah . . . that's good. For a moment I almost thought you'd be joining me here in the ghost zone." A chuckle, nearly inaudible, slipped from the time watcher. "Not that I wouldn't mind the company, but you do have a lifetime left to live. That and knowing if you die, so does the other one." At this the ponies, the mare's friends, looked confused, save for Flash.
"Twi? What's going on? Are you-"
Twilight, wondering how her friends would react to learning what she had kept from them, whispered, "Yes, I'm with foal." Her friends gasped.
"Why didn't ya tell us? It's not like we wouldn't be able to help ya."
"I-I know. I just . . ."
"Princess? Do you want me to tell them?" The mare nodded. "You remember how you all went over the top trying to plan our wedding for us?" The mares looked at each other almost guiltily. "Well, we didn't want that to happen with the foal." Clockwork nearly chuckled at the speechless mares. Finally, one of then spoke.
"Lookie here, Twilight. We didn't mean no harm. It's the same with yer foal. If we overdo it, it's completely unintentional."
"Thanks, AJ . . ." The alicorn mare paused before continuing. "And I'm sorry for keeping this from all of you."
"No need to apologize, Twi. After all, everyone makes mistakes."
"Remember when I almost joined the Shadowbolts?" Rainbow Dash laughed. "Now that would've been one hay of a mistake to make, wouldn't it?"
"Ah, yes, I recall watching your adventures. That first one was quite fascinating." Clockwork smiled ever so slightly.
"So, Clockwork, could ya show us the way out?"
"Actually, I believe Shifter can." The ghostly alicorn turns towards the black stallion. "Would you mind helping?"
"O' course I'd help my niece and her friends."
"That's a relief." The ponies began to leave, but Twilight turned and looked at Clockwork to say one last word.
"Thanks." The watcher of time froze as she said this - he'd never been thanked.
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Queen Chrysalis smirked, laughing. "Oh Twilight. If only you knew what was in store for you." She turns towards a large ball of fur and starts speaking a strange language to it. The language was esperanto. "Wulf - fermi la portalo. Ni ne bezonas neniu tedas poneoj eskapi." {Wulf - close the portal. We don't need no pesky ponies to escape.}
"Jes krizalido." {Yes Chrysalis.} The queen of the changelings smiled as the wolf-like creature swiped his paw at the portal. Before he began to close it, a changeling scurried through, unknown by anypony but Wulf. "Amiko. Revido." {Friend. See you.} The changeling nodded.
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The changeling stopped after running to the edge of the floating rock he was on. Making sure no one could see him, he closed his eyes and concentrated. Soon, a pegasus was standing in his place.
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"Thunder Chaser," Rainbow said flying his way. "What are you doing here?"
"Queen- Changelings- Portal- Closed-"
"What?"
"Changelings. With wolf. Portal closed."
"So . . . we're trapped?"
"Um no . . . not exactly. Wulf is coming after us." The ponies freaked.
"A wolf is coming for us?"
"No . . . his name is W-U-L-F and he's . . . a friend. He'll help us out when he can get away from the changeling queen . . ."
"A friendly wolf? No way."
"He is . . . and he can save us. I just don't know how long it'll be. Maybe a week, or maybe moons."
"Well horseapples."
"Twi? What should we do?"
"I guess . . . Clockwork's?"
"Yeah. That . . . that could w-work."
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"Clo-"
"Hello, mares, stallion and-" Thunder Chaser shook his head from behind the mane 6. "and of course, ghost." The changeling sighed in relief, glad that Shifter had walked in at that very moment.
"So, um-"
"I saw what happened."
"Then could you open a por-"
"I may be strong enough to close one, but I cannot just create one. Rather, I teleport from here to your world."
"Teleportation? Wait - that's it! Clockwork, would I be able to-"
"I'm sorry but it's impossible for the living."
"Oh." The group sighed.
"However, if you wish, you may go to Frostbite until your friend - Wulf, if I'm correct - comes for you."
"Frostbite? Is he a party lover? Is he silly? Is he-" Pinkie Pie was cut off by the alicorn ghost.
"No, he's the exact opposite. Frostbite is a yeti-like creature with ice powers and is very serious. But he should be fine with you coming to stay with him."
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"C-c-c-c-c-c-c-cold . . ." Fluttershy shook so much she couldn't even really speak.
"Don't worry, ponies."
"Huh?" The group looked up as a furry white creature came up to them.
"I'm Frostbite. Clockwork already notified me that you were coming."
"Oh."
"Come this way. I have already prepared a place for you to stay."
"Thanks."
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Twilight groaned. "F-Flash . . ."
"Hold on dear. Just hold on . . ."
"I- Augh!" The purple alicorn screeched, her face contorted as a wave of pain hit her.
"Don't worry miss. We're nearly done."
"Y-you better be . . ."
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"Twi. It's . . . it's a colt."
"I know . . ." She smiled at the young foal, an alicorn. His fur was white and his wings, tail and horn were a metallic gray.
"What about his name, though? Celestia isn't here to perform the ceremony."
"I-"
"What about me?" A blue alicorn walked into the room.
"Clockwork?"
"Last I checked, any alicorn can do it if they know the ritual."
"Y-yes, they can."
"Then allow me." The stallion came over to the young colt and touched his horn to the foal's forehead. "Somve zin, ejo-zomev zin, ev." {Fated name, god-given name, come}. As Clockwork spoke, his horn glowed brighter and brighter, and the colt's eyes became the same color. As the time watcher brought back his horn, a ribbon of a pale purple-blue connected his horn to the newborn's forehead. "Silver," he said, opening his eyes, causing the ribbon to fade. "His name is Silver Moon."
"I . . . like it."
"So do I, dear."
"Well, I do believe I shall go. After all, the time-stream can't watch itself now."
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Thunder Chaser stood next to a green line that was slowly enlarging. "Dashie - Wulf's here!"
"What?"
"We can go now."
"Oh! I'll get the others."
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"Vi devas diri al ŝi iam" {You have to tell her sometime.}
"Mi scias, sed . . ." {I know but . . .}
"Nur provu." {Just try}
"Sed-" {But-}
"Thunder - we're all here."
"Bone - mi povas fari la portalo malfermita por longa."
"What did he say?"
"Wulf said, "Good - I cannot keep the portal open for long."
"Then let's hurry."
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"Ponyville at last! Now I don't have to worry about Silver here."
"An' I can get back to Sweet Apple acres."
"Oh, and I can throw a huge party for everyone! And I wonder how Cheese has been? I bet he missed me and my parties!"
"I'm curious as to how many potential customers I lost."
"I hope that the animals were okay without me."
"What about the Wonderbolts? Did they lose without me and Thunder? Oh I hope not!"
"Ah . . . It's glad to be back. Sparky, I believe we should head home."
"Oh why not. And, once again, don't call me that."
"I'm going too."
"But Thunder!"
"I'll be fine - I just need to rest up." The stallion took into the air, but Dash made no effort to follow.
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The changeling and his friend met somewhere in the forest. "Wulf, ĝuste kion mi faru? Mi volas diri al ŝi, sed mi estas timigita Ĉielarko malamos min se ŝi malkovras!" {Wulf, just what do I do? I want to tell her, but I'm scared Rainbow will hate me if she finds out!}
"Ne maltrankviliĝu mia amiko - mi certas ke ĝi estos en ordo." {Don't worry my friend - I'm sure it'll be alright.}
"Vi estas probable pravas sed kiam mi rakontis al ŝi?" {You're probably right but when should I tell her?}
"Mi. . . ne scias." {I . . . don't know.}
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