Disclaimer I do not own any rights to my little pony friendship is magic all copyrights go to Hasbro. Though some characters in this story are original, Enjoy!

Before I start let me add a few things about the characters:

Brink: Stallion/Pegasus age 28 dark gray coat, blue and black mane. He cares for the people close to him and will do anything for them. He lives in Ponyville, and is in a serious relationship with Vinyl Scratch. He is friends with Tick Tock.

Tick Tock: Stallion/unicorn light gray coat dirty blond mane Dark blue eyes. His cutie mark is a pocket watch; he carries a pocket watch and wears a light gray scarf around his neck. He is extremely rational and shows very few emotions and thinks logically. He is the local Ponyville clock smith and specializes in machinery. He is an extremely good magic user and he can perform time spells like slowing down time.

Chapter 1: Tell me, What is love?

Brink opened his eyes and found himself in a warped world with floating islands, and dead trees. The sky was green and he heard screaming off in the distance.

"What the hell? Where am I?" He looked around and saw no one, then heard another loud scream that sounded like Vinyl.

"Help me, someone! Please no, don't, stop, ahhhhhhh!" Vinyl screamed. Brink heard it and galloped to where the screaming was coming from, running into a forest without a second thought. Brink reached an opening and looked around frantically.

"Vinyl where are you!" Brink screamed. Brink looked around some more and found Vinyl being levitated by a pony wearing a mask. "What the hell have you done to Vinyl you bastard!" The masked pony just stood there for a second, then started to laugh demonically. Vinyl's body started to glow, then she shriveled up and an orb of glowing energy came out of her chest and went into the masked pony's horn.

"You bastard I'm going to murder you!" Brink yelled as he ran toward him. A blast of energy came out of the masked pony's horn, hit Brink and threw him back into a dead tree.

The masked pony walked up to Brink, kneeled down and removed his mask. All Brink saw were his eyes, they were dark blue but his sclera's were black as the night.

"What's wrong Brink? Couldn't save your lover? Well, too bad; she's mine now." The masked pony said in a deep evil voice, and then he started to laugh again. Brink closed his eyes and all he could hear was the laughing.

"Brink! Brink! Wake up!" Brink opened his eyes and shot up. He was sweating profusely and breathing heavily. Brink looked next to him and saw Vinyl sitting next to him in bed. "What's wrong it looked like you were having a-" Vinyl said before being cut off by Brink hugging her.

"Thank Celestia you're ok, I had the most horrifying nightmare" Brink said crying while hugging Vinyl." You dying, weird world, those eyes, demonic laughing, so horrible."

"It's ok Brink. Come on, lets go downstairs- it's time for breakfast" Vinyl said to Brink while hugging him back. Vinyl kissed Brink and they both got out of bed. Brink was still shaken by the whole nightmare, but he decided to move it to the back of his head and followed Vinyl downstairs.

1 hour later

Brink had his head on the table and was playing with his breakfast.

"What's wrong Brink? Still thinking of that dream you had?" Vinyl said while eating her breakfast.

"Oh it's nothing, Viny.l I'm just thinking about nothing. I'm just a little shaken up about that nightmare. It's just, it felt so real, it's hard to believe it was a dream, but thank Celestia it wasn't real". Brink said while raising his head and looking at Vinyl...Celestia I love her so much I couldn't bear to see something happen to her. He thought to himself as he got lost in her eyes.

"Do you want to talk about it Brink?" Vinyl said with a concerned look on her face.

"No I really don't. Anyway, I'm going on a walk. I'll see you soon". Brink stood up and opened the door.

"Bye Brink see you later, I'm going to wub the dishes" Vinyl said while getting up from the table, then she walked into another room.

"What was that dream about? It felt so real." Brink thought to himself." Bah! I have to get that out of my head, it was just dream anyway. ow for the real reason I took a walk all the way down here. Brink came up to a building on the outskirts of ponyville, the sign on it read Tick Tock's clock store and clock repair. "I hope he's in" Brink said to himself. Brink walked in do and started to hearing ticking, clocks were everywhere on the walls. Brink went up to the counter and saw a small sign that said (Im in the workshop out back, if you need to talk to me go there) Brink left the store and went around back and saw a small shed. "This is it? It's a little small for a workshop." Brink said with a small chuckle in his voice. Brink opened the door to the shed and all he saw was a latter going down and a sign next to it that said (To workshop, watch your step). "You got to be kidding me. Well nothing ventured, nothing gained."

Brink climbed down the latter and when he got to the bottom all he saw where gears turning and he heard more Ticking. "Damn, he's got a huge workshop how did he build this? Anyway, Tock! Tock you down here, I need a favor!" Brink shouted hoping that Tock heard him. Brink started to look around, he came up to a small work bench and found a few gears and a large robotic hand."What the hell is this thing?"

"What are you doing? "A voice said from behind Brink.

"Oh nothing just looking at this weird hand-" Brink said but then turned around and saw Tock standing behind him. "AHH! Oh phew, it's just you, Tock. What are you doing?" Brink asked Tick Tock.

"Nothing- just working on a few projects. What are you doing here, anyway? Shouldn't you be with your lover or something? Tock said as he levitated a gear as big as Brink next to him.

"Yeah, listen: I need a favor from you" Brink said while walking next to Tock.

"What is it?" Tock said as he shoved the gear he was carrying into a machine.

"I need some money" Brink said in a shy voice.

"Why" Tock said while working.

"I have my reasons" Brink said.

"Well if you give me those reasons then maybe I'll consider it. Oh_ and they better be good; I won't give you money just so you can buy something to impress your little marefriend. Now spit it out - I have much better things to do, you have 10.8 seconds." Tock said while turning his attention to something else. Brink didn't say anything. "That's what I thought. Now get out before I have to throw you-" Tock said but then he was cut off by Brink.

"I'm planning on proposing to Vinyl Ok! And I need the money to buy a ring!" Brink shouted. Tock stopped what he was doing.

"Tell me...what is love, Brink"? Tock said after a moment, his back still turned to Brink.

"Well I really can't put it into words it's-" Brink said but was cut off by Tock.

Tock jolted around to face Brink "Exactly! You can't explain it- that means it is irrational by nature and anything that is irrational I do not associate with. So why do you think I should give you some money for you to evolve the trivial relationship you have with Vinyl?"

"Because I'm in love with her ok! and I want to spend the rest of my life with her! Why do always have to be so bitter about me and Vinyl being together? I know you don't understand love but that doesn't mean you have to be so cynical about it !" Brink shouted.

Tock stood still for a second a second then threw Brink a bad of coins. "Hmph. Very well, take this and get out, but before you go remember this: Tick Tock, Tick Tock goes the clock. Love will destroy this world." Then Tock vanished.

"Yes! Finally I have enough to buy Vinyl a ring! Wait, something else is in this bag... first class Train tickets to the Crystal Empire and reservations to the royal crystal hotel? These things cost a fortune how did...Tock, you're awesome!" Brink grabbed the bag with his mouth and climbed back up the ladder.

1 hour later

"Man, that guy gave me a great deal on that ring! Anyway, I should get home soon- looks like it's snowing really hard." Brink said to himself. He started walking as it began snowing. Brink saw vinyl come out of a record store.

"Hey Vinyl!" Brink shouted.

"Oh, hi sweetie! What's up?" Vinyl said.

"Oh, nothing, I just went to see Tock." Brink said.

"Oh, how was he? Still bitter as always?" Brink nodded. "Hehe, of course he is. Anyway what's in the bag?" Vinyl said while pointing at the bag Brink was carrying. Brink looked down at the bag and started to sweat.

"No no no I can't let vinyl see the ring, think think what do I show her" Brink thought to himself frantically. "Oh here look what I got" Brink pulled out the train tickets and hotel reservation papers.

"What are-" Vinyl stood there in shock. "Where did you get those? You couldn't possibly afford something like that! "

"Don't worry, Vinyl, I didn't pay for these and they're not stolen. Let's just say I'm awesome." Brink said with a smug look on his face.

"Brink, you're amazing, I love you!" Vinyl jumped onto Brink and gave him a kiss. They stopped kissing and Vinyl looked into Brinks eyes.

"Come on, let's go home," Vinyl said. Vinyl and Brink walked off and they disappeared in the snowstorm. Tick Tock was standing in the middle of the road with his scarf flapping in the wind. Tick Tock closed his eyes and smiled a little bit, then turned around and walked off.