“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”

Bil Keane

"And so it begins." Kosh Babylon Five.

The sounds of a book opening and being set on a desk, a pen writing on a sheet of paper in the book.

“Time of death 8:00 in the morning on June 18th. Thirty years after Sunshine and Rainbows. Name of the deceased Ruby Glide. Cause of death. By firing squad reasons by bringing hope to the land. She will be buried in an unmarked grave with two others.”

A stamp goes on the paper titled ‘The NCR’

War, war never changes. There are stories of heroes and villains; some stories show the heroes as powerful beings who could do no wrong. There is no truth to heroes and villains; the real story of both has been so romanticized over the years. When in truth every step a hero makes they leave death and destruction behind them.

Certain groups use pain and destruction to spread their views to anger the minds who scream for pure change. Most call this progress removing the heroes and villains like they’re legends or myths. One of these myths and legends became to be known as the Buzzer or to some the minions of the stars. Her name is Ruby Glide, a species known as a magic eater. Created by a former Alicorn named Majesty a villain but to others around her a hero in their minds. It starts on the island known as Devil's Due.
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It’s been ten years since Star Shooter and she brought peace to our island. It feels like a path of peace. I go through my queen's old brood nest to see if I can find anything remaining to take with me. All I could find though are old exoskeletons of my brother's sisters and my queen. I just focus on the body of my queen.

A gentle cloudy hand lands on my shoulder. I glance behind me at Reaver. The cloud creature who used to work for the queen. He did so much heartless stuff to us and everything he did cause us a great amount of pain. Even though many are willing to give him a chance without the merchant or the queen.

“I am sorry Ruby, it's time to go if you wish to get the final ship of today. They won’t wait any longer and the others are waiting for you.”

A sad buzz comes from my wings. My body feels heavy and everything I did back then bothers me so much. I did awful things in the name of the queen.

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Ten years ago Majesty’s throne room.
Majesty tosses so much of her throne room all over the place. She screams anger and pain tears falling down her face.

“How dare they love her more than me?! How dare they show her more respect than they show me. I will show them.”

Reaver floats into the throne room. A group of floating armor guards pulls me in. I scream trying to fight them while they hold me. Majesty stares at Reaver then at me. She chuckles weakly looking right into my eyes.

“I don’t have my powers right now. So I can’t control you my dear Ruby like I would be able to. I have a friend getting me another way.”

Majesty glances into the darkness a lizard wearing a heavy pack comes out of the darkness and he bows to the queen.

“My queen, our master, brought you something to control all of your magic eaters and send them after your foe.”

The merchant opens his bag bringing out a crown.

“This crown will not only fuse to the head of the one you place it on. Even if it’s removed some of the parts will stay within their forehead. They won’t remember much of anything of what happened here. The only way they would remember it is as if they were told by one who is in here.”

Majesty takes the crown laughing loudly.

“Yes, this will show them for not loving me. Who shall be first..”

Majesty stares at me.

“My dear Ruby, I don't wish to force you. But if you wear this crown I promise you nothing will happen to your queen or brood.”

I tried to fight the guards.

“My queen, we have been following your orders for years. You don’t need to force me or my brood to join you in your war. We will fight with you to our deaths.”

Majesty smiles.

“Then why dear Ruby are you fighting the hold of my guards? Could it be that your mind is telling you to say this but your heart says otherwise?”

I buzz angrily trying harder to break through the guards. I can’t do a thing and Majesty laughs softly. She clicks her hoof on the stone. Reaver, The merchant, Majesty, and the guards holding me tightly take me out to the brood nest I was born in. Outside of the brood all my brothers and sisters are chained up and my queen has spears pointed at her neck.

“Now again will you join me peacefully Ruby or do I have to break you?”

I didn’t know what she meant. I stare at my brothers and sisters and my mother. I had no choice but the guards to let go. Majesty comes up to me with the crown. She chuckles softly looking at my nest.

“No loose ends. Kill them all.”

I flew up in horror. Majesty uses her magic to hold me from helping and the guards kill all my brood brothers and sisters including my queen. They then burn the entire brood, destroying every egg inside.

“YOU BITCH!!! They didn’t need to die.”

Majesty shrugs her shoulders forcing the crown on my head and my vision goes dark. All I remember are the screams and the deaths I caused waking up in front of the hero after all was said and done.

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The present.

I come out of the memory shaking my head and looking back at Reaver.

“Tell them I am coming, Reaver. I just can’t forget everything that has happened. I feel the best way for me to forget everything I did ten years ago is to leave and live in the land Star Shooter is from.”

Reaver smiles.

“I may not deserve your kindness after everything, Ruby. If you ever wish to return please remember you’re always welcome here. Thank you for convincing the others to let me out of the bottle after everything.”

I smile or at least I try to smile. My species tend to show emotions differently in how we move our bodies and our wings.

“I did what I could for you Reaver.”

Reaver heads off to the docks to tell the others. I fly into the air flying to the town of Cliffside. I stop in midair to look at the island I was born on. I see so much hardship and rebuilding after the war ten years ago. The fires don’t burn anymore around the castle; many graves litter the area. I am sure there are more on this island.

I close my eyes and I feel it’s time to go. I fly to Cliffside and land down by the docks. I look at my friends, the ones who will be going with me.

“Come on Ruby, we thought you would never leave.”

I look up at Hawk. Hawk is a project creation known as project mech. I don’t know much about the pony she used to be. But I know a lot about the creature she became now. She has no heart and is just a brain in a dome and legs. After getting to know her for the last ten years. I see there is more about her I need to learn.

“I was starting to get worried. I wanted to Roll around to relax but the others told me it would properly cause some problems with the zebras.”

Roll Roll is a creature who is a magic eater like I am. A siege breaker of his kind is very rare these days to be born. Since we aren’t even at war anymore. They’re only born when it’s wartime. Roll Roll has been so much as I have at least he has a family to return to if he ever returns to the island.

“Yes, thank you for coming. This sea air is starting to make my gears stick. Even if this fake skin helps, it causes more problems for me.”

Tick Tock is a former pony of robotic nature. Tick Tock from what she told me about a soldier who ran away from the war of old. She followed the words of a Dr. He told her on this island they will change themselves to be no longer flesh and blood but powerful beings who could live forever and never suffer from sickness again.

And me? I am Ruby Glide. I am known to my species as a worker. I am a magic eater like Roll Roll. I am weaker than him. I can only lift some things and I have a hard exoskeleton that if it gets hit enough could evolve and become stronger.

“All aboard!!”

It was time to go and Glendo the warden hasn't said goodbye yet like he said he would. I am sure he is very busy being the warden of the island. I follow my friends heading to the ship. Hawk's legs hiss and groan while the hydraulics in her legs bend. Roll Roll skitters on the ground with his many legs far behind the mech. Tick Tock walks beside me if I hear close enough I can hear her gears.

We get on the dock of the ship and the anchor gets ready to lift from the water.
“Wait, I am here!!”

We look up into the sky seeing the image of the warden.

“Sorry I am late. I had to help take care of a little issue. I wish I could tell you what you would be getting yourselves into. But I can’t please take care of yourselves and remember you’re always children of this island welcomed to return.”

“Excuse me, we need to get going.”

The warden looks at the griffin lifting a pocket watch.

“I don’t mean to be a bother here. But if we want to get to the docks in Equestria we need to be leaving now before there is too much NCR traffic.”

The warden just waves by to us, turning off the screen in the sky. The crew removes the plank and we get ready to set sail; the wind will take us wherever we go now. A week later while in the middle of the sea we are still about a month to Equestria. A strange window hits us quickly and suddenly vanishes like it was magic. I could sense a little bit of powerful magic.

“Captain, we are off course, can you move us back?”

The captain tries to move the wheel but it's stuck.

“I can't, it's stuck!!”

We hear lightning and it’s raining hard. We see water funneling up into the sky being absorbed by some powerful machine in the sky. We are going right to it.

“Everyone brace yourselves to something if you can!!”

Hawk opens up and cables wrap around the mast to keep her from moving. Roll Roll ties himself to part of the ship so he doesn’t go anywhere and Tick Tock and I go below deck to get ready for whatever is coming.

“We can’t move out of the way!!”

I feel forced to the side of the ship while its spines in the air Tick Tock closes her eyes I close my eyes and we hear the griffin crew scream we hear water splashing I fear they have been tossed overboard.

I feel a sudden change like we have been tossed. I can move some I dizzily. Get back onto the dock to see what is up. I see we are up in the air and I feel a sudden change again like we are falling. We are speeding up to something. I quickly go back inside grabbing a part of a pole.
With a loud smash, the boat is strewn about while I am flown with my friends to an area we have never heard of before. Are we in Equestria? Are we somewhere else? I am not even sure but I know I am in the story of a lifetime. Welcome to my Story.
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The book opens again for more writing.

“There are times when you might understand the fate and may understand none of it. But they came and when they did it could have brought a change to bring peace to a land in turmoil or bring more harm to it. It’s a matter of souls and hearts. Can a hero win them or is it always the idea of progress? Welcome to the story of pain-loss heroes and villains. Who will win the battle of winning the hearts?”

The book closes

Footnote:

Ruby Glide

Special:

Strength: 3

Perception: 4

Endurance: 8

Charisma: 5

Intelligence: 3

Agility: 7

Luck: 5

Virtue: Determination: {Determined to prove herself to those around her. Even if it threatens her life.}

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