"Then we will plan out what to do when the baby arrives and when he/she arrives we will be prepared" Tyler said
"Thank you, Tyler... you're going to make a wonderful father." Arc smiled weakly, and soon fell asleep in his arms.
"I know I will" said Tyler just before he passed out next to Arc. Tyler woke up in the middle of the night and walked to his front door. He went out his front door quietly and went to the back of his house. There he dug up a small cardboard box. He opened the box and pulled out a small device that gave a date 5/5/05 He then looked through his back window and looked at the calendar on the opposite wall it was a day before that date (when they wake up it will be 5/5/05) He then pulled out a piece of paper that had his name written on it. Tyler flipped the paper over and on that side it said "Regeneration" Tyler sighed with sadness as he buried the box again. He went back inside and carried Arc to a spare bedroom and laid her down gently on the bed. Tyler went back to his room and said quietly "Why tommorrow after all we have been through why?" And with that said he fell asleep (Next morning)
Arc woke up, stretched, and carefully got out of the bed. "Tyler?" She called. Suddenly, somepony put a rag over her face, a made her pass out. The last thing she heard was a voice say to her, "Your time is up, Miss Arclight... and now you're mine! Your foolish little boyfriend can't save you now, or ever again." Arc and her attacker disappeared without a trace.
Tyler woke up and went to the extra bedroom to wake up Arc however when he got there she wasnt there. Tyler searched every room to find her but to no aavail. "Arclight?" he called Tyler then went outside and called out again "Arclight?" But there was no answer
"Begin the Ritual, but don't sacrifice her yet..." A robed figure said from under his hood. "Yes, master," said another. Hours later, Arc woke up in a strange room. The room was dark and dimly lit, the walls were splattered with blood, and a hooded figure was standing over her. "Good evening... how are you feeling?" The figure said in a mare's voice. "G-good... why?" Arc asked. "Why, for the Ritual, of course! I'll come back in an hour, don't go anywhere!" The mare laughed maniacally as she was leaving. Arc's restraints were released, and she cowered in the corner of the awful place. "T-Tyler..." She sobbed quietly, "help me... please..."
Tyler looked everywhere to find Arc but couldnt find her at all. Just then he saw a mysterious mare walking into a old building so Tyller decided to follow the mare. Whenn Tyler got to the front door 2 guards stopped him "Halt" they both said "show us your mark" "Umm I dont have a mark unless you mean my cutie mark" Tyler said "Then you shall not pass". Just as Tyler started to walk away he quickly ran around the corner of another building. He then snuck to the back of the old building and noticed a back door. Just as Tyler approached the door a mare in black robes came out and Tyler jumped over behing some garbage cans. Tyler grabbed a stick and wacked the mysterious mare in the back of the head nocking them out. Tyler put on the robe and went through the back door. When Tyler got in he went into a bedroom to avoid being caught. On the table he noticed a stamper that had a weird shape on it Tyler stamped his hoof and quickly exited the room. As Tyler walked down the hallway he heard 2 ponies talking. "Well todays the big day" said the first pony "Yea im really excited we get to sacrifice the girl to our god" said the second pony "Hey" said the first pony "do you think we can get good spots" "Yea" said the second pony "lets go" and just like that they were off. As soon as Tyler turned around there was a pony in black robes standing right there "Oh Head Master Gabriel we have been waiting for you" said the pony. Just then the pony grabbed tylers hoof and pulled him towards a large room. In the room was a bunch of mysterious figures in a circle and in the center was a table. "Bring out the girl" one of them said Then Tylers face turned to shock when he noticed the girl was Arc *No not Arc* Tyler thought
Arc was shackled and had nasty welts from the brutal beatings. She looked absolutely miserable. "P-please... let m-me go... please..." Arc softly begged, tears bursting from her eyes. One of the mares in a robe stepped towards Tyler, "Headmaster, go to your throne. The Ritual is about to begin." Enormous stallions, easily 3 times the size of Big Mac, stepped forward. They were clad in special armor, and carried large, silver scythes. Tyler sat in the throne, and immediately shackles closed in on his arms and legs. He was unable to move. "How stupid do you think we are?" A large robed stallion asked him, "Tyler..." He laughed loudly, "Now we get to do a sacrifice, and a breaking of ones heart and soul!" Tyler was going to be forced to watch Arc be ripped apart by these ravenous sadists.
"You're right. We don't. But you do!" The robed figure squealed with glee. A meter-thick blast-proof glass dome dropped over Tyler and Arc, along with one knife in front of Tyler. It felt so perfect in his hooves, so... right... Arc stared at him helplessly, pleading him to stop this madness. "Either you kill her, or she'll kill you..." The robed pony laughed evilly again, and sat down to watch. Arc immediately curled up into a ball on the floor. "N-no... please, Tyler... please..." Arc begged.
"I refuse to kill Arc even if it means me dieing she is my one and true love and I would rather die here than to kill her" Tyler said "Fine have it your way GUARDS" said the figure then 2 large stallions held down Tyler "Arc now you can sacrifice Tyler and go free"
Arc took the knife... and threw it with pin-point accuracy at the robed pony. It went straight into his brain, killing him instantly. She gasped in horror at what she had done, "N-no... I didn't mean to! I-I swear!" All around her, ponies were slowly closing in, and brutally began beating her with whips, chains, and clubs. "No, p-please! Don't!" She managed to scream.
While the 2 stalllions were distracted Tyler noticed that the body of the dead pony had fallen close by him. He slowly slid the knife over to him and he stabbed the one stallion in the leg. In retaliation the injured stallion took a swing and Tyler ducked so instead the stallion sliced off the head of the other stallion. Tyler quickly picked up one of the giant scyths and cut the head off the other stallion. In horror all of the robed ponies back away from Arc and as Tyler helped Arc up the dome lifted. Tyler and Arc both left the old building without anypony following them but Tyler still looked over his shoulder to check. When they got back to his house he laid Arc on the bed and healed her. "Okay you should stop bleeding but dont get up it will really hurt".
Arc wanted so badly to wrap her arms around Tyler and never let go, but she did as she was told, "Um... Tyler?" Arc whimpered, "A-at that place, th-they said you wouldn't be there to rescue me... because of, um... resurrection?" Arc was in severe pain, both physically and emotionally. "Tyler? A-are you hiding something?" Arc asked, tears beginning to form in her eyes.
"Its not ressurection its regeneration and I cant tell you anything else, you would be in danger if I did" Tyler told Arc hoping she would understand
"I-I don't care! Please, Tyler... just tell me this: are you going to leave? A-are you going to... disappear forever?" Arc was crying hard, sending waves of guilt and sadness throughout Tyler.
*sigh* "fine but be prepared... im not any normal pony im a "special" pony my race is called the Changers we have to have happy lives or we die however if we do get happy lives by a certain date then we regenerate and that means every cell in our body changes and we become new we keep the memories but we look different and sound different and since i'm having a happy life I get to change today" Just then Tylers eyes glow and he gets lifted up towards the roof just then his eyes and mouth shoot out beams of light. Once Tyler descends he looks up at Arc and says "Like my new look?"
Arc was stunned, and carefully, not to mention painfully, got out of the bed. She slowly walked towards him and rested her head against his. "You look amazing..." She said, and kissed him. "Don't worry... nothing can change the way I feel about you. Can I still call you Tyler? Or do you change your name as well?" Arc whispered quietly. She was happy with who he was, no matter how many times he regenerated.
"My name doesnt change you can still call me Tyler" he said "so um... new body... and everything so what do you want to do?"
"I-I don't know..." A dirty thought came to Arc's mind, and her eyes went wide. She blushed as she shook the thought away. "Um... do you only regenerate into stallions? Or can you regenerate into either?" She asked shyly.
