Chapters Insight for the Story: Multiversal Theory
All right, you are probably wondering why this is the first part of the story instead of the usual prologue, and I highly recommend that you read it, as I am not going to go over the whole thing later in the story, though I will put key points of it in as needed for the sake of my wonderful and voluptuous plot(hue-hue-hue-hue)! The reasoning behind it is because I need to go into detail about how my story swaps realities, and is in different parts of the multiverse. I have a theory that our Universe is really one part of a whole, the Multiverse. The Multiverse is comprised of thirteen different universes, all of which are essentially new versions that restart after the current one, the Active Universe, is spent and needs to wipe its data stores. The Inactive Universes are just blank pages, clean slates, baby butts, or what you want to call them, because they have no blemishes whatsoever. They are essentially just balls of matter and energy, ready to blow at any moment.
Once the Active Universe, the one we are currently in, uses up whatever energy it has that's not the energy we know and understand, it retracts to wipe it's hard drive of information, and uses its leftover unknown energy to transfer another type of energy to the next Active Universe. Some people know this first unknown energy as dark energy, as we don't know its origin, or why it's even there in the first place. The second type of unknown energy is what gives you or me life and free will; soulfire. Soulfire is basically what angels and benevolent gods are made of, and the Elder Gods or Great Old ones that aren't trying to devour all life as we know it, used this soulfire to give life to everything that we know of. Yes, there are other gods and goddesses beside the White God, Allah, and all the other godlike beings that our religions are based on. Yes, all of these gods exist, and they continue to and will continue to exist, as long as we believe they still exist.
Another thing about soulfire, is that if the being that has any of it can create an alternate reality using that soulfire, and, knowingly or not, influence dark energy to create said reality. Writing fiction is one way of doing this. Like I said earlier, if you believe it exists, then it exists. By that logic, all four generations of My Little Pony, as well as all of their fan fictions, exist. There are just so many of them, and our universe has so much dark energy, that it doesn't even matter how many of these alternate realities we create. There is so much energy, that the Universe might not run out until trillions of years later. The Active Universe will continue trudging along like the little engine that could until it runs out, and even if we didn't make any fictional things, we would still make alternate realities.
Why? Because of decisions, decisions, decisions. Every decision we make, every choice we have, has a consequence. And depending on the decision or choice, other people can influence that by making a selection between options that they have at their beck and call. It's also shows why we can detect dark energy all around us, because it's working its magic, and doing its job of making alternate and fictional realities as we make our choices, conscious or not, and inputting extra bits of matter as the physical universe expands ever outward. All things considered, WE could even be a fictional reality, and the soulfire lent by the imaginator to help create their fictional reality would have built upon the rest of their fake world, making it a real one. We could be the product of someone's imagination, and we wouldn't even know it.
Now then, we are done with two dimensions, energy and matter. Now to go over the third: time! "Everyone seems to think that time is linear, but really, it's all just a big ball of... wibbly wobbly... timey wimey.... stuff," the Tenth Doctor. This is all true, as time always shifts around, though you may not notice it. You can travel through time, though you'd have to break a few otherworldly laws to do it. You can go back and forth in time, and intersect your timeline through another many people's timelines, and you could also go back through your timeline, causing it to bend and shift as you go along. If you go to your past, you could change it drastically, you know, the Butterfly Effect.
If you go directly into your timeline while your past self is alive at the time, then you risk paradox, and then dark energy has to work overtime to repair it. If you go back to before you were born and try to kill your dad's dad before your dad was conceived, you may either never be born, or you get a new father, depending on your mother's past. This will not cause a paradox, as you aren't messing with your own timeline directly. If you do, then make sure that it is very, very subtle and you don't get noticed. If you go into the future, you can change it as much as you want, as the future is still to be decided, and you simply go to one of the possible futures of your timeline. If you plan on meeting yourself in your past, go and try it, but be VERY careful, and if you meet your future self, then by all means, though that self will have to make sure you stay alive while you are in their time so they don't die in yours.
All things considered, maybe time travel is not the right thing for you! Fear not, as that technology has not been invented by humans! Yet... Anyway, the basic point of this essay that you're probably being bored of most of the time reading this, is just so you know more about my awesome and manly plot line, and can understand my mind a little bit better! Yeah yeah, I know I cracked a plot joke at the beginning, but that was for laughs. This story is rated Mature primarily for gore, as I will go into a lot of detail with a bit of a gore fest as well as the basic gore that is required of an adventure-type story later. The sex part is for the parts of the story that take place in the human realities, and occasionally the anthropomorphized pony realities, like in Equestria Girls ! Until then take care, and don't fuck up too badly!
Author's Note
Well, now you know my theory on the multiverse and my religious views, and what to do and what not to do if you ever time travel. Now then, onto the story that I am working really hard on the story, and please note that I will not be working on it full time, as I'll be in school a lot of the time.
Prologue: What Have We Here?
Royal Library Canterlot, Equestria 997 ANM (After Nightmare Moon)
A young, but very intelligent Twilight Sparkle, had been studying in the Canterlot Royal Library for hours. Not even an hour ago, she had come across a mysterious tome, written by Starswirl the Bearded himself! Upon reading the book, Twilight noticed that Starswirl was studying the boundaries of existence, when he had discovered some minor fluctuations in its weaving. The old unicorn may have written the spell he had used in the book, as well as what he had found in those flux points, but there were entire pages missing from the text! Said pages appeared to be expertly removed as well. With this revelation, Twilight placed the old tomes into her saddlebag to read later, as she had to question the only pony with the answers she desired about her discoveries.
While she runs away, a small scrap of parchment, seemingly undamaged, flies from one of the books as she runs past a stallion with chestnut fur, brown hair, and an hourglass cutie mark. The parchment lands on his snout, and he says to himself, "What's this thing? Ah well, little miss Sparkle will have to wait. In the mean time..." he trails off as he walks away, parchment still balanced on his muzzle. The Doctor casually strolls into an unnoticed, unassuming, and unusual blue box, which begins to fade away with its parking brakes left on, 'because they're fun.'
Twilight wanders the halls in search of the Princess, and arrives at the throne room. Empty. She keeps looking for her teacher, when she finds her brother, Shining Armor. He points her in the direction of the conference hall, and continues his patrol.
"Princess Celestia? I found some pages missing from one of Starswirl the Bearded's personal tomes," the young unicorn shouts to her mentor upon reaching the conference hall. "Look at this book! The pages were removed from their binding with great care and precision! Do you know what happened to them?"
The Princess lets out a long suffering sigh, uncharacteristic of the extremely patient Sun-goddess, and walks over to a stained-glass window. "Yes, Twilight, I know of this because it was I who removed them. They were too dang-"
"Princess! How could you just remove knowledge of what has been? It could have been useful!"
"Twilight,"
"I mean, we could have learned from what Starswirl wrote, and used it in modern times!"
"Twilight," Princess Celestia was beginning to lose patience.
"We might even have been able to travel to other worlds! Do you know how heavily that would impact our society for the better? We may also have been able to-"
"Twilight! I removed those pages because the knowledge stored upon them would have been dangerous to my little ponies, and they may have attempted to explore these borders themselves! The existential barrier is there for a reason, Twilight. It is there to keep otherworldly beings from entering our own!" The princess had only raised her voice ever so slightly, but to Twilight, she was shouting.
"I-I... I'm sorry. I should have listened more before... well, that..." the unicorn apologized.
The princess smiled and said, "It is alright, Twilight. That reaction was very reasonable, especially if I had not had any reason for it. But, I will tell you about what Starswirl found past one of those fluctuation zones, when the need arises. You simply need to be patient."
Twilight nods in response, "Yes, Princess Celestia. I'm sorry about not waiting for you to explain why you did those things. It won't happen again."
"Good. Now, was there anything else that concerns you?" the Sun Princess asks her faithful disciple.
Twilight scrunches up her nose in thought, the her eyes sparkle with excitement, as she gasps, "Yes, actually! I found this piece of paper while looking at a book about written by Smart Cookie. Here, let me get it..." the little unicorn trails off as she digs around in her saddlebag. The princess lets out a soft chuckle at how excited Twilight got at a piece of paper.
With a confused look plastered on her face, Twilight looks at her mentor with sad eyes and a frown, "But, it was right there! It was a letter for you! It wasn't even written by Smart Cookie. It also mentioned something about a changeling war that took place a few hundred years ago." Twilight hangs her head in disappointment.
Celestia walks up to her student, and places a comforting wing over her shoulders, "Do not worry little one, I'm sure it is still in the library. Why don't we go and get it?"
"But, Princess! What about your royal duties? You can't just abandon them like that, for me!" Twilight gasps in surprise as her mentor nonchalantly walks off toward the library.
Princess Celestia only smirks, "They aren't THAT important, only a bit of paperwork that won't be due for another few days."
Twilight, still shocked by her mentor's behavior, simply complies with Princess Celestia's request, and follows along to the library. Once they arrive, the unicorn librarian currently cleaning up after the mess of books Twilight had made, glares at the culprit. Upon seeing the princess, her eye's widen, and she bows so deeply, her muzzle is pressed against the cold stone tile. Celestia simply rolls her eyes and asks, "Tell me Fresh Ink, did you happen to notice a piece of parchment among the mess of books you have just cleaned up?" The old mare shakes her head in a negative, and continues cleaning.
"What? It's gone? How can it be gone! I know it was here! It was the only place it could have been if it fell out of my bag! And we walked the path I took to the conference hall, so if it was still along that path, we would have found it!" the unicorn filly panics in exasperation.
"Don't worry, Twilight. It may have not been of any importance anyway. Shall we continue your studies?" the princess inquires of her student. Twilight nods her head in excitement, already forgotten about the mysterious piece of parchment she found earlier, and ready to get on with her next lesson in magic. Celestia however, is no longer blessed with youth and the childish mind that comes with it, as her thoughts are focused on the letter, and why it was written to her, of all ponies. However, these thoughts will have to wait, as there are far more important matters that concern Celestia's focus, such as a rambunctious teenaged student of hers.
Author's Note
Hey, listen up all of you, I have some pretty important things to ask of thee. Do any of you want to beta read my story chapters? Another thing, what do you think of the prologue? Well, post anything you want in the comments. By the way, you guys are probably wondering some things such as, "Why was the Doctor there?" or "What does he mean, 'Little miss Sparkle will have to wait.'?" and "Will we see the Doctor later in the story?" or even "What is on that piece of paper to make the Doc go back to his TARDIS and then the Time Vortex?" Well, the answers will be answered, as there is an old saying, 'Good things come to all who wait'. I will answer your questions within the story, so by all means be patient, as I will take my time writing these chapters as I want them to be perfect. Well, see you guys, later!
Chapter 1: It's All About the Running.
Tourmaline Boulevard Crystal Empire 1334 AF (After Founding)
Ruins and slaves as well as shadow ponies everywhere I go. Ever since old Sombra up there decided it would be fun to team up with Discord and take over Equestria, these three things are the most prominent sights I've seen all around the Crystal Empire. As I run past yet another demolished building, I once more hear the resounding bay of the shadow hounds on my flank. Their breath also reeks of carrion, which I never understood since they don't even eat anything. That's always confused me, even though I spent about thirteen years working in Sombra's mines, with those hounds breathing down my neck.
Their breath is also cold, which is weird as well, considering the body heat they give off would make even a dragon sweat a little. Nah, that's an exaggeration, though they are unbearably uncomfortable to be around, never mind the gaping maws of razor sharp teeth. My hooves slip a little under me as I charge around a corner, into a relatively intact part of Tourmaline Boulevard. The hounds kept chasing me through the alleyways until they finally corner me in a dead end. Heh, funny that I'm here already, seeing as how I've managed to escape them for the past ten months.
I rubberneck around, trying to find a way out of this particular jam before the hounds catch up to me. Again. The first time wasn't fun, and if I get captured a second time, I'll probably get executed. Soon I realize, I am trapped, with no escape this time and impending death coming for me. When suddenly, a noise comes out of nowhere, and I soon find a rather strange, yet familiar, blue box materialize behind me.
A chestnut stallion pops out and shouts, "Get in!" What else could I do? The flimsy looking wood would only delay my death a bit further, although the random materialization probably meant some pretty powerful magic at work. So, yeah. Of course I could get in the box with the strange stallion. He could be an agent for Sombra though, and he could be trying to get my guard down and make me feel safe. I still have no idea why Sombra wants me so much, and the magic blue box would only delay my death for bit more.
I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
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Ponyville Library Ponyville, Equestria 1007 ANM
A loud clatter could be heard upstairs, and an older Twilight Sparkle, now with wings, hangs her head and lets out an exasperated sigh, "Spike, please at least try to be careful. I don't want you to accidentally break something,"
"Yeah, it's harder than you think to not knock anything over with these kind of wings, Twi. Just lighten up! She'll send us something soon," he stated in annoyance as he walked into the foyer, sporting a fine set of wings, stretching to at least twice the length of his tail when extended. The spines along his back had grown in size and have taken a slightly ragged look. "I just wi-" Spike was interrupted by a massive belch that could have made a nordic pony proud, and the resulting emerald flame dropped seven intact scrolls on the floor.
However, only one of these scrolls bore Celestia's insignia, so Twilight opened this one first. She then read it aloud, for sake of habit.
Dear Princess Twilight,
I suppose I can no longer call you my student, seeing as how you have completed your lessons. You are probably wondering why there are seven scrolls, yet only one is from me. They are all for you, but from different times, and I have only just found them. Three of them are from long before you were born, as well.
Twilight scrunched her nose in confusion on this part.
I will continue to wish you luck on your studies on Friendship, and to know if your friend Rainbow Dash has challenged you yet.
Furthermore, if you have any more questions, then by all means, ask away.
Sincerely, Princess Celestia
Twilight lowered the scroll, still confused as to why somepony would write a letter to her before she was even born, let alone three. Dropping the scroll and picking up the next, she opened it, but with a worried look on her face.
Dear Twilight,
If you are reading this, that means you have become an Alicorn. What is enclosed in this letter is a request to not open the other five letters until the need arises. Don't worry, you'll know when the time comes, just be patient, and don't worry about what will come once you finish this letter. That is going to be beyond our control anyway, and it will work out for the better in your ensuing adventure. Oh, and before I forget, tell Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack to come in. This letter is meant for them as well, and it would be better if they didn't eavesdrop and get the wrong idea.
At that, the four culprits walk through the door with a sheepish grin on all but Rainbow, who was fuming at being caught, by a letter from the past, no less. Twilight looked at them with a scolding, yet lighthearted glare, "You guys were actually doing that?" They nodded in response.
"I just wanna know how you knew!" Rainbow demanded in her brash tone.
"I didn't. It's literally in the letter, look," she moved the letter in question so they could see its text. "Anyway," Twilight said, clearing her throat, "let's get on with the message."
Okay, now that you five are here, I have a mission for you all, and it involves a certain Time Lord that you all know. Don't worry, I'm not going to cause harm to him or any of you. There's only a major incident in the past that you all will need to oversee, so that you may understand why the Changelings attacked Canterlot during Shining Armor and Princess Cadence's wedding. Upon arrival to 116 ANM in Ponyville's future location, do whatever the Doctor says, seeing as how you'll need him to travel that far back in time without an automatic return.
With your mission underway, you will then learn more about Equestria's past, as well as how it is relevant to all of you. Good luck, and may Friendship and Harmony forever be in your hearts.
-S
P.S. Don't worry about Fluttershy, she's already waiting for you.
After reading that last part, the scroll spontaneously combusts into a violet flame, cold to the touch, and totally harmless. The girls stare in wonder at the foresight that the writer of that letter had, and in Twilight's case, why they had to go back in time. Then, they all heard the familiar whirring that signaled the arrival of the most feared being in the universe. The familiar blue box materialized, and out stepped the Doctor, with a new bowtie as well.
"Well then, who called?"
Author's Note
I know that some of you may think this chapter is a little rushed, and I feel like it too. I did that on purpose, as I want you all to feel a bit of confusion at what is going on, since I want you to feel what the characters are feeling. Don't worry, I will get some other, more down-paced scenes in the next chapter, and hopefully it will be longer as well. The Doctor arriving in both sections of the chapter are merely from different times, as the Doctor grabs the OC before he gets captured, chronologically to the story after he just randomly arrives in the Ponyville Library to take the girls on an adventure from a mysterious 'S'. Just a heads up, it does not stand for what you think it means, and to whoever gets the right answer, goes the pot!
