Doctor Whooves - Pyramid of the Immortals - A first-hoof account as witnessed by Clear Waters and Lily ForFrost

Chapter 2 Finding Unlikely Things in Unusual Places

Given that I had no where else to go, I decided to tag along. But, something was wrong; one of my friends had gone missing. I thought she had been following me the whole time, but she must have fallen behind. I wanted to look for her, but the Doctor said that it would be best to stick together. When we came into the treasure room again, the creature was gone. I’m not entirely sure how he did it, but the Doctor used a magic “screwdriver” (as he called it) to turn on some lights. I asked how he did it, but all he said was more gibberish, something like “the aircraft’s central controls are wired through the heart of the pyramid. All that the power terminal needed was a kick-start of sonic energy” what ever that is supposed to mean. With all the lights, it made it a lot easier to search the place. All the treasure in the room was highly interesting. Most of it was Egyptian in nature, but some of it wasn’t. As we searched for clues, I began to notice more and more artifacts out of place. Saddle Arabian rugs? Early Native Equestrian arrow heads? These artifacts were from all around the world! How in all the lands of Equestria and beyond did they get these?!

Before I had time to ponder the question, the purple unicorn found something, something terrible. It was my friend’s saddle bag. She never went anywhere without it. It was covered with sand and what looked to be…was that mummy wrappings? At this I was appalled, and maybe even more than that. I was terrified. With tears welling up in my eyes, I looked at the purple mare beside me and asked “Why would any pony do this?”

“I don’t know. But I promise, we’ll help you find your friend and get to the bottom of this. Right Doctor?”

“Quite right Twilight. Now, let’s see.” He pulled out his screwdriver and waved it around as it made strange whirling noises. The sounds got loader and faster as he pointed toward the north side of the room. “This way then.” He announced with a smile. I glanced at him and asked “Excuse me, but how exactly do you know where to go?” He simply put a hoof over my mouth and said “Ah Pah Pah Pah, don’t question the Sonic.”

As we approached the north side, we discovered more sand and wrappings leading down the hall. We also found something rather interesting along with them. Tracks. Diamond dog in nature. Maybe this wasn’t so mysterious after all. Maybe some diamond dogs just tunneled in and found the treasure. Maybe they took her. The Doctor wasn’t to sure though. He didn’t say anything, but I could see it in his eyes. He seemed like a young pony to me, but his eyes….they were so old…..so full of hope….and yet so sad. He’d clearly seen so much in his life, so many places, so many things. I wondered where he’d come from, what he’d seen, what brought him here.

We walked through the hall into a great throne room. The Doctor waved around his “Sonic Screwdriver” and turned on all the lights. Then Mira ran over to me and hugged me. I’m not ashamed to say it brought a few tears to my eyes. I pulled her off me and looked her in the eye, saying in a serious tone, “Are you alright? Are you hurt in any way?” She looked at me like I was the crazy one and tilted her head to one side, saying “Hurt? No. Why would I be?”