It was the first, and only, real war ever seen on this little planet, the Alicorns of old and the Draconequii were fighting to destroy each other. I never really knew the whole story, but from what I could gather was that the Alicorns' had attacked Chaos himself. At the time I was an earth pony and had a weird obsession with a long multicolored scarf.

I was flying the T.A.R.D.I.S. when it began to shake violently, "Silver Gem hold onto something!"

"Got it Doctor!" She shouted back grabbing into part of the main consul, "what's going on!?"

"I don't know, it's like we're being pulled towards a point in time and space! I'm going to try something!"

"Whaaatttt!!!!" She yelled at me.

"I'm going to turn on the stabilizers!" I shouted back and hit several blue buttons on the consul.

"Why didn't you have them on to begin with?" She asked me glaring.

"They make the ride boring, don't you agree?" I said smiling.

"No!"

"Well it's a good thing that we've landed then."

"What does that have anything to do with this?"

I looked into the monitor "No idea, but come look at this Silver Gem," the screen that should have shown us our surroundings was totally black, "now what do you make of that?"

"Well we must be in space."

"Nope, all the instruments say we've landed on a planet, just not which planet."

"So it's night?"

"But where are the stars, the moon, and the ground. Look I'll even turn the brightness up as high as it can go, and nothing."

"I don't know, maybe your instruments are wrong."

"No. No! I'm going out there." I said extending an oxygen shell around the T.A.R.D.I.S. "Stay inside." I told her as I opened the doors and placed my hoof on what felt like grass. The moment I stopped touching the T.A.R.D.I.S. it vanished into the blackness. I reached out to where it was and it reappeared with a touch. "Interesting..." I said moving around the T.A.R.D.I.S. and played around with the shadows.

Suddenly I heard a scream and I rushed towards where I figured it was coming from, in the darkness the only thing that was visible was a single female Draconequus with yellow eyes and green pupils holding Silver and streaking her like a cat. "Silver Gem Smith! I told you to stay in the T.A.R.D.I.S.! What do you have to say for yourself?!"

"Doctor! Is now really the right time?" She yelled back at me.

"Of course it is! She won't hurt us, after all were invading her prison. Isn't that right?" I asked smiling kindly at the Draconequus.

"Perceptive, you're not like the others I've found. Usually all I get is screams."

"You'll find I'm very different than many ponies. Let's make a trade, Silver Gem for a jelly baby." I said taking out a white paper bag.

"Is that all I'm worth to you!?" Silver Gem yelled at me.

"Shush, the really old ponies are talking." I told Silver then spoke to the Draconequus, "What do ya say?"

"You've met my kind before haven't you?" She said squinting at me, "Fine." she said with a snap and the bag of jelly babies disappeared and Silver Gem appeared next to me, only to immediately disappear. I through part of my scarf at where she was and it caught on her head.

She whispered to me, "Doctor why did she let me go for a bag of jelly babies?"

"Because it was unexpected." I told her, "She's a being not designed to make any sense. She will almost always do the unexpected.”

“Oh, so that’s how you knew she would give me up for them?”

“Well I didn't exactly know…”

“What?!”

“Why are you imprisoned in this lightless void?!” I asked the Draconequus.

“I’m in the middle of an interrogation” She said dawning an orange jumpsuit with chains around her wrist.

“And who imprisoned you?”

“No I get to ask a question first… Who are you?”

“I’m the Doctor.”

“You wouldn't happen to be the one who travels through time and got away with beating Chaos at checkers, would you?”

“That’s the one...” I said before I was rudely interrupted by her.

“Then you can free me from this infernal prison!?”

"No! No! No! I'm afraid I lost my ship..."

"Then it is hopeless." she said looking down. "Oh well at least I have another immortal to keep me company for the rest of eternity!" She said wildly grinning. She snapped and my scarf and jacket turned into whipped cream, then a snake and goat, then a chain and strait jacket. "I like this one it looks the best" she committed, "after all I've heard it's best to restrain you whenever the opportunity arises."

"Of course it is, if you didn't then I might just have saved you from your prison. But if you don't want to leave I understand..."

"What! You said you lost your ship! How are we going to leave without that!?!"

"I may not have the best grasp on magic but come on, don't you see the one thing that your captor overlooked? You're a being of pure magic, can't you feel it?"

"What? No!" the Draconequus said with half her face looking confused and the other half contorted in anger.

"Well we're outside, and the ground is slightly warm to the touch..."

"So it's daytime? How does that help?" She said now more confused than anything else.

"It means these shadows are an illusion, a magical one. This unfortunately means that I'm utterly useless when it comes to being part of the solution but you on the other hoof are not. I hope it's a bright day out..." I trailed off hoping she would get what I was trying to imply.

"Oh! All I need is to bring some light here, don't I!?" She said now looking like she was just hit with a cannonball, for some reason.

"Not quite wha..." I never got to finish that sentence as she lit herself on fire and a small shockwave emanated from her. The shadows began to twist and stretch, several outlines began to form around us.

"What's going on" Silver asked me as the outlines started to fill in with color.

"Well the spell was weak because it was spread over a large area, she's breaking it with just a little light." I told her as things began to settle down.

"But why didn't she think of that" Silver asked as the spell finished breaking.

"There was a low level psychic field over this area and it was suppressing any idea that has to do with creating light."

"So how did you come up with the idea then?"

"Well you know how my particular species have a weakness to magic?"

"Yes, because you came before magic was introduced into the universe or something like that?" She said cocking her head to the side trying to remember.

"It's because we came before it was dispersed through the universe, it was always there it just wasn't always accessible. But that's not important, the psychic field was set up and powered by magic, strong magic but none the less magic so it had a very little effect on me, and what effect it did have I was able to counter pretty easily."

"I have to thank you doctor for helping me escape my prison, and for putting it in a way I could understand" she said disappearing in a flash.

"Really though I didn't expect her to get it so quickly... Well shall we be off there's a Lord of Shadows I need to scold for imprisoning a Draconequus, if I've got the year right then there should be a treaty that keeps him from doing something like that." I said as we walked to the T.A.R.D.I.S.

"Who's that?"

"Celestia's Father" I said opening the door for her.

"I'm going to meet Celestia's dad!?"

"Yes" I moved the T.A.R.D.I.S. to where I remembered the castle to be. “Ok we should be here” I said stepping outside into the broken remains of the once grandiose castle.

Silver stepped out and rolled her eyes, “One day you’ll learn how to fly this thing, eventually.”

I spoke in a monotone “Were exactly where I wanted to be.”

“Well then you must have got the time wrong.” She said playfully.

“No we only moved through space, not time. This should be the most beautiful throne room in pony history, not a pile of rubble.”

“What?”

“Yes something isn't right, it shouldn't end up like this. This palace is supposed to stand for hundreds of years. Not crumble away in only…” I sniffed deeply, “Two hundred and seven, maybe eight.”

“So what happened then?” Silver said kicking a rock that accidently hit a pillar and causing it to fall over, “Sorry.” she said cringing.

“I don't know, and I don't like not knowing.” I said as I walked over to some of the rubble and examined it. “Feels like magic, Silver Gem come over here.” I told her and she came, “What do you make of it.”

“Feels weird, not normal, but at the same time familiar. What does it mean?”

“Not a clue, sometimes I wish Gallifrey had waited a little longer before forming, a universe full of magic and the best I can bloody do is feel it.” I complained. Then we heard some of the rubble begin to shift.

Then we heard some of the rubble begin to shift. “Who’s there!?” I shouted and slowly walked towards the sound.

That was when we heard a weak voice, it was high, but not high enough, “Get back” it said.

Silver Gem inched forward, “its ok, we’re here to help.” She said softly.

“Yes that’s us alwa…”

“Doctor this isn’t the time” Silver Gem said glaring at me with eyes that could stop a Manticore in its tracks.

“Fine” I said raiding my hooves defensively, “it’s your show”

“Why don’t you come out from behind that rubble?” Silver Gem said with a kind smile.

A young colt no older than twelve stepped out from behind the ruble holding a spear in his wing. The other one hung limply by his side, and he had a strip of cloth covering his right eye. “Stay back.” He tried to command, “I don’t want to hurt you”

“It’s okay there’s no need…”

“NO your one of them in disguise!” He shouted and tightened his grip on the spear.

“Who?” Silver asked.

“The monsters!” He shouted at her and did a quick jabbing motion with the spear, “But you already knew that!”

“We’re no monsters…just calm down, we can help.” Silver said softly and looked him in the eyes.

“You’re not?” he said lowering his spear a little. Then quickly knocked himself in the head with his hoof, “No I won't let you inside my head!”

“We don’t want to get into your head.” Silver Gem said sitting down, “We just want to help”

“Can you describe the monsters?” I asked coming up by Silver.

“There enormous, they have long horns and large wings.” He said backing up slowly.

“Are they the Draconequii?” I asked.

“They’re here too!?” He shouted in horror then tried to run only to trip over the pillar that Silver knocked over.

Silver rushed over to him and rolled him over, he began to shake, “Doctor! What’s wrong with him?”

I walked over to him and placed my hooves on either side of his head and closed my eyes. I sat there for three minutes, once I broke the link I said, “I’m sorry lad, I can’t help you.”

“Why?” Silver Gem asked.

“His mind has been warped by magic, all I could get out of it is that there was a war.” I explained. I turned back to the boy and spoke softly, “Your mind is too jumbled, so I need you to tell me who did this to you.”

“The Lord…” He said weakly right before passing out.

Silver began to tear up, “Will he be okay?” She asked me.

“I don’t know, but some Lord is going to answer for this!” I said walking towards the T.A.R.D.I.S.

“Where are you going?” Silver Gem said running after me.

“I’m going to find the ‘Lord’ that caused this destruction, and I have a suspicion of who it is.” I said entering the T.A.R.D.I.S.

As I started to scan for strong magical entities an alarm went off, “Not know I’m busy.” I complained.

“What is it Doctor?”

“A meeting, scheduled for two years from now. The worst part is, I have to go.” I said allowing the T.A.R.D.I.S. to take me to the meeting place. It landed and I went to step out into a grand hall. Its sealing was at the very least forty meters tall, the white marble was glistening as the light streamed in from the windows. There were pillars in-between the windows adorn with a gold trim.

“Oh my Celestia…” Silver said taking in the décor.

“Not really, it’s too white.” I said, and promptly got a kick in the rump.

“Stop, just stop. This place is too beautiful for you to degrade.” Silver scolded.

“You're late again Doctor.” said a voice from behind the T.A.R.D.I.S.

Silver Gem and I walked around my T.A.R.D.I.S. and we're faced with six Alicorns and five Draconequii, I noticed one of them had red eyes and yellow pupils. “Ah yes Chaos, Lord of Discord and Disharmony.” I said bowing.

“Good to see your doing well Doctor” said a large black Alicorn.

“Same to you Lord of Shadows.” I said smiling. I walked over to the seats and Silver and I sat down, “What’s this I heard about a war?” I asked.

“The Alicorns' attacked me." Chaos answered.

"So you decided to destroy everything?!" Silver Gem asked, glaring at him.

"No" Chaos simply said.

Silver Gem was about to ask him something but I cut her off, "So your minions attacked?"

"No, I claim no dominion over my fellow Draconequii." He said leaning back in his new recliner.

"You should" Mister high and mighty Lord of Shadows said. I really don't understand why he and his wife insist on being called the Lord of Shadows and Lady Light. I mean who buries their name in history and only goes by just a title.

"Then I would bring order to my kind." he said, downing a pair of sunglasses.

"Well perhaps you need order, because last I checked this war is getting out of hoof." Lady Light said placing both of her hooves on the table.

"You're the ones that started it!" The female Draconequus that we had freed from a shadow prison shouted.

"And you got your revenge on Beatitudine! Now end this" Lady Light demanded.

I pulled out my sonic screwdriver and a bit of metal, by pointing the screwdriver at the metal I was able to create the most irritating sound, "Stop!" I yelled after the sound, "This tradition has been going on for longer than anyone in here, except me and Chaos that is, but that doesn't matter! When Chaos and Lord of Shadow's father Coelicola came to me and told me to organize this thing I was elated! This is supposed to be a way for you to connect with each other not a bickering match! So as of right now you lot are going to make your piece and we're going to get down to business!"

There were a few moments of silence before a slow clapping began, "I applaud your determination Doctor, but we both know how this is going to end." He said with a snaffle toothed grin.

"What?" I asked.

"You can't feel it coming? Oh well you'll feel it soon enough."

"What's coming? You're making less sense the usual."

"He mean his attack" The Lord of Shadows declared.

"Quiet boy! There's something else at work here!" I said getting up to pace. "Can you at least give me a hint?" I asked Chaos.

He snapped his talons and two pegasi statues appeared pointing at each other with their hooves. "Good luck."

"The Pegasus legion?" I blurted out.

"No"

"The Sisters of the Wing?"

"Nope"

"The Cloud Consort?"

"Wrong again."

"Doctor, they're just statues stuck pointing at each other" Silver piped up.

"Yes but there's something more to it than that, something that I'm missing...oh" it turned to Silver Gem, "repeat what you just said, exactly as you said it." I ordered.

"Um...Doctor, they're just statues stuck pointing at each other" she said cocking her head off to the side.

"That's it!" I exclaimed, "Golems!"

"No, not at all." Chaos said rolling his eyes.

"Silver say it again" I told her.

"Doctor, they're just statues stuck pointing at each other" she repeated looking off to the side.

"Statues? Pointing? Stuck? Other?" The Doctor said.

"Well while he thinks about that, I want to talk" Chaos said turning to the Lord of Shadows.

"You wish to tell your story first?" He asked.

"No. I want to declare a truce" he said interlocking his claw and paw.

"No!" Lady Light said before her husband could answer, "You killed seven Alicorns!"

"Yet I've had to escort forty of my children back to the void! All I want is peace!" Chaos said. Shadows began to cast into the room, making the Chaos appear menacing and he slammed his clenched paw onto the table, "I want to stop!"

"You yourself said you couldn't control your Draconequii" Lord of Shadows said in retaliation.

"They will follow." He said glancing at the others, "or they will lose their power."

"Tyrant!" an Alicorn with an especially large set of wings shouted.

"Quiet feather head! Or I'll pluck youbare!" Chaos commanded and the Alicorn flinched.

"Despite Caelum's outburst, you still dominate your race with fear and power." Lady Light started, "And we've had enough of your presence."

Chaos burst out into laughter, "You have neither the power or intellect to dispose of me! So I offer piece."

"No you will die and we will bring harmony to our ponies!"

"I was afraid of that." He said turning to me, "Have you figured out what's coming yet Doctor?"

"Unless it's either the royal family of Chal V or the dread warriors of Celios... other the that I have no idea."

"Can't you feel it happening?"

"I don't feel anyth... Oh my god... you can't, but you will. Oh Lady Light, Aqua, Amant, Lord of Shadows, Caelum, and Crystallum, I'm sorry, I really am," I said remembering what will happen.

"Doctor...what's going on?" Silver Gem asked.

"Yes why don't you enlighten us?" Lady Light added.

"I know what's going to happen here, this is one of the most important moments in history. This is where the magic gets out and I won't be able to stop it... I'm so sorry."

"What do you mean?" Lord of Shadows asked.

"In the next few minutes...something very bad is going to happen and I can't stop it."

"Yes and I must act to save my children." he said with his mouth in a hideous grin.

With a snap of his talons all of the magical beings in the room started to glow, including Silver Gem. Not two seconds later came the screaming began, all the Alicorns and Draconequii were convulsing as the magic was being ripped out.

I grabbed Silver Gem's forelimb and yanked her up onto my back, I ran into the T.A.R.D.I.S. and sat her down near the wall. I put the T.A.R.D.I.S. into flight so we would be out of Chaos's range.

Silver Gem stirred, "What are you doing, we never leave."

"Oh Silver Gem, I'm afraid we couldn't do anything."

"Why not?"

"Because this is how that moment always happens."

"But you said that the war didn't happen originally."

"How we get to the point isn't important, Chaos could have decided to do it for the fun of it, or he could have been forced to do it as a final act of revenge. There are endless ways for him to get to that point, and he will always do it."

Silver Gem could only get out one word "Why?"

"That's how things work."

"No, why don't you know what was going to happen?"

"Must be because I was part of it and you're not supposed to know your own future, so it was kept from me. Now where do you want to go? Anywhere but your planet please."

"Are you sure you’re okay?"

"No. But let's get going."

Everypony was speechless as the Doctor finished his story. The Doctor removed the helmet and placed it on the table. His expression was grim as he said, "There you have it, the day that magic was introduced into the greater universe."

"So they were doomed from the beginning?" Luna asked.

"Yes, fortunately for you two you had been left out of that moment."

"What about me?" Discord asked before Celestia or Luna could speak. "weren't all my kind destroyed then."

"You're Chaos's contingency plan, Discord that was the day you were born. You're all that's left of his power."

"But I'm older than any living Alicorn." Discord pointed out.

"Yes you are, but the princesses here were stored away from the war with time magic, and as you know they didn't get out of it for a few thousand years later.

"Why couldn't you save any of them, as you described it, Chaos's action was the 'Fixed Point'?"

"They were part of his action, Silver Gem was the only one who I could save."

"So magic has been on these alleged other planets for several thousand years?" Twilight asked quizzically.

"No magic has been around for billions of years, I didn't know it at the time but I leaving in the T.A.R.D.I.S. was part of the Fixed Point, I pulled the magic into the Time Vortex as I left and displaced the effect to several billion years earlier."

"Doctor..." Celestia began slowly, "Your hooves were tied... and...You clearly regret what happened that day...you did keep the truth from us for several thousand years...and if you want it..."

"Stop right there, I know exactly what you're going to say {sort of} and I don't want to be forgiven or pitied. But shall we move on!? We've got two Princesses and Pa...Spike, thought now that I think of it, he's not very experienced, maybe next time."

"I'll go." Princess Cadence volunteered, "If you don't mind Luna?"

"Go ahead."

"Okey, not long at all ago the Crystal Empire returned and Sombra with it. However once he was gone we learned that his influence wasn't. This is the tale of the Cult of Sombra..."

Author's Note

Yes Silver Gem Smith is the ponified version of classic who companion Sarah Jane Smith
All the Alicorn name are Latin for things; Beatitudine is bliss Coelicola is god, Aqua is water, Amant is love, Caelum is sky, and Crystallum is crystal. Geze I wonder what Lady LIGHT's and Lord of SHADOWs names are?
I hope Chaos's sections aren't too annoying.
Well that was fun...ish, oh well, looks like I only have two more to go then I'm free...ish.