The Equinulous

Ponyville central square, afternoon

Doctor Hooves “I don’t know what your talking about”

The Dragon “please Doctor, your a time traveler, you can manipulate time magic! and your going to tell me how!”

Doctor Hooves “who are you”

The Dragon “how do you do it? manipulate time, my guess is you have a devise that does it for you, with you being an earth pony and all.”

Doctor Hooves turns his back to The Dragon and pulls something from out of his satchel, it emits a strange whirring sound and a faint blue light

The Dragon “what is that, whats that sound?”

Doctor Hooves “sorry just whistling”

Doctor Hooves then looks at it and puts it away

Doctor Hooves “ohh this is interesting, your a dragon, a greedy, self conscious dragon”

The Dragon is stunned but attempts to play it off

The Dragon “I’m right aren’t I, the fact that you use a devise to manipulate time, but where would you keep such a devise, certainly not in your home, what if someone asked what it was, that would be awkward wouldn’t it. no my guess is you keep it right where it first arrived when you came to this place. arrive here? what does he mean by that, well with you being an alien and all”

The Dragon uses an x-ray spell and reveals the 2 hearts of DH

The Dragon “2 hearts, well that explains your heartbeat, but keeping your devise hidden isn’t enough, you most likely keep it locked up as well, but with something old, something that no one but you could mimic, something like, a key?”

The Dragon uses his magic and takes out a key from DH’s satchel

The Dragon “well this is sure interesting isn’t it, having a key isn’t enough for you, you had to make it a very special key didn’t you.

The Dragon uses his magic to analyze the key

The Dragon “mmm, basic quantum molecular repositioning, child’s play!”

He then throws the key back at Doctor Hooves and using his magic creates a perfect copy out of his magic aura

The Dragon “Thanks for the time machine Doctor, i’ll make sure to put it to good use”

The Dragon teleports away

Doctor Hooves begins running in the direction of the ever free forest, he runs deep into the woods until he reaches a small opening in the thick tree line. he then reaches back into his satchel and pulls out his sonic screwdriver and directs it in front of him, slowly a blue box begins to appear with the words “police public call box” across the top. he puts away his sonic and takes out his key and unlocks the door on the front of the box. Inside is a large circular room with a very odd looking console at the center. Doctor Hooves then begins walking around and seeing if anyone was inside of it. he then looks at the console and remembers all the times it has saved him in the past

The Dragon is in the trees around the small opening in the forest as Doctor Hooves opens the door he uses his magic to teleport inside and underneath the main console. once inside he sees the fact that its bigger in the inside, he tries to keep his awe to himself as he sees Doctor Hooves enter through the door.

Doctor Hooves remembers that The Dragon was trying to find the TARDIS and claps his hooves together, the doors then slam shut. Doctor Hooves then lets out a sigh of relief

The Dragon “a pocket dimension inside a temporal relay output with a camouflaged exterior. an infinite ship, how in the name of Celestia did you make this?

Doctor Hooves “a story that a greedy dragon doesn’t deserve to hear”

The Dragon “well thats a bit rude don’t you think?”

Doctor Hooves “you were right, that key can’t be cloned it can only be made by me, your too powerful if you were able to mimic the structure of the key perfectly with magic”

The Dragon “you flatter me Doctor, alas, the second I laid hoof on that key I knew it couldn’t be cloned, it isn’t just the shape, its the entire key itself, without that exact key, I could never get inside.”

Doctor Hooves “then how did you?”

The Dragon “I followed you, I knew that after a drastic threat like that the first place you would go is to make sure your precious machine was still okay. so I waited, and it didn’t take you long at all, then I simply teleported inside when you opened those doors”

Doctor Hooves “clever reptile”

The Dragon “quite”

Doctor Hooves “I am going to have to ask you to leave now”

The Dragon “and why would I do something like that, I’m on the brink of discovering why this planet is different from every other in the night sky”

Doctor Hooves “you, don’t want time travel?”

The Dragon “I guess your not as clever as I thought, heavens above no, me? in control of the time matrix, it would almost certainly mean disaster. only in the hooves of an experienced user would I be able to figure out why this planes is like this”

Doctor Hooves “why”

The Dragon “prevention, a drastic event in this planets history made it like this, I intend to figure out what, so that we may live on in peace for all eternity”

Doctor Hooves “I could tell you all you need to know, right here, right now, I could also wipe your memory and make you forget all you know about magic, about me, and about yourself”

The Dragon “that won’t be necessary, I already have”

Doctor Hooves “already have what?”

The Dragon “lost everything, why do you think I told you my name was dragon, I have nothing to fear from the ponies here. my name is useless to them, I don’t know who I am, what i’ve done, where I came from, Im alone. which is why I intend to help. you claim to be a Doctor, isn’t that what you do, help? can you help me Doctor?”

Doctor Hooves looks at The Dragon for a moment and reviews his possible options

Doctor Hooves “no”

The Dragon “NO!”

Doctor Hooves smiles

Doctor Hooves “know!”

The Dragon is confused by his actions and remains silent

Doctor Hooves “you, want to know, what happened to this world, what caused it to be like this, other dragons have a lustful greed for treasures or land or power, you have a greed for knowledge, and that is a greed I can sympathize with”

Doctor Hooves pulls a lever on the central console and the entire ship begins to shake and produce a grinding sound, the same sound The Dragon heard in his vision.

Doctor Hooves “its called the TARDIS, Time And Relative Dimension In Space, and its mine!”

The Dragon begins to laugh hysterically

The Dragon “incredible”

Doctor Hooves releases the lever and the ship comes to a halt and becomes quiet.

The Dragon “where are we, or should I ask, when are we?”

Doctor Hooves “10,000 miles outside of your planets atmosphere, 30,000 years ago”

The Dragon has a massive smile on his face and looks towards the door of the TARDIS

Doctor Hooves “watch your step”

Doctor Hooves claps his hooves and the doors fly open

The Dragon runs over to the entrance and looks at his planet below, his happy grin slowly begins to droop in to a shocked frown. his eyes loose their happy widened form and his pupils shrink, a tear runs down the side of his face

The Dragon “what is this?”

Doctor Hooves “this is your planet, this is how Earth died, and Equestria was born”

Below lay a world covered in fire, streaks of white go across the sky showing the trails of missiles traveling across the planet. an impact is seen and a large white light glows shines on the side of the world.

Doctor Hooves “In order for you to live, the previous owners had to perish, billions of them, very few were able to escape.”

Doctor Hooves points to the outskirts of space, there were several massive ships leaving the planet each going in different directions

Doctor Hooves “what you know as magic is nothing more but the remains of whats left of their civilization, the nuclear radiation of thousands of missiles detonating across the world, without those, you would never be able to become a unicorn.

The Dragon is still in shock and fear in the realization of what had to happen so that Equestria could live. he continues to shed tears

Doctor Hooves “in the early stages, after the fires went out, and the dust settled, and the light of the sun once again touched the face of the world, there were only 2 life forms left, what the previous inhabitants if they ever came to see it, would call gods. the parents of the alicorns we know as Celestia and Luna”

The Dragon collapses onto his hind hooves and lowered his head

Doctor Hooves “but genocide wasn’t enough, soon the world grew cold in the nuclear winter, a winter that lasted 1000 years, and eventually the world began to loose everything else, its spin, its climate, and soon enough even the geothermal motion of the planets core. It became a rock. the heat of the nuclear fire did do some things though, huge deposited of gemstones were unearthed, and eventually, life sprang back as it always does, nurtured by the celestial alicorns and the radiation of the planet, it grew and spread. massive diversity that Earth didn’t see since the time of the dinosaurs”

Doctor Hooves “I loved the previous owners, I lived with them, travelled with them, and even saved them countless times across time and space, even aiding them on their journey across the stars. I suppose thats why I came to your world. you remind me of them, well besides the whole horse thing..”

The Dragon “if you knew all this, why didn’t you convince me otherwise”

Doctor Hooves “you wanted to know, sometimes knowledge comes at a price, why did you want to know about Earth?”

The Dragon sobs heavily then gives in

The Dragon “you were right Doctor, I’m a dragon, a dragon greedy for knowledge, not about life, this world is too perfect, it needed a kick. the balance of good an evil is weighted to far on the side of good. I have come to level the scales. this is exactly what I was looking for! so I have one final question for you Doctor”

The Dragon turns around towards Doctor Hooves, his eyes large with greed, a large grin stretched across his face

The Dragon “can you show me more.”

Doctor Hooves looks at him, his face shocked at his response, his face then goes flat and he turns to the console at the center of the TARDIS

Doctor Hooves “I’m taking you back, and when we get there, I’m turning you over to Celestia”

The Dragon “its the logical thing to do”

Doctor Hooves pulls a lever on the console, the doors slam shut and the TARDIS begin to whirr its familiar sound. they touch back in Equestria 2 minutes after they left

The Dragon “this is quite the beautiful place Doctor, large stretches of green, perfect artificial weather, and no pony has a care in the world, I look forward to changing all that.”

Doctor Hooves “and I look forward to you spending the rest of your life below Canterlot Castle rotting in a cell”

Doctor Hooves turns his back to The Dragon and bucks him in the face, knocking him out cold

Edge of Ponyville, Evening

Twilight and Spike arrive and see The Dragon riding on the back Doctor Hooves she flies down to them

Twilight “Time Turner, what happened?”

Doctor Hooves “princess Twilight, this stallion has the intention to destroy your entire world, I managed to get him to reveal everything to me”

Spike “destroy the world?!?!”

Doctor Hooves “he must be taken to the Canterlot dungeons at once”

Twilight “thank you Time Turner, ill take him to the train station”

Doctor Hooves “that won’t be necessary, i’ll carry him there myself, I suggest you disable his magic”

Twilight nods and uses a spell to cancel out the use of The Dragon’s horn

Twilight “he was hit pretty hard, he needs medical attention, Spike go into town and get the nurse”

Spike runs into Ponyville to the hospital, Twilight gets out some rope from her satchel and binds his hooves together

Ponyville train Station, Evening

Spike arrives with the nurse

Spike “here Twilight”

Twilight “thank you Spike, Time Turner, may I ask how you got him to reveal his intentions?”

Doctor Hooves “you may, but I’m afraid I am not at ease to tell”

Twilight looks away and down at The Dragon

the Nurse Pony takes out a stethoscope and measures The Dragon’s heart rate, at the same time, The Dragon wakes up

The Dragon looks at his binds

The Dragon “well you really went all out with this Doctor, I’m impressed”

Nurse Pony “oh no, I need a shot of adrenaline and fast!”

Spike “what?”

Twilight “whats wrong?”

Nurse Pony “this pony is going into cardiac arrest”

Doctor Hooves “no offense nurse, but this pony is an equinulous, If he needs medical attention, he’ll get it from me”

Doctor Hooves reaches into his satchel and pulls out his own stethoscope and places it on The Dragon’s chest, and listens

“bum bum bum bum”

“bum bum bum bum”

“bum bum bum bum”

“bum bum bum bum”

The doctors eyes widen and he sets down his stethoscope

Doctor Hooves “your a time lord”

The Dragon “pardon?”

Doctor Hooves slams his hoof right next to The Dragon’s head

Doctor Hooves “WHO ARE YOU!!!”

Twilight “Time Turner?”

Doctor Hooves “stand back Twilight, this man is more dangerous then any of you know!”

Spike “man?”

Doctor Hooves “yes, MAN, more specifically a resident of Gallifrey in the constellation of Costello”

Twilight “what?”

Doctor Hooves “I will not ask you again, WHO ARE YOU!?!?”

The Dragon “I’ve already told you Doctor, I don’t know, everything I told you is true, I have no knowledge of who I am or where I came from”

Doctor Hooves “LIAR!!!”

Twilight “Time Turner!!”

Doctor Hooves “Twilight were dealing with a pony who contains all knowledge of the magic of ponies in Equestria, and thanks to me the knowledge of where it comes from, HE’S A MASTER OF MAGIC AND HE INTENDS TO USE IT TO DESTROY THE WORLD!!!!!”

The Dragon “what did you say?”

Doctor Hooves “that you are the definition of evil, and you are trying to destroy the world I LOVE!!”

The Dragon “no, before that, you called me the master of magic…. Doctor, thats what you can call me, you can call me. The Master”

END PART 3