Life's Discoveries

Chapter Six: Balancing

                “You’re from another universe,” said the Doctor, very surprised.

                “Yeah, I thought I mentioned that,” I said, much relieved.

                “But how, HOW did you get here? The only species that ever had a way to travel to different universes in this section were the Timelords before the war... Unless. No. NO. That hasn't ever been OBSERVED by ANYONE EVER. You can’t be...”

                Again, he raised my anxiety to a whole new level, “I... I couldn’t be what?”

                “The balancer. You’re a balancer. An ALIVE balancer. The first to be ever seen.”

                “May I ask what a balancer is, Dr. Whooves?” Rarity asked politely.

                “It’s the Doctor. Just... the Doctor. And it is what it is. It balances. However, it’s what the balancers balance that matters. Balancers balance the Universes.”

                “What... Why balance universes? HOW do you balance universes? I just appeared here with my house...” I said.

                “OK, let me explain. Inside each and every metaverse there are basically an infinity of universes. Sections of these universes are... connected. Balanced. Yours and this universe are an example. When these universes become unbalanced, the universes naturally “corrects” themselves. That’s where the balancers come in. They are the perfect objects with the perfect mass and energy to set the differential factor of the universes to exactly zero. It exchanges the objects, and poof, everything is back to normal!”

        “That... that’s kind of brilliant actually,” I stated.

                “Now think. Compare the amount of intelligent organic mass there is to other mass. It is an absolutely tiny amount. You are the first living intelligent balancer. Now here’s the problem. The universes don’t care what they send over, as long as it’s perfect. It could be an asteroid, a flower, or anything else. Since the chances of it being intelligent are so low, the universes don’t take that into account-”

                “But what about you? Why are you here? Is this your universe too?” I asked before he went any further.

                “Ha! Don’t be silly, I’m just taking a bit of a break. Everyone needs one of those every once in a while, don’tcha think? Oh, don’t worry about me disrupting the balance, I’ve made sure all my things are hidden, and really I just try to fit in. Well, I guess these six will know now, but my existence here is nothing compared to yours.”

                “I suppose so, yeah.”

                “Anyways, intelligent life is... well... Intelligent. Its atoms are aligned so perfectly that it actually collectively responds to its environments. So, instead of doing its job of balancing everything out by just existing in a different universe, it interacts. Of course, this is more than likely going to put the universe more out of whack than what it started with.”

                “So how do you know about all of this, if it’s never been seen?”

                “Rumors, stories, legends, all from Gallifrey.”

                “Huh. So, am I dangerous? Do we need to do something?”

                “I... don’t really know. This has never happened before where it wasn’t fixed almost immediately. So no one really knows what happens when the universes become unbalanced, not even the Timelords.”

                “Well, guess we’ll just have to found out. It... Won’t be Torchwood and the ghosts again... will it?”

                “Oh, no no no. The crack you’ve made is quite tiny. For it to cause what almost happened to the Earths in those universes would take millions of years.”

                “OK, that’s good.”

                “I-I’m sorry Doctor, but I’m not really sure what’s going on still...” Fluttershy said, looking quite confused, just like all the others in the room.

                “Ah, don’t worry. There aren’t any Daleks around for thousands of universes, I don’t think they’ll be able to detect this tiny event,” The Doctor replied.

                “Oh... Ok.” She said, still quite confused.

                “Well then, I’ll be off,” the Doctor said.

                “Wait! Where are you going?”

                “To scan. I’ve got to make sure you’re not making the crack too much bigger, and I’m going to make sure no Genesis Arc ships are here. None of you have happened to see any ghost’s that look like Robert here have you?”

                Thankfully they all said no.

                “Good, then like I said, I’ll be off,” he said running out of the door.

                As soon as he was gone and out of hearing range Applejack quite loudly stated, “Do any of you understand what he just said?”

                “I’m trying to, but not really...” Twilight said back.

                The rest of them just stayed silent.

                “Well, I think I do.”

                “So, what did he mean? Why do you even trust him?” Rainbow asked.

                “Well, he’s the Doctor. Like I said earlier, there’s a TV show about him, just like you guys.”

                “But... how does he know so much? What is he?” Twilight asked.

                “He’s a Timelord. He’s not a pony. I don’t know how he looks light a pony, usually he looks human... Well, technically humans look like Timelords but that doesn’t matter. Timelords are basically the ultimate overseers of the universe. They do not fight unless fought against. Unfortunately that’s what happened to him. He is pretty much the last Timelord in his universe... well... Let me think. He’s the 10th incarnation of the Doctor, so River has still existed in his future, he will have his half human half timelord self in the other parallel universe, and his sort of daughter is still alive or will be still alive, even though he doesn’t kno- Oh my God. He doesn’t know his daughter is alive. Uh... What do I do? I... I can’t tell him. That’s got to mess something up, cause it never mentioned in the show him knowing about that. ”

                “Uh, Rob? What are you going on about?” Twilight asked.

                “The Doctor. He has a sort of daughter, but he thinks she’s dead. She... She was shot. But then she regenerated, and the Doctor thought she couldn’t... because she’s only half-timelord. Twilight... what do I do? Should I tell him? I CAN’T! This isn’t right...”

                “But... why can’t you tell him?” She said.

                “Ok, Ok. In the show, the 10th doctor is already gone. From the time his daughter was shot ‘till the end of his life, he never mentioned her again. This doctor is the 10th for sure, so he hasn’t changed yet. So he doesn’t know. If I tell him, it could change everything, because I already know that he doesn’t know. And if I change things it could be very bad.”

                “So... you can’t tell him...” she said.

                “And none of you can either. Oh God. Why did I ever say any of that out loud? OK, OK. All of you. You cannot say ANYTHING I just said to the Doctor. Lyra, Bon-Bon, you can’t either. I know that I haven’t said anything to you guys, but have you ever heard of humans before?”

                “Yes! Of course! I can’t believe you’re actually here!” Lyra said.

                “Yeah, did you really have to come here? Lyra was obsessed going through books trying to find out more about you humans. I thought I got rid of her rants about my “disbeliefs” after she got bored of you months ago.” Bon-Bon said.

                “And look who was right Bon!”

                “Yeah yeah... Now I’m never gonna hear the end of this...”

                “OK, OK, I’m sorry for coming,” I said while chuckling, “Just, can you promise not to tell him? This is really important not only to me, but to him.”

                “Alright, alright. I wasn’t going to anyway,” Lyra said

                “I didn’t plan on it either,” Bon-Bon said agreeing.

                “And I hope I can trust you six, right? Pinkie, you haven’t said anything this entire time, you’re not gonna do it, right?”

                “Hehe! Don’t worry Robbie, I wouldn’t ever! I cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!” Pinkie said.

                “Well, now I know for sure that you won’t. What about the rest of you?”

                They all reassured me that they wouldn’t in their own words.

                “Well, I’ll be keeping my eye on you anyway.”

                And with that, we all went back downstairs.

                “OK, I think we could end this party now, don’tcha think?” I said, going back to the Xbox room, “How about you guys go and get everypony downstairs to stop?”

                “I think we could manage that.” AJ said. The others nodded in agreement.

                “Well, we have a plan then. See you in a second then.”

                We separated, them going down the other flight of stairs.

                “Alright everypony, time to wrap it up. It’s getting a little late, and I need to clean this up.”

                There was a collective “Aw...”, as they seemed like they were having quite a bit of fun. There wasn’t any disagreement however, because it was getting dark outside. As I got them to take their things, the others started filing up the stairs, and started to take their things as well. I stood by the door as they left saying goodbye. The last few went out the front door, and then it was just Lyra and Bon-Bon and the six.

                “Well, are you two gonna be leaving?” I asked.

                “Yes, I think so.” Bon-Bon said.

                “Alright then, don’t worry though Lyra. I’ll be sure to come and talk sometime.” I said.

                “Oh thank you! I was going to ask you to, but I guess I don’t have to anymore.” Lyra said.

                “We’ll be on our way then, Rob. We’ll see you sometime then.” Bon-Bon mentioned.

                “Yep, see you guys sometime. Bye!” I said as they started to walk out the door.

                “Goodbye!” they both responded.

                “Wow, it’s quiet in here without everyone” I remarked after I closed the door, “Would you guys help me clean up this mess before you leave? It’d be kind of hard to do it by my lonesome.”

                “Of course!” was their general answer.

                With seven, the cleaning was fairly quick, and before we knew it, it was time for them to go.

                “Seems like we’ve finished! Thank you guys, I would’ve been up all night trying to clear this up!” I reported after about a half hour.

                “We couldn’t have just left you to tidy up your own surprise party!” Pinkie responded.

                “Oh yes, thank you for throwing this for me Pinkie, it was very fun for the most part!”

                “Yeah, you gotta stop being so sad all the time! You made me sad when you talked about all that sad stuff!” She said as she jumped onto my chest squeezing me.

                “Whoa! Uh, heh, sorry about that again. I think I got it all out of me though.”

                “I sure hope so. You seriously got some ponies stressed from that speech of yours.”

                “OK, OK Rainbow, I promise I won’t do that again. I wasn’t considering to anyway.”

                “Darling, if you wouldn’t mind, could you come over to the boutique sometime and maybe tell me about the fashion from your world? Rarity added.

                “Oh yeah, sure! I’d love to come over.”

                “A-and do you think you could come to my cottage and tell me about the animals and plants from your world? Fluttershy said slowly.

                “Yep! I’d love to meet your animals as well!”

                “Sugarcube, could you come over and maybe teach me a few things from your world?” asked Applejack

                “I could definitely try, but the way you ponies seem to farm is a lot better than our ways.”

                And with that, the ponies started leaving. I said goodbye as each went out the door. Twilight was last.

                “Rob, you wouldn’t mind if I came back sometime right? I think the princess would definitely want me to report what I’ve learned about you,” Twilight asked

                “Of course not Twi. You’re welcome anytime, but I’ll probably be visiting the others tomorrow, so don’t count on me being here then.”

                “Oh, that’s fine. I’m sure I can wait a little while.”

                “Alright, I’ll see you when I see you then. Bye!”

                “Goodbye Robert!”

                I watched as Twilight ran to catch up to the others, and then walked along with them.

                I couldn’t believe it again. They were there. I was just a few yards away from them somehow. Everytime I wasn’t distracted I thought about myself being there in Equestria. That was such an amazing time when I was still there. I only wish I could go back, have just one more day to say goodbye.