//------------------------------// // The Strange meeting // Story: My Little Pony: Strange Advice // by Time Agent pony //------------------------------// "Easy, Twilight. It didn't happen," Spike said, trying to calm Twilight down. "But it could! I just don't think I can send Starlight anywhere," Twilight replied, "What am I gonna do?" "There is someone else I have in mind," Princess Celestia suggested, after some thinking. "Who?" asked Twilight. "You could send her to Dr. Strange," Celestia replied, "Have a feeling Starlight and him will get along just fine." "Dr. Strange?" Twilight repeated. "Yes, Dr. Strange," Celestia continued, "he is an extraordinary powerful wizard, perhaps even a sorcerer supreme." "Sorcerer supreme?" Twilight said, "that's great! where does he live?" "Well, he doesn't live in Equestria exactly," Celestia replied. "What are you saying?" Twilight asked, "is he from another world or something?" Celestia simply smiled to answer Twilight's question. "This is still really confusing," Twilight carried on, "are you sure he's really 'that' good?" "I have complete confidence in him," Celestia replied, "And your sure we will be able to help Starlight?" Twilight asked. "He's not stranger to magic," Celestia smiled, "I'm positive he'll be able to help Starlight." "Alright, if you say so Princess," Twilight said. "I'll send him a scroll informing him of Starlight's arrival," Celestia continued. "Alright, Princess," Twilight nodded, "If this 'Dr. Strange' really is a great wizard, I'll trust him if you do." "Don't worry, Twilight," reassured Celestia, "I'm sure he won't turn down somepony with a noble heart." "Alright, then" Twilight smiled, "I'll go and tell Starlight about the decision." Canterlot Castle, the next day Twilight and her friends were all at Canterlot Castle to see Starlight Glimmer off. Twilight had suggested that Starlight bring a friend with her so Trixie had decided go with Starlight. "Are you sure your going to be OK?" Twilight asked, as she made sure that Starlight had packed all she needed. "You don't have to worry about Starlight," Trixie smiled, "I'll look after her." "Thank you, Trixie," Twilight replied. "Alright, thats everything," Starlight said, "time to go." "Before you go," Twilight added, "take this." She levitated a book with Starlight's cutie mark on the cover. "Whats this for?" Starlight asked. "Something to help you keep in contact," Twilight replied. "Thanks," Starlight said. Just then, a portal opened up, Starlight joined Trixie by the portal. Waving to the Mane Six and the Princesses Starlight and Trixie stepped through the portal. "Will Starlight be OK, Princess?" Twilight asked. "I assure you, Twilight," Celestia replied, "Starlight and Trixie are in good hands." Far out in space, in a different reality. "So it has began," a voice spoke, "The meeting of beings from two worlds." "I have watched and documented events from across space and time," the voice continued, "I have watched great explorers become great heroes, I have watched accidents turn into triumphs, I have seen the flash of genius define the future and I have seen legends born and return when most needed, over and over again I have watched all of this and so must more for that is the task bequeathed to me by the universe." The voice paused for a moment, "but this event is a new chapter in the history of the universe." the voice continued, "I shall watch and record what ever events that transpire." In a flash the owner of the voice disappeared. New York, Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum "This is where Dr. Strange lives?" Starlight said, looking around as she and Trixie exited the portal. "Indeed it is," replied, a voice. Both Starlight and Trixie turned see the one and only Dr. Stephen Strange, "You must be the wizard, Dr. Strange?" Starlight asked. "Indeed," Dr. Strange replied, "welcome to my Sanctum Sanctorum." He was followed by another man. "Wong," Dr. Strange said, "would you prepare a room, our guests have arrived." "Very good doctor," replied Wong, Dr. Strange's servant and friend, "I shall start preparing the rooms at once." "You weren't what I expected," Starlight commented. "Then what were you expecting?" Strange asked, curiously. "I guess I pictured you to look like Star Swirl the Bearded," Starlight replied. "I figured that you would look strange," Trixie said. "No, I am Strange," Strange replied. "Well who am I too judge," Trixie smirked. "And who are you?" Strange asked, turning to Trixie. "Who am I? WHO AM I?" Trixie cried, shocked, "I am The Great and Powerful Trixie!" "Great and Powerful, you say?" Strange smiled, "can The Great and Powerful Trixie do this?" With that Dr. Strange walked up to Trixie and gave her a shove, Trixie seemed to fall backwards but she appeared to be floating above her body in a transparent state. The look on Trixie's face was one of shock and stunned silence. "What did you do?" Starlight asked, just as shocked as Trixie. "I simply pushed Trixie's astral form out of her physical form," Strange answered, he reversed what he had done and Trixie returned to physical body. "What happened?" Trixie murmured. "For a moment you entered the astral dimension," Strange explained. "And that is?" Trixie asked. "A place where the soul exists apart from the body," Strange finished. "How is that possible?" Starlight said, almost speechless, "I've never ever heard of this magic before." "Oh, I have many secrets, Miss Glimmer." Strange smiled, "and should you allow me to teach you everything I know you too can learn astral projection." "Where do I start?" Starlight asked. "First, you must open your eyes," Strange replied. "I don't follow," Starlight said, confused. "I will show you how must you don't know," Strange continued, "So you must open your eyes." Before Starlight could reply Strange reached out and placed his hand on her forehand. The moment he did Starlight found herself flying though time and different universes, some she recognised, some she didn't: a universe where Discord reigns, a universe where Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Applejack are the super team the Pontasic Four, a universe where Nightmare Moon was never defeated, a universe in which Twilight and her friends were insane lunatics, a universe where Twilight and her friends are corrupted versions of themselves and finally a universe populated by human versions of everypony in Equestria. "You think you know how magic works," Strange's voice said as Starlight continued falling through universe after universe, "yours and my universes are all their is?" "what is real? What mysteries lay beyond the reach of your senses?" he continued, Starlight had now past alternate universes and was about to entering the next stage of the universe, the building blocks of life. "At the root of existence mind and matter meet," Strange carried on, as Starlight watched matter and anti-matter colliding, "Thoughts shape the reality." "Yours and my universes are only one of infinite numbers," Strange continued, as Starlight entered the Quantum realm, a subatomic reality where all concepts of time and space were irrelevant. "Worlds without ends," Strange carried on, "Some benevolent and life giving," he said as Starlight exited the quantum realm, "others filled with malleus and hunger," he added as Starlight enter the Dark Dimension. "Dark places," Strange concluded, "where powers older than time lay ravenous and waiting." Starlight noticed a horrifying sight, a being with fearsome features watched her. But before she could do anything Starlight was pulled elsewhere, "Who are you in this vast multiverse Miss Glimmer?" Strange asked. Starlight didn't get a chance to answer, then suddenly she found herself back in Dr. Strange's Sanctorum with Trixie and Strange. "Have you seen those things in spell books?" Strange asked. "Teach me everything you know" Starlight replied. Strange smiled at her response, "Where stall we begin?" he said. The Dark Dimension A pony with a twisted and gnarled form walked forward and stop. "Who dares?!" a voice demanded. "Dormammu, I've came to bargain," the pony replied. In answer the Dormammu appeared before the pony. "What do you want?" he asked. "Revenge," the pony responded, as she stepped forward revealing her identity, Queen Chrysalis.