Approaching the abomination was easy, the night offered the cover of tired eyes. The rain offered doubt to those who would hear. However it was the maze that offered true sanctuary as the mighty guards thought little of the place. Another oversight, another sign of their ignorance.
Tonight that changes. Tonight it all changes.
There it stood. The testament to their hollow victory. The only feature showing to their shadowed pride. For beings of such great age they truly lacked wisdom. For beings of such long lifespans they truly lacked foresight. They only delay the inevitable. When the weed appears, they merely cut at the stem, never once thinking of the root.
Tonight that changes. Tonight it all changes.
One could not fully blame them for their ignorance. The answer was so simple, so blindingly obvious. There is little shame overlooking in it. It was written on his face, sewn into his movements, seeded in his voice, as was many lies before. Now the prison cracks and the one so carefully guarded will, like the countless times before, escape again and wreck the havoc that it so desperately craves.
Tonight that changes. Tonight it all changes.
It's cage cracked, muscles ached, its eyes opened and then I will be the first it will view. The first that it will try to condescend. The first mistake it will make. The last mistake it will make. It does not know what it will mess with. It does not know where the power truly stands. It does not know how one sided the introductions will be. It doesn't know how it will feel to be powerless
Tonight that changes. Tonight it all changes.
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He couldn't believe it. He could not believe it. Just when he thought he'd understand. Just when he thought it was starting to make sense. The universe always throws another curveball! He'd seen the impossible and witnessed the improbable. He had toppled gods, defeated demons, rewrote history and once reset the entire multiverse (long story). Never once has he ever seen something like this. It was, for lack of a better term, New. "It's like I told you," said a young voice behind him.
“The more things change, ” the dragon said as he scampered up with snacks. “The more it stays the same.” The dragon started to snack, as beside him the brown colt tried to make sense of the impossible
“Honestly,” the Time Lord repeated again, reaching for the popcorn. “Here we are about to witness the LARGEST supernova ever to happen, EVER!" He gestured his hooves to the open doors he was sitting in front of. Through the blue stained wood frame of the TARDIS, two giant stars started swirling around each other. "And what does she want to do? Go into the library and read up on the event... While it is happening!"
Spike sighed, "It's your fault, you know."
At this The self proclaimed Doctor nearly choked on his popcorn, "What!?"
“You where the one that had to show her The Library.”
"Oh sorry,” the Doctor said in mock offense, ”I thought that going out there and seeing the universe would be a lot more interesting than reading it."
By now one of the stars had turned red as it expanded around the second making everything in it's light a shade of red. "Forget that," the Doctor said as he gestured towards the stars, "This is more of a guys thing anyway. I mean whats more man-er coltly then a explosion? Especially the largest to ever happen in the entire universe. Oh, Here comes the best part!" As Spike turned to look on the Doctor kept his eyes on the amazed dragon's face. Paying no mind to the minor event he had subconsciously started to describe. It was the same as the many he had seen before. The only exception was how new it was through the dragons eyes. "First, that little white star is going to suck up all the gas from the big red star and-"
"Doctor?"
"Wait wait wait this the good bit the small white star will adsorb the gases an-"
“Doctor?! What about that second white star over there?"
"What?" He turned to where the dragon pointed, eyes wide as he gazed out into the space before him. Outside there is little more to see than the two gigantic stars no more than few billion miles away. As they dangerously danced, their lights dimmed every star and speck that would've been plain to see except for one. Among the swirling red and bright glowing yellow-ish white of the soon to be explosion in front of them was a bright bleached white twinkle that was nothing more than a pinprick compared to the massive stars that it outshined.
He shook his head and looked again. It is now the size of a hoof compared to the gigantic stars. Something was far from right. It moved too fast, spread too far. It is far too bright. Worst of all, It seemed to be moving closer. The hues of red started to disappear and were being replaced with a blinding white light as the doctor ran to the control panel. As he neared the controls he yelled, "Spike close those doors and brace yourself!" The TARDIS began to shake the small tremors throwing the two off balance.
"I thought you said this thing was braced," yelled the Dragon as he moved from the TARDIS entryway.
"It was!" The Doctor said as he kicked the control panel. "It was braced for a supernova, The Supernova, The Mother of all Supernovas! There is no way you could brace for this!"
The dragon pushed against the wooden doors that refused to close. Outside the light had all but consumed the stars, their once dazzling light a welcome colored shadow amongst the blinding white. "And what exactly is this?!"
Suddenly there was a snap. The doors shut, slamming the dragon on the floor. The TARDIS's lights became brighter almost focusing on a figure laying limply the air. It's snakelike body hung like a puppet before crashing the ground. It's large, bulbous head adorned with mismatched eyes, horns and a smile turned towards the doctor and said in a taunting, teasing voice , "Red Alert!"