//------------------------------// // Acubens ♋ Edge of Consciousness // Story: 6.7.11 // by Morningstar1337 //------------------------------// TARDIS ??:00 Toola Roola took Starsong and Cheerilee to her room on the TARDIS. There they found several different paintings. Each one either depicting the herself or either friends, of depicting other ponies as well, the paintings all had one thing in common: everyone in them was either dead, was going to die, or was responsible for the deaths for others. The purple pegasus and plum earth pony were worried for her friend. Starsong said "Toola Roola, umm what's going on?" "I have been painting ever since I was little." said Toola Roola. The Multicolored-maned unicorn had put the covers back on some of the easels. "But none of my paintings had ever turned out this good." Indeed, The pink unicorn's painting had a level of detail that excelled her previous work. "Nor did they ever turn out this dark. Ever since we escaped I've been having strange dreams, nightmares, and visions; And every night I go out and paint them." "But Toola, Why?" Cheeriee said. "I don't know. I've tried to paint anything else but they always turn out like in my dream. You must promise to keep these a secret! If we save Equestria, and word gets out that I did these paintings, I'll be known as the pony that would literally kill for inspiration. And my papa will be mad." The other two had exchanged surprised glances. But Cheerilee and Starsong said yes. She was relived to hear that. They went out to relax. The slam of the door closing made two covers fall off to reveal two paintings: The first was a painting of Rainbow Dash, strapped to some table and with a figure with a knife preparing to cut her. The the second was a painting of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, running away from zombies while following a ghost of sorts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARDIS ??:00 Amy was looking at the Doctor inputting the coordinated from the Antikythera mechanism. The gears representing the planets had finally stopped moving. The Doctor looked more tired than usual. The Time Lord had noticed his redheaded companion and said "Ah, hello Pond." "Doctor, how long have you been awake?" she said, quickly realizing that she though she would never have to say that. "Oh 6, maybe 7 hours longer than usual. I was busy studying the movements of the gears, they had been turning you see? When they finally stopped on these coordinates, I was then trying to in put them in the TARDIS. Why do you ask?" "Umm I think you should get some rest." Amy was getiing worried she doesn't know how long Time Lords can go without sleep. The madman with a box looked and noticed the bags under his eyes and said "Maybe after we find the next piece of chronosteel." Amy decided to help him plug in the coordinates. Meanwhile River Song was busy looking through the TARDIS library She took out a book called "Miracle on Deltherus 5" and started reading think that her husband is probably in it. Then Twilight Sparkle came in and levitated one of her books out, River then noticed something written in different places on the inside cover: Diabolus ex Vinco, Bad Wolf, and 88 Screaming Stars. The TARDIS had landed somewhere so River and Twilight put their books away. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet Of Lotuses 3:00 PM 7/5/3200 The TARDIS lands inside a city surrounded by fields of lotuses. Twilight looks at the lotuses scattered around the city in breathtaking awe. The others were also impressed but felt something was amiss. They then saw a man choking in public. Rory went to him and try to help him but the old man refused, the elder man put something in his mouth and said "Bliss..." The man dropped dead soon after. Everyone else went on as if nothing had happened, oblivious to the fact that the dead man had just passed out. This disturbed the Doctor and his group. "Well then, this just got interesting." The Doctor and Rory went to examine the course. They noticed signs of intoxication and that the man was well rested. The nurse hat what the man had a small tube in his hand and picked it up, The Doctor and Rory had examined the tube. When he got back they saw that only Amy was still here. The Doctor had noticed this and said "Pond, where are the ponies, and River?" "River went to investigate this place, The ponies went to explore a bit. They said they'd be back by 7:00 PM" Amy said. "Okay, don't try anything that looks suspicious." He went to find River Song. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet of the Lotuses 4:00 PM 6 of the ponies were busy taking in the the sights and sound of the lotus fields and the grand city. Applejack and Rainbow Dash however had their doubts about the city. "Ah don't know about this place, something seems a little off." the farm pony said. The aliens around the mares had looked intoxicated and half asleep. Pinkie Pie bounced and said "You sure? This planet seems fine to me." She went on to greet some strangers. "Well wherever we are the chronosteel must be nearby right?" said Twilight. "We should probably try to find it." "I agree with Applejack, the aliens we've met so far would not go around like this." said Rainbow Dash. Around the ponies was sheer madness, and aliens that moved and acted like blissful zombies. Rarity and Applejack went to find their sisters and the other 4 ponies. The others then decided to look for the chronosteel. Meanwhile Toola Roola, Cheerilee, and Starsong were taking the fillies to a nearby park to relax, the lotuses were growing everywhere around them. Applejack and Rarity had caught up to their respective sisters and were talking with them and Cheerilee. Meanwhile Toola Roola had found something on the ground. It read "Having nightmares? Need some relief from them? Participate in the Laboratory Of The United Sleepers experiment and we'll get rid of your nightmares." There was something about Olympus Limited on the bottom. She put the flyer away and the mare then headed back to the TARDIS. When they left The Lotuses started glowing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet of Lotuses 7:30 PM Several rings had suddenly appeared. Sirius's time machine had emerged from the rings. The cloaked woman had exited the circle. Ditzy had asked why Sirius needed a small microphone and Sirius spoke in a deep voice "I need to disguise my voice for this mission. Keep away from your "locals" and find the record for the Stormcage-666." The 6 cloaked ponies left the circle as well.