//------------------------------// // Zosma ♌ The Lion Sleeps Tonight // Story: 6.7.11 // by Morningstar1337 //------------------------------// London 5:00 AM 7/21/2011 Sherlock had woken up early to check a little experiment. He had some bees trapped inside some liquid substance. John had just woken up. He saw the bees that the detective put in a jar. He said "What are you doing?" "Checking to see how it takes for the bees to die in perflurocarbons." Sherlock said. The bees were buzzing around in fear. "Fascinating. They seem to die much more slowly in fluorocarbons. Why won't the die already!" "But Sherlock how..." John decided he doesn't want to know how the bees were surviving despise being submerged. "Oh never mind." One of the bees had dropped to the bottom of the jar, dead. The detective said "Yes, yes, the first casualty. isn't it wonderful." He put on a deerstalker hat and hid his face. John heard several knocks and opened the door. It was the Doctor and River Song. The Time Lord said "Hello is this 221B Baker Street?" John heard some giggling from one of the bushes. The blogger was perplexed by this encounter. John then said "Yes, do you have a case for Sherlock?" The Doctor said yes. John then saw a pink hoof extend from a behind a corner. He decided he had to little sleep last night and went to get the detective. The Doctor and River went in after. Meanwhile the 6 ponies were behind the corner. Applejack and Rarity were holding back Pinkie Pie. Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were trying calm her down. "I can't believe we get to investigate another case?" Pinkie said. "I wonder if this will be like that train ride with the cake, and the mule, and the griffin, and..." Rainbow Dash covered the pink mare's mouth with her hoof. Twilight was still reading another book. She said "Wow I can't believe that this Sherlock Holmes wound up here." "Well he is an anomaly." Rainbow Dash said. Still trying to keep Pinkie quiet. She said "Hey wait how come the doctor had these books when Sherlock was here?" "Well I guess the author was writing a biography of his life under an alias." Twilight said. Meanwhile inside Sherlock's flat. The detective had finally witnessed the death of several bees. He noticed the Doctor and said "Hello Doctor, I knew we'd meet again. tell me, how are the little ponies?" "Ponies?" said John. "What Ponies?" "John, would you please get the mail? I'm expecting a package form Mycroft." said the detective. John decided to get the mail thinking that his partner had gone mad, again. He went to the mailbox. He opened the mail box. Indeed there was a package from Sherlock's brother. He took the package out. He saw a pink hoof sticking out from the corner again. He went to investigate. Meanwhile Sherlock was taking with River and the Doctor. He took a close look at the Doctor's wife and said "Well where did you have your wedding?" "Wedding?" River said. "Your wedding to this man. Where did you have it? The pyramids of Giza? An American secret base? Another timeline?" River was impressed. She said to the Doctor "He's good." "How did you know?" The Doctor said. "Well then reek of an amalgamation of decaying flesh and fresh flowers to me. I deduced that time travel would have to be involved. Your eyes give the look of someone as old as Cthulhu if not older, both of you, finally I stayed up all night researching alien invasions and other illogical catastrophes and one name kept popping up: [Doctor.] [Doctor Who?] I would ask but I feel that your name would have to be important to all creation if you went to great lengths to hide it [John Smith.]" He said the last two words sarcastically. The Doctor was a little shocked having previously though that he rid the internet of any public information pertaining to his adventures. They heard John knocking 4 times. Sherlock and the others went to the entrance and opened the doors. The blogger said "Do these ponies belong to you?" The 6 ponies were behind him. Pinkie Pie was still talking. Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle was putting their respective hooves on their faces. River was surprised. The Doctor and Sherlock less so. Everyone then went inside. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ London 7:00 AM The detective went to get something from his room John followed. Sherlock had taken out a small elephant statue. "What's that?" John said. "An elephant to put in the living room. Did you get he package?" Sherlock said. John handed a gift-wrapped box. He then said "Where did you get that?" "Thank you. Oh and I bought it with your credit card." John was shocked. He said "You did what!? I use that to pay for rent!" "The rent was not that expensive." Sherlock said. John was mad but decided to wait until later. The odd duo went back to the living room. There everyone was introduced. He put the elephant statue. Sherlock also put the box down and said "is this what you're looking for?" He opened the box. Unbelievably inside was some chronosteel. The sphere had the constellations of Leo, Leo Minor, Sextans, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Draco. Everyone was surprised. Mostly the Doctor. The one with the Leo constelation was a golden yellow and also had the sign of the constellation on it. The Time Lord was a little stunned. He said "Where did you get this?" "My brother Mycroft is currently vacationing in Florida. He saw a woman in a black cloak who gave them to him. She said to give it to somebody called [The Doctor.] She also told him he will come to my flat the day the spheres arrive." He took out his magnifying glass and examined the spheres. He heard faint screams from the metal and deduced that those are the inhabitants of the world where he know the ponies came from. The detective said "When did they turn?" "Beg pardon?" Applejack said. "When did they turn? The inhabitants of your world. A world full of frolic and rainbows, now a wasteland of time. A silent place." The detective had gave the spheres to the Doctor and his group and said. "Well doesn't matter. I have my own mystery to solve. Take the metals and go." The detective had left with John Watson. The Doctor's group decided to take the spheres back to the TARDIS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARDIS ??:00 Meanwhile in the blue box. Amy and Rory were looking around the place. "Amy, are you sure that the other screwdriver didn't fall off the TARDIS?" he said. They were looking for the missing laser screwdriver. Unaware that it's not in the TARDIS. Meanwhile Cheerilee and Starsong how to sing. Of course Starsong couldn't partake in the actual singing. She noticed something across the room. She went to find out what it is. It was Toola Roola. She was picking up some paints. She said "Hey Starsong." "Still can't break that habit?" Starsong said. "I tried and I tried, but I still can't stop painting my nightmares." "Toola, maybe you should stop trying. Maybe everypony will not see you as a monster." "No I'm sure that everypony will see me as one that will kill her family for inspiration." "No," She went to comfort her friend. "I know some ponies that will see you for the pony you are. Some who is kind and caring, maybe a little strange. But not a maniac." The multicolored maned unicorn cried. they went back to the others. The pink unicorn offered to gave Apple Bloom and her friends some painting and crating lessons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARDIS ??:00 The Doctor had went to the dwarf-star alloy room and lat the chronosteel take their course. The metal spheres embedded themselves onto the ceiling. The constelations on the spheres had appeared on the ceiling of the spherical room and the sign for Leo (♌); Yellow and bright appeared next to that of Cancer. Rainbow Dash had entered the room. She said "So we have 6 more chronosteel pieces huh?" "Yeah I guess so, I had lost count around 26 or so." The Doctor said. he looked around the room and said "Why are you here?" "I ask myself the same question every time I'm in this box. Facing threats greater then we normally encounter on a much frequent basis, slim chance of even finishing this quest. and the very real possibility of dying. No offense but I don't trust you, and I trust your wife even less." "Well River has had her share of misdeeds." he joked. "Yeah but I bet you done more. I've seen how you affect those around you Doctor. I know that those close to you will die protecting you. Me? If I gonna die, it will be to protect my friends." The cyan pegasus had left the room, satisfied at letting some of her feelings loose. The Doctor left soon after. Meanwhile Applejack was checking on Rarity. The orange earth pony was getting concerned over her white friend's sudden repulsion to gemstones. She enter the dressmaker's room. There she was. Trying to some gemstones on another dress. the white unicorn was trembling while she tried to attach the precious stone. She dropped the gem and said "of all the places we had to go why did it have to be that dreadful mi-- Applejack?" She just noticed the farm pony. Applejack said "Rarity, it almost looks like you're scared of jewel-" Rarity hushed her friend and said "Afraid of jewels, me? Don't be so ridiculous darling." She tried to levitate the rock again. "It's not like my desire of gems was responsible for all of us turning into statues now." She lied. Applejack sensed some hypocrisy and the glimmer of truth form the lie. She said "Rarity, it wasn't your thought we got infected by that virus earlier. You didn't know what those gemstones contained." "But it was my fault. I was the one who tried to move the pillar. I was the one who had unleashed the golems." "But the golems were defeated sugarcube. And we were able to get a cure for that condition. You can't let one mistake ruin the rest of your life." Rarity tried levitating the crystal again. This time she had managed to put the gemstone on the dress. She thank Applejack and both ponies left the room.