//------------------------------// // Chapter 16: The End Pt 2 // Story: Equestria V.S Tartarus: Battle Of The Century // by Whooves235 //------------------------------// As the sun rose from Canterlot, everyone was happy to know that Tirek and his accomplices were defeated. Equestria was damaged, sure, but everyone could sleep peacefully. Except for one man, Yellow Thunder. Last year he was made the manager of the Equestrian History Museum, but this night he was uneasy. "I am so close, I can just feel it," Yellow Thunder said. He was sitting at his desk looking through some old historical papers. "Wonderbolts Assassin, no. The Founding of the Three Tribes, no. Aha, here it is. Let's see… Canterlot is proud to welcome the Prince of Gold, Son of.....SWEET LUNA!" He nearly jumped out of his seat. "After all this time... I must see Celestia at once." But before he could open the door a blue light shone through the door window. "Hello?" Yellow Thunder said. The blue light just stared at him ominously. "Is somepony there?" Then he opened the door and then stood back at the metal monster in front of him. The creature that stood before Yellow Thunder was something that he had never seen before. It was a strange metallic being with a dome-like top, an eye that extended like a telescope, several metallic circles on its body, and a suction cup and a strange rod, resembling a stretched egg beater, sticking out from its front chest. "What in the name of Celestia?" breathed the surprised Yellow Thunder. The creature turned towards Yellow and approached him, moving along the floor as if it had wheels for feet. "WHAT IS MY CURRENT DESTINATION?!" asked the creature with a loud, metallic voice. "EXPLAIN! EXPLAIN!" "You're...you're...you're in Equestria." "EQUESTRIA?! I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A PLANET!" "Oh...it's not a planet. It's a country...though a very large country. Our planet is named Gaia." "GAIA?! THERE IS NO SUCH PLANET!" "But...but there is. You're...standing on it." The creature turned around in a circle and pointed its telescopic eye up to the ceiling. Yellow Thunder felt incredibly uncomfortable around the creature and desperately wanted to walk past it "Well...if you don't mind, sir, I'm just going to head off on my way," he choked. The creature seemed to ignore him and took it as a silent goodbye. He prepared to continue walking when a strange cloud of golden gas flew towards them. Yellow Thunder noticed that it came from the open window and he wondered what it was. The creature caught sight of the dust and watched as it disappeared into thin air. Yellow Thunder shrugged his shoulders and prepared to leave but the creature got in his way. "WHAT?! WHAT?! THE DOCTOR?! THE DOCTOR IS HERE?!" it screamed. "Well...there are many doctors, but there is a pony by the name of Doctor in Ponyville¨ Yellow Thunder said. "WHERE IS THIS PONYVILLE?!" "It's that town just north of Canterlot." "THE DOCTOR IS THERE?!" "Well like I said there is a doctor. I think he prefers going by Time Turner though." "LIAR! LIAR! YOU WILL TELL ME! YOU WILL TELL ME WHERE THE DOCTOR IS!" "I don't know who or what you're looking for and, if you don't mind, I'll just be on my way!" Yellow Thunder turned away from the creature and began to walk away when it aimed the metal rod on its chest at him. "EXTERMINATE!¨ cried the creature Before he could react, a beam of green light shot out of the rod and hit Yellow Thunder. He screamed in agony and then dropped to the ground, dead. The creature turned away from his body and looked at the rising sun.