TARDIS ??:00
The Doctor and Amy's groups had entered the TARDIS. The Doctor said "So any luck?"
"No-one could answer." said Amy.
"Any children nearby?" River Song said.
They nodded their heads. Rory said "There is one guy. He told us to come to the corner of Iliad and Odyssey tonight. What does this mean?"
"I don't know," The Doctor said "but keep your eyes peeled. I think we're being watched."
Meanwhile Toola Roola had just returned to her room. The multicolored-maned unicorn was about to paint when Pinkie Pie came in. She said "Hiya, are you painting something new, can I watch? Can I? Can I? Can I?"
The pink unicorn was a little scared. She can't let Pinkie see those paintings. She tried to get the hyperactive pony out of her room. She said "I'm sorry, but I can't let you see my paintings." She led the pink earth pony out of her room and went to take a break thinking that maybe hanging out with Pinkie will help her relax.
Later Twilight was busy reading her book. She saw Rainbow Dash walk in on her. The rainbow-maned pegasus said "What are you doing?"
Twilight said "Well I'm looking for a book on visions to research with."
Rainbow Dash remembered her dream from the other day. She was still a little scared of the nightmare. She said "I'll help you look, later." She then left.
Twilight thought that Rainbow Dash was acting a little strange today. After a little while she stopped looking for the book. By this point everybody decided to got o the street corner together and find some answers.
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Aeaea 5:00 PM 9/25/4891
The Doctor and his companions had found the street corner of Iliad and Odyssey. The mysterious man had appeared. He said "You wish to find the metal in the meteor?"
At this point the Doctor was not surprised to see anyone know of the chronosteel. He said "Yes."
The man said "Come with me. We can't discuss it here, they're watching us." He left the streets.
Twilight was a little confused by this. She said "Do you think we can trust him?"
"I'm not sure," The Doctor said. "He seems to know where the chronosteel is." They decided to follow the man.
Hidden cameras on the walls were secretly recording the meeting. From another building a pig-man said to someone on a throne. "Should we follow them milady?"
The woman on the throne said "Go ahead. Bring the Doctor and his group to me." Several pig-men then left the building to stalk the Doctor.
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Aeaea 5:32 PM
The Doctor's group followed the man across several twists and turns. Eventually entering an underground cave. They saw several people activating some perception filters. And even more are working on some transmitter.
The man said "I am known as Anthony. I can tell you about the meteor."
"Ok." Said Rainbow Dash. She was a little skeptical.
Applejack tried to hush her rainbow maned friend. The Doctor said "Alright, what happened here?"
Anthony said "Long ago. There was a woman name Circe. She was a researcher for immortality and the queen of this planet. Over the years she had found the secret to immortality inside a meteor that crashed here 108 years ago. She studied the ultrasounds that came out of it and made a signal that made others immortal. Another party, with connections to some company had came and warned her that they wanted to use the invention for use on their warriors. Circe refused. They took her discovery and tampered with it in response."
"So what happened next?" Twilight said. Fluttershy was admiring the nearby bunnies in the meantime.
Anthony looked at the white rabbits and said "The businessmen then used the discovery on the population of the planet. Everyone on this planet had been immortalized." He sighed and then lamented "But at a terrible price."
"Let me guess." said River Song "You can't have kids?"
Anthony said "Correct. They added another signal so that any child under 18 immediately transforms into a rabbit."
Fluttershy heard that part and then looked at the bunnies eyes. She was feeling conflicted now. The Doctor noticed this and said "Is there any way to fix this?"
Anthony said "They said that the transformed victims will change back when they changed 18."
"I see." The Doctor said. "What about Circe?"
"The Witch-Queen as they called her was furious. The businessmen then had the gall to strike a deal with her. The ultimatum is that is she works with their R&D division to engineer a cure. It was an offer she couldn't refuse. She agreed to the deal, wanting a world where children can play freely. but after a few years she finally broke. She hid the cure in the staff of Helios. And then cut off ties to the corporation. They then made her their puppet. A side effect being that this was done entirely in secret to the rest of the universe. During the occupation the corporation had blocked trade and communication to the outside worlds." Anthony then looked at the transmitter.
"So you need help." The Doctor said. River, Any, Rory, and the ponies then noticed the large antenna.
Anthony said "We can have sex, we can reproduce, but out children are turned into kits after childbirth and live out their lives as rabbits while we have to outlast them. No parent should have to outlive their children Doctor." He cried.
The Doctor was stunned. He never told him who he was. Anthony offered them a place to rest for the night.
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Aeaea 8:00 AM 9/26/4891
The Doctor had just woken up. River Song was already awake. He said "Where's Anthony?"
"He went to wake up the others." Said River. "I did some digging and found that the chronosteel is in the staff of Helios."
"Great, when the others are awake tell them to head to the TARDIS." The Doctor then left.
Meanwhile Anthony was busy waking up the rest of the group. He saw Pinkie Pie was already up. She was wearing a giant drum and was playing it so loudly that everyone was just waking up.
Anthony thought 'of all the 88 screaming stars...' He decided that his wake-up calls are redundant this morning and let the pink pony wake them up instead.
Later when everyone was awake (and annoyed at Pinkie's drum) The Doctor and group were preparing to go to the TARDIS. Anthony had caught up to the Doctor and said "I forgot to tell you something about Circe."
"Well what is it?" The Doctor said.
"Right after Circe denied the company's first deal. She claimed to heard a prophecy that says that a group of children will end their hold on the planet. That is the reason they transformed the children into rabbits. To protect themselves. Doctor please be careful. She'd snapped a long time ago and is now conspiring with the coperation."
The Time Lord was a little uneasy after hearing the man say "Doctor." The Doctor was sure that Anthony was hiding something. He assured that they are going to be alright and left the cave and led his companions back to the blue box.
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Aeaea 9:00 AM
Several pig-men were outside the cave. They were speaking on the communicators to Circe. They said "The Doctor and his assistants are out of the cave, shall we burn down the base?"
Another pig-man smacked the first on in the face and said "You dolt, they're [companions.]"
"Look like assistants to me."
"They're companions!"
"Assistants!"
"Companions!"
"Quiet!" Circe said over the device. "I'll handle the Doctor. Now get the rebels or else I'll make you into bacon and force-feed you to the rabbits!"
"Rodger Rodger." deadpanned the first pig-man. Meanwhile Anthony noticed the "authorities" moving around. he told the others that they're coming and went deeper into the cave. They readied their weapons.
The pig-men then charged into the the cave with an army of 67. The small army started shooting the rebels and the rebels started fighting back. Eventually after a long battle the pig-men had almost killed off most the warriors. Anthony left with the transmitter and several other people. The pig-men had searched the place.
Their first leader said "Rebel base secure. but we can't find their leader or their weapon."
Circe said in a calm voice "This is why I shouldn't make pig-men the leaders." She then sarcastically said "I am really impressed with your job."
The first pig-man said "Really?"
She said "Or course not! I am FURIOUS! OUTRAGED! SICK WITH ANGER! Now Get back to to your job!"
"Oh." the first pig-man said. They then went to find Anthony and the transmitter, unaware that they have escaped.
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Aeaea 10:00 AM
The Doctor and his group was nearby where the TARDIS was. Only to find it isn't there. Everyone was stunned. There was a note on the ground. It said:
Dr. John Smith and his entourage are asked to meet the queen of Aeaea: Circe. We had towed your spaceship to the castle because the queen would like to speak with you.
"Well this is just bloody great." The Doctor said. He let everyone see the note and noticed a map on the back.
River went up to the Doctor and said "How in the world would they be able to tow the TARDIS?"
"I don't know." said the Time Lord.
"Maybe the queen just wants to keep the TARDIS safe from the rain?" Pinkie said.
"Pinkie, what rain?" Rainbow Dash said.
"This one silly." Pinkie then pointed toward the outskirts of town. There are storm clouds over there raining down on the city outskirts. Everyone there was sighing at the rain and were in a state of apathy. The rabbits however were trying to run away from the rainfall. Starsong however was intrigued.
The Doctor and his group decided to head to the castle to talk to Circe and fix the sad state of the planet.