//------------------------------// // Sabik ⛎ Rhythm of Time // Story: 6.7.11 // by Morningstar1337 //------------------------------// Corinth-VI 4:00 AM 12/10/5067 The Doctor and his companions had begun to split up and look for the chronosteel in the town. The Doctor noticed a tall clock tower. The clock's face was inside an ouroboros shaped like an infinity symbol. The tower itself was incredibly intricate. The walls were transparent and you could see all the gears at work. The Doctor said "Magnificent." He continued his search when he passes two movers putting a Couch in a nearby house. One of them slipped and dropped the couch on his foot. The foot of the couch was sharp, so the mover screamed in pain. Rory and Amy noticed this and he said "Are you okay?" The mover said "No I'm not Okay!" Rory then said he was a nurse and asked to check his foot. The man decided to take off his shoe. Revealing that the foot of the furniture was sharp enough to pierce his foot. Rory told Amy to find an ambulance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corinith-VI 4:05 Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie were going another way. Pinkie's ears started to flop, her eyes started to flutter and her knee was twitching. The pink earth pony looked around and saw an orange alien was not looking where he was going. A nearby door was about to open in the alien's path. She decided to help the alien. She moved close to the door and said "Look out." "Huh?" said the alien. The door opened with tremendous force. Enough force to flatten whoever was in it's way. The alien realized what had happened and thanked Pinkie. Another alien moved out the now opened door. Twilight thought 'Pinkie what were you thinking?' Pinkie thought 'My Pinkie Sense told me that that door was about to crush him. It wouldn't be any fun if he's has to go to the hospital. Then he may never experience the joy of bouncing around the buildings.' She then bounced around the sidewalk saying "Whee." Cassandra exited a building and said "I see I'm not the only one who can predict the future huh?" Twilight said "You're that card reader from yesterday. Cassandra right?" Cassandra nodded and said "Would you like another reading?" Pinkie said "Would I!?" She then bounced inside the building. Rarity said "Well I guess it wouldn't hurt." Rainbow Dash said "Fine." Applejack and Fluttershy also agreed to have another reading. Twilight said "Alright." Cassandra led them into another building. An ambulance had just passed by. When they cot inside they saw that the interior was like where they first met her near the TARDIS. Pinkie Pie had just put on a turban and other clothes and said "Come one, come all and come see the future through my mystical orb of fate's energy." Rainbow Dash and Twilight put their hooves on the faces. However Cassandra was slightly amused. But she said "Fortunetelling and divination are not as easy as looking at a crystal ball." as Pinkie left the table. The prophet sat down there and said "Now to receive your reading, you must first ask a question." Pinkie said "Okay do you know who we are?" Rainbow Dash thought 'Pinkie we just met her yesterday. There's is no way that she would had known us.' Cassandra said "The cards will tell the answer." She began laying 7 cards face-down in a spread with one card in the center surrounded by the others. She flipped the one on the upper right. The card depicted Applejack sitting on the throne surround by several wands. She was wearing a crown over her usual hat. The upper right Had a capital K. Cassandra said "This card is the king of wands. A card of Honesty and Trustworthiness, of course you don't really seem like the type for bold ideas Applejack." Applejack was stunned. She said "How do you know my name?" The prophet said "The card told me of course." She flipped the card below the king of wands. This card depicted Fluttershy against a manticore with a reflection on the bottom. The upper right read "VIII" and "The Strength" was on the bottom. Cassandra said "The strength a card of Kindness and hidden power. But also a card of passivity. Be careful Fluttershy. This card fits you more than the last card did for Applejack but the card would reverse itself you would not know the difference." Fluttershy said "I don't know." Pinkie said "But Fluttershy, you were the one who saved Twilight from that cockatrice remember." Rarity said "And you found out what was troubling that manticore as well." Twilight said "And you saved Equestria from being covered in dragon smoke for 1000 years." Fluttershy said "I guess. But still..." Cassandra said "Remember your greatest weakness can only be over come if you posses the Strength to face your fears and from what the cards tel me. You had done that to aid your friends. Onto to the next one." She flipped the bottom card. The card depicted Pinkie Pie in a similar image to Applejack's card, But the top of her throne was not seen and her crown was different. The upper right had capital Q on it. Cassandra said "The queen of wands. Always there to party and bring a smile to her kingdom. Pinkie Pie, does that remind you of anypony?" Pinkie Pie said "Of course. But isn't Princess Celestia a well princess." Rainbow Dash said "I think she was referring to you Pinkie." Pinkie said "Oh." Cassandra said "This card suits you, if you'll forgive the pun." She then flipped the card on the bottom left. The card depicted Rarity levitating 6 bits form a scale and giving them to Bonbon and Lyra, in spite of her knowing the ponies much. The upper right had a 6 on it. Cassandra said "The 6 of Pentacles. A Generous card indeed Rarity." Rarity said "That does sound like me." Pinkie said "That's you exactly. Remember that time you wanted to make us dresses for the gala?" Rarity said "Yes, that did not start well." Cassandra flipped the card above the 6 of Pentacles. The card depicted Rainbow Dash and Applejack pulling a chariot in the Fall, though the angle made Rainbow Dash take up most of the card. Rory can also be seen in the Chariot. The card said on the upper right "VII" and said "The Chariot" on the bottom. Cassandra "The Chariot denotes Loyalty. A trait you are most familiar with Rainbow Dash?" Rainbow Dash said "Yeah, but why is Applejack on this card?" Cassandra said "The Chariot cannot be pulled by any one mare alone. It needs another to pull it. Even if you don't always like your partner. If you work with your friends you will achieve great victories. Like the times you saved your world from certain doom." Rainbow Dash sighed and said "If that card symbolizes victory, How come it's not upside-down?" Cassandra said "The Future's not set in stone. Time can be rewritten. Your victory will come. But you will still need to face many more trials before you can save your home." She then flipped the uppermost card. This card depicted Twilight Sparkle between two pillars. One was back and had a crescent moon and the letter B on it. The other was white and had the sun and a letter J on it. The upper right had "II" and "The High Priestess" was written on the bottom. Cassandra said "The High Priestess. This card is associated with wisdom and magic Twilight." Twilight said "I see. What about the card in the center then?" Cassandra said "This card is what brings you together." She flipped the card in the center. The card shows an image of all 6 ponies using their Elements of Harmony. 10 cups were being levitated by the Sonic Rainboom. The upper right had the number 10 on it. Cassandra said "The 10 of cups. A card that signifies true friendship and Harmony. Your bond is strong enough to outlast any attack your enemies may through at you and withstand even the darkest hour. Keep that in mind." "Okay thanks for the reading." Twilight said. "No problem." Cassandra said "Come again." The 6 ponies then left to find the chronosteel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corinth-VI 8:00 AM The Doctor, River Song, and Rose Tyler were looking for the chronosteel. They saw a group of people around the clock tower. One of them said "You here to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the tower?" Rose said "What anniversary?" The man said "500 years ago a ship crashed here. The survivors led by someone called [Sisyphus] had cultivated and terraformed this planet. Ever since we have a peaceful kingdom. However he spent his time trying to out do himself. Eventually another power came to visit this planet. He offered to help Sisyphus better himself by giving him immortality. Sisyphus agreed and we've been living in peace ever since." "Sounds like a dreary place to live in." River said. The mans said "Then war broke out among us. People were beginning to think themselves better then Sisyphus. He himself thought himself better then his benefactor and sought to overthrow hem. They didn't like that and their leader punished them by turning him into an ouroboros. And then ended the civil war this clock tower was built to commemorate the new ruler and the peace that followed." We celebrate this event for only one day every year and this is that day. Or so the legend says." "I see." Said the Doctor. "Did any meteors crash here?" The man replied "Not that I know of. Why do you ask?" "No reason." The Doctor said. "Goodbye." The group then left. They saw an ambulance move past the ceremony with Rory and Amy nearby. The group went to investigate. Passing two Silurians entering a bank. The ambulance stopped at noon and The Doctor, River, and rose caught up to Amy and Rory, who explained what happened. "Spiked furniture?" The Doctor was a Little baffled. Amy said "Yeah." Then Cassandra appeared form a building and said "Why are you so confused Doctor? Sure you've seen many things madder then shaped feet." The Doctor said "What are you doing here?" "I want to give you another reading. I want to know what you've been doing recently." Cassandra said. A table had spontaneously appeared in front of the oracle and she said "Shall we begin?" She shuffled her card and put 6 of them in a spread. Most everyone was baffled by the table's appearance. The Doctor noticed something off about her. He said "What do you know about the chronosteel?" Cassandra said "I know that it's the reason that you're even here in the first place Doctor." She flipped the first card up. It was the Death card. She said "I know that in your search for it you had saved a man from being a monster..." She flipped the second one witch depicted Donna Noble holding a set of scales. The card said "Justice" at the bottom with "XI" at the upper right, or it would had if the card wasn't upside down. "...faced and shut down a corrupted prison, twice..." The next card she flipped had "Judgement" at the bottom and "XX" at the upper right but the Doctor couldn't make out the picture. "...helped a scientist faced his mistakes and saved his family..." the next card was a somewhat peculiar one. The moon was on the picture with a dark blue alicorn with a starry mane looking at it. "...Saved your friends from a wretched nightmare..." The next card she flipped was had someone steal 5 swords from a castle and a coat of arms still inside. It had an 7 on the upper right and was also reversed "...But you failed to stop a robbery..." The last card she flipped had "The Devil" on the bottom and "XV" on the upper right but it like Justice and the 7 of Swords was also upside down. The image was a near replication of One of the stain glass windows depicting Discord, confusing everyone here as they haven't seen that window. "...And you also let a terrible foe go free, tough you did stop him from ruining your world he's still free to trap you is he so wishes. keep that in mind Doctor." The Doctor said "I will." Cassandra reshuffled and said "Remember. The arcana is the means by witch all is revealed." She then left. The Doctor and his group continued their search. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corinth-VI 3:00 PM The other ponies decided to leave the TARDIS and go sight-seeing. Flitter and Cloudchaser were practicing their flying, Starsong studied the weather, Toola Roola and Cheerilee were teaching Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, Lyra and Bonbon were looking for romantic spots, and Minty and Ditzy stayed in to look for muffins and socks together. Eventually everyone went back to the TARDIS to rest and find the chronosteel tomorrow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corinth-VI 7:00 PM Back at the bank the two Silurians from before were running toward the clock tower. The authorities were chasing the reptilian aliens. But they had entered the tower. One of them said "Well that was close but man Charybdis. Did we hot the jackpot or what?" as she dropped his bag and fixed her blue clothes. Charybdis said "Yeah but this is only the beginning Scylla." She dusted off her red cloths and dropped her sack of stolen money. Scylla and Charybdis then examined the giant ouroboros and examined a terminal. Charybdis began hacking the computer. She said "And, done." The ouroboros had stopped at midnight. Scylla said "Tomorrow they won't suspect a thing. because there won't be a tomorrow." They went back inside the clock-tower. A bright light had emitted from the tower and started to engulf the world.