Atlantis 8:13 AM 3/10/5657
The TARDIS lands on a planet called Atlantis. The Doctor went out first. He thought 'Atlantis huh?' The group went out to see the streets glowing in the domed city. The rest of the group went out of the TARDIS and into the bio-luminescent city.
Twilight said "Wow this place is..." She had no words for how to describe the city.
Rainbow Dash thought 'Twilight, are you okay?'
Twilight thought 'Of course I'm okay. Let go see what this place has to offer.'
The purple mare took her friends and went to explore the place. Homonoia followed them form a distance.
River went to the Doctor and said "Doctor do you feel something's wrong with Homonoia?"
The Doctor took a look at the cerulean pony and said "Not really, why?"
River said "No reason. I'm gonna follow her, make sure she doesn't get in any trouble."
The Doctor said "Alright." River left. Everyone went their separate ways. Whether to look for the chronosteel, explore the city or in River's case find out more about the strange blue pony.
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Atlantis 8:15 AM
Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Applejack were exploring the town. Twilight was a little more happy than seen previously.
They walked in some sort of building. There they saw a fortuneteller there. The teller said "Hello I'm Apate and I can tell you your fortune."
The ponies seem a little confused. Pinkie said "Ooh can you tell me where the next bake sale is?"
Apate said "First I need to know what happened to you at this point. Tell me your past and I can tell you your future." She gazed into their eyes.
Fluttershy thought 'I don't know. She doesn't seem...'
Applejack thought 'Trustworthy?'
Pinkie Pie thought 'I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to tell her about ourselves.'
Apate said "Well are you gonna tell me about your past?"
"Ooh ooh, Me first." Pinkie said. She began explaining her life story from the rock farm to her birthday party to the Silence invading Equestria to this moment.
Apate said "I see. Tell me more about your that birthday party?" She led the Pink mare to a room in the back.
Pinkie said "Well I forgot my birthday once and I had a super-duper party for my pet alligator the night before..." She rambled on about her surprise party until they reached a room with 6 capsules.
By the time Pinkie Pie stopped talking Apate said "Go on enter this capsule and wait for your friends."
"Okay" Pinkie said. She entered the capsule and soon a pink mist flooded it. Pinkie was rambling a lot until she suddenly stopped in place. The mist became too thick to see through. Apate went back to check on the other ponies.
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Atlantis 8:30 AM
Apate went back to the lobby. There Twilight asked "Where's Pinkie?" The 5 ponies felt something strange.
Apate lied "I sent her to the waiting room. She'll wait for you there."
Applejack was not convinced. She thought 'Ah wouldn't buy this hogwash even if you made cider out of it.'
Twilight looked at the orange earth pony and thought 'Well maybe we'll fine out where pinkie is after we have our fortunes told.'
Rarity was the next one to have her fortune told. Apate said "You must tell me your past so that I can accurately tell your future."
Rarity said "Well okay then." She began to explain from the time she got her cutie mark to now. For some reason she took a little more time than usual talking about a fashion show she and her friends had.
Apate picked up on this and said "Tell me, A brilliant and fashionable girl such as yourself, surely you've showed off you clothes somewhere. A fashion show perhaps?" And began to lead her to the back. On the way rarity explained a fashion show she and her friends had using dresses made for the Grand Galloping Gala. She told hoe the first one was a bust and how the the one after was a success.
Apate led the white unicorn to a room with 6 capsules. One of them had a pink mist for some reason. The fortune teller opened a capsule halfway from the room from the pink one and said "Go ahead and wait in this capsule. I'll bring your friends here soon enough.
Rarity said "Okay then." She entered the capsule and saw it close on her. Green mist flooded the capsule. Rarity was shocked. She was trying to get the capsule open, but she was soon stuck in place, unmoving. The green mist became too thick to see the pony trapped inside. Or maybe that was because there was no pony trapped inside there. Apate saw Rarity and Pinkie disappeared into more mist in their respective capsules. She returned to lure the other 4 ponies.
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Atlantis 8:35 AM
Elsewhere the Doctor was looking for the chronosteel. Rose, Amy, and Rory went with him. Rose saw "Bad Wolf" written in graffiti nearby. A reminder of the risk she took to save the Doctor form the Daleks in Satellite 5 The words were underlined by a strange crack that looked like a smile. But she paid it no mind.
Meanwhile Homonoia was looking at Apate's building. The cerulean earth pony noticed something and decided to move away.
River Song was looking from a distance. Looking for answers. She was about to move until...
"What'cha doing?"
River was surprised. She looked behind her and saw Minty and Ditzy Doo. She said "I could ask you the same thing." She began to follow Homonoia.
"Are you stalking that pony?" Minty said.
"No..I mean...yes..I mean you shouldn't be here!" River said.
"Maybe we can help." Ditzy said before tripping and causing some trash to fall.
River didn't have any time for this. She said "Fine, but stay at a distance, we don't want to attract her attention." The 3 began to follow the blue pony.
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Atlantis 8:45 AM
The strange feeling returned to the ponies as Apate returned and said "I've sent Rarity to the waiting room. Who's next?"
Rainbow Dash decided to go first. Applejack thought 'Are you sure you want to do this Rainbow?'
Rainbow Dash thought 'Oh come on. It's just fortunetelling. I'll be back in no time.'
Applejack had her doubts about that. Apate said "Like your friends I need to know your past to see your future."
Rainbow Dash said "Alright then I will tell you everything I know." She started from her time at flight school.
Twilight, Applejack and Fluttershy were discussing in the meantime. Applejack thought 'I really don't trust her one bit.'
Fluttershy thought 'I don't know she seems so nice.'
Applejack thought 'Something's up. I can feel it. When the last time you saw Rainbow Dash talking about her life in front of a total stranger?'
Speaking of witch Rainbow then told Apate about her issue with The Mare-Do-Well. Apate said "Tell me more." and began to lead the blue pegasus to the back.
Rainbow Dash said "Let's see one time I saved a filly and got recognized as a hero for it. My ego was running out of control there and my friends thought they had to pull some sort of ridiculous stunt and upstage me for it."
"I see." Apate said. They entered a room in the back with 6 capsules. One was filled with pink mist and another was filled with green. The fortuneteller opened a capsule next to the green one and said "Enter this capsule and I'll tell your fortune."
"Alright." Rainbow Dash said. She entered the capsule as it close on her. Blue mist started filling the room. The rainbow-maned pegasus said "What's going on?"
Apate said "Your fortune."
"What kind of fortune is this!? When I get out your are so gonna--" Rainbow Dash said. She was now stuck in place as the blue gas around her thickened to a point where you cant see her. Apate went back to the lobby.
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Atlantis 9:00 AM
Apate went back to the lobby. She said "I've sent--"
Applejack interrupted "Yeah yeah, you sent Rainbow to the [waiting room.] Give my fortune next."
"You know I must know your past to tell your future." Apate said.
Applejack decided to stay silent, but the fortune teller's eyes gazed into hers and she found herself talking about her times in Manehatten, her experience with her farm and most interestingly to Apate her loss at a rodeo and time at Dodge Junction. She said "You don't want to know your fortune. You want to see the waiting room huh? Very well come with me."
Twilight thought 'Good luck.' Ever since Pinkie went to the back the ponies had felt something weird and that felling been increasing in strength with each "fortune" told.
On the way Applejack still couldn't stop talking to Apate. She was dwelling on that rodeo and her time working at the cheery orchard. She tried to stop talking feeling more tired with every word that comes out of her mouth. By the time they reached the back the orange earth pony was fatigued.
Apate opened the capsule next to the pink one and across from the blue one. She said "You need to rest now. Wait here and I'll bring your friends here soon."
Applejack complied and went into the capsule. She decided to lay down as her capsule closed. She fell to unconsciousness as orange gas descends on her. Unaware that she was tuck in stasis as the mist thickens. Soon both Applejack and Rainbow Dash disappeared form their capsules as more mist takes their place. Apate returned to the lobby.
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Atlantis 9:15 AM
Apate returned to the lobby. The two ponies left: Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy were a little mroe disoriented then before. Apate said "Applejack's now in the waiting room. I think you need your fortune told next." She looked at Fluttershy.
The yellow pony gulped and said "Okay. I have to tell you my past right?"
Apate nodded. Fluttershy began to tell her past to her, feeling uncomfortable as she does so. She told of her time at flight camp, then of her failure to befriend any animals at the gala, then of that time she went to learn how to be assertive from a minotaur.
Apate said "How did your self help class work out for you?"
Fluttershy looked down and didn't see the fortuneteller leave. She said "Well um--" She saw that Apate had entered a hidden corridor and said "Wait up!" and began chasing her.
When she caught up to Apate she began explaining about how she felt like a monster after insulting Pinkie Pie and Rarity like that. She stopped in a room with 6 capsules. Two of them were clear but the other four were filled with a pink, orange, green and blue mist each. Apate opened the clear capsule between the green and orange ones and said "Come inside and I'll tell you your fortune."
Flutterhsy entered the capsule and had it close on her. She saw yellow mist enter her capsule. She felt scared. She tried to get away from the mist but was trapped in stasis as the mist envelopes her and thickens.
Apate said "5 down, one to go." and return for her last victim.
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Atlantis 9:30 AM
Apate returned to the lobby and said to Twilight Sparkle "Fluttershy has joined your friends in the waiting room. I shall give you your fortune now."
"I know the drill." Twilight said. She was feeling empty. A void that can only be filled by one thing and one thing alone. She told the story of how she met her friends, and of the adventures she had with them. She said "For some reason I feel empty inside."
Apate lied "I get that a lot. Not everyone's can be satisfied with what fate has in store for them. Perhaps you miss your friends?"
Twilight said "Yeah I guess. It's kinda funny." She giggled. "One day I thought that friendship was not something worth striving for. And now I can't imagine life without them. They are like family to me."
Apate said "And you would follow them wherever they go? Be it through the pits of Tartarus or a merely alien forest?"
Twilight nodded.
Apate said "Tell me little pony, are there any others you miss?"
Twilight told Apate about her brother and her foalsitter, who are now married. She told about the baby dragon under her care, that she hadn't even seen since traveling with the Doctor, and most importantly she told her about her mentor. She told of a beautiful princess pony who can control the sun.
Twilight told pate about how she wouldn't try to disappoint Celestia. Apate said "So you fear about never seeing your friends again and disappointing your mentor huh? But surely even a student as faithful and trustworthy had made some mistakes right?" as her eyes gazed into Twilight's.
The purple unicorn felt compelled to tell the fortuneteller about her old rag-doll, and how she used a spell on it and unintentionally wreaked havoc. Twilight said "All that for want for a friendship report." and sighed.
Apate then led Twilight to the back room. There she saw 6 capsules: one clear, one blue, one green, one yellow, one, orange and one pink. The fortuneteller opened the clear capsule and said "Enter the capsule and wait for your fortune." Twilight did as such and saw it close behind her. She felt the feeling of loneliness fade away but being replaced by worry as if she felt her friend's presence. But she couldn't see them anywhere. Purple mist seeped into the capsule as Twilight saw Apate. the false fortuneteller said "Turn Left, and lose your friends. Turn Left and never meet that man. Turn Left and change the world."
Twilight tried to teleport but was stuck in stasis. Soon you couldn't see her through the mist as thick as pea soup. Fluttershy and Twilight disappeared into the mist. Apate cackled and left he room. She said to herself:
<i>For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe, the horse was lost.
For want of a horse, the rider was lost.
For want of a rider, the message was lost.
For want of a message, the battle was lost.
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost.
And all for want of a horseshoe nail.</i>