Babylon 4:00 PM 323 BC
The Doctor and his group were still looking for the chronosteel in a bazaar when River Song entered and said "Doctor, there's something you have to see."
The Doctor said "What is it River?"
"Follow me." River then led The Doctor, Rose, Amy and Rory to the garden.
Meanwhile at the wall at the garden. Ditzy, Minty and Cheerilee were waiting for River. Lyra and Bonbon were passing by. Lyra said "What are you doing?"
Minty said "Waiting for The Doctor."
"Why?" Bonbon said.
Ditzy said "There's an invisible wall here."
The two mares looked at the grey pegasus and chuckled. Bonbon trotted forward while saying "You guys are ridiculous. I'm sure there's no wall here. Invisible or oth--" She bumped into the wall. "Ow. Okay I retract my case. Now tell me where's the mime?"
Cheerilee said "There's no mime so far. I think Twilight and her friends went in there however."
Lyra said "And you know this how?"
Ditzy said "Because were were following Homonoia who was following them. She vanished when we got to the top of the stairs."
Lyra and Bonbon were confused.
Cheerilee said "What are you doing here?"
Bonbon said "We heard about this place and thought a visit there would be romantic."
Cheerilee said "Uh-huh. Well I should get the others." She went to get her friends.
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??? 4:01 PM
'This place sure is...spooky' Fluttershy thought.
'Well it <i>is</i> a hidden tomb, ugh temple, whatever.' Rainbow Dash thought.
The bearers of the Elements of Harmony were trying to explore the underground tomb. The group went to a passage that had a slope at one end.
Rarity thought 'This bracelet getting itchy. Are you sure we can't take this thing off?'
Applejack thought 'Not even you would want to share your secrets right?' The group knew that their mind would be merged together if these bracelets are forced off.
Twilight thought 'Rarity, can you use your gem-finding spell to find a path?"
Rarity thought 'I can try but my spells range is rather short darling. Pus I only used it on gems.'
Pinkie thought 'Maybe Twilight can use the spell?'
Twilight thought 'Well I can try.' She used Rarity's spell and saw some glowing spheres beyond the walls. She thought 'I think I found something.' and stepped on a stone. they heard something rolling down.
Rainbow Dash looked at the slope and said "Run. There's a boulder coming."
Pinkie Pie said "What makes you think that?" Unaware that her tail's twitching again.
Rainbow said "This kind of thing always happens in temples and tombs and pyramids. Go Now!"
"Oh." Pinkies said. She and the other saw her twitching tail and shortly afterwards a boulder large enough to flatten the 6 of them was rolling down the slope. The ponies galloped down the hallway. There are walls on both sides keeping the boulder from falling off. The ponies were being chased away from the rolling stone.
Just then Homonoia entered the hall. She scanned for the bearers and said "Well. This is interesting." Noting the boulder's path. "SCANNING MEMORY OF RAINBOW DASH." She looked through her database and said "A bookworm of action/adventure huh? somehow unsurprising." She followed the boulder's path.
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Babylon 4:05 PM
Korvarian and the Silents were with Alexander the Great. The ruler said "Visitor you are not of this world I can tell by your companions."
Korvarian said "I never said I was. I have a proposition for you. help me enter the hidden temple of the Hanging Gardens.
Alexander said "You dare to ask for my help in destroying one of my colonies. I can see it in your eyes. You wish to bring havoc and disaster to my kingdom, my world. Well I'll have none of it."
Korvarian said "Do you know what the lights in the sky are?"
Alexander said "What are you babbling at woman? The lights in the sky are stars."
Korvarian said "Most of them yes. But some of them are planets, worlds and kingdoms. Look to your kingdom and tell me: Have you really conquered anything of value. Other empires, hidden amongst the stars and scattered through all time. I have seen and heard legends of people more ruthless than you so-called descendant of Zeus. Let em tell you you area lot more humble than that gut who calls himself Zeus."
Alexander said "You're acquainted with Zeus? No I can tell you have the stench of the titans and the tongue of a siren." he looked away from the Silents and to as muck of his kingdom as possible.
"Perhaps." Korvarian said "But remember, there are other worlds out there. I'll ask you again later. But I have more pressing matters. In the meantime ask your self. Have you even conquered anything worth while? Goodbye Alexander." She and the Silents then vanished.
An adviser said "Sire. What happened?"
Alexander the stared at a map of his kingdom. He saw his home of Macedon. He saw the rewards of his conquests. His victories rose as his kingdom expanded into country after country. He said "There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered one." He wept at that fact and the loss of his friend and was about to leave.
He felt something urging him not to trust someone, 'But who?' he thought. He said "Have some guards meet me at the Hanging Gardens." and left.
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??? 4:08 PM
Twilight and er friends were trying to evade the giant boulder chasing them. They saw that a huge chasm was coming. Rainbow Dash thought 'Great! I can't carry you over that far.' By that point they passed a doorway without.
Twilight thought 'I have an idea just keep running.'
They were running out of ground they saw spike in the chasm and a great abyss between the spikes. Pinkie and Fluttershy were scared. Twilight thought 'I hope this works.' They were at the edge when Twilight thought 'JUMP!'
The 5 ponies jumped into the gap. Twilight's horn started to glow. The boulder just fell off the edge. The ponies however were too far for it to hit them and instead the rock fell into the black abyss. The ponies sans dash were about to fall when they saw a pink platform below them.
The other ponies were surprised. Pinkie said "Wow Twilight how did you do that?"
Twilight said "I improvised with the force-field spell. To be honest I almost thought that the barrier would miss."
Rainbow Dash noticed a large door to their right and said "Over there." and pointed to the door.
Twilight levitated the barrier platform with them on it to solid ground. There they jumped to a brick floor as the barrier vanished. Twilight was feeling a little tired. Applejack said "How are we gonna open this door?"
Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie were clueless and Rainbow Dash was attaching the door several times. But it won't budge.
Rainbow Dash thought 'Any ideas?'
'Ooh, Ooh. I know!' Pinkie thought. The pink earth pony went over to the large door, rubbed her fore-hooves together and said "Open Sesame!" The Door didn't budge. "No? How 'bout Open Sesame Street?" Rainbow Dash put her hoof on her face as the door didn't move again. Pinkie Pie tried again and said "Swordfish? Pickle barrel?" she chucked a bit and said "I like those words. Pickle Barrel." She continued to laugh as the door began budging. Her ears began to flop and her eyes were blinking as her knees started twitching. All without Pinkie noticing.
Rainbow Dash thought 'Anypony else want to try?'
Twilight thought 'Wait Look.' And pointed tot he opening door. Pinkie was still laughing and making jokes the entire time and her Pinkie sense was warning of the door. The doors were still opening. The rainbow maned pegasus' jaw dropped on the floor.
Pinkie noticed her Pinkie sense again and got out of the way. She said "I knew it was [Swordfish.] Well this place won't explore itself. lalalalala..." As she entered the door. The other ponies followed.
Meanwhile Homonois was still following the pathway. The blue earth pony noticed a door and opened it. She saw a hidden passageway. She said "Convenient, if you're fast enough to open it before the boulder comes." She entered the passageway.
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Babylon 4:10 PM
Toola Roola, Starsong, Cloudchaser, and Flitter were busy exploring the town when Cheerilee came by and said "There you are. Where are the fillies?"
Starsong said "Umm." She pointed to the Crusaders being tangled up in rope. Several guards had noticed. They then saw the 5 older mares and their unusual colors. The Guards were baffled. They decided to try to capture the colored horses. the ponies in turn decided to flee with the fillies.
The 8 ponies rain over town while the guards were chasing them and babbling about wild horses. Eventually they passed the Doctor's group and hid. The guards went up to Rory and said "You there."
Rory said "Me?" and pointed to himself.
Rose and River went to see what the ponies were doing while The Doctor, Amy and Rory were busy with the guards. River asked Toola Roola to paint something.
One of them said "We're looking for wild horses. About yea tall and oddly colored. Some looked like the pegasus and unicorn of yore."
Amy lied "Oh well we've haven't seen them here."
The guards noticed their clothing and said "Who are you and where are you from?"
The Doctor said "I hail from a faraway land."
"What land?" A guard asked The Doctor.
"It's called Gallifrey. Incredibly far way. Probably never heard of it." The Doctor said.
"If it's as far as you claim then how did you get here." The other guard said.
River emerged with some lipstick on and said "I've had enough of this rubbish." She then went tot he guards and kissed them. The guards appeared a little dazed afterwards. She said "The hallucinogenic lipstick won't last long. I suggest we go while we still can." The The Doctor's group then left while the guards were asking Toola Roola painting questions.
Later, the group went to the Hanging Garden where they saw Minty, Ditzy Doo, Lyra, and Bonbon. The Doctor said "What are you trying to show me River?"
River went up to the wall and shot it with her blaster. The blasted revealed a scorched part of the door before that part vanished. Bonbon said "Were that mimes at this time? 'cause whoever did this did a real good job on the invisible box act."
The Doctor examined the wall and said "This place is not form earth. How did you find this?"
Cheerilee said "We were following Homonoia as she followed Twilight and her friends. The 7 of them vanished when we got to the top of the stairs."
Flitter said "Why were you following them?"
Cheerilee said "I just don't trust her. There's something off about that pony."
The Doctor used his sonic screwdriver to find a hidden control panel. He then took the invisible panel off. There he saw wires inside a mix of metal and stone. He said "Well the camouflage wouldn't work in wires hmm." He began tinkering with the wiring and said "A Cloaking device, definitely not from earth."
When The Doctor was finished the temple became visible and the doors opened. Cheerilee said "You think they could be there?"
"Seems likely. But how and why?" The Doctor said. The group went into look for the missing ponies. and the Doors closed behind them.
Later Alexander and several guardsmen had ascended the Hanging Gardens. They noticed the temple and a guard said "That's wasn't there before."
Alexander said "Find a way into the temple."
"Yes sire." The doors began to opened as the guards approached. and Alexander began to proceed in the temple.