//------------------------------// // Chapter 12: Developments // Story: My Little Luna // by Alcatraz //------------------------------// "Oh, it's you again Doctor." "It's good to see you two again too!" "Yes, but uhm... Why the dramatic entrance? Couldn't you use the TARDIS? And who is your friend here?" I press, gesturing to the earth-pony mare standing next to him. She has curly, dark-blonde hair, a lighter blonde coat and a cutie mark consisting of an hourglass like the Doctor, but with a large blue question mark behind it. The Doctor lets out a light chuckle, pulls out a key from under the lapelle on his white collar, which has a green necktie on it. Using the key he "beeps" the TARDIS into view. "Yes, sorry about that. Me being me, I like to make dramatic entrances. That, and I wanted to try that particular mode of materialization instead of the typical way." "Oh for the love of..." sniped the mare, facehoofing. "Ok, really Doctor, who is she? I want names!" "Yeah, who is that pony!" Adds Luna. "That's not important right now. What is however, is this." Reaching behind with his hoof, he pulls out a mysterious glowing cube. "Take it." "Uhm, what is it?" I ask, eyeing the cube with curiosity and apprehension. Luna picks up the cube in her Aura, turning it over and examining it. "It seems harmless enough, father." If Luna says it's harmless enough for me, then so be it. I pick the cube from her blue aura, and the instant I do the cube melts into my hand without a trace left. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?!? IS IT INSIDE ME!? GET IT OUT, GET IT OUT!" I scream, brushing my hand down with my spare hand, frantically jumping around and stumbling over my feet where I fall onto the grass. The Doctor is having the time of his life, watching me scream like a little filly. His friend however, only manages a noticeable smirk. Calming himself down the Doctor finally manages to speak coherently "It's the abilities of the draconeqqus known as Discord." "WHAT!?!?" My jaw hits the concrete, metaphorically in this case. "Why would you give me the powers of the God of Chaos!?!?" I say, shouting at him. "You don't. Well, you do, but you can't use them. The thing is, Celestia needs a substantial amount of power on this planet for her plan to work. There's Luna and her magic, and you and Discords magic. That should be enough power in one place for her to open a portal to come here." "H, here?" I stammer. "Correct." Replies the mysterious mare. "Doctor, the letter you gave me said that Celestia was coming here soon. That was four months ago." "Yes, but that is by earth standards. It has been merely a month back in Equestria since Luna came to be in this world." That sentence made my gut drop and my heart twinge. "You mean to tell me that in the year I've been looking after Luna, back on Equestria that it has only been one measly fucking month!?!?" I loose it at this point. "Why should Luna go back at all, she's fine here with me!!" I spit in anger at the two ponies standing in front of Luna and I. In the back of my mind I know it's not true. Luna needs to go home at some point, and I simply cannot keep hiding her on earth forever. What would happen to Luna when I die? Where would she go? Who would take care of her? I take a deep breath and calm myself down. "Sorry about that," I begin. "But that kind of comparison felt like a kick in the teeth, you understand right?" The Doctor's ears flatten against his head, turning to look away from me, but glances in the opposite direction when he spies the Rose bush. "All too well..." he mutters. "Anyway, we must be off." The Doctor gets back in the TARDIS but the mare stays put. "Are you coming?" He shouts back. "Yes, just... Give me a minute. I want to give you something." She says, taking my hand and putting a blank photo frame in it. "What is this? It's a blank photo frame!" "Look at it again, and think of Luna." My eyes trail down to the frame, and slowly an image appears on it. It's from the night I found Luna. "What is this!? How is it doing that!?" "I picked it up on one of my travels. It's highly advanced technology that taps into the memories stored in the brain of any living creature. If you touch it and think of a memory, it gets displayed on the screen." "I... Thank you." She turns to get back in the TARDIS, but I call out to her. "Before you go... just tell me. Who are you?" With her head poking out the door she simply winks at me and says "Hush, spoilers!" With the door closed I hear bickering going on inside. "I told you that the TARDIS makes that noise because you leave the parking brake on!" At that moment, the box dematerializes with incoherent bickering sounds. I look my hand and arm over where the cube melted into it. "You know what Luna?" "What's that, dad?" "When I was a kid I used to, and still do to this day, wish for all sorts of superpowers. Now that the powers of The God of Chaos are in me, it's adding insult to injury that I can't use them!" "Oh tsk!" Luna giggles, rolling her eyes. "Imagine the damage you would cause just trying to figure out how they work, not to mention the destruction and chaos that would ensue when you got them working!" "Ok, you've got a point there." I can't help but wander if there's a way to unlock them. Seeing how Celestia coaxed Discord to put some of his power into the cube, then it would stand to reason there he put a "lock" on them to prevent me using them. What would it take to break that lock? I think to myself. "All in good time." Comes a ghostly voice echoing through my head. My head spins, eyes trying to locate the source of the voice. Ok, what the fuck was that?