//------------------------------// // Ch 1: A terrifying prediction // Story: Draconic Time Guardian // by The-DerpSide //------------------------------// Princess Celestia sat upon her throne,tapping her fingers on her knee and thinking of all of the things that had happened over the couple years. Ever since her student, Twilight Sparkle, had arrived in Ponyville and saved her sister from the entity known as Nightmare Moon with her friends using the Elements of Harmony, lets just say that things would definitely not be boring after that. She thought back to a meeting years ago, before she sent her student to Ponyville. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Princess Celestia stood pacing in front of her throne while inwardly wondering what she would do when Nightmare Moon returned. She was shaken from her thoughts when she heard weird groaning, wheezing sound. Vworp. Vworp. Vworp. Seemingly out of thin air, a strange blue box with a black strip of paint on the top with the words "PONY PUBLIC CALL BOX" on the strip of paint in white. The door on the front opened on the inside and a brown Earth Pony stepped out. He was a chestnut-colored Earth Pony with a brown main that spiked backwards, as did his tail-both dark brown in color. He was wearing a blue shirt and pants, his hooves were the same color as his fur. He had a red necktie holding the collar together and he wore a light brown trench-coat over the outfit, and hourglass design on the left breast-pocket. When she had first met this Doctor Whooves, she had first thought he was crazy. That was until he showed her the worlds among time and space. This was when she and Doctor Whooves made a plan. He, and another Time Pony in hiding-Colgate (who had her own time machine hiding somewhere in her dental clinic-and was under the alias "Minuette") would maintain the time stream, making sure events in time stayed running smoothly. That is when she decided to...revise...a few laws. First thing first, she went over the population census and made an alarming dicovery. The female-to-male ratio was 3:1. So, she re-legalized multiple marriages, or "herd forming" as citizens called it. This was after multiple hints to Doctor Whooves that he should "settle down" or "find some mares", much to his chagrin. He then took a small piece of his TARDIS interior, nothing major that wouldn't regrow, and gave it to her to put under growing spells to accelerate the growth of the new TARDIS. The next problem was that the operator of a TARDIS had to live a long life. Now, at first her thoughts were to any of the bearers of the Elements of Harmony, but disregarded it. They already had enough on their plates. That's when a thought trickled into her mind. Spike. The assistant of Twilight Sparkle-the bearer of the Element of Magic. He had been growing, and was now in his late teens-the same age as the girls-without succumbing to his draconic greed. He had been reluctant at first, until he learned that he would be helping his friends this way. After that, all he had to do was learn to mesh with the newly-grown TARDIS. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The sound of a TARDIS materializing in the room shook her from her memories, as she saw Doctor Whooves's TARDIS appeared in the room she was in. At first, Princess Celestia grinned. Maybe Derpy was pregnant again, she always loved meeting little foals, so innocent from worry and fear. Dinky could brighten up the room with a smile. Or maybe he found another mare, she knew that Derpy (on her suggestion, nonetheless) was looking for other mares. Celestia knew that her sister Luna had a crush on the eccentric Time Pony. Maybe she would become an aunt! However, when he stepped out, she knew it was something serious. He was frowning and his brow was furrowed, his hand twitched, presumably resisting the urge to mess with his Sonic Screwdriver, a multipurpose tool created by a TARDIS to be used by its driver. "How bad is it?" Se asked, almost dreading the answer herself. Still, she could not help her curiosity. "How close are you to Spike...because if nothing is done, he will die and all of Equestria will be thrown into Chaos and Anarchy." Doctor Whooves said. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Inside The Apple Family barn Rarity lit a torch and blew out the match she used to light it. She then turned and set down the torch and sat with five other mares around it. These were five mares she was best friends with: Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and-Equestria's newest Princess-Twilight Sparkle. "Okay girls, we are here because of one reason. We all have feelings for Spike." Twilight stated matter-of-factly, and everyone blushed slightly at the dragon's name. Fluttershy even hid her face behind her mane. "As we know, Princess Celestia reinstated the law nicknamed the 'herd law' right before Twilight and Spike arrived in this little town. So what we do is get Spike to fall for all of us and use that law to our advantage. Simple" Rarity spoke, clasping her hands together. Just when Applejack was about to say something, the doors flew open and Ponyville's mail mare-Derpy Whooves-stood there with a serious expression on her face. "DERPY!" Rainbow Dash shouted in irritation, "Can't you see we're having a meeting here?!" "Princess Celestia needs to meet you six immediately." Derpy said, and all six mares glanced at each other in worry. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Canterlot Castle Princess Celestia stood nervously as the six mares representing the Elements of Harmony stood there, curiosity and fear on their faces. "Spike needs your help." Doctor Whooves said, coming out from behind a pillar. At this, each mare let out a loud gasp. "Spike, where is he?" Applejack aid, her voice firm and eyes narrowed. At this Princess Celestia sighed. "I haven't been honest to everyone in Equestria. I, with Doctor Whooves and Colgate's help, created a secret organization known as the Time Guardians, to maintain the time stream itself. Spike is one of these Time Guardians. That is the 'Royal Business' I call him out for occasionally." "A Time Guardian?" Rarity asked, "But what does it have to do with us?" "You see, Time is not linear, from cause to effect. Time is a big bowl of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey...stuff. Well, Spike's been working....alone..for a while now." Doctor Whooves explained, "And if Spike goes on the next mission alone, he will be killed, and Equestria goes into a Civil War of Dragon-haters fighting dragon-supporters led by the Princesses...all four of them." "Spike....dies...on no...that's very frightening...and not nice at all." Fluttershy said, peering at Doctor Whooves from behind her mane. "And it's going to take all six of you to save him." He added. The six bearers of the Elements of Harmony talked to each other in hushed whispers and glancing at Celetia and Doctor Whooves every now and then. "We'll do it!" All six said at once, and Celestia gave them each a bright smile. Doctor Whooves glanced at a watch. "And just in time too." Vworp. Vworp. Vworp. An ice-blue colored box materialized, right behind the group. The door opened and a familiar figure slid out, closing the door behind him. He was a purple-scaled dragon with a green colored underbelly. Green ear fins were on each side of his head, bordering emerald-green eyes. He stood the same size as the other six mares and had an athletic build, and wore a simple pair of black jeans, a white shirt, and a black leather jacket with a gold "S" on the bottom-right front side of the jacket "Time Guardian Spike, reporting for.....duty...." He said, trailing off right when the six mares he knew well and went through so many things together with tackled him to the ground and cried loudly.