//------------------------------// // Blink Part 2 // Story: The Weeping Angel // by Max Caulfield //------------------------------// Chapter Four Blink Part 2 “*Ahem* What did thee say thy names were?” Luna asked, seeing their dinner companions. “These two are Roaring Thunder, and Amethyst Petal” the brown earth pony stallion said, pointing to the pegasus and unicorn. The earth pony’s chocolate brown coat and mane- combined with his blue eyes contrasted with the yellow and green pegasus and the pale orange unicorn “And who art thou?” she continued. “I’m the Doctor” he replied. “Just...the doctor?” she furrowed her brow. “Yes." he nodded “But-” she was cut off. “Don’t worry about it- he won’t tell us his name either” The pegasus mare said. “I believe you have yet to tell us the purpose of your visit” the queen said. “Ah! Yes- we’re on a hunt, of sorts” the Doctor said. “What are you hunting?” The queen asked. “Weeping Pegasi” he affirmed “Weeping what?” “Weeping Pegasi- nasty creatures; they feed on temporal disruption- they’ve been tailing the TARDIS for a while now…” “What exactly are they?” “Quantum locking ponyoids- they turn themselves to stone if they think they’re being watched; able to move quick as lightning, disrupting time to feed themselves” Luna felt her blood freeze. “Wh-wh-what?” Luna stuttered “Yes, statues of pegasi- although...they’re not exactly statues…they’ve been known to recruit every now and again...” “What?” she asked' intrigued. “If they’re too few in numbers- they tend to turn other statues into Weeping Pegasi” “You said ‘temporal disruption’ earlier, what does that mean?” “Ah, let’s see- how can I explain this...er, well...ponies assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective point of view- it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly time-y wimey...stuff” “Oh…” “So what does this have to do with anything?” “The Pegasi feed on energy time disruptions 'cause-" “But how does-” Celestia was interrupted as the sound of breaking vases filled the air- originating from the upper floors of the castle “Good heavens, what in the world was that?" “That...would be our expected, unexpected guests” the Doctor grinned “Your highness, I recommend you and the princesses stay here” “Agreed” “You two, follow me” he said, running through the doors with the mare and the other stallion “Captain- assemble a platoon of your best guards; provide help and protection, if need be” “Yes, your highness” Captain Stronghold saluted The group was soon formed, and they trotted after them. X X X X X X X ‘It’s unusually quiet tonight’ I thought, standing at my ‘post’ on the balcony ‘I wonder what Luna’s doing now...’ *Crash* “What in the world?" I walked through the room and cautiously opened the door, no guards were stationed outside. ‘That’s odd...there’s usually at least one guard out here’ I thought. I scanned the area, and carefully tip-toed out the door- at the end of the hall, I found three statues of pegasi, all covering their eyes with a hoof {Close your eyes, you fool! We can’t turn to stone now!} A voice shouted in my head. {Yeah! We’re too close to stop now!} ‘What?’ {There’s a big energy source right here in the castle! Glorious food...} ‘What are all of you talking about?’ {We don’t have time for this! He’ll be here soon, we need to go!} I uncovered my eyes, and the three statues were gone. “That was weird...they’re just like me- only in...pony form…” I followed them down the hall, making sure to at least partially cover my eyes. What I found- was one of the pegasi locked into a kiss with another statue, the statue he was kissing was a mare in guard’s armor. The pegasus backed away from the statue, and went down the hall with the other two I walked to the frozen guardpony. {H-h-help me...I don’t know what happened...I- I- I can’t move!} ‘It’s  going to be okay...’ {Who are you? What are you? What’s going on?} ‘I can’t tell you...are you going to be okay?’ {I- I think so- what were those things?} ‘I don’t know myself, but if they did this to you- they can’t be anything good; will you be okay here by yourself?’ {I- I-think so…} I left the poor guard, and gave chase to the pegasi X X X X X X X “Alright, a few things you need to know about Pegasi- no pun intended, of course- whatever you do, don’t turn your back on them, and don’t blink- you blink and you’re dead; they are fast, faster than you can believe, I can’t stress enough, DON’T BLINK” “What exactly are these things?” a guard in the rear asked. “Creatures from another world- able to survive because they have the perfect defense system; they’re quantum-locked, meaning whenever any living creature looks at them- they literally turn to stone” *Crash* *Crash* “Remember your training, gentlecolts” Each of the guards raised their spears, ready for what lay beyond. The Doctor, Thunder, Amethyst, and the guards were approaching the upper floors of the castle when sounds of a struggle filled the air. Nothing could have prepared them for what they saw. In the courtyard- was a tall, bipedal statue; its pointed teeth barred and its claws wrapped around the neck of a frightened Weeping Pegasus, the other two laying on the ground- seemingly unconscious. The taller statue’s eyes were closed as all four remained in the current position "I never thought I’d see the day…” The Doctor muttered. “S-s-see wh-what?” He remained silent as he trotted up to the taller of the two. “You’re not supposed to be here!” he shouted. He felt his eyes twitch, and blinked as fast as he could- he expected the worst when he did, instead, he was greeted by a look of genuine surprise from the statue.