//------------------------------// // In the Name of power // Story: Doctor Whooves: ...But Who you know // by dangerousDoc //------------------------------// For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a few seconds, nothing continued to happen. This time however it continued alone and unobserved outside the TARDIS's closed doors. Proving, quite literally, that nothing has a better work ethic then the Doctor's mouth. "But thats impos...But I thought that you...Isn't your name Discord?" "No," The entropic entity sighed before turning around. "Discord is a name of mine but, it is not my Name. As In spelled with a capital." "Well..."The Doctor said in a tone normally reserved for stunned astonishment, "That certainly changes matters." "What? that's it?" Twilight implored, "That's all they need to say for it to 'change matters.' So someone using his name. Whats the big deal?" "Whats the big deal?! WHATS THE BIG DEAL!!" The draconequus shouted as he marched up the entryway, "My Name isn't being used. It has been stolen! Don't you understand what this means?! Some ignoramus is running around doing things with my good Name!" "Doctor," Twilight said as she stared to back away from the pacing draconequus."What is he talking about?" "Magic," the Time Lord replied "he is talking about magic, old magic, dangerous magic. A magic that every civilization though out time, space and dimension has feare-" "Yeah, yeah, yeah," Spike grumbled impatiently, "very dramatic Doctor but it could we skip the theatrics and get to the point where somepony tells us what in Tatarus is so dangerous." "NAMES!" exclaimed the draconequus startling the pan-plated dragon off his feet. " He is talking about Names, Lizard. Names have rather unique magic to them. They shape the mind, bend the body and bind the soul into an Identity. Names are so powerful they can even shape destiny itself." "That's ridiculous!" Twilight exclaimed, "Names are just ...names! Labels. They are just ways to communicate. They don't bind or shape anything especially our futures." "Oh,"Discord chuckled "Really now? That's real rich coming from you, Twilight Sparkle. The pony who reunited the Princesses of Night and Day. The spark that rekindled the Elements of Harmony." "Oh, come on." Twilight said while she rolled her eyes. "I'm Celestia's prized student. I was sent to over see the Summer Sun Celebration. Everything else just happened. It has nothing to do with destiny or my name. It's just a coincidence" "Then I guess its just a coincidence that the first pony to do a sonic rainboom in centuries just so happens to be named Rainbow Dash?" Discord countered as he moved from the entry ramp pushing floating tomes out of his path. "There must be hundreds of Pegasi name with 'Rainbow' in there name," Twilight floundered, "Its merely chance th-" "Merely chance? Merely chance! Then i guess It is 'merely chance' that a unicorn named Rarity has the ability to find Gemstones with ease?" The draconequus continued as he looped around the time rotor towards them.. "Hey," Spike exclaimed, "Don't you talk about Rar- I mean, it could be just happenstance." "It must be pure happenstance that the timid soft spoken Pegasus just happened to be named Fluttershy?" Challenged Discord as he slipped into the only seat in the control room...upside down. His smile stretching well beyond normal means. "And don't even get me started on the Apple family. Its is almost a shame really. Any other species, on any other planet, in any other universe and I never would have won this argument. You could have scraped together some form of counter-argument. However here you are, you and all of your friends, Nothing more then Puppets to your Nam-" "Wait a second, wait a second," The Doctor interjected, "Aren't you your missing someone?" "Beg your pardon?" "You're missing one of Ms.Sparkle's friends. Isn't that correct,Twilight?" The Time Lord Replied as he nudged his stunned companion back to reality. "Yeah," Twilight said, "What about Pinkie Pie?" Discord sat there for a second. His eyes and mouth opening wide. "Oh, Now that's just unfair!" He said almost sounding personally offended, "I expected better from you two. Honestly, bringing Pinkie Pie into a logical argument. Whats next? Bathing ourselves in anti-matter." "I'm not hearing an answer?" The Doctor taunted. Discord shot the Doctor a glare that could have ended worlds."Fine, for the sake of the argument we'll just say that Pinkie Pie is... " The draconequus huffed as he some how managed to slouch in his awkward position in the seat. While every single feature of his face seemed to be trying to converge into a single point. "Pinkie Pie is..." His annoyed expression seemed to sink his face as he slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath through his teeth and said"Pinkie Pie is... Pinkie Pie! she doesn't exactly follow any sort of logic, including my own particular brand. Instead of letting her Name shape her, She shaped her Name. Happy?" "NO!" shouted Spike, as he pushed pasted the two ponies. "Not at all! I've had to sit through all this stupid drama and I still don't know what is so dangerous!" "Listen, Spud," Discord sighed, "It's Spike!" yelled the quite literally fuming dragon. "Right, Spike, whatever, I'm gonna need you to be quiet. The grown ups are talking" "Hey, I might not be grown up but I am way more mature then your feathery a-" Spike, SHUT UP FOR A MINUTE. Whatever it was that Discord did it wasn't in any way, shape, or form speaking. Speaking means that at some point, the brain takes an idea, tries to conceptualize into words, and then makes specific noises based on those words. What Discord did was skip anything to do with concepts and put the idea out in their purest form. Despite the volume of the sound it echoed off every wall and floor. it reverberated on every pipe and plate. It rang throughout the control room to the point that it seemed that everything, from the smallest speck of dust to the Time rotor itself, seemed to vibrate in its power. Almost instantly vibrations turned into shakes. Shakes turned into shutters. Shutters turned into tremors. It seemed as if everything close to the travelers seemed to quake as the noise increased in volume. Until with a pang the baby dragon was shot screaming into the "coral" support that hung above him. Bouncing off of the support and landing infront of the stunned equines. The saucepan Spike was wearing clearly dented around his Dragon head. "Now then," Discord said as the room filled with steam, "Where were we?"