The Songs of True Madness

by Kaffeina


Doctor, Time, and Ponies

----A Couple Days Later----


I had been summoned by the Sister Princesses. Whee. Anyway they had finally decided what to do with me. Actually more like they had been forced to do something, but how was I supposed to know the robber would run into the senior center? I only knocked them out. For a couple days. Either way I was on my way to the Throne room. I entered and Luna spoke first.
"We've decided to send you to stay with Celestia's student, Twilight Sparkle, to be studied."
"Alright," I replied whilst thinking. "I'm not a lab rat."
"We've sent letter ahead. Twilight is already waiting."
I sighed. Great. More Essence get poked and prodded. Knowing the lavender unicorn I'd be strapped to a table attached to some magical device getting asked stuff like "How do you reproduce?" To "Was your world magical?" To "What's a computer?" and so on.
"I guess I'm ready then." I turned and was starting to leave when Luna called out.
"Essence?"
"Yes?"
"Be careful. I may not know it perfectly but I know something's coming. Something that will change you and any of your friends."
"Don't worry Lulu. I've got it covered."
I left and met the lavender unicorn. It was time for another little adventure.

----Three Weeks Later----


Twilight and I were arguing about the idea that I had been sent back in time. I was beginning to get a bit miffed. Twilight kept saying time was straight and never folded back. She said history doesn't repeat and that its just coincidence.
"I told you. People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to affect, but actually, from a non-linear, non subjective point of view it is more like a big ball of wibbily wobbly timey wimey...stuff. Got it?"
"I believe I said that," came a voice.
"Yes I know Doctor."
"Who are you talking to Essence?"
"Him," I gestured behind me at the Doctor.
"Lookie! Lookie! Its the Doctor!" cried Pinkie Pie.
That one needs to do a 4th wall check.
"Look at that! Prismatic quadrupeds!"
"Doctor! leave the ponies alone!" came a voice.
"Fine," harrumphed the Doctor.
"OH MY GOSH! IT"S THE AUTHOR!" screamed Pinkie Pie.
The human female leaned down to whisper something to Pinkie.
"Author?" I asked.
"It's just Pinkie being pinkie," said Rainbow Dash.
The human turned. "Hello. I'm Midnight."
"Oh, I'm Essence, this is Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie," the second one waved crazily, while grinning, "Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Applejack."
"This is the Doctor," gestured Midnight.
"Ello, Ello" said the Doctor.
I gaped at those two. So here in this Equestria the Doctor is real? Does that mean so is the TARDIS and there's another Earth? I looked suspiciously at Midnight. She seemed familiar. I couldn't put my tongue on it. Either way she was suspicious. I turned to the Doctor.
"Doctor. Does Earth exist?"
"Earth? Yes, lovely planet, but it's in another universe watched by another me."
"What about him?"
"Midnight? She's what they call an Authorian. They come from a planet that is entirely a Library. It's called Biblio. Very nice place. Full of every book in any universe. It's massive."
"Authorian?"
*A/N~ Refer to Chapter Entitled On The Study of Authorians*
"I'll explain the differences later."
I turned and looked at the Authorian. She looked pretty bucking human. Then again so does the Doctor. I looked at Pinkie who seemed to be having a argument about something with Midnight. I turned around. Twilight and the others had gone into the library and were talking about how Winter Wrap Up was coming. I murmered about how unfair life was, and blah blah blah.
"So Doctor, about Time-travel..."
"Yes?"
"Are the Time-lords the only ones capable of it?"
"No. In fact this world has it too, though very hard to control in raw form."
"So if someone was sent back in time..."
"They would become part of that timestream forever or at least until it changes."
"Meaning?"
"Say if I went back in time, and stopped this person, I'll call him Jack, if I stopped Jack then it would change but if Jack stopped himself then he would cease to exist unless it was an older him he was stopping, then it would change, but if the older him tried to stop himself then he, in said form, would cease to exist thus making Jack never change his mind. Get it?"
"Ya I do," I replied. So I couldn't keep myself here no matter what. I would always go back in time, man that's depressing. The Doctor looked at the ponies and Midnight who was telling them a story.
"It's interesting," said the Doctor, "Did you know that Authorians are working their whole lives?"
"Really?" I asked.
"Yes, but Midnight ran out of work."
"What do you mean?"
"Well she was living in the year 100 trillion. Basically at the End of The Universe, right? Well she ran the human section, or the section for human stuff. It was said that her work would take another several millennia but she finished it in just a couple decades, even by their standards that's fast. So I asked her superior if she could come with me and he accepted. Midnight was already helping the pony section when I told her and you know what she said? "I've seen every story by human, but I what I truly wish is to make my own." That was yesterday."
"Impressive..."
"Yes, but not number 1 on my list."
I looked at the Doctor and entered the library. Twilight was immersed in a nearby book when she looked up.
"Essence, Winter Wrap Up is tomorrow. What are you going to help with?" Twilight asked me.
"I'm going to try-" She cut me off.
"No magic of ANY kind," she said seriously.
"Fine," I grumbled.