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// Grffon Kingdom 
// Story: Derpy and Carrot Top 2: The Gathering 
// by Rtrotten 
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	"Where's Dinky," Derpy shouted at the top of her lungs as she passed through the crowd of ponies that were now inside of the tardis. Derpy found her way to the console and pressed a button that popped out a microphone.

The Doctor walked up to Derpy with a frown," Dinky isn't here and the last place she was seen was on the blimp."

Derpy's face went pale as she slowly dropped to the ground, "Is this your pain," she mumbled to herself. While on the ground the Doctor wrapped a forearm around her head and pulled her close to his chest. Derpy suddenly jumped up and over the rails, "Acheron!"

Derpy found Acheron talking with Amethyst and Carrot Top around a cicular blue table in a room away from the control room, "Oh I've had so many adventures with my family in this time machine I can't even count them all, oh speak of the devil hey mom." Carrot Top and Acheron turned around to see Derpy quickly approaching the table.

Seeing Derpy looking towards her Acheron spoke up saying, "What's wrong?"

Upon arrival at the table, Derpy turned around and kicked Acheron out of her chair and onto the ground," You froze Dinky to the deck of the blimp and nopony has been able to find her, you best be praying to Luna and Celestia that I find her alive and well." "Doctor," Derpy shouted as she ran back the control room.

He turned his head as he heard Derpy shouting it, "Where do we need to go."

"We need to go back, Dinky might be alive still," The Doctor nodded and started pulling levers along with Derpy, "Everypony hold on!" The Tardis started shaking as the Doctor and Derpy held onto the counsel.

The Doctor's face suddenly went serious, "Derpy get ready to catch somepony," Derpy nodded and pulled a lever that opened the tardis doors and another that made them glow blue. The tardis rang and wooshed in its normal way, within seconds of arrival a griffon flew through the doors and was floating in air unconsciously.

Derpy quickly noted that blood was quickly coming out from underneath one of his arms," Doctor he's bleeding."

Acheron rushed into the room and started using magic on him "I can slow down the bleeding and start to heal him but it won't be enough."

The Doctor looked up and said, "I can help with that." With blue magic surrounding the griffon, the Doctor closed his eyes and focused. When he opened his eyes they had turned a shining gold, golden streams flowed out from his eyes and onto Kauter. The Doctor sat back down and passed out.

Acheron smiled, "He's going to be alright."

From outside of the doors came a loud shout "Mommy I can't hold on much longer." Derpy ran to the doors and looked out to see Dinky holding onto something high above the tardis. Derpy poked her head out of the tardis and noticed they were parked sideways on a wall.

"Mommy's coming to get you," Derpy flew up as fast as she could and held onto Dinky. Derpy pulled but Dinky wouldn't budge, "You can let go mommy has you,"

Dinky shook her head "No we have to take the sword with us."

Derpy shook her head as she rolled her eyes "Fine." Derpy flew down to the tardis, placed her inside of it, and came back up to grab the sword.

"Where am I," Kauter faintly said as his eyes tried to flicker open.

"Your back home and I imagine you will be alright now if you need us again just holler." Kauter closed his eyes again as the chorus of sounds faded into the distance.

"There you are, I told you not to leave until I said you could but you did anyway." Kauter opened his eyes fully to see a griffon standing above him. The griffon helped him up and put his arm over his shoulder "What happened to you, you very warm and to have a scar under your feathers?"

"Let's get to the meeting and I will tell you all about it." Kauter released himself from the griffon that was holding him up and walked into a massive room that had a stump of a tree in the middle of it. Kauter walked over to it and jumped on top of in until a large gear sounded, He hopped off of the stump and back over to the other griffon." The stump opened just enough to let one of them in at a time, Kauter walked over to it and backed his way down a ladder inside. At the bottom was a small hallway that led to a door. Kauter knocked on it four times which was when they were let in. Inside was a massive golden room and a large table with a golden cloth covering it. Griffons sat around the table on all sides except for two spots at the end.

"Welcome, home King Kauter. Kauter walked around the table looking straight ahead until he found himself in his seat.

"Ok, then griffons I have a lot to tell you." "Within the past 24 hours I have almost been killed twice, and within those hours, I have been knocked out two times." "Like our scouts have said there is another Sun war coming if we can't stop it, and this looks like a very terrible war probably the worst we have ever seen." Within the room, every griffon was gasping and murmuring between themselves and the news. I have drained my power creating the storm that brought me closer to my plan but it failed me, but we have bigger problems than that." Kauter put on his most serious face as he looked at his subjects, "The prophecy has come true." "The machine that can travel through time has now come upon us wich means this next Sun war will be last war, for better or for worse." "We have to make a choice now that will affect all of Equestria, will we go to war or save ourselves from the chaos of the wars like have done few times in the past."

A griffon stood up from out in the crowd "We have ran many times and I thirst for war again, we have been here for thousands of years and I am ready to fight again."

Kauter looked at him with a stern expression "We didn't make that machine so you could kill yourself in every life you get, and I am really sorry you have to live with it as I do." "War changes ponies and griffons alike, we lose everything we love as it degrades into dust." The griffon looked down for a second before he took his seat. Kauter stood up from his chair and shouted "Doctor!"

The griffons looked concerned for a second "Do you need a Doctor, are you alright?"

Kauter smiled a tiny bit, "No I need the Doctor."

Suddenly wind started blowing as a chorus of sounds took over the room, one griffon got up and shouted "Whats going on?'' A light flashed from the middle of the table and a blue box appeared. Kauter jumped up onto the table and knocked on it four times, after a few seconds he knocked again.

Kauter gave a confused look and opened the door enough to poke his head through the door, "Doctor are you in here?" Inside the Doctor was laying on the ground with his family surrounding him while Carrot Top, Tick Tock, and Acheron were standing off to the side. Kauter rushed inside "What's wrong with him?" As Kauter entered the group the Doctor looked worn down and tired, "Doctor what's wrong."

The Doctor looked up at him and imeadely perked up, "Oh it's nothing what did you need?"

"Can you all follow me," Kauter said as he started walking back towards the doors of the tardis. Once they were outside they were greeted with all kinds of expressions. "Doctor this is my meeting room and we have a decision to make."

The griffon's jaw that stood up earlier dropped as the Doctor came outside of the tardis, "You meant this Doctor."

The Doctor gave a confused look "Do I know you because I never forget a face." Kauter shot the griffon a look that told him to stay quiet.

"Umm no but I've heard stories."

Kauter felt relieved with that out of the way, "Now then Doctor you have made a prophy come true and we need to know how to go about it."

"Ok then tell me what is this prophy." Kauter started walking back and forth between the wall and the table, "The final sun war is about to take place if you really do want to fight Celestia."

The Doctor looked at Derpy then back at Kauter, "In all of my time in Equestria I have never heard of a sun war."

Kauter blew out some air in a very small laugh "Nopony has except the griffons, we have been trying to protect Equestria since Celestia came into reign."

Derpy rose a hoof into the air, "So there were rulers before the princesses?"

Kauter laughed louder this time "Ponies know nothing compared to us, how about I tell you the complete rule over Equestria.