Author's note: Some think that after the last episode, this series is almost over. Not even close really. There's still tons more to come. On to Episode 9!
Equestria and the Time Lord Episode 9: The Golden Star
Prologue: Kidnap
=Gaia, Equestria, Baltimare, The Streets of Baltimare, Trixie's Trailer, 1003 C.E. =
Trixie was sleeping in the trailer she had made her home. Suddenly, she woke up and got out of bed, levitating a brush to put her hair back into place. She looked out the only window in the really tiny trailer, which was positioned so she would see the time from a nearby clock shop. Her eyes popped open.
"Oh my gosh, I'm going to be late for my show!" she said to her self in her panic. She grabbed her hat and cape and ran out of the trailer as fast as she possibly could.
She was running so fast she practically flew. Unfortunately, she forgot to look where she was going, and of course ran into somepony. Hard.
As she picked herself up, she looked over to the rather angered looking stallion he had ran into, who was dusting off his hat, muttering to himself.
She remembered the Doctor's advice he had given to her two months ago. "I'm sorry about that."
"It's okay." Said Puzzlehunt as he stood up and put his hat back on his head.
"I have to go somewhere." Trixie said as she began to walk away.
"I was heading somewhere myself." Said Puzzlehunt as he walked off in the opposite direction."
And in their hurry, they didn't stop to say goodbye. But as it turned out, they didn't really need to.
=Gaia, Equestria, The Forests Outside of Baltimare, 1003 C.E. =
A while later, Puzzlehunt whistled to himself, examining carvings that had been made on the nearby trees around him.
Suddenly, a Pegasus with an annoyed expression came through. He had a navy blue coat, orange eyes, the cutie mark of a hot air balloon, and wore a pilot's hat over his hair.
"Why are you still here?" Puzzlehunt said irritably. As you can see, he didn't learn that much from his encounter with the Doctor.
"If I remember correctly, its because you pay me to fly you and a hot air balloon wherever you want to go because you don't want to bother with walking. What's the reason you don't just teleport to places?" the stallion said angrily.
"Because then you wouldn't get paid." Puzzlehunt said snidely.
The stallion grumbled, not being able to argue with that kind of logic.
Puzzlehunt continued to examine the trees. "This one here says that the tribe that lived in this area long ago used an early form of tranquilizer darts. Wonder what that was like?"
Instantly a dart hit the stallion in the neck. Almost immediately, he slumped down to the ground.
Puzzlehunt then jumped to the side to avoid one that tried to hit him.
"I was just asking for that wasn't I?" he grumbled, irritated.
He dodged more darts and began to run out of the forest. He then realized something his pilot had told him. And so, he teleported away, absolutely certain this didn't make him safe.
=Gaia, Equestria, Baltimare, The Baltimare Theater, Backstage, 1003 C.E. =
Trixie was sitting down backstage, reading a newspaper. She should have been practicing for her show, but she didn't think she needed any. As you can see, she didn't really learn that much from her encounter with the Doctor.
She also wasn't interested in the article about the mass and mysterious kidnappings of unicorns all over Equestria. That would turn out to be quite a mistake.
As she walked out on to the stage smiling at the not too large crowd of pones that had come to see her, she prepared to begin performing, when all of a sudden…
Puzzlehunt appeared in a flash of light in the middle of the stage. He looked around until he saw where he was. His ears fell to the sides of is head, his eyes grew very small, and all the words he had meant to say died in his mouth in his panicked horror.
"What are you doing here?" Trixie yelled at him. "Get off my stage!"
Puzzlehunt finally found something to say. "Um yes, I'll just go now. You can all go back to your own devices now…"
And then he was hit by a tranquilizer dart.
"Or maybe you should all run for your lives." Puzzlehunt said as he passed out and collapsed.
A collective scream ran through the theater.
Trixie, being up on the stage, might as well have been wearing a target, and was quickly hit by a dart and passed out as well.
The crowd screamed and tried to run out of the theater, but sure enough they were all hit before they could even move through the panic.
Then creatures that looked exactly like ponies but were all green and had no cutie mark came out and took every single unicorn out of the crowd and used a special pill to make sure that none of the ponies the didn't kidnap would remember anything, and then left.
=An Unknown Location, 1003 C.E. =
All the newly kidnapped ponies were tied together in groups of two. One of these groups happened to be Puzzlehunt and Trixie, who slowly began to wake u and realized where they are. But they couldn't tell where they are. All they could see were groups of tied unicorns and a door nearby. And they also saw the green ponies moving the groups along one at a time. And they both automatically had the exact same thought.
"I know somepony that would almost certainly be here right about now." Puzzlehunt said.
"I don't believe in waiting for others to help me, but I know the same kind of pony." Trixie said.
And then the door began to slide open. More of the green ponies walked into the room, and they carried somepony else along with them.
"Puzzlehunt! Trixie! Nice to see you again!" said the Doctor as he was led in to the room in chains.
