Song Of Hope: I will update, but unless you want the entirety of the blog, because I do have to take some stuff out so that it isn't interactive, or show interactive things. I had to keep out three entire posts based completely off of answers to a couple of anonymous asks. Anyone who has a Tumblr is welcome to ask questions. R&A
The Healer put her book down.
"Looks like there's nothing on Discord here." She went to the shelf and grabbed another book. Jack looked up from his book.
"Why are we looking through books rather than just using your TARDIS search thing?" She looked up and glared at him.
"It's called a Temporal Identity Search. It only shows me who a person I request is. It doesn't tell me anything more than that. And I could use something else called the Temporal Event Window, which lets me see events, but she really doesn't like anything involving magic. From what I can remember of what I've heard about Discord, he uses a sort of Chaos magic, and the TARDIS has trouble enough as it is with normal magic, so with something like magic that is pure randomness, I don't think she'd be able to handle it." She sat back down and started reading another book. Jack raised an eyebrow.
"I thought that magic was just science that wasn't understood." She rolled her eyes before returning to her book.
"That's in our universe. But this universe is different. I know that there's no science behind the magic here. I was an Earth Pony when I got here, but one day, I woke up as a unicorn. The TARDIS threw an absolute fit over that! It didn't go anywhere! it didn't move for the two weeks it took for my to figure out how to get rid of it. She hates magic so much, she won't even let me keep spell books. I tried to bring them in on my own, and they disappeared right out of my hooves." Then, she realized something. The Healer got back on her hooves and put the book she had back on the shelf. "Put the book back Jack. It's useless." He looked up from the red covered book with a curious look.
"Why's that?" She turned towards him.
"My TARDIS sends away nearly everything involving magic. I couldn't get back in for about 5 hours when I had a horn. If this Discord is magical, then I probably won't be able to find him in these books. I'll have to go to a library, and I know just the place."
The Healer started using the control panel in the TARDIS. Jack looked at her weirdly.
"So, where are we going?" She didn't look up. For some reason, she just doesn't look at Jack.
"We're heading to the Canterlot Royal Library. I'm going to use that to find more on this Discord person. Obviously, he's important." She flipped a switch. "But that's not the important part. What's important is why he's important. Why is he important? What does he have to do with the hundreds of different versions of my brother? I'm seeing it across various dimensions, sometimes they overlap, but this, it's still unnatural." Jack raised an eyebrow.
"I never said Discord was involved, or even their gender! I don't know what sex Discord is! I only heard the Doc mention a couple of times, but something happened to him whenever he mentioned it." She turned around and gave him a look.
"Do you remember confronting him about Discord any time after he said the name? How long did you ever talk about it?" He thought about that.
"I don't think I really thought about it much more than maybe a few hours after. I remember doing a bunch of research and getting him drunk to talk about it, but then we got stuck in the Puniverse, and then-" Her face scrunched up as she shook her head.
"Just stop it right there! Just stop! I heard all I needed to hear." She turned back to the controls. Jack walked around her curiously.
"What do you mean?" She glared at him.
"You were in the TARDIS when my brother brought this up, weren't you?" He thought about that and then nodded.
"Yeah, so?"
"Anything affecting him would affect you is you spent time in the TARDIS, but only in his TARDIS." She went back to the controls.
"How do you know all of this?" She rolled her eyes.
"I'm a healer. I know about Gallifreyan illnesses. This isn't anything like what I've known, but if it's affecting his mind, then it'll affect the TARDIS, as well anyone in it." She turned towards her doors. "We're here." She whistled, and the doors opened. Jack was shocked.
"But, it didn't make the noise!" She gave him a look.
"What noise?" Then, you could see it clicking in her face. "Oh, you mean the noise my brother's TARDIS makes? Don't you know that he just leaves the breaks on? Any TARDIS, no matter the model, will make that noise if you leave the break on. It'll also cause bad landings. I've never been in a TARDIS with the breaks on during travel, and I never want to be." She walked out. "Unless you want to be trapped in there until I come back, I suggest you come out." He shrugged and walked out. They were in the courtyard of Canterlot. Jack turned around and saw that the TARDIS looked like a statue of a stallion who looked strangely like the Doctor and a mare who also looked a lot like the Healer. The stallion was ruffling the hair of the mare, like siblings.
"Okay, now her TARDIS is trying to convince me that she's the Doctor's sister. This is getting weird." He looked back at her, and then he really looked at her, noticing how her rump moved as she walked, with her dark red tail swishing back and forth. He couldn't help but let his mouth water.
"She's definitely a beauty, that's for sure. Maybe when I straighten things out, like who she really is, then we can get to some major business."
"Shut up Jack. We need to find out more about this Discord." He wiped away the drool. The Healer and Jack walked up towards the palace gates. Two guards stood there. They were about to walk in, but they used staffs to block their way.
"No one gets through without personal permission." The Healer reached into her main and pulled out a leather slip of some sort. She flipped it open to show some paper.
"It's alright. I'm cleared to enter. I'm a Camanedian Ambassador, Recovery Time." She easily took on the Camanedian accent as she put the paper back in her hair. "Didn't Princess Celestia tell you that I was coming?" At first, they looked nervous, but then they noticed Jack and looked suspiciously at him.
"And who's he?" She smiled sweetly at them.
"He's an associate of mine, Captain Star Hunter. Surely you don't expect me to go around without one? I'm just a little ol' mare. How should I protect myself against unwanted company?" They looked a little suspicious, but they uncrossed their spears and let her pass. Jack gave her a look.
"Psychic paper?" She glared at him.
"I would never use that. It's an actual paper stating I'm an actual ambassador. It's only that I made that centuries ago. But Ambassador passes don't exactly have expiration dates. They expire when the ambassador dies, and I haven't died yet."
"I don't remember hearing from you about any meeting, but I'm willing to make an exception." They both froze. They turned around and saw Princess Celestia standing there, smiling. "The guards told me of your arrival. What are you here to discuss?" The Healer smiled meekly.
"Well, I'm here, to ,uh, uh…" Princess Celestia smiled.
"It's alright. I know what you're here for. You're here to discuss the World Summit that's coming up soon, right?" She excitedly nodded.
"Yes, that's exactly it! Camanedians have a little bit of concern over certain things to do with cultural necessities. Equestrians sometimes don't have the right picture and can say and do some rather offensive stuff, even without meaning it. I'd like to talk all about behaviors and sentences you and your staff should stay well away from." Princess Celestia nodded.
"Follow me then. I'll show you to the library. It's the most private place in the palace, short of the rooms, but bringing your associate in wouldn't exactly help the image that Equestrians have of Camanedians." The Healer nodded excitedly.
"That would be best!" Princess Celestia started walking away. They followed behind her. The Healer turned towards Jack.
"Not a word out of you, understand? I don't even want you to say hello." He nodded.
"Understand."
"I said don't say anything! I've got a bag of poison joke, and if you know what that is, I will use it." He looked down. He remembered the last time that he had messed with that, or rather, a pony of that. It wasn't fun.
"We're here." They stopped. There was a rather large and fancy door, which Princess Celestia opened with her magic. They all walked inside. Celestia closed the doors securely behind them. She turned to face them. "I know you're not an ambassador. Why are you here?"
Song Of Hope: This is seriously all I have without interactiveness. R&A