Rainbow Dash was, to say the least, a little startled. There in front of her was the vast expanse that she had tried to convey to little Pink Sunsparkle, now worlds away. Thousands of years, at the very least. And across that vastness of time from her home, was this vastness of space. Perhaps a better description of Rainbow's mental state would be paralyzed.

Whizzer waited patiently for the effects of infinity to wear off. When the blue pony's jaw had dropped, her tail fell from it, so she paced backwards a few steps so that her flank brushed against her companion's shoulder. Sensing her nervousness, the pink pegasus decided to make conversation. Perhaps some words would jump-start Rainbow's brain. It's, uh... big, isn't it?

On the other hand, Whizzer's brain wasn't working too well either. This place gave her the screaming heebie-jeebies, and for a reason. When you see a rainbow, you usually see an arc interrupted by ground on both sides. If you happen to be flying, non-magical rainbows appear as circles if you're high enough in the air (Whizzer was quite familiar with this phenomenon, but unfortunately you couldn't get close enough to that kind to use them as flight targets). The great rainbow, naturally, stayed firmly on the ground. Here, of course, there was no ground, and so the rainbow continued its arc indefinitely. Here at the beginning of time were two ponies, standing on a gigantic circular rainbow, with nothing else but a black expanse. Had they been viewed from a distance, it would be difficult to tell if they were standing at the top of the circle of light or beneath it, as things like or had no meaning with no real frame of reference. To make matters worse, all around them was nothing. It wasn't like standing in a dark room, where the walls close around you. It was indeed dark, but there was an unimaginable sense of infinity that came with it. As far away as the ponies could see in any direction, was only an infinitesimal fraction of what there was, and they could sense this. Whizzer was bogglingly aware that she stood perched on the edge a ring with no top or bottom that sat smack dab in the middle of an eternity of nothing. Had she not had wings, she would have been afraid of falling off--and falling forever. She could only imagine how Rainbow Dash felt, having been confronted with this for the first time, and without wings.

Presently the blue pony managed to pull her jaw shut. That she had not fallen off in her amazement was due partially to fear and partially to Whizzer's help--it was far easier in her time stream since she had to move a little less. Um, yeah, she managed weakly. She hoped that Whizzer would show her something else soon, but was a little too overwhelmed to say it. It was not long, however, before something began to happen.

Here it comes, said Whizzer with apparent relief. They had stopped going backwards simply since there was nowhere else to go. The rainbow hadn't existed before that. Thus it would make sense that, soon after the rainbow was created, everything else would follow. She had seen all this before, but she had had the nerve to watch the creation only once. It was... unnerving. She motioned downward and Rainbow followed her gaze. Through the translucent and insubstantial streams of light they could see a small glowing orb form. It was positioned exactly in the center of the huge circle and was thus quite far away--Rainbow Dash noted that it was further to the center than the distance between the apex of the arc and the ground (as it had looked that morning, that is). It seemed that the rainbow was mostly hidden in the earth in her time. As she stared transfixed at the glowing orb, watching it slowly expand, she found it hard to concentrate on the matter at hand. Her thoughts wandered to her companion. If Whizzer could travel anywhere in time by staying on top of the rainbow, she mused, was there a pony that could travel anywhere on the rainbow in one time, even underground? It was a silly thought. Why would anyone want to go underground? Besides, ponies in her time didn't have magic... well, unless you counted Minty's inexplicable ability to climb trees. Maybe Minty could fly...

Whizzer, too, felt the euphoric buzz that emitted from the ball of creation below her. The pink pegasus watched the white ball until the colors separated out, and lashed out to encircle her, making her world one of beautiful colors. She shook her head, chasing the hallucination away so that she could focus more clearly. A glance to her side showed that her companion was all right, but in a giddy world of her own. Pay attention, it's about to happen, she admonished. Rainbow Dash also shook herself, and glanced down at the expanding ball below her. Its volume was now enormous, and tendrils of colored light were writhing about on its surface like restless snakes. The orb threatened to overtake the rainbow encircling it, so large had it grown. The ponies were locked in place (their feet still carried them, thankfully) in fear and elation as it began to grow even more brilliantly, and then, to shrink. Light streamed out of it in jets solid as tree trunks and brilliant as the stars.

The great mass of pure creative power folded on itself with one massive shudder. In a moment it was gone, and from its perimeter, perpendicular to the rainbow and horizontal with respect to the observers, light streamed out in rings to form a vast plane. The sheet of light glowed brightly at first, and then it began to expand, drifting in form as winds blew it into place. I think we need to speed things up. This takes a long time to form, Whizzer said. She motioned for her companion to grab her tail, and then she held her wings out. she commanded, and she began to flap her wings. Gently at first, and then more swiftly, her wings pounded the air. Amazingly, though, Whizzer stayed where she was. It was time that seemed to move around the pair, as the movement of the glowing earth below them intensified. Parts of it jutted up and others sank below. Soon the white light broke into many colors, and then faded, leaving the earth dark. Again, the only light they could see came from the rainbow, only now it was only an arc interrupted at both sides by darkness. The guide slowed her wings, and then folded them at her side. Now watch.

The ponies looked on in awe. At first, Rainbow could see nothing. But soon a gentle glow could be seen over the horizon. Slowly, the light intensified, and then, a bright light peeked over the distant mountains. Her heart felt suddenly warm and she couldn't stop herself from laughing with joy. As she watched, a globe not unlike that that had created the land climbed slowly into the sky, and the valley was illuminated for the first time. The greenery was brilliant. And, to Rainbow Dash's great surprise, there nestled into the mountains was Celebration Castle, just as she remembered it. And this, said Whizzer with a smile, is the first dawn.