Note:
Yes, we're going for another chapter focused on the Doctor. I'm not going to say much else other than that. I don't want to spoil the7k wordsof spicy stuff in this chapter.
Also, definitely play the 11th Doctor intro for this chapter.
Time Steve is in the Doctor's TARDIS, with the Time Lord himself. They are falling back through time again. The Doctor is theorizing why the Daleks escaped Time Steve's attempt to displace them.
"When you displaced everybody, including the Daleks, that was because you was falling apart. But as soon as you pulled yourself back together, and everything went back to how it was, also meant the Daleks came back and were able to get away. The Time War is timelocked, so that might be why you couldn't displace them in that period."
"Well, aren't the Daleks gonna be a problem? They got away like you said, did they not?" Time Steve pointed out.
"Oh yes, a big universal wide problem, and we're going back in time. Hypno could've ended the Paradigm there and then, but didn't. So, I'm going to make Hypno help me fix it, whether he likes it or not. If he truly holds infinite knowledge, he'll foresee us intervening," Said the Doctor, sounding very annoyed with the Daleks barely escaping, yet again. He begins pulling a few levers and pushing a few buttons on his control panel. He stops the TARDIS falling further back in time.
"We don't have time to worry about the past, we got to keep moving forward," Time Steve responded sternly.
"In order to move forward, you need to look for the crucial things that are behind you that will help you face what's ahead of you," The Doctor responded back in the same stern tone back to Time Steve. The Time Lord then looks back to the control panel, then to the small TV screen above it.
"But if we go back and keep meddling with the past, we'll affect the future. Remember what you said, which I fully agree with? You can't change the past if you're part of it, remember?" Time Steve stated. The Doctor turns around to look at the steve.
"Rule one, the Doctor lies," He said in a low-pitch tone.
"What do you mean?" Time Steve questioned.
"There are fixed points throughout time where things must stay exactly the same. This is not one of them. There's always a way out," The Doctor replied.
"...Genesis- No no no no no- Genesis where are you- This is not- We gotta go!" Colle yelled out to Genesis Steve. The Red Kingdom is on fire and corrupted by Void Steve's darkness. Genesis Steve had been fighting him, and right now Void Steve is winning. From near the bottom, standing on a ball of darkness, he sees Genesis descent down quite fast, but keeps control of the descent.
"I'm coming-" Several stacked balls of darkness made of black blocks and bedrock are summoned on top and traps Genesis Steve as he tries to fly and escape.
"Genesis- NO!" Colle cried out and began panicking. Genesis Steve is now weak, and soon it'll just be him against Void Steve.
"No no no no- Is he stuck in that- What did you do!?" Colle yelled out loud, his yelling directed at Void Steve, who isn't in Colle's sight.
"No... Genesis come on- Wait- You're okay!" Colle exclaims with relief. Genesis Steve breaks out of the ball of darkness, albeit barely. He gets out an iron sword to try ward off further attacks, but they'll be in vain.
"Colle... RUN!" Genesis Steve screamed. Void Steve began striking lighting on Genesis Steve. But then a vertically blue oblong blur came into view, crashing into Void Steve and sending him flying. Colle doesn't pay attention to what it was. Genesis Steve is laying on the ground, barely alive on a thread. Colle uses this chance to help him get back up.
"Are you okay- You don't look good- We just need to regroup with the rest and get out of here- You was right about to be destroyed!" Colle puts Genesis Steve's right arm around the back of his neck. They both get down from the ball of darkness and head towards the academy.
"Who... was that..." Genesis Steve coughed out. Colle sees Void Steve chasing something.
What Void Steve is chasing is a flying spinning tall blue box that has a sign at the top that says 'Police Public Call Box' on it. Below that sign are 2 doors with a handle. The top half of the 2 doors also have windows, but are opaque, meaning you can't see the inside. On the roof, there's a small lamp-looking structure in the middle shining and flashing very bright.
"Woah! I uh- I know him, Genesis... as a matter of fact, them," Colle responded.
"Oh you're so gonna pay for that!" Void Steve angrily screamed as he continues chasing the flying spinning blue oblong box. Loud lightning strikes of fury are heard, several fireballs setting more of the Red Kingdom on fire, and more stacked balls of darkness began appearing. But this box kept dodging and weaving the attacks that came their way.
"Wait a minute- It's a distraction isn't it!?" Void Steve notices Colle and Genesis Steve together running for the academy. Genesis Steve's right arm is still around the back of Colle's neck.
"Ah haha haha, nice try Colle, but all that did was buy you extra time before I take every last bit of happiness you ever had from you!" Void Steve evilly chuckled as he takes his focus off the blue oblong box and flies for the Red Steve elite and the creator of the biome steves. But a figure strikes lightning on Void Steve, who is now frozen in place. This figure is circling Void Steve, striking lightning after lightning.
"I believe your time harassing these people must come to an abrupt halt, sir!" The figure yelled so loud that Colle and Genesis Steve could hear him.
Colle looks up and sees some he recognizes. He hasn't seen him in a while.
"Time Steve- Is that you!? Thank you but- Be careful!" Colle yelled to the figure up above fighting Void Steve.
"Colle, get Genesis somewhere safe!" Time Steve yelled from above.
Time Steve is being careful to not destroy Void Steve. This is the past, so he can't destroy him or he will create a paradox that can cause who know's what.
Void Steve breaks out from his frozen state and strikes lightning on Time Steve, sending him flying several blocks. Void Steve summons fireballs, but Time Steve holds out his chronometer and forms a clock shield around him, deflecting each fireball.
Colle looks above and sees Time Steve is holding his ground against Void Steve. But suddenly, Void Steve breaks through that clock shield and gets several crippling lightning strikes on Time Steve. He began to quickly descent back to the ground.
"Colle, just run, I'll be back!" Genesis Steve flies away from the Red Steve. With no other option, Colle continues running to the academy.
"I must admit, your power is unique, but it's no match for mine! Ah ha ha ha... ahhhh!" Void Steve chuckled while beginning to hover up.
"I can destroy creators! So what makes you think you can beat me!? It was nice knowing you, whoever you are!"
Weakened, Time Steve can only watch his demise. But suddenly out of nowhere, Genesis Steve comes back. He summons a furious wave of fireballs at Void Steve and gets knocked back well away from this figure.
Genesis Steve hovers infront to protect the figure that intervened. Upon not seeing Void Steve at the moment, Genesis Steve looks behind him and lends his right hand. The figure grabs the hand with his left hand and gets pulled back up.
"Who in the name of Origin are you?" Genesis Steve asked while crouching from his injuries. His use of fireballs took a heavier toll on him, but it paid off.
"Time Steve- I'll explain once we fend off Void," The figure replied while coughing.
"Looks like Void is gone for now. We're both drained and too weak to fight. We gotta run and regroup with Colle," Said Genesis Steve.
"Agreed," Time Steve nodded in agreement.
They hear lightning striking where the academy is, and another lightning bolt strikes at the market place. They also see Void Steve hovering above the market place. They see him striking lightning bolts down on the ground, as if he's chasing someone. He flies off until he disappears from view.
"I've got an ability that makes us invisible. I once made somebody invisible to help them fix a problem. I think I can do it for both of us if you lend me a bit of your energy. We can then confuse Void," Time Steve explained to Genesis Steve, who takes the other steve's words. He summons lightning on Time Steve, lending some of his energy.
"How will I know where you are though... Time Steve was it?" Genesis Steve asked.
"Don't worry, focus on Void. If you need, summon a single fireball vertically in the air. I'll hold my chronometer to let you know where I am," Time Steve replied back while holding out a device that looks like a watch and has gold edges in his right hand, but quickly puts it back. He summons lightning on himself and Genesis Steve.
They both then turn invisible. Genesis Steve summons a fireball vertically into the air, while Time Steve holds out his chronometer. They both head to where Void Steve is, who is near the end of the road in the destroyed Red Kingdom.
"Yeah- Just stick behind me! We gotta get to the end of the road! Then we teleport- Hopefully Void is still caught up with Genesis and that Time Steve guy I was talking about. Hopefully together they can fend off Void, and then we can teleport. Then we're safe, with the rest, and we'll figure a way out of it- We'll figure out- I don't know... something," Colle said while breathing heavily. He and the Red Leader are sweating and panting from running, but they made it to the end of the road.
"What about Genesis!?" The Red Leader exclaimed.
"We gotta get out of here, Void can easily destroy us- Oh no..." Colle sees Void Steve hovering right infront of him and the Red Leader.
"Thought them two could keep me busy for long enough to make me let you escape?" Void Steve taunted in an evilly sounding voice. But they see a tree growing beneath Void Steve, but barely dodges in time. He summons lightning, forcing Time Steve and Genesis Steve to become visible again. He strikes them down with lightning, crippling them. They are forced out of the air and down onto the ground. They are crouching on pain.
"He's WAY more powerful than he was in my time!"Time Steve exclaimed to himself inside of his head.
"I think I'll be a bit generous. Genesis and your weird friend, Colle, put up a good fight. I am grateful for that, an actual challenge, unlike the biome steves who were so easy to destroy. I'll show a bit of pity and destroy you all at once," Void Steve coldly said to the 4 steves that are below him, who are at the mercy of his relentless thirst for destruction.
"You won't destroy us! You just need to get out of our way!" Colle uses the Judge's Hammer, with fire particles forming around him and odd looking text on the side of the oblong part. He summons a volley of fireballs with it, towards Void Steve.
"You can't run for the rest of time!" Void Steve mockingly said towards Colle. Void Steve gets pushed back by the fireballs hitting him. He is slightly taken by surprise by that.
"Huh. You took the hammer from the Judge. I didn't think you could actually use that."
But using the hammer drained Colle of any energy he had left from running in trying to escape Void Steve.
"That took a lot of energy..."
Colle used all his energy to use the hammer. Even with Time Steve's interference, they are all doomed.
"Colle?" The Red Leader glances at him in concern.
"I'm okay, I'm fine now..." Colle insisted in a raspy tone while looking at the Red Leader. He sees Void Steve pridefully hovering down, getting down to the same level as the 4 other steves.
"That hurt a bit, but that's what I expected. You couldn't use that power for much more than a minute," Void Steve stated.
"Say goodbye Colle, Red Leader, Genesis, and... whoever that fourth steve is." Void Steve hovers back into the air.
"Wait- No... Come on- We gotta do something!" Colle is scared. He doesn't want to die like this.
Woopf woopf woopf woopf woofp woopf wopf wopf wopf wopf wpf wpf wpf wpf wpf wpf wpf!A blurry blue rectangle comes flying past whilst spinning, crashing into Void Steve, sending him flying for not several hundred blocks, but several thousand blocks away.
It is now clear to Time Steve, Genesis Steve, Colle and the Red Leader. They are now safe, but who saved them? Time Steve knows the answer.
Vworp! Vworp vworp vworp vworp!"
They see a blue box materializing. It's the same one Colle saw that effectively saved Genesis Steve's life. It's also the blue box he saw at the bottom of the mountain he met Dream Steve on, when they had to deal with the Daleks a while ago.
The doors of the box opens and a non-steve humanoid figure walks out of it. Colle recognizes this figure.
"Doctor- You- You saved us!" Colle sighed with relief.
"Yeeting Void several thousands of metres with the TARDIS, literal seconds to spare, and saving the timeline- Who da man!?" The Doctor enthusiastically said while having a big open smile on his face, raising his arms and hands up in the air. Everyone gave weird looks, and the Doctor puts his arms and hands back down side by side of his body and looks down to the ground.
"Why did I have to say that again? I'm never going to say that again- That'll be the actual final time I'm going to ever say that..." The Doctor muttered to himself while cringing, then looks back up.
"Whoever you are... thank you. You may of just saved our lives," Said the Red Leader.
"Oh, not just your lives, but the whole timeline," The Doctor ecstatically responded.
"Oh, Colle, you'll need this," Time Steve said as he tosses is chronometer over to the Red Steve.
"Oh- Is this what you use to do that... shield thing?" Colle asked as he picks up the chronometer with his right hand and inspects it.
"Yes, and it helps heal you too," Time Steve replied.
"Wait- I just thought of something though," Said Colle.
"Not being ungrateful or anything... if you're from the future... and you stepped in... was we destined to be destroyed?"
"Wait wait wait- You two are from the future!?" The Red Leader exclaimed.
"The future!?" Genesis Steve exclaimed.
"We can't tell anybody about this to anybody. If we do, we can- I don't know... break their future. Yeah it may not be so bad for us, but it could end badly for them. We gotta keep this low, not even the Boss can know," Colle stated.
"Colle is right, it'll give them too much foreknowledge. It's a dangerous thing, foreknowledge," The Doctor added to Colle.
"Colle, Red Leader, teleport away before Void finds you two again," Time Steve urged the 2 Red Steves.
"What about Genesis?" Colle asked.
"We'll explain when we meet again. We can't explain much further, because... future," Time Steve vaguely replied. Colle understands that Time Steve and the Doctor are already risking time itself.
"We'll be on our way- Thank you so so much Time, and you too, Doctor- Red Leader, are you able to follow that signal still?"
The Red Leader summons lightning, teleporting himself and Colle away from the destroyed kingdom.
"Now they're gone- You can't go with them, because we stepped in right before the moment of your destruction. You can't help them, but... if you want, you can come with us," The Doctor offered Genesis Steve.
"But my creations... he- Void... he destroyed them... I've got nothing left..." Genesis Steve murmured.
"Untrue. We need someone like you, to help us. You have a place with us in the future," Time Steve clarified.
"We're not forcing you to help us. But you can't help Colle further. If you do, you'll affect the timeline to the point where you change the future. But, you can help shape the future while being part of it," The Doctor explained further to Genesis Steve.
"Oh, we also got Dream Steve back- And yes, Dread is back, as a demon too- And demons are back too in my time. That is why we waited for the others to leave to tell you this," Time Steve explained the main points.
"The future sounds... chaotic. But you helped save me. So I'll repay you- I'm in," Genesis Steve is persuaded to join Time Steve and the Doctor.
"You made the right decision," The Doctor reassured Genesis Steve, who nods back. The Time Lord looks back to Time Steve. He gets closer so he can whisper to him.
"Now... assuming Colle goes on to beat Void, correct?" The Doctor whispered to Time Steve.
"Yeah, what about it?" Time Steve whispered back.
"Who was it that would've saved them originally, so he can go on to defeat him- Is it... oh... OH- Well, this makes that easy, we just wait in..." The Doctor smirked. He then began counting.
"...three... two... one..."
"I expectedtededyouywywtoyoutototoshowtoshowowupuprprpr!"
"Hello, Hypno," The Doctor muttered as he turns around and sees the abomination of a Red Steve with purple marks all over him and having no facial features except that single red eye outlined in black.
"Who in what name are you!?" Genesis Steve exclaimed.
"Have youyourealizedizedizedwhatatatatyouwhatwhatDONEDONEDNDNDNDN!?" Hypno Steve yelled at the Doctor, his voice returning to it's bombastic ear-piercing echoey tone.
"Not another word out of you. Maybe if you dealt with the Dalek Supreme, I wouldn't of stepped in. They must've waited generations for their time to get the Paradigm to spring back like a pogo stick. Time almost sacrificed himself to try and correct the big error you calculated. What you could've stopped on the spot, you've let escape, all because of one miscalculation," The Doctor raises his voice.
"I left that Dalek alone on purpose. Just because I'm living in the past, doesn't mean my hatred for Sabre and the others gone away. I wanted to give them a final 'screw you' if you will. I don't care what they do from there, I wanna see them struggling to burn universes while they rip time and space apart-Oh they're so entertaining to watch!" Hypno Steve replied, sounding very excited and enthusiastic.
"I see...I can see your mind, Doctor. Your anger towards me is building up, waiting to be pushed out. But what could you of done? What else could you have done about them? I see your mind... tap the memories. Gallifrey... you destroyed your own civilization, to destroy the Daleks? Do you see what that has brought you? Regrets, guilt, anger, sorrow, trying to fix the problem YOU created, but you create more problems than problems you resolve. Where does it lead you? It leads you to me, and you seek for my help. I thought you found foreknowledge to be dangerous. I have plenty of that, limitless amounts of it. You're that desperate, I can tell, I can sense, and feel, deep down in your mind that your desperate," Hypno Steve added. This blatant use of foreknowledge made the Doctor feel very uneasy and step back.
"Foreknowledge is dangerous, especially when it's in the hands of a delusional insane nutcase like you. But not all delusional insane nutcases are unintelligent," The Doctor responded in a low tone.
"Uh guys- We need to stop arguing and run!" Genesis Steve shouted to get everybody's attention. They see above the is Void Steve. He has returned back to where he got flung.
"So you're the genius who thought it'd be funny to send me flying? You are powerless without being in that vessel!" Void Steve is clearly talking to the Doctor. The steve of darkness isn't very impressed or angry, he's extremely furious.
"You all should've ran when you had the chance!"
The Doctor smiled and waves with his right hand to Void Steve before running back inside of his TARDIS. Void Steve's lightning strikes narrowly misses, barely not incinerating the Time Lord on the spot. Time Steve, Genesis Steve and Hypno Steve follow inside. Time Steve closes the doors.
The Doctor is pulling all the levers on his control panel, his TARDIS beginning to take off. He knows Void Steve can't corrupt the TARDIS with darkness.
The 3 steves and the single Time Lord feel the TARDIS levitating and taking off. The whole interior shakes as fireball explosions hammers at the shielding. But that's all it does.
"I'm not going to let you escape!" Void Steve screams angrily from outside, barraging the time machine with fireballs. But he is doing no actual damage to the TARDIS.
"Get back here!"
"If you're going to try and destroy a TARDIS, the darkness is the worst thing you can use- Ineffective against even against the simplest redstone contraption, let alone my machine," The Doctor said with a smug grin to the 3 steves.
"Anyway, how about we send him flying again, shall we?" The Doctor chuckled.
"Just taketakemetakememeto wherewherewrwrIyiyiyineedneedndndtoneedtototobetobebebe.Whatevervrvrvrvryou doyoudododo...it is pointless," Hypno Steve impatiently replied to the Doctor. With the one-eyed steve saved from his original fate, it has cleared his foreknowledge of future events and outcomes. He wants to get them over with so he can finally put himself to rest. But he gets outvoted.
"Let's whack that abomination of a steve!" Genesis Steve cheered.
"Yeet him! Yeet him! Yeet him! Yeet him!" Time Steve started chanting. The Doctor nodded while smiling.
Void Steve sees the oblong box fly away. He sees this as them retreating. They are at least out of the way. He can now focus on hunting the Red Steves. He turns his back, but as soon as he does he gets whacked by something that sent him flying clean out of the destroyed Red Kingdom.
"YEET!" The Doctor enthusiastically shouted with a big grin of satisfaction, briefly clenching both hands and arms.
"I think you've broke your record," Time Steve congratulated.
"How far did you send him? A thousand blocks?" Genesis Steve asked the Doctor.
"Oh, thousands and thousands, definitely," The Doctor replied in a flat tone.
"Still though, Void was way more powerful than when I met him in my time," Time Steve stated.
"Are you implying that Void is never defeated?" Genesis Steve questioned Time Steve.
"Colle is the one who goes onto defeating Void. But he comes back, although no where near as powerful as he was back there. But Void is dealt with again- Oh man there's a lot to explain to you," Time Steve explained.
"Hello, the Doctor speaking."
The Doctor is seen holding a black telephone next to his right ear. The telephone is connected to the control panel with wires.
"Right, where are you and I'll bring him to you- Where are you?"
"Okay, setting coordinates now," The Doctor responded as he puts the telephone down.
"Okay, I have no idea whatever it is you're doing- Who even are you?" Genesis Steve in confusion looks at the Doctor flicking seemingly random levers and pressing random buttons.
"The Doctor- Just a mad man with a box- And we're here," The Doctor replied.
"Where?" Time Steve asked.
"We're well into the future. In other words-*Looks at Hypno Steve*This is your stop, and you'll enjoy it. No Sabre, no Twilight- All of them, gone. You now have no reason to hate anybody, a fresh start. That... is what you get in return, Hypno," The Doctor replied. Hypno Steve gave a slow nod in response. His foreknowledge doesn't show his own path. Maybe he'll like the future, maybe he will not, who knows?
"So you're saying we're in a moment in time where everybody we know currently has passed on?" Time Steve asked as he wasn't sure of the lifespans of the ponies.
"Yes, now stop asking obvious questions," The Doctor replied.
"Imma stay here and rest up. This is all confusing for me," Said Genesis Steve.
"Me too- Kinda need a break too. I need to regain my energy," Said Time Steve.
"Alright- Hypno, follow me."
Hypno Steve follows the Doctor. They walk away from the control panel in the centre of the TARDIS, down some steps and to the double white doors. The Doctor opens them and the 2 walk out of them onto an open plain of grass outside.
Outside they see another TARDIS, identical to the Doctor's one. Standing next to it is an old-looking man with grey hair and is wearing a long black coat.
"That man there, Sunny and Izzy, is me. He- Well I have our man Hypno right there," Said the old man, pointing with his right hand at the Doctor and Hypno Steve.
Standing to the right of the old man is an orange earth pony mare with a purple mane in a bundle and is twisted like a rope at the end, and has a nicely combed purple tail. She also has green irises in her eyes. Her cutie mark is a pink star with a blue trail, accompanied by 2 smaller pink stars. She is called Sunny.
Standing to the left of the old man is a purple unicorn with a less tidy blue mane and tail. She also has purple irises in her eyes. Her cutie mark is a blue heart with a turquoise button in the middle, with 2 pink and a single purple pin on the right side of the heart. She is called Izzy.
"Hellolowowowo,Doctororwrwrnumberberbererwrtwelvelvelvewvwv," Said Hypno Steve while looking at the old man with his single red eye.
"You're so... creepy..." Said Sunny, creeped out by the single-eyed steve.
"Creepy!? He looks awesome!" Izzy exclaimed.
"We could've used those portals though Doctor that connects Equestria to the overworld- It's amazing how the portals still work, despite being built so long ago," Said Sunny.
"We couldn't, because Hypno... comes from the past... and the future," The old man explained.
"What do you mean?" Sunny asked, intrigued by Hypno Steve.
"Unable to explain it, other than saying... his existence is the result of a paradox," The old man replied to the earth pony.
"All this time stuff is confusing," Said Izzy.
"Well, it is all... timey wimey. I'll be on my merry way now," Said the Doctor, who walks back into his TARDIS, closing the doors of his TARDIS.
"We've got one more place to go before we go back to the present- Well, Time Steve's present," The Doctor said looks at Time Steve and Genesis Steve.
"What's that... Doctor was it- What's your actual name?" Genesis Steve asked.
"The name I chose is the Doctor, and you'll refer me as the Doctor," The Time Lord sternly replied.
"I think I know where you're talking about, Doctor," Said Time Steve.
Colle is in the Giant's cave. He is at the back of the dark cave, at the top of a set of stone stairs that leads to a green triangular portal. There's also 2 diamond-shaped holes that are green on each side of the portal. Colle holds the chronometer that Time Steve gave him, which is keeping him alive. He looks back to the exit, where the sun is still shining.
"I've got nothing left to offer this world. It's time for me to move on," Colle said his thoughts out loud. He turns around again and looks at the green portal.
"Here I come Alex!" Colle went to take a step forward.
Vworp! Vworp vworp vworp vworp!
Colle stops walking towards the portal and turns around. It's been a while, but he remembers that sound. He sees a blue box materializing, the TARDIS.
"Oh, them. Time must want his chronometer back," Colle thought to himself. He walks down the steps.
The doors of the TARDIS opens, with Time Steve walking out.
"Hey, I take it you defeated Void, right?" Time Steve double checked that the main timeline has not changed.
"Yeah, and with the help of Galaxy's power boosting me, with the Judge's hammer, your chronometer too, I was able to defeat him- Speaking of which, here's your chronometer back, it helped me against Void- Wouldn't of been able to beat him without it. There's a place where I need to be," Colle said calmly as he drops the chronometer on the floor. Time Steve immediately notices Colle's health is rapidly deteriorating.
Time Steve summons lightning on Colle. Colle immediately got back up and felt weird.
"Woah uh... what did you do, Time?"
"Reversed your state back in time. I do that to help heal people. I just wondered... instead of... y'know, walking into your fate, you come with us, to the future- Start a new life," Time Steve offered.
"I uh- I don't know, Time. I don't know how to feel about that. I haven't got anything left to do. I done what I needed to do here. I brought the steves together, I destroyed the Last Inferno, destroyed the Daleks, destroyed Dread, pushed the demons back into the world below, and stopped Void. What else is there for me to do? I can't pass on to the world beyond, there's nothing left for me here," Colle replied. But the offer did sound far more enticing than walking into the portal that'll for sure seal his fate.
"I think Professor Red, or Goggles as you know him, he'll be elated to see you- Yeah, I'm from the future, but our times are only separate by a few generations. Professor is still around though, and I think it'll make him so so happy if you come back. Even Genesis is joining with us. Also, do you remember Starlight? We can introduce you to the other ponies too," Time Steve elaborated further.
"Goggles is still alive, even after generations passed? You're saying out of everyone from my time, he's the only one still around in your time? That must be... horrible, for Goggles..." Colle felt sad for the Professor. Not only he had gone crazy, he lost everybody else. Beef, Spark, Sharp, the Boss and so many more, all gone.
"You know what- I'm coming with you," Colle makes his mind up..
"I'll explain to you everything while we travel to the future- Or the present, for me," Said Time Steve. Colle walks through the doors and into the TARDIS.
(Back to the present time, at the waypoint)
"Discord's corrupted."
Everybody gasps at the news Dream Steve and Star Swirl brought to light. It explains why the Lord of Chaos has been missing during the anarchic situation.
"Where has he been- He's been missing for days now! Is he alright!?" Twilight exclaimed. Who knows what Discord is seeing right now. But whatever it is, everybody knows he's seeing his worst fear. But Discord isn't scared easily, as a matter of fact, he doesn't get scared at all, right?
"Heh jus' nah gah ta appawl spirits weth 'im," Applejack stated in gibberish.
"Probably something from within the being that they- Is it Dread or Sombra actually who corrupted him?" Pinkie Pie asked Dream Steve.
"Discord can shrug off Sombra. So my bets is that it's Dread Steve," Rainbow Dash placed her guesses.
"Discord's very powerful either way and would probably pummel Dread under most situations. So how Dread managed to corrupt him... I don't know," Said Sabre.
"Steve ability logic verses our magical logic gets... a little wack. When they interact or clash... anything can happen really," Starlight explained to Sabre.
"I seen at first hand what steves and pony powers can do together, and yes, it is wack," Said Dream Steve.
"Just- Can you tell us who it was so we can go after them," Elemental Steve sighed.
"He has both corruptions. That must be how they overpowered him, through showing him his worst fear. Fear is something you can't beat with raw power, but willpower instead. Willpower to overcome the fear is what cures the corruption," Dream Steve clarified for everyone. To uncorrupt Discord, they'll need to destroy both corruptions.
"Do you have an idea what his worst fear is? You know and understand him more than any of us really," Sabre gently asked Fluttershy, who has been quiet in dreaded worry for her draconequus friend. Light Steve's suspicions had been correct.
"I don't know, he never said what his worst fear was..." Fluttershy worriedly murmured in reply. The pegasus has a few guesses, but whatever it is, it must be horrible.
"Judging how close you two are, maybe it's losing you?" Elemental Steve guessed Discord's worst fear.
"That does make sense Elemental. Fluttershy and Discord are very close," Sabre thinks Elemental Steve is onto something.
"Where has the poor draconequus been all this time though? Shouldn't we uh... head to where he is?" Rarity asked whole having a distraught expression on her face.
"Well, we've become more steve-like in some ways. Procrastinating from doing tasks by having conversations before actually going out to deal with the task," Pinkie Pie randomly said.
"Wow. Thanks," Elemental Steve huffed and crosses his arms. Everypony gives Pinkie Pie a stare.
"Was the procrastination comment too much?" The pink earth pony said with a confused expression on her face.
"Probably," Dream Steve replied.
"Like along the lines Rarity said, we need to get moving. The more we wait, the more of a grip Dread Steve and King Sombra has on Discord. We need to go confront the corruption, and save Discord," Sabre cuts everybody short before they all go off track.
Vworp! Vworp vworp vworp vworp!
A TARDIS is heard and seen materializing to their right. It's always a surprise, because they don't know if it's the Doctor or Doctor Whooves. But when the doors open, they see the Doctor and Time Steve exiting.
Also exiting the time machine is a Red Steve wearing a grey shirt and a caramel brown coat. On the shoulders there are red pads with yellow edges that hold a blue cape which wraps around their chest and left arm. Around their waist is a brown belt with a silver clip. They also wear blue jeans and they wear are light brown boots.
A second figure exits the TARDIS. This green figure doesn't look like a steve, but they are one. They have a circle that's a dirt brown colour on their face. On their chest they have a vibrant lime-coloured symbol that looks like a totem. Both their arms are dirt brown, but they have a lot of greenery over them. On their left arm they have lots of green vines wrapping around them with bits of white flower petals and thorns, which some of the gaps look like they're filled with water. On their right arm has a massive leaf around it, being a bit torn near the shoulders. Their legs are also brown, but also has greenery vines around them.
"Quite a bumpy ride... but, not bad. Being able to travel to any place in any moment in time at a whim is... neat," Said the green figure.
"Yeah, it was rather bumpy- Also, hearing that constant vworping noise... it kinda gets stuck in your head after a while," The Red Steve lightly chuckled.
"Agreed," The green figure nodded.
"Just the noise my TARDIS makes," The Doctor said to the 2 steves.
"Woah uh... who are these people?" Sabre asked Time Steve, looking at the 2 figures.
"We uh... may or may not have brought some people from the past, to the future- Don't worry, the timeline isn't affected," Time Steve explained.
"Oh uh, hi... Colle, was it?" Starlight walks over to the Red Steve.
"Oh uh- Starlight, it sure has been a while, for me at least," The Red Steve replied while lightly chuckling.
"Let me introduce you to my friends," Starlight turns her head to face the mane 6, then looks back to Colle. The mane 6 steps forward and introduce themselves to Colle and Genesis Steve.
"There's a lot more of you than I thought," Colle chuckled.
"Hi, I'm Twilight."
"Rainbow Dash, the fastest pony you'll ever meet!"
"Appawljack requerers appawls!"
"Oh I'm Pinkie Pie!"
"F... Fluttershy..."
"I'm Rarity, and it's a pleasure to meet you two."
"I am Star Swirl the Bearded, part of a group called the Pillars."
"That's nice- My name's Colle, and this other guy here, is called Genesis Steve," The Red Steve replied.
"Hi Colle and Genesis, my name's Sabre- You, Colle, you kinda sound like another Red Steve I once met- Anyway, it's nice to meet you two."
"My name's Elemental Steve. I'm Time Steve's brother."
"Wait- You two are brothers? That's cool to know," Colle glances from Time Steve to Elemental Steve. He then looks over to the mane 6.
"So uh, Time was talking about this place called... Equestria, which Starlight and I assume you lot are from too. So uh, who's the leader of the place?" Colle asked.
"I am, the Princess of Friendship," Twilight replied.
"Oh okay, you know... I think I might stay around. The future seems pretty neat. Can't wait to see how the steves are getting on- Especially the Red Steves as they came out of hiding," Said Colle.
"Hey Genesis, hey Colle," Dream Steve walks to the other figure. The only thing that kept Genesis Steve sane and not be utterly surprised was when Time Steve explained everything that's going on.
"How did I not notice- Dream!? How are you here!? I thought you were in the world beyond!" Colle exclaimed.
"Confusing times, I know," Dream Steve responded.
"Anyway- Colle, wanna see Goggles?" Time Steve asked.
"Who's Goggles?" Rarity asked.
"Oh, Professor Red's other name... which he hasn't used for a long time," Time Steve replied.
"Yeah uh- That'd be a nice surprise for him. I do wanna see how he's been getting on," Colle nodded to Time Steve.
"Everybody, do you mind if you help each other get up to speed while working on helping Discord? I'll take Colle to the Professor," Time Steve replied.
"Yeah, I think that's kinda a good idea Time. I- We're so confused right now," Sabre agreed.
"Alright Colle, gather near me."
Colle stands very close to Time Steve, who then summons lightning. They disappear from the rest of the group.
Colle is in a pitch black area. To make it worse, he can't see Time Steve.
"What- Time!? Where are you!?"
"I'm surprised to see you're here," Said a voice in the background. Colle remembers that voice all too well.
"What- No... I- I didn't want to believe Time- No nono!" Colle exclaimed.
Then a dark blue figure with Demon Steve hair comes walking into view of Colle. It's eyes are completely white, with the same brownish orange colouring around them. It's hands are made of nothing but fire, and all over their body is covered with eyes of regular Demon Steves instead of the usual magma-like markings. The legs are made of magma, with brownish orange feet.
"Hello Colle, it's been a while. It's nice to see you again."
Sneak peak for my ideas with this timeline going forward after I finished the sequel:
I don't have plans for a sequel, with the RQ and G4 MLP characters we have here anyway. But I do have plans for a G5 story connected to this timeline, which is why I added that small Sunny and Izzy cameo. That won't come out until I finish this story though.
I may also work on a chilled out story exploring fully in depth the friendships between the RQ and MLP characters. This story will be set between the first story and the sequel story. But this will be the low on the priority order. I'll eventually have to leave the RQ and the G4 MLP characters alone at some point anyway.
"Everything's got to end sometime. Otherwise,nothingwould ever get started." - 11th Doctor.
