Doctor Who belongs to BBC, My little pony belongs to Hasbro and I don't know who owns Doctor Whooves...

The stars above the plaza shone brilliantly; the visible nebulae painting a soft glow over the buildings. Everything was quite beautiful and despite the dark sky it wasn't night time like you would expect, on this planet the night lasts forever.

The light from the stars above mixed with the many colored fireworks and lasers that filled the night air, the cries of happy citizens mixing with that.

Below, on the ground was a massive plaza, stone pillars surrounded the area creating a circle. In the plaza sat all kinds of games and rides you would usually see at any amusement park, a menagerie of machines designed to make you cheer up.

But what was really interesting to the citizens of the city was the center attraction.

A massive tent squatted in the middle of the plaza, striped with reds and blacks, it was dwarfed by the massive rides and games the surrounded it. Despite this the tent seemed to be the main attraction of the night and the numerous citizens crowded around the empty stage that jutted out of the front of the tent like a hidden blade.

Suddenly, a blast of smoke erupted out of the stage to the wild cheers of the many viewers watching and out of the smoke jumped a white pony in black cape and top hat; a white mask obscuring his face. With a swish of the cape the smoke was dispersed.

"Greetings citizens of Aturin city!" The figure greeted the crowd, making them cheer even louder. "I am Illusion the Great, the greatest magician in the universe!"

As he said this, he stamped a hoof and the stage erupted in smoke once more, engulfing him entirely. The smoke cleared away again and to the surprise of the viewers the magician, Illusion, was nowhere to be seen.

"Hah Hah!"

Heads turned towards the sudden outburst and saw Illusion the Great standing on top of one of the Ferris wheel cars, the riders inside the car just as surprised as everyone else.

Illusion reached inside his cape and pulled out two small pellet sized objects. He threw them at his hooves and was engulfed once more in smoke. For the third time the stage was covered in smoke and it was again dispersed by the magician.

The crowd went wild at the stunt, much to the enjoyment of the magician. His smile was genuine as he looked to the crowd, he so enjoyed being the center of attention.

"Remember; this is a non-smoking show." He joked to the crowd, they erupted into laughter. "But enough of the jokes." He continued, walking to the front of the stage with a flourish of his cape. "This next act will require a guest for the audience." He looked over the crowd; everyone in the crowd clamored for his attention, literally climbing over each other to get him to notice. He looked down over the edge of the stage; audience members were calling up to him to let them be the guest.

"How about..." He paused for dramatic effect, jokingly stroking his chin with a hoof. He finally decided and pointed a hoof at a rather beautiful female pony. "You?"

The female shrieked in joy as did her friends that surround her, they all shouted happily to each other in that high pitched girly talk that Illusion was not fond of and eventually let go of the female pony and let her go up to the stage.

She weaved through the audience but stopped in front of the stage, looking around for some stairs to the top of the high stage but found none.

"Ah, ah!" He stopped her with his voice and bowed. "Allow me." He held out his front hooves and focused on the pony. At first nothing happened but to the pony's surprise she was suddenly lifted into the air by an unseen force. The crowd watched in disbelief as she was lifted out the stage and down beside Illusion the magician.

He applauded himself and everyone else joined in. He turned to the guest; she was fairly beautiful, a normal pony with beige fur and a mane as red as the fire engines of the old times. He emerald eyes twinkled with admiration for the magician.

"What's your name, little missy?" He asked her, acting as suave as possible.

"I'm...I'm..." She paused, apparently unable to remember her name in Illusion's presence. "Oh! I'm Scarlet!"

"Scarlet everyone!" Illusion announced to the crowd, they cheered for the guest before falling silent, all of them waiting loyally for the new trick.

"Well Scarlet..." He turned back to her. "You have been picked to participate in my new trick."

He stamped a hoof on the wooden stage and a square hole in the middle of the stage opened up. Out of the stage a strange metal box rose up; it looked to everyone as a simple solid metal box, no openings or handles, big enough to probably hold one pony and covered in many strange designs.

"The box of astonishment!" Illusion said with a flourish, waving his hooves at the box."

"Ooooooooooooooooooh!" The crowd said in awe.

Illusion stepped towards the box and knocked three times on the front of the box. To the surprise of the crowd the front of the box swung open, revealing a hollow inside.

"If you would be so kind as to step into the box." He said to Scarlet with a charming smile. She quickly did as she was told and positioned herself inside the container, smiling all the way.

"Now..." He started to explain. "I will place Scarlet in the box of astonishment and when i close it she will be gone." He said dramatically.

The crowd watched silently as her closed the box with Scarlet inside. He positioned himself with his back to the crowd and facing the front of the box. He raised his arms.

"Alemo clora nexas." He shouted at the box, waving his arms again. He stood up and approached the box, flinging it open without a moment's hesitation.

The box was empty.

Everyone gasped at this revelation, enthralled at the act.

He looked over the crowd. "Would you like me to bring her back?"

The crowd cheered 'yes'.

He quickly closed the box again, ran to the front of it and repeated the words. He walked to the side of the box and once again flung open the box.

Scarlet stepped out, happy as ever.

The crowd exploded in cheers, all of them screaming the magicians name until it became a chant.

"Illusion! Illusion! Illusion!" They cheered.

He smiled at them in his charming way. Nothing like giving people a good time.

"Thank you, and for my next act..."

***

Scarlet stood in a small metal room, not unlike the metal box she was in a moment ago save for the strange machine she was standing on.

She blinked, rubbing her eyes but the room she was in refused to disappear.

She calmed herself down, taking a few deep breaths. It was alright, Illusion the Great was probably going to surprise her again with another tick. It was all a part of the show.

Then why was she suddenly so scared?

She stepped gingerly off the platform and towards what looked like two mechanized doors. When she stood in front of them the doors slid open, the horrible sound of metal on metal grating in her ears. Eventually they fully opened and she stepped out into a metal corridor, strings of lights lead down it. She nervously stepped into the corridor, her hooves creating clanging noises on the metal floor that echoed around her.

She shouted nervously to her empty surroundings. "Hello...?"

Nothing responded.

"Mister Illusion?" She shouted to the emptiness. "This isn't very fun anymore!"

The emptiness refused to respond.

"Hello?!" She shouted, getting increasingly frightened. "Can somebody help me?!"

As she spoke she noticed something appearing at the other end of the corridor and walking towards her, its footsteps clanking against the floor.

"Oh thank goodness." She muttered, running down the corridor to greet the figure.

"Can you help me? I don't know where I am or what's going on or-"

She froze in her tracks, finally seeing what was exactly walking towards her.

"What...what are you?" She muttered in fear, now stepping back from the advancing figure who remained silent.

"Stay back!" She screamed. "Stay back!"

She backed up all the way to the sliding doors which unfortunately had been sealed shut and did not open. All she could do was watch as the figure was soon upon her, her screams echoing off the walls for no one to hear.

It was a dark winter night in Manehatten; the snow falling lightly onto the buildings from on high painting the usually grey buildings white with snowflakes.

Despite the late time not all of the buildings were silent, one small building in a dank corner of the city was still quite awake; boos and jeers could be heard for miles around.

One of the doors to the building flung open and a unicorn quickly stepped out; her usually blue and white fur and mane stained by tomatoes and other things. She slumped against the wall, sighing loudly.

"There's always sompony that brings produce." She muttered as she levitated her pointed magician's hat off her head and went to work removing as much tomato paste as she could. "I'm never working in Manehatten again, ungrateful cretins." She placed her hat back over her horn and stepped out into the snow-filled streets. She stopped in the middle of the street and looked up at the falling snow and stars.

"Nopony in this city is worthy of being in the presence of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" She shouted angrily at the sky. She kicked at the ground furiously. "It's all that unicorn from Ponyville's fault!"

She eventually stopped; her rage and energy spent and started the long trek down the streets back to her new home.

Trixie shivered intensely, her thin cape and hat not exactly providing the necessary warmth in the winter weather, her hooves turning numb in the icy snow.

She stopped when she noticed a frozen puddle in the ground in front of her. She looked down at the puddle and saw her reflection; a battered magician on hard times. All of her magic shows since then had been horrible and she had become a laughing stock. She reared up and smashed the ice into pieces.

It didn't matter to her; this was only a minor setback. She would rise up once again, bigger, better and able to smash all who doubt her. She was the Great and Powerful Trixie and she would be-

"Look out!"

She was knocked back into reality by somepony running into her, knocking both of them into the snow.

"What are you doing?!" She shouted scornfully at the pony as she scrambled back to her hooves. "Do you know who I am?!"

The pony stood up and faced her; a brown earth pony with a matching mane, he wore nothing but a tie despite the freezing cold around them. An hourglass on his flank was his cutiemark.

The earth pony spoke in a fast paced way with an accent that Trixie recognized as from around Trottingham.

"Uh..." He mumbled, tilting his head as he inspected the unicorn. "Nope sorry, should I know you? Wait, not important, I have other things to worry about."

"Not important?!" Trixie gasped. "I am the Great and powerful Trixie!"

"Oh really? Well Trixie, I'm the Doctor so basically..."

From behind the pony a massive thing stood up and roared at the two of them.

"...you should probably start running."

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