//------------------------------// // Defeated // Story: The Doctor and the Pegasus // by RandomHamster33 //------------------------------// The Doctor took the thick, brown leather book from Discord's mismatched paws. He grunted as he almost dropped it; the thing was heavier than it looked! Flipping through the yellowed and torn pages, eyes scanning every word in less than a second, the Time Lord searched for the spell. He stopped and grinned. "Okay, here it is. Who here can do it?" the Doctor asked, looking at the ponies who were clustered around him. Twilight Sparkle stood on the tips of her hooves, trying to get a better look at the spell. Applejack, whose shoulder the unicorn was looking over, stepped out of the way, irritated by her friend invading her personal space. Twilight toppled over from the sudden movement, but quickly got back on her hooves. She let her eyes scan it for a few more moments. "I don't think I can do that one that powerful," Twilight said, shaking her head. She turned her head to her mentor. "You can surely do it, Princess." Celestia closed her eyes sadly. She shook her head as well. "That is a dark spell. It's black magic. I can only do simple things of black magic, as Sombra did. Nopony can do that." Discord grinned. "Well, it's a good thing you've got me then!" He floated on his back and leaned backwards over the ponies, cracking his knuckles. "Discord, are you sure? Your magic is very strong and uncontrollable, it would not end well if it did not perform its duty." Celestia watched the spirit warily. "Oh, please! I may not have control every once in a while-" “Don't you mean half the time?" Applejack snorted into her hoof. Discord shot her a glare. The earth pony was transformed into a box of cereal. (wink wink) "Discord!" Celestia shouted. "Whoops," Discord smirked, snapping his fingers. Applejack growled and went to stand beside Rarity. "Anyways, where was I?" He paused. “Oh yeah! That spell! I can do it; no problem.” “Are you completely sure? I don’t want anypony getting hurt.” The Princess gave him a concerned look. “I am completely sure! Now, show me the spell again, Doctor.” Discord leaned in closer, preparing to snap his fingers. The Doctor lifted the heavy leather book up to the draconequus’s face. Discord snapped his fingers, and there was a bright flash. When it was gone, every pony in the room glanced around, rubbing at their eyes, when a pained yelp caught their attention. Discord was now fighting a shadow figure of himself- and losing. The shadow Discord grinned evilly and punched the real Discord in the mouth, knocking his fang out. The real one rubbed at his jaw and cast a spell, causing the other to start on fire. It squealed and put the flames out, then pounced onto the real draconequus. It held him down and conjured up a huge fist to smash Discord in the face. . . repeatedly. A bolt of lightning struck the shadow, causing it to lose its grip. Discord threw it off and leaped at it, the claws on his lion paw unsheathing. He crashed into the shadow’s stomach and dug his claws into its flesh. It fell backward, and managed to fling Discord off. The copy then summoned a huge rock and chucked it at the spirit, catching him in the chest. There were a few cracks heard, and Discord stood up dizzily. He shook his head like a dog and blinked. “Aw man! I just broke those!” Discord exclaimed. His chest exploded outwards. The broken ribs turned into snakes and flung themselves at the shadow, biting and constricting it. Discord watched in satisfaction, his skin knitting back together, no blood or anything. The copy choked, and in a snap of its fingers, the snakes were harmless worms. They fell to the floor. “You’ll regret that!” the shadow growled, sending a huge wave of water at the actual Discord, who yowled in surprise as he was caught in the wave. Once the water was gone, the copy went up to the drenched spirit, who was laying on the floor. It opened its mouth, and started sucking everything into it. Discord cried out in surprise and tried to hang onto the railing to escape the gaping maw that was his copy’s mouth. The suction was too strong though, and the real draconequus was sucked into the fake’s body. The copy grinned, eyes flashing brightly. “I think you’ll find that you will be the one regretting that,” Pinkie Pie said happily, bouncing. The shadow spirit snorted, shrugging. “And why would that be?” it asked, raising an eyebrow. A flash of yellow and pink bowled the shadow over, a high pitched shriek of fury piercing the eardrums of every life form in the TARDIS. When the dust cleared from the landing, Fluttershy was sitting on top of the shadow Discord, delivering sonic-speed blows at its face. “You. Do. Not. Touch. DISCORD!!” Fluttershy screamed, picking up the copy by its tail and banging it on either side of her. She spun in a circle and let it fly, hurling it at the ponies by accident. The group quickly got away; Rainbow Dash picking up the Time Lord before he could get away himself. Fluttershy let out an earsplitting roar which beat the volume she had at the Grand Galloping Gala. She burst forward and pounded the still shocked spirit into the floor farther. She leapt into the air, putting her hooves together, and came down onto Discord’s evil twin. It shrieked in pain and the real Discord came flying out of its mouth. He landed squarely on his back and slid, as he was still wet from the wave and from being inside the other him. Fluttershy gave one last kick into the fake Discord’s side, spitting on it as she did so. “Nopony messes with my spirit.” She watched as the copy dissipated into particles, blowing away like dust in the wind. The usually timid pegasus turned her back, a stern look on her face. She stormed up to Discord, who was still groaning, curled up in a ball. Fluttershy bent down, her face suddenly full of compassion. “Oh sweetie, are you okay? You’re not hurt too badly are you?” she asked, helping him sit up. “I would be. . . but you beating the fudge out of the other me didn’t help when I was inside him,” Discord groaned. He coughed a few times and stood up, using his wings to help keep him right side up. His eyes went in opposite directions for a few moments before he lost his dizziness. “I am. . . I am alright. It’s all good, everypony.” He bent over and put his hands on his knees, his breathing wheezy. He brought his head up again. “It’s all. . . good. .” He slumped over, unconscious. Celestia quickly lit her horn, catching the spirit before he hit the floor. She lifted him over to her, laying him sideways over her back. “I called it! I totally called it!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed, hopping wildly. All eyes went to her. She put a hoof up, closing her eyes. “Okay, we all called it, but I still did.” “His magic is completely unfit for a direct spell. He usually just does whatever, no spells, just chaos. I shouldn’t have let him even try. .” Celestia murmured. “It’s okay Princess. We’ll figure out some way to fix this,” Twilight comforted. “I’m sorry to say this, my most faithful student, but probably not. None of us can do a black magic spell like that, I’m afraid.” “. . I can,” a small voice spoke up. Every pair of eyes went to the Princess of the Night. Luna winced, crouching beneath the burning gazes of the ponies. Celestia walked forward, and the crowd parted, letting her approach her sister. She loomed over the smaller alicorn. “Luna. . How is it you know how to do this?” “I. . I am the entity of the Night. I was born with the power of black magic. I was told to keep my powers secret from everypony, and that included you,” Luna started, standing up taller. “I am very skilled at black magic, and can do nearly every spell, including this one. If I must use my powers to save Equestria, then I shall.” Her eyes sparked for the first time in a while. Celestia gave her a smile. “Then get to work, sister! We must defend our kingdom!” Luna nodded and the Doctor immediately showed her the book from where he was still in Rainbow Dash’s arms. She narrowed her eyes, reading it over and over in her mind. She leaned her head back, eyes shut this time. Her horn lit, the magic darker and making a whirring sound. Black flashes of lightning broke away from her horn, and the ponies backed away. Luna rose into the air, a few droplets of perspiration on her forehead. She held out her arms, wings flapping instinctively. She opened her eyes, and they were completely black. The room flashed once. “You didn’t kill them, did you?” Chrysalis asked, putting her hooves together. She leaned back in her throne. The black and dark aqua marble beneath her shone. She looked down at the drone in front of her. “No, we didn’t. They are at your disposal,” the drone responded, dipping its head. Chrysalis smiled, sharp fangs gleaming. “Good. Cadence and Shining Armor will regret ever being born by the time I’m done with them!” she cackled. She turned her head to the three changelings by her side. “I still cannot believe you let the Doctor escape. Disgraceful.” She hissed at them. All three heads turned to look at the Queen at the same time. Their eyes flashed once, and then their bodies started glowing. “What! What is this!?” The Queen put a hoof up to her eyes to stop the blinding light. The changelings rose into the air, and started shrinking. “No! Do not change back!” She leapt off her throne, lighting her horn. A blast of magic crashed into Chrysalis, hitting her back. The fillies fell onto the floor, back to their normal selves. They opened their eyes, blinking. Chrysalis stumbled to her hooves, preparing her spell. Another flash, dark blue this time, took the fillies. They were gone. Luna lowered back to the floor, her horn smoking. Her eyes were back to their normal aqua color, shining in the dark TARDIS. Before anypony could react, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Applejack had something in their hooves. “What happened?” Scootaloo asked, confused. She looked around, stopping as she saw what she was sitting on top of. Two brown eyes blinked at her. She froze. “Nice to see you, too,” the Doctor said, rolling his eyes. Scootaloo sat motionless on his chest. “Can you put me down?” He glanced up at Dash. “Can you walk yet?” the cyan pegasus asked. “I should be able to now.” Rainbow set the Doctor down, taking Scootaloo from his hands. “Oh Scootaloo! I’m so glad you’re back to normal!” Dash exclaimed, hugging the filly tightly. Scootalo blinked in surprise. “Um, okay? What did we do this time?” “Okay, now that that’s taking care of, what happens next? Chrysalis is still out there,” Rarity said, holding Sweetie Belle in her lap. The ponies exchanged glances. The Doctor paced the TARDIS, hands in his pockets. “Well, I say we stop her.” Rainbow Dash sighed, face-hoofing. “Any other suggestions?” “Of course!” the Time Lord exclaimed as if it were obvious. “But I need to give her a chance first.” “A chance?! You’re kidding right?! She’s evil! We just have to go in and stop her!” Rainbow Dash slammed her hooves together. “Sorry to be so crude, but I agree with Dash. We can’t just let her go!” Rarity agreed. “Yeah! Let’s beat the flank off Chrysalis!” Scootaloo shouted, buzzing her wings. Rainbow high-hooved the filly. “I always give them a chance,” the Doctor said firmly. He took off his coat, throwing it over one of the support beams in the TARDIS. He went up to the controls and pressed a few buttons, and then walked back to the doors. He glanced over his shoulder. “I’ll be back. Don’t leave the TARDIS. As long as you’re in here, you’ll be safe.” The Time Lord opened the door. “Oh no you don’t!” Rainbow Dash growled, flying forward. She hit the Doctor out before he could react. “Rainbow Dash!” Rarity shouted, following. The others traded glances, then shrugged. All the ponies raced out the blue doors, and they closed behind them. The Doctor quickly fumbled in his coat pocket for his sonic screwdriver. The TARDIS began dematerializing. The Time Lord stopped, eyes widening. “Chrysalis still has my sonic screwdriver!” he exclaimed in distress. He leapt forward, taking the TARDIS key out of his pocket. But he was too late. The spacecraft disappeared. The Doctor stumbled, falling to one knee. He sat there, breathing heavily for a few minutes. “Doctor?” Fluttershy asked. She slowly approached him, and lay a hoof on his shoulder. He spun around, standing up. The yellow pegasus squeaked, backing off. “You couldn’t’ve just stayed in the TARDIS, could you!?” he shouted, throwing his hands in the air. He then pointed his finger at Dash, storming up to her. “I said ‘stay in the TARDIS, you’ll be safe there!” but noooo,” he complained, drawing the word out, “you just had to follow me out! Do you not think!?” Rainbow Dash gasped. “I wasn’t going to leave you! What if you got hurt?” “I can handle it on my own! I’ve been alone for hundreds of years; you think I can’t get out of a jam without someone to help me?” “I never said that! But what’s bad about having somepony help you? It’d make it a heck of a lot easier.” “Girls, girls, you’re both pretty! What I’m wondering is why the TARDIS just left us!” Pinkie Pie chimed. She pointed a hoof at where the blue box had just dematerialized from. “It was the Emergency Protocols. If I didn’t make it out, then the TARDIS would take you somewhere safe,” the Doctor answered. “That’s mighty kind ‘a ya,” Applejack started, standing on her hind legs and looping an arm around the Time Lord’s shoulders, “but we are the Elements of Harmony. We’ve been through hell and gone-” Pinkie bounced in front of her, “defeated evil forces-” Rarity flipped her mane, “helped the less fortunate-” Fluttershy leapt into the air, “given love to those who need it-” Rainbow Dash did a kick flip, “shown some mercy and none-” Twilight lit her horn, “and stuck together through it all-” They all finished in perfect harmony. “And we’re ready for anything!” At the end, the Mane Six were standing together, determination showing on all of their faces. The Doctor stood there, silent. “Nice little speech ladies, but it was a might boring for my taste,” Discord yawned, putting a paw to his mouth. He sat up straighter on Celestia’s back, popping his own. The Sun Princess smirked. “I hope you had a nice nap,” she said, raising an eyebrow. “Oh, the bed was a bit lumpy~” He gave her a snarky smile, only to be picked up and thrown across the dark castle room. He grumbled something under his breath, standing back up. He brushed some dust off his shoulders and hovered in the air. “So, Doctor, do you trust us to help you?” Twilight asked, sticking her hoof out to him. He looked at it for a moment, before smiling. He grabbed the purple appendage and shook it. “Then what are we waiting for?” the Time Lord smirked. “Allons-y!” “Oh boy! Allenzy!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed, bouncing in the air. She stopped. “Wait, what does that mean?” Chrysalis was absolutely outraged. She was fuming. Smoke literally blowing out her ears, eyes glowing with fire, she took out her anger on the nearby throne. She destroyed it in a huge blast of lime green magic, the marble chunks flying in all directions. She snarled loudly as a few bits smacked her from the impact, but stayed still, making no attempt to get out of the way. Her horn still smoking, she flew up to the window, glaring at the destruction. She was about to go and kill she was so angry, when she heard approaching steps. She spun around, hissing. The Queen stopped abruptly when she saw a strange creature leaning against the door frame, arms crossed. It watched her, eyebrows raised. “What are you?” she growled. The thing gave her a blank stare, then couldn’t contain its laughter as it smirked. After a few moments, it looked back up at Chrysalis. “Don’t remember me, huh? Well, I don’t blame you, I guess. I am different, thanks to you,” it said as if it were obvious. Chrysalis narrowed her eyes, then gasped. She took a step back, horn beginning to glow. “The Doctor? You’re the Doctor?” The Doctor smirked. “Yup.” He pushed off the door frame and put his hands in his pockets, taking a few steps around. He saw the half melted throne and walked over to it. The Queen glared, but stayed away, not wanting to see what he could do if he got mad. She didn’t know if he had weapons or anything with him. “That formula I cooked up really changes things, huh? Didn’t do much work on your spell, of course, but I wasn’t under a spell. It was just the laws of the land. Everything has to be a pony; or pony-like, in your case. Well, okay, that’s not true, Discord isnt. . .” The Time Lord paused, rubbing at his face with a hand. He closed his eyes momentarily, putting his hands up. “Okay, ignore that. Just- uh, whatever. Equestria is so odd.” He turned his back and ran a finger down the smooth surface of the melted marble. He studied it for a while, then turned around. He started approaching the changeling, who snarled. Her horn shone brighter. “Look, Queen Chrysalis, I don’t want to hurt you. But if you don’t stop this now, I can’t guarantee that you won’t be,” the Doctor said. He looked her in the eyes. “And I cannot guarantee that you won’t be!” Chrysalis cackled, picking the Time Lord up with her magic. He whistled, and before the changeling knew what was happening, all ten ponies, plus Discord riding in on a wave that followed him only, barged in. She narrowed her eyes, snorting. She backed up to the corner of the room with her prisoner. She made a knife appear, and held it up to the Doctor’s neck. “Stay back, all of you!” she snapped. She pressed harder on the Doctor’s neck. “And Discord, get that stupid wave out of here, or I’ll kill you again!” The spirit grumbled something to himself before falling back to the floor, the water gone. “Now,” Chrysalis started sweetly, “if you want your precious Doctor to live another day, I advise you all do as I say.” She smiled evilly. Then she looked up at the Doctor, who was still suspended in her magic grip with the blade at his throat. “I think I’m getting tired of holding you.” She brought him over to a high hook and hung him by the back of his suit. Then she made rope appear on his limbs, leaving the Time Lord unable to move. “Oi! Is this really necessary? Can’t you just put me in a cage or prison cell or something? I don’t want my suit to rip,” the Doctor told the changeling. He wiggled slightly in his bonds. “No, it is more amusing like this.” She gave a few evil laughs. “How about I make a deal with you?” “What kind of deal?” She narrowed her slitted eyes at the Time Lord. “Well, you know that thing you stole from me earlier? Silver with blue on it?” “That? What about it?” “Well. . .” he started, “I’ll trade myself for that. Just give it to the ponies and you can keep me. And I’ll do whatever you want.” “What?! Doctor, what are you doing?!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, flying higher into the air. “You can’t just give yourself away for that little pen thing!” Luna argued. “We need you! Don’t be a silly pants!” Pinkie Pie shouted. She then laughed. “It makes more sense, because you do wear pants!” Rolling her eyes, Twilight looked up at the Doctor. “Don’t be ridiculous. We’ll get you back some way!” “No, I have to do this. The sonic screwdriver is the only thing that can get into the TARDIS,” the Doctor said. “Enough!” Chrysalis silenced. “Is that all?” She turned to the Doctor. “Yes. But I want you to leave everyone in here alone as well. That’s it.” He nodded firmly, finishing his sentence. The Queen pondered it for a few minutes, then closed her eyes. “Fine. Take it.” Chrysalis took the wanted item from her mane. She tossed the sonic at Fluttershy, who squeaked and pushed herself into the floor as the screwdriver landed in her mane. Rarity picked it up with her light blue magic. “Quick! Now!” the Doctor yelled. Rarity quickly aimed the sonic at the Queen’s horn and pressed down on a button. It caused her horn to flicker, making the knife drop from her grip where it had been pressed against the Doctor’s throat. Then the white unicorn pointed it at the Time Lord, and the ropes released their hold on him. “No!” Chrysalis threw herself at the group. Before they could register what was happening, Rarity was on the floor, blood pooling around her head. Sweetie Belle screamed, running towards her sister. Apple Bloom and Scootaloo held her back from the action. Chrysalis smacked Twilight into the wall, a crunching sound heard as her head collided with the marble. The unicorn fell onto the floor, the back of her mane coated in the red substance. “Luna! Get the Doctor!” Celestia ordered, turning to face the changeling. Luna gave a hard flap of her wings and started towards the Time Lord. “I think not!” Chrysalis shouted. Her horn, returning to normal, fired a blast at the Princess of the Night. Luna, totally unprepared, was struck with the beam. She cried out and fell, spiraling down. She smashed into the marble, still. “Luna!” Princess Celestia shouted. She looked upon her sister’s still body with wide eyes. The lavender orbs then switched their focus to the Queen. “You’ll regret that!” She started after the changeling, horn lit brightly. “Rainbow Dash!” Applejack hissed. She jerked her head towards the sonic screwdriver, which was lying across the room. Rainbow Dash nodded and went to retrieve it while the earth pony tended to Twilight. The pegasus got the sonic and flew up to the Doctor. “I don’t think so!” came Chrysalis’s voice from below. The Doctor was picked up, held in a shifting green aura, and taken away from Dash. “I think so!” Celestia shouted. There was a scream as the Sun Princess burnt the changeling with her magic. The Doctor fell out of the air, and was grabbed by Rainbow Dash. “Quick! Gimme the sonic!” the Time Lord demanded immediately. “Alright, alright, here you go,” Rainbow Dash said, hoofing it over. He grabbed it and aimed it at the changeling. The Queen’s horn spluttered again, ending her magical flow. She hissed and was then hit with a barrage of blows from Celestia, the power of the sun on her side. The regal alicorn sprang forward, tackling Chrysalis into the floor. “Okay, what now? Your plan worked- somewhat, anyways,” Dash commented. She hovered with the Time Lord in her arms. “I, um, I don’t know. I didn’t think we’d get this far, actually,” he replied. “You’re kidding me, right?” She gave him a deadpan stare. The Doctor thought. “I think I know what to do. We’ll need to get Luna up first.” He pointed at the Night Princess, still lying unconscious on the floor. On wing was bent at an awkward angle, and blood was in a puddle around her. A high pitched scream went through the room. Celestia was frozen, her body still. She looked like she had been turned to stone, but still retained her color. The Princess’s face was stuck in a look of horror and pain. Chrysalis smirked, laughing. “Hello Dissy! Wanna play?” the Queen giggled evilly, advancing towards the draconequus. Discord grimaced, backing away. “No, not really, I’m kinda tired, actually,” Discord grunted. He put up his paws in defeat. “But I want to, and that’s all that matters!” She pounced on the spirit, who promptly teleported out of the way. He waved, panicked, at her from the ceiling. Chrysalis blasted him from below, and pounced on top of him, sitting on his chest. She bent down and whispered something in his ear. “I think I’m going to have fun with you.” Rainbow Dash grimaced, ears folding back. “Doctor! We need to do something!” “I’m thinking, I’m thinking!” he replied frantically, pulling at his hair. Rainbow stared as he did this, eyes wide. His hair was great. His head popped up, face bright. “I know!” He got his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at not Chrysalis, but Discord, and pressed down. The Lord of Chaos exploded with golden magic, throwing the Queen off and into a wall. Discord was lifted into the air, his magic going crazy. It went for Chrysalis and attacked her itself, not taking any command from Discord, who was pretty confused. “What’s happening?” Dash asked, eyebrows raised as she watched Chrysalis scream as she was hit repeatedly. After the Queen was unconscious, the golden tendrils spread across Equestria, paralyzing all the changelings. Discord flashed once more with another burst of magic, and every single changeling was turned to dust, even Chrysalis. After it all, the spirit fell out of the air. He landed on the ground and didn’t wake up. “What.” Rainbow Dash stared in awe at the place where Chrysalis had once been. Just a small pile of ashes. “Well, that turned out better than expected. Well, not really, well, I don’t know. Come on, to the ground! There are some injured ponies we need to take care of,” the Doctor said. Rainbow Dash flew them both down. Her heart was pounding wildly, and it wasn’t because of what she had just witnessed. He just saved Equestria and defeated the Queen. He had known to sonic Discord, causing his magic to react. Rainbow loved danger, and everything about it, even if she did get hurt. But even though he was an alien species, how could she not love how dangerous and smart he was? Even if he was an even bigger egghead than Twilight. There was no denying it now. Dash knew what the feeling was. She was in love.