//------------------------------// // A Secret Unveiled // Story: Time lords in Equestria // by Mddocta122 //------------------------------// The air turns to ash and fire, screams of pain drown out the noises of explosives. Body's are thrown back and forced to the ground as ponies and a Time Lord gasp for clean air. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "So, where's Twilight?" Rainbow Dash asks as she attempts to wipe ash off of her cyan coat. "Do you think she went into the cave?" "Maybe she was abducted by those robo-alien guys! Or maybe she's a double agent for them!" Pinkie Pie gasps. "She's a traitor! Ooohhh I knew we shoulden't have trusted her!" Pinkie suggests as she hops around. "She's not a traitor..." Rainbow Dash says sternly. "Oh but she is!" "She's not...." Applejack gets back on her hooves from wiping ash from her cutie mark. "Well it don't really matta where Twilight is now does it? Chances are that she's either in that cave or she teleported away with her magic. So I say we head Right on in" Applejack says as she walks towards the magic gate prevously locked, now blown open from the explosion. "That seems resonable." Rarity agrees. "Besides, the quicker we get through the cave the quicker we can return to Sweetie Bell." "Well it surely beats sitting here and pondering where a mystical unicorn is now dosen't it? Let's go." The Doctor says. As they enter the cave it becomes noticbly darker the moment they step foot inside. The cave is extremely smooth on the inside showing signs that the cave is not natural but rather was built by the hoofs of ponies. The farther in the wider the, intially narrow path, gets. Eventually the path ends leading to a large chamber. The middle of which leads downwards. Much, farther down. On the sides large indentations in the cave walls hold large objects. Objects of which seem rather mundane. "What is this place?" Fluttershy questions. "Seems like a bunch of junk to me. But apparently this is where the signal is." Rainbow Dash says, clearly uninterested. "Well Doctor, is this the place?" "Yes but... the signal is coming from all of these objects. I don't understand, this is just of bunch of random stuff from... well... I don't really know where. I mean this stuff is so mundane that it could be from anywhere. Or anytime for that matter." The Doctor takes out his sonic screwdriver and attempts to scan what seems like a sarcophagus. He notices that the sarcophagus is shockingly similar to those found in ancient Egyption ruins... on Earth. "This isn't from this planet. This is from Earth." "Whatsa Earth?" Pinkie Pie asks. "It's another planet. I know many people from Earth..." The Doctor examins the sarcophagus further. "Wait a minute there's a keyhole on this thing. Strange... looks just like the keyhole on the Tar-" The Doctors eyes widen while his mouth shuts. "Doctor? What is it?" Fluttershy asks. The Doctors hand places over his mouth as a tear forms in his eye. "Wait here..." He grabs a key from his pocket. He places it inside the keyhole of the sarcophagus. Slowly, he turns the key, the sarcophagus opens with a Click. The Doctor walks in slowly as the ponies wait outside. The inside is bigger. The sarcophagus is a Tardis. More tears form in the Doctors eyes as he spots a skeleton. Happened too fast, He couldn't even hope to regenerate. He thinks. Applebloom hears the sound of hooves on the ground. She signals to Scootaloo to follow her. "Hello... is anyone there?" She whispers. A flash of purple runs past another object, presumably another form of a Tardis. "Twilight? Is that you?" Twilight walks out from behind the Tardis. "Oh, um. Hi there girls." The filly's run and hug Twilight tightly. "Twilight! We've been so worried! Where have you been?" Scootaloo asks. "Oh well, when the explosion went off I um... I ran into the cave because, I thought that uh... that everypony else was." The rest of the pony's see Twilight and trot over. "Twilight! Are you a traitor? Huh? Huh? Huh?" Pinkie Pie questions as she gets right into Twilight's face. "I knew you couldn't be trusted!" "Wha- what are you talking about Pinkie?" Twilight says confused as she backs away. "Hey wait a minute. Where's the Doctor?" "He's messin' round with some weird old... thing, over their." Applejack explains. "Wait what thing?" Twilight asks as the Doctor walks out of the newly discovered Tardis, tears rolling down his red face. He looks up and see's Twilight. His eyes widen as his face changes to look full of anger. He approaches Twilight. "You! You knew didn't you. How long did you plan to keep it a secret?" He yells furiously. Twilight struggles to speak the words in her mind. "I- I- I'm sorry" She sighs "I'm just... I'm sorry." The Doctor refuses to calm down. "Your sorry? These are, or were, my people. You don't understand what it's like! To be the last of your race! All of these Time Lords... with them... maybe, just maybe I wouldn't be the last one of my race!" The Doctor falls to his knees. "All of this technology. All of these Time Lords. All of it just locked In this cave for, who knows how long." The Doctor sits in silence for a few moments. "But it isn't really your faults is it? Your leader. Please I would like to meet your leader." Twilight looks unsure of what to say. "Why do you want to meet the princess?" "I simply want to talk." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ponies arrive just outside of the castle, traveling through Canterlot by passing the Doctor off as a newly discovered species of animal. They walk to the castle doors. "I request a audience with Princess Celestia." Twilight explains. The guard rolls his eyes. "And why is that?" He asks Rainbow Dash butts in. "Really? Do you not see the never before seen animal behind us?" She retorts. "Fair enough..." The guard mumbles. The group enters the doors. The Doctor leans down next to Twilight's ear. "Is it really that easy to get into the castle of a princess around here?" Twilight shrugs off the Doctors comment. Princess Celestia and Luna look up and realize her student, along with her friends and the Doctor have arrived. The ponies all bow to their benevolent leaders. "Hello princess. May we speak with you in private> "Of course my student." The princess leads the group to her personal study. "May I ask Twilight Sparkle, what is this... creature you have brought here." Before Twilight or any of the others can explain, the Doctor does so himself. "My name is the Doctor I'm a Time Lord from the planet Galllifrey located in the constellation of Kasterborous. I am the last of my race. You trapped many of my people in a cave. I'm here for a explanation." The princess looks shocked for a moment before regaining her composure. She looks at the Doctor unsure of what to say. "Well Doctor, I'm unsure of what to say. I am unaware of what you are speaking of." "The cave, the random objects that you've never before seen on this planet. You know what I speak of." He retorts. The princess's eyes widen, realizing what the Doctor is talking about. "Those objects. Those contained your people?" The Doctor takes in a deep breath. "Yes, those objects are time machines, able to travel through both time and space." "Well I- I apologize, I had simply no idea. Those, Tardis', as you call them. They simply materialized here in Equestria. We couldn't get inside them, however we were aware that they had something, special, I suppose, about them. They couldn't get into the wrong hands so, we had no choice but to conceal them." The Doctor's mouth opens to speak however he stopped by his own surprise. A blue cylinder appears behind the princess. "Princess move!" He shouts. The princess notices the blue cylinder behind her and jumps out of the way. In her place, the cybermen appear. Their stainless steel clash with the brown wood of the royal study. "Really? Now? You had to come now, didn't you?" The Doctor complains. The cyberman in the middle points to the six friends in the corner. "Those six. They will come to be assimilated." The Cyberman commands, with a static, emotionless voice. The Doctor knees down next to the ponies. "Right, okay then. Now this could cause a problem." He whispers. "Listen, you need to go with them, if you don't then they could do, well I don't really know but it would be bad. Don't worry, i'll come for you." The Doctor stands up and faces the machines. "Right then. They'll be off with you." The ponies and the Cybermen alike are surrounded by a blue cylinder, and disappear. Once the ponies and Cybermen disappear, the Doctor once more turns his attention to the princess. "Now then, your very lucky that I'm the Doctor and that I'm here." "And why is that?" Celestia questions. "Well because I'm the Doctor. And I'm the only one who can stop them." He claims with a smile on his face. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Doctor see's the Cybermen kidnapping the citizens of Canterlot. He ducks behind a fruit stand in the market district, watching as the Cybermen lead their victims onto their ships. The Doctor hears a voice behind him."No wait! Please leave us alone!" A pony yells. The Doctor turns, a group of ponies, terrified by the metal shell in front of them. One attempts to ram the Cyberman with it's head, the Cyberman quickly grabs the pony's head. Bolts of electricity transfer from it's hand to the unlucky pony's head, it travels through it's body as bolts of electricity shoot from the stallions body, killing it. "No!" The Doctor yells as he leaves his hiding place. He plants himself in front of the large group. The Cyberman spots the Doctor. It lifts it arm to it's face and speaks. "The Doctor has been located. The Doctor has been located." It repeats. Another ship appears in the sky above the Doctor, a spot light shines on him. "Leave this race alone!" The Doctor commands. "It's me you want isn't it? So this is how you draw me out? By killing those that have nothing to do with me?" The Doctor questions. "Well take me then! I surrender." The Cyberman, now accompanied by other Cybermen stares at the Doctor. "We will accept your surrender. Though this race will be assimilated." The Cyberman says. "Oh is that so? Well thanI suppose I can't go with you. Now Can I?" The Doctor teases. "You have no choice in the matter, your are surrounded." The Cyberman taunts. "Yes I do." The Doctor points his sonic screwdriver at the Cybermen. For a moment they simply stare. Then sparks shoot from their heads, and finally they begin to explode, one by one. The Doctor walks to a destroyed Cyberman, he leans down next to it a pulls a small device from it. The ends are covered in scorched metal however the middle contains a purple glowing material in it. "I warned you" The Doctor says into the Cyberman's functioning wrist radio. "Welp... time to board a hostile enemy ship" The Doctor thinks to himself. "I swear I do this far to much. Ahh but who am I kidding, I love it!