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// 3. Rainbow down 
// Story: Doctor Whooves Stories: Episode 6: Touch of an Angel 
// by puropogo 
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Chapter 3: Rainbow down

7th July 1002 C.E., 3:00 p.m., Sugarcube corner.

Pinkie Pie was in the kitchen with Rarity and Fluttershy again. This time it seemed that they would manage to bake the souffle.

“Alright girls,” Pinkie said, “we must be very, very, very, very, very…”

7th July 1002 C.E., 3:31 p.m., Sugarcube Corner, Ponyville.

“... very, very quiet. Is that understood?”
“Honey,” Rarity said, “did you noticed that you said ‘very’ like a thousand times?”
“Really? I thought it was only 956 times.” Pinkie replied. “Anyway, remember, we must be very quiet or our souffle-”
“PINKIE PIE!” Twilight shouted while she was entering the door, making the souffle to collapse.
“Or our souffle will collapse for 456th TIME!!!” Pinkie shouted. “I know because I counted! What’s wrong with you ponies??”

7th July 1002 C.E., 3:31 p.m., The Hay Burger, Ponyville.

“I hate betting with you.” Said the green unicorn to her beige friend while giving another bit to her.

7th July 1002 C.E., 3:31 p.m., Sugarcube corner, Ponyville.

“And the worst part, Lyra and Bon Bon are betting about when I’m going to have an outburst. I just wanted to do a souffle for my friend.” Pinkie said on the verge of crying.

“Don’t worry, Pinkie,” Fluttershy said to her friend, “like I said before, I’m just happy to be around you here.” When she saw Pinkie smiling again, Fluttershy turned her head to Twilight. “What’s wrong, Twilight?”
“It’s… it’s terrible. I don’t know how to explain to you girls, but I think you are in terrible danger.” Twilight said.
“What did you said, darling?” Rarity asked.
“It has something to do Derpy and that crazy doctor?” Pinkie asked.
“He’s not that crazy.” Derpy said.
“How did you-”
“The hole in the wall. Girls, I need your help, the Doctor is in danger and the universe as well.” Derpy said, almost in a begging tone.
“What happened?”
“Not now, we must find Applejack and Rainbow Dash!”
“Let’s find them!”.

7th July 1002 C.E., 3:40 p.m., Sweet Apple Acres, Ponyville.

“I’m trying, almost done!” A small orange pegasus next to Rainbow Dash was flapping her wings, trying to fly unsuccessfully. Her partner was watching her from above. When she failed, Rainbow flied next to the filly to comfort her. “Why, Rainbow? No matter what I do, I’ll never be able to fly.”
“Don’t ever say that, squirt.”, Rainbow said. “I know this could be really hard to you, but I trust that you’ll fly.”
“Do you think so?”
“I know. Trust me.”

Rainbow and Scootaloo shared a hug before noticing Rainbow friends running to their direction.

“I think I must go. They seem to need you.”
“Don’t worry, kiddo. Keep practicing and you’ll fly.”
“See you, Rainbow.” Scootaloo said while riding her scooter, away from Rainbow and her friends.

“What happened?”
“Everyone is here, right?” Twilight asked, and all of her friends nodded. “I just saw a video, with you guys…”
“And?”
“You are in danger in that video.” Twilight said.
“Darling, there is nothing to worry about-” Rarity was saying when she was interrupted by Derpy.
“Yes, there it is! The video showed you in danger, and the Doctor as well.”
“What was going on?” Rainbow asked.
“Look, there is an evil in Everfree Forest that must be stopped.” Twilight said. “I called you because the Doctor was caught by that evil and he sent us the video from the past.”
“How he did that?” Applejack asked.
“It was a… wibbly wobbly timey wimey thing.” Derpy replied, making everyone confused.
“Ok, so you want us to help ya, right?”
“No.” Twilight said. “I know most of the time you help me, but this time I’ve got a terrible feeling about this. I would like to you to be at home.”
“No way, sweet heart. We ain’t gonna let you alone, right girl?” Applejack asked, and the mares replied yes.
“Me too.”
“Spike? What are you doing here?”
“I finished the transcript! I’ve got it here.” Spike handed a bag on Twilight’s neck. “You are not planning to go to that place alone, right?”
“Spike, I…”
“Twilight, things would be worst if you go alone. I think a dragon could be helpful, please?”

Twilight saw the eyes of everyone. Finally, she frowned. “Fine, you can go with me. But we must be very careful.”
“Did you hear, Derpy? Very careful.” Rainbow said to Derpy.
“I can be careful. Ask to a changeling if I wasn’t careful.”
“Derpy, you hadn't met any changeling.”
“And you are so wrong, Rainbow. We must go, now!”

7th July 1002 C.E., 5:40 p.m., The Princess Castle, Entrance, Everfree Forest.

After some time walking through the Everfree Forest Derpy, Twilight and her friends entered the castle that was in the middle of the Forest.

“Whoa, this hasn’t change too much since our last visit.” Rarity said.
“What is this place?” Derpy asked.
“The Castle of the Two Sisters, or the Old Princess Castle.” Twilight said. “Right here we found the elements of harmony.”
“Wow, that statue is new.” Rainbow said, making Derpy and Twilight to turn their heads.
“What did you said, Rainbow?”
“The statue, is new. Looks like if it was weeping.”
“Rainbow, stay away from it!”
“Come on, girls. You aren’t scared of an ugly statue, right?” Rainbow said. Then she turned her head on the statue and started to make faces to it. “It’s just a statue. See?” She turned her head to her friends. “Just a stat-”

But she was short, as the angel had touched her while nobody was watching, making her to disappear.

“RAINBOW DASH!” Applejack screamed.
“Ok, everyone! As long as someone is watching the weeping angel it won’t move!” Twilight commanded.
“The weeping angel?”
“That’s how the statue is called, we need to move. We must not take our eyes of it. Don’t even blink!”.

Everyone was moving really slow to the castle, trying to keep an eye on the angel. As soon as they entered they lost eye contact with the angel.

“That… that thing....” Fluttershy was shivering, “where’s Rainbow?”
“I… I don’t know. I’m sorry girls, I was trying to avoid this.” Twilight said.

They turned their heads again, only to watch the angel at the entrance of the castle.

“It won’t leave us alone!” Applejack screamed.
“Girls, I’ve got an idea.” Twilight said. “On my count, all of you blink.”
“Twilight, are you nuts?”
“One…”
“You are not considering this right?”
“Two…”
“No, Twilight, don’t make us-”
“THREE!!”

When Twilight shouted three, everyone closed their eyes. When they opened they saw the angel close to them, but also they saw a mirror in front of him.

“It’s ok, as long as the angel is watching itself it won’t hurt us.”
“Wow, Twily, that’s brilliant!” Rarity exclaimed.
“Well, just pop out of my head. I don’t think that angel could do something to us now.”

“NO! No, no, no, no!” Derpy shouted. “Where is it? Where is it?”
“Where is what?”
“The TARDIS! Is not here!”
“The angels must have it.”
“Oh, no! The angels have the blue box.” Derpy started to cry.

“Don’t cry, Derpy.” Fluttershy said, comforting the gray pegasus. “It’s not that bad. Look!” Fluttershy pointed to the ground. “Looks like something dragged the TARDIS to the interior of the castle.”
“Oh, no, that’s bad.” Twilight said.
“What do you mean with-” Derpy said, only to realise along with her company. “Oh, that means…”
“Yes, Derpy. There are more angels on the castle.” Twilight confirmed.
“Rainbow, where are you?” Pinkie exclaimed.

7th July 502 C.E., 11:40 p.m., The Princess Castle, Entrance, Everfree Forest.

Rainbow found herself next to the castle. It looks old, but somehow in better conditions than the last time she saw it. When she attempted to move, she started to suffer a headache and experimenting nauseas.

“What the-” She felt the urge to vomit, but resisted as soon she tried to rise up and walk.
“Don’t do that! Unless you don’t want to walk again.” A voice came close to her.
“Wh-”
“Just breath, alright.” Another voice came to her, a familiar voice.
“P-Pink-”
“Sit there!” Pinkie Pie said to her, making her friend to sit down.
“Ok.”
“Travelling in time without a capsule. Nasty, don’t try to swim for half an hour.”
“Oh geez, I’m catching my breath now.” Rainbow said. Then turned her head to the pony she was talking to. “Hey, you are-”
“The Doctor, nice to meet you. You must probably met my pink companion before, so there is no reason why I should introduce you to her.”
“But- Pinkie, where are we? How did we come to this place?” Rainbow asked.
“The touch of an angel. Must be the same one that touched me, since it brought you here.” The Doctor replied.
“But, Doctor?” Pinkie asked. “I was touched after Rainbow, why I appeared before her?”
“Different angel. Not all of them send you at the same moment, at the same place.”
“Wait, in the past?” Rainbow asked. “In the past? We are in the past. How long?”
The Doctor walked to one of the walls, sniffed it and licked it. “Yuck! I’d said, at least 500 years in the past. This castle had been abandoned for 750 years.”
“It was necessary to lick the wall?”
“Nope. I’ve had told Pinkie how long in the past we are.” The Doctor said, making both Pinkie Pie and Rainbow to laugh. “How do you feel?”
“Fine, I think I can walk again.”
“Good, because we must keep walking.”
“Why?”

Suddenly, they heard a noise coming from the outside of the castle.

“Because of that.”
“What’s that?”
“Windigos. We must keep moving.”