> Doctor Whooves Stories: Episode 6: Touch of an Angel > by puropogo > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Visions > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1: Visions 7th July 1002 C.E., 7:30 a.m., Sweet Apple Acres, Ponyville. “Come on sugarcube, you’re getting late!” Applejack was waking up her sister. “But is July! We don’t have school until September!” Applebloom complained. “I know, sis, I was talking about helping us in our chores. Come on, don’t be lazy.” Applejack replied. “Plus, you can get your cutie mark-” “I’m up! I’m up! I’m up!” Applebloom said while she was leaving to the apple trees.. “In hardware. I wanted her to fix the windmill, but she left the other way. Why those girls don’t realise what are their talents?” When she was leaving her sister’s bedroom she heard a noise. That noise sounded like if something, or somepony, was passing at high speed. “Is Rainbow Dash awake?" Applejack opened the window. "What is she doing any-” WHOOOSH “Derpy?” 7th July 1002 C.E., 7:45 a.m., Rainbow Dash House, Ponyville. “Dad, I told you, Gilda and me used to be friends, but that’s it.” Rainbow was talking to her father on the phone. “How many times I must tell you that?” “Look, Rainbow, I don’t care if you like mares, I just don’t want you with someone like her.” “Dad, come on, I’m not gay.” “Hey, it’s not bad to be gay, hon. Your aunt has a wife, remember?” “Dad, I know, it’s just anypony thinks I’m gay just because I’m not too ‘girly’. Why ponies cannot understand that’s how I am?” “Hey, I never pictured you worrying about what others think. It’s something wrong? It’s Gilda?” “Dad, for the last time, Gilda and I were-” WHOOOSH “Rainbow? Rainbow? Rainbow Dash? Rainbow, are you alright?” “Dad, I’ve got to hang up, sorry.” “But, why? Are you alright?” “Yes, yes, it’s just something, or somepony, broke into my house and destroyed a couple of things. I’ll call you back.” “Ok, sweetie. But seriously, I don’t want to see you again with Gil-” Rainbow hung up the phone, and left to follow the gray pegasus. 7th July 1002 C.E., 8:00 a.m., Sugarcube Corner, Ponyville. “Ok, girls.” Pinkie Pie said in an uncharacteristically soft and calm voice to her friends Rarity and Fluttershy. In front of them there was a big pink souffle. “Now, we have to wait a couple of minutes and then we can enjoy this masterpiece.” “----” “What? Fluttershy, I can barely hear you, your voice is already soft and calm, you don’t have to make it softer.” “Um, okay, I’m sorry, I just think this souffle is a little over the top, if you don’t mind.” “Oh, sweet heart.” Rarity gave Fluttershy a small hug.,”Don’t worry about-” “Rarity, you must turn down your voice a lot!” Pinkie Pie scolded her. “Me? Why me?” “Your voice is the highest one of the six of us.” “What? That’s yours!” “Only when I’m screaming, but not when I’m talking. Now softer!” “Fine. Hmph.” Rarity softer her voice a little more. “Like I was saying before the interruption,” She glared a moment to Pinkie, then to Fluttershy, “don’t worry about anything. It’s our way to say we are happy that you are ok.” “Thank you girls.” “Well, it’s not just that. It’s also because somepony it’s making some cruel rumours about my cooking.” “Oh, come on darling.” Rarity said. “Nopony would believe that you would do something like-” WHOOOSH After the passing of the boom, everypony checked at the souffle. “Huh, the souffle is fine. You know, for a second I thought that-” WHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSH Everyone saw how a rainbow smoke passed through the kitchen and through the window at high speed. The noise made the souffle to explode, covering all of them with the ingredients. “P-Pinkie? A-Are you alright?” Fluttershy asked, noticing how her friend was getting her face red. “P-Pinkie?” “I’LL KILL THAT RAINBOW AND I’LL TURN HER INTO A CUPCAKE!” Pinkie shouted while running to the exit. “No, Pinkie, no!” Both Fluttershy and Rarity were struggling to stop Pinkie to get closer to Rainbow. 7th July 1002 C.E., 8:05 a.m., The Hay Burger, Ponyville. “Haha, I told you!” A female earth pony with a beige coat and a blue mane with a rose pink streak said to her friend close to her. “I won’t bet anymore with you!” A female unicorn with a magic mint coat and a cyan mane replied to her while giving her two bits. 7th July 1002 C.E., 8:10 a.m., Golden Oak Library, Ponyville. “Twilight?” Spike asked to his friend. She had big bags under her eyes, probably because of the lack of dream. “Did you have some sleep?” “No, Spike.” Twilight replied. “Since last night I haven’t sleep.” “Are you still thinking about that?” “I can’t take off my mind. Why that smoke showed us those things? Why did the ground shaken when we were watching it? Where is Derpy? Who is the Doctor?” Twilight said. “I must find Derpy.” WHOOOSH “TWILIGHT!!!!!!” Derpy appeared in front of her, breaking the doors of the library. “What? Derpy, what happened? Are you alright?” Twilight asked to her visitor, until she heard more voices coming from the doors. “Why did you broke into my house, Derpy?” “Why did you help Rainbow to destroy my souffle?” “How did you arrive here? We thought you disappeared.” “Anyone can help me to stop Pinkie from hurting Rainbow?” “How you could fly so fast? Wait, was wrong with Pinkie?” “SILENCE!” Twilight said to everyone in the library. “We are going to talk like civilised ponies. Derpy, you first.” “Ok, first, I entered into this box, and then, then the computer, and then the gala, the weird light, the war, the, the cybermen, that crazy planet, illionites, daleks, the walking statue… THE DOCTOR IS IN DANGER!” She fainted in front of everyone. “Derpy!” Everyone gasped. “What should we do?” “I think she’s just tired. Maybe a nap would be the best for her.” Twilight said. “And for you too as well, sugarcube.” Applejack added. “No, I’m fine, really.” She saw the look on Applejack’s face. “I can’t lie to you, well, I’ll take a nap as well. I’ll see you later girls.” “See you Twily.” “Good to see you again, Fluttershy.” “Um, thank you.” As soon as her friends leave the library, she put Derpy on the spare room, hoping she could answer some questions after she wakes up. 7th July 1002 C.E., 9:00 a.m., Derpy’s mind. Derpy saw herself in the strange room again, this time she saw herself jumping of that place. She looked back and then she saw something strange. The place she was jumping of was the TARDIS. She turned her head and she saw she was falling from a really high alture. She didn’t know why, but she couldn’t feel her wings, but somehow she didn’t care. She was falling to the ground at a really high speed, but the only feeling she had was peace. “Freedom… Freedom… Freedom… sometimes I feel like a motherless child.” > 2. The Message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2: The Message 7th July 1002 C.E., 12:30 p.m., Golden Oak Library, Ponyville. “ドラゴン!ドラゴンは私たちを攻撃している!” / ”Doragon! Doragon wa watashitachi o kōgeki shite iru! ” / ”A dragon! The Dragon is attacking us!” Derpy woke up to the sound of a tv. She slowly raised her body and moved her head. Noticing the books on the shelves she realised she was in Twilight’s Library. She got up and went to the source of the noise: a baby dragon watching old movies. “Ummm… Spike?” “Yes?” He asked until he noticed who he was talking to. “Derpy, are you alright? You have been slept like three hours.” “I’m fine. I don’t know what happened. Where’s Twilight?” “She is attending the Library. Do you want to watch a movie?” “I thought you must keep silence on a library.” Derpy smiled. “Brand new. Check out our new video library. A gift from someone. There are documentaries, comedies, tragedies, kaijus… Right now I’m trying to see if some of these movies star dragons, and how they are perceived by the ponies, how they changed pony history among them.” “Cool, what have you found?” “Well…” Spike’s smile faded away, “we are good in destroying cities.” Derpy smiled and left Spike alone, watching his movies. When she opened the door, she found Twilight coming for her. “Derpy?” “Hi Twilight.” “Derpy, are you alright?” “Yes, I’m fine. I think I just needed a rest, I guess.” Derpy said. “Tell me, what happened?” “Where do I start?” 7th July 1002 C.E., 3:30 p.m., Golden Oak Library, Ponyville. Derpy had told Twilight about her adventures with the Doctor. She told her about the TARDIS, EMMA, the changelings, the cybermen and the daleks. She skipped some details about her story, like the story of Honeydew Wisp, the details about the griffon-pony war, the fact that Twilight will become a princess, and specially the fate of Celestia and Luna. She didn’t want her to worry about the princess. Twilight was asking her some questions about her journeys, specifically how the TARDIS, the blue box she saw disappearing, works. “Tell me, did you find me in the future?” Twilight asked. “Yes, you’re… looking good.” Derpy shyly answered. “Looking how? I was a scientist? A world famous writer? Or a… a great wizard?” “Twi…” “Or I still was a librarian?” “Twilight, I’m not too sure if I should tell you about your future. I don’t even know my future… Hey! It’s true, I need your help!” “What?” “Yes, the Doctor, he is in danger! We need to save him!” “Calm down, where is he?” “I don’t know, the statue touched him and he disappeared… what do I do now?” Before Twilight could answer, Spike interrupted them. “Twilight! There’s something strange with the movie!” “I’m sorry Spike, I’m busy right now.” “But Twilight, the movie-” “Yes, I know there’s no dragons movie where dragons are good ones, but this is serious.” “But Twilight!” “No! Spike, I’m trying to help Derpy and the Doctor!” “The Doctor is in the movie!” “What?” Derpy shouted and ran to the direction of the movies, followed by Spike and Twilight. “That doesn’t make any sense, Spike.” Twilight said. “But it’s true, look!” Spike pushed the play button and the movie played back. “あり、その龍を止めることができる唯一の​​一つです、それはね...” / “ Ari, sono ryū o tomeru koto ga dekiru yuiitsu no ​​ hitotsudesu, soreha ne…” / “There's only one thing that can stop that dragon, and it's…” / “Me.” The pony in the screen wasn’t Yonaguni, the hero of the movie. Like Spike said, it was the Doctor, but he wasn’t in the destroyed city of Umano Toshi. He was in front of an old stone wall. He was wearing a couple of glasses and seemed to read something. “Doctor!” Derpy shouted. “Spike, write down everything. Hi Derpy, hi Twilight.” “How can he know that we are here? And why is he talking like if he can hear us? ” Twilight asked. “Because I can hear you.” “Ok, don’t do that.” “Do what?” “Do that! It’s creepy!” “I’m sorry. But I need your help.” “How… what happened to you?” Derpy asked. “Apparently, some of my enemies in my universe had crossed to this universe. That includes the weeping angels. That’s the reason I’m stuck in the past.” “We’re stuck!” A pink pony mare with a fluffy hair appeared on screen. “The past sucks, there’s no balloons or parties, and the worst part is-” “Pinkie!” “Sorry, Doctor.” Pinkie said to the doctor while she was leaving the scene. “Wow, wow, what? What is Pinkie Pie doing on that video?” “Maybe it’s one of that pinkie stuff she does?” Spike suggested. “No, it’s not! I’m trying to do a souffle!” Pinkie Pie shouted from her workplace. “And it got ruined again! Thank you Spike!” “Sorry!” Spike said to Pinkie. “What is Pinkie doing in the video?” “That’s a long story. You’ll figure out when you Twilight send me back my time machine.” “The blue box?” “Yes, but you must be really careful. The Weeping Angels must be there.” “Why they would want the TARDIS, Doctor?” Derpy asked. “They feed on time energy. All living creatures have time energy, you, me, Twilight. Even the TARDIS.” “But, the TARDIS is just a box, “ Twilight said, “it can’t be a living creature.” “Don’t insult the TARDIS! she is a perfect example of a living machine. And she’s the greatest source of time energy. If the angels put one of their hands, I mean, hooves on that, the power they’ll have will be so big that they could be capable to turn off the sun.” “Ok, so we got to send you the TARDIS back to you so you can be back to the present and to stop the angels?” “Kinda. Mostly the second part, Derpy. I’m nothing without the TARDIS.” “Well, that doesn’t explain why one of my best friends is in the past with you.” “I can’t tell you that. Sorry, spoilers.” “Tell me.” “I can’t. But I can tell you something: as soon as you spot a weeping angel you must keep looking at it. No matter what happened, no matter what you hear, don’t keep away your look on it. Don’t turn your back, don’t look away, don’t blink. While you are watching them, they are freezed as stone. Is a fact of their biology, as soon as something is watching them they can’t move. But when you stop looking at them, oh yes they can. They are known to be one of the most, if not the most dangerous creatures in the universe.” “But-” “No but’s. Our lives depend on you. Send me back the TARDIS, and everything will be alright.” “What, Twilight is doubting?” Another voice came out of the movie, this one came from a cyan pegasus. “Come on, Twily, you can do it!” “Yes, you can sugarcube!” Another voice, this one from an orange earth pony. “We trust you!” This one from a white unicorn. “Go, go, Twilight! Go go Twilight”. Pinkie Pie shouted with a yellow pegasus close to her. “Your friends really trust you Twilight. Remember: Don’t turn your back, don’t look away and DON’T BLINK! Good luck.” The scene got paused, showing the Doctor surrounded with Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. “No, no, no, Doctor, don’t do this!” Twilight screamed while she was watching the scene on the movie gaining static, and showing the rest of the movie. “のは、将来的にこのようなより多くの攻撃がないことを願ってみましょう。” / “No wa, shōrai-teki ni kono yō na yori ōku no kōgeki ga nai koto o negatte mimashou.” / “Let's hope there won't be more attacks like this in the future.” “No, NO!” Twilight screamed. “We have to find the others, Spike.” > 3. Rainbow down > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.” > 4. It should work > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4: It should work 7th July 502 C.E., 12:00 p.m., The Princess Castle, Interior of the Castle, Everfree Forest. Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and the Doctor ran through the interiors of the old castle, trying to not be seen by the creatures that were chasing them. They found out an alley and hide there, where they could avoid the windigos for a while. “Ok, those are windigos, right?” Rainbow asked. “Yes, but we are safe here.” Pinkie said. “By now. Let’s hope no other sound will bring those windigos attention again.” The doctor said to the girls. CRACK “What did I just say? Let’s go!” “Where?” “Where that crack sound came from. It may be one of your friends.” 7th July 1002 C.E., 7:00 p.m., The Princess Castle, Entrance, Everfree Forest. “RAINBOW!” Pinkie Pie screamed. “RAINBOW! PLEASE RAINBOW!” “Stop doing that, Pinkie!” Twilight said. “BUT I MISS RAINBOW!” “We won’t find her if you continue to scream.” Applejack said. “But I miss her.” Pinkie cried. She felt sad and worried about one of her best friends disappearance. Her mind was full of questions: ‘Is she alright? Is she safe? Is there something that can hurt her? Where is she?’. She started to sob quietly, until she felt a hug from Derpy. “She must be with the Doctor. He will keep her safe. I’ll promise we’ll find her.” “Thank you Derpy.” “Talking about the Doctor…“ Twilight said before being interrupted by Rarity. “Is he cute, isn’t it?” “What?” “Well, that’s obvious, where did he take you first?” “To a bakery in the future.” “A bakery? How was the bakery?” “Excuse me?” “It was a high class bakery or a regular bakery? I can imagine a good date on that?” “A date?” “Well, where did your boyfriend…” “BOYFRIEND?” Derpy screamed. “THE DOCTOR IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!!!” *quick author note: Yep, that happened. Derpy and the Doctor are just friends. * “Derpy!” Twilight said. “Be quiet or…” She was cut off when she saw an angel in front of them. “Keep looking at it. Don’t take your eyes out of it.” “I’m scared, I’m scared.” “Relax Rarity. As long as someone is watching it, the angel became a statue.” “That’s good, because I don’t want to-” “Don’t want to what?” Twilight asked. “Rarity?” “T-t-t-t-TWILIGHT!” Pinkie Pie screamed. “ANOTHER ANGEL! ANOTHER ANGEL!” “Two weeping angels? Keep watching them.” “How are we going to pass them?” “Twilight?” Spike said. “What about the teleportation spell?” “I can’t teleport the angels! They are too big and heavy to cast that kind of spell at them.” “What about us?” “I don’t know where to teleport us” “Anywhere but here!” 7th July 502 C.E., 12:30 p.m., The Princess Castle, Interior of the Castle, Everfree Forest. Rarity soon found herself in the middle of the castle. From one of the cracks of the walls she could tell it was noon. That scared her because she remembered that it was evening when the statue… “Oh, oh my, I can’t- I can’t- I- BREATHE!” She was about to collapse, when accidentally knocked out a mirror. “Oh.” Suddenly she heard growls coming to her direction. “Oh no.” She tried to run, but she was somehow so exhausted that she could barely move. As she was about to scream, a rainbow appeared in front of her and, in a flash, she found herself now in front of Pinkie, Rainbow and the Doctor. “That was fast!” The Doctor said. “No living creature is faster than me.” Rainbow boasted herself. “Then, why are you here?” The Doctor replied to her comment, that made Rainbow look backward. “Just kidding, we all make mistakes.” “Doc-Doc…” “Relax for a moment. Thank God Rainbow was fast enough to save you from the windigos.” “Windigos?” “Yep, the Doctor and us are running from them.” Pinkie explained. “Wait, what are you doing here Pinkie? Did those creatures touched you?” “Not long after Fluttershy.” Pinkie said. “Fluttershy?” Rainbow asked. “Is she here?” “I don’t know.” The Doctor said. “But we should keep moving. Those creatures are fast.” “Wait, Doctor!” Pinkie exclaimed. “We were here! Or we will be here. How it is supposed to say?” “Mmm, you were here. It’s your past, you should say it in past tense, sweetheart.” Rarity said. “Thanks. But I was saying we can put a message or something to Twilight and Derpy.” “Excellent idea, Pinkie!” The Doctor exclaimed. Then grabbed a metal stick from the ground and started to scratch a wall. “What are you writing?” “Something I hope Derpy would notice.” 7th July 1002 C.E., 7:10 p.m., The Princess Castle, Throne Room, Everfree Forest. Twilight focused so hard on the spell that they ended up away from the angels, and at the former throne room of Princess Celestia. “Well done.” Spike said. “Well done?” Twilight asked. “How can you call that ‘well done’? Rarity disappeared, as Rainbow, and we have no idea where they are or where that box is!” “Twilight! You must see this!” “I had see the throne before, Derpy. We were here.” “No, these marks on the wall!” Derpy pointed to some marks at one of the walls. “The marks, must be…” “The Doctor! He’s helping us from the past!” “Wait Derpy!” Twilight stopped her. “Let me see what wrote the Doctor.” ‘DOCTOR HERE! ALSO RAINBOW, RARITY AN’ “And what?” Pinkie asked. “I don’t know, but it seems that Rainbow Dash and Rarity are with the Doctor.” Fluttershy said. “What’s next?” Spike asked. ‘CLAP YOUR HO’ “Clap your ho-?” Derpy said. “Doctor, don’t play with us. We don’t have time.” “Ahhh!” Fluttershy screamed. “Oh, no, not another one.” 7th July 502 C.E., 12:40 p.m., The Princess Castle, Interior of the Castle, Everfree Forest. ‘DOCTOR HERE! ALSO RAINBOW, RARITY AND PINKIE’ “That way, Twilight and the others will see that you are alright and safe with me.” The Doctor explained to them. “Wait, there’s something strange on that thing.” Pinkie said. “What?” The Doctor said after he finished writing the second line. “When I first saw it, there were things missing from the message. And the message looked like this.” Pinkie grabbed the metal stick and scratched the wall, deleting her name and part of the second line. “Like this, but now, it look like… this.” Pinkie Pie realised what she has done, putting a hoof on her head. “Paradox solved, you destroyed the message that I sent to them. Maybe I can fix something.” But before the Doctor could do that, they heard a scream from the foyer. “Oh no. That’s Fluttershy!” Rainbow said. “And she is in danger!” “Let’s go!” 7th July 1002 C.E., 7:15 p.m., The Princess Castle, Throne Room, Everfree Forest. “Fluttershy!” Twilight screamed to her friend, who was using her stare to the angel. “Ok, listen to me. You will leave us alone and you and your friends won’t attack us. Is that understood?” Fluttershy calmly ordered to the angel. She walked backwards some feet before talking to the statue again. “When I turn my head, I don’t want you to see me. Ok?” She walked backwards some more, and then turned her head to see the statue in the same position. “Why it didn’t move?” Spike asked. “Because you are watching it.” Fluttershy said. “I need to you to stop looking at him.” “What? Are you nuts?!” Pinkie said. “Trust me!” Twilight and her friends looked each other, then turned their heads to the other side. “Just one second, Flutters.” “See?” Fluttershy spoke to the angel. “Now, I want you to do the same thing. Ok?” She turned her head, and when she turned her head back, she saw the angel in front of her, scaring her and making her scream. “Fluttershy!” “I don’t get it! The stare should work, the stare should work!” Fluttershy keep saying to herself. “But nothing in this world is capable of resisting that!” Pinkie said. “It’s because they are not from this world.” Derpy said. “They are from the Doctor’s universe.” “I can hear his friends.” Fluttershy said. “They are coming.” “We should go” Twilight said. “No. YOU should go.” Fluttershy said. “What are you saying?” “I can keep my stare on them. It won’t intimidate them, but at least it would stop them.” “Those things will catch you! I don’t want to lose another friend!” “You won’t unless you find the TARDIS. I’ll be safe, I’m going to be with Rainbow, Rarity and the Doctor.” “But-” “JUST GO!” Fluttershy used for a moment the stare on her friends. “Fluttershy!” They began to run, with tears on their eyes, worried about Fluttershy sacrifice. “I’m sorry guys.” Fluttershy muttered, feeling tears on her eyes while she was hearing the angels coming. She didn’t noticed how the room was getting darker, as the only light in the room was fading slowly. > 5. Safe and Sound > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5: Safe and Sound 7th July 502 C.E., 12:40 p.m., The Princess Castle, Interior of the Castle, Everfree Forest. Fluttershy fell into the castle. She looked around and saw herself in the foyer. But she saw herself alone. She tried to fly around, but her head was spinning and she felt sick. Before she could move, she felt the air colder, even when she saw it was noon on a summer day. Then she realised she was in danger. And she made the only thing she thought she could do: scream for help. “HELP! HELP PLEASE! I don’t know where I am. I’m scared” She started to sob when she saw at one side of the room two ghostly horse creatures. The windigos were coming closer and closer, and when Fluttershy thought her end was near, she saw her friends and the Doctor grabbing her and running away from the windigos. “Girls? Oh my gosh!” “BREATHE!” The Doctor said to Fluttershy. “Rarity, can you teleport us to another place of this castle?” “I don’t know.” “Why don’t you know?” The Doctor replied. “I thought all unicorns were magic experts.” “It’s not that easy!” “Come on, Rarity, you are the only one who can help us right now.” Rarity started to focus on her magic, but she was still a little bit tired of her time travel. “I can’t, I just can’t do it.” “Rarity, at another moment of my life I would have insulted you for being so useless to us and putting us in danger.” The Doctor said. “HEY!” “But right now, I can’t do that. I know you are a better magician than that, and you can do that spell. How I know that? Because you gave me the most wonderful suit I’ve ever weared in my life, and you’ll do that in your future.” “I’ll be a designer?” “The greatest designer of all time. But the first thing you did was saving us from danger. And you are going to do that now.” “Ok, I’ll try again.” “No tries, just do it.” The Doctor said, “do it, Do it!” The windigos were getting closer. “DO IT, RARITY!” 7th July 502 C.E., 12:50 p.m., The Princess Castle, Star Swirl the Bearded Library, Everfree Forest. The ponies appeared in a flash in the middle of the library. The Doctor and Pinkie were the first ones to rise up, looking everywhere in case the windigos were chasing them. Fortunately, the library looked like it was safe for the ponies. At least, at the moment. “Well done Rarity.” The Doctor said. “Pinkie, are we all here?” “Let me see. There is me, you, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy. Yeah, all of us.” “Wait, Applejack?” The Doctor asked and looked around, to find a tired Applejack walking to them. “Where in tarnation are we? An’ why Pinkie Pie is here? Aren’t you supposed to stay with Twily and Derpy?” Applejack asked. “I was the last one the angels touched.” Pinkie explained. “But I was the first one who was found by the Doctor, right?” “Yes, Pinkie. I just hope Twilight and Derpy are fine.” The Doctor said. “For now, we should stay in this room. If they find the TARDIS, they will arrive here.” “How do ya know?” Applejack asked. “My screwdriver can be detected by the TARDIS. When they find it, we could enter the TARDIS and I’ll send you back to Ponyville.” The Doctor explained to the girls. “In the meantime, we can spend time here, reading books.” “Great, another egghead.” Rainbow said to Applejack, who giggled. “Or doing whatever you want, but anything we do it must be quiet. We don’t want those windigos here again.” The Doctor warned. 7th July 1002 C.E., 7:30 p.m., The Princess Castle, Interior of the Castle, Everfree Forest. “We shouldn’t have leave her alone.” Applejack said. “AJ, I know how you feel-” “So you won’t try to cheer me up, Pinkie. I just hope she’s not in any danger.” “If we find the TARDIS, we’ll find the Doctor and the others, Applejack.” Derpy said. “Just don’t lose your hope.” “Umm, Derpy…” Twilight sighed. “The road is closed.” “What? No, no. How can it be closed?” Derpy exclaimed. “There is a boulder covering the entrance of the Library. It wasn’t here the last time.” Twilight said. “The angels?” “Maybe. It’s too big to be lifted with magic.” “Maybe I can help.” Applejack said, hitting the rock with her hooves, with no luck. “Wait, hit that column.” Twilight said, and Applejack brought down the column, breaking the boulder in pieces and opening the library. They were entering the library when Twilight heard Applejack hitting another column. “What are you doing?” “Gaining time. The angels are here. I can see them. Find them, sugarcube.” Applejack said. “NO, I DON’T WANT TO LOSE ANOTHER ONE!” “I know. Tell my family I love them, and tell Apple Bloom I’m sorry.” Applejack tore down the column, making the ceiling and other things to fall to the ground, creating an obstacle for the angels to arrive to Twilight, Pinkie, Derpy and Spike. “Why?” Twilight asked. “Why?” “It’s ok, just find our friends and everything will be back to normal again.” Applejack said from the other side of the obstacle. “Go Twilight, don’t make our sacrifices to be pointless, like Rainbow.” 7th July 502 C.E., 1:10 p.m., The Princess Castle, Star Swirl the Bearded Library, Everfree Forest. “Hey! How could I know that statue was going to bring me to the past?” Rainbow replied to Applejack story. “Maybe if you were more ‘egghead’ and less boastful and egocentric you won’t be here.” Applejack replied to her friend comment, making Rainbow Dash to frown. 7th July 1002 C.E., 7:30 p.m., The Princess Castle, Star Swirl the Bearded Library, Everfree Forest. Twilight and her friends ran through the library, trying to find any trace of the TARDIS. But as the time was passing, they couldn’t find the TARDIS anywhere. “The TARDIS is not here. The TARDIS is not here. THE TARDIS IS NOT HERE!!” Twilight begun to cry. She felt miserable and hopeless. “We should let the angels touch us.” She sentenced. “What?” Spike, Pinkie and Derpy said at the same time. “Can’t you see it? The angels took all of our friends away, even the Doctor. Maybe if we let them touch us, we will be together with them.” “Are you insane? What if you arrive to a different time, away from everyone?” “At least I could say I tried to save my friends.” Twilight cried. “There’s no way we could win this one. No way.” “The Twilight I know won’t accept defeat so quickly.” Pinkie Pie said. “It’s because she fought enemies she could defeat.” Twilight answered. “No, Twilight. No one could defeat the enemies Twilight fought. No one could have defeated Nightmare Moon.” “Well, but-” “Chrysalis and the changelings.” “Yes, but-” “Even Discord. Discord! The Lord of Chaos! You were capable of doing things most ponies couldn’t even dreamed of being defeated.” This time Twilight stayed quiet. She was still sobbing but she was listening to Pinkie Pie. “I know things now look bad, that the Angels are more dangerous than everything we have find in our lives, but I know we will win, because we got Twilight on our side. And I don’t want to lose that friend. Ok?” “But those times we had our friends backing us.” “And this time will be exactly the same. Don’t lose your faith.” “But where that box will be?” “Think, Twily. This is a library.” Pinkie said. “Yes, so?” “So? What happened when I wanted to throw a big party in your house and you wanted to read?” “I would say no.” “But then you say yes, and I couldn’t see you for hours.” “Hey, it’s true! When I was in Canterlot, Princess Celestia showed me a hidden room in the library. Maybe this library has a secret room as well, and that should be the place where the angels took the TARDIS.” Twilight swept away the tears on her face, and started to look for a hidden room in the library. Finally, the found a hidden trap in the ground. When Twilight was opening it, Pinkie begun to shiver. “Pinkie?” “The angels entered the library. And I feel there are more angels down there.” “Pinkie?” “I need you to pinkie promise something.” “What? No, Pinkie, please no.” “Pinkie Promise me that you are not going to be afraid.” Pinkie smiled at her. “But-” “I’ll be fine. I’ll pinkie promise.” “Okay.” Twilight began to sob. “Don’t cry. Please.” “I’ll pinkie promise I’ll find you and I’ll stop the angels.” “I’ll pinkie promise I’ll wait for you safe and sound.” They both made their promises, and then Pinkie Pie run away, creating a diversion to the angels. “You, ugly statues, Twilight will beat you.” 7th July 502 C.E., 1:40 a.m., The Princess Castle, Interior of the Castle, Everfree Forest. Pinkie found herself in the interior of the Castle. She tried to walk but her head was spinning and she was feeling dizzy. When she found herself ok, she began to walk the castle, hoping to find her friends. “RAINBOW DASH! RARITY! FLUTTERSHY! APPLEJACK!” But no one answered her. She continued to call her friends until she found herself alone in the middle of the throne room. “I’m sorry, Twilight. I thought they were here.” “Who?” A voice came from behind her. She remembered that voice, from the day the creature was attacking Ponyville. “I’m sorry, how did you get here?” “DOCTOR!” Pinkie Pie ran to hug the Doctor, who got a little scared from the pink pony. “Oh my gosh, I was so scared, I didn’t know what to do, but then I saw you and everything will be fine again.” “Yes, don’t worry. Why are you calling your friends?” “They must be here. I saw them, the angels touched them before I came here.” “I’m sorry, I’m very, very sorry Pinkie. Besides us, there’s no one here.” Pinkie remained silent. Of all the things she wanted to hear from the Doctor, that was the last thing she wanted to hear. “Why did you think I was with your friends?” “Be-because I saw them disappearing in front of my eyes. And you were leaving messages all around the castle.” “Messages?” “Yes, that you were with Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and something to Derpy.” “What?” “Something about clapping.” “Clapping? Clapping. CLAPPING!” The Doctor began to laugh. “Oh my God, we are going to be rescued.” “What?” “She doesn’t have a key. I never gave one to her, but I gave her another way to get in. If she claps her hooves, the TARDIS will open. WE ARE SAVED PINKIE! WE WILL BE SAVED!” Suddenly they heard roars coming on their way. “Unless those creatures eat us first. Come on Pinkie, we’ve got to run!” > 6. The Return of Harmony > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 6: The Return of Harmony 7th July 502 C.E., 3:30 p.m., The Princess Castle, Star Swirl the Bearded Library, Everfree Forest. The Doctor and the ponies were spending their time at the library trying to remain quiet. Rainbow Dash was reading an old adventure book: The Ingenious Gentlecolt Don Rocinante, which she found almost instantly fascinating, Applejack read a book about apple trees, which remind her to her grandmother, Rarity an old book about gems, Fluttershy a book about animals and the Doctor an old book about Equestria history. “Come on, the sun doesn’t move like that.” Suddenly he shivered. Looking by a hole in the door he saw the windigos. He quickly moved to the others and whispered them about his findings. “There is a trap door down here. Last time I check, Twilight, Derpy and Spike were going there.” Pinkie informed. They began to walk through the trap door, until part of the ladder cracked, alerting the windigos. “RUN! RUN! RUN!”. 7th July 1002 C.E., 7:45 p.m., The Princess Castle, Princess Celestia Lecture Room, Everfree Forest. Twilight, Spike and Derpy were walking down through the lecture room, until they spot something at the back of the room. “The TARDIS!” Derpy exclaimed, and began to run over there, but stopped when she saw two angels in front of it. “Wow, look upside Spike,” Twilight talked to Spike, “that fireball, it’s an old Celestia spell. She must had left this castle a thousand of years ago and the fire is still lighting.” She turned her head to see the other two angels who were following them. “Why is that one pointing to the-” Spike was talking, but the fire began to flicker as he was talking, “light?” “They’re trying to stay in darkness! Open up the TARDIS, Derpy!” “I can’t!” “What? Why you can’t?” “THE DOOR DOESN’T OPEN!” “YOU DON’T HAVE A KEY?” “NO!” The angels were getting closer, until an idea popped out on Derpy’s mind: she clapped her hooves, and then they found themselves at the interior of the TARDIS, away from the angels. 7th July 1002 C.E., 7:45 p.m., TARDIS main console room “So, this is the TARDIS.” Twilight said. “It’s strange, how all of this can fit in that small box?” “It’s even bigger than this.” Derpy said. As they were walking across the console room, an hologram of the Doctor appeared in front of them. “This is Security Protocol 712. This Time Capsule has detected the presence of an authorised control disc, valid one journey.” The hologram said, while Spike was taking out the dvd from its case, which now it was glowing. “Please insert the disc, and prepare for departure.” The hologram disappeared. “This looks like a DVD player.” Spike commented, and in that moment the angels began to rock the TARDIS, trying to get in. “Spike, put it now!” Twilight exclaimed. Spike inserted the DVD on the console, and the TARDIS began to make its takeoff noise. VWOOOOORP! VWOOOOOORP! VWOOOOORP! VWOOOOOORP! After a couple of minutes, the silence was filling the room. “Derpy? Spike?” “Twilight?” Derpy answered her. “Do you think we made it?” “There’s only one way to find it.” Derpy said. “We have to wait.” “How long?” VWOOOOORP! VWOOOOOORP! “Not too long, Twilight.” Derpy smiled. VWOOOOOORP! VWOOOOORP! They slowly reached to the door, and Derpy raised her hoof to open it. And then they felt relieved. “Doctor! Girls!” Derpy, Twilight and Spike screamed. “Twilight! Spike!” The other girls screamed back. “Derpy!” The Doctor screamed as well, as they all hugged together. Until Twilight broke their hug. “Why are you hugging us?” Twilight said to the Doctor. “You saved us, right?” “I save THEM because YOU put them in danger!” “How?” “With that video you made!” “What video? What are you talking about?” “What video? what video? WHAT VIDEO????” Twilight screamed so hard the windigos came into the reading room. “I think it’s time to run, Let’s go everybody!” He jumped to the TARDIS with Derpy, but everyone else stood there. “What now? Let’s go, those creatures will eat us!” “No.” Twilight firmly said. “No? Why not?” “Because I won’t let anything to happen to my friends again.” Just as she was saying that, her eyes were glowing white, just along with Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. “What is happening here?” As they were glowing, some magical objects were floating on the heads of Twilight and her friends, and then a rainbow colored blast came from them hitting almost all of the windigos away. The one who’s left saw Twilight smiling and ran away like a weeping dog. After that, the elements stopped glowing and everyone was brought back to normal. “Like I was saying Doctor, I-” Twilight stopped to see the surprise face on the Doctor. “Doctor? Are you alright?” “What the hell was that? How could you do that?” The Doctor snapped. “Those were the elements of harmony. Now I’m thinking we should have used them right now, but-” “Hold on! I don’t understand a couple of things. Would you be so nice and explain me that whole thing?” 7th July 502 C.E., 5:00 p.m., The Princess Castle, Star Swirl the Bearded Library, Everfree Forest. Twilight proceeded to explain to the Doctor everything about the Elements of Harmony, what different element stand for, how they got them and how they used them to defeat Nightmare Moon, Discord and others. “Well, that explains almost everything,” The Doctor said, “except one thing: Why you didn’t use them to defeat the Weeping Angels?” “The elements only work if they are all together.” Twilight said, turning her view to Rainbow Dash. “I said I was sorry.” “Ok, I explained to you about us, now explain to us about you.” Twilight said to The Doctor. “What can I say? I’m 900 years old, I’m from Gallifrey, I have a time machine that looks like a phone box…” “Not about that. How could you know where we were going in the future I could understand since Pinkie was the first of us you found.” “Right.” “But why did you sent a video of you with all of my friends to save you? If you wouldn’t have send that video they wouldn’t have been in trouble.” “Again, what video?” “This video… Spike used it in the console, but we got a transcript. See?” Twilight gave the Doctor the transcript of the video. “Oh, I see. Do you know how I made that video knowing everything you were going to say?” “Yes.” “It’s really easy. You just gave me the transcript.” “What? Wait, what?” “I know what are you gonna say because in the transcript says everything in the conversation.” “Wait, when did the information begin?” “I don’t know, it’s a paradox. Let’s see, Pinkie, Rarity, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Applejack I need your help! The TARDIS has a camera, so let’s use it.” Twilight, Spike and Derpy step aside to let the recording began. After the message was recorded, The Doctor spoke with Rarity. “It’s kinda funny, you know? The first time we met you told me you were the element of generosity. I thought you were flirting with me.” “Well, Doctor, when I’ll say that I will be telling you the truth.” Rarity said, entering the TARDIS with the other ponies. “And I’ll flirt with you, gorgeous.” She said smiling. “Derpy, hold on a second.” He grabbed Derpy with his arm. “I want to thank you, for saving us.” “It’s ok, Doctor. I’ll do it again for my best friend.” “Derpy, do you think I am your best friend?” Derpy noded. “I’m glad you think that way, because I want you to tell me the truth, just the truth, nothing else. Do you understand how dangerous is to go with me?” “Doctor, I’ve got attacked by a computer, by a swarm of changelings, I was in the middle of a war, we faced the daleks together and some creepy statues were following my steps. I’ll live through that again, just to be with you.” “Really?” “Yes, Doctor. I really care for you. And I know what I’m doing.” “Ok, so, let’s leave them on Ponyville and let’s go to another part of the universe.” “Sounds great for me!” “Ok, Allons-y!” Time Vortex, TARDIS main console room “Ok girls, let’s get home!” VWOOOOORP! VWOOOOOORP! VWOOOOORP! VWOOOOOORP! BOOONG! “Oh no!” The Doctor exclaimed, running to the console. BOOONG! “What happened?” Twilight asked. “I don’t know, something terrible it’s about to happen.” “What? Where?” “Right here in the TARDIS!” BOOONG! Suddenly, there were sparks over there, and everyone was feeling strange, as they saw the interior of the TARDIS changing in appearance. “DOCTOR!” BOOONG! BOOONG! There was a strange silence, as Twilight was raising up. “Doctor?” She then covered her mouth when she heard her voice. She felt her voice with a pitch tone. “Hello?” She was surprised to see everything around her brighter and bigger. “Girls? Spike? Doctor?” “Right here!” Rarity rised up, close with the others, but now they looked younger than before. “Twi, what happened? Everything looks bigger!” “No, we are smaller!” “What?” “In fact, we’re younger!” “What, how can you say that?” “Take a look on Spike” They turned their heads to see a small version of Spike, one who was giggling like a baby. “Banana! Red alert! Muffins!” Derpy was shouting. “Where is the Doctor?” Twilight said. They began to look on the console room for the Doctor, but they found another pony. This one had a light brown coat, with curly hair, big nose and blue eyes. He was looking himself in one of the screens of the TARDIS. “Oh, my dear. So that’s how I would look back then if I were a horse. Well, there’s thing that can be improved. I like that nose. The ears? Not really.” Turning to the other ponies. “Tell me, quite frankly, what do you think about my ears?” The other ponies screamed and begun to run from the oldest pony. “No, wait! Wait! It’s me! I’m the Doctor!” The pony said, chasing the fillies. “Maybe I look older, but trust me, actually I’m younger, just like you.” TO BE CONTINUED…