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// Chapter 8: Gone Baby Gone 
// Story: Cozy Glow Gone Wrong 
// by FIM Fiction 
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Handles wandered the halls, using his wires as legs. It was hard to keep balanced, but he managed. "Scanning noise, scanning noise, scanning for something that is really good at hiding." He clambered past a biome room, before backing up to look in it. There was a lush forest. With a crack in the wall next to it. "SYSTEM ERROR: CRACK. WARNING WARNING- SOLUTION FOUND." 

Something tackled Handles. He wrapped around it and dragged it to the crack. It began burning as he began to melt. "WARNING. INTENSE HEAT. It seems this is the wrong sort of crack. Sending distress signal."
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Cozy Glow looked at the blueprints. "So... Using Earth slash Dalek tech, we should be able to create a... suspension field or something?"

Chysalis looked at Cozy Glow and shrugged. "Not sure... With Dr. Clever, this would be far easier." 

Tirek opened his mouth to reply, when a blaring sound was heard. "What is that?" 

"Not sure. Let's find out." Cozy Glow said with a grin. Her wings buzzed in excitement.
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Octavia calmly brushed Vinyls mane, having finally calmed down the mute mare, when a blare was heard. Vinyl let out a scream/grunt, before fainting. Octavia let out a sigh, shaking her head. "I swear, we need a vacation from this vacation." she and The Teacher said.
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DRAGON BADLANDS: 19 B.L.R. (Before Luna's Return)
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Rassilon paced around the room, before grabbing Kenossium. "Have we gotten any information yet? Anything at all?"

Kenossium cleared his throat, a slight sweat building up on his scales. "Lord President, we have yet-"

"Lord General! We have something to report." a Pilot spoke up.

Rassilon released Kenossium and marched to the Pilot. "What is it?"

"Princess Twilight has discovered our presence in the past, in the future. She is far more understanding of time travel then we first believed. And the Doctor... well, there's two of them, and they seem to be collecting the bodies of all the others from the past attempts."

Rassilon sighed. "Let me see."
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TESTIMONY
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"Bird!" Dr. Clever shouted with a grin. The tower view wasn't needed, but it was still fun to see the passage open. She giggled, before running, dragging Clever Body 4. She ran down the stairs and threw the body with the rest, seemingly placed randomly about in a half circle. "I think it's ready, doc!"

The 12th Doctor nodded. "Just in time too."  A fly buzzed around his head. He grinned and leaned against the Spantium wall, his back and left foot against it. He adjusted his sunglasses. "Hello Nightmare. We already know. And no more questions will be answered without being asked directly. You'll get nothing from me. Why? I'm not the Doctor anymore." He raised his hand and aimed his thumb left. "She is."

"Yup!" Dr. Clever said cheerfully, winking her left eye and sticking out her tongue. "So come on, Lord President. Ask your question, and I'll do my best to answer! Sound good?"
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Rassilon stared at the screen. "Control the Nightmare. Halt it's movements. And General? Make sure we're not walking into a trap."
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HOUSE
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Octavia walked out the door and saw the source of the blaring. "Oh Celestia. HANG ON!" She rushed towards Handles and bucked him away from the crack. "Oh goodness that burns!" Octavia sat on her rump, away from the glowing crack, and attepted to cool her hind hooves by blowing on them. "Goodness gracious, that hurts!" She held her hooves close to her face and suckled on one in an attempt to cool it.

Cozy Glow buzzed down the hall. She screeched to a halt as she saw Octavia and Handles. "What happened!?"

Tirek came to a stop. He bent his forelegs and upper back to pick up Handles. "Why are you sucking on your hooves?"

Chrysalis skidded to a halt. She smirked as she saw Octavia. "Wow. This takes the expression 'having a hoof in your mouth' to a literal sense."

Octavia removed her hoof from her mouth. "I burned my hooves saving Handles. We need Dr. Clever to repair him." She attempted to get up, only to fall back down. "Ah ah ow! Somep-creature get me a bucket of ice!"

Tirek nodded, before running off. Cozy Glow looked at the pile of ash, then the crack. "Hey House?" Silence. "House. Your sweet little mousy is asking you a question." Cozy Glow looked upwards at the ceiling, a cute expression on her face. "Could you tell me what this crack is, and where the cat is?"

House let out a chuckle, the low sound echoing creepily through the halls. "That is a crack leading to my star. You shouldn't go near it. And as for the cat? It got a little too close. I would close up the crack, but I don't know how. I suspect I will be able to- hrk! No. No! Caretaker, stop! STOP! ST-" Silence.

Cozy Glow walked to the nearest door and began banging her head against it. "That's it. I give up. I give up on trying to understand what the Tartarus is happening at this point." Yamun quickly joined her by charging headfirst into the wall.
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TARDIS CASINO FRONT
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The Doctor looked at the front of the very blue casino. "Really? My Tardis is in there?"

Lobo nodded. "IT IS. BE CAREFUL, HEALER. AND MAY CELESTIA'S LIGHT SCREW YOU OVER."

The Doctor arched an eyebrow. "Hang on, aren't you supposed to be nice?"

"YOU HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT A JERK TOWARDS ME THE WHOLE TIME."

"Fair enough." The Doctor turned back towards the Tardis Casino. "It looks like your place, just blue. Who had the original design?"

"WE DO NOT KNOW."

"Lovely. Well then, I'll see you later Lobo."

The Doctor walked inside. The first thing he noticed was that there were invisible guards everywhere. He could feel that it was tech, not magic. "Hello? Security? I would like to speak to the leader of this place!"
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SWEET APPLE ACRES
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Granny Smith let out a sniff as she looked at her grave. She wasn't sad, but it seemed like she had a cold when ever she stood over her own body. The feeling left when she moved away from it. "I don get it. Why am I still here, but in there too?" She scratched her head in confusion. "Maybe I outo talk to de Doctor 'bout that feeling I've been gettin." she croaked. "Where is that Time Lord?" She rubbed her chin, before a puzzled look came across her face. "Hang on now, whatsa Time Lord?"
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TESTIMONY
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Dr. Clever smiled as the Nightmare halted. "So? Question's please!"
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Rassilon moved towards the mic. "What do you know of the Hybrid?"
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Dr. Clever's smile grew bigger. "That's what you kidnapped- foalnapped?- me for? You furicking jerks. You could have just invited me to talk about it or something. But golly! You thought it would be a good idea to trick me, and Me! Oh, and me I guess. Golly goodness me! That is a lot of me." Dr Clever brought her left hoof to her mouth and let out a giggle. "But you boy's messed up big time! I mean, come on! We're in a different universe then you intended, you messed up so badly." She said all this in a cheerful voice.
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Rassilon held back a growl. "What do you know of the Hybrid?" he asked again.
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Dr. Clever gave a smirk. "We've gone through this before. Last time you did it properly, on Gallifrey and everything. I was stuck for over four and a half billion years, because I never figured out until the last moment that I was suppose to talk about the Hybrid."
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Kenossium cleared his throat, before speaking. "Doctor, may you please tell us about the Hybrid?" Rassilon shot Kenossium a confused glare.
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"Lord General! Nice to hear you." Dr. Clever let out a yawn. "Because you asked nicely, I'll tell you. The Hybrid is not a Time Lord and Dalek mix. It is never said. Only that The Hybrid is of two warrior races." A dangerous grin formed on her face. "You wanted to know about the Hybrid? The one who will stand in the ruins of the Time Lords?" She let out a cruel laugh. A lazer formed from each Cozy Glow body, aimed at the Spantium wall.

The Doctor jumped out of the way. "History lesson kids! Once upon a time, in this world, the Pegesi were a warrior race!"

Dr. Clever began laughing like a maniac as the Spantium wall blew open. "I AM THE HYBRID! I AM PEGESI AND TIME LORD! AHAHAHA!"
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"Get the Nightmare on her right now!" Rassilon shouted.
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The Nightmare lunged for Dr. Clever. She grinned, leaping headfirst into it's chest. She used enough force to send it flying. "YAK SMASH!" She then ran up to the 12th Doctor, jumped, and fist bumped him. "Come on Doc, let's get out of here."
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Rassilon turned to Kenossium. "Get. Me. TWILIGHT!" he roared.
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TARDIS CASINO
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The Doctor ran though the obstacle course as he punched another enchanted dummy, trying to stay in first place. Turns out the owner of the place was a Yak, who would only give back the "Big Blue Box" if the Doctor could beat him in a race. Turns out the race wasn't just a simple run. "HOW DID I AGREE TO THIS!?" he screamed as he lept over a flame filled pit.
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CANTERLOT CASTLE
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Twilight looked over her team. "Cozy Glow is in the past with a team of powerful creatures. It is your job to bring her back without being seen. Once you get her, Starswirl will see if the timesteam is still good. If it drastically changes the timeline, you must do your best job to fix it."

The team nodded. Shining Armor spoke. "So just to be sure, the team is Yona, Starswirl, Starlight, Pinkie, Rarity, Spike, and me." He gave a pause. "I gotta be honest, I think we need a different team of better creature's."

Twilight let out a sigh. "I know, but Agent Sweetie Drops and Lyra are looking for the Doctor. Until he gets back, you all are the most qualified."

Yona stood proudly. "Yona will do best to keep Equestria safe from Cozy Glow."

"Remember, do anything it takes to keep the timeline fixed. Even if you have to... kill..." This brought a gulp from most in the room.

Starswirl gave a nod to Starlight. "I believe it is time for the spell."

The two activated the timespell. But something seemed wrong. Rather then a wormhole forming, an odd hum was being produced. Starswirl and Starlight quickly tried to stop the spell. The hum grew louder, and the team seemed to fade out of existence.

Twilight stared wide eyed in shock. A nearby maid stated her thoughts. "Well buck."
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HOUSE
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Tirek sat in a rather cushy chair in the library. 'What has my life become?' "Chrysalis! We have become friends, dispite-" Tirk ducked as a shocked Chrysalis threw a book at him.

"We aren't friends!" Chrysalis shouted, completly taken by the very idea. "We're partners!"

"Chrysalis, for the past months you and I have been pretending to be a married couple."

"Exactly! We were partners, not-"

"If that's the case, how have I been feeding off of you two?" Cozy Glow asked. She was sitting over in a huge red velvet armchair, and was sinking in it rather deeply, enough that the two other villains forgot about her.

"Stay out of this." the two told her.

Cozy Glow crossed her arms, wearing a mix of a frown and a smirk. "Yeah yeah. You two just don't wanna admit that you love each-" Cozy Glow's eyes widened, and she quickly leaped out of the chair as the books came by whole stacks. "Golly! Just because-" She and the others stopped as a familier hum was heard.

"We... aren't moving though." Tirek got out of the chair and walked to the main room. The others followed. On the way, he grabbed Octavia and Vinyl. The two followed in silence.

Octavia motioned for the others to stay in the hall, before sticking her head through the door to the main room. "Hellooooooo..." Her voice started off as a question, and stretched into realization. "I... Hello."

Starswirl looked around the room, and over at Octavia. "Who are you?"

"Octavia? What is this place?" Starlight looked curiously at Octavia.

"Uhh... First, what are you doing here?"

"We're here to stop Cozy Glow." Shining Armor quickly explained.

A sweat formed on Octavia's brow. "Ohhh. Is that so?"

"Aren't we in the past?" Spike asked. 

"Iiiiii..."

Rarity's eyes widened. "We are! But then that means Octavia is as well!" She looked towards Octavia, a slight look of horror. "Please tell me you're not with her!" Starswirl's horn glowed.

Octavia took a step back. "It's rather difficult to explain, but it's..." Octavia tried to think of something to say. But her mind just kept screaming "Tell the truth". "I... YES!" She quickly brought her hoof to her mouth. "Why did I-"

"Truth spell." Starswirl growled. A beam of magic shot out of his horn, knocking out Octavia.

"OCTAVIA!" Yamun leaped from the doorway. "YAK SMASH!"

"YOU WILL HALT! YOU WILL HALT!" Mercy, Chrysalis, Tirek, Cozy Glow, and Vinyl ran out as well. 

"Attack formation!" Spike and Shining Armor shouted, running towards Tirek.

Cozy Glow reached the console and pushed multiple buttons. The battle was halted. Literally. "Golly, can we NOT kill each other in the first minute?" She looked at the frozen creatures. "Hang on a sec." She pushed more buttons, dodging a blast from Starswirl. "Stop that or I won't unfreeze you. And... there!" Chrysalis propelled from her mid leap, crashing against the timelocked Shining Armor. "I have no idea what gonna happen if I- when I unfreeze you." Cozy Glow rubbed her chin. "Will you fling back? Or contin- STOP!" She ducked as a stronger blast flew towards her.

Tirek grinned in amusment. "Having trouble, Cozy?"

"Yes Daddy." Cozy Glow answered. Tirek frowned. "And I would Loooove some help, mumsy." Chrysalis scowled.

Vinyl let out a whimper. "Oh! Sorry." Tirek quickly reached over and flipped a few switches. Vinyl took a few steps foreward as she left her frozen run.

"Eh. Ugh!" Vinyl pointed in concern at Octavia, before glaring at Starswirl. "UG!" She punched him in the face, before turning to face Cozy Glow. "Uh."

"Wow. That's the most I've ever heard you speak." Cozy Glow held her hoof on a switch. "Ima release everyone, but nobody fights. Okay? Okay." With the flip of a switch, everyone moved back into motion. Shining Armor somersaulted through the air from the changed momentum, while Starswirl rubbed his face. He glared at Cozy Glow as she held her hoof on the switch.

"So you have taken us prisoner. Just know-"

"Ah-ah-ah. Ima stop you right there." Cozy Glow interrupted Starswirl. "First off, you broke into our home. Second, no inspirational quote about stopping me. We're not planning anything yet and the long stuff is boring if not timed right. Third off, HOW THE BUCK DID YOU GET IN!? This is supposed to be the greatest ship it the universe!"

Shining Armor got off the ground. "What do you mean?" he asked, on guard.

Chrysalis stuck out her tongue. "Like we'd tell you."

"We will tell them, just not here." Tirek said. The others looked at him in confusion. He sighed, and did ancient Minotaur sign language. The Caretaker translated. 	We need them away from main control. Put them in with Teacher.  	The others nodded. "Follow us."

Pinkie scratched her head while the others prepared for a fight. "I think he's telling the truth." she said. Starswirl glared at her, then looked around confused as the rest of the group stood down.

"Really!?" Starswirl asked in shock.

"You never question Pinkie." Spike said in response.
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