//------------------------------// // 3. Blackhoof Hold // Story: Night will fall and the Dark will Rise // by Diokno44 //------------------------------// "I think I can help" a voice said, coming from the doorway, as an array of light appeared from within. Everypony gasped at who the speaker was. "Aw, don't look so shocked, its just old me." The voice said, revealing the owner to be Doctor Whooves, the Time Lord who had just arrived in Ponyville from his wife, Derpy/Ditzy Hooves' (Long story short the Hooves sisters were fused in the same body by a Dalek, though they can separate at will) 22 birthday. "Using the Trans-mystical Harmonizer, I've managed to locate the Princesses, they're being imprisoned in Blackhoof Hold, a neigh impenetrable fortress-prison located off the coast of Fillydelphia. Its heavily guarded, but we have to do something, Come on!" The Doctor stated, waving a hoof at the TARDIS. The Elements nodded at each other before climbing aboard. "It never ceases to amaze me." Twilight said, grinning as she noticed the control station.Twilight had traveled with Whooves back in his tenth regeneration, before he married Derpy and Ditzy, and brought their daughters, Sparkler and Dinky along for the ride, shortly after her freakout over not having created a Friendship lesson for Princess Celestia. The Doctor smiled at this, before flipping the switches on the control center, before resting his hoof on a large lever. "Ready?" He asked the mares (and drake) standing or sitting nearby. Everypony, except Fluttershy who gave a nervous smile, stated they were. "Well the, GERONIMO!" the Doctor yelled,before flipping the lever down. The TARDIS engines hummed,as she faded, faded away from Twilight's room, and into the time vortex. (Cue Doctor Who theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL20_ID7fqY) The TARDIS touched down on the island carrying the massive magma rock prison. As everypony exited, they felt somewhat nauseous. "We've arrived, about 3 hours after we left." The Doctor stated, pulling out a pocketwatch. "You know, I wonder, Twilight, do you remember, on Neighstrom XI, when you were attacked by that energy being calling itself Kleric?" The Doctor asked, turning to Twilight. "Yes, and I remember having precognition and the ability to sense energy due to temporal energies being given off."Twilight stated, rubbing her head. "Did you sense anything odd about this Knightmare fellow?" He said, helping Derpy to her hooves, as she and Ditzy had split on landing. "Yeah, I could sense his thoughts. This "Gem of Sorrows" he wants to find would grant the wielder power over the joy or sorrow of the ponies around them. It also turns out the clerk job Quill-Weave had was just a secondary job, He was called to guard Canterlot shortly before the attack. Also, I sensed a very familiar, very dark energy surrounding him. When I looked into his eyes, I sensed very little of that darkness, sure there was a hint of anger, but what I found beneath those pupils was a sense of loss, betrayal, and sadness. He was't always like this. The power that captured the Princesses wasn't his, at least, only two percent of it was. The rest belonged to the thing making him do this." Twilight said, huffing. The Doctor puzzled over this, before asking if Twilight and Rarity could teleport them inside. Charging their magic, a violet-white aura appeared around the nine ponies and one drake,and in a flash, they were gone. The group had been teleported inside, as the Doctor pulled out a map of the facility he had gotten from the TARDIS, before speaking. "Now, Princess Celestia is being held here, by three guards, plus the Warden, name unknown,here." he said, placing a hoof on an area name the Mages' Bane. "It distrupts all magic!" Fluttershy stated, wondering what physical tortures were befalling their elder Princess. "Quite, and Princess Luna is being held here, under guard by about seven ponies" he said,placing his other hoof on a smaller area, labeled as The Safehouse. "Fluttershy, Rarity, Derpy, if you mind, Spike,and Pinkie, you spring Princess Luna." He told the others, who grabbed their gear and headed east. "Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Ditzy, and myself will rescue Princess Celestia." He stated, rolling up the map as he lead the group westward. Team Beta (Twilight's group) had managed to avoid the guards, only having to stun one her own baton. They made it to the cell, where Celestia lay asleep, suspended in midair by an electro-magnetic containment device. "Now!" The Doctor yelled, rushing at the guards. Using his Sonic Screwdriver, he blew the head of the first guard (all the guards, except a few, including the Warden, were robots designed by Equestrial Security, a manufacturer of security systems, alongside home and business defense wares, headquarters in Manehatten,) as Rainbow Dash and Applejack bucked the other. Ditzy fished out a keycard from the robotic guards pocket, and deactivated the device holding Princess Celestia. Twilight jumped onto the Warden. "Why would you betray the Princesses and work for that monster Knightmare?!" she said, shaking the Warden. He raised and shook his hooves at her, before stating, in his electronic filtered "Stop, Stop!" before taking off his helmet, and revealing his face. "I had to do it Twiley, to protect the Princesses." The face of the warden was that of Royal Guard captain, Twilight's brother, Shining Armor.