The Doctor swiveled his flexible ears, trying to pinpoint the sound. It was coming from behind the fountain, directly behind it, actually. He was well hidden, with his back pressed up against the marble. Hopefully, the bully(ies) wouldn't see him.
"Hey, Derpy, why aren't you working today? Finally get fired?" a high pitched, slightly nasally voice taunted.
"Yeah, everypony knows you can't even handle mail carrying! A foal could do that job! What are you, stupid?" a deeper, dumber sounding voice replied.
"Well, of course! Just look at her eyes! Only RETARDS have eyes like that!" the first voice pointed out.
Another voice, female this time, and sounding close to tears, cried out. "Shut up! I'm not stupid! And my name's Ditzy!"
The Doctor peeked over the fountain, hoping the bullies where intent on making fun of this 'Ditzy'. They were, so the Doctor was able to get a good view of their positions. Ditzy was in a similar position as him, backed up against the fountain. Not by choice, though. The two bullies were standing over her, wearing close to identical expressions. The brown Earth pony quickly sized them up. The taller, scrawnier one was a unicorn, but by the look of his face, he probably wasn't able to read the spells needed to perform the magic, so no worries there. He was a light blue in color, with a scruffy darker blue mane and three basketballs as his cutie mark.
His companion was a short, fat little Earth Pony. His mane was dark green, and looked like it had been cut with a weed whacker. The Doctor considered telling him that, but since these ponies probably didn't even use weed whackers, it'd be a waste of an insult. His cutie mark was....an orange? His family were orange growers, probably. But still, it seemed like a strange cutie mark to have.
The two bullies moved closer to their prey.
"We heard that your father's left you and your mom, Derpy. Did he finally get tired of being around YOU? I don't blame him. I would've done the same." the taller one sneered
"If I was your father, and I saw you for the first time, I would've told the doctor to put you back!" the short one laughed.
Ditzy stood up, and the Doctor saw that she was a grey Pegasus. A rather soothing color of grey, he might add.
"Shut UP!" she yelled. She opened her mouth to say more, but the tall unicorn just pushed her on the ground.
"You're useless, Derpy! Everypony thinks so!"
He raised a hoof, as if to hit her, and the Doctor stood.
"I believe that's my cue."
All three ponies, the Pegasus, the unicorn, and the Earth pony looked at him in surprise. Normally, the Doctor would have put in a witty and brilliant comment, but he was too angry.
"Who the heck are you?" the short Earth pony asked.
The Doctor walked around the fountain. He was much more formidable than these two, and older, and he knew he could at least fight back if they attacked him.
He marched right up to the shorter one and said, "I'm the Doctor. And I don't take kindly to bullying."
(OOC: This part made me grin like a little fangirl when I wrote it. Go Doctor!)
"The Doctor, huh?" the taller one repeated, trying, for his part, not to sound intimidated. And failing miserably at it.
"Go on, Derpy, tell us. How much are you paying him? Cause you can NOT be HIS marefriend. That's impossible."
The Doctor opened her mouth to reply, but was interrupted by a streak of grey. Ditzy flew by him like a lightening bolt, and was now hovering an inch above the taller bully, her face mere centimeters from his.
"Say that again." she growled.
"Wha....?" the bully said, dumbfounded.
"You heard me. Say that again. Say it again, right now. Look at me, right in the face, and say what you just said."
The Doctor couldn't see Ditzy's face, but he guessed it was pretty frightening. The bully certainly looked scared. The Time Lord pony cleared his throat, and Ditzy immediately and without question, back off. She flew backwards, keeping her stare focused on the taller one, before dropping to the ground next to the Doctor.
"Now," the Doctor began, drawing the two's attention back to him. "either you two just turn and leave peacefully, just go away and leave this mare alone, or I will be forced to take more extreme measures. And trust me, you do not want that. I've faced much worse dangers than two dumb little pony bullies." He paused for a moment, his tough, dangerous look disappearing briefly. " 'Dumb little pony bullies'. I rather like the way that sounds. Just rolls right off the tounge, doesn't it? Anyways. Choices."
He stared the two down, the taller one trying vainly to hold his intense blue gaze before averting his eyes. He nudged the smaller pony, and they both turned and hurried away, glancing over their shoulders once or twice. He sensed Ditzy opening her mouth to say something, and held up a hoof. Then, he pulled his Sonic Screwdriver out of his saddlebag by the fountain. He paused, then aimed the metal tube at the very top of the marble.
A high pitched, whirring noise could be heard, causing Ditzy to wince slightly, then the gentle trickle of water that had been flowing from the top of the fountain turned into something quite like a fire hydrant, with water shooting out with such force that it caused the Doctor to step back. He aimed the screwdriver again, and the water began to move in a graceful arc, finally splashing onto the ground, dousing the rapidly retreating bullies with a wave of water.
He heard Ditzy laughing behind him, and, with a smile on his face, turned to face her. Then he froze.
He was looking at the most beautiful pony he'd ever seen.