Chapter 7
A Crow in a New Cloak
A year had passed since that night you had with Derpy, and luckily nopony new appeared. You couldn't think about her nonstop, as you had something worth keeping as a treasure. You were inside your's and Derpy's house as you were reading Ponyville's newspaper, as you were reading a knocking came from the front door. You stand up from the couch, put down the paper, and walk over to the front door. You open it to find no one but a small blue letter on the floor. "Doctor? I thought you were gone." You said to yourself in confusion as you look around but found no doctor, nor TARDIS. You pick up the letter and quickly shut the door as you place the letter on the coffee table and sit in front of it. "I thought you said you would never comeback." You pick up the letter as you slowly rip open the top portion and pull out a letter.
Crow,
Yes I know your nickname, don't ask how. It's a bunch of bibly bangly timey whimy stuff, funny because I used to say that when I was the tenth. I wanted to let you know that I will visit your wedding. Yes I already know you are going to propose to her, the TARDIS found this and told me about your proposal. And don't worry about Derpy, she will remember me without her mind burning. Again a bunch of timey whimy stuff, but don't worry. I'm the Doctor, I'm always lying. Plus the TARDIS is letting you pull off this paradox, so good luck and see ya later.
-The Doctor!
P.S. Don't let Derpy find this letter.
"D-Doctor? My Celestia, you are impossible!" You shout to yourself as Derpy flew down the stairs with a worried look. You quickly hide the letter behind your back as you stuff it inside the couch.
"Are you okay sweet muffin? I heard you yelling." Derpy concerned as she embraced you with a hug of concern.
"Yea I'm okay, it's nothing. I just had a weird dream."
"What happened?"
"I was uh...just falling. That's it." You horribly lied as Derpy gave a long look at you.
"Okay. Well I gotta go to work, see you soon honey." She said as she quickly grabbed her mailbag and soared off into the sky."
"Well that was easy." You shrugged as you walked outside and breathed in the black burning air.....wait black burning? You cough out the black polluted air as you look around to find a group of three fillies covered in black soot and a scooter on fire. You quickly run towards the fillies as you pick them up and pull them away from the fire. "What happened?" You asked the three black painted fillies.
"We tried to mechanize my scooter, we wanted to get our mechanic cutie marks but it went wrong when I started the engine." The orange filly said in a cough as you quickly walk close to the burning scooter. The fire was small like a shrub, but not big. You take off your shirt as you quickly pat it down against the blaze on the ground as it burns out quickly. You pant heavily as you faced a pony made fire directly as you reapplied your black pitched shirt. As you pant heavily from the duel, multiple ponies around you started to clap and cheer for your act of bravery. The three fillies ran over to you with looks that could concern the princess.
"Ohmigosh, are you all right?" Asked the cream earth pony.
"Yea.....yea just shocked how you mechanized this scooter."
"Well, we took a train set and used it's parts for a motor." Exclaimed the white unicorn.
"Wow, well let's clean up this mess and throw it away, no way your using this scooter anymore." You said as the orange pegasus groaned in annoyance.
"Awwwww maaaan, that is totally bull-"
"You better not finish that sentence." You interrupt in a cold tone as you stare down at the pegasus with a look of anger and fear. The pegasus stood back as you turn back on your cold stare as you let yourself cork up your anger. You breath out in release as the anger rests in your head as you walk up to the barbecued scooter. It was black as wood and crusty like a a rock, you pick up the burnt scooter and you give it to the orange filly. "Here, I don't know how to fix scooters but-" You pause as you reach into your pouch and pull out a large amount of bits."- this should be enough for a new scooter." The orange filly beams with joy as she gracefully takes the bits from your hand and stuffs them in her pockets. "Maybe keep it as a reminder, find the mistakes you made on this scooter and improve on your next one." You tip as the pegasus takes the burnt scooter off of your hands.
"Thanks mister, I will pay you back someday."
"No need, just keep it."
"Thank you so much mister!" All three fillies thanked as they ran off to the local scooter shop as you walk away from the burnt scene. You continue to walk down the streets of pony as you felt something light at the top of your head. You look up to find Pinkie Pie beaming down on you, the strangest thing is, she is popping out of your mane.
"Pinkie.......can you please get out of my mane?" The cotton candy mane hopped out of your mane as she landed in front of you continuing with her beaming smile. "Pinkie... why are you staring at me like that?"
"Can I pwease host the reception?" She beams out loud as you quickly slam your hand against the mare's mouth.
"Shhhhhhhhh, nopony knows yet! Not even Derpy, it's suppose to be a surprise. Plus we're getting married next year, we don't want to spread the news yet. How did you even know?"
"The Doctor!" The pink mare answered cheerfully as you give a flat stare at her. "So when should I spread the news?"
"Just tell everypony like... I don't know in two months? Just gather everypony at Sugar Cube Corner and I'll propose to her, just don't tell anypony."
The pink mare saluted towards you as she beamed with glee. "Okie Dokie Lokie!"
"And Pinkie Promise." The pink mare crossed her heart, fluttered her hands behind her back like wings, and placed her hand on her eyelid, the deal is signed. The pink mare bounces off in the distance as she kicked her heels together in the air in joy. "That Pinkie is just crazy, but knows a good party. Celestia help us... At least she didn't throw me some sort of hero pa-..... I better be carfull what I say out loud." You warn yourself as you continue to walk down the streets of Ponyville as you arrive at the location you need to be, the 'Karat barn'. You walk inside the gleaming store as you find the lone stallion on the counter examining a gem. "Hey Karat Kolt, how goes business?"
"Great great, so onto business, watchu here for?"
"Well I need a gem."
"What kind?" You stuck out a certain finger indicating a message as the store clerk smirked with glee. "Ahhhh... I see, so choose a gem. Be wary, these aren't cheep." You walk over to the glass counters as you examine every gem that Karat had in the store. he had topaz, amethyst, sapphire, emerald, ruby, pearls, jades, crystals, diamonds, all gems of types, forms, and kinds.
"Hmm...." You examine the gems as one caught your eye. A flat cut of topaz that was thick like cardboard but sized like a marble. "How much for this topaz?"
"Ahhh that's a special topaz, this is flat topaz, can be cut into shapes and forms."
"Cool, do you mind if you can cut this into a shape of a muffin?"
"So you want a *whistles* with a muffin based gem? Hmm, it's a challenge and it's not cheep."
"How much?"
"Well, what about the *whistles* gold or silver?"
"Silver." you answer shortly.
"Then it will be about 400 bits, you got that kind of money?"
"Yea, lemme get out a check." You said as you reached into your pocket and pulled out a decorative piece of paper. You sign your name as you place an amount of 400 bits on the small deal as you give it to Karat. The store clerk takes the paper and closely examines it, he nods and places it under the table.
"Alright, is there any particular date you want this done by?" He asks with a smirk across his face.
"In two months."
"Alright, I'll get to work right now." The clerk answered as he took out a flat topaz gem.
"I need to get going, see you soon." You said as the clerked waved goodbye. You walk out the store and looked at the sky, it's color was orange like fire as you saw the sun setting over the distance. You gaze at the sun and it's beauty as you start to walk home. As you walk home, a dirty old newspaper impacts your face, you frustratingly take the newspaper off your face, but pause to find something familiar about it. There was a message is blue letters. You closley examine the letters as you read them. "Bingle Bongle Dingle dangle Yikkety doo yikkety daa Ping Pong Lipey Topey too taa." You stare at the strange message as you hear a familiar sound from a nearby alley, you pursue the familiar noise as you found her, it, whatever he calls him, her....shim?
As you reach the conclusion of the symphonic noise, you enter a nearby alleyway as you find it, the blue box of mystery and thought, the TARDIS. You run up to the blue box as you rapidly knock on the door. "Doctor! Doctor are you in there?" You patiently wait as a familiar face pops out of the mystery box.
"Um... yea, just hold on." He said as he dove back inside his box. Something about The Doctor looked...familiar. He look the same, but different at the same time. "Hold on, just gotta find my hat!" He exclaimed from the inside as you continue to wait patiently. After a few more minutes, The Doctor popped out of his spaceship wearing a white suit with a white bowtie, and a white fedora. "All right, let's get this wedding started!" The doctor exclaimed as he began to walk out of the alley.
"D-Doctor! STOP!" You bark as you pull The Doctor away from the near public and inside his telephone box. "First, why are you dressed like that when the wedding is in two months!? Second, why do you look so familiar but yet different!? Did you regenerate again?" You ask in panic as The Doctor gives a quick slap to your face. You shook your head into consciousness as you gave the The Doctor a blank stare. "Thanks I needed that."
"Well to answer your questions 'Crow'." He jokes with a smirk as your face turned sour. "First, I'm sorry, the TARDIS probably got the wrong directions." The blue box gave a sound of anger like an earthquake as The Doctor started to rub the blue wood for comfort. "Well sorry, but you are more of the pilot then I am."
"Uh.... and my second question?" You ask with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes well, the thing is a terrible accident happened when I was the 12th. Apparently some daleks came inside my TARDIS as they opened the time vortex to achieve it's power, a dalek beam shot inside the time vortex because it posed as a threat causing a massive explosion causing my regeneration to form backwards. And that's not the only reason why, along with my travel I met Albert Neighstien and he had this special liquid, he spilled some on the TARDIS motherboard and worst of all, inside the time vortex. So now I back with my cool bow tie. Gotta admit, I liked my 11th form better." The Doctor said with a cocky smirk.
"I have no idea what your talking but it's good ta see you again Doctor." You said as you shook his hand in greet. "But one last question."
"Ughhh you ponies and questions about aliens, you're almost as worst as humans." The doctor groaned with annoyance as he stared you in the eye.
"What about Derpy, what about her memory? How will you restore it?" You asked curiously as The Doctor slowly walked away from you as he gave a heavy sigh of difficulty and stared up at the light blue sky.
"That is the difficult part, I need a favor."
"What?"
"You need to..... uh..... alright how can I say this?"
"What is it Doctor!?" You ask impatiently
"I need you to rob something I need." You stare at The Doctor like a stump as your eyebrows slowly crank downward inside.
"I need you to rob somepony."
"W-What do you mean?" You ask in a stern tone.
"I mean, I need you to rob Canterlot Castle from it's treasury. There's an important alien artifact buried in the gold and I need you to retrieve it."
"No" You said in a flat tone as you started to walk away from the mad stallion.
"Then do it for Derpy."
"Why for Derpy? What's this gotta do with her?"
"Because it will restore her memory." That froze up your mind as you sat down on a dirty box as you held your head like a rubix cube. "I know what you're thinking. "Why can't you do it?" " The Doctor imitated in your voice. "Well to answer your future question, the two princesses....aren't my friends."
"And what did you do to piss her off?" You ask in panic.
"Honestly I have no idea. I come in Canterlot one day and all of a sudden I'm Equestria's most wanted, I literally have no idea what I did. Maybe my past selves did something, but it's a time mystery from what I recall." The Doctor explains as he enters inside his blue box. "C'mon, I'll give you a shortcut there."
You nod as you enter the blue box. "Now Doctor, just so you know I'm only doing this for Derpy. But I swear to Celestia if you ever make me do this again, I will take your screwdriver and shove it down your throat." You threatened in a cold tone as The Doctor had nothing but a straight gleeful expression on his face.
"I knew you were right for her." The Doctor announces as he flipped down a random lever causing the entire room to shake like a milkshake. The indoor earthquake subsides as you stood from the guard and slowly open the door. You peaked outside as you found multiple ponies dressed in fancy shmancy clothes, hats, dresses, garmets, and anything fancy. You quickly creak back inside the TARDIS as you stare at The Doctor with a cold stare. "What?"
"I need something from you."
"Don't say my screwdriver." The Doctor warned as he pointed his probe directly at you.
"No....some clothes."
The two of you traveled inside The Doctor space machine through infinite rooms as you found The Doctor's wardrobe. You look through the boxes of piles and piles and piles of clothes until you found something promising. You pulled out a white hoodie, and a black scarf. You apply on the hoodie as you tie the scarf around your mouth for a mask as you look at yourself in the mirror. "Not bad, but back to business. Doctor I'm gonna have to ask you one more question." You said with a hidden smirk behind your mask. "What does your screwdriver mostly do?"
"It mostly unlocks doors, why?" You continue to stare at The Doctor with a hidden grin behind your mask. "What?"
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"Oi come back here with my screwdriver!!!" The Doctor screamed at the top of his lungs and hearts as you ran for Celestia knows how far away from the blue box with the screwdriver. You quickly hide in the shadows of a nearby alley as you peak in the corner of the wall with the sight of nopony. You quickly look around your surroundings but heard heavy clinks of metal coming towards the alley. You quickly hide in the shadows and take a quick peak out from the corner of the wall, you found a regular guard marching around the town. You hide in the corner of the alley as the guard marches next to you, you quickly wrap your arms around the guards head and neck as you pulled him into the alley. You struggle as the guard shook violently to break free from your grip, you tightened your grip to suffocate the guard as the guard gives and falls unconsciously. You drag the unconscious corpse to the back of the alley as you start to slowly strip him of his armor and apply it to your own.
"Hope they can buy it."
You walk outside the alley wiping off any loose dirt on your armor, you pick up the dropped spear as you march around intimidating the guard. You slowly act your way through the city as you reach the castle, you found the front doors of the castle as you march towards the doors. Two guards stand on each side as they salute at you, you salute back as they opened the doors. Okay I'm in.
Well well well, it's the stallion who stole my screwdriver.
Doctor? Is that you?
Yes, now hurry up because I am very mad but also happy that you stole my screwdriver. Well it's not that you weren't the worst person who did something to me, least you weren't Mel.
Yea yea whatever, I just need to borrow it to open doors. Who know's what the castle did to upgrade their locks. I'm not even gonna ask how your talking to me, but right now I don't care.
Just remember that this is for Derpy.
You walk down the longs halls of marble and elbow grease as you slowly act through other guards and maids. You face was straight enough to keep up your small act, you quicken you pace as you found a massive golden door. "Must be the treasure room." You whisper to yourself as you approach the guard. "Hey, your shift's over. I'll take this one." You lied, please work please work please work.
"Finally, I thought this would never end. The treasure room's a bitch to guard." The guard groaned in relief as trotted away from the treasure room. You stand in front of the door guarding the room as you look around for any guard that would be nearby. You slowly pull out the screwdriver as you clicked the button as the green light shun over the door. You heard a click from the door as you quickly run inside the treasure room finding stacks of gold inside.
Doctor, what does this alien thing look like?
It looks like a sword, a golden sword with weird hieroglyphs on it..
Got it! You said as the first thing you saw was a sword shining gold with strange engravings on the blade. You quickly grab the sword and it's shoulder scabbard as you take off your armor and strap the sword around your back. You quickly pace out of the room as you found nearby guard running towards your direction.
"THIEF! GET HIM!!!" Guards paralleled as they yelled as you flee away. You ran around the hall like a maze, lots of turns, no escape, and worse no partner to help you. You kept running as you reach the way you came in, the large door was still closed and tens of guards were behind you. You had only one option, you quickly kissed your right shoulder as you put it in front of you and sped up without stopping. You bash through the hard wood as you felt the splinters of pain impale through your hoodie as you kept running. You run through the city, covered in cut wood and bloodied rags as you fled from the guards chasing you.
Oi it's me, keep running and I'll pop the TARDIS in front you you!
You heard The Doctor's voice of his choice but had no choice but to keep running. You pace yourself through the pain and agony of the splinters as you see something blue up ahead. You quickened your pace as you found the TARDIS regenerate mere yards in front of you. You give all of your adrenaline towards your legs as you ran like a wolf, as you were mere feat away from the box, The Doctor opens the door and yells at the top of his lungs. "COME ON! IT"S OPEN!!!" The Doctor screams as you crashed through the blue wooden doors as The Doctor slams the doors shut. Bashes and clashes can be heard from outside as the guards tried to open the door. The Doctor ran towards the motherboard of the TARDIS as he flipped up a lever causing the TARDIS to degenerate and disappear from the guard's eyes.
"W-What happened?" Asked a flabbergasted guard.
"Guys it's the captain!" Another guard warned as all of the guards faced towards their purple armored captain as they saluted.
"At ease." The Captain said. "What happened?" He asked in a stern tone.
"We chased down a thief with the 'mystery sword'. He escaped by entering some sort of blue box that disappeared." One guard explained as the captain's eyes slowly crossed down. "Captain Armor, are you okay?"
"No." He said in a flat tone. "I know exactly what happened."
"What sir?"
"It's The Crow, one of my greatest and most notorious thieves that I tried to catch. I almost had him once, but he had me. I thought he was going to kill me but he sparred me. He left me a message and to this day, I still don't know if I want to arrest him or not."
"What was the message sir?"
"He wrote 'I don't want to ruin somepony's guide to happiness. I'll let you live and retire from my career, please take care of yourself. What inspired me? Well you have a nice sister, I don't want to ruin that.'" The captain repeated your message as he gave a soft sigh. "I just couldn't believe he stole again even though he retired, I just don't know why, and why the sword?" He questioned himself as he scratched his chin.
"Well what about the blue box sir?" questioned another guard.
"Now that's another story, it's owned by somepony or something that has live longer than Faust herself. He is called The Doctor, I don't know much about him, but some ponies and other creatures think of him as a hero. Others like us think of him as a menace to society. I do not know why he is Equestria's most wanted, not even the princesses will tell me, but I wonder if Faust knows anything." The crowd of guards was silent, even the slightest drop could be heard from a restaurant. "All right, let's fall back to the castle and inform the princess." The captain commanded as his troops saluted and marched towards the castle.
You were inside The Doctor's TARDIS as you sat in a chair holding your head looking down in depression. "I can't believe you made me do that." You said to The Doctor in a miserable tone as The Doctor sits next to you in comfort.
"Y'know, sometimes we must do wrong in order to do right. I had to stop one of my own to save billions. Trust me, it hurt me more than it hurt him, because he loved it when he died. Well, that's when I thought he died. But when I lost him forever all because I had to stop him....I felt miserable. But it was the right thing to do, I saved an entire planet, a race, an intelligent region. Don't let this get to you, I have done much...much worse to help others."
"Who was this other one you stopped?" You ask through your finger vents as The Doctor gave a heavy sigh.
"He was one of me, my race, a time lord. We were the last two, but when I stopped him, he stopped someone else and he disappeared...forever. His name was The Master, I would always forgive him, I just wish he would see what he has done." The Doctor said as a tear shed from his eye, you could have sworn you saw gold in his tears. "Now come on, we have to get back to Ponyville. You got a mare to propose to." The Doctor cheered with a smirk as he ran to his machine and flipped a leaver leading back home.