//------------------------------// // The Doctor's Protector // Story: Doctor Whooves meets Zerum // by ShadowBrony //------------------------------// The Doctor’s Protector The Doctor struggled as the tail wrapped tighter around his body. Ditzy stared in shock as a creature appeared from the darkness. He was horrifying. He had a head of a pony with a dear antler and a goat horn. His body had scales and fur. His wings were feathery on one side but a bat wing on the other. And every time she blinked, she swore that the wings had changed sides. He had lion paw on one arm and a turkey claw on the other. His legs were that of a pony on one side and a gaiter leg on the other. He wore a grin with one fang sticking out of it. Had she not seen such crazy creatures on her journeys, she might have screamed. Instead she could only stare at the creature in shock. The creature seeing Ditzy’s expression let out a laugh that echoed in all directions. It made both the Doctors and Ditzy’s hearts fill with dread. He then brought his tail up and examined his catch. When he spoke, his voice seemed to echo in all directions just like his laugh. “Now then, what have we here? It is not often I have visitors.” He turned his head over to the Pegasus, “Zerum, care to tell me why this Pegasus shares an interesting resemblance of you?” The grey Pegasus looked up, “He’s me Master, or at least me from another time line.” The creature turned his head just in time to catch the scowl the Doctor was giving him. The Doctor then felt the tail squeeze him harder. He felt more air leave his lungs as less and less of it was allowed back in. Feeling desperate and much need for air he did the one thing he could think of. As soon the end of the creature’s tail got close he would spring his trap. The creature snaked his way up over to the Pegasus. She was stuck, frozen in fear of him. He bowed as he got closer. “Hello, my name is Discord, welcome to my humble abode.” He smirked for a moment then gave her a confused look. “Hmm, odd, I swear have we meet somewhere before? I have caused chaos to countless ponies and I always have trouble remembering every face I see. But for some reason you seem...familiar.” Before he could ponder this any further, suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his tail area. He glanced behind him and saw that the brown pony had clamped his jaw down into his tail. As soon as the message reached his brain, he immediately flung the horse off his tail making a whipping sound as the brown horse flew a few yards and hit the ground hard. He then brought his tail close to examine it. It appeared to be wrangled and the bite marks were there plain as day. He then handed his tail to Zerum. With a bit of annoyance he then spoke to him, “Here you know what to do.” Zerum nodded as he began licking the wound and massaging it. Discord gave sigh of relief; until he heard gagging from across the void. The Doctor was back on his feet. He gave Zerum a look of rage as he pointed his hoof at him. “I don’t care what timeline you are from, I would never stoop so low as to lick the wounds of something so damn UGLY!” Discord rolled his eyes. He then turned his head toward Zerum. “Well, I have had about as much fun as thought I could get out of this. Take care of him for me.” Discord grinned as Zerum nodded and muttered “orders are orders” under his breath. The Doctor took a fighting stance as Zerum walked over to him. Zerum's face was one of cold intent. No emotion other than to kill. He had done this before. Would it be so hard to do it again? When he got within a few feet, he lunged at the Doctor. Using a bit of his wings to propel himself, he launched at the Doctor intending to knock him to the floor. But the Doctor was prepared for this as he quickly turned around and lifted up his back legs. Zerum realized to late what the Doctor’s intent was as the Doctor thrust his back legs hard into Zerum's face sending him flying back a few yards. Zerum landed on his back, but was only down for a few seconds before he was back up again. He wiped the blood off his mouth and nose as he grinned manically at the Doctor. Both the Doctor and Zerum ran at each other. As they collided, they each took a swipe at each other’s faces but missed before changing tactics and just taking swings at each other hoping for a good shot. Zerum managed to land such a blow as the Doctor missed a face shot, he left himself open to a gut shot. Zerum lifted himself by his wings as he hovered for a moment, and brought his hind legs out in front of him. He landed a clean shot. The Doctor doubled over as he gasped for breath. Zerum then lifted up his front legs as got ready to bring down his weight upon the Doctors skull. He hovered for a moment looking down. He took a deep breath as brought his legs down as hard as he could. His legs never touched the ground as something shot out from the darkness, slamming hard into Zerum’s right side. Almost all air was knocked from his lungs as he found himself sailing through the air. As he landed, he clutched the side of stomach and looked up. Getting up after just colliding with him, stood Ditzy, her eyes filled with rage. She pointed her hoof at Zerum, “I don’t care if you are or even were the Doctor. You will not hurt MY DOCTOR!” The Doctor looked up in surprise, “Ditzy?” he wheezed. Ditzy smiled and turned to the Doctor. “Don’t worry; sometimes even you need to be saved. And I promise I will always be there to protect you.” She grinned at him and extended her wings in excitement. She didn’t notice the tail creeping up on her. She didn’t react fast enough when the Doctor shouted a warning. The tailed already wrapped itself around her wing. Before Ditzy could even shout in surprise, the tail contracted around her wing. The crack of broken bone echoed throughout the void. A soon as the sound reach her ears, Ditzy let out a cry of pain. Her mangled wing fell to her side. Then the tail wrapped itself around Ditzy as she continued to scream in agony. The agony and pain of her mangled wing grew as it was forcibly pressed against her. She could only continue to cry in pain. The tail then brought Ditzy to its master’s face. He had an annoyed look displayed across his face. “I am afraid you have become a nuisance to both me and my tool. You are a pest. And pests must be Squashed and thrown away.” He smiled at her. “I really hate pests don’t you?” He then tightened his grip on her. Ditzy screamed like she had never screamed before. Pain laced throughout her body. She could feel some of her bones snapping like twigs. She slowly turned her head to look at the Doctor. “I'm sorry,” she said as a tear rolled down her face. Her eyes became clouded as she went limp in Discords tail. Discord raised an eye-brow before tossing her over his shoulder. She landed in a thud. She laid there unmoving. The Doctor, far on the otherside of the Void, lay there on the floor unable to move. His whole body had become paralyzed. Tears were rolling down his face. Zerum got back up and limped over to his master. Discord patted him on the head. “Sorry about that. She will be a nuisance no more. Now we just have one last pest to squash.” Discord turned his head toward the Doctor as he grinned. Zerum smiled as he felt his master coax him toward the Doctor. His master was in a good mood again. So long as the Master was happy, so was he. He began to slowly walk toward the Doctor. “You killed her.” Zerum stopped in his tracks. The Doctor had stopped crying. He slowly got to his feet. His face was expressionless. Bags had formed under his eyes. Zerum and Discord stared at the Doctor in curiosity. The Doctor’s gaze locked with Discord. “You killed my Companion.” His mane grew a bit longer and began to fade. “You Killed Ditzy.” His fur began to fade into a grey look. He loosened his tie."I will never forgive you." He looked at Zerum as a grin reached his face. His whole body had changed. He let out a small laugh. “Let’s find out what your bones sound like when I break them.” He took a step forward as his blue eyes fell on both of them.