"Ditzy? Ditzy, what's wrong?!" asked the Doctor as he trotted downstairs. River followed him and her eyes widened when she saw the bloody alligator and Ditzy holding a knife painted with red.
"Oh dear Celestia..." muttered River. Ditzy panted.
"Ditzy...what did you do?" asked the Doctor surprisingly calmly. Ditzy shook all over. She felt guilt gnawing at her insides.
"I-I don't know h-he st-started talking and I-I just went crazy, I'm sorry! I really don't know..." said Ditzy, trailing off because she knew she couldn't go as far as telling the Doctor about experiment 101285.
"The TARDIS? If not that what else..." mumbled the Doctor. River looked at the dead reptile one more time. Ditzy was surprised she couldn't see a look of disgust on River's lovely face.
"I think River and I have some talking to do. Just stay here and calm down, ok?" said the Doctor. Ditzy nodded solemnly, not meeting the Doctor's eyes. She wallowed in her sorrow and stared at the dead alligator corpse. Tiny flickers of ember rose above Gummy's body, the fireplace warmed his body but was careful not to burn it. And Ditzy was left in the cold, just like always. Just like always.
"First of all, you were not alive, so how are you here now?" asked the Doctor firmly. River merely smiled sweetly.
"Please, do you think I was STUPID enough to not consider alternate universes? I did the old earring trick and got myself a free wormhole generator." said River smugly. The Doctor smiled.
"You are brilliant." said the Doctor. River smirked.
"When your husband lives for thousands of years, a mare's gotta improvise." said River. The Doctor frowned.
"But you regenerated. I thought you used up all of them." said the Doctor. River shrugged.
"I honestly don't know. I guess when I came here I got fresh ones." said River. The Doctor nodded.
"So how are you...adjusting to Equestria?" asked the Doctor.
"Quite well, actually! Life as a pony is pretty fun, actually. These wings will take some getting used to, and I never expected YOU being here!" said River. The Doctor sighed.
"I'm still getting used to the "magical small horses talking" thing." said the Doctor. River gave him a sympathetic look.
"Then why don't you go home?" asked River softly.
"There's no home to go back to. That universe burnt out and there was nothing I could do. Pity. I rather liked that universe..." said the Doctor glumly.
"Oh, sweetie, of course. Now I remember you saying this to me before I regenerated...I'm sorry." said River.
"And what about Ditzy? I can't leave her. Do you think she's alright?" said the Doctor. River rolled her eyes.
"She stabbed a baby alligator to death. I most certainly do not think she's alright!" said River.
"I'm going to check on her." said the Doctor. He began to trot downstairs and River followed him.
Ditzy sat in the basement crying. What had she done? What would she tell Pinkie? Part of Ditzy just wanted to stick her head through a noose and end it. If she really was as blood thirsty as she proved herself to be she would be doing Equestria a huge favor. There was a rattling sound coming from a shelf. She turned around and gasped. There was a shelf full of snowglobes and the shelf was shaking dangerously. One of the snowglobes was pushed off the shelf. It was going to shatter. Ditzy dove after it and soon held it safely in her hooves. She peered curiously into the snowglobe to see what kind of universe she had just saved. Ditzy froze and nearly dropped the dome. Inside the snowglobe was a miniature Itex. Ditzy trembled and stared at the place that haunted her nightmares. She could almost smell the bleachy scent of chemicals and anti septics. She could hear the screams of the ponies who were murdered there. The screams of Bonnabelle Liberty, who had her eyes blown out of her head, and Silver Soul, who had a special gift and was rewarded with her brain being dissected. Ditzy shuddered, then she remembered something. This place was in HER mercy. A look of pure fury could be seen in her crooked eyes. This PLACE was an abomination. Not her. NOT her. She held the dome up and was about to throw it to the ground. Then she heard a scream.
"STOP!!!" yelled the voice. It was the Doctor. Ditzy snapped out of her blind rage.
"D-Doctor? I-I..." stammered Ditzy. The Doctor put a hoof on her shoulder and took the snowglobe.
"Have you forgotten that Itex is in this universe?! A different time, yes, but still this universe!" said the Doctor. Ditzy trembled. River cocked her head.
"Who crafted these in the first place? And why did they make our universe a place that must be horrible since it traumatized that poor mare so much?" asked River. Ditzy gritted her teeth. She did not want to be referred to as a "poor mare".
"It almost seems like someone's trying to manipulate her to kill..." said the Doctor. Ditzy gulped. Why did she suddenly have such blood lust? And why was there a burning desire inside her to smash the dome into a million tiny pieces and watch Equestria burn?