//------------------------------// // Freedom // Story: Doctor Whooves and the TARDIS Crew: Come Little Children // by Russell Dickson //------------------------------// Derpy saw what Time Turner was up to. He had pull off this horse and pony show before. But, when Vader stop looking at Time Turner and focus on Princess Luna. Derpy knew something bad was going to happen, and so told the other to make a run for the open door of the TARDIS. Once, Derpy, was sure most of the crew was safe, she started handing out orders. "Okay, Time Turner is in trouble. Nothing new about that, but Princess Luna is also in truble. Vinyl, Time Turner is still going to get his hooves on one of thous computer tablet. He going to send the history of the Borg attack to the TARDIS. He going to need you to make a copy for download. You stand by your stations and be ready to work fast. Big Mac, make sure the TARDIS is ready to fly away the second we get Princess Luna and Time Turner back inside. Make sure the force shields are at full power. Octavia, you will find a cello in the music room. Please get ready to play. I need to find my mail bag." *** Upon seeing Princess Luna had transform into Nightmare Moon, Time Turner made a mad dash to the next officer with a computer tablet. The two officer saw Time Turner coming and started to run away. However, ponies are just faster runners that humans. With a quck spin kick, Time Turner land both of his back hooves the back of one of the escaping men. Knocking the two of them together and make the last one dorp his computer tablet. Keeping his eyes on the small computer, Time Turner started to make a run for his prize, but not before he could reach it, the Nightmare Moon cut him off. She spread her wings out and power up her horn. With a evil grain she asked the little Time Lord Pony. "And where do you think your going?" Time Turner simple put is hoof up to his face and shook his head. "Oh, my dear, Nightmare Moon, you do know that line is older than I am. Tell me, does becoming evil dry up all original thought?" Vader closed in on the other side of Time Turner. He spoke to Nightmare Moon. "Do not lesson to the Doctor. For he will only take away your power. Do you not feel the power of the Dark side of the Force flowing thou you?" However Nightmare Moon lower her head, as if she was in pain. "I feel. I feel the power that you are giving me, but she is much stronger now. She is fighting me." Then Luna voice come from Nightmare Moon's mouth. "I will not got quite into the void." Hope filled Time Turner's eyes. "Princess Luna? Fight! Let me tell all you this. One of the wisest and most tormented souls I have ever knew once said, 'You can't make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak'. Now that man save a nation in his life time, and that nation, The United State of America save the Earth. And the Earth in turn save the Universe a few times. That man save my life, and by grandchild's soul. He freed a lot of people, but he die way to young. that is a man I can never fully repay for all the good he did for me. And all the good he still does for all of us. So! When I say Abraham Lincoln was not a quitter and would not have given up. Then by the Hightest of Powers in the Universe it self, you best believe me." As the Time Lord Pony talked, the Sith Lord walked up slowly to him. Give Nightmare Moon as much Dark Force power as she need to turn her in a Sith Alicorn. Vader charged his light saber to strike down Time Turner, and keep him form helping Princess Luna. Vader war ready to simply decapitate the little pony problem, and as he drew back his arm to finish Time Turner. Derpy 'Ditzy Doo' Whooves flew over the top of Vader and kicked his helmet, knocking him back. Derpy then landed between Time Turner and Nightmare Moon. She said. "Take care of bucket brains, I got Nightmare Moon." Time Turner only response. "Oh I do love you Dtizy Doo! Allons-Y!" As Time Turner went after the Dark Lord. Derpy look to Nightmare Moon. Derpy then brush back her yellow mane, Derpy saying. "Have you ever noticed that boys only say they love you, when they are getting to do something they like to do?" Now Derpy 'Ditzy Doo' face down the Nightmare Moon. The wall eyed Pegasus brush back her golden main. Nightmare Moon only smiled, showing her fangs, and asked. "How do you intend to defeat me?" Ditzy Doo only sat down on her haunches and open her mail bag. She then pulled out a paper bag that she then placed on her head. "The same way I defeat you last time. Only, I don't think I truely defeated you as much as I made Princess Luna feel like she was loved. And that gave her the power to defeat you if only for one night." Ditzy Doo then turned to right and waved her hoof. "Okay Octavia! You may start playing. Please." Nightmare Moon looked over to the TARDIS. Standing at the opne door way was Octavia Melody, with a cello. Octavia drew the bow slowly over the strings and started singing. “Come, little children, I'll take thee away Into a land of enchantment Come, little children, the time's come to play Here in my garden of shadows” Nightmare Moon eyes went wide. Then she turned back to look at Ditzy Doo, who had gotten a soap bubble blower and was making little bubbles. “Follow, sweet children, I'll show thee the way Through all the pain and the sorrows Weep not, poor children, for life is this way Murdering beauty and passions.” The memories started to flood back into Nightmare Moons mind. Back to a Nightmare Night, not along ago. Nightmare Night was the one night each year when Celestia's powers were to weak to keep Luna impersoned on the Equestria moon. On that Nightmare Night, the Nightmare Moon had returned to find a little Pegasus colt crying at the foot of her shrine. To keep nightmares away, colts would give up candy to the Nightmare Moon at her shrine. However this foolish little colt came with no gifts or offerings. The Nightmare Moon would teach that little filly. Hush now, dear children, it must be this way Too weary of life and deceptions Rest now, my children, for soon we'll away Into the calm and the quiet. There was still a small part of Princess Luna still deep inside Nightmare Moon, who gave the little colt one chance to give up a gift. The little colt with a paper bag on her head sniffed. Said that she was sorry, and then started blowing bubbles and singing songs. Then went so far as to ask if Nightmare Moon needed a hug. The little pony had been pick on by her friends, but that she would be alright. It seem to the little colt that Nightmare Moon need a hug more than she did. Come, little children, I'll take thee away Into a land of enchantment Come, little children, the time's come to play Here in my garden of shadows. Princess Luna looked out, as the Nightmare Moon was fading way. With out Vader's dark powers feeding into Nightmare Moon, Derpy's love and kindness took over. Tears started to run down Princess Luna's face. "My little pony. It was you all those years ago. Oh how I miss you. I never forgot, but I had given up all hope of ever meeting you again." Ditzy Doo smiled at Princess Luna. "You still seem to me like you need a hug."They embraced, Derpy saying "I never thanked you for helping me get my cutie mark that night. See, Seven bubbles. You are the best pony, your highness." A near by crash ended the magic between the two friends. Time Turner then called out. "Welcome back Luna, but could you two girls sort of move things along a little faster? Get that computer tablet and then help me with his guy. That light sword of his can cut though most every thing I throw at him. And, my sonic screwdriver is starting to over heat!" Seeing that Dtizy Doo and Princess Luna were alright. Octavia charge in, banging Lord Vader in the face with her new found cello. The string instrument then stay where Octavia hit Vader. Before the dark Lord could remove the stuck cello form his face plate and recover. Both Derpy and Luna were flying over his head and stooped down with their hooves up Vader's head. As they attacked, Derpy dropped the computer tablet into Time Turner hoof. At once he started to down load the Borg history into the TARDIS computer system. Vinyl then got all the information and shouted out the open door. "Got it! Now get back in hear and lets go!" With that Time Turner and Octavia both gave Vader one last good double team back hooves kick and Ditzy and Luna did the same once more to his head. It was only then that a sergeant of the storm troopers came into the room and screamed. "What are you doing? Blast them!" The storm troopers had not been given an order to stop the ponies before this moment. And, in truth, they were enjoying watching Lord Vader getting his butt kick by a group of ponies. Almost Literally. But, now that the order had been given, blaster gun fire filled the air. The storm trooper sergeant ran to Lord Vader to give him aid. Once he saw the Vader was not dead, the sergeant drew his own weapon and started to open fire. Unlike the other storm troopers, the sergeant shots were true and if Princess Luna had not gotten just inside the force shield, she would have been killed. Lord Vader looked on at the TARDIS as it started to slip way. The Force was telling him that the one names Derpy was something more that what she seemed. That she was a grater prize than even the Borg cube. Returning to his feet, with some help form the storm trooper sergeant, exited the landing bay. He knew that time travel was beyond the technology of the empire. But, that was only for the moment.