Chapter 3: Changeling overboard
The duo rushed back into the TARDIS and the Doctor ran a scan of the surrounding area.
“Ah-HA! A Changeling invasion ship Class-A in orbit.”
“What’s that?” inquired Rainbow.
“The spaceship the Changelings arrived in. It gets all the emotion from the people, or in your case, ponies, in a certain area - then converts it into food and power for all the Changelings. We have to get up there, but unfortunately I can’t use the Time Vortex or who knows what time we’ll actually get there.”
“So, how do we get up there?”
“I cloak the TARDIS and fly it up there in real time.”
With that he trotted over to the console and flipped a lever, then pulled the switch he’d identified as the flight mode control. He then took a hold of the 'wheel' and the TARDIS lurched and began to make the flight noises.
“So, I’m going to half dematerialize it to we can pass through the ships shields. If you look on the exterior scanner you can watch the outside in flight.”
“It looks like one of those third-pony games.”marveled Rainbow.
The TARDIS was slightly translucent and flew towards the now visible spaceship. It looked rather like a barbed arrow head and was just as holey as the Changelings themselves. The TARDIS passed seamlessly through the green bubble surrounding it. It then landed in a large hangar and rematerialized, becoming solid again. The two ponies took their eyes off of the scanner and trotted out the door.
“Hey, my ar-hoof is starting to hurt. Where can I put the Sonic?”
“Your pocket.” replied Rainbow.
“I’m not wearing any clothing Rainbow.”
“No - look.” she stuck her hand into his pocket.
“You know, you pony folk never cease to amaze me!”
The clopped over to a large green capsule and the Doctor led Rainbow inside and shut the door.
“This has quite sophisticated workings for a Changeling ship. It would appear they have installed a Type 78.9.2 atom shifter!”
“Huh?”
“It’s an automatic teleporter.”
“Right.”
The Doctor flipped a switch and everything went green (what was it with Changelings and green?) and suddenly came into focus in a room with a huge intricate machine with a glowing green orb at the center.
Rainbow managed to absorb this in the 5.5 seconds before she threw up and tumbled over backwards - an interesting process to watch in the Doctor’s mind, as she had an entire two back legs and rump to fall over.
“What in the name of Celestia is that?!”
“That, my dear Rainbow, would be the ship’s emotion converter. It is taking on an immense amount of energy...hmmm...I wonder.”
“What is it Doc?”
“Well, if I release the energy the magic burst from Cadense should combine with it and create a miniature rift in the fabric of space and time. Not big enough to do any lasting damage - but enough so that the energy with recognise the Changelings and suck them in leaving the ponies and whatnot alone. But-”
“But what? What is it Doc.”
“Once the Changelings are sucked in they should be sucked back to their planet, but once the ships mental connection to the Changeling Queen/Leader/Admiral/whatever is broken, the ship will disintegrate. So we have to be real quick and make a break for the TARDIS after I release the energy and we teleport back to the hangar.”
“Okay then. Good thing I’m known for speed. And her name is pronounced ‘Cadence’.”
“Okay - on the count of three. One...two...THREE!”
The Sonic emitted a high pitched warble just as the light violet wave passed through the ship.
The two ponies rushed to the teleporter just as the ship began to make sounds that sounded like a ponylance. They teleported and ran (messely at best) towards the TARDIS, and just managed to get through the doors when the outside floor disappeared. They collapsed on the floor and the Doctor asked Rainbow if she’d like to come with him.
“How about it Rainbow Dash. All of time and space! Anything that ever happened or ever will.”
“What about my friends? Won’t they miss me?”
“Time Machine.”
“Right. TOTALLY!”
The Doctor flipped the demat’ lever and the TARDIS began to dematerialize.
Then suddenly there was a loud bang, a flash and a grey pegasus with black spiky mane and tail appeared on the TARDIS floor.
“Oh, not again.” said the silky voice of Discorded Whooves, the reversed Doctor.
Next time
The Doctor meets his past self to find him Discorded! Not only that but this is not his first time in Equestria.
The Doctor, the other Doctor and Rainbow Dash must stop the Weeping Pegasi, restore the Discorded Doctor to his old Derpy loving, pear hating self, and if that wasn’t enough they also must return the regular Doctors memory.