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// Chapter 2 
// Story: The Doctor's filly 
// by peppermintbrownie 
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	The Doctor walked over to the foal and lied down in front of her.
“Hey there little pony. What are you doing in here all by your-,”
The filly looked up and winced.
“Self?,” the doctor finished.
“The filly was still teary-eyed.
“Go away! Leave me alone! I don’t want ponies making fun of me anymore!,” she said, not yelling but she was talking forcefully. 
“Now. Now. I’m not going to make fun of you,”
The filly was taken back by these. She blinked and then turned back to him.
“You- You aren't?,”
“No. I would never,”
“Who are you?,”
“I’m the Doctor. Your name?,”
“Um. Orangecream Split,”
“Well. Orangecream. Why don’t we get out of here? I’m getting the feeling that someone’s watching us,”
“I-I can’t,”
“Well of course you can just stand up,”
The Doctor started to reach out to her.
“No! Stop! Don’t touch me!,”
“It’s alright. I already explained. I’m not going to hurt you,”
“It’s not you hurting me I’m worried about. It’s them hurting you,”
She was getting more nervous.
“Who?,”
All of the sudden, there was a monstrous whisper and a dark shadow with red eyes ran past her. It made the Doctor withdrew his hooves. Orangecream flattened her eyes, shut her eyes and whimpered, trembling a bit.

“What?,”
Three of the monsters landed a few feet away from the two ponies. They took a pony form, black, growling ponies with red eyes and sharp teeth. The Doctor stood up and backed away. The three monsters started slowly walking over to Orangecream. The Doctor’s eyes dilated. He reached a hoof out to Orangecream.
“Hey Orangecream come on. To me now! You can do it. You’ll be fine, I know you will,”
“How can you be sure?,”
The Doctor smiled.
“Trust me,”
Orangecream got up nervously. She looked over to the monsters who were closing in. She gulped and took a deep breath with her eyes shut, ears flattened and stranding straight, trying to be brave. She opened her eyes and ran over to the Doctor. The monsters persecuted her. She reached the Doctor who put a hoof behind her and lead her behind him. She was just tall enough for her head to just reach the Doctor’s neck as far as height went. She stayed right behind him as the monsters got closer. Her ears flattened again and her eyes were flooded with terror. The Doctor however didn't look fearful. He looked angry and serious. He took his sonic screwdriver out of his pocket. He pointed it towards the monsters and it buzzed, it gave them the ability to speak.
“Now. What are you here for? What do you want?,”
“Leave the filly! She’s ours!,” one of the monsters said. It’s voice made it made it sound like there was more than just one speaking.
“I think not,” the Doctor said refusing to back down and leave the whimpering filly behind him.
He turned to her. She was literally terrified. Her ears were flattened, her eyes were full of fear, she was crouched down, contracting all four legs in, making herself look as small as possible. She was trembling and shaking. The Doctor turned to her.
“Shhhhhhhhhh. It’s alright,” the Doctor told her comforting.
The sun began to raise. The sunlight came through the window and reached the monsters. They screamed in agony and vanished into thin air.

“Seems like they couldn't stand the light,” the Doctor said.
He turned to the filly who had became a little less terrified by the Doctor’s comforting words.
“It’s safe for you to come back out they’re gone,”
Orangecream got up and walked over to his side. She was looking a lot better.
“Thank you,”
“Your welcome. Come on let’s get out of here,”
They left the log cabin. It had really gotten a lot more bright. The Doctor could see Orangecream clearly now. She was a foal her voice sounded a lot like like someone playing the glasses back in original his universe. She had the same delicate voice but her’s was also originally quiet instead of having the musical quality the glasses did. She was pumpkin orange with a cream colored straight mane. It was styled a bit like Twilight’s but there was no space between the hair or highlight streaks of different shades. She had cream colored eyes with the same puppy paw structure the fillies the Doctor has met had, and two threes in the shape of a heart for a cutie mark.

Meanwhile with Tick Tock and Derpy they were talking to some of the ponies in the town. None of them seemed very happy. They were all slumped down with ears flattened and some of them had annoyed looks while others just looked nervous.
“And you’re sure? Absolutely sure?,” Derpy asked.
“I wish I could help you. Really. But there isn't anything really recent that’s very strange around here,” one of the ponies said.
She started shaking.
“And I don’t want to think of the strange things that happen here that I know of,”
She trembled again. Making uncomfortable noises.
“If you think of anything. Even the smallest thing,”
“Of course,”
The town pony walked away.
“Okay I don’t think any pony here knows anything,” Derpy said.
“I must agree with you. Let’s get back to the Doctor,” Tick Tock said.
The two started walking into the forest, but Tick Tock noticed something very strange at the entrance. There wasn't a breeze, no broken branches, yet the branches on the trees were moving. As if they were reaching out to them.
“Derpy? Have you noticed something peculiar about this forest?,”
“What do you mean? I don’t see anything strange about this forest. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!,”
Tick Tock quickly reacted to Derpy’s scream and walked over to her.
“What is it?,”
“The- The branches their- Their reaching out!,” Derpy said.
Tick Tock looked where Derpy’s eyes were frozen. Sure enough some of the branches were reaching out to them like a dragon claw reaching out for a gemstone.