Doctor Who: The Equestrian Chronicles

by Dr Time Keeper

Season 1 Episode 7: Fear the pink Mist

“Where are we? I’m sorry when are we?” Luna asked shaking her head to correct herself since she knew where she was but no idea when.

“About 100 years in the future, so I say the year 1100 precisely give or take a few decades” he said answering her question.

“So what are we looking for” Luna asked wondering how her home got in this state.

“We’re looking for a very powerful being named Harmony; the thing is I have no idea what she looks like”

“The guardians of harmony engaged the main force of the darkness without the elements but in the first ten minutes two of the group where defeated presumed dead both where Rainbow Dash and Rarity” The Doctor was now dead inside he was there and he let two of his best friends die, his anger was boiling ready to take down the source of his pain.

“Who is the main force?” The Doctor asked only to be given the name of the one person or monster that he never wished to her till he saw his own grave.

“His name is The Professor” as Harmony revealed the name The Doctors hearts stopped.

“No…that’s not possible” he said quietly as he remembered one of the worst nights of his life.

The doctors eyes where now cold with sorrow and anger, causing Luna to be concerned.

“Doctor? Are you OK?” as he lifted his head Starlight took a step back, he knew to fear the Doctor when he was in this level of anger yet never witnessing it firsthand.

“you tell me exactly where this castle is so I can pay myself a visit” The Doctor walked towards the wall as his cold eyes lay on the sword hung on the wall, ready to for the first time in 100 years…TO KILL.

“Are you seriously thinking going there? No offence but the last time you where there you almost died and that was the future you!” Starlight was now trying to convince The Doctor to stop and think as he was on a blood fueled rage that Luna, Harmony and Quantum could not understand.

“WELL YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, HOW COULD I KNOW IF THE WAR WOULD END IN 10 YEARS UNLESS I KNEW THE OUT COME, MAYBE I LOST THEN BECAUSE IT WAS A FIXED POINT, WHAT EVER THE CASE IS, I DON’T GIVE A DAM, THAT MONSTER IS GOING TO DIE AND I'M GOING TO BE THE ONE TO CHOP OF HIS DAM HEAD!!!!” his eyes know red with rage he had flown up and removed a sword from its stand hung on the wall “Luna, is OK if I borrow this” he asked now lowering his voice trying his best to calm down.

“Yes you may, but I must protest you said yourself one time that there is no need to harm if there is another way, is killing this person really going to return everything to the way it was, wouldn't be better to imprison him and make him stand trial for his crimes” Luna was clueless as to how The Doctor knew this Professor and why he had such a drive to kill him.

“I’m afraid that would do much” Starlight had strapped on his combat saddle and sheathed his own sword ready for combat.

“What do you mean by that?” Luna asked her Eldest as he prepared for battle.

“This is not the first time The Professor has appeared in fact his last appearance, he was stopped and sentence to death by age and for a Time Lord that is a long time” as Harmony explained that The Professor was already guilty of crimes that earned him a Death sentence, the first in her memory, she had recognized the Name Time Lord.

“Time Lord? But Doctor isn't that you’re…” The Doctor turned around still with cold eyes and looked at the night blue mare.

“yes he is, but it goes a lot deeper than that, he is what I never became” The doctor took a piece of paper out of his tie and opened it up to reveal a photo, he placed it on the table which was set up in the middle of the throne room and What Luna saw made little sense, it was a picture of two People that where obviously not ponies, A young man wearing a black leather jacket and a Tartan tie which along with the style and colour of his hair matched The Doctor making Luna guess that is what he looked like before he arrived in Equestria, next to him was a young girl with long blonde hair and wearing a light blue sweater both had a large smile on their face as they had taken a photo in front of what looked like the Eiffel Tower in Prance “the Professor is from another universe but he jumped to mind to escape his own fate which was decided by the Time Lords, once he met me he found out that the Time Lords where gone, Destroyed in the Time war and so he decided he should exact revenge on the universe, that my people worked hard to protect for 100 billion years. I stopped him but at a price, that girl in the picture was the last friend I brought onboard the TARDIS and he killed her in cold blood and since that day I vowed on my own grave that I would be the last thing he would ever see” The Doctor took back the picture and returned it to the slot in his tie “after the Nightmare Moon incident, I saw that my coming here would allow me to make a new life and live peacefully but no, HE HAD FOLLOWED ME! HE WILL PAY FOR THE LIVES HE HAS TAKEN AND STEPPED ON, WITH HIS BLOOD!” The Doctors blood-lust reaching the point of insanity Luna had heard the story and was prepared to fight this battle along with her best friend.

“Then I will fight alongside you, this is my kingdom and no matter when I am from it is my duty to protect Equestria from hostile forces” Luna said placing a hoof on The Doctors shoulder as he stared out into the fallout of the 10 year long war.

“I will make my way to the Crystal Empire to inform both your future selves, so they can prepare to fight back following your lead” before he prepared to leave he looked back to Luna who spotted him glancing at her.

“Is something wrong Starlight” Luna said slightly worried.

“Nothing Mother, it’s just its been so long since you had your hair like that I forgot how it looked” as tears began to fill her eyes Luna walked over to the throne and pressed a small button and following a secret compartment rose from the floor revealing two spaces for armour yet one was missing, the one remaining was a black armour which was covered in battle scars and looked like it fought in an incredible battle.
“Is that yours?” The Doctor asked as he examined the battle damaged set of armour.

“indeed, it was the very set of armour that I wore during the fall of the Crystal Empire over 1000 years ago…” as Luna moved towards her old armour the other space which was disturbingly empty rose some questions in Luna’s head “Starlight I wish to know, where is my sister?”

In the middle of the desert a black castle stood surrounded by changelings and covered in angles, inside the throne room of this grand castle sat an olive coloured unicorn reading a book, a Pegasus with bat like wings appeared and bowed before the unicorn.

“My lord, you called for the prisoner” after catching the unicorns attention he placed a bookmark in his book and put it down while several changelings dragged a white wounded pony in front of the unicorn. Unlike most ponies he sat relatively like a human and as he got up from his throne he walked down on his hind legs alone and when he was within reaching distance of the prisoner he swiped the bag from over her head to reveal.

“High Princess Celestia so good of you to visit, how long has it been since your last beating” with the bag removed the wounds that the princess suffered looked far worse than they did earlier, it was also apparent that her mane had been cut very short and the majestic rainbow colour it had had faded into a blood stained pink.

“Professor, when will you end this madness?” the unicorn revealed as the Professor gave a small chuckle as Celestia struggled to lift her head.
“You know that reminds me of a film from a small backwater planet I know of, but really I will stop as soon as The Doctor is dead or better yet bowing at my feet. But no, he continues to resist and prevent me from taking the Empire but what shocks me the most is that he hasn't attempted a rescue” he replied whole walking around the battered monarch before sitting back on his throne.

“He does not need to, he knows that you will fail just as every other has before you” this was followed by a maniacal laugh along with a hard kick in the face from The Professor.

“Hahaha, but did any of the others last TEN WHOLE YEARS! Yes there was Discord but look at him now, reduced to a hat rack” pointing at the statue of discord in a protective stance as well as being covered in hats “the guardians of harmony are powerless, canterlot is in ruin and you can’t do anything to stop me” despite knowing it would only lead to pain when The Professor came close to Celestia’s face she spat right in his eye, followed by a quick slap “bloody bitch!, TAKE HER BACK TO HER CELL! And give her an hour long torture session to liven her up a bit” the Pegasus that brought in the prison bowed once again to his master.

“Yes my lord, TAKE HER AWAY!” replacing the bag onto of her head, the changelings tugged at the chains imprisoning Celestia and began dragging her back to the dark cell she has known as hell for the past ten years.

“So not only is this a take back, it’s also a rescue mission” The Doctor had put on a set of armour that Harmony had given him and Luna was also suited up ready for war.

“Yes, but we have had no intelligence or evidence to confirm that she is there” Starlight was going to alert the future versions of The Doctor and Luna but thought it best to brief them on the area they had to fight though.

“She’ll be there, knowing him he likes to cause pain on others especially prisoners, my only concern is if she could survive 10 years of tortured, unless she knew something he wanted to know, then he would beat her till near death then prevent it so she could be interrogate again” the thought of her sister in pain for so long was disturbing but she knew she would not give up so easily.

“I hope your right, anyway to get to the desert you will need to go around ponyville…” The Doctor held up a wing to object Starlight’s idea.
“Wait if we are going to have a chance at beating The Professor we will need the elements” this made Starlight a bit uneasy as he did not want to tell him.

“That’s not going to be possible” he said with regret in his voice.

“Why not, you’re the one who said that Rainbow and Rarity where MIA so if we pack the elements we can put a end to this quickly” he said still with a slight anger in his voice.

“The only issue is that the elements have been missing for decades and they won’t work, both General Pinkamena and Commander Fluttershy have changed due to the war, you may get Fluttershy as she only seems to have lost her shyness but I’m afraid even Pinkamena is beyond even our help, she hasn't laughed since…” expecting The Doctor to complain he held up his wing as to say he understood, this was not the same Doctor This was a warrior.

“That’s is not important, ether way we need at least the guardians if we are to have even a fighting chance” seeing The Doctors point he placed a map on the table and rolled it out.

“In that case we can send the General a message to gather for an emergency meeting on the train to ponyville, normally she would refuse but if you both sign the notice she won’t have a choice the Commander will most likely attend with her. Then you just explain the situation and she should join you” it was a lot to take in as Luna was struggling to keep up, normally she was the one giving orders.

“Now I know how the men felt during the fight against Sombra” Luna thought to herself as she listened in.

“Then once you get to Ponyville you will find Twilight in her palace…” then the bright side of The Doctor emerged yet only for a second.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold it, I know see likes that tree of hers but it’s no palace” unsure of what to tell both of them Starlight decided to avoid that topic.

“uhh, spoilers?” he said with a cheesy grin followed by The Doctor eyebrow lifting to show he was not amused “anyway, once you meet up with Twilight it will be just a simple charge to the castle, once I alert both of you at the Empire, I will try to send reinforcements” with a small nod from The Doctor, Starlight’s horn lit up and he began a teleportation spell “good luck” Starlight wishing The Doctor and his mother luck before he zapped himself to his new location.

“What now?” Luna asked sheathing her sword after polishing it during the briefing with The Doctor giving her a look she recognized from her father.

“Now we move” following The Doctors words she began a teleportation spell of her own, inbound to the train station.

Since original equestrian weapons were ineffective against hoards of changelings The Doctor had reluctantly given the Canterlot army weapons similar in function to the very weapons he loathed, ballistic in nature it had turned most of Equestria into what he called Afghanistan. After receiving a notice signed by Princess Luna and The Doctor themselves, The main defense squad lead my General Pinkamena headed for the station only to be engaged by enemy forces moments after leaving the defense shield.

“What now, we are outnumbered and the General has pulled a Hoofdini on us” two soldiers had taken cover from the onslaught of the enemy behind the clock in the courtyard of the Train station after being ordered to scout the area, the one complaining was taking pot shots at the enemy to prevent the enemy advance and the other was bleeding from a magic blast to the leg.

“Stop your belly aching, remember The General always has a plan” upon those words the entire enemy line exploded followed by a lone figure that had jumped over the two soldiers and stood in front holding a massive cannon leaning on her shoulder in one hand and a SMG in the other, as several of the changelings recovered from the explosion along with others arriving, the figure standing on it hind legs lifted her head to reveal her pink fur under her black trench coat and equally pink straight hair along with the only part of her body which was not pink her piercing blue eyes “see what I mean” the soldier said before taking cover from the massacre about to take place.

“Let’s party” seconds later both The Doctor and Luna had arrived outside the train station to see the entire courtyard covered in blood and standing in the middle was a pink mare wearing a blood stained trench coat.

“Pinkie is that you?” The Doctor before the figure turned and threw a knife for The Doctor only just able to dodge it “Dam it Pinkie, you could of killed me” looking back to see the knife destroy a wall under the sheer force of the throw once he turned round he saw a 9mm pistol outfitted to her hoof so she could it correctly, aimed at his face.

“and I told you to stop calling be Pinkie” The Doctor was scared out of his mind he had no idea that Pinkie could be this dangerous but as the pink mare looked at his fore head she sheathed her weapon “Sorry Doc, didn't realise you where from the past but still don’t call me Pinkie” the doctor gulped after coming inch away from death by one of his best friends, Luna was just confused about the whole situation.
“Pinkie, uhh I mean Pinkamena what happened here?” Luna asked as Pinkamena as she walked over to the two soldiers who were resting by the clock.

“We got a royal notice ordering both me and Fluttershy to met here, I guess that was from you” as she finished several Pegasi and a chariot retrofitted for medical purposes arrived along with several soldiers and Fluttershy.

“Doctor! Ohh it is so good to see you!” Fluttershy had crashed into the Doctor giving him a hug, which was very unusual for her as pinkie signed some paper work to discharge the soldier for a medical leave.

“Fluttershy, you have changed usually you would barley say hello” Fluttershy was then pulled back by Pinkamena allowing The Doctor to get up.

“Commander this is The Doctor from the past, probably just after the Gala” both Luna and The Doctor where shocked they never knew Pinkie would even guess that.

“Ohh, well ether way I haven’t seen you in a long time, it’s nice to see you both again” there was a definite change in Fluttershy normally she wouldn't do half the things she just did unless she was furious.

“So what did you want us for and why didn't your present selves come instead?” pinkie had sat down on a rock waiting for the two to explain themselves.

“We are going to raid The Professors palace and end this war” according the Starlight, pinkie would of agreed in a heartbeat but instead proved him wrong.

“No” this shocked The Doctor and Luna as she was needed to end this 10 year old hell.

“What!” Luna exclaimed as she was about to lose her temper.

“Don’t lose your temper over me princess, if you’re from the past then you know the future so why didn't you end this before it could begin” Luna was going to knock some sense into the pink pony but decided against it hoping she would change her mind.

“I couldn't, that day, that first loss was a fixed point, I know future events if I change those then my reason for doing so disappears causing a paradox which I cannot allow, it would destroy everything” she never seemed it but Pinkie was very smart and she could understand where the Time Lord was coming from.

“Fine I will help but it’s because I owe you quite a bit, if it where up to me I would rather die fighting” with both Pinkamena and Fluttershy both agreeing to help all four entered the train and it began to move towards Ponyville.