//------------------------------// // Episode 77: The Pink Death, Pinkamena! (Season Finale Part 4) // Story: The Life of a Wanted Changeling Season 2: Debt to a Doctor (Comment Driven Story) // by Down with Chrysalis //------------------------------// The Rutherford's Comment As the Pink Pyscho stares you down with the most unsettling look you've ever seen, you hear Selena say in your head, I feel a darkness coming from her even stronger than Sombra's. You gain a look of confusion as you think, Who? *sigh* The dark unicorn with the red curved horn teaching dark magic. Ohhhh... Wait. She's worse?! So does that mean she has dark magic empowering her even more than her usual Pinkie self? You hear Selena give another annoyed sigh as she says, No you idiot. She's an Earth Pony, they can't use magic. You gain a deadpanned look as you say outloud, "Look, if there's anything I've learned from my life, it's that you never underestimate Pinkie Pie. If she wants to do something, she will." Pinkie finally stops giving you her creepy look as she asks menacingly, "Who are you talking to. Dead-Intruder-Walking?" You give a "eep" sound as you answer her quickly to avoid a stabby death, "Oh... um, the other voice inside of my head. She's usually is a voice of reason and common sense for me even through she tends to egg me on to break things when she really hates somepony. And we were arguing about if it is possible for you to use magic. She said you can't and I disagree." Pinkie gains a look of... insane amusement as she says, "Okay then, carry on. That's kind of amusing. I think I'll kill you last." With that said she starts to turns away from you and starts to walk towards the Doctor and Derpy. You nod your head at this as you say, "Okay tha-wait WHAT!?" You fool, protect The Doctor and Derpy from the pink psycho before we lose our only chance of getting out of here! You quickly nod you head and start to run after Pinkie as you think, Right! On it! You managed to reach Pinkie just as she was about to bring her blade down on the Doctor (who was standing protectively in front of Derpy). Thinking quickly you jump at Pinkie with your hoof reared as you shout, "FALCON PUNCH!" You flam-encased hoof slams into the back of Pinkie's head sending her flying away from the prone ponies. You give a huff before you look at the Doctor and say, "Phew, that was a close one huh Do-" DODGE! You automatically heard Selena's shout as you jump backwards a few feet. Just in time too as six blades get embedded into the ground where you were just at. You gulp in fear as you look back to see Pinkie walking towards you with a emotionless face. She ignores the Doctor and Derpy completely as she walks past them. As she starts to pick up her blades she says, "Remember when I said I'd kill you last?" You nod your head nervously as you say, "That's right Pinkie! You did!" She picks up the final blade and stares at it for a few seconds before saying, "I lied." With that she throws the blade at you. You give a shout of shock as you quickly dodge to the left and look at pinkie as she starts to slowly walk towards you while brandishing two more blades covered with dried green changeling blood. You gulp in fear as you think, Kropsling66's Comment Kersey's Comment Selena, any ideas that won't turn me into swish cheese or chopped liver? You hear Selena hum for a second before she says, While I would usually suggest beating your foe to the ground before tearing her limbs off, perhaps we should try a diplomatic approach for once. She looks angry, so try calming her down. I don't think that's gonna work, but what the hay? With that thought you gulp slightly before awkwardly saying, "Pinkie my friend, you're alive! How is everypony doing?" "They're dead." Pinkie says in a non-friendly tone. You shiver in disgust as you get flashes back to how they died, but you shake it off as you say, "Oh I'm so so sorry to hear that. Listen me and my friends here are kinda in a hurry so... would you please move along with your knives that are covered in changeling blood-" You hold back some vomit when you see the blades again as you try to not imagine just how they were used to get that much blood on them. You shake it off as you continue, "A-and pretend you never saw us?" You stare at Pinkie in fear as she doesn't move at all. She's just staring at the floor in a daze. You gain a look of worry as you ask, "Uh... Pinkie Pie... are you ok-" Her head snaps back up at you as she says in a deadly tone, "My isn't Pinkie Pie... MY NAME IS PINKAMENA!" She lunges at you with two blades aimed at your head. You freeze up in fear, but you snap out of just in time as you dive away from her and her blades sink into the ground. She tries to pull them out, and as she does you take advantage of it as you think to Selena, Okay....that didn't work at all. I guess I'll just try to reason with her, maybe find why she is so angry and why she killed all those changelings. I thought you hated those roaches for making your youth so miserable? Hate is a... strong word. Besides even I... IT had a reason for everything it's done so she has got to have some reason for killing them all, and I wanna know why. When you finished your thought you see Pinkie lunging at you again and you barley managed to dodge Pinkie in time again as you roll away from her. You get back up and turn around to see her blades stuck in the ground again. Seeing your chance you ask, "Pinkie! I saw the window, why did you kill of them? Why did you slaughter all those changelings?" Pinkie ignores you as she manages to unstuck her blades and lunges at you again. You dodge again, but this time her blades don't get stuck as she turns to face you with a emotionless face. "They had it coming for a long time. I just sped up the process." This time she starts to try and stab you instead of lunging, and you barely manage to dodge each strike as you ask, "Why? Is it because of what happened at the wedding?" "No. This is about hurting my friends!" She does a heavy slash towards your face, but you barely managed to duck as you say, "But I thought I-the Nightmare killed them?" Pinkie's face shows a emotion for once as it twists in rage before she says while still trying to stab you, "He did! But that wasn't the reason. The reason was because the Nightmare was a changeling! If one of those bugs could become that monster, then maybe the rest could! So I decided to exterminate them all before that can happen!" Your eye widen at this, but soon you give her a cold glare as you dodge another one of her blades. Pinkie just stares at you for a few seconds before she turns to... us (the Hive Mind)? "Readers please hold him still so I can put a smile on his!" she says as she gains a very evil and scary grin. "Who are you talking to?" you asked "Oh the commenters and readers that tell you what to do" Deciding play along with Pinkie's insanity in hopes of living longer you shout out, "Okay... Commenters and readers if you are there well SAVE ME!" Suddenly, as soon as you said that, a disembodied voice shouts out, BUCK YOUR CUPCAKES! *CRASH* The next thing you know, a grand piano smashes onto Pinkie's head! Then there's a flash of light as a large Naco and a large mug of Butterbeer appear in your hooves. You stare at the food items in shock as Derpy shouts, "Hey! What about me?!" Soon there's another flash as a muffin pops into existence and boops Derpy on the nose. She smiles as she eats the muffin along while you shrug and eat the sudden food (you haven't eaten in a while anyway). After your meal, you say, "Thanks, I needed th- Wait... WHAT THE BUCK JUST HAPPENED?!" "Simple..." You gulp as you turn around to see... Pinkie standing with barely a scratch on her! You gulp in fear as you see that even though a bucking grand piano smashed onto her head, she merely has a small scar on her head. She just stares at you as she continues, "The Commenters and Readers clearly need a visit. They all need a smile if they're helping you..." You finally get annoyed from Pinkie's madness as you shout, You try to pull a Psycho Crusher on her, but she hops over you, grabs you by the leg and spin slams you into the ground, causing a crater. "PSYCHO CRUSHER!" You lunch at Pinkie, but but she hops over you, grabs you by the leg with her prosthetic arm, and spin slams you into the ground with enough force to cause a crater. You give a moan of pain as you ask in a dazed voice, "Oooohhh... what happened?" However you soon regret asking as Pinkie's face appears inches away from your's as she whispers, "Simple... you made me mad!" With that she lifts you up and smashes you back and forth on the ground before she throws you next to the Changeling Massacre window. You slide off the wall in pain and start to see double, but you shake your head to lose the double vision. When you do you see Pinkie stalking towards you causing you to give a frighten 'eep' as you desperately... At one point, you grab some broken glass and throw it at her, cutting her cheek. She just glares at you, touches her hoof to the cut, then stares at you in a sinister manner as she licks the blood off. You think you peed a little seeing that. Smash the Changeling Massacre window behind you with your window causing a shard of the window to fall down next to you. This seems to enrage Pinkie as she starts to charge at you, but you grab the shard and quickly throw it at the pink psycho, cutting her cheek. This seems to stop her as she stops her charge, but she just glares at you, touches her hoof to the cut, then continues glaring at you in a sinister manner as she licks the blood off. ... You think you peed a little seeing that. And as if Pinkie can smell your fear she says, "Oh, are you scared? You should be, cause nopony draws my blood... and lives!" You just give a silent scream of fear as you get up and try to make a run for it, but you don't get far as Pinkie grabs your trench coat with her prostetic arm and... BrownDog's Comment Lifts you up into the air before violently throwing you behind her causing you to slam into the Doctor and both of you hit a wall. As you and the Doctor get up you see a spiked dog collar in his hoof. You get a look of confusion as you ask, "Uh Doc, why do you have a dog collar with you?" He looks at you strangely before he gets a look of understanding as he says, "Oh this!" He gestures to the collar before he continues, "This my dear boy is the Diffuser we've been looking for. Now all we have to do is lose... her... and we can get back to the TARDIS." You nod your head, before you gain a look of horror as you point behind the Doctor and say, "Uh yeah... about losing her." The Doctor turns around in fear as he sees Pinkie advancing on the both of you. You and the Doctor take a step back in fear, but before she can reach the both of you. *shatter* Derpy drops a vase on her head from above, but Pinkemena just looks up with a scary look on her face at Derpy. “Oh… My Bad?” Derpy falters. With a snarl, Pinkie jumps on the nearest wall and begins climbing it like a freaking Spider, to get closer to Derpy so the wall-eyed pegasus flies to keep avoiding her, but Pinkie continues to chase her by bounding from wall to wall. *snap* Your eyes start to glow orange as you see Derpy in danger as you declare, "That’s it! No one tries to harm one of my friend on my watch. Selena! Time to-!” “NO YOU FOOL!” The Doctor exclaims as he pulls your panama hat over your eyes. “Hey! Cut it out Doc, I gotta-” “If you use any of your Nightmare Powers now, they’ll think you are HIM!” Your eyes unglow at that as you mutter “Oh… right…” The Doctor lifts your hat and looks into your eyes. “And you, Night Goddess, keep his eyes from glowing at all costs!” “You’re not in charge of me, Time Lord." Selena growls at him via temporary control of your mouth. “In charge or not, just do it, otherwise I can’t ensure your safety.” he firmly counters. “Fine…” she says in frustration. Your about to listen to what the Doctor is about to say, but you ignore him as you hear a scream and see Pinkie almost tear out one of Derpy's wings with her blade. You growl in anger as you say, Kersey's Comment "Okay Doc; One: Don't get in my way when I'm protecting ponies I like. Two:" You whip out the Power Glove before continuing, " The Nightmare Cloak isn't the only trick up my sleeve so would you kindly BUCK OFF!" Using the 'Bucking Bronco' plasmid, you send a quake that hits Pinkie and suspends her helplessly in the air. You quickly follow it up by declaring, "Would you kindly BURN..." Pinkamena's hair burst into flames causing her to let out an enraged pained yell as the Doctor yells, "BUGZE! W-" "...GET OVER HERE..." Using the Telekinesis plasmid, you pull the flaming psycho towards you as the Doctor dodges out of the way, catch her face in the palm of your glove, and turn to smash her head into the window depicting her changeling genocide. "...AND EAT LIGHTNING!" With that, you electrocute Pinkamena point-blank in the face causing her to give out a muffled cry under your glove. With her stunned, you rear your hoof back and declare, "FALCON PUNCH!!!" As you send a flame-encased hoof smashing into the Pink Psycho's face with enough force to smash her through the window of her changeling genocide and knocking her into the courtyard below. "Bugze! Why'd you do that for!" Derpy exclaims. "It's Pinkie, she'll be fine... probably." you say the last part uncertainly. Based on those slasher flicks in your memory, we'd be lucky if that merely slowed her down. True, only the final virgin mare can "slay" the slasher so I guess that'll be Derpy's job. I believe the wall-eyed pegasus has a daughter if you haven't forgotten that... Your mental discussion of slasher tropes is interrupted when the Doctor says, "Bugze, I can not stress enough how you must NOT fight-" "Pacifism may be your thing Doc, but it sure as Tartarus ain't my style." you say. "Darn it Bugze, this beha-" "Oh change the bucking tune Doc! I swear if I hear one more lecture about how 'this is why you become the Nightmare' I'm gonna Falcon Kick you in all 4 of your nards!" you snap. "Bugze, listen t- Wait, what?! Why would you think I have that many?" "Well Time Lords have 2 hearts so I thought, you know, that you would have 2 pairs of-" "Doc, Bugze, I think we better go..." Derpy interrupts your discussion of Time Lord anatomy as you realize that commotion might have alerted more guards. You nod your head as your about to say something when the Doctor says, BrownDog's Comment "No you fool, I didn't want you to make her angry. She's much worse when she's angry..." he says with fear. "OH come on, what am I supposed to do? Die or run? I'm a warrior Doc, not some damsel in distre-*stick* eeeeeeeeeessssss" you finish in a high pitch voice as a knife lodges into your front left forearm you were pointing at the Doc with. "Take it out, take it out!" "OK," says Derpy as she immediately takes the blade out. "OW! Not so fast!" you yell. "Oh sorry, I'll do it again more slowly," she says as she sticks the blade back in then pulls it out again. "GAAAAGGGHHHH!!!! OH MOTHERBUCKER!" "Watch your language!" she scolds. Luckily, the wound isn't that deep thanks to your coat and your healing factor stops the bleeding almost immediately. You turn to the broken window where the knife came from and see... her there, a bit singed, but with an angry face. "It's been awhile since prey hurt me, not since that stupid Bug Queen..." she then smiles. "And for that, you won't die quickly," she says as she charges you with great speed causing you to freak out as you quickly shout, "FUS RO DAH!" Your roar of power sends Pinkie smashing out another covered window (which showed the monster crashing Cloudsdale into Vanhoover). You give a sigh of relief as Derpy says, "The guards were bound to hear that, we gotta move!" You nod your head as you say, "Derpy's right. We got what we came for. Let's get outta here and qu-" Your sentence is interrupted when a voice from above says, "You're... not... going anywhere..." The three of you gulp in fear as you all look up and see... PINKIE PULLING OFF A BUCKING EXORCIST ON THE BUCKING WALL!!! This is the last straw for the three of you as you all yell in pure terror, "BUCK THIS S%#%! LET'S GET THE BUCK OUTTA HERE!" Before you teleport you and your group down the hall. "Alright, maybe I did buck up a bit," you admit to the Doc. "Ya think?" he says. "Oh definitely," says Pinkamena right behind you. "Gyaaaaaggggghhhh!!!!" you all scream as you run away. With that you all begin to runaway as fast as you all can with the pink demon following you from the ceiling. You all try to lose her but no matter where you go she pops up. As you all turn a corner and run a good distance away you stop and turn around to see how close she is. You and the others wait a bit and you think that she must have lost you all, but sadly for you she pops around the corner on the ceiling and heading right towards you. You give a shriek as a voice in your head shouts, Dodo Of Chaos's Comment SHOOT HER! SHOOOOOT HER! Right... Oh wait, where am I supposed to get a gun? You check yourself to try and find something to shoot her in The Inventory... But it's not there! "Oh... buck." It is then that you remembered that you are still wearing the Power Glove. So thinking quickly you aim at the Pink devil and shout, "Would you kindly BURN YOU PSYCHO!" The Power Glove is pointed at Pinkie dead on and sets her mane on fire... only for her to stop and give you a raised brow before she nonchalantly likes her hoof and quickly runs it through her mane to put out the flames. You all stare at her in fear as you say, "Uh... runaway in comedic fashion... AHHHHHH!" With that the chase is back on as you, the Doctor, and Derpy turn tail and run for it. You all start to turn corners and try to lose her only to... Eventually you round a corner and she strikes you all into falling into a pile, and she throws a net on you three. “Stupid little spies, you think you’re just going to walk out of here? Huh? From ME?!” She pulls out a blade. “I’m the last of the Elements of Harmony, I’m the reason the Changelings are Extinct, and I’m the one who is going to Kill the Nightmare! What makes you Horde Cultists think that you’re going to be leaving alive?!” Eventually you round a corner and somehow, all three of you run straight into her outstretched metal arm, clotheslining you all to the ground. If that wasn't bad enough, a net falls on all three of you, and it isn't tiny. “Stupid little spies, you think you’re just going to walk out of here? Huh? From ME?!” She pulls out a blade. “I’m the last of the Elements of Harmony, I’m the reason the Changelings are Extinct, and I’m the one who is going to Kill the Nightmare! What makes you Horde Cultists think that you’re going to be leaving here alive?!” You all continue to struggle until you finally ask, Kichi's Comment "Errr...would you believe me if I say I'm not a member of the Horde?" Pinkie begins to walk towards you, knife drawn, as if she didn't hear you. You start to panic even more as you ask "Emm...Err...how about you leave us alone and... uhh... make a party instead?" That only seems to make the pink pony even more angry as she starts to get even closer. You start to get desperate as you say, "Come on, Pinkie Pie, smile...and not kill us brutally." "No more Pinkie Pie... Only Pinkamena. For what your master did in Applelossa, in Ponyville, I can never forgive that. You most certainly will die..." Pinkie raises her knife in the air and is about to bring it down when you quickly say, "Stop Pinkie! Come on I'm your friend or well, a friend with another you, but a friend. Can't you let me go?" "Let me think... NO! And I'm Pinkamena, Pinkie is dead! Like all of her friends, she died that day in Appleloosa. Anyone who remembered her died when Ponyville was attacked, like Mister Cake, Matilda, Granny Smith, Gummy...and the others. And soon you're going to join the rest of your kind, in Tartarus!" With that Pinkie swings down her knife right at your head. Your eyes widen as you try to save your hide by quickly asking... BrownDog's Comment "H-how? How did you kill all the changelings?" The blade stops inches away from your skull as Pinkie lets out an insane laugh before she says with a sadistic smile, "How? With plenty of metal and fire that's how," "But why? Why kill all the changelings when The Nightmare is out there?" you ask. She glares at you as she says, "I already told you, I made sure that none of them became the Nightmare!" You glare back (which is probably not a good idea) as you say, "That's not true and you know it! There can only be one Nightmare and there is one! The Changelings could never become it. What's the real reason for that senseless genocide?!" She stops, and anger returns to her face. "Senseless?...SENSELESS?!" she fumes. You gulp, but continue. "I mean surely you could've used their help in a time like this? Maybe through sheer numbers they could have..." "THEY LAUGHED!!!" she roars at you all throwing the knife to the side. "Eep!" you cry, still trying to get out of the net. "They all laughed at what happened!" she says with spit flying out of her mouth. "Wha-w-wha..." you try to spit out. "We did go to them, the princesses asked me to. They needed everypony they could get even though he's MINE...So I went to their prison, and I talked with that stupid Queen!" she says her eyes staring at nothing. You're able to get the net untangled around your feet, so you slowly start getting it off the Doctor and Derpy. "She wanted to know where Twilight was...so I told her..." she recounts with tears in her eyes. You just are about to get the net off, when she glares right at you. "And She Laughed!" she shouts causing you to drop the net again. "She laughed and laughed, and laughed... and then all the other bugs started laughing like it was the funniest joke they'd ever heard...heh heh, hahahahahahaha!!!!" The laughter is emotionless and creepy...and a bit heartbreaking coming from her. She glares into your eyes and stops abruptly as a chainsaw blade juts out of her prosthetic arm. "So I killed them... Every. Last. One. They didn't find that funny at all," she says with a sadistic smile. You hear the Doctor give an audible gulp. "Now they'll never laugh again...They deserved it. And no, maybe they wouldn't become another Nightmare, but I figured, 'Hey, the Nightmare's a Changeling, so I'll kill his friends and family like he killed mine!'" she says before gripping the starting pull handle with her other arm, "And since you're Horde Cultists..." she revs the chainsaw before screaming, "YOU'RE ONE OF HIS OWN!'" she says as she raises her chainsaw arm and it looks like she's gonna slice you up for sure when... “Stand Down Pinkamena!” Pinkie turns around with a snarl but loses it when she sees it’s Celestia. “I said Stand Down!” she orders. "You have but one target left Pinkamena, only one!" urges Luna. "Save it for HIM Pinkamena," finishes Cadenza. Pinkie sighs before she sits on her haunches and sheathes her chainsaw back into her arm. “As you wish Princesses.” After that, all three of them point their horns towards you. “Now, you three are intruders of my castle. Who are you? And what do you want?” says Celestia. The Doctor answers. "We are time travelers from another dimension, and if you want to end all the misery and mayhem from the Nightmare, we are your best shot." They seemed shocked by this. While all you can do is roll your eyes and say, "Wow, way to be subtle Doc." "What ridiculousness do you speak?" asks Luna. "Not ridiculousness, the truth," the Doctor says. "What proof do you have, 'Time Traveler'?" says Celestia. The Doctor points at Celestia. "Your nickname is "Celie", your first cake was a chocolate and Red Velvet given to you for your 10th Birthday, and you're the Queen of Pranks." she looks shocked. The Doctor then points to Luna as he says, "You were Nightmare Moon, you had a pet Manticore whom you've never forgotten, and Princess Platinum ended up firm friends with you and accepted your right as a princess... after being totally humiliated and ejected from the castle at high speed." Luna looks shocked by this. You stare at Luna in confusion as you think, She had a pet Manticore... why does that make sense to me? The Doctor points at Cadance, "And you are Mi Amore Cadenza, quite literally the reincarnation of Princess Amore from the crystal shard of her heart after her death at the hooves of King Sombra. I rescued you as a baby and dropped you off in the forest to be adopted by Earth Ponies before you were adopted as Celestia's niece" You just have a blank look as you think, ...Whaaaaaaaattttttttttttt!? And how did the Doctor do that if he didn't exist in thi- Owowow! Paradox-induced headache! He then points to Pinkie, and sighs, "You are Pinkamena Diane Pie, you were born on a rock farm with three sisters, the first time you ever felt true joy was when you witnessed the Sonic Rainboom performed by your friend Rainbow Dash." She gasps at this, but then her eyes become steely once more. "I haven't felt joy in a long time. Only when I end HIM will I truly be happy," she says to the Doctor. The Doctor just looks at her sadly before Celestia speaks. "How do you know all this," she asks. "Because I'm the Doctor, I'm the last of the Timelords, I'm over 1,000 years old, I've fought countless enemies, and I travel through time and space at my leisure. These are my companions Ditzy "Derpy" Hooves, and Baker Sylvester Tennant." Derpy stays quiet, but you being you can't help but say, "Yo!" "Then...why are you here, and why do you have the Nightmare's presence?" Luna asks. "Because my TARDIS is on the fritz and as for the Nightmare... we've encountered him before," he says with a look to you, "And we stopped him from ever existing. This whole situation you've got going on here, I've already fixed it in my world, and I can fix this one too, I just need time to repair my TARDIS... free from harassment." "How?" asks Cadance, "How will you fix this?" "What part of 'Time Traveler' is confusing you?" he snarks. "B-but, it's Impossible, not even Star Swirl could maintain a Time Spell," says Celestia. "Oh you ponies and your magic, try turning to science once in a while on this bloody rock!" he chides when... Your impromptu meeting with the princesses is interrupted when the castle wall explodes. When the dust settles you all see Flim and Flam standing next to a gnarly-looking cannon/wagon. "Sorry your majesties, just running the final tests on [insert a Flim and Flammy name for their weapon-invention]!" You suddenly spot a tray of cupcakes. Getting an idea, you grab the tray and yell, "FREE CUPCAKES ON ME!" Before tossing the whole tray at them, some of the sweet pastires splattering on the horns of the 3 alicorns (stunning them temporarily). A pink cupcake with rainbow sprinkles splatters on Pinkamena's eye causing her to cry out in pain, "THE FROSTING! IT BURNNNS!!! I CAN ONLY SEE A HORRIBLE RAINBOW!" With this distraction, you, the Doctor, and Derpy quickly make your exit. *KA-BOOM* An explosion blows up the wall next to you. "Whoops, our bad!" shout a familiar pair of voices. While everypony is distracted, you spot a tray of assorted cupcakes on a nearby table. Getting an idea you declare, "FREE CUPCAKES ON ME!" Before tossing the whole tray at the ponies, some of the sweet pastries splattering on the princesses harmlessly while a cupcake with rainbow sprinkles splatters on Pinkamena's eye causing her to cry out in pain, "THE FROSTING! IT BURNNNS!!! I CAN ONLY SEE A HORRIBLE RAINBOW!" "Whelp, that's our cue, ALLONS-Y!" the Doctor shouts as he drags you two out the newly made hole in the wall. As he drags you out (after falling into a bush since you were on the second floor), you look over to see Flim and Flam working on some giant-techno-cannon-thing. But that's all you can tell as the Doctor quickly drags you off. BACK WITH THE PRINCESS Cadance then tells Luna and Celestia the news about Fillydelphia's fall. Celestia then realizes in horror that they sent the Griffins, Discord, and Tirek to (what's left of) Las Pegasus (which is far WEST of Canterlot) when Nightmare Bugze was actually in Fillydelphia (which is EAST of Canterlot). "Sister, should we trust this 'Time Lord?' For all we know he was just one of the Nightmare's Cultists." Celestia sighs as she says, "I don't know sister, but this is the best chance of stopping the Nightmare once and for all. We'll just hope our forces in Las Pegasus can hold him off long enough for this Doctor to fix his time machine." Cadence gets a sad look when Celestia says this as she says, "Aunty... about the Nightmare being in Las Pegasus." One explanation later Celestia, Luna, and Pinkie have looks of pure horror on their faces as Celestia says, "Mother of me! This is not good, not good at all!" Luna, snapping out of it nods her head at her sister's words as she says, "It is dear sister. We sent our forces to the wrong location! Las Pegasus is west of here, while Fillydelphia is east. If there's no one distracting the Nightmare now...." Celestia's eyes widen in move in horror as she says, "Then there's nothing from stopping it from coming here! Sound the alarms and arm the troops! The Nightmare could be here at any minute! PINKAMENA!" Pinkie salutes at her name (having just gotten the sprinkles out of her eyes) as Celestia continues, "Get to the Doctor and his companions now! If they're telling the truth then they are our only hope of ending this. When the Nightmare gets here they must not be stopped from fixing their machine. Protect them at all costs!" Pinkie looks dejected as she says, "But Princess you need me to fight the Nightmare! Besides, I'm gonna gut that trenchcoat-wearin-" "THAT IS AN ORDER PINKAMENA DIANE PIE!!!" Celestia roars in the RCV causing Pinkie to slightly falter from the force of the shout, before she growls softly and says, "Yes your highness." With that she jumps out of the hole to find the Doctor. Luna walks up to Celestia. "Are you sure that was wise Sister? The last time you gave her an order, she murdered an entire species. Celestia sighs as she says, "If HE comes, her thirst for vengeance will distract him long enough that he shouldn't notice this Doctor or his friends...I just pray that they are telling the truth...." "Sister..." Luna says in shock to the coldness of this plan, but is interrupted. "Luna I want you to coordinate the defenses. I will contact Discord, Tirek, and the Griffin mercenaries." Luna nods her head as she teleports somewhere. With it all said and done Celestia stares at the fallen city in sadness as Cadence asks, "Aunty...what'll happen if this Doctor fails, or if we can't beat that monster?" Celestia sighs again before she says, "Then may the Maker help us all." BACK WITH YOU, THE DOCTOR, AND DERPY You all made it back to the TARDIS safe and sound, but judging by the alarm's going off and the panicking going on around you then there must be something bad coming, and soon. You give the Doctor a small glare as you say, "Never drag me again Doc! That hurt my hoof like heck!" Shaking it off you ask, "Anyway, we have the magic diffuser so let's fix the TARDIS and get out of here!" The Doctor sighs sadly before he says, "I wish it were that easy. We only have the diffuser, we still need a perfectly cut diamond about the size of a Polo Ball and some sort of power coupling to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow to fully fix the girl. Sadly neither of those were in the vault with the diffuser." You sigh in annoyance as you say, "Great! Not only do we not have all the parts to fix the TARDIS, but now you tell me the other parts aren't even here! Now we're gonna be stranded in this world for the rest of our lives with a psycho version of me trying the kill us! CAN THIS DAY GET ANY BUCKING WORSE!" Suddenly you hear sirens going off all around Canterlot as civilians flee for shelter in a panic and guards of all races scramble to their stations. You just HAD to invoke that cliche... WHAT DO YOU DO?