//------------------------------// // Cannon to the right... // Story: Doctor Whooves: When Universes Collide // by Draconaquest //------------------------------// “It’s like a scene straight from Return of the King.” The Doctor said, as everypony was in their battle positions. Set up around the city, Canterlot was battle ready, but there was one thing missing. Inside the throne room, the Doctor, his Equestrian Counterpart, Princess Twilight, her human counterpart, Shining Armor and Cadance stood pondering the next action. Upon setting up Canterlot for the battle, they had returned to their pony forms. “We need a shield.” The Equestrian Doctor said, almost reading the Doctor’s thoughts. “I can create a shield around the city.” Shining Armor volunteered. “So can I.” Cadance offered. “Yeah, but, you constantly need to recharge it-“ “So, we need to find a way to project a shield that has an unlimited power supply.” The Doctor said, finishing the Equestrian variant’s sentence. “But, how do we do that?” Princess Twilight asked. “I have an idea!” Twilight exclaimed, catching everyone’s attention. “If we can connect the shield to the TARDIS, it’ll have an infinite power supply.” “Oh, brilliant Twilight!” the Doctor exclaimed, “I also have an Idea!” “Go on,” the Equestrian Doctor said. “If we can use the TARDIS as a radar, we’ll be able to detect incoming Daleks!” “Fantastic!” the Equestrian Doctor exclaimed. “We’ll use my TARDIS.” “Another idea!” Twilight shouted. “We’ll place the TARDIS in the center of the city, giving us the best radar usage, and then connect it to multiple monitors in the Canterlot High computer lab, to give us multiple screens we can use.” “Brilliant, I’ll help you set it up.” The Equestrian Doctor said. “I think all of you are forgetting something.” Princess Twilight said. “What?” the Doctor asked. “The city’s population!” Princess Twilight exclaimed, “There’s hundreds of ponies living here! Their homes will do nothing to stop the Daleks!” “The caves beneath the city,” Cadance said, “we can send them there.” “Caves?” the Doctor asked. “Yes,” Cadance explained, “back when the Changelings invaded Canterlot last year, Chrysalis hid me there.” “Oh, brilliant, evacuate everyone there.” The Doctor said. The Doctor and Sunset stood on a terrace, overlooking the Great Equestrian Plain, which contained Ponyville, and the Everfree Forest. They’d be leading the battle, much to both their dislikes, but, the Doctor was forced into this scenario, and Sunset was there to support him. “Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them volley'd and thunder'd.” Sunset said, overlooking Equestria, her mane waving in the wind. “Storm'd at with shot and shell, boldly they rode and well, into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of Hell, rode the six hundred.” The Doctor finished, looking Sunset in the eye. “You know that poem too?” Sunset asked. “I helped write it.” The Doctor said. Sunset raised an eyebrow. “No you didn’t.” “Who do you think wrote verse six?” The Doctor asked. “Alfred Lord Tennyson.” Sunset replied, smirking. “Fair enough.” The Doctor said. “I just hope this doesn’t end like the poem.” “You and me both.” Sunset replied. “Doctor!” the Doctor heard in his ear. He had earpieces generated that linked almost everypony with every other pony. It was the Equestrian Doctor who had spoken to the Doctor. “Why, yes, Doctor, what can I do for you?” the Doctor asked. The Equestrian Doctor was in the Canterlot High computer lab with Twilight, monitoring the surrounding area. The earpieces also allowed the Equestrian Doctor and Twilight to see where everypony was in the Canterlot vicinity. “You’ve got incoming. About three miles away, a squadron of forty-two Daleks approaching the city at a rate of fifty miles per hour.” “Gotcha.” The Doctor said, and switched his earpiece to address everypony in the militia. Benefits of having them linked to the brain. “Alright everyone, Daleks inbound. Everypony ready?” The response was a large amount of squeals and shouts, causing the Doctor’s ear to ache. “Ow ow ow ow, alright you can stop now!” the Doctor shouted, “Now then, let’s get ready. Shining Armor, is that shield up?” As if on cue, a large lavender shield surrounded the city, enveloping it. “Yes, it is.” Shining Armor said. “Good.” The Doctor said. “Now then, everypony remember: This shield is penetrable. We cane exit and enter it, but the Daleks cannot. But, the Daleks will try to break through it. Our goal is to make sure the Dalek don’t, and destroy them before they reach the shield. The Daleks could probably break through it very easily. Now, due to the magical advances contained within each pony, it should be easier to destroy these Daleks, but aim for the eyestalk, that is the Dalek’s weakness.” “Doctor I hate to interrupt this great speech, but perhaps you should focus on the Dalek within a mile of this city.” The Equestrian Doctor said. Sure enough there were several Daleks approaching. “Right then, everypony, engage the enemy at my mark: Three… two… one… ENGAGE!!!” Like a sea of color, ponies swept out of the city, through the shield and engaged the Daleks. It was clear these Daleks were weaker than the average ones, as they were quickly destroyed as ponies impacted them. Leading the fray was Princess Twilight, who's magic and flight quickly overpowered several Daleks. On the edge of the city itself, was the Canterlot guards and Celestia and Luna. They were launching spells at Daleks, causing them to shatter into the pieces. The Wonderbolts were being led by Spitfire and Rainbow Dash, who were colliding with the Daleks, causing them to explode upon impact, though it barely even singed the Pegasi. The battle raged on four roughly ten minutes, before the Dalek wave was completely destroyed. "Good job everypony!" As ponies began to cheer, the Equestrian Doctor spoke, "Not so fast everyone, we have another wave coming fast, three times bigger than the last one." The Doctor looked onward, as several more Daleks approached, and he could hear the faint cry of "Exterminate." "Alright everyone, form up, get ready!" The Doctor said, "Let's go!" The ponies engaged the Daleks once again, but the Daleks were more prepared this time. They began firing before the ponies even got there, and the Doctor saw several Pegasi falling out of the sky, falling to the ground. "No..." "We're outnumbered and outgunned!" Rainbow Dash screamed. "They're taking us out quickly!" Princess Twilight said, as she launched another spell. "I don't know long we can stand out!" Spitfire shouted. "We're going-" Fleetfoot let out a scream, and tumbled toward the ground. "Doctor, what should we do?!" Princess Twilight asked, awaiting the Doctor's voice. But, the Doctor simply stood there in awe, shocked by the events unfolding. "Doctor!" Sunset shouting, snapping the Doctor out of it. "Retreat..." The Doctor mumbled. "Retreat!" He reiterated, much louder this time, "Get back into the city and retreat into the catacombs! Get beneath the city, GET OUT OF THERE NOW!!!" Everypony fell back, and the Daleks approached. They hit the shield, and it shattered, and began firing at the city. As the Doctor and Sunset retreated down the stairs from their balcony, the Equestrian Doctor shouted, "Doctor, I've figured out where Omega's TARDIS is! I'm sending the telemetry to your TARDIS now!" "I'll meet you there!" The Doctor shouted, as chaos rained throughout the city. And, if things couldn't get worse, they transformed back into humans. "Gah!" the Doctor groaned, as he tripped down the stone steps. "Come on!" The Doctor grabbed Sunset's hand, and dragged her to the TARDIS. "Princess Twilight, meet me at the TARDIS!" "Got it!" the Princess replied, and ran to the TARDIS. Twilight packed up her laptop, separating it from the CHS power grid. The Equestrian Doctor pulled her to the TARDIS, where he began to pull several switches, and the TARDIS noise rang throughout the time machine. The Doctor entered the TARDIS, Sunset and Princess Twilight on his tail, and started to pull switches, as he was where the telemetry for Omega's TARDIS on his monitor. "Alright both of you, now we might not survive this." The Doctor explained, before taking off. "This could be it, our final stand, our blackest hour. This could be the end. Do you want to stay?" "Are our chances better if we stay or go?" Twilight asked. "Neither of them are very high." The Doctor said. "Then we're going with you." Sunset said. The Doctor smiled, and pulled the switch. "Allons-y!" The Doctor shouted, as the TARDIS began to shake and rattle. "MULTIPLE TARDIS SIGNALS DETECTED!" A Dalek told Omega. "REQUESTING ORDERS!" "Let them come." Omega said. "Boldly they rode into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell, rode the six hundred."