Fates Hourglass

by RyanPAPP


Episode Five: The Trouble With Humans + PSA

The Doctor stepped out of the changing room on the TARDIS and walked over to where Rainbow Dash was sitting in the adjacent room. "So, what do you think?" He asked, spinning around, happy to be a pony again. Rainbow Dash smiled and then sighed.


"What were you earlier though?" She asked. The Doctors' smile quickly disappeared. He sat next to her and said "Well, I was a humanoid mammal. That is my true form.. I honestly didn't want to tell you, I was afraid it would cause dis-trust." Rainbow Dash smiled mischievously.


"Say, can I see the home world of that being?" The Doctor cleared his throat and said "Are you sure? Things there can get a bit... Hasty". Rainbow Dash looked at The Doctor and simply replied "Danger's my middle name, Doc!". The Doctor smiled and said "Follow me" as he went into the TARDIS control room.


"I will need your help for inter-dimensional travel. You see that blue lever other there?" Rainbow Dash nodded and The Doctor proceeded giving instructions. "You will need to pull on that ONLY after you push that green button on your left... Other left" he said as Rainbow Dash looked to her right searching for the green button. "But, you only press the green button after I turn this knob, pull this chain, type on this keyboard, stomp on this hoof-pedal, and smack my head against this panel. Got it?"


Rainbow Dash cocked her head quizzically at The Doctor and then nodded. "Alright, shall we begin?" The Doctor began pushing and pulling on all sorts of things, which made it difficult for Rainbow Dash to keep up. Rainbow Dash took her best guess and pushed the green button after The Doctor stomped on the foot pedal and then pulled the blue blue lever.


The TARDIS engines began making a terrible ear-splitting noise and the main room filled with smoke. "That normally happens, no worries!" The Doctor assured Rainbow Dash. After about ten minutes of constant shaking, rocking, and rattling, the TARDIS finally calmed down. The Doctor ran to the door and opened it slowly.


"Now, you wanted to see humans? Well, this here is the fourth age of Reclamation, the height of human power!" The Doctor said while opening the door. But, when it was open, The Doctor's jaw dropped because of what he saw. "You pushed the buttons in the wrong order, didn't you?" he said turning to Rainbow Dash.


"Maybe..." Rainbow Dash said blushing, crossing her- Arms! Rainbow Dash looked down and almost leaped away from her own shadow.

Intro


"What the? What are these? And these? And why is mane so long?" Rainbow Dash was excitedly looking at her new body. The Doctor wanted to answer all of her questions, but she was asking so many at once! Well, also, he was admiring what stood before him.


In front of The Doctor stood a slim, beautiful women with seven colors in her hair. "Welcome to humanity" he said smiling. Rainbow Dash began pulling her shirt off and The Doctor had to stop her. "Alright, that's it young lady! There are some parts of that body that are considered private and inappropriate" Rainbow Dash pouted and pulled her shirt back down. "So, what went wrong, Doc?"


The Doctor turned back around and observed the planet before him. "There seems to be an intergalactic war..." Rainbow Dash's eyes got back. "Hey, sick! Let me see!" She said running to the door. "Nuh uh uh." He said, waving a finger at her.


"Cool! How do you do that?" Rainbow Dash yelled excitedly, looking at her hand, "Look, we're going to need in stealth and take a quick glance around, alright? We are NOT going to get into any trouble, correct?" Rainbow Dash saluted with a smile. "Good." The Doctor Said. "Good"


The Doctor gently glided the TARDIS down to the Earth's surface and landed her down . The doors swung open and the two walked out. "Alright, we need to stick together. I need to find out who is raging a war against the humans and how to stop them. This isn't supposed to happen" The Doctor said.


Rainbow Dash slowly nodded with her mouth open, not paying attention to anything The Doctor said. Rainbow Dash slowly scanned all of the surrounding buildings, machines, and devices. Then, she looked up. Thousands of space ships were at war with each other high in the air.


The Doctor stopped walking and said "You see that tent over there? That looks military, huh Dash?" The Doctor looked behind him... No trace of Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow? Rainbow?" The Doctor began frantically yelling and shouting. "Not good. NOT GOOD"


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Rainbow Dash walked into an old building that said "J. Pen Y". The store smelled of rotten mold and fresh urine. She gawked at all of the clothing that surrounded her. "Rarity would be in heaven", she thought. Rainbow Dash walked up to a small perfume stand and pressed down on the top of one of the bottles. A fruity scent filled her nostrils and made her gag.


While Rainbow Dash was sampling all of the perfumes she would hear the occasional creak of the floor. Originally she thought it was somepony... Someone... behind her. But, when she turned around, there was nothing there so she shrugged it of and continued sniffing all of the alien aromas.


Suddenly, the floor creaked again and she could feel air hitting her back. Suddenly, a massive hand grabbed her face and whatever was behind her swooped her her off of the ground. She tried to scream as loud as she could, but the hand muffled it to where it was a whisper.


Rainbow kicked and squirmed in her assailants grasp and eventually managed to break free. "Run. I have to run." She thought looking at the door. Rainbow Dash inhaled deeply and began putting one foot in front of the other in a quick motion. She was almost to the door when she hit her ankle with her other foot and came crashing to the ground.


The mysterious being picked her up and walked outside. It aimed a light into the sky and then it vanished...



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"Dash!" The Doctor was now running door to door hollering her name. "It's a lost cause. You'll never find her", thought like this kept on plaguing his mind. "No! I will find her! I swear to Celestia, God, Jesus, and any other immortal beings! I will find that girl!" The Doctor began shouting to himself. Suddenly, a massive alien hand covered his mouth from behind. The Doctor grabbed his Sonic Screwdriver which was still around his neck and aimed it behind him.


The Sonic blasted a pulse of energy into the alien's face and it dropped him. "That's more like it" The Doctor said, hitting the ground with a thud. The Doctor wan at least three meters away while the alien was grabbing it's face from the pain. "One more should do the trick" The Doctor said aiming his Sonic.


The Doctor fired and the alien doubled over. The Doctor slowly walked over to the body and examined. The creature had a squid shaped head, a human shaped body, and had the claws of a hyena. "Oh good Lord..." The Doctor said. "Good Lord...."



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Rainbow Dash's eyes fluttered open. She was strapped into a bed in a dark room. Suddenly, a door opened far away and light seeped in. Rainbow Dash looked down and noticed that she was naked. "Oh, that's not good" She said silently. The door shut and three dim lights snapped on in the room, revealing a large suited figure approaching the bed.


The creature was pushing a small cart with many sharp objects on it towards her. Rainbow Dash began trying to squirm her way out, but didn't quite understand how her new body worked. The creature got to the bed and grabbed a sharp knife off of the table.


The creature aimed the knife between Rainbow Dash's legs, about to dissect her. "Hey, watch it bub. That is private!" Rainbow Dash yelled, mustering the strength to break a restraint and kick the creature in the face. The creature grabbed it's face in pain and proceeded to aim the knife at Rainbow Dash's stomach, about to stab her.


Suddenly, time began going slowly. Rainbow Dash felt an odd pulsing in her wrists and forehead that she had never felt before. She took advantage of this oppurtinity and began trying to work her other restraints off.



The knife was three inches away now... Left arm restraint off.

The knife was now two inches away... Right arm restraint off!

The knife was now as close as it good get before making contact with Dash's body and she was out of energy. Dash gave up and accepted fate when suddenly...



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The Doctor searched the aliens pockets and found a small beacon device. It was a shiny silver with a red tip and a button on the bottom. The Doctor held it up high and pressed the button on the bottom. Suddenly, all of time and space stood still and The Doctor could feel his body being ripped apart- atom, by atom, by atom, until nothing remained.


The next thing The Doctor knew, he was being re-assembled right next to another alien in white clothing wearing a surgeons mask. The Doctor's last atom was re-installed and he uttered four words. "Did I miss anything?". The alien next to him was apparently wielding a knife, because it went right into the center of The Doctor's chest.


Rainbow Dash looked over to her right and saw a human that she presumed was The Doctor. Rainbow Dash was suddenly inspired and she forced her last restraint off, hooped up, and lunged at the creature standing beside her bed.


The Doctor looked down and noticed the shiny medal blade in the middle of his chest. "Sorry buddy. Missed both of my hearts!" he shouted. The Doctor pulled the knife out, which had went through his jacket and was stopped by his Sonic Screwdriver beneath his shirt, and punched the creature in the jaw.


Suddenly, a Rainbow blur whizzed by and tackled the creature. "Dashie!" The Doctor shouted happily. Rainbow Dash began beating the creature and stopped when a red liquid began seeping through it's thin white robe. Suddenly, the whole room lit up red and thirteen of the creatures rushed in wielding weapons, all pointed at The Doctor.


"Hey, hey boys! Can't we work this out? I mean, come on, this guy was probably costing you a lot of tax money!" The Doctor said, scanning the aliens over. "Okay, not impressed I see". The Doctor pulled out his damaged Sonic Screwdriver and aimed it at the company. But, when he pressed the button, it didn't injure the aliens, but destroyed their weapons.


"Even better!" The Doctor said. Rainbow Dash was not standing next to The Doctor fully nude with her hands up... Which was pretty distracting. "Alright fellas. Now that you're dis-armed, I think you should answer some questions." The alien creature standing in front of the group said in a deep auto-tuned voice "You have no rights here. You must surrender."


The Doctor stared it right in the eye and said "I'm afraid not. According to the inter-planetary peace agreement of 2897 states that every sentient being has rights regardless of their location in known space." The aliens all grunted and The Doctor began asking questions.

"Alright. One, where is this young ladies clothes?" An alien went into a dark corner of the room and came back holding Rainbow Dash's clothing. "Good. dash, put those on. Now, what have the humans done to you?" The aliens all looked at each other and then the leader spoke up, saying, "They have defiled our sacred planets and moons". The Doctor rubbed his chin and then said "Is this how first contact was made?"


The alien leader nodded. "Alright then. How were the humans supposed to know that those places were holy? They had never met your kind, let alone learned your religious practices." The aliens all began talking in small murmurs amongst them selves. "Now, I think you understand what I mean. So, just take this up with the Unites Star Systems and release us,. We'll never be a bother again."


The alien leader put his claw on The Doctor's shoulder and said "It is not over that quickly. The USS has stated that they will have no interaction with our kind." The Doctor grabbed the alien's arm and said "That's when you start a PEACEFUL demonstration, like a petition or meetup for justice." The Aliens began whispering among themselves again.


"How is that supposed to teach the humans a lesson?" The leader asked. The Doctor chuckled and said "That's pretty self explanatory. But, if you still want to wage war on the humans, remember they have THE DOCTOR on their side." The aliens all gasped and took a few steps back. The leader knelled down and said "Almighty Doctor, please forgive us. it is clear we have done wrong in your eyes."


The Doctor smiled and said "Just do what I said and drop me and my friend here off at the TARDIS, alright?" The aliens all got up and saluted then walked out of the room. After three minutes of waiting, a beam shot through Rainbow Dash and The Doctor, splitting every one of their atoms up and then transporting them to the ground in front of the TARDIS.


The Doctor and Rainbow Dash stepped in. "Say, that was pretty sick. But what did they mean by 'almighty' Doctor?" Rainbow Dash asked. The Doctor looked down at her and said "I have traveled through time and I have been involved with every civilization. I am revered in a lot of places." The two laughed a bit and the Rainbow Dash asked her last question for the day. "Is this form permanent?" "No. We'll change back when we're in Equestria. But for now, I need a new Screwdriver."

PSA

There may be a short hiatus between episodes from this point on, as stories will now be pre-written and sent to a proof-reader before being posted. So, please be patient.