//------------------------------// // Chapter 11: Doctor Whooves is a psychiatrist // Story: Tales of a Brony: Friendship // by YourPrivateNightmare //------------------------------// Chapter 11: Doctor Whooves is a psychiatrist I arrived at Ditzy’s house and looked into the garden. The blue phone box was still there. “At least this time, he’s here when I need him...” The Doctor seemed to be nowhere, so I knocked at the door of the TARDIS. Nopony answered. I looked around. “Maybe he’s inside the house...” I went back to the front door and knocked it. This time the door opened. It was the Doctor, he looked a bit annoyed, but immediately smiled when he saw me. “Xenos. Haven’t seen you in a while. How was the exhibition?” He asked. I supposed he had no idea what had been going on in town, since I got the letter. “You don’t know what had happened in the last few days?” I asked him. “Well Ditzy is in Fillydelphia currently...so nopony’s informing me about stuff.” He grinned sheepishly. “What is she doing in Fillydelphia?” I asked surprised. “Well, it turns out that there is an annual mailpony congress. But what do you mean with ‘what’s going on in town’?” I sighed. “Well, a lot has happened since I left for the exhibition. Let’s start there. When we arrived to Canterlot, something had happened.” I stopped to build up tension. “That would be?” The Doctor asked curiously. “The statue of Discord had disappeared.” “Wait, wait!” He interrupted. “THE Discord? The spirit of chaos and disharmony?” “Exactly. It turned out that he had been freed from his stone prison.” The Doctor looked alert. “However...” I continued. “...it seemed that he had changed.” “Discord? Changed? That’s a bit hard to believe.” The Doctor stated nervously. “In fact he has... but later about that. Anyway, Princess Celestia wanted me and twilight to take him to Ponyville, so he could...like...start a new life.” “But of course, you rejected...” He interrupted again. “Uhm...no...In fact, I was happy to help him, but...well...Twilight wasn’t.” I said. “Understandable...” I ignored his objection and continued: “We were just about to leave, when suddenly a magical interference happened.” “A...magical interference...what exactly is that?” Doctor Whooves asked. “I can’t really explain it. It happens when something enters this dimension from the outside...and it hurts like hell.” “How comes I didn’t feel anything back then?” “I guess it can be sensed only by unicorns, as they own magic... By the way, this would explain why I was unconscious when I came here.” “You mean, because you were in the centre, or to be exact, the cause of the interference, the immense pain knocked you out?” He concluded. “Exactly!” He was really smart, but he wouldn’t be called “The Doctor” for nothing, right? “So where did I stop...Celestia found out that the cause of the interference was near Ponyville...once again. She sent us there with a teleportation spell. With ‘us’ I mean, me, Twilight, Spike, Rarity, and Discord.” “So what was the cause?” “ A dimension traveller too. A human like I was.” Doctor Whooves looked surprised. “How did you know it was a human? He was transformed into a Pony too, wasn’t he?” “No, in fact, he wasn’t and even stranger he had wings...for some reason. It turned out that his name was Dave and he came from...Equestria.” “What? Does that mean there are two Equestrias?” “Well...sort of. Dave claimed he originally came from the human universe too. This could mean that there are many different Equestrias, and only one earth, but I think-“ I began, but was interrupted. “...you think it’s more likely that there is a big universe that contains many smaller ones.” I was surprised. Could he read minds? “Yeah, exactly... Like...a universe in a universe...UNIVERCEPTION!!!” “Uhm...what...does that mean?” He looked confused. “Never mind...just some sort of a running gag... Anyway, this Dave-guy came here on accident, and had no idea how to get back to his world. So...kind as I am, I offer him to stay at my house too, together with Discord.” “And it didn’t work out well...” “Well...at first it actually did. It was a bit difficult to introduce both of them, but finally the other Ponies accepted their presence, but then Dave did something really stupid...” “That would be?” The Doc asked. “It happened to be, that in his universe, he has a crush on Rainbow Dash, adn his world’s Rainbow has a crush on him too. In our universe, however, Dash was rather creeped out by him. So he decided to show that he’s a nice guy and a hero. Basically that wasn’t a bad idea. What made it stupid, was the fact that he brought a manticore to town, to fight it.” “He was really that stupid?” “Unfortunately, yes. He overestimated himself and got knocked unconscious. Rainbow Dash had to save the day and as you can guess, she wasn’t very pleased about Dave’s behaviour. After that Dave was all depressed and stuff, but then the guy who sent him here took him back...or was it another guy...I don’t know, they were talking in his brain.” “That sounds a bit...strange. He had voices in his head? Sounds like schizophrenia to me.” “I know what it sounds like, but it was true. Discord read his mind and sort of...translated the conversation. Anyway, the mind-guy finally took him back to his universe.” “So everything’s happy again?” I cringed a little. “No...no, it’s not...After Dave left our world, I went to the library to have a talk with Twilight...and it didn’t end well.” “What do you mean?” The Doctor asked curiously. I tried to hold back the tears. I didn’t want to remember what had happened. “We...her and I...we...broke up.” I stammered and snivelled. “Oh...I...uhm...oh... You never told me that you and Twilight...like...” “We wanted to make it official, but...now it’s not necessary anymore, I guess.” The Doctor patted my back. “Don’t cry, my friend. These things happen. Life goes on.” He said calmly. “How do you know?” “I don’t. It’s just what a good friend has to say.” I smiled a little. At least I got one loyal friend. “Thanks, Doc. That means a lot to me. After all, there’s one Pony, who doesn’t hat me” I said. “Why would I hate you?” “Well...” I began with a sheepish grin. “...apparently I wasn’t very much of a gentlecolt when we broke up. In fact I said some things I don’t even want to remember. Twilight didn’t seem very hurt back then, but...it seems she actually was. Spike told me that she had locked herself in the library and had been crying all day...That was when he quit our friendship. Oh, and by the way, everypony thinks I’m an asshole now, and no one wants to talk to me.” I managed to say all that without crying, although I was close to. The Doctor sighed. “Well, from your point of view all this seems unfair, but you have to think like them. First you brought them Discord back, then this Dave, who caused a manticore to attack the city and finally obviously hurt Twilight very deep. If I didn’t know you I would be...angry...too.” He explained. He was right. I couldn’t blame the others for hating me. However I had been right. Discord had changed. He had saved the town and now everyone accepted him and I became the public enemy... That’s what I told the Doctor. He rubbed his chin. “I can understand that it feels unfair, but I think I have a solution for this problem.” “That would be?” “Make an official apology...like politicians. Just apologize for what you’ve done, make up with Twilight and soon everyone will accept you again.” “But...I was right. I did nothing wrong. I was right in every way.” I protested. He just looked at me. “You know...sometimes it’s better to give in than to insist that you’re right. If you show regret, Twilight will understand it. She’s reasonable mare after all.” I felt more confident now. “Thank you. I think I know what to do now.” He smiled. “However...” I continued. “What actually happened after your Date with Ditzy?” The Doctor cringed a little and blushed. “Oh my god, did you actually...?” I asked in disbelief. “NO! No! Not that...it was just a little embarrassing, but we didn’t...NO!” He quickly negated. “So what happened then? Every time I asked Ditzy, she just giggled.” He sighed. “If you really want to know... At the date I drank a lot wine...too much obviously. Apparently I passed out and Ditzy had to carry me all the way home. From what she told me, it happened like this: When she arrived she dropped me on her bed, but was so tired and fell asleep right next to me. This resulted in an awkward awakening. I thought the same you did, but Ditzy thankfully explained everything to me. And that’s it. That’s what happened on my date.” He finished and smiled sheepishly. Although I was still a little depressed, I had to laugh. The story was just too ridiculous. “So you literally...ended up in bed with her, although not in the common sense, right?” The Doctor blushed and chuckled. “That’s probably the right word, yes.” He grinned. I felt a lot better now. Now I thought that I had finally got the balls to face twilight again. I said goodbye to Doctor Whooves and went back home. Before I would go and see her I wanted to, at least, wash my face. My eyes were all red from crying. When I arrived at home, Discord was already expecting me. “You got mail.” He said with a monotonous computer-like voice. I wondered where he came up with that reference. “Mail?” “Yes, mail form a friend of ours.” He responded in a cheerful voice. “A friend of...Oh it’s a letter from Dave, right?” Discord just nodded, then teleported to my side with the letter in his paw. I grabbed it with my magic and started to read. ___________________________________________________________________________ Dear Xenos. I have not written earlier because I have been unconscious for almost a week because I crashed into RD while we were having a race. So that was irritating, but it was good to know that I saved her life in that fall, she also stayed by my side the whole time in the hospital. Besides that, she kissed me for the first time as well, but only on the cheek though, maybe soon for the rest… And we also had a date, we watched a Wonderbolts show from the VIP-Booth, I paid of course and I must say those tickets are really expensive. There was one thing that stood out a lot there, and that was that my friend had sent in a song that we heard during the competition and a bit before. Good for him. I have nothing else to say except that I am happy to be home and I hope you get together with Twilight soon. Your human friend, Dave ___________________________________________________________________________ I smiled. This letter really made my day. It encouraged me even more. “Do you want to reply now?” Discord asked. I smirked. “No...not now. First I have to do something important. I’m going to make up with Twilight.” “Good luck then. I suppose you don’t need me then, so...Arrrrrevederci!” He said and disappeared in a cloud of smoke. I smiled again. Then I went to the bathroom and washed my face and even combed my hair. Finally I stepped out of the house. “Be prepared Ponyville, here I come!” END OF CHAPTER 11 Author's note: A little announcement her. I'm going to publish a new story. it will be called Tales of a Brony: Extra Chapters. It will contain some chapters that wouldn't fit in the regular storyline, for example a detailed Chapter about the Doctor's and Ditzy's date. It will also contain Chapters I don't want to put in the original story, because they are too...mature. Will do all this when i finished this story. That's it.