Doctor Whooves Episode 18: The Mystery of Colgate

by Doctor Perseus

Colgate and the Doctor

Chapter 3: Colgate and the Doctor

Sugarcube Corner, Ponyville, Equestria, Gaia, Winter, 1002 C.E.

The Doctor stood up from the table and calmly approached the shaking mare known as Colgate. "Colgate, is it?" asked the Doctor as he came up to her. Upon hearing her own name, Colgate instantly turned in the direction of the Doctor and gave a frightened yelp. "Sorry! I didn't mean to frighten you. I believe you've been looking for me."

Colgate took in a deep breath and exhaled. "Are you...the Doctor?" she asked.

The Doctor smiled and winked at the mare. "Oh yes! And I'm here to help you with whatever problems you have. From the look of things, I can assume that this problem is rather serious." Colgate nodded. "Come. Let us talk."

The Doctor led Colgate to an isolated table away from everypony. Donna, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Applejack all watched attentively from their own table. The Doctor then made a quick trip up to the counter and came back with a mixture of pastries from cupcakes to danishes. "Here you go," said the Doctor warmly as he handed Colgate a plate with a blue and red cupcake, a cream cheese danish, and a yellow cookie.

"Thank you," said Colgate as she took a bite out of the cookie. The Doctor and Colgate sat in silence for a few moments as Colgate carefully consumed the sweets before her. Every few seconds, Colgate would look around the bakery for any sign of her undesirable companion.

During this time, the Doctor found himself examining Colgate's cutie mark. An hourglass, it was. The Doctor looked down at his own hourglass cutie mark and couldn't help but find it odd how they looked so alike. Both cutie marks were at the same angle and there were no differing features between the hourglasses. "Strange," the Doctor commented. Colgate turned to look at the Doctor. "Your cutie mark is exactly like mine. So I guess you have a talent pertaining to time as well?"

Colgate sighed and shook her head. "I don't know what my cutie mark stands for," she replied.

"But how can that be? Based on what my pony friends have told me, a pony gains their cutie mark when they learn that certain special talent that separates them from everypony else."

"And that's how it works...normally."

"Normally?"

Colgate rubbed her temple and looked like she was about to cry. "I have so many questions, Doctor. My life, my existence, is a complete mystery to me and everypony else I know."

The Doctor reached a hoof over and grabbed one of Colgate's hooves. She looked straight into his eyes before pulling her hoof away. "I have a lot of questions too, but I'm fully willing to help the both of us find the answers. Now, this problem of yours that you need my help with...does it have anything to do with somepony stalking you?"

Colgate gasped. "How did you know?!"

"My friend Donna and I went to your hotel room earlier to find you. We found the door smashed in, the back window open, and the room almost completely untouched. It appeared to me that whoever broke into that room wasn't after any of your belongings but rather you yourself."

Colgate shook upon looking around the bakery again. "It started a few months back, almost immediately after my eighteenth birthday. I was walking home when I heard somepony following me. I think they even called out to me a few times. I ran home but they followed me. For several nights after that, they stalked the outside of my house and called for me to come out and go with them. Eventually, whoever this was grew impatient with me and broke in. I fled. Ever since then, I've been running from town to town just hoping that they won't find me again...but they always do."

"Do you know who this pony is?"

"No. I'm not even sure if it is a pony. The most that I can guess is that they're male, based on their voice."

"You've never seen your stalker?"

"No. He's always out of sight, but I can feel when he's near me."

"Odd." The Doctor noticed that Colgate was lowering her head a bit and rubbing her forelegs together tightly. "I can see that there's more to tell."

Colgate nodded sadly. "Whoever's following me...I know is connected to why I am what I am," she replied.

"And that is?" the Doctor asked.

"Cursed."

The Doctor fell silent for a few seconds. "Cursed, you say?"

"I'm not a normal pony, Doctor. Something's...wrong with me. There's always been something wrong with me. Like my cutie mark."

"You mean as to how you don't know what your cutie mark means?"

"There's a reason why I don't understand my cutie mark. Everypony gains their cutie mark when they discover that thing about them that makes them special. That's not how it happened to me. I...I was born with my cutie mark."

The Doctor found himself falling silent yet again. Is it possible for a pony to be born with a cutie mark? he thought. According to Twilight and the others, it isn't. This Colgate is becoming more and more interesting with each passing second!

"Born with a cutie mark?" the Doctor asked.

"Yes. I've tried to understand it since as far back as I can remember but I've never been able to! And then there's...there's-"

Colgate fell silent and began to shake again. The Doctor tried to reach over and touch one of her hooves to comfort her but she quickly moved away from his grasp and shook her head as a sign that she didn't want to be touched. "There's...what, Colgate?" the Doctor asked.

Colgate looked straight into the eyes again. "This curse...what it's done to me...what it's allowed me to do...I...I-" she stammered.

"Colgate, please calm down and explain this to me. What has this curse done to you?"

Colgate gave a few more, deep breaths. "It's turned me into a...a-"

"A what?!"

"A murderer."

Suddenly, the blinds on the bakery windows slid down on their own and locked into place. The lights on the ceiling of the bakery began to either turn off or explode. Everypony in the bakery gasped as they suddenly found themselves cloaked in darkness. The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver, placed it on the table, pointed it upwards, and activated it. A dim, blue light began emanating from the metallic device which managed to illuminate the Doctor, Colgate, and their table but no further. Colgate's eyes widened as soon as the sonic screwdriver began producing light and her body froze in a state of absolute fear.

"Colgate? What is it? What's wrong?!" asked the Doctor upon realizing Colgate's frightened expression.

"Oh my Celestia! What in the name of Luna is THAT?!" Colgate cried as she pointed behind the Doctor. The Doctor slowly turned his head around and found his muzzle only a few centimeters away from the muzzle of a stone pegasus, gnashing its teeth angrily and staring at him and Colgate with its cold, pupiless eyes.

Sweet Apple Acres, Ponyville, Equestria, Gaia, Autumn, 930 C.E.

Evening came faster than expected and Twilight and Pinkie Pie returned to the farmhouse just in time to see the members of Annie's family heading off to bed to prepare for the harvest that was to come the following day. Annie had set up a little picnic area on a hill a little ways from the house. It appeared to be the perfect place to watch the meteor shower. "I'm going to go and find Map Maker," Twilight said to Pinkie. "Why don't you go over and keep Annie some company?"

Pinkie gave a serious stare and saluted Twilight. "Aye aye, Captain Twilight!" Pinkie said with a giggle before bouncing over to where Annie was sitting.

Twilight began to walk around the farmhouse for any sign on the blue stallion. The sun was now mostly under the horizon and the air had turned from warm to surprisingly cold. Twilight rubbed one of her forelegs a bit and shivered slightly as the cold air pressed against her coat. She was relieved to eventually stumble across Map Maker, who was busy putting the farming tools away in the shed. "Hope you're not too tired to watch a few meteors," Twilight giggled.

Map Maker smirked as he turned back to Twilight and wiped the sweat from his brow. "Please. I've walked for miles on end all my life. A little manual labor isn't going to tire me out," he replied.

Twilight and Map Maker began making their way over to where Pinkie Pie and Annie were sitting. "Walked for miles on end? What did you do back when you were in 1002?"

"It was at an early age that I took an interest in directions, locations, landmarks, and maps in general. I love making them and discovering new areas. That's what I've done for most of my life. I've traveled all over Equestria and beyond and have constructed many maps during that time. And if I ever return to 1002 I shall continue my trek."

"Don't worry, Map Maker. We'll get back to our own time."

The sun had just finished setting when Twilight and Map Maker arrived at Annie's picnic area. "The meteor shower should be starting any minute now!" Annie exclaimed happily. Her face fell a bit when she realized that Map Maker was there as well. "Oh...hello, Map Maker."

"Hello, Granny," Map Maker replied with a smirk.

"It's Annie."

"Whatever you say."

Twilight could feel the air grow as thick as a knife. She decided to turn her attention away from this by thinking of a way to send a message to the Doctor. I could try sending a message to his psychic paper, she thought. But I'm not sure I can even do that. The only other method I can think of is to write him a letter but how can I ensure that it'll make its way to the Doctor seventy-two years from now? Twilight's eyes drifted over to Annie, who was quietly munching on a green apple and avoiding eye contact with Map Maker, who was now whistling a catchy tune that Pinkie was bobbing her head to. Hmm...that just might work.

"Ooh! It's starting!" exclaimed Annie. Twilight looked towards the sky, which was now dark and filled to the brim with stars, as a massive collection of white, sparkly meteors began soaring through the darkness.

"Ooh! Ah! Eee! Oh!" Pinkie declared as she twisted her head at several, odd angles to view each meteor that soared through the sky. As the meteors fell, sparks of blue electricity moved above the zap apple trees. Twilight watched in awe as the blue sparks moved about the teal leaves and turned them into gray apples.

"It's beautiful," said Map Maker. "I've always heard about the signs of the zap apples but I've never seen them in person until now."

"It truly is a sight to behold," said Annie.

Suddenly, Twilight noticed something odd. Her eyes moved away from the meteors and focused on a spot of air above the electrified zap apple trees. The air was rippling like a pond and little blasts of white light were shooting out of it every few seconds. Twilight noticed that she was the only one there who noticed this, for everypony else was focused on the meteors. Twilight knew what this patch of air was. A rift! she thought. And that means...something's coming through. Twilight watched as a stone, humanoid arm suddenly poked through the rippling air. Her eyes widened and her heart rate increased. Just then, sparks of electricity from the zap apple trees moved up towards the rift and wrapped around the stone arm and the rift itself. The arm glowed white like hot metal and hastily retracted back through the rift. Sparks continued to pass into the rift before the rift disappeared altogether. Twilight quickly found herself confused. Something had tried to come through the portal and the zap apple sparks had sent it away. Based on what she saw, Twilight had an idea as to what had attempted to pass through the rift and she was extremely relieved that it had failed to do so. Still, that didn't mean there wasn't a chance that it could attempt it again.

"Ooh! Look at that one!" cried Pinkie Pie as she unexpectedly placed her forelegs on Twilight's shoulders and pointed her muzzle up towards a surprisingly large meteor. The large meteor, however, didn't take away Twilight's new feelings of anxiety and she returned to thinking about getting a message to the Doctor.

I can't help but feel that something really bad is happening in 1002, she thought. And now I think it's trying to worm its way back here to 930! Twilight and the others remained silent as the remaining meteors fell through the dark, autumn sky.

Sugarcube Corner, Ponyville, Equestria, Gaia, Winter, 1002 C.E.

"Colgate, whatever you do...don't blink!" the Doctor ordered as he kept his eyes frozen on the ponified Weeping Angel before him.

"What is that thing?!" asked Colgate.

"I'll explain later! Just don't blink!" The Doctor took quick glance into the darkness. "If there are any unicorns in here, it would be really nice if you could shed some light!"

Instantly, the bakery was filled the the lights of illuminated unicorn horns. The Doctor looked over at the table where Donna, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity (whose horn was lit) were sitting at. The four mares gasped upon seeing the ponified Weeping Angel but Donna looked confused. "What's wrong? It's just a statue," Donna said. "It is creepy, I'll give it that."

That's right. Donna and I never dealt with Weeping Angels. How have I gone so long without at least mentioning them to her? the Doctor thought. He hastily turned his attention back to the Weeping Angel, stored his screwdriver away, backed up, and tried to take a hold of one of Colgate's hooves.

"No! You can't touch me!" she cried.

"Why not?!" the Doctor asked. Colgate fell silent. Suddenly, all of the illuminated unicorn horns began to flicker. "Oh no. Colgate, run!" Colgate listened to the Doctor and followed him over towards the front door of the bakery. All of the illuminated horns became dark for a second. They came back on and the Doctor looked to see that the Weeping Angel was already halfway towards them. "Whoa! He's fast!" The Doctor tried to open the bakery door but found it to be locked. The lights flickered again and the Angel was now a few feet away from them.

"Doctor?! What is that?!" Colgate cried.

"Just keep looking at it!" the Doctor ordered as he pulled out his sonic screwdriver. The lights flickered again and the Angel was now a foot away from Colgate.

"Doctor!" Donna cried.

"Donna! You and the others meet me and Colgate at the library!" said the Doctor as he opened the door of the bakery. A blinding gust of snow poured through the open door. Colgate shrieked as she felt a stone hoof prick her rump. The Doctor and Colgate ran as fast as they could into the snowy Ponyville. The Doctor looked back to see the Weeping Angel making its way towards them with each blinding swirl of snow.

"It's him! That's him! That's the one that's been following me!" cried Colgate.

"Are you sure?" the Doctor asked.

"I can feel it! That's him!" Colgate and the Doctor picked up their pace as they hastily ran in the direction of the library.

Home of Twilight Sparkle, Ponyville, Equestria, Gaia, Winter, 1002 C.E.

Derpy let out a great sigh as she finally finished explaining the adventures she, the Doctor, Twilight, and Donna had recently finished to Spike. "And that's what we did," she stated.

"Wow," said Spike. "At least I finally understand this picture in Twilight's history book."

"Speaking of Twilight, where'd she go off to?"

"I think she went out for a walk. She should be back at soon." Just then, there was a knock at the door. "That might be her now." Spike walked over to the front door, opened it, and found not Twilight but Granny Smith standing outside. "Oh! Hi, Granny! What brings you over to the library?"

"Uh...oh fingle fangle! I've gone and forgotten why!" she sighed with her usual, toothy grin.

Spike suddenly noticed a cardboard box being held in her foreleg. "Does it have anything to do with that box?"

"Huh? Oh! Why, yes it does!" Granny handed the box to Spike and he took it. It was quite light. "That's for the uh...um...what's his name? The Professor? The Nurse? The Master?"

"The Doctor?"

"Yes! That's it! That's for the Doctor! Thank you, kind youngin'! Have a nice day!"

Spike gave a confused look as he watched Granny Smith walk off into the snow. "Who was that?" asked Derpy as Spike closed the door and placed the box on the coffee table.

"Just Granny Smith. She gave me this box to give to the Doctor," Spike replied. "I wonder what's inside."

"Well, if it's for the Doctor, we might as well wait for him to come back."

"Speaking of coming back, where in the name of Celestia is Twilight? I remember her saying that she wouldn't be gone that long. You know, I'm going to have a talk with her later about randomly disappearing."

"Well the TARDIS is here, Spike. It's not like she's gone off to another time or something."

"Yeah. I guess you're right."

Comments

[CoatedHades436]

"Well the TARDIS is here, Spike. It's not like she's gone off to another time or something."

YEAH, THAT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE IT, COULD IT?!?

[MariusIoannesP]

"Well the TARDIS is here, Spike. It's not like she's gone off to another time or something."

Oh how wrong Derpy is.
A ponified Weeping Angel! Does that mean they foothold in this universe! They're turning pony statues into Weeping Angels now!
How is it that Donna never faced the Weeping Angels alongside the Doctor? Weird.
I imagine that box is part of Twilight's plan of getting a message to the Doctor.

[Commander Jenna Cipher]

The Pegasi Take Ponyville...

Also, am I the only one who caught this:

The Master?

Foreshadowing...

[DiscordDraconequus]

There are Weeping Pegasi now. They are now officially of the Equestrian universe.

ohbuckohbuckohbuckohbuck!

[Blaze Song]

Dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNN!!!!! oh... I betting, Colgate to be a Time Lady... Not enough of those, Colgate being a Time lady I mean..

[SoulboundAlchemist]

Swwet celestia, whats going on?!? This is the first time I've ever been this confused about these stories. But I do have a bit of speculation about Colgate. My guess is that shes part weeping angep somehow. I know it sounds crazy, but its all I can come up with, since shes not only able to send ponies back in time, but is also being stalked by one of them. Thats my theory, and I'm sticking by it.

[Spirit Shift]

3023737
Nope i saw it too man and I'm more scared then before now lol

"No! You can't touch me!" she cried. "Why not?!" the Doctor asked.

Didn't the doctor grab her hooves last chapter?

[Spirit Shift]

3023737
Nope i saw it too man and I'm more scared then before now lol

"No! You can't touch me!" she cried. "Why not?!" the Doctor asked.

Didn't the doctor grab her hooves last chapter?

[Doctor Perseus]

3028574
He did but she quickly yanked it away from him in response.

[Hekate Sketch]

so, it seems colgate has the ability of a weeping angel, or in this case, a weeping pegasus.

[comicfan616]

My basic reaction to the Weeping Angel/Pegasus.

[IamShadowDash]

oh buck oh buck oh buck oh buck THIS. IS. THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!
haha, I get it! Quoting Rarity. Lol
ooooh I hope the weeping pegasus gets them!!!
sick twisted basta-
SOOOO, Mm, what do you think about the Doctor now?
I like his Discorded version better, but a guy who can worm his way into everywhere and everywhen is pretty cool... Too bad he's a goody four hooves.
bloody hell, what do you think will happen when the Weeping Pegasus corners them? Because we all know she- uh, it- uh, he? Whatever... It will.
you thought of the 'she' bit from the Angel part of the name, huh?
well... I guess maybe she did. But angels don't have to be girls, you know.
I know, guys! I was just confused for a second. And I was refering to Colgate when I said she, but then I remembered she's not the evil weeping pegasus.
--MM/J

[Daring Cammie Do]

"Oh my Celestia! What in the name of Luna is THAT?!" Colgate cried as she pointed behind the Doctor. The Doctor slowly turned his head around and found his muzzle only a few centimeters away from the muzzle of a stone pegasus, gnashing its teeth angrily and staring at him and Colgate with its cold, pupiless eyes.

Now the game begins...