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The Life of a Wanted Changeling Season 2: Debt to a Doctor (Comment Driven Story) - Down with Chrysalis



The continued misadventures of you, Bugze the Changeling, as The Doctor calls up on your debt with him and he asks you to come to Canterlot immediately

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[FIXED] Episode 13: Living In A High Place.

Well it is a Saturday, so what would any normal kid do on a Saturday? You have no clue, all you ever did on Saturdays as a hatchling was secretly play a smuggled in NES that your Grandbuggery gave you.
You doubt that Applebloom and the girls are the gamer type.
You know for a fact that you can't go around asking for the girls by name since you are supposed to be new in town, and looking the way you do with the mask and asking for little fillies would send the wrong message.

As you walk though town looking for the CMC, you start to pace back and forth while talking to yourself and making hoof gestures,

"Let's see, it's a Saturday, so that rules out the school. But that leaves me wondering where they could be. And I have no clue as to where a normal foal would be on a Saturday. The only thing I ever did I did as a hatchling on a Saturday was secretly play a smuggled NES that my Grandbuggy gave me... stupid Duck Hunter game. I swear if I could I would get that laughing mutt-"

You stop pacing as you put your hoof to your chin and ask,

"Wait, where was I... oh yeah!"

You begin to pace again, this time drawing attention of nearby ponies as they look at you strangely,

"Besides, I doubt the CMC are gamers, Applebloom *cringe* probably works on her species-ist hick of a sister's farm, Sweetie probably helps Tacky McStabby Flank with her 'fashion', and Scootaloo... ah she's probably more into sports or something like that."

Ponies start to look at you really strangely, as you walk up to a random mare and begin to 'talk' to her.

"Of course I can't just go around and ask you townsfolk whre they are. I mean look at me! With the way I'm dressed and with my mask, if I ask where they are it'll send the wrong message and I'll get sent to the dungeon for sure... well at least for a different reason this time... If I'm not lynched by a mob of concerned parents first..."

The mare in front of you gives you a creeped-out look before you speak directly to her,

"Hey, if you were three fillies, where would you go on a Saturday?"

The mare looks like shes about to answer you, when you hear...

"Cutie Mark Crusaders Demolition Experts YAY!"
After you hear that, the sound of alarms begin to ring in your head as the image of a big explosion and three fillies in the middle with a detonator connected to some T.N.T come to your head and you run and run, hoping is not too late as you search for them.

The most terrifying sentence in the history of terrifying sentences next to "We're out of cake."

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS DEMOLITION EXPERTS YAY!"

Your eyes widen in horror as your overactive imaginations kicks in as you see a image of a big explosion and three fillies in the middle with a detonator connected to some T.N.T come to your head. You tell the mare in front of you in horror,

"On second thought, I think I know where they are. Thank you for your time ma'am, here have a Granola Bar."

With that you throw her a Granola Bar (18 left) and tun towards the direction of the shouting, hoping to Luna that they're alright. The mare you hand the bar to says,

"This is going to take forever to floss out, but I'm hungry..."

And starts munching on the granola bar.

10 MINUTES LATER

Once you find the CMC, you explain your situation to them. And remember, the best lies are partial truths.
"Hey there you three!" you greet them cheerfully "I'm new in town, I have a medical condition, and I'm forced to live here for the next year by a cosmically powerful being. But I have no place to live. I heard you had a clubhouse and was wondering if you could help me out." you quickly add "And don't tell your sisters or parents!"
Then Nightshade pops out of the Inventory. "Daddy I'm hungry! Can I have those chimichangas now?"
"I'll feed you later sweetie." you tell her before introducing her to the crusaders "Oh yeah, and this is my daughter Nightshade. She lives in my saddlebags. Can you help us?" You both give your best smiles and try not to come off as awkward or creepy.
Despite all the accidental evidence suggesting that you're some kind of deranged psychopath that steals small foals, and that letting you live in their clubhouse would be a terrible idea, the CMC remain oblivious to it all and simply look to each other before shouting "CUTIE-MARK CRUSADERS, VAGRANT SHELTERERS! YAY!"

Thankfully you found the fillies in a field before they can do anything too dangerous, but just barely as you had to tackle Applebloom off a crate of explosives which went off just after you tackled the filly. You and the CMC look at the now blazing crate as Applebloom says,

"Gee, if I had been on that crate any longer... *gulp*"

Your fatherly instincts take over as you assure her,

"Hey there, it's all right. You're okay, nothing bad is gonna happen."

Since you can't hug her, cause you know... she's not your daughter, you go with a pat to the head instead. Applebloom smiles and says,

"Thank ya kindly mister for saving me! I just have to tell ma older sis-"

"NO!"

You interrupt her causing her to look at you stare at you strangely. You rub your hoof behind your head nervously as you say,

"What I mean is... I... that you don't need to tell anypony about what just happened... okay?"

The CMC look at you strangely before slowly nodding their heads. Since you can't help but make sure they don't talk you say,

"You promise?"

They nod their heads and say at the same time,

"We Pinkie promise."

You look at them strangely and ask,

"What's a Pinkie promise?"

They then smile brightly and say at the same time while doing hoof motions,

"Cross our hearts and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in our eye."

You look at them strangely before saying,

"Okay... Now anyway, first of all my name is Baker Sylvester Tennant, but my friends call me B.S.T."

"I'm Applebloom."

"I'm Sweetie Belle."

"and I'm Scootaloo."

"And we're THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!!"

After making sure that your ears still work (Luna, those fillies could give the Royal Canterlot Voice a run for its money), you begin to talk in half-truths as you say in an excited tone,

"So some quick details: I'm new in town, I have a medical condition, and I'm forced to live here for the next year by a cosmically powerful being... don't ask."

You say quickly as you hold up a hoof as it looks like Scootaloo was going to ask a question. You then continue to speak,

"But the problem is that I have no place to live and I heard you three had a clubhouse and was wondering if you could help me out. Oh, and don't tell anypony that I live here!"

"Daddy, I'm hungry! Can I have those chimichangas now?"

You turn your head to your side in shock and see Nightshade out of the Inventory. You can't help but think,

What is with this filly and popping out lately? She would barely pop out even when I was getting pummeled, but now she pops out 24/7!

You notice the CMC looking at her strangely, so you give her a pleading look as you say,

"I'll buy you some chimichangas later sweetie, okay."

"Fine" she pouts. You then remember the CMC are right there and you turn to them and introduce Nightshade,

"Oh yeah, this is my daughter Nightshade. She lives in my saddlebag. Can you help us?"

You both give your best smiles and try not to come off as awkward or creepy (even if your smile is blocked due to your mask). You start to think that they won't accept as they huddle together and talk in whispers. But, despite all the accidental evidence suggesting that you're some kind of deranged psychopath that steals small foals and that letting you live in their clubhouse would be a terrible idea, the CMC remain oblivious to it all and simply look to each other before shouting,

"CUTIE-MARK CRUSADERS, VAGRANT SHELTERERS! YAY!"

You and Nightshade both give huge smiles as you say,

"Thank you so much you three, you don't know how much this means to me. And you... uh... What was it called again... Pinkie Promise not to tell anypony?"

They nod their heads and do the chant and motions again as you smile.

"So can we take you to our clubhouse now?"

"Allons-y!"

The Cutie Mark Crusaders and even Nightshade (you were only able to show her the 1st and 2nd Doctor Doctor Who serials because the only movie theater in Appleloosa only plays old black-and-white and/or silent movies) look at you puzzled before you explain,

"Um... 'Allons-y' means 'Let's go'."

"Ohhhhh..." they all say as they nod their heads in understanding. You get Nightshade to go back in the Inventory, but before you all depart you ask...

Scootaloo reveals that while her #1 idol is still the fillyfooler, you're a close second due to the fact that you saved them and are a "super-awesome rebel outlaw" (but she asks you not to tell anypony (especially not Rainbow Dash) that she's a member of "The Horde", although she did use that melee as an opportunity to grab some of RD's hair for her RD fan hat)

"Soooo... you guys ever heard of the Hooded Offender fellow that everyli- I mean everypony seems to be talking about?"

The girls stop smiling and Applebloom looks down with a conflicted look on her face as Sweetie and Scootaloo put on thinking faces. A few moments later Sweetie and Scootaloo look around suspiciously before Sweetie whispers,

"Hey, B.S.T. can you keep a secret?"

You nod you head vigorously as you think,

Of course I can keep a secret. I'm a changeling for Luna's sake. Of course there was that one time I told the Minotaur's about a upcoming changeling invasion on accident... and then there was that time I accidentally ruined my ex-Queen's surprise party... but that's besides the point!

While you're mentally rambling, Sweetie looks at Scootaloo before saying.

"Well you see... me and Scoot's here are part of the Horde."

You feel like your head's about to explode, but then you remember that Sweetie helped you get into Rarity's place to cure her of her grayness.

"Yeah, I'm his number one fan! Well, actually I'm Rainbow Dash's number one fan and I'm even the chairpony of the 'Official Rainbow Dash Fan Club' and since I can't be a number one fan of two awesome ponies who are mortal enemies so I guess I'm his number two fan. But I did make my own customized Hoody with his symbol on it!"

"Hey, I thought I was his number 1 fan!" Sweetie Belle protests,

"You're only a fan cause your sister hates him!"

"Nuh uh! I'm a fan because he saved me from that Cockatrice!"

"He saved all three of us, remember?"

As the two fillies argue, you look at Scootaloo in confusion as you think,

Symbol... what sym-Oh that symbol.

You then remember the symbol you put on the cloaks of your ex-minions.

I guess that's my official symbol... hmmmmm... Note to self: buy sliver spray paint.

You snap out of your thoughts as you hear Scootaloo say,

"Like I was saying, of course the Hoody's not as big as my wig made out of Rainbow Dash's mane which I manage to pull out when helping the Hooded Offender esc-*hmmph*"

She quickly clamps her hooves over her mouth when she realizes what she's saying, but you heard enough,

A mini-stalker with a wig made outta the.... fillyfooler's... mane... oh I'm gonna be sick...

Your face turns green and you put your hooves over your masked mouth to stop the oncoming vomit. Applebloom notices this and snaps out of her conflicted look and asks,

"Hey, mister why don't I take ya to your new home?"

You nod your head in a sick way as they lead you towards the clubhouse.

20 MINUTES LATER

After the CMC take you to their clubhouse, you let Nightshade play with them (taking Cheerilee's advise about how your daughter needs to play with foals her own age) as you start patching the clubhouse (duct tape some structures, remove rusty/jagged nails and screws with the WD-40 and vise-grip, etc). You're now done patching and you give out a suppressed sigh as you remember the guilt at accidentally hurting Applebloom's sister. Applejack may be a species-ist hick, but the guilt of hurting your friend in someway actually physically hurts. After you calmed down...

Have Nightshade play with the CMC, but make them promise to NEVER tell anypony about her or yourself. They then respond with something called a "Pinkie Promise" which leaves you very confused

Do some investigation to find out the extent of Discord's memory wipe which will require you to seek out old newspapers which you know are usually located at a library. Unfortunately the only library in Ponyville happens to be the residence of one Twilight Sparkle... Joy.

You get an idea.

"I know! I'll go to the library and see if they have any old newspapers I can use to figure out how much Discord affected everyling's memory! Yeah! I'll do tha-wait a minute. The only Library I know of is...Twilight's... Buck..."

You sigh in resignation before you sarcastically say,

"Well, I haven't lived a short enough life so I might as well put it in danger again by going directly into the lair of the zap-happy top minion of the goddess who controls the sun. Nothing can possibly go wrong..."

With that said you climb out of the clubhouse and head towards Ponyville. On your way, you see Nightshade playing tag with the CMC while wearing what looks like a red cape. Deciding to tell her where your going you shout out,

"Nightshade! Honey! Daddy's going to the Library to look for some old newspapers. If I'm not back in an hour, execute Order 66!"

Nightshade stops chasing Applebloom and shouts,

"Okay Daddy!"

"And remember girls, you can't tell anypony that me or Nightshade-!"

"WE KNOW!" The CMC all shout

With that you sigh as you head towards your doom...

ONE UNEVENTFUL WALK LATER

When you get to the library, rather than question your disguise or ask if you look familiar, Twilight just asks you if you "got any problems, troubles, conundrums, or any other sort of issues, major or minor, that I as a good friend could help you solve?"
You meekly reply that you just need some old newspapers causing Twilight to panic-berate you over how that's "not good enough for a friendship report" (this leaves you utterly confused) and throw a stack of old newspapers in your face with her magic before trotting off.

You reach the library and are about to knock on the door when it suddenly swings open. Twilight runs right into you and says in a cheerful tone,

"Oh, Hi there! You're just the stallion I need!"

You look at her in disturbed confusion and you swear you see sparkles in her eyes as she leans uncomfortably close to you as she continues,

"You got any problems, troubles, conundrums, or any other sort of issues, major or minor, that I as a good friend could help you solve?"

You nervously reply,

"Uh... I just need some old newspapers-"

"What?! That's it?! That's not good enough for a friendship report!"

"Friendship report? What-*thud*"

Before you can voice your confusion, Twilight suddenly throws a stack of newspapers at your face and says,

"If you have any more questions, ask my assistant Spike. Gotta go."

And with that, she trots off as you start to unbury yourself from the stack of newspapers. Suddenly you notice a purple claw getting newspapers off you.

"Here let me help you up dude"

You take his claw to help yourself up as you say,

"Thanks man, what's up with her?"

"Twilight's just... not in a good mood right now. It happens whenever she starts to panic alot."

"Yikes, remind me never to get her to start panicking... On purpose at least"

You both start to pick up an organize the newspapers (you're looking for newspapers after you first landing in the Everfree forest) as Spike says,

"Hey nice clothes, I really like the hat."

"Thanks they're a gift from the... I mean my, Doctor. Hehe"

Not noticing the nervous chuckle at the end, Spike looks at you confused and asks,

"Your Doctor gave you clothes?"

"Yeah, I have a medical condition that if my skin touches sunlight... well it won't be pretty. Especially the skin on my limbs and lower face. I have the Doctor's note right here."

You show the Note to Spike as you both finish putting the newspapers into The Inventory.

"Well thanks for the help, bye Spike!"

"Bye... uh whats your name?"

"Baker Sylvester Tennant, but my friends call me B.S.T."

"Okay, bye B.S.T."

With that, you decide to head back to the CMC clubhouse as you figure you'll need a more secure location to analyze the newspapers.

ANOTHER UNEVENTFUL WALK LATER

Look over the old newspapers and discover that everything is unaltered until the events at the Grand Galloping Gala where the papers claim you mind-controlled "a blue traveling showpony that couldn't be reached for comment" and only got up to 1 tail with the Nightmare Cloak before being driven off by Princess Celestia and the elements. Then it says you laid low for half a year (with the exception of popping up once in Fillydelphia/Las Pegasus/Vanhoover (author's choice) to pull off a cake heist) before claiming that you released Discord and teamed up with him.

When you get back to the clubhouse (the CMC are now playing "Duck, duck, goose") you take out the newspapers and start your research. Fortunately, you discover from the old newspapers that everything is unaltered until the events at the Grand Galloping Gala. The papers claim you mind-controlled "a blue showpony unicorn that couldn't be reached for comment".

"Oh let me guess... Trixie."

You growl angrily at that traitorous blue mare. You calm down and continue to read the paper. Apparently you only got up to 1 tail with the Nightmare Cloak before being driven off by Princess Celestia and the elements. Then it says you laid low for half a year (with the exception of popping up once in Fillydelphia to pull off a cake heist) before claiming that you released Discord and teamed up with him. You snort in anger and think,

Stupid Discord! I was THIS close to a perfect life and then you had to come along and ruin it! Stupid... Whatever you are.

You sigh before you start to relax...

After getting settled in somewhere, you take out the Doctor's notebook. He told you to report anything unusual to him, but nothing... too unusual has happend so far. Which, considering where you are, would be considered unusual. Right?
Maybe you just got lucky today. Maybe Lady Luck decided to let you off with awkwardness and embarassment rather than any real dangerous-
BOOM!
A rainbow mushroom cloud erupts in the distance, and the shockwave staggers you, even from this far away.
"Um, Daddy?" Nightshade says, "shouldn't you go check that out?"
You grin and shake your head. "Nope! Nothing unusual there! Just... a weather balloon! A weather balloon hit by a lightning bolt! A multicolored lightning bolt. On a clear day."
Nightshade gives you her Really, Daddy? look.

You decide to take out the Doctor's notebook. He told you to report anything unusual to him, but nothing... too unusual has happened so far which, considering where you are, would be considered unusual. Right?

Maybe I just got lucky today. Maybe Lady Luck decided to let me off with awkwardness and embarrassment rather than any real danger-

"Daddy?"

You snap out of your thoughts as you see Nightshade standing there.

"Me, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo are hungry. Can we have snacks?"

You roll your eyes with a smile as you take out the banana and three packets of dried fruit from The Inventory ("12 Bags of Dried Fruit" and "0 Bananas" remaining)...

BOOM!

A rainbow mushroom cloud erupts in the distance, the shockwave staggering you and Nightshade, even from this far away.

"Um, Daddy? Shouldn't you go check that out?"

You grin and shake your head.

"Nope! Nothing unusual there! Just... a weather balloon! A weather balloon hit by a lightning bolt! A multicolored lightning bolt. On a clear day."

Nightshade gives you her Really, Daddy? look. You sigh in defeat and say,

"Fine! I'll go check it out, but if I get caught and beaten up again then you're grounded."

Nightshade giggles at your threat and says,

"Whatever you say Daddy."

"Oh and If I'm not back in a hour then execute operation 66. You do remember what Order 66 is right?"

"Of course. Order 66, also known as Clone Protocol 66, is the codename for the Emperor's order to kill all of the Jedi. It was secretly programmed into biochips implanted into the brains of the clones to ensure-*giggle*"

Nightshade starts giggling when she sees the expression on your face and continues,

"I'm just bucking with you daddy. Order 66 is to find Fluttershy or Zecora the zebra and stay with them."

"That's my girl... Oh and watch the language around the other fill-"

"YOU MOTHERBUCKING CHEATER!" You hear Sweetie Belle yell. You facehoof and mutter,

"Rarity's gonna kill me... More than usual..."

"See ya Daddy!"

With that, Nightshade goes back to CMC with the snacks. With a sigh you get up, put the Doctor's notebook back into the Inventory, climb out of the clubhouse, and walk towards where you saw the rainbow.

12 MINUTES LATER

You've almost reached where the explosion came from, when you bump into someling. You shake your head and hold your hoof out to the pony and say,

"Sorry about that, are you ok-"

You stop dead in your tracks when you see who it is.

Twilight stinking Sparkle!

You look at her strangely as she now looks kinda of... insane. You mean her mane is completely unkempt, her right eye is twitching like mad, and she just doesn't look..right in the head. Before you know it, Twilight jumps you and holds you down and says insanely,

"Hi there... friend. You must really need my help. I mean look at your eyes and those clothes. Here let me help you fix them..."

You look at Twilight in pure terror and you can't help but think...

Luna... Lady Luck... Solar flank... Batmare... HELP ME!

What do you do?

Author's Note:

Hey Hive Mind, DWC here

Sorry for the late chapter, I blame T.V

Yesterdays question is...

The Scariest Doctor Who Alien is the Doctor Himself. He is known throughout the ages as a warrior, who's very name instills fear into Monsters. He is kind most of the time, but he has a fury that even the most genocidal Daleks fear. He is a being that was willing to exterminate two entire races from all time, including his own people. If you earn his wrath, you will be sorry. Don't forget what he did to the Family of Blood.
The Doctor is one of the greatest heroes of all time, but he can be a cruel monster if he ever so decides, and he knows and fears that aspect of himself. The fact that even he fears what he is capable of is a scary thought.

Congrats to BrownDog77 for the answer. While my personal most feared enemy is between the infected people from New New Earth (Seriously does guys are creepy), The Silence, and the Weeping Angels. BrownDogs expiation is quiet true. The Doctor is his own worse fear, his own personal enemy, his one true personal monster.

Today's episode question is...

What is your favorite mystery show?

Come on, tell me what your favorite drama or comedy filled crime and mystery show? BYE!

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