The Doctor Whooves Chronicles Episode 2: Queen of the Moon

by Doctor Perseus

Mind, Body, and Spirit

Chapter 5: Mind, Body, and Spirit

The Moon of Gaia, 2000 C.E.

The Doctor awoke to find a sore pain in his back. It took him a few seconds to register his surroundings. He sat up and looked at Princess Luna, who appeared to be unconscious. His ears perked up as the sound of soft footsteps on gravel echoed through the tunnel. He turned towards the destroyed front wall of the subway car to see a dark figure walking amongst the shadows. He wasn't able to identify who it was exactly until they came into view of the dim, flickering tunnel lights. It was Derpy. The Doctor smiled weakly and tried to call out to her but he was still recovering from the whole train car detachment fiasco. He was relieved to see that she was okay...but he also couldn't help but feel that something was off about her. Her eyes looked puffy and red, almost as if she had been crying, and her face was completely devoid of emotion. Her eyes looked glassy and soulless and her movements were almost robotic. That's when he noticed the shard of glass held tightly in one of her hooves.

"D...Derpy?" asked the Doctor weakly. She didn't respond. She simply kept walking towards the car. "Derpy? Are you okay?" Still, there was no response. "Why do you have that glass shard?" Still no response. Derpy lifted herself up through the opening in the car. Due to the bad lighting, she now appeared as nothing more but an overbearing silhouette. The glass shard sparkled in the dim lighting of the car. Derpy continued to walk forward. The Doctor began crawling his way over to Princess Luna. Something was definitely wrong about Derpy. He had a feeling of this earlier but now it was fact. Something was wrong with her. "Derpy...what's wrong? What's happened to you?" Derpy stopped and tilted her head at the Doctor.

"I am sorry, Doctor," replied the pegasus in a cold, logical tone. "You and Luna must be taken care of. The Queen needs to regain her home." She began walking again. The Doctor pulled himself up from the floor. He was glad that his injuries were beginning to heal slightly but he was still a bit too weak to take on the possessed Derpy. He turned towards Luna in desperation.

"Of all times for an all-powerful alicorn to be knocked out, this has to be the worst," he sighed. He then turned back to Derpy and began trying to plead with her. "Please, Derpy Hooves. Remember who you are! This isn't you!" Derpy looked at the Doctor. A wicked smile appeared on her face.

"Derpy's sleeping right now, Doctor. She will remain sleeping for a while," she stated. "It looks like you've failed to keep your promise." The Doctor felt a sting of guilt flow through his body. The possessed Derpy chuckled before turning her attention to Luna. She raised the glass shard. "Now sleep, Princess Luna. Sleep and awake no more." The Doctor had to act fast. Using every ounce of his remaining strength, he pushed himself towards Derpy and grabbed onto her. The possessed Derpy struggled to force the Doctor off her. The glass shard fell from her hoof and shattered as it smashed onto the floor. The Doctor could feel Derpy's body grow increasingly cold. A large, black figure with icy blue eyes appeared in the corner of the subway car. A terrible hiss escaped from its mouth. "You shall sleep too, Doctor."

The Doctor could feel his strength fading away as the creature drew closer to him. Time was running out. He clasped his hooves firmly on Derpy's head. This was his last chance. Losing the last bit of his strength, he delved into Derpy's mind. The world became mush, the creature disappeared, and the cold air came to be replaced with the warmth of a kind, spring day.

Derpy didn't know where she was. She appeared to be floating in a white abyss. There was no pain, no fear, no hope, no anger, no sadness, no happiness. There was just...nothing. She tried to focus on a single thought or memory but it quickly escaped her grasp. Single words such as doctor, queen, princess, and box would come to mind several times but she would quickly forget about them. It was an endless, relaxing cycle of remembering and forgetting. It was a painful land of bliss. Then...it began to grow warm. She could feel something solid appear beneath her. The surface felt soft and comfortable like the texture of a fine carpet. Derpy liked it. She noted how incredibly relaxing it felt. Then a wide, blue sky appeared above her. There were no clouds and there was no sun. It was just a nice, blue sky. Derpy sat up. She took note of where she was. She was sitting on top of a large, grassy hill. A massive tree was situated in the center of the hill. The hill had a gradual incline that ended at a cliff that extended down into an endless drop into the blue sky that appeared to surround the floating hill on all sides. Derpy stood up and examined the tree. Several odd objects hung from the branches: photos, food, toys, and even ponies that seemed to be nothing more than incredibly realistic puppets. Derpy realized that she recognized everything hanging from the tree. These were parts of her past. She reached out to a photo hanging from one of the branches. The photo was simple: two mares standing in front of a bakery. Derpy identified the bakery as Sugarcube Corner and identified one of the mares as herself. Her attention was quickly drawn to the other mare: a mare around her age with an orange mane, yellow coat, and a cutie mark consisting of three carrots.

"Carrot Top," Derpy said to herself. She quickly realized that she was no longer alone. She turned to see that an odd creature was sitting just a few feet from her. The creature was male with somewhat spiky hair on its head. It was wearing a simple, brown pinstriped suit. The suit looked oddly familiar. The creature turned to look at Derpy. A smile appeared on its face.

"Oh! 'Ello, Ms. Hooves!" stated the creature. Derpy recognized that voice. She gave a small smile and giggled.

"That's funny. You sound just like the Doctor," Derpy stated.

"That's me...sorta."

"What? You're not the Doctor! The Doctor's a stallion and-"

"Correction. The Doctor's a Time Lord. He only appears like a stallion due to being in your universe. Back in his universe he looks like this: like a human." Derpy scratched her head.

"I think I remember the Doctor mentioning humans before. Wait a minute...who are you then?"

"I'm sort of the Doctor and sort of not the Doctor."

"How can you kinda be the Doctor and kinda not be the Doctor?"

"It's complicated. Tell me, Ms. Hooves, do you know where you are?" Derpy looked around and shook her head.

"I'm not...dead, am I?" The self-identified Doctor laughed and shook his head.

"Nah. You're just unconscious."

"So...this is a dream?"

"Yes and no. More or less you've been shoved deep within your subconscious. I would assume that there would normally be more here but a certain parasite has been taking up a lot of space. Your Doctor should be busy taking care of her right now." The Doctor pointed off in the distance. Derpy looked to see two massive storm clouds smashing into each other. One was black while the other was golden.

"I'm confused."

"Everything should make sense to you when you wake up. The Doctor will be able to free you from this Queen's hold." Derpy began to remember several things at once: Moonbase One, Princess Luna, and the Queen of the Moon.

"I...I think I'm beginning to remember now."

"Then it shouldn't be too long before you wake up."

Suddenly, a loud roar began to reverberate through the air. The sky began to break apart like shattering glass and the grass on the hill began to turn yellow and die. Memories began to swirl around in Derpy's head like a tornado as the fighting clouds grew closer and closer. The self-identified Doctor looked at Derpy with a big smile.

"Allons-y, Ms. Hooves," he said before disappearing in a wisp of smoke. The fighting storm clouds were now swirling right above the dying hill. Derpy looked up at them. Large, slimy tentacles extended from the black cloud while the stallion Doctor reached down from the gold cloud.

"Derpy! Come on! Wake up! Wake up!" called the Doctor as he reached for Derpy. Derpy ran towards the Doctor. Everything felt like it was moving in slow motion and running towards the Doctor felt like swimming through an ocean of chocolate pudding. However, Derpy eventually managed to reach out and grab the Doctor's hoof.

"I'm here! I'm okay! Now get me the hay out of here!" Derpy cried. The Doctor pulled Derpy up into the golden cloud. Just as she began to return to the world of the conscious, a pair of deadly red eyes stared at her from all the way over in the horizon. The words of Sir Isaac Longhair echoed through her mind as she began waking up.

"The monster lies behind the glass," he had said. Derpy gulped as the red eyes continued to stare her down. Then she woke up.

Comments

[Silver_Spark]

Claiming territory that belongs to someone (or somepony) else isn't to bizzare a concept. Just look at the good old U.S. of A. My own country is basicly stolen. Anyone know how Japan and England are politicaly? They seem like better places to live.