After a run in with the Daleks the Doctor travels to Equestria to find help for Ditzy. Once there he is forced to go through his last regeneration.
The Doctor has seen more in his many life times than most could ever dream of. The birth of the universe, the death of thousands of planets, and of course the lives of ponies and humans alike. Now, however he has traveled into the far future with Ditzy only to have to seek out help. Help has come in the form of four Alicorn Princesses who explain what has happened to him. Add a regeneration, running for his and Ditzy's life and you have a recipe for being tired.
I feel the abrupt landing of the Tardis, and slowly wander out. Wander, it’s such a brilliant word. I do remember Rose saying that we were wanderers. Intergalactic hitchhikers much like how Douglas Adams envisioned his characters. The difference is I don’t have a travel guide helping me. Still, lovely sentiment though. ‘Don’t Panic’ brilliant. Maybe I should have said that more often.
I open the door to a castle draped in a red sky. Slowly I walk back into the Tardis and lift Ditzy. She’s not heavy, not really, although it seems that our last little adventure caused a bit of my regeneration energy to give me wings. Strange thing ‘bout that is that I have these bloody things, but I can’t fly. Ditzy said she’d show me, but then… I force the thought from my head. We escaped, we’re fine, and she’s going to be fine.
I feel Ditzy resting on my back, covering my less than useful wings, and I walk out into the castle. There’s no guards. I find that odd since these ponies have been nothing, if not devout, in protecting the princesses. Although I’ve never known any creature to need protecting less, and perhaps more, than these two do.
I approach each door and push them open. Each time I step through I can taste air that is trying to turn stale, and I wonder exactly what has happened. Finally, I find the room I was looking for. I press against the door and it opens to reveal four Alicorns sitting instead of two. I study them, but decide that now isn’t the time to worry.
“Doctor, you grace us with your presence,” Luna says.
“Is… Is that Ditzy Doo?” one of them asks.
I look at her and recognize her. Twilight Sparkle, the librarian at Ponyville, quite intelligent, well read, and very hard headed.
“Yes, it is. She… She needs help,” I say.
I feel her float off of my back. I watch as Luna lays her near them and a different Alicorn I don’t know walks toward her and has a pink aura surround my friend. No, Dizty has become more than that. I had swore that I would never feel that way about anyone again. Not after Rose, not after so many… Still, it happened. She found her way into my hearts.
The pain is spreading through me. I can feel it even now. Our last trip, through space and time had landed us near beings I didn’t expect to see here. Beings that shouldn’t have been here. Instead I faced my oldest, and most powerful enemies. Ditzy had saved us both. Somehow she talked to the Tardis, actually talked to the old girl and got her to give Ditzy the power to help me.
It wasn’t so unlike what Rose had done for me, but Rose had forced the Tardis to give her the power. Ditzy had asked, and explained that she wanted to save me, she wanted to save everypony. I could feel the tremmers starting. Golden light surrounding my new body.
“I… I don’t want to go,” I say in a shaky voice.
Celestia watches me, stands from where she had been sitting and walks toward where I stand. The pain grows every second and finally I feel it escaping as the golden aura of my regeneration begins to cover me completely. I let out a shrill scream. It hurts so much worse than it has before. Maybe it was because I had partly used some of my regeneration beforehand. The larger Alicorn steps back as I glow, and then I feel it. The fire is spreading through me. This is my last regeneration. There will be no more after this.
“DITZY!” I scream.
All four of them look at me, and I can only imagine what they see. I had seen it once, long ago on Gallifrey. My old teacher and friend had underwent his last regeneration. It had been powerful enough to destroy one of the dorm rooms in the learning center. I didn’t want to look to see what was happening though. I wanted to see Ditzy. I needed to see her. The fire burned hotter and I felt the very stones under me glowing red with heat.
Everything began going black around me. I couldn’t see, couldn’t hear, couldn’t feel, no, I could feel. I could feel my legs.
“Legs, good… They work… Hair...” I look up to see bangs hanging off.
“Wait, I’m a girl?!” I shout.
I look under me and breathe a sigh of relief.
“Not a girl, whoo… Still not a ginger though,” I say.
I raise my hooves up and feel something poking off of my head.
“Unicorn?! I’m a unicorn!” I shout excitedly.
So excitedly that my wings, the very wings I had gained last time, the wings that were still part of me, spread out. I look back at them in surprise.
“Alicorn… This is new…” I say.
I hear the castle shaking, and soon I can hear bits of it falling.
“Truly, things are never dull when you arrive doctor,” Luna remarks.
“Ditzy… is she?” I ask.
The other Alicorn nods and smiles softly.
“She is sleeping. It does me so much good to see love again. It has been far too long,” she says.
“What… What do you mean?” I ask.
“We are all that is left Doctor. We are immortals with the duty to see the world to its bitter end,” Celestia says.
“But there are other worlds out there, surely the ponies have explored…” I begin.
Luna smiles and looks at me.
“There are some, A few live in my palace on the moon, and a few others have long since left even further out, but Equestria is dying,” she says.
I look at them trying to grasp this. I had known that Earth, the very planet I loved, the planet that I had come to accept as a second home, would one day die. Destroyed because no one was willing to pay for its upkeep, but I had never thought the same fate would befall this world. This world was full of magic, real magic, and I had believed that magic would keep it alive. Seeing my confusion Luna walked toward me.
“All things end Doctor. All planets, all universes, and even you one day will end. Our day grows closer each passing minute. We have long since accepted this, and we rejoice in it. We’ve done all we could for our little ponies. We’ve kept them safe, kept them happy, helped them live out their lives in peace. This is simply us being allowed our rest,” she says.
I nod and hear some mummering. I watch as a gray Pegasus slowly stands up, looks around her and bows before Celestia and Luna.
“Rise my little pony, there is no reason for formality,” Celestia says.
Even now, with the world ending I can’t help but notice how caring Celestia’s voice sounds. It’s soothing, like a mother’s voice.
Ditzy turns around and sees me.
“Doctor?” she asks.
“It’s me,” I say.
She smiles brightly and flies into me. We tumble and she lands on top of me. Her muzzle pressed against my own. It was brought on by an accident, but it doesn’t change the fact that this feels wonderful. I see Ditzy blush, pull back and squirm.
“I… I… I didn’t mean to… although I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t enjoy it,” she says.
I rub her mane and smile. Before I can say a word a rather large stone falls behind us and smashes through the floor.
“Time to go!” I say.
She hops up and I do the same. I look back at the princesses who bow toward me. I do the same back to them and soon find myself racing toward the tardis. I swear, I should take to parking it closer. We rush into it, and outside I can hear the sound of the castle falling apart.
“I didn’t do that right?” Ditzy asks.
“No, it was my fault this time,” I reply.
She smiles and soon the wheezing sound of the Tardis indicates that we are finally leaving. I let out a very relieved sigh and within moments we’ve disappeared. I feel light headed, a side effect to the regeneration, and it means I will have to sleep. Ditzy seems to sense this, and she leads me toward the bed. I still remember Rose being so distrustful of my transformed state, but Ditzy simply accepts it. I expect her tuck me in, and then leave me to my own devices, but instead she crawls into the bed with me. I lay down with my back toward her, and feel her hug against me. Somehow, still haven’t gotten the hang of picking things up with a hoof yet, she grabs the blanket and pulls it up around us.
“Ditzy, are you sure you want to share a bed?” I ask.
“Of course silly… I mean we’ve kissed, and that means you’re my coltfriend! Coltfriends and fillyfriends share beds, hugs, cuddles… Muffins… I’ll share my muffins if you want one… Even my banana nut muffin…” she says.
“What about English muffins?” I ask.
“EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! Gross! I hate those things!” she exclaims.
“Even with butter? They are soooo good with butter,” I say.
“Would pairs be better with butter?” she asks.
“No, pairs are rubbish,” I reply.
“I feel the same about, ew, English Muffins,” she says.
She pulls me closer to her.
“But, I won’t stop you from eating them if you want. Just stay with me, okay?” she asks.
I nod and feel myself drifting off to sleep. Daleks, regeneration, End of Equestria, and now sleeping next to a girl, a mare, I’ve come to love dearly. It’s been a very busy day, and I find myself to be very tired.
A smile crosses my lips as the Tardis lands. She, I know she’s a she because of how she acts for the Doctor, seems to be a little tired once we come to a stop. The Doctor had said once that sometimes she needed to feed on energy. I guess our last trip with those weird Da… Dalips, no… Daluck? Ugh… I can’t remember, things tired her out.
I see the Doctor still sleeping. He’s been sleeping for three days now. I would be scared about it, but I’ve known him to do weird things like this before. I crawl out of bed, gently kiss his forehead, and walk toward the kitchen. I’m hungry, and a special lemon surprise muffin is what I’m a craving!
As I walk into the kitchen I take a notice of our supplies. We have more than enough food to last a few months. That’s not a problem, and there’s quite a bit of sugar, the butter is down to sixty packages from a hundred, but then again the Doctor does like butter. I smile at the thought. I’ve caught him eating a stick of butter, by itself, a few times. Taking a moment to find everything I need I start making the muffins. I stop and think about the Doctor. He always eats anything I make, but he does like English Muffins… Ewwwww… the thought of those things almost makes me not hungry, but I like to see him smile.
I quickly start on making a dozen English Muffins. He can have them when he wakes up. I go back to my Special Lemon Surprise Muffins! It takes almost no time to finish the mix, and soon I have three, one dozen, muffin pans ready. I slide in my two dozen Special Lemon Surprise Muffins, and his one dozen English Muffins. I walk over to cabinet and find the tea kettle. He does love tea. I don’t mind it, and I’ve developed more of a taste for it since traveling with him. I go about filling the kettle, setting it on the stove, and then it happens. It always happens. My flank finds the edge of another cabinet and causes six large mixing bowls to fall out into the floor.
I shake my head and look at the mess. The Doctor has never gotten mad at me for making these messes. Actually, he has said that my…posterior… That’s such a weird word for it. I mean I don’t mind Flank or plot, but posterior? Hehe, it doesn’t sound right. Anyway, he’s said a few times that my posterior has been a saving grace to us. He says that somehow it helps make things turn out right in the end.
I put the bowls up and check the timer. I’ve got a few minutes before the muffins are done, and I really want to make sure he’s okay. Walking back into the bedroom I see him moaning softly in his sleep. I gently touch his muzzle and feel him trying to nuzzle into me. I lean down and hug him. He returns it and mumbles in his sleep.
“Ditzy,” he mumbles before becoming quiet.
I feel my face blushing. I can’t help but smile and gently I pull back. I kiss him, hoping that he won’t mind, and walk back toward the kitchen. Now I’m glad that I’m making the tea and English Muffins. It means that I’m being a good Fillyfriend! Well, I would be a good friend anyway, but… this is different…
I hear banging coming from outside. I walk toward the door and open it to see a pink mare looking at me with a curious stare.
“Hi! Whatcha doing in Sugarcube corner? I mean I know why I’m in Sugarcube corner, ‘cause I live upstairs and help the Cakes out, but what are you doing here? And did ya know that you’re blocking the bathroom? I don’t mind so bad, ‘cause Twilight said that I can come over anytime to visit her and stuff. Like one time I went over to visit and took a whole bunch of cupcakes, but she didn’t want any at the moment, and I was like ‘who doesn’t want cupcakes?’ and she was all like ‘Pinkie it’s two am, go to bed’, but it’s no fun to just go to bed, but anyway, if you don’t mind to move your weird cart thingie I would really like to go number one really soon!” she says.
“Ummm… I don’t know how, but you can use our bathroom,” I say.
She smiles, comes inside and then whistles.
“Wow… It’s really bigger on the inside! You know who would like this?! Twilight! She would love this! I’ll be right back!” she exclaims before running out of the door.
I watch as she disappears and close the door. She was friendly. I hear a yawn and walk back to see the Doctor stretching. The sound of the timer going off echoes and I walk over to the kitchen. I pull the muffins out, pour us both a cup of tea and put him two English muffins, half a stick of butter, and his cup of tea on a tray and take it to him.
“Ditzy! Oh! English Muffins! Brilliant!” he exclaims as he grabs one, slathers it with butter, and begins eating like a starving Stallion. I chuckle and walk back into the kitchen. I get a Special Lemon Surprise Muffin, my cup of tea and walk back into the bed room. He’s finished the two muffins, drank the tea, and is eating the rest of the stick of butter.
“It was just sitting there,” he says his mouth full of the yellow mess.
I smile and eat my own muffins. He moves his tray over and stands up. I catch him walking past me and see his wings shoot straight out. I giggle as he tries to wave it off. I don’t mind. After all, he’s my coltfriend, and we’re supposed to like each other. I’d be worried if he didn’t like me like that.
We both hear knocking and both of us walk to the door and open it to see Pinkie and Twilight. The Librarian groans and walks inside before he eyes get wide.
“Wha… wha… what is this?!” she cries.
“I know right! Like I said it’s bigger on the inside… Ohh…. I really gotta use the bathroom, can I still use it?” Pinkie asks.
I nod and lead her in the direction of it. She spots it, takes off, and I turn back around to see Twilight’s eye twitching.
“It’s bad dream, that’s all it is. Luna is playing a prank on me. There’s nothing that can make something bigger on the inside than it is on the outside,” she said.
“Ditzy, have you ever been to a Grand Gala?” I ask.
“You mean the Grand Galloping Gala?! No… I’ve never been lucky enough to go, but I’ve always heard people talk about how pretty it is,” she says as she walks toward me.
A smile crosses my face, and I pull up an image on one of the monitors for the Tardis. She steps close to me to see not the Gala she was thinking of, but instead one being held in a castle seemingly made of ice. The Tardis had picked up the signal for it, and with a little planning, and a bit of psychic paper, we could easily visit.
“Ooooo… It looks so pretty,” she says.
“So, Ms Doo, would you care to join me for the Ice Kingdom’s Grand Gala?” I ask.
She nods and a bright smile crosses her face. Then that smile evaporates a little.
“What about a dress? I mean I don’t have a party dress… They’re really expensive, and I could never afford one,” she says sadly.
I grin and lead her down into the closets of the Tardis. It’s something I love about the old girl. The Tardis seems to be able to scan the local life forms, detect fashions, and she creates a few clothes to help fit into different scenarios. Since Ditzy had actually talked to the Tardis before I felt confident that she had made something for her.
Once we were down in the closet I opened it and we walked through the huge layers of clothes that I had worn on Earth, and finally we made it to an entirely new section of the closet. Ditzy’s eyes widened as she took in the sapphire blue dress. It had gold stitching, small emerald buttons, and a beautiful gold necklace with a heart shaped ruby in the center of it.
“It’s beautiful,” she says as she touches it.
“The Tardis made it for you,” I reply.
I watch as she reaches out and touches the wall of the closet. It’s a gentle, soothing stroke she gives the wall.
“Thank you Miss Tardis,” she says.
I grin and then go about finding my own suit of clothes. I could make something work from other clothes, but it appears that the Tardis had already made up my mind for me. A black suit jacket, white collared shirt, both with white and black onyx buttons, and finally a silk purple tie wait for me.
I smile, begin dressing, and find out that getting a shirt, and suit jacket, on over my wings is a bit of a headache.
“Brilliant, just brilliant,” I mutter.
Soft giggle erupts from ahead of me and I feel two front hooves helping me. Slowly she helps pull my wings through, then she helps me stand up so that she can work on the buttons. I lower back onto my hooves when she finishes and we look at each other. I stare into her eyes and find myself wondering exactly when did I start to feel like this again. When did I decide to throw caution to the wind and allow myself to get so close.
She blushes, and turns from me.
“Doctor,” she says quietly before walking past me.
I turn, see her tail swish, and then I feel my wings shoot straight out. It happens every bloody time! I see her, and they shoot out, I think about her, they shoot out! She looks back, giggles again, and then heads up into the main part of the Tardis.
“Come on old boy, you’ve done this before,” I think.
Sure, I’ve done this before. I’ve dated before, long ago, and even if I was to consider some of the more recent things I’ve done as dates the actual ones would be at least six years ago. I feel a bit more nervous than I have this evening.
“Stop overthinking it. This is Ditzy, and she likes going on adventures with you. This is just another experience with her. Something to enjoy,” I say.
I walk up toward the controls, set them, and in mere moments we’ve disappeared from the face of Equestria and instead are flying through space itself. I smile and feel amazing as we fling further and further out. Finally the Tardis sits down, a might roughly, on a surface. We step out to see that she has actually landed us just inside of the court yard. I check my pockets and find my piece of psychic paper and together we step off.
A being that looks very similar to a pony, except made of ice, stops us.
“Hold, the Grand Gala is by invitation only,” he says.
I present the paper and after a moment he nods.
“Of course sir, please, enjoy the Gala,” he says as he steps out of the way.
“What did he see?” Ditzy asks.
“That we’re visiting dignitaries invited by the king himself,” I reply.
Once inside of the Gala I can see more than just the ice ponies. There are bipedal beings, similar to humans except they are blue skinned with white hair. These beings are bringing food and drink out to the Gala. Ditzy touches my front foreleg and points to the chains they are in.
“That doesn’t seem right,” she says.
“I know, but we don’t know if these creatures are dangerous or not,” I reply.
We make our way toward the table where the King is laughing. He lifts something to his lips. It almost looks like whine and when he drinks it his entire body turns to a red color. He laughs drunkenly again, swaying slightly, before pulling on a chain.
One of the females attached to the other end of the chain walks toward him and bows. “Yes, my lord?” she asks.
“Good girl! I told you that being a servant would be far better than fighting! Why, I may even see to releasing you from your bonds,” he says.
“Please, do not tease me my lord,” she says.
He laughs and then shakes his head.
“I don’t tease you. Tell me that you wish to be my consort! Tell me that you wish to stay with me and I shall have my guards release you,” he laughs.
“My lord, I cannot. I have a husband…” she begins before he angrily pulls on her chain.
“No, you do not. That… union is not sanctioned by my law, and my law is the only law!” he shouts.
“Parton me Sire, but isn’t there such a natural law which states that all beings have the right to exist?” I ask.
He turns to face me and his eyes widen.
“Ah, an Equestrian! It has been ages since one of your kind has graced me with their presence! When she visited me… she was full of fire and fury! Such a beautiful creature, much like yourself,” he says.
“One of us visited before?” Ditzy asked.
“Of course! Nigh… Nightmare Moon, I believe her name was. Oh, she was full of fire, so determined to regain her kingdom, or Queendom… Not really sure what to call it, but I know that she was willing to consent to being my consort for a while. At least until she discovered that I had no intention of helping her to reclaim her lost empire,” he laughed.
Ditzy covered her mouth, and I shook my head. Princess Luna had made several mistakes before. I had heard of a few of them, but to know that someone had taken advantage of her…
“Sire, such a thing doesn’t seem appropriate,” I say.
“You only say that because your princess was a slut,” he laughs.
“Doctor… can.. can we go?” Ditzy asks.
“Yes, I think it would be best,” I say.
We turn to leave when two guards step in front of us.
“The Gala is not over, and I have not yet enjoyed the gifts of my guests,” the ice King says.
I turn, breathe out and smile.
“I give you air from my lungs,” I say.
He laughs, shakes his head and then looks at Ditzy.
“I thought that perhaps your gift would be to allow me to bless the union you have with that mare,” he says licking his lips.
I close my eyes and push down an ancient anger. He doesn’t deserve my wrath. He’s a blowhard that doesn’t know when to stop talking.
“Sire, she is her own mare, and not mine to give. Although, even if she was I would not share her,” I say.
“That’s a shame,” he says waving his hoof.
The guards step back out of the way. We start to walk forward again and we make out of the palace, into the courtyard, and almost to the Tardis when the sound of several dozen hooves begin running toward us. Together we start running toward the Tardis, run inside, and close the door. Banging erupts from outside and I look at Ditzy.
“I’m sorry,” I say.
“It’s all right, but maybe we can just go somewhere nice for the two of us,” she says.
It sounds like a plan and soon we’re heading off. I feel a pull and try to correct it. The Tardis feels a little strange, a little wonky and then before we can say a word we land.
I open the door to see a darkened room. Carefully I step out, followed by Ditzy.
“Who has come to share in our banishment?” a voice asks from the dark.
A faint blue glow illuminates the room, and I hear Ditzy gasp.
A super special April Fool's Day chapter for everyone to enjoy. (Why, because I felt like it!)
"Doctor... Ooooohhhh... Doctor..." Ditzy moaned.
She lay on the bed, her eyes closed, only the sound of repetitive grunting, the feel of hooves on her, the sweet, sweet touch of the Doctor, her Doctor occupied her mind. She let out a small gasp as he did something marvelous. Her mouth opened to express the wondrous feeling only to hear a small squee of pleasure as he seemingly, and skillfully continued.
"Doc... uh..tor... I...I... oh sweet Celestia th..uh huh.. that's the spot," she managed to say through various gasps and soft moans.
Everything he was doing felt so amazing. It felt so wonderful, and she felt so happy it was him doing it to her. It was her Doctor, her coltfriend that was doing these wonderful things to her.
His hooves moved gently up her wings, touching each feather, and each touch caused her to shiver with anticipation.
"Please... Doctor... again," she whispered.
Another blissful moan escaped her and she arched her back. She let out a deep pleasure filled moan as he pressed down on her.
"See Ditzy, I told you that you that I would get the hang of preening, and didn't you like the shiatsu massage?" he asked.
"Uh huh..." she contently whispered.
"So, should we do what all other coltfriends and fillyfriends do?" she asked softly.
She looked back him, her eyes, while not aligned, were giving him every permission to go ahead and take the final steps he needed to make a mare of her. She knew he knew what she was talking about. She was ready, so ready to take the next step. They had been together, lived together, slept together, and all they needed was this one more step to be complete. She wanted it. She wanted to be his mare, to his one and only. She felt him lean down to her. His breath smelling so wonderfully like mint, and gently he nuzzled her cheek.
"I want to Ditzy, more than you know," he said.
She turned toward him, nearly causing him to fall into the floor, but instead he righted himself, leaned into her and kissed her deeply. They held each other, enjoying the moment, enjoying being together, both knowing where this was leading. It was so long overdo. She stopped, looked up, and saw a red light blinking.
"What's the red light?" she asked.
"Red light? What red..." he asked as he looked up, "Oh bloody... Ha ha, shows over."
A moment later his horn flashed with magic.
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"Wait! What happened?! I mean do they or don't they?!" Pinkie shouted.
"Verily we are also vexed on this! Tell us Twilight Sparkle does he indeed take her as his mare?!" Luna cried out.
"Twilight, my former faithful student... Please, YOU MUST TELL US! WHAT HAPPENED?!" Celestia shouted.
"Well haybales and horseapples! Twi it was just gettin' to the good part!" Applejack shouted.
"While it is uncooth and unlady like to engage in such an activity as this... Twilight tell us what happened! Because not knowing... is...is... THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING. EVER!" Rarity shouted.
"Yeah, I mean you brought all of us over here and we're not going tosee what happened?! That's as big of a gyp as what A.K. Yearling did with the last Daring Do novel!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
"Twilight, I'd really like to know what happened, I mean if you don't mind to tell me," Fluttershy whispered.
"Seriously Twi, this isn't cool," Spike muttered.
"I've been helping them with their love for such a long time Twilight, a really long time and it was finally going to be paying off! What in the hay happened?!" Candace cried out the question.
"Wow, she was kind of..." Shining Armor stopped that line of thought as he looked at his wife and smiled, "She's not near as beautiful as you are sweetheart, but seriously Twiley, what happened?"
"Sorry guys... It looks like we're never going to know what happened after that. He destroyed the recorder spell," Twilight muttered as she looked at the fuzzy screen in front of her.
“Don’t be scared Ditzy, don’t be scared. You’re with the Doctor, and he always makes things better,” I think as the Dark Alicorn stands and looks at us.
She sort of looks like Luna, but her eyes look wrong. She nears us, takes a moment to look at the Doctor before a smile crosses her face.
“A stallion Alicorn has graced our presence,” she says as she nears him.
“This is not who you want to be,” my Doctor says.
“Oh, is that so? Tell me little stallion, who do we want to be?” she asks.
“You want to be Luna,” he says.
I watch as she studies the both of us, but instead of being angry and attacking she instead smiles.
“We have not heard that name in nearly three centuries. Thou must remember us before our banishment,” she says.
A bright light flashes and suddenly there is another being on the moon. He radiates a healthy white glow, and everywhere, and everything he touches seems to frost over. I touch the Doctor and he nods.
“Nightmare, my dearest, I’ve come for our little weekly visit,” the Ice King says.
“When will your army be ready to be led against my sister?” she asks.
I watch him smile and look at her.
“Any day I’m certain, although, there is a little matter that would help so much. Remember when we first came together how I gained a small amount of your power?” he asks her.
I look at this and instead of staying back I walk out.
“You said that you were just playing with her emotions! Just like you were toying with that poor thing you had chained up!” I exclaim.
Nightmare Moon looks toward me, then back at the Ice King.
“I… I would never just play with your emotions Nighty!” he exclaims.
“Then where is your army?” she asks.
“Ummmmm… Well…” he begins before the Doctor touches my foreleg and walks toward them.
“What Ms Doo said is right. We did over hear him say that he has no intention of sending his army, and instead he is just using you,” the Doctor says.
“Wait… Nighty… Please, let’s talk about this… I can’t go to war with your sister because I’m already fighting a war!” he cries.
“We have done things for thou! Things we have never done for anypony! Things that make us ashamed! We are only glad that we learned of thine intention before we gave ourselves fully to thyself! Be gone from our presence!” she exclaims.
I watch as he grumbles.
“Fine, you aren’t worth it anyway,” he says.
In a moment he’s gone. There’s no way to describe how glad I am to see him gone. He was so mean the last time we saw him, and he wasn’t any better this time. I try to understand why he didn’t know who we were, but then again I do remember Luna remembering the doctor when she met him for the first time. I shake my head and watch as Nightmare Moon does something I never expected her to do. She cries.
I had grown up hearing the horror stories about Nightmare Moon. How she would eat bad little colts and fillies that didn’t offer her candy on Nightmare Night, and how she wanted to bring everlasting night to the land. This wasn’t the same being. She was sobbing, and I couldn’t help but walk up to her. I pulled her into a hug, and she returned it. I felt her forelegs tighten around me, her sobs shake me, and soon I felt the Doctor joining us.
“It is not our fault!” she cried out.
She pulled back from the embrace and looked out into the vastness of space.
“Our sister hath done this to us. She feared us,” she said.
“I don’t think it was just fear,” the Doctor said.
She turned to him and walked toward her. He gently put a hoof on her shoulder.
“If she simply feared you then she would have tried to destroy you right?” he asked.
“We suppose thou may be correct, but why send us away?” she asked.
I smile because I know the answer to this. I know because of my family. I walk toward her and smile.
“It’s because you’re sisters. The both of you were still fairly young when she banished you right?” I asked.
She nodded as she looked at me.
“I grew up with my cousin Carrot Top. Actually, we grew up in the same house, and since Carrot’s parents had an accident she lived with us. We were actually more like sisters than cousins, and there was times we got really mad at each other. I remember once that I got so mad at Carrot that I went up into our treehouse. She came up there, but I didn’t want to listen, and I flew down. I wasn’t thinking and I removed the ladder. I had flown down, but it didn’t occur to me that Carrot was an Earth Pony. She couldn’t fly down. It wasn’t until that I calmed down that I realized what I had done. I put the ladder back, and I told her how sorry I was for doing that to her. I didn’t want to hurt her feelings, and it took a while for her to forgive me, but she did. It’s the same thing with Princess Celestia. The two of you had a fight, and she didn’t think about it. I know that right now she’s sorry that she did it,” I said.
She looked at me for a moment and then lowered herself so she could look at me face to face.
“Even if what thou says is true, and our sister did this because of a foolish argument, it only proves that our sister is not suitable to rule. We merely wished to be recognized as co-ruler, but if our sister is so quick to anger then it is our duty as a princess to protect our little ponies from her wrath. She could banish them all simply because she became angry with them. I will not stand for her to do this to our subjects,” she said.
I shook my head as I listened to her. She wanted to take back Equstria from Princess Celestia, but that was part of the trouble before. She wanted to rule all of Equestria on her own. I watched as the Doctor walked closer to her. He looked her straight in the eyes.
“No,” he said.
She studied him, raised up to her full height and glared down at him.
“LITTLE ALICORN STALLION WE ARE THE RIGHTFUL PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT! AS YOU REMINDED US WE ARE LUNA, SISTER TO CELESTIA, DAUGHTER OF THE CREATOR FAUST, AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT OUR SUBJECTS!” she roared with her Royal Canterlot Voice.
“Would you really tear apart the kingdom in order to restore order? Would you cause so many of your subjects to suffer because of this?” he asked.
She stared at him, her eyes narrowed and then she walked toward him.
“What would thou have us do? We are half of the rightful ruler of the Kingdom, and it is our place to ensure the safety of our subjects,” she said.
“But you don’t want to do that. I know a lot of ponies that adore you Princess Luna. They love you, and they speak nothing but praises about you,” I said.
She turned toward me. The fierce glare in her eyes softened. She motioned for me to come closer. I did and she sat down on her haunches.
“My subjects love me?” she asked.
“Every pony where I come from loves you. All of them love the beautiful tapestry that you make every night, and I know that there are a few of them, myself included, that likes how you make the night very romantic,” I said.
I leaned against the Doctor and notice a soft blush on his muzzle.
Nightmare Moon does something I never expected. She giggles. She then nods and looks up at the ceiling which glows a light blue and then moves to reveal a glass dome. She looks at the night sky above.
“Our sister doesn’t have the same flare for beauty in the night sky that we do. We fear that the romantic nights are no longer special. If our nights have brought your joy, and brought you together then we are glad, but it has been three centuries since we’ve walked in Equestria. Your stallion would still be alive, unaged, but thou would have long passed,” she says.
“We’re time travelers. The Tardis brought us here, and what Dizty says is true. Every Pony in Ponyville loves and adores you,” the Doctor says.
She looks at him, a gentle smile crosses her face. She looks back at the planet.
“Then I shall make sure that I do all I can to give them reason to love me,” she says.
The air around us gets cold and Nightmare Moon seems to notice it as well. She narrows her eyes and looks toward the middle of the room.
“We said to depart!” she shouted.
The form stepped out. It was the same Ice Pony from before, but he brought two large guards with him.
“Yes, you did Nighty, but I felt that our little discussion ended a bit too early. I’d rather take you back with me,” he said.
“No, she said she didn’t want to deal with you!” I shout.
For a moment I felt so cold. I looked toward the doctor and heard him scream and then everything was quiet. It all turned black and I couldn’t see, or hear, or touch anything, but I felt. I felt scared and worried. I was more scared and worried than I had ever been in my entire life. I don’t know how much time passed, but I awoke inside of the Tardis. I looked up to see Nightmare Moon standing above me. She looked back over her shoulder.
“Doctor, verily thy mare has awoken!” she shouted.
A moment later he rushed into the room and I felt him scoop me up into his forelegs. He pulled me into a tight hug and rocked back and forth.
“Doctor?” I asked.
“I had to do it Ditzy… I had to…” he said.
I could hear the sadness in his voice, and I wrapped my own forelegs around him.
“It’s okay,” I whispered.
“Doctor, thou did what must be done. Thou made a lasting example,” she said.
“At too great of a cost. That guard was just doing his job, he was simply doing as his king commanded. I had no right to do that to him,” the Doctor said.
“He had struck out against thy mare. He forced thy hand,” she said.
“Doctor?” I asked.
He shook his head and then looked at Nightmare Moon.
“What I did shouldn’t have been done. That guard didn’t deserve to lose his mind. He didn’t deserve to see that side of me. It’s a side that I’ve locked away for a long, long time, and now… Dizty,” he said looking back at me, “Forgive me please. Tell me that you forgive me.”
I wasn’t sure what he had done, but I know that the doctor loves me. He cares for me, and that’s more than enough reason to forgive him. I nuzzled his neck and offered what comfort I could.
“I forgive you,” I said as he shook, “I love you Doctor, of course I forgive you.”
I look behind us as Nightmare Moon looks around the Tardis for a moment.
“Thy home is quite spacious Doctor. Perhaps thou could stand another visitor?” she asked.
He turned toward her and then looked at me. I nodded and he gave a small smile.
“You’re welcome to join us if you want to,” he said.
