Into The Void

Chapters

Chapter the first - Vengeful ice cream
Chapter the second - Heeeeeeeeere's Q!
Chapter the third - Discord loves pears
Chapter the fourth - Onwards!
Chapter the fifth - Don't you call me chicken!
Chapter the sixth - D.T. Redux
Chapter the seventh - Allonsy!
Chapter the ninth - On the road again
Chapter the tenth - When i'm chaotic
Chapter the eleventh - Let's get a move on!
Chapter the twelfth - Muffins raise IQ. It's canon.
Chapter the thirteenth - I'm in your chaos, snatching up your ponies
Chapter the fourteenth - I ain't crazy!
Chapter the fifteenth - Trouble brewing
Chapter the sixteenth - Light through darkness
Chapter the seventeenth - Resentful sundae
Chapter the eighteenth - Culmination of events
Chapter the nineteenth - The penultimate peril
Chapter the twentieth - The final hazard
Chapter the eighth - No strings attached
Chapter the twenty-first - Harmony is restored

Chapter the first - Vengeful ice cream

Chapter the first - Vengeful ice cream
There was once a time where harmony wasn’t ever-present throughout the land of Equestria. A very long time ago, a wicked creature suddenly appeared, wreaking chaos throughout the land. Eventually, two audacious ponies built up the courage to fight against this tyrant, sealing away his terrible powers forever. Or so they thought…
Many years later, two little fillies were lazily wandering through the royal gardens, looking for something to spark their imaginations.
“Ugh, what are we doing here? It’s, like, Sooooo boring!" One of the fillies, named Silver Spoon, remarked in disgust at the humdrum afternoon.
“Will you just be patient?” the other, named Diamond Tiara, snapped. “There is a reason we’re here.”

“And that reason is what, to get totally lost?”
“Just shut up, you know what we’re looking for.”

“Umm, no I don’t?”
Diamond Tiara was frustrated. Nothing had been going her way recently.
“If only it weren’t for that Apple Bloom…” She started muttering to herself, Silver Spoon following close by.
The minutes passed by, turned to hours, and before they knew it, the ponies were wandering the maze late into the evening. The sun was starting to set. The ponies were just about to attempt leaving their search for whatever it was they were looking for, when they had finally happened upon it.
“There it is!” Diamond Tiara grinned, and ran towards it.
Silver Spoon was confused. “THAT’S What we’ve been looking for?”

“But of course,” Diamond Tiara schemed, “It’ll be perfect.”
“But it’s like, just a statue of some weird, cowardly creature! Unless you, like,plan to drop it on somepony, how in Equestria is that gonna help you? This was a complete waste of time!”

“I Will have my revenge on her, Silver Spoon!”
“Look, I think your, like, taking this a bit too seriously,” Silver Spoon cautioned, “Just let it go already. So you got humiliated a couple of times-“

“NO-ONE HUMILIATES DIAMOND TIARA!”
The fillies argued back and forth for a good while, Diamond Tiara wanting to get her own back on a sweet, innocent filly who’d exposed her to the town as a spoilt little pony, and Silver Spoon, being her only remaining friend, trying to talk her out of it.
“Look, this isn’t going to get you anywhere! There’s no point trying to reason with you! I’m, like, outta here!”
“Silver Spoon… You’ve changed…” Diamond Tiara’s voice faltered slightly. She had gone too far. But that didn’t matter. She’d earn back her friendship later. Right now, it was getting dark. She quickly ran off into the night.
However, there was still someone left in the night.
….Crack….

Chapter the second - Heeeeeeeeere's Q!

Chapter the second - Heeeeeeeeere's Q!
“Something’s not right…” Princess Luna, a midnight blue Alicorn, stared out from atop Canterlot Castle.
“Oh Luna, you do worry about the silliest things!” Her sister Celestia, a dazzling white Alicorn, tried to reassure her.
The night was a lot darker than normal. The sky was overcast, lightning bolts crashing down every so often being the only source of light in the gloomy outside.
“It’s just a storm, Luna,” Celestia spoke calmly, “they happen every now and then. I know on the moon there wasn’t any weather, so this probably shocks you a bit, but there’s no need to fret, it’ll be over by the morning.”
Luna was insulted slightly. “Do you think I’m stupid, sister? I haven’t forgotten about weather, and it was clear outside just a few moments ago. How has it suddenly gotten so depressingly dark? Where has my moon gone, shrouded in dark clouds? Surely you aren’t suggesting the pegasi are running around changing the weather at this time of the night, are you?”
A thunderbolt crashed through the castle window, shattering it, and causing Celestia to jump. “Perhaps we should go and check it out.
When the sisters stepped outside, things weren’t quite as they seemed. “Celestia, what’s going on?” Luna had a hint of fear in her voice. “The rain… It’s… going… Upwards ?!”
Celestia was puzzled. “And even though from inside the castle, the darkness was impenetrable, I appear to be able to see perfectly well. There’s clearly something wrong here, but I can’t quite put my hoof on the right word…”
“Chaotic?” a jovial voice chuckled.
Celestia jumped back to see a familiar creature she had hoped never to see again. He was a weird mix of all sorts of animals, having an eagle’s claw, a lion’s paw, and a pony’s maw.
“Discord?!” Celestia shouted, half in anger, half in fright. “Where did you come from?”
Discord giggled. “I came from the garden, silly! The spell your little ponies cast on me can be broken when disharmony is displayed, can it not?”
“Well, yes, but there isn’t any disharmony in all of Equstria!”
“ Au Contraire , my dear Celestia. Two little fillies earlier were having a right old row, right in front of me, as it were! So now, I’m free to wreak havoc all over again! Do you have any final wishes before I end you?”
Celestia was stunned. She no longer controlled the elements of harmony, and was thus powerless to the beast.
“No? Well, you know what they say… your faith in Equestria is unshifting… some might even call it… Rock Solid !”
Discord unleashed a horrible aura onto the two princesses, entrapping them in stone quicker than two shakes of a snake’s tail.

Chapter the third - Discord loves pears

Chapter the third - Discord loves pears
In Ponyville, a storm started to brew.
A mysterious Pony stared out into the night, watching in awe as the mountain around Canterlot castle seemed to distort right before his eyes.
The pony grinned.
"what's going on over there? Let's go check it out!"
Meanwhile, back in the Canterlot royal garden, Discord rolled around in delight as the two Princesses stood standing in front of him as expertly chiseled statues. “Yes! Haha! Now look who’s the big shot around here!”
He strolled on over to the statue of Princess Celestia, a shell of her former self, immortalized with a terrified expression.
“Oh come now, Celestia!” Discord Chuckled. “This is supposed to be fun! After all, order is so dreadfully dull . Don’t be so stone-faced , it’s time to liven things up a little with some chaos!”
Celestia didn’t respond. Even if she wanted to she couldn’t.
The Draconequus clapped his mismatched hands with glee as he plotted his changes to Equestria. He was leaning towards outlawing cheese, or turning all the flowers into pickles, or perhaps worst of all: take Big Macintosh’s ‘Smartie-Pants’ Doll.
A few hours passed. Discord was still lounging around the garden, giggling like a little filly, mulling over his plans for Ponyville with a chocolate milk of glass, when suddenly, a brown earth pony with a tussled mane and an hourglass cutie mark leapt out of the shadows, a sparkle of adventure in his eyes. Discord wasn’t moved, but instead slightly curious. “Oh, this just keeps getting better! And who might you be?”
The pony smiled. “I’m The Doctor!”
“Who?”
“No, just ‘The Doctor’. What happened to the princesses?” The Doctor called back.
“Oh, I gave them some pretty powerful stuff, looks like they couldn’t handle it.” Discord put on a pair of bright red sunglasses. “I guess you could say…
They’re Stoned.
YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Well, I can see that. Now, is there any chance of you being nice and stopping all this nonsense?”
“Oh, ok fine.”
“Really?”
“NO!” Discord laughed. “That’d be way too easy! This would be a very disappointing Fan-Fic if I just gave up and went home right now! However, since you asked so nicely, I’ll give you a chance to save your dear princesses and your beloved land of Equestria!”
“ All you have to do is make sense of this change of events :

A Wicked ‘morrow has been brought,
There’ll surely be sorrow, all ponies distraught!
However, should you beat my trials,
I’ll certainly make it worth your while!
Come at me in an altered world,
Where a blanket of chaos will soon unfurl,
And there you’ll find, at the end of your quest,
The one creature who is really the best!
Now ending my riddle, the line I choose,
Is a pleasant farewell, Good Luck Doctor Whooves!”

At that, Discord cackled malevolently, and vanished in a puff of flour.

Chapter the fourth - Onwards!

Chapter the fourth - Onwards!
The Doctor was confused. What in the hay had just happened? Questions whizzed around his head. Who freed Discord again? Why? How was he going to stop him?
Suddenly, the world began to change around him.
The earth shook with a terrible ferocity. Suddenly, everything turned purple, and the Doctor fainted.
When he came too, Canterlot looked a lot different. In fact, he wasn’t quite sure he was still in Canterlot. The whole world seemed to be a random mix of colours.
“What is this place?” The Doctor thought out loud.
At that moment, in a cloud of frogs, Discord reappeared.
“Hello Doctor! Good to see you’re keeping to the rules of the game!”
“Wait what, Rules? You didn’t say anything about rules!”
Discord snickered. “You lost the game.”
The Doctor Face-Hoofed. “Get on with it.”
“Oh, ok fine. There are 3 rules:
Rule the First,” Discord stood up straight, as would a professor, “Is that there will be no unfair manipulation of time and space on your part!”
Knickers, so no TARDIS, The Doctor thought.
“Rule the Second: there will be cake!”
“umm... ok…”
“And rule the Third,” Discord started speaking really fast at this point, making it difficult to hear exactly what he was saying, “Therewillbeatonofdangerouslydangerouschallengesthatyoumustfacelikewaterskiingacrossjamaicaandtyingacentipedesshoelacesand-“
“Wait, What?” the Doctor interrupted him, “What kinds of challenges?”
Discord smirked. “Oh, hell if I know. Have fun!”
And at that, Discord flew away in a ball of turnips.
The Doctor looked up. Around him was an empty plateau.
“’Kay, this is weird, now what?”
The Doctor walked around, looking for some kind of clue as to where he should go. Eventually, he came across a small purple gate, and everything past it was a dark orange blur. The Doctor tried to open the gate, but to no avail. Despite it looking about as sturdy as a table built by Sweetie Belle, the gate simply would not move.
“What’s this? It seems to have something written on it…”
Sure enough, there was a barely visible inscription on the gate:

Inside I keep a hidden treasure,
Bright and golden, and brings you pleasure!
However, my chamber has no hinge,
Causing all passers-by to winge,
But don’t fear, for my walls are thin and round,
Surely my prize will soon be found!

“It appears to be some kind of riddle…” The Doctor looked perplexed. What could this mysterious treasure be?
A hidden treasure that cannot be accessed… some kind of ancient stockpile of bits maybe? No, that’d be too obvious… thin, round walls… and no hinge…
“Wait!” The Doctor exclaimed. “Maybe the treasure isn’t really treasure! Something golden kept in a round thingy with no openings…
I’VE GOT IT!” The Doctor Shouted Triumphantly. “It’s an egg!”
Nothing happened. At first anyway. A few seconds later, the gate started to steam, and melted into what appeared to be lemon juice. The Doctor continued on through the threshold where it once stood.

Chapter the fifth - Don't you call me chicken!

Chapter the fifth - Don't you call me chicken!

The Doctor continued on through the empty doorway. Suddenly, the earth began to shake. Then, everything tasted purple.
When he opened his eyes, the world appeared to be far less chaotic than before. Sunshine poured out from a cloudless azure sky onto a beautifully lush field. In the distance was what appeared to be a crudely constructed house of sorts.
“Well, this is more like it!” The Doctor exclaimed cheerily, as he skipped towards the small structure.
However, as he got closer and closer to the little hut, the world started changing from a dream sequence into a harsh reality check. The flowers were wilting, the grass receding, and eventually when he got up to the building, there was no sign of nature’s pleasant welcoming.
“What is this? Is it a… chicken coop?”
The chicken coop was cramped and looked like it was just about to fall apart. Around it, the ground was dusty and barren, with a few dead flowers and a tin can or two strewn here and there. Whoever, or whatever, was here clearly didn’t have any ambitions, and was obviously very Lax in their outlook on life. The Doctor knocked on the hut’s cracked door, which instantly swung open, a blurry shape knocking him back.

“Why are you here? Nopony trespasses on Scootalax’ turf!”
Standing before him was a muted-orange Pegasus filly, with a faint violet mane. The Doctor recognized her, but this confused him further. What was this pony doing here of all places?
“Scootaloo, what’s going on?”
Scootalax scowled. “No-one’s ever wanted me to stick around. What good did my ambitions ever do for anypony? I never did succeed.”
The Doctor was moved, and was about to speak, but Scootalax continued.
“So last night, I finally decided to do something about it. I threw away all my silly hopes and dreams, and sequestered myself here. Now I could care less about what happens to anypony. It doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, does it?”
This time, The Doctor stepped forward.
“Scootaloo, we both know that’s not true. You’ve got plenty of-“
The Doctor was interrupted as Scootalax kicked him square in the face.
“Ow! What’d you do that for?” The Doctor moved cautiously back, having been taken completely off guard.
“Don’t Interfere!” Scootalax snorted. “You don’t know what it’s like to be an outcast!”
The Doctor shook his head. “I think I do. I come from a distant land called “Gallopfrey”, where the skies are magnificent, and technologies exist that are far beyond even my own comprehension.”
“Cool story, brony, but what’s that got to do with anything?”
“Back when I was a colt, whilst I was trying to reconfigure some of these technologies, Gallopfrey was attacked. In a panic, I dove into the nearest available place to hide: a blue box. It was so intriguing that for a second, I’d forgotten what was going on. However, my curiosity didn’t last long, as something hit the side of it very hard, sending me flying into the wall and knocking me out. When I came to, I found myself in a strange, unfamiliar world: this one. My home was completely taken over, but the fact I’d made it out still gave me a slight bit of hope, and from that day forward I aspired to help anypony I came across in their time of need. Don’t you see, Scootaloo? You should never give up on your hopes and dreams! After all, your goals are what makes life worth living.”
Scootalax’ eyes glistened. Colour began restoring to her pale body, until once again she was a powerful orange.
“That was beautiful, Mister.”
“Please, call me ‘The Doctor’”
“That was beautiful, Mister Doctor. Thanks for helping me see the light when things were so dark. I’ll never forget this! Good luck on your travels, Doctor!”
At that, Scootaloo ran out into the fresh air to live her dreams.
The Doctor Smiled.
Suddenly, a brilliant flash of light came from inside the chicken coop, and a closed door appeared in its place. The Doctor opened it, and continued on his journey.

Chapter the sixth - D.T. Redux

Chapter the sixth - D.T. Redux
Back in Ponyville, things weren’t going so smoothly. The sky had blended into an unnatural green colour, with otherworldly pink, wispy clouds. Nopony had any idea what was going on.
Diamond Tiara stared up at the sky timidly. She knew very well what she had done, but perhaps she hadn’t understood the gravity of the situation.
“This isn’t how things were supposed to happen…” her voice cracked. When she revived the undisputable king of chaos, she had only thought he was a kind of clown, too disorganized to do anything other than fool around with somepony. Ironically, the Draconequus had very clear plans, and had choreographed his schemes with aplomb, and a haunting spontaneity; Nopony knew what was he was going to do, when, and to what degree.
Diamond Tiara paced back and forth in a panic. Surely it wasn’t her fault that her brilliant plan to settle her little grudge had backfired. She really hadn’t done that much. All she did was unleash Discord on Equestria again a little bit. Perhaps he’d have his fun, then go home.
Unfortunately, this wishful thinking was in vain. The ground shook, and suddenly the road turned into croissants.
“This is MADNESS!” Diamond Tiara shouted in frustration. “Isn’t anypony going to stop Discord?”
Nopony listened to her. They were too busy fleeing from the chewy justice of the toffee globs, their candy eyes illuminated by the lemon jelly sun.
“Right.” Diamond Tiara put her hoof down firmly on the flaky pastry. “Well, If nopony else is dissatisfied with this muck, I’ll see to all of this myself! Just all of you wait, I’ll show the world that the best pony of all, the one to save everypony and earn the adoration and admiration of all will be Diamond Tiara!”
Diamond Tiara knew she’d messed up slightly. She should’ve stuck around for Discord’s return instead of leaving early. She knew exactly what she would do; she would march right up the pastry road to Mr.Disorder, and tell him exactly what she’d intended.
However, as she started walking along the croissant road, the baked goods crumbling beneath her hooves, she started to hear a strange noise.
Bounce Bounce Bounce!
She turned around to see herself faced with three grizzly globs of toffee, with teeth shaped from wafers, all with hungry smiles played across them.
“Oh knickers…”
Diamond Tiara ran as fast as she could, the sugary blobs following close behind.
Suddenly, she had a brilliant idea. She leapt to a stop, and starting kicked croissants up at her saccharine pursuers. The toffee globs tried eating through the delicious pastries, but it was no good; there was so many croissants flying here and there that they couldn’t keep up, and eventually got bogged down in a mess of crumbs.
Diamond Tiara smirked at her victory. However, the road began to collapse. She panicked, and tried running back, but the tasty road continued falling, swallowing her up in a croissant cascade.

Chapter the seventh - Allonsy!

Chapter the seventh – Allonsy!
The Doctor smiled. He’d convinced a pony life was worth living, and was that much closer to reaching wherever Discord may be hiding. It was a good feeling. He got up and continued on his adventure, gently strolling through the verdant meadow. Out of nowhere, Discord appeared in front of him from a cloud of ducklings.
“Bravo, Doctor!” Discord giggled. “You’ve overcome the first of my many exquisitely enjoyable challenges!”
The Doctor wasn’t sure how to respond. “Um… thanks?”
Discord let out a hearty laugh. “Oh come now, the pleasure’s all mine! After all, seeing the look on your face after you complete your journey only to fail… Priceless!”
“Huh. That’s a really weird way to pronounce ‘ Kick your flank ’. So, why are you here, anyway?”
“Tell me Doctor, do you know what I plan to do?”
“Something along the lines of ‘rule Equestria’?”
Discord nodded enthusiastically. “Yes, Yes! And do you think I’ll let anyone stop me?”
Everything started shaking. Discord started moonwalking towards him.
“Come on Doctor, do you expect victory will come easily? There’s no way you can beat me! I’m a Smooth Criminal!
Discord snapped his paw, did a triple backflip, and vanished into a sea of Cocoa powder, overcoming the Doctor.

After about an hour of shifting the powder carefully with the sonic screwdriver, The Doctor emerged from the huge pile of chocolaty goodness, only to find that when he looked back, the Cocoa was gone. He found himself in what appeared to be a big city, although there was nopony else in sight.
“Trottingham? Why would Discord put me here? And why does everything look so… broken?”
The Doctor walked around the once bustling city to find doors hanging off the hinges, smashed windows, and every building deserted. The sky was overcast, completing the depiction of an incredibly dull contrast to the vivacious wonder of nature he was in before.
“Hello? Am I really here by myself?”
The Doctor eventually saw a light in the distance.
“Wait! Somepony else is here!”
He began running towards the source of light, arriving in ten minutes flat. If only it was as welcoming as it looked.
The building the light was coming from was run down, but still in better shape than the rest of the city. Most of the windows appeared to be poorly barricaded, as light seeped through the thin strips of glass left uncovered.
As The Doctor approached the entrance, everything in the city turned a blank white, making him feel as if he was in a weird dream sequence. An echoing voice started to speak.

“ My sound is quite sophisticated,
It leaves all others obligated,
They wish to stay for many an hour,
To hear the sound of my voice’s power!
I’m taller than my master, yet I stand on one leg,
And in my head I have four pegs!
My talent is like no other,
But can only be unlocked with my sisters or brothers!
I join forces with my teammate,
A short thin fellow, with which we obliterate
Our opponents, with grace and arrows,
I’m the Kestrel, he is the sparrow. ”

“Another riddle?” The Doctor was stumped. This was a brilliant worded challenge, as eloquent as it was enigmatic.
“so, a sound that’s sophisticated, and makes you stay for a long time… with a single support, four pegs, and shoots arrows… a bow? So if the bow is the sparrow, the kestrel is something bigger, yet related… and bigger than its master…”
“Is it a Cello?” The Doctor spoke nervously.
The world returned to the gloomy abandoned city. The door to the building creaked open.

Chapter the ninth - On the road again

Chapter the Ninth – On the road again
The Doctor quietly returned up the winding staircase and through the building to see Trottingham was in better shape than before. There was still a disturbing lack of anypony, but the buildings were no longer in their disheveled, condemned states.

“Well, that was interesting.”

The Doctor chuckled, and continued past Octavia’s house to the main street. Cautiously optimistic, he skipped down the road, almost forgetting that Discord wouldn’t let him win that simply.

As he strolled down the paved streets, colour slowly but surely returning to the city, the first break in the gloomy overcast sky appeared. A pale blue began to pour into the landscape, lifting the shroud of darkness.
Just as The Doctor was about to believe that things were looking up, the sky shifted. Waves of harsh green pulsed through the soft blue, until eventually something fell out of the sky with a strangely soft *Boing!*

He dashed to where the sky had opened to get a closer look at what had fallen.

When he arrived, he saw a theatrical stage had suddenly appeared, with a strange pedestal in the very center. On top was a massive chocolate cake, complete with three layers of icing.

“Aha! This must be what Discord’s second rule meant!”

He got up onto the stage. Suddenly, the pedestal holding the cake rose incredibly high, and walls shot up from all sides, leaving him trapped inside. As if on cue, a small whirlwind of crumbs and sugar started spinning out of nowhere, and shot out two tall gingerbread ponies, terrifying as they were silly.
Soon afterwards, a couple of long candy canes dropped from the sky. The Doctor soon realized what was going on. He backed up slightly as the gingerbread ponies slowly approached, swinging their candy blades quickly and forcefully.

Thinking quickly, he turned up the power on his sonic screwdriver and pointed it towards the tall pillar in the centre of the room, causing the floor to shaking. However, he couldn’t keep it going very long, as a blindly swung candy cane knocked it out of his hoof. Panicked, The Doctor darted around the room, trying to make the room vibrate, but he couldn’t do it with the two sugary beasts after him.

As one of the gingerbread ponies swung its candy cane at him, he jammed the sonic screwdriver into its hoof, causing it to throw the sweet weapon. The Doctor grabbed it, and smacked his enemies without letting up. After a while, the cookie creatures were eventually too dazed to continue chasing The Doctor. Seizing the opportunity, he once again pointed the sonic screwdriver at the pillar. The sound waves reverberated from the pillar, causing the room to shake violently. The gingerbread ponies got up, ready to pounce on The Doctor, but the room shook so much they began crumbling, until they became sweet dust.

The defeated gingerbread ponies suddenly vanished, the walls collapsed, and the pedestal holding the cake lowered.

“Well, that was very bad science.” The Doctor remarked.

He climbed up on top of the pedestal to claim his prize. However, when he tried to pick up the cake, it vanished, leaving a small note behind.

“ Lol, uMad?
~Discord ”

The pedestal unexpectedly morphed into a long cannon, catching The Doctor and firing him miles away.

Chapter the tenth - When i'm chaotic

Chapter the Tenth – When I’m Chaotic
Meanwhile, back in Canterlot, things made about as much sense as a vase full of cheese drizzled with maple syrup. The weather still tasted purple, a cool, lemony breeze blowing gently through the soft minty grass. Periodically, budgies flew around the city, snatching the flapjack roof tiles from everypony’s houses. Canterlot castle was no longer embedded into its grand mountain, but instead floated around and around the peak.

Discord let out a hearty laugh. He was sitting in a tall throne, Un-eating a juicy red pear, enjoying the whizzing of the palace as if it were a carnival ride. His plans to drag Equestria into chaos were going swimmingly. Nopony was expecting his return, and thus taking the throne was laughably easy. He stood up, throwing the pear behind him, not looking back at the cool explosion, and gazed upon his beautiful changes to the world. Things were a lot better than back when boring Celestia was in charge. Now, everypony’s day was filled with plenty of fun surprises! Which path would actually lead into town, and which one would suddenly change to toothpaste? When would the sun be up, and when would the parasprites show up for their daily feast? Nopony knew!

However, there was one tiny little itsy-bitsy thing that nagged at his mind. This “Doctor” pony was different than the other ponies in the land. It was as if he had dealt with crazy mixed up scenarios before. Discord couldn’t quite put his claw on it. How had this “Doctor” defeated his first two chaos ponies? Any other pony would have been surrounded, pounded, and grounded in ten seconds flat, but not this one. He seemed to know what being a hero entailed. No matter, though. The Draconequus also knew what he was doing.

Discord gave himself a pat on the back. He was doing a pretty good job at holding The Doctor back, if he did say so himself. He knew he didn’t have anything to worry about. He moonwalked around the castle, drawing silly faces on all the portraits of famous rulers throughout History. Giggling, he crudely drew his own face over Celestia’s, and scribbled out her name, and writing in “Discord is 9020% cooler than ALL of the other rulers!”

“Soon, everypony will come to realize that there was no way their boring old life could EVER beat THIS!”
The confused cries for help from the ponies down in the city delighted him. They clearly didn’t know what was going on.
Discord yawned. Being the very best like Nopony ever was before him was busy work. He donned his sunglasses, and leapt into his collection of actual clouds, having replaces them with wispy candy floss, and stretched out.

“I’ll deal with The Doctor in the next couple of chapters!” Discord said smiling, as he quickly fell asleep, tired from his hard work.

Chapter the eleventh - Let's get a move on!

Chapter the Eleventh – let’s get a move on!
The Doctor flew through the air for miles on end until eventually he crash landed in the middle of a strange place. Actually, he didn’t quite know where he’d landed. One thing, however, he knew for certain: it was definitely a change of scenery from Trottingham.

The Doctor looked around. The sky was a beautiful gold, the sun a vibrant peach colour. A gentle wind danced through the landscape. The ground, however, was a sheet of pale rock, laid out as if one would lay a carpet. There was also something else just a tad perplexing. In the very centre of this contrast of pale and bright was an oddly shaped mountain. It seemed too perfectly round to have been made naturally. At the very top stood a grand red building. The Doctor took a deep breath.

“Alrighty then, up the mountain we go!”

After he had climbed a little ways up the mountain, The Doctor found that his path lead to a large lake. On the mountain.

The crisp, clear body of water spanned a considerable distance, further than one could simply swim across. Just at the foot of the lake, there was a random door. The Doctor opened it up to just find a soggy chimmycherrychanga, which was hardly useful to him right now. The Doctor grinned at his oddly amusing predicament.

“How peculiar! Out in the open, going up the mountain, and suddenly, water! Now, how to cross it… A-HA! I’ve got it!”

The Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver, and pointed it at the hinges of the door. Eventually, it came loose. He placed it on the shoreline of the lake and took a few steps back.

“Well, here goes nothing… ALLONSY!!!”

He dashed towards the lake, and leapt onto the floating door, giving it just enough push to start gently gliding across. The Doctor lazily sang to himself as he drifted over.

“I’m sailing away… set an open course for the virgin sea…”

A short while later, he reached the other side, and continued journeying up the mountain.

Eventually, he had reached the peak, and gazed in awe at the mysterious building that was on top. It was an expertly built structure, with a cute mailbox by the door, and a proud golden sign across its face:

Equestrian school for gifted ponies

“A schoolhouse? What on earth is this doing here?”

The Doctor was about to casually waltz inside, but he noticed a small letter in the mailbox. Letting his curiosity get the better of him, he opened it up and read it.

I used to live in the forest, a mighty tree,
Now, however, I bring tons of glee!
Some that bring a smile to your face,
Others to help you keep up with the pace!
When put into context, I’m worth a great deal,
Despite this though, I’m certainly a steal!
I’m filled with sunshine, tolerance and love,
A gesture as sweet as a gentle dove!

The Doctor was touched by the beautiful riddle, but didn’t let it distract him from solving it.

“I’ve heard this stuff about ‘living as a tree before’… whatever this object is must be wooden! But wait, what if it’s something else? Leaves? Something that makes sense to be at a school… Paper! Of course! But filled with treats? A loving gesture…”

The Doctor smiled. “It’s a Paper lunch bag!”

The door to the schoolhouse gently opened, welcoming The Doctor inside.

Chapter the twelfth - Muffins raise IQ. It's canon.

Chapter the Twelfth – Muffins increase IQ. It’s canon.
The Doctor walked casually into the schoolhouse. However, it didn’t look as grand as he had been led to believe.

On the inside, there was a long dark corridor, with two classrooms on each side, and another room with a large, imposing door at the far end. The floorboards were old and creaky, and cobwebs adorned the corners of the room. A thin, invisible layer of dust coated everything.

As The Doctor carefully looked around, he noticed that each of the classrooms had been left in a state of disarray, as if the school had been lifted off the ground and whisked far away, leaving it to be forgotten. He took a deep breath, and gently pushed the giant door open.

The room emanated sophistication. Lining the walls were several tall bookcases, crammed with thousands of leather bound books on all kinds of subjects, ranging from trainspotting to spot training. Near the back of the room, a gray pegasus donning a stylish top hat and classy monocle sat with her legs crossed at an impressive mahogany desk, reading a large book titled “Advanced calculus and trigonometry : an expert’s recreational studies of fancy mathematics by Big Macintosh”.

The Doctor was taken aback. He certainly knew a thing or two. He walked on up to the pony’s desk, only to find he recognized who was occupying it.

“Wait… Derpy?” He said aloud, confused. “What on earth are you doing here?”

The pegasus quickly shut her book, and slammed it down onto her desk, creating a loud, bouncing echo throughout the room.

“You sound surprised. Did you really think a pony that possesses such extraordinary intelligence like myself wouldn’t naturally be drawn to an ever flowing fountain of knowledge such as this? Of course, I wouldn’t expect you to understand, what with you failing to grasp simple concepts such as string theory, or why balls bounce.”

“Something’s not right here,” The Doctor said in a skeptical tone. “This doesn’t look fun at all.”

Scholarly Hooves scowled at The Doctor. “Fun? is that really all that matters to you? Why waste time with that when we still don’t know how Equestria was made?! There are important issues at stake! Where did Alicorns come from? Does Princess Luna like bananas? Are there secretly robots living among us? VERY. IMPORTANT. ISSUES. There is no time for ‘fun’ when so much is left unsolved. Why is it there is so much we don’t know yet?”

“Well,” The Doctor pondered, “because if everypony knew exactly what happened, there wouldn’t be fan-fiction.”

Scholarly Hooves turned her nose up at The Doctor, adjusting her top hat so it didn’t fall off. “Is that really the best you can come up with?

The Doctor thought. “Well, there’s a certain joy in mystery, no? Surely you’re not going to tell me you aren’t filled with awe and excitement when you learn something new?”

Scholarly took a step back. “Well, sure…”

“And therein lays the balance! We learn new things, and then put them to the test! If we just studied all the time, and never put anything into practice, then nothing would get accomplished! Don’t you see? You can have fun whilst learning things!”

“Like what?” Scholarly asked, somewhat curious.
“Come here, I’ll show you!” The Doctor grabbed Scholarly, and pushed her through the doors into the second room on the left of the corridor. Turning on the lights, it quickly became apparent that they were in a kitchen.
The Doctor grinned, and started singing as he zoomed around the kitchen, tossing ingredients here and there, throwing bowls, pans, plates and big poofy chef’s hats all over the place.

Derpy, it’s really quite ok!
There’s no need to have that look of solemn dismay!
I’ve got just the thing to cheer you up, have you right as rain!
We’ll turn that frown upside down, a laugh all of the way!
Chuck a couple of shiny eggs into a frying pan!
Careful, not too roughly now, lest you want them to go BANG!
Next you’ll need some creamy milk, a brilliant alabaster!
Now plop in some bread, and you’ll quickly become the master!
Check it out, you’ve made a dish that everypony loves the most!
Look at its perfection; don’t you just love some French toast?
Break out the maple syrup, we’ll soak it down to a tee!
I really can’t imagine anything else that brings everypony so much glee!
Nothing can top this magic now, I’m sure that you’ll agree,
What we have is more powerful than the elements of harmony!
Check it out, you’ve made a dish that everyone loves the most!
Look at its perfection, don’t you just love some French toast!
A brilliant recipe that brightens anypony’s day!
It’s the perfect breakfast, snackalicious treat that makes all the gloomy clouds go-
a-Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

“Go on, give it a try!” The Doctor sang cheerfully, shoving the delicious food at Scholarly. Taking a bite, her face immediately lit up. Her top hat bounced off her head, and her monocle slid to the ground as he blonde mane’s colour returned.
Derpy smiled. “Thank you, Doctor. I… I just don’t know what went wrong.”
The Doctor smiled. “It’s ok, we all lose ourselves every now and then.”
The two ponies laughed, finishing up the rest of the warm French toast.

Chaos Derpy's Battle Theme (Scholarly Hooves' Theme)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCJKbRFEVWk

Doctor Whooves' French Toast Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7lpu1PqYEY

Chapter the thirteenth - I'm in your chaos, snatching up your ponies

Chapter the Thirteenth – I’m in your chaos, snatching up your ponies
The green sky shifted. Strange shapes began to materialize in the sky until eventually, a black hole opened up, dropping something out.

Diamond Tiara landed with a soft thud , numerous croissants following her through, cushioning her fall. She looked around, trying to get her bearings and figure out where in Equestria she was. She certainly wasn’t in Ponyville anymore. The ground was completely flat, laid out in a dark blue checkerboard, with a few massive houses of cards scattered around.

“ARGH! Why do these dumb things keep happening?! There’s literally no logical explanation for any of this!” She cried out in frustration.
“…Who said there was?”

Diamond Tiara jumped. Somepony else was here. Their voice seemed oddly familiar however.

Silver Spoon emerged from behind a house of cards, her mane in a tattered mess, her glasses missing one of the frames. She had clearly seen better days. Diamond Tiara almost commented on how scruffy she looked, but even she realized there were more important things to worry about. Right now, she was glad that she actually found somepony. The fact that it was somepony she knew was just icing on the cake.

“Silver Spoon! What on earth are you doing here?”
“I don’t know!” the gray filly shrugged. “I was, like, just walking around, when, like, the trees all blended together and carried me away. When I came to, I was here.”
“…Fair enough. Listen, can we settle our differences for survival’s sake?”
“like, of course, girl.”

The two fillies stuck side by side, travelling across the land, searching far and wide for any shred of evidence that could tell them what was going on, but to no avail. After a few hours of aimless wandering, the ponies looked up to find they had completely lost track of where they were going, and were totally lost.

“This is, like, totally useless! We aren’t getting anywhere!” Silver spoon said, disappointed.
“Never mind that, where are we now?” Diamond Tiara replied.

It was dark now. The two fillies appeared to be walking through a dense forest, completely sealed away from the outside world. When they looked back, all they could see was overgrown foliage blocking the way. An eerie chill pulsated periodically throughout the intimidating, jagged shadows produced from a large domineering moon, which was so close that, if it were to get any closer, it might fall down in a matter of days into the world.

Suddenly, shapes began darting here and there throughout the branches. The two friends huddled close together, completely and utterly terrified of the uncertainty. Everything had been happening so spontaneously recently, they had become slightly paranoid about even the smallest of things. In this case, it was completely justified.
A dark shape reached out and grabbed the two fillies, carrying them away as they cried for help.

Chapter the fourteenth - I ain't crazy!

Chapter the Fourteenth – I ain’t crazy!
The Doctor happily walked out of the schoolhouse, having saved yet another pony from Discord’s influence. The sun was still setting in the distance, lighting up the sky with luminescent orange glow. He began to set off on his journey.

“Doctor, wait!”

The Doctor turned around to see that Derpy had followed him outside. She ran up to him, but tripped and fell on her face. She quickly got up and composed herself.

“Derpy! What is it?”

Derpy had a confused look on her face. “Where are you going now?”

The Doctor sighed. “Well, the world’s been plunged into total chaos, and it appears that I’m the one who’s supposed to defeat Discord.”
“So… are you going on an adventure?”
“Uhh, I guess so-”

Derpy’s eyes lit up. “Ooh! Ooh! That sounds like fun! Can I come with you?”

The Doctor laughed. “Oh yeah, it’s been quite a riot, let me tell you. Are you sure you’d be up for it?”
“Hey, I’m not gonna just stick around whilst the world gets destroyed. I’m gonna do my part!”
“It’s settled then! You shall be my assistant in this journey!”
“OH MY GOD I’M AN ASSISTANT,” Derpy exclaimed, “THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER!

… What do I do?”

The two ponies carefully surveyed the landscape, wondering where to go next. Suddenly, Derpy pointed to something.

“THERE! That’s where we shall go!”

The Doctor cocked his head slightly. “What, that dark and mysterious mass in the distance?”

“Yep! There’s no way anything bad could happen!”
“Are you quite sure? It’s not exactly very welcoming, is it?”
“Were you expecting to hear the sweet sound of purple?”
“What no- Wait, What? Weird. No, my point is, do you think it’s really a good idea to go there?”
“Well, can you think of a better plan?”

The Doctor raised his hoof, and attempted to suggest something else, but couldn’t come up with anything. The duo decided to head down the mountain and start walking across the flat rock towards the strange distortion in space.

As they got closer and closer to the anomaly, strange noises started to come out of nowhere.

“Shh, Derpy!” The Doctor spoke quickly. “Do you hear that?”
“What am I hearing?”
“Strange, high pitched noises?”
“Doctor, that’s just your Tinnitus.”
“No, listen again!”

Derpy stood still for a minute. Suddenly, she noticed that she could hear the ominous sounds as well. “What do you think they are?”

The Doctor put his hoof to his chin, deep in thought.
“I’ve got it! There must be somepony trying to communicate through it, but the hole in space is disrupting their voice!”
“Granted that makes perfect sense, but what do you suppose they’re trying to say? A warning?”
“Perhaps… or maybe a cry for help!”

The two ponies dashed towards the dark flowing mass and leapt into it in ten seconds flat.

Chapter the fifteenth - Trouble brewing

Chapter the Fifteenth – Trouble Brewing
When Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon woke up, they realized that they weren’t in the forest anymore. They stood in a relatively large stone chamber, lit up by flaming torches hung on the walls. Moss grew through the cracks in the rock, and had blocked any openings where outside light could come from. Silver Spoon paced back and forth.

“Well, this is, like, Another fine mess you’ve got us into!”

Diamond Tiara looked shocked. “Me? How is this my fault?”
“If only you weren’t so, like, impulsive, this could’ve all been avoided!”
“Look who’s talking! If I were-“

The two ponies’ squabbling was cut off, as the chamber started to shake. Unexpectedly, Discord walked straight through the wall, laughing.

“Hello, my little ponies! Welcome to this extraordinary chamber of extreme events!”

Diamond Tiara was stunned. “Wha-Bu- How did you do that?!”

Discord chuckled. “I’ve got swagger. Now listen up, because I will only say this once:
I’m going to give you a fantastic chance,
To let you escape, and quickly advance!
But first, you must beat me in a battle of wits!
Don’t be afraid, I’ll only be a tick!
Get my question right, and you’ll go home!
But answer it wrong, and you’ll be left alone! ”

Diamond Tiara was about to accept the Draconequus’ proposition, but Silver Spoon interrupted her.
“D.T., I’ve, like, got a bad feeling about this!”

“You don’t know what you’re on about!” Diamond Tiara smirked, turning to Discord and accepting the challenge.

Discord giggled. “Ok, just beat this simple puzzle, and harmony will be restored!

Two doors are in front of you. One leads to Canterlot, the other leads to a terrible interdimensional hole, but you don’t know which one is which. Two powerful ponies guard each door, one always honest, the other always lies, but both look exactly alike! You can ask only ONE question between them to decide which door to take. What do you ask them?

There’s my riddle, good luck!”

The image in Discord’s riddle materialized in front of their very eyes. Two Imposing guards dropped to the ground in front of two shining doors with an impartial expression.

Diamond Tiara’s eyes widened dramatically. She was completely stumped, and had no idea how to answer.

“Well, this is problematic,” She said under her breath.
Silver Spoon hit her on the back of the head. “Do you, like, see what you’ve done? There’s no way we’re going to ask the right question!”
“Oh hush, it can’t be too outlandish.”
“But that’s, like, the bad chaos guy! He’s not gonna play fair!”
“We’ve got to think of something.”

“Do you have an answer for me, or do you give up?” Discord called to the fillies, growing slightly impatient.

Diamond Tiara cleared her throat, and stepped forward. “Um, ok… how about… I need to get to Canterlot, which door do I go through?”

“Come through my door.” The first guard said.
“Come through my door.” The second guard said.

Discord cackled. “Sorry, my little ponies, but that wasn’t the answer I was looking for! See you on the other side!”

The Draconequus opened the first door, leading to a pitch black pool of intimidation, and threw the two fillies inside, slamming it shut after him.

Chapter the sixteenth - Light through darkness

Chapter the Sixteenth – Light through darkness
As Derpy and The Doctor leapt through the mysterious dark cloud, their surroundings began to morph into something completely different. They both plummeted down in a frenzied spiral surprisingly fast. Eventually, they tumbled through to the other side.

“Doctor, what in Equestria just happened?” Derpy asked, confused.

The Doctor got up and dusted himself off. “Well,” He Explained, “I believe that we went through a load of wibbly wobbly timey wimey… stuff, and we’ve been teleported to a different location.”
“So… where are we now?”
“Umm… I’m not quite sure.”

The two ponies looked around. They were completely surrounded by bright pink waves, flowing gently and shimmering all around them in the distance, covering both down below and up in the sky. They stood on a translucent dark platform, with a long, winding path leading out from it. The Doctor sighed.

“Come on then, let’s get started.”

The Doctor and his companion walked along the otherworldly path for what felt like ages. As they continued, their surroundings began to shift to a duller colour, slowly becoming a muted violet.

“AUGH! Are we there yet?” Derpy cried out in boredom.
“Almost, I think. There’s something coming up in the distance.” The Doctor replied casually.
“Ugh, this fan-fic’s going to be over before we get there!”
“Derpy, relax, we’ve got plenty of chapters to go about on our travels.”
“What about parasprites? They eat words!”
“What? That’s just crazy talk. Besides, we’re here now!”

The two ponies stood in front of a large stone building that looked to be incredibly old. It wasn’t too large, but not too small either, taking about as much space as the main hall at the Grand Galloping Gala. However, the building had no discernible features about it. The Doctor was puzzled. He had no clue about what might be inside. On what appeared to be the entrance, there hung a small stone tablet with a few words chiseled into it.

“Ah, another riddle,” The Doctor grinned, “I wonder what’ll be happening next chapter.”

This could turn out to be problematic,
Whilst one is misguided, the other’s erratic!
Some can turn out to be quite resourceful,
But others can make you feel quite remorseful!
There’s no doubt, however, about one thing,
And that is to say, there’s nothing to bring!
They’ll just stand here, messing around,
Not a sense of direction able to be found!

The Doctor was stumped. He had no idea what this mysterious thing could be.

“What’s wrong, Doctor? I thought you were all smart and stuff!” Derpy asked.
“Oh yeah, but I just don’t know what this outlandish object in the riddle is!”

Derpy stepped up to the door and read the riddle a few times over, thinking about it for a little while. Suddenly, she laughed, and her face lit up.
“Ooh! Ooh! I know what it is! It’s a SHEEP!”

The stone door rumbled slightly, and slid open.

“Derpy, you’re a genius!” The Doctor laughed, going through the doorway.

The blonde pegasus held her head up high in triumph, and followed close behind.

Chapter the seventeenth - Resentful sundae

Chapter the Seventeenth – Resentful Sundae
As The Doctor and his companion walked cautiously through the strange structure, they saw small shadows dancing across the walls erratically. After they had reached the middle of this new room, a blinding spotlight shot down from the ceiling, showing two small fillies sitting side by side on the ground. One of them was a greatly muted pink colour, donning a snapped diadem, looking around frantically with an apprehensive expression. The other, a completely colourless pony, wore a scratched pair of red glasses with no lenses, the chain hanging limp off of the frame. Derpy and The Doctor approached them.

“Hey there, what’s going on?” The Doctor asked.
“The shadows,” Broken Tiara responded, her eyes darting around. “Don’t trust the shadows!”
“Eh? What’s wrong with the shadows?” Derpy asked.
“Well, we could tell you…” Tarnished Spoon grinned malevolently, “But you’ll have to catch us first!”

At that point, Broken Tiara and Tarnished Spoon quickly sprinted away from The Doctor and Derpy.

“Agh, There’s something they’re not telling us! Derpy, you go after the pink filly, I’ll get the gray one!” The Doctor shouted to his partner.

Tarnished Spoon ran surprisingly fast, just able to avoid The Doctor. Glaring back at him, she began to run back and forth in all directions.

“Don’t blink!” She yelled at him in a creepy tone.

The shadows on the walls began to stretch out of the walls, forming long, jagged arms with sharp, spindly claws. The claws began to swipe at The Doctor and Derpy with great determination, as if seeking payback for some unknown act.

“It’ll never stop! It’ll just keep going on forever and ever and ever!” Broken Tiara laughed nervously, evading Derpy with a lot less difficulty now that she had to worry about where she followed her.
“This isn’t how we play the game!” Derpy shouted angrily. “Can’t we just stop all this nonsense?”
“Of course not, that’d be too easy!” Broken Tiara called back, sprinting off.

The Doctor charged through the waves of clawing arms, jumping over and sliding under them, quickly spinning around and dodging around them as they hungrily swiped at anything that passed them.

“It’s no good!” He cried desperately. “Somehow they’re just… too… fast!”
“Don’t give up now!” Derpy flew right next to him, skillfully evading the ghastly arms. “This isn’t how I want to see this end! We need to wrap this up, and quick!”
“Wait… wrap up… that gives me an idea! Derpy, start pounding the walls!”

Derpy flew through the swiping claws and began to smack the walls of the chamber. Suddenly, the arms began to fall off of the walls, leaving the claws scurrying about aimlessly.
The Doctor grinned, and using his Sonic Screwdriver as a beacon with himself as live bait, sprinted around the chamber, making the ever growing number of scuttling claws follow him. Broken Tiara and Tarnished Spoon panicked, and ran into the middle of the room to try and escape the shadows. The Doctor galloped in circuits around the corrupted fillies, leaving them trapped in the centre. Derpy took this opportunity to swoop in and grab the little ponies.

“A-HA! GOTCHA!” Derpy shouted triumphantly.

Suddenly, the claws began to evaporate into bursts of light, which circled around the two chaotic fillies in the middle of the room until eventually they were returned to their true selves.

Diamond Tiara stood up, helping Silver Spoon to her feet. “What is going on here?”
“We just saved you from your nightmares. Are you ok?” The Doctor smiled reassuringly.
“Like, I guess so. Thanks for saving us and stuff.” Silver Spoon spoke quickly. “I just, like, want everything to go back to normal.”
Derpy grinned. “We’re working on it.”
Diamond Tiara stared at the ground. “All this time, I’ve been holding silly grudges… I must fix things up! Good luck, big ponies!”

Diamond Tiara ran off to make amends with all the ponies she had fallen out with, Silver Spoon racing after her.

Chaos Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's Battle Theme (Broken Tiara and Tarnished Spoon's Theme)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CmfPpNrhE

Chaos Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoont's Battle Theme (Silver Spoon Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbBZJvPwcYA

Chapter the eighteenth - Culmination of events

Chapter the Eighteenth – Culmination of Events
The Doctor and Derpy headed out of the chamber to see that things were starting to look better. Instead of being greeted by a mess of weird shapes and colours like before, they now walked out into a sunny beach. Looking behind them, they noticed the stone building had completely vanished. Delicate pink clouds lazily drifted across the pale green sky.

“Well, things appear to be looking up!” The Doctor said happily, walking along the fine blue sand, watching as the violet sea lapped at the shore.
“I wouldn’t lower my guard just yet though,” Derpy cautioned, “Discord’s still running around doing whatever he wants.”
“Yeah, but I’ve just got this optimistic feeling. Nopony’s can get us down now!”
“Okay, that’s all well and good, but now what? Where should we go?”

The Doctor ruffled his mane in thought. “Well, there’s only one logical place I can think to go now.”
“Fun!” Derpy exclaimed. “… Where would that be?”
“Isn’t it obvious? We need to go to Canterlot castle and find Discord!” The Doctor laughed with an audacious expression, galloping away.
Derpy nodded, and dashed after him.

Eventually, the two brave ponies finally arrived back in Ponyville. They hadn’t seen it since Discord had taken reign, and were shocked by what they saw.

“What is this road made out of… croissants?” The Doctor poked the crumbly road of flaky pastry in a strange curiosity.
“And look,” Derpy shouted, “There are budgies eating the houses!”
“There’s no time to lose!” The Doctor declared, “We must hurry to the castle!”

As The Doctor and Derpy ran through Ponyville, they realized that Discord wasn’t as foolish as he looked. He was determined to wreak chaos throughout the land, and after being imprisoned in stone for so long, he wasn’t going to go down without a fight.

The heroic ponies galloped up Canterlot Mountain, and finally reached the royal castle. However, they were unable to enter as the palace was spinning carelessly around the peak like a loop-de-hoop. As The Doctor approached the whirling castle, two doors shot up from the ground, with two menacing guards in front of them.

“Hang on,” The Doctor said, “This already happened a few chapters ago!”
“Maybe Discord’s testing the readers?” Derpy Suggested.

The two guards recited the riddle from a few chapters earlier in perfect unison:
Two doors are in front of you. One leads to the inside of the castle, the other leads to a terrible interdimensional hole, but you don’t know which one is which. Two powerful ponies guard each door, one always honest, the other always lies, but both look exactly alike! You can ask only ONE question between them to decide which door to take. What do you ask them?

“Doctor, be careful! We don’t want out whole journey to be in vain!”

The Doctor wracked his brain. Fortunately, he was smart.

“Eureka! I’ve got it Derpy! If the truth of a lie is a lie, and the lie of a truth is a lie, then, according to logic, we need one guard to give us the other’s answer!”
“Huh? Derpy scratched her head.
“Here goes nothing,” The Doctor said courageously, turning to the guard on the left, “If I were to ask the other guard which door goes to the castle, what would his answer be? ”

“Well,” The guard stated, pointing to the door on the right, “the other guard would show you chaos.”
“Wait, I can answer that too,” The other guard spoke, also pointing to the door on the right, “the other guard would show you the inside of the castle.”

Boldly, The Doctor grabbed Derpy and launched himself through the door on the left, and found himself inside the royal palace.

Chapter the nineteenth - The penultimate peril

Chapter the Nineteenth – The Penultimate Peril
The two ponies got up and began running through the castle. Statues were destroyed, windows were broken, and several pieces of furniture were strewn carelessly throughout the royal palace.

“Come on, Derpy, I can feel Discord’s presence! We must hurry! Run like you’ve never run before!” The Doctor called as he galloped.
“Everypony always says that!” Derpy said, frowning at the cliché. “When have YOU ever ran this fast?”
“Well, a while ago, I had to escape an extremely perilous and, might I add, incredibly tenacious apple seller.”
“… Fair enough,” Derpy sighed in disbelief.

As The Doctor and his companion ascended the royal tower, the bright white marble walls of the castle began to darken. The brave ponies hurried up the gleaming spiral staircase. At the top was a small picket fence. Confused, The Doctor poked at it.

“Careful, Doctor!” Derpy warned.
“What? It’s just a little garden fence, what could possibly be behind it?”

He nudged it open and walked through to this new room, Derpy following him warily. Discord was riding around on a small unicycle giggling, juggling many pears with impeccable skill. The petrified forms of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were stood near the back, their fearful expressions frozen in time.

“Oi, we found you!” The Doctor yelled at the Draconequus, causing him to lose his concentration and fall to the ground, pears raining down.

Discord span around and got up as quickly as he fell. “Doctor! It’s so good to see you! I trust that your journey here was most exquisite!”
“well, not really!”
“Oh, come now, did I really cause that much of a bother? What did I do that was oh so troublesome?”
“Hmm… Well, you overthrew the monarchy, plunged Equestria into eternal chaos, messed with time and space, and corrupted nigh on everypony for starters!”
“Oh, so boring you are, Doctor. Can’t you see that this is all in good fun?”
“Good fun?” The Doctor stamped the ground with anger. “This is madness!”
“That’s debatable,” Discord chuckled, “Now, if there isn’t anything else so incredibly important, would you mind directing yourselves towards the exit?”

The Doctor glared at Discord. “Oh, we’re not leaving.”

“Beg pardon?”
“We’re not leaving until you’ve been defeated, and harmony has been restored to Equestria!”
Discord cackled wildly. “Oh, that’s cute. You really think you can defeat me?”

Discord’s voice suddenly shifted to a powerful, malicious tone. His eyes blazed with a wicked flame of rage.

“ I have so much strength inside of me, you have no IDEA what I’m capable of!” The Draconequus barked. He flew to the ceiling, and encased himself within a horrible aura.

The Doctor turned to Derpy, and smiled courageously. “Well, Derpy, This is it!”
“We can win this!” Derpy cheered back.

The Doctor and his assistant galloped into battle.

"ALLON-SY!”

Chapter the twentieth - The final hazard

Chapter the Twentieth – The Final Hazard

Discord's Battle Theme (The Final Hazard!)

Discord flew up high and let loose a powerful surge on the entire area, growing tremendously in size and causing the entire palace to shake violently. Derpy grabbed The Doctor and floated above the ground so that the quakes wouldn’t hit them. The windows shattered, parts of the ceiling crumbled and fell to the floor, and holes were left in the floor. Discord crashed down into the ground, sending a pulsing shockwave throughout the room, clearing all the debris that had falling.

“ YoU pOnIeS mAdE a BiG mIsTaKe ChAlLeNgInG mE! ” Discord roared, as he readied spheres of dark matter in his hands. “nOw YoU wIlL sEe My TrUe PoWeR!
Derpy lowered The Doctor back to the ground, and began spiraling around the terrifying apparition of chaos.
“Doctor, I’ll distract him! See if you can go in for an attack!”

The Doctor darted carefully around, just barely managing to avoid the ghastly energy Discord hurled at him.

“gEt A lOaD oF tHiS!” Discord screeched, firing horrible bolts of lightning at Derpy.

The daring pegasus skillfully evaded the bolts in succession, much more gracefully than her name would suggest, but Discord wasn’t about to let up. He snapped his claws, and suddenly a horde of bats appeared and chased her.

“Doctor, we’re running out of time here!” Derpy yelled in panic.
“Impossible, I’m a Timelord!” The Doctor shouted back.

He concentrated all of the amplitude of his Sonic Screwdriver, and managed to fire a shocking beam of brilliant blue energy at Discord, striking him right between the eyes.

“Brilliant! I didn’t know it could do that!”
“Nor did I,” The Doctor called, “That’s pretty handy!”

However, this momentary lapse cost the two ponies, as the wicked bats caught up to Derpy, sending her tumbling to the ground. The Doctor ran to her aid, extremely worried, as the bats attacked her.

Discord took this opportunity to ready one final blow to end the heroes.

“ lOvE aNd ToLeRaNcE dEtEcTeD! fIrInG tHe OrBiTaL cHaOs CaNnOn! GaMe’S oVeR, mY lItTlE pOnIeS!”

Discord let loose a great and powerful pulsating ray of doom towards the ponies, about to completely erase them. However…

“SCOOTA’S GONNA SCOOT!!!”

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Scootaloo appeared riding her prized scooter at maximum speed, and rammed right into The Doctor and Derpy, clearing the bats and pushing them out of the way of the deathly beam. Discord stood dumbfounded in complete disbelief.

“YEAH! I DID IT FOR THE LOVE! I’m paying my dues!”

“Scootaloo!” The Doctor cried in surprise, and an incredible amount of relief. “How on earth did you find your way up here?”
“I’ll explain later! Right now, you’ve got some harmony to restore!”
“But it’s impossible! There’s no way we can defeat him!”
“Maybe not just us… that pony over there has the right idea!”

Scootaloo pointed in the distance to a gray pony gracefully dancing back and forth, bending music to her own will to fight the beast.

“Oh, no WAY! OCTAVIA!”

Octavia whirled around, playing beautiful melodies of order and accord that disrupted the chaotic creature.

“Doctor!” She sang, “Don’t give up now!
You’ve got the elements of harmony; now show him what you know!”

Discord heard this, and let out a demonic cackle. “ WhAt ArE yOu On AbOuT?”

The Doctor stood there confused, but the other ponies all knew what Octavia meant.

“Oh yeah!” Scootaloo yelled, “When he was truly Honest in telling me to follow my dreams!”
“And how he Kindly helped me in my time of need!” Octavia added.
“And how he Loyally kept to his quest!” Derpy grinned, “Oh, and how he Generously helped everypony on his way!”

The Doctor stepped forward, staring right into beast’s eyes, and smiled. “Discord! It’s true what they say! I’ve learned throughout this quest that even when you’re faced with death, you’ve got to Laugh in the face of danger, and never give up! After all, adventure always adds a bit of Magic to your life, wouldn’t you agree?”

Discord was about to speak, but suddenly, two brilliant bursts of light shot out from underneath the rubble.

The two royal alicorns emerged, standing side by side with The Doctor.

“Discord! It appears that you have lost this one!” Celestia shouted.

The Doctor overpowered the Sonic Screwdriver, causing a glistening azure helix to spiral high up. The two princesses shot magic of their own, intertwining with the beam, and they brought it down upon Discord.

The Draconequus let out a terrible screech as he was shrunk back down to his original size. However, when the beam cleared, he was nowhere to be seen.

Chapter the eighth - No strings attached

Chapter the eighth – No strings attached
The Doctor continued through the gloomy doorway, and down a long winding spiral staircase to eventually come to something he didn’t expect to see. The room he was now in was very well kept, and looked to belong to somepony with class. An extravagant red carpet decorated the room, along with a cozy fireplace with a couple of high-backed chairs. However, what immediately caught his eye was in the very corner, a depressed pony, completely grey, playing a beautiful, tear-inducing song. He approached the pony, and tried asking her what the matter was, only for her to respond by mimicking his words in a curt, high pitched voice.

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“Hey there. I’m The Doctor, are you okay?” The Doctor asked gently.
“ Hey there. I’m The Doctor, are you okay!”

“Look, I’m just trying to be nice.”

“ Look, I’m just trying to be nice! AGH! Nopony gets me! They’re all like, ‘ Oh, Octavia, I REALLY like your mane!’ or, ‘ Octavia, stop playing that giant violin! IT’S A FREAKING CELLO! Oh, and of course, it’s nice to be nice, isn’t it? Where is everypony when I’ve flawlessly performed Beethoofan’s 12th Symphony? Phillistines! Nopony appreciates culture and sophistication! Including you, Doctor! What are you doing here, sticking your nose where you shouldn’t?”

The Doctor stood still with wide eyes, unsure of what to say. “Look…”

He was cut off as Mocktavia readied her Cello’s bow and shot her flute at him, which he skillfully evaded. He tried to get a word in edgewise to make peace, but Mocktavia kept firing woodwind instruments at him. Eventually she’d run out, at which The Doctor took the opportunity to try and calm her down.

“Look, wherever you go, you’ll run into idiots. But listen, they’re just jealous of the fact that you have a very special gift in bringing beautiful music to the world. They’re just so close minded they can’t appreciate it.”
Mocktavia thought for a minute.

“Maybe… NO! I see what you’re trying to do! ‘ Oh Octavia, you’re so special! ’ It’s as if you just want to get this over with!”

At this point, Mocktavia rose and took her Cello in hoof, and ran to The Doctor, swinging it at him ruthlessly. The Doctor ran all around the room to escape the violent wrath of the angered musician. He dashed out of the room and used his Sonic Screwdriver to lock the door behind him in ten seconds flat. Mocktavia began pounding on the door relentlessly, eager to get at The Doctor.

“What am I going to do now?!” He panted frantically. Suddenly, he had an idea that was just crazy enough that it could work.

A couple of hours later, The Doctor returned to the room furtively to find Mocktavia playing a sweet, yet tragic song on a violin. He carefully picked up one of the flutes that had been scattered around the room, and began playing in harmony. Mocktavia turned around quickly, a wild look in her eyes, yet she kept playing. The two ponies serenaded the world in its time of need with a lively, heartwarming song. Mocktavia began to shimmer, and the colour came back to her eyes.

“… Oh, my goodness! Look at all this mess! Oh, and in front of company!”

Octavia frantically began tidying the study. Suddenly, she realized it was this mysterious guest that had saved her from eternal corruption.

“You… thank you for showing me to truly believe in myself, no matter what!”

The Doctor grinned, and helped Octavia clean up the study.

Octavia smiled. “Thank you Doctor! I won’t forget this!”
Octavia sat down in front of the fire, and began playing a cheerful song on her flute.

Chaos Octavia's Battle Theme (Mocktavia's Theme)
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Chapter the twenty-first - Harmony is restored

Chapter the Twenty-First – Harmony is restored!

Luna was startled. “What happened to Discord?”
Celestia spoke seriously. “It appears simply returning him to his stone prison wasn’t enough. I’ve banished him to the moon as well to ensure that he will never be heard of again!”

At that moment, a breathtaking aurora bathed the world. Within minutes, Equestria was restored to its original state of friendship, sunshine, and harmony.

Celestia and Luna walked up to The Doctor and bowed humbly. “Brave hero, we are eternally grateful for your incredible acts of courage. Your legend will forever be remembered.”

The Doctor blushed modestly. “Ah, well, thanks I guess. It sure was some adventure!”
He left the princesses to find his companions elated. However, there was still one thing that bothered him.

“Hang on,” He began turning to Scootaloo and Octavia, “you two never told me how you got into the castle? How did you figure out the riddle?”
“What riddle?” Scootaloo looked confused.
“There was simply a door left open leading to the castle down below with a ton of bats flying up from them towards the castle,” Octavia explained.
The Doctor shrugged. “Huh, fair enough.”

Suddenly, a small blue light appeared in the centre of the room, and a cool wind blew. Many loud whooshing noises could be heard, until eventually, much to The Doctor’s delight, the TARDIS reappeared.

He was about to skip into it, but Derpy tapped his shoulder. “What are you going to do now, Doctor?”

The Doctor grinned. “Well, what do you reckon? Fancy going on another adventure?”

Derpy’s face lit up, and the two ponies climbed into the spacecraft.
THE END