The Eleven Doctors

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"I have to go back" Twilight suddenly remembered.  "I should put the shield back up."

"I'll go with you!" shouted Rainbow Dash

"Good! Bring Fluttershy too! And remember teams! Stick with your Doctors!"

"I'll take care of the rest, leave it to me Twi!" said Lyra.

"Okay Lyra, but remember, go straight to Sugarcube corner, get the Boron, and examine that thing!"

"Aye aye, Twilight!"

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"Let's just- let's just go back." Scootaloo wimpered, seeing the Daleks patrol the area.

"I agree Scootaloo; but we must be very quiet."

But before they made it back to the Library, they heard a whooshing grate sound, that repeated itself until the tree house slowly began to fade out of view.

Rumble sat agape at the change.  Tears of sheer terror welled up in Scootaloo's eyes.

Then, before they could even fully process all of this, several small but powerful lights focused on them:

"STAY WHERE YOU ARE, OR YOU WILL BE EX-TEEERRR-MIN-A-TED!!!!"

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Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and their respective teams then ran to where they started...but then they heard a sound that they knew very, very well:

"VWOOOOORP! VWOOOOOORP! VWOOOOOOORP!"

Twilight knew that sound anywhere, so she went straight to her house-

Or at least, where Twilight's house used to be.

"MY CELESTIA...MY HOUSE....."

"Did it blow up?" Spike asked somewhat stupidly.

"NO! I think it was a-a-a-"

"A TARDIS" Fluttershy finished "it was a TARDIS."

Spitfire asked "Well, what does that mean?"

"That mean that it could be anywhere! Anywhere in time and space!" shouted Twilight.

But they all fell silent when they heard talking:

"WOULD YOU LIKE A JEL-LY BA-BY?"

"DAAGH! DA-LEK G-5-6-M-9-2, YOU FRIGHT-ENED ME!!"

"WHY? ARE YOU A-FRAID THAT THE DOC-TOR WILL STRAN-GLE YOU WITH HIS BOW TIE?!"

"NO! A DA-LEK IS NE-VER A-FRAID!"

"YOU SAID I FRIGHT-ENED YOU!" then it began a chanting taunt:

"YOU'RE SCARED OF THE DOC-TOR! YOU'RE SCARED OF THE DOC-TOR!"

But then another cry shot out:

"Git out munsteh! Dis Fwuffy wand now!"

"WHAT IS YOUR SPE-CIES?"

"Fwuffy! Dat's wut! Now weave or git biggestest owwies!"

Then the Dalek scanned the hairy beast

"BUT YOU ARE UN-ARMED! YOU HAVE NO WEA-PONS! NO PLAN!!"

"Fwuffies are da gweatest animaws dare eveh was!" that voice got many other cheering with it.  "Now leaf or git biggest owwies!"

Twilight knew the other speech pattern to be that of a Fluffy Pony.  They were the only creature as bigoted as a Dalek.  Fluffy Ponies were the distant cousins of Equestria Ponies, but somewhere along the lines they became quite different.  They were once abused by the Ponies, but laws were recently made to protect Fluffy Ponies and isolate them for the other Ponies.  Though treated far better, Fluffies were still a highly xenophobic people.

"IF YOU CON-TIN-UE TO THREAT-EN US, THEN YOU WILL LEAVE US NO CHOICE BUT TO EX-TERRR-MIN-ATE YOU!"

It was then that Twilight peeked around the corner of the building she pressed herself against, and there she saw them: two groups of creatures, one group composed of Daleks, and the other composed of Fluffy Ponies.  Their leaders had departed from their groups and were staring each other down, the "Smarty Friend" leader of the Fluffies puffing his cheeks out in front of the Dalek, which implied perhaps that the Dalek's condiment dispenser appearance prevented the Smarty from taking it seriously.

"We have to do something!" shouted Rainbow Dash.

But this remark from Fluttershy shocked them all: "I say, let the Daleks kill them."

"Bu-but Fluttershy-"

"Forget it Rainbow; have you even met a Fluffy Pony? They're the most evil creatures that ever lived!"

"Fluffle Puff is nice!"

"Yes, but she's not the same kind of Fluffy Pony as the ones I'm talking about.  Fluffle Puff is a Fluffle; a rare, highly peaceful, and highly intelligent creature that never utters a word.  What I'm talking about is a Fluffy, a stupid, greedy, selfish, gabby, belligerent, idiotic-"

Before Fluttershy could finish, Rainbow blazed right past her.

"EEEX-TEEEERRRR-MIIINNN-AAATEE" the Dalek began, but it was smashed to pieces and goo by Rainbow Dash.

The other Daleks all backed up when they saw their leader destroyed.  Rainbow Dash then shouted at them "The rest of you interested in sharing the same fate?!!" The Daleks then all looked at each other, and slowly backed away.

"Thought so....B'aww, look at these little guys, why would you hate them so much Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked, now shifting her head from the Daleks to the Fluffy Ponies.

"Because Rainbow, they try to hump my chickens and kill my rabbits! Or at least, they try to..."

"Fluttershy" Twilight Sparkle began, "sparing a creature that is totally evil but almost totally helpless is what the Doctor does every episode; can you look at Ponykind and see us as being so wonderful? You yourself said that many critters are better than ponies by a good margin, and frankly, nopony here is arguing with that (unless you cite Angel Bunny; he's a dick)."

Fluttershy looked away, not sure what to make of it, except that she now felt ashamed.

Rainbow Dash did not see her shame, and so had less kind words: "Okay girl, listen, you know what monster goes around saying it's okay to kill something because it's hard to like? Do you really know! I'll give you a hint! 'EX-TEEERRR-MIN-ATE!!!!'"

Fluttershy realized the comparison, and ran away crying.  "That's enough out of you, Rainbow!" shouted Twilight.  Rainbow Dash, fustrated, then flew away, with Spitfire at her tail.  Twilight Sparkle then followed Fluttershy, who was curled in a ball, sobbing heavily.  "Fluttershy...Rainbow-"

"No Twilight, she's right; I let my hatred for Fluffy Ponies make me like a...like a..." but Twilight put a firm hoof on her mouth.

"Fluttershy...I understand your hate, because, my family came from a country that offered us nothing but superstition."  Fluttershy then looked at Twilight intently.  With a sigh, Twilight began: "My parents come from Kathiawaria, a land divided by castes; they were in the lowest caste, the 'Untouchables'.  They took up a new religion, the religion of Princess Celestia, which preached equality regardless of birth.  Some extremist groups of higher castes didn't like this new thought to spread, and so...they did an extermination."  Fluttershy's eyes widened at this.  Twiligth continued: "They realized they couldn't remain there much longer, so they traveled with the Missionaries to Equestria, where they lived without fear of prejudice.  You see...I used to hate Kathiawarians when I learned about this, but then, my parents told me I was as bad as them to reek with so much hatred.  Your explanations to hatred of Fluffy Ponies made sense, and you know it's wrong to hate, so that's good.  Now tell me: Are you a Doctor?"

"I- I'm a Doctor!"

"That's the spirit!"

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Scootaloo heard a good deal of talking, and shouting, some of which sounded like Pony voices.  But she couldn't investigate, because the Daleks had their blast guns trained on them.  They stood still there for a couple minutes, leaving Scootaloo to wonder why they didn't fire; but she was scared to ask, out of fear of being killed if she did.  Two blazing paths went right past the Dalek, which both completely scorched it.

The paths ended to reveal Spitfire and Rainbow Dash, and Rainbow had a lot to say to Scootaloo:

"WHAT DID TWILIGHT TELL YOU?! DIDN'T SHE SAY TO STAY IN THE LIBRARY??!"

Scootaloo fell silent, and then began to cry.

Rumble decided to say something in her defense: "Well, um, it wasn't her fault! Um...it was mine! Yeah, it was all my idea! Scootaloo tried to protest, but-"

Scootaloo was touched by Rumble's attempt to take all the blame, but she couldn't let him do it.  "No, no, I ran out because I heard the battle outside, and I- I hoped that Rainbow Dash would be okay."

Rainbow was surprised to hear this, and she took it well: "Kid...I can always take care of myself.  You don't need to look after me.  And if I do get killed, well...it was probably nature at work; I'm a Darwin Award waiting to happen."

Scootaloo giggled at this, and then hugged Rainbow Dash.  "Oh, Mom- uh, sorry, Rainbow-"

Rainbow was flabbergasted to hear that bit; but then again, "Little Red" Corvette was a really suck-y mother, never really at home even though she had custody over Scootaloo (Sukhbataar, and to a lesser extent, Harley, were there for Scootaloo much more often), and when she was home, she was copulating with some Stallion she picked up.  It was no wonder both Scootaloo and her top two most likely candidates for her father both preferred Rainbow Dash: Rainbow Dash was no Saint, but Corvette was totally evil, rotten to the core.

"Shh, Scootaloo, you don't need to say anything" Rainbow said, before hugging Scootaloo back.  "Hey Scoots, since there's no library to get back to, why don't you and your little boyfriend come with us? You can be Loose Lips and Naive Nut!" (Pony names for Amy Pond and Rory Williams)

Rumble couldn't say anything due to being enlikened to a possible special somepony for Scootaloo, but Scootaloo had more than enough to say: "Okay! And then I could blow up lots of cool stuff in lots of cool ways! And I can..."

"Scootaloo." Rainbow Dash said simply, but Scootaloo continued.

"...reverse the polarity! And Oh! I can carry things for you! And then..."

"Scootaloo..."

"...earwax! Earwax everywhere!" And then all the khaki pants can..."

"Scootaloo!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed gently "'Yes' would have done perfectly fine kiddo."

"Okay, thanks Dashie!"

"Rainbow, I have something to tell you" said Twilight.  "I'm sorry about what I said earlier, but...Now is not a good time!" Exclaimed Rainbow.

"Rainbow, it's about your tastes..."

"I know, I know, I bet you think I'm a freak-"

"No, quite the opposite actually"

"Yeah, well, screw you Twi- wait, what?"

"I like older stallions too!"

"SHUT UP!!"

"I'm not Horseappling you Rainbow Dash, I speak the truth; Tough Cookie and Dramatic Darkness were two of the sexiest Doctors ever! Anyway, I always found younger stallions to be very controlling and insecure; older stallions don't really care if you've got an education or mad skills or something; they've made it, so they don't try to hold you back to feel better."  (Sukhbataar and Meadow Song now got wingboners at Twilight Sparkle)

"Oh, and by the way, I believe Fluttershy has something to tell you:"

"Hi Rainbow Dash...umm, yeah...I'm sorry...and...I-I"

"She also likes older stallions."

The apology and the confession got Rainbow Dash to spontaneously hug Fluttershy very tightly.  Blossomforth was a bit touched by this.

But the moment was disturbed by one rather brave Dalek:

"EX-TER-MIN-AAUUGGHHH!!!"

Standing proudly over the remains of the Dalek, Iron Will declared "Iron Mel is always ready!"

"Thank you Iron Will!" shouted Twilight, and she gave him a big hug.

Iron Will was quite surprised at the gesture, but his expression of shock turned into a small, 'aw shucks' type of smile.

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Trixie looked at a screen on the TARDIS, and heard some kind of alarm sounding.

"What's that noise?!?" shouted Button Mash.

Trixie gave no answer, scanning everything very quickly, and very nervously.

Button was very annoyed by this: "Some answer that was."

Harley, who was taking care of the refugees, burst in the room, and so did many refugees:

"What's going on!? What's happening?!!"

"The Great and Pow- I...I...don't...know."

However, one Pony came in with a scorched mane, a tiny flame still alive on it.

"Butterscotch!" Shouted Button Mash "What happened to you."

"Well, apparently, the talking baked potatoes want to talk to the Doctor."

Trixie gasped at this.  She knew what Butterscotch was referring to.

"No- no! It cannot be!

Sontarans.  The most efficient warriors known save for the Daleks.

"Yeah, they mentioned something about a bomb, I can't remember-"

Trixie stopped listening entirely when she heard that bit.  She was troubled.  If the TARDIS exploded, the Universe would be destroyed: She learned that from watching an episode featuring an inferior Doctor.

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Two Cyberponies that were on their way to Sugarcube Corner to stop the "Doctors", but before they could break down the door, something else broke above them....

....examining the remains of the Cyberponies, Derpy, looking at the remains of the piano used to smash them, smiled broadly and was sure that they just didn't know what went wrong!  Thanks to Derpy, they made it to Sugarcube Corner safely.

"Okay little guy, let's see you."

The chamber was opened, and the Dalek mutant was revealed:

It was hideous: However, it did not fully resemble the mutants on the show.  It looked more like a brain with long fingers.

The thing squirmed as it was removed from its chamber...but noise it made not, and it occurred to Lyra that the beast lacked vocal chords.

She could see, however, why it had so many tubes with organs from other animals attached to it: The Dalek mutant itself lacked anything except for basically a head and hands, so to supply it with Oxygen and nutrition must have required stealing body parts from other animals and integrating them into the casing- but that meant...

Lyra shouted "This guy need something to breathe with- quickly!"

They all looked everywhere, but they found nothing!

"Oh, you are beautiful..." Pinkie Pie said with more seriousness than was thought possible "but how come you are so unlike any other Dalek I've ever encountered; you're a cross between a normal Dalek and an Imperial Dalek."

Indeed it was correct, the monster was a separate mutant, like a normal Dalek, but apparently in symbiotic relationship with the tattered remains of its casing, which had many organic components, such as it's own brain and organs, that apparently also had tubes connected to the Dalek mutant.  Essentially, these Daleks were two separate living Organisms: a mutant, and a cyborg, living in symbiosis with one another.

tap-tap-tap-tap, tap-tap-tap-tap, tap-tap-tap-tap, tap-tap-tap-tap, went the mutant's fingers, and Lyra wondered if there was some meaning to that...

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