Doctor Whooves: Family Feud

"Ok! Now! Open it!" the Doctor shouted.

Golden Delicious pushed the rock out of the way of the exit with all her might, struggling and a drop of sweat coming down her forehead. The rock slowly moved out of the way for the three adventurers to escape from the deep dark tunnel. The bright light broke through and they saw pure light for the first time in hours, unfortunately the light was soon blocked by the creatures trying to kill them.

"Ok, quick, we don't have much time, luckily the smeltery is only next door!" the Doctor smiled.

The Doctor, Applejack and Golden Delicious reached a large metal door, which was unfortunately locked.

"Oh no! How do we get in?" Applejack asked.

"I don't know! We need to think of something!" Golden Delicious stressed.

"I know, but what? They're almost here!" Applejack worried.

"Out of they way, both of you, and quit your bickering!" the Doctor shouted. He pulled out his sonic screwdriver and soniced opened the door. "Ok, push it open! In, in, in!"

The Doctor jumped into the smeltery after Applejack and Golden Delicious and shut the door and soniced it locked again.

"Well at least we're safe again." the Doctor sighed in relief.

"Thanks to you! You never cease to amaze me with your weird, hoof held machines, Doctor!" Golden Delicious laughed.

"It's what I do, nothing special really." the Doctor replied.

"What? You do this all the time?" Golden Delicious asked.

"It's an average day for me." the Doctor said as if it was nothing.

The Doctor walked over to the furnaces in the corner of the smeltery and turned it on and put in the iron in a heatproof bowl and waited for it to melt. The Doctor kept an eye on the iron while Applejack and Golden Delicious sat down on the chairs in the centre of the room and started to socialize.

"So, Golden Delicious, tell me more about yourself? Since you're part of my family, ah may as well get to know you in person since this will be the only chance ah get while we're running away from those things outside." Applejack asked.

"Well I never an education, the only things I know what to do is read, write, talk and buck apple trees, I don't know much." Golden Delicious explained.

"Well, even if ya don't know much or didn't have an education, ya still got your cutie mark!" Applejack smiled.

"Yeah, but I feel like I would have more opportunities than what I do now if I had an education..." Golden Delicious frowned.

"But the thing that we apples do is past down our family, it's our heritage, what we do will go on for centuries to come!" Applejack explained.

"Yeah, I guess you're right! Anyway, I have never left Ponyville, whenever there is a family reunion, I volunteer to look after the farm while the rest go to the family reunion. I haven't really met the rest of the apple family except when they had the reunion here." Golden Delicious explained.

"Well, ya don't always need to volunteer to stay, ask somepony else to stay for once! See the rest of Equestria and meet the rest of the family." Applejack replied with a smile.

"Ha, ha, you're right Applejack, you know what to say at the right time, I'm glad that the apple family in the future is in safe hands!" Golden Delicious laughed.

The Doctor turned to Applejack. "Make the most of this, get to know her a bit more than you already do, you don't have long to talk." the Doctor muttered with a stutter in his voice, trying not to tell Applejack the truth of what he was doing.

The creatures from outside were clawing and scratching and breaking down the walls of the building, they weren't going to last long inside if they got in, now more than a few seconds.

"Why do you say that, Doctor?" Applejack asked.

"Well, for one, those things might get in!" the Doctor pointed out, trying to avoid his second reason why... The Doctor turned back and started to make a moulding cast for the melting iron.

"Ok..." Applejack said, very suspicious of the Doctors behaviour. "Golden Delicious, what else have ya done in your lifetime?" Applejack asked.

"Nothing really, just won a few iron pony competitions around Ponyville!" Golden Delicious replied. "But what about you, Applejack? What have you done in your lifetime?"

"Nothing that different from you." Applejack replied.

"Come on, give me more description!" Golden Delicious laughed.

"Ok, ok, I was given an education, unlike you, but still ended up having a cutie mark with something to do with apples, I buck apple trees like you. I have won iron pony competitions like you too. I am part of the elements of harmony." Applejack explained.

"Elements of harmony?! They're legendary, the most powerful things in Equestria!" Golden Delicious said as she got exited by talking to a keeper of an element of harmony.

"Yep, ah know, I'm the keeper of the element of honesty! I don't treat it as something I should have fame for, I take family, friends and my job in our family much more important." Applejack explained.

"Well, at least I know you're reliable!" Golden Delicious laughed.

"Oh yes!" the Doctor smiled.

"What is it, Doctor?" Applejack asked.

"It's moulded along with the two darts." the Doctor said to himself.

"What has? Doctor just tell me!" Applejack asked.

The Doctor pulled it out of the mould along with it's two darts. "This!"

"What is that?" Applejack asked.

"Is that some kind if weapon?" Golden Delicious asked.

"Yes, let me explain, because the iron is telepathic, I can use these darts for a telepathic purpose too, the sonic screwdriver goes into the slot at the top and when I shoot the dart out of the gun, what ever I want the dart to do, it will do." the Doctor explained.

"Is that to stop the creatures outside?" Golden Delicious asked.

"No..." the Doctor replied.

"What is it for then?" Applejack asked.

"Applejack, move out of the way of Golden Delicious for a moment, please." the Doctor demanded.

Applejack moved out of the way of the path between the Doctor and Golden Delicious. The Doctor looked straight into Golden Deliciouses eyes.

"I'm sorry!" the Doctor said calmly. He shot Golden Delicious with the dart, rendering her unconscious.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Applejack screamed.

A glowing light came from outside the door, the creatures had gone.

"DOCTOR! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" Applejack screamed.

"I knew you would shout and overreact, thank God I made two darts!" the Doctor said. The Doctor aimed the gun with his final dart at Applejack, pressing the trigger, also rendering her unconscious.

"Right, now it's time for the hard, heart breaking stuff!" the Doctor thought to himself with a tear rolling down his face. He picked up Applejack and Golden Delicious and walked out the door with huge regret, getting ready for a hard explanation to Applejack of what went through his mind and why he did it...