Chapters The Twelfth Doctor Tries to Understand Canterlot High
Author's Note
Come one, come all to the sequel nobody asked for. Now with more grumpy, Clara, and grumpy.
The inspiration, once again derives from the Twelfth Doctor's constant need to understand things, and the EQG story. But this time it doesn't take place during the story but rather after.
Friendship Games
"No you're not understanding me Clara," The Doctor said as he opened the door to the TARDIS," anything and everything i've been doing lately is related to understanding magic." The Doctor and Clara were just getting back from a horrid adventure through fabricated dreams.
"Then what am I not understanding if that is exactly what I have been hearing from you," Clara asked.
"Well the fact that you don't seem to grasp the concept well. I'm saying that we're going back to Canterlot High only for samples of magic. I'm not sure how i'll get my hands on it but I will."
"Doctor, why can't you just sometimes accept that you aren't always going to understand something?"
"When I can finally say I give up. Which is a one in a million chance."
"Fine. But if i'm tagging along then we're gonna start using your cards."
"Cards? What cards?"
Clara dug through her pocket and pulled out a set of cards. They weren't playing cards but rather, flash cards.
"These are my way of helping you," Clara said as she attempted to hand him the cards," get along with others."
"And why would I need to do that?"
"Because you suck at getting along with people. You're always insulting them."
"But they always ask for it. Just like all the pudding brain race." Clara tapped her foot for a few seconds. "Oh except for you. You're different."
"Just use the cards. Please," Clara asked as she held out the cards making the biggest, most innocent smile she could muster.
"Fine. But just this once." Although he knew this wouldn't be the last time Clara would have him use them. Clara's face lit up as she hugged the Doctor. When she let go she, finally, handed him the cards.
"Alright now read the first one."
"Clara I-"
"Just say it Doctor."
"Alright fine." The Doctor held up one of the cards and looked at it. "I'm sorry you had to see me in such a grumpy moo-, Clara!"
"What?"
"These are absurd. You can't expect me to actually use these."
"Do you want me on the trip or not?" Clara put her hands on her hips.
"Alright fine. I'll attempt to use them." Clara turned around and started heading for the door. The Doctor grumbled and slid the cards into his pocket. "Fine I WILL use them."
"Great." Clara said as she went to sit down. The Doctor flipped a few switches on the TARDIS and she began to wheeze and moan. Within seconds it stopped and The Doctor walked to the doors.
"Now. Lets get down to business." The school looked exactly as it should, three story windows and the statue sitting in the front court. Except something seemed different. The Doctor pulled out his sonic sunglasses and scanned the area. The radiation levels had seemingly sky rocketed to exponential proportion. Last time he was here it was far lower than it was now.
"Well Doctor are we going to get going?" Clara asked as she walked in front of him. Her hair seemed to glow as she kept walking towards the school. The Doctor watched as she walked and went back into the TARDIS. He came back out with a hand mirror, he had no idea where it cam from, and held it in front of him. As he walked even his hair glowed a bit. Although his hair was a rather light grey so it didn't show as much as Clara's. This was odd. But maybe it was just the side effects of walking into a radiated area. He toke off his sonic sunglasses and replaced them in their pocket. The doors to the school were locked. Strange it wasn't a weekend and it was already time for classes. The Doctor pulled out his sonic sunglasses again and unlocked the doors. Him and Clara walked in and found empty halls. Papers hung on billboards talking about some sort of tournament called the Friendship Games.
"What kind of stupid thing is- I mean um," The Doctor hesitated as he pulled out the cards. He flipped through them as he tried to find one that would work in this situation. There wasn't any. "Uh I mean, sounds very interesting wouldn't you agree Clara?"
"Why yes Doctor I would," Clara said. She looked at the paper for a bit before turning to the Doctor. "It seems this happened a few days ago. So why is this still up?"
"Perhaps it may have something to do with the increase in the magic count. It is a lot stronger now than it was last time."
"Where do you think they'd be then if they aren't here?"
"Well either at home sleeping like....... they should," The Doctor said as he looked around," or they're at a restaurant or cafe."
"So where do we go first?"
"Well i'd start, at their homes. And I know just which ones to start at." The Doctor turned around and went back outside to the TARDIS.
The Twelfth Doctor Tries to Understand Canterlot High
Dimension Traveling is Still Possible
Author's Note
Oh my gosh it's still possible.
Dimension Traveling is Still Possible
The TARDIS landed outside a seemingly normal apartment building. The Doctor knew who lived in there, if the TARDIS was correct. Sunset Shimmer, a female from Canterlot High who, last time he checked, wore a leather jacket, a purple shirt with a sun divided into two colors, and an orange skirt with two streaks running down the left side. Her hair would make her easy to spot since she'd, most likely, be the only one with red hair with orange highlights, or orange hair with red highlights, which ever one it was. "Alright Clara come along," The Doctor said. He turned around and walked to the door before turning around," and yes."
"Yes to what," Clara asked.
"Yes, as in future yes."
"Future yes?"
"Yes." The Doctor turned back around and opened the door. The apartment building was rather large. He was sure half of it was just a false add on made by aliens. Apartment buildings are never that large. He walked up to the front door and pushed a button on the paging system. Seconds passed before a female answered.
"Hello," asked the female.
"Yes hello is this Sunset Shimmer i'm speaking to," The Doctor asked.
"Yeah. I'm just gonna have to ask who you are."
"It's me Mr. Smith I came here to talk to you." Seconds passed and there was no reply. "Hello?"
"Sorry just needed to move a few things. Um sure. Come on up." The paging system clicked. The Doctor opened the door and walked in. The lodge was average with a few chairs, magazines, some plants, elevators, and a reception desk. The Doctor went to the elevator and scanned each of them. Neither of them were alienated but he wasn't going to take any risks. He took Clara to the stairs and began walking up them.
"So Doctor who is this Sunset Shimmer character," Clara asked as they reached floor two," you never got around to telling me about our last adventure here."
"Well Sunset Shimmer is a 'friend' of mine," The Doctor replied," she sorta saved the world. Not me."
"Oh my gosh Doctor you made a friend!?"
"No. I did not make a friend. She's a 'friend'. Or perhaps a better term may have been acquaintance."
"Well I think she's a friend if you're going to her for help."
"She is not a friend. Clara just don't bother." The Doctor stopped at door number 10B and knocked on it. There came some thumps and then the door opened. Instead of Sunset Shimmer there was Twilight Sparkle.
"So is this Sunset Shimmer," Clara asked.
"No, my name's Twilight Sparkle," Twilight replied. The Doctor pulled out his Sonic Sunglasses and scanned Twilight. She was drenched in magic, she gave off such strong radiation that even his Sonic Sunglasses couldn't record all the data. She looked different from the last time he saw her. She wore her purplish hair, with her deep purple and pink highlights, hair in a bun and she wasn't wearing her usual bow tie and skirt. She was in her pajamas instead and was squinting.
"Twilight Sparkle," The Doctor began," meet Clara. Clara meet Twilight Sparkle."
"What do those do," Twilight asked as she pointed to his Sonic Sunglasses.
"Oh these. They're Sonic Sunglasses, they record data using sonic waves, it unlocks doors, makes technology go haywire," The Doctor said as he began listing off it's capabilities," these can do just about anything a remote control can do and more. But it can't work on wood."
"Mind if I borrow them?"
"Yes I do mind. I don't want any pudding brains messing with my stuff."
"Doctor," Clara said as she crossed her arms.
"I mean...... I would prefer you not. This is very high-tech equipment that I don't want in the hands of a pudding brain." Clara began to tap her foot. "Clara look, I am not going to be nice twenty four seven."
"Doctor you could've hurt her feelings," Clara growled.
"Yes I know, but that's the whole point of calling humans pudding brains so that they try to get smarter. Since the entire human race is nothing more than a brain dead society."
"I'd have to disagree with you, Doctor," Twilight interrupted.
"Oh really. Name all the pieces of a double helix strand."
"Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine, Prymidine, Purine, and Carbon Deoxyribose Sugars."
"Gah. Anyone could know that. Name three elements on the periodic table, other than Plutonium, Hydrogen, Uranium, Oxygen, Carbon, Helium, Copper, Gold, Neon, Nitrogen, Chlorine, Sulfur, Phosphorous, Silicon, Aluminum, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Iron, Nickel, Zinc, Krypton, Silver, Tin, Iodine, Platinum, Mercury, and Titanium."
"Niobium, Zirconium, and Darmstadtium." Twilight smirked.
"Oh you think you're so smart don't ya? Then tell me each of their atomic mass."
"Ninety two point ninety one, ninety two point twenty two, and two hundred seventy one is the current atomic mass of the longest living recording of Darmstadtium."
"Atomic number?"
"Forty one, forty, and one hundred ten."
"Element Symbol?"
"Nb, Zr, and Ds."
"Well then I guess I should take that back. Not all humans are a brain dead society. I like you Twilight. Now where's Sunset Shimmer?"
"Oh she's in the bathroom."
"Well may we come in or should we just wait out here," Clara asked.
"No come on in. I mean, you guys were talking to Sunset on the paging system," Twilight said as she moved away from the door. The Doctor and Clara walked into the apartment. A sleeping bag was sprawled across the floor as well as a bowl of popcorn. A dog layed, curled up in a corner. Near a table was a pair of broken glasses lying on the ground.
"Uh oh," Clara said as she picked up the glasses," were these your glasses?"
"Oh no, oh nononononononono," Twilight held out her hands towards Clara. Clara handed Twilight her glasses," oh noooo."
"Oh stop your griping and give them to me," The Doctor said as he took the glasses from Twilight," another good thing about my sunglasses is that I don't need them 24/7. So I guess you can use them. Only for the time being." The Doctor took off his Sonic Sunglasses and put them in Twilight's hands.
"Thank you," Twilight said," but I thought you said you didn't want me touching these?"
"That was before I found out you weren't a pudding brain. Now put them on." Twilight put the sunglasses on and they began to refocus to Twilight's eye sight. "Luckily I have another sonic device that does just as much."
"So um, this is a nice place she's got here," Clara said trying to change the subject before the Doctor and Twilight got lost in some technobabble she'd, most likely, not understand.
"Thanks," Sunset said as she walked out of the bathroom. Sunset Shimmer was also in her pajamas.
"So you're Sunset Shimmer," Clara asked.
"Yes," Sunset replied. Sunset turned to The Doctor and smiled kindly," it's been a while Mister Smith."
"Indeed it has Miss Shimmer, indeed it has," The Doctor said as he picked up the bowl of popcorn and handed it to Clara.
"So what brings you to this neighborhood Mister Smith," Sunset asked as she took the bowl from Clara.
"Oh just cam here to understand magic. Seeing as you know so much about it I thought i'd come to you Miss Shimmer."
"Well i'd love to but it's kind of early in the morning to do this. And I can't really show you how it works without some sort of object to wield it."
"Then get a wand," Clara interrupted," I mean isn't that how magic on Earth works?"
"You wish it did," Sunset said setting the bowl on the counter.
"Then how does it work Miss Shimmer," The Doctor asked.
"Well how should I know," Sunset asked," I mean come on the magic originates from Equestria. The place where I actually have a horn to weild it. But here it's just all willy nilly."
"There's that place again," The Doctor noted," Equestria. What is with you and this place called Equestria?"
"Other than the fact it's where I trained in the art of magic and where I come from, nothing," Sunset replied.
"Now hold on. You're saying you come from a place where humans have horns that can control magic but when you leave it you don't," Clara asked.
"No, Equestria is like another dimension where instead of humans there's ponies," Sunset replied.
"Impossible," The Doctor shouted," you can't have travelled here from another dimension. That is completely impossible."
"Alright mister smart guy and why not," Sunset asked.
"Because dimensional travel isn't possible anymore," The Doctor replied angrily.
"Alright. Let me get some appropriate clothing on and I can show you that it is possible." Sunset walked to a nearby room and shut the door. Minutes of awkward silence passed and Sunset cam out dressed in her leather jacket, but rather her normal skirt she wore a green and yellow skirt and jeans. Sunset then slipped on her boots and walked to the door.
"She's pretty serious about this isn't she Doctor," Clara asked as they followed Sunset down stairs and out into the parking lot.
"Yes she must be. But i'm going to prove her wrong," The Doctor smirked. Dimensional travel wasn't possible and he knew it. This girl was just being delusional.
They arrived back at the school and Sunset stood next to the statue. "Alright Mister Smith. Touch it right here," Sunset touched the front end of the base of the statue.
"Fine Miss Shimmer but like I said there is no way that dimensional travel is possible." The Doctor touched the statue's base. Well at least he should have. Instead his hand went right through. He was stunned by this and looked at Sunset Shimmer. She just stood there and tilted her head. The Doctor then proceeded to put his head through. Suddenly he was in a library, inside a crystalline room, and at the far end sat a pony, reading a book. She was lavender colored with a horn and wings. With a mane similar to Twilight's hair, the color was even exact. The pony looked up and screamed, The Doctor shouted and he pulled his head back through the portal.
"So," Sunset asked," was I right or was I totally right?"
"How is that even possible? That shouldn't be possible." The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and aimed it all over the statue. The readings were undeniable. This statue was another way to enter dimensions. Something told him he'd be staying for more than just magic.
The Twelfth Doctor Tries to Understand Canterlot High
The Doctor stood there, staring at the portal. Sunset Shimmer and Clara were both sitting under a tree next to Twilight. They were laughing and giggling. The Doctor just stood there glaring at the portal to Equestria. This portal shouldn't, neither can it, exist. Dimensional travel was no longer possible and The Doctor knew it. It was a feeling that he knew so well. There was no logical way this was possible unless time lords were present in that dimension and were capable of dimensional travel, or someone had forced through the dimensional wall, the void, and then the next dimensional wall over. "Um Doctor you've been staring at the portal for two hours now," Clara shouted from across the courtyard.
"And," The Doctor asked as he turned around. He walked towards them, faint memories flooding back into his head. Of a girl, named Rose. Her blonde hair once flowed like a golden river. Her eyes always sparkled with adventure. Until he saw her no longer, after everything had happened. Davros, the reality bomb, Rose. The female who used to be at his side, all the time. Rose, she was once his world and now she was gone.
"Mr. Smith," Twilight interrupted his thoughts," you're crying. Are you okay?"
"Yes. Just a few memories coming back. Nothing more than that." The Doctor touched his cheek. No doubt, there was a wet streak running down it.
"Are you sure," Clara asked. She was always worried when he wasn't acting like himself.
"Clara, i'm fine," The Doctor replied," like I said just a few memories coming back."
"So Mr. Smith," Sunset began, trying to change the subject," where do you usually go for dinner? If you don't mind me asking. I mean getting to know you a bit more seems like a good way to pass the time on a night like tonight."
"Where do I usually go for dinner," The Doctor began," is, um, is usually Greece. Mainly Athens."
"But don't you have a job as a substitute," Twilight asked, confused at the moment.
"Oh please Ms. Sparkle," The Doctor mumbled," don't tell me you haven't put two and two together yet."
"How can you expect her to figure anything out if you don't tell us anymore than your na-," Sunset began before being interrupted by Twilight gasping.
"No way," Twilight shouted as she jumped up off the ground.
"What," Sunset asked.
"It's you," Twilight continued to shout," oh my gosh."
"What," Sunset asked again.
"He's The Doctor. A time travelling alien from the planet Galliffrey. He protects Earth from other aliens as well, the U.N.I.T. folders don't go into to much detail on the subject. He travels around in a T.A.R.D.I.S. or Time And Relevant Dimension In Space," Twilight blushed realzing how silly she must seem to the 2'000 plus year old time lord standing in front of her.
"Yes Twilight," The Doctor said," I know about you. Hacking into U.N.I.T. files every so often. Last time I was here you tried to get into my TARDIS."
"What is going on," Sunset asked," I thought your name was John Smith?"
"It is, but it isn't," The Doctor replied," I'm usually referred, to as The Doctor."
"Alright, can we just slow down for like two seconds and talk about all this in a nice, calm, and easy to understand matter," Sunset asked. What was even going on?
"Right, sorry," Twilight said as she pushed up her glasses," well Sunset Shimmer this is The Doctor. The Doctor this is Sunset Shimmer."
"I already know her name Twilight, no need in introducing her to me," The Doctor said as he held out his hand. Even he was fine with at least, one hand shake.
"Right sorry." Sunset just stared at The Doctor. Was this even real, was it all a dream? Was she really just asleep in her apartment, dreaming about Mr. Smith being a time lord, whatever that was.
"Now come on," The Doctor began," don't tell me you don't believe in extraterrestrial life forms."
"I don't actually. There is no real evidence of their existence."
"You see, that's where your wrong. I'm a Time Lord from a planet, lightyears away, called Galliffrey."
"But isn't Galliffrey in Scotland?"
"Apparently, but I never checked in on that suggestion, i'd rather not right now"
"Well you sound Scottish so maybe you're just delusional."
"Yeah, he's delusional coming from the girl who talks about a place called Equestria," Clara interrupted. Even this argument was getting irritating for her.
"Alright, fine if you can show me one sign of proof that you really are an alien i'll believe you," Sunset Shimmer smirked at the thought. He had no way of showing her that the stuff he was saying was true.
"Wait here then," The Doctor mumbled as he turned towards the street. The Doctor ran off towards the apartment building and his TARDIS.
"You shouldn't have done that Sunset," Twilight began," we're telling you the truth."
"I'll believe it when I see it," Sunset Shimmer said as she let her head and back rest against the tree. Suddenly the wind picked up and a noise began to fill the air. It sounded like wheezing but inside a tube. By the statue, a shape began to materialize, a blue box. As it continued to materialize the wheezing became louder and a second noise could be heard, some sort of signal of some sort. The blue box soon became solid and the noise died. The Doctor stepped out of the blue box, a smile on his face.
"What did I tell ya," The Doctor shouted," Sunset Shimmer, meet the TARDIS." Sunset's mouth dropped open and what she had just seen.
"How is that possible," Sunset asked," you left just mere seconds ago. My apartment is two minutes away."
"Time travel Sunny dearest," The Doctor replied.
"Okay but them how is that possible," Sunset asked.
"Well if you did your research it's called the Titular Tube theory," Twilight replied," the TARDIS can travel through time and space via Titular Tubes."
"Exactly," The Doctor continued," they're like wormholes but it's a constantly turning tube with which I can travel between any time and all of space." Sunset Shimmer stared at him confused about everything going on. This was far bigger than magic, this was time and space travel and she just couldn't grasp all these concepts at once, and it all being thrown at her at once wasn't helping.
"Doctor she looks confused," Clara pointed out.
"More like broken," The Doctor said," want to see something just as cool?"
"Um what do you mean by cooler," Sunset asked.
"Follow me and find out," The Doctor said as he turned back towards the TARDIS. Sunset just sat there still trying to comprehend the whole idea of the TARDIS. "Come on. I'll take you and Twilight back to the apartment." Twilight put her hand on Sunset's shoulder and gave her a look of adventure, and worry. "We don't have all day. Technically we do but we also do not." Sunset stood up and walked to the TARDIS followed by Clara and Twilight. The Doctor stood at the door and pointed to the handle. "Go on Sunset Shimmer open it." Sunset hesitated for a few seconds before she grasped the handle and pushed the door open. Inside was bigger than the outside. Sunset felt light headed, either it was the constant surprises or she was exhausted. Either way she fell backwards striking the solid ground. Her head spun and she blacked out.
When she awoke she was on her couch. On the floor next to her was Twilight, fast asleep. A glass of water and some pills sat on a night stand. It was the middle of the night with a faint glow from the moon being her only source of light. She looked around confused, she must have dreamt it all up. She got off the couch and accidentally stepped into a bowl of popcorn. She slid the bowl aside with her foot and walked to the bathroom. She flipped the switch on and looked in the mirror. Her hair was a huge mess, with knots all over and she could just make out a bump on her head. She must have hit her head in her sleep. She felt groggy and looked at the time on her phone. It was four in the morning, she slipped off her clothes and unhitched her bra. She was just about to take off her panties when a familiar noise roared from the shower. It wasn't on and that's when it hit her, she hadn't dreamt it. It was still happening. The blue box's top could just be seen above the curtain. Sunset tried hastily to get her clothes back on before The Doctor walked out she got as far as hitching her bra together when the door flew open and instead of The Doctor, there stood Sunset Shimmer. Her hair was a mess, her jacket torn in multiple places and her pants had holes everywhere. Her forehead had a red scratch above her left eye and her hands were covered in dirt. "Alright," the other Sunset Shimmer began, her voice was hoarse as well," into the TARDIS, i'll take it from here."
"Wait... how... how can you be me," the almost undressed Sunset asked.
"No time to explain, just leave your clothes here and take a towel, you'll need it," the beaten Sunset hurriedly said.
"Alright but," Sunset began.
"Just go, the Friendship Games needs your help." The damaged Sunset Shimmer pulled a towl out of a nearby cabinet and tossed it to the nearly naked Sunset. Things were getting confusing but after all the stuff she'd been through she wasn't about to ask questions. She took the towel and went into the TARDIS. It was almost empty save for The Doctor who was flipping switches on the control panels.
"Ah you made it," The Doctor began," so glad you could." The doors behind Sunset Shimmer locked and The Doctor smiled a big, toothy grin.
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The Twelfth Doctor Tries to Understand Canterlot High
Author's Note
It's here. No this isn't the end of the story. There's still plenty to write.
Now That was Hectic
The Doctor flipped switches on the TARDIS. He had been receiving a distress signal shortly after dropping Sunset Shimmer off at her apartment. He was escorting two shapeshifters to the Friendship Games. They had missed it and said they needed to be there, that their ship went to far past their destination, that they were out of fuel. Either way he didn't care. That's when he felt the strange sensation in the back of his head and fell over, incapable of moving. The aliens shapeshifted into him and Sunset Shimmer. Clara had decided to stay behind in Sunset's room as some sort of person to talk to when Sunset woke up.
"Thank you Doctor," his doppelganger grinned," you made our plan far easier than expected. And when we finally slaughter my wife's murderer we'll slaughter you."
The Doctor's doppelganger dragged his limp body down the stairs and stuffed him into the storage closet.
The Doctor was traveling through time and space at an alarming rate trying to reach his TARDIS from the past before it made it to Sunset Shimmer. The shapeshifters thought Sunset was their wife's murderer because Sunset was living in the apartment the wife had died in. He just hoped he wasn't to late. The TARDIS materialized inside a shower and sadly, he was late. The shapeshifters had already swapped the Sunset Shimmers. He needed to get to the Friendship Games then. The Doctor began flipping switches frantically. He knew what they were doing and he had to stop them. Clara had been hanging for her life on the edge of a dimensional rift, miles above the ground, and he knew what would happen if she let go, or she couldn't hold on much longer.
"Doctor are you okay," Sunset asked as The Doctor stepped closer, the noise of the TARDIS slowing to a halt.
The Doctor held out a hand grabbing Sunset by the cheeks.
"Oh yes i'm fine Sunset," The Doctor began," but you won't."
"What do you mean Doctor," Sunset asked through her mushed cheeks.
The door behind her unlocked and The Doctor shoved her out. She was miles above Canterlot High. And far below a large hole in the ground. She could barely make out herself, her friends, and Twilight. It was the day of the Friendship Games. And she could just barely feel her feet leave the TARDIS floor. She began plummeting, straight towards the ground. Far below her she saw the climax between her and Twilight from the Friendship Games. She continued to plummet further and further. She could feel the wind against her body, it made her feel sick, the idea of striking the ground and all the images in her head wasn't helping. She finally accepted her imminent fate as she continued to fall.
The TARDIS materialized merely feet away from a large dimensional rift in the ground. At its edge was Clara, still hanging on for dear life.
"Doctor," Clara shouted," Doctor don't leave me! Doctor!?"
"Clara don't worry i'm here," The Doctor shouted back," but i'm trying to figure out how I can save you and Sunset Shimmer!"
"What do you mean trying," Clara shouted," I thought she was at home, asleep?!"
"She was, but now she isn't," The Doctor said as he held out his hand," she's miles above our head. Plummeting to her death."
"Well then forget about me," Clara shouted as she swatted away his hand," i'll be fine Doctor. If worse comes to worse i'm sure the ponies will save me."
"Clara," The Doctor began.
"No buts Doctor save her," Clara demanded.
The Doctor continued to hold out his hand.
"Clara I can't trust you with an assumption like that," The Doctor shouted attempting to grab her hand.
"Then you leave me no choice Doctor." Clara let go of the rim of the dimensional rift. The Doctor tried to grab her hand but it was to late. "Trust me Doctor!"
The Doctor looked at her for a few more seconds before he dawned a straight face. He lept back into his TARDIS. He knew he could trust Clara. She always came back. She was his impossible girl.
The TARDIS hovered over the school diagonally. He had anticipated Sunset's falling speed and height. He had the TARDIS set up to catch her, the safest way possible with a slight chance of broken bones as a result. Or at least that was the plan. He had subdued the shapeshifter but they could just as easily come to. He wasn't about to have his key to understanding magic go splat on the ground. The world shook as a white pillar of light thrust itself to the sky engulfing the TARDIS and the plummeting Sunset Shimmer.
"Ow," Clara groaned as she sat up, aching all over.
She was in the TARDIS. So The Doctor did find a way to save her and Sunset Shimmer. But where were they? She looked around, something seemed off but she couldn't tell what.
"Oh hello," someone said from behind her," glad to see you awake."
He sounded familiar almost like another Doctor she met. She turned around to see a pony with a brown coat of fur, a very messy tail, and mane.
"Are you," Clara began before wincing.
She felt like her body had been split open, her bones smashed, and turned to jelly.
"Oh right. The name's Doctor Whooves," the pony said as he held out a hoof," but you can call me The Doctor. You took a nice dive there. Nearly scared half of Ponyville on impact. I guess you're the lucky one. Some of your species weren't so lucky."
"What happened to them?"
"Impaled, drowned, died on impact. You weren't the only one who fell through the dimensionall rifts."
The pony Doctor flipped some switches on his TARDIS control panel and it began to wheeze.
"Gotcha," The Doctor shouted as Sunset fell through the door of the TARDIS.
She knocked the air out of him, she first embraced a hug, a thank you hug for saving her life.
"Oh my god thank you," Sunset began," I thought I was a goner. Thank you so much."
Her hug soon became a squeeze and The Doctor had a hard time breathing. She soon let go and got up, beginning to blush in embarrassment. She was still stripped down to nothing but her bra and panties. She had just hugged a two thousand year old man when she was almost naked.
"No," The Doctor shouted," don't get any ideas Ms. Shimmer. I have enough problems as is. I don't need you getting all huggy and attachy. I have one of those already."
"Why are you always so grumpy," Sunset asked," oh and uh do you have a closet or something?"
"Grumpy isn't the term i'd use," The Doctor replied as he pointed downstairs," i'd prefer the term disapproving. Or maybe disappointed."
Sunset Shimmer disappeared downstairs as The Doctor prepared to chase after his past TARDIS so that this future could happen. It didn't take long for clattering and gasps to occur. She was, step after step, losing any attachment to any truths she may have held. And now she was looking at a whole new definition of walk in closet. The Doctor would never understand female's fascination with clothes.
Clara's head still rang as she stood around the much smaller control panel. It looked exactly like a regular TARDIS control panel, but more simplified for hoof working, not fingers.
"So you're The Doctor," Clara asked as her head still rang.
She felt if it rang any longer she'd have to start answering the phone. Wait that didn't make a lot of sense. Maybe she had a concussion, nothing a good rest won't fix. Suddenly her legs buckled and she tried to catch herself. She soon realized her futile efforts as she struck the TARDIS floor. Her head spun as The pony Doctor's face blurred and spun. The voice became echoed.
"Don't worry Clara you're going to be alright," he shouted.
She didn't remember telling him her name.
The TARDIS was parked outside the left apartment building. The shapeshifter looked at the large building and smiled. It was finally time to retrieve his wife's objects from that wretched Sunset Shimmer's apartment. Four years ago, his wife had perished in that apartment. That same day Sunset Shimmer rented it. He hated her with a passion, a passion only quenched by her death. She murdered his wife in warm blood to get hold of the apartment. If only his wife had made it to the door. The one hidden to the normal eye. Only visible through the corner of a human eye. He shapeshifted into Sunset Shimmer and walked up to apartment 10B. He opened the door and came face to face with, The Doctor, a grimace plastered across his face. His eyebrows didn't make the frown any better. The shapeshifter stood in shock. The time lord should have been miles away, and in the past, trying to stop the catastrophe of the Friendship Games. He turned around to meet an unfamiliar face. Her skin was sky blue with rainbow hair and violet eyes. He could just hear the crack of her knuckles as a fist drove into his chin. He stumbled backwards back into The Doctor who grabbed him by the wrist and spun him around. "Never," The Doctor shouted as he shoved the shapeshifter to the wall," and I mean it, never endanger so many lives like that!" The Doctor twisted the arm in a very unnatural position.
"Yeah," the rainbow haired female said as she cracked her knuckles.
"I want you gone," The Doctor growled into the shapeshifter's ear," but first." The Doctor let the shapeshifter's arm go," have fun Ms. Dash."
The Doctor spun around and marched down the hall. The Doctor looked behind him, Rainbow Dash had the shapefshifter pinned back against the wall. Her fist drove into the shapefshifter's face and green blood dripped from his nose as he slouched over, unconscious.
Clara sat, slouched against a crystalline wall. She was far to light headed to stand up straight. The pony Doctor had gotten in contact with another pony named Twilight Sparkle, oddly she looked like Twilight Sparkle, but as a pony. Well The pony Doctor looked like The Doctor so it shouldn't have been to surprising. But just the idea that these ponies resembled their human counterparts had Clara thinking about a pony her, a pony Artie, a pony Missy, just that thought sent shivers up her spine. Somewhere out in this galaxy was a pony of mass murder and possible genocide. There were plenty more, like Zygons and Ice Warriors that just gave her the chills. Her train of thought was derailed when Twilight Sparkle trotted in with The pony Doctor at her side. "Thank you for letting us send her with out any big questions," The pony Doctor said," I believe her to be the only survivor from the near collapse of the spacial barrier between this reality and the human reality."
"Well of course there were no big questions," Twilight said as she trotted in front of Clara," excuse me Ms. But I didn't quite get your name."
"My name's Clara," Clara replied even her voice sounded distant," Clara Oswald."
"You may be feeling a bit light headed or maybe even nauseous, Ms. Oswald," Twilight said," but don't worry, your body just isn't used to the atmosphere here. And it won't need to be for very long. The Doctor told me about your, er, fall and i've checked your bone structure. You only seem to have a broken collar bone, a concussion, and your legs, if given to much strenuous work, may snap."
"Which is why you fell over earlier," The pony Doctor added," well the leg thing did. The concussion is just the reason everything sounds so echoey."
Clara couldn't tell which was worse, her almost broken legs, or her concussion. Maybe that was just the confusing thoughts running through her head, messing with the facts.
"But there is a problem that has arisen," Twilight continued," you may feel side effects from the exposure to magic. I'll be returning with you to the human world, although I just got back from it, i'm willing to make another trip."
The Doctor walked around the front yard of the school. It was nearly nine in the afternoon. Still no sign of Clara, The Doctor wasn't sure what was keeping her, she always came back.
"Doctor," someone whimpered.
"What," The Doctor shouted.
He wasn't trying to, but he was angry at himself and he just let some of that anger out at an innocent human female. The female who whimpered his name was none other than Fluttershy, who was running off crying back to her friends. He wanted to run through the portal, to find Clara, but he felt if he did he'd be rushing it.
"Doctor," Sunset said quitely as she walked up to him," it's getting late and you've been standing here watching the portal for a few hours." Sunset's voice hinted at a worse case scenario.
"Don't you get sentimental with me," The Doctor shouted as he pushed his ring finger against Sunset's chest," don't start thinking that she's dead! She isn't! I know it!"
Sunset's soft face hardened into a frown and she back handed him across the face. It felt like he had just been slapped by River Song all over again.
"How come whenever something doesn't want to work with you," Sunset began," you have to deny it! She's dead Doctor, she fell miles to the ground and you know it!"
The Doctor looked back at the portal. This couldn't be the end of Clara. There was always another. He could find her and have adventures with her. But then it wouldn't be the same, all the fun and adventures they had wouldn't have been seen by the new Clara. He could feel years of aging weigh down on his mind. He slowly dropped to his knees as if the weight was to much to bare standing up. And then tears began to drizzle from his eyes, blurring his vision. Clara was dead, he didn't want to believe it, but she was.
"Now that isn't a very warm welcome," Clara said as she stepped through the portal.
"Clara," The Doctor shouted as he stood up spreading his arms out for a hug.
"You have a little something," Clara said as she made a movement around her face.
"Oh shush," The Doctor said wiping away the tears," what took you so long? I was convinced you were dead."
"Well that would be my fault," said a very familiar voice," hello, i'm The Doctor." The Doctor squinted at his pony counterpart turned human. He resembled his 11th incarnation flawlessly. From the spikey hair to the converse on his feet.
"Alright hold on," Sunset Shimmer said," how can you both be The Doctor if neither of you look the same?"
"Regeneration," both Doctors replied.
"Alright," The Twelfth Doctor said," i'm my thirteenth incarnation. He resembles my eleventh incarnation, uncannily."
"How many times can y-" Sunset asked before being cut off by The Twelfth Doctor's groan.
"Twelve," The Twelfth Doctor replied," a time lord can regenerate twelve times."
"Alright no more questions until later," Clara shouted," sorry. Just, annoyed."
The Doctors looked at each other for a few seconds. Before the pony turned human pulled out his silver, cylindrical sonic screwdriver. The Twelfth reached into this pocket and pulled out his sonic sunglasses.
"Alright. No sonic measuring either, because all three of us know that you," Clara pointed at The Twelfth," don't use a sonic screwdriver, and you, don't like your Twelfth incarnation's sonic screwdriver because it's bigger."
"Right," the pony turned human Doctor said stuffing his sonic screwdriver back in his pocket," best be on my way."
The pony turned human Doctor turned around and walked back through the portal. Mere seconds later another Twilight came through the portal, books and other equipment in hand.
"Twilight," the other girls shouted in excitement. Except for human Twilight who just seemed very uncomfortable.
"Back again," Sunset began," why?"
"Well I needed to run tests on Clara to keep an eye on her bodily composition," pony Twilight began," I don't know what kinds of effects the pony atmosphere can do to a human. Let alone large quantities of magic flowing around them at all times."
The Doctor's smile evaporated, replaced by a frown once more.
"Isn't that great Doctor," Clara asked," your key to understanding magic just walked through a portal."
Pony Twilight spun around looking at The Doctor," you were the one peaking through the portal then?"
"I wouldn't call it peeking," The Doctor replied," more like investigating."
"Well i'd be happy to help you understand magic," pony Twilight said," once we get to a secure place. And not in the cold."
The rest of the girls stood up, except human Twilight who stared at the ground. Clara walked over to her and sat next to her, putting one hand on her shoulder.
"She'll be a minute," Clara said," you guys go on ahead. I'll keep her company."
"Don't stay out to late young lady," The Doctor said a smirk on his face.
"Oh shut it i'm old enough not to have a curfew," Clara laughed.
The Twelfth Doctor Tries to Understand Canterlot High
Author's Note
Make sure to leave any opinions or comments on something I may not have made clear enough or any errors you may spot. Thank you and enjoy the read
Captain Jack Harkness
The cold air of the Antarctic nipped at Clara and The Doctor, they had just helped an Ice Warrior find colder regions before his suit was unable to move. Ice Warriors were always getting into bad situations on their own. As a brigade they were sure to bring ice cannons and coolant to keep their bodies and suits cold.
"So Doctor where to next," Clara asked.
"Well it's time for your weekly check in," The Doctor replied," you haven't been given the all clear just yet remember?"
"Right," Clara grumbled," more annoying wires."
"Oh cheer up Clara. This is supposed to be your last time."
"You said that last time."
The Doctor and Clara reached the TARDIS and walked in.
"Yes, I know, but every time you hear about it you get grumpy. Let it happen Clara."
The Doctor flipped a few switches on the TARDIS controls and turned a few knobs.
"Easy for you to say. Last time we were there you were a grumpy bum. After your little episode with Davros you're the kindest and most enthusiastic i've seen you."
"What can I say Clara? I'm a dead man walking."
The Doctor flipped one last switch and the TARDIS began to wheeze.
"Promise me that after this I get to go home and enjoy a nice afternoon of relaxation."
"You can have the whole weekend if you'd like. I can always do a few errands and such on my own."
"That would be fantastic."
The TARDIS' wheezing stopped and The Doctor and Clara stepped out onto the street leading to the apartment building. The trees were covered in toilet paper and Jack-O-Lanterns lined houses. Paper ghosts hung in windows and children walked by in costumes.
"Halloween? Could the girls pick any better date," Clara grumbled.
"The girls said every Friday. This just so happens to fall on a Friday," The Doctor replied," oh cheer up. While you're in the middle of your tests i'll see if I can't muster up some candy."
The Doctor opened the apartment building door for Clara. The building was dark, with false cobwebs lining the walls. Lights shined through them and tiny toy spiders hung off of them. The elevator on the left was open just a crack and from inside the smell of copper wafted through.
"Boo," shouted a voice from behind.
Clara spun around hands at the ready. The Doctor just continued to look at the elevator, sonic sunglasses on.
"Oh come on," Sunset Shimmer groaned," what does it take to get a good jump on you Doctor?"
"More than some copper spray," The Doctor replied turning around," and about a couple hundred Daleks, Cybermen, and Mire."
"What are those," Sunset asked.
"Forget that, what are you wearing," The Doctor asked.
Sunset was wearing her leather jacket, but instead of her usual clothes she had dawned a pitch black shirt with fake blood splattered across it. Jeans, torn in many places, a hockey mask, and some very thick, black eye shadow.
"My costume. What's wrong with it?"
"It's so simple. So primitive. So slapped together at the last second."
"Doctor can we just get this over with," Clara groaned.
"Right, sorry guys," Sunset began," the weekly check up was moved to tomorrow."
"I'm sorry but I promised Clara the whole weekend to herself. This will only take a few minutes," The Doctor said.
Sunset sighed," unless you can change Twilight's mind it'll have to wait until tomorrow. She's got plans of her own with Nightmare Night."
"Well this is more important than some candy and a few paper ghosts," The Doctor growled.
Sunset rolled her eyes and walked to the stairs.
"Alright, Clara you wait here," The Doctor said.
The Doctor followed Sunset Shimmer up the stairs and out of sight, leaving Clara alone in the dimly lit main entrance. Something itched at the back of her mind, desires. The usual ones, like her boy friend Danny, impossible to please now. Another was adventure but what could she do sitting in a stuffy room? But another itched at the back of her head, answers, were they hiding something from her? Was she going to die? Was that the real reason The Doctor was so upbeat? Soon fear clouded her thoughts.
"Alright, Twilight said she'll be here within the next few hours," Sunset said setting down a leather book.
"Right put this on," The Doctor said handing her a small ring.
"Why," Sunset asked taking the ring.
"It's a, ha that's funny, it's a Shimmer."
"Oh my god," Sunset sarcastically laughed.
"Just try it on, trust me," The Doctor said motioning to the shimmer," you want to be really scary don't you?"
"Wait why are you giving me this?"
"Because it's Halloween and if you haven't noticed i'm not the same grumpy old man you remember from last week."
Sunset Shimmer shrugged and placed the shimmer on her ring finger. A beep rang out from the shimmer and the room turned blood red. The Doctor looked her up and down.
"Alright. Go look in the mirror."
Sunset Shimmer walked to the mirror. What she saw wasn't her old costume it was a seven foot tall man, with no hair, a deep brown leather jacket, a white shirt, and black jeans, with heavy boots and black gloves to match. Where its face should have been was a hockey mask with pitch black holes for eyes. She wasn't looking at herself anymore, she was looking at Jason Vorhees.
"Well," The Doctor began," what do you think?"
"How did you," Sunset said still staring at her 'costume'.
"Like I said. A shimmer, it's like putting on a costume, but much more comfortable, and accurate."
The door opened and a purple haired female walked through her arms crossed.
"Sunset Shimmer, we've been," Rarity said before stopping in her tracks.
They all stood silent for a few seconds, beads of sweat beginning to form on Rarity's forehead.
"Oh, right," The Doctor said fumbling over his sonic sunglasses.
He looked at Sunset's ring finger and the shimmer deactivated. Jason Vorhess vanished and in his place stood Sunset Shimmer in her, not so well made, costume.
"Oh my god," Rarity said sighing in relief," for a second there I really thought you were that horrible man. On the other hand, we've been waiting for you for the past ten minutes. What have you been doing up here that is so important? Rainbow Dash was getting very impatient and wanted to get going."
"Well, my costume," Sunset replied," you saw it."
"Right," Rarity said," how did you do that anyways?"
"It's called a Shimmer," The Doctor stated," very high-tech equipment."
"Alright, great, now come along," Rarity rushed," Rainbow Dash has started blasting one of her wretched band's songs from my car speakers."
Down below the echoes of 'Psychosocial' can be heard from a white car parked across the street.
"Right," The Doctor said looking back at the shimmer, reactivating it," you best be off. I can wait for Twilight here. Just send Clara up."
"You sure you don't want to come with," Sunset asked," we can all meet up for a nice time on the town, after the school dance and stuff."
"Well I don't really," The Doctor said putting his sonic sunglasses away.
"Come on Doctor," Sunset pleaded," it'll be very convenient for us, and Twilight if you did."
"I'd have to talk to Clara," The Doctor said," it's her choice before she disappears for the
"Great," Sunset said with excitement," see you at the TARDIS in a few."
Sunset Shimmer walked out her apartment door leaving The Doctor and Rarity alone in the room.
"Well, aren't you going with," The Doctor asked raising an eyebrow.
"Watch out for her okay," Rarity said pointing a finger at him," no taking her across the universe or back in time."
"It's only to the school dance," The Doctor said," The Doctor Disco will make sure she gets there safe."
The Doctor pulled his sonic sunglasses back out of their pocket and placed the rim just low enough to look over.
"The Doctor Disco," Rarity asked," that has to be the worst nickname I have ever heard."
The TARDIS room was quiet. The only noise being the turning gears and switches. Clara sat on a step reading a book from The Doctor's large collection. Sunset sat on the railing looking at all the the switches and buttons. The Doctor looked at the terminal as the Gallifreyan signs made their thirtieth rotation on the screen.
"Doctor," Clara said getting up from her position at the step," Doctor I need to ask you something."
The Doctor didn't move his eyes still glued on the screen.
"Doctor answer me," Clara demanded.
She shook his shoulder and his head rolled off his body landing on the ground. Suddenly the main lights in the TARDIS shut off leaving the only light coming from the main console. Sunset and Clara screamed as large bodies of green moss and mold climbed up from below them. Small gargoyle like creatures zoomed over their heads as a skeleton in a space suit slowly stomped up the stairs asking who turned out the lights, repeatedly. From the darkness stepped a robed figure orange eyes piercing through the shadow of the cloak. His laugh echoed amongst the sloshing and screeching.
"The Doctor is dead," the robed figure laughed," his regeneration energy and life stolen in the blink of an eye."
His hand raised, a small device placed in his palm.
"Who are you," Clara asked swatting at a gargoyle.
"I am Basil," the robed figure replied," The Doctor's greatest threat."
The device beeped a few times, the lights came back on, and the creatures disappeared. The Doctor's decapitated body fizzled out and the man removed his cloak. Underneath was The Doctor, a smile spread across his face.
"Gotcha," The Doctor said taking the cloak off and resting it on the railing.
"Doctor," Clara growled putting her hands on her hips," you had us scared half to death."
"Well at least you aren't right," The Doctor asked pointing at the two of them," it was just a small scare. Nothing more."
"But how did you do that," Sunset asked," i've seen some great CGI, but this is a whole new level, they looked way to real."
"Holograms," The Doctor replied flipping a switch.
At the door stood a man. Possibly into his late twenties, early thirties. His hair was short but stuck up. He wore a grey trench coat with a dress shirt and pants. His eyes were bright and his face showed not a single blemish.
"Well hello," the man said as he walked towards the two girls," the name's Jack, Jack Harkness."
"And as you can see," The Doctor said pointing to a gargoyle," looks real. Very real."
He flipped the switch and the gargoyle disappeared, but Jack Harkness remained.
"Hey Doctor," Jack Harkness said," long time no see. Like the new face, really matches your age. But i can't help saying, you look like an old politician, no joke."
"Good afternoon Jack," The Doctor groaned.
"You know," Jack said turning to the girls," I like your choice. Two companions, really works. Two, very good looking ones at that."
"Stop it," The Doctor groaned," just stop it."
"A bit grumpy much," Jack said winking at Sunset.
"Doctor," Clara said with a questioning tone," you never told me Jack was so good looking."
"That's because if I did you'd want to meet him," The Doctor continued to pinch his brow.
"Aw come on Doc," Jack said," you missed me."
"No," The Doctor shouted," I miss Davros more than i've ever missed you!"
"Doctor," Clara growled smacking him across the cheek," that is very unDoctorly."
"Wow," Jack said clenching his chest," I don't think my poor, fragile, immortal heart can take much more of this."
"Good," The Doctor shouted, rubbing his cheek," now get out!"
Jack's beaming smile sunk to a frown, he put his hands into his coat pockets and walked towards the door.
"Well," Jack whimpered," it was nice seeing you again Doctor."
"If only I could share that feeling," The Doctor growled," now leave."
The TARDIS' cloyster bell rang menacingly as the door locked and the main terminal flashed. The TARDIS began to wheeze and moan as it began to travel through time and space.
"What's going on," Sunset shouted over the cloyster bell.
"The TARDIS is angry," The Doctor replied," what is it girl? What did I say?"
The cloyster bell continued to ring as the TARDIS shook. The occupants were thrown around the room as the TARDIS crashed, books were strewn across the floor. Sunset was slumped over a fallen bookcase, Clara had wound up on the floor below. The Doctor was holding onto the railing, and Jack Harkness lay in a heaping pile of books and wood.
"Is everyone alright," The Doctor asked," nobody has anything broken?"
"Yeah," Jack groaned," my heart."
Down below Clara groaned, she had taken quite the fall. Sunset got up and rubbed her neck she made a mental note not to make the TARDIS angry. However that worked.
"Shut it Jack," The Doctor growled as he looked at the TARDIS' monitor.
"Where did the TARDIS take us," Clara asked as she slowly walked up the steps," i'm guessing it isn't Canterlot High."
"Zygor," The Doctor said sliding the monitor to Clara.
"Zygor," Sunset asked," what's a Zygor?"
"Zygor," Jack said getting up from the rubble," home of the Zygons. Big, red aliens covered in suckers, with poison sacks in the tongue. Still great kissers."
"Yes," The Doctor growled," thank you Jack for your explanation of the planet and its inhabitants."
"Glad to be of service," Jack said bowing.
He walked over to Sunset and hugged her, then turned to Clara and hugged her.
"You girls alright," Jack asked.
"Yeah," Sunset replied," just a bit sore."
Jack's smile returned as he looked Sunset up and down. She was quite the female. With eyes so bright he could lose himself in the sea of turquoise. Hair so well kept he could have related it to Rose's, and a figure so perfect he'd be more than welcome to take her home, and then some. Then he noticed the shimmer on her finger, sparking. He grabbed her hand and raised it to his mouth, kissing it as he removed the shimmer from her ring finger. He kept his eyes glued on Sunset. She was so radiant, she had an aura he thought he could feel. It called out to him, like a moth to a flame.
"Jack," The Doctor shouted," would you quit flirting with her. Her face is the color of a cherry."
"I was only saying hello," Jack chuckled," I never get to say hello."
"Well if you had said hello any longer I would've thought she was a Zygon," The Doctor growled.
Why, of all days did Jack have to show up, this was supposed to be a quick night at a dance, a few tests, and then dropping off Clara. Now Jack was here and things weren't getting any better. A knocking came from the TARDIS door and another voice echoed in to the TARDIS.
"Doctor," the voice called out," Doctor what are you doing in there?"
He recognized that voice, it was Petronella Osgood, which meant they weren't on Zygor, they were in Zygor. A home town built for peaceful Zygons who were living on Earth, as remembrance of their fallen planet Zygor.
"Oh thank god," The Doctor sighed walking to the door," someone who I can actually talk to."
He opened the door to reveal a female in her late twenties, her hair tied back in a ponytail. She wore thick glasses, a black leather jacket, converse, and a multicolored shirt. It looked as if colors had exploded all over her shirt, and pants.
"Are you Zygella," The Doctor asked.
"I'm Osgood," Osgood replied.
"Right," The Doctor said," well the TARDIS got angry and took us here. Even tricked us into believing it was the planet Zygor. Not the town."
"Why did it get angry," Osgood asked raising an eyebrow.
"I think Jack made her angry," The Doctor replied turning around.
The door slammed in his face and locked. He was locked outside the TARDIS. The TARDIS' noise echoed as it began to dematerialize. The Doctor pinched his brow. Was the TARDIS really siding with Jack for once?
"Well ladies," Jack said holding the school door open for them," mind if I accompany you to your party?"
The hall was decorated with cobwebs and paper ghosts. It was so slapped together, nothing fit where it should. Ghosts stuck to cobwebs and false spiders hovered over their heads. The echoed sounds of music traveled down the halls. It was some sort of pop song, one about tweeting.
"Jack, who are you exactly," Sunset asked.
Jack Harkness looked at both of them before taking a deep breath.
"I'm Jack Harkness," Jack smiled," I come from the very far future. Or at least I used to. I died hundreds of years into the future but was brought back to life for reasons I, even the Doctor, have yet to explain. Thing is, I can't die."
"So you're immortal," Clara asked raising an eyebrow.
"Basically," Jack smiled," except no matter how I die, I live on. I've been blown up, from the inside out, Exterminated, shot in the forehead, encased in cement, poisoned, you name it, it has most likely happened to me."
"That sounds terrible," Sunset said patting him on the back," I don't think i'd stand being immortal."
"You get used to it," Jack sighed," seeing everything you love die of age. Or living while the person next to you dies, from poisoning, radiation. Killing your own grandson to save millions. The things I have seen, the pain I have felt. It's a fate worse than death."
Jack's expression went from ecstatic to depressed in a matter of seconds. He went into his pocket and pulled out a small, white patch. It looked alien, it wasn't cloth.
"Take this," Jack smiled setting it in Sunset's hand. When you are at the brink of death, please use it. Just place it here," Jack pointed to her forehead," or here," he pointed to her chest," and then come see me."
"What is it," Sunset asked.
"You'll find out some day," Jack smiled. He turned around and began to walk back down the hall.
"Wait, Jack," Sunset shouted chasing after him.
Jack Harkness walked down the street, looking at his feet. She'd find out some day, when that day was, he may never know. Jack had handed her a Mire Med Kit, used by the alien race, Mire. It was so powerful it would prevent Mire's from dying. He knew a woman who had been given the same device by The Doctor, thousands of years ago. Her name was Ashildr, but she wasn't one for love.
"Jack," shouted a voice from behind him," Jack, please wait."
He turned around to see Sunset Shimmer, running down the street. He stopped and looked at her, maybe he had made the right choice. Sunset caught up to him and stopped, panting.
"Jack you forgot something," Sunset said between each breath.
Jack raised an eyebrow, a smile forming across his face. Sunset kissed him on the cheek.
"That's for being so kind," Sunset smiled," and this is for feeling sorry. About everything that you've been through."
Sunset kissed him on the lips.
"So," Jack smiled after their lips parted," you wanna know what that little thing is?"
"Well yeah, but," Sunset said.
"But what," Jack asked.
"I'm sure it can wait until i'm ready," Sunset replied.
"So be it," Jack chuckled," just be sure to find me when you use it."
Jack turned back around and flipped open something on his wrist. With a press of some buttons he vanished in a body of light, leaving Sunset alone.
"So i'm guessing you understand what the device is then," Clara asked.
"No, I don't," Sunset said twisting the med kit between her fingers.
"Well whatever it is, he sure trusts you with it," Clara smiled," i'm sure it'll become clear to you some day. Plus, I think he's got the hots for you."
"He's got the hots for anyone," The Doctor said walking down the hall," he's got the hots for an alpaca, a bug lady, anything living. He's just taken a particular liking to you, Miss Shimmer. Or, in due time, Mrs. Shimmer."
"Welcome back Mr. Grumpy," Clara joked," did you enjoy the trip back over to the States?"
"Kate was very pleased to see me again," The Doctor replied," so what is this about something Jack handed you?"
"Oh it's just some sort of white box," Clara smiled," no opening to it or anything."
"Well i'd like to see it," The Doctor held out his hand," just to be sure it's safe."
"Mind your own business," Rainbow Dash shouted from across the hall.
Here came the rest of the girls, each wearing a costume. All of them looking much better than Sunset Shimmer's. Rainbow wore a lab coat, fake blood dotted it in multiple areas, and in one of her pockets was a syringe. Underneath she wore a black shirt and pants, with black shoes to match. Eye shadow gave her face an almost insane look to it.
Pinkie Pie was nowhere to be seen, that is until she popped out from behind The Doctor in a completely black jumpsuit, covered in gadgets. She wore a bandana around her head and had her hair, some how, packed down. Over one eye she had an eyepatch and a few scratches were drawn onto her face as well as a morning shadow.
Rarity had dawned a blue dress, a dress so blue The Doctor thought it was annoyingly blue. Rarity's hair was braided into a long ponytail and her nails painted a bright blue color.
Applejack wasn't with them, apparently she was to busy helping her grandmother run a corn maze.
Apparently the human world Twilight hadn't come along, neither did Fluttershy. Twilight's excuse was because she hadn't completely moved into Sunset's apartment, Fluttershy's being, she was very afraid of Halloween.
"Now Rainbow darling lets not jump to conclusions," Rarity sighed," perhaps The Doctor is just afraid about what this 'Jack' character has given Sunset Shimmer."
"Afraid," The Doctor laughed," you're joking right? Clara when was the last time I was afraid?"
"A few days ago, when Colony Starf found you," Clara replied," I didn't forget Doctor."
"Alright fine," The Doctor groaned," i'm slightly afraid, but i'm also very curious. I've known Jack longer than any of you."
"Didn't you ever learn that curiosity killed the cat," Sunset asked.
"Oh i've heard that saying," The Doctor replied," but i've been in much worse situations than this due to curiosity."
"Like," Rainbow asked.
"None of your business," The Doctor replied," it's my life i'll share what I want to."
"Exactly," Sunset said," so it's my life, i'll share the box with you if I want to."
The Doctor turned to Sunset and frowned. His eyebrows looked like they were going to pop off his head.
"Right," The Doctor said," right. I should have seen that coming."
That afternoon was filled with laughs and a trip over to the TARDIS for Clara's check up. Little did the Doctor know, what he'd encounter before his next visit. His world was about to crumble, and he was unaware of it.
The Twelfth Doctor Tries to Understand Canterlot High
It was cold, all to cold, the wind howled, and snow fell, as Sunset struggled to make it home. A sign nearby said Coal Hill road, she was close. Then things changed, the wind stopped, and the snow stopped falling. She looked around, everything was frozen. From out of the snow walked a female in a deep purple dress, her hair tied in a bun, and she wore some sort of bonnet on her head.
"Who are you," Sunset asked.
"I'm Missy," the female smiled, "and you're today's lucky winner of," she pulled out a small device," plan A."
The device fired off a shot, paralyzing Sunset. Missy laughed as Sunset blacked out.
"Don't worry, i'll find her," The Doctor said as he turned a corner," i'll report back when I do."
"Thank you," Twilight said.
The Doctor hung up the call on his sonic sunglasses. Twilight had called and had done nothing but jumble around words as she had tried to explain that Sunset Shimmer had gone missing.
"Now that we've extracted the magic, she is no use to us," a robotic voice laughed.
"Of course, pleasure doing business with you captain," Missy chuckled.
"And you Mistress," the voice continued to laugh.
Sunset was conscious but incapable of moving. Her eyes wouldn't open. She was completely locked in place. Where was she, who was the voice, what deal were they making. They said something about her magic. How did they figure out how to extract it? The hissing sound of gas filled her ears and she became unconscious once more.
Screaming echoed in Sunset Shimmer's ears, explosions and bubbling filled the space between each scream. Sunset jolted awake, she looked around to see destroyed buildings, bleeding bodies, burning people. It was almost like hell came to Earth. The familiar whirring of a sonic device entered her ears. She looked around to see The Doctor blowing up machines.
"Doctor," Sunset shouted.
The Doctor turned in her direction and his face contorted into a frown that would have scared Satan himself.
"Sunset Shimmer," The Doctor shouted back as he ran to her," where have you been? Who got a hold on your radiation levels? They're completely drained."
"Some Missy character and some sort of Captain," Sunset said," they took me into some enclosed chamber and siphoned the magic out of me, somehow."
"Well that explains how The Captain can do all of this," The Doctor said destroying another machine.
A beam came down from the sky, striking the statue. In a fiery explosion the statue exploded, bits of it flew everywhere. The smoke turned a deep purple and then disappeared, replaced by a small orb or energy. A crane dropped down, grabbing it, then lifting it up, until it was out of sight. Another beam came down destroying the school and evaporating any nearby civilains. Amongst them were Twilight and the rest of the gang. In the blink of an eye they became dust, and the school caved in.
"I win Doctor," the robotic voice shouted over a communication device," I win. Any last words before I eradicate your puny life form?"
"Yes Captain," The Doctor smiled," just one. Boom."
"What do you mean boom," the voice asked.
"Boom."
"Boom?"
Boom, an explosion rocked the earth as it began to rain fiery metal. Half a robotic face landed on the ground, scarred. Inside was part of a human skull, burned to a crisp.
"Boom. Because you see that radiation, in such a pure form, is highly volatile if encased in such a tight place as your ship, Captain. Even worse if it comes in contact with flamable objects, such as crude oil, maybe even other radioactive substances."
"Curse..... you...... Doctor..." The Captain's robotic voice groaned.
"Oh no not me. I did nothing. It was magic."
"It's not easy, I know," The Doctor mumbled," when you lose something so precious."
"You know nothing about the things i've been through," Sunset shouted.
"And no matter what I say," The Doctor sighed," you'll always think no one has ever felt the same."
"Because no one has, and no one ever will!"
"You're wrong. People have been in your shoes, felt the weight like it were thousands of tons weighing down on them. They've seen more pain than they would ever believe. What you did, to the innocent people of this city. The lives they took just using your own magic, will push all the blame on you. And you may never be forgiven by them. But," the Doctor rested his hand on Sunset's shoulder," I forgive you. And I may be the only one who does. You are all alone now, your friends are dead, turned to dust, your home destroyed, the school leveled. What will you do when I leave?"
"I'll run, i'll run until I can't run any longer. And when I reach the end i'll call for you, again. And i'll wait until you come for me, just so I can keep running."
"Until we meet again Miss Shimmer."
"Until we meet again Doctor."
The Doctor stood up and brushed off his coat. He stared at the remains of Twilight and the others, dust piles, waiting to be carried away on the wind. He turned to Sunset one last time. The captain's army was nothing but rubble, and the Captain himself was gone, either disintegrated, or teleported.
"Thank you, for everything. I may have come here looking for answers and I may be leaving empty handed, but i'll at least know I saved someone."
The Doctor turned back around and walked to his TARDIS. He opened the doors and stepped inside. It was time for him to leave, and, maybe, he'd come back. But it may not be for years to come.
Sunset Shimmer sat on a dock overlooking the ocean. Her mind far off in another place. The sun was setting and the sky was turning a bright orange, the clouds were like silhouettes against it all. The water sparkled, far off in the distance. She still couldn't forget, the terrible things she'd done. But that's why she was running. Running away from it all, because she was guilty.
"This spot taken," a voice asked from behind her.
"No," Sunset said.
"Thanks," the voice replied.
The owner stepped closer and sat down. The voice had belonged to Clara. Her hair was tied back and she was wearing a diner outfit.
"So," Clara smiled as she turned to Sunset," how're you doing?"
"Oh, running away," Sunset chuckled.
"I saw. I'm so sorry, for everything The Doctor has put you through."
"No it's fine."
"No it's not. It never was, and never should be fine."
"Wow, thanks."
Sunset looked down at the water below, she could barely see herself in it all. She had her hair straightened and her red highlights dyed black. She still wore her leather jacket but underneath was a white shirt.
"So what's your name?"
"Sunset Shimmer."
"No, try again."
"I'm Suns-"
"Not anymore. You changed your look, so now it's time to change your name. Something that yells hurt woman."
"Says who? Maybe I prefer my original name."
"But it keeps you tied to the past. You need to become someone else. Start anew."
"Then what do you propose I change it to?"
"I have no say in it. The name is all yours."
"I'll come up with one, some day."
"Again really sorry about everything."
"Thanks, I guess."
Clara stood up and looked out at the sky before turning around and walking down the dock.
Some day.
The year is 2193, a woman runs down a corridor, a pulse rifle in hand. Her hair is a deep purple with the ends died a bright green. She's wearing a deep black jump suit and sunglasses. The woman turns a corner and runs into a man, they topple over each other.
"Woah," Jack chuckles," I missed you to, but tackling me takes on a whole new meaning."
"Sorry," Cassandra sighed.
"So did ya find it?"
"Found it? It's headed this way."
"Well Miss Shimmer."
"I told you to stop calling me that. That name is a reminder of my past demons."
"Right, well Miss Cassandra," Jack smiled as he cocked his laser pistol," lets put this thing to sleep."
A large spider turns the corner, eyes set on the immortal couple, mouth dribbling with the slime of the Metebelis III arachnid race. Cassandra aims down the sight, and fires off a round...
Author's Note
The End, as it says. And I think I ended it finely.
