The Return of Doctor Whooves

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The Doctor's eyes shot wide open. The calming noises of soft snoring from both Twilight and Rainbow Dash was the only sound in the darkened room. The Doctor's eyes adjusted to the light and he pulled his Sonic Screwdriver out of his pajama shirt pockets, after rummaging around in them and pulling out a few other things, amongst which was a piece of the Eye of Harmony, "Wondered where that got off to." a banana, "Bananas are good. Great source of potassium. Reason I replaced that weapons factory with a grove full of them. Shame though, I admit that Squareness Gun of Jack's... (Some voice in his mind, sounding suspiciously like the man himself, shouted "There should be a "Captain" in there!") Which I... Er, liberated from the factory before it blew up does come in handy." and off all the things, a satsuma. "Figures, there's always that one stinking satsuma at the end amongst a whole hoard of items." before he grabbed his bathrobe, and pulled on his bow-tie, making him a very odd sight indeed, although it wasn't like anypony was around to see him right now, nor did he particularly care anyhow. He'd long ago dropped caring how people or ponies thought of his fashion sense ever since he wore that ghastly multicolored coat about six or so regenerations ago that looked like it was stitched together from just about any piece of clothing he could find. The Doctor then went to a torch in the room and lit it up with his Sonic, but not brightly enough in a manner that would wake up the two soundly sleeping ponies, who by now had at somepoint in the night, curled up in the same bed together, with Rainbow's wings draped in a admittedly rather cute fashion over Twilight's sleeping form, with their chests heaving softly and the occasional leg twitch from one or the other being the only way to tell that the twosome were still alive.

"Best leave them to it, Celestia knows they need to bond some more and hopefully admit those ponely wonely feelings of theirs... Yeah, I've adapted alright if I'm saying her name instead of Rassilon's, not that the man is anything to swear by anymore, considering his actions. I should have started swearing to God or some other deity after the Time War." The Doctor mused darkly to himself. He remembered everything that the bastard who called himself the High Counciler had been planning to do to try and save Gallifrey from it's destruction, bringing it to Earth with the help of the Master as an unwitting pawn in some fashion. Thankfully, with him and the Master now in Equestria... Well, just him now the Doctor thought sadly to himself, the final stages of that plan of Rassilon's would never come into being. Honestly, sometimes he wondered if blowing up Gallifrey was for the best, considering the living Hell it had become in the final stages of the Time War. He was glad the Master got out when he did, and the Rani and Romana as well, considering they probably would have committed suicide if they saw what their planet was turning into and what HE was becoming.

"You, no we did what we had to do, considering we are the same being after all." An aged and weary voice said to him from a corner of his mind. The Doctor stopped in his tracks even as he was just beginning to step out of the hut's doorway and into the sand. It was a feature of Time Lord biology that even after a regeneration had passed, they were still able to speak to their future incarnations mentally if they so desired. Some Time Lords, usually the ones with especially powerful mental abilities like the Master and the Doctor had developed whole Mind Palaces and were able to communicate with any and even all of their previous selves in moments of calming peace and tranquility... Which for both the Doctor and the Master were far and few between.

"No, there could have been other ways... Other paths we might have taken." Eleven (Well, technically Twelve if you want to be pessimistic about it.) argued mentally with the regeneration he refused to acknowledge, the one who had dropped the name of the Doctor entirely.

"Bullshit!" HE snapped back. "You know perfectly well as I do that using the Moment was the only way to end all the fighting!"

"And in one simple stroke, I became a god, a god of death. Nobody should have to chose who lives and who dies, then they'd become a monster. And that's what I became in that one single moment, something I've been fighting for millennia. A monster. You know, they say the Valeyard was sometime between my Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations, but I think in that moment we became the Valeyard." Eleven retorted and he could feel his previous self being struck like he was hit in the chest.

"How dare you..." War growled out. "Listen to yourself. The Valeyard is a monster with no remorse." War said back in return in a stern tone of voice, before his voice became kinder. "We have remorse for what we did. That's what you've become now. The man who forgets, and now the man who regrets."

"And now it seems once more I must go to war once again, as we both know what this town is under attack by. I remember now, what "A Stallion of Wealth and Taste" is from." Sympathy For the Devil, Rolling Stones, Album: Begger's Banquet. Great band by the way, helped them out with their first record, but now is no time for reminiscing." The Doctor mused before adjusting his bow tie and taking one step forwards. And then another.  "Time for me to be the Doctor. This town has a plague, and it's high time it was removed."

"You should bring your companions along for this. They've always been a great help to you, no matter what form they might take, and you sure could use the help now." War told the Doctor. "Damn Akachi's warnings, you can't walk alone on any path. Look where it got me." War told his successor in a sagely tone of voice. "Be the Doctor yes, but be it in the way you are best, with friends by your side."

The Doctor nodded in agreement before heading back into the house, but before he could do so, columns of swirling black smoke appeared from out of the darkness surrounding the Doctor and turning into the forms of the Zebra townspeople and torchlights flickered off in the streets as this happened.

"Boss wants to see you... Doesn't say why, but we're not ones to question orders." One of the Zebras spoke. The Doctor chuckled.

"Not ones to question orders?" The Doctor replied in a mocking tone of voice. "I'm guessing at your pay grade they don't tell you much do they? Really should start asking more questions... Might end up with less of you to deal with, if you get my meaning."

"Shut up!" One of the possessed Zebras snapped before knocking out the Doctor with a punch to the muzzle with another Zebra picking up his unconscious form.

"What about the other two?" Another asked, gesturing towards the hut where Rainbow and Twilight where. The lead demon shook his head.

"Don't bother, they're no threat to us. All that matters is him. He's the problem. Now all we gotta do is find that damned chieftain and our job will be done here. Who knows, might even get rewarded. Tirek knows there are some pretty, pretty mares in this town for us to go all Gimme Shelter on."

The other possessed Zebras chuckled darkly before turning back into smoke and flying off in one particular direction.

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All the while, unbeknownst to them, the War Doctor had just gotten an unwanted visitor in his mindscape, which was his TARDIS. In front of him was a mare with short black hair and a purple dress.

"You, who are you? And how the Hell did you get in here?"

"Wellllll, seeing as how old dumbo here has gotten himself knocked unconscious, I slipped in and took a pretty little peek inside his head, and oh my the things I've seen..." The mare grinned in a perverted way. "My my, if Celestia knew the dreams he had about her, she might just change that all so wholesome image of purity and all that crap just for him."

"Get out of here! You're not welcome!" War barked but was ignored.

"Relax, I'm just here to pass on a message of sorts, and then I'll leave. There's things going on down back in Canterlot, and you lot need to pick up your arses and get the Tartarus over there!"

"Considering the state we're in, I hardly think that's possible." War deadpanned before the mare headbutted him and War was greeted with an influx of images. First he saw the rooftop of Carousel Boutique exploding, and the windows shattering outwards sending glass flying everywhere, and Nightmarity emerging and making her declaration of "Oh my stars, do I look gorgeous or do I look gorgeous? This is the Best Possible Thing to ever happen to me! But never mind my looks. The night shall last forever, and it shall be absolutely fabulous! And this time... And this time nopony shall stop me! NOPONY!" . Then, he saw everypony in Canterlot falling into dream states and going into horrific nightmares, the contents of which he could only guess, all the while the remaining members of R.I.F.T and Celestia worked to counter the affect.

"So, what happens if they try to fight their dreams?" Spike asked nervously and Celestia looked at him gravely.

"Simple answer... They die."

Then, when the members of R.I.F.T finally woke up, he saw the battle began between them, Shining, the Royal Sisters against Nightmarity and her Shadowbolts. He smiled when he saw that they were holding them off, but then he saw to his horror, what happened to Spike.

*"Rarity..." Spike mused sadly as a tear rolled down his cheek. "Why did this have to happen to you?" He ran towards where Nightmarity was even as Shining saw him and shouted "Spike, stop! Don't be a fool!" But Spike didn't listen.*

"Oh, what's this? A little drakeling come out to play? Shouldn't you be in bed by this hour?" Nightmarity asked in a mock-sweet tone of voice.

"Rarity, please! Listen to me! I know you're in there somewhere! I... I... never told this to anypony else, not even Twilight, but I love you! Remember when we went gem hunting and you were captured by those Diamond Dogs? I rushed to protect you, just as I am now! So please Rarity, come back to me!" Spike pleaded, passion filling his every word. Nightmarity gave him a small smile, perhaps her old self reasserting itself for just a moment, but then it was gone and Nightmarity was back.

Well Spikey-Boo... Touched as I am by your words, I'm sorry, but the Rarity you knew is gone forever!"

Time seemed to slow down as every member of R.I.F.T and Shining seemed to rush towards Spike to protect him, even as a purple bolt of lightning rushed towards the ground right towards the young drake with Rarity mentally screaming out *"NO!",with Shining even throwing up a blue energy shield around him, but it was all for naught as the bolt pierced right through him and then only ashes remained...*

"I'll... I'll be sure to pass on the message when I get the chance." War whispered after the mental assault on his mind finally stopped coming even as the strange mare waved goodbye and said "Toodles! Nice seeing you again my love, but I've got a battle to get back to!" before vanishing.

Meanwhile, with Twilight and Rainbow, the lavender colored mare was slowly waking up when she realized she had heard the sound of voices outside. She suddenly noticed that the Doctor was gone and a torch had been lit in the room. She then felt a warm presence by her body snuggled up comfortably and also felt wings draped over her. She looked to her left and her eyes quickly widen as she saw Rainbow Dash by her side, gripping her tightly like a pillow or a very big plush toy.

Oh my Celestia... Is Rainbow actually snuggling me?" Twilight thought excitedly and then the pony that was the subject of her musings slowly returned to the waking world as she murmured "Twilight, just give me five more minutes with ya..." before she slowly brushed her multi-colored mane out of her eyes.

"Er, where's the Doctor? Please tell me he's not a sleepwalker." Rainbow questioned and Twilight shook her head and tried to keep her enthusiasm to a minimum. There was Rainbow, sleeping in the same bed as her!

"Not as far as I know of, no." Twilight replied before she raised en eyebrow inquistively. "Rainbow, why were you... Uh, hugging me?"

"We're in the desert, gets cold at night." Rainbow lied as best as she could but Twilight gave her a deadpan stare in response.

"We're in Zebrawa, pretty sure it doesn't get cold here, even at night. See, I can smell your sweat."

Rainbow decided not to tell her that wasn't sweat, it was musk. She was right in the middle of the pegasi heat cycle and she wanted to mate with somepony, NOW, and all parts of her brain were screaming "Twilight!" Rainbow just thanked Sun and Moon that she hadn't done anything... rash to put it delicately.

"Annnnnyyyways..." Rainbow began, deciding it was best to change the subject as soon as possible. "We should probably find the Doc. Faust knows what kinda trouble he's gotten himself into by this point. Probably wandered into a lion's den or something." Rainbow muttered to herself as she and Twilight got up out of bed. Little did she know it, but Rainbow was more right than she thought...

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Elsewhere in the small village, at the chieftain's hut, which was made out of a tree much like Zecora's home and the inside covered in masks and other décor, Noteworthy/Abaddon, now in a nice black pinstriped suit with matching tie, both made of the finest materials was being delivered his gift, which was promptly and unceremoniously thrown onto the ground. At first he smiled when he saw the Doctor, but then that smile turned into a frown when he saw two certain ponies were missing.

"Ah, ah, I believe we have a sort of... communication issue here." Abaddon said in a completely calm and businesspony like tone of voice. "I believe we're missing someponies."

One of the possessed Zebras spoke up. That poor fool.

"Sir-(He wilted under Abaddon's glare) Er, sorry, Mister Abaddon, we scoured the whole village and couldn't find hide nor hair of the chieftain. Mind you, we did find some pretty mares for us as a... stress relieving scheme, and I do know how much you like that."

Abaddon snarled, and it came out like an almost animalistic, guttural snarl before he pulled out a silver rune inscribed knife and stabbed the demon in the forehead, killing both it and it's host, with blood gushing out of the wound with the demon's eyes and throat lighting up orange and the blood getting onto Abaddon's suit. He grimaced and pulled out a handkerchief and dabbed away at it, but soon saw there was no point. That blood simply wasn't coming off.

"Great, now I'll have to get a new suit." He sighed. "When I said we were missing someponies I meant the Doctor's companions! AM I THE ONLY PIECE ON THIS CHESSBOARD THAT DOESN'T UNDERESTIMATE THOSE MULTICOLORED NIGHTMARES!?!" Abaddon yelled, his voice suddenly turning into a loud bellow that made all of the other demons take a few steps back. Abaddon took a few deep calming breaths and used his host's magic to wake up the Doctor.

"Wakey wakey, we've got a lot of things to discuss." Abaddon said, back in that calm and somewhat suave tone of voice of his. The Doctor groaned in pain and pulled out a handkerchief of his own from his pajama pocket and dabbed away at his bloody nose.

"What, like letting me go?" The Doctor snarked.

"Sorry, no dice. Not up for making any crossroads deals today. To be honest, I'm taking your soul right here and right now." Abaddon said bluntly, getting straight to the point. "That is, unless you want to fight for it."

"Well, I can go and get a fiddle made of gold. I do know where to get one of those." The Doctor commented lightly.

"No, sorry, we won't be doing that. So old fashioned, dunno what the boss was thinking. I prefer to seal my deals with a kiss." Abaddon replied.

"That does seem to happen a lot to me... The kissing thing... Not the selling your soul part." The Doctor explained.

"Buuuuttt we won't be doing that. We're going to have a little tussle for your soul. The Devil's back in Equestria, will you stand up to the test, or will you let the Devil be the best?" Abaddon sung before he yelled "Open wide!"

As two demons forced the Doctor's mouth open, Abaddon let free his host and his body slumped to the ground even as a tower of red swirling smoke poured out of Noteworthy's mouth and right into the Doctor's. "The Doctor" then smirked and adjusted himself to his new form.

"Ooh, so many parts, and so many hardly used. Oh my, two hearts, must be beating out a samba in here!" Abaddon commented, before a magical explosion then blew the hut's door wide open shattering it and turning it into splinters going every which way and then when the smoke and dust cleared, there stood Twilight Sparkle, her horn glowing, and Rainbow Dash, wings flared, both with determined looks on their faces.

"I think it's safe to say you have a security breach. A massive security breach." Twilight deadpanned.