The Return of Doctor Whooves

Rainbow and Twilight's hut...

Rainbow and Twilight panted as they lay next to each other, bathing in the warm afterglow of their moment of passion. They both didn't need to say anything. It was no longer a moment of rash do it before you die spurt of the moment type of decision, in hindsight it probably, no it was certainly was something that had been building for a long time now and they just needed something as Fluttershy's mental thought train put it "Something to clobber them over the heads to make them see it for themselves." The twosome had begun slowly gaining feelings for each other since Twilight ever came to Ponyville to stop Nightmare Moon, it was subtle at first but then it began to grow like a wildfire and burn out of control over these last few days since last Hearth's Warming and the incident with the stropping mad homicidal fairy tales coming to life and trying to kill all, as the Doctor might have put it.

"Faust above... You have no idea how much I needed that." Twilight whispered as she held her marefriend and snuggled in closer, breathing in her sweaty scent of an athlete.

"You tell me, I bet you haven't even made it to third base when you were in Celestia's personal care." Rainbow teased before an evil grin slowly crept onto her muzzle. "That is... Unless you and Celestia were more than mother and daughter for a time. You do seem to practically worship the mare."

"I... I... We... did no such thing!" Twilight sputtered out. "And for the record, I did reach third base with a guard when I wanted to... experiment." Twilight admitted.

"...Okay, maybe she wanted to experiment as well." Twilight then mumbled quietly to herself. Rainbow raised an eyebrow and then smirked.

"What was that? I didn't quite hear you." Rainbow asked in a teasing manner.

"I-I said she wanted to experiment as well, okay!?!" Twilight sputtered out. "Basically, I was doing her a favor and cleaning her barracks and said guard remarked how good I'd look in a Prench Maid's outfit." Twilight admitted with a considerable blush rising to her face. Rainbow burst out laughing.

"You didn't!" Rainbow cackled.

"Okay, maybe I sort of... conjured up a Maid's outfit and things... progressed from there." Twilight muttered to herself, now as red as Big Macintosh. And just when Rainbow thought she couldn't get any redder, Twilight continued with her confession about her act of debauchery with a Royal Guard. "...Of course that's when my brother walked in on us and... Well... You can sorta guess what happened."

"Chased her around the compound with a sword didn't he?" Rainbow smirked.

"Yeah, he kinda maybe sorta did, while my old foalsitter sat there looking as if she was torn between busting out laughing and congratulating me for getting a marefriend. In the end, the then current Captain, Steel Sentry, had to break the whole thing up and both my brother and the guard got lashings to their backsides, least that's what I heard, Shining did seem to be walking in a rather sore manner at the time for the next few days, as punishment for disrupting everypony's sleep."

"Sure it wasn't an afteraffect of Cadance having a bit of "Fun" with him? Celestia knows those two get up to all sorts of fun quite a bit, her being the Princess of Love and all." Rainbow remarked.

Twilight then thought about it for a moment before a greenish tinge came to her face, replacing the red.

"...I thank you for putting that image in my head Rainbow." Twilight deadpanned, rather not wanting to think about her big brother and her probable future sister-in-law's sex lives.

"You're welcome." Rainbow smirked, either missing Twilight's sarcasm entirely or just not caring. Given the shameless manner in which she was smirking, it was probably the latter. It was then they both realized there were no Hellhounds at the door, and they both then realized something else and exclaimed in unison "WE FORGOT ABOUT THE DOCTOR!"

Rainbow and Twilight rushed back to the Chieftain's hut as fast as they could, and when they opened the door, they found the Doctor still sitting there bound in golden chain looking supremely annoyed with them both.

"Well, took you long enough. I've been sitting here for the last hour and a half with nothing but my thoughts and a whole lot of mes, very annoying by the way if you've ever met some of my incarnations, that one with the big ears is always so broody and don't even get me started on the one with the garish suit, to entertain me... Oh yes, and a bunch of demons trying to possess me." The Doctor stated, and gestured to the pile of dead demons lying all around him. "Akachi showed up, claimed to be an angel of the Lord and slaughtered the whole lot of them and then vanished without saying a bloody word, and left me still here, tied up!" The Doctor whined in a almost childish tone of voice. "Really must give him props, could give Batman lessons in that vanishing act of his though..."

"Wait, how do we know you're still... Well, you?" Rainbow asked in suspicion.

"I've got an idea." Twilight replied to her before walking up to the Doctor.

"Do you think I'm pretty?" She asked and the Doctor burst out laughing.

"No." He said simply. "You're too short and bossy, and your nose is all funny."

"Good enough." Twilight muttered before she released the Doctor from his bindings, trying not to take offence to the comment he made about her, and remembering his tendency to insult other species when he was annoyed. The Doctor then sniffed them both, ignoring all sense of personal space much to both Twilight and Rainbow's great annoyance and wrinkled his nose before smiling.

"Ah, so you're finally together then? Good on you!" The Doctor said gleefully as the threesome walked out of the hut, the sun rising in the distance illuminating the savanna. "I was getting worried that neither of you could get no satisfaction from the other. I was just about this close from shoving you in a broom closet until you started snogging the living daylights out of each other."

Then the Doctor turned to them both.

"New rule, no snogging or sex on the TARDIS. She gets very worked up about that. Bodily fluids just ruin her inner workings." The Doctor commented offhoofedly.

"Soooo.... How did all of this happen anyways? Demons just don't pop out of Tartarus willy-nilly." Rainbow asked. The Doctor frowned, he'd been thinking on that and all the possible answers led up to one great big stinking solution he didn't like.

"Witchcraft. Somewhere out there, somewhere in Equestria is a unicorn, very powerful, possibly stroppingly mental and with Twilight's level of power." The Doctor answered. "He... No, probably a she, as mares seem to be more quick tempered... (Both Twilight and Rainbow glared at him and so he quickly backtracked) ...Okay, maybe a he as I'm not sexist, summoned these demons and well... You know the rest. I don't know who though. I don't like not knowing things." The Doctor scowled.

"Speaking of demons, sorry about taking so long to get to you, had a bunch of them to perform exorcisms on, had to do them one by one." Rainbow commented. "My awesome marefriend totally kicked their flanks."

Twilight blushed red at Rainbow's phrasing of her.

"Eh, no biggie about you taking your time. I'm always running late with things, ironically. I once spent a Tartarus of a long time trying to get a gobby Australian to Heathrow airport. In hindsight, not really sure why." The Doctor shrugged as they stepped into the TARDIS and the Doctor began throwing switches and turning knobs with a greater urgency than both Rainbow and Twilight had ever seen him do before.

"Doctor, what's wrong?" Twilight asked in a voice of concern. The Doctor turned to her and gave Twilight and Rainbow a grave look.

"One word: Nightmare."

Canterlot

Rage. Pure undiluted rage. That was the single emotion Lightning Dust felt after seeing the young dragon known as Spike struck down by Nightmarity. She didn't care that Rarity was possessed by a force far more powerful than her, all she cared about was taking down this thing that had struck down a young kid not even in the prime of his life. As the air began to smell with ozone, a powerful lightning bolt formed in her hooves and she flung it at Nightmarity with all the strength she could muster and hit her dead on target, causing Nightmarity to scream out in both pain and rage. Lightning had reached the rare state known as the Pegasi Battle Rage, glowing pure red with magical energy and the former villainous mare intended to use it to it's full effect.

"The Royal Sisters are out of the fight, so it's up to me now. I wanted to redeem myself, and taking down something that's nothing but a monster now is the way to do it." Lightning mused to herself and continued flinging lightning bolt after lightning bolt at Nightmarity, not even giving her a chance to strike back even as the being screamed "Stop, please!" in a tone that sounded exactly like Rarity. But Lightning Dust was far too angry to take notice. Finally, her energy all but spent, only having enough to keep herself in the air, and that was only barely, Nightmarity finally got the chance to strike back.

"Fool." Nightmarity said simply before flinging a blast of magic from her horn hitting Lightning dead on and sending her crashing into the street. Lightning Dust groaned out in pain, even as blood trickled out from various spots on her body that had taken the worst of the impact. Nearby, Sudoku, Galaxy and Target had been cornered by a pack of Shadowbolts. Target tried to fire off a blast, but found she was out of ammunition.

"Shit, I'm out!" She swore, and Sudoku checked and cursed "Damnit, I'm bloody well out as well!"

"You see?" Galaxy asked even as the Shadowbolts closed in. "This is why I stick to knives and sharp objects of all kinds. Never run out of ammo when you need it the most, plus I like things up close and personal."

Then, it came. The sound of hope.

VWOOP! VWOOP! VWOOP!

Wheezing and groaning, the TARDIS materialized right in front of them and directly on top of the Shadowbolts, dispersing them into nothingness, and the Doctor stepped out, Huey Lewis and the News' song Back in Time blaring from somewhere in the background, in his tweed suit and bow-tie with a walking cane in hoof, with Twilight and Rainbow appearing right behind him.

"So sorry I'm late for the party, but now the Doctor is in." He grinned and when more Shadowbolts came to greet him, he whirled around to face them and the top of his cane opened up to reveal a glowing light green light and then with the distinct sound of a sonic device being used, the Shadowbolts were nothing but smoke.

"Sonic Cane, never leave home without it." The Doctor bragged, after receiving an odd kiss on the lips from Galaxy who only said "That was for 999's Hearts and Hooves day disaster!" before looking up at Nightmarity.

"Now, time to deliver a cure." The Doctor stated before he turned to Sudoku, and looked at him seriously.

"You there, tan pony, don't know your name, (Sudoku tried desperately hard not to look offended by that.) can you get me as close to Nightmarity as you can?"

Sudoku smirked.

"Course I can, but I should feel the need to warn you, she's pretty quick herself." He said, and the Doctor smirked.

"Well, then you'll just have to be quicker." The Doctor replied, and Sudoku extended his powerful wings and the Doctor hopped on him, grabbing Sudoku by the neck with both forelegs as Sudoku rocketed towards Nightmarity, Shadowbolts flying from every direction to protect her. The Doctor released his grip on his means of transport and held up his Sonic Cane and his Sonic Screwdriver.

"Hey, anypony ever know what happens when you put two Sonic devices together?" The Doctor asked and Sudoku shook his head.

"Neither do I! Let's find out!" He cried gleefully and used both devices at once and all the Shadowbolts were dispersed into clouds of smoke by the pure wave of sound that forced everypony around to cover their ears. Sudoku rocketed alongside Nightmarity, but she pulled on a burst of speed and flew right towards the direction of Canterlot Castle.

"Should make a great new home for moi, after I redo it of course." Nightmarity commented. "And it shall be FABULOUS!" She declared before she was wrapped in twin sets of golden celestial chains as the Royal Sisters reappeared, looking a little bruised and bloody, but otherwise looking none the worse for wear.

"Thou shall not be doing any remodeling tonight, or any other night!" Luna declared before turning to the Last of the Time Lords. "Now, do what you do best."

The Doctor smirked, and cried "That's my cue!" before taking a flying leap of Sudoku and latching onto Nightmarity with his hooves around her neck.

"GET OFF!" Nightmarity roared, but the Doctor wouldn't budge.

"And fall to my death? I think not!" The Doctor replied. "Now, I know you need help, and that's what I'm here for."

Then, ever so gently, he locked foreheads with the dark Alicorn and entered her mind...

In Rarity's/Nightmarity's mindscape...

Dark. That was all the Doctor could see. Complete and utter darkness except for the odd mannequin and Rarity with her head hung low, sobbing quietly to herself in the middle of a ruined Carousel Boutique. The Doctor walked up to her and dabbed away at her tears.

"Hey, it's okay." He said in a calming and caring tone of voice, his green orbs glowing with warmth. "I'm here now. Everything's going to be alright."

"No..." Rarity whispered. "Nothing's going to be alright again, not after what I've done. I'm useless and unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Everypony will leave me in the end. The Nightmare showed me the truth. We're all just specks in a vast universe, waiting to be flicked out like a light switch."

The Doctor looked her dead in the eyes, and Rarity saw for the first time how truly old he was, and what he'd seen.

"No, nopony's never important. In all my over 900 years of living, I have never met anypony or anything who wasn't important in some way. Look at you, you could be the best fashionista the world has ever seen, you just have to believe in yourself. I know I do. You are Rarity Belle, the embodiment of Generosity and you CAN FIGHT THIS THING!"

"You're... You're right." Rarity replied, her confidence in herself restored before she glared at Nightmarity, who had been watching the whole thing in silence. "You." She growled out, her eyes filled with fury for what Nightmarity had made her do. "You, leave. I said... Get. Out. Of. My. MIND!"

The world faded into light, and back in the real world, there was a white glow and Nightmarity was no more. But one small problem. Rarity no longer had wings to keep her aloft, and so both she and the Doctor fell towards the ground, it rushing up to greet them as Death opened his arms for them. But it was not to be, as the Doctor found himself captured in a golden glow courtesy of Celestia and Rarity in a purple one courtesy of Twilight, and they were both set down gently on the ground.

"Well, that's that. Day saved again, by yours truly." The Doctor said, adjusting his bow tie. Twilight looked around and saw everypony in Canterlot emerging from their homes. But there was one pony, or rather drake she did not see.

"Where... Where's Spike?" Twilight asked before she began shouting his name. "SPIKE! SPIKE! Where are you? Come on, this isn't funny!"

Shining walked slowly and sadly up to his sister and gave her a heartbreaking look.

"Twilight, there's something you need to know." He began, his voice quavering with every word and he looked as if he was on the brim of tears. Twilight looked confused for a moment before realization dawned and she began to sob softly and soon those sobs turned into wails of despair as Shining brought her into a hug.

"It's okay little sister, I'm right here, all of us are right here..."

END