Tales of the "Good Doctor"

Tales of the "Good Doctor"
Patient:3 Spike

Princess Celestia was pacing around her throne room something was agitating her. Once news reached her about the 2 murders in Ponyvile and the decrease of murders in Canterlot she knew only one thing. "Dr.Cold's relocated" She muttered to herself.

Princess Luna on the other hand barely noticed due to being lost in her own world. "Tell me sis who is this pony you keep going on about?" she asked concurred with her sister's sanity.

Celestia sighed. She decided to tell Luna the story of the good doctor "Years ago while you were banished I was looking through candidates for my decibel. One prospective was a colt named Cold Hooves, he had grate potential and a impressive knowledge of magic but the only problem was the darkness I saw festering in his heart. All he wanted was power and wealth. The only other pony left was Twilight sparkle, so I chose here. From that point on his life was one hell after the next, he got into the Canterlot Acadamy of advance magic without a problem. That is where he met Annabelle Hearth, his future wife. they dated up until graduation when Cold Hooves enlisted in the army as a combat medic during the Griffin war." The princess looked down feeling a cloud of depression settle over her as she got to the sad part of her tale.

She continued "War turned him into the Psychopath or at least made him worse. He became a sadistic killer after the war I decided to Discharge but not institutionalize him, big mistake" He retuned to Canterlot and married his beloved, But in order to control his thirst for suffering he still sliced-up ponies around the city. Seeing as he was only killing criminals in the local hospital's basement on a biweekly basis we looked the other way. Everything was okay until his wife was murdered while pregnant with there son" Princess Celestia shed a few tears "He managed to save the foal and only the foal. The killings persisted for 6 years, Increasing in rate and brutality until the city was crime free. Everypony who so much as littered had either fled or was was killed off"

Luna tilted her head "So what do you think he wants in Ponyvile?"

Celestia's jaw dropped "Twilight!"

Luna became even more confused

The rainbow maned princess put the pieces together. "Revenge"

Princess Luna shrugged. "Rally a strike team then" she said turning a page in her book.

Celestia shook her royal head "He's a world renown doctor, the media backlash would not look good on us. Although Twilight Sparkle could handle this matter herself" the Princess finished running of into the archive.

A few pegasus guards stood watching Her Highness cram 10 books about combat spells into a iron crate "Take this crate to Twilight Sparkle, the contents are for her only!"

the two guards saluted and carried out there orders.

Meanwhile Cold Hooves was doing a few preparations of his own. He was in his study when there was a knock at the door. Bartok answered the door.

"And you are?" Bartok asked while Sweetie Bell stood behind him.

A griffin with a arabian accent responded "Its me Sand Runner, c'mon let me in.

Dr.Cold opened the door. "Ah old friend welcome"

The griffin walked in. He didn't look too different from most save for his sandy-yellow head and neck feathers as opposed to the common white. "Nice to see my favorite doctor in good spirits"

Dr.Cold laughed "Nice to see my favorite Archeologist/Black-market dealer is also happy. So what do you have for me?"

The griffin pulled a few stone tablets from his bag "Ancient illusion spells from an old Canterlot dig-site"

Dr.Cold looked over the tablets and the glyphs adorning them "Excellent find Runner, what else?"

The dealer chuckled and pulled out an aged scroll "This you'll like. bought this from that bazar in Caravan, High powered strength potion recipe"

Reading through this recipe Bartok noticed the ingredients were hard to come-by "I know where to find most of this stuff except for something called 'Blood of Draco' any idea where we can find a dragon?"

Sweetie Bell spoke up "I know Twilight keeps a pet dragon. Why would you need this stuff anyway?"

Bartok coughed "Dad is kind of a strange guy. He keeps using some 'future sight' spell and keeps seeing some stance stuff not even he can make sense but he is certain Twilight is at the center of it all "

The good doctor grinned "Bartok your on collection duty, remember the knock-out spell I taught you"

The colt nodded

"Take Sweetie with you" he finished

She nodded and left with Bartok.

"The two remind me of you and the dead wife, why didn't you remarry anyway?" the griffin pondered.

The doctor sighed grabbing himself and his friend a bottle of hard cider "I have yet to meet a mare like Anne in my travels, beside Im happy"

Runner opened his beverage "Is Bartok?".

The doctor glare at his friend "Whats with the questions?"

The dealer backed off "We're getting old my friend. We just can't keep living these lives of adventure. I'm considering retirement, you should too. Your starting to get a little grey in the mane. Not to mention how much of a strain all of this magic is putting on your aging body"

Cold sighed "I'm aware of my age".

As the doctor and his friend were chatting and drinking the two foals were strolling around town trying to find Spike

Sweetie bell had to ask "What do you plan on doing with Spike anyway?"

"Just take a blood sample" he grinned

"So how do you spend your free time?" she pressed

"Music, books, eating, and doctor assisted homicide," he said

"What was that last one?" she stopped dead in her tracks.

"Kidding" he responded.

Continuing on there stroll the noticed Spike having an interesting conversation with some yellow pegasus

"I'm telling you the guy's a creep" Spike said with a persuasive convection

Fluttershy just shrugged "I'm sorry but I dont see it. Doctors are nice ponies, and besides he even gave me some meat to feed my animals although he didn't say what kind it was" she retorted.

Sweetie Bell and Bartok approached them. "Hi spike, what are you talking about?" she asked the two.

"That creepy doctor that moved in a few days ago" the purple dragon answered.

Bartok grunted "Thats my father your talking about, and I will introduce you to him later to prove he just as normal as an other pony. Sweetie Bell you go on ahead and speak with that zebra you mentioned on the way over"

The filly nodded and ran off

"Wait its dangerous to go alone" Shouted the pegasus flying to catch up.

Reaching from his saddle bags Bartok revealed a lead pipe and knocked-out the little dragon then ran back to the house with spike In tow.

Spike regained conciseness strapped to Dr.Cold's operating table.

"Welcome dragon" The good doctor greeted his "Guest"

Spike struggled to break the bindings "Let me go!"

"Just give me what I want and you can leave, struggle and I use you for a pair of boots while your still alive" Cold stated in his "Operating Voice" gesturing the Griffin to haul in a large medical-looking device, a hose with a needle at the end leading into a machine hooked up to a jar and monitor caught Spike's eye.

"Weird. He looks a bit like the dragon I found on some old prophecy" Runner thought to himself.

Plunging the needle into Spike's arm Dr.Cold began extracting the blood from the dragon into a jar hooked into the device. Something on the monitor called the pony's attention.

"Thats odd..." The doctor muttered "Bartok are you sure this is a dragon you nabbed?"

The foal walked over to the screen "What do you make of it dad?"

"Its mostly dragon's blood, 75% to be exact. Yet I'm detecting proteins and basic microscopic compounds that are found only in pony blood" he answered

Collecting the amount needed Dr.Cold used a sleep spell on spike "Bartok, wipe his memory of this and dump him back where you found him. I have to research something in my study"

The hours have passed and Twilight Sparkle was busy examining the crate she received in the mail mostly the letter

"Dear Twilight

I'm afraid I must be brief with you. This is probably nothing but a Pony-of-Interest relocated to your town by the name of Dr.Cold Hooves. In case he is scheming against you use the spells in these books to defend yourself

-Princess Celestia"

Nervously pacing around her library, her mind far lost thought. "I just don't know how to handle this Spike. Is this just a staged challenge or is there something the princess isn't telling me. Any Ideas?" Twilight asked her companion.

Spike just scratched his head "I don't know, I can barley remember this day. If this guy is as dangerous as Celestia says then maybe you should flee"

Twilight shook her head. "Princess Celestia sent this just as precaution. Its likely just nothing"