See it and weep

Nine days before leaving....

"Hey Pinkie! I need to talk to you." The Doctor trotted into sugar cube corner. It was 2:00, Saturday. He came to sugacube corner every Saturday to share cherrychangas with pinkie, but today was definitely urgent. He sat down at the usual table, waiting until the pink mare finally hopped over the counter and galloped over, taking a seat next to him.

"okie dokie lokie! What do you need to know doc.?! I got gossip, town news, party planning, and I can make you a cake!" she said this as if she had said it a thousand times.

“Well Pinkie, I need info about any missing ponies lately. All the kids got out of school early yesterday because Cheerilee had to look for some pony. I think I could probably help." He said this, trying to mask his excitement. He might not have to wait for the TARDIS after all. He watched pinkies face. She was obviously trying to think, her brow scrunched and her eyes looking up. Then her face broke into a smile.

"Yep, I got all that news. There have been three ponies missing since yesterday, two where on night shift for weather patrol. The other one was one of those crazy art ponies who has a shop around here. "

He sighed and put his head on his hooves.

“Who are the ponies that disappeared? I Know Shadow fly is one. Who are the others?" He looked on as the pink pony went through her thinking faces again.

"The other night patrol pony is named dark thunder, and then the artist is....um.... Ponet I beli...Doctor! Where are you going!?!" The Doctor had galloped out the door, going towards Ponet’s art shop. He knew that Ponet was Dinky's father. She would be heartbroken. But she might also know about what happened.

He reached the colorful brick building and went in. He saw Colgate and Dinky on the floor playing with more action figures he had made them.

"Dinky, Colgate! Where's Ponet? I need to ask him about something." The two fillies looked up at him, unaware of his worried state.

"Oh. Hey uncle clock. I haven’t seen him today, but Dinky had the key so we just came in... Are we in trouble?

"Goodness no! But still you two shouldn't be here alone. Do you know what happened to Ponet?" He spoke in a rush. He suddenly noticed that besides him and the two fillies, there was a grey Pegasus mare peeking around the corner that went to the back room.

"Doctor? Is that really you?" the mare slowly came towards him and suddenly flung her arms around his neck.

"Oh my goodness, it’s been forever! How is Fish doing? Ponet’s doing better, but...he seems to have gone missing suddenly... Do you know what happened?" The mare pulled back, revealing gorgeous golden, but slightly crooked eyes to the Doctor. She seemed to shrink back under the gaze.

"Do I know you?" the mare frowned and sighed.

"I'm sorry, but I really don't know you. I probably meet you in the future, or the past. Timey wimey stuff, and if you know me by the name the Doctor then you know what I mean." the Doctor grinned apologetically at the Pegasus mare.

"So let’s make new introductions! I, as you know, am the Doctor, although at the moment I am going by the name Clockworks." The mare smiled.

"I am Dinky’s mother, Ditzy Doo. I met you such a long time ago...But this does explain why you already knew me when I first got to be introduced to you."

The two were silent for a moment.

"Come on; let’s go get a muffin at Sugarcube corner. It’s been forever since I’ve been to Ponyville, and it would be nice to see a few ponies again. Not to mention you can catch me up to where exactly you are in your time stream...”

The two ponies walked in silence, contemplating what to say next. It was around when they where halfway to sugarcube corner that the Doctor stopped right in his tracks.

"Ditzy. Do you have any garden statues?" He asked in a shaky voice. She shook her head.

"I don’t even have a garden. Why? Is something wrong?" she chased after the Doctor who had already run out the door.

"The fillies are in danger!"He shouted back. When she heard this she ran faster. No pony hurt her little muffin!

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"Keep staring at then Dinky! They can't move as long as we see them! Just don’t look them in the eyes."Colgate was scared, but at the same time exited to finally meet one of her uncle’s old foes that he told her about. These must be the weeping angels. That would explain all the disappearances. She just hoped he would get there soon. Not blinking was hard! The Pegasus statue stood six feet away, hoofs over its eyes and wings held in. The fillies where backed up against the kitchen wall, taking turns staring at it.

"Why aren't they attacking us?" Dinky squeaked, obviously much more scare than Colgate.

"Well. They have a defense mechanism so that every time some pony looks at them, they turn to stone. It makes them not able to move, but it also disguises them. The problem is you have to keep looking at them. Their faster than rainbow dash, so if you blink they....that happens." Dinky had been watching them while Colgate rested her eyes a moment. She must have blinked because when Colgate looked up, the Pegasus was right in front of her. It's eyes where blank, and it's mouth agape with sharp teeth. It massive wings were extended, almost wrapped around the two fillies.

"Oh my Celestia!!!"Dinky shouted, practically crying now."I'm sososo sorry Colgate! My eyes just burned and....and.....whaaaa!!!" Colgate held Dinky’s hoof, telling her it would be okay, never looking away from the statue. She knew what would come next. As soon as she closed her eyes they would get them, sending them back in time as they fed off of their life energy. They would get a feast from Colgate because she had multiple lives. Uncle told her that when she's dying, she should be able to regenerate because she was a time pony. He said she would have been a normal pony like Dinky, but she had been subject to the time vortex stuff in the TARDIS.

Now her eyes burned. Then she blinked. She heard a loud bang and opened her eyes, expecting to be anywhere that wasn’t the room. She looked up to see her uncle. He hugged them both.

"What happened to the weeping angel? I was sure it was going to send us away!" she exclaimed, overjoyed that she was still in the kitchen and very much alive. Her uncle moved over so she could see a heap of stone. Standing over it was Ditzy doo holding a massive hammer.

"No pony hurts my muffins." ditzy said fiercely as she went over and hugged them all. Colgate was the first one to break the silence.

"How are they here uncle? Why did they come after me and Dinky?" Colgate asked. Clockworks looked at her gravely.

"Colgate. I'm afraid the TARDIS drew them here."

"WHAT!" Colgate yelled.

"HOW THE HAY DID IT DO THAT!" Colgate was so angry. Those things had almost killed them and now her uncle was telling her that their home was what brought them there! She would end up getting killed before her first trip!

"Darling. Calm down. The TARDIS sent out a signal when it gained enough power so I could take a larger look around. They must have somehow heard it and followed it to the, um, here." he had to choose his words carefully with ditzy and Dinky around. Still, they looked completely dumbfounded, confused, and scared.

"I’ve heard you talk about the TARDIS but I’ve never looked into it, but why would it send out a signal to draw the weeping Pegasus here? Are they coming back? What exactly are they clockworks? I'm scared. I need to know if my muffins in danger so I can get her out of It." Ditzy gave him the look. The ‘you got to tell me the truth because I'm dead serious' look. The Doctor would try to tell the truth, but he didn't want to tell all of it.

"The TARDIS is our, home, a spaceship which I’m guessing you already know." Colgate was about to amplify on that, but Clockworks gave her a look. She shut up.

"She’s, a special house. That monster found out it was here. They need it because it has a large food supply they need. The monsters are called weeping angels. Weeping Pegasus in your perspective... (Another brief explanation of what a weeping angel is and how to stop its movement...) and as for the danger part. I'm afraid your lives are in danger just being near me or Colgate. Those weeping Pegasus won't stop until they have the TARDIS and I and Colgate are the only ways to get in it." When he finished, ditzy wasn’t as shocked as he expected.

"Dinky. Let’s go home." she looked on at clockworks with a sad face.

"We’ll be back for Colgate’s birthday. I don't know why, but I trust you can handle these things. I don’t care what your number one rule is. Be careful. And please, find Ponet for us. He's been going through enough lately." she leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. The Doctor was caught by surprise and blushed ecstatically.

"Let’s go home Colgate. We need to cut off the TARDIS signal. Don't want Daleks next, now do we?"

They trotted to the TARDIS in the cave in the Everfree forest outside of Ponyville in equestria on a planet in a parallel universe. No pony was safe.