Doctor Whooves and the Eye of Discord

“Thank you for taking on this journey, Doctor,” Celestia thanked.

“Well, I don’t have much of a choice now do I?” the Doctor asked. “Unless of course I want to threaten all of Equestria.”

“Even still,” Celestia replied, “I thank you for taking this task.

“What about me!?” Discord cried. “Don’t I get any thanks!?” The sounds of thunder like crackling could be heard as he spoke, like his magic was adding an extra layer of intensity.

“Thank you too, Discord,” Celestia added.

Discord’s thunderous sounds immediately stopped, and he returned to normal. “Ahh, thank you Celestia,” Discord said with a chuckle. “Now, let’s be off.” Discord then summoned an umbrella out of thin air. He opened it and he created a breeze that blew him out the door.

The Doctor looked at Celestia with a frustrated expression. “He will be useful to you, I promise,” Celestia whispered.

The Doctor rolled his eyes. “I’m sure,” he said before trotting out the door.

Discord was standing outside of the castle walls, his umbrella replaced with binoculars. “So where should we start looking?” Discord asked, looking around with his binoculars.

“We’ll go to the last place where we know the eye would be,” the Doctor said.

Discord’s binoculars disappeared as he looked bored. “Fine, can you teleport, or do I have to take you?”

“That won’t be necessary,” the Doctor replied. “We’re not only looking where it was last, but when as well.”

Discord’s interest was reinvigorated as he peered at the Doctor. “Oh, that’s right! You’re a time traveler. That’s great, now where is your time machine?” Discord’s binoculars reappeared as he started looking around again. “I can’t seem to find it.”

“Come with me," the Doctor said. The Doctor walked over to the blue box that was sitting just next to the castle wall.

“Is this new?” Discord jokingly asked. “I don’t remember the castle having this phone box here. It looks too old to be new though. It really needs a new coat of paint or something. Whoever put this here clearly doesn’t have any new style.”

The Doctor pulled a key out and opened the box. “Oooh, this is yours?” Discord asked with feigned ignorance. “I’m SO sorry.” They both walked in, and Discord saw how much bigger it was on the inside. “Wow, it’s much bigger on the inside. How... chaotic!”

“Welcome to the Tardis, Discord,” the Doctor said. “This is my time machine. Now, neither of us want to be together, so let’s get this over with.” The Doctor trotted over to the controls in the middle of the Tardis. “So, when were you turned into stone?”

Smirking, Discord got an idea. “Oh, I don’t know. Maybe, a thousand and twenty years and seven months in Canterlot.”

The Doctor, not completely listening to what Discord was saying, punched in the coordinates. “Alright,” he said. The Tardis’ engine roared as the ship started moving. The ship stopped and the Doctor started walking to the door. It wasn’t until just before he opened the door that he realized the trickery.

When the Doctor opened the door, he saw Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and a previous regeneration of himself standing in front of the statue of Discord. “Oh, very funny Discord!” the Doctor said, annoyed, after closing the door. He ran over to the console and pressed a button and the engine started yelling. “We’re going back to the present. We can’t be seen.” The engine eventually stopped.

Discord rolled his eyes. “Oh, lighten up.” Discord snapped his fingers, expecting a comedy and tragedy mask to appear on Discord and the Doctor’s head respectively. But nothing happened. “What?” Discord asked. “What happened?”

“Nothing,” the Doctor replied, “and that’s the point. A few centuries ago, I put a field around the inside of the Tardis. Nothing chaotic can be made in here.”

“Wow,” Discord snickered. “Why put so much in just to Chaos proof this thing.”

The Doctor fiddled with the console more. “Chaos is more powerful than you’d think,” he replied without looking up.

“You don’t say,” Discord said, trying to think of other ways to mess with the Doctor.

“Now,” the Doctor said, trying to stay calm despite Discord’s pestering, “when and where were you turned to stone?”

“20 years ago,” Discord said plainly.

“You’re not fooling me again!” the Doctor yelled. “When and where!?”

Discord rolled his eyes and sighed. “You’re no fun, you know that?” The Doctor stared at Discord for a moment before the Draconequus relented. “Fine, it was just about a year and 6 months ago. It was in the center of Ponyville.”

The Doctor smiled. “See, was that so hard?” He fiddled with the console some more before pulling a switch. “Now then, allons-y!” Once again, the engine roared and the Tardis was moving yet again.

*****

After a moment, the Tardis landed. The Doctor went up to the door and opened it slightly.

The outside was a sight to behold. The ground was an odd checkered pattern of blue and pink. Buildings that were once rightside up were now upside down. Chocolate rain was falling from the sky. The animals looked almost grotesque. It was entirely chaotic, and that was how the Doctor knew he was in the right place.

He looked around until he eventually saw Discord in the Center of town. Discord walked up. “Ooo, there I am!” he said. “I’ve always wanted to see myself in person. I gotta say though, I look much thinner than I expected. I guess the camara does add 10 pounds.” Discord stuck his hand outside of the Tardis and created a camara before taking a picture of himself and the Doctor, keeping the camara outside so it wouldn’t be destroyed from the chaos field in the Tardis.

The Doctor pulled Discord’s hand back which caused the camara to disappear. “Have I told you you’re no fun yet, Doctor?”

“I can’t have you mucking the timeline up,” the Doctor said. “At least, not yet.” He went to the back of the Tardis where a chest was sitting. He rummaged through it for a few seconds before pulling out a pair of paper 3D glasses.

“What do you have those for?” Discord asked. “Is a movie gonna come up soon?” Discord thought for a moment. “Actually, maybe I should have a pair then!” Discord ran to the chest before the Doctor closed it.

“Not for movies, I’m afraid,” the Doctor said as he slipped the glasses. “These glasses help me see chaos particles.” He looked towards Discord. “For example, there are hundreds of particles surrounding you.” Several small black particles surrounded Discord. They were typically invisible, but with the glasses, they could be viewed.

“I thought you said that chaos couldn’t exist in this box,” Discord said.

“Creations of chaos,” the Doctor corrected. “Those cannot exist in the Tardis. However, chaotic creatures, like yourself, can.”

Discord rolled his eyes as the Doctor walked to the door. With his glasses on, he poked his head out of the door. The Doctor had to squint a bit. The whole area was surrounded by the black particles to the point where it was hard to see anything.

After a minute, he looked towards a group of ponies standing near the past Discord. It was Twilight and her friends with the elements of harmony. Discord also poked his head outside and saw the group.

Since they were outside the Tardis, Discord grabbed the Doctor’s glasses and made a copy of them for him to put on. Discord looked around, saw the chaos particles, and smiled at it. “Oh, I do love a world of chaos.”

“Ok,” the Doctor said. “We just need to wait a minute. Once those six turn you to stone, we just need to trot over there and grab the eye. Then, we can be back before anyone knew we were here.”

Discord rolled his eyes. “You’re no fun. I’ve always wanted to go to the past. Why don’t we sneak out and go on a quick adventure.”

“No!” The Doctor said firmly. We can’t dawdle when it comes to that eye. It has the power to destroy Equestria and beyond.” The Doctor looked back at the scene outside and beam of rainbows were launched at Discord and the world seemed to go back to normal. “Seems it’s about time we go.”

As the world was fully restored to its former glory, a bright light was shot out that blinded the Doctor and Discord for a moment. The two looked back and Discord was a statue, and the world was back to normal. The Doctor put on his glasses again and saw the chaotic energy was near the statue of Discord.

“Brilliant!” the Doctor exclaimed. “Now we just need to wait for the ponies there to move and we can grab the eye.”

After a few minutes, the ponies moved out of the way, and the Doctor and Discord started to exit the Tardis. “Wait a minute,” the Doctor said. “You shouldn’t be seen out there!”

“Why not?” Discord asked. “I got myself all dolled up just to come here.”

“You just sent the world into chaos,” the Doctor explained. “If they saw you again, they’d call Princess Celestia in an instant. You need a disguise.” The Doctor thought for a moment before getting a great idea. “Discord, can you shapeshift?”

“What do I look like?” Discord asked. “A changeling?! Just because I have chaos magic doesn’t mean I can do everything!” After a moment, Discord said, “But yes, I can.”

“Okay then, how about you transform into a fez then I can wear you and no one will realize who you are.”

Discord gagged. “A fez? Really? Those are so two centuries ago.”

The Doctor frowned. “It’s either fez, or you stay in the Tardis.”

Discord let out a long heavy sigh. “Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.”

The Doctor smiled again. “Great.” The two walked out the door, and when Discord walked out, he turned into a fez (with a small face) which the Doctor swiftly caught and placed on his head.

As the Doctor put on his glass to look for the eye, he made a horrible discovery: there were no chaos particles near where the statue was. The Doctor looked around franticly in search of the eye.

As the Doctor continued his search, he heard a voice from his fez saying, “You might wanna look at this.” The Doctor looked at Discord (who had his own mini pair of glasses on) who indicated to look up. In the sky, there was a trail of chaos particles that seemed to go to Sweet Apple Achers.

“What?!” the Doctor exclaimed. He took his glasses off and put them back on. “What!?”