Corrupted life

“Guys I think she's waking up!"

Fluttershy slowly blinked her eyes, fuzzy looking figures filling her vision. When she could tell who it was standing over her she let out a scream.

"CHANGELINGS!!!!!" She flung her legs out, losing her balance on the bed, and fell off in a heap of sheets.

"Fluttershy calm down!" Fluttershy felt hooves hold her down as she struggled. Why would they attack her?  Tears rolled down her face as she thought of the terrible, terrible things that they could do to her.

"Fluttershy, its okay it’s just me. The Master remember?" Fluttershy continued to shake in fright. She had only met that stallion twice before, so why would the changelings use his form to fool her?

"I..Don’t believe you Changeling monster! You...You came here to steal my love and my friends and to keep me from helping twilight..." Fluttershy stopped her wining for a moment when The Doctor stuck his hoof into her mouth.

"Shut up. Do I look like a changeling? If I was one why wouldn’t I be out in the open like those other two? Now I’m going to remove my hoof and you’re going to keep quiet. If not for me do it so we can help save Ponyville." The Doctor scowled and removed his hoof, grumbling under his breath. Fluttershy kept to her word and didn’t utter a sound aside from her soft whimpering.

"Thank you Doctor." The Master walked up to Fluttershy, pushing his angry friend out of the way.

"Now Fluttershy..." The Master told her all of what happened, how Ponyville was being taken over by changelings and how one of them was trying to be Trixie. It wasn’t until he had said her name that the real Trixie made herself known to Fluttershy, sending her into another case of whimpers. The Doctor who had woken up only an hour before Fluttershy walked to the back of the room while Trixie comforted the frightened mare.

The Doctor stumbled slightly, his head spinning momentarily before he shook it off. Ever since he woke up he couldn’t get that stupid voice out of his head. Discord just loved to torment him.

He looked around the room, noting the many animals and birds making annoying noises. These days he couldn’t enjoy anything except spending time with Colgate. But now even thinking about her reminded him that Trixie was her mother. How could he not have noticed? Her name, her coat, her mane. It was all there.  She had also said that Colgate had talked about her travels with him before meaning that sometime in her past and his future they would visit her. Just another thing to look forward to.

"!!!!!!!" The Doctor jumped back in surprise as a white bunny hopped into his face, whacking at him with its little paws.

"WHAT!?!!??" The Doctor stumbled around, blinded by the bunny, smashing into things.

"Angel!!! What are you doing?" The Doctor heard Fluttershy's voice as he shook his head franticly. He could feel his anger rising in his chest.

He let it burst.

"AAAHHHHHHRRRGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A blast of gold energy flew from The Doctor’s mouth, storming over the bunny. The Doctor could only see white, this time because of his energy escaping him instead of the bunny.

"Doctor!"

"Angel!"

The Doctor fell to his front knees, the energy left from him.

"Doctor are you okay!??"

"Yeah..I think so..." The Doctor stopped, surprised that his voice had grown lighter.

"Were did his wings go?! Is he okay???" Fluttershy ran to The Doctor leaving the dizzy white bunny on the floor.

"You must have broken discords contact with your mind!"The master grinned.

The Doctor jumped up, feeling rejuvenated if a bit drained. He looked in a wall mirror he noticed coming in and he grinned happily for the first time in weeks.

His coat was back to his normal tan color and his eyes were a deep TARDIS blue again.

FLASH

"Run!"

Colgate rushed through the Everfree behind Brushheart, trying her best not to trip over anything. Building a burst of speed she shot ahead of him, signaling for him to follow her. Colgate could see some light ahead signaling a break in the forest. If they could make it there she might be able to get her bearings and head them in the direction of the TARDIS.

They soon broke through the trees, unsure if anything was chasing them at all. Colgate stopped running suddenly and was pushed forward onto her snout when brush ran into her back.

"Why did you stop!?!?" Brush snapped at her. She picked herself off the ground and pushed him off of her. "Those changelings could be right behind us!"

"But are they?" Colgate asked, pausing to let Brush listen to see if he could hear any buzzing behind them.

"So? I don’t believe they even noticed we were gone yet." Brush nodded his head in acknowledgement, but stopped suddenly and perked his ears.

"What is it brush?"Colgate whispered.

"A rustling. Something is coming from in front of us and I’d be willing to bet it’s a changeling coming back from a mission." Colgate listened a moment, finally able to hear the rustling noise.

"I think it’s headed right for us, and its running! We got to hide!" Colgate looked around frantically, but was unable to find any cover except the trees.

"One second!" She focused any magic she had left, and let it burst, making a popping noise and a flash. She re appeared in a thick tree, safe to hide in. She motioned for Brush to come closer and she focused her magic again. Another pop and a flash.

"Hurry Colgate!" Brush called from....The ground???

"My magic isn’t strong enough, I’ve used too much!!" Colgate called down, a small amount of fear in her voice. If he was caught, she would be left alone in this forest.

"Ugghh! Okay, I’m coming!" Brush called up. To Colgate’s amazement he began to run at the tree.

"What are you doing!?! You’re not going to make it!" She couldn’t see any way that Brush could make it that far up the tree. It surprised her more when two wings shot from his sides as if appearing from nothing. They were obviously too small for him to fly on, but with a few strong flaps, he pounced up into the tree, bouncing from branch to branch athletically until he reached the wide eyed Colgate.

"How.....?"

"SHH!" Brush shushed her and looked through the branches and motioned to the black figure that had appeared below them. It stopped right next to the tree, sitting down and breathing heavily. Colgate quickly noticed it wasn’t a changeling. The figure was black, but not the black of a hard shell. Instead it was covered in a sort of fabric with a blue band around its waist. /the black fabric went over the figures face like a hood, but it wasn’t large enough to hide the pink mane that stood out and the bunny ears weren’t very threatening either. When Colgate saw the yellow coat of the figure she knew exactly what and who it was.

"Fluttershy!!!" Colgate called down, making the pony yelp in surprise. Colgate made a hasty retreat out of the tree, landing not far from Fluttershy. A soft thump behind her signaled that brush had come down as well.

“It’s okay Fluttershy, it's just me Colgate!" Colgate said in a rush before Fluttershy could go into a panic attack.

"Oh Colgate! You startled me! What are you doing in this terrifying, creepy forest!?"

"Long story short we were captured by changelings and I escaped. I don’t know what became of The Doctor or Master..."

"Oh! Their back at my cottage with two changelings that helped them escape. They told me that I had to take a message to Twilight sine I was going there anyways. You were in a changeling hive though, are you okay!?"

"Of course I'm fine. They just locked us in a dungeon, but they did take care of us. But you should probably go now." Colgate assured her.

"Wait! We should go with her! We could warn Twilight that the changelings are involved!" Brush said.

Fluttershy, who had not been aware of the stallion, jumped a foot in the air and quickly hid behind her hooves in fear.

"Or she could tell twilight for us and we can head back to my home were we can safely contact The Doctor and Master." Colgate decided for him. She assured Fluttershy that nothing was wrong and that the stallion was a friend before letting her continue her mission, telling her to inform Twilight of the changelings. With that she led the way to a certain cave with a certain blue box in it. When they arrived and entered brush was surprise, but he kept quiet aside from a small gasp. Colgate chuckled, waiting for his comment.

"It’s...bigger on the inside...."

"Yep."

Both of them trotted up to the consol and Colgate put a code in, bringing up two ponies and two changelings up on the viewing screen.

"Look! It’s The Doctor and The Master, and The Doctor is back to normal!!"

"And there’s my brother and Shuriken! I wonder why they left the hive!"

After watching the viewing screen for a bit, watching The Doctor and Master and changelings walk around Fluttershy's house, Colgate decided to try and communicate with them. She picked up the telephone in her hoof and with a flash of magic called Fluttershy’s home phone. All the figures on the screen jumped and looked startled before The Doctor walked over to were the phone was.

"Hello?" Colgate noted the lightening in his voice and how much more happy he sounded.

"Doctor! It’s Colgate!"

"Colgate! Did you escape!?"

"Yeah! I’m in the TARDIS right now! I have that pony that was guarding us also. He helped me escape,"

"You said you’re in the TARDIS right? Well I want you to check the force field around the town and tell me if there’s any weak point in it we could use to get out!"

"Okay I’m on it!" Colgate trotted over to another screen, pressed a few buttons and went back to the phone.

"Not really I noticed that in the last hour there have been three disturbances in the past hour. I know that two of those must have been Fluttershy and I have a feeling that I know who the last one was. Go by the middle of town and see if there’s a crowed. I think Twilights back."

"Okay Colgate, I'll check. Just stay and the TARDIS and be safe. And don't let that bumbling colt touch any of the TARDIS controls! Bye!" The Doctor hung up the phone before Colgate could reply. She looked to the screen that showed them all leaving the cottage.

"So...about those wings. That and I want you to tell me about Trixie." Colgate began, making brush grow silent for a few moments.

"I was born that way. Chrysalis thought that was the reason why my parents abandoned me. I can't fly on them but I can jump high and run faster than an earth pony with them." Brush spread them out and tucked them back in. They fit so perfectly at his sides that you would have to be right next to him to notice that those were feathers and not fur.

“And Trixie, well she's sort of...”

"My mother. Ya, I guessed as much. I'm surprised she didn't tell me herself." They both sat in silence for a moment.

Colgate shivered, noticing for the first time that she was actually quite cold standing there.

“I’m going to go turn on the heat and make us some tea. I'll be right back." Colgate trotted out of the room and through the hall that led to the "kitchen". In truth it couldn't really be called a kitchen because all it held was a big machine that made anything you wanted to eat and a sink. Colgate gave the machine instructions to make two cups of tea and left back into the hallway were the temperature control was. It was currently 50 degrees in the TARDIS, the reason most likely being that The Doctor preferred it cold after an adventure. He had never told her the reason why though. After changing it up twenty degrees she trotted back into the kitchen. She gathered the two freshly made cups of tea in her magic and began the short trek back to the main room.

Colgate let her mind wander over the days crazy events. She had escaped the changeling hive, hidden in a tree from Fluttershy, and brought a strange peg acorn colt into the TARDIS. A strange very...handsome...stallion..." Colgate had walked back into the main room with the tea, but barely registered it as she had a sudden urge to see Brushheart. As soon as she locked eyes on him she briskly trotted over to him, setting the tea down on the consol.

She was very annoyed at herself for ignoring logic but that didn't stop her from going straight over to brush and nuzzling him in the neck. She breathed in his misty scent and looked up to his eyes. He looked down at her with a half smile on his face.

"Colgate, do you know you look very beautiful?" Colgate felt herself blush and reached her hooves up around his neck.

"Did you know, Brush, that you are the most handsome colt I have ever laid eyes on?" Colgate let her eyes look into his. Without a second thought she lifted her chin and kissed him on the mouth. It was short, but she quickly did it again after breaking away, the second much more passionate. It was Brush who pulled out of this one.

"No Colgate, don't. His face had become serious and Colgate could sense the guilt in his eyes. His horn glowed softly and all thoughts of being with him vanished.

"You..You used mind control on me!" Colgate growled and spun around. Before Brushheart could react Colgate bucked him in the face with her hind legs. He fell backed, more stunned than hurt. Colgate faced him again and got up in his face.

"Did you really mean the things you said?" Colgate growled, and he nodded his head quickly. Again he was struck by surprise, not by a blow this time but with a quick kiss to his cheek.

"Never do that again. If you want affection you can earn it with those sweat words you have." Colgate left the colt there stunned, going over to the consol to drink her tea.

The fact was true. The Doctor had left with the others from Fluttershy’s cottage and snuck downtown, just in time to catch the beginning of another dual. Ponies were gathered on two sides of the street and the mayor was lacked in a cage. The Doctor stayed in the shadows of a building nearby the others waiting quietly behind him.

He watched an age spell be performed on the two colts that were there last time. After that he saw what Colgate had told him was twilights trick. She simply used a smoke spell and different ponies would jump out, making it look like age spells, duplication spells, gender spells, and something with pinkie playing a lot of instruments.

"Well Trixie, it looks like my amulet is more powerful than yours -Hey!!!" Twilight shouted as a red magic took the amulet from her. "Give it back!" Twilight shouted, but Trixie paid her no mind.

A maniacal laugh escaped Trixie's lips as she held the amulet for all to see. "With this amulet I shall now rule, all of Equestria!!" Trixie let out another laugh as she took of the alicorn amulet and replaced it with twilights phony. As she bragged, one of the two dashes flying above swooped down and took the alicorn amulet.

"I don’t need that old alicorn amulet. I have this!" Trixie shot a beam of magic at the flying Rainbow Dash.

"HaHaHa Stop it! It tickles!" Rainbow dash cried, stunning Trixie.

"Tickles!? That was supposed to make you writhe in agony! This amulet is a defect, I want my old one!" Trixie growled. Her words went unheeded as Rainbow flew down, placing the amulet in a box that Zecora held. Suddenly green sparks began to fly from the angered Trixie and a buzzing noise came from her. The Doctor saw this and closed his eyes, using a magic that even unicorns in this universe couldn’t compare to.

"You will all pay!!!" Green flames covered Trixie before they revealed her true form, a changeling.

"You will all....Pay?" The changeling looked around, surprise covering her face.

"What is the meaning of this!??!!" She flew around, looking at all the motionless ponies around her.

"Why aren’t they moving!?!"

"Time stopped." The Doctor walked out of the shadows casually, looking about before his eyes fell upon the box containing the alicorn amulet. He wandered over there, opening the box and removing the necklace.

"Doctor?" The Doctor looked over to see that Twilight was still moving, looking around frightened.

"Oh! Twilight I forgot! You have some of that nasty void stuff on you so you can still move!"

"What happened?" The Doctor just walked over, ignoring the changeling giving him a menacing glare.

"I just stopped time for as moment. I am a Timelord after all. You see, The Master needs this amulet, and that changeling needs to go." He pointed an accusing hoof at it before looking it in its blue eyes.

"You get ten seconds to run or you will regret that you were ever born." The Doctor growled at it. The changeling hissed, shooting a beam of magic at The Doctor. He made no move, staying still until the beam was right in front of him before stomping his hoof on the ground. The beam stopped mid air inches from his chest.

"That is impossible. How can you do that!?!?" The Doctor ignored the question and looked it in the eye again.

"Five seconds."

The changeling paused a moment, gave another hiss, and flew off. The Doctor sighed, stomping his hoof again to make the beam of magic come back to life, and directed it to hit the changeling flying away. It wouldn’t hurt it; just give it a warning to never come back.

The Doctor then proceeded to look into the shadows of a building.

“You guys come out, it’s safe. The shadows slowly gave way to two changelings, The Master, and the real Trixie.

"Hello twilight sparkle. It’s been a while." Trixie said, smiling. Twilight began to ask her questions and The Doctor went over to The Master.

"I believe this is yours to get rid of." The Doctor frowned, handing his friend the amulet.

"Their going to be quite shocked when it ends up disappearing like that."

"I think twilight can handle it." The Doctor reassured him. The two stood there in silence before The Doctor grabbed The Master and hugged him.

"I’m going to miss you so much." He choked out.

"It's been fun trying to kill you so many times. Now you can carry on the Timelord legacy in peace." Bothe of them chuckled at that. The Master broke the hug and stepped back, putting the amulet around his neck.

"Tell Colgate I love her, and Doctor...don’t forget me." With that The Master let out a burst of magic full of a rainbow of regeneration energy, discords chaos magic, and the red magic of the alicorn amulet. Then he was gone, nothing left but a bit of stray magic in the air. Silence held for a moment as everyone watched The Doctor wide eyed, unsure of what had just taken place. The Doctor wiped a tear from his eye and spun around, a forced smile upon his face.

"Alright everyone, time to get time started again."

He got Trixie into the place where the changeling had been and twilight went back to hers. The Doctor and two changelings snuck back into the shadows as time resumed.

Almost an hour later The Doctor stood in front of the TARDIS watching Colgate talk to her mother and brush talk to his changeling friends. After a bit they all went their separate ways, The Doctor giving Trixie a hug before she left.

“Take good care of my little girl. She may look older but she hasn’t lost her innocents.” Trixie said before heading off to travel once again.

They said farewell to the changelings as they went back to the hive. Then they went back into the TARDIS.

The doors of the TARDIS closed. When they closed The Doctor let it out, falling to the floor and bursting into tears in front of a surprised Colgate and Brushheart. Colgate knew what had happened, for she had watched they whole thing take place. She ran to The Doctor and cried with him, holding him in her hooves. Brush joined, trying to comfort the two. After a bit the tears ended.

"Doctor?' Colgate sniffed. The Doctor looked up, signaling for her to go on.

"Let's go. I kind of feel like running." The Doctor grinned at her sadly before looking to the pony next to her.

"What your name?" He inquired, making the stallion tense up.

"Um..Brushheart sir..."

"Just The Doctor. Welcome to the TARDIS!" The Doctor stood up and walked to the consol and pulled the big leaver on the side.

"ALLONSY!!!"