Chapter 3 – The Worried
=Location Unknown, Time unknown, Celestia's PoV=
Celestia woke up feeling like she had just flown a marathon around Equestria's border, she was tired to say the least, but she still woke up wide awake when she remembered what had happened. She remembered the intruder defeating her guards, as well as luna's and even shrugged off their combined magic. But after she declared that she would take a hostage to draw out the Doctor she blacked out.
She looked around and noticed that she was in a fairly large bedroom, drapes of silver and emerald and blankets of emerald green and gold adorned the room and bed. The bed itself was extremely comfortable and fairly large to fit a pony of any size. The room itself looked vaguely similar to the rooms inside the Doctor's Tardis, completely alien to her and older than she, Luna, and every other pony on the entire planet of Gaia combined, yet at the same time felt like it was new.
"I guess I'm the hostage." She said as she got up and examined her surroundings more thoroughly. "Well at least my captor left me with my magic and didn't bother restraining me. This certainly is an improvement over that time I was captured by Daleks in the 178th year of my reign. They weren't as polite as to let me have a nice bed and leave me with my magic and not bound up with chains. They also tried to dissect me to figure out how magic worked."
"Well if I'm going to try and get out, better start with the door." She said as she walked over to the nearby door and tried to use her magic to unlock it. She used various spells to unlock the door, enhanced ones she had already used, and even tried forcing the door open by blasting it with a wave of magic, but nothing she did had any effect. Then she tried to physically move the locking mechanism to the unlock position with her hooves, but its design clearly indicated that it wasn't meant to be moved by hooves.
Now she was starting to worry, every minute she remained her captor's hostage meant that Equestria would be without its sun princess. While she had every confidence in her sister's ability to rule their kingdom on her own, she was still very inexperienced with dealing in everyday activities and issues. However her worry wasn't just in her kingdom or her sister, she was worried at the last words she remembered her captor announce before she blacked out.
"Plan B now goes into effect; I take a hostage and force him to come out of hiding."
"What could she possibly want with the Doctor?" She asked as she looked around in the drawers to see if there was something she could use to help her escape, yet they were completely empty as she opened all the drawers one by one.
She had known the Doctor for well over a thousand years, ever since their first encounter she had done him the honor of engraving the memory of his involvement in the paintings lining the throne room. However she had also respected his wishes to stay out of history's light, and removed all the evidence indicating his involvement, but she could not bring herself to erase everything, and thus left the throne room paintings as they were originally painted.
She respected the Doctor and his assistant Ditzy, for all they have done for her and Equestria, whether great or small, trivial or serious, they had helped so much throughout the ages that she couldn't imagine what they would be like now without them. Her own life had been saved by them on some occasions, and the only thing he had ever asked her to do was to keep him out of the history books, and most recently get Ditzy a job as a royal mail mare.
She had immediately hired Ditzy, despite her less than stellar track record, and against the advice of her royal post services. She had received many complaints from Ditzy's supervisor, stating that she lost track of where she was going far too often and many packages she delivered arrived late more often and requesting permission to dismiss the mare. However Celestia replied that Ditzy was not to be dismissed in any way, and to merely do their best to ensure that the packages got to their destination as quickly as possible. Needless to say the supervisor was not pleased about the decision, but Celestia was happily willing to pay a small price in the form of messed up postal deliveries, to repay the Doctor for his services however she could.
She heard the sound of something rattling outside and hooves approaching her room and turned to see the door's lock turning and unlocking on its own. The door opened and the mare that had attacked Celestia, her sister and their guards walked through pulling a small metal cart behind her with a small tray on it.
Celestia had seen such a similar tray on the Dalek ship she had been held hostage, and it had been carrying an assortment of dissection tools that would have carved into her if the Doctor hadn't showed up at that moment. The mare who had captured her bent down and unstrapped the cart from her back and walked behind it, turning to face her with a confident smile. "Well Celestia what say we forgo the formalities of introduction and get to know each other… shall we?" She said as she took a hoof and placed it over the lid of the tray on the cart.
Celestia watched her captor with a mix of fear as to what she was going to do her, but looked determined to resist her however she could. She watched her grab the lid and braced herself to see the sight of torture devices and other instruments designed to painfully extract information from her. Her captor watched her with an amused expression as she slowly lifted the lid, revealing a salad beneath it, complete with a glass of blueberry whine and silver fork and knife.
"I'm sorry that the spread isn't exactly on par with your personal chef's princess, but I have only been here for so long and I don't exactly make a good cook when deprived of hands." She said as she pushed the cart closer to Celestia and walked over to the bed and began to tidy it up.
She looked between the food and her captor and wondered what she was planning, and then wondered if she had perhaps spiked the drink or poisoned the food in a way that might make her answer questions unwillingly. However her stomach rumbled as she remembered that she hadn't had breakfast that day. "What game are you playing at?" She asked carefully as she watched her captor make the bed and put all the drawers back.
"No game, just treating the sun princess of Equestria the respect she is due to her post." She said as she fluffed the pillows on the bed. "You're my prisoner, but that doesn't mean I can't give you the respect you deserve. You are royalty after all, and I've never had royalty aboard my Tardis, so I might as well show you some courtesy."
Celestia was still unconvinced at her words, but she was so hungry that she couldn't resist walking over to the salad and taking a tentative bite. It tasted well enough, and she didn't detect anything that smelled like poison. The whine itself smelled alright, and she didn't smell a hint of it being tampered with. She ate rather quickly, but kept her eye on her captor as she carried out the duty of a maid tending to her mistress's room after she woke up.
Once she finished the mare stared politely at her as Celestia replaced the silverware and glass on the tray. "You're welcome for the meal by the way; I figured after thirteen hours of unconsciousness, you'd be a little hungry." She said. "I would have prepared a meal with more variety, but seeing as your species is vegetarian based, I doubt you would look kindly at fish, fowl, pork or beef. Also I can't exactly hold a knife properly in my current form either. How your species manages to get along without opposable thumbs is beyond my comprehension."
"Thirteen hours!" Celestia shouted. "The sun, was it set? Did the moon rise on time?! What about the stars, are they in position?"
"Well if you refer to your sister's remarkable ability to alter the very cycle of the sun and moon, something that by all logical senses tell me is impossible." She said sarcastically. "Yes, the sun and moon and stars are all right where they should be, why that is so important to you at the moment I don't know."
Celestia sighed in relief, her sister Luna had managed to raise the moon and set the sun on time. She didn't have to worry about keeping track of the sun and moon's location if her sister was performing both of their duties. Now she had to worry about how she was going to escape from her captor, and keep the Doctor out of harm.
"A noble princess to the end I see, you care more for your people then yourself." She said as she walked over to the cart and strapped herself into it. "Your subjects come first, then your family, then yourself. What noble qualities among your species… I almost understand why he would come here. You certainly need him to keep the true threats of the universe at bay."
"True threats?" She asked as the mare pulled the cart toward the door.
"Yes true threats, do you honestly think that I would come to this sad little world for your species?" She said sarcastically. "Look at what I have in this ship alone, do you think anything on your planet is worthy of my attention?"
"The Doctor brought you here, didn't he?" She said.
The mare stiffened at these words and turned to face Celestia. For a brief moment their eyes met and she saw in the mare a burning inferno of pure hatred. She looked into those orange eyes and saw uncounted years of burning hatred, saw it writhe before her and threaten to consume her in its raging embrace. For that brief moment in time, Celestia felt like her life was about to end as the mare blinked and looked away.
"If you value your life and sanity, dear princess Celestia… never look into my eyes again." She said as she turned and pulled the cart out of the room. "I saw in your eyes a thousand years of regret, young princess of this kingdom, what you saw, was merely one year of my hatred burning before you in my eyes. Remember that… and make sure that you do not get on my bad side. For if you think for a fleeting moment that you or any creature on this planet is capable of protecting him from me, you will see the true fury… of a Time Lord."
Celestia watched her leave the room with the cart clattering behind her, but before she left she turned and tapped her hoof on the floor causing the door to open. "You have free reign over most sections of the ship, any door that I don't want you to open, will not open. Feel free to see what marvels I have gathered across the ravages of time. To open a door, all you need do is tap your hoof on the floor a few times. I've had to modify the locks in order to work with my new body." She said as she pulled the cart and left the room.
As the door closed Celestia returned to the bed and used her magic to remove the necklace that she had received as a present from the Doctor and Ditzy Hooves on her eight hundred and fifty first birthday. It had been a simple enough necklace, and wasn't altogether fancy like the many other presents she had received, but she still treasured it nonetheless.
"Doctor… what kind of foe must you face this time?" She asked as she remembered hearing about him starting a business as a Toy Maker in Ponyville. She had been happy to hear that he had begun such a business, and even marveled at his creations that he produced for the enjoyment of the fillies and foals that all loved what he produced. She had hoped that his small quiet life would not be interrupted by something like this, now she hoped that his daughters Dinky and Sparkler would not be deprived of their father, and that Ditzy would not lose her husband.
=The Doctor's Pov, Nine Hours before Sunrise=
"So let me get this straight, a mare infiltrated the palace and went straight to the Royal Library." The Doctor said to Luna as he examined the number of books on the floor that had been thrown around. "She didn't do anything else but come here, read the entire library and then head to the throne room? Once in the throne room she assaulted you, your guards and then kidnapped Princess Celestia, demanding that you hand me over to them in exactly nine hours and forty minutes. That does sound interesting indeed."
He had arrived in Canterlot just an hour ago with Derpy and was immediately greeted by a large number of guards, all of whom barred his way before Luna came out and yelled at them in the Royal Canterlot Voice to pay them the proper respect they were due. Once he was allowed in he noticed the number of guards surrounding and protecting Luna had nearly doubled because of his presence. She took him to the throne room and, once she and several guards confirmed that the room was completely empty of anything besides themselves and the paintings, explained the severity of the situation.
"Yes Doctor, once she declared her intentions to do harm onto you, our sister and us attempted to detain her and protect you from the intruder." Luna said solemnly. "However we underestimated her capabilities, she overpowered all of our guards, broke through our spells, and made us helpless before her power. Then she fillynapped our sister and left, we have tried finding her all day, but none of the teams we have sent out reported her whereabouts."
"She only came here after she finished finding whatever she found out in the Library." He said as he looked at the few books on a nearby table that weren't thrown aside on the floor and looked at their opened pages. "Interesting that she went to all that trouble to look into a library for books that could be found anywhere, with the exact same details found in these books. Which begs the question of why it was so important to examine these books before taking Celestia hostage to force me out into the open? What was in these books that was so important that she did all of that?"
"Maybe she was looking for you?" Derpy suggested as she picked up a few of the books and put them back on the shelves, although she was putting them in upside down and backwards for the majority of them, not to mention that they were all in the wrong sections.
"Well then she has no reason to find me here, not one of these books have any reference to you or me being involved Derpy." He said as he finished reading the last of the books. "Each of them are events we were present to, but Celestia made sure that any evidence of our involvement was removed. Not even a mere mention of a, blue box for example is found here. So why go to kidnap Celestia?"
This had been the question bugging him for several minutes as he contemplated the reason as to why this mare would want to confront him, and who could possibly be capable of such actions. He reread the books in case he might have missed something but knew that he hadn't, there wasn't any evidence to him and Derpy being in any of the significant events of Equestria's history. He was amazed at the good job Celestia had done in keeping his name from the books of her planet's history. Which only made him wonder as to how this mare knew he had been there in the first place?
There was a knock on the library door and Luna walked over to see who it was. At his request Luna had ordered that no pony be allowed inside the Royal Library without his permission, including the guards. She did as he asked, although the guards complained, expressing their fears at another possible fillynapping, but she silenced them using the Royal Canterlot Voice again. "THY FEELINGS OF FEAR ARE NOTED; HOWEVER WE COULD NOT BE ANY SAFER WHILE IN THE PRESENCE OF THIS STALLION EVEN IF WE WERE SURROUNDED BY A THOUSAND GUARDS!" With that declaration all of the guards were silenced, and instead took up positions surrounding the Library to ensure that they remained alone.
"Princess Luna, the Element Bearers have arrived." He heard a guard outside the room say. Luna turned to him, asking for his permission to allow them in.
"Why did you bring them along Luna?" He asked incredulously. He knew she meant well, but the more ponies involved the longer it was going to take for him to figure this out.
"Forgive us Doctor, but we felt that perhaps, additional help was needed." She said, giving him a look that clearly indicated her regret at making such a decision.
"Well I suppose it's too late to just send them away and pretend it was all a mistake." He said as he turned to the books again. "Just bring em in; they can probably help in some way that I don't know of yet."
"Thank you Sir Doctor." She said gratefully, and told the guard to bring the Element Bearers down to the Library.
"Uh honey, where does this book go?" Derpy asked from the second level, holding a book on the history of Cloudsdale.
"Fourth shelf on your left Derpy, in the Historical Cities section." He said as he glanced at the cover of the book.
"Okay!" She said as she put the book on the fifth shelf on her left.
Moments later the door opened and six mares entered the Library, and the Doctor knew each of them by heart without even looking at them.
"Oh my goodness look at the Library!" Twilight Sparkle gasped as he pictured her looking around with an exasperated expression. "What happened here, and why are all these books in the wrong positions?"
"Oh I know! Somepony had a real big party here!" Pinkie Pie said cheerfully. "Why wasn't I invited, and where's the party cake! No party is a party without the party cake."
"Ah swear pinkie everything is a party to ya." Applejack said as she followed Pinkie into the room.
"Well you can't blame her dear; it does look like somepony threw quite a bash in here." Rarity said as she looked around at the appalling number of books on the floor.
"Nothing looks stolen at least, but somepony needs to learn how to stack books!" Rainbow Dash said as she strolled in.
"Uhm, are you sure nopony was harmed in here?" Fluttershy asked nervously as she looked around.
"Welcome Element Bearers, please forgive the state of the library, but we did not wish to clean the mess up until…" Luna said as she looked at the Doctor, silently asking for his permission to explain it
"Go ahead Luna, no point keeping it a secret from them at this point, but they must agree not to tell anyone else who I am, I rather enjoy my peaceful life in Ponyvile." He said as he reread the books for the twelfth time.
"Thank you Sir Doctor." Luna said respectfully. "In any case, we did not want to change anything in the Library until the Doctor here had a chance to investigate for possible clues. Speaking of which, have you found anything Doctor?"
"Nope, not a thing yet, but I haven't finished looking around yet." He said as he finished reading a book and checked another again.
"Investigating for clues, what are you talking about Luna?" Twilight asked as she watched with pained eyes as Derpy took a book and put it on a shelf backwards. "Where is Princess Celestia, she didn't welcome us like she usually does."
"Well you see… there was an incident earlier today Twilight Sparkle." Luna said sadly. "You see… our sister Celestia has been fillynapped."
There was stunned silence as all six of the mares heard those words.
"Fillynapped?" Twilight asked slowly. "How did this happen?"
"Woa woa woa, who could possibly fillynap Princess Celestia?" Rainbow Dash yelled out loud. "I mean she had guards right? Who could just sneak in and take her away with nopony knowing!"
"Don't ya get it RD, they didn't just sneak in." Applejack said. "They went and beat up her guards and took her away! No sneakin around involved am I right."
"Yes, they did at first sneak into the palace merely to gain access to the library here, but after that they approached Celestia and myself and proceeded to steal her away." Luna said as she went over to the Doctor and read one of the books he was reading. "We are looking in these books for something that might indicate as to how she knew of the Doctor being here. He believes the evidence is in these books."
"What are you talking about, why would whoever fillynapped Celestia care about a Toy Maker being here?"
"If only I were JUST a Toy Maker." The Doctor called out as he looked up at the group. "You see my dears; I am not exactly who I appear to be. I am known as the Doctor. I have done quite a few things for Luna and Celestia without ever being seen, you'd be surprised at what I've helped them with over the years."
"Doctor Hooves, we've known you for a few years since you moved into Ponyville and even attended your wedding to Ditzy." Twilight said as she looked between Luna and him. "Your just a toy maker from what I know, sure you make wonderful toys, but that's all I've ever seen you do."
"Yes and for everyone's sake I hope it stays that way." He whispered as he turned back to the book.
"Just accept that he is really good at solving these kinds of problems." Derpy called out from the second level. "Luna and Celestia usually call him for help when something like this crops up."
"Indeed Element Bearers." Luna said. "So please you six, give him the utmost respect that he is due. For our sister and us as well treat him as though he were family. If there is anything we can assist him with, we will be happy to comply."
"Okay, so he's a sleuth pony." Rainbow Dash said. "What is so special about these books? Why not read all of the books to see what she was looking for."
"Because my dear Rainbow Dash, these are the only ones that had significance to the mare who captured Celestia." He said as he began to see a connection between the books he was reading. "All the other books that have been thrown around, clearly didn't interest her. These books however are not only on a table; they are all chronologically listed in order from earliest events in Equestrian History to the present. Also to read all six hundred and thirty two books in this library would be a waste of time."
"Oh." Rainbow Dash said as she looked down embarrassed.
"AHA." He said as he finally found the link. "That's how she knew, come over here Luna I figured it out!"
Luna walked over as Twilight just stared at the Doctor in astonishment. "Doctor Hooves, treat Princess Luna with more respect, she is Princess Celestia's younger sister and Co Ruler of Equestria!"
"Oh I know Twilight Sparkle, don't worry about me." He said nonchalantly. "I've got her approval to call her by her more common name."
"So what did you find Doctor?" Luna asked quickly as she leaned closer to the book.
"Look here, read this passage out concerning Celestia's banishing of Nightmare Moon using the Elements of Harmony." He said, pointing below a picture of the Banishment of Nightmare Moon.
Luna looked at where he was pointing and began reading the passage out loud.
"Celestia, left with no other options to save her sister and bring peace back to Equestria, was convinced to use the Six Elements of Harmony to seal Nightmare Moon in the one prison that could contain her, the moon itself. From thence forth she ruled over the Sun and the Moon alone."
"Notice the clue now Luna?" He asked smugly.
"No we cannot see it." She said.
"Celestia went to a great deal to hide all the evidence… but the way she hid it, that is how our mysterious mare figured it out." He said and pointed at the passage again. "Read that part again, just the bit concerning the Elements of Harmony."
Luna leaned forward and read the section again. "Celestia, left with no other options to save her sister and bring peace back to Equestria, was convinced to use the Six Elements of Harmony." She said, but moments later comprehension dawned on her face. "The way it was said… that's how?"
"Exactly, the question is who convinced her?" He said as he closed the books one by one. "All of these books contain some obscure line or two, saying Celestia was advised, or she was convinced, or she asked somepony, yet there isn't a single shred of evidence as to WHOM she asked or WHO advised her!"
Luna nodded and followed him toward the door entrance as Derpy climbed down the ladder and joined him. "Of course, well when thou rescues our sister Doctor, we shall ensure that all books are replaced with better obscured lines."
"Indeed, now I just have to figure out who I'm dealing with." He said as he led the way out the library.
"Wait, a toy maker is going to take on the pony that got past Celestia's and Luna's Royal Guard, overpowered their combined magic, and even ran away with Celestia herself without even being noticed?" Rainbow Dash asked incredulously. "Forgive me if I sound just a little unconvinced about that a toy maker is going to fight this pony and rescue Celestia when she, her sister, and her guards couldn't stop this pony."
"Yes, is there a problem with that?" He asked politely.
"Well… no offense Doctor Hooves." Applejack said as she nodded at Rainbow Dash's statement. "Ya don't exactly have the figure of a fightin stallion, no offense."
"I see… well in that case, Derpy do me a favor will you." He said.
"Yes Doctor?" She asked as she leaned closer to him and he whispered her instructions. "Gotcha!" She said and walked away toward a book shelf.
"Luna sorry for any damage Derpy does in the next minute or so." He said as he closed his eyes and turned to the door. "Whenever you're re…" He said but moments later he turned and snatched a very heavy encyclopedia out of the air with both hooves without so much as looking. Derpy had thrown the book from across the room at him. "Nice throw honey!"
"Thanks!" She giggled.
"Oh my…" Rarity whispered with admiration in her voice. "You bagged quite a stallion Ditzy, I'm jealous."
"Woa…" Rainbow Dash said as he gently put the book back on the shelf.
"Did you have to throw that encyclopedia?" Twilight gasped as she watched Derpy prance toward the Doctor.
"Only you Twilight would be concerned with a book after what we all just saw." Applejack said as they all followed him and Luna out of the Library.
"Well now that that's out of the way, Luna was there anything she said that might give me a clue as to who we may be dealing with." He asked as he led the way into the throne room.
"Well now that you mention it Sir Doctor." Luna said as she thought for a moment. "She did mention something about being a Time Lord."
The Doctor stopped smiling and for the first time in a long while, looked nervous. "Did you say… Time Lord?" He said slowly.
"Yes… what is wrong?" Luna asked, now seeing the sense of fear coming from him.
"This… is bad." He said bluntly. "Bad… very bad this is so bad, this is a hundred times worse than terribly bad!"
He started pacing back and forth between two statues in the throne room and for the first time felt afraid for over two years. He knew that no being would dare make that claim unless they were exactly what they claimed to be. If this being was indeed a Time Lord, than he clearly knew why she wanted him. She wanted him to pay the price for his sins in the past!
"Doctor, explain why this is bad." Luna said. "Are you not the same as she? Are you not a Time Lord as well?"
"Time Lord, what is that some kind of special title?" Twilight asked curiously. "I've never heard of a Time Lord before, is it some kind of secretive position?"
"No Twilight Sparkle, it is far from a simple title…" He said as he paced faster and faster. "It's a name for a species, a species which I am a very exclusive member of. Now I know how she did what she did earlier today."
He turned to Luna, looking very serious. "Luna I need you're guards to set up several dummies here in the throne room. I need eighteen total, fourteen to represent Celestia's guards, two for yours, and two to represent yourself and Celestia on the throne. Have them positioned where they were this morning in relation to how the events took place. Also, summon your two guards to have them meet us outside in the gardens so I can give a short demonstration while you position the dummies alright?"
Luna nodded and immediately turned to the nearest guard and began giving instructions. "The rest of you might as well follow me and join me and Luna in the gardens." He said and began to lead the way to the Gardens.
Ten minutes later they were all outside in the palace gardens with Owl and Hawk. "So why are we out here doc?" Applejack asked as she looked around.
"Yes, explain yourself my friend." Luna said as her two guards stood behind her.
"Luna you remember how our fillynapper moved earlier today when she defeated fourteen of your sister's guards, your two guards as they ambushed her, and caught you and your sister off guard when you were watching her the entire time?" He asked, to which she nodded. "Well you see that is a special technique we Time Lords can use in extreme cases when they are outnumbered by beings they can overpower with their own physical capabilities but lack the numerical advantage to do so. We call it the Mind over Matter."
He took a few steps away from them and turned to face the group. "Luna can I use one of your guards as a test subject and have him join me out here?"
"Very well, Owl do as he said." She said to her guard and he nodded and flew out to stand in front of him.
"Thank you Owl, oh and uh sorry if this hurts, I'm not exactly as well practiced at this as I used to be." He said as he stood in front of Luna's Guard.
"It is alright Doctor, my lady requests that I perform this duty, and so I shall." He said respectfully.
"Very good, now hit me." He said, but owl looked at him in confusion. "What are you waiting for hit me?"
"Uh… my lady?" He asked nervously, turning to Luna.
"Do as he says Owl, just listen to him." She said.
"As you wish." He declared and struck at the Doctor with one hoof.
Instantly the Doctor used his technique and Owl was pushed back twenty feet, not injured but certainly not unharmed. They all stared as Owl slowly rose to his feet and looked at the Doctor, bewilderment spread across his face. "What in the name of Celestia was that?" Rainbow Dash asked loudly. "He didn't even touch you, and you barely moved an inch. Yet he was blown away?"
"I still got it." He said as he stretched his shoulders. "What you just saw, was Mind over Matter. I made my mind move my body so fast that your eyes could not see anything of what really transpired. Sorry by the way Owl. I didn't mean to push you so hard, like I said I am not exactly my old self when it comes to doing that, only meant to knock you back a few feet."
"It's quite alright Doctor." Owl said as he returned to his position behind Luna, although looking very embarrassed.
"As to what happened, well Hawk come out here so I can give a very slow and detailed explanation so you all can comprehend what happened." He said, and after looking to Luna for instructions, Hawk flew out to join the Doctor. "Hawk extend your hoof so that you look like Owl did prior to being blown away."
Hawk nodded and did so, extending his hoof so that he looked like he was about to strike the Doctor. "Now watch what I do, because this is all that happened in the blink of an eye." He said and checked to make sure they were all watching carefully.
He stood and began pretending to use his hooves one at a time to push Hawk backwards without actually pushing him. In total he pushed Hawk in the chest nine times before he stopped and looked back at the group. "That all took place in a matter of one one trillionth of a second." He said as he walked toward the group with Hawk behind him.
"So you moved really really fast?" Rainbow Dash asked excitedly.
"Yes but don't get ahead of yourself, it requires more brain power than all of Ponyville combined to even amass the mental strength to initiate that state, let alone maintain it for any given time." He said politely as a guard ran toward them and told Luna that the mannequins were in position.
They walked back into the throne room and the Doctor took up a position in the middle of the mannequin circle which mimicked Celestia's guards. Above, two ponies held two mannequins attached to strings to mirror Luna's two guards. On the throne, two mannequins sat on it to mirror Luna and Celestia herself.
"What are we doing Doctor?" Derpy asked curiously as she and the others waited on the side and watched the Doctor in the circle of mannequins.
"If I am going to fight her, I need to check if I can match her move for move, now get ready I'm about to begin." He declared and looked up at the two guards holding the mannequins above. "Okay, cue Celestia's guards moving in to restrain me!" He shouted and immediately entered the Mind over Matter state.
Time slowed down to a standstill for everyone and everything around him, but himself. He looked at each mannequin in turn and one by one, attacked each one as though they were a guard and he were trying to disable them and knock them down. He struck the first two in the hooves and chest with five strikes apiece. The next four met the same as the first, only he struck those seven times. Three met his hooves six times in a row. He stepped out of the circle and ended the state of mind, and immediately he heard the sound of mannequins flying at the walls and breaking into pieces. He felt extremely tired, feeling as though he had run the width of Equestria in one day.
However he didn't stop, he looked up and shouted at the two guards above. "Cue Luna's Guards surprise attack!" The guards above nodded and let go of their mannequins as they flew at him from both sides. He waited until the last second and activated the Mind over Matter state again, and proceeded to punch and kick both of the mannequins eight times for each of them. He ended the state and the two mannequins flew to opposite sides of the room, breaking into pieces and now he was practically gasping for breath as he turned to face the throne mannequins.
"Now… Cue… surprise attack… on Luna… and Celestia!" He shouted with what little breath he had, and entered the Mind over Matter state for a third time in a row. He ran over to the throne mannequins and gently punched and kicked Luna's mannequin until he was sure it would land on the floor, then he smacked Celestia's mannequin but more gently so that it would mirror knocking her out. He ended the state and grabbed the Celestia mannequin, pretending to abduct it and carry it toward the throne door.
However before he could take two steps he collapsed to the ground, gasping desperately as he felt his two hearts beating at five times their normal rate. "Doctor!" Derpy shouted, and he heard a stamped of hooves rushing over to him as he lay there trying to steady his hearts and gasping for breath. "Doctor, speak to me, are you alright honey?"
He looked into his beloved wife's eyes and saw fear and concern etched in their golden reflection. No… I am not alright." He whispered as he looked past them at the throne. "This Time Lord who captured Celestia was able to defeat sixteen of hers and Luna's guards combined and defeated her and Luna themselves, and walk out of here without even breaking a sweat. I can't even stand right now… I don't know how I can match her stamina and strength of mind."
He leaned closer to Derpy so that he could whisper in her ear without the others overhearing. "I am worried Derpy… I'm worried that I might not be able to win this fight." He gasped as he felt so tired that he began wishing that he were back home in his and Derpy's soft warm bed.
=Celestia's Pov=
Celestia walked around her captor's Tardis, trying to find a way to escape and warn the Doctor before the mare could have a chance to harm him. However it was just as her captor had said, if she tried to open a door that her captor didn't want opened, Celestia could not open it. However she did learn a great deal from the many treasures she had discovered scattered around this ship.
Her captor had lived a very long time, longer even then herself and the Doctor combined. She had been to nearly every possible planet that Celestia could have imagined, there were relics from the planet Earth that the Doctor spoke of, her own Equestria, paintings of creature and buildings in all shapes and size. Yet no matter what she saw or learned, there was always that one key fact that linked all of these adventures her captor had been on. Her undying hatred for the Doctor, but what he did to deserve this hatred eluded her.
She entered the control center again, knowing what it was because of her experiences inside the Doctor's Tardis, and looked at the doorway that led outside. She had tried to use magic to open it, but it proved futile just like before. She heard the sound of her captor walking into the control center and turned to watch her enter.
"So, enjoying your little stroll through my ship?" She asked politely as she went to a console and turned several nobs and pulled levers that Celestia had no clue as to what they did. "So are you going to tell me where he is and spare me the trouble of waiting for another seven hours to go back to Canterlot?"
"Never, I'd rather suffer a million years of isolation on the moon then reveal the Doctor's location and Identity to you." Celestia declared, knowing full well that she wasn't in a position to make such statements; still she wasn't going to turn against her greatest friend and ally.
"I see, so you and every quadruped on this planet have become his personal army have you?" She asked as she continued to examine the console for whatever reason.
"His personal army?" Celestia asked. "What are you talking about, we are not his army, we are his friends and we respect him for all he has done for us."
"You have no idea what kind of man he is, do you?" She said in a bored voice. "He is the kind of being that manipulates others into fighting his battles for him. He turns ordinary beings such as yourself, and turns them into mighty weapons of war and destruction. He once ended a war between two powerful nations by turning their own leaders against the people they ruled."
"I can hardly imagine the Doctor who once risked life and limb to rescue me from the Daleks as a stallion who manipulates ponies into becoming such horrible beings."
"Yes… that is something he does quite often." Her captor said in a cynical voice. "Well in any case, even if you don't tell me where he is or what he looks like, I will find him in six hours and fifty two minutes."
"He will not come, my sister will not carry any action that may harm him, and we will never allow any harm to come to him." Celestia declared.
"My dear Celestia, whether or not your sister summons him is irrelevant." She said as she looked down at her. "He will come out into the open, one way or another. All because I captured you, the moment you became my prisoner, I set in motion the plan to force him to come to your rescue. So in the end, either way, I will have my revenge!"
Celestia watched her leave the room and felt afraid again. Knowing that it was true, one way or another, the Doctor would come out of hiding to rescue his friends. It was only a matter of time, and time was not on hers or the Doctor's side.
=Anasi's word to the readers=
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