Note:

Sorry for the little delay for a chapter being uploaded. I have been re-reading this chapter over and over again, because I needed to make sure I got everything right. I can't say anything else because I'd spoil the story. I also needed to fix every 'Tardis' to TARDIS in every chapter, including the last few chapters in the first story.


The Doctor is in his TARDIS. He is preparing to head for London. He wants to see London for a final time before he went back to Clara Oswald and regenerate. He was due to regenerate before he came to Equestria.

"What else is there left to do?" The Doctor asked himself multiple times while flicking levers and pressing buttons on the control panel that's in the centre of his time machine.

"The Paradigm is gone. Those two have been dealt with. What else is there to do? Was that why I came here? Was that what... myself... was talking about?" The Doctor continues flooding himself with his questions and thoughts.


(Seconds later)

His TARDIS materializes near the Big Ben. He heads over to the door that's on the same platform level as his control panel. But when he opens the door, he finds that he actually isn't in London, and most certainly not near the Big Ben. The whole surrounding and background is a glowing bright white, with a very miniscule hint of yellow.

"Hello, Doctor, it's been a while. Thought I'd... intercept your machine." A glowing figure appears, who is wearing a light blue shirt, darker blue trousers, grey shoes. His skin is a peach colour, has brown hair and 2 completely blue glowing eyes.

"Yes... I guess it has been a while, Origin," The Doctor replied, walking out of the TARDIS.

"I just couldn't see it coming. I thought he changed for the better. No wonder he demanded for the whole world below to be under his control."

"Origin, you created him- Dear me- You should've known he wasn't on your side, never was and never will be," The Doctor responded, sounding slightly annoyed with Origin Steve.

"I should've known better, I know. During the struggle against Madness, when he got out the Madness Dimension, he... 'he' let me free, so I could tell Sabre and his friends reforming Madness was the only way to stop him from collapsing every dimension, every reality... just everything both conceivable and inconceivable- Even things inconceivable to all-knowing beings like me- Madness or Calmness, whoever they are, they can't be comprehended," Origin Steve said back, sounding and feeling guilty. The Doctor now understands why Origin Steve trusted 'him'.

"I thought 'he' was trying to change his ways, but now, his intentions are clear. He only helped everybody, because Madness threatened his continued existence."

"If you're no longer confined by that paradoxical curse, why haven't you come and help? You have all this power, and you have chosen to just watch. I had no choice in my matter otherwise my home universe would have burned. You can make a difference and yet you choose not to," The Doctor questioned, and says to Origin Steve the reason he's annoyed with him. Origin Steve understands where the Doctor is coming from.

"I wish it was that simple, Doctor..." Origin Steve stutters, looking away.

"Why isn't it simple!?" The Doctor shouted and loses his cool.

"You have the ability to do something about what's going on and you just sit here doing nothing! Why can't you just come and help!? More lives could've been saved if you had done something instead of waiting until- Spoilers... I- I can't really... finish, what I was going to say..." Doctor went from shouting with rage to a stutter.

"I have the power, yes... you're right Doctor. I could help my creations fight. But, just because I have this power, doesn't mean I should... help. I must... let them pick their path," Origin Steve replied.

"You didn't keep out of the Last War, did you? You rampaged through that army of Diamond Steve's, for the betterment of the rest of your creations," The Doctor is speaking in his normal voice again and brings up a point, a very good one at that.

"What's happening now is a war like the Last War, and you must be the one who leads your people. You have Equestria under your wing as well this time. You are needed now more than ever, Origin."

"You have the choice I didn't have. Please, help your people, Origin. Don't make the same mistake I did. Get it right the first time which I didn't."

For a minute, there's an awkward silence. Origin Steve looks away, takes into account and thinks about what the Doctor said.

"You're right... Doctor, they... need me," Origin Steve turns around and looks back at the Doctor.

"But, you... you also have a part in it. Without you, the rest wouldn't of known the threat the Daleks posed. You stopped them from changing the events of the past."

"No I don't, I haven't even done anything since showing up here other than getting rid of the Daleks- As well as something just now... which is later down the line for everybody else," The Doctor said back in strong disagreement.

"Not exactly, I noticed something, and I had to pause you from regenerating. Throughout all the lives you lived through so far, you have been the key to something. Your part in everything doesn't end with just the Daleks. I noticed something, between you and Doctor Whooves, a connection," Origin Steve cryptically explained.

"We aren't connected- Yeah he has a Tardis like mine, but me and Doctor Whooves aren't connected," The Doctor said in a confused tone.

"Not as in... the same being, but connected in... another way. You could be in the future at one moment, and then the next moment you go to the past. It's interesting to see a Time Lord's perspective of time, perceiving events in a way that's not linear to time. What I'm saying might not make sense now. But when the moment comes, it'll all make sense. You will find your answer to why you're in Equestria," Origin Steve countermanded in response.

"But... what am I meant to do? How am I meant to work it out?"

"Continue being you, continue being the Doctor," Origin Steve replied.

"It looks like the Demon Steves are renewing their forces. I think you need to get going."


Light Steve, Dark Steve and Shining Armour are at the round gold table that's in the room you come into upon entering the castle. On the table is a holographic map, created by Shining Armour's magic. Spike is also present around the table.

"And they just keep on coming..." Dark Steve sighed, his overall energy depleted.

The hologram shows several Demon Steves outside a gate. The gate has pink swirling patterns, with a turquoise and dark turquoise diamond-shaped lock in the centre.

"That surely can't be any old gate," Said Light Steve.

"Yeah, that's the gate to Tartarus. The Demon Steves must be planning on trying to unlock it. But you need a specific artifact to unlock the gate... so unless they have got that, the gate should hold up," Shining Armour clarified.

"Can you see who's leading them?" Spike asked.

"No... I can't quite tell. I can't expand the projection any bigger," Shining Armour replied.

"With that many of them, what's to say they won't just... swarm at it until they break in? Throwing beings that can shift reality at it will eventually do something," Dark Steve assumed, again looking at the sheer size of the Demon Steve army in the hologram.

Lightning strikes near the table, which Time Steve, the mane 6 and Starlight appearing shortly after the lightning died down.

"Why can't everypony just be in the same place- Anyway, now we're all here, let's just get straight to the point- King Sombra is back, and there's Dread Steve that is a steve equivalent to Sombra," Time Steve gets out the critical information.

"That can't be possible..." Starlight stutters.

"Four old villains have came back. So... it's possible more could return," Said Pinkie Pie.

"King Sombra- Oh please, how many times have we defeated him?" Rainbow Dash cockily replied while laughing.

"King Sombra added with Demon Steve capabilities... isn't something to be taken lightly," Twilight sternly stated to the light blue pegasus.

"Also, Dread Steve plus King Sombra doesn't sound like a combination that'll end well for the receiving end," Said Pinkie Pie.

"Ye deh wha ya gat ta doh, I go back ta appawl." Applejack heads for the exit.

"Applejack, if you don't help, Dread and Sombra will destroy all your apple friends!" Time Steve said in the best fake mortified voice he could speak in. The orange earth pony turns around and comes back almost instantly.

"NOOOOOOO!" This possibility enrages Applejack, who will punish Dread Steve and King Sombra severely.

"Okay... I see what you mean Rainbow... she has indeed gone... nuts..." Rarity slowly said, processing in confusion about Applejack's behaviour.

"Nah ya tart, ai got da cider from barrawls in the sky! Go get em tonait or else!"

"A- Ap- Applejack... are you o- Okay?" Fluttershy slowly asked, stuttering in surprise by the earth pony's attitude and tone.

"Ye ya anxious lil cutie munchkin!" Applejack exclaimed back.

"Is t- Is there anything we can do to help?" Twilight asked her orange earth pony friend. She looks into Applejack eye's. Twilight walks back while shaking slightly. From the looks of her eyes, Twilight can tell Applejack isn't making these choices of words herself.

"May ate appawl frinds- Chaotic, Unbreakable, Repulsive, Strength, Energy, Return, Enchanter and Reject," Applejack replied.

"W- What? Do you mind repeating that again please darling?" Rarity asked.

"Chaotic, Unbreakable, Repulsive, Strength, Energy, Return, Enchanter and Reject," Applejack repeated.

"She's trying to tell us something!" Pinkie Pie understood what Applejack is trying to do. But she isn't able to directly state what's wrong. She keeps repeating the same thing.

"Chaotic, Unbreakable, Repulsive, Strength, Energy, Return, Enchanter and Reject."

"Once we beat these two, we seriously need to figure out about who or what is causing this," Time Steve thinks to himself. He can't quite pin on what the cause may be. He has a few ideas, but it's a bit too vague to tell still.

"So people and ponies, what- Oh..." Time Steve looks at the hologram and knows that location..

"Yeah, this isn't good. I just don't get it- They were never able to mobilize like this when they attacked the citadel," Light Steve responded back.

"Well, Sabre, Dream and my brother are working on weakening Dread's corruption. Me and the six are going to take on King Sombra. You, Shining, Starlight and whatever guards you have, you lot need to hold off them demons," Time Steve explained.

Vworp! Vworp vworp vworp vworp!

Vworp! Vworp vworp vworp vworp!

Near the round table, 2 blue Tardis' materializes, which the doors opens on both. The Doctor comes out of the one on the left, Doctor Whooves comes out of the one on the right.

"I've picked up demon signals near Tartarus on my controls," Said Doctor Whooves.

"Doctor, are you okay?" Fluttershy asked, walking over to the Doctor.

"Just done a loopy loop in space and time- I can't comment exactly what I've seen, but I guess I'm okay," The Doctor replied.

Lightning is heard inside Doctor Whooves' Tardis. But the lightning sound is heard on the speakers inside of his control panel, not striking inside the Time machine. The stallion of time runs back into his Tardis, flicks levers and buttons to detect where the lightning struck. But lights throughout inside began to flash red, and he reversed the sequence he flicked the levers. He walks back out of the Tardis.

"Definitely a Demon Steve lightning bolt. Tried to go find where it struck, but it went to try warp reality- I couldn't get it's whereabouts though. Barely been able to stop it from shifting everything," Doctor Whooves explained. Time Steve then strikes lightning and then everything around pauses, frozen. The only ones unfrozen is Time Steve, the Doctor and Doctor Whooves.

"Haven't paused time in a while but- Go back to that panel, now. We must see where that lightning struck," Time Steve demanded.

The 3 time experts enters Doctor Whoove's Tardis. The stallion flicks the levers, but it does nothing.

"I can't get it turnt on with time being completely frozen."

"Let me help you with that," The Doctor said as he unfreezes the console by pointing his sonic screwdriver at it. He then points it at the TV's above, unfreezing them too.

Doctor Whooves flicks the levers again. No lights are flashing red, and a TV turns on. On the TV, the Storm King is seen with a dark ancient-looking staff with a turquoise bluish crystal on it's tip, but has an orange aura around it. The Storm King is also accompanied by a horde of Demon Steves. They are surrounding a stone cylinder stand. On the stand are 3 creatures. One of them is a centaur. Another is a changeling and is of similar height to the centaur, but is much smaller in size. The last one is a pegasus filly, dwarfed by the other 2 in size.

"Oh for goodness sake- We don't need them three to come back too!" Doctor Whooves exclaimed in panic. They need to warn the mane 6, immediately. As time is paused, 'immediately' can be whenever.

"What is it- Oh..." The Doctor almost instantly realizes what the Storm King plans to do.

"Them three caused a right old ruckus a year ago indeed- Well, a year ago for Equestria- Been on Trenzalore for the last nine hundred years until now. I was due to regenerate until I had to come here."

"Whooves- Turn off machine- I got- Resume time-" Time Steve began to crouch, barely keeping all of time paused. Doctor Whooves flicks the levers on his control panel, turning the TV off. Time Steve began summon lightning, resuming time.

Once time is flowing again, the 3 time experts walks back out of Doctor Whooves' TARDIS.

"I paused time as us three had to check something... it ain't very good..." Time Steve slowly stated in a murmur.

"What is it Time? What's wrong?" Twilight softly asked, walking up to Time Steve.

"So... y'know how there's a stone stand with three different creature stone statues? The Storm King and an army of Demon Steves mmaaayyy or may not be surrounding it right now- Yeah... we kinda need to get their ASAP," Time Steve said in a deep and very slow voice. The mane 6 and Starlight immediately caught onto what Time Steve meant and went to gather around him again. Time Steve summons lightning and then disappears with the mane 6 and Starlight.

"I don't know why they need to free those three- Anyway, while Time and that go and stop the demons from freeing those three from stone, we got to fend off the Demon Steves that are approaching Tartarus," Doctor Whooves stated.

"Me and Doctor Whooves can park our TARDISes infront of Tartarus' gate. The force fields should block the Demon Steves from breaching it. That should give you lot some time to go gather up whatever forces you can to push them back," The Doctor explained his idea.

"Alright, me and you, set coordinates for Tartarus' gate," Doctor Whooves demanded the Doctor.

"Yes, while these Demon Steves aren't like the Daleks, God they are a bunch of pests," The Doctor nodded while muttering. The 2 enter their TARDISes and closes their doors behind them. The 2 time machines began to disappear, heading for Tartarus' gate.

"Spike, are you up for helping us?" Light Steve asked.

"Yes. I feel as if I haven't been useful enough," Spike replied while nodding.

"No- You have been a good help. You've helped Weaponsmith Red Steve organize weapons and repair them. Even the smallest of things go a long way man," Light Steve firmly responds back, patting Spike on the head with his right hand. Coming to the table is a Red Steve in elite Colourless Guard armour, with a shield in their left hand, a spear in their right hand. He puts his Colourless Guard helmet back on.

"Weaponsmith, how many guards are ready?" Light Steve formally asked, sounding firm.

"We only have four guards ready sir. But they are ready to fight. Other guards along with Royal Guard regiments are dealing with an increasing rise of demon raids in the overworld," Weaponsmith Red Steve replied back in the same formal tone.

"I've only got Flash Sentry available at the moment, the others are tied up defending elsewhere," Shining Armour added onto Weaponsmith Red Steve.

"How is the Crystal Empire holding up?" Dark Steve asked.

"My Cadence crushed most of the demons that were attacking the Crystal Empire. Cadence's forces will be ready within a few days to come and help us out. I also heard the changelings and the yaks have begun taking back lost territory as well," Shining Armour replied.

Soon, 4 of the ready Colourless Guards as well as Flash Sentry appear and walks to the table where everybody else is.

"Guards, the demons are crawling their way back. But we've beaten them at Canterlot. We've beaten them in Ponyville. We will not falter now. We've shown our united might, and now the tide is turning against them! Those who we've sadly lost will not have died in vain, but will be remembered as heroes! We have the Doctor and Doctor Whooves, and their capabilities have helped us in our struggle! We shall show them demons what we fight for... our freedom, our friendship, our unity, our prosperity!" Light Steve gives off a motivating speech, which everyone cheers loudly in enthusiasm. Their 2 successful defences against the Demon Steves at Canterlot and Ponyville made morale be at an all-time high within the group.

Shining Armour disables his magical hologram. Everybody knows what they must do. They gather around Light Steve, who summons lightning, teleporting to Tartarus' gate.


Light Steve, Dark Steve, Weaponsmith Red Steve, Shining Armour, Spike, Flash Sentry and the 4 Colourless Guards are now outside the gate. Right infront are both the Doctor's and Doctor Whoove's TARDISes.

"Everybody, if you need a break, stay near any of these TARDISes. Their force fields will protect you and keep the demons away from you," Light Steve yelled so everybody definitely heard them.

"Well well well, Light Steve and ah- My creation, Dark Steve!" Lightning strikes infront of everybody. Once the lightning died down, a demonic Yellow Steve with completely white eyes manifests.

"We've come to take you on! Nightmare Steve!" Shining Armour growled while frowning, as did Flash Sentry and Spike. The steves that are present glare back at Nightmare Steve.

"Ha ha ha HA HA HA! With what army!?" Loads of Demon Steves come into view and they began marching towards the gate. Nightmare Steve hovers up and stares down at the group.

"I've been holding this off..." Dark Steve looks to the ground. Lightning strikes on him, the armour and spear he's wearing gets covered in darkness. Dark Steve's eyes began to glow red and looks at Nightmare Steve from below. Dark Steve hovers up until he's level with his undeniable creator.

Dark Steve gets out an iron sword corrupted by darkness. Nightmare Steve gets out a netherite sword.

"You've brought me into existence..." Dark Steve's voice echoes with the form he's been concealing for a long time.

"I'll be the one who'll remove you from existence." Dark Steve flies towards Nightmare Steve.

"How interesting! I can't wait to see you FAIL! I'll send you back where you CAME FROM! DEMONS! CHARRRRGE!" Nightmare Steve roars as he and Dark Steve flies to attack each other. The Demon Steves on the ground began to charge at the gate while screeching and moaning.

"Everybody, be ready for battle! Stay within the shielding range of either TARDIS!" Light Steve yelled as he and everybody else braces themselves for battle.