Chapter 3: The Roof of the World

=The Moon of the Planet Gaia, 238,857 Miles Above in Orbit, Canterlot Royal Palace, Historical Windows, 1066 C.E. =

The Doctor panted as he realized what head just happened. He was only about 10 yards away from the TARDIS, when suddenly he felt a heat rush moved across his body. "Okay. Where are we now?" he asked himself. He decided to go back up to Luna's room, as he could tell she was still in the palace. He walked out of the room and began climbing through the halls. He got to the stairs that led up to Luna's room. He walked up them and entered the room. He walked over to the balcony to inspect where he and the entire palace had been transported to. He looked over the balcony, and saw…

Nothing. There was not enough light anywhere for him to see anything. It was just inky, no, pure and total darkness as far as the eye, and probably far beyond that, could see. "Well, this is sort of frightening." The Doctor said to himself.

He then walked over to where Luna was at. He could see that she was now using her horn for something different than the psychic field he had inhibited. Undoubtedly it was what was being used to keep them here, and probably blocking the TARDIS materialization field, and who knows what else. He sighed. "I think I'm going to need a few more rings." He mused to no one in particular.

=Gaia, Equestria, Canterlot, The Panicked City Streets of Canterlot, 1066 C.E. =

Considering it was recently made impossible to see anything without something like candle, of which it was almost impossible to find, you can imagine the absolute pandemonium that was running around in the streets. Ponies were running around aimlessly, almost always crashing into things or other ponies. It was still uncertain if there were any fatalities or more likely, major or minor injuries. Other ponies had been too scared to move, so they walked into a corner and allowed their hooves to buckle, and most of them were relatively safe. Panic took the ponies so quick that all the unicorns forgot they could perform an illumination spell. Romana, Daring Do, Princess Celestia, Princess Twilight, Shining Armor, and Princess Cadence had all gotten separated quite a long time ago trying to find their way through the darkness. The Royal Guard that had been nearby wanted to protect them, but had been unable to find them due to how dark it was, so they decided to stay nearby the place where the Royal Palace had once been.

One of these guards didn't notice a shadow approaching him, as it blended in with everything. It suddenly began to enter his body, pressing down his every thought with its own. The Guard fell to the floor. He emerged with catlike irises, although no one can see them in the dark. He could see everything as light as day. He had night vision now. He began walking away, prowling around for one the Royal Court, or the Doctor's friends.

He walked about in the streets, not caring if a random pony ran into him at top speed in a panic. He pushed ponies that were in his way out of his way. He searched through the streets ever vigilantly, not missing one pony in the streets along the way. He suddenly caught sight of Princess Cadence right there in a building a few feet away, trying to avoid the panic that not even she could stop. He walked through the streets towards the building. He knocked on the door. A female mare stuck her head out, apparently not willing to let in the complete chaos out there. Realizing that he wouldn't be able to get in, he touched the mare. The entity in control of his mind left him and travelled through his nerve impulses into the other mare, who shot back, now controlled. The Guard fell down dead, his mind too compressed to regain control.

The mare walked around the makeshift refugee camp over to Princess Cadence, who was sitting in the light of a single candle. She didn't really notice when the mare's face emerged from the darkness and into the light of the candle. The mare reached her hoof forward.

=The Moon of the Planet Gaia, 238,857 Miles Above in Orbit, Canterlot Royal Palace, Princess Luna's Room, 1066 C.E. =

The Doctor walked around the balcony in Princess Luna's room, trying to figure out what he would do next. He had no idea where he was, he had already checked that he couldn't use the TARDIS, he couldn't wake up Princess Luna for help, and he was rather frustrated. Then he was struck by an idea.

"I'll check my pockets!" The Doctor realized. He stretched out and opened his pocket. After he pulled out the extensible amount of bags of jelly babies he had in his pocket, he finally managed to pull out something he could actually use. "A torch!" he said as he pulled out a flashlight (of torch as they knew it in Britain.) He turned on the flashlight and began using it to see what was below him. He saw a gray, rocky crater. "So we're on this planet's Moon." He deduced to himself. He moved it over a fluctuating field that stretched thin over the whole palace. "That's an air generating field. If I divert that one task, it will give me about ten minutes or so to get back into the TARDIS and dematerialize it back on the planet. On the down side, I won't have any air to breathe of any sort." He said to himself. He sighed, and smiled. "Well here we go!" He took a deep breath, and jumped off the balcony.

=Gaia, Equestria, Canterlot, The Panicked Streets of Canterlot, 1066 C.E. =

Princess Cadence walked through the streets, fully under the influence of the entity that had controlled the Guard and the mare. She now had Princess Celestia in her sights. Princess Celestia was what she really wanted. She would be the bargaining chip that would break Princess Luna's mind and allow her total control.

Princess Celestia had tried her hardest to quell the panic in the streets, but found that it was too absolute. She sighed. If Discord wasn't reformed, he would love this. So far, she was one of the only ones who hadn't forgotten to use an illumination spell.

"Cadence!" she said happily when she saw her coming into her sight. Then she saw the catlike eyes. "Oh no."

Princess Cadence came closer and closer, a crooked smile etched into her face.