Doctor And Assistant (Chap. 18)
Chapter 18: A Nightmare (Part 3)
/Scarlet\\
("Derpy is... D-D-Derpy is... No! She can't be!" Scarlet yelled.
The Doctor kept Derpy held tightly to him, his face buried in her neck. He stayed crying, letting Scarlet talk to herself.
"No! This isn't possible! I-I-It isn't real, none of this is real!" Scarlet jumped to a standing position and punched the nearest wall, her strength declining any at all impending pain but leaving a large crack in the cement. She kept punching it, finding no other way of getting rid of these 'emotions'.
"Scarlet, stop," the Doctor said, his voice soft and rough at the same time. "Breaking the wall isn't going to help..."
"Then what the hell do you want me to do?!" she screamed, slamming her forehead against the wall and placing her hands on it like she was going to push it away. Then, she did something she forgot she was capable of doing.
She cried.
Scarlet couldn't help it. She couldn't stop. After her 18 years of life, this was the first time she ever cried. Growing up with her somewhat-father, he'd done some mean things to her both psychically and verbally... but this was the first time she'd ever felt true sorrow. It was worse than when she learned she was was the last of her kind.
It was hard to deal with the fact that Derpy had died. It was harder to know that she didn't get much time to enjoy with the Doctor. But it was the hardest realizing 5 days beforehand when they first met that Scarlet had kidnapped Derpy with the intention of absorbing her memories, which would ultimately lead to her death.
Scarlet calmed down as best as she could after a few minutes, walking to the Doctor slowly. He looked up with watering eyes.
"What do we do now?" he asked in a sad 6-year old' stone that broke Scarlet's heart. "I don't know what to do... I don't know what I can do!" Scarlet then looked at him, the Time Lord gaining sense as to his answer.
The Doctor kissed the top of his assistant's forehead before laying her down on the floor with shaking hands. He stayed kneeling on the ground, however.
"I can't... How can I even... Oh, bloody hell," the Doctor said to himself. "What do we do now?!"
Scarlet grabbed his hands softly. "Doctor, just breathe, okay? Just breathe. And don't look at her," she instructed.
"I can't, Scarlet, I can't do this without her!" he yelled, trying his best to follow her instructions.
"Doctor, I understand, okay?" Scarlet said, pulling him up to a standing position, "I know how you feel. You don't believe me but it's the truth."
Now standing, the Doctor looked down at Scarlet. Another tear fell from his eyes and he quickly wiped it away. "I don't know what to do..."
Scarlet frowned, embracing the Doctor to calm him down. "Just breathe," she repeated. "We'll find a way to get past this."
"My fear."
"What?"
"My fear," he repeated.
"What about it?"
"My single most horrible deepest fear since I've met her. It was having Derpy die.")
/Lilly\\
A tear fell from Lilly's eye and she quickly wiped it away. "Rachel... There has to be some way to revive her... They're has to be," she whispered.
"Only they can."
"How? Do they know how?"
Rachel paused. "No."
"Will they find out?"
"... I don't know."
Lilly ignored the urge to open her eyes. "If we revive Derpy in the reality dimension, will she live?"
"... No."
/Derpy\\
They say that once a human dies, the brain has 7 minutes left before it dies as well. In those last 7 minutes, that person's spirit dreams back their life in a flashback.
Start the countdown.
/the Doctor\\
(His breathing had partially calmed when he pulled out his sonic screwdriver and ran to the middle of the room. His voice boomed, echoing off of the walls and rattling the cell cages. "Hydran! Get your ass out here right now!"
"My God, at least buy me dinner first," Hydran laughed. "Fine."
Hydran appeared about 4 feet from the Doctor. The Time Lord's breathing hitched out of anger. "Why did you think it was a good idea to kill her?"
"Kill who?"
"You killed my girlfriend!" the Doctor barked. "Explain yourself right now or you'll die too."
Hydran only laughed.
"Really? Because we don't find this funny," Scarlet growled, standing next to the Doctor.
Hydran snapped his fingers, now sitting on a dark throne. It reminded the Doctor of Discord, the way he could snap and things would appear using his chaotic magic. "I am the King here, after all. I like the title, you know? King Hydran... suiting."
"Why did you kill her?" the Doctor asked.
"Every kingdom and great town has to have laws. Here, you can't just talk about the dreams."
"So you MAKE them suffer and forbid them to talk of it?!" Scarlet gasped.
The Doctor groaned out of disbelief over the stupid answer Hydran'd given him. "But you didn't have to choke her!"
"I remember now. Breaking the law results in death," Hydran smirked.
The Doctor aimed his sonic screwdriver at where Hydran's heart would be. "Bring Derpy back."
"Never!"
His breathing turned heavier. "Let's make a deal, yeah? If you bring Derpy back, I'll let you give me as many nightmares as you could want as long as she is alive and never has another nightmare ever again."
Hydran paused. "It's tempting, I'll give you that. But not enough. I mean, give up a life to take sanity? Sorry, no can do."
"You leave me no choice, then," the Doctor muttered. His aim went up to Hydran's first head all the way on the left. He hit the button.
The only thing to happen was Hydran's eyes, all 6 at once, turned red. He flung himself out of his throne, the seat disappearing from behind him.
"Is that all you've got, then?!" Hydran barked, stepping closer. "Come on! Hit me!"
The Doctor's mouth went dry. He scanned the dragon... Yes, still only Draconis Occidentalis, but... mutated?! "That's hardly fair," he murmured. "You're under a spell...?"
Hydran laughed. "Greatest fears. Losing – is that one of yours, Doctor? Losing to someone who can just step on you and be done with it?!")
/Scarlet\\
('Greatest fears,' Scarlet mumbled in her head. She looked at Derpy and gulped.
A thought sprang to mind as the Doctor continuously began running and shooting, running and shooting. Hydran roared, spreading out his wings as he flew around the room.
'If our fears come to life, deepest or not... Derpy, I am scared of you living. You have so many different reasons to hate me and you could tell the Doctor to just leave me somewhere. I'm petrified of you! Derpy, I am scared you'll be exactly the same if you're alive ever again! I'm scared that your wounds will be healed! And Derpy, I am scared of you!')
/Derpy\\
Her memories lagged, freezing on the moment she'd first gotten her cutie mark at 8 years old. The picture wouldn't continue, a still-shot depicted instead of a video.
Stop the clock. Stall the countdown.
Derpy had went through 1:53.53 minutes. She had 5:47.07 minutes left.
(Derpy sat up, her breathing heavy. Her stomach was sore – but why? Her hair was damp with... tears? A dragon flew down, just missing her by an inch. Scarlet was by her side? But... where was the Doctor?
A blue stream of energy flew by the dragon and she saw her Time Lord boyfriend; tears marked his face, his brow was furrowing in worry, and his eyes were fierce and determined.
Scarlet pulled her into an awkward hug and that's when something cold and wet splashed into her back. Scarlet was... crying?
Scarlet was actually showing an emotion.
Derpy hugged her back.)
/the Doctor\\
(Hydran laughed, opening two of his three mouths (the two on the outside) and shot out a yellow liquid. The Doctor dodged in time to scan it: blood plasma, filled with poison.
'Right,' the Doctor thought, 'don't step there or even try to.'
He turned around and saw Scarlet hugging Derpy. And she was being hugged back?! The Doctor's hearts stopped and he stood there frozen like a deer in headlights. Derpy was alive? She... She was alive!
Derpy gasped, pointing behind the Doctor. "Look out!"
The Doctor ducked out of the way just in time to be missed by some more plasma. Hydran growled. "How is she alive?!" he roared. "That's fine – Scarlet, your turn."
Scarlet flinched, shutting her eyes. They all knew that Hydran wasn't going to kill Scarlet, but would open her next fear.)
/Lilly\\
Lilly kept her eyes closed but smiled through her pain as Derpy came back to life in both dimensions. Rachel gasped in a sad tone.
"Hmm?" Lilly asked.
"... I have to go," Rachel said.
"Why?"
"Duty calls."
"Wait!" Lilly called out, opening her eyes.
The wormhole disappeared.
/Derpy\\
(The entire room shook, Hydran pausing due to curiosity. The Doctor took the opportunity to knock him off of his feet and run to her and Scarlet.
"Derpy, how are you alive?!" he asked, pulling her into a tight hug.
Derpy cleared her throat. "Um, Doctor, I love and missed you too, but I'm still a bit sore," she winced.
He quickly let go, pecking her cheek instead. "Sorry."
"What was that?" Derpy asked.
Scarlet shook her head. "It must've been my fear," she said worriedly, "the wormhole closed!"
"We need the TARDIS!" the Doctor gasped.
"How?" Derpy questioned.
"It's been working lately, this instruction. Be scared of it." He whipped around to Hydran who was getting up from the ground.
The dragon cackled. "Think that'll work?" He disappeared. "I need the Time Energy, and if you somehow DO get it here, I'll be able to swipe it away! You're trapped here — all of you! And only I can release you!"
Derpy whimpered, her frown still on her face. "Doctor? What is going on?"
He shut his eyes, holding Derpy loosely to him again. "We just need to go home, love, into the reality dimension where Lilly is. Scarlet, it's up to you."
"What?!" Scarlet gasped.
"If he is taking your fears currently, only you can bring the TARDIS. And we have to do it before he returns-"
"-TOOOOOOOOOOO LATE!" Hydran sang, appearing again about 2 feet away.
The Doctor let go of a Derpy as soon as Hydran said the first syllable, pushing her and Scarlet behind him so he was their bulwark. Derpy craned her head to see over the Time Lord's lanky figure. He pulled out his sonic screwdriver and aimed again. "What are you trying to accomplish?" he asked.
"Little old me? Oh, nothing much, just revenge! I'll take over the world and soon HE'LL have to surrender them over to ME!" Hydran smirked.
"But why did you choose to rule over the nightmare dimension if that's your wanted result?" Scarlet asked.
Hydran scoffed. "Because everyone knows that one bad nightmare can change your point of view forever."
Derpy gulped, her brain going numb. "He's on my fears now," she said aloud.
That's when a beautiful, young, ginger woman appeared in the corner of her eyesight.
She heard splashing. Were they in water? No, they were on solid ground still. A pool? Definitely not the ocean, that's for sure. Hydran seemed to hear it too, as his eyes turned to a dark purple once again and filled with fear when he froze.
Derpy, with a gasp, realized the woman was definitely Rachel and had definitely given her that thought. She cleared her throat again, stepping in front of the Doctor. "Is that your fear, Hydran? Water?"
He growled: "no!" Hydran aimed his 2 outside heads at Derpy but she didn't back away or step back a millimeter.
"Derpy...," the Doctor murmured nervously, "what're you doing...?"
"I have an idea," she whispered back.
"Ah, a headache with pictures," he said, making her laugh.
Hydran watched her suspiciously, a frown slowly creeping onto his faces. "Aren't you scared?"
"No," she smiled, taking another step forwards.
"You should be," Hydran continued. "I can poison you and have you suffer slowly and painfully until Death himself takes you!"
Derpy snickered. "Sure, you can. But it doesn't mean you WILL."
Hydran was taken aback, flashing a confused glance before hardening his gaze and voice. "What makes you say?"
Derpy laughed, her arms now outstretched. Shutting her eyes, Derpy was soon smothered in water.)
/the Doctor\\
(Derpy shut her eyes, Rachel (yes, the Doctor saw her too) grinning wildly before disappearing. The Doctor knew what his assistant was doing and held her and Scarlet to him in a form of protection.
They opened their eyes once the pool's water hit them, a jolt causing them to all swim up. Derpy shut her eyes once more and they were suddenly on land.
The Doctor automatically got up and embraced Derpy. She sighed happily, wrapping her arms around him tightly in return.
"Derpy," he said into her hair, "don't ever die in my arms again..."
She flinched. "Wait, I — oh, yeah... Well, hey, it wasn't my fault!" Derpy laughed nervously.
"Where is Hydran anyway?" he asked.
Rachel cleared her throat. "Can't swim."
The Doctor pulled away from Derpy, keeping their hands clasped together. "How did you find out?"
She grinned. "The art of possession."
The Doctor flashed a thumbs-up to the Spirit, watching Scarlet. She was staring out to where Hydran was underwater, the only proof he was there being the rising air bubbles and echoing purple shadows. He cautiously left Derpy to talk with Rachel, approaching the Skyolozine.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
Scarlet paused. "I'm just in denial over how much just happened," she said bluntly.
He chuckled softly. "I suppose," he said, joining her gaze outwards.
The bubbles stopped rising, Scarlet exhaling out of relief. Derpy giggled at Rachel, yawning as she walked over to him. "I think we should head home, right?"
"Yeah," the Doctor nodded, taking her and Scarlet's hands. "So, who has the honor of imagining the TARDIS?" he asked.
They all paused before Derpy raised her hand. As told, the TARDIS appeared and they all ran inside.)
/Lilly\\
Lilly clamped her trembling hand over her mouth. She'd shut the wormhole. She'd killed them!
"No, stop, i-i-i-it can't, it, it isn't, they can't be dead!" she yelled.
Derpy sat up, her breathing heavy. (Author's Note: Yes, I know, right now most of you are confused over the time zones. Do you guys remember in the episode "The Girl Who Waited" the two rooms, Red Waterfall and Green Anchor, and how they were two different time zones? Also, time goes by faster in a dream than in reality. A lot of this happens during this chapter, so keep that in mind.)
Lilly's eyes went side. She'd woken up Derpy.
/Derpy\\
("Okay," the Doctor said swinging the doors open to the TARDIS, "now we just need to-"
- the TARDIS's lights flickered, a bell screaming at them. "What is that?!" Derpy asked, having to yell over the noise.
"The TARDIS's cloister bells; they sound if there is danger!" the Doctor informed them, running to the controls. He switched a few levers maniacally and banged the service bell with a sledgehammer. "The ringing won't stop," the Doctor exhaled, "...something must be dire. Old Girl, status?"
He studied the monitors closely, Derpy watching with Scarlet from afar. Derpy's vision went blurry but the fog blew away before it became problematic.
The Doctor inhaled through clenched teeth, letting it out in a sharp exhale. "Mother of Rassilon...," he said, the tip of his index finger resting on his bottom lip from being deep in thought.
"Doctor? What is it?" Derpy asked, walking forwards until she reached him and placed her casted hand on his shoulder.
He looked her dead in the eye. "Something, or someone, is taking the Time Energy out of the Vortex.")
Derpy sat up, her breathing heavy. Lilly stared back at her wide-eyed, her mouth covered by her hand.
"You... You're... Y-y-you're awake?" Lilly asked.
Derpy blinked several times. "... Am I?"
Lilly disappeared.
/Scarlet\\
(Just like that, in the snap of a second, the blink of an eye, Derpy was gone.
The Doctor stared expressionlessly at where his assistant/girlfriend once stood before muttering: "What?"
".." Scarlet didn't bother answering with an answer she didn't know herself.
"What?!" he asked again, this time louder.
"..."
"...what...?"
If now wasn't a perfect time for a face-palm moment it seemed there would never be another opportunity in Scarlet's eyes.
She however walked over to the confused Doctor with an expression of sympathy and grief who's whereabouts remained unknown. "Doc? Where the hell did she go now?"
He quickly ran over to a fourth lever and pulled it down, his fingers trickling over 5 switched simultaneously. The TARDIS's cloister bells wouldn't not stop ringing, however, so the Doctor spun a crank whole Scarlet began talking once more.
"Did she wake up?"
"Could've."
"What'd that mean for us, then? We are still in HER nightmare, and her nightmare isn't even happening."
"I don't know."
Scarlet groaned exasperatedly. "Am I going to get ANYTHING out of you?"
"Probably not."
"Why?!"
The Doctor turned to face her, his eyes heavy. "That's my game plan, Scarlet, to do my best to figure it out. And I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry that you aren't getting the answers we BOTH need. Hydran isn't dead. He can't be. Someone who is that much overpowered compared to his enemies shouldn't be stopped by nature, like the Cyclops from Greek Mythology. They had to shove a stick into his eye, blind him, and escape — and, oh gosh, Scarlet, no jokes over that," he rambled.
Scarlet snickered, walking over to the Time Lord. "Wait. What dimension are we in currently?"
"Er..., still dream," he answered.
"Then can't we just, like, imagine Derpy or something?"
"Rachel's telling me that both correspondents must be in the same dimension for the fears to have any affect whatsoever," Lilly said, scaring them half to death, "but then again she's just as confused as you two."
Scarlet clutched the area of her chest where her heart'd be over dramatically. Lilly giggled at their reactions, finishing her walk to them where her gaze turned hard.
"Derpy woke up," she exhaled. "Wait, the dream dimension? Is that where the wormhole was leading to? Speaking of – oh, oh no... are... are you two alive? No, did I kill you and now am seeing your Spirits?!" Lilly asked, on the brink of tears all too suddenly.
"No, no, no, no, no, okay?" the Doctor said, rushing over to Lilly and embracing her in a fatherly hug. "Us 3 are still alive! Derpy, Scarlet and I?"
"But I let you guys down!" she cried into his shoulder.
"No, you did good. Actually, better than good. You did fantastic!"
Scarlet tilted her head out of confusion. "What?" she mouthed.
"Paranoia. Her brain couldn't handle it all. It'll ware off soon. She's a tough one," he answered, smiling into the psychic's hair. "Thank you," he said to her.
"I was so scared," she whispered.
"I know you were. But you're loyal... You remind me of one of Derpy's friends Rainbow Dash. You'd like her," he rambled. The Doctor felt her tighten her grip around him and he kissed the top of her head. "Thank you."
Scarlet "aw"'d with a slight laugh.
Lilly giggled. "You're welcome."
/Derpy\\
Lilly, in a snap, was gone, leaving Derpy to piece it together on her own.
Derpy picked up a crown with a faded jewel on the front. She furrowed her brow out of confusion, a thought striking her. The Doctor's words rang through her head: "'We just need to go home, love, into the reality dimension where Lilly is.'"
If Lilly was in the reality dimension, and Derpy had seen Lilly, that must mean that Derpy was in the reality! And since she was just asleep, the previous dimension must've been the dream dimension.
"So if you fall asleep in the reality dimension you'll enter the dream dimension, and if you wake up you'll go into the reality," Derpy muttered to herself. "... It's interesting, I'll give it that. So, if, I am the only one to have woken up, I'm the only one in the reality dimension, so I just need to fall asleep in order to get back!"
But then another thought came to mind: "How am I in the TARDIS if I was in the TARDIS in the dream dimension and now I'm in the reality and it looks like the same TARDIS?"
Derpy sighed, standing up. "Because the Doctor told me if two TARDISes combined into its a black hole strong enough to swallow the universe. I mean, the Doctor remembers seeing his past self seeing his future/present self remember his future/present self–... Oh my God, his insanity is rubbing off on me," she rambled, now smiling proudly.
"Now, question is, now will I fall asleep? I'm wide awake..." she continued. Derpy gasped, already running to the Doctor's bedroom. "The Doctor's sleep patches!"
(1 Minute Later)
Derpy pulled open one of his drawers, all the while silently hoping she doesn't see anything she shouldn't. Thankfully, however, she opened his sock drawer and found a small, grey, handheld case with black Gallifreyan symbols/letters engraved onto it. She opened the case and placed the two stickers on her neck, automatically losing her balance. She staggered, falling onto the Doctor's bed. She was asleep before she hit the mattress.
/the Doctor\\
"Doctor, the answer is simplistic," Rachel said. "If Hydran is in your scans, he's most likely alive, and someone is taking the Time Energy away who do you think is stealing it?!"
"Obviously Hydran! I know that," the Doctor answered, pressing multiple buttons at once as if it would make a difference. "But the TARDIS isn't responding to any of my requests! If only there were a large red button that could reroot it, but guess what, there isn't one! And we are running out of time before this nightmare closes up behind us!" He sighed out of frustration.
The lights flickered multiple times and the cloister bells kept ringing no matter what he did. The Doctor groaned exasperatedly. He was out of options!
Lilly, who had run off with Scarlet, began walking back with Derpy in tow. His assistant was ecstatic. "Doctor! If you wake up from inside of the dream dimension you'll wake up in the reality!" she exclaimed.
Lilly smiled. "Found her!"
The Doctor triumphantly laughed but stopped himself from embracing his assistant although he was internally dying for her. She'd disappeared twice already – one more and he'd mostly likely regenerate over his hearts being broken.
The TARDIS seemed to feel the same as the ringing stopped momentarily, starting up again once they all widened their eyes in shock.
Derpy frowned. "I see your situation hasn't gotten any better," she mumbled.
"Nope!" Scarlet agreed.
Derpy ran over to the Doctor. "Need help?"
The TARDIS lurched forwards, everyone falling. And, just the couple's luck, Derpy fell on top of the Doctor.
They both blushed furiously, Derpy stammering "sorry"'s and any other apology she could think of until she stood up again, holding on to the controls for support. Lilly, Rachel, and Scarlet would've surely laughed at their embarrassment if they hadn't been trying not to fall for a second time as well.
The Doctor grimaced out of fear and anxiousness when he stood up and looked at the monitor.
"Doctor?" Scarlet asked.
He paused, throwing back 2 levers before he began talking. "It seems that we are no longer in control of the TARDIS," he said bluntly.)
/Rachel\\
("'No longer in control of the TARDIS'?!" Derpy gasped.
Rachel flew outside of the TARDIS to observe the scene and saw nothing around the TARDIS that was distracting her from traveling. She looked at the ceiling and an idea struck her.)
/Derpy\\
("'No longer in control of the TARDIS'?!" Derpy gasped.
"Totally and completely," he grinned.
"Then why are you smiling?" Lilly asked.
"He usually is," Derpy giggled.
Rachel appeared with a large smile. "Scarlet, how strong are you?"
"A lot more than the Doctor," she answered automatically.
"Great. Thanks!" the Doctor said sarcastically. Derpy giggled, leaning against the Time Lord lightly.
"Doctor, do you think she'd be able to carry the TARDIS?" Rachel asked him.
The Doctor pondered it in his head before nodding. "It may be a but heavy, but we can always delete some rooms."
"Do you think that if we opened a wormhole and Scarlet pushed the TARDIS fast enough into it—" this was the point in Rachel's sentence where Scarlet snickered, "—we'd gain enough momentum and power to travel into the reality dimension?"
"I suppose so, if she does it right," the Doctor shrugged. Scarlet tried to hide her fit of laughter.
"I honestly have no clue why you're laughing," Rachel said.
"Of course YOU don't," Scarlet fired back.
Rachel ignored the insult, continuing to talk. "Lilly, are you ready for round 2?"
"Of what?"
"You're gonna open the second wormhole," Rachel informed her.
Lilly laughed. "I'm ready.")
/Scarlet\\
(Scarlet shut the doors behind her, watching the ceiling for the purple-blue wormhole to appear. That was the "go" signal.
But her attention was soon carried over to the pool when out of the corner of her eye she'd thought she'd seen something moving underneath. Scarlet dismissed the thought before she could back out.
The wormhole appeared and Scarlet let her wings stretch out as she grabbed the bottom of the TARDIS. It wasn't that heavy to her, so she lifted the time machine onto her back like a pack mule and flew upwards.
She flew so quickly she at first couldn't hear the pool water splashing. She couldn't feel the ripping of her wing. And she definitely couldn't see the dark purple claw reaching for her.)
/the Doctor\\
(The TARDIS lifted off without a problem, but soon they began falling. Derpy shrieked, Lilly's breathing turning heavy.
The Doctor left the girls' sides and rushed into the control room, flipping 4 switches, using his foot to press a hidden pedal, and using his free left hand to type into the keyboard.
"What're you doing?" Rachel asked.
"Putting the shields up! I added them in the other day so now we can actually use it!" he answered, "protection!"
But then the world froze. They weren't falling, they weren't rising, and when the Doctor looked out of the window he saw they were in midair.
"Keep the wormhole open!" the Doctor shouted to Lilly.
They rapidly began rising again and they'd eventually passed through the wormhole.) He ran to the monitor and cheered triumphantly when he saw they were in London, located in the reality dimension. "We've done it!" he cried out.
"Or have you?" a deep voice asked.
Derpy ran out with Lilly (Derpy had most likely just woken up, and Lilly didn't need to keep the wormhole opened) and rushed to his side. "Doctor?" Derpy asked uneasily, clinging to his arm.
"That isn't Scarlet," Lilly whispered.
Hydran laughed. "Guess who you just helped out of the dream dimension?"
Derpy held Lilly to her, realizing in unison with the Doctor that Hydran was carrying the TARDIS.
"Oh, and my condolences for your friend..." Hydran continued. (Author's Note: Again, the scene is about to get bloody. So don't read until the next Note if you shouldn't read it or something. I dunno. Being precautionary is better than just saying "screw-it".) He flicked open the doors and pushed the Skyolozine inside. Her body was mangled; her left wing was missing except for a few small pieces, her hair's original light blue having been stained red using her own blood. Her undershirt and jacket had been scratched and torn and the blood that drenched her body had surprisingly dried. Her nails were cut down too low but it looked like they were bitten, and a section on the back of her shirt showed she had a large "X" engraved, the middle by the center of her spine. Finally, her right arm was missing, and her left was dangling by only a few threads.
(Author's Note: So, read on!)
Derpy gasped, turning Lilly away. "Lill', don't look!"
Hydran cackled. "World domination, here we come."
Author's Note:
Well, that was certainly one of my longer chapters.
Lemme know how you liked it, what improvements I can make, and what I'm doing right? Thanks!
Anyways, thank you for reading. See you in the next chapter!
— GothicPegasister