I snorted, waking up from my slumber thanks to a feather tickling my nose. Grunting, I peeked open an eye to see Gladius had somehow shifted so his hilt was on my face. His angel wing was on my nose, and his bat wing was on my cheek. Grunting again, I carefully moved him lower down so he was back on my chest, and smiled as sleep overtook me once again. But that didn't last, sadly, as once again another explosion shook the whole room.

After all us guys tumbled to the floor, let out a collective sigh, and shouted as one.

"AGAIN?!"

I could even hear the girls shout the same exact thing right after us, and I would've laughed if I wasn't so frustrated. Silently, I stood back up, readjusted my shirt, and stormed out of the bedroom. This time around, no one came with me except Gladius, and I entered the main room with a scowl on my face.

"Doctor!" I shouted, scaling the steps up to the main console. "What the heck… is going… on?" My rage slowly melted into concern as I watched the time traveller frantically run around the console, looking at the screens while pressing buttons and flipping levels wildly.

"Doc? What's going on?"

He snapped his gaze over to me, and gulped. " Caleb, go and get Zomboss. I need his help with something."

My eyes widened, but I nodded nonetheless and dashed back into the bedroom. Swinging the door open, I ran in and looked for Zomboss, quickly spotting him cracking his back.

"Zomboss!" I called. He looked over at me, as did the others, and they were quick to notice my worried expression. "Something happened, and Doc needs your help with something." I paused, looking over my shoulder through the open door. "It seemed really serious."

Zomboss said nothing as he ran out of the room, fumbling to get his lab coat on. I chased after him, running past the now opened girls bedroom door as they filed out in worry.

After reaching the centre room again, I watched as Gladius, The Doctor and now Zomboss looked over the screens, scrambled to hit random buttons, and looked back at the screens.

The others all joined me, all of us a silent audience to what was before us.

"Can someone care to explain what's happening?" Steve asked.

Zomboss, surprisingly, whimpered. "Remember what I said when we were Mercy?" He faced me, and I nodded. "Yeah, well, it's real. And it's gotten worse."

"How much worse?" Ruby asked fearfully.

To answer her question, the whole TARDIS lurched violently. Star yelped, legs cartoonishly flailing as she slid across the platform. Another lurch sent Barranco flying, bouncing against the walls like a bouncer ball. The rest of us were in a panic, gripping the railing to try and stay stable.

Another lurch, the lights flickering violently, made Zomboss slip. One of his guns fell out of his coat and accidentally fired when it hit the ground. It melted the railing Marco, Jenny and Merida were using, sending them stumbling around.

Vanellope, Hilda and Twig all rolled off their feet and slid along the floor, falling off the platform to the floor below. Maple, Flowey and Dave scrambled to help them, but they only added to the pile below.

Alfur shrieked and jumped over to Gladius, landing on the sword's hilt when he passed. Ruby and Iris were much like Star, slipping on the steel floor as they tried and failed to find their footing. The Powerpuff Girls all watched the proceedings from above, eyes wide with shock.

Izzy was both caught between giggling and shrieking with terror, trying to find some sense of stability, but all that happened was her colliding with Steve and Majima. Maria and Manolo were thrown off their feet, colliding with the trio and sending them all off the platform.

Ralph was hugging me close, feet firmly planted as the TARDIS lurched again and again. Galacta was hovering above the chaos like Gladius, trying to keep us steady.

"C'mon…" I heard Who mumble over the chaos. "C'mon baby… don't give up now…" He forced a lever down. "Everyone! Prepare for a rocky landing! This is gonna be rough!"

"You think?!" Zomboss roared.

The Doctor shot him a glare, and he forced down one last lever. We all yelled in terror as there was a series of violet tremors, knocking us all to the ground. But after the final shake, all became still and calm instantly.

Groaning, I freed myself from Ralph's grasp and leaned back up. We were all on the ground floor under the central console, and I sighed in relief as everyone moved to stand up. The Doctor leaned down and looked us over, Gladius rushed to my side (nearly sending a shaken Alfur flying), and Zomboss could be heard muttering above.

"Are you all okay?" The Doc asked.

Many groaned, but I nodded. "I think we're okay, Doc. Just… What the heck happened?"

"We were being rammed", Zomboss could be heard saying, "That thing I was picking up was just outside, constantly ramming us. It seemed to get more desperate when I started helping."

"Do you know what it was?" Maria asked as Ralph and Manolo started getting all us kids back onto the raised platform.

The Doctor shook his head as the adults and other teens ascended the stairs. "It's nothing I've ever seen before. I… I really hope it isn't anything bad. The optimistic side of my brain is telling me we just accidentally bumped into a past version of myself."

"And the negative side?" Marco asked in apprehension.

The Doctor was silent for a moment. "Something set on taking us out." He blinked and started pacing around the console. "We're by the Ponds' home. I'll feel a lot safer if you all were with them. Me and Zomboss need to deal with this."

Zomboss started pushing me towards the front door, the others all standing around in confusion. "We'll come get you when we've figured out what is happening, but until that…" He opened the door and pushed me out onto the backyard grass of Amy and Rory's house. "Stay here."

I spun around and watched as all the others slowly exited the TARDIS, faces twisted in bafflement, the zombie closing the door and locking it when we were all out.

At the sound of a back door opening, I looked over my shoulder to see Amy and Rory coming outside, giving us all a look.

"Uhhhh… can someone explain to us what's going on?" Amy asked.

"Wish we could, Amy", Ralph said with a sigh. Everyone started heading inside, leaving me, Gladius and both Ponds outside.

"Caleb… what's going on?" Rory asked, giving me a concerned look. "Did something happen inside the TARDIS?"

I shook my head. "Something outside, apparently. Zomboss said whatever his device was picking us was ramming into us mid travel."

Amy and Rory shared a horrified look. "What?" The Mrs instantly pulled me into a hug, while the husband looked Gladius over. "Did any of you get hurt?"

Gladius shook his jewel. "Just a few bumps, but otherwise we are all okay. But as of now, we have no clue how bad things are."

The sound of distant thunder hit my ears, and the four of us all looked over at approaching clouds. "We should get inside. You guys can tell us what happened then."

I nodded, and the four of us all headed inside as the thunder grew in volume. For some reason, I felt like that was an omen.

~X~

I took a sip from the glass of water I made for myself, sitting on the couch of the Ponds' home as the rain outside pounded on the windows. Vanellope, Hilda and Izzy looked outside dejectedly, sad that a potentially fun day was ruined by the weather.

I peered over my shoulder, seeing as all the adults of our group (and Jenny) all talked in the kitchen though the open doorway. I didn't know why they were talking, we were all in the dark about what was happening, so I decided they were just talking about adult things because they had nothing better to do.

Letting my gaze shift, it fell onto the window that looked out to the backyard. The TARDIS was still standing strongly, the light on top and windows glowing brightly against the darkness of the clouds. I wandered up to the window, Gladius already perched on the sill.

"Did you know Rainbow can control the weather?" Gladius said absentmindedly. "There were plenty of days where the idea of an expanding multiverse terrified her, especially after the Vortex was destroyed. She'd be crying in her room, and that would cause a rain cloud to form over the whole city."

"And you always went to check on her to make sure she was okay?" I asked.

He nodded. "It was hard, with my rock and all, but I always tried to be there for her. But that was only if her brothers couldn't get to her in time. Usually it was them."

I hummed. "It's weird. I only knew her for… four-ish days, and yet I miss her like she has always been my mom."

"I can understand that. Only a day after I was locked into the storage room, I would always long for her, for her to come to my aid. Sadly, it never happened. But… seeing what the multiverse has become now… I can understand her and the twins' decision of wanting to keep me hidden. From just seeing what Flowey was capable of, and the level of control the MHC have, it made me realise that staying hidden was for all of our safety."

"But you would have preferred to not be in a dark room like that?" I said with a cheeky smile.

He huffed and crossed his wings. "Yes. And I'll be sure to let them know that when we get back."

I smiled a bit, then returned my attention back to the outside world. After glancing at the TARDIS, I looked up at the clouds… and noticed something off.

"Hey, Gladdy?" I whispered, hoping to only get the sword's attention. It worked, and Gladius looked at me. "Do you notice the clouds?"

He looked up, and gulped. The clouds above were shaping in a weird way, almost like someone ran their finger through them. A cone shaped break was visible, with more swirling clouds visible through the break.

I felt pressure from behind as Vanellope and Hilda hopped onto my back and gazed at the clouds with me. "Ooooooo… that doesn't look good." The racer said.

"You don't think a tornado could form… right?" The blue-haired adventurer whispered fearfully.

I shook my head as the vortexes became more violent, the cone-shaped break widening. "I don't think those are tornadoes, Hilda…"

To prove my point, the sky crackled with multi-coloured lightning, and I saw an all too familiar crack show up through the ever increasing hostile storm.

"Oh my god…" I whispered in horror. "Amy! Rory!"

All those in the kitchen flooded out, and when I pointed out the window into the sky. They all looked up, and the Ponds locked up in fear.

"No… no no no nononononono", Amy started, tears already threatening to spill. Rory was quick to act, pulling his wife into a hug while keeping his eyes locked to the sky.

"Kid, what is happening?!" Ralph barked in shock.

"A tear in reality", I said in a shaky voice. "The doc dealt with this before, but it wasn't this bad. It actually forced this universe to be reset."

"WHAT?!" My friends all roar in pure horror. They locked their gazes on the terrified couple, and a silent realisation crossed them all.

"Oh my god…" Manolo whispered.

Amy took a deep breath, and faced the sky with a deadly glare, tear stains on her cheeks. "Not again. I won't let this happen again." Without another word she stormed over to the back door, flung to open, and rushed over to the TARDIS. The rest of us all followed after her, the brief bout of rain completely drenching us in seconds.

After stepping into the police box, I was greeted with the sight of The Doctor and Zomboss flying off the rails as the console blared with several alarms. Amy was frozen at the top of the steps, clearly terrified of the two frantic scientists.

"Guys!" I called, squeezing passed the frozen Pond. "What the heck is happening?! It looks like the sky is coming and crashing down!"

"Timelines are merging… I think?" Who answered back, unsure if this was actually happening. "Something is breaking time, making new timelines, fusing others… It's like whatever rammed us wanted us to stay out of the way. It's ripping everything apart."

"The scans keep picking up moments in history", Zomboss added. "The Doc gave me a run down, and I'm seeing stuff from the universe had to be reset. The Pandorica, all the cracks, all of it. The Doctor's past, present and future are all collinding, and no one knows it. This is bad. Really bad."

"You think?!" Jenny shouted in exacerbation. A rumble from outside, made us look to the door, and we all shared a glance after.

"Doc, get us out of here!" Majima roared. Both doctors pointed at each other, then themselves, then decided to just do it together. Who pulled a lever and we were off, with Zomboss manning the screens to try and steer us… just away from the madness.

We all shouted as the TARDIS lurched, the front door swinging open with a slam. Blossom and her sisters quickly made a move to close it, but were simply slammed into a wall when the TARDIS sharply rotated to the left. I tripped and tumbled down the stairs, heading towards the open door if not for Gladius quickly swooping in and saving me. The TARDIS lurched again, and the whole ship suddenly rolled onto its side.

I watched as all my friends fell into a heap, only Izzy and Majima escaping it by gripping the railing. They all groaned, but instantly shot up when the whole ship started rotating, treating us no better than laundry in a dryer.

"Gladius, this is crazy!" I shouted over the madness, watching my friends (sans those that could fly) have to jump over the open door whenever it passed under.

"But what are we supposed to do?! Neither of us know how to fly this thing!"

I was about to answer back, but looking down through the open door as it passed, I lost my voice.

Because what I saw, barely visible amongst the carnage of the time stream…

Was a second TARDIS.

One coloured fire red.

My eyes bugged out as it rammed into us again, sending the whole ship cartwheeling. We all screamed as we barreled through, the door finally closing on its own as we crashed. I held onto Gladius, Galacta and the Powerpuffs with me, as we watched the others all get thrown to the wall. With the TARDIS on its side, it's just how things turned out.

"Is everyone okay?!" Blossom frantically. Bubbles and Buttercup helped the others up, Galacta moving to open the door, as the group all gave off strained mumbles.

Gladius set me down on the ground, and I rushed over to Maria and Manole, the first to recover. I looked them both over in concern, but they both gave me weary smiles.

"We're fine, Caleb…" Manole reassured. "Just… just a bit sore."

I nodded, and moved over to help Galacta open the door. Together, we forced it open, and I tumbled out onto a rocky beach. Steam was bellowing from cracks on the TARDIS' outer shell, and I winced at the fairly poor condition of the Time Machine.

I took a few steps back as the gang all slowly crawled out, all coughing and stretching out pulled muscles. Turning around, I saw a bizarre and confusing sight. It was like London, the Titanic, and a Dalek ship had all fused together and ploughed into a massive rock formation. But the oddest part was that there were large red and green mushrooms sprouting from between cracks.

"Doc", I called out, "Is this… is this supposed to be something?"

The Doctor came up to my side, hair dishevelled, and used his sonic screwdriver to scan the very odd sight before us. After a moment, he looked at the device. "It's an intersection of time. Moments of my past colliding together… to create a sort of junkyard of memories."

"That's not ominous at all", Merida said in a hushed tone. I looked over my shoulder, flashing her a worried look as Ralph, Jenny and Buttercup lifted the TARDIS back to an upright position.

"So, what do we do now?" Steve asked, his eyes gazing at the mushroom in apprehension.

Zomboss coughed into his fist, then smoothed out his lab coat. "Well, we need to figure out where we are first, then find out how bad things have gotten. As for this place", he gestured to the intersection of points of time, "we shouldn't get anywhere near that. Who knows what could be there."

We all nodded, moving to head back inside…

Only to freeze when we heard a sound.

It sounded like the TARDIS when it's taking off/landing.

Looking to the sky, we all gasped as we saw what looked to be a red box soar through the sky. I instantly knew it was the red TARDIS that rammed us before, and I watched as it flew high above and disappeared over the time mess. The whole monument shifted when I assumed the thing landed on top.

"Okay, scratch that", Who said. "Get into the TARDIS. We're doing necessary repairs, then following that thing."

All of us nodded, and we rushed inside the police box. Zomboss and Doctor Who told each of us what to do, and we all quickly got to work getting the TARDIS back into working condition. Galacta, Jenny and the Powerpuffs all reset pillars, I helped Amy and Rory set lights back on, and both scientists worked to get the console into operating condition.

In no time, everything was looking good as new, which was more than enough for THe Doc, who instantly kicked the thing into high gear and set off to the top of the shape. The TARDIS didn't rotate, and that let us get a good look at the very chaotic monument as we headed to the top. It was almost unnerving, with how the different things all intersected in impossible ways.

It was almost like they were clipping into each other like how you would in a video game, and it sent an uncomfortable chill up my spine. Hilda held my hand in reassurance as we reached the top, and I was filled with… overwhelming dread.

Because the top of the structure looked familiar to me.

And all because I knew it wasn't from Doctor Who.

As the TARDIS came to a calm landing, we all walked out and took in the platform. It was a round platform, boarded with a blue steel and black spikes. Within the border was a faded shade of purple, the golden shine of an angry cartoon star in the centre. Dark clouds started to swirl around after we landed, and our eyes all locked onto the red box from before.

It was identical to the TARDIS aside from the red instead of blew.

Oh, and the light at the top.

It was a star.

A Super Star.

My whole body went rigid, and my gaze shifted to the other being that was opposite the platform to us. Its back was facing us as it looked out to the sky.

The thing's back was a large turtle shell, adorned with spikes (one of which had some dried blood on it), with the orange glow of magma visible between the cracks. The arms were nothing but bones, as were the legs, but the upper limbs had spiked bracelets halfway the upper and lower arms. Its hands were clawed, and it almost resembled a dinosaur. The wind whipped the things' red haired ponytail around, making it resemble a flame.

All of the distinctions, my mind was screaming. It was just like Galacta. Just like Flowey. It was happening again.

"You were the thing that slammed into Caleb!" Ralph shouted, pointing an accusing finger at the beast.

I shivered when it didn't respond.

"We know you did it", Jenny growled. "We see the blood on one of your spikes."

I gripped my arm as the skeletal turtle shifted just a bit. And it was to show off the wand he had in his right hand, the silver staff widening at the end to house a golden orb. Particles shaped as circles, squares and triangles misted out and broke against the floor.

"Go on then, bastard!" Majima roared as he pulled his knife. "I'd like to hear why you hurt the kid!"

The thing moved his head just a bit, and then looked at us from over his shoulder.

Its eyes were just empty sockets, only a small orange flame to show any signs of life.

It chuckled. "Well, I don't know what you all expected… from the undead dragon."

It fully turned, stood at its full towering height, and glared us down with a literal fire in its eyes.

"Dry as a desert, hard as a bone… I am Dry Bowser", his flames flashed blue, "The fire that burns the universe." His wand crackled with power as thunder boomed.

I could feel tears run down my face as I stared at the dead koopa king, with nothing but fear flowing through me.

We were so screwed.

~X~

And thus ends one arc to begin another. This one has been on my mind for a while.

So, yes, just like Galacta and Flowey, we've got another intruder arc. All set around the undead koopa king himself, Dry Bowser. I always did prefer this version over the original, and it's all because he felt all the more imposing. Red and blue flames, skeletal appearance, and his invulnerability. All of it is just what I needed to break the Doctor Who universe.

And for those who don't know, the platform at the end of the chapter is meant to be where the finale against Dark Bowser happens during Bowser's Inside Story, because I felt it was cool to have.

You lot are not ready for these next three chapters. I have so much in store…

Up next: With Dry Bowser revealed, his plan sends ripples across time and space. To hopefully figure out a plan, The Doctor takes everyone to an old friend of his who hopefully can help…

~Caleb~