Doctor Whooves - Part 2: An Elder Race

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"We need to evacuate!" the Doctor exclaimed. "Now!"

Everypony nodded in agreement. "I'll try to find Princess Celestia," Twilight said.

"No, Twinkle," the Doctor replied. "It's too dangerous."

"Well, we need somepony to find her."

"What we need is a plan! Mist and I can go find the Princess. The rest of you need to break into groups and try to get everyone out. Split up and take different areas of the city. We can rendezvous back at Ponyville. All right?"

Everypony nodded again. "Okay," the Doctor continued. "Come on Mist, let's get to the castle."

They ran off, towards the palace, leaving the others behind. As they ran, they dodged ponies and shots fired by Daleks. The closer they got to the castle, the less chaos there was, but they had to be more cautious because there were tons of Daleks patrolling the place.

Somehow, they finally managed to make it into the castle without any Daleks noticing them, probably because they weren't expecting anypony to try to get in.

They walked down a hall and made a turn in silence. Then, the Doctor whispered, "I wonder how the others are doing."

"I'm sure they're doing fine," Mist replied, also in a whisper. "They can handle themselves, especially when they have each other."

"You don't know Daleks like I do, Mist."

"Actually, I do. I know how much damage they can do and have done. No matter what you do, they always come back. I told you, Doctor, I see things. I... I feel things. Yes, it is unexplainable, but it still happens."

They walked in silence for a few moments. Then Mist continued, "This, thing that happens to me, Doctor. Have you ever seen or heard of anything like it?"

"Honestly, I haven't, Mist. But I'm sure, in time, we could figure something out. We can find an explanation to..."

"Shush," Mist hushed the Doctor.

"What? I'm just trying to help..."

"Listen."

The Doctor stopped talking and listened. He heard what sounded like a Dalek coming down the hall towards them.

"Run!" the Doctor exclaimed. He and Mist took off down the hall, running as fast as they could.

They turned the corner and ran into something, which caused them to fall. As they stood up, they heard a voice say, "What's up, guys?"

The Doctor looked towards the voice, and he saw a completely pink pony.

"Pinkie?!" Mist exclaimed. "What are you doing here? You're supposed to be helping evacuate."

"I was helping evacuate, silly," Pinkie replied.

"Then what are you doing here, in the castle?" the Doctor asked.

"Well, you see, we broke off into groups of two after you left. Then I sort-of, accidentally got separated from her. I was looking around when I saw you guys walk into the castle, so I followed you. But then I lost you again, and started looking for you. And now, we crashed into each other."

"I didn't quite get all that," the Doctor said. "But, it'll do.

"Doctor," Mist said. "We should probably keep mov..."

"Intruders," a voice behind them interrupted. They turned and saw a lone Dalek. "Surrender or be exterminated."

"Run!" the Doctor yelled. He took off with Mist and Pinkie right behind him.

They ran down the hall, but it led to a dead-end.

"No!" the Doctor exclaimed, angrily.

The three ponies whirled around. Closing in on them was the Dalek.

"Wait," Pinkie said. "I have an idea."

She ran to the Dalek. She grabbed its head and took it off like a lid, which, the Doctor thought, was impossible. After she took the head off, she dumped a bag of popcorn kernels, which she pulled out of nowhere, into the Dalek. She then replaced the top.

"How the..." the Doctor began. "Never mind. That's not going to work, whatever you were trying to do,"

The Dalek took aim at the Doctor and said, "You will be exterminated."

The Doctor braced himself.