The Doctor stumbled to his feet, and shook his head to clear his vision. Clock Crasher was the second one to stand up

"What happened?" Clock Crasher asked

The Doctor listened closely, "The TARDIS, it sounds sick."

"What's wrong with it?" Clock Crasher asked, right before the power cut out

The Doctor grabbed the console and started flipping switches, it didn't respond.

"We're out of power" The Doctor said, "Let's go see if we can find a jumpstart or something."

Clock Crasher nodded and the pair stepped out of the little blue box

The Doctor was surprised to see where they had landed, the sun shone brightly and the air was… well he wasn't sure how they were breathing.

"We're on the moon." Clock Crasher observed

"Yeah" the Doctor agreed, "But how did we get here?"

"How are we not dead?" Clock Crasher looked to the Doctor, "There has to be something giving us air."

The Doctor took a deep breath through his nose, "It could be that over there."

Clock Crasher turned and saw the giant oak tree

"Oh, a tree would make sense."

"Well?" The Doctor asked, "Off we go."

Little did they know what lurked on this celestial body

Rainbowdash poked her head out from one of the parts of the TARDIS, the console room was dark

"Doctor?" Rainbow asked

There was no response, not even from the machine

"Where has he gotten to?" Rainbowdash rolled her eyes

The TARDIS door opened

Rainbowdash looked, what was that by the door?

The group of ponies sat in a circle, one opened her eyes

"He is here, the one with the cure is here."

The Doctor climbed over the hill, the tree was in a crater

"What." He said when he saw it

There was a massive city inside the crater; a large group of ponies was living there. They were easy to see at this point.

"How are they living here?" Clock Crasher asked

"Let's go ask" the Doctor said, then he slid down the crater walls

Clock Crasher sighed and followed the timelord down

The locals had mixed reactions to the Doctor and Clock Crasher walking into town

There was terror, anger and interest. The Doctor didn't react back and kept walking into the town.

It was tense, so it was no surprise when the Doctor felt like he was being stared at.

The Doctor turned around, there was a silhouette in an alleyway, then it retreated into the shadows.

"What is it Doctor?" Clock Crasher asked

"I'm not sure yet" the Doctor answered

"Let's split up, I can ask the locals about the colony and you can investigate behind the scenes." Clock Crasher suggested

"I keep forgetting being with my alternate is going to be more work than fun." The Doctor sighed, "Fine let's go."

The Doctor slipped into the alleyway, the shadow kept moving, teasing him along.

The Doctor kept his nerves frayed, he listened to the sound of the hoofbeats for a patter that he could recognize.

It was then he found where the shadow was leading him, into a campsite. Several mares were sitting in a circle, looking like they were praying.

Once the Doctor entered the room they all stopped and looked at him

"Sorry" he said, "Am I interrupting?"

"He is here!" one said, "The curer!"

"Actually I'm the Doctor" he corrected

She stood up, the Doctor reeled from shock

"Are you human?" He asked, still unsure about it

"Yes, we've been trapped on this godforsaken moon for years now." The woman answered

"Years" the Doctor repeated, "How many years?"

"For the last one thousand and two years we have lived here." Another woman said

"A thousand and two?" the Doctor asked, "Why are you here?"

"We were banished" a mare walked up to him, "For being supporters of Nightmare Moon."

The Doctor wheeled around, taking in each of the features of the room

"You are our ticket back into Equestria."

"But the humans, they weren't around during Nightmare Moon" the Doctor argued, "Why are they here?"

"I am the last of the Lunar Republic" the mare said, "The rest were banished for another reason."

"We have air, food, others to keep us company" the woman said, "But there are dangers here."

"Dangers" the Doctor repeated, "What kind of dangers?"

There was a scream outside the alleyway, the Doctor ran outside and saw a woman on the floor.

He pushed the crowd away, "Don't worry I'm a doctor!"

The Doctor checked her vitals, her hair was gone. Her eyes were missing and all of her flesh was dry.

"Something sucked the moisture right out of her." The Doctor said, confused

"There was a shadow Doctor" a man said behind him

The Doctor turned around and saw an average man, his hair was a light brown and his eyes were a dark brown

"Right, what's your name?"

"Mark" he said, "But the shadow, it fell on top of her and did this."

"Well where's it gone then?" the Doctor asked

"It's still there, can't you see it?" Mark asked

The Doctor looked back, she just looked dried out

"No, should I?" the Doctor scratched behind his head

Then he turned and took out his sonic screwdriver, the people around him stood back. The Doctor took a scan of the 'shadow' that was on top of the woman.

"What are you on about?" a woman walked up

The crowd jumped backwards and dispersed in a panic

The Doctor and Mark were the only people besides the newcomer in the cross section

"That's her" Mark said, "That's Maria."

"Let's see here" the Doctor scanned 'Maria' and cross referenced it with his previous scan

"Maria…" Mark walked up to her…

Right before her limbs became long spikes and stuck themselves right through Mark's chest

"Oh why does this always happen?" the Doctor complained

Maria- if you could call her that anymore- made an ungodly sound, her eyes rolled back in her head and her teeth sharpened to thorns

The Doctor decided that was the time to run

Maria gave chase, the Doctor tore down posters and threw down nearby chairs in order to slow the psychopath down

In the end he heard Maria exit into the cold vastness of the moon

"That was close." He said

Rainbowdash looked back to the door, it appeared to be a shadow in the form of a pony that was coming through the doors

It saw her and shrieked, lunging for the Pegasus

Rainbowdash cried out and ran into the bowels of the TARDIS, looking for safety in its depths

She galloped down the corridor, shutting herself in the nearest closet

There was a shadow, it approached the door, and slowly left

Rainbowdash breathed a sigh of relief, right before the door was yanked open.