Doctor and Ditzy’s Science Theater

by Rixizu

Episode 11 - Part 5

Chapter 5- Picking up the Past

Doctor: The dark past of Starlight finally revealed.

I slowly opened my eyes and looked around. I was in Twilight's bed for some reason.

Ditzy: (Star) Ick, a bed. Where is my far more comfortable rug?

I sat up and held my head in my hands, groaning. “That-that was pretty rough.” I said.

Ditzy: (Star) Ugh, I’m never drinking again! I mean it this time!

I shivered, remembering the strange spell that had dropped me to my knees and had stopped my from using any more of the cutie marks.

Doctor: How much do you want to bet that she’ll conveniently forget that she has this ability?

If Rainbow and the others hadn't come with the Elements of Harmony, I would probably be in Nightmare's clutches.

Doctor: And soon spouting out cliche villain dialog too.

“Right, I should probably go thank them.” I quickly got up and walked downstairs.

Ditzy: You aren’t even going to take a shower first? You have to be pretty smelly.

I made my way to the living room, slowly, my wings were still sore.

Ditzy: (Star) Walking is soooo lame.

When I got there I saw all of my friends sitting by those two alicorns that I saw before I fell asleep.

Doctor: (Star) Oh shoot! I knew I should have showered first!

Rainbow was the first one to see me. “Starlight!” she cried, flying over and hugging me. She then looked back. “Oops. Sorry, your majesty’s!”

Ditzy: (Rainbow) You should have the first dibs on the hugs.

I spaced for a minute then realized that I was looking at Princess Celestia and Princess Luna!

Doctor: They aren’t very easy to identify at a glance.

As Rainbow flew back to her seat, I knelt down in front of the two princesses. I felt a hoof on my shoulder as Princess Celestia said. “It's okay, young human. You may rise.”

I sat between Pinkie and Rainbow and Pinkie hugged me.

Doctor: As she tends to do.

“Wow, that was so cool when you were fighting Nightmare! And then she was all like 'RAWR' and you just stood that and she was all like...”

Doctor: (Pinkie) ‘Join me and we can rule together!’ And you were like ‘Nuh uh’. And then she used cheat codes to turn off your powers. And she was like ‘BWAHAHA! I win!’. And then we showed up and made her taste the rainbow! Then she was like ‘I’ll get you next time Star! Next time!’.

“Pinkie!” Twilight said, obviously nervous in front of royalty.

Doctor: (Twilight) Pinkie! You’re embarrassing me!

“You need to relax! Starlight's probably really tired.”

“Nah,” I said. “I'll be all right.”

Ditzy: (Star) All I need is a cappuccino and a bagel and I’m good to go!

I looked at the Princesses. “So um, what's this about?”

The two alicorns exchanged a look, then Celestia said. “I will explain everything that my sister and I know of you. I nodded and kept silent.

Doctor: (Celestia)  You are the last son of the planet Marysuetia.

“Now,” she said. “You have seen Nightmare Moon? My student Twilight told me that she and her friends helped you against her.”

Ditzy: (Celestia) And you looked like a total chump.

“Yeah,” I said. “She's the reason that I got here. She tried to kill me at school, killed my family and then she tricked me into following her into a portal. I fought her off in the portal, but that's when I crashed into Twilight's house.”

Doctor: Um, I thought you had amnesia.

The princess nodded, like none of this was a surprise.

Ditzy: Nightmare Moon was known for snatching teenage boys from other dimensions.

“And may I see your hands?” she asked. I showed her my right hand which was normal, and my left hand which had the cutie marks of the 6 ponies that weren't princesses in the room.

Doctor: (Star) I don’t care what anyone says. It’s cool and manly!

“Whenever you focus on a mark and say that pony's name, you gain special magic, don't you?”

Doctor: And you gain a power that is vaguely related that pony.

“Yes!” I gasped. “But how...?”

She held up a hoof and silenced me. “One more thing, Starlight. Let me see your sword.”

Ditzy: (Star) Why Princess, you barely know me.

Doctor: (Celestia) You know what I mean.

I summoned Stormtide and held it flat across my hands. She lifted it up with magic and showed her sister.

Ditzy: (Luna) What a piece of junk.

Doctor: (Celestia) Truly, what poor craftsmanship.

As I resummoned it, Luna whispered to her sister, “Do you think he is...?”

Doctor: (Celestia dramatically) The one!

Celestia shook her head and said, “One more.” She then looked back at me and said, “How are you feeling, Stary?”

Doctor: (Star) My parents are dead, I lost everything I know and love, I lost most of my memories, I’m stuck in a crazy world full of ponies, and an insane alicorn is viciously pursuing me. What do you think?

I frowned and said without a thought, “Don't call me that Celly! I hate it when you and Lu-lu call me that!” Suddenly I realized what I had said and looked down. “Sorry, I don't know what came over me.”

The princesses smiled, ran over and gave me a BIG hug. “Brother! We finally found you!” All the ponies(and Spike, he was there) gasped. “What?!”

All: …

Ditzy: Really?

Doctor: I guess with all this ‘Prince’ talk, we really shouldn’t be surprise.

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I said, shocked. “I-I can't be your brother! I'm a human!”

Doctor: Human-ish.

The princesses let me go and Luna lightly tapped my wing and my horn. “Do you think a normal human would have the traits of a alicorn? You were never a human, Starlight.”

Ditzy: (Celestia) You are an abomination that is neither pony nor human.

Doctor: (Celestia) You’re an Alicorn Star.

“But....how?” I was at a loss for words as Celestia motioned for everyone to sit down.

All: Yay! Storytime!

“Starlight,” she said. “When you were born, we all knew you would be special.

Ditzy: (Celestia) You were born with a power level of 10,000.

You would always accidentally shoot thing with your magic and fly around, unable to stop.”

Ditzy: Sounds like a typical foal to me. I remember my brother Zippy being a real hassle.

She chuckled at the thought. “When you were old enough, you would always be in Ponyville, playing with the others little  ponies.”

Doctor: Well, they let him watch from the sidelines at least.

I thought for a second. “Wait, the marks on my hand. That means I.....”

Doctor: (Star) Went through a rebellious phase and got several tattoos and piercings?

“Yes, you knew these ponies when they were fillies.” She said.

Ditzy: But only two of them are actually from Ponyville!

Doctor: I feel some major retconing coming.

Applejack raised a hoof. “Beg ya pardon, but how come no one remembered any of this?”

Doctor: (Celestia) That is because…  (dramatic pause) you all have amnesia! Dun dun dun!

Celestia sighed, “It's because of what Nightmare did to us. On Starlight's 5th birthday, Nightmare possessed Luna.

Ditzy: WHAT! Luna became Nightmare Moon 1000 years ago!

She knew that Starlight had the Cutie Stamp.”

Ditzy: (Celestia) Maybe it was a bad idea to post so many pictures of Star on Facebook.

“Cutie Stamp.” Twilight said. “I've never read about that.”

Doctor: Because the author made it up.

“There's a reason for that, my young student.” Celestia said.

Doctor: (Celestia) I destroyed every book and text that wrote about it and killed everypony that knew about it.

“It is a very old and rare magic ability.

Doctor: Because clearly Star isn’t special enough yet.

If a pony that has this bonds, or becomes very close friends with another pony that has a cutie mare, it is copied over and the pony will have it in addition to what their main cutie mark is. In Starlight's case, he bonded with the 6 of you.”

Doctor: Is he going to get his own Element of Harmony too?

We were all quiet for a minute, thinking about that.

Doctor: Understandable, that is a lot to take in.

Ditzy: This timeline is giving me a headache.

Doctor: So what is Nightmare Moon exactly if she isn’t the corrupted form of Luna?

Celestia continued, “She came to Canterlot and tried to kidnap Starlight.

Doctor: For evil purposes ect ect.

I used an ancient teleport spell on him that would take him out of Equestria.

Doctor: But why the human world and not just another world of ponies?

I also placed a charm on him that would ensure that he would return to us. The charm disguised him, turning him into a human and hiding his wings and horn.

Doctor: Yet not give him a name that makes him blend in.

But as I tried to send him, Nightmare fired a curse at him.

Ditzy: It turns him into a werepony on the full moon.

The charm on him protected him, but it locked his body as a human.

Ditzy: So he is stuck this way? He’s some weird pony-human thing?

I sent him to Earth and fought off Nightmare. I also cast a temporary memory erasing spell over anypony that was there. And so, here we are.”

Doctor: Was all this really necessary? You couldn’t of just hidden him until you defeated Nightmare Moon?

Ditzy: And why didn’t you go back for him?

I digested all of the information I was given,

Ditzy: I don’t believe this. Star fits every Mary Sue cliche in the book!

Doctor: Maybe the author wanted to see how high he could get on the The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test?

then I walked over to her. Kissing her

All: What?!

on the forehead

All: Oh.

I said, “Thank you.”

Doctor: (Star) This makes the fact that I’m attracted to Luna really awkward.

Ditzy: This so over the top and cliche. I am starting to wonder if this is actually satire.

All the ponies in the room gave me a big hug.

Ditzy: And Spike.

When we untangled ourselves, Celestia said, “Starlight, you need to have your coronation soon. I think in about 5 days we can be ready.

Doctor: Shouldn’t you let him settle in first?

Ditzy: He’s only 13 years old! Is it such a good idea to expose him to such fame and fortune at such a young age?

“Yeah,” I said. “That should work fine.”

Doctor: I can already see him growing into a very troubled  young adult.

Ditzy: I expect to see high speed chases from the police and the arrests for possession of nightshade in the near future.

“Twilight.” my sister said. “Tell all the ponies you can about Starlight's crowning.”

Doctor: (Celestia) And where he is staying and the best way to get through the security to get to him.

“Yes, your highness.” Twilight said.

Celestia and Luna stood up. “We will see you in 5 days.” They left Twilight's house

Ditzy: That’s it? I was expecting a more tearful reunion.

Doctor: You are asking far too much of this fic Ditzy.

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Pinkie was jumping around the room. “YAY!!!!! This is gonna be so much FUN! I gotta go tell EVERYPONY!” With that, she dashed out of the house.

Doctor: No mention of a ‘Star reunites with long lost sisters who are really the princesses and it turns out he’s really a prince all this time’ party?

Shaking my head, I went upstairs to pick some clothes.

Ditzy: Why can’t you just go nude? Nopony will mind.

Doctor: He was raised by humans, so he is more self conscious about that sort of thing.

Ditzy: Humans are so weird.

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