Chapter 10-The True Epilogue

Ditzy: This ending can only be unlocked after completing a special side quest and collecting a special item.

Celestia walked into her bedroom, tired from the day. She removed her crown and walked over to her mirror and looked at herself.

Doctor: (Celestia) Is that a... gray hair?

She sighed and tapped on the mirror 4 times. The mirror shimmered and Celestia walked though the mirror.

Doctor: Celestia was secretly a high school principal in another dimension.

Ditzy: Is there a reason the author can never spell through right?

She went down a dark hallway and into a large room. There was a giant mirror in front of her.

Doctor: So we entered a mirror to... find another mirror.

It also shimmered and a silhouette appeared. “Hello there, Celestia. Tired from your long day?”

Ditzy: (Silhouette) You need a centuries overdue vacation. I hear Concordia is nice this time of year.

“Shut up.” She said wearily. “You know why I'm here.

Doctor: (Celestia) Who is the fairest one of all? Ect. ect.

You sent the griffon here didn't you?”

“Maybe.” the voice said. “I just wanted to see how he would hold up in a real fight.

Doctor: (Silhouette) I got such a good laugh out of it.

You don't think Nightmare was actually trying when she fought him, do you?”

Ditzy: (Silhouette) Seriously, if she was trying that little brother of yours would just be a smear on the pavement. Maybe you should actually try training him.

Celestia shook her head, “Just....leave him alone for a while. He's still trying to adjust.

Doctor: (Celestia) After that, he’s fair game!

“No!” The voice boomed, making the princess flinch. “I've waited for over a thousand years

Ditzy: So it was a thousand years!

when you sent him to that planet.

You're weaker now then you were then. Raising the sun, moon AND keeping the stars lit is a hard task for one alicorn.

Doctor: (Silhouette) And all that cake didn’t help.

Don't think that I won't come and reclaim my debt you owe.”

Ditzy: (Silhouette) You still owe me 20 bits and a golf club.

“And just what makes you think you can take it?” Celestia asked, hardning her voice. “My siblings and I would stop you.”

Doctor: (Silhouette) Please, you’ll just get captured or something and your student will end up doing all the work.

The voice laughed. “Oh sure. One tired alicorn, one alicorn that still struggles with her past, and one alicorn that has a cursed body and too much power to even know what to do with.”

Ditzy: Ha! You forgot about Cadance!

“I just need to remove the curse and then...” Celestia started.

Ditzy: Then Star’s power level will be over...no nevermind. Stupid joke.

“Then what? You know that alicorns aren't immortal. Why have Starlight believe that?”

“I....” Celestia stopped.

Doctor: (Celestia) It’s a prank. I can’t wait to see his face when he is dying and his life is slowly fading away from him.

“You don't even know.” The voice said. “Or maybe you do, and you're too ashamed to admit it.

One more thing, princess. What will the prince do when you pass on from this world?”

Doctor: Bring Equestria in a new dark age?

Celestia looked up, looking worn out again. “He's stronger then me and Luna.

Ditzy: (Rolls eyes) Of course he is.

She can help him learn how to raise the sun until I find a predecessor.”

Doctor: Don’t you mean successor?

The voice chuckled. “It's truly pathetic, how I have more control of you then you do yourself. I'll call you again when I want to talk,

Doctor:  (Silhouette) I’m so lonely...You and Nightmare are the only ponies I talk to.

but remember this. I will collect my debt from you, and it will be soon.” The silhouette disappeared.

Ditzy:  (Silhouette) Oh, by the way, are we still game for crochet club next Friday?

Celestia turned and walked back to her bedroom, ending the spell on the mirror. She walked onto her balcony overlooking Canterlot.

Ditzy: It was on fire.

Doctor: (Celestia) Oh for… I leave for five minutes and look what happens.

“I'm so sorry, Starlight....”

Ditzy: (Celestia) For getting drunk and losing you in a poker game.

Ditzy: That wasn’t so bad. It was way better than then the first story.

Doctor: Like that’s a high bar.

Ditzy: I just wish Star wasn’t such a blatant Sue.

Doctor: He’s still a better protagonist than Spike from Darkness of Love.

Ditzy: Pocket lint would be better protagonist than Spike from Darkness of Love.

Doctor: No argument here.

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The Doctor silently looked over his invention one more time while Ditzy looked on from behind him. He nodded and turned to Ditzy. “Are you ready?”

“Ready when you are.”

The Doctor nodded and hit a button attached to a panel. At first nothing happened, the two time travelers froze in anticipation. Then the machine started to shake, its roar and clattering pierced the silence. The unexpected noise unnerved Ditzy. “Uh, it is supposed to do…” Ditzy never got to finish her sentence as she suddenly found herself covered in a blue light. It only hit her through. The strange light missed the Doctor by a few hooves, then out of nowhere the machine exploded. For a minute Ditzy lost track of what happened. Ditzy found herself on the ground and felt dizzy and disoriented. She picked herself off of the ground the best she could and looked around. Debris and smoke covered the room, but the damage wasn’t too bad. The smoking hole stood what should have been the remains of the device. It made sense, the device was just a hologram, though how a hologram could cause all of this was beyond her. She could hear the Doctor moaning from a distance.

“Uh, that wasn’t supposed to happen.” He moaned while clutching his head. “Ditzy are you alright?”

“More or less in one piece.” Ditzy responded back. Her head was killing her.

“That’s a reli…” The Doctor froze in shock with his mouth hung open.

“What’s the matter?” Ditzy asked in concern.

“Ditzy! Yo-Your…” The Doctor stumbled out. “You’re human!”

“What? Don’t be…” She froze still when she looked at what was supposed to be her hoof and screamed.  It was a grey hand. She screamed her head off.

It took a moment, but the Doctor got back to his senses. “Ditzy Doo! Get a hold of yourself!” He said sharply. It broke Ditzy out of her panic.

“What happened to me?!” Ditzy said trying to calm herself down.

“I’m…not sure.” The Doctor said hesitantly.

Ditzy crawled over to the Doctor and got into his face. “Turn me back now!” He shrunk at her gaze.

“Wha- What has happened here!?” The two time travelers heard Dinky exclaim over the speaker. “Mo-Ditzy what happened to you!?” Dinky demanded.

“The Doctor’s crazy machine turned me into…this!” Ditzy replied in an angry hysterical tone gesturing to herself.

“Now I assure you this wasn’t my intention.” The Doctor said defensively.

“Change her back now!” “Change me back now!” Dinky and Ditzy said in unison.  

The Doctor coughed. “I’ll see what I can do.”

“That isn’t good enough!” Ditzy yelled.

“Yeah! That isn’t good enough!” Dinky yelled.

The Doctor was starting to get annoyed at everyone getting on his case. He was doing his best, shouldn’t that be enough?

After a few minutes Ditzy was able to calm herself, she decided got a good look at her. Her skin was grey like her old coat and her mane was blond. It was surreal seeing herself in this strange new body. She moved her hands back and forth while wiggling her fingers. It was mesmerizing.

“Well, this was unexpected.” Mr. X commented.

“How did this even happen?” Dinky asked. “Well Doctor?”

The Doctor coughed. “The machine’s purpose was to create a distraction with holograms that we would use to escape.”

“I fail to see why that would cause me to turn into a different species.” Ditzy said in a huff.

“I’m not sure, the theory was to use…” The Doctor went into a technical explanation that Ditzy tuned herself out of, as usual. Instead she thought about how she could use her new hands to create the muffins she promised Mr. X. She wouldn’t let her new form stop her from fulfilling a promise. She was brought out of her contemplation when the Doctor mentioned the power source of his machine.

“Magic. You used magic to power your invention?” Ditzy said incredulously.

“Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.” The Doctor said awkwardly. “After all, I knew the magical field of the Earth was the only power source that couldn’t be tampered with.”

“Magic isn’t something to be played around with!” Dinky proclaimed angrily. “One of the first rules of dealing with magic is to not tamper with it unless you know exactly what you are doing. It can cause very unpredictable results.” Ditzy nodded in agreement.

“Hey, I happen to have a good grasp of its theories.” The Doctor said defensively. “The application of it I used seemed both sound and logical. I was right that a hologram could channel that energy. I don’t see why it failed, or even caused this effect in the first place.”

“That would be my fault.” Mr. X piped in.

“What?!” Dinky spat.

“When Xander analyzed the Doctor’s machine, it couldn’t understand it or its true function.” Mr. X explained. “Congrats Doctor. You created something even a supercomputer couldn’t understand.”

“So I manually switched around the components just before you active it.” It sounded like Mr. X shrugged. “I just wanted it to fail; I never thought it would actually do something.”

“It’s alight.” Dinky sighed. “Do you have a record of that contraption just before the Doctor actived it?”

“Yes we do.”

“Doctor, I will allow to look that machine you created to figure out a way to turn Ditzy back. However, if I catch you trying to use it to escape, by Celestia, I will make your life a living Tartarus. Do you understand?!”

“Perfectly.” The Doctor said simply.

“Get to it!” Dinky demanded.

The Doctor blinked as the machine appeared in front of him in an instant perfectly intact. He looked it over and whistled. “Impressive.”

“Doctor, I’ll see if we have any books on magical theory and accidents. They might help!” Ditzy wasn’t going to let the Doctor do all the work.

“Good idea.” The Doctor replied. He remembered seeing a few books about magic in that collection. “But first, we should get you something to wear.”

Ditzy blinked. “What?”

“It isn’t decent for you to go around like that.”

“I don’t follow you.”

The Doctor coughed. “Well, it isn’t appropriate for you to go around like that in your new form .” He gestured at Ditzy.

“Because…I’m naked?” Ditzy asked confused. “But I go naked all the time.”

“Yes, well…that’s true, but you’re human now. And…” Ditzy interrupted him.

“Does this have something to do with that weird nudity taboo humans have? I don’t see why that applies to me. Humans aren’t even around to get offended.”

“While is true that you do go naked most of the time, you’re human now and are more exposed now. Not having fur and everything.” The Doctor tried to explain. “And certain inappropriate bits are more on display now. I think it would better for everyone if you covered yourself up.”

Ditzy just looked at him confused and the Doctor just sighed. “For my sake please.”

“Oh fine.” Ditzy relented. She wasn’t sure why this form was embarrassing him so much. Even since she gained this new form, he was avoiding looking at her directly. Some human thing she guessed. “I’ll use the sheets for now.”

The Doctor nodded. “That should work just fine. I will see if I can get you something better for you latter.”

Ditzy groaned. The Doctor was going to insist that she wear clothing all the time until she changed back. What a pain. It took some effort but she was eventually able to get enough balance to walk on two legs to their room. She used a nearby wall to help balance her up until she was able to get enough balance on her own.

Before she got the sheets, Ditzy decided to get a good look at her image in the mirror in the bathroom first. Was she cute? Attractive? She couldn’t be too sure. “Probably not.” She thought bitterly then sighed. “As usual.” At least her eyes were their normal wall-eyed state. She took a strange comfort from that.

She took the sheets and made them into a makeshift toga. “This will have to do.” Ditzy thought then sighed. How she would ever get used to this she couldn’t imagine. She shook her head. “No point mopping to yourself about it. That would accomplish nothing.” She thought to herself. She steeled her resolve. She would get through this. Just like what the Doctor did when he turned into a pony. She just prayed this won’t be permanent.

As I was walking, I felt a strong magical energy coming at me. Turning, I saw Twilight's sister-in-law, Princess Cadence.

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