Hello everyone. This time we are going to finish up Spread of Darkness by Grimm Reaper. It’s been pretty fun revisiting the Darkness universe after so long. Is Spread of Darkness better than Darkness of Love? Well, no. Thinking about. Mar Grimm just ruins the story. He’s probably the most blatant example of a self insert Mary Sue ever! Anyway, I am glad that I will never have to deal with him again. Though, I fear I might one day run into someone worse than him. You never realize just how far the rabbit hole goes sometimes.

I am going to change my schedule a bit. Instead of Kingdom of Monsters, I am going to be doing Longest Night, Longest Day by RainbowDoubleDash! The prequel of Boast Busted the first Lunaverse story! It’s all a bit confusing. Boast Busted is the first written Lunaverse story, but it is the seventh story in canon and LNLD is second story written shortly afterward as a prequel to Boast Busted. It’s weird. The Lunaverse wasn’t really started with any plan in mind. I’ve already started writing quite a bit on it, so the wait should be too long. After that then I will do Kingdom of Monsters. Sorry for the delay. I might have been a little too eager to riff LNLD. Also, I really need to stop giving myself such a ridiculous workload. I still have 6 other stories I need to do and LNLD is a pretty long story. I hate my overachieving tendencies.

If anyone is interesting in editing Doctor and Ditzy’s Science Theater, please PM me on my fimfiction account. It would be so nice to actually have an editor! Then you all don’t have to deal with my downright embarrassing grammar and spelling!

If you have a fanfic recommendation, comments, or criticisms please leave a comment or PM me at my fimfiction account or my blog on Tumblr. Please NO clop or fanfiction with extreme violence. I am not going to do those. I want to do a more family friendly series and it is going to be relatively clean. Besides everyone else does them. Okay, I might do one for a special occasion. But otherwise no clop or extreme gore fics. Ok, enough rambling. On with the fic!

Special thanks to The Grimm Reaper for letting me do his story. You are awesome!

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Doctor and Ditzy’s Science Theater

by Rixizu

Episode 20 - Part 1

                   Ditzy cheered the Doctor on as he balanced on a unicycle that was on a tightrope. He was holding his front two hooves out for balance. The tight room was set up in the main bedroom connected to two opposite walls with a mattress underneath. So far he was doing a good job. Pinkie was sitting on the side lines while also yelling out advice. A three days ago Pinkie pulled a trick where she rode a unicycle across a tightrope while balancing 5 balls on her head during one of her parties and the Doctor asked Pinkie to teach him how to do it. She said yes naturally and the Doctor had been hard working training himself to perform this trick.

The reason he was doing this Ditzy guessed was to prove that he could also perform such a fantastical stunt. It seemed to Ditzy that the Doctor’s bragging about Time Lords having enhanced balance wasn’t a total lie. She doubted that she could even attempt this.  Ditzy was impressed with the amount of practice the Doctor put in. He also somehow had some experience crossing tight ropes as well.

“And move your body a little to the left. Now straighten up a little and tilt to the left. Okay, now tilt a little to the left. You’re a little too straight. Now…” Pinkie suggested helpfully before being interrupted by the Doctor.

“Pinkie please. You’re not helping.” The Doctor tried to say patiently.

“Okay-dokie-loki!” Pinkie responded, but it didn’t stop her cheering. The Doctor has almost half way done already.

“They are so cute together.” Ditzy thought watching this. All the work she put into getting the Doctor a marefriend was coming into fruition. Ditzy thought the Time Lord deserved to have somepony special in his life. Despite all the smiling, Ditzy could tell how unhappy he was deep down. She couldn’t stand seeing one of the best friends she ever had like that.

Ditzy watch in alarm as the Doctor started to lose his balance and fell into the mattress below. He grumbled and Pinkie rushed up to him.

“Oh that was super close! You almost made it!” Pinkie lamented.  “You’re getting really good Timey!”

“Yes I think so too.” The Doctor said as he got up from the mat. “By the next time I see you I should have the trick completely mastered. I plan to add my own touch to it when I do.”

Pinkie tilted her head. “Really?”

“Yes, I plan to be juggling as well.” The Doctor boldly proclaimed. Ditzy giggled. He never liked being outdone by somepony else. Pinkie’s randomness and physics defying feats just added fuel to the fire.

Pinkie gleamed with joy.  “I can’t wait to see it!”

“That’s so cool Doctor!” Ditzy added though she wondered if he could actually pull this one off, but she knew he was one not to be underestimated. Still, this trick did seem a bit much even for him. He wasn’t Pinkie Pie after all.

The Doctor gave a confident smirk. It seemed to her that he had an unending supply of confidence. She wondered where he kept it all. “Almost time for experiment already? Time sure flies.” The Doctor said after noticing the time. He started walking towards the door with his two companions following.

Pinkie bounced up and down excitedly. “I can’t wait to see what sort of wacky situations Spike will get into this week!”

“Yeah, wacky situations…” Ditzy said depressed.

Pinkie stopped. “What’s wrong?”

“It’s this fic. It drains the life out of me.” Ditzy explained. “I don’t think I even have the energy to be angry.”

It seemed Pinkie caught on to her meaning. “Oh, this is about how Spike is portrayed!”

“Well, yeah. They make him like the worst character ever.” Ditzy elaborated. “Seeing Spike do all these heinous things is just…it just drains all the fun out of doing these. And I just know it’s going to get worse!”

Pinkie thought for a moment and sat next to Ditzy. “I know it bad, but it isn’t Spike. It is just some adolescent fantasy of what they think a cool pony is.”

“Yeah, but…” Ditzy was cut off by Pinkie.

“You know Spike right?” Pinkie asked.

“Well, yeah.  Obviously.”

“So you know that Spike would never do these things. You know that Spike is a kind dragon that would never relish in violence and be a meany pants that enjoys hurting ponies and laugh about it.”

“I know but..” Pinkie cut her off again.

“No matter what the author does, you know deep down that Spike would never be like this. It’s just a silly fic, with some silly ideas of what Spike should be like.” Pinkie continued. “He will always be the dragon you love and admire and nothing the author can do can change that.”

“You’re right Pinkie.” Ditzy smiled. “Thanks. That makes me feel better.”

“Well, duh!” Pinkie rolled her eyes in an exaggerated fashion. “It’s kinda my job! Now let’s go join Timey and finish this!”

                   Ditzy nodded. She was glad to see the backside of the fic. The two left to join the Doctor in the main meeting room.

                   “Greetings my little test subjects.” Dinky greeted when all three finally gathered in the main meeting room.

        “Hey Dinky!” Pinkie greeted.

 “Finally we can finish Spread of Darkness!” Ditzy proclaimed eagerly.

“Quite. I am glad we will finally be rid of it.” Doctor replied.

“Yes, and a certain pony can finally leave!” Dinky said rather harshly. Ditzy had no idea why Dinky had grown to dislike Pinkie so much.

        “It was fun hanging with you guys, but I really miss sleeping in my own bed!” Pinkie explained. Since coming here she had been sharing the bed with Ditzy since once again Dinky refused to give them two beds. The Doctor refused to share the bed with the two of them and stubbornly slept on the floor. Thankfully it wasn’t a Neighpon love hotel bed like the last one. “And Gummy must really miss me!”

“Understandable.” The Doctor said simply.

“Who is looking after him? Fluttershy?” Ditzy asked curious.

“Naw, Bulk Biceps! The two have been best buds for years!” Pinkie explained.

“Oh.” Ditzy replied imagining the two hanging out together.

        “Today you will be reading chapter 10, 11, 12, and the epilogue of Spread of Darkness by Grimm Reaper. Enjoy.” Dinky gave out her usual evil laugh. Ditzy had no idea why she presently kept using that. It wasn’t intimidating in the slightest. The experiment alarm went off and the three friends headed towards the theater.

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“This is bad, this is very, very bad!” Luna said

Ditzy: (Luna) They just can’t get our nose right!

as a white gryphon she and Celestia recognised as the Angel appeared with Twilight in tow.

Doctor: (Twilight) What am I a piece of luggage? Put me down this instant!

“I admit I’m still nervous about the idea myself. However, I see no other option short of asking him to intervene directly and that comes at a cost too great to even consider.” Celestia replied,

Doctor: (Celestia) Twelve bits with tax.

 sighing as she looked hopefully at the angel, who was unwilling to humour her.

Ditzy: Just work together with Spike! You don’t even need angel face there!

“It appears our plan has hit somewhat of a snag as well.” he said, changing his form to that of a pony.

Pinkie: (Mar) I grabbed Twilight Sky by mistake.

Doctor: (Twilight Sky) Dude. Do you like think you could let me go? I have band practice in an hour.

He stood as tall as Celestia, but took on the form of a dragon winged Pegasus.

Ditzy: Only losers have normal pegasus wings!

“I do not want to hear that from you of all ponies, Grimm. If your plan fails, we’re doomed.

Ditzy: Oh,come on. Aren’t the Griffons losing badly? You could probably win without Spike!

Pinkie: And they could totally kick the king’s flank by themselves!

Doctor: Anyone else find it really disturbing that all the mares in this story are pretty much totally helpless and weak and need a stallion to save them?

Ditzy: Celestia! I never even thought of that!

Pinkie: Great! There is going to be a heated argument about that in the comment section now!

Spike’s going to find out you took Twilight and brought her here, then he’ll find out we planned this and he’ll kill us.” the sun princess began to pace on the spot before she was knocked over by Twilights body.

Pinkie: Hey! I told Luna to put back Twilight in the toy bin before going to bed!

“Shut up and stop whining. You’re a princess for goodness sake. If you were still children, then I’d understand.

Doctor: It’s almost as if the author has no idea how to write for you!

Besides, you forget the deal I made with you both a thousand years ago.” the two princesses looked at him and released their nervous breath.

Pinkie: (Celestia) We totally still have that lawn mower you leant us! It’s, um, just lost in the garage somewhere!

“I didn’t think you still adhered to the old rules… Mar Grimm; not since you supposedly liberated yourself from the Elders.” Luna retorted. Mar threw himself forward, knocking the princess into the wall and pinning her a foot above it.

“Don’t doubt me and don’t dare say my name so lightly.

Ditzy: (Mar) Call me Mar Grimm-sama!

Pinkie: Ok, we’ll call you Grimmy!

We’re partners in business only, nothing more.” he quickly jabbed his hoof further against her neck before letting her fall back down, coughing. She looked back up at the stallion with renewed fear.

Ditzy: Ok, that’s it. I am getting really really tired that nopony can do anything to him!

Doctor: It will probably turn out that he has a heart of gold or some such nonsense.

“Now, when Twilight wakes, inform her of the plan and make sure she doesn’t escape.

Doctor: No need to worry about that. She’s completely useless in this story!

There’s always the chance she’ll want to stop Spike from putting himself in danger.” he continued, heading for the exit.

“You never did understand love, did you?” Celestia asked, shifting Twilight’s position on her back to make her more comfortable.

Pinkie: By standing her on the her head!

Mar said nothing as before he reached the door, he disappeared in a blur and a burst of sound.

“I understood the feeling, just not what a relationship entails.” his voice echoed for a few seconds.

Ditzy: (Mar) Love is the feeling that you have when you release air from your mouth and nose suddenly and involuntarily right?

Doctor: (Celestia) No, that’s sneezing.

Ditzy: (Mar) Nonsense! Mar Grimm is never wrong!

Chrysalis shuddered as she received information from one of her children that the angel had returned to her cave.

Ditzy: He was carrying an anime body pillow he bought online.

Some of her babies were still taking on the forms of ponies who were lost I battle. She knew that they would have to keep up appearances for the sake of those families who were waiting for their lovers and parents’ return, and she knew she wouldn’t see most of them as often as she would have liked,

Doctor: Isn’t it a shame how some families grow distant because of work?

but it was for the survival of her race that made her determination towards the angel’s plan infallible; not the survival through sustenance, no, that was assured; but the survival through peace between Equestria and her children. Her previous failure against the ponies revealed that the very thing she was after from them could wind up choking them to death. Though the original pair that had defeated her was divided through death,

Ditzy: Actually, Candace broke Shining Armor out of Hades and now they are having their second honeymoon!

the threat remained in the form of the dragon and the unicorn. But that threat was secondary now she had made a deal with the devil, or what passed for him.

Said devil emerged from the shadows ahead and approached the queen with a casual demeanour.

Pinkie: (Mar) Hey girlfriend! How’s it hanging!?

Every step he took resonated through the caves and forced Chrysalis to shudder as he stopped short of her muzzle.

Doctor: (Changeling) Mind keeping it down. Some changelings are trying to sleep here!

Everything about him freaked her out. His draconic stare, the lack of breath from his lungs that she should have felt, the quiet that surrounded them, even the colour of his coat and his bleached blonde mane and tail betrayed his occupation and personality.

Ditzy: You means Mar isn’t some laid back surfer pony!?

She saw him as a dark and cold creature with self-loathing on the surface and universal hatred for everything else on the inside. Every aspect of this stallion screamed wrong.

Pinkie: And he rooted for the Nieghami Dolphins!

She caught her breath as he locked his mouth to hers. There was no passion in the act, at least not from his side. An explosion of converted love entered her body and she could feel her strength flowing through her. In seconds, it was overflowing, like water from a pond had been compressed into a small glass and released. She almost broke as the surge of power distorted her senses.

Pinkie: (Chrysalis) I can like taste colors now!

She’d only felt like this a couple of times before, during her time masquerading as Cadence. Certain acts were played out between herself and Shining Armour prior to their wedding.

Ditzy: She still couldn’t believe that Shining convinced her to come to his local LARPing group.

She could feel it, the danger mixed in with the act.

Ditzy: She might get vomit flavored love!

While the angel was transferring love from his collection of souls, he was tearing away at her walls. Her strength was gaining, but was giving way to vulnerability.

Doctor: It gave her a weakness to words that begin with the letter K.

And for those few seconds, she felt what it was like to be a pony and experience love instead of feed upon it, and it drove her crazy.

The angel pulled away with lips as dry as when he’d started.

Pinkie: He really needs to use ChapStick!

Chrysalis fell to the ground, the loving experience vanishing as she broke contact with him. She didn’t know what had happened, but she was certain that she’d felt something akin to ecstasy. The proof was in the pudding as she looked down and found herself sitting in a puddle of her own juices.

Ditzy: (Chrysalis) Grape juice! The heck?

This embarrassed her to no end. Not only was she spent right before the angel of death, but her children were watching with horror-stricken faces.

Pinkie: Grape juice is so hard to get out of carpets!

What’s worse was that Chrysalis wanted to feel that feeling again. She wanted to feel love instead of feeding off of it.

“What did you just do to me?!” she demanded. Her outrage poorly masked her true feelings towards the subject.

Doctor: She was actually slightly amused borderlining on laughter.

The angel just lifted her head with his hoof and flashed his eyes at her.

Pinkie: Oh! I think he’s trying to say something! Eat.At.Joes. Eat.At.Joes.

“I tested you. I wanted to get a feel for the limits of your changeling abilities. I’d hoped you could change into someone I knew, but sadly, that’s impossible. You can’t change into those long dead, just those who have died recently.

Doctor: I don’t see why not. It’s just an illusion spell.

Sadly, that’s of no use to me” he replied.

Pinkie: (Mar) Great! There goes my plan to make out with the all the top supermodels in the past 200 years!

The changelings, having thought the angel had done something dangerous to their queen, began to surround him and bare their fangs ferociously. The angel saw in their eyes their intentions.

Ditzy: (Mar) No! Please don’t hurt me!

They wanted to look formidable before the god-like creature. However, the angel was unfazed by their threats.

Ditzy: If you ignore the fact he was the one lying in a puddle of his own juices

With a stomp of his hoof, a wave of wind blew outward from his body and threw the creatures back. Chrysalis was sent into her throne, her legs sprawled out in a very compromising fashion. She remained as she was, too frightened to move.

Ditzy: Grrr.

Doctor: (Sighs)

Pinkie: This is like the tenth time somepony has cowered in fear in front of him?

At that moment, it looked as though the angel was going to mount the helpless changeling,

Pinkie: (Mar) Giddy up Chrysalis! Giddy up!

but he just brought his face closer and whispered into her ear.

Doctor: (Mar) Hail Hydra.

“I know what you truly desire.

Ditzy: A jacuzzi?

Pinkie: A new Mega Mare game?

Doctor: A lifetime supply of fruity pebbles?

And if all goes well, you and your children shall have it.

Ditzy: You get a car! You get a car! You get a car! Everypony gets a car!

For now, what do you want to do to pass the time?”

Doctor: (Mar) We could play Hungry Hungry Hippos!

Chrysalis was close to the breaking point. She was being driven to near insanity thanks to this creature.

Doctor: Like the fact that he liked to put his dirty hooves on the table.

However, a base desire entered her mind and she blushed before whispering the response out of earshot of her children.

Doctor: (Chrysalis) I want a new season of Firefly.

The angel reared his head back and looked at her with the same blank expression he always seemed to wear. “Very well.” he said, turning to the other changelings. “Leave us.”

Without any hesitation, the changelings scattered towards the exits. Finally, Chrysalis’ curiosity would be sated on this night as she was left alone with death looming over her.

(Clop Scene)

Ditzy: That would be like watch a mare hump a plank of wood.

Doctor: No, the plank of wood would have more personality.

“I’m not one for standing around trying to come up with a plan, Rarity, especially when Twilight’s in danger.

Doctor: (Spike) Rushing into danger without any idea what I am getting into in is more my style!

I had no choice when you were captured by the diamond dogs, but this is a completely different situation and there was nothing I could do on my own back then.”

Pinkie: That didn’t stop you from charging on Twilight’s back with a spear!

Spike struggled to fight the urge to jump out of his seat and dive for the nearest window toward where he thought Twilight was.

Pinkie: Spike didn’t want to break yet another glass window. Twilight was already furious about the last five he broke.

Cadence and Rarity had managed to convince him to stay and listen to their plan, but in the long run, it was to say the least… stupid. With little option left, he grated the arms of the chair with his ever eager claws. Chunks of wood splintered to the sides as his temper began to get the best of him.

Pinkie: (Spike) Ow! Splinters! Ow!

“I’m serious, Darling. It’s best to get help from the princesses. If you go it alone, they’ll have a trap set for you.”

“There’s nothing they can do.

Ditzy: The author really thinks that they are that powerless doesn’t he?

They can’t stop me. They’ll all die for taking her from me…”

Ditzy: (Spike) I need my snu snu!

Spike began to growl and groan as he tried desperately to supress his urge to destroy everything around him.

Pinkie: (Spike) So I will destroy everything on XPony Live instead!

That consciousness within him loved Twilight as much as he did, and it was furious to say the least.

“Spike…” Cadence hesitated as Spike began to growl and it gradually expanded into a full on roar.

“GrrrrrrrrrraaAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!” his scales burst forth from his body, giving way to the new coat of

Doctor: Pink?

Ditzy: Blue?

Pinkie: Plaid?

black,

All: Ohhhhhhhhh.

Doctor: Didn’t see that coming.

seeping darkness from beneath them like tar. With the smoke cleared, his new form was sharper; his spines pointier and stronger. His scales were glazed over with darkness and he was audibly furious as the distorted cries of the dragon echoed through the Everfree forest,

Doctor: (Spike) Wahhhhhhhhhhhh! They took my Twilight!

amplified by the halls of the castle. With a sharp twist, Spike had erupted once more into a small tornado of darkness that dissipated within seconds, revealing the dragon’s absence. Cadence sat down, defeated once again. She sighed and thought about what might happen now that the dragon was unrestrained and uniquely pissed.

Ditzy: Time to call animal control.

The Gryphon king found out within minutes as the city to the east was reported destroyed in under three, followed by the neighbouring town between the capitol and that city.

“My lord, Spike has appeared in the Eastern city and has already annihilated it,

Ditzy: Our hero!

Doctor: Killing innocent civilians that have nothing to do with him or his situation!

moving on to Skyclaw Village.” the reporter declared.

Doctor: (Reporter) I am from the Griffonstone Daily. Any comment on this tragedy?

The king growled and pounded the stone floor beneath him.

Pinkie: (Floor) Hey! What did I do!? It’s not my fault you stink so bad!

“Enough is enough! Release the Leviathan.”

All: Release the Kraken!

the reporter swallowed and bowed low to the king.

Ditzy: (Reporter) This isn’t my job!

Not another word was said as the reported left to relay the order.

Ditzy: So what is a giant sea creature going to do against a guy that can decimate cities with energy blasts?

All the while, the king was focusing less on Spike and more on that white gryphon

Doctor: Who is obviously the real threat here.

who had demonstrated unnatural power.

Pinkie: He had the power to never misplace his keys!

So he was death incarnate?

Pinkie: Actually it was only a part time job for him! He usually waits tables!

In that case, what did the future hold for the world as he knew it?

Doctor: (Hyperion) Maybe we can finally get hoverboards and flying cars! Back to the Future 2 promised them!

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