Author's Notes:

The story is offically completed, and chapters will be posted every friday from now on.

Twilight gently levitated Rainbow Dash inside the TARDIS. Placing her down on the floor, and rushing herself out of the way. ‘’Good thinking, Mrs. Sparkle!’’ She heard a voice call in from outside the TARDIS doors. She lifted her hooves, and placed them against her chin, letting out a soft squee. ‘’Oooo! He liked my quick thinking.’’ She giggled. Outside, the rest of the group galloped inside. Lastly, but not least, he galloped in after them. Locking the door behind him.

He rushed over towards the Console Unit, and started activating the ship’s engines. ‘’Twilight! Where to now?’’ He called from behind the giant shape. Twilight looked up, looking towards him. ‘’Fluttershy’s Cottage. It’s at the edge of Ponyville.’’ She said. His head moved back behind the console, as she started pressing several more buttons, then moving over to another section, and pulling down a lever. The TARDIS Engines roared to life, and the thing started to go up and down, followed by the familiar sound it made.

‘’Ow! My head.’’ Rainbow Dash groaned, as she gently rubbed her head with her hoof. Twilight had been a little too rough on that landing. She looked out, seeing Twilight standing in front of her. ‘’Oh, I’m so sorry, Rainbow. I guess I didn’t account for that landing.’’ Twilight said, holding out her hoof for Rainbow. ‘’Yeah, yeah, Twilight. I’m not…’’ As she finished rubbing her eyes, and they looked out towards her surroundings, she froze. ‘’Um…’’ She stuttered, her pupils looking around the room, while the eyes themselves were looking towards the Console that stood behind Twilight. Noticing that her attention had shifted towards the more noticeable one, Twilight sighed. ‘’All righty then.’’ She said. She turning towards Rarity, and cast her a blank expression. ‘’Rarity?’’ She asked. Rarity turned her head, and looked towards Twilight. ‘’Yes, darling?’’ Rarity asked. ‘’Rainbow Dash has seen noticed that it’s bigger on the inside, can you please explain it to her this time?’’ She asked. Rarity nodded her head, and stood up. ‘’Oh, good.’’ Twilight exhaled. She turned, and trotted back towards the Medic to either ask more questions, or assist in piloting the TARDIS…Even though, the latter option might not happen.

‘’Right, then.’’ Rarity said, as she trotted up towards Rainbow Dash.

‘’Huh? Wait! Wait?’’ The Pegasus mare said confused. She looked down, and saw Rarity’s hoof on her shoulder. ‘’It’s all right, Rainbow. It’s bigger on the inside.’’ Rarity said, holding out her hoof to illustrate her point further. Rainbow turned her head, looking around the room further. ‘’Uh, bigger on the-what now?’’ She asked, confused. Rarity let out a soft sigh, as she put her hoof on Rainbow’s shoulder. ‘’Boy, have we got some explaining to do, darling.’’ She said.

*Five minutes later*

‘’Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold on!’’ Rainbow exclaimed, after hearing what Rarity had to tell her. Rarity starred blankly at her. ‘’You’re telling me that this pony, the Medic, is actually from another planet?’’ She asked, amazed, pointing her hoof towards him. ‘’Indeed I am.’’ Rarity replied. ‘’And his species is called Time Lords?’’ Rainbow asked. ‘’Yes.’’ Rarity replied. ‘’And that we’re inside his ship, that is not only bigger on the inside, but can also travel through time?’’ Rainbow asked, lowering her hoof. ‘’Mh hm.’’ Rarity hummed, nodding her head. Rainbow put a hoof to her chin. Thinking it over.

‘’Meh. I can’t possibly imagine something strange than this.’’ She finally said. Peeking his head out from the Console, he cast an excited glance towards her. ‘’Ohhh. Just you wait and see, Rainbow Dash.’’ He said. She cast a confused glance towards him. ‘’What do you mean?’’ She asked. ‘’Nothing!’’ He replied, poking his head back behind the console.

The thing at the center of the Console Unit, came to a stop, as did the strange sound that had been going on in the background. Rainbow perked her ears up, upon noticing that little detail. ‘’Wait. What’s going on?’’ She asked, looking around the Console Room. Reaching for his trench coat, he moved out from behind the Console unit. ‘’We’ve arrived, is what’s going on.’’ He said. He fixed his tie, and trotted towards the door. He turned back, looking towards them. ‘’Come along, then. Come along.’’ He said, chipper. Twilight rolled her eyes. Trotting after him, as he exited the door of the TARDIS.

Upon entering outside, they were greeted by darkness. Turning their heads, they looked around their surroundings. ‘’Well, here we are, Medic. Fluttershy’s cott-‘’ She said, but interrupted herself mid-sentence, as she looked out in front of her, starring towards the cottage. ‘’Oh no.’’ Her look of shock passed, as it was instead overtaken with a frightened one instead. ‘’What!? What is it-‘’ He asked, turning his head towards her. The rest of them did, as well. But they all froze as they saw what greeted them. Twilight brought a hoof up to her mouth, covering it. ‘’N-no!’’ She whimpered, reaching out with her un-occupied hoof.

Out in front of the group, they saw a large collection of destroyed Daleks, all strewn around in various positions around Fluttershy’s cottage. Some of them were missing their upper bodies, some lacked domes, and others was only the skirt, as fire and smoke seeped out from it, illuminating slightly the surrounding area. Sparks emerged from some of them, but mostly, they were silent, neither moving, or making a sound. Except for the crackling of the fire from their destroyed Travel machines.

‘’Whoa! Is that them?’’ Rainbow asked, pointing towards them with her hoof. Twilight gave a gentle nod of her head. ‘’Yes, Rainbow. That is the Daleks. The very creatures that seek to enslave us…But not in the way you might think.’’ Rainbow raised an eyebrow, not knowing what her friend meant. ‘’How so?’’ She asked, curious. ‘’They would convert us into…into them. We would become Daleks. Meant as a weapon for whatever devious plan they’ve got set up for us.’’ She returned her head, looking out towards the cottage. ‘’It seems someone attacked them when they were waiting for us.’’ She said, ignoring the look of horror and shock that had mounted itself on Rainbow’s face.

Bouncing up to the destroyed casings, Pinkie started to look inside, examining it closer. ‘’That’s odd.’’ She said, putting a hoof to her chin, as she looked like she might be thinking. ‘’What is odd, Pinkie?’’ Rarity asked. Trotting up towards her friend. Pinkie turned, pointing towards the casing in front of her. ‘’This Dalek…It’s grey.’’ She said. Rarity raised an eyebrow at this. ‘’So what? The last time we saw the Daleks, they were all grey, except for that ‘’Supreme Dalek’’, the gold one, and the one with those alternating panels, or whatever they were.’’ Rarity replied, doing the quotations motions with her hooves. ‘’No. That one is grey – But that one is white.’’ Pinkie said, pointing towards another Dalek that stood in front of the other one. This one, was lacking it’s dome, and out from behind it’s neck rings, there was a small glow of the fire inside it.

‘’Wait? What?’’ Twilight said, turning towards Pinkie and Rarity. Her horn glowed, and she vanished. Re-appearing beside the destroyed Daleks. Leaning her head in towards the Daleks, she examined it closer. Activating an illumination spell with her magic, and using it to light up the area little bit more. As her light shined on the casing, as she examined then, her eyes noticed that one of them almost seemed to glow a little in the midst of the nighttime darkness.

Pulling her head back, she gasped, putting a hoof to her mouth. ‘’Oh my sweet Celestia!’’ She exclaimed. ‘’Pinkie’s right! These Daleks are white and grey!’’ She said, turning back, but pointing her hoof towards the Daleks. He narrowed his eyes, as he trotted up towards her. She turned, and leaned her head down, allowing the light from her horn to illuminate the Daleks for him to see.

His eyes widened, pulling back his head. ‘’You’re right. These Daleks are colored differently.’’ He said, lowering his head, and speaking into his hoof, to himself. ‘’It’s like the splinter-group is getting restless.’’ Twilight’s ears perked up. She turned, looking towards him. But didn’t say anything.

He turned, looking back out towards the small field of battle that surrounded them. ‘’They must have come across each other, and it escalated to a full-scale battle.’’ He said, looking towards the destroyed white and grey casings. ‘’But, Med…’’ Twilight asked. He turned, meeting her gaze. ‘’Why are there two colored Daleks? Wouldn’t it make more sense to just have one color?’’ She asked, confused. Nervously, he brought a hoof to the back of his head, scratching it, gently. ‘’Um…Well, you see, Twilight.’’ He hesitated, nervously. He looked up, meeting her stern eyes looking back him. ‘’Um…I’ll explain later.’’ He said.

Pinkie turned, looking towards the cottage. ‘’Hey! Fluttershy’s cottage door is open.’’ She said. Snapping back to the situation at hoof, Twilight felt her heart sink. Her eyes widened, and she hoped that hypothetical was just that, a theory. She gasped, loudly. ‘’Fluttershy!’’ She shouted, panicked. They turned towards the cottage, and without a moment’s hesitation, galloped up the path towards it.

They kicked down the destroyed remains of the already broken door. Galloping inside the home of their friend. Upon entering the home, they all let out a loud gasp. Freezing in place. The entire place was in shambles, what had once been a tidy home, was now a wild, and insane mess. Most notably, was a giant pile of rubble. ‘’F-fluttershy?’’ Applejack called out into the darkened cottage, as she trotted inside. ‘’Wait! Applejack!’’ Twilight called out, reaching her hoof to stop the Earth Pony from going any further, but not being quick enough.

‘’Fluttershy!? Where are-‘’ Applejack called out. Before she suddenly, it her head against something. She fell back, landing gently on the floor behind her. She brought a hoof up to her head, and rubbed her forehead. ‘’Ow!’’ She groaned, rubbing her head. ‘’Applejack!’’ She heard several voices behind her say. She looked behind her, just as Rainbow Dash put her hoof on her shoulder. ‘’AJ, you cannot-…Just-…’’ She said. But as her eyes diverted up to look at what she had bumped into. ‘’Ah!’’ She screamed, as she jumped back away from it. ‘’W-what!?’’ Applejack called out. Several, loud gasps could be heard coming from behind her back. She looked out in front of her, and looked towards what had gotten the others so spooked. ‘’Whoa, nilly!’’ She exclaimed, jumping back up to her hooves, and backing away from the shape. Re-joining her friends.

‘’Don’t worry! It’s not alive!’’ He shouted towards them. He tapped it with his hoof, demonstrating that he was telling the truth. ‘’See? It’s dead…Even the eyestalk isn’t moving.’’ He said, looking up towards this one not-especially damaged appearance. ‘’Hmm.’’ Rarity grumbled, putting a hoof to her mouth. ‘’This one is grey like the rest, but it’s dome is black, and not the same as the color as it’s body, like the rest.’’ She said. ‘’It must a Captain or Lieutenant, since you mention it.’’ He interjected behind them.

‘’By the looks of it, it must have been the only one to gain entrance to the cottage – But then, how did it die if there aren’t much in the form of blast marks?’’ He asked, confused. Twilight shrugged her shoulders, Applejack just hid her face away, and Rainbow Dash, flew gently in the air.

Suddenly, interrupting their little moment, they heard a soft creaking from the second floor. ‘’Shshh! What’s that noise I hear?’’ Rarity said. The group became silent, looking around the cottage for any signs of whatever Rarity was talking about.

‘’O! O! O! I hear it too!’’ Pinkie exclaimed, holding her hoof out. ‘’Yeah, I do it too.’’ Applejack sad. Turning her head, and looking up towards the second floor, as well. He raised his head, looking up, as well. ‘’Well, what are we waitin’ for girls? Let’s go get Fluttershy!’’ Applejack said. She turned, and galloped towards the stairs, ascending up along it.

Applejack galloped up the stairs, followed by Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity. Even though, Rainbow flew up after them.

He was about to turn around, and trot up after them, when he caught glimpse of something, concerning the Dalek. Looking back towards the Dalek, he noticed that there was something about it…that felt a little off. He turned back, trotting a little closer towards it.

Twilight trotted into the attic. Trotting by various boxes, and old furniture. Several of which were covered up by some form of cloth. Using her magic, she levitated away cloth to look behind her. Applejack trotted to Fluttershy’s bedroom to check for her there. Rainbow went with her. Pinkie Pie, and Rarity went to see if she was hiding in the bathtub.

His eyes widened in fear. ‘’No.’’ He mouthed, softly. The Dalek casing was open. There was a wet trail on the floor, leading towards the stairs. It was faint, and only barely noticeable from where he was standing. ‘’Oh no. No! No!’’ He said.

Hearing soft motion in the corner of the room, Twilight turned towards it. Slowly, she trotted towards the source of the sound, maneuvering several barricades of boxes, and old furniture. She groaned, as she accidentally forced herself in-between them. Having to use her magic to move it away, or off of her.

Finally, she stood in the corner of the attic. Looking down towards a small, covered up form. Through the fabric, she could see a face of some sorts. She smiled. Turning her head to alert the others. ‘’Hey, you guys! I found something!’’ The others perked their ears up, and they looked back towards the door they had entered from.

His head shot up. Looking up towards the second floor with a worried glance. His eyes widened, as he knew he had to warn her, before it was too late. He galloped towards the stairs. Hurrying up along them.

Behind the covers that concealed whatever was hiding behind it, an eye opened. Looking out towards the figure that stood in front of it.

Twilight’s horn started to glow, as the aura wrapped itself around the blanket.

He continued to gallop through the cottage, towards the attic. Passing by the others in the process. As he galloped past them, they peeked their heads out. Looking, curiously towards him as they saw him head towards the attic at a quick speed.

‘’Hello?’’ She asked, as she started to pull the covers off.

Reaching the door, he galloped inside. Running around the room as he attempted to find Twilight. ‘’Twilight!? Twilight!? Twilight!?’’ He called out for her. She turned her head to look behind her, as she heard him calling her name – Just as she finally managed to pull the covers all the way off the creature behind it. Before she could react, a figure leaped up towards her.

He heard a loud ‘’Ah!’’ Bearing similarities to Twilight’s, and a loud THUD, not too far away. He turned, and galloped in the direction of where the sounds had come from. He pushed a large collection of boxes, and objects out of the way, and looked down in front of him. He found himself freezing in place. Unable to move.

Sitting on the floor, gently, holding her friend tightly, was Twilight with a light-yellow bodied, and pink maned Pegasus mare. Gently, running her hoof down through the Pegasus’s mane. Both of their eyes were closed, but it was obvious that the Pegasus was crying, or had been crying recently. ‘’Shhshhhh!’’ Twilight cooed, as held the mare, against her. ‘’Everything is going to be all right, Fluttershy-…’’ She said. ‘’Everything is going to be all right.

He was awestruck. THIS was Fluttershy…though, when he thought about it, she was the Element of Kindness, so it made sense that she would be a little bit like this.

‘’Twilight! Did you find anything!?’’ The three Ponies heard the familiar voices of the rest of the of Element Bearers call after them. Tuning back, he saw Applejack trot towards him. ‘’Everythin’ all right, sugarcube?’’ Applejack asked. A smile settled on his face. He stepped back, allowing her to gain better access to seeing her friend again. ‘’Never better.’’ He said, nodding his head towards Twilight, and Fluttershy in the corner. Applejack trotted up towards him, casting a confused glance towards him. He motioned towards Twilight and Fluttershy. She turned, and looked towards her friends.

She didn’t utter a word. She just became silent. But he could tell what she was thinking, as her face said all that could be said. She smiled widely, as a tear ran down her cheek. ‘’Fluttershy!’’ She shouted, leaping towards Twilight and Fluttershy.

After the rest of the Mane Six had been re-united with Fluttershy. They all headed downstairs, as they should leave as soon as possible. Fluttershy nodded. She had already told her animal friends to go and hide when they first arrived.

Pinkie Pie bounced down the steps. Heading out the destroyed door, and vanishing into the night. Twilight, Fluttershy, and the Medic went at the back of the group. Fluttershy, even though, she was surrounded by her friends, and the strange Medic, she still had her head kept low. Upon reaching the final step, they had finally returned back down to the first floor. The others stood waiting close to destroyed front door. As Twilight, the Medic, and Fluttershy trotted towards the front entrance, Fluttershy looked towards a small pile of debris that had collapsed down onto the floor. She whimpered, and tried to look away, glancing instead back towards her friends. They, however, drew notice of it. He thought about bringing it up, but decided not to. She had already been through a whole lot on this one night.

‘’What is it Fluttershy?’’ Twilight asked, approaching her friend. ‘’Is something wrong?’’ He asked, trotting towards her as well. Casting a stern expression towards her. She looked towards each of her friends. But averted her gaze, going from one to the next – Until she meet his eyes. He narrowed his eyes. Gazing back even more strictly, than he currently was. ‘’N-nothing! L-let’s just go!’’ She said. Averting her eyes away from him. He sighed, and trotted up towards her, putting a hoof on her chin. Her eyes opened, and she turned her head, looking back at him. ‘’Look, Fluttershy-…’’ He sighed, softly. ‘’I know that you’re hiding something, something that isn’t easy for you to talk about.’’ She shook her head, retracting her head. ‘’Please tell us, Flutters. If there is anything bothering you, you can tell us.’’ Rainbow Dash said, flying closer to her friend. But Fluttershy simply shook her head.

He turned his face away from the Element Bearers. Thinking, deep in thought. Finally, he took a deep soft breath in, and, gently, exhaled it back out, again. She stood up, ready to leave out into the night, when he turned his head, and looked back at them. ‘’Wait! Fluttershy.’’ He called after her. The Pegasus, stopped in place. She brought a hoof up her chin, and wiped a near tear had already run down along her fur. He stood up, and trotted towards her. Gently, she sat herself back down. Turning herself around, and facing him, while keeping her head lowered.

He moved his hoof to underneath her chin. Lifting it up, so he could look into her eyes. ‘’Please, Fluttershy. We have all done things that we don’t want to talk about. Even me – Let me at least help you avoid that. Keeping things secret from everypony else is something that you do not want. Things would eventually come to the surface…And how do you expect you would feel, then?’’ He asked, casting a sorrowful, blank expression towards her. She raised her head, looking up, and meeting his eyes. Their eyes were locked for a few seconds.

‘’I would feel terrible. Ashamed…And like the worst, considering….’’ She sobbed, gently, as another lone tear ran down her cheek. Dripping down, and hitting the floor. He nodded, gently. ‘’The pain can never go away. It never will…But what you can do, is learn to live with it, eventually, it will become something else.’’

Rarity levitated handkerchief over towards Fluttershy. She took it, and used it to wipe the last few drops of tears from her face.

‘’Okay.’’ She said, her voice still a little unclear from all that crying. ‘’I’ll tell you.’’ She said.

‘’It all started when the sun was beginning to set…

*Several hours earlier*

As the sun touched the horizon, and vanished down behind It. Fluttershy was sitting inside her cottage, on her couch. Most of her animals were down on the floor. Either playing, or enjoying their last few hours of being awake before the night begins, and they’ll have to retire for the evening. Fluttershy, herself, was sitting on the couch, enjoying a small howl of carrots, and some lettuce that she had prepared for herself as supper.

Suddenly, a loud, high-pitched voice screamed in from outside her cottage. Her head shot up. Looking towards the front door, confused. She had been yelled at before by many ponies, even by other creatures. But this was sounding much more like a REALLY angered pony that wanted to talk to her. ‘’Oh my goodness! Who can that be at this late hour?’’ She asked, as she stood up from the couch. She returned her hooves to the floor, and trotted towards the front door.

She reached for the doorknob. But suddenly, heard a loud, screaming voice say ‘’You will surrender to us! You will surrender to us!’’ She quickly retracted her hoof, and backed away from the door. It was apparent now, that whatever was outside the door was not friendly. She whimpered, as she backed up against the wall. Out through a small hole, several Mice hurried towards her. They were acting panicked. Flailing their arms around, as they tried to tell her something. She leaned down closer to the floor. ‘’I’m sorry, but I can understand what you’re trying to tell me. Can you say that again?’’ She asked. The Mice did their little movements, as well, as saying what they had just been trying to tell her just a few minutes ago.

She gasped. Returning her head to it’s original up-right position, again. ‘’You mean to tell me, that there are, talking trashcans outside!?’’ She asked, shocked. The Mice gave another chitter and chatter. She gasped once more. ‘’And they’re not friendly!’’ She exclaimed. ‘’Wait a minute, are you trying to tell me that they…attacked you?’’ She asked, rather sternly. She raised her head, looking back towards the door. ‘’Why those…’’ She was about to speak, but the Mice interrupted her building rage.

‘’What are you doing?’’ She asked, looking back down towards them, as they were trying to keep her from going outside. She stopped. The Mice gave another animalistic chatter. As they finished, her eyes widened, and there are…twenty…of…them?’’ She whimpered, as the terror of the creature’s sheer numbers were. She turned, and looked back down towards the rest of the animals. ‘’Well, in that case I guess we’ll have to leave.’’

Suddenly, a beam shot in through the door, destroying one of the hinges, and causing the door to lightly creek. She let out a loud squeal, and ducked down. The terrible voice, now, much louder than it had been at first, sounded from outside, amidst the exposed wildlife. ‘’Fluttershy! You will surrender to the Imperial Squadron of the ACE! Surrender! Surrender!’’ It shouted. Never before in her entire life had she heard such vicious, and hate filled words. ‘’If you do not surrender, we will force our entry!’’ The figure shouted. She gasped at the thought of these creatures trying to force their way into her cottage. The door was already badly damaged from the first attack, and she didn’t know if there was anything in her home that was big enough to keep these…Kaleds, out for long.

An idea popped into her mind. It wasn’t something she enjoyed. But she knew that it was the right thing to do. She turned, and looked down towards her animals.

‘’Y-you…You’ve got leave me.’’ She said, softly, towards them. They gasped, loudly, as they couldn’t believe what they were hearing. ‘’You have to leave me. If I stay behind, I think I can convince them long enough for you to get far enough away from here, or at the very least to Ponyville and warm somepony. But you can’t stay here.’’ The animals started protesting against her. She closed her eyes, taking in a soft breath. She sat herself down on her hooves. Her eyes opened, and she looked towards her little, furry, friends. ‘’I know that this is something you don’t want to do. You would rather stick by my side as this is happening…But I cannot think of escaping, myself, if something were to happen while you were here.’’ The animals lowered their heads, thinking about. They turned, exchanging looks.

Gliding up along the path towards the front door of their target’s cottage. The Dalek lowered it’s eyestalk. Looking down towards the crack in the door.

‘’Fluttershy! Your silence will be taken as a sign that you are resisting capture!’’ It shouted in, from outside the cottage. Fluttershy took in a deep breath, before trotting towards the door. She called out with as loud a voice as she could muster. ‘’Give me a few more minutes! I’m gathering a few of my belongings!’’ The Dalek outside rotated it’s dome towards another.

’’Report?’’ It said. The Dalek raised it’s eyestalk, looking back towards the other. ‘’Audio wave detected…But of a low register.’’ It replied.

*Five more minutes later*

Fluttershy sat on the couch. Holding herself, as she didn’t know what these creatures would do next. She couldn’t stay cooped up in here forever. The creatures would eventually tire of waiting, and-

‘’Fluttershy!’’ A familiar voice shouted towards her. She yelped, slightly, as she heard it. She gave a heavy sigh, and trotted towards the wall, lowering herself down, speaking from as low an angle as she possibly could. ‘’Um. Y-yes!’’ She called back.

‘’You are stalling!’’ A voice shouted, angrily. ‘’Your intentions of surrendering to us, is deceit. Pony deceit. Drones will now breech your home, and will take you by force!’’ It spoke. She yelped. Remembering her previous thoughts on these, wild, creatures possibly forcing their way into her cottage. She turned, and galloped up the stairs. Upon reaching the second floor, she laid herself down, and tried to do her best to stay out of sight.

‘’Wait! What is that!?’’ She suddenly, heard multiple voices similar to the first shout.

‘’Alert! Hostiles detected!’’ Some of them shouted. ‘’Maximum extermination!’’ Another spoke. ‘’Exterminate! Exterminate!’’ A whole barrage of voices shouted. Slowly, she stood back up. Confused, by what was going on outside.

‘’What in the-‘’ before she could hear get another word out, the sound of energy beams sounded in the air. She stood up. Looking down towards the first floor. Outside, she heard beams of energy, explosions, and pains of agony. She let out a soft yelp, as she ducked back down, again.

Amidst the chaos. One of the energy beams shot inside. Crashing through the glass, and hitting ceiling.

*Two hours later*

With time, the sound of the energy beams, the explosions, and the screams of either ‘’Exterminate’’, or agony, had slowly, come to a halt with time.

Shaking atop the stairs, she sat motionless in place. It was quiet. The only sounds that could be heard from the outside world, were crackling fires. She sighed. Standing back up. ‘’It’s over.’’ She said, softly, to herself.

Suddenly, the door was slammed to the side. The last hinge keeping it in place broke off, and it fell down on the ground. She screamed, loudly, as it did so. Jumping back up to her hooves. The figure that had forced it’s entry, moved into her cottage. Gliding along the floor, as it entered inside. It moved a little distance inside her home, before finally coming to a complete halt in the middle of the room. It’s dome rotated, looking down.

‘’Motor capability non-functioning!’’ It spoke. Fortunately for her, she was hidden behind the flights of stairs. The downside, though, was that she couldn’t see the creature from her position. Feeling a little bit braver, she mustered the courage to speak up.

‘’H-hello?’’ She said, softly. The Dalek raised it’s eyestalk, looking around the room for the source of the sound. It eventually traced it’s origin to the stairs. Stopping place, the eyestalk became transfixed on it. She stood up. But didn’t dare to look out any further.

‘’H-hello. My name is Fluttershy.’’ She said, softly. ‘’Can you repeat that!? My audio receptors didn’t pick it up!’’ The creature spoke. ‘’Oh – Well, my name is Fluttershy.’’ She said, again. This time, a little louder. ‘’Yes, I know! I have several files on you, and your friends!’’ The creature replied. She gasped, loudly. Putting a hoof to her mouth. ‘’M-my friends?’’ She said, returning to her normal, soft, voice. This time, there was no response from the creature. She was starting to get a little bit nervous.

Then, suddenly, she heard a soft hum, but it was more like it was powering down. There was the sound of machinery moving – Followed by a soft hiss. There was a soft clanking noise. ‘’Um…Hello?’’ She asked. Feeling even more nervous.

The sound of soft, squishy, flesh interrupted the eerie silence. Soft tapping against wood was the next sound to fill the air. She gulped. Lowering her head, and looking down. All of a sudden, up from underneath her. A shape flew up.

‘’Ah!’’ She screamed, backing her head away from it. The…shape, landed down on the railing. Fluttershy was left paralyzed by the strange form that moved in front of her. A small blob, with several tentacles that moved gently, and a single eye that looked towards her. It’s single eye narrowed itself, starring towards her angrily. She gulped. Yelping at the same time. It raised it’s tentacles, holding them out. ‘’You will return with me, for conversion, or I will exterminate you like all the rest!’’ The loud high-pitched voice spoke, though, there wasn’t a mouth visible on it’s body.

‘’M-my friends?’’ She said, softly. Lowering her head. ‘’Correct! You will be re-united, but for that-‘’ Once again, she interrupted it. ‘’Y-you mean…Y-you’ve got my friends?’’ She asked, frightened. Bringing her hooves to her mouth. ‘’Affirmative! But you will-‘’

‘’NOPONY HURTS MY FRIENDS!’’ Fluttershy suddenly, screamed towards the figure. It’s eye widened, and a certain shock settled on it. ‘’NOPONY! HURTS! MY! FRIENDS!!!’’ She screamed, delivering a powerful punch to the creature, sending it flying through the air. With a violent, and powerful crash, it hit the ceiling. Pieces of debris fell down on the ground, followed shortly, by the creature itself. It’s eye, weakly, opened. It looked up. Only to hear the cracking of the wooden planks.

Hearing a loud crash, Fluttershy was snapped out of her anger-inducing rage. She shook her head, looking confused around the room. ‘’Whoa! What!?’’ She said. She looked down, seeing a large pile of debris. ‘’Oh my!’’ She exclaimed, putting a hoof to her mouth. She trotted down the stairs to inspect the damage.

‘’Rggghhhhnn.’’ She heard a voice interrupt the silence, just as she was about to move back to retrieve the carrots she had been eating for supper. She stopped. Turning her head to the left, she saw the Dalek thing. It wasn’t moving, but the strange lightbulbs atop it’s head, were faintly glowing. She turned, and looked behind her towards the pile of rubble. She gasped, putting a hoof to her mouth. ‘’Oh my…’’ She said.

Free, but still crushed under a considerable amount of debris, she saw the creature that had attempted to abduct her. It’s eye was still open, and it’s tentacles, gently, moving. But only barely. It’s eye, weakly, looked up towards her, as she stepped towards it. Looking down, at the beaten, and battered creature, she couldn’t help but feel a little inch of compassion towards it. Seeing it in this state, even though it had tried to do the things it had, she could tell it was obviously not going to make it. It’s eye was closing, but it still attempted to live on.

Upon hearing the thing it had used to get here, she was shocked by it’s words. ‘’Me…Kill!’’ It said, it’s voice sounding a little distorted, as it was no longer functioning correctly. She turned back, looking down. ‘’No! No, I couldn’t possibly do such a thing!’’ She protested. Hoping that it was only talking about killing her. She couldn’t bear to do such a thing to this…this Dalek. It might be her imagination playing with her. But she swore that she could see a face…In fact, the entire shape of the creature’s form resembled, a little bit, that of…

‘’No! It can’t be!’’ She exclaimed. Not bearing to think of it. She shook her head.

But upon looking back down, again, she saw that it’s eye was looking up towards her. Her eye looked away from it’s form, and instead at the debris. The pile of rubble was no longer covering it, well, at least in such a way that it was trapped. Upon realizing this fact, she looked down, starring blankly towards it.

She brought a hoof up to her cheek, wiping the tears away from her face. She looked around her home, but returned empty-hooved. ‘’I-I-…I couldn’t find anything to use.’’ She said. The creature looked it’s eye up towards a large shovel that rested on top of the pile. She gulped. Reaching for the shovel. She grabbed, and picked it up.

She stood over the creature. Watching as it’s eye looked up towards her a few times. She was still sobbing, as she lifted up the shovel. Her. ‘’I-I-I-…I’m so-o-…so-rry!’’ She cried. With a quick swing of her hooves, she thrust the shovel back down.

‘’I-it was awful, what I d-did!’’ Fluttershy sobbed, wiping several tears from her face. He lowered his head, looking down. He turned, looking towards the pile of rubble. He trotted up towards it. Looking down, he could see red blood running down along, and beginning to stain the floor. ‘’I-I-I don’t know if I c-c-can ever forgive myself for what I d-did!’’ He could hear Fluttershy crying in Twilight’s embrace. ‘’Shssshhhh!’’ Twilight cooed. Putting her hoof behind Fluttershy’s head. ‘’It’s going to be all right.’’ He turned back, casting another glance towards it.

He looked up, bearing a stern glance. He turned, and trotted out of the cottage. His eyes looked down towards the small battlefield of dead Daleks.

‘’Twilight…’’ He called inside the cottage. Everyone looked up, turning their attention to him. He turned his head, and looked towards them. ‘’Can you use your magic to levitate those Daleks together into a pile?’’ He asked. ‘’Yes. I can, but why?’’ Twilight replied. His eye looked down towards Fluttershy, who was still sobbing, somewhat. Her eyes looked back into his.

His eyes looked back up towards Twilight. Twilight noticed that he had been looking down towards Fluttershy. She looked down towards her. Then back up at him again. She nodded her head.

Looking out, they felt the warm glow of the fire touch their faces. The night was completely upon, shrouding everything else in darkness – Except for Fluttershy’s cottage. Sitting together, the six friends, and the Medic looked out. The fire crackled softly.

Twilight sat beside Fluttershy, still holding her, softly, as they watched the fire burn, together. He sat beside Fluttershy. Although, his face was looking towards the fire, his eyes were looking down towards Fluttershy. She was still, sobbing, a little, somewhat. But it was not nearly as noticeable as when she had told them about…Well, that.

He took pity on the poor Pegasus. She would never forget what she had done, one cannot easily forget an act such as that. The best thing for her now, would be that maybe she could move on. Ease the pain, and learn to live it…As he had.

Amidst the black, night sky. The fires continued, illuminating it. The group continued to sit there, mostly at the request of Fluttershy. Who bear to leave…Not yet. So they stayed. Watching the fires.

Fluttershy turned, looking to the right. Sobbing, softly, as her eyes fell upon a singular, lone fire that went on by itself. She put her head down, feeling Twilight, softly, run her hoof through her mane.