Doctor Time Turner Whooves or Doctor Whooves or just the Doctor was humming a jovial tune as he laid on his back half way buried inside the base of the main control console of his TARDIS adjusting various settings with his sonic screwdriver and various other high precision tools.
The day had been rather pleasantly quiet, aside from Ditzy waking up that morning in a panic as she realized that she had slept in a whole five minutes past her usual wake up time of five am sharp. As usual when in a work related panic Ditzy left the house in complete and total chaotic disarray that would have made Discord proud: Water all over the bathroom floor, a trail of wet towels to the kitchen, muffin crumbs on the kitchen floor and counter, another wet towel hanging off the ceiling fan, and the door wide open, but thankfully still on the hinges.
And so the Doctor, the repeated savior of the multiverse, adviser to the Princesses in times of crisis, last of the Time Lords, the stallion in charge of all things Timey Wimey, and wanted in five star systems, accepted his fate of being left to play housemaid and clean up after his doting assistant with a sigh.
"It's a wonder Ditzy even gets through her day with so little sleep", the Doctor grumbled as he adjusted the magnetic field stabilizer with a series of hard taps with his hoof until the functionality indicator light turned from a caution indicating yellow to a proper functioning blue, "There we go. Now I just need to calibrate the control dial on the console."
Doctor Whooves hummed as he crawled out from underneath the console then reached into his tool bag fetching out his pulse wrench then proceeded to very carefully set the wrench against the magnetic field stabilizer's control dial. The Doctor slowly, carefully, and delicately started adjusting the sensitivity of the control dial when...
"DOCTOR!? ARE YOU IN HERE!?", Ditzy hollered at near Royal Canterlot Voice levels as she pushed her head inside the TARDIS' door.
"EEP!", the Doctor yelped in a less than dignified manner as Ditzy startled him into snapping the control dial off as he jumped then landed on his back with a painful thud.
"Oh there you are Doctor", Ditzy smiled trotting up to the Doctor as he rubbed his ears grimacing a bit, "What are you doing on the floor?"
The Doctor opened his eyes with a sigh as Ditzy stood over him eyeing him with a confused, but concerned cross eyed look.
"Just trying to adjust a few things before we take another trip", the Doctor said before he sat up, groaning as he spotted the broken control dial dangling by a wire, "And seeing what I need to repair."
"Oh okay", Ditzy smiled as she flapped over and sat down in her favorite chair, which is also the only chair with a swivel and rolling wheels in the TARDIS, "Will it take you along time to fix Doctor?"
"Well it is delicate and very precise work so it may take me till the end of the day", the Doctor explained as he attempted to splice the wires of the control dial back together; a tricky endeavor even with his recent mastery of the hoof grip, "Why? Was there somewhere in particular you wanted to visit?"
"Well you remember Tumberville, right Doctor?", Ditzy asked as she got up and trotted to sit by the Doctor and pulled her saddlebags off setting them down in front of herself.
"Tumberville?", the Doctor asked as he tapped the control dial back into place with his wrench, "Oh yes, the multiverse convergence point for this galaxy on the eastern side of Equestria. What about it Ditzy?"
"I was wondering if you could help me deliver these letters", Ditzy asked as she fished out the three pink envelopes for the Doctor to examine, "Since I kinda broke the Tumberville mail portal box thingy last week", Ditzy said bashfully as the Doctor looked over the envelope's addresses, "I thought it would be faster with the TARDIS than waiting for the Friendship Express to arrive tomorrow."
"Well I don't see why not. Plus it will be fun to visit Tumberville again", the Doctor smiled as he hoofed the letters back to Ditzy then trotted over to the control console flipping several switches and setting a few dials, "I doubt the magnetic stabilizer control dial will cause any serious problems for such a short trip."
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"Me and my big mouth!", the Doctor shouted as he frantically pulled levers and knobs trying to stabilize the TARDIS' flight path as it veered left and right violently.
"It's not much worse than usual", Ditzy remarked casually as she sat in her favorite chair; it's wheels squeaking a bit as it rolled across the floor while she idly ate a chocolate chip muffin.
"Not the point!", the Doctor shouted as tried to recalibrate the stabilizer control dial with his screwdriver in one hoof the other gripping the console desperately.
The TARDIS gave a low rumble shaking the inside of the ship and bumping Ditzy out of her chair before it finally ceased shaking like a can in a high speed tumble dryer.
"And here we are", Doctor sighed in relief as he sat on his haunches setting his sonic screwdriver on the console, "Decent lading all things considered."
Ditzy nodded as she slipped her saddlebags on, "Seems to me like it gets more tumbly when you try to repair something", Ditzy observed as she and the Doctor trotted casually to the TARDIS' doors.
"Not every time", the Doctor grumbled as he opened the TARDIS' door revealing an alleyway leading to Tumblerville's market square.
The alley however was blocked by a light tan pegasus stallion with neon pink eyes and matching striped mane and tail who stared at the Doctor and Ditzy as they stood in the TARDIS' doorway with a wide shocked, if twitchy, eyes.
The Doctor and Ditzy shared a glance before the Doctor ventured, "I um can expl.."
"ALIENS!", the stallion screamed wings flaring out in fear.
"What?", the Doctor sputtered.
"Aliens that look like ponies!!", the stallion screamed as he spun around on his hooves before running away screaming hysterically, "No! No probes!! No, I refuse to have more tracking implants!", as he bolted clumsily down the alleyway.
Doctor Whooves stood completely dumbfounded at the scene reflexively saying, "What?"
"Um I'm pretty sure that was Crackpot", Ditzy explained as she trotted up to the Doctor, "He's um a bit off", Ditzy explained as she twirled a hoof at the side of her head.
"I see", The Doctor stated still a bit confused.
"Yeah he's kinda weird."
"Sooo who is first on the delivery list?", the Doctor inquired trying to change to a more stable topic.
"Hmm looks like our first stop is at Pinkie "Solution" Pie's address", Ditzy answered as she read over the first envelope.
"Right, lead the way my dear Ditzy", the Doctor said with a slight flourish earning a giggle from Ditzy.
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"Dreamy have you seem my book titled Family and Related Problems for Eggheads?", inquired a pink earth pony wearing glasses with a poofy cotton candy mane and tail and a cutie mark of a trio of balloons.
"You mean this one Pinkie?", replied a light grey blank flank filly with messy blonde mane and slightly skewed eyes as she held up a blue book of the searched for title.
"Ah that's the one", Pinkie "Solution" Pie beamed as she took the book from her helpful assistant, "Thanks Dreamy."
"Ma'am! You are welcome, Ma'am!", Dreamy replied sharply as she gave her 'boss" a mock salute before they both gave into the giggles.
"So whatcha need that book for Pinkie?", Dreamy asked before sipping on her milk box.
"Well I've been getting the Pinkie Sense combo of: itchy left front hoof, wiggly right ear, and tingly spine", Solution Pie answered as she adjusted her glasses then flipped through the book looking for a specific chapter, "Last time I had that Combo there was an unscheduled Pie Family Reunion, so I figured I'd better brush up on my family interaction skills."
"Do you not like your family, Pinkie?", Dreamy asked tilting her head as her ear twitched.
"What? Oh no, no, no, thats not it."
"Are you embarrassed of them?"
"No, of course not Dreamy", Pinkie tried to explain as she trotted to the kitchen.
"Do they annoy you?", Dreamy asked as she followed Pinkie through the house.
Pinkie Solution Pie paused for a moment then motioned for Dreamy to sit with her at the kitchen table. "Well it's um not my family per se", Solution Pie explained as she sat and nervously adjusted her glasses, "It's my cousins. You remember Surprise and Hot Blooded Pinkie right?"
Dreamy nods as she sips on her milk box.
"And how they followed us all last summer during our vacation?"
Dreamy nodded then her ears perked up with realization, "Oh I get it Pinkie. Your cousins are fun and crazy, but after awhile over um overexposure can lead to um being burned out and exhausted."
Solution Pie raised an eyebrow smiling, "I see somefilly has been working on their vocabulary."
"Maybe", Dreamy giggled.
"Anyways. Yes, Dreamy I love my cousins, but they can drive me totally crazy sometimes", Solution Pie said as she twirled her eyes for emphasis.
"So does that mean your Combo is saying they might come visit us again since the summer has started?"
"Honestly I'm not sure. Last I heard Surprise got a job at a joke shop so that'll eat up a lot of her time", Solution Pie explained as got up and poured herself a tall glass of chocolate milk, "And HB sent that letter about spending the summer 'conquering mars'. Whatever that means."
Dreamy nodded half listening as she watched Solution Pie's glass of chocolate milk intently.
"Dreamy, you already had a glass of chocolate milk", Solution Pie said holding the glass off the table.
"But it's chocolate", Dreamy pouted.
Solution Pie held her ground against the onslaught of adorable, "Dreamy you know you're only allowed one glass of chocolate..."
Pinkie Solution Pie and Dreamy's attention was called to the door as somepony knocked three times.
"I'll get it!", Dreamy chirped as she darted out of the kitchen.
Solution Pie just sighed then down her chocolate milk, "Mmm liquid happy."
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Dreamy trotted to the door and opened it cheerily saying, "Welcome to Pinkie Pie Solution Serv...",
Dreamy's eyes widened as she recognized the mare that was standing at the front door with a lopsided smile, messy blonde mane, crossed eyes, and an envelope in her hoof.
"AUNTIE DITZY!!", Dreamy squealed as she tackle hugged Ditzy knocking her off her hooves.
The scene left the Doctor with only the ability to very eloquently blurt out, "What?"