//------------------------------// // Time Jump // Story: Dr Whoove's Beginning // by FelixTheBrony //------------------------------// Time Jump “Well...” Rainbow started as she and the other four ponies stood in front of the dark house which dark clouds seem to hang around and overgrown greenery seems to be invading the garden and the walls of the building. “...That's not creepy at all.” “What are you talking about?! I think it's super duper creepy, like five times creepier than the creepiest thing I can think of!” Pinkie replied, looking at Rainbow, eyes wide. “I know! I was being sarcastic!” The Pegasus clarified, face hoofing herself. “Seriously, you've got to stop taking everything so seriously!” Pinkie puffed her cheeks up slightly, a little hurt by that comment. “At least I don't think Fluttershy's a tree!” “Why would you think your friend's a tree?” The Doctor asked, much to Rainbow's annoyance. “I don't! I was being sarcastic that time as well!” She then started walking forward, turning to effectively ignore them. “C'mon, let's find Mac, beat the bad guys and save the day!” “She sure is optimistic. We are three elements down.” Twilight muttered to herself, walking to follow her friend, Pinkie, Ditzy and the Doctor following after. The Doctor took out his sonic screwdriver as they reached the door, and illuminated the door knob with the green light. “Okay, this should just take a second...” Just as he said that, Ditzy just pushed the door and it creaked open. The Doctor smiled sheepishly to Ditzy's look. “Do you ever just try to open it first?” “Not as often as I should apparently.” The Doctor answered, putting his device away, the group entering the house as he did so. Inside of the house was just as they expected from the outside. It was dark, cobwebs lay around the place. A chandelier hung from the ceiling and the red carpets were tattered and worn. “Jeez, are we lucky we didn't bring Rarity. She'd have a heart attack in here!” “True, and with a little TLC, this place would actually be quite nice.” Twilight agreed, dragging her hoof along the wall, gathering a bunch of dust in it's wake. “Um...I think the statue might be a bit of a put off...” The Doctor said, pointing to the Weeping Pegasus smiling eerily towards them. “Wow, that's creepy...But why hasn't it attacked?” Ditzy asked, getting closer. “Ditzy don't!” The Doctor warned, but Ditzy just continued forward, flying a bit before she was right in front of it. “Don't worry, Rarity was sure this'll work!” She replied, retrieving a mirror and small piece of string from her saddle bag. The group were going to question her before she placed the mirror over one of the Pegasus's eyes and tied the mirror to it. “There...You said that if it's looked at, the Pegasus stays as stone. But Rarity figured that applied to itself as well...” “So now that it's looking at itself, it can't escape it's quantum lock! Brilliant!” The Doctor exclaimed, smirking at the stuck alien. “Loopholes suck, huh?” “Not for us!” Rainbow cheered, before pointing to a door on the top of the stairs. “Now we have a giant red pony to find, let's go!” “Yeah, we need to make sure he's okay! I really hope he is...” Pinkie agreed, sort of trailing off at the end, which didn't get past the cyan Pegasus who was looking for a little pay back from earlier. “Mac and Pinkie, sitting in a tree~! K-I-S-S-I-N-G~!” Pinkie's cheeks turned a hint darker as the others looked at her, confused. “Rainbow! Stop that!” Pinkie all but hissed in embarrassment, something very out of character for her to do as she chased after Rainbow Dash. The others shrugged and followed after, leaving a very frustrated stone Pegasus, unable to stop smiling in it's sour mood. “Why's mah sis got her eyes closed?” Applebloom asked, tilting her head to the side. “Oh...Uh, We were playing truth or dare and Rainbow dared her to keep her eyes closed until dawn!” Rarity made up on the spot, smiling sheepishly to the youngest Apple sibling, who narrowed her eyes at her. “So where are Twilight, Pinkie and Rainbow?” Spike asked, equally as suspicious with his best friend missing. The other three were blissfully unaware and were drawing on the back of some of Rarity's failed clothe designs. “Um...I dared them to go to get doughnuts...” She suggested, causing Applebloom to raise an eyebrow. “Bu' they could git those at Sugarcube Corner, an' that's a small walk! Five minutes at most!” Applebloom argued, pointing at the visible confectionery store through the window. “Um...Doughnuts from Canterlot?” Fluttershy suggested, causing the two to smile. “Oh okay. Why didn't you say so?” Spike said before he and the yellow filly went to join the others. The two adults sighed in relief. “Wow. Spike's been so much more curious since he started to spend time with Applebloom.” Rarity muttered to herself, not as quietly as she thought though. “Um...Her and the other crusaders right?” Fluttershy asked, to which Rarity shook her head. “He spends more time with Applebloom than he does Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, dear.” She clarified, before turning to Applejack. “And why didn't you decide to help, darling?” In response to her question, she received a slight snore and a bit of shuffling from the orange pony. The five ponies wandered the halls for the best part of an hour, The Doctor scanning things time and again. But soon they came to a hall way unlike the ones they had seen before... ...this one had at least ten doors on each side. “Ooh! Doors!” Pinkie exclaimed, rushing to open the first one. “Pinkie no!” Twilight argued, holding her in place with a bit of magic. “We don't know what's behind these doors yet!” “Absolutely incredible!” The Doctor said, excitedly, scanning Pinkie who was glowing slightly purple as she was stuck. “I heard back in my dimension that Unicorns were supposed to be magical, but this far outweighed my expectations!” “Yeah, yeah. Magic's great and all, now can we open the door?” Rainbow's comment was unheard as The Doctor now started to ask Twilight questions about the magic essence of ponies. “Oh I must know everything about this! This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen and as a 1214 year old time travelling alien, I've seen a lot of things!” Twilight blushed a bit, not used to somepony being this interested in knowing the theory behind Unicorn magic. “Um...Once we get Big Mac and get back to the library I'll see what books I can gather up.” Twilight explained before she noticed something. “Ah horse-apples, Pinkie escaped again!” She moaned, noticing that she was now holding a note saying 'sorry, opening doors -Pinkie' in her magical grip. Pinkie bounced along to a door a little further down the row, noticing the other four were distracted, smiling excitedly as she scanned them. “Which one to pick, which one to pick. This one, no that one. Don't worry, I'll open you after this one, or that one!” She rambled to herself before she saw something. It was a door like the others, but on the door there was a small plaque that read 'Time room. Occupied.' “Is this a bathroom?...Nah, I'm not sure if Weepers need to go.” She thought to herself, before opening the door to the room and wandering in. Inside the room was a beautiful, old fashion styled bedroom, with wooden four post bed, each post's top was adorned with the image of a phoenix, there was a desk with somepony's writing paper on it, the carpet was a deep red, the curtains were drawn shut and it led to a small bathroom that looked just as immaculate as the bedroom itself. But that's not what drew her attention. It was the big red pony with a long beard that matched his blonde mane, which was slightly grown out as was his tail. “He may look a bit different...” Pinkie thought to herself. “But I could recognise Big Macintosh in my sleep...Not that I've dreamed of him or anything!” Se quickly explained to herself as she wrapped her forelegs around the surprised Earth pony. “Found you!” “P-Pinkie Pie...Is that r-really y'all...” He asked, still shell shocked. She pulled back and smiled, obliviously. “You betcha! But why do you sound so surprised?” She asked afterwards. “Ah...Ah guess ah expected ta see y'all a little different like...Ah mean tha last time Ah saw ya was like five years ago...” “FIVE YEARS!! YOU'VE BEEN GONE TWO HOURS!!” She exclaimed, loudly. Unfortunately right into the stallion's ear, who then recoiled a bit. “Eeyup...” He replied, ears drooping partly from the pain and partly from sadness. “...But what do y'all mean two hours, Imma sure it's been a few years...if'n tha clock an' beard are righ'.” She glanced up at the clock on the wall above the desk, reading ten pm. “B-but...It was eight o'clock five minutes ago!” She glanced back at the open door. “C'mon Mackie, let's leave.” “Ya got tha door open? Ah sure weren't able ta...” He replied as the two exited the room. “Pinkie! There you are!” Rainbow yelled, tackling the pink mare to the ground in a relieved hug. “We were so worried about you! You've been gone for two hours!” Pinkie and Mac glanced at each other, confused. “But I was sure I was only in there for a few seconds...” As she mentioned this, Rainbow finally noticed the big red stallion beside her. “Um...Who's the hobo?” “Who are y'all callin' a hobo, Dash?!” Mac shouted, a bit angry and resentful. The cyan mare stepped back a bit. At the sound of his voice, Ditzy, Twilight and The Doctor all came back round the corner. “Whoa...Um...Mac, buddy...You grew a beard...” “Yeah! Hair tends ta grow! Especially after five years wit' no razor!” The other four recoiled in shock. “Five years! You've been gone four hours!” Twilight exclaimed, pointing to the conveniently placed clock calendar at the end of the hallway. “That's almost my reaction!” Pinkie explained, then a look of realisation hit her. “Wait a minute...Mac's five years older...YAY FIVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES!!” She exclaimed, producing a party hat from her mane and plopping it on top of Mac's long grown mane. “Um...Yeah...Happy birthday times five Big Mac!” Ditzy cheered, bouncing around as well. The Doctor smiled a bit, but was looking at the room to the side, scanning it with the sonic. “This room is absolutely fascinating...” He muttered to himself, glancing around the inside. The clock on the wall seemed to go crazy. At one point it was spinning crazily, skipping ahead weeks on end, other times it just sits still. “It's a time anomaly!” The Doctor exclaimed, causing the five to look at him oddly. “Otherwise known as a time disruption field, it means that time is unpredictable in there! It always moves forward through your life, but could do so at any speed!” “So what felt like two hours for us felt like five years to Macintosh?” Twilight guessed, causing Pinkie to look at her oddly. “Yeah! But I was in there for, like, a minute and it felt like two more hours to you!” “As I said, Pinkie, time in there is unpredictable! It must have slowed time down once you entered. But where did it come from?” The Doctor wondered, touching the frame with his hoof. “I don't think the Weepers could build this...” “We did not...” They heard a new voice say from behind them, causing them to turn to see a familiar looking statue about two inches away from Ditzy, who scrambled back in fear. “I thought we got all of them?”Rainbow asked, backing away from the statue, only to hear a smash and turn in time to see another Weeper behind them. “There are five of us, you hindered three...” The second explained in a strangely alluring female voice. "And we freed the others..." Suddenly three of the doors burst open and out came three more Weepers who froze once they were given the group's attention. “If you didn't make it, what did?” “We don't know...We only feed from it...” A sneering noble voice said to them. “We have an endless food source from this...We no longer expend energy from sending ponies to the past...” Another, powerful voice explained, the smirk on the statue's face showing it's smugness. “We usually choose ponies we know can handle the time shifts. But we assumed this one would...Since his parents did...” The colour drained from Mac's face when he heard that. “W-what do y'all mean by that?!” “Two ponies were out at night, late, our hunting time...” The hissing one answered. “...They said something about finishing their travelling and returning home early to surprise their children...” “And we sent them to this room...And they fed us...” The sneering Pegasus finished to the stunned stallion. “Ya...ya killed 'em...” “We were going to get the two mares too, but with one being a national hero, it would be too risky.” “Well we know about your big bad plan now!” Ditzy replied. “You'll be revealed anyway and the princesses will stop you!” “She will not get the...What are you doing?!” The noble one cried out and it felt a massive kick to his back as he was fired into the room by a powerful kick from the angry red workhorse. “It's called payback!” The Doctor looked into the room to see the Weeper in their and saw it weather a little once the clock went haywire. “That's it! Get them in the room!” The Doctor cried, getting behind the same one as Mac to push the second into the room. “Stop!! No!!” The female one scream as it was kicked into the room, facing the noble one as they got caught looking at each other. Two more were kicked and/or throw in, with a little magical assistance from Twilight, until the hissing one was all that remained. “Please...Mercy...” Mac snorted, rearing up to kick. “Why should Ah? Ah doubt y'all woulda showed it!” The workhorse answered, smashing his hooves into the side of it and it was thrown into the room. As soon as that was done, Pinkie shut the door. “I'm guessing the door is unopenable room the inside if Mac wasn't able to get out on his own.” “Brilliant!” The Doctor exclaimed, before pausing. “Though it usually takes me a lot longer to defeat an enemy that tough...” “You complaining?” Ditzy asked, tilting her head at him. He grinned back. “Not at all! Now it's time to get out of here, this place is starting to get to me!” He exclaimed, facing the side that leads to outside, confident that the time anomaly will force the Weepers to such an age that would turn them to dust. “Allons-y!!”