Chapter 2: The Message
7th July 1002 C.E., 12:30 p.m., Golden Oak Library, Ponyville.
“ドラゴン！ドラゴンは私たちを攻撃している！” / ”Doragon! Doragon wa watashitachi o kōgeki shite iru! ” / ”A dragon! The Dragon is attacking us!”
Derpy woke up to the sound of a tv. She slowly raised her body and moved her head. Noticing the books on the shelves she realised she was in Twilight’s Library. She got up and went to the source of the noise: a baby dragon watching old movies.
“Ummm… Spike?”
“Yes?” He asked until he noticed who he was talking to. “Derpy, are you alright? You have been slept like three hours.”
“I’m fine. I don’t know what happened. Where’s Twilight?”
“She is attending the Library. Do you want to watch a movie?”
“I thought you must keep silence on a library.” Derpy smiled.
“Brand new. Check out our new video library. A gift from someone. There are documentaries, comedies, tragedies, kaijus… Right now I’m trying to see if some of these movies star dragons, and how they are perceived by the ponies, how they changed pony history among them.”
“Cool, what have you found?”
“Well…” Spike’s smile faded away, “we are good in destroying cities.”
Derpy smiled and left Spike alone, watching his movies. When she opened the door, she found Twilight coming for her.
“Derpy?”
“Hi Twilight.”
“Derpy, are you alright?”
“Yes, I’m fine. I think I just needed a rest, I guess.” Derpy said.
“Tell me, what happened?”
“Where do I start?”
7th July 1002 C.E., 3:30 p.m., Golden Oak Library, Ponyville.
Derpy had told Twilight about her adventures with the Doctor. She told her about the TARDIS, EMMA, the changelings, the cybermen and the daleks. She skipped some details about her story, like the story of Honeydew Wisp, the details about the griffon-pony war, the fact that Twilight will become a princess, and specially the fate of Celestia and Luna. She didn’t want her to worry about the princess. Twilight was asking her some questions about her journeys, specifically how the TARDIS, the blue box she saw disappearing, works.
“Tell me, did you find me in the future?” Twilight asked.
“Yes, you’re… looking good.” Derpy shyly answered.
“Looking how? I was a scientist? A world famous writer? Or a… a great wizard?”
“Twi…”
“Or I still was a librarian?”
“Twilight, I’m not too sure if I should tell you about your future. I don’t even know my future… Hey! It’s true, I need your help!”
“What?”
“Yes, the Doctor, he is in danger! We need to save him!”
“Calm down, where is he?”
“I don’t know, the statue touched him and he disappeared… what do I do now?”
Before Twilight could answer, Spike interrupted them.
“Twilight! There’s something strange with the movie!”
“I’m sorry Spike, I’m busy right now.”
“But Twilight, the movie-”
“Yes, I know there’s no dragons movie where dragons are good ones, but this is serious.”
“But Twilight!”
“No! Spike, I’m trying to help Derpy and the Doctor!”
“The Doctor is in the movie!”
“What?” Derpy shouted and ran to the direction of the movies, followed by Spike and Twilight.
“That doesn’t make any sense, Spike.” Twilight said.
“But it’s true, look!” Spike pushed the play button and the movie played back.
“あり、その龍を止めることができる唯一の一つです、それはね...” / “ Ari, sono ryū o tomeru koto ga dekiru yuiitsu no hitotsudesu, soreha ne…” / “There's only one thing that can stop that dragon, and it's…” /
“Me.” The pony in the screen wasn’t Yonaguni, the hero of the movie. Like Spike said, it was the Doctor, but he wasn’t in the destroyed city of Umano Toshi. He was in front of an old stone wall. He was wearing a couple of glasses and seemed to read something.
“Doctor!” Derpy shouted.
“Spike, write down everything. Hi Derpy, hi Twilight.”
“How can he know that we are here? And why is he talking like if he can hear us? ” Twilight asked.
“Because I can hear you.”
“Ok, don’t do that.”
“Do what?”
“Do that! It’s creepy!”
“I’m sorry. But I need your help.”
“How… what happened to you?” Derpy asked.
“Apparently, some of my enemies in my universe had crossed to this universe. That includes the weeping angels. That’s the reason I’m stuck in the past.”
“We’re stuck!” A pink pony mare with a fluffy hair appeared on screen. “The past sucks, there’s no balloons or parties, and the worst part is-”
“Pinkie!”
“Sorry, Doctor.” Pinkie said to the doctor while she was leaving the scene.
“Wow, wow, what? What is Pinkie Pie doing on that video?”
“Maybe it’s one of that pinkie stuff she does?” Spike suggested.
“No, it’s not! I’m trying to do a souffle!” Pinkie Pie shouted from her workplace. “And it got ruined again! Thank you Spike!”
“Sorry!” Spike said to Pinkie. “What is Pinkie doing in the video?”
“That’s a long story. You’ll figure out when you Twilight send me back my time machine.”
“The blue box?”
“Yes, but you must be really careful. The Weeping Angels must be there.”
“Why they would want the TARDIS, Doctor?” Derpy asked.
“They feed on time energy. All living creatures have time energy, you, me, Twilight. Even the TARDIS.”
“But, the TARDIS is just a box, “ Twilight said, “it can’t be a living creature.”
“Don’t insult the TARDIS! she is a perfect example of a living machine. And she’s the greatest source of time energy. If the angels put one of their hands, I mean, hooves on that, the power they’ll have will be so big that they could be capable to turn off the sun.”
“Ok, so we got to send you the TARDIS back to you so you can be back to the present and to stop the angels?”
“Kinda. Mostly the second part, Derpy. I’m nothing without the TARDIS.”
“Well, that doesn’t explain why one of my best friends is in the past with you.”
“I can’t tell you that. Sorry, spoilers.”
“Tell me.”
“I can’t. But I can tell you something: as soon as you spot a weeping angel you must keep looking at it. No matter what happened, no matter what you hear, don’t keep away your look on it. Don’t turn your back, don’t look away, don’t blink. While you are watching them, they are freezed as stone. Is a fact of their biology, as soon as something is watching them they can’t move. But when you stop looking at them, oh yes they can. They are known to be one of the most, if not the most dangerous creatures in the universe.”
“But-”
“No but’s. Our lives depend on you. Send me back the TARDIS, and everything will be alright.”
“What, Twilight is doubting?” Another voice came out of the movie, this one came from a cyan pegasus. “Come on, Twily, you can do it!”
“Yes, you can sugarcube!” Another voice, this one from an orange earth pony.
“We trust you!” This one from a white unicorn.
“Go, go, Twilight! Go go Twilight”. Pinkie Pie shouted with a yellow pegasus close to her.
“Your friends really trust you Twilight. Remember: Don’t turn your back, don’t look away and DON’T BLINK! Good luck.”
The scene got paused, showing the Doctor surrounded with Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.
“No, no, no, Doctor, don’t do this!” Twilight screamed while she was watching the scene on the movie gaining static, and showing the rest of the movie.
“のは、将来的にこのようなより多くの攻撃がないことを願ってみましょう。” / “No wa, shōrai-teki ni kono yō na yori ōku no kōgeki ga nai koto o negatte mimashou.” / “Let's hope there won't be more attacks like this in the future.”
“No, NO!” Twilight screamed. “We have to find the others, Spike.”