Background Ponies to the Rescue

by dtlux1

Chapter 2 - It All Begins Here

AN: I am posting this on Derpy Day, Happy Derpy day, every March First you eat a muffin, write an actual letter, and take a picture of yourself cross eyed in honor of our favorite mail mare, Derpy Hooves.

"Hey! Derpy!" the Doctor shouted, "I have something to tell you!"

"Oh." said Derpy, "Is it about muffins? I'm hungry."

"No," said the Doctor, "But if you are hungry, I think I may have an English Muffin with butter. Do you want it?"

"Doctor!" she screamed, "You know I hate en English Muffins!"

"I don't know why, they taste pretty good with butter."

"Doctor! I told you this already! They taste like cardboard!"

"THEY DO NOT!"' he screamed loudly, "They happen to be perfect for breakfast."

"I would prefer a nice blueberry muffin."

"But Derpy..." the doctor was about to say something when he got cut off.

"My name is Ditzy! Not Derpy! Ditzy! How many times do I have to tell you that?"

"But I always call you Derpy Hooves. It sounds way better to say miss Hooves rather than miss Doo. The name Derpy is better suited for you."

"Why is that?" she asked, sounding annoyed.

"I just told you why."

"Ok, I don't care what you call me," she replied, "but English Muffins still taste like cardboard."

"THEY DO NOT!"

"Your argument is invalid." said Derpy, "I've got a muffin."

"But I don't see..." The doctor said looking closely

"No."

But..."

"No."

"How..."

"You don't get it, do you?" she asked, "Stop talking."

"But..."

"No."

"BUT WHAT ABOUT WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU!" he screamed before Derpy could cut him off again.

"Ok," said Derpy, "What is it?"

"I have no idea." he said as Derpy put her hoof to her forehead. "Let me check the Tardis." he walked towards it.

"Mommy?" asked Dinky, "Why were you fighting with the Doctor?"

"He started it muffin." she replied, "Hey?"
"Yes mommy?" she asked.

"Promise me that when you get older that you will not hang out with somepony as weird as the doctor."

"I promise," she said, "But I like the Doctor."

"I do to." said Derpy, "But... Oh, there he is."

"Hey! Derpy! I found out what I wanted to tell you! We've got mail!"

"We've got mail, but how? I thought I delivered the mail."

"Well, normally yes, but this is a letter from Princess Luna."

"Ohh." said Dinky, "What does it say?"

"I don't know, I haven't opened it yet."

"Well open it!" Derpy yelled.

"Ok."

Dear Derpy and Doctor,

I request your presence in Canterlot Castle. I need your help with something important. When you get here you will be escorted to the throne room. Come quickly.

Yours truly,
Princess Luna.

"Wow mommy!" screamed Dinky, "Princess Luna wants to see you in Canterlot!"

"Yes my little muffin. While I am gone you and your sister will be staying with your auntie Carrot Top."

"Yah!" Dinky yelled.

"So doctor, when do we leave?" She looked around and there was no doctor, just Dinky and herself. "Doctor?"

*SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH*

A blue police call box appeared out of the air and crashed into the ground. The Doctor walked out. "I'm sorry, I forgot you were here and went to Canterlot alone."

"What!" How could you go to Canterlot without me?" She was now puzzled and annoyed.

"I'm back now. Do you know how many unicorns there are in Canterlot! They are amazing!"

"No, I don't know how many unicorns are in..." she thought for a moment. "Stop changing the subject! How long were you in Canterlot anyways!"

"About an hour." He said, sounding scared.

"WHAT!?!" she screamed, YOU WERE IN CANTERLOT FOR AN HOUR BEFORE YOU REALIZED I WAS MISSING!"

"Well, in my defence, there were a lot of unicorns."

"Thats no excuse! You forgot about me." she was now sad.

"Don't you have to take Dinky home?" asked the doctor, who was scared at what might happen if he didn't calm Derpy down.

"Oh yeah, come on Dinky."

"Yah! I get to see auntie Carrot Top!"

"Few," said the doctor in relief, "That was close." They then took Dinky home and went to Canterlot.

"Vinyl!" shouted Octavia, "Could you keep it down!"

"WHAT!" Vinyl shouted back, "I can't hear you! The music is too loud!"

"TURN IT DOWN!" Octavia shouted again, "OR I WILL COME AND DO IT MYSELF!" Vinyl couldn't hear her and just kept bobbing her head. "Ok, I'm coming over there!" She got up, trotted over to the speakers, and unplugged them. Vinyl kept bobbing her head for a few seconds before she noticed they were off.

"Hey! Why'd you do that?"

"Because I need to hear myself think once in awhile!"

"Do we have any pudding?" asked Vinyl.

"Don't change the subject!"

"But I'm hungry."

"UGH! We have pudding in the fridge."

"THANK YOU!" Vinyl shouted as she trotted to the fridge. She opened it and stared for a few seconds, "Tavi! Do we have any chocolate pudding?"

"Whatever is in the fridge is what we have."

"I only see banana pudding!" Vinyl shouted back.

"Why are you yelling?" asked Octavia.

"BECAUSE I LIKE TO!"

"We are in the same room Vinyl," she said calmly, "You don't need to yell."

"But I like to yell." Vinyl said sadly.

"I don't care if you like to yell, I have to practice my cello."

"Ok, I'll stop yelling."

"Thank you. I like having quiet once in awhile."

"What fun is quiet?" Vinyl asked.

"Only crazy ponies like shouting and yelling, I am not crazy."

"Oh yeah?" asked Vinyl, "Remember our camping trip?"

"Oh, um..." Octavia thought for a moment, "I thought we were to never speak of that again."

"I forgot."

"Ok," said octavia, "I forgive you."

"For what?"

"For, UGH! Nevermind."

"Ok," said Vinyl, "I bought us tickets to Canterlot."

"WHAT!?! WHY WOULD YOU BUY US TICKETS TO CANTERLOT!"

"I was thinking of doing some parties, playing dubstep."

"Why would you do that! Do you even have a DJ job booked yet!"

"Nope."

"Why did you already buy the tickets then!"

"Because I could get a great job in Canterlot, and I thought you would like to go."

"I actually would like to see Canterlot again. I haven't been there since the Gala." Octavia shuddered as she said that word. "Everypony will love it, just play the Pony Pokey."

"Then it's settled! We leave for Canterlot tomorrow!"

"TOMORROW!" screamed Octavia, "Why tomorrow! You couldn't get the tickets for a later date! We might not be able to go now!"

"Oh yeah," said Vinyl, "We also got this." She handed a fancy looking scroll to Octavia.

"What's this?" she asked.

"I forget, open it." Octavia read it out loud.

Dear Vinyl Scratch and Octavia,

I request your presence in Canterlot Castle Throne Room. It is very important.
Come as quickly as possible.

Sincerely,
Princess Luna.

"What?" asked Octavia.

"WHOO HOO!" shouted Vinyl, "She put my name first!"

"Vinyl, don't you see? The Princess of the Night wants to see us."

"Ok Vinyl," she said, "Off we go to Canterlot."

"Really Lyra?" asked Bon Bon, "What did you bring home this time?"

"Another 2 things from the human culture." said Lyra as she pulled an N64
controler and a Twilight alicorn figure from her saddle bag.

"Lyra, that's an N64 controller, I could go see Vinyl and buy it for 10 bits." She didn't even want to ask Lyra where she got that 'doll'.

"I know that, but this one comes from the planet earth."

"Because the only other pony I know that studies humans asked Twilight to make a small spell to their world."

"Who would that be?" asked Bon Bon.

"That would be Opal, you know, the white pegasus with a yellow mane and globe cutie mark, works for the ponyville newspaper?"

"Oh yeah." said Bon Bon, asking herself if it was really nessasary for Lyra to explain past the name.

"Well, anyways," Lyra continued, "Opal asked Twilight to cast a spell about a month ago that opened a small portal into their world, not big enough to travel through, but big enough for items to come through. It has dropped 1 item every day for the past month. We split the stuff that comes through, and I got this."

"Or somepony could have not wanted it and threw it away."

"No, it has strange words on it, it says "Property of David L. PGH. PA."

"That is strange."

"Did you know that most humans don't believe in ponies, just like most ponies don't believe in humans?"

"That would be interesting, if they were real." Bon Bon mumbled under her breath.

"What was that?"

"Ok then, what was I saying? Oh yeah, did you kn..." Lyra was interrupted by a loud knock at the door.

"OH! THANK CELESTIA!" yelled Bon Bon.

"HEY!" Yelled Lyra.

"Oh, I mean, who could that be?" 'Nice save" she thought.

"I'll get the door." said Lyra, who was trotting towards the door (duh). She opened it and standing right there was the captain of the royal guards, Prince Shining Armor.

"Oh my, what are you doing here?" asked Bon Bon.

"I have a letter from Princess Luna, she told me to deliver it." he said.

"A letter from the princess of the night, that must be important." Lyra thought out loud.

"It is," said Shining Armor, "My sister is usually the only pony to get letters from a princess."

"How is your sister?" asked Bon Bon, "I haven't seen her around recently."

"When I went to see her at the library, Spike said she was away on business."

"That's too bad." said Bon Bon.

"Yeah, listen, I gotta go now, sorry if I sound rude."

"Not at all." said Bon Bon.

"Bye." said Shining Armor she trotted out the door.

"Well?" said Lyra, "Are you gonna open it?"

"I am." said Bon Bon as she opened up the scroll.

“I'll read it!" yelled Lyra as she tore it out of Bon Bon's hooves.

Dear Lyra and Bon Bon,

Something really important has come up, it is partly my fault. I need you to come to the throne room in Canterlot Castle. Just show the royal guards this letter and they should let you in.

Yours truly,
Princess Luna.

"Princess Luna wants to see us?" asked Bon Bon.

"I guess." said Lyra, "Let's go!" Then Lyra ran out the door, a confused Bon Bon followed.

"Ok!" said the Doctor, "After that little fiasco, we are finally here."

"I liked it." said Derpy, "Except for that muffin with worms in it."

"Here we are Derpy." said the Doctor.

They were in the Canterlot Royal Gardens. The Tardis was next to a statue of an alicorn. They were standing at the entrance to the maze, under the big archway. They were looking at the flowers suspiciously.

"It's pretty Doctor." said Derpy, "But are they safe?"

He took out his sonic screwdriver and scanned the flowers.

"They are safe, they won't eat us."

"That's good, I will never look at boxes the same way."

“Where does the Princess want to meet us?" asked the Doctor.

"I think she said the throne room."

They started to walk towards the castle when they ran into 2 mares verbally fighting.

"You're not very useful, are you?" asked the grey earth pony.

"Oh yeah?" asked the white unicorn, "I can crack open a coconut, can you?"

"Derpy?" asked the Doctor, "Do you think we should stop them?"

"Yes."

"Hey you two, break it up." said the Doctor as he walked between them.

"What?" asked the white unicorn.

"Oh, that's funny." replied the brown pony, "You thought we were fighting."

"You can't say you weren't fighting." said Derpy.

"That was just one of our normal conversations. My name is Octavia and this is Vinyl.

"Hello, I'm the Doctor."

"Doctor Who?" asked Vinyl.

"Just the Doctor."

"I'm Derpy."

"Hey?" asked Vinyl, "Don't you deliver the mail to my shop?"

"Yes."

"YOU STILL HAVEN'T PAID FOR THE STUFF YOU DAMAGED!" screamed Vinyl, "YOU OWE ME OVER 500 BITS!"

"What?!?" asked Derpy, sounding surprised, "I don't have that kind of money!"
"How do you plan on paying me then?"

"Doctor?" asked Derpy, "Can you help me?"

"I don't have any money." he replied, "I don't need it."

"YOU DESTROYED MY TURNTABLE! YOU OWE ME MONEY!"

"Shouldn't you do something?" asked the Doctor.

"No, Vinyl will get over it. It is kind of funny."

"Ok, let's see what happens, I don't want to get on her bad side." he said while watching Vinyl.

"I just don..."

“I DON'T CARE! STOP SAYING THAT! YOU BROKE MY TURNTABLE! IT WAS THE BEST MONEY COULD BUY! YOU OWE ME 500 BITS!"

"I don't have that kind of money."

"You know what, I will just tell Princess Luna about this when I go to see her." Vinyl was still yelling at the top of her lungs, she really liked her turntable. Derpy, on
the other hoof, was just taking time to process what she had just heard.

"Wait... We are going to see Princess Luna too."

"What?" Vinyl asked, she couldn't it. "Why?"

"We got a letter telling us that she needed help with something."

"Us too."

At this point, the Doctor was standing there wondering how they got over that argument so quickly, Octavia was wondering why this information hadn't come up sooner.

"Princess Luna wants to see all of us?" asked Octavia.

"I guess so," replied the Doctor, "I am more surprised that they stopped arguing that quickly. And without my help."

"If we are all going to see Princess Luna, we better go now," interrupted Octavia,

"We wouldn't want to be late, would we?"

"Come on Derpy, let's go VinUNICORN!" He had just gotten a good look at Vinyl.

"I can't believe I am meeting an actual unicorn!"

"Doctor?" asked Derpy, "Do you have to do this every time you see a unicorn?"

"Yes Doctor, and I think she is scared of you."

"Nah." replied Vinyl, "I like getting attention."

"Vinyl?" asked Octavia, "Didn't you just want to ask the princess about that money?"

"Don't remind her." said Derpy, still wondering how she would pay Vinyl.

"Let's g..." The Doctor was cut off when he ran into another pony. "I am very sorry, AND YOU ARE A UNICORN!"

"Oh great." said Derpy, "Here we go again."

"Um, hi, I'm Lyra..."

"YOU ARE A UNICORN! UNICORNS ARE AWESOME!"

"Uh, yeah, I'm Lyra..."

"YOU ARE A UNICORN! THIS IS FANTASTIC! TWO UNICORNS IN THE SAME PLACE!"

"Um, yeah, Bon Bon, help me."

"What is it?" asked Bon Bon, "Oh, I see."

"This pony is weird."

"He can't be any weirder than you, you belive in humans."

"Did you say humans?" asked the Doctor. "Humans are some of the most interesting creatures ever, only having 1 heart, yet still doing all these things. But I suppose that equines only have 1 heart and they do more things, so they are more interesting."

"I take it back." said Bon Bon, "He is weirder than you."

"You believe in humans?" asked Lyra.

"Yes, they are an interesting species, very smart, but not as smart as me. Although, sometimes they are smarter than me."

"Bon Bon," said Lyra, "This pony isn't only scary, he is crazy."

"What? I am not crazy, I am not crazy, I am just a madpony with a box."

"Doctor." said Derpy, "I think you should stop talking now."

"Why?" he asked.

"You know, about your box, besides, we have to go see the princess now."

"What?" asked Lyra, "Which Princess?"

"Princess Luna." said Vinyl, she had completely forgotten about the argument her and Derpy had.

"We are going to see Princess Luna too." said Bon Bon.

"Then what are we waiting for?" asked the Doctor. "Allons-y!"

"What?" asked Lyra, Bon Bon, and Vinyl.

"It means 'Let's go'." said Octavia.

All the ponies followed the Doctor, they were running for the castle.

In the castle, the royal guards led them through a long hallway towards the throne room. When they opened the big door to the throne room, Princess Luna was standing there.

"I am glad you could all make it here." said Luna, "It is the utmost importance you are here."

“Why?" asked Derpy.

"Because the bearers of the Elements of Harmony have gone missing." replied Luna, "I need you to help find them."

"Why us?" asked Octavia, "I can only play the cello, and I am pretty sure that Vinyl can only play music annoyingly loud through that 'thing' she has."

"HEY!" yelled Vinyl, "My bass cannon is way bet..."

"SILENCE!" Luna yelled in her Royal Canterlot Voice, all the other ponies got quiet. "Do you have any questions?"

"What about Dinky, and the mail delivering, and muffins!"

"Dinky will be taken care of by Carrot Top, and I will get somepony else to deliver the mail." replied Luna, "As for muffins, you can bring some on your quest. You will have a day to prepare. Take anything you need."

"Princess Luna?" asked Lyra, "Do you belive in humans?"

"Lyra." said Bon Bon, "Don't bother the Princess with your human talk."

"Well," said Luna, "I think that humans are..." She stopped when she noticed something in Lyra's saddle bag. "Lyra?" she asked, "What is that in your saddle bag?"

"It is just my lunch, do you want a banana Princess?"

"NO!" yelled Luna, "1,000 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH!"

"Oohh," said Pinkie Pie, who appeared behind Lyra out of nowhere, "Can I have a banana!"

"JUST GET THAT THING OUT OF HERE!" yelled Luna, "1,000 YEARS IS LONG ENOUGH!"

"It's just a banana." said Pinkie as she swallowed it, "But ok, I'll leave, I wouldn't want to ruin the plot of the story." Then she just disappeared into thin air.

"Luna?" asked the Doctor, "Wasn't that one of the ponies we were looking for?"

"What?" Luna replied flatly.

"Wasn't that pink pony one of the Element Bearers?"

"Oh no," said Luna, "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING!"

"Whatever," said Luna, "Just get ready for tomorrow."
They were walking out the door when Luna spoke up. "Oh, and it was nice seeing you again Doctor!"

The Doctor' Lyra thought. "OH! You're that crazy pony that lives in the blue box!

Everypony talks about you!.

"What?"

Author's Note:

Hey, dtlux1 here, first of all, HAPPY DERPY DAY! Second of all, I finally got this chapter up after a month of typing, and last but most importantly, I am having writers block on chapter 3, I need the help of readers to sugest what happens next, I will choose the best answer, or the only answer if it comes to that, even if it is that they all die, I will find a way to make it work, but try to come up with your own idea and make it SAFE FOR WORK!

thankyou,
dtlux1

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