Doctor Whooves and Assistant

by Dr.Whooves

The Doctor's Arrival

A red laser beam zoomed straight by his head as the Doctor sprinted down the hallway. At the end of it was his Tardis, where he would make his great escape. Turning his head for just a moment, he saw the group of mini spaceship-like aliens gaining on him. Not noticing that he'd reached the Tardis, he slammed into it full force and recoiled backwards, falling right on his bottom.
The mechanical sounds of the aliens growing ever so close as he struggled his way up and opened the door to the Tardis. Just then, the Tardis rumbled due to the oncoming attackers, lights flashed and fumes leaked everywhere. Making his way to the core, the Doctor began mashing buttons and pulling levers.
This was one of the few times he'd put the Tardis in danger, but this time he was without a partner. No assistance whatsoever. And just as the Tardis began its departure, he heard a bang. Then, everything went blank....

With a groan, the Doctor opened his eyes. He was on the floor of the Tardis. Yawning, he slowly got up to his...what were they? Looking down at where his feet used to be, the Doctor whispered quietly.

"Well, what have we here?" Waving his...hoof, was it, in front of his face. Soon, after a minute or two of playing with his new body parts he departed through the door.
He was suddenly endorsed in faded sunshine as he took a step out of his Tardis. The next second he was met face to face with two crossed, yellow, eyes.

"Hi there!" A voice greeted all of a sudden, causing the Doctor to jump back cautiously.

"Wh-What are you?" He asked as he studied the creature's body. It looked like a horse, a small horse, though he'd never seen one with wings, much less one that could talk.

"I'm a pony. Just like you." The gray coated pony pointed out. "Well, actually to be exact I'm a Pegasus."

"Right, and just a quick question but, how exactly are you talking? Ponies don't talk from where I come from."

"Then where to you come from?" The cross eyed pony tilted her head sideways and gave him a funny look.

"Well, that's not important." The Doctor stated. "Well, at least not right now. And before I go on, may I ask you for your name?" He asked in the most gentle of manners.

"Why of course! My name is Ditzy Doo, though my friends call me Derpy. Not sure why though..."

"Well Ditzy, it's nice to meet you. I'm the Doctor."

"Well Doctor, since your new here by the looks of it, want me to give you the grand tour?"

"Okay, that would be great!"

"Okay then, just follow me. First stop, Ponyville!" Just then, the Doctor trotted ahead of Ditzy.

"Alrighty then. Allons-y!!" Shortly after he stumbled to the ground. "Hehe, I haven't exactly figured how to use these hooves yet, haven't I?"

"Uh huh. Well then Doctor, I'm sorry to say, but Ponyville is that way." Ditzy said, pointing her hoof in the opposite direction.

Giggling, the Doctor replied. "Oops, well then, I guess I'll just be heading that way instead. Allons-y!!" Galloping ahead once more, then stumbling again, just the same. This time he was met by a gray hoof. Looking up he saw Ditzy holding out her left hoof with a slight grin.

"And I thought I was crazy. Need a hoof?" Just then the Doctor thought for a moment, then fell back laughing.

"'Need a hoof?' Ahahahahaha! Hoof!" Then fell back once more laughing madly. Pulling her hoof back, Ditzy frowned and went on ahead. "Wait! I'm done, really, I am." Getting to his hooves, the Doctor trotted after Ditzy at a mild pace to keep his balance.

Once he caught up, Ditzy turned her head to him, her smile was back. "You know Doctor, you're a very strange pony." Right then, the Doctor couldn't tell how to react to that remark. "Well, I guess that's what i like about you. That makes the two of us, right?" She said, pointing her hoof to her crossed eyes, a grim smile appeared across her face.

"Yeah, I've been wondering about that lately. Could you fill me in?"

"Well, that's not important right now, like you said before. But, if you don't mind me asking, what does, 'Allons-y' mean?"

"Oh, it means 'let's go' in french."

"Don't you mean prench?" Once again, the Doctor fell back in a fit of laughter. This time Ditzy just stood by his side with a warm smile. Though she was still confused about what was so funny, she remained, patient the entire time. And when the Doctor finished, the two departed for Ponyville. The moon had begun to fade by the time they arrived and the town empty .

"Where is everybody?"

"You mean everypony, right?"

Barely resisting his urge to laugh, the Doctor choked. "Yeah, everypony, that's what I meant."

"Oh, they're having this huge party over at the town library, wanna join me?"

With a grin, the Doctor replied. "Sure, and I was just wondering, is there any special event occurring in this period of time."

"Well, the Summer Sun Celebration will begin in an hour or two. Other than that, I don't think there's anything else."

"Thanks Ditzy, for helping me get here and for explaining how it goes around here. Usually I have an assistant with me, but the last assistant I had, well, she..." The Doctor gave a sigh, then started once more. "They all have to leave sooner or later."

Dashing to his side, Ditzy said in a cheery voice. "Don't worry Doctor, I'll never leave!" The Doctor replied with a grim smile, but in his mind he knew that wasn't the truth. They always leave, always...

A few seconds passed and all was still quiet as the Doctor looked at the moon. There was a certain shape, like a shadow or a figure, was engraved into it. Just then, Ditzy tugged on him, pulling him along through the roads of Ponyville.

"Hurry up Doctor! We're gonna miss the party. Maybe they have muffins at the dessert table!"

"You like muffins?"

"Yeah, why do you ask?"

"Oh nothing, just out of curiosity.