//------------------------------// // Party For Three // Story: T.I.M.E B-R-O-K-E // by CloudehChaser //------------------------------// T.I.M.E B-R-O-K-E “Alex!” The mare shouted just as the large,fat and bloody towering beast was about to get ahold of her coltfriend. The beasts stomach contents flopping out of the hole in its abdomen as he limped along,reaching and grunting for the flesh of her lover. The mare pounced forward in attempt to be a shield so her lover wouldn't get attacked but to her surprise the monster was quick; And her lovers handsome features were now slashed away by the monsters ‘hoof’. -- Chapter l Party For Three “Woo! Go Alex!” A lavender mare shouted,waving her hoof in the air as she watched her boss; Doctor Whooves and her coltfriend; Alex Thunderstrike play a well known video game that they had just bought a few hours ago before ‘WingStop’ shut down for the night. The plan was simple; They were going to party tonight to celebrate Doctor Whooves 789th birthday. They had also bought pizza and some Apple Jack Daniels that had came in a larger bottle then normal. You couldn’t blame the three ponies really; What was a party without alittle drinks? Of course; The bottle was already half empty thanks to Alex who was dared to drink the liquor down by his marefriend; CloudChaser. CloudChaser just thought he was showing off infront of Doctor Whooves because she was sure her coltfriend had some kind of ‘Bromance’ with the Doctor,even though Alex would always explain to her that he didn’t like the Doctor like that,and that they were just ‘friends’ and not ‘close friends’. A few minutes pasted before the game which Alex and Doctor Whooves were playing came to a sad end. Alex had beat Doctor Whooves by a landslide and the words “GAME OVER” was written across the screen in large blood red letters. Doctor Whooves seemed pretty upset since he was cocky that he would win against his friend. CloudChaser let out a sigh and turned off the TV only to flop down on one of the many pillows the three ponies had thrown around near the TV so they would be able to watch each other play the game,though right now Cloud was about to fall asleep on one of these pillows since it was around twelve or one o’clock now. Alex turned around and glanced at his marefriend then to his friend and let out a evil giggle,getting an idea that would brighten up everyponies mood. “Hey. I know what will make this party less boring.” Alexs brown eyes brightened up at his idea he was about to continue and tell the two ponies his idea when CloudChaser cut him off. “What? Go into the forest,find a swamp and go skinny dipping?” CloudChaser snickered at her idea,she was being sarcastic but of course Alex took her seriously as always. “No! Thats dangerous. You don’t know what could even be in that swamp.” He told her sharply,pressing his hoof against his chest and sticking his nose up in the air. Cloud rolled her eyes and sat up and shook her head at Alex,Why did he have to act so uptight? Why couldn’t he just loosen up abit and not be such a worry-wart? “Anyways. My idea was that we can play-” Alex was cut off again by the ringing of a telephone,most likely it was the Doctors phone. The Doctor quickly exited the room and went over to the kitchen where the phone was located up on the wall and picked it up,pressing it against his ear as he listened to the pony on the other line.The Doctor nodded his head and a few words were spoken and a frown soon grew on his face. He let out a sigh and hung up the phone,turning to his friends. “Sorry..Derpy wants me back home for some reason..” The Doctor rubbed his cheek and let out another sigh. “I won’t be gone for too long so can you guys watch over my TARDIS for me?” The two ponies stared at their boss in shock. The boss was leaving them with such an important and special job;to watch over the TARDIS. The two ponies nodded at the same time,feeling abit spechless at the moment. “Alright!" The Doctor then exits the house and the door is shut and locked with a click,leaving the house in pure silence. The two ponies both turned to each other,making Cloud let out a small squeal of joy. As if reading each others minds they both zipped into the mildly dark guest room which the Doctor kept his TARDIS when they would arrive at CloudChasers house. The ponies made their way into the blue telephone booth and glanced around,curiously. The TARDIS was much bigger on the inside you could hear the splashing of water,as if there were a swimming pool inside this place,and to the two ponies surprise there was infact a swimming pool down in the bottom level. After staring in awe at all the different things the TARDIS had to offer the two pegasus ponies headed back up to the top level to rest and discuss the amazing things they had saw. Cloud wouldn’t stop talking about how refreshing and cool the water felt against her hoof when she stuck it in and Alex couldn’t get over the different shiny buttons and levers upon the large cylinder in the middle of the upper level. A few minutes pasted then a few hours. It took the two ponies to realize that Doctor Whooves hadn’t come back yet and it had been over two hours! Alex & Cloud couldn’t watch the TARDIS forever,Cloud was already looking like she was about to fall over in exhaustion and Alexs vision was getting more and more blurry by the minute. Alex stood up slowly,deciding he should exit the TARDIS to see if the Doctor had gotten locked out and couldn’t enter the house or that the Doctor was simply waiting for them outside in the living room. As Alex moved by the cylinder which all the controls were located on he had pushed a lever up and a swooshing sound was heard,though Alex didn’t seem to notice this and neither did Cloud since both ponies were tired and slightly drunk...What could have that lever possibly done anyhow? There was nothing dangerous in here that Alex and Cloud knew of. Alex made his way over to the door and opened it but as he looked around they were no longer in CloudChasers guest room. Infact the room had been turned into a long dark corridor and the soft white walls were now made of what appeared to hard brick walls. Alex rubbed his eyes,thinking that he was just seeing things but the room did not return to normal when Alex blinked or rubbed his eyes again. It was all real and Alex didn’t feel safe with wandering down the corridor without Cloud. He slowly closed the door and turned around,trotting over to Cloud who was hanging over the railing and was staring down to the bottom level blankly and letting out soft grunts and moans as if she was about to get sick. He tapped her shoulder and Cloud turned around letting out sigh,pressing her hoof against her stomach. “Cloudy? You okay?” He asked,rubbing her cheek softly in attempt to make his marefriend feel better. Cloud nodded and pushed his hoof away,tilting her head to the side with a expression that said; “What’s wrong?” Alex understood her expression and began to lead her over to the door and opened it to present the dreadful looking corridor to her. Cloud let out a gasp in shock,not knowing what to say about it. The corridor was very frightening looking and since Cloud was no longer in the comfort of her own home she knew some button or lever was pressed. Though when Cloud looked back all the buttons and levers on the cylinder,everything seemed to be normal. Alex leaned forward,pressing a hoof down on the hard steel floor of the new building they had shown up in,the floor was very cold which made Alex jerk his hoof back into the TARDIS immediately. It took Alex a few moments to realize that they weren't getting back home without finding out what lever or button was pushed and since both ponies had still been learning about the TARDIS from their boss,they had no idea what button did what and what each and every lever did! So even if the two ponies tried to find out what was pushed it would probably fail and they would be in a even bigger mess! It left the two ponies no choice but to look around. Alex pat his lovers back and leaned over,whispering in her ear. “Go get the flashlight. We are going out.”