//------------------------------// // Meeting Twilight Sparkle // Story: Doctor Who: Adventures with Twilight Sparkle // by Kickass222urmom //------------------------------// This chapter sets up the rest of the story. Each chapter after this will be taking place on different worlds and universes, and won't be following the usual trend for this kind of story. Chapter one "Ah, this is strange. Very very strange," the Doctor mumbled as he looked over the controls and monitors of the Tardis in confusion. "Very strange indeed..." The Doctor had set the Tardis to arrive in London, 2028, but instead, it seems that he had arrived in a "Unknown location". According to the Tardis that is. But it has been known to misinterpret data at times. He looked away from the controls and towards the door that lead to the outside. "What's out there?" Then, with a smile, he walked around the controls, plucked his overcoat off of the coat rack, and said in a cheerful voice, "Well, only one way to find out." He walked over to the door and pushed it open. The scene that greeted him was something he had not expected. "Well, isn't this peculiar?" ooo000(^)000ooo "And this is why I sleep in on the weekends," Spike grumbled as he stood over the huge mess of books left by Twilight the previous night. He bent down and began to pick up the books one by one. "You'd think with her being a unicorn and all, she'd do this herself in five seconds..." "And where would that leave you, Spike?" Twilight said from behind him in a smug tone. Spike turned around and smiled sheepishly. "Noted..." Twilight chuckled and walked across the room to her work table, which was covered in books and scrolls. She looked over it, picking up a few things with her magic. "Hey, Spike?" "Yeah, Twilight?" Spike responded, still placing the books back on their correct shelf. "Where's my quill?" Spike stopped what he was doing and scratched the back of his head, "I don't know, Twi. I just bought a whole weeks worth two days ago." Twilight rubbed her chin, deep in thought, "And how many did you buy exactly?" Spike thought for a second, using his claws to count. "Fifteen... no, I told him that wouldn't do... Seventeen? No, I dropped one on the way here... Ah, sixteen! I think." Twilight nodded and began to do her own math, "Alright... I used two that morning, broke three by accident that same day, and stayed up that night doing research. I think I used five that night. And the other day I used two making a few list, and I think I used three last night. Meaning, I should have one left." Spike shrugged, "Well I don't know where it is..." Twilight sighed and looked at her number one assistant, "Spike, could you run to the store and buy a few more?" Spike gave a reluctant nod and began to walk out of the library, while mumbling under his breath, "I saw that one coming..." After he had left, Twilight turned back to her desk and began to organize the objects that lay on it. Once done with that, she turned back to see that the library was still a disaster. Only a small number of the books had been put back while the rest still littered the hardwood floor. "... I think I need to hold it down on midnight studying," she said with a small giggle. As she started to walk for the stairs, a loud, strange noise rang out. It was like a cyclic wheezing, groaning noise. Which was a strange type of noise to hear in a town such as Ponyville. The town didn't actually have any factories around or anything that could produce such a noise. "Please don't be a plumbing issue..." Twilight muttered as she made her way into the kitchen, which is where the sound was coming from. But, upon walking into the kitchen, she saw nothing out of the ordinary. As she turned to leave, she caught a glimpse of blue outside the window. Upon looking closer, she saw what looked to be a large, blue box of sorts. "What the..." she began before sighing. "This better not be another of Pinkie's inventions..." Then, slightly annoyed, Twilight trotted back through the main room and out the front door. As she made her way around back, she was deep in thought, trying to figure out what the object could be. When she reached the strange blue object, she could see more details than she had seen from the kitchen. The object that sat in front of her was about two times taller than her with small windows around the upper part. On top of the box was a single light, which is a odd place for a light bulb. A little under the roof part of the box was a small panel that had the words “POLICE BOX” and the words “PUBLIC CALL” in between the previous words. “Police box?” Twilight questioned no one in particular as she continued to exam the strange box that somehow got in her backyard. Before she could examine it any closer, the middle of the box slowly opened to reveal a large, clothed creature. "Well, isn't this peculiar?" it said as it looked around. A second later, its eyes rested on Twilight, “Huh, a horse. No, too small to be a horse. Gah, what was that word the humans use for a smaller horse? Calf? No, that’s a baby cow.” The creature then shrugged, “No matter... but wait.” It then stepped out of the box and walked towards Twilight and bent down, examining her. “Strange, a unicorn. I haven’t seen one of those in years, and this one’s purple. No, more of a lavender color. And look at those eyes, they’re huge!” Twilight, slightly confused and shocked, gulped. “Uhh, who are you?” The creature made a laughing sound and stood up. “And it talks! Brilliant! I’ve seen many things, but a talking unicorn?! That’s something I haven’t expected to see!” It then looked around, a smile on its face. “Now, to figure out where I am and why the Tardis landed here.” “Excuse me,” Twilight said in a small voice. “Hmmm?” the creature said as it looked down at her again. “You didn’t answer my question,” she said a little louder, gaining more confidence in talking to this new and strange creature. “You asked a question? Interesting. Anywho, what do you want to know?” it asked as it bent down again to face her. “Who are you?” Twilight asked in a slightly annoyed voice as she stood up straight. “Me?” it asked as a smile spread across its face. “I’m the Doctor.” “Doctor who?” she asked as she cocked her head. “Just the Doctor,” the Doctor said in a cheery voice. “Your name is the Doctor?” Twilight asked in a sarcastic voice. “That sounds like a name that you give someone you don’t want to know.” “No, my name really is the Doctor,” he said, still in a happy voice. “Uh-huh,” Twilight said in an unsure voice. “Okay then, what are you? I’ve never seen a creature like you before. And I’ve studied all the books on Equestrian species.” “Equestria?” he mumbled as he rubbed his chin, “I take it that’s where I am, correct?” “Eh, yes, where else would you be?” she said. “You’re getting off topic. What are you?” “Now how do I not know of this place? I’ve been all over the universe, to every planet. How did I miss this one?” he said as he began to pace in front of Twilight. “If the Tardis brought me here, that means something is wrong. But what...” the Doctor then stopped pacing and looked at Twilight, “Tell me unicorn, is anything important about to happen? Anything special?” “My name is Twilight Sparkle, not unicorn,” Twilight said in an annoyed voice. “I’m not going to answer your question until you answer mine!” “Ah, what was your question?” he asked. “Gah!” Twilight gave the Doctor a hard stare before saying, “What are you?!” “No need to yell,” he said with a chuckle. “I’m a Time Lord. The last Time Lord to be exact.” “A Time Lord? What’s that?” she asked as she cocked an eyebrow at him. The Doctor smiled and shook his finger at her, “Oh no, I already answered your question. Time for you to answer mine.” Twilight sighed before answering. “Why do you want to know?” “Oh, no reason,” he said as he put his hands in his pockets and rocked back and forth on his feet. “Just asking simple questions.” “Well,” Twilight began, “Nothing important is going on. There was a royal wedding a few weeks ago, but nothing has happened since then. Besides a the pegasi messing up on the weather again a week ago...” “Pegasi?” the Doctor said to himself, tapping his chin. “Interesting, very interesting. Winged horses, with the ability to fly. Marvelous!” He then looked at Twilight, “Tell me, Mrs. Sparkle, what types of horses are there in this world?” Twilight raised an eyebrow, “We’re ponies, Doctor.” “Ponies, of course!” he said, slapping himself in the head. “I should have known that a smaller version of a horse is a pony! How’d I miss that?!” “You’re getting off topic again...” Twilight stated as she let out another sigh. The Doctor stopped his ranting and chuckled. “Sorry about that. Would you mind answering my question?” Twilight shrugged before saying, “Well, there’s a few types of ponies in Equestria. There’s the Earth ponies, who work the land. There’s the unicorns, who usually help the Earth ponies. And there’s the pegasi, who keep control of the weather. Outside of Equestria are many different types of races, like...” “Wait, this planet isn’t called Equestria?” the Doctor said as he looked around again. “Uh, no, the planet is called...” Twilight began before being interrupted. “No matter, I’ll figure it out later. Back to my previous question. Has anything strange been happening? Anything at all?” Twilight thought for a second before shaking her head. “No, nothing I can think of. Its been a normal day so far. Well, one of my quill’s went missing and...” “Ah, a missing quill. A mystery,” he said in a happy voice. “Show me where you lost it.” “Doctor, I don’t really think I need help finding it. My assistant Spike has already went out to buy another one.” The Doctor walked past her and said in a cheerful voice, “Come on, Mrs. Sparkle, we got a quill to find!” Twilight watched the Doctor walk away before letting out a heavy sigh and hanging her head. “I deal with Pinkie Pie on a daily basis, and now this guy? I don’t know how much more I can take!” ooo000(^)000ooo The Doctor walked into the large house, which was built into a tree, and looked around. “A library?” he said a loud. “Is this your home, or place of work?” “Both,” the lavender unicorn known as Twilight Sparkle answered from behind him. “Interesting. Do you live alone?” he asked, curious. “Why would you want to know that?” Twilight asked, a touch of mistrust in her voice. The Doctor shrugged and began to walk around the room, “Oh, no reason. Just curious.” “Uh-huh,” Twilight said, still by the door that lead outside. “So, where did you last see this quill of yours?” he asked as he stopped his walking and looked at her. “Umm, on my desk,” she answered in a bored voice. “Ah yes, the desk,” the Doctor said as he began to step over the books that lay on the ground. When he reached the desk, he began to look over it, picking up and examining each object that lay on it. Once he finished that, he suddenly threw everything on the desk to the floor. “What are you doing?!” Twilight yelled as she walked towards him, “I just reorganized all that!” The Doctor held up his hand and used the other to pull out his Sonic Screwdriver. “Sorry, I just need to check something.” He then used the Sonic Screwdriver to scan the desk. He started at the middle, then on each corner. When that showed no results, he checked under the desk. Still nothing. “Huh, strange. Nothing has touched this desk except for a pony and a... dragon? Well that’s a strange result.” “Uhhh, sorry. I forgot to mention that there are also dragons in Equestria,” Twilight said in a sheepish tone. “Dragons?” the doctor said with a sly smile, “Now isn’t that lovely. Haven’t seen a dragon in a while.” He then turned his attention back to the desk. “Now, what could have taken your quill?” “Doctor...” Twilight started to say, but the Doctor continued to talk. “The Tardis must have had a reason to send me to this world and to this spot. So that means something is about to happen that will require me being here. But what? Does it have anything to do with this missing quill? If so, how?” “Doctor...” “I know I’ve heard of something before that steals objects that will be missed, but what was it? Imp? Fairy? No, neither of those. Wait, what was it that the humans called those mythical creatures? I think it was...” “Doctor!” Twilight yelled loud enough to break him from his rant. “Oh sorry, Mrs. Sparkle. What is it?” he said in a calm, normal voice. “Found it,” she stated as she levitated the quill up in front of her. The Doctor chuckled, “Two things. One, where was it? And how did I miss it?” A smile broke across Twilight’s face, “It was in that scroll, one of the ones you knocked off into the floor.” The Doctor looked at the scroll on the floor and shrugged, “Moving on to my next question. You have magic?” She raised an eyebrow at his question, “Umm, of course. I thought you said you’ve seen unicorns before?” He nodded, “I have, but the ones I’ve seen only have limited magic, which usually restricts them to talking telepathically. But you just levitated that quill, which makes me curious. How much magic are you unicorns able to use?” Twilight thought for a second before answering, “Well, we have a unlimited access to it. Most unicorns can perform almost any spell with practice, but only the princesses can perform every spell.” “Fascinating. A race of unicorns that can use actual magic. And you said something about the princesses? They’re unicorns also?” She shook her head and smiled, clearly enjoying the chance to explain all this. “No, the princesses are alicorn’s. The most powerful creatures known to date. The two of them have been the main rulers of Equestria for over a thousand years. Well, Princess Luna was banished to the moon for a thousand years, but her sentence ended a year or so ago.” “This world is simply amazing!” the Doctor exclaimed. “Banished to the moon? A one thousand year ruling? Does that mean the princesses are immortal?” Twilight shook her head yes as a response. “Brilliant! More immortals, there seems to be less and less of those now a days.” He then looked at Twilight, “Are all unicorns immortal? Or just the two?” “They’re the only ones. The rest of the pony race is mortal,” she answered. “Ah, I see. That’s too bad,” the Doctor said with a frown. But a second later, his frown disappeared and was replaced by a smile. "Well, now that we found your quill..." "It was never lost." "... I think it's time for me to figure out the real reason I was sent here," he stated as he started walking for the door. "Back to the Tardis!" As he walked past her, Twilight gave him a strange look, but, she still followed him out the door and back to the strange device outside. ooo000(^)000ooo When the Doctor reached the large box, he turned to her and smiled. Twilight stopped a few hooves away from him and raised an eyebrow, “What?” “Do you want to see the inside of the Tardis?” he asked in an excited voice. “The inside?” Twilight asked as she looked it over again. “I don’t think we can both fit in that small thing.” “Oh, we can,” he answered with a large smile on his face and his hands behind his back. Twilight shook her head, “I don’t see how. It’s virtually impossible for me and you to actually fit in that small thing.” She furrowed her brows and asked, “And, what is that thing anyway?” The Doctor smiled happily and cast his hand towards the blue box. “This is the Tardis, or the Time And Relative Dimension In Space. Meaning, it’s my time machine slash ship.” “A time machine? Are you serious?” Twilight said in a unbelieving tone of voice. “Yep, it’s the way I get around. It may be an outdated model, but it gets me where I need to go.” Then, under his breath, he added, “Most of the time.” “Yeah, I don’t believe you. That thing is to small and simple to be a time machine.” “Oh, it’s bigger on the inside. Much bigger,” the Doctor said with a smile. “That’s impossible also. A box that size can not be much bigger than what the exterior shows. The interior will be the same size as the exterior, no exceptions,” Twilight said, a triumphant smile on her face. “Ah, you’re one smart unicorn. I’ll give you that,” he said before a smirk spread across his face, “But I promise you, the inside is larger than what is shown now.” “Prove it,” Twilight challenged, a smirk on her face. The Doctor gave a smile as he turned and unlocked the Tardis’s doors. He held it open a crack and turned to Twilight, “Go ahead, walk on in.” Twilight continued to smirk was she walked up to the door and pushed it open, “See, same size as the...” she trailed off as the door swung open to reveal a large room filled with walkways and a large machine in the middle. The Doctor smiled as he reached down and pushed her jaw back up. “Believe me now?” He then walked into the Tardis and made his way up to the large machine in the middle, leaving Twilight to gawk at the sight before her. “But... how?!” she asked, completely shocked by the room before her. “This is impossible!” She backed out of the Tardis and ran around it a few times, trying to figure out how the size of the interior was possible. After a few rounds around the machine, she gave up on trying to figure it out and trotted back inside. “Tell me,” she commanded, giving the Doctor, who was still looking over the panels on the machine, a hard stare. “Tell you what?” he asked in a smug tone. “Tell you how this is possible?” “Yes!” The Doctor looked away from the controls, a smug smile on his face. “It’s the ship's chameleon circuit, it is responsible for changing the outside appearance of the ship in order to fit in with its environment.” “But, why is it a blue box?” Twilight asked, still looking around the room. “Well,” the Doctor began, scratching the back of his head, “The chameleon circuit on this Tardis is kinda broken.” “How’d that happen?” “Eh, I found it that way when I borrowed it,” he said as he quickly began to look over the controls again. “What do you mean? Did you steal it from somewhere?” she asked as she cocked her head. The Doctor didn’t answer her, instead, he typed a few commands into the console and looked at the screen above him. “That’s strange,” he stated in a low voice. “What’s strange?” Twilight asked as she slowly began to walk towards the Doctor and the large machine in the center of the room. “There’s no alien technology anywhere on this planet, and there seems to be nothing out of the ordinary.” He patted the control panel and sighed, “Why did you bring me here?” Twilight gave him a strange look. “Are you actually talking to the ship?” He looked up at her and smiled again, “Yes. Why? Is it strange?” Twilight nodded. “Am I strange?” Twilight nodded again and said, “You’re more than strange.” The Doctor let out a laugh and put his hands on the railing behind him. “Ah, I just love first impressions. Don’t you?” Twilight raised an eyebrow and shrugged. The Doctor looked up at the ceiling for a few seconds before looking back at her, a large grin on his face, “Tell me, do you like astronomy?” Twilight gave him a strange look, “Yeah, why are you asking?” “Have you ever wanted to visit those stars?” he asked, his grin growing larger. Twilight shook her head, “No, stars are made of hot gas, which would kill me if I got near one.” The Doctor’s grin changed to a frown. “Mood killer.” But, it slowly returned, “No, I mean the planets. Have you ever wanted to visit distant planets?” Twilight shrugged before answering, “Sure, I guess. I’ve never really thought about it before.” “Well, would you like to see them?” he asked, excitement in his voice. “What?” Twilight asked, confusion clear in her voice. “Do you want to come with me and see the universe?” Twilight gave him a strange look, but shook her head no. The Doctor’s mood changed from happy to disappointed, but he kept his voice cheerful. “Oh come on. It’s the universe. We could go anywhere, no limits.” Twilight began to walk backwards towards the doors. “I’m sorry, but I can’t just leave my friends and family behind just to travel.” The Doctor clapped his hands and smiled brightly, “Did someone forget this is a time machine?” Twilight stopped in her tracks and thought for a second. “If you come with me, we could travel across time and space for years, and when I bring you back, it would be like you never left.” “So,” Twilight began, “If I went with you to see the universe, I could still come back to this time?” “Exactly, that’s the wonders of having a Tardis,” he exclaimed. “But,” Twilight started, a worried look on her face, “How will I know that I can trust you? What if when I come back, its been years and all my friends think I abandoned them?” “That you do not have to worry about. A while back I had a companion who I would regularly take back to her own time to see her family. And Rose never...” The Doctor suddenly choked up on his words, a sad look crossed his face. “Doctor? Are you alright?” Twilight asked in concern. The Doctor blinked a few times before looking at her, “I’m fine. Just old memories.” He took a deep breath and slowly began to smile again. “As I was saying, you don’t have to worry about your friends missing you. They won’t even know you’re gone. Promise.” “Are you sure?” Twilight asked, actually thinking about taking him up on his offer. “Most positive,” he said in a smart tone of voice. Twilight smiled and looked around once more. “If I go with you, I’ll be able to see things that no one else has seen, right?” “Correct,” he answered, his smile growing larger. “And I’ll be able to study it all, right? Take notes?” The Doctor gave a nod, “Sure, I don’t see why not.” Twilight tapped her chin and smiled, “Alright, I’ll come with you. Just let me go back and get some supplies...” “No need, the Tardis has everything you need to study the universe. Notebooks, quills, everything.” “Really?” Twilight asked, “It has everything a pony like me needs?” “Yep!” “How would you know that? I may need a few other things,” she said, a sly smile on her face. “I don’t know it, but you just confirmed to me that you don’t need anything else,” he said as he turned to the controls and began to mess with them. “What do you mean? I didn’t say anything,” she said in confusion. He looked over at her for a second and said, “It was the way you smiled.” He then turned his attention back to the consoles. “He’s good,” Twilight said to herself in a low voice. “The best,” the Doctor said as he pulled a lever. Twilight shook her head and started to say something, but the doctor cut her off. “Where would you like to go?” “Uhhh, we can go anywhere? Right?” Twilight asked, deep in thought. “Anywhere the Tardis will take us. Which is everywhere by the way,” the Doctor said, his hands hovering over the control panels. “Okay, I guess for a start, you could take me to...” She tapped her chin for a few seconds before shrugging. “How about you chose a place to go.” “What? Can’t think of anywhere to go?” he asked as he let out a small chuckle. “Hey, I need time to think of a place to go! I can’t just come up with a place all of a sudden!” she said, stomping her hoof on the metal floor to empathise her point. “Well, someone forgot breakfast this morning,” the Doctor teased. “Now then, I can think of three places to go. Would you like to go to a random planet? Or to your future? Or my personal favorite, a planet called Earth?” Twilight thought for a second. “Uhhh, I guess a random planet. I don’t really care at this point.” “Excellent! The possibilities of where to go have been expanded!” the Doctor exclaimed as he began to pull levers and press buttons on the machine. “Allons-y!” Twilight started at him, “You’re mad, aren’t you?” The Doctor looked up and smiled mischievously, “Oh you know it!” “And now I’m regretting this choice,” Twilight said as she rubbed her face with her hoof. The Doctor punched in the last command and grabbed hold of a large lever. He looked over at her and grinned, “Next stop, the planet Florana. I think you’ll enjoy this one.” “Wait, let me go back to my house so I can make a quick list. This way, we can keep track of all the planets we visit and stay on track....” “Allons-y!” the Doctor quickly pulled the lever, which closed the doors and caused the Tardis to emit that strange sound again. Twilight glared at the Doctor, to which the Doctor merely gave her a large smile. Twilight let out a sigh and rubbed her face, “What have I gotten myself into?”