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// The Gallaheim Expidition 
// Story: Me, some Ponies, and the Doctor 
// by SirRobinProductions 
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          "Well, Doctor, If you's care to open the door." I said when the TARDIS landed. The ride was a little more than bumpy, but I knew what to expect. Poor Girls, sucked out of their own dimension and forms, meeting a strange 13-year old boy, then shoved into a rackety old TARDIS with a Mad man. I can see why they were annoyed after we landed. "Ugh, I think I broke my back" said Twilight. "What was that shaking?" At this, the Doctor turned to Twilight. "We've moved. That's what it does when it moves." And leaving Twilight to whine about the vague answer. "The ride is supposed to be smoother. The Doctor just likes to leave the brakes on." I whispered into Twilight's ear. Vinyl was up and ready, and so was Derpy. The Doctor flung the door open.
"Welcome, my friends, to the Gallaheim Expedition, the year 30052, the largest gathering of Human colonists sent out to find, catalogue, and colonize any and all planets they come across! We are currently standing on the surface of Gamma 5, the Primary Base for the Expedition." the Doctor said, walking coolly out of the TARDIS. "FREEZE! YOU ARE TRESPASSING!" Screamed out a Man's voice. The sound of a gun cocking shortly followed.
Needless to say, we all complied. The Doctor, ever the man of negotiations, said "Ok. Not like this hasn't happened before, witch it has, mind you, but isn't this the Gallaheim Expedition?" The man just stared at the Doctor, pulled out a clipboard, and said "Yes, but you aren't on the Roster. If you are here to join, you shouldn't wander into the ammo stores. Who let you in here?" Everyone lowered their arms. "Terribly sorry about that. I let us in. My ship was designed to fly to the Gallaheim Expedition, not a specific place on Gamma 5, mind you. Here is my Identification." The Doctor said, waving his psychic paper. Twilight whispered "What's that." to me. "Physic Paper. It show people what you want to believe." I whispered back.
"Terribly sorry about that, Dr. Smith. You should get to the sick bay and start treating right away! I'll lead your kids to their rooms." And with saying that, the soldier walked away with us. "Well, isn't this convenient." I said, walking with the gang to our room. Along the way, Twilight kept trying to ask me about what was going on, and I kept responding with "I don't know, but this is pretty cool!" I think I made her mad, hehe. Anyways, when we got to our room, it appeared to be quite spacious, with many luxuries. It was rectangular with a two square bedrooms attached to the main living room. A large window let us see out into the world. Before, all we could see was a warehouse, but through the window, we could see that Gamma 5 was a forest planet, similar to Endor's moon in Star Wars. A large TV was across the room from the couch, and as I sat down, trying to fight the nervous panic that entered me as I realised that this was real and not a TV show, the man who lead us here said "OK, I expect all of you to be polite... we aren't exactly in a soundproof room, and there are guests to your left and right sides. I gave him a thumbs up and he left. Vinyl grabbed a soda from the mini-fridge (if you cannot already tell, there is a hotel on this planet) and sat down next to me. Derpy stopped looking wide-eyed and just sat down as well. Feeling overcrowded, I got out of the couch and stood in the square-shaped kitchen area with Twilight. "So, we are here, I am on a different planet, and you all are in a different Universe entirely!" I said, trying to ease the silence caused by nothing to do.
"This way, Dr. Smith." said an armed soldier, letting the Doctor into the medical wing on a ship labeled 'The Gallaheim.'
The Doctor looked to his left and right, seeing all of the wounded men. "This isn't correct, this expedition should not have any wounded, how did they get hurt?" Upon closer inspection, the Doctor found eerily familiar burn marks on the wounded men. "I am not sure, they claim that some pepper-shaker shaped metal things ambushed them." The Doctor got a worried look on his face, but then pretended that it never happened and looked at the patient, saying "I'm sorry, I am so sorry," and the wounded man looked at him as if he was going to die, but the Doctor then said "but you are going to be ok." The man that he was talking to looked near death, but upon hearing the news, regained color in his face, and smiled when saying, "Thank you, but how can you be sure?" The Doctor said "Because, if it was going to kill you, those things you saw wouldn't have kept you alive." Realisation reached the Doctor and he got up and said "Take me to my room, I need to say something to the kids." The corporal looked slightly surprised, but it passed when he realised, 'oh hey, this guy seems worried about what was described, it is probably some serious s***.' "This way, sir." was all that he said.
"Well, I see your point, but I think that a smoother style of music can be better at times." I said to Vinyl, as we were talking about musical genres. Twilight was off in a corner, trying to use her magic, to no avail. Derpy was seated squarely on the couch, watching some cartoons. Seeing Twilight's hands glow with a violet hue, I felt a strange sense of amazement come upon me . One of Vinyl's empty soda cans that Twilight had set 5 yards away from her, started to erupt in a similar glow, and began to lift off of the ground. I stared, wide-eyed at the spectacle, but Vinyl and Derpy just looked as if it was a common occurrence. "Hey, what's the matter, haven't you seen magic before?" asked Vinyl. "No, actually, as I have said before, our universes are different, this is amazing!" I said in reply, amazed at Twilight's abilities. "Well, do you want to see more?" asked Twilight, whose concentration was put onto the can with amazing precision, but still having enough will to put her mind to other challenges. "Well, I certainly would," said the Doctor, entering the room. He seemed legitimately interested, but he looked distracted, which, knowing the Doctor, worried me heavily. "Doctor, you seem worried, what is wrong?" I asked, and the Doctor looked at me with the thought of hiding his trouble shattered by me. "Doctor, I've seen and heard enough about you to know that when you get a worried look, we should be worried."
"Well, John, um... You know the metal pepper-shakers?" He said, and I, being familiar with the jokes, started to burst out in a cold sweat. "What's a pepper shaker?" Asked Derpy. " Oh, right, you don't have hands, so you aren't familiar with pepper shakers... we can discuss it later, but by giant metal pepper shakers, I mean-" The Doctor started, but I interrupted with "The Daleks, so we should be really, really scared."