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// Reconciliation 
// Story: Homeward Bound 
// by Lonepone 
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So how does this work?" I ask, gazing in wonder at the inside of the Tardis.

"It moves through time and space, much like how a you can move through space when you walk. Time And Relative Position In Space. T.A.R.D.I.S. They were grown on the Timelord home planet. She's the last of her kind, just like me" he explains.

"But how do you get to the right time and spot?" 

"Watch. We're going to one year back, to Vinyl's and Octavia's then current residence, correct?"

I nod. "Then off we go!" He shouts, moving around the console bank, which is in the middle of the main room, with a central pillar in the middle. He pulls levers, works cranks, hits buttons, and I even think I saw him hitting something with a hammer at one point. As he works, he talks me through how the whole thing gets to where it needs to go. "Now, I can trust you with this, right? You aren't going to go off without me?"

I salute with my right forehoof. "Yes sir!"

"Good. And we should have arrived. And while we are in the correct general area, we may be a few blocks off, or"- he steps out of the Tardis with me -"we may be inside the very room we need to be in"

I look at the scene around me.

Four ponies, two stallions and two mares, who must have been deep in discussion, are now staring at this mysterious blue telephone box, and the two ponies who came out of it, that just appeared."Octavia, what just happened? Who are these strange ponies? And what the buck is that?" A lime green pony with a lyre cutie mark asks.

The Doctor immediately starts talking. "Well, miss, I am the Doctor, and this is my new assistant, Mr. Dash. Rainbow Dash and Vinyl Scratch should be here soon" 

"It's not miss, it's Lyra, please. And Doctor? What are you a doctor of?

"Alrighty, then Lyra it is. And I'm not a doctor of anything, I'm just. The Doctor" he says, finishing with his trademark grin.

"But that makes no-" Lyra is cut off by Octavia. "You said that Vinyl Scratch is coming back? And Rainbow Dash? But I thought she was dead. Doctor, what's going on?"

"Climatic events are ahead. I can't say more, not without braking something. And anyways, could you all introduce yourselves? I am the Doctor. Don't bother asking 'doctor who' or 'doctor what', it's just. The Doctor. And this is my new assistant, Jason, A.K.A Mr. Dash, Rainbow Dash's father. All righty, now it's your turns"

Octavia introduces her group. "I'm Octavia. This is Lyra Heartstrings" she gestures at the lime green pony, who has a white and green stripe mane, a lyre for a cutie mark, and golden eyes. "She's my cousin. This is Renegade Bass " she hoofs at the larger of the two stallions. He’s big, slightly larger than I am. He’s a pegasus. He is a dark green, and his mane is purple, with the tips died a neon blue. It’s spiked forward, so that it almost hangs over one of his eyes (which are a really bright blue), but its brushed away from the other side of his head, so I can see the expensive pair of headphones hanging around his neck.His cutie mark is a subwoofer. He nods at us. "And his little brother, Harmonious Synth"  he's a smaller stallion, maybe a few inches shorter than I am. He’s a dark orange, a slightly uncommon color. His mane is medium length, and he doesn't have it styled or anything it’s just a plain bright yellow, with the tips dyed green. He looks around the room, and his eyes are a dazzling emerald green. His cutie mark is of a speaker. 

"And that's my crew. We've been looking for Vinyl Scratch. I kicked her out two weeks ago when she was still using drugs. I don't want her back in the house, I'm just really worried. I checked with the manager of the club she works at, she said she gave her some bits, she stayed for a while with Bass and Synth, and then one day she just left for a walk, and didn't come back. And so the four of us have been looking for her"

The Doctor looks at Octavia. "Are you sure you don't want her back?"

"I miss her, Doctor, I really do. It's just... She's got to get that this is serious. And this is the only way I can get her to realize that"

"Oh, trust me. I think she'll be done with it. What she'll need when she comes back is a hug, and a welcome back. Maybe scold her a little, but not too much, alright?"

She looks at him, when the doorbell rings. "Go. That's her" he says. She brakes eye contact, then runs down the staires.

I sit down on a sofa, and the doctor sits next to me.