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// 1 - From Humble Beginnings 
// Story: Doctor Whooves - The Dark Side of the Moon 
// by MrPengu1n 
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	"..To the moon!"
Those were the last words she had heard her sister say, then she was standing on a dark, barren, gray landscape, moments before she had been a few mere yards before her sister.
Princess Luna sunk down into the light, airy moon dust. She had been defeated, her beautiful night was lost. she began to tear up.
...but wait, what was this?
she immediately stood up, looking around at the sky above her. even in her punishment, celestia had been merciful. the twinkling stars and shining planets, stretching forever in all directions. her beautiful night sky filled every corner of the heavens, stretching further than it ever had on earth.
Earth.
there it was, suspended in the night sky like a puppet on a string, lit up on one half.
everything clicked.
It was selfish of her to make ponies live in perpetual night, and it was childish. it was always night somewhere, and always day somewhere else. why should one last longer? she was merely upset because no one appreciated her night. the hues of light, the beautiful twinkling dance of the stars, why could they not see that?
but now she understood, ponies were creatures of the daylight, and the night was not for appreciation, the night was for protection. all the ponies above and below rested safe and sound, the night holding them in a somewhat cold, but safe embrace.
why had she not realized this sooner? she had just been trying to be like her sister, she had made the wonderful daytime, warm and free, full of things to do and see, but the night could not be like this, the night was made for a different purpose.
she sunk lower into the dust, wishing she could die from lack of oxygen, but Celestia had thought of that too. she could see the faint magical bubble surrounding her for several feet in every direction, created to follow her wherever she went.
luna sighed in defeat, then shut her eyes tight, as bitter tears welled up.
suddenly, a strange sound filled the emptiness, it was as if space was whistling, and a blue box faded into view, appearing out of nothingness.
the box opened, and out stepped an earth pony with light brown fur, a dark brown spikey mane, and a little green tie with a white collar around his neck. a nice touch. his cutie mark was an hourglass.
"Princess Luna, I presume?" he asked with an enthusiastic smile.
"Wh-who are you?" she asked. this pony had just dropped out of the sky, but he was not a unicorn, he was a regular old earth pony, nothing special. but how did he get here?
"I'm The Doctor," he answered, bowing his head, "And I'm here to bring you home.
"Doctor Who?" she asked, not believing her eyes or ears.
"No, it's just The Doctor," he chuckled.
Luna just stared, shocked into silence, what on and off earth was going on?
"A certain pony princess requested I come fetch you, she feels terrible about sending you here, and instructed me to bring you back."
"b-but I've only been here a few minutes!" Luna protested, "my sentence was one thousand years!"
The Doctor knocked on his blue box, "Time machine," he said simply, "I believe we can drop you off just a few hours short of a thousand years from now."
Things began clicking in Luna's mind, this pony-The Doctor-had come here to cut her sentence short, somehow, with his blue box. and he was sent by Celestia! she began tearing up again, this time from happiness. she was being forgiven, she was being given a second chance.
"but of course," The Doctor said, "We don't HAVE to go straight home first thing."
"What do you mean?" Luna asked, wiping her eyes.
"the TARDIS," he said, knocking on his box again, "Can travel anywhere in all of Time And Relative Dimension In Space." he stood back to admire it, "Every star, planet, every and anywhere there ever was or will be," he looked back at Luna and winked, "Where would you like to go?"
Luna let out a sound halfway between a laugh and a sob, she just couldn't take it all in, "that box is way too small, We'll never both fit!"
The doctor said nothing, he simply opened the door and slipped inside, gesturing for her to follow.
Luna slowly stood up, walking towards the box-TARDIS. she took a peek inside, and gasped as she encountered a room much larger than the outside of the box allowed.
she looked around in wonder, and the Doctor turned around and leaned against a large machine in the middle of the room.
"Its..." Luna started
The Doctor moved his brow up and down quickly, he was having fun freaking Luna out.
Luna immediately stepped out. to make sure the box was the size it advertised, she walked a lap around it, then peeked back inside to see the same impossibly large room.
"Its..." she repeated.
"Yes?" The Doctor asked.
"Smaller on the outside."
The Doctor made a face as if that wasn't the response he had been expecting. he opened his mouth, then shook his head and turned to the machine, "So, Princess-"
"You can just call me Luna," she interrupted, stepping further inside the impossible box and shutting the door behind her.
"Luna," he continued, "Where would you like to go?"
she opened her mouth, but no words came out. she didn't have any idea where she wanted to go! "what are my options again?"
"Anywhere, anywhen, in all of time and space," The Doctor said with ease.
"Oh," Luna responded, "Is that it, then?"
The Doctor let out a chuckle, "I'd offer another universe, but that's beyond the TARDIS's capabilities."
"Who are you?" Luna asked. this was certainly no ordinary earth pony.
"I'm The Doctor," he responded, "well, I was last I checked."
Luna just smiled obliviously, she had no idea what was going on, and she probably never would, but she just decided to go with it.
"right, then," the Doctor said suddenly, "how about we go, say, five thousand years into the future? now that's a good era for ponies." he suddenly began pressing buttons and flipping switches as the TARDIS began whirring and humming as it came to life. "Hold on to something!" he warned, then flipped a final switch, and the whole room jerked to one side, then shook violently. Luna clutched to a decorative column for dear life. "Did you take a test to pilot this thing?!" she called out.
"Of course!" The Doctor responded, one hind hoof held against a bar as he clutched to the machine, hooves flying over the controls, "I failed!"
the room stopped shaking, settling with a final hiss.
The Doctor took a breath of relief, then turned to Luna with a big, goofy smile, "made it!" he said triumphantly.
Luna let go of the column, "that's it, then?"
The Doctor nodded towards the door of the TARDIS, "see for yourself."