//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Ponyville // Story: Dr. Whooves: The Oncoming Storm. // by Chris94677 //------------------------------// "Ooh, I forgot how much I loved that", The Doctor said with a smile that rivaled Pinkie Pie's. "What are you talking about? What's your name? Ya know what people call you!", Rainbow Dash replied obviously annoyed. "The Doctor, call me The Doctor, my name isn't important.", The Doctor said pacing around the room. "Oh come on, you have to have a name! Everypony has a name!", Rainbow Dash pleaded to the mysterious now stallion thing. "Alright then, John Smith. My name is John Smith.", The Doctor said offhandedly as he inspected his tail. "No way! Nopony's name is John Smith!", Rainbow Dash said with a touch of anger. "Well that's your choice to believe it or not. Call me what you like, but The Doctor is what I prefer", The Doctor said with a laugh. "Egh fine...", Rainbow Dash said in defeat, "So Doctor mind telling me what THE HAY JUST HAPPENED?!", Rainbow Dash said bursting with emotion. "Ah, you mean the regeneration?", The Doctor said happily. "Ah-duh! What else would I be talking about!", Rainbow Dash said with a long emphasis on the word about. "Well you see, Ms Dash, I'm what is called a Time Lord, an ancient race of beings that inhabited the world known as Gallifrey, now we evolved with a trick. No one is quite sure how it happened, though it is speculated that prolonged exposure to the time void gave us the gift of regeneration. You see each Time Lord when they are about to die can regenerate and completely heal them self. However we don't keep the same bodies as before, we get something completely new. Though I'm not quite sure how I became a pony, that bit is a tad wonky. I believe however being in this universe has something to do with it, perhaps my DNA bounded with this worlds universe, when my TARDIS was hit by a black hole slash supernova. Any who, that's enough rambling for now, all I know for sure is that I'm a pony. And I must say it is brilliant. I mean a pony! It's fantastic!", The Doctor concluded while inspecting his hoof. "Ehh... Ya I have literally no clue what you just said, but I'll just go along with it. So you pretty much can never die?", Rainbow Dash said obviously confused. "Oh no, of course not! Regeneration isn't always fool proof, sometimes it fails. For example if I'm undergoing regeneration and something interrupts it, I die for good. Or if I'm so badly injured regeneration can't kick in. That's why I kept thinking it was pointless you'd save me when you found me. I figured it was too late for me to regenerate. Glad to see I wrong though!", The Doctor said gleefully. "Ah, huh. Now one last question before I take you to see my friend Twilight Sparkle. You said you were 1134 years old! How is that possible?", Rainbow Dash shouted, "Like I said Time Lords can live for a very long time... I'm very old, sometimes I wonder if I'm too old... ", The Doctor said in thought, "In any case, you said you wanted me to meet this Twilight Sparkle?", The Doctor continued making a gesture to the door. "Oh ya, come on she is probably still in the library, hopefully she hasn't gone back to Canterlot yet!" Rainbow Dash, said with haste. "Canterlot? Strange that name is similar to the old Briton legend of King Arthur, his castle was Camelot... Strange.." The Doctor said slowly. "Huh, what is a Briton, and who's King Arthur, and where's Camelot?", Rainbow Dash said obviously confused. "Huh? Oh nothing forget about it. Alright then, lead the way, to Twilight Sparkle. !", The Doctor said enthusiastically. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow Dash and The Doctor were trotting through Ponyville, The Doctor asked several questions involving the town and pony culture. Rainbow Dash answered them as best she could but kept saying just ask Twilight she knows more than I do, The Doctor still was very impressed with the town saying the words "Fantastic!" and "Oh, well that's brilliant!", to describe most of Ponyville. Then when they got to the library Rainbow Dash she had to talk to Twilight alone for 10 minutes. "Oh it's fine, I understand go be with your friend!", The Doctor said happily. "Are you sure you'll be okay on your own for 10 or so minutes?", Rainbow Dash said worry. "Yes, I'm an ancient alien who saved the universe countless times, even created it as well... Now isn't that a story...", The Doctor said, reminiscing on his past lives. Rainbow Dash looked at him with a you're crazy look. Before The Doctor sighed and continued, "Okay, okay, I promise I won't get into any trouble! Now go!" The Doctor said reassuring Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash looked at him for a few more seconds before saying, "Ah-huh, well I better not have to save your flank again!", she said teasingly before flying into the library. The Doctor to his credit at least tried not to get into any trouble anyway. But when he heard that scream well... How could he resist? He followed the scream to an ally where a grey Pegasus pony with a yellow mane and... Very strange eyes, was being harassed by two colts. "Look freak! Just give us your bits! And nopony will get hurt!", the first colt warned. "No, leave me alone!" The odd eyed Pegasus pony said, before attempting to fly away. Then flying into a wall. Both of the colts laughed at her before the second colt continued. "You really are just stupid aren't you? You can't even save yourself right!", The black maned colt laughed. "Now you have one last chance to give us your bits or we are going to have to get ROUGH", the first colt said violently. Then a third voice was heard, "Oi! Leave her alone!", The Doctor warned. "Stay out of this! This has nothing to do with you!" The black maned colt snarled. "Oh you'd like that wouldn't you, for me to run. What can't handle it, once you have someone your own size to pick on?" The Doctor said with anger. Before then continuing, "I'm giving you one chance walk away", The Doctor said slowly "Who even are you anyway?!" The orange coated colt said with confusion. "Me? Ahh well, no one special, people call me The Doctor, know why?", The Doctor said picking up a rock. "Why?", the two colts instinctively asked. "Because I help people.", The Doctor said as he flung the rock as a nearby scaffold which knocked over a large amount of pink paint and drenched the two colts. "You-you're crazy!", the black maned colt panicked. "Come on Storm, let's leave these two freaks!" The orange haired pony, quickly said before he and his friend ran off, desperately trying to shake off the paint to no avail. "Fury of the Time Lord", The Doctor laughed to himself and rolling his eyes. Before looking at the mare that hid her face with her hooves. "Oh no, I'm so sorry. I didn't get any paint on you did I, I'm The Doctor.", he said to which he got no response. "I'll leave you be then.", The Doctor said, before turning to trot away. When suddenly he felt a warm embrace around his neck. "Thank you so much, Celestia knows what they would have done to me if you hadn't come along!", the light grey pony cried while tightly holding on to her saviors neck. "It was nothing, I couldn't let those two get away with harming such a sweet mare like yourself.", The Doctor said smiling. "You saved me, and that was the kindest thing anyone has ever done for me. My name is Ditzy", Ditzy said still crying The Doctor returned the hug while Ditzy cried in his arms.... Or forearms. He had a strange case if déjà vu as well... Ditzy stopped crying however she still clung to her mysterious hero. Until finally The Doctor broke the silence. "Ditzy not so sound rude, but do you mind if you let go of me." The Doctor said obviously uncomfortable with the closeness. "Oh ya, sorry about that." Ditzy said clearly embarrassed, trying hard to conceal her heavy blush. "Do you think you'll be okay Ditzy?", The Doctor said warmly. "Yes, I'll be fine. Will I be seeing you around Doctor?", Ditzy said coyly. "It would appear so, until next time Ditzy", The Doctor said with a small blush. The Doctor trotted off as Ditzy flew away thinking about her handsome mysterious savior... When then Rainbow Dash and a purple Pegasus slash Unicorn landed in front of The Doctor. "Oh man, that was AWESOME!", Rainbow Dash said loudly, "You were all like, Leave her alone! And they were like who are you! And you were like I'm the Doctor, then you threw the rock, and splash! Oh man, oh man that was so cool!" Rainbow Dash, said enthusiastically while punching the air reenacting the scene. The Doctor just laughed,"Oh come on now, it was nothing I mean I couldn't just let her be harassed by those two now could I? After all I'm The Doctor, and doctors help peop-errr ponies.", The Doctor chuckled slightly embarrassed at the sudden attention. Before remembering there was a second pony. "Oi, I'm sorry. Where are my manners, I'm The Doctor", The Doctor said to the violet pony, "Hello Doctor, Rainbow Dash told me all about you, I'm Twilight Sparkle, and might I say Doctor, that was quite the show of heroism!" "Oh come on then not you too! It's what any pony would do! I was just there when it happened", The Doctor said chuckling. Before continuing. "And also Ms.Sparkle, might I ask why you have wings and a horn?", The Doctor said curiously. "Well you see Doctor, I'm what is called an alicorn, though I wasn't always one", Twilight Sparkle answered. "What do you mean?", The Doctor asked. "Well you see, I was just an ordinary unicorn until princess Celestia gave me the title of princess as well...", Twilight Sparkle, said sheepishly. "Princess? Oh my, I do apologize Princess Twilight, I truly had no idea I was in the presence of royalty.", The Doctor said bowing before the Princess. "Please just call me Twilight and there is no need to bow", Twilight Sparkle said while blushing slightly. "Now Doctor if you will follow me we have much to discuss", Twilight Sparkle said as he and Rainbow Dash followed her to the library.