"Talking"
'Thinking'
The next morning
Spike awoke early, just before the sun rose and quietly tip-toed down the stairs, as not to awaken the others, and headed to where the TARDIS was located.
"Come to think of it, why didn't I see any of the girls when I woke up?" Spike asked himself, before bumping into the back of Pinkie Pie. 'Me and my big mouth' Spike thought.
"Morning Spike!" Pinkie practically shouted, causing the others to emerge from different locations of the library-each with a small book....except for Twilight, who had a stack of them.
".....What are you all doing?" Spike asked. He had never even seen Applejack read a book before....that he knew of. 'Come to think of it, I do get lost in thoughts or daydreams a lot.'
"Hello Spike" Twilight greeted with a smile, flipping a page of an open book she was holding with her magic, "We were just doing some research about this...TARDIS you called it, and the Sonic Screwdriver."
"But we've found nothing! it's just the Worst. Thing. EVER!" Rarity exclaimed, before acting like she was fainting, summoning a couch to catch her.
"Well of course not! They are not Equestrian technology!" Spike said, like it was the most obvious fact on the planet.
"W-what do yo mean?" Fluttershy stammered. "It isn't gonna hurt us, is it.....I think it's judging us...." She said quietly, gaze going to the TARDIS.
Spike sighed. "The TARDIS is like a cat-it has to get to know you first before opening up to you. Anyway, you won't find any information on the TARDIS except for mentions of sightings here and there. The technology is from the Time Ponies on the planet Gallopfrey."
"Gallopfrey. Just wait a minute here, sugarcube! You're tellin' us that this thing here goes to other planets?!" Applejack said, a skeptical look on her face.
"It's name IS Time And Relative Dimension In SPACE!" Spike said, stressing the word space.
"He got you there, A.J" Rainbow Dash said, trying to hold in her laughter.
"Oh! Oh! can we go to Gallopfrey! Please! Please! Please!" Pinkie shouted, popping up from nowhere right in front of him.
"We....can't...I don't like talking about why ... well, there's a reason Princess Celestia re-instated the Herd Law. Doctor Whooves and Minuette are the last Time Ponies." Spike said ear fins drooping slightly in sorrow. "Sorry. Doctor Whooves was my mentor, so I feel down every time I remember what he told me."
"Wait. The Princess re-instated that law for those two? Why can any stallion follow it then." Twilight asked, while Rarity muttered "Or Drake" under her breath.
"Well, the male-to-female ratio IS 3:1" Spike said, causing Twilight to slap her face at the fact she forgot that. "Also, I get a laugh at that every time. Princess Celestia is just about pulling her mane out. Doctor Whooves only has one wife right now, and HE's the one she re-instated the law for. Also the fact that Roseluck and her own sister have crushes on that Time Pony isn't helping her stress levels. Derpy's trying to help the Princess....it had taken a while to get him to marry Derpy alone! ...Anyways.....I'm rambling aren't I?"
"Eeyep" Applejack said, an amused grin on her face as she imitated her brother.
"Sorry. Habit I picked up." Spike said, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Anyway, where do you want to go? The Sapphire Falls, The Sea of Marea-Marea...the..." He started, before the growl of his own stomach cut him off.
"How about getting breakfast first, darlings. I myself am quite famished." Rarity said.
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"Is it really true that Luna AND Roseluck have serious crushes on me?!" Doctor Whooves said to Derpy, having stopped outside in his own blue TARDIS and overhearing the fact on those two mare's crushes on him. They were currently in his TARDIS, ready to give Princess Celestia the good news on Spike's survival.
Derpy rolled her eyes, mentally cursing her strabismus (a medical condition that caused her eyes to not align properly), and answered her husband.
"Serious crushes is an understatement. They're like Spike's crush on Rarity..."
"Oh no. We have to fix this." he said, when Derpy grabbed his necktie and pulled him nose-to-nose with her.
"Listen to me, Sunshine! You are going to go and actually get to know those two mares before saying it's too dangerous. Celestia re-instated the Herd Law because of YOU, Mr. 'Last Male Time Pony'! I WILL drag you down to their residences and make you propose to them if I have to! Do I make myself clear!" She said.
"C-Crystal!" He said, startled by her sudden outburst.
"Good!" She said, letting go of his necktie and pulling a chocolate chip muffin out from a basket she had in the TARDIS, "Because as much as I want to, I can't restore the Time Ponies to a reasonable number alone....even Sparkler was adopted...Dinky's the only one...so far...that was actually yours, but we'll work on that later...AFTER you talk to Luna and Roseluck." With that said, she took a bite of the muffin she was holding.
'Mares can be scary at times.' Doctor Whooves thought, 'I feel sorry for Spike. He has to deal with six of them.'
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"I can't believe you're making me talk about why we can't go to Gallopfrey." Spike said, as he was facing Fluttershy's "STARE", which had been brought forth by the encouragement of the other five mares. "It was destroyed in a war with the Daleks! There! I said it!" Spike said, closing his eyes and turning his head away.
Right after he said this, Fluttershy's eyes widened in horror and she hugged him repeatedly saying "I'm so sorry!"
"Anyway, as I was saying. We can go just about anywhere in Time and Space. Where do you want to stop first." Spike said, twirling his Sonic Screwdriver in his hand.
"Oh! I want to see my BBBFF again!" Twilight exclaimed.
"Oh! It was just so beautiful there! I can't wait to see that place again!" Rarity said, clasping her hands close together.
"For once, sister, we are in agreement. Also, we can finally relax and have an actual vacation there!" Rainbow Dash said, hovering just above everyone's heads.
As the six mares went into the TARDIS, Spike just stood there in disbelief.
"ANYWHERE in TIME and SPACE....and they want to go to the CRYSTAL EMPIRE! A place reachable by TRAIN!" He said before entering the TARDIS and closing the door. The groaning, wheezing, sound of the engines soon filled the library and the TARDIS vanished from sight.
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Before I forget, here's a video of a TARDIS dematerializing (taking off)
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As Prince Shining Armor and his wife, Princess Cadence sat on a couch that rested on a balcony overlooking the Crystal Empire, a groaning, wheezing sound filled their bedroom behind them, and an ice-blue box seemingly appeared out of thin air. Shining Armor stood in front of his wife-ready to defend her should it be a threat like King Sombra or Queen Chrystalis. What he got instead was a purple blur that flew out of the box with a familiar cry of:
"BBBFF!"
Shining Armor was knocked onto his back, revealing that the one who slammed into him was his sister Twilight Sparkle. Her friends and Spike had also emerged from the box.
As Princess Cadence did her customized greeting with Twilight, Shining Armor walked over to the others.
"How in the world did you get here?" Shining Armor said, walking around the TARDIS, "Surely not in a box. It looks cramped."
"But we did come in that box!" Pinkie Pie said, and Shining Armor cast a scrutinizing gaze at the box. He was quite curious at the words "Guard Public Call Box" on it as well.
"Trust me, it's quite bigger on the inside." Applejack stated, resting her back against it and tilting her stetson up.
Shining Armor quickly peeked inside and his eyes nearly popped out of his skull.
"I've had too much hard cider. There's no other explanation!" He muttered to himself.
"Time Guardian." Spike said, and Shining Armor looked at him in shock.
"Wait. The Time Guardian Organization is real?!" He yelled, getting his wife's attention.
"Wait. I thought you said they were just a rumor!" She said.
"So did I!" Shining Armor said, "But here they come in an apparently time-traveling box that's larger on the inside!"
"Yeah. Our last two visits weren't too relaxing, so we decided to have a proper vacation...if that's okay with you." Fluttershy explained.
"We have no problems with it. Both of us owe you six and Spike a lot for your help." Cadence said, "But we do have a question for Twilight."
"Oh?" Twilight asked, "What is it?"
Shining Armor gulped nervously and asked "How would you feel about being an aunt?"
Twilight's eyes widened, her wings unfurled in excitement and a huge grin spread across her face. She opened her mouth to say something.....
And promptly fainted.