//------------------------------// // We are the Borg // Story: Doctor Whooves and the TARDIS Crew: Come Little Children // by Russell Dickson //------------------------------// Chapter one We are the Borg It had started out like most mornings. Time Turner got off work as the night watch time keeper of Ponyville and made his way to Applejack's farm, Sweet Apple Acres. The farm was just outside of Ponyville, there Time Turner would buy one dozen apples for Ditzy Doo to mix into apple muffins. After buying the apples, Time Turner would start for home, to help his beloved Ditzy with her mail deliveries. Next an afternoon bed time inside the TARDIS, where he could get eight hours of sleep in under one hour of time. After that was Time Turn favorite part of the day, homework and play time with his family. Oh, how Time Turn love to run in the fields with Dinky and Ditzy. Then he clean up a little and was ready for his job as the night watch once more. A simple and wonderful life. However, today Time Turner had just gotten to the town mall when a big dark shadow cast itself over Ponyville. Time Turner looked up and saw a grate cube in the sky over head. Slowly the cube move over the land and once the cube was over the capital, Canterlot, a voice form inside the cube said, "We are the Borg. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile." At once a number of Royal Guard Pegasus ponies took to the air to defend the capital, Only to be vaporizes, or captured and taken inside the cube ship. Upon seeing this, Time Turner started shouting. "Every Pony! Get to my TARDIS!" As fast as his feet could go Time Turner ran to his home to find Ditzy and there friend Princess Twilight Sparkle standing beside the open doors of the TARDIS. They were trying to get as many ponyville ponies as they could inside, before something bad happen. But, Rarity and a few other families did not understand how the TARDIS worked. At best they thought only two or three ponies could fit inside a small Police Box. What ever a 'Police Box' was. Time Turner looked around. He saw Applejack bring a group of little colts with her coming up the road, and Pinkie Pie was bringing a number of older ponies form across the main fields of Ponyville. Turning his head, Time Turner looked to Canterlot and was shocked at what he saw, and knew he had to make hast. He got to the TARDIS and asked, "Is everypony inside?" Ditzy Doo nodded to the hold outs, "Only Rarity and a few others refuse to get inside. They say there could be no more room inside." Princess Twilight told Time Turner and Ditzy Doo, "Spike is inside showing the other ponies down the hallways to some of the safe rooms, and keeping track of where everypony is." Time Turner then said, "We will have to come back for the hold outs latter. Right now we have to save a lot of ponies and the royal family." At once Time Turner, Ditzy Doo, and Princess Twilight Sparkle ran into the TARDIS, and closed the doors. Rarity, along with her sister Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo's family, stood outside the TARDIS. Sweetie Belle than asked, "How did all the ponies fit inside the Police Box? Rarity replied, "It had to be a magic trick of some sort. That or they are all cramped up inside with no place to go." Just then a strange sound of ripping and tearing came frome all around the Police Box. A light from on top of the box started to flash and slowly the TARDIS vanished form sight. Time Turner got to the center controls of the TARDIS and said, “Alright, were going to brake some time rules right now but EVERY PONY LIVES!. Ditzy, Twilight; when I open the doors of the TARDIS things are going to look strange, but your job is to push down your fears and get everypony down the hallways as fast as you can. Understand?” Twilight Sparkle wanted to know Time Turns definition of strange, but before she could ask Time Turn open the doors of the TARDIS and called out. “Come inside and live or stay put and die your call. You know me and I am not joking.” At once it seem that every pony in the world was running thought the open doors of the TARDIS. Ghost of each pony went around the center controls and down the halls to the rooms at the end. Ditzy Doo and Twilight Sparkle called to the ponies to go into the rooms, when it looked as if a room was full they closed the door. Only Spik the young dragon stay in the hall way to help get ponies into other rooms, and to keep notes as to where every pony was. Just as fast as the ghost stamped started, it was over. A little over half of the rooms of the TARDIS were filled with friends and family. Ditzy, Twilight Sparkle, and Spick return to the main control room and found the royal family had come on board the TARDIS and were trying to talking to Time Turner. However Time Turner was hard at work at the controls of the TARDIS. Upon see Ditzy Doo, Time Turner said: “Ditzy, take veridical control station. We are about to brake some more time rules. Spik you and Shining Armor open the TARDIS doors when I give the word to do so. We got some more ponies to save.” Ditzy Doo took her place at the center controls. Twilight Sparkle then asked; “Ditzy Doo, do you know how to fly this thing?” Ditzy Doo smile as she went to work. “How do you think I have become the top delivery and mail mare pony in Ponyville? Time Turner has been teaching me how to fly the TARDIS and I use it every day.” She then turn to Time Turner and asked. “What do you need me to do?” Time Turner replied; “You will see six targets on your monitor. Those will be the royal guard ponies that were shoot by that cubes power beam. I got the time controls we are going to pick them up, one mili-second before they were zapped.” Time Turner and Ditzy Doo then press buttons and turn knobs until Time Turner cry out. “NOW! OPEN THE DOORS. NO TIME TO LOSE!!” As ordered the captain of the royal guard, Shining Armor and small dragon Spik open the doors to the TARDIS and held them in place. Almost at once one of the royal guard ponies came flying into the opening and slammed into the wall. Then came a flash of light form outside, and a strange sound that seem to be heading away for the TARDIS. Then the next royal guard pony and the next. Each time the strange sound and light happen. At last all the pony guards were on bard the TARDIS, a little banged up by the flying into the TARDIS, but safe. Time Turn then said; “Keep the doors open. We are going for the last ponies that were taken up in the tractor beam. Ditzy do you see them?” “I got them on monitor. Heading stare for them.” reported Ditzy Doo. “That it. We almost got them.” The TARDIS shook and rocked. At last the time machine held still, and a ill quite fill the room. Time Turn then said; “Alright we are in the tractor beam, somepony help me pull the guards inside the TARDIS.” Twilight Sparkle ran to the doors and put out a hoof, just then a flash of blue, and rainbow. Rainbow Dash jump out of the TARDIS and grabbed two of the four dozen ponies trapped inside the beam. She did this over again until everypony was safe inside. Time Turner then asks the doors of the TARDIS be close and said the he was returning to the field to pick up Rarity, along with her sister Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo‘s family. Time Turner then informed Princess Celestia that Rarity my not want to come inside the TARDIS because of space issues, and could she please speak to her about it. *** Just as it had disappeared, the TARDIS return to the field in front of Rarity, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo family. The door open and Princess Celestia stood inside and said in a clear voice. “Get your little butt’s inside now!” With out another word the hold out ponies ran inside the TARDIS. Twilight Sparkle stood with her mouth open as Princess Celestia explained. “It is all well and good to talk in riddles, when lives are not on the line.” Then Princess Celestia said to Time Turner. “What monsters are we fighting, Doctor?” The sound of the old title/name sent a cold shiver along Time Turner spin. “My dear Princess Celestia, I know what you know about the beings. They show up in a flying cube, said they were to Borg and were taking over.” As Princess Celestia and Time Turner were talking as Princess Luna came into the room. “Sister.” Said Luna. “The ponies need you in other parts of the TARDIS, I will stay hear with Time Turner and see what needs to be done.” Princess Celestia did not fully trust Time Turner, at the moment. However, She knew that her sister Luna was right. Her subjects needed her and she would need the keepers of the elements of hormone to help her do what needed to be done. Princess Celestia asked Rarity, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash to accompany her. She then turn to Time Turning and asked; “What more do you need?” Just then three ponies ran into the main control room. Time Turner smile, “I think the TARDIS has pick out what she will need. We should be fine.” Celestia was not sure, but had little choice in the mater. Her last word to the three new comers. “Be well and do good work. My little ponies”.