//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 - The Doctor, The Ponies, and The Dalek // Story: A New Stallion // by Ephraim Blue //------------------------------// Chapter 2 - The Doctor, The Ponies, and The Dalek The Big Blue Box August 10th 1001 "Doctor?" Twilight asked. "Doctor Who?" "Now," The Doctor said. "I never knew how much I missed people asking me those two questions." "Who?" Owlowiscious called. The Doctor turned to the owl on Twilight's back, giving it a stare. "You heard me right. I said 'people'." Twilight tilted her head at the pony who called himself 'The Doctor'. "Why are you talking to Owlowiscious like that?" she asked. "He's being a smart-owl," he responded. "A very rude one, I might add." Fluttershy gasped, and immediately flew strait at The Doctor. "You can speak to animals?!" she asked excitedly, but almost immediately backed away. "I'm sorry, its just, I never met another pony who could talk to animals." "Another?" the Doctor asked. "What do you mean?" "She can understand the language of all different kinds of animals," Rarity answered for Fluttershy. To this, the Doctor seemed interested. "Apparently, she's been able to do this ever since she was a filly." He smiled with anticipation. "That's amazing!" "You didn't answer Twilight's first question," Rainbow said, receiving many confused looked. "Doctor Who?" That reminded them of the original topic. "That's it, just 'The Doctor'," he said to her, giving a very stern look. "That's not a name," Pinkie said. "It's a title!" 'It is a name. It's my name." "So, you're a doctor, right?" Derpy asked. He looked at her, smiled, and replied, "Yes." "Well, doctor of what?" He looked at her with slightly confused eyes. 'I don't know," he confessed. People don't usually ask that question." "Who?" Owlowiscious called again. To which, The Doctor, gave a angry look at the bird. "Well," said Rarity. "If your a doctor, you must be a doctor of something. So tell us, what are you a doctor of?" He sat still for a moment in thought. After a minute of thinking, he got up and said excitingly, "I've got it!" "Well, what is it?" Twilight asked. "I am The Doctor," he replied. "The Doctor of time and space!" Everfree Forest August 10th 1001 The Everfree Forest was one of the most dangerous places in Equestria. Everypony knew this. Almost all the ponies stay away from it unless they need an herb or a remedy for a disease at Zecora's hut. Everypony... except one. He was always interested in the Everfree. He came into town one day, saw the forest. And almost instantly wandered in. He always gave strange glances at the ponies who told him not to go. He seemed like an ordinary unicorn. Magic student from Canterlot, he told them. The only odd thing about him, besides the fact that he was interested in one of the most dangerous places in Equestria, was his name. Most ponies have simple names like 'Carrot Top', and even 'Big Macintosh'. For him, it didn't seem like a name at all. Blue. That's what he said his name was. Nothing more... Just Blue. He had a grayish coat and an orange mane and tail. His cutie mark was 4 orange bubbles floating in the air. He told others that the bubbles represented that he was different. Bubbles are normally grey, while mine are orange, he thought. That means I'm different from other ponies. But that is just what he told them. Not its real meaning. He didn't seem to like being around other ponies too. He was always wandering alone and staying out of sight of others. Some say that he even managed to avoid Pinkie Pie, for he always seems to disappear whenever she comes into the same place as him. Blue seemed to like the Everfree Forest more than anypony in Equestria. He always went in, and came out later like there was nothing bad about it. On this one day of August 10th in the 1001st year of Celestia's reign over Equestria, he again went into the forest. The entrance was just how he remembered it. Dark, gloomy, and seemingly scary. Not to him though. To him, it was like the edge of a world had a gateway into a new, adventurous place, just wasting to be explored. And to him... a sense of familiarity. This trip into the woods was far different though. He went on his usual route through the woods. Same woods, same road, same metal lump in the tree on his right, same leaves. Wait, what? He started backtracking to the spot where he saw this metal lump in the tree. When he examined it, he found a much larger, moving piece of metal looking around the surrounding area. "WHAT IS THIS PLACE?" it seemed to scream. "EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN!" It turned itself around and looked at Blue. "WHAT IS THIS CREATURE? SPEAK!" it asked him. Blue was in a bit of a shock. "I- I'm a pony." "WHERE AM I?" "You're in the Everfree Forest in the land of Equestria." He started to back away from the creature. This creature... Blue thought. I feel like I've seen it before... But where? And when? "THERE IS NO SUCH PLACE IN MY DATABANKS! TELL ME PONY! WHAT PLANET AM I ON?" "I- I don't know the specific name of the planet." Blue was starting to get scared of this creature. "YOU LIE! TELL ME THE NAME OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!" "N- No. I'm not lying. I really don't know!" "YOU CONTINUE TO LIE! PREPARE TO BE EXTERMINATED, PONY!" "N- N- NO," Blue screamed as the creature drew closer to him. Without thinking, he thought of Ponyville Park, and quickly teleported away from the creature." "THE PONY HAS FLED! THE PONY RESIDENTS OF THIS PLANET WILL PAY FOR NOT COOPERATING WITH THE DALEKS! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" Ponyville Park Entrance August 10th 1001 Blue didn't expect to teleport away. He was just so frightened from the creature that he had to get away. I have to warn everypony, he thought. That creature seemed dangerous. Everypony should stay as far away from it as possible. He looked into the park. Even though its this late at night, there still might be some ponies in the park, he thought as he went into the park to warn everypony of the dangerous metal creature. The Big Blue Box August 10th 1001 Everypony stared at the doctor in nonbelief. "Doctor of time and space?" Derpy asked him. "Yes!" The Doctor replied with a happy expression. His expression then darkened and he said, "Or at least I was." "What happened?" Twilight asked. "I'd rather not talk about that. What I do want to talk about is how you equines can talk! That seems like a more interesting story to me." "First of all," Twilight started. "We are ponies, not equines. Second, everypony here can talk. That includes you too, Doctor, since you're a pony too." "I'm not a pony!" he said. "I have the form of a homosapian; a human if you wish." "What's a human?" Derpy asked him? "A 'human' is a creature who walks on two legs," he began. They have hands that they use to grab things." Twilight was about to respond, but The Doctor continued talking. "Wait, if you don't know about humans, than that must mean I'm in a different universe," he said to himself. He then began to examine himself in a quick fashion. "My, Lord! I am a pony! This is new. Longer nose, hooves, chestnut color. Still not ginger! I'm never going to be a ginger am I?" "Doctor..." Twilight said, trying to get his attention. He didn't notice his name being called. "Still, this is very new. I'll have to see what other things I'll be able to do with this new body.' "Doctor..." "Since I'm still in the first 15 stages of my regeneration process, I'll have to see what my limits are later. But still, a pony! I never thought I would change species during regeneration!" "DOCTOR!" He just noticed Twilight yelling his name this time. "Yes, Twilight Sparkle? What is it?" She was starting to give off this little frustration aura to others. "Can you, please, explain why you and your box crashed into the middle of the park, destroyed half of the land, and doesn't seem to have a single scratch on you or your box?" "Its not a box, it's a TARDIS," he replied. "What's a TARDIS?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Its a spaceship,' he said. "The last of its kind. TARDIS is just a shorter name for it. It stands for: Time And Relative Dimension In Space. It's what the Time Lords use to travel the galaxies throughout the universe. I seem to have wound up in a different universe and that means more planets to travel to." He looked excited as he said that last part, but then remembered something. "Except for the fact that I quit traveling!" he spun around and looked at the TARDIS. "I should have left you in a garbage heap, where you could grow old and die! That way, I wouldn't be in this mess!" He started to hit his box once again. While he was doing that, a gray stallion ran up to them and called out. "We need to stay alert! There is a giant metal creature in the Everfree Forest!" Everypony, except The Doctor looked at him in shock. "How do you know this?" Rainbow Dash asked him. " I ran into it!" he yelled. The Doctor heard him now and started to listen in. "It seemed like it was always yelling and saying that it was going to exterminate me!" "There is no such creature, silly filly," Pinkie Pie said. "A metal monster can't be around here. There is no such thing." "Unfortunately, you're wrong Pinkie." Everypony now turned to see The Doctor walking towards the grey stallion. "What's you're name?" he asked him. "Um, Blue. And, who are you?" he asked back. "That doesn't matter," he snapped back. "This metal creature you saw. Did it have a base covered in spheres, 3 rods coming out of it, and one of them with a suction cup?" "Uh, yes," Blue answered, remembering the creature. "Do you know what the creature is?" The Doctor swore under his breath. "You were lucky to get out of there in one piece. That creature you encountered is called a Dalek, and you all are in serious trouble."