//------------------------------// // Transmorphication // Story: The Doctor and the Human Hunter // by BrightIdea //------------------------------// The Doctor and the Human Hunter Chapter 1: Transmorphication “Trans-whatsit?” went the Twilight Sparkle. “Huh-morphicization? Is this like that one time about monkeys?” went the Ditzy Doo. “Transmorphication. Let me see if I can explain it better without breaking into song…” went the Doctor, followed by everyone pausing a moment to see if a certain pink pony would pop up and break into song. They appeared safe from any musical numbers after a few moments of tense pause the Doctor continued “Well, its abit like dressing a monkey like a duck.” “Dressing a monkey like a duck does not explain how you gave yourself wings!” Twilight Sparkle interrupted, pointing a hoof at the set of brown chestnut wings the Doctor to her a normalish, and Earth Pony just yesterday, but now a Pegasus wore. “Without magic it’s not possible!” “Aha, BUT you see my dear Twilight that in a way I did use a sort of magic to make these wings you see. That is if the magic involved made up the very fabric of this universe. Which I believe it did.” The Doctor explained before, cantering over to the Library’s chalk board and with careful manipulation of his new wings began to draw. “Uuuugh! Does this have something to do with the TARDIS?” “It has everything to do with the TARDIS as you can see here and here,” the Doctor said making a mark several places on his new, shiny diagram “You see when I fell into this pocket universe through the Medusa Cascade the very physics of reality were quite different than what I was used to before. Therefore the TARDIS rearranged my atomic structure and then some to cope. The TARDIS not only keeps my form as a Pony but, also allows me and others who have been in the TARDIS to speak the local language. I simply modified the ‘Transmorphic’ signal sent out by the TARDIS to induce a temporal shift to give me wings!” finishing with his diagram covered in marks of chalk where he dragged his chalk piece back and forth across the chalkboard. “It is…it’s…like muffins,” Ditzy Doo said, her wall faced expression the image of perfect concentration as she ‘stared’ at the chalkboard. “You were like dough and flour, so the TARDIS baked you into a Muffin because, that’s what Equestria ordered!” “Exactly!” “Doctor! In the name of science I demand you-“ “TWILIGHT! TWILIGHT! TWILIGHT! TWILIGHT! OPEN THE DOOR! TWILIGHT! TWILIGHT!” the named Unicorn was interrupted by a sudden banging on the library door and the shouting of her personal given name. Though the lavender Unicorn did not seem too eager as she paused, searched with her eyes to make sure the windows were open but, finding none she let out a sigh and resigned herself to opening the door. “TWILIGHT! TWILIGHT! TWI-oh! Hey Twilight, guess what I found!” the minty green Unicorn shouted with the purest of excitement. Trotting into the library she practically was floating in mid-air, jumping from hoof to hood in place as she waited for Twilight to shut the door she noticed the Doctor staring at her cutie mark with deep intent. An immediate change seemed to go over her as the Doctor soon found her staring back right into his face with her entire face. “You!” “Me?” the Doctor replied hesitantly, dropping onto his flank. “Yes, you! Have you…have you…” she began, taking from a nearby table a notepad and pencil “Have you now or ever been a bipedal species known as homo sapient? A human! A man thing not from this world! Tell me now! If you are I’ll-“ "I can say with quite truthful honesty that I am not a human. Nor have I been one under not counting when I haven't been me." The Time Lord answered with all honesty. For once. “Not a human? Awwww. Well, this sort of setback happens. Nice to meet you, I’m-“ “No, no. Let me guess, I’ve made it a game of guessing Ponies names from their cutie marks. Hmm let me see…appears to be some sort of stringed instrument common in ancient historic times and now only common in certain reenactment circles or high professional music performances.” The Doctor analyzed, circling the minty Unicorn once before returning to his sitting position in front of her “Is your name…Harpo?” “Lyra.” “Blast! I was so close.” “Not really.” “Close like a planet is close to its sun in terms of being close to the center of their galaxy to their universe.” “Aaaanyway,” Lyra began turning from the Doctor back to Twilight with her gleeful expression back on full power “You’ll never guess what I found in the Everfree Forest today!” “A bear?” Twilight replied as she stealthily used her magic to clean up the Doctor’s chalk diagram from behind the unsuspecting Lyra. “No!” “A Hydra?” Ditzy supplied. “Nope!” “A Mezian Worbler?” “…no,” Lyra shook her head, taking in a deep breath before shouting “HUMANS!” While Twilight rolled her eyes, Ditzy Doo continued to stare at two points in space and time, the Doctor began to stare with quite seriousness at the minty Unicorn. Taking out a pair of neat glasses, he began to walk around Lyra as if inspecting her while asking “Humans you say? If they were still here in Equestria where would they be?” “In Bon Bon’s baseme-I mean, in my laboratory of course. Homo Sapien Studies is a top notch science that requires the most secure and sophisticated laboratories in order to study humans, majestic and beautiful as they can be, when under intense amounts of stress they can be dangerous to the average Pony.” “Hmm. Quite true words if I do say so myself. Now Bon Bon. I believe she is the mare that owns the delicious sweetshop across the Ponyville town center correct?” “Oh yes, she can make the best chocolate or taffy that-“ “Taffy! Yes, I am in the mood for taffy if I do say so. Come on Ditzy, let’s go get some Taffy. Twilight, why don’t you stay here and congratulate Lira-“ “Lyra.” “Yes, her, on her discovery! Let’s go Ditzy, Allon-sy” the Doctor finished, scooting out the door with Ditzy before Twilight could say another word and before she could get away from Lyra’s grasping hooves. “Oh this is the greatest day to ever happen to me! Quick! Where is Spike? We have to alert Celestia that there are humans in Equestria and one of them is on the loose around the area of Ponyville…” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bon Bon’s Sweet Delights certainly was aptly named, from the moment the Doctor and Ditzy walked through the door they were assaulted by the vision and smell of candies of every make and model. Lining the walls in bright pink or purple wrapping they almost lead the way like signal markers to the shop’s owner who sat, nervously kneading a ball of taffy into different shapes. “Hello, Miss Bon Bon. It’s me Ditzy. I was wondering if you had any-“ “NO! WE A RE FRESH OUT OF HUMAN! I mean! I mean! Were fresh out of..out of silverware and napkins.” The Earth Pony shouted, her eyes like dinner plates as her hooves smashed the taffy as flat as dinner plates. “My dear,” the Doctor interrupted her, putting both hooves on her shoulders and staring intently into her eyes “Let us skip the charades. I can tell you’re under a great deal of stress. Your way of thinking how the universe worked and what you thought about what could be and what could not be true has been shattered. We know about the humans and we will not cause you or your friend any trouble. Just point me to the basement and imagine I was never here!” “T-third door on the right,” Bon Bon pointed with one taffy covered hoof to a door behind her desk, going into a fetal position behind her desk. “Ah, my thanks. We should be done shortly. Come along Ditzy, let’s see what our Unicorn friend has caught in her net.” The third door on the right lead down a small stairway into a large dark room that was mostly filled with storage boxes and sheets that covered the boxes. Motioning for Ditzy to stay behind him the Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver, holding it in one hoof (which he was very proud of having mastered) he advanced into the darkness shining it here and there. “Hello! Don’t worry I am not here to hurt you or humiliate you after being caught by a Unicorn Pony for that matter.” In the corner of the basement the two Ponies noticed the soft movement of a sheet over a large rectangular object. The Doctor moved in, putting his hoof to the sheet even as the glow of his sonic screwdriver revealed two vague human shapes getting to their feet. The Doctor heard argued whispering but, he couldn’t make it out. “No need to fear me. I’m the Doctor.” “The Doctor?” an accented male voice replied. “Doctor! Is that you?” another accented female voice replied. The Doctor’s eyes widened in the dark and he took no time in tearing back the sheet from the iron barred cage. Never expecting to see the two people held within. Though it wasn’t the first time he had seen either imprisoned in something. “Martha Jones! Mickey. What are you doing in Equestria?” -Cue Doctor Who Ending Theme Music-