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// Chapter 10 
// Story: Five Score, Divided By A Different Time 
// by Violet Runner 
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Derpy’s prospective


“The guy has a Time Machine and he’s late.” Shining Armor said as he looked around at the few hundred ponies that were standing outside the building that the portal to Equestria was in.

“Calm down I’m sure he’ll be here before we go in.” A pony that looked like Daring Doo reassured him.

Suddenly the air was filled with a strange sound as the TARDIS materialized a few feet from them.

“Sorry I’m late. Had to pick up a couple things.” The Doctor said as we stepped of the TARDIS followed by a few hundred ponies. “Now I’ll be right back.” he said once every one was out before going back into the TARDIS. It then disappeared before reappearing in a different spot and more ponies got out.

He did this four or five more times each time retuning with more ponies until there was well over a thousand ponies. After the fifth time however instead of ponies a swarm of changelings came out.

“Wait are those?” Chrysalis asked walking up to one.

“Your eggs? Ya.” The Doctor said exiting the TARDIS. “Helped me stop some Zygons in 2023 actually, kind of a cool story, tell you it later, right know we need to go and kick Discords butt.”

“Yeah let’s take him down!” I said excitedly.

“Wait Derpy.” The Doctor said pulling me to the side. “I want you to take Dinky and the TARDIS back to Torchwood.”

“Why?” I asked confused.

“We have just gotten back together as a family and I don't want to lose you again.” He said looking me in the eye with a pleading look. "The last time I summoned an army and went to war I lost the child. I promised myself that would never happen again." The Doctor then sighed before continuing. “Look I scanned the rift that the TARDIS made with my sonic screwdriver. It’s going to take 6 months for it to finish calculating everything about it so I buried it in a box directly under the spot where the TARDIS will be when we first arrived at Torchwood. I need you to dig it up and give them that information so they can widen the rift enough for the rest of the ponies to go through.”

“Alright.” I said with a sigh as we walked into the TARDIS.

“Thank you.” he said as he set the controls to take me back to Torchwood. “There, the controls are all set. All you have to do is push this button.” He said as Dinky walked up to us.

“What’s going on?” She asked sleepily.

“You and Mommy are going on a little trip back to Torchwood. Well Daddy does his job. Do you think you can be a good girl for Mommy?” He asked crouching down.

“Ok.” She said with a big yawn.

“Good girl. Now go get some sleep.” The Doctor said rubbing her head before she ran off.

“Be safe.” I said worriedly.

“I will.” He then gave me a goodbye kiss before he walked out of the TARDIS and closed the doors behind him.

Once he was gone I pressed the button and the TARDIS began to take off. Once we arrived at Torchwood I put my sleeping daughter onto my back and walked out of the TARDIS. Once I did however it began to take off on its own.

“Doctor.” I said a little annoyed that he set the TARDIS to leave once we were out of it so we couldn't just use it to get back.

“He stranded you somewhere safe huh?” A voice said from behind me.

“Huh? Oh hey Steven.” I said turning to see who it was. “Yeah but he did give me a job to do while I’m here. He said he buried his sonic screwdriver under the floor here and that it has information on it that can be used to widen the rift left by the TARDIS.”

“That’s great. I’ll get a team to start digging it up right away. In the meantime why don’t we get you and your daughter a room? You look tired” He said leading us towards the sleeping quarters.

“That sounds lovely.” I said with a yawn.