The Tardis shot through the void, spinning as it did so, the centripetal force apparently not in any way affecting the six occupants. Inside, Derpy flew around, clearly pondering something.
"It shouldn't take this long to arrive at tomorrow, should it, Doctor?" she asked, stroking her chin with a hoof.
The Doctor lifted his head from the consoles he was tampering with. "Huh? I guess, now that you mention it. I wonder where we are headed?" The other four mares, who had been listening intently, said nothing but simply stared. The Doctor walked over to another console. "Now, let me check where we're going." Before he could see, however, the Tardis shook again, sending him off balance and into Derpy, who had just landed less than 2 seconds prior.
"Umm, what was that?" A shaky Octavia asked, backing towards the centre of the room, along with Vinyl, Lyra and Bonbon.
The Doctor stood up, recovering slowly from being sent across the room. "I have no ide-" He was cut off by another shake and several sparks flying around the room. The Tardis started to shake more violently, showing no signs of stopping. The five mares and the stallion were sent tumbling around the room, hitting various objects as they did so.
The Doctor managed to stand up, just in time to see a large panel from the ceiling hurtling towards him. "This is gonna hurt." The panel hit him square in the face.
Darkness.
Vinyl woke with a groan. She had a splitting headache so she put her hand to the affected area, only to feel something warm and sticky on her hoof. Blood? Please no please no please no. Wait, I have digits on my hooves!?!?!? Firstly, blood? she slowly pulled her hoof off her head to inspect it. But instead of being greeted by blood, what she saw was a clear liquid. "Drool? Is some pony drooling on me?" She shifted and rolled over to see that a being who she presumed to be Octavia had landed on her and was presently drooling everywhere.
"I guess I should wake every pony up, then." she said to no-one in particular. She breathed in deeply before screaming, "EVERYPONY GET UP COME ON WE HAVE THINGS TO DO UP UP UP UP UP UP UP UP UP!!!!!!" At this, every pony in the room screamed and shot up, then giving Vinyl simultaneous glares.
"What the hay, Vinnnie?" Lyra asked, digging a hoof in her ear after having her eardrums almost explode.
"Firstly, we crashed and I have no idea where. Secondly, we all apparently have turned into a different species which I can only assume is bipedal due to the fact that it's easier to stay upright by standing on our hind two legs. And lastly, only Tavi gets to call me Vinnie."
Every pony body in the too stared in awe, except for Lyra, who was still freaking out over having hands. "You just..." Octavia started. "You just used the correct terminology and spoke a word more than three syllables. What is going on?"
The Doctor was the first to respond. "I can only presume we are on Earth, judging by the fact that we are in human form. By that, I can assume that we have travelled dimensions considering that Equus is our dimension's version of it."
"But can we assume that we are on Earth and not on another planet, and that we have turned into humans because it is this dimension's version of our own species?" Vinyl responded. Everybody looked surprised at the fact that Vinyl was able to uphold an argument, never mind that she was able to communicate clearly and use terminology used most often by upper-class ponies.
"Indeed. You propose an interesting question. But, if we were on another planet, why not turn us into the species that populate that planet, if any at all? Though, I suppose your argument is superior in that respect, there still may be the chance that my reasoning is correct and we are, in fact, on Earth."
"Quite. I do believe that there is only one way to find out for sure. Octavia, dear, would you mind holding the door open for us all to see what is outside?" Octavia stood up, a bit wobbly as she was still unused to her new form. She said nothing, still stunned by what Vinyl had said. She hobbled over to the door and grabbed the handle with her new digits. When she pulled it open, she was amazed at what she saw.
She saw a vast urban sprawl, nearly identical to Manehatten. Only, instead of ponies inhabiting it's streets, there were more humans. The other five could also see outside. Bonbon, Lyra and Derpy were equally amazed though The Doctor and Vinyl both held equally stoic expressions.
"Let's go," Vinyl said, walking perfectly despite only having being turned into this form less than five minutes prior. after seeing the other five not moving, she dropped her act and said "I said, 'Let's go'. As in, now! I wanna see what we find." The others wasted no time in following, tumbling and tipping in their own way: Lyra and Bonbon leaning against each other for support, Octavia spreading her arms out for balance, Derpy was crawling despite the fact that she had been in this form before and The Doctor walked normally beside Vinyl.
The Doctor leaned in to Vinyl and whispered, "If you ask me, they look like they just escaped from a mental institution." They both snickered to each other and risked a glance back to see the other four attempting to keep up.
"Well, I suppose we should try to earn money so we can find a place to stay." Vinyl pondered out loud.
"Oh, that's no problem!" The Doctor responded cheerfully. "I already have a house in this dimension and more than enough funds!" The group continued walking in silence.
"Where are we going?" Bonbon said after 10 minutes of silence had passed. By now, the others had found the willpower to walk normally.
"I have no ide- Wait! Isn't that your confectionary Bonbon?" Vinyl said.
"I guess it is..." Bonbon started.
"Let's go inside!" Lyra shouted enthusiastically. The other five all nodded in agreement and walked to the shop.
Once inside, they took note of the interior. Sweet buckets lined the walls with small children and adults alike running like a child in a... well, sweet shop. At the far end, there was a counter, identical to the one in Manehatten that Bonbon owned. Behind it was a coffee machine, a cash register, and a door that no doubt lead to the store room. In the centre of the room lay tables and chairs where customers would sit down, chat, drink coffee and eat sweets. They then realised something. Didn't this universe have it's own version of them?
They then payed attention to the people in the room. There were six others in the room. Each of them looked exactly like them and were staring with open jaws towards them. On one table sat two women. One had raven hair, a lightly tanned skin colour and was wearing a tailored suit with a purple bow tie that matched her eyes perfectly. The other was a woman wearing large amethyst goggles, which no doubt had magenta eyes behind them, who had a wildly spiky two-toned blue haircut and a paler complexion than the first woman. She was wearing a tank top matched with skinny jeans, a belt with a buckle the shape of a reversed eighth-note, and some casual pumps. A pair of headphones hung limply from her neck.
On the next table, a man and a woman were staring. The woman had straight blonde hair, a complexion somewhere between that of the first two women, and she had luminous yellow eyes that were facing different directions, even though she was able to stare perfectly fine. She wore a grey t-shirt and normal jeans matched with pumps that looked a lot like the ones the blue-haired woman was wearing. Her counterpart had light brown spiky hair and a complexion the same colour as hers. His eyes shone a bright blue. He wore a black shirt beneath a large beige overcoat, beige trousers that matched his coat and some suit shoes that he somehow managed to pull off.
The other two were not seated. One was behind the counter. She had large puffy hair that was a mix of the colours pink and navy blue. She had a skin tone leering somewhere between the blue-haired woman's and the blonde's. Her eyes were the same colour as the man's. She wore a yellow t-shirt with three sweets printed in the middle of it, skinny jeans, and some shoes that someone might see on a schoolgirl. The final person in the room was a green haired woman with white highlights. Her skin coloration was the same as that of her co-worker behind the counter. She had deep yellow eyes like the blonde. She wore a green t-shirt with jeans matching the woman behind the counter's and the same shoes, too.
The male was first to speak. "Hello Doctor!" he said as he stood up and walked over, extending a hand.
"Hello Doctor!"
"So let me get this straight," The Bonbon from this universe said. "You six are from an alternate dimension where everything named is 'ponified' and everyone is either a pegasus, unicorn, or just a normal earth pony. You travelled here by accident in the Tardis which had a malfunction and ended up here. And you are our alternate counterparts. Am I correct?"
"Yes." replied the Bonbon from Equestria.
"Alright. Well I suppose we should go our separate ways to avoid a paradox?" The Vinyl from this universe said.
"Naturally." The Doctor from Equestria said.
"Ok, well I suppose you should be going now." said the Octavia from this universe. The six from Equestria waved their goodbyes as they left, leaving the other six a new topic for conversation.
"Well, that was awkward." The Doctor said. "I just hope we don't have to run into them again. Now, to our house! Allons-y."