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// Chapter 2 - Welcome to the City of Canterlot 
// Story: Doctor Whooves: The Siege of Canterlot 
// by BluFeather 
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	The Doctor walked down the road amongst the crowds of ponies going about their lives. The walkways were raised and 'paved' with very well compacted, tinted dirt it seemed. It appeared green, with a hint of aqua which complemented the various buildings all colored shades of white, blue, and purple with trimmings of gold. The architecture was quite tall and rounded with every building topped with a colored flag, typically either pink, purple, or blue. 

He beheld the grandeur of what appeared to be just an ordinary street in Canterlot. Who would have thought that Equines of all creatures could build something like this, He found it quite Brilliant!

At first, he recognized the challenges of building such immense buildings with only hooves until he noticed that amongst regular ponies, there were winged and horned ponies. Winged seemed to glide, but only walk when they were with groups of others. The horned ones... had telekinesis?! A fashionable, wealthy looking mare next to him carried, or rather floated, two bags stuffed with apparel.

“Pardon me, but... How do you do that with the horn on your head? It glows and your items float.” The timelord asked with a somewhat excited tone in his voice.

“Haven't you ever seen a Unicorn before boy?” the mare replied rather snobbishly. He was undeterred.

“Say that hypothetically, I have not. What would you say?” He smiled awaiting her response.

“Only because you're cute”, she gave a small breath. “I'd tell you that unicorns learn to use magic to pick up things starting at a young age. But I would think that this should be obvious.”

“Alright.” he said as he began to outpace the lady. She was a bit rude to him, but to be fair, he did come off as strange to the lady. His question probably was very weird for a fully grown stallion to be asking in this world.

As The Doctor wandered around, taking in the unique world and observing its occupants, he felt himself become excessively hungry. It was probably the new body, and it was not pleased with its lack of substance. He would hazard the question “What does a pony eat” but he decided the better way to answer his question was to go to what seemed to be a restaurant across from him. 

Crossing the roadway was easy. This city consisted mostly of on-hoof-traffic aside from few carriages which too were powered by the horses pulling it. It was better than what he'd see when he was on Earth where it could be dangerous to cross when metal cars would speed down paved roads. It was almost a requirement for pedestrians to stay on sidewalks and cross via predesignated lanes. 

Arriving to the front doors of the restaurant, The Doctor was about to open a door when a gray mare attempted to open the door next to him. She missed opening it and instead, bumped into the Time Lord, “Sorry mister.” she said as she made eye contact, and shifted her head to move her light, blonde hair back to her left side.