//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Five Score, Divided By A Different Time // by Violet Runner //------------------------------// I woke up the next day around 11:00 with a pounding headache, when I got the call from my agent. “Hey Jeremy. You ready for the best birthday present ever?” My agent asked me when I answered the phone. “What?” I asked trying to rub the hangover I had out of my head. “BBC just called, you got the part!” He said excitedly into the phone. “Really! AH!” I said as my head pounded at the increase in noise. “You alright?” My agent asked. “Yeah, my friends and I decided to celebrate my birthday a day early last night and now I’m a bit hung over.” I explained rubbing the last of the sleep from my head. “Well good luck with that. Anyway be sure to get a lot of rest this week because we begin filming the season première next week.” He explained. “Alright.” I said before hanging up to go take a shower. As I stepped into the shower I noticed a strange mark on my leg that wasn't washing off. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be a tattoo of an hourglass “When did I get you?” I said to myself looking at the tattoo and thinking back only for my head to start pounding again. “Ah! Well I guess I must have gotten it last night in my drunken stupor.” I said finishing up and making a mental note to make an appointment at the local tattoo removal shop later. My day was pretty uneventful after that. I mostly sat around rewatching some old episodes of Doctor Who to help prepare for the role when I got a text from my girlfriend saying that she was coming over. She arrived some time around 21:00, knocking frantically. I opened the door and noticed she was wearing a hoodie so I couldn't see her hair and she wasn't making eye contact. She gave me a giant bear hug and I couldn't help but notice she smelled like muffins. We sat down in the living room across from each other. “I just didn’t know who else to go to.” Maggie said looking up at me. “You have to promises not to tell anyone.” She said pulling her hood down to reveal that her normal brunette hair was now blond. “That’s it, you dyed your hair?” I asked before noticing two gray pony ears sticking out of it. “Oh My Gosh, Your Ears!” I said looking at them. “That’s not all.” She said before turning around and taking her pants off to reveal a blond tail and a tattoo of a couple of bubbles on her leg. “Please Doctor you've got to help me.” She said putting her pants back on. “Did she just call me Doctor?” I thought to myself before answering. “Well Derpy. I don’t know what to say. How did this happen?” I asked. “It started yesterday when I found this weird tattoo of Derpy’s Cutie mark on my leg that I don’t remember getting. I was really weirded out about it so I went online to see if I could find an explanation. However because of recent events over the past few months I couldn't find a whole lot.” She explained. It was true. The entire country has been on lockdown due to what was going on around the world and it was starting to look a lot like V for Vendetta outside. “All I could find were unverifiable reports of people turning into ponies all over the world and it being linked to mass disappearances. Then this morning my hair started to grow longer and change colour, later I walked by a mirror and saw I had pony ears. When my tail came in I decided to come see you.” She finished telling me. “Wow.” I said leaning back in my chair. “Well I guess we can definitely say those reports of people turning into ponies are now verified. And you might not be alone in this.” I said standing up. “What do you mean?” Maggie asked “Well when I woke up this morning I found this on my leg.” I said pulling my pants down to reveal the hourglass mark on my leg. “At first I thought I had got it in a drunken stupor but after what you told me I think it might be connected to what’s happening to you.” I explained pulling my pants up and sitting down again. We just stayed like that for a while not saying anything both of us still trying to comprehend what was going on. I told her that I got the part of the Doctor and because it was starting to get late and do to what was happening with the government and our transformations, I offered her the guest bedroom which she accepted. That night I dreamt about the series finale again, but for some reason it was in a first person perspective and it felt more real than my previous dreams. I was running through the Everfree Forest, every so often ducking behind a tree. “Derpy?!” I called out for the blond Pegasus. As I came to a small cliff I started to hear a familiar sound. Before I could react I was grabbed from the side and pulled into a small outcropping in the cliff just as a Dalek passed by. “Are you alright Doctor?” A familiar voice asked. “Derpy! Thank goodness you're alright!” I said hugging her. “What are those things?” She asked seeing another one in the distance. “They're all over the Everfree.” “They're called Daleks. But I don’t know how they got here. They shouldn't even exist in this world.” I explained. “In any case we need to get to the TARDIS.” “You mean that big blue box that’s bigger on the inside and goes Wowwowowowowow.” She asked. “It doesn't go-never mind, yes the big blue box that goes wow.” I said facehoofing. “Alright.” She said before we exited the small outcropping. “Going somewhere Doctor?” An evil voice said from behind us. “Discord!” I said turning around to see the Draconequus floating above a group of Daleks. “Hahahaha, hello Doctor Whooves. Have you met my new friends the Daleks?” He said resting his arm on one. “’Cause they really want to meet you.” “The Doctor is required.” One of the Daleks said. “All in good time my deformed metal friend.” Discord said, patting the one that talked on the top of its mini-tank. “I know what you're planning Discord and you can forget it! I'm the Doctor. I'm 2051 years old. I'm a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I'm the Oncoming Storm, the Bringer of Darkness, and we are going to stop you.” I said taking a step forward. “Oh? And how do you plan to do that? With your little flashlight? I don’t think so. You see, I’ve taken precautions to make sure the elements won’t stop me. But you my friend are the only thing that has the ability to put an end to it.” He said angrily. “But you’ve caught me in a good mood so I’ll be generous. You see I’m aware that you’ve been trying to get your TARDIS to take you back to your world and my new friends have told me all about it. So how about I send you there?” Discord said laughing maniacally. “Derpy.” I whispered to her while Discord was ranting. “When I give the signal, I want you to run to the TARDIS as fast as you can and get everything ready to leave.” “Right.” She said getting ready to bolt for the time machine. “Now!” I shouted pulling out my sonic screwdriver from my collar and zapping Discord with it before running. “AH! Why you little… Get him!” The Draconequus shouted at the Daleks, recoiling a little from being shocked. I managed to get away from the pursuing Daleks thanks to a friendly river serpent with a questionable sexuality, and started to make my way to the TARDIS when I heard a familiar laugh. “Well, well. Looks like you managed to get away from the Daleks, but no matter, this ends now.” Discord said creating a ball of energy and throwing it at me. I quickly dodged it, jumping out of the way. “Hold still would you!” He said creating another one. I started to run as fast as I could back to the TARDIS dodging left and right as Discord throw wave after wave of energy balls at me. Finally the TARDIS was in sight and I could see Derpy waving at me from the door. Unfortunately Discord saw her too and throw one of his energy balls at her and hit her square in the face causing her to stumble back. “NOOOOO!” I screamed jumping into the TARDIS as the doors closed, but not before getting hit in the back by one of the energy balls. The last thing I saw before blacking out was my sonic screwdriver sliding across the floor landing under the control panel and the TARDIS starting up.