My butler prepared more tea for me as normal, checking the temperature and ensuring it had brewed to the proper strength. His name was Bubblegum Burst and had been my employee for awhile now, I had gotten use to his company. He approaches my desk with the pot, noticing the empty cup sitting there. "May I offer a refill, Miss Mare?"
"Yes please do, Mr. Bubblegum." I said as I was reading a file for a new case. I had just received it from the Mayor earlier today and it was some puzzle.
"Very well, Miss." He said, pouring the tea, adding cream and sugar, knowing how I take my tea and stirring it gently, placing the spoon back on the saucer. "Perhaps this can help you focus."
“Perhaps, this new case has my mind spinning. It is a strange case indeed.” I set the file down and take a sip of tea.
"Well, you certainly have been spending quite a bit of time in your study."He bows and return to the kitchen to return the teapot.
I nodded and sighed. “Yes. The Mayor gave me this case, involving strange sighting and a blue box.”
"A blue box?" He ask as he return. "As in a blue box for shipping items in?"
I shook my head and took another sip of tea. “No. A blue box as in a telephone box. Whenever it is here it is always after the sightings of strange things like metal ponies or weird statues.”
"That is highly unusual, indeed. If it was one incidence I would be certain they had been mistaken or were ill somehow. I gather there has been numerous sightings?" He says to me.
“Indeed there has been. At random times, nopony knows when the next time it will happen.” I said.
“Hmm..very interesting. Have you picked an assistant to help you?” He asks me.
I nodded. “Yes, I’m off to see him now.” Before he had entered I did look through my files and decided on a pony known as Zerathur, he was an interesting pony that always seemed to know more than he would tell me. I grab the file and my bags and headed behind Lyra’s house where we agreed to meet.
When I get there I see a stallion and the best way to describe him would be a black unicorn with a blue and red mane, mechanical looking wings, armor and goggles. “Hello.Finally got an Case that I'm needed? “
I nodded looking at him. “Yes I do sir.”
“Good.” He takes off goggles to clean them,showing two holes where the eyes are supposed to be. “So,tell me,what’s the case?” He slips the goggles back on.
I tilt my head seeing his eyes. He was a very strange pony indeed. I hand him a file. "The case of the Blue box."
Zerathur takes the paper,and starts reading it. "Blue box...Well,tell me,what did the victim said about the crime?"
"There is no victim. The mayor wants us to investigate this box. It usually comes whenever it comes there is always the sighting of strange creatures a few days before." I watch him as he reads it.
"Creatures...It may be chaos spells,depending in the creatures." He takes out a notepad and starts writing in weird characters. "I just have a few ideas for the Blue Box,but all them are impossible."
I nodded as I watched him write, it didn’t surprise me seeing him writing strange characters. "Hmm..well I haven't got much on the descriptions of the creatures only that there have been metal ponies and weird statues. The blue box has been described as a telephone box. "
He stops annotating "Oh,it is that day...Well,I'll send one of my Dark Templars to the 'archives' and search up for some very specific names" Then he look to an wall "En Taro Tassadar,Arcturium." An white tall unicorn slowly become visible,and we both start talking in a strange dialect . I watch them and think about what he said. He seemed to have known what I may be talking about with the blue box and creatures but he is the type of pony who gives spoilers. I look over at the white unicorn he summoned. “Godspeed,Arcturium"
Zerathursaid. The unicorn slowly disappear,then Zerathur turns to me . "Arcturium and a few others are going to search in New Aiur's archive to get a few names.Now..." He looks to the clock. "When do the Blue Box comes back again?"
I looked confused and asked. "Wait wait, Who is Arcturium? Is he one of the dark Templars you mentioned? " I look at the clock, checking the time. "No clue, it just happens at random times but always in the same spot."
“That white unicorn was Arcturium,he's one of our councilmen,and he guards The Archive. And about the telephone box,tell me where it appears,the coordinates would be great." Then he takes some pills from his jacket,and swallow them "Gah,don't mind about my painkillers".
I nodded. “I won’t mind at all. The box appears after a strange sighting of one of these creatures. Mostly happens close to the Everfree forest.“
"Ok,soon Arcutium will be back with the names I asked...But for now,I'll go back to Lyra's party,if you let me." He said,slowly putting a headphone in just one ear.The music is só loud that I could hear it.
I nodded. “Go ahead.” I leave and head back to my office. I spent the next few hours thinking about this case deeply. Who were the creatures that turn up here? Where is the blue box from?Questions like this swirled in my mind. As I was thinking I heard a knock and answered it. It was Zerathur with several pieces of paper. “What are these?”
“Search for The ponies that are still alive with those names.Yes,im bleedin,and poisoned...but don't worry,my Medicines are working in it,and The cut will close once its done." He laughs a little "Tell me if your find any in this list."
"Why should I search for these ponies on the list? How would they help me with my case?" I ask.
"They know what is the box.They'll probably tell what it is...But if not,I'll give some...assistance." He finally walks in,with some blood falling on the ground."Oh,sorry about that,I may clean this later..."
I look at the list to read the names and looked to him. "Thank you Mr. Zerathur and its fine. I can clean it up."
"Ok,Miss. Mare...I'll be in New Aiur,and once you find any of those ponies,search for me there.If you don't know where's New Aiur,head towards Ponyville's fountain,and then follow the star of the morning." He slowly disappear,and,a little bit before,he says "My work is done,for now." He disappears completely and I set the list down and went to clean up the blood. Mr. Zerathur was a interesting pony, since he is a dark templar. I don’t know much about them because they have some regeneration power, disappearing, and some mind control but it would only work on simple minds. When I was done cleaning off the blood, I went to the only pony on the list who was alive. It was a Miss Derpy Hooves.
I knew she was a mail mare with a young daughter but nothing else. I wondered what she knew of the blue box. I knocked on her door and she answered. She looked at her with her yellow crossed eyes. “Hello Miss Mare. Is there something you need?”
“I need to know everything you know about the blue box.” I said to her as she lets me in. I look around seeing an average looking home.
She shuts the door. “Why do you need to know about a box?”
I looked at her. “The mayor asked me to do some investigating. So please if you will tell me about the blue telephone box.”
Miss Derpy nods and invites me to sit down. “If you wanna know about the Tardis then you have to know about the Doctor.”
I had a confused look on my face. “Tardis? Doctor?”
“Let me explain. The Doctor is from another world, he travels around inside time machine that is a blue box that is bigger on the inside. He saves equestria almost everyday.” She said with a smile on her face.
I nodded slightly. “Ok...do you know when he will show up next?”
She shook her head. “It could be any day.”
“Ok. Thank you for speaking with me” I get up and leave. She saw me out and I went walking back to my office but along the way I heard the strangest noise. I looked and saw it was the blue box I had heard so much about. I found it strange that it showed up now. The doors open and a light brown stallion earth pony with spiky mane and a hourglass cutie mark walked out.
“Hello Miss Mare, good to see you again.” He said to me.
I looked shocked. “Are you the Doctor? How do you know my name?”
He thought for a moment and chuckled. “Yes I am, I guess this is your first time meeting me when when you're awake, we met before in my past which would be your future. I’m here to give you this.” He holds out a piece of scrap paper with red ink. I took it and it looked just like all the others I have been finding. “He told me you would be needing that.”
I looked at him dumbfounded. “Wait who is he? What do you mean we met before but in the future. I’m so confused.”
“I can’t say spoilers.” And with that he headed back into his box of blue and disappeared into the night. I headed back into my office and looked at the file. I just set it on my desk and headed for bed. I looked at the scrap piece of paper and placed it with the others. It was strange that he knew about theses and it made me wonder who was the he, the Doctor spoke about but those were all part of a different mystery now.