“Your Highness,” the brother said, with him and his sister gawking at what they were seeing. “What are you doing here?”
“There was a bit of an emergency where I had to leave,” -Celestia stepped out of the TARDIS and onto the contraption- “but nothing to worry about I assure you. Though I must ask where exactly we are.”
“We’re in Manehattan.” The sister said.
“On the west side to be exact.” The Doctor chimed in as he got out. “Oh, and what do have we here?” The Doctor looked at the machine that they landed on. “You know, if I didn’t know any better, we’re on top of an ancestor of the steam locomotive. Only it’s not on any tracks, only wheels. Oh! And there’s a stick thingy that drives it. Is this a kind of steam carriage?”
“Uh, sure?” The brother said.
“Oh, sorry, what are your names my little ponies?” Celestia asked.
“I’m Sharp Quill, your majesty.” The mare said bowing, “I’m the first mare critic for the Manehattan Times.”
“And you?”
“Gear Shift your grace.” The Stallion bowed as well. “Normally I repair watches, but I’m also responsible for what you’re standing on.”
“And what are we standing on?” To Celestia’s horror, the voice came from Luna who stepped out of the TARDIS. When Sharp and Gear saw her, their faces were stricken with absolute terror as they quickly backed away.
“Wait! I can explain-” Celestia said, but it was already too late. They ran out of the warehouse screaming.
“SHE’S BACK!! GET THE GUARD!! NIGHTMARE MOON IS BACK!!”
“Okay, new plan.” The Doctor said, “We really need to get out of here.”
“What about the TARDIS?” Luna asked.
“It needs to rest at the moment. But as of now, we really-” The Doctor got an idea. “So there is water in here. We need heat.” The Doctor turned to the rear of the machine where a black boiler with a pipe sticking out was. “We need to start a fire in there and quickly.”
“Fire you say?” Celestia said, “I’ll provide the fire.” Her horn glowed, and a moment later, the boiler was glowing from the inside.
“What did you put in there?” the Doctor asked.
“You could say that I put in a very small scale version of the sun in it.”
The Doctor’s eyes widen: “Remind me to ask you about that later, but for now, we really need-”
One of the doors slammed open to a few guards, “There she is!” one of them cried out.
The Doctor grabbed hold of the stick and drew it back which set the steam car in motion. The guards shouted to stop but the machine went faster. It broke through the wooden doors and into the streets of Manehattan.
Luna was using her magic to make sure that the TARDIS didn’t fall off. The Doctor steered the car, yelling at the ponies to get out of the way. And Celestia was using her magic to try to slow down the increasing number of guards that were now coming after them. She took whatever random objects she could find and either tipped them over or threw at them.
As they speed past countless ponies, they could pick up things like: “Hey! Watch where you’re going!” or “Was that Princess Celestia?” or “Is she being foalnapped?” or “Is that Nightmare Moon?” or “What’s that thing?” and so on and so forth.
During the case, a pegasus guard came flew up to them, “Princess Luna!” he cried out, quickly adding: “You’re under arrest for treason against the crown!” That was as far as that guard got until he got hit by a sign.
They speed over the newly built Brookmane bridge and into the countryside; the guards were still intent catching up to them.
“Doctor, can’t you do something?” Luna asked.
He then got an idea. “Actually yes, Luna, take the stick.”
“What?!”
“Just do it. And everyone stay quiet.” She took hold of the steering stick with her magic as the Doctor took out his screwdriver. After adjusting a little bit, he pointed at the TARDIS and to the guards’ astonishment, the princesses, the machine, the stallion, and the blue box slowly disappeared.
“Where did they go?” One of them asked as they all stopped.
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About half an hour later and several miles away, the steam car, along with its occupants appeared on the dirt road.
“What happened? Why did they stop back there?” Celestia asked.
“I turned on the perception field that to them, we seemed to be invisible. Big enough to fit all of us and the trail of steam to fit in.”
“Why didn’t you do that before?” Luna asked.
“It’s rather difficult to come up with an idea like that when you’re trying not to run anypony over.”
“Alright. Point taken. But as of now, I want answers.”
“Luna-”
“No! I demand to know of those guards who were trying to arrest me. What was that about treason? What did I do?”
The Doctor slowed the steam car when Luna asked this.
“Luna, just let it go,” Celestia said.
“How can I when a whole legion came after us to arrest me?! Now tell me, Celie, what is going on?!”
“You don’t need to know-”
“Don’t need to know about what? Ever since we got here, you two have been dancing around the question. You know something, and I want to know NOW!!”
“Luna, you don’t understand.”
“STOP TREATING ME LIKE A CHILD CELESTIA!!! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME!?!”
Other than the still running car, everything went silent. Luna saw something in her older sister that she hadn’t seen before. She was speechless. Not only that, but she stared at her as if she saw a ghost. Then she saw tears forming in her eyes.
“Excuse me,” Celestia said as she entered the TARDIS and closed its doors.
“Luna,” -the Doctor said solemnly- “we need to have a talk.”