//------------------------------// // In the Tardis // Story: Today Never Happened // by Somedudeatemytaco //------------------------------// “Wrong lever Twilight!” the brown earth pony yelled as the constant noise of machine and mechanisms made it hard to hear. With everything that happened in-literally the last ten minutes, Twilight could hardly blame herself for screwing up; her mind was focused on…recent events. Her thoughts were interrupted when an explosion of sparks bursted from the console, reminding her of the task at hoof. Pushing all thoughts aside, the alicorn used her magic to raise the “wrong” lever as the earth pony called it, and lift the correct one as he instructed her to. With the recent shower of sparks, there was no way she was going anywhere near that thing! “There you go Twilight!” Time Turn…no…he said himself that wasn’t his real name…said the Doctor. Although with what little time she was with him, she was sure he had no experience in the medical field whatsoever! “Now, do me a favor,” the Doctor continued, “go over there and turn that dial over there countercloc-no no no, not that one! The other one on your left!” “You said that you can fly this, this thing by yourself! Why do you suddenly need me to help you?” Twilight said with a hint of annoyance. “Oi! Watch what you say! And it’s not that I need help, I just thought that a smart mare like you would relish at the chance to fly a time machine!” “This certainly doesn’t seem like a one-pony job!” Twilight retorted. “Well, you’d be right about that, it takes eight to fly the Tardis!” There it was again, that strange word, Tardis; it was one thing to find a time machine, and another for it to have such an abnormal name, it seemed otherworldly. “So you’re meaning to tell me,” Rainbow Dash yelled, breaking Twilight’s train of thought, “that it takes EIGHT ponies to fly this thing!” Rarity added in, “And you didn’t think to tell us this!” If it hadn’t been for Dash’s comment, Twilight would have completely forgotten that her friends were with her. Taking a glance, she saw Rainbow Dash up above, as to avoid the sparks and the occasional tumble the Tardis gave out. Meanwhile, Fluttershy and Rarity were holding on to the railings as if their lives depended on it, and honestly, if the Doctor hadn’t asked her to help out, she would have been right with them. Applejack had one hoof on the railing, but more so of a precautionary measure, her face conveying both fear and fascination at the same time. Lastly, (but certainly not the least in ANY way,) Pinkie Pie was bouncing about with delight, as if this was the time of her life. Sometimes, Twilight worried about Pinkie, this was definitely one of those times. “If I told you about that, would you have really come with me?” the Doctor replied, actually making a valid point for once. At that moment, the Tardis was flooded by red light and, unsurprisingly, more sparks. “No, no no no no no!” the Doctor cried, tweaking various buttons and levers and oddly enough, hitting a bell with a rubber mallet. Applejack shouted, the sirens blaring out making it even harder to hear, “Um, Doctor? Is this all supposed to be happening?” There was a tone of uneasiness in her voice, which was perfectly acceptable with everything going on at the moment. “Don’t panic, I have everything under control!” the Doctor said, not sounding too convincing. “I just need to stabilize the Tardis; she’s tumbling through the time vortex!” “The time what?” Twilight asked, though she wouldn’t get an answer. The Doctor cringed, as he held what looked like to be a piece of a lever ripped in half, “Well, I have good news and bad news everypony. The good news: we are landing shortly, the bad news, it’s going to be a crash landing!” “In other words,” Rainbow Dash replied, “we’re dead.” The Tardis started to shake violently, as the sounds of machines and screams filled the air.