The Scrapper

by J8ck78


Chapter 4 - Lord of Time

A knock came from the door, which Derpy heard from the kitchen as she tried to make muffins on her own for the, well, she forgot but it had been allot. Putting the mixer down she flew to the door and opened it. Dinky got there first and opened the door for whomever it was. After greeting them, she heard the voice of Twilight Sparkle and she dropped to the ground and began to to trot over to greet her friend as the Unicorn entered, and it wasn't Twilight. Derpy stopped and tried her best to shift both eyes toward whomever this was to get a better look. This Unicorn was blue and had a two toned mane! Twilight was at least purple, or was it lavender? Pink? Then a larger Unicorn entered and she recognized it from the new Unicorn in town she saw earlier delivering mail across Ponyville. She loved delivering mail, it was not just a job, it was a way of life! She couldn't imagine doing anything-oh there was Twilight! She trotted over happily as Twilight met her with a look of determination on her face. Derpy hoped she hadn't failed to deliver one of her letters!

"Is he here?" asked Twilight

Derpy breathed a sigh of relief as it wasn't her failing to deliver a letter. Twilight raised a eyebrow and Derpy took flight.

"He's out back working on the TARDIS."

"Good." said Twilight, "Lead the way."

"Uh, Twilight?" asked Colgate, "What are we doing here?"

"Yeah, what exactly are we doing here? This is the home of that mailmare I met earlier!"
Twilight stopped in her hoof steps and turned around to look at him dead in the eye. Scrapper took a few steps back and looked around nervously before starting to sweat.

"Uh, what?"

"Did you meet Pinkie Pie?" she asked him in a serious tone

"Umm..... no?" said Scrapper nervously

"Good." said Twilight turning back around

"Awe, I want Pinkie Pie in this too." said Derpy, "Oh! I know! I'll go get her!"

"Ah ha ha ha no." said Twilight grabbing her with her magic and bringing her back, "As much as I love my dear friend Pinkie Pie, I don't want to put her in this kind of danger!"

"Awe, okay Twilight."

"Now then, can we please see him?" asked Twilight

"Yeah, yeah, follow me." said Derpy disappointed

She lead them through the house and out to the back where a blue police box sat. As both Twilight and Derpy went over to it, Colgate looked up to Scrapper, who just shrugged.

"Uh, Twilight, what is this?"

"This is what we are going to use to go back a thousand years!" said Twilight

"We get to go on another time journey! Oh boy!"

"We?" asked Twilight

"Where's the Doctor goes, I go!" said Derpy defiantly

"Fine, fine." said Twilight before knocking on the door to the TARDIS, "Doctor! You there!"

She waited a few seconds before knocking again. It was all silent until the door opened and a brown haired and maned colt poked it through.

"Hello Twilight! What brings you here!" he said before looking at Scrapper and Colgate, "Um, who are these ponies!?"

"That over there is Minuette. I believe you've met before?"

"Yes. We met at the Hearths Warming Eve play. Hello again!"

"Hi there." waved Colgate nervously

"And this is the 1000 year old pony I told you about doctor!" said Derpy pointing to Scrappy

"I'm not 1000 years old!" defended Scrappy, "I was just frozen for a long-"

In a instant the Doctor was looking over him with his Sonic Screw Driver as Scrapper looked on not knowing whether to feel that his privacy is being invaded, or that just freaked out that some random earth pony was pointing at him with some weird metal thing.

"Can, uh, I help you?" asked Scrapper

"No, no, no." said the Doctor, "I can do this one on my own."

He continued to scan Scrapper but nothing happened. Everyone looked at the two as the Doctor sat down again stumped.

"Tell me, does that vest have any wood in it?" asked Whooves

"Uh, no." answered Scrapper

"Blast. I was hoping it was for once!"

"What is that thing?" asked Scrapper

"Oh, it's a Sonic Screwdriver! The most useful too ever invented!"

"It drive screws at least?"

"Well it should." said Whooves, "Now hold still I'm going to scan you again."

"Doctor, uh, what are you doing?" asked Derpy

"Yeah." said Twilight, "I'm curious too."

"I don't even know what's going on." said Colgate

"Well if what you say is true and this Unicorn is 1000 years old, I wanted to know if he has any residue of the vortex I picked up!"

"What?" asked everyone there

"Well I don't mean the vortex a thousand years ago. It would have worn off by now. I mean the vortex I picked up a couple hours ago."

"Huh? What?" asked Scrapper

"Well if you were the cause for the first one according to Derpy, you must've caused the second one. How did you do it?"

"I don't remember. In fact I have no idea what you're talking about." said Scrapper

Whooves facehoofed upon hearing this: "Shows what happens when I go on Derpy's word alone. So if you aren't the cause what is?"

"This." said Twilight pulling the gem from her bag and unwrapping it so the sunlight wouldn't hit upon it.

Whooves looked at it confused before pointing his Screwdriver at it and began to scan it before the Screwdriver itself shorted out and exploded. The Doctor jumped up startled at what just happened and looked at the smoking remains of the Screwdriver.

"You got to be bloody kidding me! Now I have to get a new one!"

"Well what did you get from it?"

The Doctor looked back to the gem pondered it for a second before coming to a conclusion.

"That's allot of power locked inside that Gem." he said

"Really? That's what you got?"

"Well I'm sorry my Screwdriver exploded!"

"We knew that already." said Colgate, "What's is it."

"No clue. Screwdriver shorted out." said the Doctor as he walked back to the TARDIS.

"Hmm." pondered Whooves as he pointed his Sonic Screwdriver at it

"We need a lift to 1000 years ago."

"Huh, what!?" asked the Doctor turning back around, "Excuse me? You want a what?"

"A trip to one thousand years ago." said Twilight

"Yay! Another adventure!" yelled Derpy, "Wait....oh no! Another adventure!"

"Excuse me! I just don't give free rides! The TARDIS is not just a-"

"Doctor!" said Derpy, "I just realized! If we go back then to 1000 years ago we can find whatever that strange thing that made you cry over genetics!"

"What?" asked Colgate

"Long story. Everyone aboard!" said the Doctor

"Sparkler!" yelled Derpy as she entered, "You're babysitting for the night!"

"Huh, what?" asked Sparkler sticking her head out the door

She was met by the TARDIS door slamming shut. Sparkler just shrugged and went back inside. The thought of "Here we go again" running through her mind.

"You know what I don't get?" asked Colgate as the door closed

"What?" asked Twilight, "That this is bigger on the inside?"

"No but that does come to my mind." said Scrapper

"No, it's actually about him!" said Colgate pointing to Scrapper

"What? What did I do?" asked Scrapper

"Your from a thousand years ago right?"

"Yes." said Scrapper

"Well, why do you not sound like it? You know, like Luna did at the Nightmare Night event?"

"Only royalty talks like that! I'm far from royalty. I just know them personally."

"How?" asked Colgate

"I sell swords," said Scrapper, "and sword accessories. Back then, those made one have quite the living."

"So you don't talk like them, you just know them?" asked Colgate

"That's me!" said Scrapper

Inside the control room of the TARDIS the Doctor ran around getting the settings just right for their trip back to 1000 years ago. As he did, Derpy flew by holding something and went into another room. Colgate and Scrapper looked on amazed as Twilight pulled out a book and began to read it. Whooves continually ran back and forth trying to set everything right as the TARDIS warmed up.

"Okay!" said the Doctor, "Seeing that I can lock onto the vortex's signature from here using this, and then run it through a filter with this, thus allowing me to backtrack it through time with this, so we can land anywhere in Equestria when the vortex took place."

"Uh, Doctor." said Twilight, "We're not going to the vortex."

"We're not!? Why not?"

"Well, we need to get to Canterlot! There is a pony there who will describe what that Gem is!"

"I already know what it is!" argued Whooves, "It's a powerful item that can short out Sonic Screwdrivers!"

"Well, can you maybe drop him us off in Canterlot and then swing by towards it as we go?" asked Colgate

"Hmm, maybe. I'll have to make some adjustments." said the Doctor, "By the way what exactly are you doing here?"

Colgate looked around nervously as she tried to find a answer. Suddenly, a Pegasus came to her aid.

"Why isn't she here Doctor?" asked Derpy as she flew over Colgate

Whooves just shrugged and powered the TARDIS on and the Old Girl came to life. the familiar whirring sound of the TARDIS taking off was music to the ears of Whooves, Derpy, and Twilight, but unnerving to the other two. Scrapper and Colgate were unsure what was going on, and Colgate began to back up to the door.

"No, no, no!" said Whooves as he ran over to her, "You can't go outside!"

"Why not? This place is creeping me out!"

"Trust me on this Minuette!" said Twilight, "You do not want to go outside now."

"We are traveling through time and space as we speak!" explained the Doctor, "Going out into the rift would well, be very painful."

"Oh." said Colgate backing away from the door

"So this is time travel?" asked Scrapper looking around, "Allot different from when I did it."

"The TARDIS doesn't use magic! It uses technology! Much like the gears and wires on your vest, only light years ahead of it."

"Huh?" asked Scrapper

"It's complicated." said Twilight

"Not really!" said Derpy as she flew past

"Now, hopefully the TARDIS will be nice today and drop us off where we need to be!"

The sound of the TARDIS slowing down caught their attention as Whooves looked over the controls.

"Ah, here we are! We're coming into the right time! Ah yes here we go, Canterlot, 1000 years ago, two hours before the vortex! So, who's staying and who is going?"

"I'll go with Scrapper!" said Twilight, "I'm known around Canterlot so-"

"Uh, no offense Twilight, no your not. If this is from where I'm from ,you don't exist yet. No one knows who you are, or what you are, not even Celestia."

The fact of the matter hit Twilight but she recovered.

"I'm known around here, I can maybe take one of you ponies and get by, but any more I'll need documentation I don't have."

"Hmm, the Scrapper is right." said Whooves, "We can't have you running around in the past again Twilight, and well, I don't exactly trust Derpy."

As if on cue there was a crash from another room.

"Oops, my bad! It's just the wardrobe!"

Whooves facehoofed.

"I can go!" said Colgate, "I want off this thing as fast as I can!"

"Alright then! The door is right there. Once I see this vortex we will come back to pick you up!"
Scrapper and Colgate stepped outside and looked around. A peaceful field now laid where they stood with the image of a grand city in the distance. Scrapper recognized it instantly but Colgate still had no idea where she was.

"Uh, Doctor! Where are we?"

Whooves poked his head outside and looked around.

"Oh right, Ponyville didn't exist, bother how could I forget this! Come back inside then, I'll take you to Canterlot in a jiffy!"

Sighing, Colgate stepped back inside with Scrapper in tow.