When I put the presents in front of the Doctor, he just looked at them, then at me, asked,
"Brightly, what's the meaning of this? Bringing me seven oddly-colored presents. I've had twenty presents already."
I just told him to open the presents and not ask anymore questions. He did so, opening Pinkie's present first. Well, when the Doctor opened the lid, I laughed. Confetti bursted out, catching in his messy mane, and he laughed too.
"Let me guess, Pinkie Pie's present?" He asked/stated.
I nodded and motioned for him to continue. He did so, and pulled out from the box, a fez. This fez, though, was especially made for him by Pinkie, because it had the Doctor's cutie mark on it. I smiled as he placed it on his head, tears already welling up in his eyes (I had a feeling he will have a certain liking for fezes, now), and placed the box to the side, and picked up another present, which was Twilight's.
As he opened the lid of her present to him, the Doctor looked inside and chuckled. He then pulled out Twiight's present, a book. Oh, typical Twilight, I thought. This book, though, looked a lot like the exterior of the TARDIS, being blue and have panel-like decorations on the covers. The Doctor opened the book and flipped through the pages, sometimes chuckling at the words on the pages. He then looked at me, saying,
"I remember giving Twilight this book when she was my companion, telling her to write down anything impossible that she encounters on our adventures, or anything that she couldn't explain herself. She called it "The Doctor's book of Impossible Things." You know, you ponies of Equestria have one weird way of writing, even with her horn to write, this looks more like a lessons paper than notes and adventure-y stuff. Oh, I've missed this book." He hugged it close to him, and placed it down beside him and slid the other box to the corner, along with Pinkie's. Then picked up the next box, this one slightly orange, with a country flair to it.
He picked up the present from Applejack, and immediately knew what it was, just by the weight of the package. When he pulled out the item in question, I knew also. It was a common flower pot, and within it, was a tiny apple tree sprout. There was also a letter inside along with the sprout. It read:
Dear Colt Smith (or "The Doctor"),
This here plant ain't any ol' saplin', but a Zap Apple seedlin'. Zecora found this in the Everfree Forest while y'all were on y'all's big ol' adventure, and ah thought since y'all helped us and all, Ah thought ah could repay ya with this here special plant. Ya see, Zap Apples are rarely found, and, accordin' to legend, make tha sweetest tastin' jam ever! But, they are very particular to certain conditions. Ifn' y'all need any info on how to spot the signs, jus' come on over and ask ol' Granny Smith or Big Mac. Again, thanks for savin' Equestria and our apples!!!!
Sincerly,
Applejack
After the Doctor read it, he trotted over to the TARDIS console, opened up some kind of drawer that glowed a bright green, and placed it gently in there. He trotted back over to me, sat down, and, seeing the look on my face (I was shocked at what he had just done!) and said,
"Oh, don't worry, my little pony! There is no place safer in the entire galaxy for any living thing, plant or animal, than the TARDIS console!! Plus, that drawer was made specifically for plant life, sort of like a greenhouse, only, in drawer-form."
I just smiled and shook my head. Then, he pushed the third box aside and got the next box, a cerulean-colored box, from the high-flying Pegasus, Rainbow Dash, but I guess the Doctor knew that, by the way it looked (it had stars, rainbows, and other awesome-type things on it). His already big smile grew wider as he pulled out a pair of goggles, most likely Rainbow's, and, along the strap, she signed it
"To my new favorite Timepony, if not the only one I know!!! Stay cool (but not TOO cool, that's MY job)!!!!
-Rainbow Dash."
We just rolled our eyes. Leave it to her to make a friend feel better, only to make more jokes (leave THOSE to Pinkie, please). Anyways, he put on the goggles, which made him look a little smarter (only a little), and moved the fourth away, replacing it with a box he must have guessed was from Fluttershy.
Inside, there were several flowers* surrounding a small snowglobe depicting the Winter Wrap-Up from a few years back. He picked it up and shook it, causing the little scene to come to life, literally. There must have been an enchantment on it, because the scene depicted small Pegasi moving the clouds away, melting the snow below for the Earth ponies to plant the crops for spring, and the animal patrol waking up the animals from hibernation, whilst the Unicorns make baskets and nests for the animals' food and beds. All in all, a beautiful recreation of that year's annual clean-up.
Once the enchantment ended, once again, the Timepony trotted over to the console, and, very carefully, placed the ornament on top of the console nearest to the tube and pumps in the center part of it. He once again was eager to continue open the rest of his presents, and got the next one, supposedly Rarity's, but I quickly caught him and told him to open that one last. You see, Rarity told me to make sure to open hers last, and she didn't tell me any more, so I just kept her promise and told him to open Discord's present next.
Now, Discord's box was decorated weirdly (to this day, I have yet to find out how he managed all those different patterns), with polka dots on one side, stripes on another, and swirls in between. Anyways, though, he opened the present from the draconequus, and took out a picture frame. He showed the picture inside of it to me, and, to be totally honest, I never would have thought to see THAT again.
Inside the frame, was Screwball and Discord, back together again, probably for the first time in 1,000 years, and, in Screwball's hair, was the Doctor's old bowtie. That scene, in itself, nearly melted my heart, again. She must have, after we left, turned it into a hairbow. And, judging by the date in the photo, it was when Discord came back from stone and tried to make Ponyville the "Chaos capital of the world." We studied it for a few more minutes before he said,
"Well, it looks like she put my bow tie to good use, and it seems she had a wonderful time back with her daddy." We both smiled, and he continued, "Well now, let's have a look at the last present, I'm assuming is from Ms. Rarity." I smiled and nodded, then handed him the last box, and he took it, ever so slightly unwrapping it (to be honest, as I look back at that moment, I think he was hesitating, because, as he said, he doesn't like endings). When he finally got the lid open, he peered inside, and brought out a small tin container, about the size of one of those small tins of candy you get from your special somepony on Hearts and Hooves Day, indicating nothing special about it. But, when he opened it, he brought out a small article of clothing, one that made my heart sink into an pool of either happiness or tears of joy. What the Timepony pulled out of the tin was none other than. . .a brand new, almost identicle, burgundy bowtie.
THE END.
*I'm assuming the flowers surrounding Fluttershy's gift were substitutes for packing peanuts.