"200 years it is, then! Allons-y!" He flipped one more lever, and they were off…
Sparks flew in the TARDIS control room as she spun wildly in the Time Vortex. The three occupants grabbed on to anything they could to avoid being thrown around the large, open space. The Doctor was laughing, and the two mares he had brought with him were screaming as lights flashed, monitors filled the room with smoke, and control panels sparked and fizzled.
“DOCTOR! WHAT’S HAPPENING?” Octavia shouted above the din.
“I FORGOT, THIS IS A NEW UNIVERSE, THE TARDIS HAS NO REFERENCE POINTS HERE!”
“AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?” Vinyl shouted as she tried to hold onto both her purple sunglasses and the railing at the same time.
“WELL, TO PUT IT SIMPLY, IT MEANS THAT WE’RE FLYING BLIND TO WHEREVER THE COORDINATES I PUT IN TAKE US!” he said,
“AND WHERE WOULD THAT BE?”
“I HAVE NO IDEA!”
“WHAT?!?” the two mares cried.
“I GUESS WE’LL FIND OUT WHEN WE-”
The entire room jolted to the left and came to a sudden stop.
Doctor Whooves: Tale of Two Sisters
By: Gandalf158
Prologue
The Doctor stood up and moved off to the main control panel and looked at the myriad displays and the multiple warning messages on them. He tapped a few buttons and turned to face his companions who were also picking themselves up off the ground and walking over to him.
“Is everyone okay?” he asked them.
“A little shaken up, but otherwise okay, I suppose.” Octavia said, brushing a few stray hairs out of her face.
Vinyl situated her glasses and nodded at the Doctor. He let out a sigh of relief and looked back at the console one more time.
“Well, unfortunately, we aren’t going anywhere for a while, that trip took a lot out of her, and now she needs to rest and build some reference points for this universe, so it looks like we have time to explore wherever and whenever we are right now.”
“So, you’re just gonna go out there? With no idea where or even when you are?” Octavia asked, looking a little pensive.
“Well, better than sitting here the whole time. Come on, Tavi, think of it as an adventure!” Vinyl said.
Vinyl and the Doctor stepped toward the door and he threw it open, the two of them stepping out onto the grass. They turned and gestured for Octavia to follow. She considered it for a moment, groaned, and finally trotted after them.
She stepped out into a field of grass and flowers. Near to the east, there was a forest, but luckily not the Everfree Forest. Off a distance to the west was a large, walled town on a hill, blocking their view further west. Octavia was still a little skittish, but she decided to push that to the side.
“Well, here we go, I suppose. Where to, Doctor?”
“First things first, we need to find out where and more importantly when this place is. Which one of you knows more about Equestrian history?”
“That’d be Tavi, I slept through history in high school.” Vinyl said.
“Well, this is a long shot, but, do you happen to know where we are?” the Doctor asked, a hopeful look in his eye.
“Well, no. Though, at a guess, I’d say we’re somewhere close to Baltimare, though.” she said, putting a hoof to her chin in thought.
The Doctor stepped over to the TARDIS and locked the door.
“Well, I suppose we should go and investigate that city then, they’ll probably have some answers for us there.” he said.
The trio turned to walk to the city, but somepony behind them shouted “HALT!” They wheeled to see four soldiers in full plate armor with a stylized logo of the sun on it and spears pointed at them.
“Identify yourselves!” the leader of the group shouted, bringing his spear closer to the Doctor’s neck...