//------------------------------// // Chapter 8 // Story: My Little Fonzie // by No One and Nobody //------------------------------// Chapter 8: We’re A Long Way From Equestria… Twilight quickly visited the princesses to see if they could help her but discovered that while they technically had the power to send beings to other worlds neither of them was proficient at inter-universal travel. After seeing the princesses Twilight went back to her castle to think about how she could possibly send Fonzie and his friends back to their universe. She considered trying to find Discord but then decided against it and at last settled upon trying to find Pinkie and her cupcakes. As Twilight headed towards Sugarcube Corner she saw Lyra and her two “assistants” talking in the park while the grey Pegasus ate a bag of muffins and the brown stallion consumed what looked like a pat of butter. Shaking her head in dismay Twilight walked up Ponyville Manestreet and was just about to open the door to Sugarcube Corner when it flew open and she was bowled over by a pink blur. “Oh, sorry Twilight,” said Pinkie, hopping in place as though she was nervous for some reason. “It’s o.k.” said Twilight, shaking her head as she got up, “I was actually looking for you anyway.” “You were?” Asked Pinkie, looking confused and still very worried, “Honestly Twilight I’d love to help you but I’m very busy right now!” “It’s about those cupcakes of yours,” said Twilight but was cut off by Pinkie Pie grabbing her and breaking into uncontrollable tears. “It wasn’t my fault!” She cried through her double mini-Niagara falls, “Pinkie Promise, I didn’t mean for it to happen. It was an accident!” “What was an accident?” Asked Twilight, worriedly, “I just wanted to know if you had any leftover since Discord left and can’t send Fonzie home.” Pinkie stopped crying, looked directly at Twilight was a very serious look (especially for Pinkie) and said, “Twilight, I need a Doctor.” Twilight frowned and said, “Why do you feel sick?” “No Twilight, not that kind of doctor,” said Pinkie, shaking her head, “The Doctor. Where is Derpy?” “Last I saw her she, Lyra and that brown stallion were at the park eating and talking about humans. Why?” “Well Twilight,” said Pinkie, looking rather sheepish, “I kind of got hungry and ate most of the cupcakes.” “What?!” said Twilight. “But I saved one in case of cupcake emergencies. But later when I came back to the kitchen I found Pound and Pumkin Cake playing with it.” “Oh no,” said Twilight, feeling her blood go cold. “Well they kind of dropped it… It kind of went off… and they kind of got sucked through the portal before I could stop them…” With each word Twilight could see Pinkie practically shrinking until Twilight was positive she was half her normal size. Then she popped back to her normal size and said, “And that’s why I need the doctor. He’s the only one who can help me right now.” With that Pinkie went flying off to find the Doctor. Twilight looked after her and thought over what she had just said. Pound and Pumpkin are trapped in an alternate universe, Discord’s missing, and Pinkie is trying to get help out of Lyra and her “assistants”… Maybe I shouldn’t tell Mr. and Mrs. Cake just yet… In fact maybe I should get Pinkie some help. At first she thought about Rainbow Dash, since she might be the most helpful in a crisis. But when she looked around she couldn’t see her. Instead she saw Fonzie trotting by and decided he might be the next best thing. Grabbing Fonzie she tried explain everything in 5 seconds. She failed miserably but Fonzie understood that Pound and Pumpkin were in trouble along with Pinkie and said he would help. Fonzie galloped off to find Pinkie and Twilight felt relieved somehow. As Fonzie galloped through town looking for Pinkie, Potsie and Richie saw him and asked what the trouble was. When Fonzie told them what he knew they said that they would help. When they got to the park they couldn’t find where Lyra and her “assistants” had been and Pinkie was nowhere to be found. After a few minutes of searching they were about to give up when they heard a “psst” from some nearby bushes. They turned to look and saw Ralph’s head sticking out of the bush, “Over here guys,” he said and his head retracted. They ran over to the bushes to find Ralph, Pinkie, Lyra and the rest standing in front of a large Blue Police Public Call Box as if waiting for something or someone. “Eeyyyy, what’s going on here?” asked Fonzie, looking at the ponies, “I thought we were supposed to be savin’ those kids not sitting around watching the grass grow.” “Shhh,” said Pinkie, putting a hoof to her mouth, “We’re letting the Doctor fix a broken green flangy thingy on the console in there.” “Pinkie I’m all for British people, although their taste in food could be improved,” said the Fonz, “But I don’t think that a Police Officer will be able to help us with-” The Fonz was interrupted by the door to the box opening and the brown stallion poking his head out, “All right I think she’s ready to travel. Oh what’s this?” “We’re here to help save the Cakes’ kids,” said Richie. “Well then climb aboard. I’m more used to saving the universe but where would we all be without the little children-” “Yeah, yeah. Listen mister-” started Fonzie. “Doctor,” said the grey mare. “Doctor whatever. I think we’re a little far from home to be calling a Bobby.” “Oh, you’d be surprised,” said the brown stallion with a secretive grin, “Now everypony ‘snicker’ let’s go.” He stepped back into the blue box and first Derpy then Pinkie then Lyra (with eyes the size of soccer balls) got into the box. “What is this,” said the Fonz, blinking, “A British clown car.” Richie opened the door, looked in, and turned to his friends with a shocked look on his face, “Guys, you’ve got to see this.” They all stepped through the door and stood in awe at what they beheld. “This is my favorite part,” said the Doctor, watching them expectantly. “Woww…” said Richie and Ralph together. “O.k. on the upside it’s bigger than I expected,” said Fonzie, “I’m mildly impressed.” “Where did the walls go?” Said Potsie who was looking over the railing of the catwalk to where the walls of the box should have been. “Welcome to the TARDIS,” said the Doctor, standing up on his hind hoofs for a second before falling back onto all fours, “Now let’s go save some children.” The TARDIS materialized in the middle of a forest with a scraping sound and a soft bump. “There what did I tell you,” said the Doctor, stepping out into the mottled sunshine which petered down through the foliage. “WATCH OUT!” yelled Pinkie, flying out the door and sending the Doctor flying. There was the sound of someone landing heavily on the leaves behind them with a whooshing outlet of breath and a guttural grunt. The Doctor rolled over to see what looked like a giant rat in tattered old clothing trying to open the TARDIS door yelling something about, “His loot.” The door opened and the rat came snout to muzzle with the Fonz. Backing up, the rat brandished what looked like an old needle and screamed, “Stand back this is my booty. Poskra’s-” He was cut off as Fonzie brought his hoof down on top of the rat’s scull and flattened him. The Fonzie looked at his right hoof and grinned, “Ha, I could get used to hooves… if I ever wanted to go inta prize fightin’.” Ralph looked out from behind the Fonz and said, “Is it safe now?” “The coast is clear,” said Pinkie, helping the Doctor up. “Do you know where we are?” asked Derpy, letting both eyes wander around the clearing where the TARDIS rested. The Doctor snorted indignantly and said, “Of course I do Derpy, I’m the Doctor for goodness sakes.” Through the trees came the soft sound of a church-bell slowly clanging mid-day. “And even if I didn’t,” said the Doctor, raising a hoof, “We could always follow that bell and see where it leads us.” Derpy rolled eyes and smiled, “O.K. Doctor.” “What about him?” said Lyra pointing to where the big rat had been lying. Their gazes moved from the empty patch of ground to a nearby tree where Pinkie was just putting the finishing touches on the big red bow. Pinkie had somehow managed to gift-wrap the rat to a tree, complete with a bow and card attached. Pinkie stuffed the leftover length of ribbon into her hair and said, giggling, “That’s a wrap.” “Still,” said Lyra looking around carefully, “Who knows how many more of those things there might be around here? Maybe I should stay here with the TARDIS to make sure it’s safe.” “But then you’d miss the big adventure we’re going to have,” said the Doctor, “The TARDIS is perfectly safe, the old girl’s a lot tougher than she looks. And besides we might meet some humans-” “Let’s go!” said Lyra, dashing off towards the sound of the bell. “You really think we’re going to meet some humans?” asked the Fonzie when Lyra was out of range, “What am I saying?” “No,” said the Doctor, quietly, “I know where we are and there isn’t a human in a thousand miles. But I want to make sure she doesn’t mess with the TARDIS, it would look pretty bad for me if I rescued the Cakes’ children and couldn’t take them home.” After walking for a while Richie began to get a little nervous, “Hey guys,” he said, “Have you noticed that there aren’t any animals around like rabbits or birds?” “It does seem a bit odd doesn’t it?” said the Doctor, “Well like I always say when you find something odd poke it with a mysterious stick.” “How do you poke a lack of animals with a stick?” asked Ralph. “Very carefully?” asked Pinkie and then promptly cracked up. “I think what the Doctor means,” said Derpy cutting in, “Is that we should pay attention and see if we can answer that question by looking around.” “Brilliant as always Derpy,” said the Doctor. After a few more minutes of following the sound of bells, the peaceful ringing stopped. “Oh no,” said Ralph, “The bells stopped. That means we’ll never find the Cake children and we’ll never find the TARTAR SAUCE and we’ll never get back HOME! WE’LL BE STUCK HERE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’LL NEVER SEE MY FAMILY AGAIN!!!” “You know,” Richie said with his hooves over his ears, “With all the noise you’re making, I can’t expect them to be very upset. Their home will finally be quiet.” Ralph started bawling louder. “I’m sorry Mom and Dad. If I ever get home, I’ll be a better son, I promise!!” Luckily for the group, Fonzie clocked Ralph, bringing him back from his hysteria. “Thanks Fonz.” “He does raise a point though,” Richie said, “How are we going to get where we’re going if the bells stopped? And how are we even sure the Cake children are there?” “My dear ponies,” said the Doctor, “Mother Nature is a glorious thing. Did you know you can calculate your position based on the placement of the sun? If you’d pay attention like I did, you would have notice that the sun went across the sky towards the right of us. Knowing that tells you we are approaching dusk in a few hours. Now since in this world, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west that means the west is to our right. Meaning we have been heading north this whole time. That means the TARDIS, (I mean, really it’s not that hard to remember. Tartar sauce indeed) is south and if we keep heading north we should find where we’re going soon enough.” “Brilliant thinking Doctor,” Derpy said, hugging her friend. “Yes, well… Thank you… hmmmpp… Derpy… You can let go of me now. Seriously though Derpy, I … uh… Can’t BREATHE!” “Oops, sorry.” Richie raised a hoof. “I already know what you’re going to say my young friend. We can’t be sure the Cake children are at our destination. But if they aren’t, we can request some assistance in searching for them. I mean, who wouldn’t help look for two innocent foals?” “What if they aren’t friendly?” Richie asked, one eyebrow raised. “Simple,” said the Doctor, smiling, “run.” “Okie-dokie-lokie,” said Pinkie, swiftly disappearing into the thick underbrush at a gallop. “Hold your horses-” the Doctor began. He then cut himself off as he realized who he was talking to and that she was long gone, “Quick now. After her, before she hurts herself.” WHUMMP! “Too late,” muttered Fonzie. They emerged from the bushes to see Pinkie sitting on her rump with some small birds looping around her puffy mane. Shaking her head she stood up and gesturing with one hoof she yelled indignantly, “Hey! Who put this big Red Wall here?!”