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// Story: Just keeping them safe 
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	"Mom, what did you mean? About... about... him, whoever he is. And, what do mean by time travels?" Sparkler asks at dinner.
I sigh and try to ignore the question. I take a bite of my food but once I gulp it down, I have no appetite anymore.
"Seriously, mom, who were you talking about? And what does Dinky's destiny have to do with anything?" Sparkler pushes. I shake my head.
"It's none of your concern, Sparkler. Dinky, don't ask any questions either," I tell them. Dinky sighs and leaves the table. Sparkler looks at me blankly. 
"Look, mom, you should at lest tell Dinky. I heard what you said, like, I'm only half of... I forgot what you called it. But Dinky is exactly like him. I'm thinking that's our dad," Sparkler says. She waits for an answer. I look down at my plate. Then I frown.
"Ugh. Fine, he was an earth pony, light brown coat, dark brown mane. He had blue eyes. His cutie mark was an hour glass and he has no relation to unicorns. That's all I'm telling you," I snap. I stand up take my plate to the sink. 
"Well, why isn't he here, then? Where did he go? What happened?" Sparkler asks. I shutter.
"He-He's dead. That's why it's so hard for me to talk about it," I lie. I meet Sparkler's gaze. She's frowning.
"No, mom. He is not dead. Not by the sounds of it. Did you divorce? Did he just want to leave you? What-"
"I couldn't go with him!" I yell. Louder than I'd intended. "I... He did dangerous things. I used to do it with him, but I couldn't let that happen. I couldn't let you get hurt if you went with him. And I couldn't go at all with Dinky in my stomach! He doesn't know that he's your father. He left me because I was sick. But he never paid attention to why, okay? He was like a dare devil, that's all you need to know. That's all Dinky needs to know. This is the end of the conversation," I explain. Sparkler sighs, then nods.
"Okay. If that's what you want. But that still doesn't explain me and Dinky's two hearts," Sparkler says.
"Sparkler, that was because I kept flying and lingering mail when I shouldn't have been. Not when I was pregnant, so you didn't grow correctly, and you have two hearts. Stop pushing the subject," I demand. Sparkler trots up stairs. I sigh. Dinky probably heard all of that. Both are too smart. They know I'm lying. But Dinky is so curios... Like him.
I decided to follow Sparkler up stairs into my room. I'm tired, and I just want to go to bed. I need to keep my mind off of him. I hop in bed, and pull the covers onto me. 
"Goodnight, Doctor," I whisper. "Geronimo."


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I here screaming when come in the house. It sounds like Dinky.
"Mooooooooommy! Mommy! Help me! HELP ME!" Dinky screams. I drop the groceries in my hooves and gallop up stairs.
"Mom! It's like this silver pony! It's like a robot!" Sparkler says. Cyber Ponies, I think. I try to pen the door to Dinky's room, but it's locked. Then, a sonic screw driver in a pony's brown hoof appears, he's not looking at me. The door opens and the brown colt gallops in, using his sonic screw driver to make the Cyber Pony shut down. I trot in and push the Cyber Pony out the window.
The pony looks at me, and it's him. "Miss Hooves... I must leave, thank you very much!" He gallops out. I hear a door opening then slamming shut. I can't help myself. I curl up into a ball like a coward, wrap my rings around myself, and cry. Tears start streaming down my face.
"M-Mom? Are you alright?" Sparkler asks. I ignore her. I ignore everything. All I can think about is that he's here. His TARDIS is somewhere outside, and my kids are endanger. I sure hope the Daleks don't realize that Dinky and Sparkler are somewhat like The Doctor, or for that matter, related. 
"Mommy, the robot pony scared me, please be alright. I don't like it how you cry," Dinky says. I can't stop it. I'll try but it won't work. I miss him so much, but I can't let my children get hurt. I look up Dinky, tears still pooling out of my eyes.
"I'm not leaving you two home alone," I tell them. Dinky nods. Sparkler looks down, the corners of her lips rising up.
"Can... can I stay home alone? I mean, it's not going to happen again, and I can take care of Dinky, and myself," Sparkler says. I shake m head. The tears have finally stopped.
"No. That... what just happened... that might happen again," I tell them. Sparkler nods.
"Okay," She sighs, and sits on her bed. Dinky hugs me. I hug her back. Dinky lets go and sit on her bed, on the other side of the room. I stand up, and I trot out of the room.
I'm in kitchen, and I look at a picture of me, Sparkler, and Dinky. All in a pose. It's supposed to be a family picture, but somepony is missing. I imagine The Doctor in the picture, with the family, with his special pose. I wonder what our life would be like if I told him I was pregnant. If I told him that Sparkler was at home, or that both of them were his daughters.
I wonder what his life is like now. If he has another companion, or he is just alone. Waiting for the for me to come back. For me to come and travel on his adventures again. If he ever asked me, I don't think I could say no. It would be a dream to do it, but I don't know if I could say yes, either. I would let my children choose. I would go and do what ever they would do. But, I would give anything to be back in the old days with The Doctor. Going on adventure. Doing so many little things together. Saving just a few aliens, or an entire race, it didn't matter. We had fun on our adventures, we had thrill, we had love. I can remember our little word that started us, our little word that meant so many tings. The word that always gave each other assurance; Geronimo.


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"Okay, have fun at school!" I tell the kids. There trotting to school. But in public. Nothing's going to happen. Nothing at all. I trot back into the house. I have to do dishes, then it's mail.
I turn on the water to the sink. I grab the first bowl and scrub it down, then set it dry. Then I do the next, then the next, and so on. Once I finish that, I put on my mailing cap, then my bag full of mail I grabbed yesterday from the post office. I turn around to face the door, look up and gasp.
The Doctor's here.
I suck in a breath. He rubs the back of his neck.
"Hello, Miss Hooves," He says. "Long time no see," He says. I'm to stunned to speak. I open my mouth to say something but my vocal chords just aren't working.
"I didn't know you had two daughters. That's quite wonderful, I think that's a good accomplishment," He tries. I gulp. Then something comes out of me, something between a screech, and sob.
"You- you..." I stammer. "I've... I-I... you just..." I can't speak, my brain isn't working right. The Doctor steps forward, before sighing.
"I know that this is pretty sudden. And I know that it's been a while. I'm sure seeing your Ex is probably weird," He says. "I should probably go, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you, or ruin your day, I just wanted to see your face again, you should probably get to work," He tells me. He turns to leave. 
"No! Don't go! Please, don't go!" I sob. He turns back to me, and his eyes go wide when he see's tears streaming down my face. My vision is blurred from tears. "I love you," I whisper. The Doctor steps closer to me, and strokes my hair. Then stops, realizing something that I don't understand.
"I should... I really should go, Miss Hooves. If you already have two young mares, I'm sure you have a husband," He says. I shake my head, before kissing him. He jumps, before kissing me back. "Derpy, what in Equestria is happening?" He asks. I smile at him.
"I'm not married. I don't have a boyfriend, I couldn't do that to you. I already left, but I couldn't do anything more to you, in case you came back!" I cry. The Doctor smiles.
"Derpy, I was always going to come back. It was just a matter of when. And now... now danger is lurking everywhere. I had to come back to ponyville," The Doctor explains. I have to tell him
"Doctor, I have to tell you something. Something about my daughter's," I say. The Doctor's ears perk up.
"What is it?" He asks. I wait a few seconds.
"I-I... They are..." How do you even phrase a statement like that? "You... you've been gone six years... and... Sparkler is... she's your daughter. I had her six years before you left, and I had her at home, never told her about you. And, Dinky is also... Dinky is also yours. I became pregnant with her a couple weeks before you left," I explain. The Doctor's ear twitches, and he's staring at me blankly. 
"Derpy..." He smiles. Then he chuckles. "I'm... I'm a father... and I-I'm a father Derpy! I'm a father! I actually have a family! I'm nt alone anymore! No more time in the cosmos alone! I'm a father, with a family! Derpy, how is this... we... I don't remember..." He stops, trying to think.
"That doesn't matter, Doctor. We are a family, we have children. You're a father, Doctor," I say. The Doctor lets go of me and starts dancing around.
"Wait a minute, how much of me is them? Oh no, the Daleks are here! Please don't tell me there Time Lords!" The Doctor pleads. I frown.
"Um... Sparkler has two hearts, but she doesn't have any of your traits. She's only got half of you. And Dinky... Dinky is Time Lord. She will do exactly what you do... and she... her destiny is to have an hour glass cutiemark... and She will travel with you. However, I'm trying to tare that destiny away! I don't want my children dying on all of you missions! Doctor, we can't do that with them! I can't-"
"Derpy, you may have no choice. Already, Daleks are all over ponyville. They are searching for Dinky and Sparkler right now! In public the daleks will take them. But in an alley way or something they will kill! You are not going to find them dead in my TARDIS because of a mission. You will find them dead in an alley way because you don't know how to protect them. You really should have told me," The Doctor says.