The Equestrian Refugees

by InspectorSharpWit


Prologue

"Hurry! They're gaining on us!!!" Cried the Doctor to the two ponies runing beside him.
"Halt!!!" Bellowed the Royal Guard Commander. "You three are enemies of the State! In the Name of Emperor Blueblood, you are to be arrested and executed for your acts of rebellion!"
"Yeah, THAT'LL get us to stop!" snaps Rainbow Dash. "Where's that stupid machine of yours, Doc!"
"Right around the corner, Rainbow!" assures the Doctor. "Mac, can you stall the guards for a moment?"
"Eeyup!" bellowed the farm-pony. He deliberately kicks over a cart, which knocked over a statue, which buried the guards in the marble rubbage.
All three escapees pause for a moment, catching their breaths. "Well... That worked out well..." gasped the Doctor. He notices both Mac's and Rainbow's stiff gazes. "What's wrong with you lot?"
"Gone..." chokes the rainbow pegasus. "All gone..."
The Doctor turned to see what Dash was referring to: The once beautiful town of Ponyville had been reduced to rubbish. Guards were marching around town by the dozens, making sure that the town had been completely evacuated. Looters were ransacking houses of anything not bolted to the ground, and the twin statues of the Princesses Celestia and Luna were being desecrated. Anything already robbed of all valuables were quickly burned down. It was a sad sight for any Ponyville native to see such a fair town being treated as such.
The Doctor felt a horrible surge of nostalgia: This was how it ended for his home as well. Sighing, he gently nudged Rainbow Dash out of her horrified trance. "We can make this all better soon." he promises. "We just need to-"
"Doc! They're comin' back!" warns Big Mackintosh. Sure enough, the Guards had sent reinforcements, and they were quickly gaining on them.
The timelord leaps up. "I'll hold them off! You two, go to the TARDIS and tell the Princesses to start it up!" He throws Mackintosh the Sonic Screwdriver. "Mackintosh, give this to Derpy. Tell her I'll be alright."
While Mackintosh nods in determination, Rainbow Dash looks alarmed. "But- but how will YOU get out of here?!"
A shadow of the Doctor's old, cocky grin slides onto his face. "I'm the Doctor. Simple as that. Now you lot, run! ALLONS-Y!!"
Both of the ponies nodded and ran, leaving the Doctor alone with the upcoming stampede of Guards. After a quick turn, a blue telephone box came into vision. With one last leap, Rainbow Dash flew up, and burst in.
Inside the seemingly small vessel, a large crowd of Equestrians, pony or otherwise, had gathered in quite comfortably, though very scared. These were the remaining supporters of the Royal Sisters: Zecora, the Cakes, the Apples (Ponyville branch), Braeburn, Snips, Snails, the Donkeys, Trixie, Soarin, Spitfire, Nurse Redheart, Cheerilee, Gilda, Lyra, Bon-Bon, Octavia, Vinyl Scratch, Chief Thunderhooves, Little Strongheart, the other two Whooves, Aloe and Lotus, Spike, Scootaloo, Sweetie Bell, Shining Armor, Princess Cadence and of course, the Elements of Harmony. At the controls were the two royal princesses themselves, Princesses Celesita and Luna.
"Where's the Doctor?" asked Derpy anxiously.
Big Mac came over and gave her the sonic. "He told us to give y'all this..." he explained. "And that'd he'd be alright..."
For some reason, Derpy cheers up, suprising the work stallion. "Oh, ok! I'm sure he'll be fine!"
Princess Celestia wasn't so sure. "But he could be in danger! We can't afford to lose him!"
"And we can't afford to lose the TARDIS to those scoundrels!" cries Princess Luna. "Sister, we must trust him to be safe! Hasn't our encounters with the Doctor taught you anything about him?"
Celestia sighed. "Very well... Derpy, proceed with the plan!"
Derpy nods and began to press multiple buttons on the control panel. Suddenly, a VWROP, VWROP over took the room, sending the lights into a frenzy. A large bar in the center of the console begins to gyrate up and down, and the room starts shaking thunderously.
"WEEEE!!! It's like a rave!!!" cheered Pinkie Pie.
Suddenly, a choking sound comes from the depths of the TARDIS. Everypony begins to panic, while Derpy Whooves only seems mildly supervised. "Oh, darn!" she pouts. "We're out of power!"
"I don't suppose my double A's will help at all?" asked Scootaloo sarcastically.
"Not unless you've got 265 of them!" the gray mare answers back, apparently not at all concerned.
"No time for that!" declares Celestia. "Sister, aid me with your magic!"
The two Sisters concentrate all their magic into their horns, causing a great white beam to hit the TARDIS console. Suddenly, the center of the TARDIS, normally a lime green, glows a bloody red color. This DOES worry Derpy, causing her to punch buttons even more frantically. "NO!" she cries "THE TARDIS CAN'T HANDEL THIS MUCH-"
The very essence of the room begins to warp and twist. The passengers screamed in fear as reality itself blended, teared and churn.
"POWER!!!" finished Derpy, and then everything went black.


"No... WAY!!!" I cry, looking at my computer screen again, just to make sure. But there it was, shining clear as day on my laptop screen:
To Espinosa, Sebastian:
Someone has applied to be your roommate. Shy, Flutter has shown interest in your apartment. She will be coming by for an interview on July 19th, 2020, a week from today.
Sincerely,
Sunny Stables Managment
After reading the email for the billionth time, I finally let my emotions loose. "OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yeah, I'm a fag.
Deal with it
Speaking of which, I should probably introduce myself: My name is Sebastian Espinosa, age 22. I live in the Sunny Stables Apartment Complex in Atlanta, Georgia. I work as a lawyer and an amateur detective, but obviously, that's not why I'm making this. You see... I just met the human incarnation of my favorite character. EVER.
July 19th finally came, and my apartment was in perfect condition: Clean carpet, clean ferret cage, fully stocked fridge, the works. Around 2pm, I heard the noise that had gotten me into such a frenzy in the first place: A small, timid knock on the doorway.
There she was, just as i had imagined her as a teen: A slender, pink haired girl with a sweet, shy face, a pale complexion, and eyes of sky blue. She was even wearing her colors: a yellow tunic with a light pink trimming. "Hi, I'm Fluttershy..." she murmurers, avoiding my gaze.