Doctor Whooves Episode 13: Clockwork and the Doctor

by Doctor Perseus

Romance in the Library

Chapter 1: Romance in the Library

Home of Twilight Sparkle, Ponyville, Equestria, Gaia, Autumn, 1002 C.E.

Snow was falling heavily upon the town of Ponyville. The whole town was covered in a deep, but nice, blanket of snow. Except for a few, most of the town's inhabitants had resorted to staying indoors for the time being. Twilight and Spike were currently finishing setting up their decorations for Hearth's Warming Eve.

"And...that should do it," said Spike as he placed the golden dragon on top of the tree.

"Perfect, Spike!" Twilight exclaimed. "I can't believe how quickly we finished our decorating this year."

"We would have finished faster if a certain somepony hadn't been sulking around in his box all day." Spike gave a snarky grin and Twilight rolled her eyes.

"You know how he is, Spike. He likes spending at least a couple hours a day in his TARDIS."

"Still, I would have appreciated the help."

"Oh, quit complaining, you," said the Doctor as he walked through the doorway that led to the basement. "Setting up decorations hardly considers as something worth complaining about."

"If it's so easy then how come you didn't help?"

"If you haven't noticed, I've been busy of late."

"One would never guess," said Twilight as she smiled and rolled her eyes. The Doctor sighed as he slumped over to the nearby sofa. "You okay, Doctor?"

"I've hardly made any progress in my study of the rifts! What happened to them anyway? We couldn't stop coming across them in our travels and then, once we returned to Ponyville, they stopped appearing!"

"Why are you so obsessed with those rifts?" Spike asked as he sat down in a chair opposite to the sofa.

"It's all connected, Spike. Rainbow Dash's future self warned me about the rifts, so that alone sets up a red flag for me."

"And let's not forget the Daleks that we came across a few weeks ago back in Canterlot as well as Celestia's news of an evil Doctor and a human Luna," said Twilight as she sat down in the seat next to Spike. The Doctor was silent for a moment. Then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"By George...it's really been weeks since we got back," he said. He leaned back and let out a sigh. "Time sure flies."

"It sure does. By Hearth's Warming Eve, you'll have been here for a month."

"A whole month of no traveling. Haven't done that in a while, to be honest." He hopped off the sofa and looked at the tree. "Brilliant. Almost exactly like Christmas."

"What's this Christmas that you keep talking about?" Spike asked.

"It's a human holiday that takes place in December each year, the 25th of December to be exact."

"So it's like Hearth's Warming Eve?" Twilight asked.

"In some ways, yes. There's singing and trees and snacks and getting together with friends and family and all that. Except Christmas is more of a religious holiday rather than a founding holiday."

"Interesting. You'll have to tell me the origins of Christmas later."

"Certainly. It's a wonderful tale. But, I must return to the TARDIS! More work to be done!"

"Don't you want any hot cocoa or something to snack on?"

"Of course. Be a dear and bring it down to the TARDIS for me!" The Doctor winked as he disappeared through the basement door. Twilight ran towards the door and stretched her head through the threshold.

"Derpy's going to be here soon!"

"Send her down here then!" Twilight let out an annoyed groan as she marched off to the kitchen.

"Do I detect some jealousy?" Spike teased.

"Don't start with me, Spike."

"So who would you consider to be your greatest rival: Derpy or the TARDIS?" Spike suddenly felt his body levitate off the ground. "TWILIGHT, DON'T YOU DARE!" Twilight poked her head through the doorway that led into the kitchen.

"What are the magic words?" she teased as she placed a hoof up to her ear.

"I'm sorry?" Spike asked.

"And?"

"We shall never speak of your Doctor conflictions again?"

"Correct!" Spike fell to the ground with a loud thud and Twilight retreated back into the kitchen.

A few minutes later, Twilight emerged from the kitchen with a cup of hot cocoa and a plate of cookies levitating next to her.

"I do sometimes wish that he would get out more. I guess this whole dimensional rift thing is getting to him," Twilight said as she passed through the library and descended into the basement. Spike looked over at a nearby clock.

"Hmm...Derpy's late. That's unusual," he said.

The Doctor was busy looking through a series of books inside the TARDIS as well as looking at a few monitors and such every few seconds. Twilight walked through the open doors, the levitating mug and plate followed her.

"Here's your snack," she said.

"Excellent! Much appreciated, Twilight," the Doctor replied with a smile as he walked over to greet her. "You can just place them on the console." Twilight looked and noticed a small table extending from the console.

"I never noticed that before."

"It's new, and temporary. I put it in here so that I could have a snack every now and then while I worked."

"Don't you want to get out for a bit?"

"Wasn't I just out?"

"I mean out in general, as in out of the library and into the town."

"That would be nice but the weather has not been that up to par for taking an afternoon stroll."

"I thought you were going to relax while you were staying in Ponyville."

"And I have, haven't I? I've spent time with you, Derpy, and the others and have already fallen victim to Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash's pranking ways...twice."

"But you've spent so much time cooped up inside this box of yours." The Doctor sighed and smiled at his friend.

"I'm sorry...but I just can't stop thinking about these rifts. I need to uncover their secrets! I don't want to take a break and risk missing something that could potentially lead to the destruction of all of time and space."

"I understand all that, Doctor, but-"

"Do you really understand, Twilight?" His voice suddenly became sad and guilt-ridden. "Do you really understand what I mean, why I want to take every step to make sure that nothing happens?" Twilight looked the Doctor straight in the eye. Twilight always felt sad whenever she looked deep into the Doctor's eyes. She could tell that the eyes she was staring into had seen countless atrocities and horrors, some probably ten times worse than the stuff they had encountered thus far in their travels together. She wished she could learn to fully understand the Doctor but she knew that she would never be able to meet the level of emotion that he felt. She was only a 19-year-old unicorn from Equestria while he was a 906-year-old Time Lord from a planet called Gallifrey that existed in an alternate universe. How could she now, if ever, call herself his equal? "Twilight? Are you all right?" Twilight realized that she had been staring into his eyes for a long period of time and snapped out of her trance.

"I'm fine, Doctor...but, no, I guess I can never truly understand what you feel about situations like this." Twilight looked away for a moment before turning back with a determined look on her face. "But that doesn't mean that I'm not going to try." She took a step forward. The Doctor suddenly realized how close he was to Twilight. He could feel her breath pressing against his neck. He looked at the unicorn with a cocked head. She truly was beautiful, in her own bookworm unicorn way. When he looked into her eyes, he saw a desire to learn, a desire to be a fantastic friend, a desire...to understand. He couldn't help but feel guilty. This was common for him now. There wasn't one encounter with any of his past companions that he didn't feel somewhat guilty about. He couldn't help but wonder about in what ways had he affected his companions' lives by befriending them. Did he make their lives better or did he screw them up? "Doctor? Are you all right?" The Doctor realized that he too had been caught staring deep into her eyes and he cleared his throat awkwardly before taking a step back.

"Sorry. I was just thinking of something. Thanks for the cocoa and the cookies. They'll prove useful in...giving me the physical strength to keep going."

"No problem." Twilight turned around and began making her way out of the TARDIS.

"Twilight...wait!" Twilight turned back around to look at the Doctor.

"Yes?"

"How...how would you feel about...going for a walk around town with...me later today?" Twilight's eyes sparkled. "As friends of course!" The sparkle faded a bit but Twilight smiled.

"I knew it. Even you need some time out."

"Is that a yes or a no?"

"It's a yes, of course."

"Okay then. I'll meet you upstairs at around five o'clock then. Sound good?"

"Good. It's a date."

"Yes...wait...a date?!" Twilight chuckled as she began making her way upstairs.

"I'm just kidding with you, Doctor!" The Doctor couldn't help but smile and laugh nervously himself.

Twilight returned to the library to find Spike reading a letter.

"Who's it from?" Twilight asked.

"Derpy. She says that she won't be coming over for a while. The snowfall's too heavy," Spike replied. Twilight looked out the window and noticed that snow was falling from the sky in tons.

"I hope it's not like this later. The Doctor just asked me to go walking with him later and I don't want his first time out of that box of his in a long time to be spoiled."

"Wait...did the Doctor-"

"It's not what you think, Spike. We're just taking a walk as friends. This is mostly something to get him out of that darn TARDIS."

"It's a date, isn't it?"

"No it isn't."

"He asked you out, didn't he?"

"We're just doing it as friends!"

"Isn't this what you want? You've been ogling over him since Celestia knows when!"

"Keep talking and you're going out in the snow!"

"I'll just shut up now."

"Thank you." Spike gave a devious smile. "Spike!"

"I'm being quiet. You said nothing about thoughts and expressions." Twilight was about to levitate the dragon again when suddenly there was a bright flash of light in the middle of the library. Twilight was blinded for a moment. When the light faded, Twilight looked to see a chestnut stallion lying on the floor in the middle of the library. He had a brown mane and an hourglass cutie mark. He wore a brown striped suit, a long light-brown overcoat, a black tie, and a pair of glasses. Twilight's eyes widened when she realized that he looked exactly like the Doctor. "Twilight...is that-"

"He looks exactly like the Doctor!" Twilight cautiously approached the unconscious stallion. She stopped when her face was right over his. He looked like the Doctor but there was something different about him. He looked younger. While the Doctor looked like a pony in his early thirties, this stallion looked like a Doctor who was around Twilight's age. Spike slid off the chair and stood a few feet away.

"Twilight, is he-"

"No. He's alive. See? He's breathing." Spike looked and saw that the stallion's chest was rising and falling. The dragon couldn't help but sigh with relief.

"At least he's not dead. Should I tell the Doctor about this?"

"Yeah. You probably should." Spike nodded as he raced through the basement door. Just then, the stallion began to come to. "Hello? Sir? Are you okay?" The stallion's eyes opened. He had the same eyes as the Doctor's only they were a little bit different. His eyes still held sadness and guilt like the Doctor's only they didn't look quite as old nor as guilt-ridden. The stallion stared blankly up at Twilight. "Are you okay?"

"Twi...Twilight?" the stallion asked. Twilight was a little surprised by the fact that the stallion knew her name. "Twilight Sparkle?!"

"Uh...yeah. That's me." A wide smile appeared on the stallion's face and his eyes lit up like fireworks.

"It worked! We're together again! Oh Twilight, my love, we're finally together again!" The stallion reached his forehooves up and wrapped them around Twilight's neck. He then brought Twilight's face down and their lips met in a hot, passionate kiss.

Author's Note:

I just want to clear up one little thing. I know that it might confuse some of you with the fact that it's autumn in Equestria and yet there's lots of snow falling. While it is autumn, it's very late in autumn. Due to it being December and close to the end of autumn, snow has already begun falling in Equestria (or rather the Weather Ponies have scheduled snow to fall). So, even though snow is falling in heavy amounts, the winter solstice has yet to occur and thus it's still autumn in Equestria. I just wanted to clear that up for those of you who might have found that a bit confusing.

Comments

[Abbgy]

Uh oh.

Yes. That much derp.

[MariusIoannesP]

Awwa, Twilight and the Doctor had some moments. And Spike with his teasing Twilight over her "Doctor conflictions".

"We're just doing it as friends!"
"Isn't this what you want? You've been ogling over him since Celestia knows when!"

Oh my!

[Leviatah-13]

what. what. WHAT! wait did i alredy say that??

[Hekate Sketch]

heh, clockwork, wrong twilight. 1, your suicide attempt failed. 2, you fell into a dimensional rift. and 3, your about to be slapped by a now angry mare named twilight sparkle.

[CoatedHades436]

Ooh. *looks away awkwardly* this is awkward. Lol.

[Spirit Shift]

you know whats funny: his attempted suicide failed and he ends up kissing a different twilight thus committing a different kind of suicide! infact the only reason why hed be alive next chapter is cuz he looks like the Doctor

[Daring Cammie Do]

I think you've managed to get me liking another shipping that includes Twilight.