Equestria Noir Case 18 "Back to the Present"

by Jacoboby1

Chapter 1 "Meet the Parents"

Equestria Noir

Case 18

“Back to the Present”

By: Jacoboby1 and ShatteredIllusions

Chapter 1

“Meet the Parents”

“I’m Late! I’m Late! For a very important date! No time to say hello goodbye! I’m Late! I’m Late! I’m Late!”

Alice in Wonderland

Most ponies ask others to house sit whenever they go away. I think I’m probably the first pony to ever Tardis sit, however. You see about two weeks ago the Doctor said he was going to do some surveying of the area. He didn’t want to move his Tardis for whatever reason, so he left it in the woods.

As one of the few ponies in town who knows who he is and what he does I was drafted to look after the thing. I didn’t have much else to do since no cases have come up since Manehattan about a week ago. This is why on this rather nice snowy evening I’m forced to trudge through the snow to look after a blue box with groceries on my back.

I walked through the snow and up the hill to where the blue box was. I still had trouble comprehending the whole “Bigger on the inside then it is on the outside” thing. Being a slight sci-fi nut however, I couldn’t help but admire the machine. I reached into my trench coat and pulled out the key the Doctor gave me.

I used it to unlock the door and stepped inside. Shaking some snow off me, I set the bags in the center of the spacious interior. The one thing I noticed that were different this time, was that there were clocks everywhere. Alarm clocks, digital clocks, sundials, even a large grandfather clock. With the Doctor you quickly learn not to ask, just go with it.

The time was almost 7:00 P.M. So, I still had an hour before I had to make the train. I sat on my haunches and started reading the biography of Starswirl the Bearded, Twilight said I should start looking into books about or by him for answers about Tenacity. So far, looking inside his diaries have proven fruitless. Aside from coming up with several spells in his lifetime, there wasn’t too much information on his life. However, I did see one passage that intrigued me…

“Starswirl’s personal life is largely shrouded in mystery. He rarely talked about his past with friends or loved ones. As far as friends went though, he did exchange frequent letters with an astronomer named Eclipse. Records on this astronomer are rare and Starswirl never spoke of the stallion in his lifetime. Outside research however, has uncovered that Eclipse used to live in the area where Manehattan stands today. Eclipse led a rather reclusive life. He had little contact with others and only really spoke to his nephew Nocturne.”

Nocturne? My ancestor? Starswirl knew one of my ancestors? Did he have Tenacity? So many questions ringed in my mind as the paragraph went nowhere. It went on to talk about something about Starswirl journeying north, but no more information about Eclipse. Whoever Eclipse was, he had to be important if Starswirl would go so far to hi-

I stopped my train of thought when I heard a soft giggle. I looked around for the source of the sound. The Tardis was bare; nopony was aboard aside from me, right?

I reached into my trench coat and pulled out Blackbird. After two minutes of looking warily about I only heard the sounds of the clocks ticking and the Tardis’ machinery going. Then I heard the giggle again.

I turned and saw a hallway where I saw a flash of magenta turn round a corner. Twilight? No, she doesn’t know about the Tardis. Anyway, why would she hide from me? I walked forward cautiously down the hallway. Just how big was this place?

I rounded another corner and heard the giggling again. Then I saw a little head peek around a corner. She was a unicorn filly, with a magenta coat and a long dark brown mane. Those violet eyes…it couldn’t be…this is impossible!

She giggled again and ran down another hallway out of sight. I chased after her and called “Hey! Get back here!”

She just giggled as I chased her around more and more corridors. Just who was she? Was she the filly from that vision? The one that called me…

I rounded one final corner and came into a strange room. It was small, out of the way and the walls were covered with pictures. Probably hundreds of pictures of various ponies on the walls, all of them had names under them. It was like a high school yearbook almost, with each picture having a small caption underneath.

I picked one out at random; it showed a rather simple looking earth pony mare with long, striking red hair. The name and caption read “Donna Noble, worst wedding ever, best excuse to miss it.”

I guess time travel would be a crazy excuse to miss a bad wedding.

Another one, a younger unicorn pony with a blond mane “Rose Tyler, always with you, even across a universe.”

You know, it’s impolite to pry into things you shouldn’t.

I fell back in shock and saw my horn was glowing grey. I let out a breath of relief as it was only the Tardis talking. A while back I discovered that my magic could somehow allow me to communicate with the blue box. It scared me the first couple of times but I eventually got used to it.

I remembered why I came here in the first place and asked “Tardis, did anypony get on you aside from the Doctor and I?”

I don’t detect any other life forms. Is something the matter?

“I thought I saw a unicorn filly around here,” I said, looking around the empty room. “Bout seven, with a magenta coat and a brown mane.”

I don’t see anything on the cameras, are you feeling well?

I sighed, it probably was nothing and I was getting paranoid. I looked at the pictures in front of me and asked, “Who are all these ponies?”

Well, they weren’t initially ponies. On this wall used to be pictures of other companions the Doctor had. However, when we came to this universe they changed into ponies. I’m guessing since your kind are the dominant species on this world they changed to accommodate.

“There’s so many of them,” I observed. “When did he start adding the pictures?”

Fairly recently actually, before we came here he just started putting up the pictures for no reason I can discern. I’m guessing old age has made him sentimental.

He has lived an incredibly long time, this is his twelfth life after all. There were so many companions here, my eyes fell on two ponies I actually recognized. Ditzy and Lyra were on the wall! They were companions?

Riiing!!!

I left that thought and ran back to the central chamber. I picked up the receiver with my magic and spoke into it, “Hello?”

“Ah Private! How’s the Tardis doing?”

“She’s doing quite well,” I said on my end, leaning against the consul. “Now are you going to tell me what’s so important you would leave your Tardis behind?”

“I’ve been running around Equestria because something seems a little off. For some reason, time seems to be acting wonky in some areas. I had to leave the Tardis behind because I’m worried it may be a paradox. Hopefully it’s just my imagination. So anyway, when you get the time tonight I’d like you to come over to the Twin Oaks mall.”

“What do you need me for?” I asked.

“You’ll be in that area for that dinner date you have and I’ll need some assistance. It’s always good to have a second set of hooves.”

The nervousness of the dinner with Twilight’s parents came rushing back to me. I was beyond nervous at the prospect at meeting her parents. I hoped I didn’t make a complete idiot of myself. At least I got plenty of time unt-

Suddenly every clock in the room went off. They all struck the hour, ringing with loud gongs. I covered my free ear to better hear the Doctor.

“Are those the clocks?”

“Yeah!” I shouted over the noise.

“What time do they say?”

“7:00,” I answered. “Why?”

“I knew it! They’re all exactly one half hour backwards!”

“Wait! Doctor, are you saying it’s 7:30?” I shouted in shock.

“Precisely!”

“I’m going to miss my train!” I cried, slamming the receiver down on it’s hook. I ran out of the Tardis as fast as my legs could carry me. I wasn’t going to miss this date! I was going to make a good impression!

Good luck, Daddy…

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I barely made the train before it left at its 8:15 departure. I walked into the car and found Twilight sitting in one of the seats. I closed the door behind me with a guilty smile and said, “Sorry, I’m late.”

She just smiled back and patted the spot next to her. I sat beside her and she gave me a kiss on the cheek. “I forgive you, I’ll just tell mom and dad that you arrived early.”

“Thanks,” I sighed. “I’m so nervous about this whole thing.”

“Didn’t you ever meet the parents of an ex-marefriend before?” she asked.

“Only really one,” I explained, “and she only had one parent, this time I have to deal with both parents.”

“I’m sure they’ll like you,” she said, at least trying to sound confident for me. “Also, I just got a call, Shining and Cadence are coming as well.”

“That’s good to hear,” I said. “It’s been a while since I’ve seen those two, how’s the niece?”

“She’s coming along any day now,” Twilight squealed, and almost bounced in her seat. “I can’t wait to see her!”

I laughed at her enthusiasm and looked out at the rolling countryside. Twilight saw my expression and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“It’s just,” I said, with a sigh, “what if they don’t like me? What if they look at me and say, I’m no good, and you deserve better.”

She turned my head with her hoof so our eyes met. She pressed her horn against mine affectionately. “You’re one of the strongest, kindest, and smartest stallions I know. I’m sure you’ll do fine.”

I felt better after she said that, I nuzzled my marefriend lovingly and said, “Well, I have you there so that helps at least.”

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We arrived at Canterlot and Luna’s moon shown in the night sky. I looked over at Twilight as we walked down the moonlit streets of the capital. “So what can I expect from them?”

She looked away for the briefest of moments and answered reluctantly, “Private, I’ll be honest with you. It’s not going to be so easy to convince mom.”

“What do you mean?” I asked nervously.

She rolled her eyes. “When she heard I was bringing home a stallion she absolutely freaked. She kept going on and on about ‘How you’re too young, you got your whole life ahead of you, there’s no need to latch onto the first stallion to give you a second glance.’”

“What does your dad think about me?” I asked, more nervous than before.

“Honestly, he agrees with mom but that’s not a surprise.” She shook her head. “He always just gives into whatever she wants. I swear he doesn’t have a backbone for anything.”

“They just care about you,” I said, attempting to reassure her, and myself.

“I just hope we can convince them that we can make this work.” She stared into my grey eyes for a while. “Private, I really believe you’re the one.”

“Even though I am the first stallion you’ve been with?” I asked worriedly.

“I know it,” she said firmly. “When I look back on these last few months, I can’t imagine them without you.”

“I can’t imagine them without you either,” I said, gently nuzzling her.

We stopped for a minute, just sat on the sidewalk and nuzzled each other. There was no mare I’d rather be with. I was going to make this work. I wanted to…

“Save the clock tower!” I heard a voice shout.

I turned to my left and saw a rather lanky looking earth pony stallion with a long ginger mane and deep blue eyes. He held a can in front of me with a slot on it “Sorry to bother you two, but the Canterlot preservation society could use some aid.”

“What for?” Twilight asked.

“For the Clock tower.” He pointed behind us at the large clock tower. “Lord Nickelworth is funding an initiative to replace the tower. Round 40 years ago a huge lightning bolt struck the tower and it hasn’t been working since.” He continued proudly, “We believe it should be preserved exactly as it is to represent Canterlot culture and history.”

I gave Twilight a look which she returned with a shrug. I reached into my pockets and tossed in a few bits in the can. He smiled and said, “Thanks, here take a flier.” He gave me a flier that protested the replacement of the clock.

I did it more to humor him than anything else, but there was something about that guy. He seemed, strangely familiar. I just left it at that and walked down the street with Twilight by my side.

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Twilight’s home was a small two story house on the upper terrace of Canterlot. About a fifteen minute walk from the castle now that I think about it. It didn’t have any extravagant decorations on it, just a rather simple house for a family of four. Granted, I’m pretty sure most houses didn’t have a busted up carriage in the front.

A couple of ponies were moving the carriage onto the driveway, it had several busted wheels and a nasty fender bender. Twilight sighed and said, “Ugh, not again.”

Before I could ask Twilight walked to the front door and knocked on it. I could hear voices on the inside and I peeked in a window to see what was going on. A rather big looking, orange colored unicorn stallion was talking to an older looking blue unicorn stallion. The big one spoke up, “I can’t believe you lend me that carriage of yours, and then forget to tell me it had a loose harness. I could’ve gotten killed!”

“Look, I’m sorry, Graff,” the blue unicorn said rather timidly. “I didn’t notice it had a loose harness.”

Twilight opened the door and we walked in, the pair of stallions kept their conversation going. “Now I can assume,” the blue unicorn said, trying to sound a little confident, “that your insurance can cover the damage?”

“My insurance?” Graff asked. “Night Light, it’s your carriage, your insurance should pay for the damage.” Night Light didn’t even bother to meet his eyes. “Now where are the reports I asked for?”

“Well, I haven’t finished those up yet…” The tie he was wearing got yanked by Graff’s magic “They weren’t due until Monday so I thought.”

“Hello!” He conked Night Light on the head. “Think, Night Light! I gotta have time to get them retyped. Do you realize what would happen if I turned in my reports in your hoof writing? I’ll get fired.” He slung a foreleg around Night Light’s shoulder. “You wouldn’t want that to happen right?”

Night Light hesitated for the briefest of moments; I could tell he was honestly thinking about it, but one look from Graff put him back to his place. “Would you, Night Light?”

“No, of course not, Graff.” He suddenly realized Twilight and I heard the whole conversation. He adopted a business tone with the bigger unicorn. “Now I’ll get those reports tomorrow first thing, all right?”

I gave Twilight a look but she just kept looking at her father. I could tell she was trying everything in her power to keep herself composed. I watched the unicorn literally walk up to the Sparkle family fridge and take a beer out of it. “Not too early though, I sleep in on Saturdays.” He stopped when he came to me. I held my steel colored gaze at him. He smirked “What’re you looking at, butthead?”

A no good dirty rotten asshole who’s clearly extorting the hell out of my marefriend’s dad, and that’s the teen rated version of putting it. I just held my gaze as he walked out the door. He stopped at Twilight for a minute and said, “Say hi to your mom for me.”

When he left Twilight let go of all pretense of composure and stomped over to her father. “Dad, what the hay was that about?”

“Twilight, honey,” Night Light said, trying to salvage some dignity. “Graff is my supervisor, there’s not much I can do.”

“Only because you let him!” Twilight shouted. “Grow a backbone or something!”

“We can talk about this later,” he said, pointing to me. Twilight got the hint and flushed in embarrassment. She walked over to me, and put a foreleg around my shoulder, pulling me in.

“Dad,” she said with a smile from him to me. “This is Private, I’ve told you about him.”

“Oh yeah,” Night Light said with a nod. “The guy you're seeing?”

I extended a hoof. “It’s a pleasure to meet you at last, sir.”

“Well, he’s certainly polite,” he said shaking my hoof still rather timidly. “Everypony else is upstairs, I’ll get them.” He made his way upstairs leaving Twilight and I alone.

“Who was the big guy?” I asked.

“That was Graff” Twilight sighed “A real pain in the flank ever since dad was a teenager. Dad caves into whatever Graff wants, it’s really annoying.”

“He wrecked the carriage,” I pointed out. “Graff should be the one to pay for the damages.”

“I wish that would happen” Twilight said again, “but dad seems to like you at least.”

“Wouldn’t want to get off on a bad hoof with them,” I said with a smile.

“It helps that you’re so polite.” She smirked a little. “If only they could hear your mouth during rounds of Mare Effect 3.”

“Hey, that banshee came out of nowhere!” I retorted.

Suddenly I felt a prick in the back of my neck. I looked at Twilight and…oh boy. It was like every flaw I could think of about Twilight just melted away. I was in the presence of a goddess among ponies before me. I gazed into her violet eyes and swam in them like the ocean. Her coat glistened like stars in the night sky. I drank in her every feature and I felt my heart beating like a brass drum. She returned my gaze and slowly smiled as well. It was probably the most beautiful smile, no wait it was THE most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen.

Both of us shouted at the same time once the effects of the spell were recognized. “Cadence!”

“Oh Shining, looks like they found us out.” I heard a voice come from the stairs. Descending the steps was Princess Mi’amore Cadenza, or Cadence for short. She had changed little since last I saw her a few months ago. Except for one tiny detail…

“Your stomach’s a melon!” I exclaimed as Cadence came to the bottom of the steps. Her belly was incredibly huge! I swear if it got any bigger they’d have to attach a roller skate to the bottom just to have her roll around.

She laughed and looked at Twilight. “I’d love to do our greeting but,” she said as she gestured to her belly. “Your little niece wouldn’t like it that much.”

“So is it really any day now?” Twilight asked with sparkling eyes.

“Should be,” I heard a masculine voice speak from the top of the stairs. Down descended Twilight’s brother Shining Armor. The alabaster unicorn had recovered from the injuries he’d suffered at Canterlot. Twilight ran to embrace both of them when he made it to the bottom of the stairs.

I smiled at the scene and then another face descended the steps. She was a grayish white unicorn with a purple and white colored mane. She had three stars on her flank and her blue eyes were eying me. I felt like a uniform again during inspection.

She made it to the bottom of the stairs and Twilight spoke up, “Mom, this is Private.” She gestured to me after getting out of her group hug. “He’s the stallion I told you about.”

Twilight went to stand beside me and gestured to the mare. “Private, this is my mother, Twilight Velvet.”

“Your both named Twilight?” I asked, in surprise.

Velvet nodded. “It’s a family tradition on my side, we name all of our firstborn girls Twilight. It goes all the way back to our ancestor who was just called Twilight.”

Could it have been the same Twilight who helped banish Nightmare Moon the first time? It seemed likely, I noticed several similarities between them. Velvet smiled a little and said, “I hope you like Hayloaf.”

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“I didn’t know you cooked, Private,” Shining said, as I put some more of the food on the table. “I’m glad I’m not the only pony who can cook around here.”

“I picked up cooking from my parents,” I explained. “Dad and Mom both were good cooks, dad because it was his hobby, and mom because she needed to know how.”

“Sounds like you never had trouble when it came to dinner time,” he said as he took his seat by Cadence who was eating rather liberally of the salad.

“So, Private,” Velvet said, “the newspapers have said a lot about you.”

I nodded after taking my seat beside Twilight, I couldn’t help but notice an awkward distance between Night Light and Velvet. They sat on either sides of the table, Night Light not looking up from his plate.

I decided to move on with the conversation and answered, “I just do my job, which is to protect and serve the ponies of Equestria.”

“A very noble and,” she paused for a minute, casting a blue eyed glance at Twilight, “dangerous vocation…”

“Mom,” Twilight cut in, “Private has done a lot of good for Equestria. He’s proven time and time again that he can take on any situation.”

Shining laughed “Never thought I’d see the day when you would talk about a stallion like that besides me.”

Cadence giggled “You have a wife now Shining, you don’t need your sister constantly praising you.”

All four of us laughed a little, I let out a nervous chuckle when Velvet didn’t join in. She just turned a glance at Twilight and asked, “So, how’d you two end up together?”

Twilight went on to explain about the Big Mac case as we call it now. Then how we eventually realized how much we meant to each other. Velvet’s eyes narrowed as I explained some of the more dangerous parts of the cases.

She finally spoke after a few minutes, taking on the worried tone a mother should have, “Twilight, not that I don’t believe you’re responsible or anything, but is it safe to be around him?”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Twilight asked defensively.

“I’m just saying,” Velvet replied,“not once but several times have you gotten kidnapped or hurt during his cases. Are you sure you want to put yourself through more of this?”

“Mom,” Twilight argued, “I’m perfectly capable of protecting myself!”

“Well, your father didn’t need fancy heroics to win me over,” Velvet huffed, looking at Night Light with a smile. “Romance will just happen when it happens.”

“There was nothing romantic about it,” Shining complained rolling his eyes. “Grandpa just hit dad with his carriage.”

“It was meant to be,” Velvet said stubbornly. Both siblings sighed as she took on a storyteller tone, “Why if your grandfather hadn’t hit you father, I never would’ve met him.”

“I still want to know what he was doing in the middle of the street,” Cadence said quizzically.

“Bird watching!” Night Light exclaimed hastily. “It was bird watching,” he repeated, a bit calmer.

Velvet just shrugged and went on with her story, “Anyway, grandpa got your father and brought him inside the house.” She smiled wistfully. “He just seemed so helpless, like a little lost puppy. My heart just went out to him.”

Well, love has come out of stranger circumstances. Pinkie and Swarm could attest to that.

Twilight got caught up in the mood of story time and continued “Then you felt sorry for him, so you decided to take him to the…” she paused, “What was it again?”

“The Dance on the Ocean Floor,” Shining announced in a dramatic tone, which caused both siblings to giggle.

Velvet just chuckled. “Our first date, I’ll never forget it.” She looked over at Night Light and asked,“Dear, don’t you remember? It was during the night of that terrible storm.”

Night Light didn’t look like he was paying much attention. I could tell he was a little embarrassed and…ashamed?

Velvet closed her eyes. “He kissed me for the first time on that dance floor. It was then I realized, I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him.”

Night Light only gave the faintest smile. I looked at Cadence whom was looking a little green. She got up and gestured to me, asking, “Private, can you help me clear some of the dishes please?”

“Um,” I said, not exactly getting why she wanted to pull me aside, “sure.” I wasn’t about to deny royalty or my marefriend’s sister in law.

We walked into the next room, levitating the dirty plates while the Sparkle family talked in the dining room. Cadence’s magic faltered a bit and I caught the plates with my own magic. “You all right?” I asked with concern.

She let out a breath and smiled a little. “I’m fine, just a little tired is all.”

“You’re starting to look sick,” I observed as I put the dishes into the sink. “Did I cook the food badly or something?”

“No, it isn’t you,” Cadence replied, casting a violet glance to the dining room. “I just couldn’t bear sitting in there anymore.”

“Why?” I asked curiously. “Is it because of Velvet and Night Light?”

She nodded and explained, “As the Princess of Love, I have a higher sensitivity to other’s emotions. When I’m around a couple in love I feel better, but when I’m here I…”

“Get sick?” I speculated, as we sat down beside each other. “Does Shining know?”

“He’s well aware,” she said, casting her violet eyes at me.

“You get sick when a couple isn’t in love?” I guessed.

“Yes,” she replied with a nod. “It’s terrible here, they don’t even look at each other. It’s so sad when a couple isn’t in love at a time when it should be at it’s strongest. I get sick every time they’re near each other.”

“Velvet really was bent on pointing out how dangerous my life is," I pointed out. “How was it when you came here?”

“Well,” Cadence replied a guilty look crossing her face, “when Shining and I started dating seriously, Velvet and I may have gotten off on the wrong hoof...”

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“I’m happy to see that Shining has met such a sweet young mare.”

“Thank you so much! I must say you’ve raised a wonderful son!”

“Why, thank you.”

“He’s such a gentlecolt, so kind, and sweet towards me; Also, he is a very gentle and considerate lover.”

“That’s… my boy…”

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“Suffice to say, things went downhill after that,” Cadence admitted ruefully.

“You really said that to her?” I choked out, trying not to laugh.

“She hasn't stopped hounding me ever since!” Cadence complained. “I've had to explain thirty times that I in no way have the power to make Shining fall for me. She got even worse after our wedding! I had to run through an entire history on my life to proof I wasn’t that changeling monster!”

“Good to see I’m not the only pony who get’s nervous about these things,” I said with a smile.

She returned it and said reassuringly, “In all seriousness, Private, no matter what Velvet says, I know you and Twilight are made for each other.”

“The spell only works if the love is there,” I quoted her with a grin.

“So…” She said with a sly smile, “when can I expect you two to give my filly a cousin?”

I blushed bright red at what she was implying. First dad, then Celestia, now Cadence! This was starting to get…

I heard shouting coming from the dining room and looked to see Velvet and Twilight glaring at each other. My marefriend shouted, “You can’t be serious!”

“I am,” her mother said coldly. “I just don’t think Private is right for you.”

“What’s so wrong with him?” Twilight retorted. “He’s sweet, intelligent, and kind towards everypony! What do you have against him?”

“Twilight Sparkle, you are still young,” Velvet argued. “Private is merely the first stallion you’ve let into your life. I don’t want you making a hasty decision.”

“Mom, I love him!” Twilight shouted. “Nothing is going to change that!”

“Twilight!” Velvet yelled back. “Since you two have known each other, you’ve been held hostage, shot at, and put into far too many dangerous situations!”

“You didn’t argue when I fought Nightmare Moon or Discord myself!” Twilight retorted furiously.

“That was under assignment from Princess Celestia!” Velvet cried. “She, however, gave you a choice in the matter. You don’t have to run around with a stallion that will only get you hurt!”

I debated whether I should defend myself here, but Cadence held a hoof in front of me before I could even think about it.

Twilight absolutely fumed, “You don’t care for my safety! You just don’t want me to repeat the mistake you made with dad!”

“Twilight Annemarie Sparkle!” Velvet gasped. “How dare you suggest such a thing!”

“Twili,” Shining said gently, walking up to his sister and throwing his foreleg over her shoulder, “maybe we should all calm down.”

“Forget it, Shining!” Twilight retorted. “I’m sick and tired of mom treating me like her second chance!”

“Twili.”

“Dad!” she exclaimed as she looked to her father for support. “Tell mom how nuts she is being!”

Nightlight gave one look at his wife, then sighed in defeat. “Maybe your mother’s right, Twilight” he offered weakly.

“I knew it!” Twilight shouted, tears in her eyes. “I knew this would happen!” She then ran outside and slammed the door behind her.

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Twilight was sitting on the sidewalk crying when I walked up to her. I put my trench coat over her shoulders and she looked up at me apologetically. “Private, I’m sorry you had to see that.”

“I can understand, Twilight,” I said with compassion, “but what if they’re right? Maybe I am putting you in too much danger...”

“Private,” she said softly, leaning her head into me as I sat beside her. “I’ve gotten into dangerous situations long before I even met you. When you came into my life, everything just seemed to make sense.”

I gently kissed Twilight on the forehead. “I love you but I have an errand to run, why don’t you try talking to your parents again?”

She sighed and gave me back my coat. “Just don’t be too long okay? Come back as soon as you can.”

I nodded and watched her enter her home. As I walked away, I couldn’t help but feel the sting of Velvet’s words. Was I really messing up Twilight’s life? Did I really cause her so much trouble?

Either way, I still wanted us to be together. Maybe even, dare I say it, walking down the aisle together…

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I went to the mall in question and found the Tardis parked in a deserted parking lot by the Twin Maple’s mall. I used my key to open the door and found myself in the spacious Tardis interior.

The Doctor looked up from the counsel and smiled. “Ah Private, good to see you again.”

“Hey, Doctor,” I said, walking up to the central control center. “What’s so important that you had to drag me away from a dinner date?”

He started running around the consul, spinning various levers and pressing buttons. “I need you to look at that light over on the main screen. I have a hunch that something is going weird and I need a second set of eyes.”

I looked over at the main screen and stared at the odd characters on it. Suddenly as the Doctor pulled a switch a bunch of red lights came up on the screen. Hey Doc, there are a lot of lights on the screen,” I announced.

“Are any of them going blinky blinky?” he asked in concern.

“All of them,” I answered gravelly.

“Oh no!” he cried, as he ran around. “This is definitely classified as not good!”

I felt the Tardis rumble a bit and asked, “What the hell is happening, Doc?”

“A singularity storm is heading this way!” the Doctor yelled as another rumble hit the Tardis. “Think of it like a time vortex on steroids! If that thing gets a hold of the Tardis who know what’ll happen!”

“How come I’ve never seen a singularity whatever?” I asked, gripping the railing surrounding the counsel with my hooves.

“You can only see it if you travel in a time machine,” he explained, wiping his brown mane with a hoof. “Normally a Tardis uses time vortexes to travel through time to any point in history. This is like being on the ocean in a tiny rowboat, and coming across a hurricane!”

I heard more rumbles and cracks as the Tardis got battered from all sides. I held onto the rail for dear life as more lights and sparks shot from the machinery. The Doctor shouted, “The gravity array is down! We’re getting torn apart here!”

I felt myself become weightless and I looked behind me towards the entrance. I could see the door outside literally start to give way. I felt my hooves start to slip. “Doctor! I can’t hold on!” I cried panicked.

“Private!” he shouted, “don’t let go! Whatever you do!”

I couldn’t, my legs started to slip. I felt them give as the door was suddenly ripped open and I saw the Doctor’s eyes grow wide. “That’s not possible…”

“Doctor!” I shouted as the last of my strength gave way, and I was sucked out the door like wind in a vacuum. I flew outside the Tardis and into the biggest storm of my life. Blue lights surrounded me as I felt myself being pulled through time itself.

Every sense of mine went into overdrive, The singularity was ripping my very core apart. The pain was unbelievable!

My horn glowed…

A faint bubble formed around me, and I felt my eyes become heavy. The last thing I saw before unconsciousness took me was a pair of concerned magenta eyes and a violet light….

Comments

[Ruewolf]

cool

[Shadow_Wolf]

Oh Lord...oh Celestia and Luna on high....the setup...the setup... I love it! Oh yes, there shall be much laughter in the near future. Keep it up!

[DarkSkyz]

First off, that cover art is amazing. It has improved so much.

“I’m happy to see that Shining has met such a sweet young mare.”
“Thank you so much! I must say you’ve raised a wonderful son!”
“Why, thank you.”
“He’s such a gentlecolt, so kind, and sweet towards me; Also, he is a very gentle and considerate lover.”
“That’s… my boy…”
I get the reference! Finally! I hope...

Now, to wait for Johnny B. Goode at the end of this fic...

[Skullman846]

2047269

Awh shucks, that's kind of you to say

[DarkSkyz]

2047485 It really does look nice. I like the fact you can barely make out The Doctor, instead of just a flash model.

[Knight of Lycaeus]

Interesting start to a new case, never found the time to watch Doctor Who so I'm sure many references are going to be going over my head in this one.

[Skullman846]

2047697
Heh heh... I have plans for future covers all lined up, hopefully they'll get better and better if I can pull them off properly

[DarkSkyz]

2047757 And if you don't...

Raises pitchfork and torch

[Skullman846]

2047815

B-but I thought Psycho you was in the cage...
Unless..
YOU'VE BEEN THE PSYCHO ALL ALONG?!

[DarkSkyz]

2047817 No no, I'm normal. Psycho Me is still in his cage. Trust me, he'd do much worse... Ripping out intestines worse.

Now that is a scary thought! Good thing he's in the cage.

[Stiggerzz]

man tears were shed at that argument between twilight and her parents

not gonna lie, i had a double fan-girl upon seeing the cover art, being a HUGE fan of doctor who, and loving the back to the future movies
i.imgur.com/7coCy.gif

[The Incredible Werekitty]

2047706 Less Doctor Who, and more Back to the Future.

[Neutrinos are Magic]

I feel that this will involve 1.21 gigawatts and the Tardis.

[smile444]

sorry couldn't resist

https://youtu.be/i7Bt_m1cfIU