Doctor Whooves Episode 14: Work of Fiction

by Doctor Perseus

Welcome to BronyCon

Chapter 1: Welcome to BronyCon

Meadowlands Holiday Inn, Secaucus, New Jersey, America, Earth, Summer, 2012 A.D.

Alexander "Alex" Stevens smiled happily as he looked at himself in the mirror. He had messy blond hair, fair skin, green eyes, and an intense excitement billowing up inside him. He was finally here. He was finally at BronyCon. His outfit of the day consisted of his favorite Doctor Whooves shirt, a Sonic Screwdriver, a Doctor Whooves hat, and a BronyCon name tag that came complete with a picture of Rainbow Dash on it. His mother, Alice, was sitting on the edge of the bed drinking a cup of hotel coffee.

"They can make excellent breakfasts but not a good cup of coffee," Alice groaned. Alex chuckled at his mother's remark.

"I'm going to head out now," he said.

"Already? You've barely had any breakfast!" Alex presented a bulging wallet from his jean pocket.

"Don't worry. I'll get something to eat with Quinn." He stuffed the wallet back into his jeans. "Besides, Edgar's already over there."

"Okay then. Don't spend too much, okay!"

"I won't." Alex made his way over to the door.

"Enjoy yourself!"

"I will!" Alex shut the door behind him.

Quinn Thompson was waiting for Alex down in the hotel lobby. She was a tall girl with sandy brown hair, blue eyes, and light tan skin. She was wearing a purple Twilight Sparkle shirt alongside a Derpy Hooves hat and a pair of jeans that had various Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy stickers attached to it.

"Good morning," Quinn said happily before giving Alex a quick kiss on the lips.

"You ready?" Alex asked.

"Always!" They happily strolled out of the lobby. Alex couldn't help but smirk as an elderly couple gave them odd looks. He didn't mind getting looked at oddly. So what if he was a fan of a show that was originally aimed at little girls? He liked My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and was proud of it! Besides, it was thanks to the show that he had met his girlfriend Quinn in the first place. As they made their way past a group of restaurants, Alex and Quinn couldn't help but notice that there weren't that many people outside. "Where is everybody?"

"Probably already at the convention center," Alex guessed. They entered a plaza and quickly noticed the Exposition Center. "There it is!"

"I'm so excited! I've been saving up money for this for the whole semester!" Quinn chirped cheerfully. Alex nodded and chuckled. He turned forward and stopped. Quinn stopped too. "What's wrong?"

"That's a really good replica of the TARDIS." Quinn looked to where Alex was looking. There it was, standing in the middle of the plaza. That famous blue police phone box. Alex and Quinn approached it.

"Somebody here must be a really big Whovian."

"Even bigger than Edgar and us?"

"Probably. Speaking of Edgar, where is he?"

"He left really early this morning to head up to the con. He was probably waiting in line with the others."

"We better get inside then! The line's not going to get any shorter!"

"Right!" Alex and Quinn then ran towards the Exposition Center. Not a minute after they had left, the TARDIS doors opened and out walked the Doctor, Twilight, and Derpy.

"We better let her rest up for a bit," said the Doctor as he closed the doors behind him.

"Doctor, I'm really confused," said Derpy.

"About what?"

"Why is there a banner with us on it?" The Doctor presented three silver keys connected to chains.

"What are those?" asked Twilight.

"Keys to the TARDIS. Normally, I don't use a key anymore due to me just being able to clap my hooves in order to open or close the doors."

"You're giving us keys to the TARDIS?!" asked an excited Derpy.

"Yes, but I'm also giving you something extra."

"And that is?" Twilight asked.

"I once used these keys to help myself and two friends of mine avoid detection from an old foe. These are not only keys, they're perception filters."

"Perception filters?"

"Yes. These will allow us to walk around and not be noticed, to an extent."

"Why would we not want to be noticed?" Derpy asked.

"If my thoughts are correct then I really wouldn't think it wise to walk amongst the humans in this universe. We might just cause a fan attack, or worse."

"A fan attack? Doctor, what are you getting at?" Twilight asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Just put the perception filters around your necks, we'll walk into the Exposition Center, and you'll see what I'm getting at."

Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, New Jersey, America, Earth, Summer, 2012 A.D.

The Doctor, Twilight, and Derpy passed through the front doors of the Exposition Center. They were instantly greeted with an incredibly unexpected scene. There was a long line of people which seemed to bend in and around the interior of the entrance lobby. A majority of the people were dressed up in colorful outfits that were based around various ponies and other creatures in Equestria. The Doctor even caught sight of a man with brown hair wearing an outfit that looked an awful lot like the clothes he used to wear in his tenth incarnation.

"Doctor...what is this place?!" asked a shocked Derpy.

"Well, from what I can tell, in this universe you and I are fictional characters and...these are our fans," the Doctor replied.

"Fans?"

"Yep."

"We have fans?!" asked a stunned Twilight. "I have fans?!"

"In this universe, yes, and so do I." The two mares stared in shock at the line of people who were there to celebrate their mere existence. The Doctor began pushing them along. "Why don't we check out the rest of this place and see what it has to offer?"

Twilight was thankful that the perception filters worked for nopony, or in this case nobody, paid them even the slightest bit of attention. Twilight felt her heart jump as she walked into an area filled with various booths. Each booth had something different. There were pictures, clay models, and a whole slew of various things dedicated to her, her friends, her enemies, and just her entire universe in general. Derpy cocked her head at the sight of two people walking by who were dressed in full costumes of herself and the Doctor. Twilight looked over at two guys who were watching something on an object that the Doctor identified as an iPhone. Twilight looked over their shoulders, though they failed to notice her. On the iPhone, a video was playing. Twilight was surprised to see herself in the video.

The Twilight in the video smiled and sang, "I'm the T to the W I L I G H T, and ain't no other pony troll it down like me! I'm Twilightlicious!"

The guys laughed in response to the video and Twilight, even though she didn't understand what anything in the video meant, couldn't help but give a hearty chuckle. The two guys turned around and looked at Twilight. For a moment, they appeared to notice Twilight standing right behind them but their attention quickly shifted off towards a friend of theirs walking towards them. He was dressed in what appeared to be an outfit dedicated to Vinyl Scratch.

"Hey, guys! Have you gone to see Mic the Microphone yet?" he asked. He cocked his head at them. "What are you two staring at?"

The two guys looked at Twilight again but they quickly lost sight of her and turned back to their friend.

"We don't know," one of them replied. "It's like we saw...never mind."

"Well come on then!" The three guys then disappeared into the crowd. The Doctor walked up next to Twilight.

"For a moment, I thought they saw me," Twilight replied.

"They did see you, the perception filter just changed their focus to allow you to go by unnoticed," the Doctor replied. "Remember, we're not invisible. We're just unnoticeable. I suggest that we remain more careful from now on."

Derpy ran over to the Doctor and Twilight, a wide smile was on her face.

"Come on! There's loads more to see! There's a panel starting in ten minutes and the girl who voices Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie is going to be there!" Derpy exclaimed.

"What does that mean?" Twilight asked.

"I don't know!" Derpy's smile grew wider. The Doctor chuckled as he began leading Twilight and Derpy to the panel.

"I'll explain the concept to you," he said. "You see, from what I've seen so far, you two are characters in a cartoon which is basically a-"

"Oh! Sorry about that!" gasped Alex Stevens as he bumped into the Doctor. For a second, they locked eyes. Alex groaned as his ears began ringing. He closed his eyes in annoyance.

"Come on, let's go!" he heard a voice say. When he opened his eyes again, there was nobody standing in front of him.

"Hey, what's happening?" asked Quinn as she walked up to Alex with a large stuffed Luna.

"I could have sworn that I just saw...forget about it," Alex replied.

"Well, come on! The panel with Andrea Libman and Cathy Weseluck is starting in like ten minutes! I want to at least get some decent seats!"

"Okay then." They turned around and were greeted by a strange sight. A tall man stood before them. He wore a long green trench coat, had on a pair of thick leather boots, had on a pair of green goggles that prevented anybody from seeing his eyes, had tan skin, and had fairly-long white hair.

"Nice costume!" Quinn complimented. Alex gulped. Whoever this man was, he rubbed him in all the wrong ways.

"So, who are you supposed to be anyway?" Alex asked with a nervous expression and a raised eyebrow. The man gave a cold smile which reminded Alex of Wesker from Resident Evil: Afterlife, which Alex regretted to having seen in the first place.

"A character," the man replied.

"Of who, exactly?" Quinn asked.

"Just...a character."

"Oh...okay...well...nice costume, anyway!" Alex and Quinn quickly moved past the man and made their way towards the panel.

"A character indeed," Alex whispered to Quinn. Quinn snickered. The man looked on, his cold smile still remaining on his face.

"This is going to be a fun day," the man said to himself as his eyes glowed bright green for a split second. He then shook his head slightly before beginning to follow Alex and Quinn to the panel.

Comments

[MariusIoannesP]

"I'm the T to the W I L I G H T, and ain't no other pony troll it down like me! I'm Twilightlicious!"

"Hey, guys! Have you gone to see Mic the Microphone yet?"

Mic the Microphone!

"Oh! Sorry about that!" gasped Alex Stevens as he bumped into the Doctor. For a second, they locked eyes. Alex groaned as his ears began ringing. He closed his eyes in annoyance.

Alex's reaction upon seeing the Doctor means he must be psychic because he can see through the perception filter. Looks like foreshadowing to me.

[Spirit Shift]

Lol just couldn't let this chance slip couldja "hmmmm the doctor and Co are going to earth....minaswell send them to Bronycon while I'm at it" huh

[IamShadowDash]

And.... I didn't get enough sleep last night.... I was up till two thirty reading the episodes before this!!
--MM/J

[Random Dude]

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he must be psychic because he can see through the perception filter.

the doctor JUST said they arent invisible if you focus of what the perception filter is hiding you notice them and alex focused on the doctor because he bumped into him and wanted to say sorry

[Daring Cammie Do]

"Somebody here must be a really big Whovian."

And that Whovian is me. I've got a TARDIS sitting in my hallway instead of a door. It's how I get into my room.

[The Portal Passer]

I wish i could go to Bronycon, but alas, I'm stuck in a backwater country in asia