> This is who I am (Doctor whooves) > by drwhoovescompanion > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Same enemy new Problems > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- How could I have done this? I should have been more diligent. Ok I messed up But I can't mull over that fact right now I have ponies in danger depending on me... Well.... Not really ponies more like one pony... And by one pony I mean my too friendly for her own good, grey, bubble flanked companion Miss Ditzy Doo. Ok, you've been in worse situations. There is always a way out, you just have to be clever enough to figure it out. So lets analyze the situation... The Daleks have once again risen in numbers and are after me... again. I wonder if they think that killing me will make them win once and for all. No one won in that war, it was just a huge tragedy. Stop it, There are more important things to worry about now. Ok so we are cornered and there seems to be no escape. I need to look around..........A-HA, PERFECT! A ventilation shaft right under Ditzys hooves. Hmmm It doesn't seem too structurally stable, all Ditzy really has to do is jump. "DITZY!" I yelled " Jump up and down!" She stared at me for a second then started to jump up and down repeatedly. In the midst of her jumping she looked at me. "Doctor, what is the point of me Ju-" She didn't even get to finish that sentence, just as I had predicted the flimsy vent Broke and sent her tumbling into the shaft. Making sure to follow I Jumped in after her just as the Daleks we coming around the corner. "Ok Doctor, that worked. What now?" She said looking at me with pleading eyes. "First off Ditzy, my friend." I said as I started crawling through the ventilation shaft "We have to find our way back to the Tardis." I didn't look behind myself but I could hear her following me as we went along. We had been wandering through a maze of twists and turns for what seemed like forever, and I was starting to worry that we were lost. I couldn't let her know that I was nervous though, so I kept staring ahead. I only felt the need to turn around when I heard sniffling behind me, I didn't need to guess who it was. I turned around to see Ditzy with tears in her eyes. "Ditzy?" I said softly "Are you ok?" She stood still for a moment then finally looked up at me with her beautiful amber eyes. It was so beautiful that I almost seemed to get lost in them when we made eye contact. I sometimes felt like I always put her in danger. Thats why it hurt me so much to see her crying like this. "Doctor what if we don't make it?" She said finally breaking the silence "What if I never see my friends or famil-" I cut her off By putting my hoof to her mouth. I looked at her and said the only thing that came to mind.. "I guess we shall have to just wait and see, but sitting around and crying won't help us at all, so lets continue trying to find the Tardis." I continued walking forward. I didn't want to lie to her and say that there was no way we could make it. I've been in situations similar to this one and they didn't exactly end well. I couldn't stand the thought of losing Ditzy though. so I was going to have to try and make sure she made it. So I continued down the twists and turns until we saw a light at the end of the tunnel... I mean, shaft. I looked through the vent to see if anyone was there. Luckily No one appeared to be. So I proceeded to kick the vent off of the things that held it in place and crawled out with Ditzy staying close behind me. From the looks of it we were in some sort of corridor. "Ok Ditzy lets continue." I said as we started to make our way down the corridor. "Doctor where are we?" "Well Ditzy from what the Tardis told me before we ventured out was that we are in some sort of base somewhere close to the crystal empire." I explained "But the crystal empire hasn't been seen for over a thousand years, how do you know we are close to it?" she asked "Ah Ditzy, thats the fun part." I mused as I looked at all the doors we were passing. "You see in about a day or two the crystal empire shall re-emerge, and Twilight sparkle, plus the other element holders, will have to save the place from King Sombra. It's one of the places I've always wanted to go in history ever since I came to equestria." "Who is King Sombra?" she asked with childlike wonder "Oh, you know, just your typical tyrannical dictator that wants to enslave all the ponies he can." I said as I chuckled. "I had the pleasure of meeting him once, mind you he wasn't very bright though... The poor lad had been driven crazy with power all he really could say was a couple of words like hmmm... Lets see: “Crystals”, “Power”, and “Want”. That's all I ever heard him say Unfortunately, my stay in the crystal empire was cut short when it disappeared." I heard Ditzy pick up speed so she could walk beside me. She turned her head and looked at me. I looked back at her and saw that her eyes were still red from when she was crying and her face was still damp. I playfully nudged her as we were walking. Resulting in her giggling. "Doctor why did the crystal empire re-emerge?" she asked still staring "Well Ditzy" I said still staring back at her "No one....I mean No pony has ever really known why. It seemed as though it was just a random magical blast." "Oh." She said as if she was hoping for a better answer. I was about to ask her if something was wrong, but I heard talking from behind one of the doors. I stopped in front of the door and motioned for Ditzy to get behind me. I put my ear against the door to listen in "THE DOCTOR HAS GONE THROUGH THE VENTILATION SHAFT!" Said a voice that sounded like a Dalek. "WHAT ARE OUR COMMANDS?" "Why does there always have to be Daleks wherever I go?" I muttered to myself. When I finished muttering that sentence I heard a bone chilling deep voice come from the door "I want you all to get out of the building. The Doctor is a tricky one to find, so let him hide. Since he won't come out, we shall Get rid of him the easiest way possible. Start the self destruct sequence." As soon as he said that all of the color drained from my face and I started to run with Ditzy following behind me "Doctor what did you hear?" She said in a worried voice. "They're going to Blow up the base." I heard Ditzy gasp "Why would they do that?" "Because I'm still here." I replied still running. We stopped running as soon as we came to a four way intersecting corridor. I motioned for Ditzy to stay still while I went to check around the corners. I stepped out into the middle of the intersecting corridor and walked across to the other side Checking the left and right corridors as I walked. I was about to motion for her to follow me but before I could, I heard a sound that made me nervous. I turned around just to see a Clear panel come down between me and Ditzy separating us. I stared at her, and she stared at me. The next thing I heard sent shivers down my spine. "My dear Doctor, I hate to say that I cannot find you." Said the same deep voice over the intercom. "But I am pleased to say that this base will be nothing but rubble in 15 minutes so, have fun. Oh yes, and one more thing I have sealed off certain corridors to ensure that you don't get to your precious blue box." At that moment the panic shrunk in, and before I knew it I was beating on the glass trying to shatter it. I kept on hitting it over and over again but it was just too thick. I looked around and saw no way to get through it. I felt tears forming at the corners of my eyes. I stared at her, and she stared at me. "Ditzy can you hear me?" She nodded. "I’m going to get you out." "Doctor go find the Tardis." "WHAT!?" "Doctor go." "NO I'M NOT LEAVING YOU!" "DOCTOR!" She yelled. "YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE GO AND FIND THE TARDIS!... I'll try to find a way to the Tardis on my own." Before I could protest she turned around and started to run away from the glass leaving me to watch her go. There was nothing I could do. I fought back all the tears that were begging to break out. I finally gathered up my willpower and forced myself to turn around and start searching for the Tardis. I kicked down Door after door trying to find the Tardis. I could not fail Ditzy . > Desperate times > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Find the Tardis, I have to find it, Ditzy is counting on me. If she dies it will be all my fault and I can not let that happen.” I said to myself as I ran through the maze of corridors. Even though I was adamant about finding the Tardis I had the poison of fear rising in my gut. The worst part about this whole mess is I should have seen it coming. *************************************** Earlier that day. “Ditzy can you please hurry up.” I called out. “I’m coming, dear Celestia would you shut up!” She called out from somewhere within the Tardis. “Well we’re about to arrive at our destination so, excuse me if I don’t feel like waiting.” “Doctor we have a flippin time machine! If we are late we can literally just go back again.” She called back, with a hint of frustration in her voice. “Wait where are we going again?” “To the time when Ponyville was founded.” I said “I’ve always wanted to see how that quaint little town was started” “Why don’t you just read a history book?” “Ditzy as you said before, and I quote: ‘You have a flippin time machine’” I said making quotation marks with my hooves “Now I think a time machine is much better than a history book.” I heard her sigh with frustration. I always loved my sense of logic, Ditzy however, didn’t seem to share the love of my logic but it never bothered me. Once again I felt the all too familiar sensation of the Tardis shaking as it arrived at it’s destination. I stumbled for a second before regaining my balance once again, I still wasn’t exactly the best at walking yet, I had only been a pony for about a year now and the thought of it makes me question my sanity from time to time. I never thought a place like this would exist but, Voila! Here it was, a land of unicorns, pegasi, allicorns, and regular talking ponies. I walked up to the center of the Tardis to check our coordinates and see if we were where we wanted to be. Something seemed a bit off as I checked our coordinates. “Ditzy.” “Yes doctor?” “You don’t need to worry about dressing up.” “Why?” “Well we’re not going to need to, we seem to have ended up in an entirely different area.” “Well then where are we?” She said coming out from a passageway and walking up to me. “We seem to be in some sort of hidden building.” I said looking over the coordinates one more time. “Only one way to truly be aware of our surroundings though, so lets take a look around.” I made my way over to the exit. “Doctor, what if it’s dangerous?” “Don’t worry Ditzy I’ll protect you.” *********************************** Present time I continued running as fast as I could kicking down doors left and right in an effort to find the Tardis. Sadly it seemed my efforts were going unrewarded. “Come on where are you, blasted blue box!” The timer in my head continued ticking away as I searched fervently. I did not know how much time we had left, but I knew every second that passed was just subtracting the amount of time I had to locate the Tardis. I was starting to tire out too, even I could not run forever. I could feel my body aching for me to stop, begging me to just sit down and let the rest of my time alive be consumed with a nap. I had been busting down doors for a good five minutes, plus not to mention the fact that I had been running the entire day. So when I finally reached the last door and pushed it open weakly, I was more than happy to see what I had been looking for. Sure as the sun on Princess Celestia’s butt, there it was: the Tardis, in all of it’s glory. I almost felt like crying when I saw the beautiful sight in front of me. My hope was short lived as one tiny detail clicked in my mind. Derpy wasn’t here. I collapsed onto the ground and began to feel tears form at the corners of my eyes. She could be anywhere in the base but I couldn’t do anything to help her. Separated by a clear panel and I was powerless against it. “What do I do? I can’t bring myself to enter the Tardis without her but I can’t do anything to help her.” My talking came to a silence as I heard something approaching. I didn’t sound like a pony so I could only assume the worst; a dalek. I steadied myself as I awaited whoever or whatever was approaching. My senses suddenly faded as I heard a crash above me and was knocked down by something falling on me. Pain shot through my body as I felt everything go Black. ********************************** I felt like it had been hours when I finally started to wake. I couldn’t hear anything but the muffled cries of a mare yelling. I opened my eyes to see who was yelling at me but all I saw was a blurry silhouette of someone standing over top of me. When my vision started to come back to me, the first thing I saw was a pair of amber eyes staring at me, full of concern. It was Ditzy! Of course being ecstatic, I jumped up and hugged the mare. It was at that time that my hearing decided to come back to me. “Doctor!” she wheezed under the pressure of my hug. “Yes?” “We still have to leave, the base is going to blow up any second!” “Oh, yeah.” I said, as I awkwardly let go Of her “Ok let’s get out of here!” I ran for the entrance of the Tardis with Ditzy following right behind me. As the doors burst open I headed straight for the middle of the Tardis. I put in some coordinates as fast as I could so that Ditzy and I were out of harms way. As I pulled a lever back I felt the hum of the Tardis as it began to move. “Ditzy?” “Yes Doctor?” “How did you find the Tardis?” I said, as I turned to stare at her. “Well after I ran away from the panel, I found the ventilation shaft that we went through and I thought it was worth a shot. Anyway after getting lost in there for a while the floor gave out from under me and by pure luck you happened to be there to break my fall. By the way are you ok?” “I’m fine, just a little sore” I said, examining my hooves. I looked over to Ditzy as I felt the shaking of the Tardis indicating that we were at our destination. “Where are we Doctor?” “Ponyville In your present time.” “Why?” “I figured you would want to go say hi to your friends and see how your family members are doing.” Ditzy got up and started heading for the exit. “Are you coming?” She asked “No I’m sorry I have to run some maintenance on the Tardis.” I said “But you go have fun I’ll be here when you get back.” “Ok.” She said as she left the Tardis I stood there for a couple of seconds waiting for her to be a good distance away. After five minutes I got up and walked over to a small desk looking area. I then proceeded to grab a quill and parchment and started writing. As I finished I stopped, looked at the paper, and sighed. I grabbed a envelope and put the letter inside carefully sealing it. I walked over to the exit and stepped outside. I was hit with the many wonderful smells of ponyville. I basked in the Glistening sunlight for a bit enjoying the warm sensation on my fur until I decided to get back to the task at hand…. I mean, hoof. I spotted a little filly walking down the street. She had a pale yellow coat and A big red bow on her head. “Perfect” I muttered under my breath, remembering the last time I encountered that filly. ******************************************* Some time in the past I had been walking along the streets by ponyville market enjoying the smells of the local produce. I don’t know why, but everything seems fresher when you are a pony, but I got used to it quickly. As I passed the Sweet Apple Acres market stand I was stopped by a small filly. She kept on pestering me to buy some apples, of which I declined, until she started harassing me. So me being the kind stallion that I am, I bought a bushel of apples and got out of there as fast as I could. ******************************************* Present “Excuse me young filly.” I called out “Howdy mister! What can I do ya fer?” she said In a southern drawl. “I was wondering If you could deliver this letter to a mare named Ditzy Doo.” I said showing her the envelope. “Sure thing, mister...?” “You can just call me the Doctor.” I said handing her the letter. “Okay, bye!” she said as she walked off with the envelope in her teeth. I stood there for a couple of seconds making sure to take in my simple, yet amazing surroundings. I sighed as I got up and made my way back to the Tardis. I looked behind myself as I entered. The door closed, and a couple of seconds later, the Tardis faded from view as suddenly as it had appeared. > Abandonment > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Same enemies new problems: chapter 3, Abandonment *Ditzy’s POV* Ditzy sighed as she exited the Tardis, It felt good to be back home. She had to go see her friends first, obviously. Even though on the relative timeline it had only been a week, for her it had been considerably longer. She figured it was best to not question time itself, doing so would give her a headache. So she decided that she should first pay a visit to her good friend Carrot Top, considering that they were roommates for a long time. So she started heading down the streets of ponyville towards her destination. Ditzy walked with a merry spring in her step through ponyville, making sure to say hi to everypony that she passed. It was about midday currently, and even though not even an hour ago she almost died, she felt more alive than ever before. After an uneventful ten minute walk she came to a small house close to the edge of town. It was a regular house by most standards, it was a two story house with the standard thatched roof, it had tan outer walls with a couple of windows in the front,and to finish it off it had a small chimney on the side for those cold nights. She sighed as she walked up to the house and knocked on the door. This place had so many good memories in it, so Ditzy was getting the familiar feeling of nostalgia. She knocked one more time for good measure. Ditzy heard some shuffling from inside the house and then a small crash. Ditzy winced when she heard that. “Are you ok in there?”she said There was a stop in the movement on the other side of the door. “Ditzy…..Is that you?” came the voice from the other side “Yeah.” Suddenly the door slammed open and an orange blur tackled Ditzy, knocking her to the ground. Ditzy opened her eyes to Carrot top sitting on top of her with tears forming in the corners of her eyes. Before she could react She was hugging her. “Carrot top what’s wrong?” Ditzy asked as she returned the hug. “You disappeared without a trace a week ago, How could this be alright, you had me worried sick!” “I’m sorry I didn’t say anything about where I went, it was kind of a spontaneous decision.” “Let’s head inside Ditzy you have to tell me what happened.” Carrot top said as she got off of Ditzy and headed for the the door to the house. Ditzy stood up and made her way over to the door of the house. When she entered that feeling of nostalgia quickly came back to her. She sighed as she took in her surroundings. Carrot top cleared her throat loudly to get Ditzy’s attention, walked into the kitchen sat down and motioned for Ditzy to sit. “Ditzy I want to know where you went.” “You... Do.” Ditzy had to think about what to say for a second, if she told her that she just went on a random trip then Carrot top would get suspicious. On the other hoof, if she told her that she went with a random stallion through space and time she might think that she was crazy. She winced at the thought of being thrown into the looney bin. After after thinking it over she knew that there was only one option. “Carrot?” She said shakily “Yes?” “Have you ever had the laws of time and physics broken right before your eyes?” Carrot top raised her eyebrow “Ditzy, I don’t think this has anything to do with what I was asking you.” “Just, let me explain for a second.” Ditzy said “Alright.” “Well….” She shifted uncomfortably “I met a stallion……” ===================================================================== 1 week ago (by the normal timeline) Ditzy stood outside the postal office, she had just finished work not to long ago. She worked as a postal delivery mare. So sometimes she had to go out of town to make special deliveries. When that happened she usually came home late, So this was not surprising to her at all. She looked up at the sky to see some pegasi arranging the clouds. The weather ponies had scheduled a heavy downpour of rain for this afternoon. From what she was hearing from Pinkie was that it was gonna be a doozy. She sighed ,another slow week, and not much to show for it. This was really starting to become a depressing weekly routine. She started to walk towards her home, at least she had her good friend Carrot top to help her when she was feeling this way. It was nice to have someone who cared so much. Ditzy started walking down the street thinking about what she was going to do when she got home. Judging by the time Carrot top probably had dinner ready. A small smile escaped her lips and she felt a little better, Carrot top was a great cook so she could at least expect a good meal. Sadly just as fast as that happiness came it left almost instantaneously, all at once rain shattered the quiet of the streets. Apparently the weather ponies were a little early with the rain. Ditzy was about to curse her bad luck but all of the sudden a chestnut colored stallion crashed into her sending her and him into a nearby mud puddle. “Augh Hey! watch where you’re going!” She yelled at him while pushing him off. “Terribly sorry but I can’t emphasize how much you need to run.” He said with a worried look on his face. “Excuse me?” Ditzy said back “Running, you know? That thing where you move your legs in a rapid pace and move fast, yeah you should start doing that.” “Why?” “Ummm…” He turns around for a second, and freezes. “What is it?” He slowly raises his hoof to point at something. At first she can’t see a thing through the heavy rain but then she notices a silhouette. As Ditzy focuses her eyes she sees a statue standing there, holding its hooves over its face. She sees nothing else but the statue so she assumed that was what he was talking about. “Are you talking about the statue over there?” “Precisely.” He said not taking his eyes off of it. “What’s so bad about a statue?” She said still staring at it. “Thats no ordinary statue.” “What?” “Alright I’m gonna need you to listen very carefully, when I say go we’re going to start backing up very slowly and keep our eyes on the statue.” He said slowly “Why?” “Just trust me … 3… 2… 1… Go.” Ditzy was starting to feel nervous, this stallion must be crazy. She started to move backwards. “Alright miss I’m going to blink make sure that you keep your eyes open.” He said stopping Ditzy had enough of this crazy stallion and decided to do what she wanted. As she was about to turn around and walk away she slowly closed and opened her eyes. What she saw made her light grey coat grow even paler. The statue that they were walking away from was now substantially closer to where they were standing. That part creeped her out, but the thing that truly scared her was the fact that the statue no longer had it’s hooves over its face. The statue’s hooves were outstretched towards them revealing the horror of the statues face. The statue’s face had piercing blank eyes and a mouth that opened up to reveal a set of sharp teeth that a pony should not have. Its wings were outstretched, and the whole statue was lunging towards them. “Mi... Mister?” She said with fear dripping from her voice. “Yes?... You blinked, didn’t you?” “Yeah.” “No one ever listens… Alright, for your own sake, please do as I say.” Ditzy nodded her head really fast not taking her eyes off of the demon statue. “Alright, we are going to take refuge in my ship… Do you understand?” “Yes.” “Ok now start backing up slowly, my ship is just around the corner so we have to be careful when we break eye contact with it.” “O- Ok.” Ditzy started to move backwards slowly with the stallion. The fact that it was raining made it harder to keep her eyes open. There was an uneasy quiet settling on the street, all she could hear was the sound of the rain hitting the ground, and the sound of their hooves moving slowly. They slowly approached the corner making sure to keep their eyes on the unmoving statue. “Mister, how much farther.” Ditzy said with a quiver in her voice. “Actually, we are at the corner, so listen carefully. You are going to run towards a blue box and get inside, I will follow shortly.” “Ok.” “Ready? 3... 2… 1… RUN!” Ditzy turned around and ran as fast as she could. She ran around the corner and saw the blue box the stallion was talking about. She approached it and saw the words “POLICE BOX” on the top. =================================================================== Present day “And when I got inside the blue box it was bigger on the inside then on the outside, anyway not too long after I got inside, the stallion busted through the door and closed it quickly.” Ditzy said excitedly. Carrot top just sat there as she told the story but not listening to most of what she said. All she could do was worry about how her poor friend has gone off the deep end. “Ditzy, please stop.” She said “What?” Ditzy said with a confused look on her face. “Ditzy have you been feeling ok?” “What is that supposed to mean?” “It means I’m worried for your health.” “... You think I’m crazy don’t you?” “Ditzy I don-” “I can prove it.” Ditzy said standing up. “Follow me Carrot I can prove that I’m not crazy.” “Ditzy please.” “Please trust me Carrot.” Carrot Top sighed “Ok, fine. Show me.” Ditzy stood up and ran for the door. Carrot Top followed behind closely. Ditzy opened the door and broke out into a full gallop down the streets of ponyville. Ponies stopped and stared as a strange gray mare ran through the streets followed by another pony with an orange mane. Ditzy ran all the way to where the Tardis was. She stopped and looked around bewildered. “Where is it?” Carrot Top caught up to her and sat beside her. “Ok. Now what am I supposed to see?” “It... It was right here less than an hour ago, where did it go!?” Ditzy said with worry evident on her face “Ditzy I’m sure that it was here, now lets head back inside you need rest.” “Don’t talk to me like I’m crazy!” She half yelled “Ditzy I’m no-” “He... He left me.” Ditzy said as tears were starting to form in the corners of her eyes. “Ditz-” “How could he leave me? I... I thought he c-cared.” She said as tears started rolling down her cheeks. “Ditzy come on now, lets go home.” Carrot top said as she hugged ditzy. “Ditzy!” called a voice in the distance. Ditzy looked up to see applebloom running towards her with a letter in her mouth. “Ditzy a strange stallion told me to give this to ya.” She said. Ditzy reached out and took the note, she opened it, and read. Dear Ditzy, I’m sorry about the circumstances in which you are receiving this letter but, I had to do this. Ditzy you mean the world to me, when I almost lost you I practically lost my mind. I could not bear the thought of losing you. We have had so many adventures together and they will always make me smile thinking about them. But I can’t allow myself to put you in harms way anymore. So I have to leave. If you hate me, I understand. Just, do me a favor and live your life happily... And forget me. Do not let me plague your thoughts. I will miss you, but you deserve better. Sincerely, The Doctor Ditzy re-read the letter over and over again. Every time she read it she hoped that she read it wrong, but the end result was still the same. She dropped the letter and turned towards Carrot Top. “Lets go.” “Ditzy are you o-” “I SAID LETS GO.” Ditzy turned and started walking towards Carrot top’s house. Carrot Top walked beside her. No words were exchanged, they just walked in silence. Ditzy turned her head towards where the Tardis was but the spot still remained empty. Soon to just be a sad memory. > Acceptance > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Same Enemies New Problems Chapter 4: Acceptance 5 weeks after(on the doctors timeline) I closed my eyes and listened as the hum of the Tardis rang through my ears. It’s song talking of the vast and endless existence of space and time as I swam through it. Once again, I was alone. It seemed I was caught in a mind numbing occurrence, one I’ve gone through too many times. I always found someone I liked and they would join me I never forced them, I also always gave them the option to leave anytime they wanted to but somehow, this time seemed different. Then what did I do? I never gave Ditzy a choice to leave. I decided for her. I told her I would see her later and then just left, without telling her why. That must have broken her heart. If she hates me now there is nothing I can do to correct it, all I can do is pray she lives a happy life. The worst part is, to allow it to happen, I can’t be a part of it. I can only hope I made a good choice. I would have continued my inner monologue of self pity but I was interrupted by the Tardis shaking in sudden turbulence. I briskly trotted over to the navigational center to see what was happening. “Hmmm thats not good.” The Tardis has changed the heading to a seemingly random point in time. “I swear if this ends up being a trap.” I mumbled to myself as I fumbled with the controls. “ Ok lets see, not really much I can do, so I guess I’ll be making a sudden stop.” The shaking increased as I was forcibly lead to my destination. I instinctively tried to grab ahold of something to steady myself but of course hooves can only do so much. The measly grip I did find was wrenched from its purchase when the tardis came to a crashing stop, throwing me across the room and into a wall head-first before I slumped to the ground. Any effort I made to stand caused my vision to spin, I felt my consciousness slipping away, pulling me into a dreamless sleep. _____________________________________________________________________________ I was awoken by a hoof knocking on the door of the Tardis. I eased myself off the floor, trying not to agitate my head anymore than was necessary. When I was certain that my head had no permanent damage, I trotted over to the door. When I opened it a small light purple filly was staring up at me. “Ummmmm,” I said slowly “can I help you?” “Mister, I was taking a walk around the outside of town and this… thing-” she said pointing to the Tardis “just appeared out of nowhere. I was wondering, what is a Police Public Call Box?” She said in a blissfully sweet voice. “Young filly, what this box appears to be isn’t important for it is only for show. This machine is my pride and joy; The Tardis.” I said throwing my hoof in the air for dramatic effect. “T-a-r-d-i-s” She said slowly sounding out the word “What does it do?” I stood there for a second thinking about what I should tell her. On one hoof she might and probably won’t believe me, but she could also go and tell everypony and that could cause problems. Though it is probable that other ponies wouldn’t take her seriously since she appears young. “Well,” I said stepping outside “lets go for a walk and I’ll tell you how it works.” “Ok.” She said as she turned around and started walking. Closed the door of the Tardis behind me I looked at where it was I had landed. The Tardis was perched on a small hill outside of ponyville, overlooking the quaint town. It was late afternoon and the surrounding trees suggested it was reaching the end of autumn as each one had hundreds of fiery leaves, barely holding onto the branches. “Come on mister” the filly said as she tugged at my leg. I turned to the filly and walked alongside her. “So what is a Tardis?” She said breaking the silence “Well it’s the ship I use to travel through time” I said “But doesn’t that take a lot of magical power, I heard Twilight saying that it was very difficult and could only be done for a short amount of time.” “The tardis isn’t exactly magic” “What is it then?” she chirrped “It is magnificent piece of advanced technology from my home. She is able to move her occupants and herself through time and space.” “What do you mean by technology?” She said as she looked up at me quizzically. “Oh right, not much advancement in technology this century.” I mumbled to myself. “Well you know what machines are right?” “like the ones in the arcades?.” “That sort of thing yes. Advanced technology is where you take the simple machines you have today and add more complex and intricate designs and functionalities that mean they new machines can have great capabilities and perform amazing feats.” “What do you use technology for?” I stopped walking and looked down at her, she looked back at me. Something seemed familiar about her. “That depends on who is using it.” “What do you mean?” She asked. I had to stop a moment and think of how to explain this to a filly without making it too complicated. “Well,” I said “if somepony who is really good had technology on his or her side they could do great things that benefit people. On the other hoof if somepony with bad intentions had control of it they would have the power to do mean things to a lot of people.” “Then,” she said looking at me.”Which are you?” I looked around at our surroundings. We were substantially closer to the town now. From where we were I could see ponies going about their daily routine, living lives untouched by evil hands. Finally I looked back down to her. “I’m the pony that tries to stop the bad ponies from harming anyone.” “Aren’t there others who help you?” When she said that a pang of regret hit me and I felt tears well up in the corner of my eyes, looking away from her I continued “Sometimes I have others tag along with me.” “Don’t you have family that could help you too?” With that last question I closed my eyes and allowed a couple of tears to flow down my face and hit the ground. “I’m afraid that isn’t exactly possible for me.” “why?” “Well you see, my young friend, Sometimes the universe manages to create the most beautiful things under the strangest circumstances, those things are called miracles. But sometimes the universe is harsh and doesn’t give us a choice but to do…….certain things.” “If you have a time machine then why can’t you change what happened?” She asked. “If only it was that simple, you see sadly there are certain things called fixed points.” I said “What is a fixed point?” “Basically it is a point in time that cannot be changed without having dire consequences, no matter what I do, I can’t change the one point that destroyed everything I held dear because it is part of my own timeline.” I continued letting tears slowly fall down my face and hit the ground. Suddenly I felt a tiny pair of hooves wrap around my neck. Partially glancing down I saw that the filly had started hugging me with tears rolling down her cheeks. “I’m sorry mister.” “Please.” I said wrapping my hooves around her. “Just call me The Doctor.” “I’m dinky.” “Dinky.” I said noticing the sun was starting to set. “Yes?” “You’d better head home, I don’t want your parents to worry.” “Will you be here when I get back?” “Yes.” “Do you promise?” She asked. “I promise.” “Ok” She said as she let me go. She started running towards the town making sure to look back at me a few more times. I turned around and started heading back towards the Tardis. After about 20 minutes I arrived and, spotting a tree I decided to sit down by it. The peacefulness of my surroundings was quite blissful, for the first time in five weeks I felt content. My decision to leave was needed because Ditzy deserved better, I was doing it to protect her, even if she didn’t like or want it. For some strange reason I had a sense of closure. As nice as it was outside even I needed sleep, so I stood up and made my way back into the tardis, waiting for tomorrow. _______________________________________________________________ The next day I awoke the same way I had before, to the sound of somepony knocking on the door. Sitting up, I wiped sleep from the corners of my eyes and slowly made my way over. When I opened the door the same filly was there. “You’re still here!” she happily exclaimed. “Yes and you’re early.” I groggily replied. “You never said what time to come.” She huffed “Alas, you’re correct.” I stated “Oh well.” I said stepping back inside. She followed me inside the tardis. Although as soon as she was inside I heard her hoofsteps stop. Continuing my walk over to my sonic screwdriver, I grabbed it then turned around. Now to say that it wasn’t adorable watching her look around the tardis then running outside would be a lie. Without even looking I knew she was doing the same thing everypony else does, looking at the outside. “One…Two…Three… Annnnd.” “It’s bigger on the inside!” She exclaimed as she came back inside. “What!” I said in mock shock. “It is!?” She rolled her eyes. “Of course you already knew that.” I smiled, “So whats on the agenda for today?” “I wanted to show you around ponyville.” “Lead on then.” I said, ignoring the fact that I’ve already been to ponyville before. Dinky smiled as she turned around and trotted back outside. I took this chance to rest my sonic screwdriver behind my ear, incase I needed it for any reason. I then made my way outside. “Ok” I said locking the door to the tardis. “where to?” “I wanted to take you to sugarcube corner.” I started to walk making sure she was always in front of me, so it looked like she was leading. The walk to ponyville was generally uneventful and consisted of Dinky losing focus a couple of times and chasing after a random butterfly or other insect. I didn’t really blame her for it, after all she is very young. Once we got into ponyville I looked around the quaint old town. The town itself barely ever changed, the houses always looked the same except for some slight differences, their designs based off the originals built centuries ago. It was what you would expect from a small town out in the countryside, nice, small and rustic. Not too long after we made it into town we approached the infamous diabetes inducing shop known as sugarcube corner. As I opened the door to enter I remembered why I never came here before, for a demon resides within. It’s pink, random and likes to party. Not five seconds after we entered we were assaulted by the pink menace herself and her fast long winded way of talking. I’ve been told I can act slightly eccentric from time to time and just be plain silly but this is a whole new level. I didn’t really bother to pay attention to what she was saying and decided to just walk over to a booth and wait for dinky. After a couple of minutes she joined me at the booth. “So.” She said “Are you hungry?” ______________________________________________________________________ “Gosh!” I said as we exited the shop “I didn’t think I could eat that much, let alone be able to keep it down.” “You’re such a lightweight.” She giggled as we walked deeper into the town. “ We would have left earlier if pinkie hadn’t insisted on making you have a small party. Anyway how long are you going to be here doctor?” “I’m probably gonna be leaving soon.” “Where will you go?.” She asked. “Wherever the Tardis takes me.” “Ok.” She said dropping her head “Actually I think I’m going to be heading out now, we spent a good amount of time in there and even with a time traveling ship I still need to keep track of the time.” “Will I ever see you again?” She asked, a look of hope glistened in her eyes. “I’m not sure. But if I ever get the chance I will make sure to stop by and visit you.” “Do you think I could come with you one day?” “maybe.” A huge smile broke out across her face and she hugged me tight. “If you ever do come back look for dinky hooves, I hope I get to see you again. I have to go my mom said I had to get home before night today.” She said as she let go and started walking away. I stood there in shock for a moment, I knew there was something familiar about her. Her mane, the way she was curious, and her eyes. She was Ditzy’s daughter! I sat on the ground casting my gaze down. “The universe works in mysterious ways” I mumbled to myself. Slowly a small smile started to work it’s way onto my muzzle. Ditzy had a foal which means she would be able to move on and maybe even forget about me. Even though I felt sad, I knew it was what she deserved. I stood up and made my way out of town. The time seemed to pass faster than usual, in what seemed like minutes I was already back at the tardis. I stepped inside and laughed to myself when I remembered how Dinky reacted. Setting my sonic screwdriver down I made my way over to the center and put in coordinates to a random point in time and space and started up the tardis. “Thank you.” I said to the Tardis as the familiar hum of her engine filled the air.”You always know what’s best for me.” In all honesty, even though I will lose people. I can’t dwell on the past. I have to cherish the good times and enjoy them. I know I will always care, always be nice, but I can never mistake that for weakness. After all of this time I can’t believe I never came to this conclusion. I have a responsibility. To protect the well being of the others. Sometimes I know it will get hard but I will have to push forward, after all; this is who I am.