The Amazing Adventures of Spitfire and the Doctor

The Amazing Adventure of Spitfire and the Doctor

A Grand Entrance

Written by Seven81493

Edited by Miss Dark Angel

Preread by Twilightclopple

It was Saturday, and all of Ponyville was out having a good time. Ponies were talking, playing sports, and a few were simply relaxing and catching some rays. The beautiful day had even attracted a few tourists. Among those tourists was Spitfire, captain of the Wonderbolts, and self proclaimed ‘best golden thing on the planet’. At the moment, she was heading down the dirt road leading to Fluttershy’s cottage, intent on getting herself a pet of some kind. It seemed almost everypony had one nowadays, and she wanted in on it.

Along the way, Spitfire became aware of a noise in the distance, pulling her out of her thoughts. A humming noise began resonating, getting louder each time, and it was accompanied by a low whirring sound. She couldn’t help but wonder what the source of the noise was and began looking around, desperate to find the source of it. But all she could see was fields of grass and flowers, only serving to confuse her further. Finally, with no other options left, and the noise only increasing in decibels, she decided to call out to it.

“Hello? Is anypony there?”

As if answering her question, a flash of light appeared in the sky and she took notice of a blue object flying right towards her, spinning around the whole time. But there was no time to study it, as it was about to collide with the ground, and by extension, her. Extending her wings, Spitfire took to the air with the speed of a hawk and narrowly avoided being splattered by the mysterious blue object, which slid for a few meters before coming to a rest.

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Turning back around mid flight, Spitfire slowed to a mere hover and took the time to examine the blue box. Without having to fly for her life, she could tell that it was a phone booth of sorts. But what kind of phone booth could fly and teleport? Before she could find out the answer to that question, however, she took notice of the doors on the front of the booth opening.

After a few moments, a... something, walked out of the box. It was unlike anything she had ever seen, and she was unsure whether or not she needed to be cautious. After all, it could be a threat to her, and she wasn’t going to take any chances.

Examining it more closely, she saw that it had a brown mane, but no tail. It also seemed to be nearly half again as tall as her. It was dressed in a blue suit, and it appeared to be smiling. Odd, considering it had just crash landed, and almost crushed her in the process. Then again, there didn’t seem to be any windows on that thing except on the very top of each side, so seeing her would have been out of the question. Though, considering that it was piloting a phone booth of all things, it was most likely capable of anything.

Spitfire was broken out of her thoughts, however, when the odd looking thing spoke. Not having heard what it said, but only assuming it had been directed towards her, she pointed at herself with a hoof, earning a nod from the creature.

“Yes, you! Can you come down here?”

From the voice, Spitfire could easily infer that the creature calling to her was a male, and intelligent at that, since it was capable of speaking Equestrian. But should she listen to him and go down to where he was currently standing? Deciding she had nothing to lose, Spitfire did just that, flying down to the... thing, and his blue phone booth, coming to a stop just a few feet away from him and gently touching down on the ground. For a few seconds, the two simply stared at each other in silence, as if judging if the other could pose a threat.

Suddenly, though, the creature threw his arms outwards, as if having finally realized something.

“Of course! You’re an equine! Pegasus to be exact! I’ve never seen one of you before, oh this is just fantastic!”

“...”

“So what’s up? Have you got a name?”

“Spitfire...”

Instantly, the new thing was upon her, looking her over, as if trying to find out everything he could about her. “That’s interesting. Your wings don’t seem like they’d be big enough to keep you in the air,” he stated, a baffled expression on his face.

Spitfire gave a chuckle at his confusion, and quickly explained, “That’s our innate magic. It makes our wings stronger than they should be.”

“And what about this mark on your flank?” he asked, examining the flaming lightning bolt closely.

“That’s called a cutie mark. It shows our special talent. Mine is stunt flying. Now just who are you?”

Smiling, the creature stood back up. “I’m the Doctor.”

“The Doctor? That’s your name? Like, your whole name?”

“Yeah! Now, if you don’t mind, I need to go see the rest of this planet,” said the Doctor as he walked back towards his blue box, hands in his pockets the whole time.

Spitfire had no idea why she said what she did next, but it just seemed to blurt itself out. “Wait!”

In an instant, this ‘Doctor’ turned around and leaned his head forwards, as if trying to hear her better. “Hm?”

“What’s that blue box?” asked Spitfire, pointing a hoof at the object for emphasis.

“Oh, that? That’s the TARDIS.”

“What’s it do?” she questioned, making the Doctor smile.

“My, you’re quite the inquisitive one, aren’t you?” the Doctor asked in rhetoric, earning a chuckle from Spitfire.

“I wouldn’t say that, but I’ve never seen something like that, not to mention something like you,” she replied, pointing a hoof right at his chest. “What are you anyways?”

“A Time Lord,” he swiftly replied.

“Time Lord?”

“That is what I said, isn’t it?”

Spitfire shook her head to rid herself of her confusion before replying, “Whatever. So what can your thing do?”

“Well, this machine can do a lot of things. She’s capable of flying, for one. But you already knew that, didn’t you?” he asked in rhetoric once again.

“Well, duh! It almost slammed right into me!”

“Oh, it did? Sorry about that,” he apologized, sorrow evident on his face.

“Well, I’m fine, and that’s all that matters,” she said, earning a nod from the Doctor. “So what else does the, what did you call it?” she asked, already having forgotten the name for his box.

“TARDIS,” he repeated.

“Right, so what else can your ‘TARDIS’ do?”

“Well,” he began as he walked back to the TARDIS, Spitfire following close behind, “it can teleport to anywhere I want it to.”

“That sounds awesome!” Spitfire yelled enthusiastically, making him smile again.

“It is ‘awesome’, isn’t it? Would you like to see it from the inside?”

Instantly, Spitfire stopped in her tracks. “No. Way. I can really go inside?”

“If you want to, yeah. Besides, I’ve never had a pegasus on board, though I have ridden a horse.”

Spitfire found that last part odd, but decided not to say anything about it. After all, it was clear that he was pretty intelligent, and maybe equines were different where he was from. Plus, he did say he’d never seen a pegasus before.

After a few seconds, the two arrived at the TARDIS, and the Doctor was about to open the doors when Spitfire spoke up. “Hey, won’t it be cramped in that little thing?”

Smirking at her, he replied “I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.”

With that, he opened the doors to the TARDIS and Spitfire peered inside. What she saw seemed impossible. “It’s...”

“Bigger on the inside,” the two said at the same time, making Spitfire laugh. It was like the Doctor had been reading her mind.

“So, where do you want to go, Miss Spitfire?”

“So I can go anywhere?” she inquired, earning a nod from the Doctor.

“Theoretically, yes, but we don’t want to go to certain places,” he explained.

“Like what?”

“Well, theoretically, we could teleport on to the sun. But that would be a very stupid idea.”

Putting a hoof to her chin in thought, Spitfire began to think of a place she wanted to see. “Can we just go a bit into space?”

“What, you mean above the planet?” he asked, waiting for confirmation, to which Spitfire nodded eagerly.

“Now why would you want to go into outer space?” he questioned, seemingly intrigued with the golden mare.

“Well, I just feel like this planet is holding me back sometimes. The skies are sweet, but I’ve always wanted to see more, I guess.”

“What if I told you I could take you anywhere you wanted to go, whenever you wanted?” he asked, catching the golden mare off guard.

“W-what do you mean?” she replied, not quite sure of the implications of his question.

“I mean you could come with me, and then you could go anywhere you wanted to.”

“Wouldn't it be a bit weird, though? I mean, we just met, Doctor.”

“Well, yeah, we did,” he confirmed, “but I’m not one for taking things slow.”

“Why’s that? Why rush through life?”

“I’m a time traveler, it sort of comes with the title.”

“Y-you can travel through time, too?”

“Yep.”

Spitfire put a hoof to her chin, deep in thought. The Doctor watched, intrigued, as she removed said hoof and placed it back on the ground, ready to convey her thoughts to him.

“It does sound like it would be fun, and well, I don’t really have anything I’m committed to here other than the Wonderbolts. But being captain of them can get so stressful. I was actually thinking of resigning after my vacation anyways.”

“Well, I don’t really have anything I’m committed to here other than the Wonderbolts. But being captain of them can get so stressful. I was actually thinking of resigning after my vacation anyways.”

“Well, tell you what. Why don’t we go into space, and you can decide there? It's been a while since I've had somebody with me, and it can get pretty lonely traveling for eons by yourself.”

“But why me?” she questioned, clearly confused as to why he would pick a mare like her. “I’m not super smart or anything, so why me?”

“Because,” he began replying, “it’s not always experience that makes one best for a job. It’s how willing, or eager, they are to do it.”

At that, Spitfire nodded and the Doctor went inside the TARDIS, Spitfire still right behind him. But as soon as she saw the inside of the TARDIS, her mind was made up. She wouldn’t tell him yet, though. Better to make it suspenseful, after all. She was broken out of her thoughts, though, when she took notice of the Doctor messing with his machinery. Unable to tear her eyes away from the spectacle before her, she didn’t hear his warning. In an instant, she fell to the floor, as the entire TARDIS began shaking wildly.

But as quickly as it had started, it stopped, and Spitfire stood back up, dusting herself off.

“A warning would’ve been nice, you know.”

“I did warn you! No, you know what, let’s just go look at space,” he said, realizing arguing would get them nowhere at the moment.

Walking over to the doors of the TARDIS, he motioned for Spitfire to come with him. As soon as they reached the doors, he nudged them open and Spitfire’s jaw dropped. She was looking at space. She was actually looking at space, from space. Nopony had ever even been to the highest point on the planet, and she had already trumped that one thousand fold.

“Marvelous, isn’t it?” the Doctor asked, to which she could only reply with a nod, her jaw still wide open at what was happening. “It really makes you realize just how small we actually are. Your planet is just one of billions.”

“What, uh, what are we looking at right now?”

“Oh, this? This is the Eagle Nebula,” he informed her, much to her confusion.

“But it doesn’t look anything like an eagle!”

“Sometimes, it takes a bit of creativity to see things the way you’re supposed to. To some, a book might just be words on paper. But for others, it’s an adventure that you could only wish to live out in real life.”

“I don’t get it. I mean, I do, but this is just a blob. It’s nothing like an eagle!”

“Well, had you looked at the finer details, you’d see that it’s not just an ordinary blob. It’s blue, it’s green, it’s a wild mishmash of colors! And the shape is clearly the head of an eagle, too.”

Taking a closer look, Spitfire could see that it was indeed shaped like an eagle’s head. But that wasn’t what was on her mind right now.

“I’ll go with you,” she stated, pleasantly surprising the Doctor, who smiled in response.

“Well, that’s great!” he exclaimed, closing the doors to the TARDIS, and walking back over to the controls. “Now, how would you fancy a trip to the lovely planet Koorharn for some ice skating?”

“Let’s do it!”

At her exclamation, the Doctor smirked and smacked a button, sending them on their trip.

“ALLONS-Y!”