Dr. Whooves: Equestria Divided

And suddenly, the box stopped moving.

The Nighthoof had been watching for some time now. It had sensed... something... around the flooded ruins of Ponyville while on a mission. She decided she could stick around and watch for a bit. After all, it's not like the package of gems to the diamond dog tribes would exactly disappear while she watched for ten minutes. She had thought after a while that it was just her imagination, but then that last bit of willpower had paid off. She grinned. It would be nice to actually tell Lady Rarity something more than the same old, "Mission complete."

Then she heard a rumble coming from the southern areas. She got moving. Didn't want to be caught in the way of a warband of the owners of those cannons. She hoped that, if anyone was in the box, that they weren't a unicorn. And, if they were- she shook her head. Too many ifs, she thought, and pondering on the future wasn't the best thing for a rouge of her caliber. Although meditation had its place, she though, continuing on her way.

The door of the "box" opened. Out came a grey pegasus, closely followed by a brown unicorn who was trying not to have a particularly annoyed expression. "I told you, Ditzy, it wasn't that button, it was the one next to it?"

"What? It's not my fault that you color all of the buttons exactly the same!"

"Yes, and it's not my fault that you lowered the TARDIS's shields halfway through a solar storm!"

"It was a wrong button!"

The brown unicorn shook his head, then looked around. "Alright... it seems that at least we landed in Ponyville- or near it anyways. See, here's the lake."

The pegasus- Ditzy- looked around. "Doctor... I don't think that this is the lake."

"What do you mean? It's a large body of water that's bigger than a pond, but smaller than a sea."

"I know, but... look at it. The pond's trail goes to the southeast. This one goes to the northwest."

"Hmm... I gu- wait... shh...?"

Ditzy and the Doctor stopped and listened.

"What's that, Doctor?"

"I... have no idea."

And suddenly, they were surrounded by a large amount of lightly armored ponies with swords- leveled at them. The Doctor jumped at their sudden appearance. He raised a hoof nervously. "Urm... hello, there." The ponies surrounding them seemed to narrow their eyes at him, but remained silent. The rumbling continued in the background, growing louder. But other than that, there was silence...

Until a voice rang out from behind them. 'A'right. State yer business, unicorn." The guards stepped aside and let a orange pony in full battle plate step into the circle, holding a hammer with her tail.

This seemed to unnerve the doctor even more than the guards sudden appearance.He remained silent as he figured out what to say. "Um... well, ah... I am the Doctor, and this is Ditzy. We are-"

"Enough of that. Why're you here?"

"I was getting to that. You see, the strangest thing happened. One second I was up there, spinning around in space in my box, and the next..."

"Ah get it, Doctor. It seems like House Moon and Star are developing some kind of magical teleportation device thingamajig." She shook her head. "You picked a bad place to show up, Doctor." She turned around. "Hey, Apple Bloom! Take a look at this device, will ya?"

A voice, sounding somewhat childish, said in the distance, "Alright, sis!"

The Doctor yelled at the mechanic running up, "Don't touch anything! She's a very delicate device!"

The orange pony sighed and turned back to the Doctor. "Welp, let's ge' this over with." She drew a long sword and picked the Doctor up by the tail.

"Waitwaitwait! What did I do?"

"Unicorns ain't allowed here." She growled, putting her blade against his horn.

"No! Nonononono! I'm not a unicorn! I'm a-"

"I don't care if you're a moon mare. You've got a horn, and horns ain't allowed here."

She drew her blade back, and swung it forward.

Ditzy screamed, "WAIT!"

Her arm arrested midways. And there was silence.

The orange pony stopped and looked at her. "Yes, pegasus?"

Ditzy shuddered. "Um... can't he at least explain himself before you take off his horn? We have no idea what's going on here..."

After glaring at her for a bit, the orange pony switched his glare to Doctor Whooves. "Who are ya, pony?"

"I'm the Doctor."

"Doctor who?

"Just the Doctor."

She paused.

"What are you doin' here?"

"I don't know. My box materialized here. What do you expect? I have no idea where I am or who I am currently speaking to."

A murmur rose up from the crowd that had gathered around them. The orange pony glared at the crowd, who quickly fell silent. She turned her glare onto the Doctor again.

"Welp, you're talking to Supreme Commander Applejack of House Earthborn. And this here is Ponyville. Or what's left of it after the flood..." She shook her head. "Last question: You working for House Moon and Star?"

"I have no idea what that place or clan or whatever it might be is."

Applejack narrowed her eyes, then closed them. "Do ya have any idea what's happening?"

"Unfortunately, no."

She shook her head. "You better come with me, then. The Earth Council- and myself- will be very interested in hearing why we shouldn't part your horn from your body- followed by your head."

Just then, there was a loud bang from behind them, and, out of the TARDIS came Apple Bloom, covered in soot and coughing, with a stream of black smoke coming out of the door. "Whatever it is, sis, it ain't natural- or stable."

The Doctor shook his head. "It's still overloaded with energy after absorbing half of that solar storm."

"Wha?"

"Perhaps I can explain to you later, after I'm out of this predicament." He eyed the guards around him. "Well, let's get this over with."