My Little Doctor: Companions Are Essential

"Whe, woo, whe, woo, whe, woo," the TARDIS "said" as it "landed" in Canterlot 2000 years in the past.  The door opened.

"Come along, Derpy, " the Doctor said, stepping out of the TARDIS.

"Ooooo, things look different.  Are we really in the past?" Derpy asked, following the Doctor.

"Yes, we are.  Now, let's go to the castle and meet the princesses," said the Doctor.  After a short while, "Ah, here we are.  Now, do we just go in?"

"HALT!" said the castle guard.  "State your business!"

Pulling out his psychic paper and showing it to the guard, the Doctor said, "We have an invitation from Princess Luna to meet her at the castle."

The guard said, "Go right on in, Mr. Time Turner and guest."

They entered the castle and saw Princess Celestia approaching them.  In the royal voice, she said, "WHO ART THOU?"

The Doctor showed her the psychic paper and said, "We have an invitation to meet Princess Luna."

"DON'T LIE TO US!  THAT PAPER IS BLANK!"  Celestia said.

"Oh," the Doctor said, "You must have a highly evolved mind to see through my ruse.  The weak-minded see an invitation on this paper.  It works by mental suggestion.  Actually, we've come from the future to meet Princess Luna."

"WHY?" Celestia asked, still in the royal voice.

"Because she told us we met her in the past.  So here we are to meet her.  In the past.  It's confusing, I know."  He paused.   "By the way, you don't need to use the royal voice all the time.  It would be more effective if you saved it for important proclamations, don't you think?" the Doctor advised.

"YOU HAVE a good point," Celestia said, reducing her volume.  "Well, I suppose I better show you to Princess Luna."

With that statement, Luna burst through the door, ranting and raving about how the royal subjects do not appreciate the nighttime.  "THESE PONIES SLEEP THROUGH MY NIGHT AND ENJOY YOUR DAYTIME!  IT ISN'T RIGHT!  IT ISN'T FAIR!  THEY DO NOT APPRECIATE HOW HARD I WORK TO MAKE THE SKY BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT!"

"I appreciate the nighttime,"  the Doctor offered.  "But why do you say it's YOUR nighttime?"

Luna yelled, "DO I NOT RAISE THE MOON EACH NIGHT?  I AM THE PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT!  JUST LOOK AT MY MANE, MY TAIL, MY CUTIE MARK!  ALL WILL SHOW YOU THE TRUTH!"

"Oh, of course.  But you don't have to yell.  We have come all the way from 2000 years in the future to meet you.  Isn't that appreciation?" the Doctor asked.

Just then, they heard a loud noise and a scream coming from outside the castle.  The group ran outside, just in time to see a dragon grab the royal guard.  The Doctor ran forward, sonic screwdriver in hand.  "DWWWWW," the device squealed.  The dragon turned, dropped the guard, and roared at the Doctor.  As the dragon lunged to bite him, Derpy pushed the Doctor out of the way.

It took the combined might of Celestia's and Luna's magic to put an end to the dragon's rampage.  They teleported the dragon to Mount Darkness, where many dragons lived, and it was over.

"Derpy, I do believe you've saved my life," effused the Doctor.   "Well, you princesses, too!  Good show!"

"Is there a muffin store here?" Derpy asked.

"Muffins?  We've been attacked by a dragon, you saved my life, and all you can think about is muffins?  Ha, ha, ha," the Doctor laughed.  "Of course, we'll get muffins."  He turned to the princesses, "Is there a bakery around here?  I must reward my assistant."

The princesses pointed the way to the bakery.  "It was nice meeting you both again.  I mean, for the first time for you, but again for me.  Oh, you know what I mean.  It's all timey-wimey.  Goodbye for now!"

And as they went off to get muffins, the Doctor shouted, "Avante!  Yes, I finally got it right!  I knew eventually I'd think of something fantastic!"

End of Chapter 3.