This is who I am (Doctor whooves)

“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.

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    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.”

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  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.

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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.

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     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.

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  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.