The Seventh Pony

I woke up with a jolt. This time, though, it wasn't because of a nightmare, it was because somepony was knocking at my door. I threw the covers off of me and walked downstairs. When I opened the door, I saw Twilight standing there with a smile.

"Hi Midnight!" Said Twilight when I opened the door. Yep, everypony was going to call me Midnight

"Hi Twilight, what are you doing here?" I asked.

"Oh, I was just on my way to Sweet Apple Acres to help Applejack with her applebucking, and I was just wondering if you wanted to come along!" I thought about this for one second. I had nothing important to do today. I never really had anything to do any day, really, well at least not since I left home a few years ago, well, ran away.  I was so deep in thought about my past, that I completely forgot about Twilight. "Um, is that silence a no?" She asked, waking me up from my day dreaming.

"No it's not," I answered, "sorry Twilight, but when I think about some things I have a tendency to go really deep into thought."

"Oh, um I guess we better get going then!" As we walked out into the fresh air of Ponyville, I noticed that Twilight was carrying that dragon, Spike, on her back. I decided to introduce myself to the dragon.

"Hello there, Spike!" The dragon was apparently surprised that I knew his name.

"Um.... hello there?" He said nervously.

"Oh come on Spike! He's a friend, you don't have to be nervous!" Encouraged Twilight. Spike let out a sigh.

"Hello there, Midnight," He said, still a little bit nervous, "So, I heard your the hidden seventh element that nopony knew about, that's kind of cool."

"Yeah, it's just that I'd never heard of the Elements of Harmony until yesterday," I said.

"Seriously, it is, or was until we proved it was correct, a really popular legend!" He said in disbelief.

"Well, I'm not really into legends," I explained.

"Seriously? I've memorized most legends by heart!" Twilight interrupted, "There's the Changelings, Discord, The Pony of Shadows, but of course none of them are actually true."

"The only legend I've ever heard from in that list is Discord," I said, "but enough about legends."

"Oh, okay, I was about to go into detail about each one of them, but I guess you don't want that."

"What I want to know is some answers."

"Answers to what?" Asked Twilight, confused

"You, mostly," I answered.

"What do you want to know about me?"

"Well for starters, why did the Princess call you her, "Faithful student", back in the castle?" I asked

"Well, because I am actually Princess Celestia's student," I stared at her in disbelief.

"You're Princess Celestia's student! But I thought she hasn't had a student since Star Swirl the Bearded!"

"Yeah, but I don't like to brag about it," she said, modestly.

"Okay, my next question is, when did you come to Ponyville, because I had never seen you until the day of the Summer Sun Celebration."

"I actually came to Ponyville the day before the Summer Sun Celebration to check on all of the preparations, and that's when I met the others, and I met you at the old castle of the royal pony sisters."

"Um... Twilight, Midnight, we're here," Said Spike. I looked around to find that we were at Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack was waiting for us at the barn doors.

"Howdy there Twilight!" Greeted Applejack.

"Hello there Applejack, Midnight and I are ready to help you applebuck," Said Twilight.

"Well it's a good thing you got here early, we have a lot of trees to buck," She motioned her hoof to the fields of apple trees that needed to be harvested.

"Well, I guess we better get started," Said Twilight. We walked to through a pathway that was in between the apple trees.

"So, how do you buck apples?" I asked Applejack.

"It's really simple, first you go up to an apple tree. Then, you kick the tree , which causes the apples to fall down. Once the apples fall you have to pick them up and put them in a bucket. If you don't get it on the first try, don't worry, it's not the easiest thing to do," She explained. I grabbed one of the buckets Applejack had brought with her and placed it near a tree. I turned around, and attempted to kick the tree.

When I kicked the tree, the apples successfully came off the tree. However, I failed to move away from the tree, and a couple of apples hit me in the head. Applejack giggled.

"Well, you got the apples off the tree, but I guess I should have warned you to move away after you buck a tree," I picked up the apples and put them in the bucket. My head was still throbbing from when the apples hit me, but I managed to ignore the pain.

We bucked trees for what seemed like forever. I manged to not get hit in the head again by an apple. However, we had to stop because Applejack wanted to save some trees for "Applebuck Season", whatever that was. When we started walking back to the barn, Applejack decided to thank us..

"Thank you kindly for helping me out," She said, "I bet Big McIntosh-"

"Who's Big McIntosh?" I asked.

"He's my brother," explained Applejack, "Anyways, I bet him that I could get all of these Golden Delicious in the barn by lunchtime," she continued, "If I win, he's going to walk down Stirrup Street in one of Granny's Girdles!" She chuckled. Spike was lounging on Twilight's back, searching through the basket of apples, throwing out apples that he, for some reason, didn't want.

"No problem at all Applejack, I'm just glad the goal is lunchtime, all this hard work is making me hungry," said Twilight.

"I know right!" Said Spike, still searching through Twilight's bucket of apples.

"Please, Spike, you've been lounging on my back all morning while we worked!" Exclaimed Twilight

"Exactly, you three were taking too long, so I missed snack-time!" Explained Spike. Twilight's stomach growled.

"Eh, I guess we better get some food" She said nervously. Spike still searched for something in the apple basket

"Nope, Worm, Ah ha!" He exclaimed. I looked at Spike to find him holding up a pure red apple. My god it looked so delicious.

"Oh, Spike, that looks delicious," However, before Twilight could say anything else, Spike devoured the whole thing in one bite, "SPIKE!" Said Twilight, annoyed.

"What?" Asked Spike. Afterwards, he burped, revealing a scroll.

"It's a letter from Princess Celestia!" Twilight exclaimed.

"You get letters from Princess Celestia, from your dragon?" I asked

"Yes, you see, he has this magical link to the Princess that allows us to receive or send letters to and from her," Explained Twilight. Spike picked up the letter, cleared his throat, and started to read.

"Hear ye, hear ye. Her Grand Royal Highness, Princess Celestia of Equestria, is pleased to announce The Grand Galloping Gala to be held in the magnificent capital city of Canterlot, on the 21st day of, eh, yadda yadda yadda, cordially extends an invitation to Twilight Sparkle plus one guest"  Spike read. Twilight and Applejack both gasped.

"The Grand Galloping Gala!" They exclaimed in unison, jumping up and down excitedly.

"What's the 'Grand Galloping Gala'?" I asked. Twilight and Applejack stopped jumping and gave me a funny look.

"You've never heard of the Grand Galloping Gala?" Applejack asked, surprised.

"Nope, I've never heard of it."

"Well, the Grand Galloping Gala is this royal ball held in Canterlot," Explained Twilight. Spike suddenly burped, and two tickets came out of the green smoke.

"Look, two tickets!" He announced

"Wow!" Twilight said, "I've never been to the Gala, have you Spike?"

"No, and I plan to keep it that way," He said, mildly annoyed, "I don't want any of that girly frilly froo-froo nonsense"

"Aw, come on Spike, a dance would be nice!"

"Nice?" Applejack interrupted, "It's a heap more good than just nice! I'd love to go. Land sakes, if I had an apple stand set up, ponies would be chowin' our tasty vittles till the cows came home. Do you have any idea how much business I could drum up for Sweet Apple Acres? Why, with all that money, we could do a heap of fixin' up 'round here. We could replace that saggy old roof, and Big McIntosh could replace that saggy old plow, and Granny Smith could replace that saggy old hip!" She explained. I had this feeling that Applejack's fantasy was going to be crushed if she went to the Gala, "Why, I'd give my left hind leg to go to the Gala!"

"Well, in that case-" Twilight was cut off by something rainbow colored that dropped out of the sky and landed on her and Applejack. In the name of Celestia, where did that come from? When the dust cleared, I saw Rainbow Dash lying on top of them. Well, this was going to end well.

"Are we talking about the Grand Galloping Gala?" She asked excitedly, completely unaware that I was there. Applejack and Twilight managed to stand up.

"Rainbow Dash!" Started Applejack, "You told me you were too busy to help me harvest apples. What were you busy doing, spying?" That sounded like me when I accused her of being a spy, except a little bit louder.

"No, I was busy napping," I looked up to see a pillow and a blanket laying on a branch of one of the trees, "and I just happened to hear that you have an extra ticket?"

"Yeah. but-" started Twilight.

"YES! This is so awesome! The Wonderbolts perform at the Grand Galloping Gala every year-" she started. I figured she was about to enter a fantasy, just like Applejack had done.

"Um, I'm going to go put these apples in the barn," I announced.

"Yeah yeah yeah, you go do that, I'm going to finish my story about what's going to happen when I go to the Gala!" I was surprised Rainbow Dash hadn't scolded me. She was probably too enveloped with the whole Grand Galloping Gala thing to actually care if I was there or not. When I deposited the apples in the barn, I walked back down the path and was surprised to find Rainbow Dash and Applejack hoof-wrestling on a tree stump. Neither of them seemed to be getting anywhere with it, their hooves stayed in the same location.

"Forget it!" Said Rainbow Dash suddenly. She let go of Applejack's hoof and flew in the direction of Ponyville.

"Oh no you don't!" Applejack shouted after her. She ran down the path, following Rainbow Dash. Those two would do anything to get that ticket. I followed them into Ponyville to find Twilight surrounded by some of the girls, who were pestering her for the ticket and explaining why they should be the one to go to the Gala.

"Wait just a minute!" I heard Rainbow Dash say from the top of a buliding.

"Rainbow Dash! Were you following me?" Asked Twilight. Rainbow Dash flew down from the building.

"No, I mean yes, I mean maybe," she said, panicking, "Look, it doesn't matter, I couldn't risk a goody-four-shoes like you giving away that ticket to just anybody," Applejack walked up to them.

"Wait just another minute!" She commanded

"Applejack! Were you following me too?" Asked Twilight

"No!" She said, "I was following this one!" Applejack pointed her hoof at Rainbow Dash, "to make sure she didn't try any funny business, still trying to take my ticket."

"YOUR ticket!" Said Rainbow Dash, angry.

"But Twilight's taking ME!" Objected Pinkie Pie. All of her friends suddenly started arguing over why they should be the one to go with Twilight to the Gala. Twilight laid on the ground, with an anxious look on her face.

"Everypony be quiet!" I yelled. Everyone stopped arguing and looked at me, "Twilight is the one that recieved the tickets, not you, therefore she should decide who gets to go to the Gala with her!"

"-and then I said 'Oatmeal, are you CRAZ'-" Pinkie Pie said, finally realizing that everyone wasn't arguing anymore. How did she go from arguing over a ticket to oatmeal?

"Thank you, Midnight!" Twilight said, relived. She stood up.

"But Twiligh-" Rarity started, but Twilight put a hoof in front of her.

"Like Midnight said, this is my decision, and I'm going to make it on my own, and I certainly can't think straight with all this noise!" She explained. Her stomach growled again, "Not to mention hunger, now go on, shoo!" Each of them walked off, complaining to themselves. Twilight walked over to me, "Thank you so much for getting them to stop arguing, I thought I was going to explode because of all the pressure, now let's get something to eat!" She said. We walked to a restaurant nearby, that had a symbol of a clover for its logo. We sat down and looked over the menu, however, Twilight still looked worried.

"Are you still worrying over the ticket Twilight?" I asked. She nodded, "Well if it helps, you don't have to give your ticket to the Gala to me," She looked at me.

"Are you sure Midnight?" She asked me. I nodded my head, "Thank you, but there's still 5 other ponies who want the ticket," She picked up a flower using her magic, plucking off the petals as she said the names of her friends, "Applejack or Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy or Rarity, oh who should go with me?" I noticed the waiter had stopped by our table.

"Have you made your decision?" He asked in a french accent.

"I CAN"T DECIDE!" Yelled Twilight. Everypony at the restaurant looked at her.

"Uh, Twilight, he just wants to take your order," Explained Spike, pointing to the menu.

"Oh, I would love a Daffodil and Daisy sandwich," The waiter turned to me.

"I would like the same thing she's having, please," The waiter then turned to Spike.

"Do you have any rubies?" He asked. The waiter looked at him funny, "No? Okay, I'll have the hay fries, extra crispy," The waiter left the table to go get the food.

"What do you think Spike?" Asked Twilight

"I think we need to try another restaurant, I mean I like grass just fine, but would it hurt anybody to offer some gemstones?" That wasn't the kind of answer Twilight was looking for.

"I mean about the Gala and the ticket and who I should take!" She explained

Spike rolled his eyes, "Oh, your still on that?" Twilight jumped up and put her hooves on the table.

"Spike, listen!" She yelled, sitting back down, "How do I choose, and when I do choose would the other four be mad at me? I mean, I could give up my ticket and give away two, but that would still leave three disappointed ponies, what if I-"

"Ah, your food," The waiter cut her off. Spike was already devouring his hay fries.

"Oh thank you, this looks so good, I'm sure everything will be much clearer once I eat," She picked up the sandwich with her magic, and just as she was about to eat it, a bunch of ponies ran to the building. What were they doing?

"Em, madam, are you going to eat your food in ze' rain?" Asked the waiter from the restaurant. Rain?

"It's not raining," Noted Twilight. However, after she said that, rain came storming down on me and the rest of the outside eating area, but not Twilight and Spike. I looked up to see a hole in the clouds and... Rainbow Dash.

"Hi there, best friend forever I've ever ever had. Enjoying the sunny weather?" She said.

"Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?" Asked Twilight

"Whaddya you mean? I just saw the smartest, most generous pony's table about to get rained on, so I thought I'd kick a hole in the clouds to keep her table dry so she and her friends could dine in peace, that's all." Explained Rainbow Dash.

"Oh really, our whole table," Said Twilight sarcastically, gesturing with her hoof to me.

"Oh, um," Rainbow suddenly kicked another hole in the clouds above me, and it stopped raining on me.

"Rainbow, you're not trying to get extra consideration for the extra ticket by doing me extra special favors, are you?" Questioned Twilight.

"Me? No no no, of course not," Said Rainbow Dash innocently

"Rainbow, I am not comfortable accepting unwanted favors, so I'd appreciate it if you closed up that rain cloud right now,"

"Fine," Said Rainbow Dash, annoyed. She zipped the cloud shut. Uh-oh.

"That's better," said Twilight. All of a sudden, it started raining on all of us this time, ruining Twilight's sandwich and her mane. She groaned

"Twilight, it's raining!" Stated a familiar voice. Ugh, this was going to end just great.

"No.... really?" Twilight asked sarcastically.

"Come with me before you catch a cold!" Commanded Rarity. I decided that I had had enough of this whole extra consideration thing.

"Um... Twilight, I'm going to check on your library, okay?" I said as Twilight walked away with Rarity.

"Okay then, make sure no pony takes the tickets, all right!" Called Twilight as she walked away with Rarity. I turned around and ran towards the town hall. If I remembered from the party a couple days back, then Twilight's house should be past the town hall, behind some buildings, and.... there it was!

When I entered the house, I heard somepony humming. When I closed the door, I looked to see Fluttershy with some birds dusting Twilight's books. Ugh! This was probably another act so she could get the ticket..

"Hello," I managed to say, trying not to get angry at the fact that she was trying to get extra consideration for the ticket. Fluttershy was startled, and flew down. She looked away from me, "Your Fluttershy, correct?" She nodded, "Well, what are you doing?"

"Um, I'm dusting Twilight's books," She said softly. I couldn't hear her.

"What did you say?"

"I'm dusting Twilight's books," I still couldn't hear her.

"Didn't quite catch that."

"I'm dusting Twilight's books," She said, more clearly this time.

"Oh, waaaait, are you trying to get extra consideration for the extra ticket?" I asked.

"Oh, um, no?" Fluttershy said, obviously nervous.

"Fluttershy, Twilight doesn't want to accept these unnecessary favors, Rainbow Dash and Rarity have all ready given her favors," I explained, "and it won't help you get extra consideration for the ticket."

"Oh, really?" Fluttershy asked.

"No."

"Oh, well in that case-" I suddenly heard the door open, and Twilight walked in. She looked at Fluttershy with a look of distress on her face.

"Fluttershy, not you too!" Exclaimed Twilight.

"Oh, don't worry Twilight, this pony-"

"Midnight," I told Fluttershy.

"Oh, well Midnight here just explained that you weren't going to choose someone to go with you based off of if they helped you, so I decided to stop,"

"Oh, well in that case, thank you Midnight for explaining it to her," Twilight said, obviously relieved. She opened the door, and confetti came out. Oh no, not Pinkie too!

"SURPRISE!" Came a bunch of voices from outside. Pinkie grabbed Twilight and a bunch of other ponies started throwing her upwards.

"Twilight is my bestest friend, whoopy, whoopy!" Sung Pinkie.

"Pinkie," Twilight said calmly .

"She's the cutest smartest all around best pony, pony," Continued Pinkie. I found it surprising that some of those words were true. Some of them, not all of them.

"Pinkie," Twilight said, louder than before.

"I bet if I throw a super-duper fun party-party."

"Pinkie."

"She'll give her extra ticket to the gala to me!"

"PIIINKIIIIIIEE" Yelled Twilight. The ponies suddenly parted, and Twilight fell to the ground.

"Yes, Twilight?" Asked Pinkie. Her eyes blinked like, a million times.

"At least the other ponies, tried to be subtle about the ticket," She said.

"Wait, what ticket, what gala?" Asked one of the ponies. Oh boy, this was going to end badly.

"Oh, you didn't know, Twilight has an extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala!" Explained Pinkie.

"THE GRAND GALLOPING GALA!" Everypony exclaimed. Twilight tried to sneak away from the crowd, which was pestering her with favors. However, she was quickly surrounded by the crowd again.

"What are we gonna do?" I heard Spike ask nervously.

"We're gonna, RUN!" Said Twilight. This was then followed by a chase scene. I couldn't see most of it, because Twilight ran behind some buildings, though I could still here the ponies pestering her with favors.

"Oh my gosh, everypony really wants that ticket," Said Fluttershy.

"Now imagine if you were Twilight, how would you feel if you're friends bombarded you with favors so they could get extra consideration for the ticket?" I asked her.

"I would feel... very pressured, and nervous."

"Don't you think that's what Twilight's feeling right now?"

"Well.... I guess so," Then, the realization struck her, "Oh my gosh, I'm sorry, I wanted that ticket so badly that I forgot to think about what Twilight feels about this."

"Don't apologize to me, apologize to Twilight.... when she's done being chased," Then, I heard a sudden sound like a teleportation spell behind me. I turned around to find Twilight and Spike, the latter was covered in ash, or soot, or whatever.

"Warn me next time your gonna do that," Said Spike.

"I didn't even know it was gonna happen," She explained to Spike. She noticed me and Fluttershy, "You two, help us lock the doors!" She commanded. I moved to the front door and closed it shut. I turned around to find Fluttershy closing some windows, and Twilight and Spike turning off all of the lights. Twilight released a sigh of relief when we were done. However, the lights came on, and there in Twilight's bed area, was Twilight's friends, except Fluttershy of course. Twilight screamed.

"I can't decide, I just can't decide!" She shouted, "It's important to all of you and I can't stand to disappoint any of you, and giving me gifts and doing me favors won't make any difference, because you're all my friends, and I want to make you all happy and I can't, I just can't!" Applejack walked up to her and placed her hoof on Twilight.

"Twilight, sugar, I didn't mean to put so much pressure, and if it helps, I don't want the ticket anymore," Apologized Applejack, "You can give it to somepony else, I won't feel bad, I promise," Fluttershy flew next to Twilight.

"Me too, I feel just awful that I made you feel so awful," She said

"And me too, it's no fun upsetting your friends," Said Pinkie.

"Twilight, it was unfair of me to try to force you as I did," Added Rarity.

"YES! That means the ticket is mine!" Exclaimed Rainbow Dash, "I got the ticket, I got the ticket," She sung. I looked at her with a dissaproving glance, and I think everypony else did, "You know, I haven't perfected my signature move for the Wonderbolts anyway, Iiii don't need that ticket either," Oh surrrrrre she didn't need the ticket.

"We all got so gun-ho about going to the gala that we couldn't see how un-gun-ho we were making you," Explained Applejack.

"We're sorry Twilight," Said everypony in unison.

"That's very kind of you, but what am I supposed to do with these ticket?" Asked Twilight.

"I think I might have an idea," I said, "Just send the tickets back to Princess Celestia."

"WHAT?" Exclaimed everypony except for Twilight.

"It makes perfect sense, you see, Twilight probably wouldn't be happy if she had to go to the Gala without all of us, so she should just return the tickets to the Princess, and decline the invitation," I explained

"Midnight, that's a great idea!" Said Twilight, gleefully, "Spike take down a note," Spike took a quill and parchment from a nearby stand, "Dear Princess Celestia,

I've learned that one of the joys of friendship is sharing your blessings, but when there's not enough blessings to go around, having more than your friends can make you feel pretty awful. So, though I appreciate the invitation, I will be returning both tickets to The Grand Galloping Gala," Spike wrote the letter as she said it, "Spike, you can send the letter now," Spike opened a window, blew, and green smoke came out, engulfing the letter and going out the window.

"But now you won't get to go to the Gala either," Said Fluttershy.

"It's okay, like Midnight said, I couldn't possibly enjoy it without my best friends there with me, so I'd rather not go at all," explained Twilight. The girls gathered around for a group hug. I saw Spike making a disgusted face, when all of a sudden, he looked like he was about to puke.

"Well wallop my withers, Spike, isn't that just like a boy? Can't handle the least bit of sentiment," Said Applejack, jokingly. All of a sudden, Spike burped, and a scroll came out.

"A letter from the Princess? That was fast," Said Twilight. Spike opened the letter.

"My faithful student Twilight,

Why didn't you just say so in the first place?" He read. All of a sudden, seven golden tickets came out, "Seven tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala!" Spike exclaimed, waving them in the air for everypony to see.

"Now we can all go!" Exclaimed Twilight. Everypony cheered. Twilight's stomach grumbled for the millionth time today. She giggled.

"Allow us to treat you to dinner," Said Rarity. Spike held the door opened and let each pony grab their tickets. Twilight grabbed hers first, then Rarity, then Pinkie Pie, then Fluttershy, then me, and then applejack, but when I looked back, I saw Spike had kept the ticket to himself. However, Twilight must have seen this, and used her magic to give it to Applejack.

"How come I don't get a ticket to the Gala?" I heard Spike complain. He burped suddenly, and a scroll came out again, "And one for you too Spike" He read. A ticket was inside. Spike ran excitedly out the door, but Applejack must have heard him, and was waiting with a smirk on her face, "I mean gross I have to go too," Spike said, obviously faking it. He ran excitedly to join the other girls, but Applejack must have noticed me, because she walked up to me.

"You like Twilight, don't you sugarcube?" She asked, with the same smirk she had on her face when Spike ran out the door. We started walking.

"What makes you ask that?" I asked her.

"Well, it was just the way that you helped her all throughout today. I mean, you defended her and told us to let her be when we were pestering her for the ticket. You convinced Fluttershy that Twilight didn't want to accept all of these favors-"

"Wait, you know about that?"

"Yep, sure do, she told me herself," She explained, "Anyhoo, you were the one that suggested that Twilight send the tickets back."

"Yes, but we're friends, we're supposed to help each other."

"Then why did you help her the most?"

"Because I was hanging out with her all day," Applejack looked at me with an even wider smirk on her face, the it hit me, "Ohhhhh," I sighed, "Okay, you win Applejack, I do kind of have a little bit of a crush on Twilight."

"That's okay sugarcube, your secrets safe with me."

"Thank you, Applejack."

The restaurant we ate at was the same one me and Twilight had eaten at the previous day. I got what I was about to eat earlier in the day, a Daffodil and Daisy sandwich. It was actually quite tasty. However, after we were all finished with our meals, we all went back to our homes to go to sleep. I went past the town hall and found my house. It was surprisingly close to Twilight's house, a very weird coincidence. However, I heard some sort of WHOOSH! sound come from my backyard. I went in the house, and opened the door to the backyard. When I opened it, I found some sort of blue box materializing out of thin air. Once it finished materializing, I saw a brown earth pony stallion with an hourglass Cutie Mark step out of it.

"Hmmm, let's have a look around then," He said, "I appear to be in some sort of residential area, though it doesn't appear to be London, the buildings are a little bit too old fashioned," What the hay was this stallion babbling about, "I wonder where I am, is the TARDIS going all wonky, because this isn't where I want to be," His eyes rested over me, "and there appears to be a pony here, funny, because this isn't a stable, although it is fenced in, but this appears to be more of a backyard than anything."

"What are you talking about, Mister?" I asked. He jumped a little when I spoke.

"Whoa! Wait, you talk?" He asked.

"Um, of course," I replied.

"Well, that's certainly interesting!"

"How is it interesting? You're a pony, you talk to other ponies pretty much every day."

"Wait, that can't possibly be right, last I checked I was Homo-Sapien in appearance," He questioned.

"A homo-what?"

"You know, a Homo-Sapien, a hairless ape, bipedal-"

"That means they walk on two legs, correct?" I asked.

"Yes! So you have seen them!"

"No, I just read a lot of books."

"Oh, well in that case, I assure you I should be walking on two legs!" He tried to assure me. I still wasn't convinced.

"No, you're walking on four hooves, mister," I corrected him. This stallion sure was weird.

"Now hold on a minute and let me take a loo-" He reached his hoof out and looked at it, "Oh! Well, That's interesting! Look at that, hooves and everything," He laughed, "Guess that explains why I'm suddenly looking from a lower view point than before," He turned his head around, "I'm liking the tail that's a nice touch," His eyes shifted to his coat, "Hmm, chestnut looks like," His eyes got an annoyed look, "Still not ginger, blast!" His eyes then moved to his cutie mark, "Oh, and this, this looks like an hourglass here on my rump, fancy that! Doesn't look like a brand-"

"That's your... Cutie Mark, mister, are you alright, you should know all of this stuff," I said, worried.

"Now see-"

"Did you hit your head on that blue box of yours, and furthermore, what's your name?"

"First off, no, I didn't hit my head on the TARDIS-"

"The what?"

"Oh, that's the blue box behind me, it's a time machine," He explained, "And my name, well I'm just the Doctor."

"So, your a doctor, cool, now what's your name?"

"No, I'm just called the Doctor."

"Umm, okay then," I said, awkwardly.

"Actually, I'm in a bit of a situation, the TARDIS brought me here at this specific moment, so out of curiosity, is there an event taking place soon?" Asked the Doctor.

"Well, the Grand Galloping Gala is coming up," I said. He chuckled a little bit

"The Grand Galloping Gala!"

"What's so funny about it?" I asked.

"Oh, nothing, so anyway, when is this, Grand Galloping Gala-" He stifled a laugh, "-Going to take place?"

"In a couple of months I think," The Doctor got a distressed look on his face.

"In a couple of months!" He exclaimed.

"Yeah, what's the matter with that?" I asked him.

"Why did the TARDIS send me months before the date of the actual event?" He panicked, ignoring me, "Hmm... is it possible the TARDIS sent me months before the date of the, Grand Galloping-" He giggled again, "-Gala so I can get used to living as a pony?"

"I... guess that's one way of putting it, Doctor," I shook my head, "If you use your name in certain sentences it doesn't sound right, maybe you should go under a different name, like..... Time Turner!" I suggested.

"Hmm, I do like the sound of an alias for me here in this land, but I don't like the sound of 'Time Turner', so how about.... Doctor Whooves?" He suggested back.

"I like the name," I said. Doctor Whooves yawned.

"Oh, would you look at that, I'm getting fatigued, you don't happen to have an extra bed in that house of yours, do you?" Asked Doctor Whooves

"Yeah, I have a guest room just in case."

"Perfect!" Doctor Whooves bounded for the house. I followed him at a slower pace, and when I got inside, I found him searching my house frantically for the guest room. I put a hoof out in front of him.

"It's right up there," I gestured with one of my hooves towards a room right at the end of the stairs.

"Oh.... well, thank you for that information," He walked upstairs and got into his room. He slammed the door shut. I walked up the stairs, to the right, and through the door to my bedroom. I crawled into bed and started to think about the events of today. I had bucked apples with Applejack and Twilight, stopped an argument with Twilight's friends, convinced Fluttershy that Twilight didn't want to accept any tickets, suggested giving the tickets back to Princess Celestia, and Applejack even found out that I have a crush on Twilight. Well, this was going to be an interesting new life for me, with probably even more awesome adventures.

As I laid in bed thinking, I fell asleep. It was another nightmare-less sleep.