DW: The Arrival of The Doctor.

"Thanks to your memories this universe will burn and there is nopony else to blame but you."

A slight breeze had begun picking up as she made her way through the town. It was strange, but she couldn't shake the strange feeling that was now dwelling within her mind.

"Good day to you Carrot Top." Mrs. Cake called out from her shop's door.

"Same to you Mrs. Cake, hope the little ones aren't giving you too much trouble today." She said with a smile.

Mrs. Cake chuckled. "Nah, they been pretty good so far. Though it's always busy around here as you know."

Carrot Top nodded. "Well I probably stop by sometime later this week, but I do have to get going."

"Oh really, what is on the agenda for today?" She asked.

Carrot Top stopped in place. For the life of her, she couldn't think of any reason to go into town. "I, I have some things to pick up. You know tiny errands that need to be done." She said.

Mrs. Cake nodded. "Well then I'll let you go on your way then, see you later dear."

Carrot Top kept walking forward, though she still tried to remember why she came into town for. "Was it to pick up groceries? No I did that just two days ago." She said coming to the center of town.

Everypony in all of Ponyville must have been out and about today, for it seemed very crowded in the streets. Her eyes kept darting from face to face. There was something strange in the air, something she couldn't quite put her hoof on. She decided that she needed to sit down and just catch her breath for a second. Turning around she noticed that one pony was staring at her from across the street. It was that one pony who she always saw around town but never talked to. "Mr. Turner was it?" She thought. He just sat there staring at her with a sad expression on his face. Glancing around to make sure she was the only one he could have been looking at, she smiled and waved. He response was nothing more than a bitting of his lip, and quickly he moved along.

"Well that was strange." She said to herself. "Now then where was I?"

She began to make her way home as the sun began to descended in the sky. Surely it couldn't have been that time of the day already could it? It seemed so early for the sun to begin going down. As she made her way to the front door of her house she remembered that she had forgotten to water her plants. Once taking care of that, she made her way inside to prepared for the night that was to come. Eventually she settled down into her bed and began to drift into sleep.

"Well lets hope I don't wonder into town like that again." She thought to herself.

With that she fell into sleep and remained there for a solid amount of hours. Then, out of nowhere came a racket like nothing she had ever heard before. It was soon followed by a thunderous rumble that shook her entire house. Leaping out of bed, she feared the worse.

"It's an earthquake!" She gasped while heading for the door. Throwing the front door open she expected to see the entire town out wondering what the commotion was. Though to her surprise there wasn't even a cricket chirping in the still night sky.

"Where is everypony at? Didn't they feel that violent shake?" She asked.

She waited for a couple of more minutes and her suspicions were proved false.

"I guess I am loosing my mind. Though I swear that was an earthquake." She said heading back inside.

As she entered, she noticed a strange light beaming from the window overlooking her garden. She took caution making her way over to the window. Peering out she could see a great cloud of smoke rising into the sky. Her mind instantly thought something was on fire and she quickly got a bucket of water ready. Rushing, she flung open the back door and stepped into the backyard. The smoke was pure white and very thick. Then she began to notice the ground around her was all dug up like a plow had gone through it. Before she could fling her bucket, the smoke began clearing the area and revealing that there were no flames. As the smoke cleared she began seeing a large object lying on the ground. It was like a giant box and from what she could tell, it was made of wood. Also the paint on it was a blue that she really couldn't described. Words were also present in nice white writing that read "Police public call Box".There were tiny windows that were giving off a faint glowing light that must have been illuminating from within.

"What in the world is this thing?" She asked herself. "Better question is where did it come from?" Looking up, she wondered if it just fell out of the sky or something. "I got to go fetch somepony about this."

As soon as her back was turned, she heard a loud bang that came from the inside of the box. Turning around, she witnessed part of the box fling open like a door. Smoke pored out from within, more than that could have possibly fit in there.

"Well that could have gone smoother, but at least your still in one piece." A voice echoed.

"Hello is somepony there?" Carrot Top asked rushing over to the box. A hoof popped out and clung to the side of the box, then another. "Here let me help." She said grabbing both and pulling.

Straining, she used all her strength and pulled for all her worth. Whoever it was must have been had to be a full grown stallion for the weight and texture of the hooves seemed to suggest it.

"Almost there." She said preparing for one more great tug. "one, two, three!" She said yanking the pony out.

The success of pulling him out sent her stumbling to the ground and the stranger landing on top of her. He quickly got off of her and looked around.

"What on earth is this place, what happen to…what happen to?" He said before becoming silent.

Carrot Top rubbed her head. "What happen?"

"I don't know, thats the scary thing you see. If I don't remembered than that means something had to happen, which I don't remember. That also the possibility that somebody probably wiped my recent memory clean and sent me to a random planet." He said turning around. "What planet am I on anyway?" He stopped and gazed at Carrot Top.

Carrot Top looked at him funny for he looked a lot like that fellow Mr. Turner . Not just looked alike, but he had to be his twin brother or something. The resemblance was almost frighting, he even had the same cutie mark. "Planet? What planet, you in Ponyville Mr. Turner."

He frowned at that. "I never heard of the planet 'Ponyville' before, and whats all that rubbish of 'Mr. Turner'. Also how come you're a horse and you're speaking proper english! Though I could understand you regardless, horses don't speak english! One second." He said looking back into the box. "All the way down there are you, one second horsey." He said to her before diving back in.

Carrot Top shook her head. "Did he just call me horsey?" He popped back up with a metal object in his mouth. "Mr. Turner are you feeling alright, if you need I go and get a doctor."

"Turner, this Turner, why do you keep calling me that?" He asked.

"Cause that's the name everypony calls you." She said.

"Nonsense I've never been here before, and believe me I would remember. Again, how do you know proper english, you're a horse." He said.

"Mr. Turner I don't know whats gotten into you but you're starting to freak me out. I am mare just as much as you're a stallion." She said backing away.

"I'AM A WHAT?" He asked dropping the object to the ground. A look came over him as he begun looking over himself. "Tail, hooves, mane, body, well thats something different." He said. After a quick pause his eyes grew big. "I AM A HORSE! I am a horse! I need a mirror, where is a mirror around here that I can use?"

Carrot Top rushed into the house and came back with the mirror she used in the mornings. He almost snacthed it out from her grasp and began examining himself.

"No, no, no, no this is impossible I can't be a horse." He said while feeling his chest. "Two hearts still, thats good. Brown mane and tale, not bad brown on the coat either. Eyes still fine, so I guess thats still going for me." He said tossing the mirror back to Her. "So I guess am a horse, weird, never thought I would get to experience something like this."

Carrot Top almost threw the mirror down. "Mr. Turner I have had enough this babbling of yours."

"For the last time why are you calling me that, my name isn't Turner." He said trotting around in a circle. "Oh, got to get use to this whole four legs thing."

"You're last name has to be Turner cause you look exactly like fellow Turner who lives here. You have the same cutie mark too." She said.

"A what mark?" He asked.

She pointed to his side.

"Oh, would you look at that it's a little hourglass, how charming." He said. "Still isn't helping the fact that I am now a horse on some strange planet, and can't seem to remember how I crashed here."

"Crashed here?" Carrot Top asked.

"Yes me and my ship here." He said.

Carrot top looked confusingly at him. "You're ship, but that's just a…"

"Big wooden box? Trust me it's a lot more than that. It's my ship, my Tardis." He said. "That stands for 'Time And Relative Dimension In Space' mind you. It takes me everyplace and everywhere I need to go, except for here."

"That thing is a ship?" Carrot Top asked.

"I just got done explaining that didn't I?" He asked annoyed.

"You're joking me right? I mean come on who put you up to this, this is completely upsurded." She said heading back into her house. "I am going back to bed, good night Mr. Turner." She said slamming the door.

"My name isn't Turner." He called out. "Well this is a weird predicament I am in, but first things first. Lets get you back upright." He said turning to the Tardis.

Carrot Top was stumbling out of bed, as the morning sun was shining through her bedroom widow. Was all that last night just a dream? Sure felt like one. She went down stairs and cracked the back door open, just to sneak a peak. To her dismay, Turner's strange box was still out there, though it was standing straight up. Looking around she stepped forward to get a better look at it. Surely if the thing was made out of solid wood it would have been impossible for him to lift it by himself. She was within reaching distance when she began hearing a beeping noise. It sounded so faint yet so close at the same time. Putting her ear up to the wood frame, she began listing for it sounded like the noise was coming from within.

"What is that?" She asked.

Suddenly, the wall she was listing in on opened up. The result was her falling to the ground and bumping her head.

"No, no thats impossible there can't be one here. I mean if I don't know where I am at then how would one of them be here." Turner said while emerging from the box. He looked down at Carrot Top. "I am sorry, did I scare you or something?"

"Why are you still here?" Carrot Top asked.

"Well I haven't been here the whole time, I took a trip back through all this world's history. Really good stuff, though I could have done without that whole upsidedown world you lot had going on for awhile. Despite that you're history is really fascinating. I mean your kind has little technology, yet somehow you have invited trains before other major advancements. Though me explaining coal engines to that one fellow probably had something to do with it." He said.

Carrot Top sighed. "What are you going on about now?"

"What your history? I took a small trip once I got the Tardis back up and decided to see what this place had to offer. Also I took a quick look around the universe and discovered that this place is exactly like my universe." He said. "Except for all the horses." He mumbled.

"Please Turner, or whatever you prefer to be called." Carrot Top began.

"Doctor." He said.

"What?" Carrot Top asked.

"My name, thats all you need to know. I am The Doctor." He said with a slight bow.

"Thats not a name." She said

"Oh thats not a name is it, well then whats your's then?" He asked.

"My name happens to be Carrot Top." She said. "See, first and last."

"Well, as well as that sounds I think 'The Doctor' is more suitable name than a vegetable part." He said.

Carrot Top was baffled. "I had enough of this, leave my property right now or I'll fetch somepony who will do it for you."

"Hey now, theres no need for that. I can go if thats what you really want me to." He said will checking a small, metal box he had in his hooves. The small beeping sound soon began coming from the box. "Oh, its close, really close."

"Leave now." Carrot Top said. "I am going into town and if you're still hear by the time I get back I will fetch…."

"Wait, shush." He said.

Carrot Top shook her head in disbelief. "Excuse me? Did you really just…"

He held his hoof up to silence her. "It's moving, wherever it is its not very far." He said before running back inside the box. "Well are you going to stand there or are you coming along?" He asked poking his head out.

"Going where?" She asked.

"Theres something here that your world shouldn't have in it and I am going to find out why. Now are you coming or not?" He asked.

"What do you mean that our world shouldn't have?" She asked.

"Get in and I'll explain." He said holding out his hoof.

She looked at the box and began to question his motives. "I don't even know whats going on right now. You seem completely off your rocker. Theres not one good motive for me trying to help you when you've done nothing but annoy me. Besides it seems awfully small for two ponies to fit inside that thing."

"Trust me, its really different one you step inside, now if you're coming then lets go." He said.

Reluncly, she looked back at her house, then to him and back again. There was a spark inside he head that fought against all her common sense. It kept telling her to just go with him. "Why not." She shrugged.

She stepped forward and trotted inside the box. Instantly she was in a large, odd looking room filled with blinking lights. It was huge, to huge to be the same place. Her mind rushed this had to be some illusion. She quickly stepped out to examine the box's walls. All solid wood and nothing expanding out of them.

"Is there a problem?" He asked sticking his head out.

Carrot Top gulped. "This box, how is it possible? It must be some kind of magic."

"No magic at all I am afraid, just science. Also there is no such thing as magic its all just things that haven't been explained." He said casually.

"But this has to be." She said peaking around to the inside.

"Why?" He asked with a grin.

"Cause it's bigger on the inside." She said.

He chuckled. "After all this time and that still doesn't get old. Come on, no point of gauky at it all day we got things to do, ponies to see. Oh, I don't like that, I meant 'things to do, ponies to see'. See I didn't it again! Every time I try to say every…" He stopped himself and looked around. "I say pony, somepony, everypony, it's starting to freak me out a little."

Carrot Top was still in aw of the box's contents.

"Oh, come on then lets go." He said tugging her along.

She watched as he went over to a panel of some kind and began fidgeting with things on it. The room itself had dull lighting but just enough to see everything. An invasion of circles was draped along the walls, providing the much needed light.

"There we go fit as a fiddle, she should be good for all traveling needs." He said.

"Mr. Turner?" Carrot Top began.

He let out a heavy sigh. "If you want to ask me something, or even talk to me you must stop calling me that."

"Oh, okay, Doctor right?" She asked.

"See that's better, I feel better, it sounds cooler. Now what where you going to ask?" He asked.

"This box, how can the inside be bigger than the outside? I know you've probably been asked before but how?" She asked.

The Doctor pondered. "I'll put it into terms you'll understand, lets say you dropped a pebble into a small pond. It's going to create a little wave, a ripple. Then lets say you drop a second pebble immedialty after the first one. Tell me, which ripple is going to be larger? The first pebbles's or the second's?"

"The first?" She answered.

"Wrong, its the second." He said.

Carrot Top frowned. "No, its the first."

"Well to my perspective the second one is bigger, thus thats how this thing is bigger on the inside. I won't bore you with science just know that she can fly everywhere and whenever." He said.

"This thing flies?" She asked.

"Of course it does, its a ship after all. Takes me through time and space, and what not." He said.

"Wait did you say time? Like this thing can travel through time?" She asked.

"Yup thats right anywhere in history, though most of the history here is kind of a bitt off for my taste. Yes! That reminds me." He said checking something by the panel. "Ah, there you are you little slime bucket."

"So we can go anywhere, right now?" She asked.

The Doctor looked back at her. "Oh, right, um at the moment I am kind of tracking something down that shouldn't be here."

"Thats right you were going on about something. What do you mean, something that shouldn't be here?" She asked.

A beeping sound interrupted him. "There it is, its a zygon."

"A what?" She asked.

"No time to explain, act now!" He said pulling a lever. "Hang on, its a little bumpy when it's your first traveling in it."

The whole place started to shake and a wheezing sound soon bellowed throughout. Carrot Top fell to the floor, desperately trying to find something hang on to. Before she could find something though it all stopped.

"What in the world was that Doctor?" She asked once she got on her hooves.

He was no where to be found.

"Doctor?" She called out. "Doctor?"

"Yes." his voice called out from bellow. "Be there in one sec."

She stepped closer to get a good look at all the colorful things that were blinking on the panel. Was all this still real or was this all some wild dream.

"There we are how do I look?" He asked reappearing.

Carrot Top noticed the collar and red tie that he added to his neck.

"Well thats something." She said.

"Meh, its a favorite, we're here and we got ourselves a monster to hunt." He said grabbing her hoof and rushing for the door.