The Alien And The Pegasus

The TARDIS was crashing violently through the time vortex. Inside, at the console, The Doctor struggled to stabilize her.

"Come on, old girl, don't you dare give up on me now!" he shouted to the console. It was no use, of course. The cloister bell continued tolling, and the TARDIS continued falling. The doctor realized he needed to make an emergency landing. He desperately tried to find the switch that would allow him to find somewhere, anywhere, to land.

"Wherever you can, just land!" he yelled. The TARDIS smacked into the ground and knocked the Doctor unconscious.

When he came too, however long that was, he pulled himself out of the smouldering ship to allow her to repair herself. However, as soon as he closed the doors, he noticed he was repairing himself as well. The Doctor looked at his arms, and saw the regeneration energy begin to radiate off his skin.

"No, no not now!" he muttered. He tried to open the doors, but they were locked.

"Come on, let me in! I have too- GAH!" he stopped mid sentence and collapsed on the ground, gasping in pain.

"Ahhh, hah. Come on, you have to let me- Hhhaaa, ahh," he groaned, and slouched down against the door. Sighing in defeat, he gave a look around.

"What have you gotten me into this time?" he whispered softly, before being engulfed in the regeneration energy. He closed his eyes, and blacked out for the second time that day.

"Owwww…" he groaned. "That… that was not fun. Has it always hurt like that? Maybe i'm just old." He sighed to himself. The Doctor paused and felt around his mouth. "Ok, this is new…doesn't feel like a regular mouth, mmmhmmm, nope that shouldn't be there….no canines? Odd…" He tried to take a step forwards and fell face first.

"Fantastic, legs don't work either. Oh, that's just BRILLIANT." he threw an irritated look at the TARDIS. "see what you've done? i was perfectly fine with the tall skinny one, but nooo! now i get this one with the messed up mouth and legs! Are you happy now?!" he said. The blue box remained silent. Suddenly, a grey blur jumped in front of him.

"Hi there!" it said in a cheery voice. The doctor looked up to see a grey pony looking down at him. He blinked, then looked behind the pony.

"Uh, hello? is any one there? I have your horse!" he called. The grey mare gave him a worried look.

"Are you alright mister? There's nobody here but me. Didja hit your head or something?" She stepped back, concerned. The doctor was confused for a moment, but then laughed.

"Oh, i get it. i'm still unconscious. Regeneration must be a bit dodgy this time around, that must be it." He thought aloud.

"Re-gene-what? I think you must have hit your head really hard mister… do you need to go to the hospital or something?" The grey mare asked.

"Hmm, Oh, no i'm fine, just need to wake myself up." He said.

"Mister, you're awake right now!"

"What? No, that's impossible. You're talking, but you're not speaking horse. I speak horse, and that, my dear, is not what horse sounds like. Trust me on this one."

"Mister, i'm speaking pony. I'm a pony, so i speak pony. You are a pony, and you're speaking pony as well. Are you sure you don't need to go to the hospital?"

The doctor looked up, a bit alarmed.

"What? No. No no no no, i'm not a po-" He looked down to reveal that his hands had most certainly become hooves.

"But, th-that's impossible. I, we, it's not possible to change species…is it?! No, no no." He tried to jump up, but was tangled in the charred remains of his suit.

"Um, do you need some help mister?" The grey mare asked.

"uh, no. well, maybe. Well, Yes. yes i think i do." He sighed, as the mare helped untangle him.

"There ya go mister!" She jumped up, obviously quite pleased with herself. The doctor noticed something strange about the grey pony.

"Uh, i think you have something on your back…" He said. She jumped up and spun around to look.

"What?! Where?!" she squeaked.

"Th-There! on your back! They look like…wings!" He stood up, rather awkwardly, and looked at her back.

"Oh, wait, what? Of course i have wings, i'm a pegasus. Duh."

"A PEGASUS!?" he said excitedly, and began looking her over. "This is incredible! Absolutely fantastic! Oh, i've seen some pretty amazing things in my time, but this is truly brilliant! A real live pegasus! Are there more like you?"

"well, yeah, up in Cloudsdale. Oh, I'm Ditzy, by the way. Ditzy Doo Hooves." She said. The Doctor looked up, finally noticing her face for the first time. He found himself staring at her eyes. One eye was looking at him, the other was turned slightly upwards. She blinked, then turned away.

"What? What's wrong?" He asked her. She didn't look up.

"P-please don't laugh." She whispered.

"Laugh? Why in the world would i laugh?" He said gently. Ditzy moved her head up, but her eyes were looking down.

"Everypony laughs. It's, actually why I was out here. I, I like to be alone." She said, with a slight tone of sadness in her voice.

"Ms. Hooves, I can assure you, I won't laugh. I think your eyes are beautiful." The Doctor smiled. Ditzy offered a small grin in return. Suddenly, he jumped up.

"Right, i suppose i should get a good look at myself, see what's in store for me this time."

"Oh, Um, right, because of your regurgitation."

"Regeneration, and yes. Any reflective surfaces or mirrors, or… why are there bubbles on your hip?"

"UM, Eyes front, mister!" She said. "And it's my cutie mark, Duh! Geez, what happened to you?"

"Ah, yes. Cutie mark. And that would be…?" The doctor gave her a blank look.

"Your special talent?! Everypony knows that! See, you've got an hourglass, so that would be…um…hourglass….hmm, Time? Do you do clocks or something?"

"Uh no, no not really...I actually...wait. MY BUTT KNOWS WHAT I DO? This is incredible! I've never seen anything like it!!!" The doctor spun around, trying to get a good look.

"There's a lake right over here, you might be able to get a better view..."ditzy said, trying not to laugh.

"Ah, thank you, I-why are you laughing?"

"Because, you're so, weird!"

"Well, maybe I am weird. I'm not sure yet, still cooking you see, and-GAH!" He again bent over, gasping in pain.

"Ohhh, blimey, that's just....Ahhh...." He let out a deep sigh, releasing regeneration energy in a brilliant flash of gold. Ditzy took a step back.

"Um, what was that?"

"Regeneration energy, I'm bursting with it, I told you, I'm not quite done yet...-AH!" He fell over, unable to stand up. The grey Pegasus helped him so he was leaning on her, than adjusted her wing over him for balance.

"I just...need to rest for a bit, and I can't go in there," he nodded towards the TARDIS.

"Well, why would you want to go in there, silly? It's way too small. Here, you can come to my house, and you can explain to me exactly what's going on." She said, and the two began making their way to the pegasus's home.The doctor didn't say much, and was half unconscious for most of the trip. When the pair finally made it to Ditzy's home, the Doctor collapsed on the couch, and passed out. Ditzy looked at the strange pony. Every now and again he would open his mouth, and more gold regeneration energy would blow blow out. She shook her head, and went to find a blanket. It looked like he'd be out for a while. She carefully placed a thin blue blanket over him, then sat down on the chair opposite to the couch. She pulled out a book, and waited.