Derpy Hooves sat up wide awake after hearing a wale coming from out her window. “Go to sleep Turner!” she yelled at her open window and fell back onto the pillow. That stallion needs to stop reading those horror stories, his imagination is already pretty wild, she thought as sleep overcame her.

That morning Derpy woke up and went to wake her daughters. it was Sparkler’s turn to the morning muffins this morning. Dinky on the other hoof was still fast asleep. “Come on sweetie, it’s time to wake up.” she said softly nudging her daughter.

Dinky’s eyes opened and she gave a little yawn and rubbed her eyes. “It can’t be time to get up already” was the first thing she said.

“Sun’s up and you need to get to school” Derpy said softly.

“Fine” Dinky said climbing out of bed.

The two of them went down stairs just in time for Sparkler to pull the muffins out of their stove. “morning Mom” she said as she set the muffin tray down and started using her magic to pull the muffins out of the tray. “Mom don’t forget to get Dinky after school today, I have to foalsit for the Cakes.”

“Don’t worry I’ll remember” Derpy said grabbing a muffin and her mail bag. As she headed out the door she grabbed a bag with a broken wall clock in it.

“Hello Turner” Derpy said as she entered his clock shop.

“Hello Derpy.” said a muffled voice right before Turner came out of his back room from behind his counter. “What do you have for me this time? And which one of you broke it?”

“Sparkler’s wall clock and she was trying out another teleportation spell and ended up a foot too high.” Derpy explained.

“Ok, give it here.” he said reaching over the counter for the bag. He opened it and looked at clock. “Well let’s see” he pulled out a screwdriver and began to unscrew the casing. He pulled off the back and just nudged one of the gears in the back. The clock started to ring “there we go, just knocked a screw loose. I’ll take my usual fee.”

“Thank you Turner” she said throwing five bits on his counter.

“Did dinky do well in school last week?” he asked.

“Yes game night is still on.” she said with a smile

“Yes! I found a game that Sparkler is going to love, plus I got a new recipe from that griffon that visited a while ago.”

“Good…” Derpy was interrupted by the door to the shop opening and the chime going off.

“Good day, what can I do for you sir guard” Turner said to the newcomer.

“Are you the watch smith named Time Turner?" The guard asked.

"Yes, now what can I do for you?"

"Princess Celestia has ordered me to escort you to the palace at Canterlot."

"For?"

"A clock that she has had for a long time has broken down and you were high on the recommendations list to fix it."

"Even higher than that of the watch smith that is in Canterlot?"

"He is recently deceased and you were recommended as a suitable replacement for him."

"For my ego's sake, who recommended me to the Princess."

"Princess Twilight Sparkle, now if you can get your things we need to go."

"You mean you don't have the clock with you?"

"Any item directly owned by the Princess is considered much too valuable to be removed from Canterlot. Too many thieves, you understand?"

"Of course, how foolish of me. Just let me get my general tools." Turner said. "Derpy could you come with me."

"Of course Turner."

The two of them were in the back room now and turner was preparing his saddle bags. "Derpy, if I'm not back before game night can we reschedule for tomorrow night" Turner asked.

"Of course we can, this could be big for you."

Turner was just about to leave when he realized something, "you only paid half of the usual price."

"Well we were interrupted." Derpy said giving him a peck on the cheek.

"Consider your debt paid off." Turner said as he left the back room with Derpy following him.

"Are you ready to go." the guard asked.

"Yes, off to the station shall we, allons-y." Turner said heading out the door. Only to turn around wait for the others to leave. Once they had left his shop he produced a key and put it in the lock, when it clicked a piece of cloth fell down in between the open sign that read 'closed'.

The train ride consisted of Turner trying to make conversation and the guard giving one word answers. After about an hour he gave up on trying to talk, and just looked out the window, and eventually fell asleep.

"DOCTOR!? THE DOCTOR!!! YOU ARE AN ENEMY OF THE DALEKS!!! YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!!!"

"Heeeellllllppppp" Turner yelled as he was shot by a giant salt shaker.

"Mister Turner, wake up! Wake up!" The guard was shaking Turner fiercely.

"What!" Turner said as he jumped awake.

"Mr. Turner you were having a nightmare, are you ok."

"Yes, I'm fine, now let me sleep."

"Turner we're here, come on."

"Well then on to the castle." He said throwing his saddle bags on and following the guard. After about twenty minutes of walking they arrived at the castle. Turner was directed to the personal chambers of princess Celestia were a chamber mare gave him a blue clock, "so I guess I won't be seeing the Princess."

"No she is far too busy, but now I'm to take you to your room so you have privacy while you work."

"Thank you, but tell me do you know the story of this clock?" He asked looking at the clock on his back.

"As far as I know it was a physician that defeated a monster that threatened Equestria, something called a Dalek. He gave her the clock as a gift the last time he saw her. Why do you ask?"

"Everything has a story and I like to know it." Turner said as they neared his room.

"Well here we are." The chamber mare said and went on her way.

Turner went to work setting up his materials at the desk, he took out a weird pair of glasses that had a magnify lens on the right side. He took out his tools and spare gears and set everything up.

He took the clock off his back and placed it on its side to avoid breaking the pendulum. He unscrewed the four screws holding the back of the clock on and gently removed it, placing it to the side. "Let's have a look" he thought aloud. What he saw was odd, usually if something was broken the entire clock was still, but there were still gears moving. Turner looked down at the pendulum to make sure it wasn't moving in the slightest. He looked around the interior of the clock to see if it had a windup spring, he found it. But it was weird where the pendulum should have been connected to it where was a clear small diamond.

"Warp Star" Turner heard the voice and turned around.

"Who's there?" He asked to the empty room.

That was weird he thought as he kept looking for the problem. Because most of the gears where moving he was able to locate all the broken gears and replace them in record time. He reassembled the clock, but when he was about to put the casing together he noticed weird writing etched in the inside of it. He had never seen the language before, but for some reason he understood it. He took out a piece of paper and charcoal and copied the writing. There was a knock at the door and he quickly rolled it up and shoved it into his saddle bag. "Come in." He called

A servant came in "now here you go sir." He was carrying a tray that had soup and a couple fruit on it. "I got you tomato soup and some mixed fruit sir"

"Thank you, but I'm done." Turner said.

"You are already, not even your predecessor could fix that clock that fast."

"I must have been lucky, I'll return this to the princess once I clean up."

"Very good sir."

Turner began to pack "are you from Trottingham?" Turner asked the servant as he packed.

"Yes I spent most of my youth there, I see you also hail from jolly old Trottingham."

"Yup, that's where I got my doctorate." Turner said as he put his saddle bags on.

"Well I'll be off now sir, have a nice day." The servant said as he left and went down the hall.

Turner went back the way he came and ended up in front of Celestia's door. He knocked on the door, he was shivering, Calm down Turner, it’s just the most important pony in all of Equestria, and ask her to pay a fee for your work. What could go wrong?

The door opened and staring him in the face was Princess Celestia herself, "Oh hello, may I help you?"

"Yes...Uh...well...I fixed your clock Your Highness..."

She thankfully cut him off "Did my servants’ not tell you the plan?"

"Um...no." Turner said quietly.

"You were supposed to present the clock to one of my guards and they would bring the clock to my quarters." Celestia said slightly shaking her head.

"Sorry" Turner said still quiet.

"It's not your fault" Celestia said smiling "May I have the clock?'

"Of course Princess." Turner said lifting it up off his back and handing it to her.

Celestia's eyes went wide and she lost balance and had to hold onto the door frame. She grabbed onto the clock with her magic then pulled it inside her room. The door slammed into turner’s very confused face.

"Well that's Canterlot for you" he muttered to himself. Then a thought crossed his mind, he pounded on the door "Princess you haven't paid me!" he shouted through the door.

The door opened and a maid came out and produced a pouch of bits and a train ticket. Turner took the bits and looked at the ticket, it was a royal ticket, with this ticket he could take any seat on any train that he wanted to. So he did what he was probably intended for him to do and got on a train to Ponyville, Maybe I won't miss game night.

"What's wrong Princess" the maid that had given Turner the ticket and bits.

"That pony is a dangerous stallion his hearts may be in the right place but he brings death and destruction where ever he goes." Celestia said solemnly.

Turner had fallen asleep on the train again and was currently leaning his head against the window.

"DELETE! DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!"

"We surrender! Don't shoot! We surrender!"

"THEY ARE NOT COMPATIBLE!

"DELETE! DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!"

At that there was a blast of energy and Turner woke to the train stopping. It was just turning dusk, he hadn't missed it.

He made his way home and started making the dinner he had planned for game night. He heard a knock at the bottom of the stares that led to his back door. He walked to it and flipped a switch at the top of the stairs, the door opened to reveal the hooves coming in holding snacks and board games on their backs. Dinky ran up to Turner and has picked her up, "I hear you've got good grades this week." He was swinging her around and she was loving it.

"Hello Turner" Derpy said as she walked past him giving him a pack on the cheek. "So how was Canterlot Turner?"

"It was a little weird but all in all pretty good."

"When did you go to Canterlot?" Sparkler asked giving him a confused look.

"Oh it was just a day trip to fix Princess Celestia's vary old clock." Turner said nonchalantly.

"You met Princess Celestia!!!" Dinky squealed "What was she like, is her hair really ghost like..."

"Calm down Dinky, I'll answer your questions while we are playing. You lot smell something?" he asked and then his eyes went wide and he ran into the kitchen. "It's OK I saved it!!" he shouted through the doorway.

"You lot go ahead and start playing while I finish cooking." he shouted again. And they did just that.

Turner had to let the food finish so he pulled out the sheet of paper that had the weird writing from the clock in it.

See me son of Gallifrey

Your cage will soon be broken

The key is the fob watch

The one you can't fix

The one you don't want to see

Now go set yourself free

Author's Note

Ah the old fob watch approach