The Girl With The Crooked Eyes

by ForgottenCanvas

Rating: teen
Tags: Romance, Adventure, Pinkie Pie, Tragedy, Twilight Sparkle, Big Macintosh, Derpy Hooves, Human, Doctor Whooves, Sad, Anthro, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 8204

Her cries lead me to this place, this land I never thought existed. Yet, I was somehow destined to help her. Looking up at the sky she shouted, "What is my life worth?" As I walked up that hill, I knew I had to show her just how beautiful s

Doc was a young boy who was about to take on his first mission, being a time traveler just like his father! He was excited to be able to step into the time machine on his own for once and show his father what he really can do to help the world. The thing with this time machine, is that it lands you in different time eras that need you to help them. So he did not know where he would be sent off too, but that is when he faced something he never before thought even existed. A land full of ponies! How absurd!

He winds up meeting a sobbing young gray pony who seems to be lost and abandoned upon the hill. Something about this pony captivates him and he feels the need to help her. Also discovering something interesting about the young mere's eyes, they are crooked! Not really wanting to be in this freaky pony land for too long, he drops her off with a friendly pony named Pinkie Pie who was also searching for a home. He leaves and returns home in high spirits to do another assignment with the time traveling machine. This is when he realizes that he keeps getting sent back to that absurd pony land! His father believes his son is suffering from hallucinations from the time traveling device and forbids him to use it again. Locking away the machine... it lays underneath a sheet in the spare room of their house untouched.

Years pass by and the Doctor comes back to unveil that time machine. After much more knowledge and practice, he puts the past pony problems behind him in order to start a new journey. However, when he goes into the machine he ends up in that strange pony land from before. This time, right in front of that crooked eye pony and no way to get back home.

Character List:
-- Main --
Doctor Whooves
Derpy Hooves
Twilight Sparkle
Big Macintosh
Pinkie Pie

--Side Characters-
Bon Bon
Lyra
Braeburn
Octavia
Vinyl Scratch

Others may show up as the series continues.

Published 2014-05-04 01:30:04 UTC
Last updated 2014-07-20 04:40:07 UTC

Abandoned & Forgotten

Abandoned & Forgotten
...And I don't know if I ever been really loved, by a hand that's touched me...

I can't believe it, the day I have finally been looking forward to is here! The first day of time traveling! What? Of course, I know how to do time travel! I just haven't been able to do it by myself, why? Well, I am only 10! What a silly question you have there! Yes, I should probably introduce myself first off. My name is Doctor Whooves! But everyone calls me Doc for short. Just a nickname, because of course it is way too complicated and wonky to call me Doctor! Oh heavens, that's just too much syllables for the out right absurd human brain to think of! Ah! Sorry-- I am rambling again! Back on topic right? Yes, of course! I am the Doctor! I am ten years of age which means I can finally go on my own back in time to help those in need!

Do you want to know a bit about my time travel? Well, yes! I can do my best to explain it and simply not bore you to tears! Basically, my dad is one of the best time travelers around! He saved so many crisis-esess, oh boy! Try saying that three times fast! From happening in the past, future, present.. so on and so forth! Basically how it works is that we are summoned into the time machine. We press this button that propels us into either the past, present, or future. Pretty quite easy, right? Well, here's the catch! We don't know where we are being sent! Also, we cannot return until the problem is fixed! There is a wormhole or portal as some call it, that pops us and lets us leave once our job is done! Then I can leave that world with patting my back knowing that I did a great job! Well, this time I am going alone without the aid of my father!

"Doc!" My father, shouts as he comes through the door of our spare room. "Did you do all the right preparations in order to make sure the time machine is functioning?" I nodded, giving him a sigh. What does he think I am? Eight years old? "I have a special tool to give you, just in case." He hands me a pen-like looking object that holds a big red button at the top of the cap.

"What is this for?" I turn the thing over in my hands, prodding my glasses to slide back up my nose. I'm about to hit the button when my dad smacks the pen right out of my hands. "Hey! What was that for?!"

"Don't be daft! Do not push this button unless you absolutely need to. It will only work three times. This is incase you cannot fix the problem you are going to fix or if the wormhole just doesn't show up, leaving you stuck!"

"I won't need it! I can do this! I know I can!" I push my brown spiky hair back on my head, licking the top of my lips, getting a running stance ready.

"It doesn't matter if you use it or not, it's just IN CASE! So bring it with you, otherwise I'll be worried sick." My father half-heartedly smiles at me as I grab the item back, stuffing it behind my ear. "Good luck, son." I smiled, giving him a slight hug before I close myself into the time machine.

"I won't fail you, father!" I scream over the sounds of the time machine starting up. Music to my ears, even though it just sounds like a bunch of bolts of lightning along with a herd of robots. But it's just my cup of tea! I close my eyes as I wait for the gush of wind to invite me into this whole new world where they desperately need me.

Instead of a gush of wind to the face, I am awoken by the sound of high pitch crying. Well... at least I didn't have to go searching for the problem too long! Easy as cider! But then, I realize that my balance is out of whack. What in the world... I fall face flat onto the dirty ground before me. Ughhh! Blech! Dirt does not taste good! I tried to wipe the dirt from my mouth but, ahhh! What is this? WHAT IS THIS? I swish my hand in front of my face frantically. WHAT THE BLAZES! WAHH! I turn around to bang at my time machine.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME YOU BLIMEY TIME SPACEY MACHINEY THING YOU! GAH!" As I stopped banging my ... somewhat utterly deformed hand on the time machine, I noticed myself in its reflection before the whole thing disappeared from site. Well, at least I got to give it a good beat up before it left. But... wait! My reflection... I looked like a... PONY?! What is blazes! I don't know what that time traveling did to me! Did I bump my head when I fell? The crying grew more high pitched and rattled my ear drums. It made me wake up and I shook my head drastically.

Someone still needs help... I can't abandon them. Even though... I may be a pony! I have to keep out of sight from people! Otherwise they will want to turn me into glue! Or worse.... ride on me! Gah! I am not a carousel pony! I ran behind the bushes to keep me from trouble, realizing that I had to use all four of my legs. Good thing I knew how to work my body like this already, ha! Take that time machine! I WAS prepared!

I followed the wailing to a hill. It was dark in this world, probably around midnight... I wondered who would be alone in such a foresty spot at this time of night. When I inched closer, acting like a pony... fake pretending to eat some grass just to get a peek. I discovered that it was another pony up on that hill too! Great, so I can blend in and not be found out! As I was about to walk up to this pony, I realized this pony was the one that was crying. I froze in my steps. This has to be a joke, my father must be watching me now and laughing all of this up. There is no way that I was sent back in time in order to help a pony... a crying pony at that! It's not like it could communicate and tell me what's---

"What worth does my life have?" The pony shouted as it looked up to the sky in sobs. I was taken aback... this pony was intellectual and could speak. This made me ponder about if my life even mattered anymore, there is a world out there with talking ponies. Have I gone completely mad? Have a wondered into Alice's Wonderland? What on Earth... but then I began to stare at this pony. It's fur was a light gray, which made her look kinda blue in the moonlight. Her hair was bleach blonde, almost a white but you can make out the yellow. On her thigh, there was a tattoo.... wait- ponies have tattoos? What a remarkable culture.. how do they make these tattoos? They can't even hold things... let alone a tattoo thingy. There is no way, how does that work? I mean I can even hold my pen thats behind my ear. I go up and reach for the pen that my father lent me that was stuffed behind my ear. Ah! Well, see... it fell to the ground with a big thump.

Suddenly, from all the noise and banter I made the gray pony girl turned around at me. For two seconds, I almost saw her eyes but then she stood up and sprawled out these magnificent gray wings that she had tucked underneath her sides. They were tiny little wings, seeing as how she must be only about seven or eight years old in human years. I guess.. She then bit at her hair and covered her face, keeping her eyes closed.

"Who are you?" She spoke to me as she kept her back to me.

"Oh, right, yes! Uhm." I coughed, clearing the air from my throat. I'm talking to a pony! This is so outstandingly absurd. "Hi, pony. My name is Doctor. Doctor Whooves actually, I have come to help you of whatever is troubling you!"

"What? You heard me crying?" She sobs a bit, trying to muffle it out in her blonde mane.

"I'm terribly sorry, my parents always say never to let a girl cry alone." I walked... trotted? Over to her and sat next to her. Her back still turned and her eyes still closed tight.

"Why do you care? No one cares about me. I'm some useless mare."

"None sense, everyone has their worth! Even weird pony people!" Oh, drat. I need to shut my yap.

"What?" She questioned, stiffening up her back.

"I didn't mean you're weird - well what is weird anyway? I mean we are all weird in our own ways, certainly, but uhm.. yeah," Well this is going over well, Doc. Some time traveler helper I am. I might as well just sent her over grimace from McDonalds. I'm sure he would of helped her better than I could. Maybe even offered her a happy meal... oh! Then I can get one of those fantastic plastic toys... I wonder what they are selling now...

"Um..." She started to scoot away from me as I hit myself with my...hoof?

"Sorry, sorry. I have a habit of thinking to much and babbling on.. heheh..." I coughed again to release the awkward tension.

"It's okay. You are weird, but like you said. We are all weird somehow, right?" Hey! Me weird? She's calling ME the weird one when she is a talking pony?! A sobbing talking pony at that...

"Uhm, right. Yes. Why are you out here--" She walked to the edge of the hill, her hair fell to the sides of her head. But her eyes remained closed. The wind blew silently making her almost look like this horsey angelic angel. I couldn't help but to admire her for a brief second. But then I saw the tears rolling down her cheeks. I don't like seeing anyone cry... thats one reason why I am a time traveler. To help those to stop crying.

"Stop asking me questions. You don't even know who I am or anything about me. Let alone my name." She took a deep breath before continuing on with her little speech. "No one cares for me, my mother took me here and abandoned me right under this tree. She said she would be back for me but parts of me knew it was a lie. My mom always hated me no matter what I did. She would say I'm stupid, that she don't know how she ended up with a daughter like me. Once, while I was sleeping she even whispered to me. She said, Derpy... I will try again to get the daughter or son I truly deserve. Try coming home to that everyday. Knowing that you are a massive disappointment to your parents." I couldn't possibly think of that, my parents were always so kind and humble to me. I couldn't believe some monster of a mother like that was out there... it actually made me quite mad.

"So I asked the night... what is my worth here. And I got an answer. The answer came back as nothing. All I am is nothing, so I am going to rid the world of me." That's harsh words for a seven or eight year old pony!

"Hey hold on a sec-- gah!" I launched forward, grabbing... somehow... to this gray mare who tried to throw herself down the hill. We would up rolling down together and I landed on top of her at the bottom of the hill. She shook back and forth, this scene seemed familiar to me... like I was in the Lion King. Next thing I know we will be prancing about singing 'Can you feel the love tonight!' Oh gross, yuck! One, she is a pony, two gross! I don't want to be in a relationship! I scooted off her from just the mere thought of it. But then I glanced down at her. She slowly opened her eyes and now I know why she kept her eyes hidden from me.

They were a marvelous shade of maple orange, glistening in the moons light. They were -- however, dreadfully crooked. But it's okay, some people were just born with those eyes. Plus, it kinda just fit her look. She looked pretty either way, oh nasty, I shouldn't be saying that about a girl!

"What were you trying to do there?!" I snapped at her as she looked at me, realizing her eyes were open, her face turned bright red.

"You... see my eyes yet... you don't make fun of me?" She stared at me in amazement.

"Well, of course, It's not your fault that your eyes are crooked like that. Plus, I think you look just fine. BESIDES! What were you doing!" She seemed to beam ear from ear. A little giggle even escaped her lips.

"Well, I was thinking of just... ending my life.. but seeing as how you say I am okay. Somepony that I never even met..." She smiled so bright.. wait... somepony? Ha.. ha! How ridiculous. This is such a loony bin world.

"Well, hate to break it to you but even if you did succeed in rolling down that hill on your own... you would of just got a few scrapes... maybe a minor head injury. Nothing death worthy." She looked somewhat embarrassed as she glanced back at the hill.

"Hehe.. I guess your right." She stuck her tongue out at me as I sighed deeply. Well, I stopped the problem. Where is my wormhole out of here? I want to go back to being a human now. "I don't have anywhere to go now though.." She looked at the ground and prodded it with her hoof. I sighed... bingo. That's why there is no way back home. I have to bring her somewhere.

"Well, let's take you back home then, shall we? Which way shall we gallop?"

"NO! PLEASE! Don't... take me... back there... please. I want to live away from that place." I sighed deeply then looked at the path that stretched from the hill. It split left and right.

"Which way is away from home?" She motioned to the right. "The right is the way we shall go." She followed after me with a puzzled look.

"Why do you wish to help me anyways?"

"I'm the doctor. It's what I do." She smiled at me as we made our journey.

"You are also now my friend!" She giggled as she happily bounced next to me. "The first friend I ever had!" I couldn't help but smile at the energy this girl had. She then made a shocked face.

"What need to go to the bathroom?"

"NO!" She turned beet red. "I didn't tell you my name! My name is Derpy Hooves."

"What a charming name." I stated.

"Are you making fun of me?" She pouted.

"No, I really do mean it. It is a charming name. It fits your remarkable personality." She stared blankly at me as I sighed. "It's a good compliment."

"Oh! You use funny words." She began to yawn and her trotting became a bit slow.

"Are you tired?" I questioned as she nodded her head up and down. "Well, I suppose.." I looked around for an inn of some sort but instead she curled up by the side of the path in a nice patch of grass. She laid fast asleep. Well, since I'm a pony I better act like a pony. I curled up next to her and fell asleep.

The next morning...

"Good morning, Doctor!" She beamed. "Are you ready to get going?"

"Yes, but what's so wrong with this area? Ponies like grass, why not live here?" She began to laugh and roll her eyes, which was a bit quite alarming considering her eye condition.

"You're funny. Let's go!" We trotted off along the path as I began to wonder. Where are we going anyway? To a stable? I mean.. where do these ponies live?

"What are we looking for a barn?" Again she laughed.

"Not my style, really. I like a little town. I'm sure I'd be accepted at a little town rather than the city. I used to be from a city. Everyone was cruel and mean to me there."

"I'm from a city, it's not that bad."

"I just rather find myself elsewhere." I nodded and just kept walking, thats when that bubble tattoo came back in mind to myself.

"So, did you get that tattoo out of rebellion from your mother... and it's on both sides of your .. flank?" I giggled at the word flank. She looked at me strange then looked at her flank.

"Woah! I got my cutie mark! And its bubbles... so I must've got it when I was blowing bubbles! Wow, even my destiny is lame.." She sobbed.

"Cutie marks? What?"

"Don't you know about cutie marks! I mean you have yours! And it looks like yours is for time traveling or something!" I looked down at my flank to find an hourglass tattoo. What? WHAT? When did that draw itself up on my bottom?

"WHEN DID THAT GET THERE! I DON'T WANT A TATTOO! I'M ONLY TEN! MY PARENTS ARE GOING TO KILL ME! GET IT OFF!" I clung to her hair as I shouted GET IT OFF ME! As she laughed.

"Your cutie mark is your mark that shows up when you discovered your special talent. Yet, I don't even know what mine is for. I mean I was blowing bubbles with my mom in the forest. I then followed this one HUGE bubble I blew out into the clearing on top of the hill where you found me. The bubble popped and then my mom said she would be back for me. Clearly, she wasn't. I waited all day since 9 am that morning!" She pouted, thinking back about those times. I just couldn't understand their culture. Cutie marks? You got to be kidding me... out of all the bologna I heard!

Out of no where a pink hurricane came shooting up the road. It then stopped and came back for us. I shouted, grabbing Derpy and pulling her to the side when it stopped right in front of us.

"What in the blazes!"

"Why, hello there! Are you traveling too? Cause I'm traveling! I want to travel and bring parties to people, see!" She dug into the green backpack she had on and threw out confetti. "Yay! Parties!" She began to laugh and snort uncontrollably. "Wow, you ponies look like you are on a mission, like! Get out of my way type mission! Can I join your mission, I CAN BRING SOME PARTYING!" She began to dance on spot and Derpy began to laugh. I smiled, seeing as how this pony clearly didn't make fun of her.

"Woah! You got like crooked eyeballs!" Derpy began to cover her face again as the pink pony with very unruly curly hair dug in her bag again. She placed a party hat that had rainbow stripes in it on top of her head. "You are a special pony that deserves and awesome hat! I like you, let's be friends!" Derpy let her hair dropped and smiled, she began to bounce around dramatically like this pony.

"Oh! By the way, I'm Pinkie Pie! I just left my family at a rock farm because I want to go and party!" She showed a portrait of her family, they looked less colorful and happy than this little pony. She threw the picture aside back in her bag. "Yeah, they weren't really feeling the whole partying thing everyday, so I wanted to make the world smile and go travel to find my town!"

"I am trying to find a new place of acceptance too!" Derpy smiled. "Everyone made fun of me in my old town."

"Well, tootsie rolls to them! We will find a new awesome, better, fantabulous, party central, haven of pony, type town to live in TOGETHER! We will be like the awesomest bestie best friends forever and ever type friends that ever existed!" Pinkie Pie threw more confetti. She giggled and Derpy laughed along with her. Pinkie put her hoof around Derpy's leg and trotted onward. "On ward to a new life!" She sung. I stopped and didn't follow. Derpy looked backwards at me with sad eyes.

"But, of course I want my first ever friend to come with us too!" She waved back at me. I looked around looking for a portal to show up, clearly my mission is done here. She is happy. She found someone to take her away. Clearly, I'm done. Ugh, I must of hit the time machine too hard when I first came here and wonked it. I suppose it was a good idea to bring my dad's pen. I knocked the pen off of my ear and let it hit the floor. I was about to push it and smiled back at Derpy.

"Enjoy your life young one, my work is done here."

"Wait, what! No-" I hit the red button on my pen and a portal showed up. I hopped through it and as the portal began to disappear I saw the tears in her eyes as she ran after me. Pinkie Pie held her back and waved to me. As the portal completely evaporated I looked down at my hands to find that they were no longer hooves, to my pleasure! Now I can go home and forget this ever happened!

[ Chapter One End. ]

Author's Note

Pretty long first chapter, eh? Had to get all that introductory out of the way so that we can get into more juicy things. By the way, I'm going to nip this in the bud now before people start saying anything about it. This Doctor Whooves is my complete and total vision. There is no to little affiliation to Doctor Who, of course I kept some things the same because, well I couldn't change completely everything! Hope you enjoyed! Please comment and I will be ready to write up the second chapter!

Stuck In Time

Author's Note

Hey guys, sorry it took so long to upload another chapter. Again, I'm going to say this. My Doctor Whooves is not the original Doctor Who. It has nothing to do with Doctor Who except for some facts about him. Otherwise, I changed him up a bit to fit my version and idea of how Doctor Whooves may be. That is all before I get comments again about it. Which I probably will regardless. Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoy.

Stuck In Time

Chapter 2: Stuck In Time
You're the closest to heaven, then I'll ever be and I don't wanna go home right now.

The next day has dawned as my father eagerly awaited me in the time traveling room. I didn't know what to quite say since in all the time traveling stories my father has told me, I never heard anything about ponies! Nonetheless, ponies wasn't seen as a very 'manly' type of thing.. Oh, dear.. how to even start?

As I entered the room I heard my father begin to grumble and cough. "Finally, there you are boy!" He motioned me over as I grabbed a rolling chair to drag over to him. I sat upon it and began to spin around in the seat. Haha, this is quite fun! I should bring a rolling chair when I travel somewhere from now on! I could roll everywhere… "Boy! Pay attention, enough of your funny business. I want to hear all about your time traveling adventures!" My mother in turn came in and stood behind my father, a big smile lining her face.

"As do I!" She chimed in and I could feel sweat droplets form on my forehead.

"Well, uhm. You see.. I went to another world, there were… creatures there. It was sunny! Yes, hah! It was very, very sunny…" I stammered as my father narrowed eyed me.

"Out with it boy!" He snapped, tapping his foot against the tiled floor. He was obviously thinking I was playing around with him. I swallowed hard and managed to let the word escape my lips.

"Equines." I whispered as my father and mother both perked an eyebrow.

"What was that, dear?" My mother questioned, looking like she was straining her hearing.

"They were equines, mother!" I shouted as I looked for their reactions. Their eyes were the size of golf balls and my father seemed to be lost from words.

"Ponies… you mean to tell me you went back to a land… with ponies. You are supposed to take over for your old man now and you are seeing ponies?!" My fathers voice rose as he slammed the table with his fist. "How absurd!"

"It's not my fault… the time traveler thingy sent me back there and!"

"Well, what was this problem? Was it just ponies in trouble? What did you do?"

"The ponies talked to me! I was even a pony! They were all colorful and had these marks on them that displayed their talents or some hubba balloo like that!" I muttered recollecting my memories. "I solved the problem though, so I did good… right?"

"You will TIME TRAVEL again! Now! That is absolutely ridiculous! What did you do?! Fall asleep in the time machine? I see you used your pen!" He pointed to the pen he gave me that I had lodged behind my ear. The number 2 glowed on top of it. "You didn't solve ANYTHING! You told me you were to take this seriously. Not like a croc! You go back in that machine and make me a proud father!" My mother frowned and walked out of the room silently. I felt miserable, I was failing at this time traveling business. Did I really fall asleep and dream up this fantasy about talking ponies? With my head hung way down, I entered the time machine and let it whisk me away to my next destination.

As the portal opened, I found myself in a little colorful town. When I tried to walk forward I realized I found myself on four legs…again. My mind began to panic. This can't be real, am I back in that pony place? Did I fall asleep? What's going on? I'm going to be a disgrace of a time traveler… As I walked forward on my four legs, too scared to look down to see hooves… all the confirmation I needed was there. There were dozens of these colorful ponies walking everywhere. Holding items that they have brought from a market, gardening, eating at a cafe table, talking and laughing. This was real… this place was real! As I looked to my left I saw a stream of bubbles coming towards me. My mouth opened to find Derpy sitting on a hay pile, blowing some bubbles again. Just like how we met yesterday.

"DOCTOR!" She cried as she ran… galloped? Over to me with a huge smile. "I knew you wouldn't leave me! I guess these bubbles are so that I can find something that's lost!" She gave me a tight squeeze as I tried to bellow out a sentence. But instead, all that came out of my mouth was… "Don't."

She looked up at me startled. "Is everything alright? You don't look very good and I know it's not my eyes, haha..he." She awkwardly trailed off with a laugh. I swatted at the pen behind my ear as it fell to the ground. She looked down at it then back up to me. "You're going to leave me again… aren't you…" I saw tears welling up in her eyes. "Everyone I care about… always… leaves me." I couldn't help but feel unsettled by her reaction. I didn't like making girls cry… even if she was a pegasus pony.

"I'm sorry." I whispered as I hit the red button on my pen. I arrived back home to my father sitting on a chair right in front of me.

"Well?" He spoke as he looked at the pen. "One…" He trailed off as he rubbed his temples. "You are failing me! That pen was meant for you to have for the rest of your life. You are supposed to be able to-"

"I was back with the… ponies." He smacked his hand down as I said this to him.

"BACK IN THE TIME MACHINE! NOW!" He cried, shoving me back in and slamming the door shut. I'm going to fail him again.. as the time went back and the portal opened, I was too scared to even open my eyes. As I did, the same town appeared to me as did a sobbing Derpy. Before she could see me again, I hit the red button on the pen to go back. Ponies, ponies, ponies, PONIES! Why can't I go somewhere else? Why must I be there? Was I just not destined for this?! As I appeared back in my house, in that room, my father stared at me disappointed. He grabbed the pen that he gave me as a gift and threw it at the wall.

"A timeline full of time travelers… ends here. All thanks to my failure of a son." He knocked over the chair he was sitting on and paced the room. "Get out of this room and never show your face in here again. Ponies, absurd! Ridiculous! Malarky!" He spat as I was shunned.

I hurried my way through the hallway, making the walk of shame past my mother where I closed my door and cried like I haven't in a long time.

Ten years later…

I opened the microwave door to prop out my microwave dinner. I plopped it on the table and bit at it slowly. Twenty years old and living with my parents.. this is not how I would of planed my future before. I would of thought I would be time traveling, going to get an engineering degree at Harvard. But now, I just barely graduated high school, locked myself up in my room, and neglected all my friends. Now I'm all by myself. My parents do not even speak a word to me. My father just grunts at me and spends all of his time on the sofa, staring off at the television. I failed my future, my parents, and my friends. I am a nobody now.

I pushed the tv dinner away from me, suddenly not feeling all that hungry and headed towards my room again. As I did I passed by the old time traveling room. The door was half ajar and I just felt the need to venture in. As I did, a huge gust of dust came straight at me. I coughed a bit, but pushed on through. As I stared around the empty room I could still hear my fathers shouts. All the words, "I'm a failure, a disappointment, a waste to be a part of my family." All the words that made me want to give up on my education, my friends, even my life. All because of those blasted PONIES! I kicked a stool that was in my way as I it slammed right in front of the time traveling machine. The machine was boarded up with nails and boards, something my father has done out of rage after I had failed him three times.

I then began to feel the sensation of wanting to open its doors and let it take me to wherever I can go. Maybe I can solve a problem and bring some type of title back to my family name. I can continue our blood line of time travelers. Surely, I won't be sent to that pony place again, right? There is simply no way… even if it did. What would it matter? My life here doesn't. I searched the room to find the hammer that my father had used on the boards lying on the ground. I grabbed it and began to take the nails out of the time machine. As the last board became undone, I took a deep breath and opened its doors. The familiar smell went into my nostrils and I was enveloped in a deep feeling of nostalgia. Part of that nostalgia was bitter sadness, for all the years I grew up in this room with my father… bonding with him and making him proud was all a distant memory. Soon, my existence will be just that too.

I activated the time machine and closed my eyes, leaning on the back of its door. When I opened my eyes, I was in the middle of a field. A field full of white daisies and the sun shining down on me. It felt like bliss, like some kind of heaven on earth. As I took a step out of my time machine, I knew it was going to be for good because I couldn't go back. Not until I solved the problem that was going on here. I can do this this time. I know it! This is my chance… as I looked to the right then to the left I found a trail of bubbles coming my way. That's when I realized I was again on four legs and a crooked pair of eyes staring at me.

The Sisterly Muffin

Author's Note

Thank you all for your kind words, favorites, and comments on my story! I will continue updating this story as quickly as I can! I hope you guys like the direction in which this story is going! More action will be going on once all the characters are introduced and their story is developed, I'm really excited for this project and to see where it takes me! Thank you all and enjoy!

The Sisterly Muffin

Chapter 4: The Sisterly Muffin
Your tears don't fall, they crash around me. Your conscience calls, guilty to come home.

Why? Why... why out of all places to start a new, why here? Of all the blasted places... I had to end up here?! And of course -- in front of this mare... the one that I couldn't ever forget for the likes of me. Her eyes tried to transfix on me, perhaps she couldn't recognize me? Oh, no. I couldn't change THAT much could I? Am I more horridly ugly now? Old? Oh, what do I care? I'm a pony! But she certainly has grown older and her blonde hair has become more bright, it seemed to resemble some type of sunshine she kept within herself. Which reminded me of myself... a brown pony, dark hair, dark coat, yeah.. I didn't have a strap of brightness in my eyes anymore. Perhaps... that's what has changed about me.

"You know," she whispered, breaking the silence and all the jumble in my head. "I knew a pony that looked like you a long time ago. But it couldn't possibly be you." She shut her eyes, staring away from me. Tears began to flush down her face, making her cheeks moist. A sinking feeling downed in my heart, staring at her made me feel guilty. Pony or not -- I really hurt this girl in the past. That is definitely not something I wanted to remember. "He hated me, just like my parents did. He abandoned me, just like Pinkie Pie did. I'm all alone in this world, I constantly come out to this field. Searching for something, hoping I can find something or someone that needs me too."

"Come on now, I don't hate you." I stated, putting my han-- hoof down. "I was a mess, a human trapped in the world of an equine? It's all rather bizarre. I mean if you grew up where I did you would think you walked into a three year old's television show. Not to mention we are fluffy colorful creatures-" I continued to babble on as her mouth dropped. Her eyes seemed to glow with a happiness that I remember seeing when I helped her find her way to her new life.

"It... really is you." She jumped at me hugging me, but then suddenly let go and stammered backwards. "I'm sorry, I just- I forgot you weren't a fan of me... I mean you left me all on my own and-"

"It's not you, Derpy." I remembered her name, such an odd name. "I was confused, I had a lot riding on me- well." I coughed, collecting my thoughts. "That's not to matter because I am not leaving here anymore." She analyzed me, even searched behind my ears. "What on Earth are you looking for?"

"That.... contraption that you tapped that made you disappear." She responded looking down to the ground with one eye. She moved her hoof in the dirt awkwardly.

"I do not have it, it no longer works. So I am here for good, no matter the circumstance." There was a sudden rustling in the leaves and it startled both of us. We looked over our shoulders to find nothing there, but there was definitely someone spying on us. I heard the hooves galloping away quickly away from us. "Was someone spying on us?" I scoffed. "What a coward!"

"It was probably a rabbit or something." Derpy added, tapping my shoulder.

"A rabbit that gallops?!" I let out a nervous laugh. "Hmm, well, yes! What do I know! Talking ponies.." She began to walk away from me out of the field.

"Are you hungry Doctor?" She smiled as I nodded vigorously.

"Yes! I quite fancy a hamburger!" My stomach began to growl as she looked at me horrified.

"We do NOT eat friends!" Oh boy, am I going to have to become a vegetarian? No! Why! Of all the most horrible things to happen to me, this is the WORST. POSSIBLE. THING. Ah, look at me becoming a drama pony! Haha!

"Did you SEE that? He's back! I knew he would be back! I know I didn't waste ten years of my life constantly waiting for him to come back!" She tracked her hooves across the floor back and forth. "What reason does he have of coming here? I sure hope he ain't a threat! What do you think?" She stared over at her counterpart who looked dazed at the wall.

"Mm-nope."

"Always so short with words..." She sighed as she flipped through a book that she had on top of her desk. "I want to see this world he comes from, but I also want to keep my eye on him. Just in case he is dangerous.. he is hanging out with Pinkie Pie's adoptive sister after all. We do need to take care of her."

"Eee-yup."

"I nearly got caught out there! I can't let them on to me watching them, we will just have to observe from the distance and be quiet! Let's go! This time, please try not to step on my hoof!"

"Eee-yup." He gulped as they made their way out to the center of town.

We sat at a table on top of a barrel of hay... which was very uncomfortable.

"I don't know how you ponies like this stuff... it's really uncomfortable. I rather lay on a pillow made of feathers!" I shifted around awkwardly as we waited for our yummy....hay burgers....yum.

"Good news for you, we do have feather pillows!" I groaned as then it hit me, my eyes grew large.

"Oh, Derpy. Is there an Inn or something I can stay at? I mean I do not have money... ugh! That is not going to work then... blasphemy! I won't be able to stay anywhere tonight. Do ponies even use currency? Do you sleep outside? Is there a barn? These places look like normal every day houses..."

"Oh, Doctor! You're so funny! No need to say silly things! You can stay with me!" She smiled happily, grinning eye...to eye. I was about to open my mouth to oblige but she gave me this stern look. Such a stern look that it reminded me of my mother, it shut me up instantly and before I knew it a hay burger sat in front of me.

"Thank you... Derpy." I tried munching on the burger and to my surprise it wasn't so bad! It tasted like Frosted Wheaties, only without the frosting! "I can get used to this!"

"See, pony living ain't so bad!" She chuckled, when a pink line zoomed right past us. Seems rather nostalgic. Oh yes, wasn't that Pinkily Fry? No... that don't sound quite right... A sudden sigh from Derpy made me look up at her. Her one eye followed the pink flash to where it stopped. She jumped in the center amidst six other ponies who smiled and talked amongst themselves.

"Ah, are those your friends too Derpy? No need to mind me, I'll just chow down on this delicacy as you go and greet them." I took another bite of my burger as she shook her head back and forth.

"Not my friends."

"But didn't I leave you in the care of that Pinkily....Fry...pink pony?" I rubbed at my lips getting the wheat crumbs off my mouth.

"Pinkie Pie. Yes, I still live with her but I don't see much of her these days."

"Why is that? If you guys been living together for these ten years, shouldn't you be inseparable? Like... sisters?" She sighed again pushing her burger away to the center of the table.

"Care to walk and talk? I can tell you some of the details." I took one last bit of my burger and hopped off the hay barrel as I followed her in the opposite direction. I took a peek over my shoulder to find the purple and white pony staring at me, almost eying me. Eeesh, am I being hit on? I scurried next to Derpy, nearly pushing her over to the side.

"W-woah!" She cried, almost tipping over. She caught herself by flapping her wings and bringing herself back to her feet. "You're lucky I'm a klutz and used to catching myself!" I made a cringe worthy smile at her and stayed silent so that she would continue telling me her story. Which I was actually interested in, because I felt the need to help her. Especially since I did nothing at all to help her before. She still looks at me-- even now-- to help her. After all I did for her too, now she's the one helping me. So I have to pay her back somehow!

"Well, we were close for like 9 years. We did everything together! She made me my first muffin! She called it our 'sisterly muffin', she would make them for me when I felt sad, when I accomplished something, or when I even hurt myself! She would make all types for me, chocolate chip, banana, strawberry.... but my favorite is blueberry!" Her mouth began to water. "I'm almost surprised that my cutie mark isn't a blueberry muffin! I eat so many of them!" Her eyes spun in loop de loops as she talked about them. "Anyway, after you completely abandoned me, I cried for days, weeks even. I felt like I lost my first true friend... at least to me you were. Pinkie tried cheering me up. She even took me to the rock farm she grew up on! I never thought someone as hyperactive as her would grow up somewhere like that! No wonder she left! But as I was saying... Twilight Sparkle showed up. The purple pony, by the way. And all of a sudden Pinkie Pie said she felt the need that she were to be friends with this pony. Before I knew it, she was super close to her! Like I mean... Pinkie Pie had a few friends before but all they did was meet up every once in awhile. Now that Twilight is around.. they meet up almost every single day and leave me behind in the dust. I never get asked to join."

"Why don't you simply just ask Pinkie to hang out too?" I rubbed at my chin, Pinkie Pie didn't seem like the type to be snooty and say no.

"She said that they were doing top secret, friendship bonding, princess saving, harmony type of stuff." Wow, to my surprise she gave her a no in a way that sounds like her. Well, she was such a character that I remember her personality. It's not every century you meet someone like that. "Ever since then she would leave to hang out with them. I would watch them from the window and she would wave goodbye to me. I always tried to bond again with her. Every single morning I would make our sisterly muffin... but then she hops out of the shop and I wind up sitting by the counter, eating it alone." A tear drop rolled down her cheek. She been feeling alone... and lost. Like I have, I had nobody either. I reached my hoof out to her to give her a reassuring back rub that everything was going to be alright, but that's when she opened the door to a cake like bakery looking house.

"Come on in, this is where I live." She slowly trotted inside. The place was empty, it seems the shop was closed for the day. "Mister and Misses cake are out today, she just found out that she was pregnant so they are going shopping for their baby." I giggled a bit at the thought. Do they get their babies cribs too? Mobiles? A rattle? A bottle? Bahahaha! Oh, my! What a hoot!

"What are you laughing at?" She narrow eyed me as I perked up, coughing my way through my giggles.

"Oh, nothing! Nothing at all!" That's when I looked over to the counter to find six plates of half-eaten muffins. Derpy looked over at them, trying with all her might to keep from sobbing. Her jaw would make all these moves to almost stop her tear ducts from letting the tears fall. I walked over to the muffins and began to eat the other half of them. Her eyes grew wide, staring at me as if not knowing what to say.

"Doctor... why are you?"

"Ssh, now Derpy! I was the first friend you ever had! I demand that I get a- uh- friendshippy muffin?" My stomach was quite full but I managed to eat all the halves of the muffins that were left over.

"You promise you won't leave me again?" She pleaded, giving me almost puppy like eyes.

"You can't get rid of me this time. We are friends now and I will be here for you, while you be here for me as I get adjusted to this pony life!" She chuckled as she headed for the stairs.

"Let me make you a bed upstairs." Oh please don't tell me they lay on barrels of hay and feathered pillows?! "Come with me." I walked over to the stairs and after the first two steps, I tripped over my own hooves and slammed my face into the staircase. "Are you alright?!" She shrieked running down to me.

"Just fine, just fine!" I have to get used to these dreaded things! Alright doctor, one hoof in front of the other! Yes, yes, good. Almost there... ahh! Slipped a bit.. alrighty here we go! And touchdown! I made it! I would dance if I knew how to! To my surprise as I looked around the room upstairs, there were two beds. One that was obviously Pinkie Pie's seeing as how their was balloons tied to the masts. While the others were more well kept and organized. Obviously Derpy's. She walked over to another bed that was far off into the corner, she began to set sheets on it and a pillow.

"This will be for you Doctor." She smiled, even sliding a small end table next to it. I flopped onto the bed, feeling weird because my joints do not bend completely like human joints. Not to worry, I'll get this. My head hit the pillow and I was out like a light.. but before I could close my eyes and really zone out I heard her whisper to me...

You have such a light that glows about you, yet when I look at myself I'm so dark. I wish I had the light that you have.