My Little Timelord: Beep

Button Mash blinked and moaned slightly as the world came back to him. Where was he? This wasn't the arcade. The colt lifted his head and wearily observed his new surroundings. He seemed to be in some sort of control room. The walls had strange circles on them, and were those- branches coming from the floor? Button turned his head to a stallion, who was at the controls. He was mumbling furiously to himself, frantically pulling levers and pushing buttons. Suddenly, a popular 80's song began playing. The loud music caused Button to jump.

"Agh, no, no, no!" The stallion jumped about, trying desperately to rid of the music. Button got to his hooves. He coughed and said,

"M-maybe try that one." The stallion turned and looked towards the lever Button Mash had pointed at. He eagerly pulled it upwards, and the music stopped. The pony smiled in triumph. Then, all emotions wiped away and replaced by a serious one, the stallion trotted up to Button. Reaching into the breast pocket of his brown coat, he pulled out what looked like a screwdriver, with a blue tip at one end. He flicked a button and ran the screwdriver along Button's body. The colt giggled.

"That tickles!"

The stallion did not reply, only continued his strange behavior. Button noticed the stallion wasn't blinking. Then his own pair of eyes widened.

"Hey!" He exclaimed, tumbling backwards. "You're the stallion from that game!" The Earth pony cocked an eyebrow. He stared blankly, then nodded.

"Oh," he said. Button noticed he had a British accent. "Yes, I suppose that's what I would seem to be." Button Mash was extremely confused by the stallion's reply. "Actually, this 'game' you were playing was a portal to another dimension," the stallion said, "which we are in now."

"I'm the Doctor, by the way," he added. Button stared. The 'Doctor' flicked the button again and put away his screwdriver. "Damn, that really hurts my eyes," he said, rubbing them with a hoof. Button Mash opened his mouth to speak.

"W-what's going on? You're a doctor? Where am I? I want to go-" The Doctor shoved a free hoof into the colt's mouth.

"No time to explain. We've got to save Heartha!"

"Heartha?"

"My companion. Now, hold onto something, the Mares are getting closer!" With that, the Doctor pushed more buttons and pulled levers. Button Mash was thrown into a railing, letting out a small 'oof!'. The stallion held onto the control panel as the room began making loud noises and shaking. Button grasped the railing and prayed for the rough ride to be over soon. A large tube with blue substances inside was going up and down, faster and faster. Lights flickered, and Button thought he was going to be sick.

Then it stopped.

Both Button Mash and the Doctor sighed in relief when the motions stopped. Button leaned over the railing and barfed up his breakfast. "Oh, that's disgusting," the Doctor said, getting to his hooves.

"Sorry," Button croaked. "So," he said,"now will you tell what's going on?" The Doctor sighed and tapped his hoof.

"Fine, fine, but we haven't much time. Bollocks, i'm starting to rhyme! Gah, that blasted zebra!" Button wondered if the Doctor was possibly talking about Zecora. "Anyways," the brown stallion continued, "I'm the Doctor, i'm from the planet Gallopfrey, i'm an alien, my planet exploded, i'm the only survivor, we're in my spaceship called the T.A.R.D.I.S (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space), we're being chased by Weeping Mares, if they touch you you are teleported to another time and place, my companion was touched, and now it's my mission to send you home and save her." The Doctor panted loudly from his long string of words.

"Oh, and I can travel through space and time," the Doctor added. Button understood none of it, but simply tried to conceal his confusion and nodded.

The Doctor trotted over to a set of doors behind Button. He gazed at the colt, motioning for him to follow. Button Mash did, and waited for the Doctor to open the doors.

"Now, listen to me," the stallion said, "if the Mares are here you must not blink. Do you hear me? If you blink, you'll be teleported and never be found! Do you understand!?" Button nodded.

"D-don't blink, y-yeah, got it." As if the irony was requested, after that sentence, Button Mash blinked. The Doctor sighed and facehoofed.

"Let's go," he barked, pulling out the screwdriver and placing it in between his gleaming white teeth. "Sonic screwdriver," he said, answering Button's question before it left his mouth. Button nodded, having no idea what that meant.

This is all one big crazy dream, Button concluded, i'll wake up soon. The Doctor swiftly pushed open the doors, and Button tried his best not to blink when a blinding light attacked his vision.