My little Step brothers: The flying Costar

by HalfRail

Chapter 4: Time travel for Dummies

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"You're a doctor? Like a "doctor" doctor, or , like, a medical doctor?

"Uhh, i,m just the doctor"

"Oh, ya like a mental doctor?

"No."

"A dental doctor?"

"That is a dentist, not a doctor.." The two colts continued to bombard the stallion with questions. Which all turned out to be the same questions, but worded differently. The doctor was getting very irritated and held up his hoof to stop the colts. He then rubbed his head, attempting to prevent a migraine. "I am just THE DOCTOR!"

"  How many times are ya gonna say that? The "doctor"? Doctor what? Doctor who.." Cammy was stopped mid sentence by Cash, who waked him in the fore head. leaving a rather large, throbbing lump. "Ahhh..that seriously hurt dude.." Cammy then got up in a red rage and closed in on Cash. "Aye! Just who the heck do ya think ya are guy?!! Where do ya get off hitting ponies all random like ya--" Cammy was stopped by Cash's hoof being brought down on his head. Leaving another large lump. "Ow, ow, ow, ow..."

      "Okay so you're not a doctor, that much I can see. But, can you still tell me just where ya'll came from? One minute, I'm blowing chunks, the next, that blue...uhh, thing appears out of nowhere."

      "Ah, yes, about that, you see I'm..." the grey mare quickly put her hoof over the doctors mouth and whispers something into his ear. The doctors eyes widened in shock as if he just remembered something and looked back to the colts. Cash was somewhat impatiently tapping his hoof and Cammy was holding his head in pain. "..well you see, this here is called the Tardis. It is my ship and it allows me to travel through time and space with my partner here." The doctor explained. Cash arched an eyebrow in confusion. His sensitive hearing allows him to tell whenever someone lies. And after the stallion explained himself, Cash got no trace of a lie. Either the stallion was incredible at lying, or Cash was still dazed.

      "Okay...I guess."

      "Whoa, whoa, whoa!! Yous telling me that, that...uhh, box..thing can take ya through time and space. Like, beyond planets?!

      "That's what I just said. Yes."

      "That is too totally friggen cool. I only read that junk in comic books." Cammy exclaimed. He began to jump around the rooftop in excitement. Cash followed the jumping colt with his eyes and a deadpan glance.

      "Ya don't seriously believe this guy, do ya?"

      "Oi!" Was all that came out of Cammy's mouth as he zoomed to the two adult ponies on a small cloud. "Eh, do you think there will be enough room in there for me?" Cammy didn't give them time to answer as he zoomed into the blue box. At first there was dead silence, then out of nowhere, a high pitched scream, that could have easily been mistaken for a fillies erupted from the box.

      "Why is that not a common reaction?" The doctor stated. "Usually, everybody has a expression as if they had seen a ghost. This is much more fun!" The doctor stated joyfully. The grey mare just rolled her eyes with a smirk.

      Cash jumped at the sudden screech. He had gotten a new expression that he never had before. Panic. Cash adjusted his too big of a fish hat and looked to the adult ponies, who seemed to be enjoying themselves. "Hold up! Just what in the heck is in there?! Why did he scream?!"

      "Well it wouldn't do you any good if I just sat back and told you.."the stallion and the mare parted away to different sides of the blue box and the doctor extended his hoof to it, "..why don't you go in and find out for yourself." Cash was starting to get very nervous. Surprisingly, more nervous than he's ever been and it showed. Adjusting his fish hat again, Cash slowly and cautiously approached the box.

      "Well, go on then! No reason to be scared."

      "Are you kidding me?! There's plenty reason to be scared." Cash replied to the stallion, his voice slightly quivering. Before Cash could even get his hoof onto the door, it burst open and a rather exited Cammy flew out on his cloud and circled it. He flew back in a few times, only to pop back out seconds later. All this time he seemed to be cheering at the top of his lungs. Cash tried to follow the over ecstatic colt, but he was too fast.

      "W-wait a minute. What did you see?!" Cash yelled, hoping his voice would reach the colt. After performing a few summer salts in the air, Cammy rocketed at the colt connecting a blurred tackle.

      "Get in there and see for yourself, kid!" Cammy shouted as Cash flew into the blue box, desperately holding on to his fish hat. A few odd seconds went by and Cash felt his mussel connect with something hard. Something metal. Cash got to his hooves and rubbed his nose. He was going to turn around and scold the other colt, but Cash was left silent when he realized the colt was several feet away.

      "Uhhh...I...what..", was all that Cash managed to say as his eyes wandered around where he was. Cash couldn't put it to words. It was like seeing a magic trick for the first time. If magic didn't already exist. It was something Cash was very familiar of, but was still breathless whenever he saw it. It was so SyFy futuristic. There was metal, weird panels, crazy patterns on the walls. After a few minutes of touring the amazingly roomy space, Cash walked out to see the three ponies with grins on there faces. Cash turned around again to see that he just walked out of the weird blue box. Cash trotted around the box a few times and sat down in front of all the ponies again with a hoof on his head, trying to piece everything....or at least something together. Cammy was floating in place snickering to himself and the doctor spoke up.

      "Well? How was it?" Cash couldn't think of a response. He couldn't think of anything. Cammy floated down to Cash and put a hoof around his shoulder.

      "C'mon, kid, ya can be honest. Your among friends here." Cash tried his best to say something, but it all came out as gibberish.

      "T-that...w..you....him...I..flew...hit...m-et..the nose...", was all that came out of the stuttering colt. A few seconds later, Cash grew a giant grin on his face and bounced up and down. "THAT WAS AMAZING!! THAT WAS AMAZING!!" He cheered and Cammy felt obligated to join in.

"I KNOW!! I KNOW!!"

      "Now, now, boys. You haven't seen anything yet." The doctor says, Cash and Cammy immediately stop bouncing around and cheering. The doctor casually walked into the blue box, followed by the grey mare and the two colts ran inside. "Now! How would you boys fancy a little adventure?!" He said in a jolly tone. Cash and Cammy cheered in response. The doctor took it as a yes and started to mess around with the panels. The grey mare flew over to a chair next to the panels and sat down.

      "I suggest you boys hold onto something. It can get a little bumpy", the grey mare said as she spun on the chair. Both of the colts were too busy in their excitement to pay attention.

      "Ahh, don't you worry Miss Hooves. They'll be alright. Besides, she's almost ready!" The doctor said as he ran around the panel pushing buttons that made weird sounds. Cammy took notice of what the doctor was doing and decided to float above him.

      "What do ya mean" she". The mare is over there and she's just sitting."

      "No, not her. I'm talking about the Tardis."

      "Tardis? Is that short for something?"

      "Yes. It is the abbreviation of Time And Relative Dimension in Space."

      "I am not gonna remember that."

      "Most don't." The doctor said as he backed up from the panel for a breath. "Alright! Travel destinations. Anyone, suggestions." He shouted. Cammy was already bursting with ideas, but none of them came out clearly. Miss Hooves

   held a hoof up to her chin, thinking. Cash was too awestruck to think. Finally, Cammy catered himself and put out an idea.

      "Wait, wait, hold up! I got something! Uhh..wait..oh yeah! I want to see what those pyramid ponies looked like. Ya know, from in the books"

      "Wait, you actually paid attention in history class? "

      "It was the only thing I found interesting." The colt responded. The doctor let out a cheer and pressed more buttons on the panel. After a moment the doctor pulled a lever and the room started to make noise. The dame noise that Cammy heard on the roof. The doctor held onto the lever and the mare held onto the chair. At first the colts thought nothing of it. That was until the entire room started to shake, causing Cash to lose his balance and bounce around in the room, letting out a yelp every time he hit the walls or a metal bar. Cammy was laughing at him, but that stopped when Cash crashed into him. They both made the room look like the weirdest pinball machine.

      After a few seconds, the shaking stopped and so did the noise. Cash and Cammy were left on the metro pathway to the door out of the room, groaning in pain.

      "Well, where here!" The doctor said as he let go of the lever and Miss Hooves got off the chair and trotted to the door, carefully stepping over the colts that were in their way.

      "Uhh..exactly where are we.." Cammy managed to say before his face went green. He grabbed Cash's fish hat and threw up in it.

      "Aww, man. That's not cool." Cash's head falls to the Tardis floor in exhaustion. The doctor chuckles at the sight and turns to open the Tardis door, shielding his eyes from the light.

"Oooh, that is real bright right there. Wouldn't you two agree?" The doctor says as he walks further out of the room. Outside the Tardis was clear skies and sand was visible throughout the air. The grey mare followed him outside. Behind her was Cammy who continued to walk, then Cash who ran back into the Tardis after the heat touched him.

"Ohhh..I don't feel to good..." Cammy continued to walk, so dazed he didn't have any knowledge where he was or where he was going. Cammy was to dazed to realize he was about to walk over an edge. Before he could realize, he had already walked off and would've plummeted if Miss Hooves didn't grab him by the tail. "Oi! What the...I...Whaa!!" Cammy screamed when he realized he was  hanging off the edge of what looked like a building.

In the distance was even more shocking. There were all kinds of buildings in odd shapes and sizes stretched out for miles. They all looked like they were made of the same material. There were all kinds of flags and rug like signs that hung from the buildings. The streets below were filled with all types of animals; Horses, Griffins, Camels and a few lizard like creatures. On the outskirts of the city was a wall that stretched all the way around. The group of ponies seemed to be on the tallest, and most regal  like building of them all.

"W-w-w-where are we!?" Cammy shouted in shock. The doctor came to the edge of the building and cleared his throat before speaking.

"Welcome to O'Jrasha everyone! The ancient oasis 3,000 years into the past. Always nice to make pit stops." Miss hooves brought Cammy back onto the roof of the building. His jaw hung open from the surprise. Cash poked his head out of the Tardis once again, this time allowing his eyes to adjust. His mouth also dropped from the shock.

It took moments for the group to get to the ground. And at first they thought the view from above was amazing, but on the ground was a whole different story. Calling the place rich, would be a major understatement. The ground they walked on was so shiny, it showed their reflections. Cash, not one to think twice, licks the floor and ends up throwing up in an alley. The animals looked particularly sophisticated compared to the group. Their clothes draped over them to the ground, some wore masks, others wore rags on their heads. The female animals wore lacy, bright outfits with make up that brought out their faces. A few of them offered to give The doctor a dance. He didn't have time to even answer as Miss Hooves dragged him away. The little animals were dressed up fancy like too. Well..some of them. There were children with their supposed parents walking on one side of the streets and on the other looked like a reverse mirror. Children, adults and some deceased animals were scattered across the alleys.

"I feel it doesn't matter how far back or further you travel...", the doctor looks to the alleys of starving and sick children deprived of guidance with a sorrowful expression. "..you will see that everywhere looks the same." Cash didn't have the same look as the group. He couldn't care what troubles the children were experiencing. This was the past, they were going to die anyway. Cammy on the other hand didn't feel that way. So he decided to get a little mischievous to help boost his karma. He got in the middle of the group and used his special magic to cloak himself. At first he had to test if it worked, when he was certain that nopony could see him, he went over to a vender selling fruit. He grabbed a bag and it blended into the background as well. Cammy tossed in all fruits and weird foods he could find, while at the same time avoiding the venders and shoppers. Cammy didn't stop until he could barley carry the bag with his own strength. He floated over swiftly on a small cloud to the ally they just past and cancelled the cloaking before revealing himself. Some of the animals in the ally where shocked to see him, others were too sick to notice. He began to offer the creatures food. Most of them took it without hesitation, others were more skeptical.  Cammy walked up to what looked like a mare earth pony with a little one.

"Eh, I can see that ya hungry.." Cammy reached into the bag and pulled out a hoof full of fruits. "Go on ahead ya'll can get some." He said walking up to the ponies. He dropped the food when the mare shot up from where he sat and bared her fangs at the colt. She took a defensive stance for her foal while snarling. "E-eh...its okay.. I-I was just.." Cammy's vice was getting shakier with every second. He went to pick up a fruit that was knocked out of his hooves to give it to the mare but she knocked it away again.

"Back away!! I do no business with magical creatures! I know your gain, you try to show compassion to ones weaker than you and then they become your servants." The mare turned her back to Cammy and walked to her foal, her voice went from raged to despair. "All of them...their all evil." Cammy was speechless. He took a good look around him and saw that all of the creatures in the ally were now looking at him with fear. The ones that took the food threw it away and ran off. Cammy began to tear up slightly when he remembered something from the ally. All of the creatures that looked fancy looked as though they had magical capabilities. Cammy put his hoof down in anger. He just got here. These creatures had no reason to accuse him evil. He began to yell at the creatures while tears began to flow down his eyes.

"I ain't evil! I ain't never been evil and I ain't never gonna be evil, get that?!" Cammy was now beginning to get furious. His horn began to emit white smoke. "...I oughta hurt ya bad." The creatures began to quiver in fear. Parents held their young while others ran for their lives. Upon seeing this Cammy's rage subsided. "W-wha..I..I wasn't gonna..."

"What is all this commotion about?" A voice behind Cammy said, rather sternly but had a caring touch. Cammy watched as the creatures all bowed at the figure behind him. Cammy turned around to see hat he was staring at blue legs. He backed off and his eyes traveled up to see that he was staring a a rather large horse. She had blue fur and her mane was pitch black and had sparkles around it, making it look like Cammy was staring into space. It looked as though it was flowing, even though there wasn't any wind. She wore black make up around her eyes and she dressed as though she was the most regal one here. All of her clothes had gold around the ends and she had a golden tiara around her head. Her most obvious features shocked Cammy the most. She had a rather large horn, and huge wings. Cammy knew their was a name for ponies who had both wings and a horn, but he couldn't place the name. The large horse looked down to Cammy, as if she was surprised and at the same time relieved he didn't bow. Her eyes shined and brightened, and it looked like staring into a universe. Her eyes reflected off of Cammy's in the same fashion and she let out a gasp as if she saw something. Cammy was too busy thinking of the name of what she was to notice that she was also going into deep thought. After a moment of silence, the mare spoke up. "Where do you come from child? All young magical beings are supposed to be inside this time of day," She asked arching an eyebrow. She knew that Cammy wasn't from here, but that didn't excuse from what she saw in his eyes. 'This child. He was born with my eyes, but that is impossible. Cammy was still too busy trying to remember the name.

"Allicyn..uhh..Altair-no that's not it.."

"Ah, there you are princess. And I see you've found one of our colts on this trip, we were starting to get worried," a familiar voice shouted. It was in fact The doctor, Miss Hooves and Cash who were walking down the ally. "Ah, yes, getting acquainted I see." The mare turned her attention from Cammy to the doctor with a smile.

"Ah, Doctor, Miss Hooves, it is a pleasure." The mare said she bowed respectively and the two adult ponies did the same. The mares eyes wandered to Cash as he looked like he wasn't from here as well. She took note of the scaly like fur and his shark like teeth. She looked into the shark colts eyes and his eyes as well reflected of of hers and she let out another soft gasp.  'It cannot be. The mare went into another deep thought before snapping back into reality. "Well doctor, after your help, visits are always welcome." Her eyes shifted from the colt standing next to the adults to the colt pondering. "So, are these children yours?" Miss hooves face went deep red as the doctor let out a soft chuckle.

"No,no, they aren't ours. They simply tagged along for this visit."

"I see. Well since this is their first time in the great oasis, it would be an honor to show them the palace." The princess walked out of the ally and the group followed. Every creature who she walked past bowed to her and didn't get back up until they were out of sight. She led them to the palace gates that were heavily guarded. The guards moved out of the way of the princess and bowed to her, in respect she bowed back.

Inside the palace was another story compared to outside. Anything and everything on the walls , stands and ceiling was either covered in priceless gems, shiny or made of gold. The middle of the floor was covered in a velvet red rug. The two colts gawked at the sight, not paying attention where they were going until they both simultaneously hit a stand with a rather large artifact on it. The artifact began to rock back and fourth until it fell over. Cash quickly ran under it to catch it, but when it hit him it proved to be too heavy. Before Cash fell over, Cammy reacted and placed a large cloud underneath the shark colt. The cloud rose to the top of the stand and Cash pushed the artifact onto. When he was done, Cash and Cammy let out a sigh of relief. The doctor clapped his hooves in amazement and so did Miss Hooves. The princess stood in awe, 'That power..that strength..but so young...'

"Eh, ya need to watch were ya going, Carp!"

"Me?! Ya hit it at the same time I did, ya airhead!"

"Don't call me names carp! Ya don't know me well enough to do that."

"Well it looks like ya don't know me well enough to remember my name. It's Cash, not Carp ya airhead!!" The two were growling in each others faces before they were brought apart by the princesses magic.

"Young colts, I will have none of this. You may not be from this period, but this is a sacred palace and I expect you treat it as such." The princess cancelled her magic and set the colts down. They shared one death glare before turning around in a huff. The princess sighed. She hadn't known these colts for one hour and she already felt exhausted. She turned her attention to the wall they were in front of and an idea popped up into her head. "In fact, I believe you two have more in common than you realize." The two colts turned their heads to her in curiosity. The princess walked up to a wall that had a mural stretched out across the hallway. " One hundred years ago, great leader came across a creature with unimaginable power. It said that this creature was the master of the three statures. The mind, the body and emotion. This lead the creature to have the power to command the stars themselves..." as she spoke her horn lit up a light blue aura across the mural, making the pictures move. It made as though she was telling the story as it was happening. "..this creature was born with a horn and wings that granted it power above all the other creatures in the land. This creature was called an alicorn."

"That's the name!!!" Cammy shouted. The group was slightly stunned, but the princess was unfazed. "Man, that was killing me."

"Mm-hm, yes well, the alicorn was said to have eyes that looked into the universe and beyond. The alicorn was also said to have mastered every spell known and even created original  forms of magic only she could preform."

"Yeah, I'm sure I already know t-wait 'she'. Meaning the alicorn was a mare. Wait a minuet, I thought there were two."

"I'd say about, one-thousand years from now there will be two," the doctor replied.

"But that doesn't make any sense. If where back in time three thousand years.." Cash took a moment to ponder, "..and Princess Celestia is over a thousand means...Hold up!" Cash raised a hoof to the princess. The princess giggled slightly, knowing that he figured it out. "That would mean that your the..,like, first!" The princess giggled again at Cash's antics and expanded her wings, casting a shadow over the group.

"That is correct. Princess O'Ceil, at your service."

"That..is..so...FRIGGEN' COOL!!" He cheered. O'Ceil closed her wings and giggled again at his antics.

"Well, looking at you two I obviously am not going to be the only one."

"Eh, what'chu mean?" O'Ceil walked up to the two colts and brought her head down. Her eyes sparkled and the colts eyes did the same.

"Though that demonstration of your growing abilities was more than enough, I knew from the moment I saw your eyes. We have the same eyes, the eyes of an alicorn."

".......WHAT?!?!?" The colts shouted. Cash immediately removed his fish hat checking for a horn and finding nothing and Cammy ran in circles frantically checking for wings. Cash had a thousand questions running through his head before speaking.

"So wait, does that mean that him and me are...brothers??"

"Well...more or less, I would believe." Cash and Cammy shared another glance. They looked into each others eyes and they both shined brightly. They both shook their heads as if they were in a daze and Cammy walked up to Cash and sat down.

"Uhh..so I guess I should apologize for what I said Car-Uhh Cash," he said rubbing his head, not making eye contact.

"Don't worry, kid. I can't hold a grudge."  O'Ceil smiled curiously at how fast they made up. A Idea ran through her head and she called one of her servants. One rushed over and she whispered something in his ear. The servant disappeared into thin air and reappeared seconds later holding something rapped up with his magic. The servant gave the colts the gift and disappeared.

"Since you will not be staying long, that will act as a parting gift. I trust you will use it to its full potential" Cash and Cammy thanked the princess and continued to tour around the palace.

~Present time~

The Tardis appears inside Cash's apartment in the evening. The colts left the Tardis and Cammy crashed down on the couch, clearly exhausted. Cash put the gift the princess gave them on a shelf and he turned to the doctor and Miss Hooves who were still in the Tardis. "So, are we ever going to see ya'll again?" Th two shared a glance before turning back to Cash with a smile.

"You can bet on it."

"Yeah!" They waved off the shark colt and closed the Tardis door. The Tardis began to emit strange sounds before slowly fading off out of existence. Cash was now beginning to get tired and  laid down on the floor.

"Hmm, Ma should be back right about..." he was cut off by the sound of keys jingling outside the house. After a moment a unicorn mare trotted in wearing short shorts and a tank top. Cash found the energy to roll his eyes at the sight.

"Well, Cashie, I didn't find any guys. Maybe tomorrow I c- " she cut herself off when she saw that a unicorn colt was laying on the couch. Arching an eyebrow, May trotted over to Cash and sat down beside him. "Mind telling me what you did today?" Cash looked up into Mays eyes and they shined brightly, this shine reflected off of Mays eyes in the same fashion. Shaking his head Cash turned his attention from May to Cammy and then to the object that he had yet to open up.

"Uhh, Ma. Remember when I said that if I didn't get into any trouble you would do anything?"

"Well, of coarse I remember. What kind of mother would I be if I forgot. The place is still intact so what do you want."

"Well..." Cash turned his attention from May again and looked to Cammy, who was snoring very loudly. He smiled and turned back to May. "..I always wanted a kid brother."