The Doctor and Twilight Sparkle: The Day Equestria Cried Doctor

The Doctor was up and getting ready for day two of clean up when there came a knocking at the TARDIS door. He walked over to the door and opened it a bit. Outside there stood Rainbow with a tray. He opened the door wide enough to let her in.

"Hello Rainbow what's that," he said pointing to the tray.

"Breakfast, duh," she said as she set it down on the Doctor had been using to study the copper piece. The tray consisted of apple pancakes and a sliced orange with a glass of water. He walked over and sniffed the apple pancakes.

"Ugh," he said scrunching his muzzle," what is that?"

"An apple pancake," she said giving him a quizzical look," why?"

"Nope I hate apples in any form won't eat them, won't even touch them," he said shoving the tray over.

"Come on Doc you gotta eat," Rainbow said moving the tray back over to him.

"I'll have the orange and the water nothing else," he said grabbing an orange slice with his mouth and started chewing.

"Suit yourself," Rainbow said as she picked up the pancake with her mouth and dropped it on the Doctor's head.

"Hey," he yelled as he got off his haunches. He turned towards Rainbow and started after her. The Doctor chased Rainbow for a while before tiring out. They both sat down and waited until they caught their breath before speaking

"Ha ha ha. I'm really going to enjoy your company," the Doctor laughed.

"I'm sure you would have no matter what," she said as she started towards the door," oh and by the ways, clean up started." She walked out the door and headed towards the dining hall.

Twilight had just finished sorting through some rubble piles they had made the night before when the first stallions came with the carts. Twilight loaded their carts and sent them off to get rid of the rubble. Rainbow then approached with the wonderbolts to deal with the ceiling shards that were to dangerous to keep connected in fear of them falling. As Twilight started making more piles the Doctor arrived with his cart in tow.

"Um hey Twilight," he started as he dug through his saddle bag," can you tell me if there was anything copper related in the halls we had cleaned up."

"Not when we started cleaning no," she said," but when I was running through the halls I saw the occasional statue made of copper." She had remembered these statues because they memorialized Queen Chrysalis in the most taunting poses ever. This copper obviously meant it fell off a statue. Which meant that the changlings had probably packed the statues when they left the castle and kingdom all together to fast to realize the broken piece on a statue.

"Oh well then I guess it was pointless staying up all night trying to find out why it was here," the Doctor said. Twilight loaded his cart laughing. She then loaded the cart and sent him off. The rest of the clean up was the same routine. Stallions came back and forth. While Twilight dropped the rubble into their carts. By lunch they had cleared out all of the broken ceiling. The tables would be rebuilt and refined to take more weight. They decided they had earned a lunch break and went to get something to eat.

Canterlot was in a better shape thanks to the hard working ponies outside the castle. Some restaurants were already opened and running again. Houses had either both floors or a floor and a half. Trees had been replanted and gardens were being worked on. The Doctor decided to stop at a restaurant by the name of Soul Foods. Inside was quiet, just the way he liked it. With the occasional clanging of glass against silverware. He approached the front counter to see a young foal with a red mane and yellow fur. Her eyes were orange, but she had bags under her eyes. It was Applebloom. She had obviously taken the job to help with the ponies in Canterlot to help with the destruction and lack of workers. He felt a little sorry for her she didn't look like she even wanted to be here.

"Hello sir what can I do for ya," Applebloom asked.

"Hmmm," he looked at the menu and noticed a familiar word, Fries. At least they still had some food from the human world that wasn't fruit or vegetables.

"I'll have some fries," he said.

"Alrighty," she turned around and yelled back to the back," we got an order of hay fries!" The Doctor turned around and went and sat at a table. He looked around to get a look at the ponies around him. Some were old and reminded him of someone he couldn't put his finger on it. Another looked strangely familiar like he was supposed to be a copy of someone who he wanted to save at one point.

"Here ya go sir," Applebloom said placing a plate of hay fries in front of him.

"Thank you," he said as he placed a few bits on the table. Applebloom picked them up and walked away. He picked a hay fry up with his mouth and ate it. It tasted almost exactly like regular fries. A few minutes later he left and started back towards the castle. He still couldn't tell why that one pony looked familiar. Well it might become clear to him sometime after he leaves Equestria.

With the clean up just finished in the dining hall they moved on to the next hall. It wasn't as damaged so it wouldn't take long. It only had a few broken pillars and windows. They started working as this would be the easiest hall yet. The cleaning only was worth three carts so they moved on. The next area was the grand hall and it was a mess. The windows were completely shattered. The glass was everywhere and pillar remnants were scattered all over. There was the occasional guard armor. That could've meant that the whole grand hall was a battle ground at one point. The railings were broken in places and there were chunks in the stairs missing. The doors were destroyed and shrapnel was everywhere. This was going to be a long job and there wouldn't be much time to relax tomorrow.

"Well this is gonna be a long clean up," Rainbow said.

"Yes, but we will get it cleaned," Twilight said," so lets get started." They all started by picking up the door shrapnel and placing it in a large crate the pegasi had brought from the storage room of the castle. With the door shrapnel cleaned the next was the actual destruction. The stallions brought the carts to the front of the castle and waited for the rubble to be dropped into the carts. By the time night fell they had only cleaned only a quarter of the destruction. They all once again returned to their living quarters.

The Doctor just couldn't sleep with the feeling of knowing that pony from somewhere. He looked so familiar and yet couldn't remember who he was. So he decided to go have a little talk with an old friend. He activated the TARDIS and was soon gone.