Doctor Whooves: robot on the Canterlot Express

The atmosphere of the dining car on the Canterlot express was normal. All around ponies was eating and talking to each other.

Two ponies, one named Cherry Berry, the other one named Berry Punch were chatting over their meal:

"I think I'm going to bed early" Cherry Berry said, after she'd finished her meal.

"OK I'll see you back at our room" Berry Punch replied.

Cherry Berry got up out of her seat and trotted out of the dining car to her room. She was almost there when there was a noise behind her.

"Who's there!?" asked Cherry, running towards where the noise had came from. "Berry if that's you I swear..." she broke off as she saw the source of the noise. It looked like a pony, but it's whole body was made of metal and it's face was completely blank with no features of any kind. "Is this some kind of joke Berry?" Cherry asked the metal pony. The strange pony made no reply but raised one of its front legs and a split second later a small razer tipped arrow shot out of the end of his hoof.

Cherry didn't have time to react, the arrow hit her squarely in the chest. The pony stood over her, still saying nothing. Then there was the sound of somepony approaching.

The pony turned to see Berry Punch. She was about to speak when she noticed Cherry Berry's limp body with the arrow sticking out of her.

"Help somepony help!" Berry cried.

From the other direction came the sound of pounding hooves approaching. The metal pony did a little leap into the air and vanished. Some of the personnel on the train were already looking over Cherry Berry's body.

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In the baggage car on the Canterlot Express there was a small, sudden wind accompanied by a strange wheezing and groaning. A familiar blue police box appeared.

The doors opened and a brown coated stallion wearing a black dinner jacket with a bow tie, stepped out.

"Your train awaits my ladies" he said.

He was followed by a mint green coated unicorn mare. She was wearing a dress the same colour as her coat.

Then she was followed by another mare, this time an earth pony with a caramel coloured coat and a scarlet dress that was covered with a thin black veil.

This pony was followed by another unicorn mare who had a light blue coloured coat and was wearing a dress coloured both light and dark blue.

The last one to exit the police box was a grey coated pegasus pony. She was wearing a dress that was coloured a very feint light blue and grey. Her yellow-orange pupils were pointing in two wildly different directions.

"Wonderful" the mint coloured unicorn, who's name was Lyra, said looking around where they had landed.

"It's only the baggage car but thanks for lying Lyra" the brown stallion called the Doctor, replied.

He lead the four mares to the door connecting the carriages, "The real wonderful is through here" he said, gesturing towards the door.

They stopped outside. Music drifted through the carriage door along with the noise of the train whistle.

"There were many trains to take the name of Canterlot Express" the Doctor explained, "but only one..." he continued as he opened the carriage door, "in space" he finished. He lead the four mares into a low lit drawing room with red velvet curtains, shuttered windows and a antique furniture. A singer and a band was playing a lounge version Sapphire Shores song Serves Her Right.

"Of course it is" the caramel coloured earth pony, who's name was Bon Bon, replied.

"Completely faithfully reconstruction of the original Canterlot Express" the Doctor continued, "except slightly bigger and in space oh, and the rails actually hyperspace ribbon. But in every other respect, identical, painstaking attention to detail" he finished before a pony in a dinner jacket with a mechanical eye pushed past him, "most of time" he said.

The music from the singer wafted around the room