Awakening

        It was a peaceful day in Canterlot. There was no parties or celebrations, just a peaceful street. Most of the citiziens took their time when trotting around the capital city. All except one.

Party Note, a green half-pegasus from the royal guard, was speeding through the streets of Canterlot. His incridebly short brown mane, that didn't even reach his neck, and his long and wild tail were both flailing in the air.

While he ran, the guard captain made sure to put on his uniform except the shoes, since putting them on would require him to stop, and he didn't have time for that. Despite being a pegasus, Party Note's wings could never really carry him around that fast, due to the unicorn blood that ran in his veins. He didn't really mind much, since his unicorn blood could detect magic, if he concentrated enough, but he still wished he could go a bit faster at times.

As he arrived to Canterlot castle, his brain was going 100 miles an hour, trying to figure out why her highness had called him there.

The halfblood pegasus' job usually consisted of a ton of paperwork, and the last time he'd been called to the castle, he wasn't even a captain yet. Instead of standing around and wasting time, he decided that it would be better to just find out when he reached the throne room.

On his way up the stairs, he noticed that there were a severe lack of guards in the castle. There were plenty of servants, but most of the guards seemed to be missing. Before he could think about anything else, he arrived at the throne room. Outside the throne room, there were 2 guards, in full uniform, who greeted Party Note.

Before doing anything else, he put on his foot-wear.

Once fully dressed in his uniform, the pegasus signaled to the guards, that they should open the door.

Upon Party Note entered the room, the guard captain noticed something. Waiting in the throne room was, not just Celestia, but Luna and another guardspony. This guard was different however.

He was wearing a night-guard uniform, despite not being a bat-pony, and his coat was a deep blue color. His mane was done in spikes that pointed backwards, and his tail was very short. His hair color was black with yellow stribes, and he was clearly an earth-pony.

Party Note had met this stallion before. His name was Wright, and he was a lieutenant from Luna's royal guard. Him and Party Note had met eachother before, doing meetings about larger problems, and a couple of times doing training.

Calling his relationship with Luna 'profesional', would be far off the truth. Luna and Wright talked to eachother about the same way, that Twilight used to talk to Celestia.

Snapping out of his thoughts, the green half-blood started walking towards Celestia, while trying to look as 'official' as possible.

Once the pegasus had reached a good distance, standing next to Wright, the doors shut behind him, and Celestia started talking.

”It's good you're here, Partine.” the ruler of the sun said. Party Note cringed slightly. He never liked being called 'Partine'.

Paying no mind to the guard captain's reaction, the princess continued: ”The task at hand is... delicate.”.

That caught Party Note's attention. Delicate? he thought. Then this isn't a crisis, which is good, but what is it then?

His questions were soon to be answered, as the voice of the sun spoke again.

”A recent burst of magic from the Everfree Forest in Ponyville, seem to have cracked the earth. According to the guards investigating the crack, it has revealed a ruin.”

Celestia paused, as if she wanted to give the guardsponies in front of her some time to process what she had just said. Then she continiued. ”It seems as if the magical outburst came from within that ruin. That's where you come in Partine.”.

Party Note raised a brow, before realising that Celestia was refering to his ability to detect magic. Party Note nodded in understanding, as Celestia gestured him to leave.

Just when Party Note was about to leave however, Wright broke the silence and began to speak.

”Why did I get called here? I mean it's not lik-...”. Before Wright could say anything else, Luna broke in.

”We realise that it may not be obvious, but despite his position, Captain Kaknota have not been doing well in combat training.”.

Party Note crinched before responding.

”I just prefer not using shields. A sword can both block and attack, so why would I use anything else?”.

Luna raised a brow at that statement before continueing to explain.

”The magical outburst may have caused some dangers of the area to become a more dangerous. We believe that it would do good to have somepony who passed the training accompany him.”

Party Note gave the night princess a slightly annoyed glare, before turning his attention towards Princess Celestia.

With a slightly irritated voice, he spoke again. ”Is that all, your highness?”

Celestia nodded. ”You are dismissed.” The ruler of the sun said.

As Party Note and Wright left, a guard came up to them. He was a pegasus guard from Celestia's royal guard. He saluted his supiriors before talking.  ”Greetings, Sir Kaknota and Sir Wright. A carriage is standing prepared for you both outside of the castle.”

Those were the last words spoken before they flew of in the chariot.

Somewhere in time and space

The doctor could feel the TARDIS shaking, as it flew through the time-vortex. It wasn't built for flying this fast, but time was of the essence.

The doctor took a glance at Derpy. She was very hurt after an encounter with a manticore, and the doctor was on his way to a hospital.

Derpy's mane was messy and so was her tail. Her face was beaten up and her body was red and blue all over. She was lying curled up on a pillow close to the doctor.

The doctor, feeling bad for having dragged her through that, sat down next to her and started petting her mane.

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he looked so peaceful, despite being in pain, and seeing that helped his mood slightly. "Relax, Derpy. I won't let anything happen to    you." He stood up again and looked at the control panel, getting lost in thought.

He suddenly broke from his thoughts, though, due to the TARDIS making a familiar sound. "Wrroom... Wrroom..."

It was the sound the TARDIS made when it entered or exited the vortex.

The doctor sighed in relieve, as he knew that this sound meant that the tour was over.

When he opened the door, however, he wasn't in a hospital but in a garden.

The TARDIS was parked between some tall bushes and trees.

The brown stallion peeked through the bushes and saw a beatiful garden.

There were flowers, neatly arranged between pathways, and statues that represented Equestria's history.

As much as he would like to explore the garden he was in, he decided that he should get back to Derpy.

As he left the garden, one thought crossed his mind: Why did the TARDIS land here?