Fallout: Equestria - In Need of a Doctor

In another time and place, long before the war that would ravage Equestria sits a strange blue box; Currently located just south of Horseshoe Bay in place known as Caballuston, a fairly large port town known mostly for its grand museum known as The Keep. The Keep was the main draw for all species of Equestria thanks to the history and rare artifacts it managed to house, this was only part of why this box had chosen this location to be in. Looking barely big enough to fit two ponies comfortably, it was a police public call box; or at least that is what the sign on the outside said. But looks could always be deceiving. Many ponies would never even know it was there, and the few that did would find it locked if they tried to get in. But there were currently two ponies it would let in, the pair currently heading for it.

"I really don't see why you need a museum, Doctor." A cool gray mare asks, her mane and tail almost as pure white as freshly fallen snow, except for the streaks of sky blue on either side, while on her flank was whole note cutie mark with six different streaks of color radiating from it. Though what really stands out is her eyes, not just a single color like most ponies; they were all colors, Rainbow colored irises that allowed her to see things other ponies couldn't whither she liked it or not... and most times it was 'or not'. The Doctor tells her that it is a magnificent ability, but her visions usually just terrified her. "You are a time traveler, you can go to any point in time and space you wish."

"The Keep isn't JUST a museum, Harmony. It is the largest one in all of Equestria." states a warm gray Earth pony, wearing a blue bow tie and white collar around his neck, while a red fez rested atop his mussy black mane that helped earned him his nickname as the Raggedy Stallion. An hourglass cutie-mark adorned his flank. "And museums happen to be very important in my line of work. While I can see all of time as its spreads out before me, I am not omnipresent; I don't know all of history everywhere, and my life isn't always lived in chronological order. Museums allow me to know what has happened, or even might happen considering that maybe tomorrow I'll find myself in the castle of the two sisters on the eve of Nightmare Moon's ascension. I'll have an idea of why and how it should happen, to make sure history remains on track." explains going off on a brief tangent before stopping himself, and looking over to his companion. "Besides, you are the one that wanted to visit family." He replies with a smile.

"Yes... w-well its not often that I get to see my sisters. Things always seem to be chaotic when the three of us are around each other... And I think I have more then enough of that just dealing with you and your adventures." Symphony replies

The Doctor grins to her as he reaches the box. "Oh you know you love it." He says as he opens the door and the pair of them step enter with the doors closing behind them.

For many the inside of the box was a mind-blowing experience the first time they step hoof in. Being dimensionally transcendental, the box was simply put 'bigger on the inside'. The city and its canals gave way to what looked like the interior hall of grand Canterlot manor. The room itself appeared to be two-stories with a pair of curving staircases leading to the upper levels. The room had all one would expect from such a local; lavish chairs and tables, bookcases over flowing with tomes from all ages of time, and even several paintings lining the walls. Multiple hallways branched off and lead to other areas. This was the TARDIS, the home of the Doctor and home away from home for all those that traveled with him.

What really stood out from the decor of the room, was the centerpiece. a golden, hexagonal control console that is covered in all manner of strange dials, buttons, and levers on it that seem completely random; a large glass cylinder juts up from the middle and goes straight up to the ceiling. Inside the cylinder where several crystals, that were currently at rest.

The Doctor walks over to the console, and looks it over before turning to his companion. "Alright Sym," He says, using his nickname for her "where do you want to go?"

"Oh... I don't know Doctor... A-anywhere would be fine with me." She responds a bit meekly, even though she had taken several trips already, she still hadn't fully wrapped her mind around all of this. She had been just a simple unicorn a few days ago, and now she was being taken to space ships, conversing with aliens... and dealing with history first hoof.

The Doctor chuckles and grins amusedly at his companion. "Really now Symphony. I know you're still new to this whole 'travel in space and time' thing; but surely you could show some excitement for the unknown?" He asks her as he leans against the console.

"Um... Yay?" Symphony asks with a bashful smile.

The Doctor laughs and shakes his head in mild disbelief. "Alright, maybe i need to show you something truly spectacular to get your juices pumping. You've seen the past, and some run down old spaceship, so How about I show you what Equestria will be like two hundred years from now?" He asks and without waiting for a response he begins a mad dash around the console spinning dials, pushing buttons, pulling levers and making a grand show of it as he works the controls with ease.

The console begins to light up, the central cylinder begins to glow as the crystals inside slowly start to move in rhythmic timing. cussing as an odd, almost screeching like sound echos through the room as it lurches every so slightly. Anyone that would happen to be watching from the outside would simply see the blue box fade from existence in time with the sound.

*VWOORP* *VWOORP* *VWOORP*

On a monitor blue swirling clouds could be seen, lightning occasionally striking, but all is normal for the time vortex, the clouds slowly change from blue to orange signifying progression in time. "See Symphony? Everything is perfectly fi..." Before the Doctor can finish his sentence the room shakes violently as if hit by a large explosion. In the background a deep gonging bell can be heard sounding an alarm. The image on the monitor changes, as the clouds become black and wild bolts of energy shoot out from them.

"D-doctor... wh-what is that sound? wh-what's happening?" Symphony asks as she cowers under a table.

"That, I'm afraid is the cloister bell." The raggedy stallion responds as he gets to his hooves. "It only sounds in times when the TARDIS is in serious trouble. There seems to be some kind of time storm or something. I've never seen anything quite like this. I'm going to try and ge..." Once more The Doctor is interrupted by another explosion that cases the TARDIS to start tumbling out of control, as sparks fly from the console.

"Oh... not again!" The doctor growls with mild annoyance, as once more he finds himself trapped in an uncontrollable TARDIS, and as it tumbles recklessly through the time stream to who knows when.

"Y-You mean this has happened before?" Symphony asks from now behind the table as it has fallen over yet is still trying to use it as some sort of shelter.

The Doctor nods to his companion, shielding his eyes as another explosion rocks sparks from the console. "Yeah, first time I met you, remember how I crashed into your backyard when you were a filly? Happened shortly after I regenerated, The TARDIS got caught in an explosion as it was dematerializing and threw everything for a loop. I couldn't gain control... and well... you know the rest." He chuckles as he struggles to get back to the console.

"I thought you said this was all safe!"

"Come on, Sexy; hold together." The Doctor states, not even having heard his companion as he tries to correct course. The blue box continue to rock and shake with each explosion; the book cases and tables starting to fall over and scatter about.

Symphony blinks. "Excuse me?"

"Oh not you... Not that you aren't a very lovely mare, of course." The Doctor says with a nervous chuckle. "I mean her, the TARDIS. She's alive you know, she's not just machine, she is has an actually consciousness, and even what you ponies might refer to as a soul. And I know she can understand me, so you better listen up when I tell you to stop falling apart on me!" He yells as an explosion hits and the other side of the console sparks making him to run over to the other side to figure out what is going on.

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Um.. yes... yes there is. You can... um... uh.. ah! Try and stop my furniture from trying to rearrange itself. I worked very hard getting it how I liked it and I'd rather not have the pool wind up in the library... again... or have my books go flying out into the time vortex."

"Pool...? Library...? ...Again...?" Harmony asks in utter confusion before shaking her head. "Just how big is this ship of yours? And how the hay am I supposed to stop that?"

"Long story... well not really long... quite short actually, just REALLY not the time to tell it." The Doctor says as he pulls out what looks like a silvery metal wand with a green crystal on the tip; his trademark sonic screwdriver and aims it at the controls. "As for the rest... well... Let's just say you never ask a lady how big she is... They don't tend to like it... you should know that... you're a mare."

Symphony narrows her eyes and shakes her head, realizing that he's just trying to give her pointless busy work while he does whatever it is he does. There were times where he really got on her nerves.

"Ah ha! I think I got it... yes... yes... NO! no! What do you mean you just jettisoned the store room?" He asks and facehoofs. "I needed that!" He huffs and shakes his head, continuing on trying to put things right again. "...Ah.. come on... come on... Yes!" The doctor exclaims being completely oblivious to his companion's annoyance. "Now, this might still be a rough landing.. But I've got her stabilized and course corrected... but I don't think we are out of the woods yet. She took some heavy damage and I'm going need to find some parts to repair her... since we've no longer have any of our own..."

"Doesn't it need more specific parts, Doctor?"

"Oh yes, certainly... But they're kinda hard to come by nowadays, and besides it wouldn't be the first time I've had to jury rig her." He laughs. "You should have seen some of the work my past self did to her, looked like a kitchen aide supply shop blew up in here."

"S-so... um... where will we land?"

"Oh, we should be about two hundred years into the future, just as I said. Give or take a few years..." The Doctor replies and almost as if on cue the room shudders, as it just suddenly hit the ground very hard. "Going to have to work on that materializer, girl..." He comments to himself before walking over to the double doors and opens them. "Symphony, Welcome... to the world... of tomorrow!" He exclaims with joy and opens the doors to reveal... certainly not the shining example of progress either of them would have expected, but rather the burned down ruins of city.

"Doctor... I don't think we are in Equestria anymore..." Symphony says, barely managing to find the words...

The Doctor blinks and turns around to see what she means and his jaw nearly hits the floor. "Blimey... we didn't land THAT hard did we?"

"Um... I think I've had enough of the future... Can we go home now?" Symphony asks as she backs slowly away from the doors.

"Unfortunately, not. First, I've got to find some spare parts... which might be much harder to do now... and second... Aren't you just the least bit curious how things got like this? I certainly am. Come along, Sym. Geronimo!" The Doctor exclaims as he heads out into the Wasteland, with his very reluctant companion in tow.

"I am starting to regret ever meeting you, Doctor..." Symphony says under her breath, hoping to find the parts and get home soon.