Through Another's Eyes

“Oh, where is that blasted mare?” The Doctor asked as he tapped his hoof on the pavement in front of his TARDIS

“She’s probably just trying to get Bon-Bon to come with her, as always” said Derpy happily, watching some foals play around under Celestia’s sun

“Yes, but this trip is supposed to be Lyra’s choice for helping me out of that situation with the Chameleon Arch and she isn’t even here yet!” The Doctor flailed his hooves into the air “You know I hate waiting…”

During the Changeling attack on Canterlot a few days ago, The Doctor was in a rather… terrifying situation which involved a Changeling swarm, the Chameleon Arch and Carrot Top. Lyra was the one to finally find the fob watch Derpy and Romana were having trouble looking for inside the wedding cake for some reason, and The Doctor was truly grateful for that. If not, he wouldn’t have been able to repel the Changelings and they would have already enslaved all of Equestria thanks to the “love-powered” beam made by Shining Armour and Princess Cadence. Honestly, attacking creatures who feed on love with even more love? That was as useful as dunking flammable cooking oil into a fire in an attempt to extinguish it.

As the two friends waited, The Doctor recalled back to what Romana had told him. Apparently, she was terribly sick with a fever and could not follow him today. Silly Time Lady, thinking she could hide something from The Doctor. He simply scanned her room on the way out and chuckled silently when he noticed some timey-wimey things were in progress. Whatever she wants to do with Berry Punch and Ruby, he should just leave them alone for the time being.

His attention was brought back to Equestria when Derpy called out to him, saying she sees Lyra bolting towards them in full speed. The Doctor wanted to rejoice as his waiting was finally over and he could finally brag about some cool time stuff when he noticed Lyra’s extra luggage.

“Oh, hell, no…” he muttered

Trotting behind Lyra, telling her to slow down… was Carrot Top.

“Yo, Doc!” Lyra said enthusiastically as she skidded to a stop in front of The Doctor and his companion “Bon-Bon’s too scared to come along after last time, so I brought a surrogate best friend to follow!”

The group’s attention shifted to Carrot Top as she, too, stopped in front of the TARDIS. Her panting was extremely heavy from chasing Lyra around all of Ponyville since Lyra forgot where they were supposed to meet up with the two ponies. As a matter of fact, Lyra didn’t even tell her she wanted to go meet The Doctor. She just tapped her on her shoulder and told Carrot Top to follow her. In sight of the TARDIS, she sighed.

“Is THIS what you wanted me to see, Lyra? Because Derpy already told me about it” Carrot Top grunted as she tried to catch her breath, all the while avoiding The Doctor’s gaze “I’m still having nightmares about the Slitheen, you know”

Hearing the mare’s denial, Lyra couldn’t help but to moan. Maybe it was high time she actually did something alone for once.

“I’m not usually one to judge, but I don’t think that surrogate best friends are actually right” Derpy said “And technically, she’s my BFF”

“But Bon-Bon’s so boring today!” Lyra whined “She wouldn’t even cook breakfast, and I need my 13 pancakes! Can’t she just be my BFF, just for a day?”

“No” the two time travelling ponies said in unison

“Not even for a few hours?”

“No”

“Half an hour?”

“No”

During their conversation, they didn’t notice Carrot Top trotting away from them. Derpy called her back, even going as far as trying to chase her which ended in a tree getting knocked over. Despite telling the yellow mare that this was going to be a ‘fun, alienless trip to someplace super-duper fun!’, Carrot Top only kindly shook her head. She’s had enough adventures for a lifetime, and she didn’t need any more.

“And I need some away-time from… Time Turner…” Carrot Top said with another sigh as se trotted away, leaving the accident-prone Pegasus confused

“Who’s Time Turner?” she asked the remaining two ponies when she got back to the TARDIS “And how is he connected to us?”

“Long story, Derpy” The Doctor muttered “Anyway, where do you want to go, Lyra?”

The three ponies have already entered the TARDIS and the mint mare was already bouncing around excitedly, pressing buttons and pulling levers around which terrified The Doctor. Her response only made the Time Lord panic even more.

“I have no idea!”

“GAH!” The Doctor screamed as the TARDIS tilted sideways

“Wow, I could never do this whenever I’m in control!” Derpy said enthusiastically but with a hint of fear “A-are you sure we’re not going to end up on another planet infested with giant killer potatoes again?”

Before anypony even got to reply to her, the TARDIS landed with a loud CRASH which could even impress Vinyl Scratch. The Doctor sighed as he tried to stand up, thinking back to his choice of companions.

He was fine with Derpy, she was brilliant. Carrot Top was around for a few trips, but she’s too terrified to go for any more (and added with the past situation, he liked this revelation as well), Vinyl Scratch helped with fixing the time-space continuum once and he never saw her since, Bon-Bon was a carry-on by Lyra, Berry Punch was just… creepy, and Lyra was probably the most destructive choice yet. Honestly, can’t he have normal companions like Rose and Martha?

“Are we safe yet?” Derpy asked

“I don’t know” The Doctor said as he rubbed his head “Let me check outsi-IIIIIIDDDEEE!”

Hearing the scream, both mares jumped and ran for the door, only to find the great blue sky and The Doctor barely holding onto the TARDIS with his hooves. After a couple of minutes (and several slip ups), The Doctor was safely back on the TARDIS. He looked at Lyra expectantly.

“We’re on a cloud… we, are on, a CLOUD! How is that even possible?!”

“Well, it is for Pegasi, remember?” Derpy said, rubbing her head which she knocked on the TARDIS earlier on

“But this is a TARDIS, not a Pegasus… Gah, pony physics”

“Anyway, we’re here!” Lyra said as she jumped outside, landing on a cloud with as much grace as a falling hippo “Wow, clouds sure are fluffy!”

The Doctor, dumbstruck and confused, looked at the mint Unicorn with admiration. He almost followed suit when he remembered his past conundrum. To be safe, he took out his Sonic Screwdriver and pointed it at Lyra. After some whirring sounds, he came to the conclusion that she had cast a spell on herself, probably post-saving him, to walk on clouds.

“Care to give me a lift, Derpy?” asked the stallion

“Wait, wait, wait!” Lyra called out “I got this!”

She carefully let her horn glow a bright green colour, building up in potential as time passes by. After a few seconds, she unleashes a mighty yell as the energy flowing within her horn was shot straight towards the Time Lord. The stallion screamed as agonizing pain was shot through his body. He felt extra limbs bursting out from his body and prayed for the best. A few seconds later, the light faded and The Doctor stood. Only this time, he had a magnificent pair of wings.

“Well, fancy that!” The Doctor exclaimed as he gazed at his new wings “Hold on, my voice… Wait a minute, I feel younger than usual!”

“Oh, I guess that’s the aftereffect” Lyra said casually “Bon-Bon had a sudden urge to drink milk after I shot her the first time”

“How do you have great magic again if your special talent is playing the lyre?” asked The Doctor

“I… have no idea…” Lyra said with an air of confusion

“Hey guys, I think I know when we are!” Derpy said, pointing towards a stadium which was decorated with banners “This is two years ago, during the Best Young Flyer competition! This is when Rainbow Dash did the Sonic Rainboom!”

Feeling giddy, the three ponies rushed over to the stadium, hoping to catch the competition. Who knows? Maybe something exciting would happen while they are there. Obviously, knowing these ponies, something exciting is bound to happen.