Warriors of Time: The Stallion (Book 1)

   It all happened so fast; one second the Doctor was spinning through the galaxy, the next he was on the floor of the TARDIS, hurt, and unconscious. He slowly lifted his eyelids to see that the TARDIS was a battlefield; tools, cloths and machines were broken and miss placed. But the Doctor didn't care. All he wanted to do was sleep. He closed his eyes once more, but could have sworn he heard a door open, hear a gasp, and felt like he was being lifted before he blacked out again.

   When the Doctor woke up, he was no longer in the TARDIS, but in a comfortable bed in what looked like a hospital room. The sun was shining brightly to the point where he couldn't see. It was then that the Doctor noticed that he couldn't feel his fingers, feet, and that his nose felt strangely bigger. As he looked in a nearby mirror, he was horrified by what he saw; instead of seeing a man staring back at him from the mirror, he saw a pony!

   The Doctor gave a little shout as a medical doctor entered the room. "Well, seems you've woken up at last." the doctor said as he started staring at his clipboard that was being levitated by his magic. The Doctor in the bed was shocked! Standing right in front of him was a unicorn! A real, talking unicorn! The Doctor had lived a very long life and never did he meet or hear of anybody meeting a unicorn that could talk!

   "Right well, I should go and get the ponies who came to visit you. They will want to know you're alright." commented the medical Doctor as he exited the room. The Doctor was met with even more shock. Visiters. He had visitors? Perhaps they were the ones who saved him from death. "Well, at least I will get a chance to thank my rescuers." the brown stallion thought.

   Derpy, Twilight, and the rest of the mane six were all sitting in the waiting room. Twilight had gone to inform her friends of what had happened and they had all insisted on coming with her to the hospital. They were all very nervous, but not as much as Twilight and Derpy were for the stranger.

   Finally after what felt like an eternity, the doctor came back in. All the young mares stood up as the doctor spoke, "He will be fine. He's awake now." at those words, everypony in the group gave out relieved sighs. Rainbow dash spoke, "Can we see him." the doctor nodded, but then said, "I think it would be best if the ones who saved him went to see him first, though." Twilight and Derpy gave each other sideways glances as they went to the room the injured pony was in.

    When they got into the room, the doctor turned in their direction as they all stood frozen in their places for a few moments. Twilight sensed the stallion studying her as his eyes landed on Derpy. When Derpy felt the Doctor's eyes on her, she couldn't help but feel heat rising up in her cheeks. To her relief, Twilight spoke up, "Ah...hello, there. I am Princess Twilight Sparkle, and this is my friend, Derpy." Derpy waved her right hoof as she said, "...Hi..."

    The Doctor soon regained his composure as he cleared his throat and spoke, "Oh, well...yes. I just wanted to thank you both for saving me. If you hadn't come, I probably would be dead." The atmosphere in the room soon lifted as Derpy grinned wildly as she went to the Doctor's bedside. "Well, of course! We couldn't just walk away if somepony was hurt." the Doctor couldn't help but chuckle at the pegasus's choice of words.

    "So just wondering, but who are you, exactly?" Twilight asked as she joined Derpy. The Doctor hesitated for a moment or two before he decided to answer the purple alicorn's question, "I'm the Doctor." Derpy raised an eyebrow before asking, "The doctor of what?" the brown stallion clarified the answer quickly, "I'm just called the Doctor." at those words, Derpy gave a big smile as she held her hoof out waiting for him to shake it. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Doctor!"

    It took a minute for the Doctor to figure out how to shake a hoof without any fingers, before he did the best he could to shake Derpy's own and then shook Twilight's. Still, there was one question that was nagging at the back of his mind, so he asked, "So, do you two know where I am." Twilight raised her eyebrow at the question. How in Celestia's name did this pony not know where he was!? Nevertheless, she answered, "You're in the Ponyville Hospital, in the great land of Equestria."