Once a Time Lord, Now a Pony

The Doctor was lonely. He'd had this feeling before, and it was never a nice feeling. More like the feeling of despair, at least for him. it was really not a good thing for him to travel alone, as he lost sight of his morals, things becoming blended. His companions, they kept him on the right track. Kept him human, made sure he never got too full of himself. Not even a while ago, he thought he'd met someone who'd fix his problem, this woman aboard a ship, a flying clone of the infamous Titanic. But it was not to be. She sacrificed herself to help stop her boss from dropping the replica over London. It was a long story, not worth reliving. And then there were the others...

"Well Old Girl, where should we go next? Telos? I hear it's changed a bit. Or maybe Midnight, got great reviews that place. Or what about..."

The Doctor was so focused on his musings he failed to notice the alarm going off in the background. He did notice however, when it progressed and changed into the Cloister Bell.

"Hold on... Sensors are picking up... Wait a moment, that's not possible! It's like a crack in space and time itself! Like something exploded. And I'm being sucked into it! Gotta try something..."

He flipped a few switches on his console, but to no avail. His expression grew frantic.

"Nothing I can do to stop it! Not now... So, only one thing to say now. Allons-Y!"

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In her private quarters in Canterlot Castle, Princess Celestia herself detected the arrival of the Doctor and his newfound presence in her kingdom. She looked up from her book.

"Somepony has arrived. Somepony very powerful, and very old indeed."

She didn't know who or what the being known as the Doctor was, but for now she could wait and content herself with watching for him. They'd reveal their purpose in time...

Elsewhere...

"That statue is giving me the creeps. You may think it's art but I think it should be locked up where nopony can see it. Call me paranoid, but that's what I think." Captain Shining Armor of the Royal Guard muttered while looking into the newly arrived statue before him. The Princess herself had ordered it for her personal garden. Nearby, Flash Sentry, his personal right hooves man shook his head in disagreement.

"I think it looks sad. See, it's weeping. Dunno why the boss lady wants it, but who are we to question her?" He said, before shrugging. Then he looked at his captain, who shook his head.

"Sad? I've seen sad. Sad's when my girlfriend can't get access to chocolate or when she reads Romeo and Juliet. That's not sad, that thing right there just looks disturbing."

"Suit yourself. I stand by my statement and that's that."

The two looked back at the statue before sharing a good solid shiver.

"C'mon, let's just get this thing inside. And the sooner the better." Shining ordered.

At a café in another part of Canterlot...

Coughing, the Doctor stepped out of his Tardis. As it had happened, it'd crashed though the window of the café. Needless to say, the cafe's patrons were beginning to stare at this strange sight in their midst.

"Well, what are you looking at?"

"You... You just crash landed through a cafe window!" Filthy Rich said in shock.

"So what? I crash land though a lot of café windows! There was this one time... Oh look, you're all horses. Isn't that nice? Well, I suppose ponies would be a better term. Oh look, I'm one now too! Isn't that nice?" The Doctor mused before fainting. Filthy shook his head.

"He's completely impossible..."

When the Doctor awoke,  he found himself in a grand throne room filled with stain glass windows with depictions of what he assumed were important events in this world's history. He then realized he was not alone. In the room was a pure white horse with wings and a multicolored mane. Also there was Shining Armor and a couple of his men. Flash wasn't with them.

"Who are you?"

"You really should introduce yourself first. Rude!"

"...So is crashing through a café window." Shining muttered. Celestia glared at him before speaking.

"Oh yes, where are my manners? My name is Princess Celestia. Now I ask again, what is your name and why are you here?"

The Doctor naturally, was estatic.

"OH! A noble! I knew a noble once, but mind you her name was Noble, not her kind of title. I'm the Doctor btw. Never using that phrase again. As for why I'm here, I crashed through a crack in time and space. Could have happened to anybody."

"You mean anypony?" Celestia corrected him while Shining mouthed "Doctor Who?" before saying "You're either mad or completely drunk on hard cider."

"Well I might be mad but drunk? I don't thi-"

Just then, another guard burst in. A expression of urgency was on his face.

"Princess! Captain! The new statue's been stolen!"

Celestia and Shining shared a look.

"Say that again. The Princess's new statue's been stolen, right under the noses of my best ponies!?!"

The guard nodded his confirmation nervously.

"Y-yes sir. That's it sir. That's the truth Shining Armor sir!"

"There should be a Captain in there..." Shining muttered before continuing. "Oh, now this I must see."

"I'm coming along too!" The Doctor piped up.

"I won't have a drunk slowing me down. Not right now."

Celestia, who had been keeping silent for the past few moments finally spoke up again.

"Let him go, Captain."

"Alright, fine. I'll take him with me."

The Doctor grinned like a madman.

"Alright then, let's go! Allons-Y!"

The Doctor and Shining Armor went to Celestia's private garden, where the statue, along with Flash who'd been left as a guard should have been but was not. Shining growled, someone was going to pay for this. Had to be vandals somehow, that was the only explanation. He reminded himself to better train his men if they could let something like THIS happen.

"Yeah, it's gone alright. So is Flash. Wonder what happened?"

The Doctor was willing to offer up his own explanation.

"Sure he didn't desert?"

Shining shook his head no.

"Not this guy. I dare say he's one of my best. Top of his class, although not good with mares. From the looks of things I think he might have been kidnapped..."

"But there's no sign of a struggle."

This was true. Everything seemed normal. Too normal, in fact. Aside from the missing guard and statue, nothing was out of place.

"Almost if... Nah, couldn't be... By the way, how's my new regeneration? Tell me, am... I ginger?"

"No, you're sort of brown." Shining said, somewhat confused. Okay, more then somewhat. The Doctor stamped his hoof in frustration and annoyance.

"Rats! I'm not ginger still? This new life, not off to a great start..." The last Time Lord said sadly before taking his sonic screwdriver out and trying to hold it in his hooves. He very quickly dropped it. "This... will take some getting used to. Hooves and not ginger!"

He picked up the sonic with his mouth and used it to scan the area. When he saw his results, the Doctor frowned. Not what he wanted, but what he expected ever since the word statue came up.

"I need to get back to the Tardis, confirm this. Did you by perchance pick up a blue wooden box marked Police? Not hard to miss."

Shining thought about it for a moment.

"Oh, that thing. yes, but why?"

"Cause I need it! Now where is it?"

"Right this way but you're going to explain what's going on very soon!"