Once a Time Lord, Now a Pony

KABOOM!

The Doctor was running. Running as always. This time, it was from a angry group of lizard ponies he had rather... ticked off so to speak. It wasn't his fault that their princess fell in love with him! He was just being nice! Rassilon, he did hope he wasn't turning into Jack. Then he'd never hear the end of it from him.

"Get him! I want him found! Then married to the princess! He'll pay for leaving her at the altar!" A voice yelled, probably the king.

Okay, admittedly that one was his fault. But he didn't want to marry her! Heck, he didn't even want her to fall in love with him in the first place! But that was the way his luck worked. It almost seemed at times some deity had it out for him. And considering this universe had a chaos enity which absolutely loved to mess with ponies' lives it honestly wouldn't surprise him.

"There he is! Get him in chains!" A guard yelled as the Doctor turned a corner only to meet a whole bunch of troops. He swallowed, did a little wave good-bye and ran like Hell...

Golden Oaks Library, the present...

"So, the unnamed doctor was eventually never found, seemingly vanishing without a trace from the tunnels after jumping into a portal of some sort. I... I don't believe it. It's like he's gallivanting about through the pages of history acting like a fool!" Twilight ranted, as she put down her latest history text.

"I don't know darling..." Rarity said from next to her, as she did her hair and brushed it using her magic. "I'd like a stallion like him. He'd at least be amusing to say the least."

Twilight groaned and muttered "You got to be kidding me..." before turning to her friend. "Rarity, the stallion may be nice but he attracts danger wherever he goes half the time it seems. You'd be running for your life, probably on something which was supposed to be a nice vacation."

"Most vacations are boring Twilight. Least you'd keep your figure. If you ask me Twilight darling you should snatch this guy up before somepony else does. I'll bet the mares are just lining up outside his house." Rarity replied with a smirk. Twilight had to admit at least that, though she doubted any old mare could find said house if you could call it that. Still, she was amused by a mental image of a line of mares going into the Tardis which above it said "Handsome Mad Genius of a stallion inside!" She chuckled to herself.

"Half this stuff sounds pretty exciting if you ask me." Spike replied as he walked by. "Fighting monsters and all that."

That was the last straw for Twilight, and she screamed.

"AM I THE ONLY SANE PONY IN HERE!?!"

Then there was a knock on the door followed by another. Guess who it was?

"Hello Twilight! Care for a adventure?" The Doctor grinned. Twilight sputtered out her response. "I-I've got books to look over for the Princess! She'll completely flip if they turn out to be infested with dark magic! A-and then it's back to Magic Kindergarden for me! So no, I don't want to go on a adventure when I have plenty of things to do here!" Twilight ranted.

"Twilight darling, you do realize he's a TIME TRAVELER right?" Rarity deadpanned. "You could be back before you know it."

"Besides sis." Spike began. "A vacation might make you loosen up a little. There's more to life then just books." He said, with a blushing gaze at Rarity for a brief moment.

Twilight sputtered once more. "I-I do more then read! I went to the opera house once, remember! Mind you, I got attacked by a lightning bolt throwing Pegasus but still!" She said. "I am completely loosened, as you put it."

Rarity and Spike shared a look and raised a eyebrow. They then gave her a expression that said "Really?" Twilight blushed bright red.

"O-okay, I admit I may need a slight-"

"Slight?" Rarity deadpanned again. Another blush from Twilight.

"Okay, more then slight." She admitted before turning to the Doctor. "So, where do you want to go?"

He smiled a manic grin, the one she was used to.

"I thought I'd let you choose. All of time and space. Where do you want to start?" He asked, and Twilight thought about it for a moment before saying those fateful words.

"I want to see... The future."

Inside the Tardis, the Doctor pulled switches, turned a wheel and pressed a button all in a very specific sequence and with a manic speed through it all. The Tardis groaned and Twilight held on for dear life as it flew through time and space. Then, just as Twilight felt she was about to throw up, it stopped just as quickly as it began.

"Where are we?" She asked.

"About five years into your future, if I'm guessing. Now first, a few ground rules. Don't get involved, don't talk to anyone, and above all else do not and I repeat DO NOT meet yourself. I don't know what would happen, but I suspect the universe would implode so... Yeah, bad." He explained before going off somewhere else in the Tardis. When he returned a few moments later, he was clad in a black and white tuxedo.

"Hmm, don't know if I should be wearing this. Seems to attract trouble whenever I do." He muttered.

"Think that's just you." Twilight deadpanned as they went outside and found themselves in downtown Manehatten. Across the street, as chariots rumbled by to and fro was a gathering at a skyscraper owned by the Rich Corperation. The Doctor and Twilight shared a look of interest before walking over. They knew the best way to find out what was going on at any point was to be social. The Doctor pulled out his psychic paper and flashed it to a bouncer.

"The Doctor. This is Twilight, she's my plus one."

As he was let inside, he failed to notice the bouncer mutter "Okay, now I'm going crazy. I'm seeing double."

Inside, ponies of high social statues smoozed with each other and drunk and ate to their heart's content. Some were actors, others bankers and lawyers. The Doctor wasn't too fond of this last type, as shown when his face changed into one of distaste. In any case though, he knew he could find something out here.

Meanwhile in the Present, at the Royal Guard Barracks...

"Huh, looks like we've got a gift." Shining muttered as he walked over to the package that had just shown up outside the commander's barracks. "Probably better check, make sure it's not someone's angry lover or something."

He then preformed a spell that would clear out almost any hazard that could come via mail Note, I said almost any as there were some plagues that were so rare and almost extinct that they'd probably never show up anywhere outside of secure vaults. Sadly, what Shining didn't know was that was what this box contained and he coughed as he opened it and a white powder entered his breathing space. Then, he stumbled and fell over as two Royal Guards rushed over.

"Get him to Canterlot General, now. And someone alert the Princess. We may have a big problem on our hooves..." Steel Sentry, now second in command of the Guard barked.

In the shadows, a pony in a cloak smirked to itself. Now, this would draw the Doctor out of hiding it knew.

Back in Future Manehatten...

As Twilight watched the Doctor socialize, she failed to look where she was going and suddenly bumped right into somepony. Blushing and muttering apologies she looked upwards and her jaw dropped. The mare she'd bumped into was her. But not quite her. For one thing, she was taller and had wings. She was also dressed in the garb of a princess. Present-Twilight gulped.

"Oh dear Celestia." She whispered while her counterpart said...

"Well, this is certainly... unexpected."