Several years in the past...

“Time. A living being that happens all around us at the same moment. Time is everywhere and every thing. It’s happening everywhere. We’re living in the past, present. Pretty soon, in five seconds, five days, five months, five years, five centuries even, the future will soon be here before we know it. There’s one being who can go and visit all of them.”

“Who is it?” My little foal self asked Ms. Ditzy, a grey mare with blonde mane and crooked eyes and a smile that makes everyone happy, telling me a story while her daughter and sister, my best friends Dinky and Sparkler was asleep soundly in her bed.

Reason why I was up, I couldn’t sleep. It was always hard for me to sleep at night. It would cause tension towards my caretaker and the other foals back at Ponyville's Orphanage. I would do nothing but make up stories...and gaze at the stars.

More like..looking up at space.

Once again, on that night, I was outside with my telescope, looking up at the sky when she caught me outside. When she asked me that i knew what time it was, I replied by saying “Time is relevant when looking up.” A faint sad smile spread on her muzzle before she walked out beside me and began telling me the story.

“A pony, with a box. He’s a dangerous being, a hero he once was. Going around, saving others, passing through time and space.” Dinky said as she hoofs me a muffin. I used my magic, my horn glowed a beautiful blue color that looked like the night sky and had white specks in it like stars. i lift the muffin and ate it. “I used to travel with him.”

“Really?” I muffled, the muffin in my cheeks.

She gave me a nod. “Why yes. I used to travel around everywhere with him. We would see many diffrent things. Some adventures were scary and we almost got killed several times. I loved him.” She sighed, looking back at the house where they were inside.

“What happened?” I then asked.

“He...he changed...he became the pony I didn’t know. We had a fight and then...he’s gone. That’s what he does, Mystica, he appears and disappears all at the same time.” She replied with a sigh. “He’s a coward and...and a liar.” She said, rubbing her cheeks.

There was something else. I couldn’t put it, but something wasn’t right about the story. i could tell that she loved this pony but she also looked afraid and sad at the same time.

“Do you miss him, Ms. Ditzy?” I asked her.

She nodded. “Oh, Mystie,” she said, calling me by my nickname. “Days don’t go by when I don’t think about him. He...he was my everything. But...if he were to come back...I would never travel with him again.”

I scooted closer to her and tilted my head. “What’s his name?”

She put her wings around me and smiled sadly. “He...he goes by the name...Doctor.”

“Doctor who?”

Ditzy giggled. “Just Doctor.”

“Wow..”

The Doctor….I’ve been to dozens of doctors before. But when it goes by that way, it made me tingling inside. I never knew why, it just...does.

A week after I was told that story, I was heading out to the Everfree forest with my telescope. The Castle of the Two Sisters was the perfect place to scope out the stars.

Why wasn’t there anyone with the young filly you may ask? Reasons why? I never had anyone looking after me, why start now? The stars are my company.

When I came to the bridge, I was stopped by a loud sound.

VWORP VWORP VWORP

It was loud, it hurt my ears, but it was also the most amazing sound I had ever heard. It was coming from behind me. Looking back at the castle, I dropped the telescope - probably broke it - and ran back into the Everfree forest.

Hooves beating into the dirt, I ran through the woods. I was running towards a log, using my magic, I managed to teleport to the other side and kept on running without missing a beat.

VWORP VWORP VWORP

There was that sound again. Louder and louder it became as I ran closer. I couldn’t understand it, but I felt as if it was calling me.

A homing beacon of some kind. It was like I was being lead to only Luna knows where. My tiny legs ached from the running and my lung burnt but I didn’t stop.

I ran and ran as fast as I could…

Until I ran dead smack into a wooden structure.

“OW!” I cried as I stumbled back. I rubbed my sore muzzle with my hooves. “Owie.” I whimpered.

I looked up to what I ran into and gasped softly. It was a large blue box. Getting up on my hooves, I slowly circled around it curiously. When I got to the front, the words PONY PUBLIC CALL BOX marked white on top.

“I’ve seen these in Manehattan.” I muttered. The orphanage had a field trip there and I’ve see those. It was strange.

What could this box be doing in this sort of woods all out of place.

Then, I started to think of the story Derpy told me. About a pony in a big...blue...BOX!

Thanking Luna that I didn’t own a cat, I raised a hoof and went to open it, but once my hoof touched the door, it opened by itself.

I jumped at the motion and backed up a bit. Seeing light shining from inside, my curiosity lead me inside. Pass through sort of a ramp, I gawked in amazing when I saw how big it was inside.

Blinking, I quickly ran back outside, facing the box. In my size yeah it was big, I ran back inside the box and saw how enormous it was. It was...it was..

“It’s bigger on the inside.” I squealed. I galloped towards the center and saw a huge console station that reached up to the roof. Doors in various places that might lead to glorious rooms. From all the sci-fi books I’ve read before, I could tell it was a spaceship!

Not just any spaceship, the Doctor’s spaceship! I hoped.

Giggling, I dug into my satchel and grabbed my camera and took photos. No one from the orphanage was ever going to believe this! Engulfing my camera with magic, I started to explore the ship.

Rooms, so many rooms I could count! There was a room with so many different clothes and costumes, there was a room that was fashioned as a den, a door that lead a huge grassy field that I could’ve sworn i was back outside if it wasn’t for the metallic roof. This place also had a huge pool! (I may or may have not taken a quick dip in it’s warm bubbly water). When I just about to open a door to what appeared to be the kitchen, everything started to jerk around and the sound was made again.

VWORP VWORP VWORP!

“Uh oh…” I said in realization. This ship was now moving with me stowaway!

SO COOL!!!

Waiting to take a pic of the pilot - the Doctor I hoped - another time, I decided to explore more before making my presence.

After a while, I finally came to was a huge library! So many books lay upon countless tall shelves. Not only that, so many artifacts in glass casings.

One in particular caught my eye. It was two pocket watches in a silver case. It had stranges etchings on the covers, both etched differently but still, it looked like multiple circles and dots.

Tilting my head to the left, the one on the right had this strange orange aura radiating from it. Mesmerized by it, my horn started to cast its magic and encased the strange watch and levitated off it’s pedestal.

As I was about to touch it with my hooves, a dark figure jumped right in front of me, cutting the connection between me and the watch and my magic.

I let out an eep and jumped in fright. In front of me was a stallion pegasus with light grey coat, messy unkept yucky dark mane and tail, tired blue eyes. He wore a white ascot and a black cape, he had an hourglass cutie mark on his flank and scowl on his muzzle.

“Who the hell are you and how did you get into my bloody ship?” The tall pegasus growled at me. He had a strange accent, similar to Ms. Octavia’s.

I smiled at him. “Are you the Doctor?” I asked him, my colorful tail - which, like my mane that was in braids at the time, were colors of purple, pink, blue and red that faded over my black coat - actually waving.

He blinked when I asked him that, taken aback by my question. “H-how did you-” he shook his head, his wings jerked before glaring at me. “Where did you come from little girl?” he then asked me.

“Ponyville.” I replied giggling. “Doctor!” I ran up to him and actually hugged him. I’m actually meeting him! He wasn’t a story Ditzy made up, he’s real and I’m actually hugging him!

He let out snarl and pushed me aside with his wings.

“Enough of this!” He snapped. “Last thing I want is to be accused of foal-napping some deranged filly!” He spat on the side and began walking off. “I just come from Ponyville, now I have to go back? Un-bucking-believeable.”

“Going back?” I asked with a frown before running up to him. “I don’t wanna go back.”

“I don’t care.” he hissed. “I want to be alone. I don’t need to foal-sit! I’m taking you home.”

“But Ms. Ditzy says you go around the universe, time and space, saving other ponies! i wanna come!” I whined.

The Doctor stopped walking the second I mentioned Ditzy. He slowly turned his head to where he was looking at me over his shoulder with the meanest look in his eyes. “Ditzy huh? You know her?”

I nodded. “I know her, Dinky and Sparkler. They’re my best friends.” I smiled. “Ditz-”

A feather was placed over my lips. The doctor leans close to me with that mean look plastered on his face. “Don’t...mention those names in my presence...again.” He said in a low tone. From the way he said it, he might do something if I do say their names again. “Understood?”

I nodded in response.

“Good.” he said low before removing his wing and continued walking. I followed the Doctor.

I was baffled. I didn’t understand this. Why was the Doctor acting so mean? He...he wasn’t what i thought he might be.

Why was that?

“Doctor?” I called for him as we entered the control room.

“What now?” He snapped as he started pressing buttons.

“Why are you being mean?” I asked him.

He grumbled something under his breath. “I don’t think a foal such as yourself could even comprehend.” He mumbled before pulling a lever. The machine started up again. Lights and sounds came from the controls “Now shut up or I’m dropping you off on the moon.”

I huffed.

Such big meanie.

He’s taking me home. i don’t wanna go home. I don’t have one to the begin with. Seeing that this was going to be it, I took the camera out of my satchel and snapped a photo of the Doctor.

After the flash wore off of his eyes, he shook his head and glared at me. “Did you just took a photograph?”

“Um...no?” I lied as I hid the camera behind me.

He then approached me with a hoof out. “Hoof it over, little girl.”

“Um…” I nervously smiled. “No.” I said before using my magic and I ended up teleporting to the second level.

He snarled. Unfurling his wings and flew up to the level. “Give me the camera now!”

“No, it’s mine, meanie pants!” I stuck my tongue out at him before teleporting again to the ground level and ran through on of the doors.

The doctor ended up chasing me through multiple doors in his big ship. The closer he got to me, I teleported out of his way before running down the opposite way. There was no way he was going to take my camera. It was mine.

“Confounded! Little Filly, give me that camera!” The meanie Doctor snapped as he chased me.

“No!” I snapped back.

When the doctor got to me, he pounced! I quickly used my magic to phase myself from him. I climbed on his back, using my magic again, I levitated myself and actually flew!

“H-how are you able to do that?!” He snarled but was bewildered as well.

I levitated ten feet above his head and smirked. “I read a lot and a lot of books in my spare time. Magic books being a few of them.” I’ve read every book in Twilight’s castle library three times because I was so bored. i spend time with friends, but I get bored so easily.

I have been told I was advancing much faster than normal fillies my age.

“Interesting…” He muttered before catching himself before saying something else and glared at me. “I’m tired of playing games with you, kid. Give me the camera or else.”

I levitated to him. “Or what? You’ll hit me?” I basically challenged him, staring into his eyes. I then smirked, a candle went off in my head. “Tell you what,” I said, landed in front of him, pulling my camera out of my satchel. “I’ll give you the camera, if you do one thing.”

“And what, pray tell, do you want?”

“Lemme travel with you.”

“For the last time, I’m not traveling with any pony!” He hissed. “Now give-” He was about to reach for the camera before stopping himself. I watched him before a grin came across his muzzle.

“I cannot take you with me.” He said, retracting his hoof.

“Why can’t I?” I whined.

“Because, my dear, you...you are far too young.” He said, reaching over and patting my head with his hoof. “Too small. You can easily get hurt during my travels.”

“Really?” I asked him.

He nodded. Still had that sly smile on his face. “Yes...what is your name again?” He asked me.

“Mystica. But everypony calls me Mystie.” I introduced myself.

“Mystie, what a lovely name. As I was saying, you are too young to travel with me.” The doctor said. “But, maybe that’ll change when you are older.”

A smile formed on my lips. “Really!?”

he chuckled. “Yes, really. I promise, Mystie, I’ll take you with me when you are a grown mare.” He swore before holding out his hoof. “But before I could fulfill my promise, you have to fulfill yours.”

I thought for a moment, looking at both him and my camera before giving it to him.

“Excellent.” He stretched his smile before taking it somewhere else before taking me back to the control station.

A few moments the ship made a thud sound before he announced. “Well, we’re here. Ponyville.”

“Already?”

“It is. The TARDIE is the fastest ship in the universe.” He said before he shoves me out with his wings.

“So When are you coming back?” I asked as I was pushed outside. We were in the middle of Ponyville.

“Oh in a few- NEVER!” He roared before slamming the doors.

“Hey!” I cried out before I turned and pound on the doors. “You promised!” The TARDIE made that sound again before it disappeared before my very eyes!

I let out a shout and stomped where the ship once was. I couldn’t believe he tricked me! Ditzy was right! He was a big meaning, and a liar!

That makes two of us liars.

I did give the doctor my camera, but i didn’t give him my film which was now in my satchel, just ready to developed.

“Mystie?” Ditzy’s voice called out. I turned around and I saw her standing there with Sparkler and Dinky. Her coat was white as a sheet, so was the others.

I knew I have to tell her the truth.

As I reluctantly walked over to the girls, I thought it might be the last time i would ever see the Doctor, besides the photos I’ve hid from him.

It was not the last time I’d see The Doctor. Not by a long shot

Author's Note

My first story in fimfic on my new account. Hope ya’ll enjoy