A lost universe, a lost child

Colgate

It was a dark stormy night. The thunder clapped within every few seconds, lighting up the sky momentarily in the dark. Creatures ran in every direction to find shelter except one. That direction was towards the cave.

Strange crying noises where in that cave, and Fluttershy had said that odd noises could mean predators. No animal wanted to take the risk. What they didn’t know was that in the cave, a small filly in a basket was weeping for its mother. Crying out to be held and fed. The child was lying in her basket, a star covered blanket wrapped around her. She cried at the top of her tiny lungs.

This is horrible. the filly thought. I haven’t been fed since this morning. I hope that lady comes back so I can have more. It was so tasty...zzzzsoon the filly fell asleep just to be wakened again by a strange growling noise. The filly looked up to see a massive shadow over her. She could see into its massive mouth. Sharp teeth hung there and saliva dripped down onto the filly’s face.

"Grrrrrrr. roarrrrap!" the creatures roar was cut off suddenly as it went flying to the other wall. It took the filly a moment to notice that a big blue box had hit the creature. Although the filly was new born it managed to slowly crawl towards the open door of the box. Once it was in, it crawled all the way to an open door. Stuff was everywhere. The baby was tired from its crawl so it went to the closest soft thing there was. A small pile of brown string. Once it was curled up, the baby was fast asleep.

"Ughhhuu" The doctor mumbled incoherently under a pile of rubble. His head stuck out so he could breath but the rest of him was stuck. He opened his new eye for the first time, blinking them rapidly to get used to the lighting. Ok. New body new rules. Luckily I’m not colorblind. I can see more so my eyes must be pretty big. he stopped a moment to look at his surroundings so he could find a way out of this predicament.I could just wiggle out if I could flip the gravity switch to low, but I need something long. There is a short pole to my right, a baby sleeping on my hair, and.... the doctor went back over his thoughts and looked over to see that there was, in fact, a baby sleeping in his hair. Not just a human baby though. This was a horse baby. A filly by the looks of it.

"Of course! He shouted, remembering a little too late that the filly was sleeping. “This universe is like a parallel universe to mine. The only differences are that this universe consists of mostly quadruped creatures instead of bipedals. You know it wouldn’t be too bad to settle down here. Get a job. As long as I don’t have to be an architect. I spit on architects if you know what I mean. Time traveling is so much better. Maybe a scientist or a spy. No, spying isn’t as fun. Then again... oh good morning." the doctor stopped his blabbering as he saw the opened eyed filly look at him.

"Thats an odd color for a ... i guess you would call it a mane. You know what your mane reminds me of? Toothpaste. My favorite is that brand that’s really minty. Ummm...Colgate! That’s what I’ll call you!" He looked at the filly and she gurgled in approval. "Now to get me out of this."

One hour and many casualties later...

"NOW! I’m finally out of that. Time to see this new body!" the doctor said excitedly. Colgate lay to the side, sucking her hoof. The doctor got up on wobbly knees and tried to walk.

"I assumed I would still be human. At least now I won’t have to hide from everybody. Or perhaps I should say every pony. At least I believe you’re a pony. A horse would be larger." The doctor’s new mouth spread into a wide smile at his use of words. "I’m going to love it here" he concluded, trotting lopsidedly into his mirror room. He stopped in front of the first one he saw and stared.

" I. Look. Wow.” He had a crazy mess of spiked up hair (or mane). His nose? Snout was average size, he thought, and his teeth where pearly white as always. What caught him off guard where the eyes. They were HUGE. Like take up two thirds of his face huge. Oh. And they where blue. This he liked because they matched the color of the TARDIS. His favorite color.

After finally getting over the eyes he turned to another useful item, his ears. They were simple by a normal pony’s perspective, but of course the doctor was no normal pony.

"Colgate! Come look at my ears! They can move! The only other time I’ve been able to move my ears was in my fifth form, and then only a wiggle. This! this is a flop!"

The doctor stood there like an idiot, flopping his ears back and forth.

"I could do this all day! buuut! I need to check the rest of me!"

Now the doctor, done flopping his ears, turned to his rump to see his new tail. It was a mach to his mane if not a bit darker brown ( sadly neither his mane or tail were ginger) and a bit less spiky. He looked up more to his flank, noticing the timer on there. This caught him a bit off guard, as he never had a tattoo before. Next he looked over his legs quickly noticing nothing wrong, and started to head towards his wardrobes.

"Sorry Colgate, but it wasn’t my choice to change into a naked stallion. Maybe the TARDIS can whip up a quick suit to mach this body.”

Moments later Colgate saw the doctor round the corner in a bright red bowtie, not to mention the fez on his head.

"Would it look better with a fez or a Stetson." the doctor asked, sounding it like a statement. Before the filly could reply, the doctor muttered “Your right. Stetsons are cool, but fezzes are way better." He stood and posed for Colgate to see.

The doctor continued going around, trying new things with his pony form. From this he found he could pick up a sonic screwdriver with his hoof fairly easily to his surprise. Just as the doctor was about to try his taste buds he heard a cry. "Colgate!!! I’m so sorry! new body and all I completely forgot you.... yes of coarse I can....no but I have a crib you can sleep in........no I don't do you?.......well I hope she’s okay. We can look for her after a snack and some sleep...........really? Well I’ll just go see if I can find It."

After finishing his conversation with Colgate, the doctor trotted out the doors like he had done it his whole life. He looked around until he found a basket. Inside the basket was a star covered blanket and a note just like the filly had said. He tossed the blanket over his back to take to the filly and held the note in one hoof to read. As he read it he could feel emotions overwhelming him.

Dear doctor,

I have followed the directions on the note to this place and time. I hope you know what you’re doing and for some strange reason I trust that you do. My dear Minuette, or as you call her Colgate, only faintly explained your travels to me. Although I am worried that harm may come to her, I have no other choice. Some things for you to know are that she could be allergic to pears and she needs a nap time frequently. She should be able to get by now with a normal food schedule. My little filly. I put her life in your hooves doctor. If you choose not to take her there is a friend of mine that will oblige, but then she wouldn't have much time to give Minuette any attention. Lyra is a busy pony. I am Colgate's mother just so you’re sure who is writing and just so you know I’m in trouble. That’s why I need you to care for her. Thank you so much for helping.

                                                                                                           Sincerely, Trixie