It's Bigger on the Inside

It's Bigger on the Inside

Chapter 4: I Most Certainly Can

The Doctor waltzed about the party that was ever so kindly thrown for him. Ponies conversed, obviously happy about seeing a new face around town. The Doctor, however, had some slightly more important things on his mind. Could he take Twilight from her home here? He had done so with so many others. Not necessarily take them however. He just gave them the offer. The only reason he referred to it as “taking” is because they always said yes. Who wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to see the universe and travel through time? The universe was amazing! You could go to the past and talk to the amazing people that are legendary in the future! Learn to cook from one of the greatest chefs in history! Watch history before you’re very eyes! Witness temporal tipping points and possibly even influence them! Visit far away galaxies and peoples! What wasn’t great about it? The Doctor was sure Twilight would not pass up the chance.

What about her friends though? She seemed to be really close with her friends. He couldn’t just take all of them. Or could he? The Doctor thought to himself about taking six ponies with him around the universe as the party continued around him. It might be too much to handle. He thought he could do it however. He decided to enjoy the party for the time being. He would bring it up in the morning with Twilight. The TARDIS would repair itself by mid-afternoon tomorrow and they could be off by sundown.

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What The Doctor didn’t know however was that there was a certain something that required his more immediate attention. Somewhere in the middle of the fields of Sweet Apple Acres shone a bright light. A squad of large metal cylinders materialized in the middle of the field. They had two metal poles protruding from their midsection and one from the top of the cylinder that seemed to be their body.

“EX-TER-MINATE” the one in the front said.

“EX-TER-MINATE!” the other’s replied in unison.

The loud voices of the Kaled Mutants speaking through their armor woke Big Macintosh who decided not to attend the party. He looked out from his window drowsiness covering his face. The burly red stallion stared at the Daleks and rubbed his eyes as they rolled out of the orchard. His expression became washed with terror and he decided to seek out the only pony smart enough to know what these things were. Unknown to him, the purple unicorn scholar would have no clue what the Daleks were, but she was with somepony who would know. Big Mac quickly grabbed his camera and ran outside. He quickly snapped a picture and ran towards the party to find Twilight.

“FOL-LOW THAT LIFE-FORM.”

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Twilight approached The Doctor, who didn’t seem to be enjoying the party. He actually seemed to be deep in thought. He was sitting on a chair placed in a corner of the room near the refreshment table, perplexity written all over his face. She cantered over and casually struck up a conversation.

“So are you enjoying the party?” She asked.

“Huh? Oh sure, love a good party.”

Twilight frowned and glared at him. “You seem preoccupied.”

“Yes. Yes I am.”

“Well, what with?”

The Doctor paused for a moment and looked up at Twilight, not quite sure how to put it. “Well I was wonder-”

Suddenly, The Doctor was interrupted by a large red stallion who bursted through the doors holding a Polaroid in his mouth. Everyone stopped talking as the stallion looked around and spotted Twilight. He rushed over and handed her the picture, to which she levitated in front of her.

“What is this Big Mac?” Twilight asked.

“There was a bright light in the middle of the orchard and these things just showed up! I was scared half to death! What are they Twilight?” Big Mac asked franticly.

“I’m not quite sure. It doesn’t look anything like I’ve ever seen.”

“Well whatever they are they don’t look friendly. I think they followed me here!”

The Doctor angled himself to see the picture better. He was curious about what “things” the two ponies were talking about, although he had a clue already. He stared at the image and saw what looked like three standard Daleks sliding along the ground out of an orchard. The picture was taken hastily and thus was blurry, but The Doctor could still make out the unmistakable shape. They had followed him.

“You may not know what those things are Twilight, but I sure do.”

“What are they?”

“They’re what killed my people.”

Twilight’s face was swept with fear. “What do we do?”

“You will run. I will stop them. Now go, get out of here.”

Twilight stood firm and her five friends approached from behind looking just as stubborn as the purple unicorn.

“No, this is my home and I’ll defend it with you. What do you need me to do?”

“We’ll do anything we can to help.” Rainbow Dash said, saluting The Doctor.

The brown maned pony looked at the six ponies standing before him, all with stern looks on their faces that said they would not back down. They were determined to help him.

“Alright then…” The Doctor said, grinning at the six of them.

The six of their faces brightened up as they were ready to help.

“Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and you,” he said, pointing at a yellow coated Pegasus. “Grab all the sweets you can and get ready to throw them. Aim for their eyestalk, here.” he said pointing at the picture of the Dalek.

“Okie dokey lokey!” Pinkie said, bouncing off to collect confectionaries with Rarity and Fluttershy.

“Twilight,” The Doctor said turning to face the stripe maned unicorn. “Once their eyestalks are obscured by Pinkie’s pastry assault, hold them still with your magic.” She nodded and readied herself.

“Applejack, Big Mac and you, the rainbow haired one-”

“That’s Rainbow Dash.”

“-right, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Big Mac. once Twilight has them immobilized try to knock loose the two things protruding from their armor.” He explained pointing at their gunsticks and manipulator arms.

“I’ll mess with their systems using this.” The Doctor said, drawing his sonic screwdriver.

“They should be here any minute. They must be weak otherwise they would have materialized closer to the cluster of life forms at this party. Get ready everyone.”

“Umm, Doctor?”

“Yes Twilight?”

“That’d be everypony.”

“Yes, right.” The Doctor said with a slight chuckle.

Just a few moments later the squad of three Dalek’s burst through

“EX-TER-MINATE!” they shouted about to take aim and fire their gunsticks.

The Doctor quickly and expertly aimed his sonic screwdriver at the Daleks, having gained proper control of his new hooves. He disrupted their systems as Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy all launched confectionaries at their eyestalks. The now blind Daleks were held down by Twilight and Applejack, her brother, and Rainbow Dash all continually bucked at the gunsticks and manipulator arms. Soon they broke off and the Daleks we’re rendered useless. The Doctor’s plan of action worked perfectly.

“DOC-TOR.” one said as it was still held down by Twilight.

“Twilight can you electrocute them?” The Doctor asked, approaching them and scanning with his sonic screwdriver.

“Umm… I think so.” She said, closing her eyes and concentrating. The purple unicorn began to focus all her magical energy at the Daleks, sending massive amounts of electricity through their polycarbide armor. Although rendered useless The Doctor still deemed them a threat. He aimed his sonic screwdriver at their casing and concentrated, trying to invent some new setting that would override their controls and initiate a self-destruct sequence. Each time he failed he lightly tapped the screwdriver against his hoof, as if it would help. He tried a few more times while the ponies waited, trying to figure out what was going on. Eventually The Doctor got the setting right and he applied it to each Dalek.

“Twilight let go of them.” he said, stepping away and stowing his screwdriver in his ever so helpful pockets. The scholar did as she was told and released her magical grip on the mutants.

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO OUR SYS-TEMS?” one of the Daleks asked.

“Oh nothing at all,” The Doctor said smirking. “Except activate your self-destruct systems.”

“IM-POSS-IBLE.” the Dalek in the back answered.

“Really now? Because I love impossible.” The fifty-six orbs placed around the lower section of the Daleks floated around them forming a sphere around each Dalek. They exploded and the sphere contracted, rendering the explosion harmless.

The six ponies along with every other pony in the room, which was practically everypony in Ponyville stared at the spot where the Daleks used to be. After a brief moment of shock they all realized this new pony just saved their entire town from whatever those metal contraptions were. Cheering erupted and ponies surrounded The Doctor. After the cheering died down The Doctor explained to the six ponies that helped him what the Daleks were. Then, after the party the savior of Ponyville and Twilight proceeded to walk back to the library.  Princess Celestia’s prized student took this opportunity to bring up their previous conversation.

“So what were you thinking about before all the commotion?” She asked.

The Doctor looked to her quizzically, trying to recall the events before the Daleks showed up. After realizing what she was talking about he responded with an “Oh!” he paused for a moment more trying to figure out how to put what he was about to say.

“Well I was just wondering…”