Adventures of Dr. Whooves: Jewel of Agrabah
A/N: Hey, everyone, I'll be posting the next chapter after this one gets posted since I have a shift at the movie theater tomorrow and hopefully I'll be able to post on Wednesday, but since that is the 4th of July here in the States, it might happen or it might not happen. If not, then you can expect more chapters on Thursday. Later! ;)
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER ONE: UNEXPECTED TRIP
It was a beautiful day in Ponyville and Derpy was helping Dr. Hooves with his machine since there wasn't a lot of mail to deliver that day. She handed him one of the crystals they'd gotten from the Pride Lands some months ago, and she watched as he inserted it inside the machine.
"Do you think that this machine will actually be able to detect strange readings not related to magic?" she asked.
"Of course it will," Dr. Hooves said confidently, installing the crystal and he shut the side of the machine. "Think about it, science provides explanations of things we never thought possible! Now, let's see if this will work." He turned the machine on and it began humming with lights flashing and the needles on the indicators flickered a bit. "So far so good."
"Those lights are pretty," Derpy commented, watching the flashing lights with fascination.
Dr. Hooves rolled his eyes and kept watching the machine, hoping that it would pick up something, and sighed when there was a knock at the front door. "Now who could that be?" he grumbled and he went to see with the pegasus following him.
Moments after leaving the lab, the lights and indicators started going crazy with beeping noises, and a piece of paper came out with printed data on it.
Going to the door, where the knocking was continuing, Dr. Hooves opened it and found Rarity on his front step. "Hello, Rarity, can I help you with something?" he asked after greeting her and stepping aside so that she could enter his home.
"Actually, I was hoping that you knew where- Derpy! I was told you were probably here," said Rarity. "I have some news about the dress I'm making for you for the Gala."
"Really?" Derpy asked.
Dr. Hooves cleared his throat. "How about you both talk in the living room while I fix us all some tea?" he offered, and as the two lady ponies went to sit down, he went into the kitchen to fix the tea.
"Thank you, sir," Rarity said, graciously accepting a cup of tea with her magic and took a sip. "Mmm, a unique favor," she commented. "What is it called?"
"Ah, that is Wild Berry Zinger," Dr. Hooves answered. "I find it to be an excellent tea to serve when I have visitors."
"It's quite wonderful and I'd loved to know where you get it, Doctor," said the grey unicorn, sipping more of the tea.
"Of course," Dr. Hooves agreed. "Now, I believe that you came here to talk with Derpy about her dress for the Grand Galloping Gala?"
Rarity nodded and set her cup down on the table. "Yes, yes I did," she said and her expression turned sad. "Derpy, darling, I'm afraid that I don't have enough of the silk for your dress," she informed the pegasus and then explained what kind of silk she was talking about. "I thought I had enough of this unique silk that goes from light blue to a dark blue, but apparently most of it was ruined when that dog-creature messed up my shop."
"Oh, that's horrible," Derpy gasped, disappointed since she'd fallen in love with the sample that the grey unicorn had showed her when they had gone over what kind of dress she would wear to the Gala. "Is there any way that you can get more?"
"I'm afraid not, darling," Rarity confessed. "That particular silk comes all the way from Saddle Arabia, and it would take too long for a new shipment to come in. Derpy, dear, I think you and I best choose different fabric for your dress that might work, and I do have the samples here."
"Excuse me, Rarity," said Dr. Hooves and the grey unicorn looked at him. "Ah, where in Saddle Arabia did you get the silk from?" he inquired, getting an idea of how to help both ladies.
"From their capitol city, Agrabah," Rarity answered. "Why?"
'Just the name I needed,' Dr. Hooves thought, finishing his tea and stood up. "Rarity, if you could excuse Derpy and I for a few minutes, there's something we need to attend to in the lab."
"Of course," the grey unicorn agreed, watching as he hurried the pegasus out of the room. 'What an odd pony.'
Dr. Hooves hurried into the lab with Derpy and he skidded to a halt when he saw the flashing lights and the printed paper sticking out of the machine. "Oh! It looks like it works!" he exclaimed, pulling the paper out of the machine. "I wonder what it picked up?" he wondered, eager to check the results.
"Doc, why did you pull me away from Rarity?" Derpy asked.
"Huh?" Dr. Hooves looked up from the paper and gasped, remembering. "Oh! Right!" He put the paper aside. "Right, eh, you and I are going to take a quick trip to Agrabah to pick up that silk that Rarity needs for your dress. Come on!" And he went into the secret room to gain access to the TARDIS, and the pegasus followed, forgetting to shut the door behind her.
Back in the living room, Rarity was sipping some of the tea and checked the time on the nearby clock. 'Hmm, I wonder how much longer they will be?' she wondered. 'I still have a lot of work to do back at my shop, and I don't want to be late for the talent show to see what the Cutie Mark Crusaders will be putting on for their talent.'
Deciding to see what the two ponies were doing, Rarity left the living room, looking round at the decoration choices in the hallway, noting that the items did create a clutter, but not a bad clutter. 'Chic controlled chaos,' she thought, and found herself in the lab. "Sweet Celestia," she muttered, staring at the clutter in the very brown room. "Needs more color in here at least."
Hearing muffled voices, the grey unicorn walked through the lab, following them to the still open door, and entered the hidden room. Her eyebrows shot upward when she saw the tall blue box with an open door, and she heard the voice of Dr. Hooves inside, along with Derpy.
`"Because of the distance, it can take several weeks for a delivery from Agrabah in Saddle Arabia,"` he was explaining. `"So, you and I shall go back in time, place the order for the silk, and by the time we get back here, it will be arriving at my doorstep."`
`"Do you really think this will work, Doc?"`
Rarity crept to the open door and entered as Dr. Hooves answered, "Of course it will work." And her jaw dropped in shock when she saw the interior of the box. "Sweet Celestia!"
"Miss Rarity, I can-" Dr. Hooves began when the door suddenly slammed shut behind her and the column in the center of the console began moving. "Not again!" he groaned and turned to the console to get the TARDIS under control.
Derpy went to the grey unicorn, who was staring around in shock at the orange walls with blue lights, the stairs that went up and down from the platform she was standing on, and the gold-colored console with the blue column that was covered with all kinds of screens, knobs, switches, lights, and levers. "Are you ok, Rarity?" she asked, concerned.
Rarity didn't know what to say or even what to think. Finally she did a dramatic faint onto the metal floor, making both the pegasus and the Time Lord cringe.
"Um, Doc?"
"Oh dear."
After the TARDIS disappeared from the hidden room, the figure came out of hiding, went to the table that the paper was lying on, and snatched it up. 'Can't have him learn the truth too soon.' The figure then fiddled with the machine, and then disappeared from the lab as the machine smoked and sparked before dying completely.
Why did the figure take the paper and wreck the machine?
A/N: Now what could the TARDIS be up to? Later! ;) R&R everyone!
