Adventures of Dr. Whooves: Dr. Whooves Meets Derpy
A/N: (Dede42 yawns as she saves the document on her laptop and pokes Derpy, who is asleep on the couch, in the shoulder and wakes her up.)
Dede42: Derpy, time to wake up.
Derpy: Who? What?
Dede42: Derpy, you fell asleep in the writers studio.
Derpy: Oops, sorry about that.
Dede42: Nothing to be sorry about, Derpy. I'll be posting the prologue shortly so why don't you go home and get some sleep? The next time you and I might get to post will be the day after tomorrow.
Derpy: (yawns) Ok. (And she flies out the door.)
Dede42: (turns to the camera) Hi, so like I just told Derpy, the next time I'll get to post will most likely be the day after tomorrow, and I hope you like my take on Dr. Whooves. I'm combining what I've grown up with Doctor Who with what little information they have about Dr. Hooves himself. Later!
Read, review, and enjoy!
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.
PROLOGUE: WHO IS DR. WHOOVES?
In the land of Equestria there is a town called Ponyville, and among the many ponies that call the town home, there is a particular Earth pony known as Dr. Hooves, who was the resident scientist and time keeper for the town. However, little did any of the other ponies know, Dr. Hooves wasn't all that he appeared to be, and he had a secret.
Unknown to the ponies of Ponyville, but Dr. Hooves was really a pony from another world and on that world he was known by the name of Dr. Whooves. He was hiding in Ponyville for a reason that not even Princess Celestia knew, and he was determined to keep anypony from learning the truth about him for as long as possible.
During the early days of Ponyville, an Earth pony with longish white mane and tail, blue eyes, light gray skin, a gold hour-glass for a cutie mark, and black/white clothing covered with a black cloak, arrived with a wagon pulling a tall object covered with a sheet, and with him was a young unicorn filly: she had light purple skin, dark freckles across her nose, large brown eyes, short black hair, medium-length black tail, and she wore a red sweater.
As the old-looking pony reached the center of the small town and brought the wagon to a halt, they were greeted by the mayor.
"Afternoon, sir," said the mayor with a friendly smile. "Welcome to Ponyville, Mr.-?"
"Doctor actually," the old-looking pony corrected with a British accent and a somewhat stern look. "Dr. W- er, Dr. Hooves, at your service, and this is my granddaughter, Susan." 'Need to be careful of what I say around around these ponies. I don't want our enemies to find us…again.'
"Hi," said Susan cheerfully.
The mayor nodded to the filly, his smile growing bigger at her cheerfulness. "Well, a pleasure to meet you both," he said. "Although we already have a medical doctor. Are you also a medical doctor?"
"Oh no," said Dr. Hooves with a hearty chuckle. "I am a pony of science."
"Science, eh?" the mayor asked and Dr. Hooves nodded. "Well, I don't know much about science, but do you know anything about clocks?"
Dr. Hooves thought about it for a moment. "I know quite a bit about clocks," he replied. "Are you in need of a clockmaker?"
"Actually, what we need around here is a time keeper," the mayor explained. "For some reason, none of the clocks will show the right time, not even with our new clock tower." And he nodded to the nearby stone tower with a large clock at the top. "I don't know if it has to do with our location near the Everfree Forest, or something else altogether, but the darn thing hasn't worked right in days."
"Hmm, well, if you would like, I could take a look at it," Dr. Hooves offered, a thoughtful expression crossing his face. "Mind you, I do have some sensitive equipment that I need to store away first," he added.
"I've got just the place for you."
After storing the covered object in the back of a building, Dr. Hooves went with the mayor to take a look at the clock while Susan was introduced to some other fillies, and she spent time with them. Reaching the top of the clock tower, Dr. Hooves examined the inwards of the clock from top to bottom, and he soon found the problem.
"See here?" Dr. Hooves asked, pointing out the spring that kept the clock running. "This spring hasn't been tightened properly." He fished out some tools from within his cloak, and he went to work on fixing the spring and a few other minor problems he discovered along the way. "There, it should run properly now."
The mayor was impressed, especially when the clock proceeded to chime on the hour. "Excellent work, Doctor," he praised. "Sir, how you like the job of being Ponyville's official time keeper?" he offered. "Your granddaughter can attend the school that will be opening soon, and the location your equipment is stored in, that can be both your business and your home."
Dr. Hooves hesitated for a moment. He and Susan had been searching Equestria for a place to call home for the past week since first arriving in the realm, and no pony would think twice about a time keeper of a small town. "You have a deal," he agreed, shaking hooves with the mayor.
It wasn't long before Dr. Hooves and Susan got settled in Ponyville, the school opened, and a few months later, Susan got her cutie mark, which was shaped like a black wristwatch, when she helped her teacher fixed her own watch when it got broken. A party was held for Susan and nearly every pony in Ponyville attended.
The ponies were pleasantly surprised when Princess Celestia arrived in Ponyville and attended the party. She congratulated Sarah on getting her cutie mark and then she took Dr. Hooves aside to speak with him.
"I know who you and your granddaughter really are," the Princess informed him, keeping her voice low.
Dr. Hooves' ears flattened against his skull and he glared up at the Princess. "If you really do know who we are, Princess Celestia," he said coldly, "then I advised that you think carefully of your next words."
"As I said, I know who you and your granddaughter are," Princess Celestia repeated, "but that does not mean that I will reveal the truth without your permission." She noted how this wrong-footed the pony and she continued. "I became aware of your arrival months ago, and I kept watch over you both as you travels eventually brought you to Ponyville. I am aware that there are other realms and other worlds, and you are from one such world. You have no interest in harming Equestria, which is why you and your granddaughter may live here as long as you both desire."
Although taken aback by this, Dr. Hooves nodded his head in thanks. "Thank you, Princess," he said gratefully, and he returned to his granddaughter's party.
As time went by, Dr. Hooves remained the time keeper for Ponyville, raising Susan until she felt ready to move on elsewhere, and after that he chose to teach others how to be time keepers. During this time, a strange blue unicorn with black hair, light green eyes, a black cloak, and had a lit candle for a cutie mark, arrived to see Dr. Hooves.
Curt words were exchanged between the two ponies, and eventually the strange unicorn, who called himself The Monk, left and wasn't seen again.
There was a period of time when Dr. Hooves disappeared, leaving the ponies of Ponyville concerned, and then one day, a slightly shorter pony with similar gray skin, short black hair, the same blue eyes, a bit plump, baggy clothes, and he had the same cutie mark. When the ponies asked him who he was, he assured them that he was Dr. Hooves, but that he had just renewed himself since his body had been wearing a bit thin.
Eventually the ponies of Ponyville accepted this, even Susan took her grandfather's new appearance in stride and hadn't been too surprised. And life went on.
As time went by, the ponies of Ponyville eventual got used to the strange ponies that would show up from time to time, calling themselves by unusual names like The Monk, The War Chief, five different ponies (three Earth ponies, one pegasus, and one unicorn) called themselves The Master, and a female unicorn who called herself The Rani, and they would always give Dr. Hooves a hard time before being chased off.
Whenever Dr. Hooves changed, the ponies stopped really noticing and just took it in stride when he became a pony with light peach skin, the same blue eyes, pale yellow curly hair, and he was typically wearing velvet suits that were usually green. Later on he became a pony with medium brown skin, brown curly hair, the same blue eyes, and he was prone to wearing a very long and color scarf with the red floppy hat and the red long coat.
There were some second looks when Dr. Hooves became younger with the same blue eyes, light yellow skin, blonde hair, and he wore a cricket suit with a piece of celery pinned to the jacket for some reason. When Dr. Hooves went green with the same blue eyes, curly blonde hair, and wore an ugly multi-colored coat, he was more mean for that period of time. The Dr. Hooves that came after him was more friendly with peach skin, slightly grey blue eyes, brown hair, and his clothes weren't overly fashion with the only quirk was having a sweater with question marks on it.
The Dr. Hooves after that had purple skin, blue eyes, longish light brown hair that was wavy, and he went back to wearing green velvet suits.
One day, there was confusion when Dr. Hooves suddenly disappeared from his home and when Susan was asked, she admitted that even she didn't know where her grandfather had gone, and the ponies of Ponyville were worried that they would never see him again. And just when they had given up hope, the ponies were surprised when a dark grey pony with brown eyes, short light grey hair and beard, and wearing a worn dark brown leather coat with a brown scarf stepped out of the house.
When they asked if Dr. Hooves was ok, for even his cutie mark was looking broken, he assured them that he would be fine soon, having had to leave to take care of something that'd taken a lot out of him, and he went back into his home.
A few days later, Dr. Hooves revealed himself to be blue, with his cutie mark intact, brown hair, blue eyes once again, and he wore a black leather jacket. Although he seemed happier, there was still a darkness about him that left the ponies a bit uneasy. Sometime later, he became a light brown with the brown eyes returning, his brown hair being spiky, stripped suits ranging from brown to blue, and he was less dark and more friendly.
On the night that Nightmare Moon returned to Equestria, sneaking to plunge the realm into an eternal night, and seven certain ponies entered the Everfree Forest to find the Elements of Harmony, a blue box appeared in the back room of the building that the resident time keeper, Dr. Hooves, called home with a trumpeting sound that nopony heard.
Inside the blue box was a massive room that was brown in color with coral like pillars around a mechanical console that Dr. Whooves was leaning against, panting and sweating badly. He was dying and he knew that there was only one way to keep himself from dying, and he didn't want to change again.
'I've done so much and there's still so much to do,' he thought, staring at his sweat-covered face that was reflected in one of the screens. Unknown to the ponies of Ponyville, he was from another world and he had had fought in a war that had cost him so much, plus his homeworld. A short time ago, a vision had sent him running to stop the return of one of his mortal enemies and the return of his world, and he had stopped them both at a heavy cost.
'Susan said that I should let the change come like it should, and travel more,' Dr. Whooves thought, pushing himself off the console and moved to the side so that there was more space. 'If that's what I should do, Susan, then that's what I will do.' His whole body began to start to glow a golden color, and he became scared and angry.
"I don't want to go," he said angrily, but the change was already starting, and there was a golden explosion from his entire body that shook the console room, and he screamed in pain. After what felt like forever, the flow of energy stopped, and he staggered, almost face-planting on the mental floor. Straightening up, he felt himself over, finding that his clothes felt looser, found his mane to be longer, along with his tail, and then he looked in the nearest reflective surface.
"Darn," Dr. Whooves muttered when he saw his dark brown hair, his light blue eyes, and his grayish amber skin. "Still not ginger." Shaking his head, he patched up the damage that his regeneration had done to the room, updating the desktop so that it was more orange and lighter with there being a large space under the console, and then he went to the wardrobe room to find some new clothes.
A/N: And that's a wrap! R&R everyone!