Doctor And Assistant (Chapter1)

Chapter One: The Start Of It All

/the Doctor\\

The Doctor groaned and kept his gaze on the clock inside of the TARDIS's monitor. It showed the time brightly in an assortment of various colors, reading 2:37 (or, on another side in military time, 14:37). Derpy would be back any moment now.

His mind wandered off to a very familiar thought: his assistant. She was a beautiful pegasus with a grey body, a golden mane and tail that always smelled of flowers, golden eyes, and a cutie mark of seven bubbles. Her eyes were his favorite external part of her, mostly because of how unique and hypnotizing they could be. Nopony else had them like hers – Derpy's were crossed, where she had full control on her left but her right would go where it pleased.

But aside from her eyes, he loved her personality. She was the pony that would walk across a bridge only suspended by thin, weak, fragile roping that sent it hovering fifty thousand feet over boiling lava if he had asked to. She hadn't a mean bone in her body, and although something screamed that she should have a dark side, it never hinted at even existing.

Derpy Hooves was the first pony the Doctor had ever seen when he landed in Ponyville. Something called out to him saying "hey, you might want to hold into this one," so he made her his trusty assistant. It had needed some taking used to, but the entire traveling thing was a breeze to her now.

His feelings towards his assistant were still a bit... feely-weely, but this much was clear: he loved her. It was true, 100% true. Her always playful laugh was infectious most of the time; she had a great sense of humor, and she was, well, beautiful. Especially in her human form too. He felt this feeling in his hearts every time he was within an inch or so of her that longed for her. How could he not love her?

He always joked with himself saying: "If I'm the Doctor, why's she the one to heal my hearts?" He would freeze all of time and space just so she would never leave, because he can't stand being apart for too long. The solar winds could take their caution and the time itself could and would surely wait. He promised himself that if she felt the same way, he'd stop all of time to love her for as long as possible, which'd be forever. Before he came to Ponyville, the scene would start with a tragedy and end with another old mystery, and he couldn't stand it. Then he met Derpy and everything had changed.

He wanted to test her, see if she felt the same way, but he was also scared too. Yes, the Doctor was scared, what a phrase, huh? He was so in love with his assistant, that even thinking about asking her about her feelings toward him sent him reeling.

This was mostly because of the odds. What if she didn't like him back? Wouldn't that put a bit of a damper on their friendship, and make it awkward? What if she didn't feel the same way and didn't want to travel with him anymore?

But what if she did like him back? That'd be sort of... it'd be amazing to the Doctor, fantastic, even. But what if something happened to her, like with Rose? The Doctor wouldn't like that, he couldn't handle another companion whisked away in the press of a button, in the blink of an eye, in the snap of second.

He was such a hard stallion/guy to handle. He sighed out of sadness, his face resting on his hoof. "I couldn't do that to her. It's too dangerous."

Because he knew, along with everyone else, that if he gets too close to her, she'll surely be a target. And he also can't age.

It'd never work, and he knew that.

And he hated it.

Derpy herself flew through the TARDIS doors abruptly, causing him to jump backwards. "Wow," she giggled, "got ya bad, huh?"

"You have no idea," he smiled back, his hearts trying to calm at the sight of her. Yes, he was so in love just looking at her sent his hearts to go crazy. "What's been going on with Dinky, Sparkler, and Ponyville?"

She rolled her eyes, setting her mailbag on the torn couch next to the Doctor and flying to him. "You have a time machine and a teleporter, technically, Doctor. You do know that you can see for yourself, right?"

"What's the fun in that?"

She giggled again. "I suppose. Anyways, Dinky's fine, Sparkler's fine, and Ponyville is better than ever. Now, can we please go somewhere?"

The Doctor couldn't help but chuckle at her whining, child-like expression. "Where to, then, Hooves?"

"How about somewhere... new? Ya know, somewhere we haven't gone?"

The Doctor thought it over, running planet names through his head. "There's one called Bubble, and I suppose we could head there because of your cutie mark," he suggested, hopping off of the couch and to the monitor. He closed out the clock and opened the planets folder, giving directions to the TARDIS. "I actually haven't visited this planet before. The TARDIS knows of it, of course, since it's a known planet to Gallifreyans."

"What, is that your Mars or something?"

"Nah, it's somewhat similar though," he laughed, hooves on the lever. "Ready?"

She shook her head. "I wanna do it." He grinned wildly, stepping away from the controls. "Which one is it?" she then asked.

He chuckled again, hesitantly but without being told grabbing her hooves. They both blushed at the encounter and he cleared his throat. "Sorry," he managed to say.

"'Salright," she laughed nervously.

He placed her hooves on the correct lever and she looked happily at him before he retracted his hooves and stepped back. "I'm ready when you are, Cap'n," he reminded her.

"Right then." She cleared her throat and over dramatically, in her best British accent and tone of the Doctor, yelled "ALLONS-Y!" in a perfect corresponding time to the lever.

/Derpy\\

'Oh, my goodness, we were holding hooves!' Derpy thought to herself. This sole fact had Derpy head over hooves, in an imagination only she would probably dream.

(Imagination)

They both blushed, but the Doctor didn't move his hooves away. In fact, he actually smiled at her, sending shivers down her spine in a good way. She always loved his smile. It was always a big part of knowing what type of plan he had in mind, whether it be frustrating, insane, or normal. But other than that, it suited him perfectly.

"Derpy, there's something I've been wanting to say."

His hooves let go of hers and traveled to her face, cradling it. "Doctor, what are you-" she stopped herself, unable to finish the sentence when he leaned closer.

His mouth was nearing hers and without thinking, she couldn't stand the wait and attached her lips onto his. He smiled and kissed her quickly, like he was excited, Derpy deciding to return his kiss. She could feel his hearts racing with each second she was even within a short distance as him, and she knew it was true.

"I love you, Derpy Hooves."

(Imaginations Done)

If only.

Okay, it was a possibility that she had a small, itty bitty, teensy weensy crush on the Doctor.

Oh, who was she kidding, she loved him with all of her heart.

He ways a chestnut stallion with a spiked brown mane and tail, blue eyes, and his cutie mark was an hourglass because, get this, he can travel throughout all of time and space in a box called the TARDIS!

They met seven months ago in Ponyville, Equestria. The TARDIS (standing for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) had taken him to this place of talking ponies when he had wanted to go to Earth, specifically London. But he greeted her with his usual madman smile and rambled on and on and on and on and on about him being a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. It was no surprise he loved talking, and that it usually got him out of trouble.

They were best friends, and it seemed he thought of her as nothing more than an assistant. Just someone to help him out, a friend. Every time this dawned on her she felt miserable and depressed, so she tried not to remember the reality seeping in through the cracks of her mind.

Of course, Derpy felt differently. But what if he found out? That'd be the end of her, and she'd be too embarrassed to even look out the window and risk a chance for him to see her. If he found out, that might mean it'd be insanely awkward.

She decided not to think anymore, focusing on the task at hand.

She pulled the lever down shouting "ALLONSY!"

"Keep her steady!" the Doctor ordered.

"I will!" she yelled back through the roar of the engines. For a second they looked at each other and smiled before the TARDIS stopped abruptly, jerking them forwards. "What's going on?" she asked as silence spread throughout. They changed into their human forms. Derpy wore ripped black jeans and a light grey shirt, and her hair was always worn down in a golden wave with a bubble bobby-pin to decorate it.

He scoffed. "I don't know, it's new. But I do like new, so let's see."

"Oh, Doctor," Derpy giggled, "you're going to be the death of me."

"I can't see why," he said sarcastically. "So, ready to head out?"

Derpy nodded, extending her hand out, but when he didn't notice her action she quickly kept it to herself and gave up on holding his hand. She could feel an invisible dark grey storm cloud overhead, raining like it was a cartoon to signify her current mood.

The Doctor held out the door for her, and the confusion began.

Author's Note:

Thank goodness! I am so happy to be back in my profile. I would have uploaded sooner but my iPad wouldn't charge, and I am now keeping my stories in an app I have downloaded there, thus resulting into me not being on my page for a week. (It feels like more than a week, haha!)

About Beginnings:

I am not really doing too well on these sub-stories. It was my dad's idea, and although it was good, I can't find enough background information and ideas to finish it. If I ever complete it, I will post it, but until then, this will be the story I upload. I'm working on chapter 6 currently, and as you can see, they do take long periods of time. So, if I don't upload every day, that's why. Sorry to keep you waiting for a new story!

Happy to be back,

— GothicPegasister