Equestria and the Time Lord Episode 12: The Haven
Chapter 1: Underworld
=Gaia, Equestria, The City, Somewhere Under the Main Streets, 1103 C.E. =
Several hooves clopped along the streets as they made splashes due to the rain that was pouring around them. A voice called out which way to go, and the hooves clopped in that direction. They were chasing somepony, and they were going to get him. The rain continued to pour down from seemingly nowhere as the ponies disappeared.
But what they didn't know was that the pony they were chasing, along with an associate of his, had ducked down into the sewers and had gotten to the driest part of it they could find: The pumping station.
They opened the waterproofed door, which creaked open. It was completely deserted. They expected it to be deserted. Places like this weren't used anymore. They weren't remotely operated. They pulled their black cloaks farther over their faces, and clicked on a flashlight. They set it down in a position that allowed them to see around the place more clearly. No life forms at all, not anywhere in a place that would otherwise be festering with disgusting life forms all around the place. Down here was dead now. He had said so. Nopony would come down there. They felt uncomfortable themselves, being down there. They unloaded the heavy object they had been carrying onto the small table in the room. Other than this table, the place was deserted. Water was harder to get nowadays. He had wanted it that way, so they had made it so. All the ponies in this city. They were okay with it.
The light hardly penetrated the place, but they could see enough to unveil the crude, early looking radio with all its precious systems working.
"Okay, we found the place to hide it. This device will have to wait out the storm in here. Not safe to turn it on." One of the ponies said, revealing his face, deciding it was safe to take off his cloak down here.
"If we want to keep it safe, we'll have to come down here all the time to maintain it. We put it miles away from our house." The other stallion said, taking his hood off as well, letting the cloak that draped over his body fall to the ground.
If you looked at them, you realized that they looked like ponies from a black and white movie. And if you looked around, you'd realize that the room they stood in was free of color as well.
"It'll be safe down here, anyway. Nopony ever comes down here anyway." His associate nodded in agreement, and they slid their cloaks back on and trotted out of the room as quickly as they could. One of them briefly looked at all the pumps in the room, thought for a moment, and then felt ill, promptly forgot it, and trotted out the door. As they left, you could see that everything they passed was colorless.
=Gaia, Equestria, Canterlot, Near the Summit of Canterlot Mountain, The Fields Outside Princess Celestia's Estate, 825 C.E. =
There was a total serenity emanating through the world. Naturally, that was shattered almost instantly as several blasts of energy shot through the air, making a thunderous noise.
And The Doctor, Puzzlehunt, and Trixie all ran for their lives. Puzzlehunt and Trixie were both dressed in period clothing. Puzzlehunt was dressed in a stiff maroon suit with ruffles and all the fancy works, including a brown tricorner hat. He looked like the pony version of a 17th century gentleman, which made sense as they were in the pony version of the 17th century. He looked incredibly uncomfortable, which wasn't helped by how fast they were running.
Trixie was dressed in a puffy light blue dress and a straw hat with a light blue band around it. It wasn't as uncomfortable, but it was incredibly uncomfortable to be running around in it, which they were currently doing.
For some reason, the Doctor had chosen not to disguise himself at all and was still wearing his iconic long scarf and his hat.
"You completely ruined our day again, Doctor!" Trixie yelled out at him, her side beginning to cramp up.
"What did I do?" The Doctor asked as they dodged continuous magic bolts. "I got you a highly privileged and prestigious dinner with Princess Celestia in an extremely lavish century! What did I do wrong?"
"Princess Celestia, is this a real diamond chandelier? I must look at it closer. But don't worry, I won't break it!" Puzzlehunt said, mimicking The Doctor's accent (Which was easy because he had it himself).
"Oh, I'm sorry I broke the chandelier, Princess Celestia. Gasp! Is this the gem you wear in your crown. I need to see it more closely! But don't worry, I'll be careful with it, as I know it is the only one of its kind in all of Equestria!" Trixie said, getting with Puzzlehunt's sarcastic mimicry.
"I personally think that the one she uses in your time is much nicer anyway. You can look at it without going blind." The Doctor said, arguing for his case.
"HALT NOW! YOU WILL FACE THE FULL WRATH OF THE SUN!" yelled an incredibly angry voice from right behind them.
"Well she doesn't seem to think so!" Puzzlehunt said. "But you might be able to tell seeing as she set the entire Royal Guard on us!" and they continued running.
They made their way down the mountain. "Doctor, do you really think it was a good idea to park the TARDIS at the very bottom of the mountain?!" Trixie yelled angrily.
"I was interested in seeing how they made it up here before they invented trains!" The Doctor said defensively.
Puzzlehunt growled and finally had the sense to fire a magic bolt back at the royal guards. Immediately, the magic bolts being fired at them doubled in intensity. Puzzlehunt and Trixie screamed, realizing they were going to be overtaken and killed.
But they didn't even realize that they were so frantic that they were running fast enough that they were at the bottom of the mountain already. The Royal Guard were actually right on top of them.
"Get in the TARDIS!" The Doctor yelled. And quickly, they followed that direction.
Once they were inside the TARDIS, the Doctor dematerialized while Puzzlehunt and Trixie stomped their way into the wardrobe to get out of these ridiculous clothes, which were really beginning to chafe. Once that was taken care of, they went back into the console room to see what the Doctor had to say about this little adventure he had put them through.
"Well, the trip to make up for nearly getting you killed on the trip to make up for nearly getting you killed nearly got you killed. Should I just make up for it?" The Doctor asked tactlessly.
"NO!" They both yelled forcefully. "Just take us somewhere peaceful!"
"Fine." The Doctor said simply. And he set several coordinates into the TARDIS, and within minutes they materialized there. "This right here, that we just landed in, is the most peaceful time in all of Equestrian history."
"Really?" Puzzlehunt asked.
"See for yourself." The Doctor said as he opened the doors.
They all rushed out in excitement. Puzzlehunt and Trixie looked around and saw that it appeared to be nighttime right about now. They saw that the streets had no ponies around them, and they saw that they didn't look very peaceful at all. It looked like they had landed in the slums.
"And this is the most peaceful time period in Equestrian history, yeah?" Puzzlehunt asked.
"Did I say that? No, this is the least peaceful time period in all Equestrian history ever." The Doctor said with an incredibly cheerful grin.
"WHAT?" they both yelled at him simultaneously. "What is wrong with you?"
"Well, I looked into it, and this time period is about to become very very peaceful. In only about a day, in fact. I don't know how, but I want to find out, and maybe even help out." The Doctor said, his happiness undiminished.
Puzzlehunt immediately tried to get back into the TARDIS, but found to his horror, that the door was locked.
"You're out of your mind!" he yelled. "We can't stay here! We'll be killed because of all your idiotic make up trips!"
"I think it might be fun once we see what a peaceful place this turns into." The Doctor said, still trying to bring them out of their perpetually dour mood.
"You- Hey, have you noticed there are no stars in the sky? And even more worrisome, no moon?" Trixie asked in a fearful tone.
The Doctor looked up. "Well, that is curious indeed. That would explain a bit of the situation."
"Um, what time is it?" Puzzlehunt asked.
The Doctor looked at his watch, which had been set to automatically synchronize to whatever in whatever time period, and said, "Oh, it appears to be 8 AM. Now I'm intrigued." And he dashed off.
Puzzlehunt and Trixie gritted their teeth angrily. They had no other intelligent choice but to follow after him.