Still not entirely sure what went wrong, but we're working on it

by permanentlybaffled

It's been ten years or thereabouts since the Doctor vanished without a trace and understandably a lot has changed for Derpy in that time. She became a mother for starters. It might be a bit too much to expect her to just hop back in the TARDIS like nothing happened. Not entirely sure if this should be under crossovers but hey-ho. Please be gentle with me!

1. Prologue

I just don't know what went wrong

He ran away into the TARDIS and he didn't come back. Off he went, yelling over his shoulder that he'd be right back, just... something he needed to sort out and I, silly pony, trusted him. I trusted him enough to just grin and say 'see ya!' like he'd run off to grab some coffee and muffins.

The issue with the strange gas coming out of the Everfree Forest just seemed to sort itself out. I don't know if he had anything to do with it or if it wasn't that big of a deal in the first place. But I spent days and days chasing my mind in spirals over where he was, when he'd be back, and later why he'd gone, was he in danger and what would happen next.

Someone told me once that danger follows him. And it's true that Ponyville has seen no aliens, no weird gases, nothing since he left. Instead I follow up anything that seems suspicious and try to right wrongs but I'm not very good at it. Amethyst said I see something suspicious in everything, that it's almost like I'm paranoid. I'm just trying to keep from losing my mind because however much I think about it, I still won't know what went wrong.