Blue door creaked for a moment, when they were opening. A brown head slowly slipped from a blue police box standing just next to a big barn. In fact – TARDIS was inside a small box room, which door was just in front spaceships entrance. After overmastering a secret skill of walking on four legs and not being able to feel the ground beneath, Doctor changed his cloths (or just put anything on him). In TARDIS, surprisingly, there wasn't even a single blouse for a pony. Instead Time Lord took a black tie and - after almost hanging himself while putting it on - he was ready. Now, step by step, TARDIS was being left and the door just in front of him were closer and closer. Time Lord raised his front leg to open the door.

'I told ya, Apple Bloom, strange sounds aren't happening in Apples farm. You must stop listening to all those grannies' old pony tales. There is no such thing as…' Before Doctor could press the door, they were opened widely by someone from the other side.

A young orange mare was standing just a few inches from him. She had a yellow mane tied with a red ribbon and tail in the same colour. On the top of her head there was a typical stetson.

'See~?' screamed frightened cub. A little pony with pink mane and also yellow fur was standing just next to her older sister.

'Okay, colt. What are ya doin' here?'

Time Lord smiled widely. No matter which universe he was – creatures who met him had the same facial expression when seeing him for the first time.

'Redneck, huh?' he said excitedly. 'Nice to meet you!'

Apple Jack stared at the brown intruder uneasily. He was hiding in the box room, doing… whatever – she didn't want to know what a colt could do alone in a dark, small, closed place.

'And you are…?'

'Doctor.' The brown stranger kept smiling.

'Doctor… Who?' Apple Bloom stepped forward.

'Just the 'Doctor'.'

There was silence for a moment. Apple Jack looked at the colt. Where did he come from? Strange thing on his front leg didn't seem to make yellow filly any calmer. There was something odd about him, except hiding in the box room.

'I'm sorry but… where am I?'

'Ponyville, of course.' Apple Bloom seemed to be doing well with talking to that crazy stranger.

'Ponyville, of course!' Doctor repeated excitedly. He raised his hoof and hit his forehead. At once he hissed and mumbled something about "hands being useful" (whatever those "hands" were).

'Applejack,' Apple Bloom whispered conspiratorially. 'What if he is a spy?'

Young filly eagerly stared at her sister, searching for even a bit of agreement to her theory.

'Have you just tried to steal our applewares?' she looked at him carefully. Stranger suddenly became severe.

'Don't be silly, Apple Jack. I can manage without them,' he answered.

'Are you, sir, just saying you don't like our apples?' Little filly looked at him angrily. She took a step forward, raising her head to make herself look more intimidating.

'No,' he stopped for a moment, thinking. 'Well… It might have sounded like that, but I had never eaten any of your applewares or even apples. So I can't say…'

'Okay, okay!' Apple Jack interrupted, waving her hoof, as she wanted to say "cut it out". 'You would better move, colt, because there isn't much time to finish… Whatever you are doing for the Summer Sun Preparations,' she looked at him carefully. 'That's funny, 'cause you remind me of someone.'

Doctor shook his head apologetically and started walking slowly, through the barn. Talking to the natives wasn't so hard. They were diligent and kind – in their own way. At least they didn't want to kill him – which Doctor even didn't expect to happen.

'Blank flank!' Apple Bloom shouted excitedly to Applejacks ear.

'Can see that, young one. This is a one strange pony.'

Ponified Time Lord was again on his way. TARDIS was safe for a while – a short while, when he will stay here, until his spaceship will start listening to him again. Finally he had some time to watch everything which was surrounding him. It was a really nice place for living. Doctor realized, that Rose would like it in here. Cosy atmosphere, green trees full of tasty apples. Big, fluffy grass swinging on the wind.

Doctor looked around amazed there were so many trees around. How ponies could take care of every single apple on this farm or on any other? Their determination reminded him of people – only they could try doing more than they could handle.

Hoof by hoof he left the farm. Just above him there was a big banner informing that the territory of Apple's Farm was ending right here – just in front of him. He passed the white, wooden fence and then stopped. Just ahead there was a city. Pretty colorful flowers were planted on a special ground, where a pony hoof never stepped in case not to trample anything. Even more beautiful butterflies were flying around them or sitting on the stamens to drink the tasty nectar. Further, there were buildings. All of them painted with pastel colors were very similar to those on Earth. To his surprise a filly came out from one of it, opening the door with her front hoof. So all this place was inhabited by ponies – Doctor was stunned. He has never seen anything like this before. "That would be an explanation why I changed into a pony…" he thought.

'Excuse me.'

Doctor looked down on a little filly that was standing just in front of him. Her dark blue mane and tail were straight. As for her fur – it was blue, with a cute little picture on her heap. An archer bow.

'Yes?' he smiled widely to the new met citizen of Ponyville.

'Can you move to the side? I can't get through,' she asked politely. The filly was pulling a wain packed with sweets, cakes and drinks. It seemed too big to be handled by such a little pony, but the Doctor didn't protest.

'Of course, pardon me,' Doctor jumped from the little ponies way. 'Voila,' he smiled again and moved on, not to disturb the archer bow-filly.

It was a very busy city, that's for sure. Even looking at all those working ponies mad the observatory feel ashamed for loafing around.

After walking awhile and examining few houses time lord ended up in the city center, where a street market was living it's own life. Food, art, sellers, customers – there was hardly a place for a pony to put its hoof but Doctor didn't seem worried about that. He started approaching the whole bunch of ponies hustling in one place.

'Rose!'

Time lord immediately turned his head to the direction from which he has heard too familiar name.

A brown colt with a dark brown, swept-back mane was galloping from the another part of the city, just towards the market. For the first time Doctor saw a pony with wings. "Pegasus!" he thought excitedly. On his heap there was a picture of a half moon. Strange. Everyone here got those silly, little marks – in the same place. But that wasn't the most important thing right now, when a colt strikingly similar to Doctor was shouting the name of the woman he loved. He loves.

'Rose!' the colt smiled when a cream furred filly stepped out from the crowd. 'Look, this is perfect for the Summer Sun.'

He gave her a big red rose – similar to the one the filly got on her heap. The flower was gently put between the left ear and the light and dark pink mane of the filly.

'It's beautiful, Paper Moon,' she smiled at him and nipped her partner's ear. 'Romantic today, are you?' she laughed sympathetically.

The Doctor was just standing and watching the couple intensively. It was so… unbelievable. He watched as the ponies hugged by lying their heads on partner's back.

Then their eyes met.

Time Lord didn't take a step back even though the identical looking colt was staring right at him, in disbelief and in a second he whispered to Rose. Both of them were looking at the Doctor unconvinced.

Paper Moon took a step forward. With a great energy he approached the new colt was strikingly similar to him. Rose Luck followed him, soon overhauling her partner. This was a very strange colt. Just as a… clone of Paper Moon.

'Nice to meet you,' she smiled, when she finally was close enough. The strange colt became even more strange, when the mare saw a leather band on his front leg with a long, metal stick-thing.

'I'm Rose Luck and this is Paper Moon.' Doctor nodded quietly for the first time not being able to talk. He wasn't sure. That voice...

'Would you like to step in for a slice of an apple pie I've made?' Paper Moon asked politely adjoining his partner.

The strange colt nodded again and then smiled.

'That would be brilliant, Paper Moon'.