Penelope didn't know what to do. She decided to call her parents.

"Mom! Dad! I need you quick!"

Her parents stepped outside, looked around tentatively, then ran to her.

"Are you ok!"

"Yeah I'm fine, but I don't think this gentleman is. He fainted when the sky cracked open."

Her parents looked at him, then carried him in to their house, and laid him down on the spare bed. Neon asked who the stallion was, but Penelope gave her a gesture that said "later". Her parents told them to leave our guest alone until he woke up, then went outside to check on everypony else.

"Ok, I think we can talk now. Who is he?"

"I'm not sure.", Penelope answered. "But he was in the box that came out of the crack!"

"What! Really!"

"Yeah"

"I wanna go in there now."

"Alright, but be quiet"

Penelope led Neon into the room where the stallion layed.

"He looks perfectly normal to me" Neon said "Except for that hat"

Penelope's mom had put his strange hat on the bedside table. Suddenly something that looked like glowing yellow smoke came out of his mouth. The two fillies watched float to the window, then looked at each other and walked slowly out of the room.

"What was that!?" Neon asked.

"I don't know."

Penelope felt like that was perfectly normal. But it wasn't! Ponies don't do that! She felt confused. after about 30 minutes, Penelope parents came back home. Everypony was fine. They asked Penelope and Neon if the stallion had woken up, but he hadn't. After about one more hour, Neon went home and everypony went to bed.

The next morning Neon came over around 9:30. Penelopes parents had gone out to run some errands.

"Did the stallion wake up yet?" Neon asked after they had hung out and played around for a bit.

"No"

"Do you think he's hurt?"

"No, I think he's fine. I have a feeling he's been through a lot."

Suddenly the fillies heard a noise coming from the room where the stallion was. When they walked into the room they found him sprawled on the floor like he'd fallen.

"Are you ok, sir?" Penelope asked him. He looked up like he hadn't noticed they walked in. He got up but had trouble keeping his balance.

"I'm fine! Just fine. Still not used to it. Don't know how I got into this universe again."

"Umm..." Penelope was confused. "Do you need help?"

"No." he paused and looked at her. "Are the kid who saw me yesterday? What did you say your name was?" He had an urgency in his voice.

"Penelope. Penelope Timelord."

"And where are you from Penelope?"

"I'm not quite sure. I was adopted." The stallion was quiet, like he was thinking. he had gained his balance by now.

"May I ask your name sir?"

"Oh! My apologies. My name is The Doctor."

"Just the doctor?" Neon piped up.

"Just The Doctor." he gave them a little smile.

Penelope had never met this stallion, but she felt like they'd had a close relationship. A father-daughter relationship. But that was silly.

"What's your name?" The Doctor said to neon thunder.

"My name is Neon Thunder."

"Oh my gosh! I got to go! Thank you!"

The stallion ran out of the room. Penelope followed him, but didn't know why. She could hear Neon running behind her. She followed the Doctor out of the house to the blue box. He opened the doors and smoke came pouring out. Neon was next to her.

"I'm going inside"

Neon gave her a look but reluctantly followed. She poked her head in the doors.

"Doctor?" she called. she heard a pony walking toward her, but couldn't see anything through the smoke.

"Who's there?"

"it's Penelope. I followed you, sorry."

"Penelope, do you like to travel?"

"Yes i do"

"Then come inside for the trip of your life" she thought she heard a smile in his voice. the smoke had cleared, but not by the doors. Penelope walked inside.

"what do you think, Penelope?"

"My name's not Penelope."