The next day, The Guardian arrived at Canterlot High, a backpack hanging on his shoulders. He sighed. "let's do this." he said, walking inside. "Ungh!" He said, bumping into someone. "Sorry."
"Forgive me, I didn't see you from around the corner." The girl said.
"I'm Ryan McCrimmon." The Guardian told her, using the same alias as before. "Who're you?"
"I'm Babs Seed, I'm very sorry for bumping into you. I'll be more careful next time." She said.
"It was my fault Babs." The Guardian assured her. "Better be on my way." he added. He walked off. "Twilight!" The Time Lord shouted in relief, finally finding a familiar face. "Finally."
"Hi Guardian!" Twilight said.
"Shh." The Guardian hissed. "I'm using an alias. 'Ryan McCrimmon'."
"How come?" Twilight asked.
"Just want to avoid questions." The Time Lord said with a shrug. Twilight shrugged.
"Alright." She said. Later, after class, The Time Lord met up with the others during the lunch period. "So, anything interesting happen to you gals?" he asked.
"Eh." All the girls shrugged.
"Oh, Rainbow I forgot to give you your guitar yesterday." The Guardian realized. "It's back in the TARDIS."
"Cool." Rainbow Dash said. "Ill pick it up later." After school, The Guardian went to the front of the building, where the TARDIS was waiting for him. After making sure no one saw him. The Time Lord went inside. He picked up Dash's guitar, and strummed it. He perked up when he heard the door open. RD was coming to retrieve the guitar.
"Hey Dash." The Time Lord said, handing the guitar back.
"Hey Guardian." Rainbow Dash said, taking the guitar from him.
"You know, I'd like to be in a band some day." The Time Lord said conversationally. "Know how I could get into one?"
"Um… Well me and the girls are in a band, but the problem is we need a guy to be in it... So... Can you maybe be in it?" She asked, trying to avoid his eyes.
"Sure!" The Guardian said. "And what's more, we all have the same ear thing going on."
"Cool. Can you come with me for a sec? I gotta meet up with the others and tell them you're interested." Rainbow Dash said.
"Sure." The Time Lord replied.
"Hey guys, I got Guardian to join." Rainbow Dash told the girls. The Time Lord nodded
"Great choice Guardian." Said Applejack with a smile.
"So what your band name?" The Time Lord asked
"We're The Rainbooms." Fluttershy replied with a kind smile.
"Cool." The Guardian said. "Can I play guitar?"
"Like, as in, lead guitarist? Cuz that's usually my gig." Rainbow Dash bragged.
"No not lead." The Guardian assured her. "But I still want to play guitar."
"Rainbow Dash, your already the lead singer." Applejack said.
"I don't mind." The Time Lord assured the southern girl.
"I'll just use this as a chance to hone my already insanely good singing skills." Rainbow Dash said.
"Hey RD, I printed a song sheet to play, and I was wondering if we could test it out as a group." The Guardian said, pulling some sheets of paper out of his pocket. "...and um...Could I be lead singer just for this song?"
"Okay." Rainbow Dash replied.
"I'm not saying I want to permanently replace you as lead singer," The Guardian assured her. "But I want to see how I sound. Plus, you'll get a guitar solo."
"It's cool." Rainbow Dash said. After they played and sang, The Guardian wiped his forehead, which was wet with sweat. He then felt the top of his head. Sure enough, there were the ears again. "I could get used to this." The Time Lord said, Looking at his bandmates.
"Nice wings." he added to Rainbow and Fluttershy.
"Thanks." They both said. The pony parts disappeared.
"Alright RD, your post is open again." The Guardian said. "In other words, I'm done with singing. Hey. You guys want to see the new car I got?"
"Sure!" The girls said.
"Like it?" The Guardian said when he unveiled it. It was a red Toyota sports car.
"Yeah!" The girls all said at once.
"Too bad it only seats four." The Time Lord said. "Otherwise we could drive in it together. Anyone want to come help me choose a guitar?" he asked.
"Sure." Rainbow Dash shrugged. Ryan got in the car, and started the engine. Rainbow Dash buckled herself into the front seat. The two of them drove off. Coming up to the music store, Ryan stopped and parked. "What type of guitar do you think I should get?" The Guardian asked Rainbow. "Something like yours, or something different?"
"Whatever floats your boat." Rainbow Dash said After trying a few guitars, the Time Lord found the one he thought suited him best. It was identical in sound to RD's guitar, but it looked different. In fact, one could argue it was the oddest guitar ever made. It was in the shape of an hourglass.
"I don't know what's drawing me to it." The Time Lord said to RD. "Maybe it's the whole hourglass thing, but I don't know." After paying for both the guitar and a guitar case, the friends got back in the car, and drove back to CHS. "Care to round everyone up and gather them in the music room for the unveiling of my new guitar?" The Guardian asked RD as he got his case out of the back seat.
"Sure, why not?" Rainbow Dash said. Later, when they were all together, The Guardian opened his guitar case. "Check this out!" He said, holding up his guitar. The girls all gasped in awe. The Time Lord looked over it in amazement. "It's like it was designed for me!" he said.
"Lovely!" Rarity marveled. Then, The Guardian started playing it. A few minutes into his jamming session, his pony ears appeared again. "it's like the guitar is what has magic, not me!" The Time Lord shouted over his playing. Like before, a shockwave of energy rippled out from the guitar. But it seemed like there was some truth to what The Guardian had said, as its power seemed to have increased a trillion times.
"Oh..." The Time Lord said, noticing everyones' windswept hair and stopping. "My bad."
"What was that?!" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I'm...not...too sure." The Guardian replied. "Anyone else hungry?" He asked
"I'm starved!" Applejack said.
"Is pizza an option?" The Guardian asked
"I love pizza!" Pinkie Pie chimed.
"Anyone want to drive with me?" The Time Lord asked.
"I want pizza!" Pinkie Pie volunteered.
"Anyone else want to join us?" The Guardian asked the other 6 girls.
"Sure!" They all said.
"So it looks like we need to split up to drive." The Time Lord mused. "Unless the nearest Pizza joint is not far from here. Anyone else have a car? Wait..." The Guardian mused for a moment, pacing. "IDIOT!" He shouted suddenly, smacking himself in the face. "Does anyone have a phone I can borrow?" Rainbow Dash handed The Guardian her cell phone. The Guardian took out his Sonic Screwdriver, and pointed it at RD's phone. Activating the Sonic, the TIme Lord's screwdriver started wurrring away. "Don't worry. It's fine, what I'm doing." The Guardian assured RD. After about a minute, the Time Lord put away the Sonic, and started using the phone to look for pizza places. "I gave the phone universal roaming." The Guardian explained. He looked to Rainbow. "Sorry in advance."
"Its fine." Rainbow Dash shrugged.
"It won't be." The Time Lord said. "Not when you see the phone bill. Anyway, shall we get going?" Rainbow Dash nodded. The group left the school. As it turned out, the nearest pizza place wasn't actually that far from CHS. Only two blocks separated it and the high school.
"Yikes." The Guardian said as they sat down in the restaurant. "I just realized Not only have I not showered in days, but I'm still wearing the clothes from my previous incarnation."
"Is that bad?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"No, but as my tastes in clothes change with every incarnation, I'm not to keen on this stuff." With his still-relatively-new body, which was apparently a lot smaller than his old one, the blue long-sleeved shirt The Guardian was wearing, not to mention his brown, pin-striped pants, were extremely baggy. Not to mention slightly tattered from his explosive arrival. Both in terms of his regeneration on board the TARDIS, and his crash to Earth. As the group was eating its pizza, a thought came to the Time Lord. "I met this girl today." He said conversationally.
"Really? What was she like?" Rainbow Dash asked before taking a bite of pizza.
"It's weird." The Guardian replied. "I mean, it's kind of hard to describe her in a way that won't make you freak out. She was kind of nerdy-looking. She had this hair, see? Lavender and Purple streaks." Another feature of the girl had come to him. "And it was wrapped in a ponytail. I mean who does that!?" It was then that the Time Lord noticed everyone was gawking at him with a dumbfounded look. "What?" He asked. "What did I say?" Then he looked toward Twilight, and got what they were thinking. The Time Lord snorted "Oh no, no." He said. "Not Twilight, just someone who had similar hair." The girls all raised an eyebrow at The Guardian, not believing him. "You really think I'd insult a close friend with the words I said just now?" The Time Lord asked. "Anyway, It's not like we hit it off or anything." He added. "It was just in passing." Just then, the door to the restaurant flew open, and a strange girl walked up to their table.
"Can I help you?" The Guardian asked. The girl pulled back the hood she was wearing, and revealed herself. It was the other Twilight! The girls all gasped.
"Just with your execution Time Lord!" The other Twilight said. She pulled out a high-tech, seemingly alien gun, and pointed it straight at The Guardian.
"What!?" The Time Lord shouted. "Oh!" he said in realization. "Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh! That's brilliant!" The Guardian whipped out his Sonic Screwdriver, and pointed it at the apparently evil Twilight. Upon the activation of the Sonic, the Twilight started to cringe and writhe in pain.
"Wha-what are you doing!?" She asked in a pained voice.
"Forcing you to change back." The Guardian said, rather calmly considering the circumstances. "You're not human at all. And 'she's' not a Time Lord either." He added to the others. When The Guardian finally lowered the Sonic Screwdriver, the evil duplicate's appearance had completely changed. It was still humanoid, but was now a big red alien covered in what looked like octopus suckers. "It's a Zygon." The TIme Lord replied.
"That is disgusting!" Rarity objected, losing her fear momentarily. The Zygon, insulted, pointed its gun in her direction.
"NO-NO-NO-NO DON'T SHOOT!" The Guardian shouted. "IT'S ME YOU WANT!"
"You're right." The Zygon said. "You are." The alien shifted its aim of the gun, and with a couple of KAZAP!s, shot the Time Lord before he could even hope to defend himself. He fell to his knees, looking at his hands as they glowed with regeneration energy.
"I'm sorry." The Time Lord said to his friends. KAZAP! Another shot and The Guardian fell to the floor. The girls ran out of the restaurant screaming in horror. The TARDIS had somehow moved closer to the restaurant and was waiting for them as they ran. The girls ran into The TARDIS screaming in horror.
"Is this working?" a voice said from the TARDIS scanner. It was The Guardian!
"I don't know!" Fluttershy blurted out, then she started to cry.
"Ah! Girls, your here!" The Guardian said. "Now come to the scanner so I can see you. All of you. Now." He said when they were in front of the scanner. "By the looks on your faces I'm going to assume you just watched that Zygon kill me." The girls gasped at the sight of their friend.
"GUARDIAN!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed with tears in her eyes.
"Don't worry, that was a version of me from the far future." The Time Lord said. "Now, despite what I may or may not have told you, that Guardian is dead. But me, the one from the present, is still alive. I'm in the TARDIS, flying away from that point so me and the future me don't cause a paradox."The Guardian explained.
"Thank goodness!" Said Rarity, taking a handkerchief out of her pocket and wiped her tears away with it.
"Now, I'm sure you'll be assuming that the me from the future will regenerate." The Time Lord continued. "This, unfortunately, is not the case. I'm sure you're wondering why." The girls all nodded. "While it's true Time Lords can regenerate, if a Time Lord is killed before the change can happen, then the Time Lord is dead." The Guardian the girls gasped out loud. "But luckily," The Time Lord added. "I won't have to die until much later."
"Phew!" All the girls wiped sweat off their heads.
"But when I do," The Guardian said, frowning. "I'll miss you." The Time Lord then looked at them. "That TARDIS you're in actually belongs to my future self." He said. "Once this message ends, It'll dematerialize, leaving Earth forever." The Time Lord smiled weakly. "Fluttershy?" he asked.
"Yeah?" Fluttershy replied.
"My future self wanted me to give you a message from him." The Guardian replied. He sighed. "He wanted me to tell you that, out of all the friends he's made over the course of his life, you and the girls were the best he's ever had." With that, the scanner fizzled out, and the future TARDIS dematerialized from around the 7 girls, leaving them behind.
"Hey." The Guardian from the present said, coming up from behind them. "You guys wanna group hug?" He asked. Not giving them a choice, he squeezed everyone against his body in a big lump. "I know what we just went through was tough, but don't let it affect you." The Time Lord said.
"We wont." Applejack said with tears in her eyes.
THE END!