Chapter Four: The Problem Is In Front of You (Derpy`s POV)
"Doctor," I said, "Why does Earth... look... dead?"
"I don`t know, my dear, I don`t know."
"You don`t know a lot about Earth, do you?" I asked.
"Well, considering I was here for about half of my life, Gallifrey for a quarter, and Equestria for the rest, I know a lot. But this looks oddly... different. Just like my dream..."
I took a look around. The sky was a dark grey. Instead of buildings there were huts, and there were crying fillies – uh, I mean children – wherever you look, being comforted by their parents.
Trees were hardly visible and there were explosions and loud noises coming from everywhere. Robot noises came from behind me and I turned around as the Doctor used the screwdriver against the Dalek.
"Thanks for watching my back," I said while shaking in fear.
"Listen to me, Derpy; you look out for in front of us. I will make sure nothing sneaks up behind us."
"Alright, I will... but if something comes in front of us and I can`t see because of my eyes, what will happen then?"
"It won`t."
"But what if it does?!"
"It won`t, Derpy. Now let`s get moving. Start asking people around you what has happened here. I`ll keep watch and see if I can find anything out. Meet back at the TARDIS by the tenth minute."
"I know something," A dark women said as she grabbed my shirt and pulled me down to her level, causing me to fall and hurt my knee.
"What do you know?"
She cradled her child in her arms and frowned. "These robots came, and they made these different noises, and then there were stone figures, and then some people with scaled faces, and some people with stretched out white faces... they took people away and they went missing, some were killed on the spot, and some were scarred, like me, to this very day."
"How long has it been like this?"
"Since the war started... everywhere you look there are guns, puddles of green goo, bombs, make it go away! Please!" Tears streamed down her face and I frowned.
"Me and my friend will try, I promise. But calm down, and tell me when the war started."
"Since those monsters came...!"
"When did they come?"
"About a month ago...!"
"Thank you, I will go tell my friend. Stay strong, okay?"
"I will try," She sobbed.
"I can`t believe this is happening," I muttered to myself.